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  31-40 Killmaster Nick Carter chungchang detective thawnthu hrang hrang khawlkhawm
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  31-40 Killmaster Nick Carter chungchang detective thawnthu hrang hrang khawlkhawm
  31. Macau-ah hian http://flibusta.is/b/778157/read tih a ni
  Makao
  32. Thla Rocket hmanga hnathawh dan http://flibusta.is/b/607240/read
  Operation Thla Rocket hmanga tihchhuah a ni
  
  
  33. Juda enthlatu http://flibusta.is/b/610599/read
  Judas Spy chuan a rawn ti a
  34. Thihna Hood http://flibusta.is/b/610990/read
  Thihna (Hood of Death) a ni
  35. Amsterdam-ah hian http://flibusta.is/b/681332/read tih a ni
  Amsterdam khawpuiah
  36. Hlauhna Biak In http://flibusta.is/b/612612/read
  Hlauhna Temple
  37. Hremhmunah Second 14 http://flibusta.is/b/633698/read
  Second 14 Hremhmun thleng
  38. Defector http://flibusta.is/b/607232/read tih hi a ni
  Defector chu a ni
  39. tualthahna Carnival http://flibusta.is/b/633954/read
  Carnival hmanga thah a ni
  40. Rhodesia-ah hian http://flibusta.is/b/631088/read tih a ni
  Rhodesia ramah a awm a
  
  
  
  
  
  Carter Nick-a chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Macau-a awm a ni.
  
  
  a fapa thi tawh Anton hriatrengna atana Lev Shklovsky-a lehlin a ni.
  
  
  A hming hmasa ber chu: Makao.
  
  
  
  
  KILLING SEASON THIL THAWN THIN.
  
  
  • London-a sex club hmingthang tak neitu chu thal hmanga kah hlum a ni a, a ruang chu thisen chhuakin an hack a... • Portugal top agent chu ni ênga kahhlum a ni a, kawngpui kaltlanga kalte tamna kawngpuiah kahhlum a ni
  • Brooklyn atanga lo kal private detective thenkhat chu international espionage an tihbuai avangin an thinlungah chemte hmanga thah an ni...
  An thil neih inang chu Princess de Gama a ni a, Nick Carter-a hna thara a thawhpui a ni. Hmeichhe hmeltha, slutty tak, khawvel chhanchhuak thei emaw, tichhe thei emaw. . . eng lam nge a duhzawng bawlhhlawh tak chu a tihlawhtling zawk ang tih a innghat!
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 1-na
  
  
  
  
  
  LONDON CHU THIL THAWN THIN AH A THAWK THIN. July thla kar tawp ber a ni a, ni engemaw zat chu thermometer chu sawmriat a hnaih tawh a ni. Britain ramah chuan a lum hle a, beer, mild leh bitter, leh nutty ale ei hi degree Fahrenheit nen a inmil tawk tih hi thil awmdan pangngai a ni. Portobello kawngpuiah chuan. Air conditioning a awm lo va, he vantlang hmun tlemte bawlhhlawh tak hi beer leh zuk leh hmuam, rimtui man tlawm leh mihring thawmhnaw rim nam takin a khat a ni. Minute engtik lai pawhin in neitu, mi thau tak chuan a kik ang a, zu rui leh mahni chauha awmte hlauh em em thute chu a sa ang. "Hnathawh hun a tawp tawh a, mi felte u, in glasses kha khar vek rawh u." Back booth-ah chuan patron dangte beng hriat lohvin mipa paruk chu an inhmu a. Mipa panga chu Cockney an ni a, chu chu an thusawi, incheina leh nungchangah a lang chiang hle. Mi parukna, a sawi chhunzawm zel chu hriat a har deuh hlek a. A thawmhnaw chu conservative leh cut tha tak a ni a, a kawr chu fai mahse cuffs chhe tawh tak a ni a, regiment hmingthang tak tie a ha bawk. A thusawi chu mi thiam tak thusawi a ni a, a lan danah chuan English-hoin "gentleman" an tih nen hian a inang hle. A hming chu Theodore Blacker - a ṭhiante tan chuan Ted emaw Teddy emaw a ni a, an zinga tlemte chauh a la nei.
  Vawikhat chu Royal Ulster Fusiliers-ah captain a ni tawh a. Regimental pawisa rukbo leh card hmanga hnawhchhuah a nih thlengin. Ted Blacker chuan thu a sawi zo a, cockney panga chu a han en kual a. - In hnen atanga an duhzawng chu in hrethiam vek em? Zawhna i nei em? A ni a nih chuan tunah hian zawt rawh - nakinah hun a awm tawh lo vang. Mipa pakhat, tlangval tawi, chemte ang maia hnar nei chuan a glass hrui hring chu a han chawi sang a. - Um... Zawhna awlsam tak ka nei a, Teddy. "Chu tlangval thau tak chuan khar hun a puan hmain beer man chu engtin nge kan pek ang?" Blacker chuan a kut zungtang hmanga bartender chu a rawn beng a, a aw leh a hmelah chuan thinrimna chu a vawng reng a. Darkar engemaw zat chhung chu heng tlangvalte hi a mamawh ta a ni. A mamawh em em a, nunna leh thihna chungchang a ni - a nunna - vawk nena in inpawh hian i chungah bawlhhlawh tlem a chhuah ngei ang tih rinhlelh rual a ni lo. Ted Blacker chuan a chhungril lamah a thaw halh a, pawn lam atang chuan a nui suk a, in tur man chu a pe a, sa sil loh rim chu paih bo turin cigar a hal a. Darkar tlemte chauh—ni khat emaw ni hnih emaw a tam berah—chutah chuan deal chu tihfel a ni ang a, mi hausa tak a ni ang. England a chhuahsan a ngai ngei ang, mahse chu chu a pawimawh lo. An hmaah chuan khawvel lian tak, zau tak, mawi tak a awm a. South America hmuh a duh reng a ni. Cockney khawpui lian leh fing lama hmahruaitu Alfie Doolittle chuan a hmui atanga beer foam chu a hrufai a, dawhkan sir lehlamah Ted Blacker chu a melh reng a. A mitmeng te tak te leh a hmel lian takah chuan finthlak tak mai chu Blacker-a chungah a nghat tlat a. Ani chuan, “Tunah en teh, Teddy. Tualthahna engmah a awm tur a ni lo maw?A tul chuan vuakna a ni mai thei, mahse tualthah erawh a ni lo...” Ted Blacker chuan thinrim hmel zet hian a ti a, rangkachak kutkawr man to tak chu a melh kual a, “Ka sawifiah vek tawh .” “, thinrim zet hian a ti a. - Harsatna a awm a nih chuan - chu chu ka ringhlel a ni - chu chu thil tenau tak a ni ang. Tualthahna a awm dawn lo tih a chiang. Ka, uh, client zingah tu emaw chu "out of line" a nih chuan, nangni mipa in tih tur awm chhun chu anmahni in thlamuan tir mai tur a ni. Ka sawi chiang tawh niin ka hria. Nangni mipa te hian in tih tur chu engmah ka chungah a thleng lo tih leh engmah ka laksak loh nan in enfiah mai tur a ni. A bik takin a hnuhnung ber kha. Zan lamah thil hlu tak tak ka rawn entir ang che. Party thenkhat chuan he thil hi pawisa pe lovin neih duh an awm. Tunah chuan a tawpah chuan engkim a chiang tawh em?”
  Mi hnuaihnung zawkte nena inzawmna chu a nuam lo lutuk mai thei tih Blacker-a chuan a ngaihtuah a! Misual pangngai tha tak ni thei tur pawhin an fing lo. A darthlalang chu a en leh a, a ding chhuak ta a. - “Dawm hnih leh sawmthum sharp-ah ka beisei ang che.Ka client-te chu dar thum-ah an lo thleng ang. A hranin i lo kal a, ngaihven i hlawh loh ka beisei. Chu lai hmuna constable chungchang leh a schedule chungchang zawng zawng i hre vek a, chuvang chuan a awm tur a ni lo be any difficulties. Tunah chuan, Alfie , address leh rawh? - Number sawm leh pali Mews Street. Moorgate Road bulah. Chu building chhawng linaah chuan."
  A kal lai chuan Cockney hnar sei tak te te chuan a nui suk a: “Mi fel tak tak niin a ngai a ni lawm ni?Mahse, elf a ni lo.
  Mi dang pakhat chuan, "Ka tan chuan mi fel tak ang maiin a lang. A tlem berah chuan a A hi a tha khawp mai," a ti bawk. Alfie chuan a mug hrui hring chu a rawn kik let leh a. Mi zawng zawng chu penetrating glance a pe a, a nui suk bawk. - "Mi fel tak tak in hre lovang, in zingah tumah, lo kal in a enkawl che u a nih chuan. Kei, ni lo, mi fel tak ka hmuh hian ka hria. Mi fel ang maiin a inchei a, a tawng a, mahse chutiang chu a ni lo tih ka chiang." ani." !" A neitu thau chuan counter chu hammer hmangin a rawn beng a. "A hun a ni e, mi felte u, khawngaihin!" Ulster Fusiliers captain hlui Ted Blacker chuan Cheapside-ah a taxi chhuahsanin Moorgate Road-ah a kal a. Half Crescent Mews chu Old Street lam panna hmun chanve vel a ni tawh. Number sawm leh palina chu ran in tawp lamah a awm a, chu chu in chhawng li a ni a, brick sen hring hring hring a ni. Victoria hun hmasa lam aṭanga lo chhuak a ni a, in leh apartment dang zawng zawng chu ran in a nih lai chuan tawlailir siamṭhatna dawr hlawhtling tak a ni. Thil ngaihtuah thiam lo Ted Blacker-a chuan sakawr, savun, paint, varnish leh thing ran in chunga innghat rimtui inzawmkhawmte chu a la hre thei ang tih a ngaihtuah hun a awm bawk. Cobbled alley tawi takah chuan a lut a, a greatcoat chu a phelh a, a regimental tie chu a thlah ta a. Darkar tlai tawh mahse boruak chu a la lum a, a la vawt a, a sticky hle bawk. Blacker hian tie emaw, a regiment-a thil dang emaw a ha thei lo. Officer mualpho tak takte chuan chutiang chanvo chu an nei lo. A tibuai lo. Tie chu a thawmhnaw ang maiin, a thusawi leh nungchang te chu tunah chuan a mamawh ta. A lem thenkhat, a huat em em khawvel, a chunga thil tha lo tak titu khawvela a chanvo tur atana mamawh. Officer leh mi fel tak ni tura a chawisangtu khawvel chuan Vanram chu a hmuh theih nan a phalsak a, chu chu khur chhungah a paih leh ta chauh a ni. A vuak chhan dik tak - hei hi Ted Blacker-a’n a thinlung leh thlarau zawng zawnga a rin chu a ni - a chhan dik tak chu card-a bum lai man a nih vang a ni lo va, regimental pawisa ruk lai man a nih vang pawh a ni lo. Aih. A chhan dik tak chu a pa chu sa thattu a ni a, a nu chu nupui neih hmaa chhiahhlawh a nih vang a ni. Hei vang hian, leh hei vang chauh hian pawisa nei lovin leh hming nei lovin service atangin hnawhchhuah a ni. Hun rei lote chhunga mi fel tak mai a ni. An mamawh lai chuan engkim a tha vek! An mamawh tawh loh hunah - chhuak rawh! Eizawnna tur zawngin retheihnaah kir leh rawh. Number sawm leh pali thleng chuan a kal phei a, hmalam kawngkhar dum hring dup chu a hawng a, a chhoh thui tak chu a tan ta a. Stairs chu a sang a, a chhe tawh bawk a; boruak chu a lum a, a khuh bawk. Blacker chuan landing hnuhnung ber a thlen chuan a thawmhnaw a chhuak nasa hle. A thaw hahdam tumin a ding a, a taksa a out hle tih a inhriat tir a. Eng emaw ti tur a ni. Sum zawng zawng nen South America a thlen hunah chuan a dinhmun a ṭha leh thei mai thei. Ka pum chu khalh chhuak rawh. Taksa exercise hi a tui em em reng a. Tunah chuan kum sawmli leh pahnih chauh a la ni a, a la naupang lutuk a, a lei thei lo.
  Sum! Pound, shilling, pence, American dollar, Hong Kong dollar... Eng nge a danglamna? Pawisa a ni vek. Sum ropui tak a ni. Anmahni hmang hian eng thil pawh i lei thei. I nei a nih chuan i dam tawh tihna a ni. An tel lo chuan i thi tawh a ni. Ted Blacker chuan thawk a la a, a pocket chhungah chuan chabi chu a fumble a. Stairs hmaah chuan thing kawngkhar lian tak pakhat a awm a. A rawng dum a rawn chei a. Chumi chungah chuan rangkachak sakeibaknei lian tak, meialh chhuak a awm a. He kawngka chunga sticker hi Blacker-a ngaihdan chuan exotic touch dik tak mai a ni a, chu chu thilpek khap tlat, kawngkhar dum hnung lama hlimna leh hlimna dan loa awmte hriattirna hmasa ber a ni. A clientele uluk taka thlan chhuah zingah hian tunlai thalai te an ni ber. Blacker hian a dragon club zawm tur hian thil pahnih chauh a mamawh a, chungte chu fimkhur leh sum leh pai a ni. Lots of both. Kawngkhar dum atang chuan a rawn pen lut a, a hnungah chuan a khar ta a. Thim chu air conditioner ri bengchheng tak leh man to tak takte chuan a rawn luah khat ta vek a. An senso chu a tling tawk hle a, mahse a tul hle. Tin, a tawpah chuan a hlu hle bawk. A Dragon Club-a lo kalte chuan an hmangaihna chi hrang hrang leh a chang chuan buaithlak tak takte an zawm laiin anmahni thawmhnaw chu an stew duh lo. Booth hran siam chu hun khat chu harsatna a ni a, mahse a tawpah chuan chinfel a ni ta a ni. A man to zawkin. Blacker chuan light button chu a zawng a, a mit a chhing a. Tunah hian pound sawmnga aia tlem a nei a, a chanve chu cockney bully te tan a ni. London-ah pawh July leh August thla kha a lum hle tih a chiang. Eng thil nge ni ta? Discreet light chu zawi zawiin room sei tak, zau tak, ceiling sang tak nei chhungah chuan a rawn lut ta a. Eng thil nge ni ta? Tuin nge ngaihsak? Ani, Blacker hi a daih rei dawn lo. Fucking a ni lo mai thei. Pound sang hnih leh sangnga a bat thu ngaihtuah lovin. Pound sterling sing hnih leh sawmnga a ni. American dollar sangsarih zet a ni. Hei hi minute sawmhnih chhunga film siam man a dil chu a ni. A man a hmu ngei ang. A ring tlat a ni. Blacker chu corner-a bar te tak te lam pan chuan a kal phei a, whisky leh soda chak lo tak chu a inhnim a. Zu ruih hmang a ni lo va, a ruihhlo zuarte chu a khawih ngai lo: marijuana, cocaine, weed, performance pill hrang hrang leh, nikum khan LSD... Blacker chuan a in tur ice lak tumin refrigerator te tak te chu a hawng a. Ni e, ruihhlo zawrh a\angin pawisa a awm a. Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan a tam lutuk lo. Tlangval lian tak takte chuan sum lian tak tak chu an hlawh chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Pound sawmnga aia tlem man note an nei lo va, a chanve chu pek chhuah a ngai dawn a ni! Blacker chuan a in a, a mit a chhing a, amah leh amah a rinawm hle. A harsatna chu a hria a, a retheih reng chhan pawh a hre chiang hle. A nui hmel chu a hrehawm hle. Sakawr leh roulette te. Tin, a dam tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan misual hrehawm ber a ni bawk. Tunah tak hi chuan, hetih lai tak hian Raft hi pound za nga chuang zet a bat a ni. Tun hnaiah a inthup a, rei lo teah security force te chuan an rawn zawng dawn a ni. Ka ngaihtuah tur a ni lo, Blacker chuan a ti a. An rawn en chuan hetah hian ka awm lo ang. South America-ah hian him tak leh dam takin leh heng pawisa zawng zawng nen hian ka lo kal ang. I hming leh nunphung i thlak mai a ngai a ni. Slate fai tak hmangin ka tan leh ang. Ka tiam e. A rangkachak kutkawr chu a melh a. Darkar khat hnuah minute tlemte chauh. Hun a tawk tawh. A Cockney bodyguard-te chu dar hnih leh sawmthum velah an thleng ang a, a ruahman vek bawk. Hma lamah pahnih, hnung lamah pahnih, Alfie lian tak a awm bawk.
  
  
  Amah, Ted Blacker-a’n Thu a sawi loh chuan tumah, tumah an kal tur a ni lo. Blacker chu a nui suk a. Chu thu sawi tur chuan a dam a ngai a ni lawm ni? Blacker chuan zawi zawiin a in a, pindan lian tak chu a han en kual vel a. Kawng khatah chuan kalsan vek chu a huat ber a ni. A rilru put hmang a ni. Engmah lo atangin a sa a ni. A mamawh capital hmuh theihna tura risk a lakte chu ngaihtuah a duh lo: jeweler pakhat rukbo; East Side attic atanga furs load rukbo; blackmail case pahnih khat pawh. Blacker chuan chu hriatrengna chu a nuihzatthlak hle - an pahnih hian sipaiah a hriat misual hmingthang tak tak an ni. Tin, chutiang bawk chu a ni. Damn it, a kawng a hmu ta! Mahse heng zawng zawng hi a hlauhawm hle. Rapthlak takin, hlauhawm tak a ni. Blacker hi a ni lo va, a pawm bawk a, mi huaisen tak a ni. Film siamna tur pawisa a dawn veleh tlanbo a inpeih chhan dang chu. Scotland Yard, ruihhlo squad leh tunah chuan Interpol pawh hlau tak, thinlung chak lo tak tan chuan a dam lo lutuk. Anmahni nen chuan hremhmunah. Film chu a man to ber hnenah hralh la, tlanbo rawh.
  
  
  England leh khawvel pum pui nen hremhmunah, amah tih loh chu mi zawng zawng nen hremhmunah. Hengte hi Ulster Regiment-a thawk tawh Theodore Blacker-a ngaihtuahna, chiang tak leh dik tak a ni. To hell with that too, ngaihtuah turin lo kal rawh. Tin, a bik takin damned Colonel Alistair Ponanby, mitmeng lum tak leh uluk taka thlan chhuah thu tlemte hmangin Blacker chu chatuan atan a tikehsawm ta a ni. Colonel chuan, "I hmuhsit em em a, Blacker, ka khawngaih mai loh chu engmah ka nei lo. Mi fel ang maiin card ruk emaw, bum emaw pawh i nei lo niin a lang," a ti a.
  Chu thu chu a rawn let leh a, Blacker-a’n theihtawp chhuah mah se, a hmel zim tak chu huatna leh hrehawmnain a rawn tikehsawm ta a ni. A glass chu chibai buk chungin pindan sir zawng zawngah a paih a. Tunah chuan Colonel chu a thi tawh a, a thlen theih loh khawpin a thi tawh a, mahse khawvel chu a la danglam lo. A hmelma te chu an bo lo. Khawvelah hian an la awm tam hle. Chumi zinga mi chu a ni. Lal fanu. Princess Morgan da Gama chuan a rawn ti a. A hmui te tak te chu a nuihzat hmel hle. Chuvangin engkim a kal tha vek. Ani, lal fanu chuan engkim a pe thei vek. Shorts ha dirty little bitch chu a ni. A chanchin chu a hre chiang hle... A nungchang mawi tak, chapona, hmusitna chilh tak, snobbery leh royal bitchiness te, nangmah hmu tak tak lo, i awmna hre lo che mitmeng dum lum tak tak te kha chhinchhiah rawh.Ani, Ted Blacker chuan lal fanu chanchin chu a hre chiang hle Zavai. "Rei lo teah, film a hralh hunah chuan hell of a lot of people will know about it" Chu ngaihtuahna chuan thinrim takin nuam a ti a, pindan sei tak lai takah chuan sofa lian tak chu a en a, A nui suk a. What he saw the princess doing on that sofa, then, what he was doing on her, what she was doing on him.Pathian!Khawvela chanchinbu zawng zawng front page tinah chu thlalak chu hmuh a duh khawp ang.A in rei hle a, a ta chu a khar ta a ni mitmeng, social page-a thupui ber chu a mitthla a: Princess hmeltha Morgan da Goma, Portuguese thisen dum hmeichhe ropui ber, nawhchizuar.
  
  
  Reporter Aster chu vawiin hian khawpuiah a awm. Royal Suite a neihna Aldgate-a he reporter nena an inbiaknaah hian lal fanu hian Dragon Club-a kal leh sexual acrobatics esoteric zawk tih a beisei thu a sawi. Lal fanu chapo tak chuan chipchiar zawka zawhna chhangin a tawpah chuan semantics lam thil a ni vek tih a sawi a, mahse tunlai democracy khawvelah pawh hetiang thil hi mi ropui leh mi ropui tan chauh dah a nih thu a sawi nghet tlat thung. Hmanlai kalphung chu, lal fanu chuan loneitute tan chuan a la inhmeh khawp mai, a ti. . . .
  Ted Blacker chuan room chhungah nuih ri a hre ta. Nuihzatthlak tak, paneling hnung lama riltam, rilru na tak tak rats squeal ang deuh. Thil mak tak maiin a nuih chu ama ta a ni tih a hrechhuak ta a. He fantasy hi a paih nghal vek a ni. He huatna atang hian a â deuh pawh a ni mai thei. En ngei ngei tur a ni. Huatna kha a nuam tawk viau a, mahse a mah chauhin a hlawkpui lo. Blacker hian film hi ṭan leh a tum tawh lo a, mi pathum, a client-te an lo thlen hma chuan film hi ṭan leh a tum lo. Vawi za zet a en tawh. Mahse tunah chuan a glass chu a la a, sofa lian tak lam chu a pan phei a, chutiang taka thiam tak leh hmuh theih loha armrest-a mother-of-pearl button te tak te pakhat chu a hmet ta a. Room tawp ber ceiling atanga screen dum te tak te a rawn chhuk lai chuan mechanical hum faint tak a awm a. Blacker chuan button dang a hmet leh a, a hnungah chuan projector pakhat, bang chhunga inthup chuan screen-ah chuan êng dum hring dup mai chu a rawn kap ta a. A in a, cigarette sei tak a hal a, savun ottoman chungah chuan a kekawrte chu a cross a, a chawl hahdam ta a. Client ni thei turte hnena entir ni lo se chuan a film hmuh hnuhnun ber a ni ngei ang. Negative chu a offer a, a bum dawn lo. A sum leh pai chu nuam ti taka hman a duh a. Screen-a figure rawn lang hmasa ber chu a ta a ni. Camera thup chu angle dik leh dik loh a enfiah a. Blacker chuan a lem chu duhthusam lo deuhin a zir chiang a. A pum a nei a. Tin, a comb leh brush hmangin a fimkhur lo hle bawk - a bald spot chu a langsar lutuk. Tunah chuan a hausakna thar nen chuan sam thlak a tum thei tawh ang tih a ngaihtuah ta a. Sofa-a thuin, cigarette a hal a, a kawrfual chhunga fold-te chu a fuss a, camera lam hawiin a hmui a ti hup a, a nui suk bawk.
  Blacker chu a nui suk a. Chutih lai tak chuan a ngaihtuahna chu a hrechhuak ta - lal fanu chuan camera thup ri ri chu a hre mai ang tih a hlau hle. Lungngai lo turin a rilru a siam ta a. Camera a on hunah chuan a LSD zinkawngah a him tawh ang. Camera leh thil dang tam tak a hre dawn lo. Blacker chuan a rangkachak wristwatch chu a check leh a. Tunah chuan quarter to two a ni tawh. Hun a la tam hle mai. Darkar chanve chhungin minute khat vel chauh film hi a rei a ni. Screen-a Blacker-a thlalak hrual hrual chuan a lu chu kawngka lam hawiin a hawi nghal zat a. Princess kik chu a ni. Amah ngeiin button a han phar a, camera a off lai chu a en reng a. Screen chu mitdel ang maiin a rawn var leh ta. Tunah chuan Blacker in the flesh chuan button chu a hmet leh ta. Screen chu a dum ta vek mai. A ding chhuak a, jade pack atang chuan cigarette thar a la chhuak a. Chutah sofa-ah chuan a kir leh a, button chu a hmet leh a, projector chu a activate leh ta a. A hmuh tur chu a hre chiang hle. A luh tir atanga darkar chanve vel a liam tawh. Blacker chuan a chipchiar zawng zawng chu chiang takin a hre reng a. Princess da Gama chuan midang pawh an tel ngei a beisei. A tirah chuan a bulah chauh awm a duh lo a, mahse Blacker chuan a charm zawng zawng chu a hmang a, cigarette leh in tur a pe a, minute engemaw zat awm turin a fuih a... Hei hi a tan chuan hun a tawk a, a chhan chu a in tur chu a ni LSD nen a khat. Blacker chuan chutih lai pawh chuan lal fanu chu boredom thianghlim vang chauhvin a bulah a awm tih a hria a. A khawvel pumin a hmuhsit ang bawkin a hmusit tih a hria a, a ke hnuaia bawlhhlawh aia tlem zawkah a ngai tih a hria. Hei hi blackmail tura a thlan chhan pakhat a ni. Amah ang mi zawng zawng huatna. Tisa lama a hriatna hlimna thianghlim tak, thil tenawm tak tih tir a, a level-a a tihhniamna hlimna thianghlim tak pawh a awm bawk. Tin, pawisa pawh a nei bawk. Tin, Portugal ramah pawh connection sang tak tak a awm bawk. A pa u dinhmun sang tak chu, chu pa hming chu a hrechhuak thei lo, cabinet chhungah chuan dinhmun sang tak a chelh a.
  
  
  Ni e, Princess da Gama hi investment tha tak a ni tur a ni. Hei hi eng ang taka tha - emaw, a chhe emaw - chu Blacker hian chutih lai chuan a mumang pawh a ni ngai lo. Heng zawng zawng hi a hnuah a lo thleng ta a ni. Tunah chuan a hmel hmeltha deuhah chuan smug look nen movie inhawng chu a en ta a. Vawikhat chu a officer pui pakhat chuan Blacker hi "advertising mi hmeltha tak" angin a lang tih a sawi. Princess hian a hriat lohvin LSD dose hmasa ber a ei hnu darkar chanve chauh a liam hnuah camera thup chu a on ta a ni. A nungchang a danglam zauh zauh chu ngawi rengin semi-trance-ah a tlu lut tih a en reng a. Sofa lian tak lam pana a hruai lai chuan a dodal lo. Blacker chuan minute sawm dang a nghak leh a, camera a on leh ta a. Hemi inkar chhung hian lal fanu chuan a chanchin chu devastating directness nen a sawi tan ta a. Ruihhlo in a nghawng avangin Blacker chu a ṭhian hlui leh duh tak niin a ngai a. Tunah chuan a nui suk a, a thusawi ṭhenkhat chu a hrechhuak ta a ni—thisen lal fanu nena inzawm lo thumalte. A thusawi hmasa ber pakhat chuan Blacker chu a ti mangang tak zet a ni. "Portugal-ah chuan ka â niin an ngai. Ka â tak zet a ni. An theih chuan jail-ah min khung ang. Portugal atanga min hlat tir turin, i hmu em. Ka chanchin zawng zawng, ka hmingthatna chungchang, tin, an ngaihtuah tak zet a ni "Ka â. Ka zu leh ruihhlo ka ti tih an hria a, min zawttu mipa tu pawh ka mutpui bawk - well, almost any dude. I still draw the line at that sometimes. Hei hi Blacker-a chuan a hriat dan a ni lo tih a sawi. Hei hi a thlan chhan dang a ni bawk. Lal fanu chu zu ruih a nih laiin, a tam zawkah emaw, ruihhlo a ruih laiin emaw, tu pawh kawrfual emaw, faute de nue, skirt emaw ha chungin a mutpui thin tih thuthang a awm a. Thusawi tam tak hnuah chuan a â ta mai a, a thawmhnaw a phelh tan tirh chuan a nuihzatthlak lo hle mai. Tunah chuan a hrechhuak ta, film en chu, doll thawmhnaw phelh ang mai a ni. A ke leh kut chu duhna hmuna an sawn avangin a dodal lo va, a pui lo bawk. A mit chu a chanve zetin a chhing a, amah chauh a ni tih a ngaihtuah tak tak niin a lang. A hmui sen zau tak chu nuihzat hmel zet hian a chanve a inhawng a. Sofa-a ding mipa chuan screen-a a inhmu chuan a kawrfual chuan a chhang let tan tih a hria. Princess chuan linen dress te tak te, mini tak tak a ha a, thu awih takin a kut sei tak chu a lu chungah a han hrual lai chuan a han chawi sang a. A hnuaiah chuan a ha tlem hle. Bra dum leh lace panty dum te tak te. Garter belt leh stockings dum textur sei tak tak a awm bawk. Ted Blacker chuan movie a en lai chuan air conditioned room chhungah chuan a thawk a hah deuh tan a. Kar tam tak hnuah pawh chu thil damlo chuan a la tibuai reng a ni. A nuam hle mai. A hriatrengna hlu leh hlu ber zinga mi a ni reng dawn tih a pawm. A bra chu a phelh a, a kut ah chuan a rawn thun thla a. A hnute, a ngaihtuah phak aia lian, a tips pinkish-brown nei chu a ribcage atang chuan nghet tak leh vur ang maiin a lang chhuak a. Blacker chuan a hnungah a ding a, a kut pakhatin a hnute a khelh laiin a kut dang hmangin button dang a hmet leh a, zoom lens chu on a, hnaih takin a man ta a ni. Lal fanu chuan engmah a hre lo. A hnar chhunga pores te te hmuh theih khawpa chiang taka close-up-ah chuan a mit chu nuihzatthlak takin half-smile in a khar a. A kut a hriat emaw, a chhanna emaw a nih chuan hriat theih a ni lo. Blacker chuan a garter belt leh stockings chu a ha reng a. Garters chu a fetish a ni a, hetih lai hian a hlimthlaah chuan a inhnamhnawih em em a, he sexual charade chhan dik tak hi a theihnghilh tawh mai. Sum. Chu ke sei tak, sei tak - stocking dum sei takah chuan a seductive em em - chu a duh ang chiah chuan, sofa-ah chuan a dah tan ta a. A thupek zawng zawng chu a zawm a, thu a sawi ngai lo va, a dodal ngai lo. Hetih lai hian lal fanu chu hla takah a awm tawh a, a awmna chu a hre chiang tak tak a nih chuan a hmel chiang lo ber chauh a ni. Blacker chu a vague addition to the scene a ni a, chu aia tam chu a awm lo. Minute sawmhnih hnuah Blacker chuan sexual gamut a paltlang ta a ni. Pose zawng zawng chu a phal vek a. Hmeichhia leh mipa in tih theih zawng zawng chu an ti vek a ni. Vawi tam tak...
  
  
  A chanvo a play a, close range atan zoom lens a hmang a - Blacker hian hmanraw engemaw zat a nei a - Dragon Club client thenkhat chuan duhthusam mak tak tak an nei ve tho a ni - Princess-ah hian a hmang vek a ni. Chu chu inngaitlawm takin a pawm bawk a, lainatna leh duh lohna a lantir lo. A tawpah chuan film minute li hnuhnung berah khan a sexual ingenuity a lantir hnuah Blacker chuan a duhthusam chu a inhmang a, rannung ang maiin a vuak a, a fuck bawk. Screen chu a thim ta vek mai. Blacker chuan projector chu a off a, bar te tak te lam chu a pan phei a, a darthlalang chu a melh kual a. Cockney te chu an lo thleng thuai ang. Vawiin zan hian a damchhuak dawn tih insurance. Blacker hian zanin a mipa a hmuh tur chungchangah hian illusions a nei lo. Dragon Club panna stairs-a chhoh phalsak an nih hmain uluk takin an dap dawn a ni. Ted Blacker chu a chhuk thla a, air conditioned room chu a chhuahsan ta a. Alfie Dolittle-a biak hun nghak lo turin a rilru a siam ta a. Pakhatnaah chuan Al-a chuan aw ri bengchheng tak a nei a, pahnihnaah chuan phone-te handset-te chu engtin emaw takin an inzawm thei tih a sawi bawk. I hre ngai lovang. Pound maktaduai kua leh i nun i khelh lai khan engkim i ngaihtuah a ngai a ni. Lobby te tak te chu a hnim a, a thim hle bawk. Blacker chuan stairs hnuaia thlalak hnuaiah chuan a lo nghak a. Dar 2:29 p.m.-ah Alfie Doolittle chu lobby chhungah a lut ta a. Blacker chuan a rawn hiss a, Alfie chu a hawi let a, a mit chu a en a, kut sa nei pakhat chuan instinctive takin a kawr hmalam chu a rawn phar a. “Damn,” Alfie chuan a ti a, “Ka puak darh che hi i duh niin ka hria?” Blacker chuan a kut zungtang chu a hmuiah a dah a: - Ngawi zawkin thu sawi rawh, Pathian tan! Midangte chu khawiah nge an awm? - Joe leh Irie an lo thleng tawh. I sawi ang khan ka thawn let leh a. Pahnih dang an rawn thleng thuai dawn a ni. Blacker chuan lungawi hmel zet hian a lu a bu nghat a. Cockney lian tak lam pan chuan a kal ta a. - Zanin hian eng nge i neih? Khawngaihin ka hmu ang, Alfie Doolittle-a chuan a hmui sei takah chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian rang takin chemte leh brass knuckles pahnih a la chhuak a.
  "Knuckles for bashing, Teddy, a tul chuan, leh emergency a awm chuan knife, i ti mai thei. Tlangval zawng zawng hian keimah ang chiah hi an nei vek a ni. " Blacker chuan a lu a bu nghat leh a. A duh hnuhnung ber chu tualthah a ni. A tha hle. I Ka lo kir leh nghal mai ang.I hote an lo thlen hma chu hetah hian awm la, tichuan tho rawh.An thupek an hriat chian em em tur a ni - an zahawm a ngai a, an zahawm a ngai a, mahse ka mikhualte chu an dap tur a ni.Hriamhrei an hmuh apiang chu laksak a ni ang a, an pe let leh dawn lo . Ka sawi nawn leh ang - rawn let leh suh."
  
  
  Blacker chuan a "khualzahawmte" te hian ralthuam thar an neih theih nan hun engemaw chen a la ngai dawn niin a ngai a, chu chu tharum thawhna tihna pawh ni se. He hun hi hmang tangkaiin Dragon Club chu chatuan atan thlah a tum a, an rilru a lo harh chhuah hma loh chuan inthup a tum a ni. An hmu ngai lovang. Alfie chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Ka mipa te hian an thupek an hre chiang khawp mai, Teddy." Blacker chuan chung lam chu a pan leh ta a. A kekawr ipte chungah chuan tawi te tein: An theihnghilh loh nan chauh. Alfie chuan a hmui a ti hup leh a. Blacker chu a chhoh lai chuan thawmhnaw thar chuan a khuh vek a. A dawh dan tur a hmu thei lo. A thaw halh a, a thawk lak tumin landing pathumnaah chuan a ding a, a hmai chu handkerchief rimtui tak hmangin a hrufai a. Ni lo, Alfie chu a awm tur a ni. Plan engmah a famkim ngai lo. "Hetiang mikhualte nen hian keimah chauh, venhim loha awm ka duh lo" Minute sawm hnuah Alfie chuan kawngka chu a rawn kik a, Blacker chuan a luh tir a, ale bottle khat a pe a, straight-backed chunga a thutna tur hmun chu a entir a chair chu sofa lian tak dinglamah feet sawm vela hlaah a awm a. leh a ruala thlawhna pakhatah chuan a awm bawk. Engmah ka hmu lo, engmah ka hre lo, engmah ka ti lo...
  Duh lo zet hian, "Ka mikhualte hnenah film hi ka entir dawn a ni. Nang pawhin i hmu ngei ang. Nangmah ni ila midang hnenah ka sawi lo ang. Harsatna tam takah a hruai lut thei che a ni," a ti bawk. " "
  
  
  "Ka hmui khap dan ka thiam."
  
  
  Blacker chuan a kekawr lian takah chuan a rawn fawp a;a contact chu a duh lo hle. "Chuti a nih chuan i hmuh tur chu hre rawh. Film hi ngun taka i en chuan thil i zir mai thei." Aid chuan blank takin a en a. "Ka hriat tur zawng zawng ka hre vek." “Mi hlim tak,” Blacker chuan a ti a. A tha berah chuan fiamthu pawi tak a ni a, Cockney lian tan chuan a tangkai lo tak zet a ni. Kawngkhar hnunglam a rawn kik hmasak ber chu minute thum hnuah a rawn kik leh a. Blacker chuan vaukhânna kut zungtang hmangin Alfie chu a kawhhmuh a, a chair-ah chuan Buddha ang maia ngawi rengin a thu a. Tlawhtu hmasa ber chu a tawi a, fawn rawng summer suit leh Panama kawr dum man to tak ha chungin a inchei thianghlim hle.
  Blacker-a’n kawngka a hawn rual chuan a kun deuh a. - Min ngaidam rawh, khawngaihin. Mr. Theodore Blacker ka zawng mek a ni. Nangmah i ni em? Blacker chuan a lu a bu nghat a. Tu nge i nih? Chinese pa te chuan card a rawn phar chhuak a. Blacker chuan a en a, a font dum mawi tak chu a hmu a: "Mr. Wang Hai." Chu aia tam engmah a awm lo. Chinese embassy chungchang thumal khat pawh ni lo. Blacker chu a ding a. “Lo lut rawh, Mr. High. Khawngaihin sofa lian takah hian thu rawh.I awmna chu veilam sir ah a awm a, in tur i duh em?” - Engmah lo, khawngaihin. Chinese ho chuan Alfie Doolittle chu sofa-a a hmun a luah lai chuan a melh pawh a melh lo. Kawngkhar a rawn kik leh bawk. He mikhual hi a lian hle a, a dum hring dup a, Negroid features chiang tak a nei bawk. Suit cream rawng a ha a, a hring deuh a, a fashion lo bawk. Lapels chu a zau lutuk. A kut dum lian takah chuan straw kawr man tlawm tak, chhe tawh tak a keng a. Blacker chuan chu pa chu a en reng a, Alfie awmnaah chuan Pathian hnenah lawmthu a sawi a. He mipa dum hi a hlauhawm hle. "I hming khawngaihin?" Mipa dum aw chu a nem a, a chiang lo hle a, accent eng emaw zat a awm bawk. A mitmeng, dull yellow corneas nei chuan Slacker-a mitmeng chu a en a.
  
  
  Mipa dum chuan, "Ka hming hi a pawimawh lo. Prince Sobhuzi Askari aiawh angin hetah hian ka awm a ni. Chu chu a tawk a ni," a ti a. Blacker chuan a lu a bu nghat a. “Ni e. Khawngaihin thu rawh.Sofa-ah.Kawng dinglamah.In tur emaw, cigarette emaw i duh em?Mipa dum chuan a duh lo.Minute pathumna chuan kawngka a rawn kik hmain minute nga a liam ta a, ngawi rengin hlauhawm takin an kal pel a, Blacker chuan a vawng tlat a throwing a quick, sly glance at the two sitting on the couch.An inbia lo va, an in en lo bawk.tih thlengin... a nerve a nghing tan tih a hria.Engvangin nge chu misual chu a lo kal loh?Thil engemaw a kal em dik lo? Pathian, khawngaihin tih loh tur! Tunah chuan chu pound maktaduai kua vel chu a hnaih tawh em em a ni." A tawpah chuan kik a awm chuan thlamuang takin a tap ta mai mai a. Chu pa chu a sang hle a, a hring deuh mai a, mop of curly dark a nei bawk sam tan ngai.Kawrfual a nei lo.a sam chu a sen hring dup mai a ni.Heng socks dum leh kutchhuak savun kekawr dum chu a ha a.
  - Mr. Blacker-a chuan? Aw chu tenor light tak a ni a, mahse a chhunga hmuhsitna leh hmuhsitna chuan vuakna ang maiin a cut a. A English chu a tha hle a, mahse Latin flavor danglam tak a nei thung. Blacker chuan a lu a bu nghat a, kawr eng mawi tak chu a en a. "Ni e. Blacker ka ni. I lo ti tawh em...?" A ring chiah lo. Major Carlos Oliveira chuan a rawn ti a. Portuguese mi fing tak takte. Hemi chungchangah hian kan tan dawn em ni?"
  
  
  Chu aw chuan thuin a sawi loh chu a sawi a: pimp, pimp, slop rat, ui ek, reptiles zinga tenawm ber. Chu aw chuan kawng mak tak maiin Blacker chu Princess chu a hriat nawn tir ta a. Blacker hian a cool a hloh lo, a client naupang zawkte tawngin a sawi thin. A tam lutuk a ni. Sofa lam chu a kawhhmuh a. - Chutah chuan i thu ang, Major Oliveira. A laiah chuan khawngaihin. Blacker chuan kawngkhar chu double-lock in a bolt a. A pocket atang chuan postage card pangngai pathum, stamp awmna chu a la chhuak a. Sofa-a mipa pakhat theuh chu card pakhat a pe a.
  
  
  An hnen atanga tlem a insawn a, a thusawi te tak te inbuatsaih chu a sawi ta a. "Mi felte u, postcard tin hi Chelsea-a post office box-a address a nih thu in hmu ang. Sawi vak ngai lovin card-te hi mimal takin ka la dawn lo, mahse ka bulah ka awm dawn a ni. Mi tu emaw chuan theihtawp an chhuah em tih en turin hnai tak a ni ngei ang." card latu tur hnungah zui rawh.Sumdawnna i duh tak tak a nih chuan hei hi ka recommend lovang. "Darkar chanve chhung movie i en dawn a ni." He film hi a man to ber - pound maktaduai kua aia tam hnenah hralh a ni. Hei aia bid hniam zawk hi ka pawm dawn lo. Bumna a awm lovang. Print leh negative pakhat chauh a awm a, an pahnih hian man inangah an hralh vek... - Chinese pa te tak te chuan hmalam a hawi deuh a.
  
  
  - Khawngaihin, hei hi guarantee i nei em?
  Blacker chuan a lu a bu nghat a. - Rinawm takin.
  
  
  Major Oliveira chu a nui suk a. Blacker chu a nui suk a, handkerchief hmangin a hmai a hrufai a, a sawi chhunzawm a: “A pawimawh lo.” Guarantee dang a awm theih loh avangin ka thu hi i pawm a ngai dawn a ni. - A bo lo nui chung hian a ti a. - Ka vawng reng dawn tih ka tiam a che. Ka nun hi thlamuang taka nunpui ka duh. Tin, ka dil man pawh a to lutuk a, bumna ka hmang lo. KA...
  Mipa dum mitmeng sen chuan Blacker chu a rawn beng ta a. - Condition te hi chhunzawm zel turin kan ngen a che u. A tam vak lo
  Blacker chuan a hmai a hrufai leh a. Damn air conditioner a off em? "Ni e. A awlsam hle mai. In chunga hotute nena inrawnkhawmna hun in neih hnuah, in bet zat chu postcard-ah in ziak vek ang. Number-ah chauh, dollar leh pound chhinchhiahna awm lovin. Telephone number pawh ziak bawk ang che." where you can be reached will be contacted in complete confidentiality.I kutah ka dah theiin ka hria, card ka dawn hnu leh ka enfiah hnuah a hun takah bidder sang ber ka call ang.Tichuan pawisa pek leh dawn chungchangah kan inrem ang the film.Hei , ka sawi tawh ang khan, a awlsam hle.
  
  
  "Ni e," Chinese mi fel tak chuan a ti a. "A awlsam hle mai". Blacker chuan a mitmeng chu a hmu a, rul pakhat a hmu niin a hria. “A fing hle mai,” mipa dum chuan a ti a. A kut zungtang chuan a khup chungah club dum pahnih a siam a. Major Carlos Oliveira chuan engmah a sawi lo va, eng thil pawh awm thei tur mit dum hring hring hring nen English mi chu a en chauh a ni. Blacker chuan a nerve chu a ti buai hle. Sofa lam pan chuan a kal phei a, armrest-a pearl button chu a hmet a. Bravado hmel tlemte nen chuan room tawp lama waiting screen chu a kawhhmuh a. "Tin, tunah chuan, mi felte u, Princess Morgan da Game hi a hun ngaihnawm ber pakhatah a awm ta." Projector chu a rawn ri ta hlawl mai. Blacker chuan a kawrfual button a phelh tan lai chuan princess chu ui rilru hah tak, a chanve muhil ang maiin a nui suk a.
  
  
  
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  London khawpui chhunga club mawi leh exclusive ber pawl THE DIPLOMAT hi Georgian in ropui takah Three Kings Yard bulah a awm a, Grosvenor Square bulah a awm a ni. Chumi zan chuan a lum a, a sticky bawk a, club chu a boring hle. Mi inchei tha tlemte chauh an lo kal leh chhuak a, a tam zawk chu an chhuak a, dawhkan sawmhnih leh pakhat leh poker room-a khelh chu a buai tak zet a ni. London khawpui chhunga khaw lum lutuk chuan infiamna mipui chu a ti hahdam a, khelh pawh a hloh phah hle. Nick Carter pawh chutiang bawk chu a ni. Humidity chuan a tibuai bik lo, chutiang tel lo chuan a ti thei a, mahse khaw lum vang erawh chuan a tibuai lo. Thudik tak chu Killmaster hian a hre lo, a hre tak tak lo, eng thil nge a tibuai tih hi a ni. A rilru a hahdam lo va, a thinrim hle tih chauh a hria a; a hmain embassy reception-ah a tel tawh a, Grosvenor Square-ah a ṭhian hlui Jake Todhunter nen an zai dun tawh bawk. Tlai lam chu chu aia tlem a ni. Jake chuan Nick chu date a pe a, Lime te tak te hmeltha tak, nuihzatthlak tak leh hmun dik zawng zawnga curve nei. Hmeichhia chuan tihlim tumin theihtawp a chhuah a, a tlem berah chuan a zawm tih chhinchhiahna zawng zawng a lantir vek a. Nick a en danah chuan YES lian tak a inziak vek a, a kut chu a vuan tlat a, a hnaih lutuk bawk.
  
  
  A pa, Lake Todhuuter chuan sorkara mi pawimawh tak a nih thu a sawi. Nick Carter chuan a ngaihsak lo. A rilru a buai hle a - tunah chauh hian a chhan a hrethiam tan ta - Ernest Hemingway-a'n "the galloping stupid donkey" a tih case na tak chuan a rawn nuai ta a ni. A nihna takah chuan Carter hi mi fel takin a hmuh theih angin rude hnaih tak a ni. Ngaihdam a dil a, a chhuak ta a. A chhuak a, a tie chu a phelh a, a tuxedo dum button chu a phelh a, step sei tak tak, sweeping takin a kal a, concrete leh asphalt kang lai chu a kal ta a. Carlos Place leh Mont Street kaltlangin Berkeley Square thlengin a kal a. Chutah chuan nightingales pakhat mah hla an sa lo. A tawpah chuan a hawi let a, Diplomat chu a paltlang a, rilru hah takin in tur leh chawhmeh ei turin a ding ta a. Nick hian club tam takah card tam tak a nei a, chutiang zingah chuan "Diplomat" pawh a tel ve bawk. Tunah chuan a in tur chu a ei zawh hnaih tawh a, a sir lama dawhkan te tak te pakhatah chuan amah chauhin a thu a, a thinrimna bul chu a hmu ta a ni. A awlsam khawp mai. Killmaster hi inactive rei lutuk a ni. Hawk-a’n hna a pek aṭanga thla hnih dawn lai a liam tawh. Nick chuan engtik lai khan nge hna nei loin hun rei tak a awm tih a hre thei lo. A lungawi lo, moody, thinrim leh inrem harsa tak a nih pawh hi thil mak a ni lo! Counterintelligence department-ah thil a kal slow hle ngei ang - chutiang emaw, a boss David Hawke-a'n Nick-a chu a chhan vangin a inhnek loh tir emaw a ni. Eng pawh ni se, he thil chungchangah hian thil tih a ngai a ni. Nick chuan pawisa a pe a, chhuak turin a inbuatsaih ta a. Zing lamah a hmasa berin Hawk chu a ko a, hna pakhat a phut a. Chuvângin, mi chu a rust thei a ni. Dik tak chuan a hnathawhna line-a mi pakhat tan chuan hun rei tak chhung thawk lova awm chu thil hlauhawm tak a ni. Dik tak chuan, khawvêl hmun eng pawhah a inhmu a, ni tin thil ṭhenkhat chu a thawh chhuah a ngai a ni. Yoga hi nitin tih dan tur a ni. Hetah hian London-ah hian Tom Mitubashi nen hian a hnuhnung zawk Soho gym-ah training an nei a: judo, jiu-jitsu, aikido leh karate-ah te. Tunah chuan Killmaster chu 6th degree black belt a ni tawh. Heng zawng zawng hi a pawimawh lo. Practice a ropui hle a, mahse tuna a mamawh chu a deal tak tak a ni. A la chawlh lai a ni. Awle. A ti ngei ang. Chu putar chu khum atangin a hruai chhuak ang a—Washington-ah chuan a la thim hle a—a rang thei ang bera appointment neih a phut ang.
  
  
  Thil a slow mai thei, mahse Hawk hian press a nih chuan thil a rawn ngaihtuah chhuak thei reng a ni. Entîr nân, thihna lehkhabu dum tê tê a nei a, chutah chuan mi tihchhiat a hmuh duh berte list a awm a. Nick Carter chuan club a chhuahsan tawh a, a dinglamah nuih leh kutbeng ri a hre ta. Chu thawmah chuan thil mak, mak, thu dik lo a awm a, chu chuan a ngaihven a hlawh hle. Hei hian a ti buai deuh hlek a. Zu rui mai ni lovin—a hmain zu rui bulah a awm tawh a— thil dang, note sang tak, shrill note, engtin emaw tak dik lo tak. A hriat duhna chu a chawk tho a, a ding a, thawm ri lam chu a han en a. Gothic arch lam pan chuan step zau leh thuk lo pathum a awm a. Arch chungah chuan chhinchhiahna pakhatah chuan kutziak dum tlemtea ziak: “Private Bar for Men,” tih a inziak a. Nuihzatthlak tak tak a awm leh ta. Nick-a mit leh beng fimkhur tak chuan thawm leh chhinchhiahna chu a man a, a inmil ta hle mai. Mipa bar pakhat, mahse chutah chuan hmeichhe pakhat nuihzatthlak tak a awm a. Zu rui, nuihzatthlak tak mai. Nick chu step thum atang chuan a kal thla a. Hei hi a hmuh duh chu a ni. Hawk biak a tum chuan a mood tha tak chu a rawn let leh ta a. Hei hi chutiang zan zinga mi chu a ni thei a, a tawpah chuan. Archway piah lamah chuan pindan sei tak a awm a, a sir khatah bar a awm bawk. Hmun chu a thim hle a, bar tih loh chu, chutah chuan lamp, hetah leh khawiah pawh picked nia lang, makeshift podium ang maia siam a ni. Nick Carter hian kum tam tak chhung chu burlesque theatre-ah a kal lo a, mahse boruak chu a hre nghal mai a ni. Chutiang khawpa mi â siamtu nula hmeltha tak chu a hre lo. Hei hi chutih lai pawh chuan thil ruahmannaah chuan mak lutuk lo niin a ngai a, mahse a pawi hle. A chhan chu a hmeltha em em a ni. Mak. Tunah pawh hian a hnute ṭha famkim pakhat a rawn chhuak a, go-go leh hoochie-coochie inzawmkhawm sloppy deuh ang maia lang chu a ti a, a hmeltha hle. Khawi emaw laiah chuan kil thim takah chuan American jukebox atang chuan American music a ri a. Mipa half dozen, tails nei vek, kum sawmnga chuang zetin an lo hmuak a, nui chungin kut an beng a, hmeichhe naupang chu bar chhunga a strut leh a zai chhoh lai chuan.
  
  
  Bartender upa tawh tak, a hmel sei takah chuan duh lohna hmel pu chungin, kawr dum ha chungin a beng bulah kut a nghat a, ngawi rengin a ding a. Killmaster hian a rilru a buai deuh tih a pawm a ngai a, chu chu a tan chuan thil mak tak a ni. A nihna takah chuan hei hi Diplomat Hotel a ni! A bottom dollar chu management hian tunah hian mipa bar-a thil thleng an hre lo tih a bet ang. Mi pakhat chu a bula thlalak zingah chuan a che a, Nick chu instinctive takin flash ang maiin a inher a, hlauhawm awm thei chu hmachhawn turin. Mahse chhiahhlawh, club livery ha chhiahhlawh tar tak mai a ni. Bar-a hmeichhe zai lai chu a nuih suk a, mahse Nick-a mit a la chuan a hmel chu pious disapproval-ah a inthlak nghal a ni. AX agent lam a nod chu a obsequious hle.
  - A zahthlak a ni lawm ni, ka pu! A zahthlak hle mai, a dik a ni. I hmu em, an neih loh tur lai pawha he thila rawn nawr luttu chu mi fel tak takte kha an ni. Hetah hian tihsualin a vakvai a, mi rethei tak chu, a hre chiang zawk turte chuan an rawn la nghal a, an zai ta a ni." Rei lo te chhung chu Pathian ngaihsakna chu a bo ta a, putar chu a nui suk mai. "Mahse, a dodal ka ti thei lo, sir.Thlarau chhungah chuan a kal nghal a, a ni men at the bar. An zinga pakhat chuan a kut a cup a, "Ti rawh, lal fanu," tiin a au chhuak a. Take it all off!" Nick Carter chuan hei hi lawmna chanve, thinrimna chanve nen a en a. Chutiang thil hmanga a inngaitlawm lutuk chu a hmeltha lutuk. "Tunge ni?" girl, chuan: "Princess yes Gum, sir. Hausa tak a ni. Khawvela bawlhhlawh sang tak a ni. A nih loh leh a ni, a tlem berah. Pathian ngaihsakna thenkhat chu a lo kir leh ta. - A pawi hle mai, ka pu, ka sawi tawh ang khan. So pretty, and with." a pawisa zawng zawng leh a thisen dum zawng zawng...” Aw ka Pathian, ka pu, a phelh mai ang tih ka ring!’ Tunah chuan bar chhunga mipaho chu an insum a, an au chhuak a, an kut an thlak bawk.
  
  
  Hla ri chu a ri nasa zual sauh sauh a: “Hlah rawh... phelh rawh... phelh rawh...” Chhiahhlawh upa chuan hlauthawng takin a kekawr ipte chungah chuan a en a, chutah Nick chu a en leh a. "Tunah chuan mi felte hian an kal thui lutuk a ni, ka pu. Ka hnathawh hi hetah hian hmuh tlak a ni." “A nih leh engvangin nge,” Kilbnaster chuan zawi te hian rawtna a siam a, “I chhuak lo em ni?” Mahse hetah hian putar pakhat a lo awm a. A mitmeng tui tak chuan nula chu a en leh ta a. Mahse, "Ka boss hian he thila a inrawlh ve a nih chuan he establishment-ah hian dam chhung atan khap vek an ni ang - an zinga pakhat zel chu," a ti. A boss, Nick chuan manager a ni ang tih a ngaihtuah a. A nui hmel chu a awlsam khawp mai. Ni e, manager chu a rawn lang nghal a nih chuan pawisa pek tur hremhmun a awm ngei ang. Quixotically chuan a tih chhan hre tak tak lo leh ngaihsak tak tak lovin Nick chu bar hnung lamah a insawn ta a. Tunah chuan hmeichhia chu a mualpho lo hle a, beat leh sound te chu a awlsam zawk thei lo. Green dress te tak te, mid-thigh thlenga sei a ha a. Nick-a chuan bartender ngaihven hlawh turin bar-a a glass a tap dawn lai tak chuan hmeichhia chuan a miniskirt hnunglam chu man tumin a kut a phar nghal a. Hmanhmawh tak pakhatin a lu chungah a hrual a, a hnen atangin a paih bo ta a. Thlipuiah chuan a tlan kual a, rei vak lo a thlawk a, chutah a tla thla a, a taksa nen chuan a hlim a, a rimtui leh rimtui tak, Nick Cartr-a lu chungah chuan a tla thla ta a ni. Bar chhunga mipa dangte au thawm leh nuihzatthlak tak tak te. Nick chuan puan atang chuan a zalen ta a—Lanvin perfume a ni tih a hre chiang a, a man to hle bawk—chu kawr chu a bula counter-ah chuan a dah ta a. Tunah chuan mipa zawng zawng chuan an lo en reng tawh a. Nick chuan muangchang hmel zet hian a chhang a. An zinga fimkhur zawk pakhat emaw pahnih emaw chu awlsam lo takin an shift a, an en a
  Hmeichhe naupang - Nick chuan khawi emaw laiah da Gama tih hming hi a hre tawh ngei ang tih a ngaihtuah a - tunah chuan bra te tak te chauh a ha a, a hnute dinglam chu a lang chhuak a, panty dum hring hring, garter belt leh lace panty sei tak a ha a ni. stocking dum a ni. Hmeichhe sang tak, ke zungbun sei tak, ke ruh leh ke te tak te, mawi tak tak nei a ni. Patent leather open toe pump leh high heels a ha a ni. A lu chu hnunglam hawiin a zai a, a mit a chhing bawk. A sam, jet black chu a tawi hle a, a lu hnaih hle bawk.
  
  
  Nick hian wig engemaw zat neiin a hmang thei ang tih ngaihtuahna rei lo te a nei a. Jukebox-a record chu American jazz hla hlui medley a ni. Tunah chuan band hian rei vak lo chhung chu Tiger Rag hot bar tlemteah an segue ta a ni. Hmeichhe naupang pelvis hrual chuan sakeibaknei thawm ri, tuba oom-pa ri bengchheng tak chu a man ta a. A mit chu a la chhing reng a, a hnunglam hla takah a innghat a, a ke chu a zau zau hle a, a rawn inher a, a rawn inher chhuak ta a. Tunah chuan a hnute veilam chu a bra te tak te atang chuan a rawn chhuak ta. A hnuai mipa ho chu an au chhuak a, hun chu an vuak ta a. "Chu sakei chu chelh la, chu sakei chu chelh rawh! Hlu chhuak rawh, lal fanu. Ti nghing rawh, lal fanu!" Mipa pakhat, balding guy, pum lian tak, evening suit ha chu counter-ah chuan chhoh a tum a. A comrade-te chuan an hruai kir leh ta a. Chu scene chuan Nick-a chu Italian film pakhat a hriatchhuah tir a, a hming pawh a hre thei lo. Killmaster erawh chu a nihna takah chuan ambivalent position-ah a inhmu ta a ni. A hmun thenkhat chu chu thil hmuh chuan a thinrim deuh a, bar chhunga zu rui hmeichhe rethei tak chu a khawngaih hle a; Nick-a hmun dang, hnial theih loh ran vulh lai chuan a ke sei tak famkim leh hnute saruak, inher chhuak chu a chhang let tan ta a ni. A rilru a ṭhat loh avangin kar khat aia rei hmeichhia a nei lo. Tunah chuan phurna kawngah a ding tawh a, a hre chiang a, a duh lo. Hetiang hian a ni lo. Bar a chhuahsan chu a nghakhlel hle. Tunah chuan nula chuan a hmu a, a lam pan chuan a zai ta a. Nick dinna lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, a toned buttocks chu a la ti nghing a, a la ti nghing reng bawk. A en nghal zat a, mahse a hmu tak tak tih erawh a ringhlel. Engmah a hmu lo tluk a ni. Nick chungah chuan a ding nghal a, a ke chu a zau hle a, a kut chu a hip-ah a dah a. A chetna zawng zawng chu a titawp a, a en thla a. An mit chu a inhmu a, rei vak lo chhung chu zu in thuk tak, green, zu-a inhnim hring zingah chuan finna eng hlimthla hring dup mai chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  Nula chuan a nui suk a. “I hmeltha hle mai,” a ti a. "Ka duh che. Ka duh che. I hmel chu... rintlak i ni... khawngaihin min hruai haw rawh" A mitmenga light chu a thim a, switch pakhat a inher ang mai hian Nick, amah lam chu a hawi a ke sei tak tak khup thlengin a buckle tan a khup tense tumna hnuhnung ber chuan rigidity engemaw zat a tihlawhtling a, immobility statues a nei a.A mit chu a hring a, a en reng bawk.Counter atang chuan zawi zawiin, khawngaihna mak tak nen, Nick Carter-a kut nghaktu kut ah chuan a tla thla a, awlsam takin a man a, a chelh a, amah chu bare breasts pressed against his large chest.Tunah chuan engtin nge?Hmeichhia a duh a ni.Mahse, in -firstly, hmeichhe zu rui hi a duh bik lo.Hmeichhe nung leh chak tak, active leh sensual tak tak te chu a duh ber a ni.Mahse, a duh chuan a mamawh a ni hmeichhia a ni a, tunah chuan a ti niin a ngai a, London telephone number room-a khat lehkhabu pum pui a nei a, chu zu rui thau tak, counter-a chho tum mipa ngei chuan tehfung chu a tip a. Nick bulah chuan a hmai hrual leh sen hring dup chu a nuihzat hmel hle. - Nula chu ka hruai ang, putar. Kan ta a ni, i hria em, i ta a ni lo. Kei, lal fanu te tak te tan ruahmanna kan nei a. Killmaster chuan chutih lai chuan a rel ta a. “Ni lo ka ring,” ngawi rengin chu pa hnenah chuan a ti a. "Hmeichhia chuan in lama hruai turin min ti a. I hre tawh. Ka ti ngei ang tih ka ring: 'Plan' chu eng nge a nih a hre chiang hle a ni. " "New York khawpui pawn lamah emaw, London-a club mawi takah emaw. Mipa chu rannung inang an ni a, jeans emaw evening suit emaw ha an ni. Tunah chuan bar chhunga mipa dangte chu a en ta a. An inthen a, an in muangchang a, amah chu an en a, mipa thau tak chu an ngaihven lo va, Nick chuan hmeichhe naupang kawr chu khum atang chuan a la a, bar lam pan chuan a kal a, chhiahhlawh lam chu a hawi a, thlalak hnuaiah chuan a la awm reng a ni. Chhiahhlawh upa chuan hlauhna leh ngaihsan hmel inpawlh takin a en a.
  
  
  Nick chuan putar hnenah chuan kawr chu a vawrh a. - Nangmah. Dressing room-ah min hruai turin min pui ang che. Kan inchei ang a,... -
  
  
  Minute khat chauh, damn it,” mi thau chuan a ti a. - "Who the hell are you, Yankee, that you come here and run off with our girl? I've been buying that whore drinks all night and if you think you can... uhltirimmpppphhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
  - Nick chuan chu pa chu tihnat loh tumin nasa takin a bei a. A kut dinglam kut zungtang hmasa pathum chu a han phar a, a han ten a, a kutphah chu chunglam hawiin a han hawi a, chu pa chu a sternum hnuai lam chiah chuan a rawn vawm ta a. A duh chuan killing blow a ni thei a, mahse AX-man chu a ngilnei hle mai. - Mi thau tak chu a tlu nghal a, a pum hring chu a kut pahnihin a chelh tlat a. A hmel flabby chu a rawn sen vek a, a rawn ti chhuak nghal zat bawk. Mipa dangte chuan an ti muangchang a, an in en a, mahse inrawlh tumna an nei lo.
  Nick chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a rawn pe a. - Mi felte u, in dawhtheihna avangin lawmthu kan sawi e. I ngaihtuah aiin i fing zawk. Mi thau tak chu a kawhhmuh a, leiah chuan thawk a la la chhuak reng a. A thawk a lak meuh chuan engkim a tha vek ang." Hmeichhe naupang hriat loh chu a kut veilam chungah chuan a rawn inher kual vel a...
  Nick chuan putar chu a rawn ti a. "Light on rawh." Dim yellow light a rawn eng chuan hmeichhe naupang chu a tidik a, a kut hnuaiah chuan a chelh tlat a. Putar chuan kawr dum ha chungin a lo nghak a. "Minute khat tal nghak rawh" Nick chuan velvety white breast tin chu a bra cradle chhungah chuan a nawr let leh a, rang takin vawi hnih a nawr lut a, "Tunah - a lu chungah dah la, hnuai lam pan rawh. " - Putar chu a che lo. Nick chuan a nui suk a him: "Eng nge ni ta, veteran? Hmeichhe saruak chanve i hmu ngai lo em ni?"
  
  
  Chhiahhlawh upa chuan a zahawmna la awm hnuhnung berte chu a ko ta a. - Ni lo, ka pu, kum sawmli vel a ni tawh. Hei hi, ka pu, thil mak tak a ni. Mahse, tuar chhuah ka tum ang. I ti ngei ang,” Nick chuan a ti a. - I handle thei ang. Tin, hmanhmawh rawh. Nula lu chungah chuan kawr chu an paih a, an chhuk thla a. Nick chuan a kut chu a kawrfual chungah nghatin a ding nghet sauh sauh a. "Purse emaw eng emaw a nei em? Hmeichhia hian chutiang chu an nei tlangpui. - Chutah chuan purse a awm ngei ka ring, ka pu. Khawi emaw laiah bar pakhatah ka hre reng ang hriat?" Chu pa chuan a lu a thing a. "Ka hre lo. Mahse, chanchinbuah Aldgate Hotel-a a awm thu ka chhiar niin ka hria. I hrechhuak ngei ang. Tin, phalsak ka nih chuan ka pu, he thilah hian a lady chu Aldgate-ah i hruai kir leh thei dawn lo..." "Ka hria," Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka hria. Wallet chu rawn keng rawh. A bak zawng chu ka ngaihtuah ang che." "Ni e, ka pu." Chu pa chu bar chhungah chuan a tlan lut leh nghal a. Tunah chuan a chungah a innghat a, a thlawpna nen chuan a ding chhuak nghal zat a, a lu chu a kawngah a nghat a. A mit chu a chhing a, a hmai chu a hahdam hle.", A hmai sen zau tak chu a hnim deuh bawk. A thaw hahdam hle mai. Whisky rimtui rimtui lo tak, rimtui fiah lo tak nena inzawm chu a rawn chhuah chhuak ta a. Killmaster chuan a kawrfual a itching leh na chu a hre leh ta. A hmeltha a, duhthusam a ni. Hetiang dinhmunah pawh hian. Killmaster chuan a chungah tlan chhuak tura kal tura thlemna chu a duh lo tih a sawi. Hmeichhia, a thil tih dan hre lo nen chuan a mutpui ngai lo - zanin hian a tan dawn lo. Putar chu alligator vun var atanga siam handbag kengin a rawn let leh a. Nick chuan a jacket pocket ah a dah a. Pocket dang atang chuan pound note pahnih khat a la chhuak a, chu pa hnenah chuan a pe ta a. "Taxi i la thei em tih en rawh." Nula chuan a hmai chu a lam hawiin a nghat a. A mit chu a chhing vek a. Thlamuang takin a muhil a. Nick Carter chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  "I inpeih lo em ni? Hei hi i ti thei lo ang, huh? Mahse, heng zawng zawng hi ka tih vek a ngai. Okay, chutiang chu ni rawh se." A kekawrte chungah chuan a paih a, dressing room atang chuan a chhuak ta a. Bar chhungah chuan a en lo. Step thum, archway hnuaiah chuan a kal chho a, vestibule lam chu a hawi a. "Nang chu! Ka pu!" Aw chu a thim a, a thinrim hle bawk. Nick chuan aw neitu lam chu a hawi a. Chu chetna chuan hmeichhe naupang kawrfual te tak te chu a ti sang deuh a, a billow up a, a toned thighs leh tight white pantyes chu a rawn lang chhuak ta a ni. Nick chuan a kawr chu a phelh a, a tidik a. “Ngaidam rawh,” a ti a. - Thil i duh em? Nibs - rinhlelh rual lohvin amah a ni - a ding a, a bengchheng hle. A hmui chu tui atanga sangha chhuak ang maiin a che chhunzawm zel a, mahse thu engmah a chhuak lo. Mipa hring, balding blond tak a ni. A kawr te tak te chu a kawr khauh tak atan chuan a te lutuk. A lapel-a pangpar chuan Nick-a chu dandies a hriatchhuah tir a. AX-man chu a nui suk a, a kekawr iptea hmeichhe hmeltha tak, a lu leh a hnute hmalam hawia thut chu nitin thil tih ang mai a ni.
  Ani chuan: “Eng emaw i duh em?” Manager chuan nula ke chu a en a, a hmui chu ngawi rengin a la che reng a. Nick chuan a stocking top leh panty inkar sa var strip chu khuh turin green dress chu a rawn hrual thla a. A nui suk a, a hawi let tan ta a.
  "Sorry leh. Min biak ka ring."
  Manager chuan a tawpah chuan a aw chu a hmu ta a. A cher a, a sang a, thinrimnain a khat a ni. A kut te te chu a hrual a, Nick Carter chu a han vawm a. - I... ka hrethiam lo! Ka sawi tum chu, heng zawng zawng hi sawifiahna ka phut tihna a ni, ka club-ah hian eng thil nge thleng? Nick chu a sual lo hmel hle. Tin, a buai hle bawk. - I chhunzawm zel em? Ka hrethiam lo. Princess nen kan chhuak dawn chauh a,... - Manager chuan hmeichhe naupang hnungzang chu a kut zungtang khur chungin a rawn kawhhmuh a. - Alaa - Lal fanu da Gama. Leh! Zu rui leh tawh, ka ring em? Nick chuan a rit chu a kawngah a dah a, a nui suk bawk. "Chutiang chuan i ti mai thei ang, yeah. Ka hruai haw ang." “Awle,” manager chuan a ti a. - Chutiang chuan i ngilnei dawn em ni. Hetah hian a lo kir leh tawh loh nan ngilnei takin awm rawh.
  
  
  Tawngtaina ni thei tur thilah chuan a kut a beng a. “Ka hlauhthawn ber a ni,” a ti bawk.
  "London khawpui chhunga club zawng zawng bane and bane a ni. Kal rawh, sir. Khawngaihin kal ve rawh. Tunah chuan." “A dik e,” Nick chuan a ti a. “Aldgate-ah a awm tih ka la a, huh?”
  Manager chu a rawn green ta a. A mit chu an socket atang chuan a rawn chhuak chhuak ta. “Aw ka Pathian, mipa, chutah chuan i hruai thei lo!” He darkarah pawh hian. A bik takin he darkarah hian a ni lo. Chutah chuan mi an tam hle mai. Aldgate hi chanchinbu mi leh thuthang ziaktute nen an khat fo thin. Heng parasite te hian an hmu a, a biak a, zanin hian hetah hian a awm tih a hrilh a nih chuan, kei pawh ka awm ang, ka club pawh a awm ang... Nick hian games a ti chau tawh. Foyer lam chu a hawi let leh a. Hmeichhe naupang kut chu chetna avanga doll ang maiin a innghat a. Chu pa hnenah chuan, “Lungngai tawh suh,” a ti a.
  "Tumah a biak rei dawn lo. Chu chu ka ti chiang ang." Chu pa chu hre reng chungin a mit a chhing a, chutah, “Hetiang louts, heng brutes te hi thil engemaw i tih tur a ni tak zet a ni,” a ti a. Mipa bar lam pan chuan a lu a bu nghat a. - He nula rethei tak hi an hmang tangkai duh tih i hria em? An hmang duh a, ka thlen chuan bar chhungah ngei an pawngsual duh a ni. A chawimawina chu ka chhanhim ta a ni. Keimah ni lo ila chuan - a tha e, chanchinbu-a thupui chungchang sawi rawh! Naktuk hian i khar dawn a ni. Nasty guys, an awm vek, an awm vek. Bartender hnenah chuan a pum na nei thau tak chungchang zawt rawh. Nula chhanchhuah nan he mipa hi ka vuak a ngai a ni. Nibs chu a rawn ti nghal zat. Stairs sir lama railing chu a han phar a, an rawn man a: "Ka pu. Mi i vuak em? Ni e - pawngsual. Ka mipa bar-ah? - mumang mai a ni a, ka harh thuai ang. I.. ." - Bet suh ", - Nick chuan hlim takin a ti a. - Awle, nula nen chuan kan chhuahsan a tha zawk. Mahse, ka thurawn hi la la, i list atang hian mi tlemte i cross a tha zawk. Bar lam pan chuan a lu a bu nghat leh a. " Bad company hnuaiah chuan. Company chhe tak, a bik takin pum lian tak nei chu. Sexual pervert chi khat a nih chuan mak ka ti lo ang." Manager hmel sen hring dup ah chuan hlauhna hmel thar a rawn lang zauh zauh a. Nick chu a en reng a, a hmel chu a khur nghal vek a, a mitmeng chu a hrual a, a ngen bawk. A aw chu a khur nghal vek.
  
  
  
  
  "Mi lian tak, pum lian tak? Hmel sen hring? Nick-a chhanna mitmeng chu a vawt hle. - He mi thau leh flabby tak hi mi ropui i tih chuan hei hi chu mipa chu a ni thei ang. Engvangin nge? Tu nge a nih? Manager chuan a dah a thin hand to his forehead. Tunah chuan a thawmhnaw a chhuak ta - he club-ah hian controlling stake a nei tawh." Nick chuan foyer glass kawngka atang chuan a han en a, chhiahhlawh upa tak pakhatin a sir lamah cab a ko a. Manager lam chu a kut a phar a. “Tunlai hian Sir Charles tan chuan a va nuam tak em. A nih loh leh, club thatna tur atan, amah ngeiin blackball khel turin i ti thei mai thei. Zan tha rawh” Tin, chu nula chuan a hnenah pawh zan tha a ti bawk.Chu pa chuan a hre lo niin a lang hint. Carter chu hremhmun atanga chhuak chauh diabola ang maiin a en a." "Sir Charles i vuak em?" Nick chuan a nui suk a. "A ni lo tak zet. Tlem a tickled mai mai. I hriselna
  Putar chuan lal fanu chu car chhungah a phur lut ta a. Nick chuan putar chu high five a pe a, a nui suk a. "Ka lawm e, Pa. Tunah hian kal la, chi rimtui tak tak la la a tha zawk - Nibs hian a mamawh ang. Goodbye." Driver chu Kensington area-ah kal turin a hrilh a. A kekawr bul lian tak chunga muhil hmel chu a zir chiang a. Whisky rim a nam leh a. Vawiin tlai khan a in nasa lutuk a ni ngei ang. Nick hian harsatna a nei a. Hetiang dinhmunah hian hotel-ah a hruai kir leh duh lo. Hmingthatna hloh tur a nei tih a ringhlel a, mahse chuti chung pawh chuan chu chu nula chunga i tih theih tur a ni lo. Tin, nula a ni bawk - hetiang dinhmunah pawh hian. Nick Carter hian hun hrang hrangah leh khawvel hmun hrang hrangah ladies a mutpui tawk a, pakhat a hmuh chuan a hre thei ang. Zu rui thei, inngaihzawnna nei thei, thil dang tam tak a nei thei a, mahse lady a la ni tho. Hetiang chi, mi â, nawhchizuar, nymphomaniac, bitch - emaw, a dang emaw - eng pawh ni se a hre chiang hle. Mahse a hmel lan dan leh a dinhmun, a lal khawngaihna chu zu ruih natna karah pawh thup theih a ni lo. He Nibs hian thil pakhatah a sawi dik a ni: Aldgete hi hotel mawi leh man to tak ni mahse London awmzia dik takah chuan staid leh conservative tak a ni lo. Lobby lian tak chu he zing darkar hian a ri nasa hle ang - he khaw lum lai pawh hian London khawpuiah hian swinger tlemte an awm fo thin - thing in chhungah hian khawi emaw laiah reporter pakhat emaw pahnih emaw leh thlalak thiam pakhat emaw an inkhuar ngei ang. Hmeichhe naupang chu a en leh a, chutah taxi chuan khur a rawn tawk a, springy bounce nuam lo tak a ni a, chuta tang chuan hmeichhe naupang chu a tla thla ta a. Nick chuan a hnunglam a rawn hruai a. Thil engemaw a ti muangchang a, a kut pakhat chu a kawngah a khuh a. A hmui nêm leh hnim chu a hmuiah a rawn inher chhuak a.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Again,” a ti muangchang a. "Khawngaihin ti leh rawh." Nick chuan a kut chu a thlah a, a hmuiah chuan a fawp a. Sakeibaknei bulah chuan a paih thei lo. “Prince’s Gate chu,” driver hnenah chuan a ti a. "Nightsbridge Road-ah. Chu chu i hria em..." "Ka hria, ka pu." A apartment-ah a hruai ang a, a mutpui ang. "...Killmaster chuan Princess de Gama chungchang hi tlem a ngaihven zawk tih a sawi chhuak a. Tunah chuan tu nge a nih tih chu chiang lo takin a hre chiang hle. A chang chuan chanchinbuah a chanchin a chhiar thin emaw, a thiante pawhin an sawiho lai pawh a hre thin emaw a ni mai thei." Killmaster hi engti kawng mahin "public figure" a ni lo - agent training sang tlemte ang maiin - mahse a hming chu a hre reng a ni.A hming pum chu Morgana da Gama a ni.Lal fanu tak tak a ni.Lal Portuguese thisen a ni.Vasco da Gama chu a hla tak a ni ancestor.Nick chuan a bialnu muhil lai chu a nuihzat a.A sam lu dum hring dup chu a tifai a.Zingah chuan Hawk chu a ko hmasa lo mai thei, a nihna takah chuan.Hun engemaw chen a pe tur a ni.Chutiang taka hmeltha leh duhthusam zu rui a nih chuan, engtin nge a fimkhur theih ang?
  
  
  Maithei. Ni lo mai thei, Nick chuan a kekawr zau tak chu a ti a. Beidawnna hell khat pawh a phur thei. Hun a mamawh a ni. Kawngpuiin khawi lam nge a pan tih i en ang u. Prince’s Gate-ah chuan an inher a, Bellevue Crescent lam pan chuan an kal chhunzawm ta a. Nick chuan a apartment building chu a kawhhmuh a. Driver chu curb lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  - Amah nen hian tanpuina i mamawh em?
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan, "Ka ngaihtuah a, ka tuar thei a ni," a ti. Chu pa chu pawisa a pe a, chutah hmeichhe naupang chu taxi atang chuan kawngpui sirah a hruai chhuak ta a. A kuah chuan a ding reng a. Nick chuan kal tir a tum a, mahse a duh lo. Driver chuan ngaihven takin a lo en reng a.
  -Ṭanpuina i mamawh lo tih i chiang em, ka pu? Ka lawm hle ang... - Ni lo, lawmthu ka sawi e. A kekawr ipte chungah chuan a paih leh a, a ke chu a hmasa ber a, a kut leh lu chu a hnungah a innghat a. Chutiang chu a ni tur a ni. Nick chuan driver chu a nui suk a. "En teh. Chutiang engmah a awm lo. Engkim hi thunun theih a ni." Heng thute hian a tibuai dawn a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 3-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  KILLMASTER chu Dragon Club, Crescents of Mew sawm leh pali chim zingah chuan a ding a, thil hriat duhna leh ui chungchanga thufing hlui thudik sawi theih loh chu a ngaihtuah a. Amah ngei pawhin professional curiosity chuan a that hnai tawh a—chuti chung pawh chuan. Mahse tun ṭumah erawh chuan - leh lal fanu a ngaihvenna chuan hell pakhatah a luhtir ta a ni. Minute nga leh pali a ni tawh. Thliah chuan lumna a awm a, zing khawvar dik lo chu boruak hnuai lam chiah a ni. Nick Carter chu minute sawm vel zet a awm tawh a. Dragon Club a luh a, thisen thar a rim a hriat atang khan a chhunga playboy chu a bo ta vek a ni. Tunah chuan fully professional tiger a ni ta. Dragon Club chu an tichhia a. Thil zawngtu mi hriat lohte’n an tikehsawm. He thil hi Nick chuan film emaw film emaw a ni ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Screen leh projector chu a dik takin a hmu a, fing taka camera thup chu a hmu ta a ni. A chhungah hian film a awm lo, an thil zawn chu an hmuchhuak ta a ni. Killmaster chu sofa lian tak hmaa ruang saruak inzar pharhna hmunah chuan a kir leh a. Tlemte chuan a na leh ta a, mahse a hneh ta a ni. A bulah chuan mitthi thawmhnaw thisen chhuak bawm a lo awm a;thisenin a chil a, chutiang bawkin sofa leh an chhehvel lei pawh a awm bawk. Chu pa chu thah hmasak a ni a, chutah chuan a taksa ruh chu tihhlum a ni.
  Nick chuan a serh a en chuan a na hle - mi pakhatin a tan a, a hmuiah a thun lut a ni. Thil tenawm tak a ni. A ngaihtuahna chu thawmhnaw thisen chhuak bawm lam chu a hawi ta a. A ngaihdan chuan mipat hmeichhiatna dinhmun chu tenawm takin an siam a. Thinrimna avanga tih niin a ngai lo va, ruang chu frenzied beating a awm lo. Genital cutting hmanga throat slitting fai, professional tak mai mai - chu chu a chiang. Nick chuan a kawrfual atang chuan a wallet chu a la chhuak a, a enfiah a...
  
  
  .22 caliber pistol a keng a, a Luger ang bawkin hnai takah chuan a thihpui thei hle. Tin, muffler pawh a awm bawk. Nick chuan pistol te tak te chu a pocket-ah a dah leh a, nuihzat hmel zet hian a nui suk a. Thil mak tak tak, a chang chuan hmeichhe purse chhunga hmuh theih. A bik takin he nula, Princess Morgan da Gama, tuna Prince’s Gate-a a apartment-a muhil lai hian. Nula chuan zawhna thenkhat chu a chhang dawn a. Killmaster chuan kawngka lam chu a pan ta a. Club-ah hian a awm rei lutuk. Hetiang tualthahna rapthlak tak hi inrawlh hian awmzia a nei lo. Amah ngei pawhin a hriat duhna thenkhat chu a tihlawhtling ta - hmeichhe naupang chuan Blacker chu a that thei lo - Hawk hian he thil hi a hriatchhuah chuan a convulse mai ang! I chhuah theih chhungin chhuak rawh. A thlen chuan Dragon kawngkhar chu a inhawng a. Tunah chuan kutkawr hmangin a khuh ta a. Club chhungah a wallet tih loh chu engmah a khawih lo. Swan Alley kaltlangin Threadneedle Street thlengin kein a kal thei ang a, chutah chuan taxi a zawng thei ang tih ngaihtuahin lobby te tak te chhungah chuan stairs atang chuan a chhuk nghal vat a. A lo kalna hmun atanga a kalh zawng a ni. Mahse Nick-a chuan kawngkhar lian tak, thir, lattice glass kawngkhar chu a han en chuan chhuah chu luh ang maiin a awlsam dawn lo tih a hmu a. Zing chu pumpelh theih loh a ni a, khawvel chu lunghlu ang maia êngin a chim ta a ni. Stable luhna hmaah chuan sedan dum lian tak ding chu a hmu thei a. Mipa pakhat hian a khalh a. Mipa dang pahnih, mi lian, inchei hrual, puan leh puan hnathawkte kawr ha te chu car-ah chuan an innghat a. Carter chuan êng thim takah chuan a chiang thei lo, mahse mipa dum ang mai an ni. Hei hi thil thar a ni - mipa hring ei tur zuar a la hmu ngai lo. Nick chuan a tisual a. A che chak lutuk. Glass hnung lama che vel chu an hmu ta a. Kekawr hnung lama mipa chuan thupek a pe a, mi lian pahnih chuan ran in atang chuan number sawm leh palina kawngka hma lam pan chuan an kal ta a. Nick Carter chu a hawi let a, lobby hnung lam pan chuan a tlan nghal zat a. Thug ang maiin an lang a, chu pahnih chu, hmeichhe naupang purse atanga derringer lak chhuah tih loh chu ralthuam keng lo a ni. London-ah alias hmangin a hlim hle a, a Luger leh stiletto chu apartment hnung lama floorboard hnuaiah a mu a.
  
  
  Nick chuan lobby atanga kawngpui zau takah luhna kawngkhar a hmu a. A tlan chak hle a, a tlan lai chuan a jacket pocket atang chuan .22 caliber pistol te tak te a la chhuak a. Engmah lo aiin a tha zawk a, mahse a kuta Luger hriat lar tak chu pound za zet a pe ngei ang. A hnunglam kawngkhar chu a lo inkhar a. Nick chuan chabi awlsam tak hmangin a hawng a, a chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, chabi chu a keng tel a, pawn lam atang chuan a lock ta a. Hei hian second engemaw zat a tikhawtlai ang a, thawm an siam duh loh chuan a tikhawtlai zawk mai thei. Yard bawlhhlawh tam takah a awm a. A lo var vat a. Brick bang sang tak, glass chi hrang hranga khuh chuan yard hnunglam chu a hual a. Nick chuan a tlan lai chuan a jacket chu a phelhsak a. Fence hrual chunga bottle glass chhe tawh chungah chuan a jacket chu a paih dawn a, bawlhhlawh bawm bawm atanga ke pakhat rawn chhuak chu a hmu ta a. Tunah chuan eng nge ni ta? Hun hi a hlu a, mahse second tlemte a hloh. Thug pahnih chu bawlhhlawh bawm hnuaiah an inthup a, Cockney chu an hmel atang chuan an awm a, an pahnih hian an rilru chu uluk takin an tan a. Killmaster mitmengah chuan thawmhnaw hring hring a rawn lang ta. He thil thleng hian mipui tihhlumna ang maiin a lang ta a ni. Rei vak lo chu a hnaih ber mitthi chu a en a - mi rethei tak chuan chemte ang maia hnar a nei a, a kut dinglam vuakna chuan copper brass knuckle a vuan a, chu chuan a chhanchhuak lo. Tunah chuan kawngkhar hnung lamah chuan thawm a awm ta. Kal hun a ni. Nick chuan a jacket chu glass chungah chuan a paih a, a chungah chuan a zuang thla a, a sir lehlamah chuan a chhuk a, jacket chu a chhuk thla a. Puan chu a hrual a. A jacket chhe tawh tak chu a hak lai chuan Throg-Morton hlui chuan a AX expense account-ah telh a phal ang em tih a ngaihtuah a. Moorgate Road nena inmil taka kal kawngpui zau takah a awm a. Veilam nge dinglam? Vei lam a pan a, chu chu a tlan pel a, kawngpui tawp ber ber êng rectangle lam chu a pan ta a. A tlan lai chuan a hnunglam a hawi a, a kut phar chungin brick bang chungah chuan mi hlimthla ang maia chuang chu a hmu a. Nick chu a duck a, a tlan chak zawk a, mahse chu pa chuan a kap lo. Hrethiam e. Amah aia thawm an duh lo.
  
  
  
  
  
  Passage leh stables maze atang chuan Plum Street lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Tuna a awmna hmun chu ngaihtuahna fiah lo tak a nei a. New Broad Street-ah a inher a, chuta tang chuan Finsbury Circus-ah a lut a, taxi tlan lai a zawng fo thin. London khawpui kawngpui hi hetiang hian a la thim ngai lo. Milkman pakhat chauh pawh hi êng lo pung zel karah chuan hmuh theih loh tur a ni lo va, Bobby-a helmet-a welcome silhouette pawh a ni lo tih a chiang. Finsbury a luh rual chuan sedan dum lian tak pakhat chuan a sir chu a rawn round a, a lam pan chuan a rawn pur chhuak ta a. Tun hmain a lakah hian vanneihna an nei lo. Tin, tunah chuan tlanna tur hmun a awm tawh lo. In leh dawr tenau block khat, khar leh khap, thuhretu ngawi reng, mahse tanpuina pe lo zawng zawng a ni. A bulah chuan sedan dum pakhat a rawn ding chhuak a. Nick chuan a kal chhunzawm zel a, .22 caliber revolver chu a kawr chhungah a keng a. A sawi dik a ni. An pathum hian mipa dum an ni vek. Driver chu a tawi a, a dang pahnih chu an lian hle. Mi lian pakhat chu driver nen hma lamah an chuang a, pakhat zawk chu hnung lamah a chuang bawk. Killmaster chu rang takin a kal a, anmahni chu direct takin a en lo, a peripheral vision mak tak chu hmangin a hawi kual vel a. Chutiang bawk chuan ngun takin an lo en reng a, a duh lo. An hre leh ang. "Again" a awm tawh a nih chuan. Tunah tak hi chuan Nick chuan an attack dawn tih a chiang lo. Hma lam seat-a mipa dum lian tak chuan thil a nei a, chu chu pea shooter a ni lo. Tichuan Carter chuan a trick a siam mai mai a, a tlu mai mai a, hmalam sir lamah a roll a, .22 hmangin a insual ta mai. A taksa ruh leh a reflex te chu a inpeih tawh a, mahse thil pakhatin a titawp ta a ni. Heng mite hi tu pawh ni se, Finsbury Square-ah ngei pawh hian inhawng tak, ri nasa tak neia inhmachhawn chu an duh lo tih a bet a ni. Nick chu a kal chhunzawm zel a, silai keng mipa dum chuan: "Ding rawh, mister. Car ah chuan lut rawh. Kan biak duh che a ni." Nick-a’n a dah theih loh accent a awm. A kal zel a. A hmui kil atang chuan, “Hremhmunah kal rawh,” a ti a. Silai kengtu chuan driver hnenah thil a sawi a, Nick Kaner-a hriat ngai loh tawng hmanga thu hmanhmawh tak takte chu a chungah a inzawm khawm a. Swahili tawng tlem a hriatchhuah tir a, mahse Swahili a ni lo.
  
  
  Mahse tunah chuan thil pakhat a hre ta - he tawng hi African tawng a ni. Mahse, eng hell nge African-ho hian a hnen atangin an duh theih ang? Zawhna bengchheng tak, chhanna awlsam tak. Semi-circular stables sawm leh pali chhungah chuan an lo nghak reng a. Chutah chuan an hmu ta a. A tlan phei a. Tunah chuan biak an duh ta a. Mr. Theodore Blacker thah chungchang hi? Maithei. An neih loh hmun atanga thil lak chhuah chungchang, chuti lo chuan an buaipui lo ang. Ding lamah a inher a. Kawngpui chu a ruak a, a thim hle bawk. Corner khawiah nge mi zawng zawng an awm em? Nick-a chu chutiang movie bengchheng tak tak zinga pakhat chu a hriat nawn tir a, chutah chuan hero chu tawp nei lovin kawngpui nunna nei loah a tlan a, tanpui tur thlarau a hmu ngai lo. Heng thlalak te hi a ring ngai lo.
  Mi maktaduai riat lai karah a kal nghal a, pakhat mah a hmu lo. An cozy foursome chauh - amah leh mipa hring pathum. Car dum chuan corner chu a rawn hawi a, anmahni chu a rawn um leh ta a. Hma lam seat-a mipa dum chuan, "Dude, kan bulah i lut a tha zawk a nih loh chuan kan insual a ngai dawn a ni. Chu chu kan duh lo. Kan duh ber chu minute engemaw zat biak che hi a ni," a ti a. Nick chu a kal chhunzawm ta a. “Min hre tawh a ni,” a ti a. "Hremhmunah kal rawh. Min kalsan la, chuti lo chuan i hliam mai thei." Silai keng mipa dum chu a nui suk a. "Aw mipa, hei hi a hlimawm lutuk." Driver chu Swahili tawng ang deuh mahse Swahili tawng ni lo tawngin a bia leh ta a. Car chu hmalam pan chuan a tlan nghal a. Yard sawmnga zet a thlawk a, curb chu a rawn nam leh ta a. Mipa dum lian tak tak pahnih puan kawr ha chu car atang chuan an zuang chhuak a, Nick Carter lam panin an kal leh ta a. Mi tawi, driver chu car atanga a chanve a chhuah thlengin seat-ah chuan a sir lamah a tlan phei a, a kut pakhatah chuan machine gun dum tawi tak a keng a. A hmaa thu lo sawi tawh pa chuan, "Lo kal la, sawi rawh, Mister... Kan tihnat duh lo che, tak tak. Mahse, min nawr luih chuan vuakna tha tak kan pe ang che," a ti a. Mipa dum dang, a hun zawng zawng chu a ngawi reng a, step khat emaw step hnih emaw a hnufual ta a ni. Killmaster chuan buaina tak tak a lo thleng tawh tih a hre nghal a, thutlukna a siam vat a ngai tih a hre nghal bawk. Thah tur nge thah loh tur?
  A chungah nawr luih ni mah se, thah loh tum a tum ta a ni. Mipa dum pahnihna chu feet ruk leh inches ruk zeta sang a ni a, gorilla ang maia insiam, a kekawrte leh a rilru lian tak tak leh kut sei tak tak, innghat a ni. Black as the ace of spades, a hnar a tliak a, a hmaiah chuan hliam hring hring a khat. Nick chuan he mipa hian engtikah emaw chuan kut inthlakna hmun a thleng a, engtikah emaw chuan bear hug-in a man a nih chuan a zo tawh dawn tih a hria a. Mipa dum hmahruaitu, pistol thuptu chuan a jacket pocket atang chuan a la chhuak leh a. A hawi let a, Nick chu a silai butt hmangin a vau ta a. "Kan rualin i rawn kal dawn em ni, mihring?" "Ka lo kal dawn" Nick Carter chuan a ti a. Hmalam panin step khat a kal a, sang takin a zuang a, kick turin a hawi let a, chu chu a boot rit tak chu chu pa hmuiah chuan a khalh lut tihna a ni. Mahse he pa hian a thil neih a hre chiang a, a reflexes pawh a rang hle.
  Silai chu a hmui hmaah chuan a han vawrh a, a venghim a, Nick-a kekawrte chu a kut veilam hmangin man tumin a bei a. A miss a, Nick chuan a kut atang chuan silai chu a rawn knock chhuak ta a. Ditch chhungah chuan a tla thla a, a tlakbuak ta a ni. Nick chu a hnungzang ah a tlu a, a kut pahnih chu a sir lamah a vuak chu a cushion sak a. Mipa dum chuan a rawn pan nghal a, man a tum a, hna tak tak thawk thei mipa lian zawk, chak zawk chu hnaih tumin a bei a. Carter-a thiltih chu mercury ang maia thunun leh smooth tak a ni. A ke veilam chu chu pa ke dinglam ah chuan a hook a, a khup ah chuan na takin a vawm a. A theih ang tawkin a kick a. Khup chu ruh chak lo ang maiin a rawn inher a, chu pa chu a au chhuak nghal zat bawk. Gutter chhungah chuan a inher a, chutah chuan a mu a, tunah chuan a ngawi reng tawh a, a khup chu a chelh a, a pistol thlak chu zawng turin a bei ta a. Silai chu a hnuaiah a awm tih a la hre lo.
  Gorilla pa chu ngawi rengin a rawn hnaih a, a mitmeng te tak te eng mawi tak chu Carter-a chu a en reng a. A kawppui chunga thil thleng chu a hmu a, a hrethiam bawk. Zawi zawiin a kal a, a kut a phar a, Nick chu building hma lamah a nawr a. Storefront chi khat a ni a, a sir lehlamah chuan thir security grill a awm bawk. Tunah chuan Nick chuan a hnungzang a thir chu a hre ta. Nick chuan a kut dinglam kut zungtang chu a han ten a, chu pa lian tak chu a rilruah chuan a rawn beng a. The Diplomat-a Sir Charles-a a vuak aiin a na zawk hle a, a nasat em avangin a tichhe thei a, natna nasa tak a thlen thei a, mahse aorta a tikehsawm a, a tihlum thei khawpa na erawh a ni lo. A hlawhtling lo. A kut zungtang chu a na a. Concrete slab vuak ang mai a ni. A hnaih rual chuan mipa dum lian tak hmui chu nui chungin a che a. Tunah chuan Nick chu thir bar-ah chuan a nawr hnai tawh hle.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chu pa chu a khup ah a vawm a, a hliam a, mahse a tawk lo. Fist lian tak pakhat chuan a rawn deng a, khawvel chu a nghing a, a rawn inher chhuak ta a. Tunah chuan a thawk a harsa zual sauh sauh a, a lungphu atanga boruak a rawn ri chhuak leh chhuah rual chuan a tap deuh tan ta chu a tuar thei ta a ni. Chu pa mitmeng chu a kut zungtang hmangin a beng a, rei vak lo chawlh a nei a, mahse he gambit hian chu kut lian tak takte chu a hnaih lutuk a ni. A hnungtawlh a, closing trap atanga chhuah tumin a sir lam pan a tum a. Tangkailo. Carter chuan a kut chu a ti tension a, a kutpui chu angle dik takah a ben a, killer karate chop chu a hmuiah a rawn thawn a. A kut zungtang te tak te atanga a kutphah thlenga crest chu a hrual a, corpus callosal a ni a, board ang maiin a khauh a, vuak khat lek pawhin a hmui a tikehsawm thei a, mahse mipa dum lian tak chu a tlu lo. A mit a chhing a, a mit chu rei lo te chhung chu sen bawlhhlawh takah a chang a, chutah hmusit takin hmalam a pan ta a. Nick chuan chutiang bawk chuan a rawn deng leh a, tun ṭumah chuan a mit pawh a chhing lo. Kut sei tak, thuk tak, biceps lian tak tak nei, boa constrictor ang maia Carter-a khuh. Tunah chuan Nick chu a hlauthawng a, a beidawng tawh bawk a, mahse a hma ang bawkin a thluak tha tak chuan hna a thawk a, hmalam hun a ngaihtuah ta a ni. A kut dinglam chu a jacket pocket chhungah a luhtir thei a, .22 caliber pistol butt vel chu a luhtir thei ta a ni. A kut veilam chuan mipa dum rilru lian tak chu a fumble a, thluak lama thisen kal chu tihtawp theihna tur pressure point zawngin, tunah chuan ngaihtuahna pakhat chauh a nei ta - chu chu tihchhiat tumin. Tichuan rei vak lo chu naute ang maiin tanpui theih lohvin a awm ta a. Mipa dum lian tak chuan a ke a phar zau a, tlem a hnungtawlh a, Carter chu kawngpui sirah chuan a kai chhuak ta a. Hun rei tak chhung unaupa bo tawh ang maiin Nick chu a hnaih hle a. Nick-a hmai chu chu pa rilruah chuan a rawn nawr a, a rimtui, a thawmhnaw, a lipstick, a tisa chu a hre thei. Chu pa kawr chhunga nerve awm chu zawn chhuah tumin a la bei reng a, mahse a kut zungtang chu a chak lo zual sauh sauh a, rubber thuk tak chhunga laih tum ang mai a ni. Negro chu ngawi rengin a nui suk a. Pressure chu a lian chho zel - a lo lian chho zel bawk.
  
  
  
  
  
  Zawi zawiin boruak chuan Nick-a lung chu a chhuahsan ta a. A lei a chhuak a, a mit a chhing a, mahse chu pa chuan thah a tum tak tak lo tih a hria. An inbiak theih nan nungdama hruai an duh a. He pa hian Nick chu a rilru a buai em em a, chutiang karah chuan a ruh engemaw zat tihchhiat mai a tum a ni. Pressure tam zawk. Kut lian tak takte chu a che zawi zawi a, pneumatic vice ang maiin. Nick hian thawk a la tawk a nih chuan a rawn ti chhuak ang. Thil pakhat chu a chhe dawn ta - ruh pakhat, ruh zawng zawng, rilru pum pui. Hrehawmna chu tuar theih loh khawpin a lo awm ta a ni. A tawpah chuan silai chu a hmang a ngai dawn a ni. Pistol pakhat, silencer nei, chu chu hmeichhe naupang purse atang chuan a la chhuak a. A kut zungtang chu a hlim em em a, hun engemaw chen chu trigger chu a hmu thei lo. A tawpah chuan a man a, a rawn phawrh chhuak ta a. Pop a rawn ri a, pistol te tak te chuan a pocket ah a rawn kick lut ta a. Mi lian chuan a rawn beng chhunzawm zel a. Nick chu a thinrim hle a. Mi â â chuan kah a ni tih pawh a hre lo! Trigger chu a han hmet leh a. Pistol chu a kick a, a hrual a, silai mu rim a nam bawk. Mipa dum chuan Nick chu a thlak a, Nick chu a khup thlengin a tlu a, thawk a la nasa hle. Chu pa chuan a hnungtawlh leh ta chu a en reng a, thawk a la lo, a hip hle. Nick-a chu a theihnghilh vek tawh niin a lang. A rilru leh a kawrfual chu a en a, chutah chuan a thawmhnaw hnuai atang chuan bawlhhlawh sen te te a rawn luang chhuak a. Nick chuan chu pa chu nasa takin a hliam niin a ngai lo va, hmun pawimawh tak a hloh tawh a, chutiang mipa lian tak chu .22 hmanga kah chu sakeibaknei chu slingshot hmanga kah ang mai a ni. Thisen, ama thisen ngei a ni a, chu chuan mi lian chu a ti hlauhawm hle. Carter-a chuan thaw a la la reng a, tho chhuak tumin, mipa dum chuan a thawmhnaw karah chuan silaimu te tak te a zawn lai chu mak ti zet hian a en reng a. Tunah chuan a kut chu thisenin a hrual tawh a, a tap dawn ang maiin a lang. Nick chu sawisel hmel zet hian a en a. “A chhe hle mai,” mi lian chuan a ti a. “A pawi ber chu i kap a, thisen i chhuah hi a ni.
  Chu au thawm leh car engine thawm chuan Nick chu a muhil lai atang chuan a rawn chhuah tir ta a. Second tlemte chauh a liam tawh tih a hrechhuak ta. Mipa te zawk chu car dum atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, a khup tliak tawh chu a chhungah chuan a hruai lut ta a. Chutih rual chuan a hriat loh tawngin thupek a au chhuak a. Zing a lo ni tawh a, Nick chuan chu pa te chuan rangkachak ha a khat tih a hrechhuak ta. Chu pa te chuan Nick chu a melh reng a, hliam tuar chu car hnung lamah a nawr lut a. "I tlan a tha zawk ang, Mister. Tunah chuan i chak tawh a, mahse kan hmu leh maithei, huh? Ka ngaihdan chuan. I fing a nih chuan police te nen in inbia lo ang." Mipa dum lian tak chuan thisen chu a la en reng a, a thawk hnuaiah thil engemaw a rawn ti muangchang bawk. Mi tawi zawk chuan Swahili tawng ri deuhin a rawn beng a, naupang ang maiin thu a awih a, car chhungah chuan a chho leh ta a.
  Driver chu a hnungah chuan a lut ta a. Nick chu vau zet hian a kut a phar a. - Hun dangah kan inhmu leh dawn nia, mister. Car chu a tlan phei nghal a. Nick chuan Bentley a nih thu leh a license plate chu bawlhhlawhin a khuh em avangin chhiar theih loh a nih thu a sawi bawk. Tumruh takin, a dik e. A thaw halh a, zawi zawiin a ruhte chu a hrethiam a, a insiamrem tan ta... Thâwk a la nghal vat a. Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. A hun takah chuan a veilam chu a han hawi a, kawngpui tawp ber ah chuan police helmet pahnih a hmu a. Bobby a ni. Nick chu dinglamah a hawi a, an hnen atangin a kal bo ta a. Apartment-ah a kir leh ang a, zawhna engemaw zat a zawt ang. A hnen atanga nawr chhuah a ngai a nih chuan chhanna engemaw zat a hmu bawk ang. A tih a ngai a nih chuan khawngaihna dilna a au chhuah hma loh chuan ice-cold shower hnuaiah a chelh ang. A coffee dum chu a chok thlengin a leih tir thin. Tube luhna kawngkhar a hmuh thlengin a kal a, chutah chuan Kensington Gore panna Inner Circle rel chu a man ta a ni. Lal fanu chu a ngaihtuah nawn leh a. Tunah vel hian khum mak takah a harh a, hlauthawng tak leh hangover rapthlak tak tuar chungin a harh chhuak mai thei. He ngaihtuahna hian a ti lawm hle. Hun engemaw chen chu dawhthei rawh se. A ruhro chu a hre leh ta. Ooo. Kawng khatah chuan heng zawng zawngah hian a mawhphurtu a ni. Killmaster chuan a nui ta ringawt a. Tawlailir chhunga tlem a thut leh zing chanchinbu chhiartu mi pakhat hmaah chuan zah lo zet hian a nui a, mak tak maiin a en a. Nick chuan a ngaihsak lo. Hei hi thu bengchheng vek a ni tih chu a chiang. Eng pawh ni se, a sualna a ni. Midang sumdawnna lama i hnar i thun avangin. Thih khawpin a bo a, action a duh a, tunah chuan a hmu ta. Hawk pawh ko lovin. Hawk chu a call lo mai thei a, he hlimhlawp tlemte hi amah ngeiin a hmachhawn mai mai pawh a ni mai thei. Hmeichhe zu rui pakhat chu a la a, tualthahna thlengte chu a hmu a, Africa mi ṭhenkhatin an bei bawk. Killmaster chuan French hla, hmeichhe nalh tak takte tana buatsaih chu a hum tan ta a. A ruh chu a na tawh lo. A rilru a hahdam hle. Tun ṭumah chuan a nuam mai thei - spy awm lo, counterintelligence awm lo, Hawk leh official restriction awm lo. Lust for good old fashioned murder leh hmeichhe hmeltha, hmangaih tak tak, chhandam ngai. Mess atanga lak chhuah, sawi theih a ni. Nick Carter chu a nui leh a. Ned Rover emaw Tom Swift emaw khelh hi a nuam thei hle. Awle. Ned leh Tom te hian an ladies te nen an mut a ngai ngai lo va, Nick pawhin a ladies te nen mut dun loh tur chu a ngaihtuah thei lo. Mahse, a hmasa berah chuan nula chuan a sawi chhuak tur a ni. He tualthahnaah hian a hnute thlengin a inrawlh a, Blacker chu amah ngei pawhin a that thei lo nain, mimal takin. Mahse, a chhe lam erawh chu hei hi card-a ink sen ziah hian a tilang chiang hle. Tin, a nunna chhanhimtu .22 caliber pistol pawh, a tlem berah chuan a ruhro pawh. Nick chuan Princess da Gama a tlawh leh tur chu a nghakhlel hle a ni. Chutah chuan a thu ang a, khum bulah chiah, coffee dum emaw tomato tui emaw a in a, chutih lai chuan chu mitmeng dum chu a meng a, zawhna pangngai chu a zawt ang: "Khawiah nge ka awm?"
  Aisle chhunga mipa chuan chanchinbu chu Nick Carter chu a en a. Chu pa chu a bo hmel hle a, chubakah a chau a, a muhil bawk. A mit chu a hring vek a, mahse a fimkhur hle thung. Pants man tlawm, wrinkled leh sports shirt dum hring dup, purple pattern nei a ha a. A socks chu a hring a, a dum bawk a, brown leather open-toe sandals a ha bawk. A kawr V-neck zau tak atanga hmuh theihna hmuna a rilru sam chu a hring hring a, a dum hring hring a ni. Kawr a ha lo va, a sam pawh tan a ngai hle. Nick Carter-a Kensington Gore-a a chhuk chuan chanchinbu kengtu chuan ngawi rengin, thlalak ang maiin a zui a.
  
  
  
  
  
  Chutah chuan a thu a, khum bulah chiah chuan coffee dum a in a, chutih lai chuan chu mitmeng dum chu a meng a, zawhna pangngai chu a zawt a: "Khawiah nge ka awm?"
  Tin, a hmaiah chuan rilru hahdamna engemaw chen a en bawk. A thawhrimna avangin A a pe tur a ni. Eng pawh ni se, nula leh lal fanu a ni... Chu chu a sawi dik a ni. A aw chu a thunun thei hle a, "Cop i ni em? Man man ka ni em?" Killmaster chuan dawt a sawi a. Hawk nena an inhmuh tur thleng hun chu a rei tawh hle a, chutah chuan a thlen theih nan a thawhpui a mamawh a ni. Hei hian kan chhehvela harsatna awmte lakah min chhanchhuak ang. Ani chuan, "Cop tak tak a ni lo. Nangmah hi ngaihvenna ka nei. Tunah chuan Unofficial takin. Harsatna i tawk niin ka hria. Ka pui thei che pawh a ni maithei. Chumi chungchang chu nakin lawkah mi hnena ka hruai hunah kan hrechiang leh ang," a ti a. " ". "Tunge i hmu em?" A aw chu a chak zual sauh sauh a. Tunah chuan a khauh tan ta. Zu leh pill-in a nghawng dan chu a lo hmu tawh. Nick chuan a nuihzatthlak ber chu a nui suk a.
  “Chu chu ka hrilh thei lo che,” a ti a, “Mahse, police pawh a ni lo. Nang pawh a pui thei mai thei che it for Hawk and AX. Meaning the same thing. Hmeichhia chu a phur hle a, "Naupang angin min en tum suh," a ti a. "Ka rui a, ka â mai thei, mahse naupang ka ni lo." She bottle chu a han en leh a.A hnen atangin bottle chu a la a, “Tun dinhmunah chuan booze a awm lo. Ka bulah i rawn kal dawn em ni?”A kutkawr bun a, a hruai ve duh lo.Amah chu a en lo .A mit chu duhthusam takin bottle chu a nghat a.A ke sei tak chu sofa-ah chuan a hnuaiah a dah a, a kawr chu tihhniam tumna a nei lo.And here’s a hint of sex.Anything to drink, even give yourself away.A nuihzatthlak chu a chiang lo. “Nizan khan kan mu dun palh em?I hmu em, chutiang hlawhchhamna chu ka hriatrengnaah ka nei a, engmah ka hre lo. Chu deal chu a tlakchhiat leh a nih chuan Hawk nen pawh chutiang bawk chu a ni ang. EOW code hian chutiang chiah chu a sawina a ni - hei hi eng pawh ni se mess a ni a, chutah chuan a chanvo chu eng pawh ni se.
  
  
  
  Princess da Game a khel a, a thihpui khawp mai. Nunna leh thihna. Nick chu phone lam pan chuan receiver chu a la a. A bluff a, mahse chu chu a hre thei lo. A aw chu a ti khauh hle a, thinrim takin. Tin, vulgar pawh a ni. "Okay princess, tunah hian he thil tenawm tak hi kan titawp mai ang. Mahse, thil tha ka ti ang che - police ka ko lovang. Portuguese embassy ka call ang a, an rawn hruai ang che a, tanpuina an rawn la ang che, a chhan chu chu chu embassy hi a ni." Number eng pawh a type tan a, mitmeng zau takin a en a. A hmai chu a rawn hrual a. A tlu a, a tap ta ringawt mai. - Ni lo ni lo! Ka kal ve dawn nia. I... I sawi apiang ka ti ang. Mahse, Portuguese kutah min hlan suh. Anni... madhouse-ah min dah duh a ni. "Hei hi," Killmaster chuan ngilnei zet hian a ti a. Bathroom lam pan chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Chutah chuan minute nga ka pe ang che. Tichuan kan kal ang."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 5-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Cock and Bull Inn hi hmân lai cobbled courtyard-a awm a ni a, Middle Ages tir lam khan khaihlum leh lu tanna hmun a ni. He Inn ngei pawh hi Christopher Marlowe-a hun laia sak a ni a, hetah hian Marlowe-a thah a nihna hmun a ni tih ringtu mithiam an awm bawk. Tunah chuan Cock and Bull hi establishment buaithlak tak a ni lo a, regular-te chanvo nei mahse; semi-isolation-ah a ding a, East India Dock Road aṭanga hlaah leh Isle of Dogs hnaih takah a ding a, pink brick leh timber-a anachronism a ni a, tunlai lirthei leh lawng chawlhna buai tak karah a pil bo a ni. Cock leh Bull hnuaia basement leh secret room awmte hi mi tlemte chauhvin an hre lo. Scotland Yard hian an hre mai thei, MI5 leh Special Branch te pawhin, mahse an hriat chuan chhinchhiahna an lantir lo va, dan bawhchhiatna thenkhat chu an mit a tidel a, hei hi ram ṭhian ramte tih dan angin a ni. Mahse, AX hotu rilru lum leh rilru na tak David Hawke-a chuan a mawhphurhna chu a hre chiang hle a ni. Tunah chuan basement room pakhatah chuan, modestly mahse comfortably furnished leh air-conditioned-ah chuan a number one chu a en reng a: kan vai hian lei hnim chungah kan awm vek a ni.A bik takin mipa hring - ram pawh an nei lo, ram pawh sawi loh embassy a ni!
  Tin, Portuguese ho hi an tha vak lo. British-ho lakah hian an fimkhur hle tur a ni a, Angola zawhna chungchangah hian UN-ah hian a tam emaw a tlem emaw chuan an thlawp a ni.
  Sakeibaknei hmul chu an tikehsawm duh lo - chuvang chuan a hmain lal fanu nen hian an inhmachhawn ngam lo. Nick Carter chuan rangkachak tip cigarette a hal a, a lu a bu nghat a, thil ṭhenkhat a chiang deuh deuh laiin, thil tam tak chu a vur a, a chiang lo hle. Hawk chuan chiang takin a sawi a, ni e, mahse a tih dan pangngaia zawi zawi leh hrehawm takin. Hawk chuan a bula decanter atang chuan tui glass khat a leih a. tablet lian tak round tak a paih lut a, rei vak lo a fizz lai chu a en a, chutah tui chu a in ta a. A pum chu a hrual a, chu chu a kum rualpui mipa tan chuan mak tak maiin a chak hle. “Ka pum hian min la man lo,” Hawk chuan a ti a. "Washington-ah a la awm reng a ni." A kutkawr chu a en a,... Nick chuan chu hmel chu a lo hmu tawh a. A hrethiam a. Hawk hi jet hunlai hrethiam lo thlah zinga mi a ni. Hawk chuan: Darkar li leh a chanve kalta chauh khan ka khumah ka mu a. Telephone a rawn ri a. Secretary of State a ni a. Minute 45 hnuah CIA thlawhnaah ka chuang a, darkar khatah mel sang hnih zetin Atlantic tuipui chungah ka thlawk a. - A pum chu a rawn fawp leh a. - Ka guts tan chuan a rang lutuk. Secretary ngei pawhin a ko a, supersonic plane, he rush leh meeting hi. Portuguese ho chu an au chhuak tan ta a. Ka hrethiam lo. A boss chuan a hre lo niin a lang. A hmui te tak teah chuan cigar eng lo chu a dah a, a ei tan a, a rilru a hahdam hle. “CIA thlawhna,” a ti muangchang a. . "AX hian a supersonic a nei tawh tur a ni. Dilna hun ka nei tling tawh..." Nick Carter chuan a dawhthei a. Hawk upa zawk hi hetiang mood-a a awm lai hian kawng awmchhun a ni. - basement complex pakhat, AX matron lian tak tak pahnih enkawl.
  
  
  
  Hawk chuan thupek a pe a: nula chu a keah ding la, fimkhur takin, a rilru nen, thusawi turin inpeih rawh, darkar sawmhnih leh pali chhungin. Nick chuan theihtawp chhuah a ngai dawn niin a ngai a, mahse AX ladies, RN pahnih hi an thiam khawp mai. Nick chuan Hawk hian he hna thawk tur hian "staff" tam tak a la lut tih a hria a. Hmeichhia bakah hian AX field fighter lian tak tak pali tal an awm - Hawk hian CIA leh FBI-in an hman ṭhin Ivy ang pampered mommies te ai chuan a taksa ruh lian leh chak, a langsar deuh a nih pawhin a duh zawk a ni. Tichuan Tom Boxer a awm bawk - lu nghat leh chibai rang taka chibai hun chauh a awm - Cillmaster chuan N 6 emaw 7 emaw tia a hriat chu AX-ah chuan Boxer hian Master Killer title pawh a keng tel tihna a ni. Chutiang dinhmun sang tak nei mi pahnih an inhmuh chu thil mak tak a ni a, thil mak tak a ni. Hawk chuan wall map chu a la thla a. Cigar eng lo chu pointer atan a hmang a. - Portuguese chungchang zawhna tha tak. United States ang ram hian whistle an tum hian an zuang chhuak hi thil mak i ti em? Mahse he thilah hian kan ti a - a chhan ka sawifiah ang. Cape Verde Islands chungchang hi i hre tawh em? "A chiang lo. A awm ngai lo. Portugal ta an ni em?"
  
  
  Hawk-a loneitu hmel hrual chuan cigar chu a rawn hrual kual vel a. A tawngkam tenawm takah chuan, "Tunah chuan, tlangval, i hrethiam tan ta. Portugal hian an nei tawh a ni. Kum 1495 atang khan. En teh," a ti a. A cigar nen chuan a kawhhmuh a. -- Sawtah. Africa chhim lam tuipui kamah mel za thum vel zeta hlaah a awm a, chutah chuan Atlantic tuipuiah a inzar pharh hla ber a ni. Algeria leh Morocco-a kan base atanga hla vak lo. Chutah chuan thliarkar tlemte chauh a awm a, a then chu a lian a, a then chu a te. An zinga pakhat emaw a aia tam emaw chungah - eng ber nge ka hre lo va, hriat ka duh lo - United States chuan ro hlu chi khat a phum a." Nick chuan a boss chu tuar thiam takin a enkawl a. Putar chuan nuam a ti hle. - Treasure, sir ? "Hydrogen bomb, tlangval, hell tam tak a awm." A whole fucking huge mountain of them." Nick chuan a hmui chu ngawi rengin a rawn purse a. Chuvang chuan Portuguese ho lever chu a ni. Uncle Sammy-a'n a rawn thawn chu thil mak a ni lo! Hawk chuan a cigar hmangin map chu a tap a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Thlalak chu i hmu em? Khawvela mipa sawmhnih vel chauhvin he thil hi an hre a, tunah pawh nang pawh i tel ve. Top secret a ni tih hrilh che ka ngai lo. " Calmaster chuan a lu a bu nghat nghat a. A security clearance pawh chu a sang ang bawkin a sang hle the President of the United States.Tun hnaia cyanide tablet a keng kual chhan pakhat a ni Portuguese-ho tih tur awm chhun chu hint, just hint, an ngaihdan an thlak a ngai mai thei, chu bomb te chu an duh mai thei tih hi a ni there , and the State Department is jumping through hoops like a lion." Hawk chuan cigar chu a hmuiah a dah leh a. A nihna takah chuan khawvel hmun hrang hrangah bomb dahna hmun dang kan nei a. Mahse, hmêlma hian an nei lo tih kan ring tlat - za zela za vel zet chu know about this deal in Cape- Verde. Chutianga awm reng turin theihtawp kan chhuah a. Kan kal a ngai a nih chuan of course deal pumpui chu a tla thla vek ang. Mahse chutiang chu a thleng lo ang. All some high- ranking Portuguese official tih tur chu hmun dik takah hint drop a ni , kan hnute pawh hlauhawmah a awm. Hawk chu dawhkan bula a thutnaah chuan a kir leh a. “Ka fapa, he thil hian ramification a nei tih i hmu a ni.” Hei hi scorpion jar tak tak a ni.
  Killmaster chuan a remti a. Engkim chu chiang lutukin a la hrethiam lo. Angle a tam lutuk. "Hun an khawhral lo," a ti a, "Engtin nge Portuguese sorkar hian hetiang taka rang taka a chhan theih?" Hawk-a hnenah a zing â tak chungchang zawng zawng chu a hrilh vek a, Diplomat-a zu rui hmeichhe naupang a rawn hruai lai aṭang khan a sawi ṭan a ni. A boss chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Chu chu a awlsam khawp mai. He Major Oliveira kahhlum hian hmeichhe naupang chu a en reng a, mi ngaihven hlawh lova man theihna hun remchang a zawng a ni mai thei. A duh hnuhnun ber chu publicity a ni. British ho hi kidnapping chungchangah an thinrim hle a ni. Ka ring." chu club-a a luh lai chuan a rilru a buai deuh a, i hruai chhuah lai chu a hmu a, a hre chiang che - major chuan counterintelligence-ah hna a thawk a, Portuguese-ho pawhin file an nei bawk - phone call pahnih khat a nei bawk.Minute sawm leh panga vel a ni mai thei.Major chuan a rawn call a embassy, anni chuan Lisbon an ti a, Lisbon chuan Washington an ti a, Hawk chuan a ti a, “Secretary chuan min rawn ko a...” Nick chuan cigarette dang a hal leh a.
  
  
  
  Chu killer look chu Hawk hmelah chuan. Hei hi a lo hmu tawh a ni. Ui pawhin sa chi khat awmna hmun a hriat pawhin chutiang bawka hmel chu a nei a, mahse tunah chuan amah chauhva dah a tum thung. “A coincidence chi khat,” Nick chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti a. “Ka kuah a tla a, “chutih lai tak chuan a tla” Hawk chuan a nui suk a, “A thleng a, fapa. Thil thleng mai mai a thleng ve tho. Hei hi, a tha e, mi pakhat chuan, providence a ni a ti mai thei.
  Killmaster chuan bait chu a la lo. Hawk hian a hun takah hook chu a pholang ang. Nick-a chuan, "Heng zawng zawngah hian eng thilin nge Princess da Gama hi a pawimawh em em?" David Hawk chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Cigar chew chu bawlhhlawh bawmah a paih a, cellophane chu a thar atang chuan a phelh a. - Dik tak chuan keimah ngei pawh hian he thil hi ka ti buai deuh. Tunah chuan X factor ang deuh a ni tawh. Pawn an nawr kual vel, a laiah a tang tlat mai niin ka ring. - Eng thil nge karah, ka pu... Paper te chu a han en kual a, a chang chuan pakhat a thlang a, eng emaw zat chu dawhkan chungah a dah a. Cigarette meikhu chuan Nick-a mit chu a kang a, rei vak lo chu a khar a. Mahse, a mit khap chung pawhin Hawk, Hawk hmel mak tak mai, oatmeal linen suit ha chunga cigar zuk, tangled web dead center-a thu, a en reng leh ngaithla reng reng, tin, a chang chuan, thread pakhat chu a hrual bawk Nick chuan a mit a meng a. A duh loh zawnga khur chhuak chuan a taksa lian tak chu a rawn tlan lut ta a. Hawk chuan hriat duh hmel zet hian a en a. "Eng thil nge thleng, tlangval: I thlan chungah mi pakhatin a kal mai mai em ni?" Nick chu a nui suk a. "A ni mai thei, ka pu...."
  Hawk chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. “A chanchin leh a pawimawhna chhan ka la hre tam lo tih ka sawi a.” Washington ka chhuahsan hma hian Della Stokes chu ka phone a, a theih ang ang zawng zawng khawn khawm turin ka ngen a. a ni mai thei, chutiang a nih loh chuan chanchinbu-a ka hriat emaw, ka chhiar emaw chu ka hria a, lal fanu hi activist, zu ruih hmang leh vantlang mi â a ni a, Portuguese sorkara dinhmun sang tak luahtu pa u (uncle) a nei bawk.
  Thlalak bawlhhlawh tak tak a la bawk. Nick chuan a melh reng a. Blacker-a in chhunga camera thup, screen leh projector awm chu a hrechhuak ta a. “Hengte hi thuthang mai a ni,” Hawk chuan a ti chhunzawm a. "Hei hi ka sawifiah a ngai a, chutiang chuan ka ti mek bawk. Hong Kong-a kan mi pakhat hnen atanga material tam tak ka buaipui a. Mentioned in passing, you might say. ago the princess was in Hong Kong and went broke, and that she." a hotel bill leh zinna senso tur pawisa hmuh tumin thlalak thenkhat a pose a. Chu chu Portuguese hian a lak let leh tumna kawng dang a ni - ram pawna a sum tihtlem nan pawisa an dah lut a. Tunah chuan a broke tawh hlein ka ring. "Aldgate-ah a awm a, ka pu. Sum a ngai." Hawk chuan a sir lam hawiin a melh a.
  
  
  
  
  "Tunah chuan hetiang ti thei hi ka nei ta. Helai hmuna ka thil tih hmasak ber pakhat..." Phone chu a rawn ri ta a. Hawk chuan a la a, thu tawi te te in thil a sawi a. A phone chu a dah a, Nick chu lungngai takin a nui suk a. “Tunlai hian Aldgate hnenah dollar sang hnih chuang a bat tawh a ni.” I zawhna chhanna chu? Nick chuan hei hi a zawhna a ni lo tih a hre tan a, mahse chutah chuan a theihnghilh ta a ni. Boss chuan mak tak mai leh nalh zet hian a en a. Hawk-a thusawi leh chuan a aw chu mak tak maiin a formal hle. "Thrawn ka pe tlem hle che, dik tak chuan." "Ni lo, ka pu. Min fuih lo." - Tunah chuan i mamawh tlem hle. Tunah hian kan mamawh a ni maithei. He hmeichhia, he princess da Gama, international tramp, zu leh ruihhlo leh thil dang tam lo duhna nei hi in buaipui suh. Amah nen hian i thawk dun thei a, thil a hlawhtling a nih chuan i thawk dun ngei ang, mahse chutah chuan tawp mai rawh. A bulah hnaih suh." Killmaster chuan a lu a bu nghat a. Mahse darkar tlemte kalta chauh khan a apartment chhunga a hmel lan dan chu a ngaihtuah a...
  
  
  
  
  
  KILMASTER - beidawng takin a inhnukdawk tum a. Hei hi a ti a, eng emaw chen chu. Ni lo, Hawke-a thusawi chu a pawm lo. Khawi emaw laiah chuan thil tha tak a awm a, tunah chuan eng ang pawhin bo emaw, phum emaw pawh ni se. Hawk chuan lehkha phek chu a hrual a, bawlhhlawh bawmah a paih ta a. "Tunah chuan theihnghilh rawh," a ti a, "Nakinah a bulah kan rawn let leh ang. Mad rush a awm lo. Nangni pahnih hian darkar sawmli leh pariat tal chu hetah hian in awm dawn a ni. Nakinah, a dam leh hunah chuan sawi rawh se," a ti a nangmah ngei pawh.Tunah - hriat ka duh, heng mi pahnih: Prince Solauaille Askari leh General Auguste Boulanger te hi i hre tawh em?AX agent sang ber berte chu khawvel thila inhriat chian tawk vek tur a ni.Hriatna engemaw zat a ngai a ni.Time From time to time, beisei loh taka seminar neih a ni a, zawhna pawh zawh a ni a, Nick-a chuan: “Prince Askari hi African mi a ni. Oxford-ah zirna a zir niin ka hria. Angolan helho chu Portuguese lakah a hruai a. Portuguese lakah hlawhtlinna eng emaw zat a nei a, indona pawimawh tak tak leh ramri hrang hrangah hnehna a chang." Hawke chu a lawm hle. "I ti tha hle mai. General chu engtin nge ni ang?" He zawhna hi a khauh zawk. Nick chuan a thluak a ti rack a. General Auguste Boulanger chu tun hnaiah chanchinbuah a la lang lo. Zawi zawiin a hriatrengna chuan thudik a rawn chhuah tan ta a ni. "Boulanger hi French general renegade tak a ni," a ti. diehard fanatic tak a ni. Firfiak, SLA hruaitu zinga mi a ni a, a beidawng ngai lo. Ka chhiar hnuhnun ber chu France ramah awm lohvin thi tura hrem a ni. Hei hi mi pakhat chiah a ni em? “Ni e,” Hawk chuan a ti a. - General tha tak a ni bawk. Hei vang hian tun hnaiah Angola helho hian hnehna an chang ta a ni. French hovin Boulanger-a title an laksak a, thi tura hremna an pek khan a ti thei ta a ni. He Prince Askari hi a biak a, mahse a thup hle. Tin, thil pakhat dang - Prince Askari leh General Boulanger te chuan sum thawhkhawm dan tur an hmuchhuak bawk. Sum tam tak a ni. Sum tam tak a awm. Hetianga an kal zel chuan Angola rama MACAU indonaah hnehna an chang ang.
  Africa ramah ram thar dang a awm leh dawn a ni. Tunah tak hi chuan Prince Askari hian he ram hi a awp dawn niin a ngai. Ka bet chu a thawk tak tak a nih chuan General Auguste Boulanger hian a enkawl dawn a ni. Dictator-ah a insiam ang. Chutiang chiah chu a ni. Thil dang pawh a ti thei a ni. Entirnan, libertine a ni a, extreme egoist a ni bawk. Heng thilte hi hre reng ila a lawmawm hle ang, ka fapa. Nick chuan a cigarette chu a timit a. A tawpah chuan a bulpui ber chu a lo chhuak tan ta a ni. 'Hei hi mission a ni em, ka pu? He General Boulanger hi ka do dawn em ni? A nih loh leh Prince Askari? An pahnih hian?'
  A chhan chu a zawt lo. Hawk chuan a inpeih hunah a hrilh ang. A boss chuan a chhang lo. Paper te tak te dang a la a, rei vak lo a zir leh a. "Colonel Chun Li chu tu nge a nih i hria em?" A awlsam khawp mai. Chinese counterintelligence-ah chuan Colonel Chun Li chu Hawk hmel danglam tak a ni. Mi pahnih chu khawvel sir lehlamah an thu a, international chessboard-ah chuan piece hrang hrang an sawn a. "Chun Li chuan thi turin a duh che a ni," Hawk chuan tunah chuan a ti ta a. - A natural khawp mai. Tin, thi se ka duh bawk. Ka lehkhabu dum ah hian a awm rei tawh hle. Kawng atanga chhuah tir ka duh a ni. A bik takin tun hnaia a sang chho zel avangin - thla ruk kalta chhung khan chu misual lakah chuan agent tha tak tak half dozen zet ka hloh tawh a ni." "Chuvangin hei hi ka hna tak tak a ni," Nick chuan a ti a.
  "A dik e. He Colonel Chun Li hi ka tan that rawh." "Mahse engtin nge a bulah ka thlen theih ang? I hnena a thlen theih loh ang bawkin." Hawk a nui hmel chu sawifiah phak rual a ni lo. A kut zungtang hrual chu a dawhkan chunga thil awm zawng zawng chungah chuan a han vawrh a. "Hetah hian awmzia a nei tan ta a ni, . Lal fanu, adventurer Blacker, cockney pahnih an beng hrual te, Major Oliveira thi te, an vai hian. Tumah hi anmahniah an pawimawh lo a, mahse mi zawng zawngin an thawhhlawk hle. Nick He." hasn't quite figured it out yet, and it did he was a little sullen.Hawk chu rulhut a ni a, damn him!And a damned spider with a closed mouth at that.
  
  
  
  Carter-a chuan vawt zet hian, “Min vuaktu mipa dum pathumte kha i theihnghilh a,” a ti a, major chu a that ta a ni. Hemi kawngah hian anni pawh an inrawlh ve em? Hawk chuan lawm takin a kut chu a rawn fawp a. - Aw, anni pawh... Mahse, a pawimawh lutuk lo, tunah ni lo. Blacker hnen atangin thil an zawng a ni lawm ni, nangmah i ni tih an ring mai thei. Engpawh nise, an biak duh che a ni. Nick chuan a ruh ah a na a. "Inbiakna nuam lo tak tak." Hawk chuan a nui suk a. - I hnaah a tel ve a ni, huh, fapa? An zinga pakhat mah i that loh avangin ka lawm mai mai a ni. Major Oliveira chungchang erawh chu a zahthlak hle. Mahse heng mipa hringte hi Angola mi an ni a, major chu Portuguese an ni. Tin, lal fanu chu a hmuh pawh an duh lo. Princess chu anmahni tan an duh a ni."
  “Mi zawng zawng hian lal fanu an duh vek a ni,” Killmaster chuan thinrim zet hian a ti a. "A chhan ka hriatthiam chuan ka dam lo ang." “Princes leh thil dang an duh a ni,” Hawk chuan a tidik a. "I sawi dan atang chuan movie chi khat a ni tih ka ring. Blackmail movie chi khat - rin dan dang - footage bawlhhlawh tak tak. Hong Kong-a a thil tih kha theihnghilh suh. To hell with it anyway. heng zawng zawng nen hian - lal fanu kan nei a, kan vawng reng dawn a ni.
  "A thawhpui loh chuan engtin nge ni ang? Kan nawr luih thei lo." Hawk chu lung ang maiin a lang: “Ka ti thei lo em ni? Ka ngaihdan chuan. A thawhpui a remti lo a nih chuan Portuguese sorkar hnenah a thlawnin, a thlawna ka hlan ang. Mental hospital-ah dah an duh a, a dik em?Chutiang chu a hrilh che a ni.
  Nick chuan a ni a ti a, chu chu a hrilh a. A hmela hlauhawm hmel chu a hrechhuak ta. "A khel dawn a ni," Hawk chuan a ti a. "Tunah kal la, chawl la. I mamawh zawng zawng zawt rawh. Hong Kong pan tur thlawhna kan chuan hma che chuan he hmun hi i chhuahsan lovang. Princess nen chuan, a dik e. Nupa angin in zin dawn a ni. Tunah chuan i passport ka buatsaih mek a,." document dang ". Kinmaster chu a ding chhuak a, a inbeng kang a. A chau tawh hle mai. Zan rei tak leh zing rei tak a ni. Hawk chu a en a. "Hong Kong? Chutah chuan Chun Li chu ka that tur a ni em?" "Ni lo, Hong Kong-ah ni lo. Macau-ah. Chutah chu Chun Li-a'n a that tur che a ni! Tunah chuan thang a siam a, thang felfai tak a ni."
  Hei hi ka ngaisang hle. Chun hi player tha tak a ni. Mahse, advantage i nei ang, fapa. I thang nen a thangah i tlu ang.
  Killmaster hian a boss angin heng thilte hi a beisei phak ngai lo. A kawr chu line-ah a awm vang pawh a ni mai thei. Ani chuan, "Mahse, thang a la ni reng a, ka pu. Tin, Macau pawh hi practically chuan a hnung lamah a awm a ni," a ti a. Hawk chuan a kut a phar a. - Ka hria. Mahse Chinese thufing hlui pakhat a awm a - a chang chuan thang chu thangah a tla thin. "Bye, son. Princess chu a duh ang angin zawtfiah rawh. Mahni chauh. Chutah chuan invenna nei lo turin ka duh lo. Tape chu ka ngaithla tir ang che. Tunah chuan mu rawh." Nick chuan a paper te chu a shuffle a, a cigar chu a hmuiah a herh kual tir a. Hun a awm a, hei hi chutiang zinga mi a ni a, Nick-a chuan a boss chu ramhuai mai mai niin a ngai. Hawk hian thisen a mamawh lo va, a thisenah coolant a luang chhuak a. He sawifiahna hi mi dang nen a inmil lo.
  
  
  
  
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  KILLMASTER hian Hawke-a chu a hnathawh harsa tak takah a thiam a, a finthlak hle tih a hre reng a. Tunah chuan a tuk zingah chuan tape chu a ngaithla ta a, chu putar chuan zahngaihna (reserve of courtesy) a nei tih a hmuchhuak ta a, chu chu lainatna lantir theihna - pseudo-sympathy ni thei mah se - Nick-a hriat loh a ni. Hawk hian Portuguese tawng a thiam em em tih pawh a hre lo. Tape chu a rawn tlan chhuak a. Hawk aw chu a nem a, downright good-natured a ni. "Nleu nome a David Hawk. Como eo tuifinriat hming?" Princess Morgan da Gama chuan a rawn ti a. Engvangin nge zawh? Hei hi i hre tawh tih ka chiang. I hming hian ka tan awmzia a nei lo - tu nge i nih Molly? Engvangin nge hetah hian ka duh loh zawnga sal tang ka nih? England-ah kan awm a, hei vang hian jail-ah ka khung vek dawn che u tih in hria:. Nick Carter chuan Portuguese tawng tlan chak tak chu a ngaithla a, lawmna thup takin a nui a. Putar chuan chu hun chu a man ta a. A thlarau a chhiat ang mai a ni lo. Hawk aw chu a luang chhuak a, molasses ang maiin a nem hle. "A hun takah engkim ka hrilhfiah vek ang, Princess da Gama. Chutih lai chuan English kan thiam chuan naiad ang mai i ni em? I tawng hi ka hrethiam vak lo." - I duh chuan. Ka ngaihsak lo. Mahse Portuguese tawng i thiam hle.
  
  
  "English i thiam angin pawh a tha lo." Hawk chuan ui chuan plate thuk tak, yellow cream thuk tak a hmuh ang maiin a pur ta a. "Obrigado. Kum tam tak chhung chu States-ah sikul ka kal a." Nick chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt chu a mitthla thei. Tape chuan thawm a siam a. Tichuan a rawn ri ta ringawt mai. Hawk chuan a cigar atang chuan cellophane chu a phelh a. Hawk: "United States hi engtin nge i ngaih, princess?" Nula: “Eng nge?Ka hrethiam chiah lo.” Hawk: Chuti a nih chuan hetiang hian ka sawi ang. United States hi i duh em? Chutah chuan ṭhian i nei em? Tuna khawvel dinhmun thlirin United States hian khawvela remna leh duhsakna vawng reng turin theihtawp a chhuah tak tak niin i hria em? " Nula: "Chuti a nih chuan hei hi politics a ni! Chuvangin secret agent chi khat i ni. CIA atanga lo kal i ni." Hawk: "CIA atanga lo kal ka ni lo. Ka zawhna hi chhang rawh. Ka tan chuan hna hlauhawm tak thawk tur hian ti ila. Tin, hlawh pawh a tha hle bawk. Engtin nge i ngaih?
  Hmeichhe naupang: "Kei... ka ti thei. Sum ka mamawh. Tin, United States lakah hian engmah ka la nei lo. Ka la ngaihtuah lo. Politics hi ka ngaihven lo. " Nick Carter, nuances zawng zawng hre chiangtu of Hawk-a aw chuan, putar chhanna chu a nui suk a: “Ka lawm e, lal fanu.” Chhanna dik tak, thahnemngai tak a nih loh pawhin. - Kei.Pawisa i mamawh tih i sawi em? Hei hi a dik tih ka hre ve mai mai. Portugal ramah khan i fund an block a ni lawm ni? uncle, Luis da Gama hian he thil hi a mawhphurtu a ni lawm ni?" Long pause. Tape chu a ri ta hlawm a. Nula: "Engtin nge heng zawng zawng hi i hriat? Engtin nge ka u chanchin i hriat?" Hawk: "I chanchin hi ka hre tam khawp mai, ka hmangaih. Chutiang chuan mi tam tak. Tun hnaiah harsatna i tawk a. Harsatna i nei a. Harsatna i la nei reng a ni. leh hriatthiam tum bawk ang che.Kei leh ka sorkar nen in thawhpui chuan - hetiang lam hawi contract i ziah a ngai dawn a, mahse chu chu secret vault-ah dah a ni ang a, mi pahnih chauhvin an hre ang - hetiang hi i tih chuan ka ti thei mai thei tanpui rawh.
  Sum nen, damdawi ina dah nen, a tul chuan American passport nen pawh a ni mai thei. Hei hi kan ngaihtuah a ngai dawn a ni. Mahse a pawimawh ber chu lal fanu, i mahni inzahna siam that leh turin ka pui thei che a ni. Chawl. Nick chuan a chhannaah thinrimna a hriat a beisei. Chu ai chuan hahna leh ban thu a hre ta zawk a ni. A steam a tlakchham hmel hle. A khur a, a in duh emaw, pill a ei duh emaw, thil a inject duh emaw chu ka mitthla ka tum a. AX nurse pahnih hian hna tha tak an thawk niin a lang a, mahse a sang hle a, a harsa hle ngei ang.
  Nula: "Ka inzah em?" A nui suk a. Nick chu a thawm avang chuan a rawn nui suk a. "Ka inngaihhlutna hi rei tak a bo tawh, Mr. Hawk. Dawithiam chi khat i nih hmel, mahse nang pawhin thilmak i ti theiin ka ring lo. Hawk: Kan tum thei ang, lal fanu. Tunah hian kan tan dawn em ni? Kei ka ni." going to ask you a series of very personal questions. Chu chu i chhan tur a ni - chu chu dik takin i chhan tur a ni bawk." Nula: "A nih loh chuan engtin nge ni ang?"
  Hawk: "Chuti a nih chuan hetah hian Portuguese embassy a\angin mi pakhatin a rawn hruai ang che. London-ah. Favour ropui takah an ngai ngei ang tih ka ring. Hun rei tak chhung chu i sorkar tan mualphona i ni tawh a, princess." A bik takin Lisbon-a i pa u.I Cabinet-ah hian dinhmun sang tak a luah niin ka ring.Ka hriat dan chuan Portugal-ah i kir leh a nih chuan a lawm hle ang.A hnuah chauh, a hnu rei takah chauh Nick-a chuan chu nula thusawi chu a hrethiam ta a ni chutah.A awah chuan thinrimna famkim nen: " Ka pa u." Hemi... he thilsiam hi!" Pause. Hawk chuan a lo nghak a. Dawhthei tak spider ang maiin. A tawpah chuan molasses luang chhuak chungin Hawk chuan, "Chuti a nih chuan, nula?" A aw ah hnehna a lantir a, hmeichhia chuan, "Awle. I zawhnate zawt rawh. Ka duh lo, Portugal lamah min thawn kir leh tur a ni lo. Madhouse-ah min dah duh a ni. Aw, chutiang chuan an ko lovang. Monastery emaw, nursing home emaw an ti ang a, mahse orphanage a ni ang. I zawhnate zawt rawh. Ka dawt sawi lo ang che. Hawk chuan, “Ni lo a tha zawk, lal fanu. Tunah chuan tlem ka zak deuh ang. I zak ang.I tih theih reng reng a awm lo.
  Hetah hian thlalak a awm e. I lo en ve ngei ka duh a ni. Thla engemaw zat kalta khan Hong Kong-a lak a ni. Engtin nge ka hnena a thlen tih hi i thu a ni lo. Chuti a nih chuan, hei hi i thlalak a ni em? Tape-ah chuan rustle rawh. Nick chuan Hong Kong-a lal fanu thlalak bawlhhlawh tak tak lak chungchanga Hawk-a thusawi chu a hrechhuak ta a. Chutih lai chuan putar chuan thlalak a neih tak tak thu engmah a sawi lo. A tap chhuak ta ringawt. Tunah chuan a chhe tawh a, ngawi rengin a tap ta a.
  “Y-yes,” a ti a. "Keimah ka ni. Kei... he thlalak atan hian ka pose a. Chutih lai chuan ka rui nasa hle." Hawk: "He pa hi Chinese a ni lawm ni? A hming i hria em?" Hmeichhia: "Ni lo. A hma leh a hnuah pawh ka hmu ngai lo. Amah hi...... studio-a ka hmuh mi pakhat chauh a ni." Hawk: "A pawimawh lo. A pawimawh lo. Chutih lai chuan zu rui i ni tih i sawi - Princess, kum hnih khat kalta chhung khan zu ruih vanga vawi sawmhnih tal man i ni tawh tih hi a dik lo em ni? Ram engemaw zatah - France ramah vawi khat chu ruihhlo i neih avangin man i ni em?Hmeichhe naupang: Vawi tam tak ka hre thei lo.Ka hre tam lo, a tlangpuiin zu in hnuah.Kei... ka hria... min hrilh a ka zu in hian mi hlauhawm tak tak ka tawng a, thil rapthlak tak tak ka ti thin tih hi.Mahse, blackout kimchang tak ka nei - ka thil tih hi ka hrechhuak lo tak zet a ni.”
  Chawl. Thâwk thawm ri chu. Hawk chuan cigar thar a hal a, Hawk chuan dawhkan chunga paper te chu a shuffle a. Hawk, a aw-ah chuan nêmna rapthlak tak nen: "Chu chauh chu a ni, lal fanu... Keini chuan, ka ngaihdan chuan, zu ruih hmang, ruihhlo hmang \hin, ruihhlo ngawlvei ni lo pawh ni se, a tlangpuiin hmeichhia anga ngaih i ni tih hi kan din chhuak ta a ni." of loose morals. Hei hi a dik i ti em ?"
  Chawl. Nick chuan tap tam zawk a beisei. Chu ai chuan a aw chu a lum, a khauh, thinrim a ni zawk. Hawk-a mualphona hmaah chuan dawt a sawi a: "Ni e, hell, ka ni. Tunah chuan i lungawi tawh em?" Hawk: “Ka nula duh tak!Heiah hian mimal thil a awm lo, engmah a awm lo. Ka, uh, profession-ah hian a chang chuan heng thilte hi ka delve a ngai thin. Ka tiam a che, ka tan pawh a nuam lo ang bawkin nangmah tan pawh a nuam lo hle .”
  Nula: "Ka ringhlel ang, Mr. Hawk. I zo tawh em?" Hawk: "Done? Ka fanu duh tak, ka tan chauh a ni. Tunah chuan a thupuiah hian lut nghal ila - leh hre reng ang che, thu dik lo sawi lo. Nang leh he Blacker chungchang zawng zawng hi hriat ka duh vek. Mr. Theodore Blacker, tuna thi tawh, thah a ni tawh, Hough - Crescent Mews-a in sawm leh palina-ah a khawsa a. Blacker-a hian eng nge i chungah a neih?Thil a nei em? A blackmail che em ni?" Rei tak chawlh hahdamna. Hmeichhe naupang: "Thawpui ka tum a ni, Mr. Hawk. I rin a ngai a ni. Thu dik lo sawi tum lo turin ka hlau tawk. Mahse Teddy Blacker chungchang erawh chu chutiang operation buaithlak leh buaithlak tak chu a ni. I...
  Hawk: A tir atang khan tan rawh. Engtik lai khan nge Blacker hi i hmuh hmasak ber? Khawnge? Eng thil nge thleng?" Nula: "Ka tum ang. Hei hi thla engemaw zat kalta a ni. Zan khat chu a bulah ka lo kal a. A club, Dragon Club chungchang hi ka hre tawh a, mahse ka la kal ngai lo. Chutah chuan ka thiante chu ka hmu tur a ni a, mahse an rawn lang lo. Chuvang chuan a bulah chuan keimah chauhin ka awm ta a ni. Ani... rulhut te tak te hlauhawm tak a ni tak zet a, mahse chutih lai tak chuan tih theih dang ka nei tawh lo. Ka in a. Ka chhe deuh tawh a, ka tlai tawh a, Teddy pawhin whisky a in nasa hle bawk. Tlemte ka in a, chumi hnuah chuan engmah ka hre tawh lo. A tuk zingah ka hotel-ah ka harh a.
  Hawk: "Blacker khan ruihhlo a pe che em?" Hmeichhia: "Yeah. A hnuah a pawm leh a. LSD min pe a. Ka la ei ngai lo. Kei... zin rei takah ka off deuh a ni ngei ang. " Hawk: I chanchin movie a siam a, didn'. t he?Videos Ruihhlo i hman lai khan?" Nula: "Y-yes. Kha film te kha ka la hmu tak tak ngai lo, mahse frame tlemte clip min hmuhtir a. An ni... an rapthlak hle."
  Hawk: Tin, chutah Blacker chuan blackmail che a tum em? Heng film siam nan hian pawisa a phut em?" Nula: "Ni e. A hming chu a inhmeh hle. Mahse a dik lo - pawisa ka nei lo. A tlem berah chuan chutiang pawisa chu a ni lo. A beidawng hle a, a tir chuan min ring lo. A hnuah chuan a ring ta ngei ang."
  
  
  Hawk: "Dragon Club-ah i kir leh tawh em?" Nula: "Ni lo. Chutah chuan ka kal tawh lo. Bar, pub leh chutiang hmunah te kan inhmu a. Tichuan, zan khat, Blacker ka hmuh hnuhnun ber khan ka theihnghilh tur thu a sawi a. Min blackmail lut chu a bansan ta a ni." A tawpah chuan".
  Chawl. Hawk: "Chutiang chuan a sawi a ni lawm ni?" Hmeichhe naupang: "Chu chu ka ngaihtuah dan a ni. Mahse, ka lawm lo hle. Dik tak chuan ka rilru a na zawk. Chu ka thlalak rapthlak tak takte chu a la darh zel dawn a ni - chutiang chuan a sawi a, a nih loh leh a ti tak tak a ni." Hawk: "Eng chiah nge a sawi? Fimkhur rawh. Hei hi a pawimawh hle thei. Rei tak chawlhna. Nick Carter chuan mitmeng dum khar, mitmeng dum sang tak, ngaihtuahnaa mitmeng hring hring, hmel mawi tak, la pianphung tichhe vek lo, ngaihtuahna senga rilru hah tak chu a mitthla thei a ni." Nula: " A nui a, "Ka mamawh" a ti a - Film lei tur hi ngaihtuah buai suh. A lei tur hian bidder dang a nei tih a sawi. Bidders pawisa tak tak pe duh. Mak a ti hle a, ka hre reng. Bidders An kal ta a ni a ti line-a luh tumin an kawng aṭangin an chhuak."
  Hawk: "A nih leh chu mi hnuah chuan Blacker hi i hmu ngai lo em ni?" Thang! Chumi ah chuan tlu suh. Nula: "A dik alawm. Ka hmu leh tawh ngai lo" Killmaster chuan a rawn ti ta ringawt a.
  Chawl. Hawk, a aw chu a ri ta hle mai: “Chu chu a dik vek lo, a ni lawm ni, lal fanu? He chhanna hi ngaihtuah nawn leh i duh em? Tin, thu dik lo chungchanga ka thusawi kha hre reng ang che!”A dodal a tum a. Hmeichhia: Kei... ka ti lo hmuh theiha i sawi tum chu hrethiam rawh.Blaker-a chu ka hmu leh tawh lo.Drawer inhawng thawm chu.Hawk: Hengte hi i kutkawrte an ni em, lal fanu?Hetah hian.La rawh.Uluk takin enfiah rawh.Thudik sawi nawn leh turin ka fuih tur che a ni. " "
  Hmeichhia: "Y-yes. Hengte hi ka ta an ni. " Hawk: An chungah thisen chhuak a awm chhan sawifiah turin fimkhur rawh?Tin, i khup hliam atanga lo kal an nih thu min hrilh tum suh.Chutih lai chuan kutkawr i ha lo.
  Nick chuan tape recorder chu a hmui a ti hup a. A nun chu chutah chuan innghat mah se, a pahnihna a hriatna chu a sawifiah thei lo. Engtin nge Hawke lakah a lamah a tawp? AX agent lian tak chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. Chutiang hmeichhe dan bawhchhia, damn damlo, tanpui theih loh, mi sual leh bum hmang chu a lo ni tawh mai thei.
  Hmeichhia: “Chu i puppet chuan a tlachham vak lo, a dik em?
  Hawk, nuihzat hmel zet hian: "Puppet? Ha ha, chutiang chu ka hrilh a ngai dawn a ni. Dik tak chuan chutiang chu a ni lo. A chang chuan independent lutuk a ni. Mahse chu chu kan tum a ni lo. Gloves chungchang hi khawngaihin?"
  Chawl. Nula chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian: “Okay. Blacker nen kan awm dun a. A thi tawh a ni. An... an taksa an tikehsawm a. Khawi hmunah pawh thisen a awm. Fimkhur ka tum a, mahse ka tlu a, ka tlu ta mai. Ka chelh thei a, mahse chutah chuan was blood on my gloves. "Ka hlauthawng a, ka buai hle bawk. Ka phelh a, ka purse-ah ka dah a. Ka paih chhuak duh a, mahse ka theihnghilh ta a ni."
  Hawk: "Engvangin nge Blacker-ah hian zing hma takah i lo kal? Eng nge i duh? Eng nge i beisei theih ang?"
  Chawl. Nula: Kei... Ka hre lo tak zet. Tunah chuan awmzia a nei vak lo, tunah chuan ka fimkhur tawh. Mahse hmun mak takah ka harh a, ka hlauthawng hle a, ka damlo a, ka hungover bawk. Ka kea ding reng turin pill tlemte ka ei a. Tu nen nge ka haw tih leh, well, eng nge kan tih tih pawh ka hre lo. He pa hi eng ang hmel nge a nih ka hre thei lo.
  Hawk: Chutiang chu a ni tih i chiang em?
  Hmeichhia: Ka chiang tawk lo, mahse min thlalak an lak hian ka rui lutuk a, chu chu a thleng tlangpui. Eng pawh ni se, a lo haw hmain chuta tang chuan chhuah ka duh a ni. Sum tam tak ka nei a. Ni khat chu Teddy Blacker chungchang ka ngaihtuah a, ka... ka...
  Rei tak chawlh hahdamna. Hawk: "I chuan eng nge?" Nick Carter chuan: "Ruthless old bastard!"Hmeichhia: "Kei... a chungah ka ngilnei ve ta se" Hawk: "Ka hmu e. Mahse, chutah chuan i thleng a, thi, thah leh i sawi angin taksa peng hrang hranga tihchhiat a nih thu i hmu ta a ni. Tuin nge that thei ang tih ngaihtuahna i nei em?" Nula: "Ni lo, ni lo. Chutiang misual chuan hmelma tam tak a nei ngei ang."
  
  
  
  Hawk: "I bulah midang i hmu em? Rinhlelh tur engmah a awm lo, tumahin an zui lo che emaw, thu zawhfiah emaw, inrawlh emaw an tum lo?" Hmeichhe naupang: "Ni lo. Tumah ka hmu lo. Ka en tak tak lo - ka tlan chak thei ang berin ka tlanbo mai. Ka tlanbo mai mai a ni." Hawk: "Ni e. Prince Gale-ah i tlan let leh a, i chhuahsan takah khan i kir leh a. Engvangin nge? Ka hrethiam lo tak zet Princess. Engvangin nge? Min chhang rawh."
  Chawl. Tap rei lutuk. Hmeichhia chu Nick-a chuan tunah chuan a tawp thlengin a awm tawh dawn niin a ngai. Nula: “Sawifiah ka tum ang. Thil pakhat - Prince Gale panna tur taxi man tur pawisa ka nei tling a, ka apartment pan tur ni lovin.Thil dang - ka tum a, i hria em, ka hlau hle ka retinue - anmahni ka hlau a, scene ka duh lo - mahse a chhan dik tak chu tunah chuan kei;tualthahnaah ka inrawlh thei!Tu pawh, tu pawh ni se, alibi min pe ngei ang. Ka hlauthawng hle a, a chhan chu, i hmu em, ka thil tih hi ka hre lo tak zet a ni.He mi hian min hrilh mai thei tih ka ngaihtuah a.Tin, pawisa ka mamawh bawk.
  Hawk, relentless: "Tin, engkim tih i inhuam bawk - i thusawi, mi hriat loh lakah i inpeih tih ka ring. Sum leh alibi pawh a ni mai thei?"
  Chawl. Hmeichhia: Y-yes. Hemi atan hian ka inpeih tawh. Hetiang hian ka lo ti tawh a. Ka inpuang e. Engkim ka pawm vek. hire me now." Hawk, mak ti tak zetin: "Aw, ka nula duh tak. Dik tak chuan hire che ka tum a ni. Chutiang emaw, i sawi tak mizia dang emaw chu ka, uh, line of work atan eminently suitable che, i chau, princess, leh tlem a hrisel lo. Minute khat chauh ka thlah ang che. Tunah chuan Prince’s Gate-ah i kir leh tawh a, Portuguese sorkar agent pakhat chuan.....nangmah. Chutiang chuan kan ti mai ang. He mipa hi i hria em?" Nula: "Ni lo, a hming ni lo. Tun hmain ka hre chiang lo hle a, vawi eng emaw zat ka hmu tawh bawk. Hetah hian London-ah hian. Min lo en reng a. Ka fimkhur hle a ngai a ni. He thil hi ka pa u a ni, ka ti. A rei emaw a rei lo emaw, min man hmasa lo a nih chuan min rukbo a, engtin emaw tak chuan England a\angin min rawn hruai chhuak ang. Portugal-ah min hruai a, naupang nu leh pa nei lo enkawlna hmunah min dah mai ang. Ka lawm e, Mr. Hawk, min rawn hruai tir loh avangin. Tu nge i nih emaw, ka tih tur eng pawh ni se, hei ai hian a tha zawk ang em?”
  Killmaster chuan a ti muangchang a, "Bet suh, honey." Hawk: "Chutiang taka i hmuh chu ka lawm e, ka hmangaih. A bul tanna duhawm lo tak a ni lo. Min hrilh mai teh, tunah hian Diplomat atanga in lama rawn hruai hawtu che kha eng nge i hriat reng? Chu mi laka chhanchhuaktu che kha." Portuguese agent a ni em?
  Hmeichhia: “The Diplomat”-ah khan ka awm ka hre lo tak zet. A tawp berah chuan. He mipa, i puppet chungchang ka hriat reng chu ka tan chuan mipa lian tak leh hmeltha tak ang mai a ni. ka chunga a tih ang chiah kha. A nunrawng theiin ka hria. Hei hi a ni vek em - ka na lutuk a, ka hre lo em ni?
  Hawke: "Hna ropui tak i thawk a ni. Description chhe tak a ni lo, a kalna chinah chuan. Mahse, nangmah ni ila, lal fanu, chu thumal 'puppet' chu ka hmang leh tawh lovang. He mi fel tak nen hian i thawk dun dawn a ni. I kal ang." Hong Kong-ah an kal dun a, Macau-ah pawh a ni mai thei. Nupui angin in zin ang. "Ka agent, chutianga kan koh chhung chuan ka agent chu i bulah a awm reng ang." Dik tak chuan i chungah nunna emaw thihna emaw thiltihtheihna a nei ang. A nih loh leh, i dinhmunah chuan thihna aia pawi zawka i ngaih ang kha. Macau hi Portuguese colony a ni tih hre reng ang che. I lam atanga betrayal pakhat, minute khat chhungin a pe ang che. Chu chu theihnghilh ngai suh." A aw chu a khur a: "Ka hrethiam. Ka thawk dawn tih ka sawi a ni lawm ni... ka hlau. Ka hlauthawng hle mai.
  Hawk: "I kal thei ang. Nurse chu ko rawh. Tin, i inhnukdawk tum ang che, lal fanu. Ni dang i nei tawh a, i nei tawh lo. I mamawh thil, thawmhnaw, eng pawh list siam la, an pe vek ang. Tichuan "I hotel i hnaih ang. Hei hi, uh, pawl thenkhatin an enkawl ang." Chair hnunglam hawia nawr ri chu.
  Hawk: "Hetah hian, thil pakhat chungah ". Pen scratch a ni. A chhiar pawh a buaipui lo. AX matron pakhat a rawn luh rual chuan ke pen rit tak ri nen kawngkhar chu a inhawng a.
  Hawk: "Ka kal hmain Princess ka biak leh ang che. Goodbye. Chawlh hahdam tum ang che. Kawngkhar chu a inkhar tawh."
  
  
  Hawk: Chu chu a ni, Nick. He tape hi ngun takin zir chian a tha zawk. Hna atan chuan a inhmeh hle - tuna i ngaihtuah aiin a tling zawk - mahse i mamawh loh chuan i hruai a ngai lo. Mahse, i tih ngei ka beisei. Guessing game ka khel a, ka guess dik a nih chuan Princess hi kan ace in the hole a ni. Ka duh hun hunah ka rawn tir ang che. Shooting range-ah tlem tal practice pawh a pawi lo ang. Chutah chuan, Khawchhak thuruk takah chuan engkim a harsa hle ang tih ka ring. Kan inhmu dawn nia...
  
  
  Tape tawp lam. Nick chuan RWD a hmet a, tape chu a rawn inher chhuak ta a. Cigarette a hal a, a en reng a. Hawk chuan mak a ti reng a; Putar mizia facet te, a intrigues thukzia te, hriatna mak tak tak te, a web intricate tak bul leh thupui te - heng zawng zawng hian Killmaster chu inngaihtlawmna mak tak, inngaihtlawmna ang maia rilru put hmang a nei tir a ni. Ni a lo thlen chuan Hawk hmun a luah a ngai dawn tih a hria a. Hetih lai hian a thlak thei lo tih pawh a hre chiang hle. Mi pakhatin Nick-a cubicle kawngka chu a rawn kik a. Nick chuan, "Lo lut rawh," a ti a. Tom Boxer a ni a, khawi emaw laiah a inthup reng a ni. Nick chu a nui suk a. "Karate, i duh chuan." Nick chuan a nui suk a, "Engvangin nge ni lo? A tlem berah chuan kan thawkrim thei ang. Minute khat tal nghak rawh."
  
  
  Table bulah chuan a kal phei a, a holster chhunga Luger chu a la a. Vawiin hian shooting ka ti leh dawn niin ka hria. Tom Boxer chuan Luger chu a en a. - Mihring thian tha ber. Nick chu a nui suk a, a lu a bu nghat a. A kut zungtang chu shaft eng mawi tak leh lum takah chuan a tlanpui a. A dik khawp mai. Nick chuan hei hi a chhui chhuak tan ta a. Tunah chuan Luger-a barrel chu a vawt ta hle mai. Rei lo teah a sen vek dawn a ni.
  
  
  
  
  Bung 7-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  BOAC 707 hmangin an thlawk a, zin kawng thui tak a ni a, Tokyo-ah chawlhna an nei a, hei hi Hawk-a'n Hong Kong-a thil awm ṭhenkhat chinfel theihna hun pek a ni. Hmeichhia chu a tam zawk chu a mu a, a mut loh lai chuan a lungngai a, a ngawi reng bawk. Thawmhnaw leh bungrua thar pek a ni tawh a, faille light suit leh skirt sei tawk lo ha chungin a chak lo va, a sen hmel hle bawk. Thu awih thei leh passive tak a ni. Tun thlenga a rilru natna awmchhun chu Nick-a’n kutkawr bun chunga thlawhna chhunga a hruai luh kha a ni a, an kut chu an khih a, mahse puan in a thup a ni. Handcuff hi a tlanchhuah hlauh vangin an vuah lo - hun hnuhnung bera lal fanu man a nih loh nan insurance a ni. London airport panna limousine-a Nick-a kutkawr bun lai chuan hmeichhe naupang chuan, “I knight in shining armor chiah i ni lo,” a ti a, Killmaster-a chuan a nui suk a. Hei hi tih a ngai... Kan kal dawn em ni, princess?" An chhuah hma hian Nick chu a boss nen darkar thum chuang zet an inkhung tawh a. Tunah chuan Hong Kong atanga darkar khat vel a hlaah chuan hmeichhe naupang muhil chu a en a, a... blonde wig, although radically changed her appearance...a hmelthatna tichhe turin engmah a ti lo.David Hawk nena an briefing hnuhnung ber kha a hrechhuak bawk...
  Nick-a chu a boss office-a a luh chuan: “Engkim hi a hmunah a tla thla tan tawh a ni,” “Chinese box ang maiin.A chhungah an awm ngei ang,” a ti a, Killmatter-a chuan mak a ti hle a, a en a. A lo ngaihtuah tawh ngei ang—tunlai hian engkim maiah Chinese Communist-te chu zawn a ngai fo thin—mahse, Red Chinese-ho hian he pie bik chhungah hian an kut zungtang sei tak takte chu eng chen nge an thun theih tih erawh a hre lo. Hawk chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian document pakhat, tun hnaia thu hriat chian tak tak awmna chu a kawhhmuh a.
  "General Auguste Boulanger chu tunah hian Macau-ah a awm tawh a, Chun Li nen inhmu turin a ni mai thei. Ani pawhin inhmuh duh che a ni. Tin, hmeichhe naupang a duh bawk. Libertine a ni tih ka hrilh che a. Kong, chu chuan a tithinur hle. Tunah chuan Blacker-a film a nei ta a ni." ." Hmeichhe naupang chu a hre chiang ang a, deal-a tel ve turin a duh ang. Hmeichhia - leh a kut atanga rough diamond dollar maktaduai engemaw zat laksak kan remti tur a ni."
  Nick Carter chu a thu rit hle mai. Hawk chu a melh reng a, cigarette a hal a. "Ka tan chuan i hmanhmawh lutuk a, ka pu. Chinese rangkachak hian awmzia a nei ang, mahse diamond rough tak tak chu engtin nge ni ang?" "Vawikhat i hriat chuan a awlsam khawp mai. Chutah chuan Prince Askari leh Boulanger te hian Portuguese te beih nan sum zawng zawng an hmu vek a ni. Angola helho hian South West Africa an rawn bei a, diamond rough tak tak an ru a ni. Angola ram ngeia Portuguese diamond mine thenkhat pawh an tichhia a ni. "The Portuguese an naturally censoring tightly because they have the first native uprising on their hands and they are losing at the moment. Diamonds in the rough. Hong Kong emaw, he thu-ah hian Macau emaw hi inhmuhkhawmna leh inremna siamna hmun pangngai a ni. Killmaster chuan zawhna âwm lo tak a ni tih a hria a, mahse engtin pawhin a zawt ta a ni. "Engvangin nge Chinese ho hian rough diamond an duh?" Hawk chuan a lu a thing a, “Communist economy hi chutiang chu a ni lo
  kan ta, buhfai an mamawh ang bawkin diamond an mamawh bawk. Corner an nei a, natural takin. Buaina tlangpui, entirnan. Bait leh leverage dang a awm bawk. He Boulanger leh Prince Askari te hi an hla phuah angin an zai tir thei a ni.
  Diamond rough hralhna tur hmun dang a nei tawh lo! Hei hi market khauh tak, khauh taka control theih a ni. Dealer tu pawh zawt la, freelancer anga diamond hralha eizawnna siam chu eng ang taka harsa leh hlauhawm nge tih zawt rawh. Chuvang chuan Boulanger leh Askari te hian sumdawnna lama awm turin min duh a ni. Market dang a ni leh ta. Rangkachak nen hian Fort Knox-ah kan phum thei reng a ni. Killmaster chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "A hrethiam e, sir. General leh Prince Askari te hnenah chuan an diamond rough tak tak te chu deal tha zawk kan pe a, Colonel Chun Li chu kan tan an set sak a ni."
  Ka tan chuan,” Hawk chuan cigar chu a hmuiah a rawn thun lut a, a dik khawp mai. - A then phei chuan. Boulanger hi, a dik e, rat type a ni. Kan khelh danah chuan a tawp pahnih chu a laiah kan inhmachhawn thin. Angola helna hi a hlawhtlin chuan Askari-a kawr chu tikehsawm a, thuneihna laksak a tum a ni. Prince Askari chungchang hi ka hre chiang lo - a chungchang kan information hi a tlem deuh. Ka hriatthiam dan chuan idealist, rinawm leh tum tha tak a ni. Simpleton a ni mai thei, a ni lo mai thei. Ka hre lo chauh a ni. Mahse, ngaihtuahna chu i hmu ve ngei ka beisei. Shark pool tak takah ka paih lut che a ni, fapa.
  Killmaster chuan a cigarette chu a timit a, pakhat dang a hal leh a. Office te tak te chu a fang kual tan ta a. A tlangpui aia tam. “Ni e,” Hawk chuan a ti a. Blacker case chungchang zawng zawng chu a hre vek lo va, tunah chuan a sawi ta a, nasa takin a sawi chhuak ta a ni. Agent trained ropui tak a ni a, a thah hna - literally - khawvela mipa zawng zawng aiin a thiam zawk a ni. Mahse a kekawrtea harsatna awm chu a huat em em a ni. Cigar a la a, dawhkan chungah chuan a ke a dah a, mipa hlim tak boruak nen chuan a sawifiah tan ta a. Hawk hian puzzle inthup tak tak a ngaina hle. "A awlsam zawngin ka fapa. Heng zinga ṭhenkhat hi rinhlelhna a ni a, mahse ka bet ang. Blacker chuan lal fanu chu ruihhlo a hmang ṭan a, movie bawlhhlawh tak tak hmangin a blackmail ṭan bawk. Chu aia tam chu a chhe tawh tih a hmuchhuak. Chu chuan a ti thei lo. Mahse, ani pawhin a ti thei lo ang." engtin emaw tak chuan a hrechhuak ta a ni
  he pa u pawimawh tak, Luis de Gama hi Lisbon-ah a nei a ni. Cabinet of Ministers, sum leh pai, thil thleng. Blacker chuan thil tam tak a hmu dawn niin a ngai. “Blacker hian engtin nge he thil hi a ruahman tih ka hre lo, film atanga clip a ni mai thei, mail hmangin emaw, mimal inbiakpawhna hmangin emaw pawh a ni thei. Eng pawh ni se, he pa u hian fing zawkin a khel a, Portuguese intelligence te chu a vaukhân a ni. Scandal awm lo turin. A bik takin chu chu a pa u a ni sorkarah dinhmun sang tak a chelh a ni.
  Profumo thil thleng khan, hre reng ang che, British sorkar chu a titawp ta mai - engtiang chiahin nge a pawimawh theih ang? . Helho Prince Askari hian Lisbon-ah enthlatu an nei a. Film chungchang leh Blacker-a thil tum an zir chiang hle. Askari hnenah an hrilh a, a nihna takah chuan General Boulanger chuan a hrechhuak ta a ni. "Prince Askari hian film a hman dan tur a rel nghal a. Portuguese sorkar chu a blackmail thei a, a tlangpuiin scandal a siam thei a, he sorkar hi a paihthlak mai thei. Helho puitu A.B., London-a a mipa hring kaltlangin. "Mahse General Boulanger, ka hrilh che a ni a kut lehlamah a play a, hmeichhia leh tape chu a duh vek. He nula hi a duh chhan chu a hma pawhin a thlalak a lo hmu tawh a, a hmangaih em em bawk a; film hi a duh a, chuvang chuan a nei dawn a, mahse Askari erawh chuan a nei dawn lo.
  Mahse Angola helho chu a bei thei lova, ama pawl a neih loh avangin a Chinese thiante hnen atangin tanpuina a dil thin. An zawm a, London-a silai keng squad hmanna tur an pe a ni. Chinese ho chuan Blacker leh chu cockney pahnih chu an that ta! Sex showdown ang maia siam an tum a. General Boulanger hian film hi a dawng tawh emaw, a dawng thuai dawn emaw a ni a, tunah chuan hmeichhia hi mimal takin a mamawh ta a ni. Tunah chuan Macau-ah a lo nghak reng che a ni. Nang leh nula. Kan nei tih a hria. Rough deal ka hrilh che a: hmeichhia chu kan pe ang a, diamond engemaw zat kan lei ang a, Chun Li chu a frame ang che. “A nih loh leh Chun Li aiah min frame dawn?” “Hawk chuan a nui suk a, engkim hi fapa a ni thei.”
  
  
  Light chu English, French leh Chinese tawngin a rawn eng a: "I seat belt kha khih rawh - meizuk suh." Kai Tak Airport chu an rawn pan hnai a. Nick Carter chuan lal fanu muhil chu a elbow hmangin a rawn beng a, a bengchheng hle a: “Harh rawh, ka nupui duhawm tak, kan thleng dawn ta,” a ti a.
  A hmui a ti hup a. - Chu thumal chu i hman a ngai em? A hmui a ti hup a. "I bet I do. A pawimawh a, hre reng ang che. Mr. leh Mrs. Prank Manning, Buffalo, New York kan ni. Nupa thar kan ni. Hong Kong-ah honeymoon kan hmang." A nui suk a. "I muhil tha em ni, honey?" Ruah a sur a. Vanlawng atanga an chhuk a, custom lam an pan chuan boruak a lum a, a vawt bawk. Nick, tun ṭumah chuan Hong Kong-a a kir leh chu a lawm vak lo. He mission chungchangah hian ngaihdan tha lo tak a nei a. Van chuan a thlamuang turin engmah a ti lo. Vawi khat chu chhum hring leh bawlhhlawh tak takte chu a en a, Hong Kong Island-a Naval Dockyard chungah thlipui signal a ri dawn tih a hria a. Thlipui mai mai pawh a ni mai thei - thil rit zawk pawh a ni mai thei. Thlipui na tak a tleh. July thla tawp a ni a, August thlaa inthlakna a ni. Thlipui a tleh thei ta a ni. Mahse, chutih lai chuan Hong Kong-ah chuan engkim a thleng thei ta a ni. Tunah chuan Nick-a chuan Luger leh Stiletto chu a phur tawh avangin customs chu a kal tluang hle. AX hnathawkte’n an khuh tha hle tih a hria a, mahse hriatchhuah a tum lo. Engtin pawhin hmanna a awm lo. An hna chu an hre chiang khawp mai. General Boulanger-a hoten an khuh a ni tih pawh a hria a. Colonel Chun Li ho pawh an ni mai thei. Chinese an ni ang a, vantlang hmun zau takah pawh hmuh theih loh an ni ang. Victoria-a Blue Mandarin Hotel-ah hruai a ni. Chutah chuan General Auguste Boulanger-a’n a inzawmna a neih hma chu a thutpui a ngai a ni. Hawk chuan a nghah rei a ngai tawh dawn lo tih a tiam a. Mercedes taxi a ni a, a fender chu a ben deuh a, a tyre dum hring dup chunga chalk-a ziah kraws dum te tak te a ni. Nick chuan nula chu a lam pan chuan a nawr a. Driver chu Chinese mi a ni a, Nick hian a la hmuh ngai loh a ni. Nick-a chuan, "Rat Fink bar awmna i hria em?" - Ni e, ka pu. Chutah chuan rat te chu an pungkhawm a. Nick chuan nula tan chuan kawngkhar chu a rawn kuah a. A mitmeng chu taxi driver mitmeng nen a inhmu a. "Rat hi eng rawng nge an nih?"
  
  
  "An rawng tam tak an nei a, Mister. Yellow rat, white rat kan nei a, tun hnaiah chauh hian black rat kan nei bawk." Killmaster chuan a lu a bu nghat a, kawngkhar chu a rawn nam nghal zat bawk. "Okay. Blue Mandarin lam pan rawh. Motor khalh zawi zawk rawh. Khawpui hi hmuh ka duh." An tlan lai chuan Nick chuan lal fanu chu kutkawr a bun leh a, a bulah a khih ta a. A rawn en a. “I thatna tur atan,” aw ring zet hian a ti a, “Mi tam takin an ngaihven che a ni, lal fanu.” A rilruah chuan Hong Kong chuan a tan hriatrengna duhawm tam tak a keng tel thei lo.Tichuan Johnny Wise Guy chu a hmuchhuak a, rei vak lo chu nula chu a theihnghilh ta a, Johnny-a chuan MG sen te tak te a khalh a, traffic-ah a tang a, a hnungah chuan car pathum a awm a taxi a ni.
  Nick chuan cigarette a hal a, a ngaihtuah a. Johnny chuan fiah lo takin a in enkawl lo. Johnny chuan Nick hian a hre tih a hria a - vawi khat chu quasi-friend an ni tawh a, States leh khawvel hmun hrang hrangah pawh - chuvang chuan Johnny chuan Nick hian a hre nghal tih a hre ta a ni. A ngaihsak lo niin a lang. Hei hian a hna chu Nick leh ka hmeichhe naupang awmna hmun zawn mai a ni tihna a ni. Killmaster chu a hnungtawlh a, darthlalang a car sen chu a hmu ta a. Johnny hian car panga a hnutchhiah tawh a. Chu lawng chu an thlen hma lawk chuan a rawn hnaih leh ta a.
  Ferry-ah chuan cut off a risk dawn lo. Nick chu a nui suk a. Engtin nge Johnny Smarty (a hming dik tak ni lo) hian lawnga Nick-a chu a pumpelh theih ang? Mipa pindan chhungah inthup em? Johnny - Nick hian a Chinese hming a hre thei lo - Brooklyn-a piang niin CONY aṭangin a zir chhuak a ni. Nick hian a â zia, mipa emaw, beram dum emaw pawh ni thei natural badass a nih thu thawnthu sang tam tak a lo hre tawh a. Johnny hian police te nen vawi tam tak buaina an tawk a, a chak fo a, hun kal zelah a flippant, cocky, leh know-it-all behavior avang hian Johnny Smart Guy tia hriat a ni ta a ni. Nick chuan meizuk leh ngaihtuah chungin a tawpah chuan a duh chu a hrechhuak ta a. A hriat hnuhnun ber chu Johnny-a hian Hong Kong-ah private detective agency a enkawl tih a ni.
  Nick chu lungngai takin a nui suk a. Chu tlangval chu a cameraman a ni a, engkim a tha vek. Johnny-a’n license a hmuh theih nan hian magic chak tak emaw, pawisa emaw a mamawh hle. Mahse, a ngaihtuah chhuak ta a ni. Nick chuan MG sen chu a mit a la reng a, Kowloon-a lirthei lian tak takah an inzawm tan ta a ni. Johnny Wise Guy chu hma a sawn leh a, tunah chuan car pahnih chauh a awm tawh. Killmaster chuan parade dang zawng zawng chu eng nge ni tih a ngaihtuah a: Boulanger-a Chinese, Chun Li-a Chinese, Hawk-a Chinese - an vai hian Johnny Wise-a chu eng nge an siam ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Nick chu a nui suk a. Johnny-a a hmuh chu a lawm hle a, hma a lak avangin a lawm hle. Hei hi chhanna engemaw zat hmuh theihna kawng awlsam tak a ni thei. A nihna takah chuan ani leh Johnny hi ṭhian hlui an ni.
  
  
  Nick-a nuih chu a thim deuh a. Johnny hian a tir lamah chuan a hmu lo mai thei, mahse a rawn kal kual ang. Blue Mandarin hi Queens Road-a Happy Valley Raceway thlir theihna, luxury hotel thar swanky tak a ni. Nick chuan car chhunga hmeichhe naupang chu a cuff a phelh a, a kut chu a fawp bawk. A nui suk a, building sang var mawi tak, swimming pool dum, tennis court, huan leh pine, casuarina leh Chinese banyan thing lian tak tak te chu a kawhhmuh a. Honeymoon aw ṭha ber chuan, "A mak lo em ni, honey? Kan order anga siam mai mai a ni," a ti a. Nui hmel chiang lo tak chuan a hmui sen hring dup chu a rawn khawih ta a. Ani chuan, "I insiam â a ni lawm ni?" A kut chu a vuan nghet sauh sauh a. "Mi zawng zawng hi ni khat hnathawhnaah kan awm vek a ni," a ti a. "Lo kal rawh, lal fanu. Vanram pan ila. Ni khatah cheng 500-in - Hong Kong, chu chu." Taxi kawngkhar hawngin, “I hria em, London kan chhuahsan hnua nuihzatthlak ka hmuh hmasak ber a ni?” Nui hmel chu a zau deuh a, mitmeng dum chuan a zir chiang hle. “Ka thei em, quick drink ka in thei lo em ni?” Just... kan honeymoon tan lawmna atan... “Kan en ang,” tawi te te in a ti a. -- Kal. sen MG. Hummer blue pakhat, mi pahnih awmna chu Queens Road-ah a ding a. Nick chuan taxi driver hnenah thupek tawi te te a pe a, hmeichhe naupang chu lobby chhungah a hruai lut a, an hotel reservation a check lai chuan a kut chu a thlah lo.
  
  
  A tam zawk chu a mittui tla zawih zawih chungin thu awih takin a ding a, a chanvo chu a khel tha hle. Nick chuan lobby chhunga mipa zawng zawng mitmeng chuan a ke leh a hnute sei tak te, a kawrfual te tak te, a hnute khat mawi tak te chu a ngaihlu hle tih a hria. An thik em em a ni mai thei. A hmui hmanga a hmui nem tak chu khawih tumin a inbeng kang a. A hmai dinglam tak leh IT tlangval hriat theih khawpa ring tak chungin Nick Carter chuan, "Ka hmangaih lutuk che, honey. Ka kut ka la thei lo che a ni," a ti a. A hmui sen mawi tak kil atang chuan ngawi rengin: “Nang puppet â!”
  Clerk chuan nui chung hian, “Inneihna suite chu a inpeih tawh e, ka pu. Pangpar thawn turin zalenna ka la a. Kan bula in awm chu nuam in tih ka beisei, Mr. and Mrs. Manning. A ni mai thei...” Nick chuan a titawp a, rang takin lawmthu sawiin, hmeichhe naupang chu elevator lam pan chuan a hruai a, tlangval pahnih chu an bungrua kengin a zui a. Minute nga hnuah, magnolia leh wild roses-a chei pindan mawi takah chuan nula chuan: “In tur ka phu ka ti tak zet a, engtin nge i sawi?” Nick chuan a AX wristwatch chu a melh a. Thil buaithlak tak a nei a, mahse hemi atan hian hun a hmu ngei ang. Hemi atan hian hun a nei a. Sofa-ah chuan a nawr lut a, mahse zawi zawiin a nawr lui lo. Mak ti zet hian a en reng a, mak lutuk chuan a thinrimna chu a lantir thei lo. Killmaster chuan a aw rough ber chu a hmang a. Khawvela a client harsa ber ber thenkhat chungah thihna chill ang maia che aw.
  “Princess da Gama,” a ti a. "Meikhu in ang u. Thil tlem tal siam fel rawh. A hmasa berin zu a awm lo ang. Ni lo, ka sawi nawn leh e, zu a awm lo ang! Ruihhlo a awm lo! I tih ang chiah kha i ti ang. Dik tak chuan. Kei hi i hriatthiam ka beisei." am not joking. I am not.. . Nangmah nen hian exercise ka nei duh lo." A mitmeng dum chu lung ang mai a ni a, thinrim zet hian a melh a, a hmui chu sen hring hring hring a ni. "Nang... puppet i ni! Chu chauh chu i ni - muscle man. Sakeibaknei â lian tak. Hmeichhia nawr kual hi i ngaina a ni lawm ni? Ladies te hnena Pathian thilpek i ni lo em ni?"
  A chungah chuan a ding a, hnuai lam a hawi a, a mitmeng chu agate ang maiin a khauh hle. A lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Tantrum i thlak dawn a nih chuan tunah hian paih rawh. Hmanhmawh rawh," a ti a. Princess chu sofa-ah chuan a innghat leh a. Faille skirt chu a rawn chuang chho a, a stockings chu a rawn pholang ta a ni. Thâwk a la a, a nui suk a, a rilru chu a rawn chhuahpui a. “In tur ka mamawh a ni,” a ti chhuak nghal zat. "A rei tawh hle mai. Kei... I chungah ka ngilnei hle ang, ka ngilnei hle ang che, min phalsak mai mai chuan...
  Dispassion nen, nuihzatthlak leh ngilnei lo tak nen Killmaster chuan a hmel mawi tak chu a rawn beng a, pindan chhungah chuan bengchheng ri a awm a, a hmui sen hring dup ah chuan chhinchhiahna sen a awm ta a ni. Lal fanu chuan a chungah chuan a zuang thla a, a nail hmangin a hmai chu a hrual a. a chil a chhak a. A duh khawp mai. Huaisenna nasa tak a nei a. A mamawh ber a nih a rinawm. A chau tawh chuan, "Contract i ziak a. Mission pumpuiah i nunpui ang. Chumi hnuah chuan i thil tih, i chunga thil thleng chu ka ngaihtuah lo. Piao hired mai i ni a, . don't put on airs with me." "I hna thawk la, hlawh tha tak i hmu ang. Hetiang hi ti lo la, Portuguese kutah ka hlan ang che. Minute khat chhungin, ngaihtuah lovin, chutiang chiah chuan..." He a kut zungtang chu a rawn ti nghal zat.
  "Piao" tih thumal a hriat chuan thihna ang maiin a var ta a ni. Hei hian "ui" - nawhchizuar zinga a chhe ber, a man tlawm ber tihna a ni. Princess chuan sofa lam chu a hawi a, ngawi rengin a tap ta a. Carter chuan a darthlalang chu a en leh a, kawngka kik ri a awm a. Hun a lo thleng ta. Mipa var pahnih, lian tak tak, mahse engtin emaw tak chuan plain-looking ang maiin a luhtir a. Tourist, sumdawng, sorkar clerk, tu pawh an ni thei. Hengte hi Manila atanga Hawk-a rawn hruai AX hnathawkte an ni. Chutih lai chuan Hong Kong-a AX staff te chu an buai hle a. Mipa pakhat chuan suitcase te tak te a keng a. A kut a phar a, "Preston, sir. Rat te chu an inkhawm mek a ni" a ti a, Nick Carter chuan remti takin a lu a bu nghat a.
  Mi dang pakhat, Dickenson tia inchhal chuan, "White and yellow, sir. Hmun tinah an awm vek a ni," a ti bawk. Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. - Rat dum a awm lo em ni? Mipaho chuan mitmeng an inthlak a. Preston-a chuan, "Ni lo, ka pu. Eng rat dum nge. An awm tur em ni?" Inbiakpawhna hi a famkim ngai lo, AX-ah pawh. Nick chuan rat dum te chu theihnghilh turin a hrilh a. Hemi chungchangah hian a ngaihdan a nei ve tho. Preston-a chuan a suitcase chu a hawng a, radio transmitter te tak te chu a buatsaih tan ta a. Sofa-a nula chu tumahin an ngaihven lo. Tunah chuan a tap tawh lo va, pillow-ah phum in a mu ta a ni.
  Preston chuan a hmanrua fiddling chu a chawlhsan a, Nick chu a en a. "Engtiang chiahin nge helicopter hi biak i duh, ka pu?" “La ni lo. Min rawn call emaw, message min rawn thawn hma loh chuan engmah ka ti thei lova.Hetah hian ka awm tih an hriat a ngai a ni” Chu pa Dickenson-a chuan a nui suk a, “An hriat a ngai a ni, ka pu.” Airport atang chuan cavalcade tak tak an rawn zui che a. Car pahnih, Chinese pakhat pawh a tel. Nang ang bawkin an in en reng niin a lang. Tin, a dik e, Johnny Smarty pawh a ni. Killmaster chuan remti takin a lu a bu nghat a. - Nang pawhin i tir ve em? A lam hawi chu i hre ve mai mai em?" Mi pahnih chuan an lu an thing a. "Ka ngaihtuahna ka nei lo, ka pu. Johnny-a kan hmuh chuan mak kan ti hle. I zawh tawh rat dum nen hian inzawmna a nei mai thei em? - Maithei. Chu chu hriat chhuah ka tum. Johnny hi kum tam tak ka lo hre tawh a... Phone a rawn ri ta. Nick chuan a kut a phar a. "Anmahni an ni ngei ang, phone a la a: "Ni e? " Frank Manning? Nupa thar? Han aw sang tak, English ṭha famkim hmang a ni. Nick chuan: - Ni e. Hei hi Frank Manning a ni....
  
  
  
  
  
  Hun rei tak chhung chu he trick hmang hian bum an duh a. Chu chu beisei tur a ni. A tum ber chu Hong Kong emaw Macau emaw thuneitute hriattir lovin General Boulanger biak a ni. Honeymoon-a Macau tlawh hi a ngaihnawm a, a hlawkthlak bawk a, chu chu a hlawkthlak hle bawk. Hun khawhralna a awm lo. Hydrofoil hi Hong Kong atang hian minute sawmsarih leh panga chhung chauhvin chutah chuan a thleng dawn a ni. I duh chuan transport kan buatsaih ang." I bet you agree! Nick chuan: "Keimah ngeiin transport ka buatsaih ang. Tin, vawiinah hian ka siam theih ka ring lo. A darthlalang chu a en a. Quarter khat vel a ni tawh. Aw chu a khauh ta hle mai. "Vawiin a ni ngei ang! Hun khawhral tur a awm lo." "Ni lo. Ka lo kal thei lo." "Anih chuan zanin hian?" "A ni mai thei, mahse a tlai lutuk ang." Nick chu phone chhungah chuan a nui suk a. Zanah a tha zawk. Macau-a a tih tur atan thim a mamawh a ni. “A tlai tawh hle mai. Awle chuti a nih chuan. Rua das Lorchas-ah chuan hotel “Sign of the Golden Tiger” a awm a. Hour of the Rat-ah i awm ngei tur a ni.Thil bungrua nen. Chu chu a chiang em?Thil bungrua nen - an hre chiang ang.
  - Ka hrethiam. “Lo kal mai rawh,” aw chuan a ti a. - Amah nen chauh an awm dun. I tih loh chuan, a nih loh leh bumna a awm a nih chuan i himna turah mawh kan phur thei lo ang." "Kan awm ang," Carter chuan a ti a. A phone chu a dah a, AX operative pahnih lam chu a hawi a. "Chu chu a ni ang chumi. Radio-ah chuan lut la, Preston, chu helicopter chu hetah hian rawn hruai rawh. Chak. Tichuan Queen’s Road-ah traffic jam tan tir turin thupek pe rawh. - Ni e, ka pu! - Preston chuan transmitter chu a tinker tan ta. Nick chuan Dickenson chu a en a. Ka theihnghilh ta. - Zanah sawm leh pakhat, ka pu.
  Handcuff i nei em? Dickenson chu a hlauthawng deuh niin a lang. - Kutkawrte, ka pu? Ni lo sir. Ka ngaihtuah lo - ka sawi tum chu a tul dawn tih min hrilh lo. Killmatter chuan a kutkawr chu chu pa hnenah chuan a vawrh a, hmeichhe naupang chu a lu a bu nghat a. Princess chu a thu tawh a, a mitmeng chu tap vangin a sen a, mahse a cool leh aloof hmel hle. Nick chuan hloh tur tam tak a nei lo tih a bet ang. "Inchung lamah hruai rawh," Nick chuan thu a pe a, "Hetah hian a bungrua dah rawh. Engtin pawh nise show atan chauh a ni. Lawnga i chuantir hunah kutkawr kha i la chhuak thei a, mahse ngun takin en reng ang che. Thil man to tak a ni a, kan mamawh bawk." to be able to show it.Hetiang kan tih loh chuan deal pumpui chu a tla thla vek ang. Lal fanu chuan a kut zungtang sei tak tak chuan a mit a khuh a, aw ngawi rengin: “In tur pakhat tal ka in thei ang em, khawngaihin ? Pakhat chauh?'
  Nick chuan Dickenson chu a lu a thing nghut a. "Engmah. Ka hrilh che loh chuan engmah a ni lo. Tin, a bum che pawh phal suh. A tum ang. Chutiang chuan a sweet hle." Princess chuan a ke nylon hnim hring chu a cross a, stocking sei tak tak leh sa dum chu a rawn pholang ta a ni. Dickenson chuan a nui suk a, Nick pawh. - Hlim takin kan innei a, ka pu. Hemi pawh hi ka thawk mek a ni. Lungngai suh. Tunah chuan Preston chuan microphone chhungah thu a sawi ta a. "Axe-One atanga Spinner-One thleng. Mission tan tir rawh. Repeat - mission tan tir rawh. Ka thu i hre em, Spinner-One?" Aw tinny chuan a rawn ti let leh a. "Hei hi Axe One tan Spinner One a ni. Ka nei che. Wilco. Tunah chuan a rawn chhuak dawn" Killmaster chuan Dickenson chu a lu a bu nghat nghat a, "Okay." Chutah chuan kaitho vat rawh. Okay, Preston, traffic jam chu tan tir rawh. Kan thiante hian he "helicopter" hi zui se kan duh lo. Preston chuan Nick chu a en a. "Phone chungchang i ngaihtuah tawh em?" "A dik e, damn it! Chance kan lak a ngai a ni. Mahse phone hian hun a duh a, hetiang atang hian Siouxsie Wong awmna hmun thleng hian minute thum chauh a ni. "Ni e, sir. " Preston chuan microphone chhungah chuan thu a sawi leh ta a. Points. Operation Welding chuan a nei tawh begun. Repeat - operation." Welding chu a tan ta a. Thupek chu a lo thleng tan a, mahse Nick Carter chu hriat a ni lo. Dickenson leh hmeichhe naupang chu, kutkawr bun lohvin, hotel chung lamah a hruai a. AX helicopter chu a chhuk thla mai a. Inchung lian tak, flat tak chu of the Blue Mandarin became an ideal landing pad.Nick, Luger kut keng chu service penthouse te tak te kawngka bulah a hnungzang nghatin a ding a, Dickenson-a’n hmeichhe naupang chu helicopter chhunga luh tir lai chu a en reng a.
  
  
  Helicopter chu a tho a, a tilt a, a rotor inher chuan Carter hmaiah chuan leivut leh inchung chi hrang hrang chhum chu a rawn vawrh lut ta a. Tichuan a bo ta a, hmar lam pana a kal lai chuan motor thawm ri nasa tak chu a reh ta a, Wan Chai area lam pan chuan a kal ta a, chuta bawlhhlawh lo nghak chu a ni. Nick chu a nui suk a. Entu, an vai hian traffic jam lian hmasa ber, Hong Kong standard-ah pawh hlauhawm takah an lut tawh tur a ni. Princess hi minute nga hnuah junk-ah hian a chuang dawn a ni. An tan thil tha vak an ti dawn lo. An hloh ta a ni. Amah hmu leh tur chuan hun an mamawh dawn a, hun pawh an nei lo. Rei vak lo chu Killmaster chu tuipui buai tak chu a thlir chhuak a, Kowloon khawpui chhunga in inzawmkhawm leh a hnung lama New Territories tlang hring dup te chu a hmu a. Harbor-ah hian American indo lawng a awm a, British indo lawng pawh sorkar lawng chawlhna hmunah an ding bawk. Ferry te chu frantic bugs ang maiin an tlan leh chhuak ta a. Hetah leh khawiah pawh, he thliarkar leh Kowloon-ah te hian tun hnaia kangmei chhuak avanga hliam dum a hmu a. Hun rei vak lo kal ta khan buaina a chhuak a. Killmaster chu inchung chhuahsan tumin a hawi let a. Hun a nei tam lo bawk. Rat Darkar chu a hnai ta hle mai. Tih tur tam tak a awm a.
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 8-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  JOHNNY WISE-a office chu Connaught Road bula Ice House Street-a building chhe tawh tak chhawng thumnaah a awm a. Dawr tenau leh corner dawr thup awmna hmun a ni. A bul hnaia inchungah chuan noodles hrui hrui chu ni chhuahnaah thawmhnaw sawp ang maiin a vawt a, building luhnaah chuan plastic pangpar dahna a awm a, kawngkaah chuan dar chhinchhiahna bawlhhlawh tak, "John Hoy, Private Investigation" tih ziak a awm bawk. Hoy Dik tak chuan. A rilru a tibuaitu chu thil mak tak a ni. Mahse Johnny hi Carter-a a hmuh atang khan Smart Guy tia koh a ni tawh. Nick chu rang tak leh ngawi rengin stairs-ah chuan a kal chho a. Johnny-a chu a chhungah a awm a nih chuan mak ti taka hruai a duh a ni. Johnny-a chuan zawhna ṭhenkhat chu kawng khat emaw kawng dangah emaw a chhan a ngai a ni. A awlsam emaw, a harsa emaw. Frosted glass kawngkaah chuan John Hoy hming chu English leh Chinese tawngin a inziak a. Nick chuan Chinese character te chu a nui suk a - Chinese tawngin chhui chianna sawi chhuah a harsa hle. Johnny chuan Tel a hmang a, chu chuan a zawn leh chhui bakah a tlanbo thei a, a hmasawn thei a, a nawr thei bawk. Thil dang tam tak pawh a awmzia a ni. Ṭhenkhat chu kraws pahnih anga chhiar theih a ni.
  Kawngkhar chu a inhawng a. Nick chuan a duh lo tih a hmuchhuak a, chuvang chuan a
  a coat chu a hawng a, tun hnaia a hman thin AX type holster thara Luger button chu a phelh a. Tui luang thawm a hriat chuan kawngka chu nawr tumin a kut a phar a. Nick chuan kawngkhar chu a nawr hawng a, rang takin a chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, kawngkhar chu a khar a, a hnungzang chu a nghat a. Chu pindan te tak te pakhat leh a chhunga thil awm mak tak takte chu vawi khat a han hawi kual a. Luger chu a holster atang chuan a la chhuak a, corner-a toilet-a kut sil mipa dum sang tak chu aim turin a ti a. Chu pa chu a hawi let lo, mahse a mitmeng chuan bawm chunga darthlalang bawlhhlawh takah chuan Agent AX-a te nen an inhmu a. "I awmna hmunah hian awm rawh," Nick chuan a ti a. “Thil che nghal lo la, i kut chu hmuh theihin awm reng rawh.”
  A hnungah a kut a phar a, kawngkhar chu a khar a. Mit - mit lian tak tak amber - chuan darthlalangah chuan a en a. Miin a lungkham emaw, a hlau emaw a nih chuan a lantir lo. Nick-a hmabak tur chu thlamuang takin a nghak a. Nick chuan Luger chu mipa dum lam hawiin a kawhhmuh a, Johnny Smart Guy thutna dawhkan lam pan chuan step hnih a kal ta a. Johnny-a hmui chu a rawn inhawng a, corner atang chuan thisen tleh a rawn luang chhuak a. Nick-a chu engmah hmu leh tawh lo tur mitmengin a en a. A tawng thei a nih chuan - Johnny hian thu a minced ngai lo - Nick chuan heti hian a mitthla thei: "Nickil Pally! Old mate. High five min pe rawh. Ka hmu che a tha, tlangval. Chu chu i hmang thei ang, mate. Ka senso a to hle a, chuvang chuan kei." 'll tih a ngai dawn...-"
  Hetiang thil hi a ni ngei ang. A hre leh tawh ngai lovang. Johnny-a ni chu a tawp ta. A thinlunga jade-handled paper cutter chuan Killmaster chuan Luger chu tlemte chauh a ti sawn tih a tichiang a. “Hawi kual rawh,” tiin mipa dum chu a hrilh a. "I kut chu chawi sang rawh. Chu bang chu in nawr la, hmachhawn rawh, i lu chungah kut i dah ang." Chu pa chuan thu sawi lovin a awih ta a. Nick chuan a taksa chu a rawn spank a, a fawp bawk. Silai a keng lo. A suit, man to tak ang maia light wool hmanga siam, hmuh theih loh khawpa chalky stripe nei chu a hnim hrual vek a. Hong Kong lawng chawlhna rim a nam a. A kawr chu a phelh a, a tie pawh a bo bawk. Kekawr pakhat chauh a ha a. Hliam eng emaw tak tuar tawh ang maiin a lang a; Nick Carter chuan nuam a ti hle
  tin, he mi hi tu nge a nih a hre chiang hle bawk.
  
  
  Chung zawng zawng chuan Luger chu chair lam pana a han vawrh lai chuan a rilru hahdam hmel chu a nghawng lo. "Thu rawh." Mipa dum chuan a thu a awih a, a hmel chu a pawi lo hle a, a mitmeng amber chu Carter hmelah a nghat tlat a. Nick Carter-a hmuh tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan mipa dum hmeltha ber a ni. Gregory Peck dum hmuh ang mai a ni. Mitmeng a sang a, a hmuiah pawh bald patch tlem a awm bawk. Hnar chu a lianin a chak a, a hmui chu a sensitive a, a defined tha hle a, a hmui chu a chak bawk. Chu pa chuan Nick chu a melh reng a. A dum tak tak lo - bronze leh ebony chu engtin emaw takin sa hmin, polished takah an inzawm khawm a. Killmaster chuan Johnny ruang chu a kawhhmuh a. - I that em ni?
  "Ni e, ka that a ni. Min phatsan a, min hralh a, chutah min that a tum ta a ni." Nick hian hit hrang hrang leh minor pahnih a dawng a ni. Anmahni awmzia hriat tumin a inhnial a. Heta a hmuh hian Oxford emaw Old Eton English emaw a hmang a. Upper class, establishment-te tone dik lo tak takte. Thil pawimawh dang chu chu pa ha dum mawi tak, a hring dup mai chu a ni - a zawng zawng chu hmun hrual (sharp point) thlengin file vek a ni. Chu pa chuan Nick chu ngun takin a lo en reng a. Tunah chuan a nui suk a, ha tam zawk a lantir. A vun dum chungah chuan fei dum te tak te ang maiin an eng chhuak a. Inbiakna pangngai tak, tualthah a puan thar mipa ruang chu feet ruk aia sang ang maiin, mipa dum chuan: “Ka ha hian a tibuai che em, putar?Mi thenkhatah nghawng a nei tih ka hria .A nihna takah chuan kei hi anmahni ka ni” ka dem lo.Mahse, ka tih a ngai a, engmah tih theih a ni lo.I hmu em, Chokwe ka ni a, hei hi ka hnam tih dan a ni.A kut a phar a, flexing his strong, well-groomed fingers. "I hmu em, thlaler atang hian hruai chhuah ka tum a ni." Kum za nga zet sal tan a nih hnuah. Chuvangin ka tih loh duh zawk thil ka tih a ngai a ni. Ka mite nen hian inhriat chian tir rawh, i hrethiam. " Ha filed te chu a rawn eng leh ta. - Dik tak chuan hengte hi politics thil tih mai mai a ni. In congressmen-te suspender an vuah lai ang khan."
  Nick Carter chuan, “I thusawi chu ka pawm ang,” a ti a. - Engvangin nge Johnny-a kha i that? Mipa dum chu mak a tih hmel hle. - Mahse, ka hrilh tawh che, putar. Ka chungah thil bawlhhlawh tak a ti a. Hna tlemte atan ka la a - English, Chinese leh Portuguese tawng thiam mi fing tak tak ka tlachham hle - ka la a, min hralh ta a ni. Nizan khan Macau-ah min that duh a - ni engemaw zat kalta khan lawnga Hong Kong-a ka haw lai khan min that leh bawk. Chuvang chuan thisen ka chhuah a, hetiang hian ka hmel chu a ni. I had to swim the last half mile to shore "Hetah hian Mr. Hoy nen he thu hi sawipui turin ka lo kal a ni. A hnen atangin information engemaw zat lak ka duh bawk. A thinrim hle a, silai min kawhhmuh a tum a, ka thinrimna a bo ta." Mizia tha lo tak ka nei a ni.Ka pawm e, Chuvangin, ka rilru hahdam hun ka neih loh avangin paper knife ka man a, ka that ta a, i lo kal lai chuan ka inbual mai mai a ni.“Ka hmu e,” Nick chuan a ti a, “I that a ni - chutiang chiah chuan” Ha nalh tak tak chuan a rawn ti a .
  "Lo kal rawh, Mr. Carter. Chhanna lian tak a ni tak tak lo a ni lawm ni?" "Engtin nge i hria em?" Nui leh rawh. Killmaster-a chuan National Geographic issue hluiah a hmuh tawh, mihring ei thinte thlalak chu a ngaihtuah a. - A awlsam hle mai, Mr. Carter. Tu nge ka nih i hriat tur ang bawkin ka hre chiang che a ni. Ka pawm a ngai, keimah ngei pawhin intelligence service hi a primitive deuh a, mahse Lisbon-ah hian agent tha tak tak ka nei a, Portuguese intelligence-ah hian kan innghat nasa hle a ni." Nui rawh. "An tha hle tak zet a ni. Min ti lungngai lo hle. I chungah file kimchang ber an nei a, Mr. Carter, ka thlalak theih kha. Tunah chuan Angola ram khawi emaw laiah ka headquarters-ah a awm tawh a, mi dang tam tak nen. I ngaihtuah loh ka beisei. Nick chu a nuih a ngai a. - Ka tan a that vak lo a ni lawm ni? Chuti a nih chuan Sobhuzi Askari i ni em? Black chu phalna dil lovin a ding chhuak a. Nick chuan Luger chu a keng tel a, mahse amber mitmeng chuan pistol chu a melh mai a, hmusit takin a han vawrh chhuak ta a ni. Mipa dum chu a sang hle a, Nick chuan feet ruk leh inches li vel a sang niin a lo chhut ang. Oak hlui chak tak ang mai a ni. A sam dum chu temples-ah chuan a frost deuh a, mahse Nick chuan a kum a hre thei lo. Sawmthum atanga sawmruk thleng pawh a ni thei. “Kei hi Prince Sobbur Askari ka ni,” tiin black rais. a ti a. Tunah chuan a hmelah chuan nuihzatna a awm tawh lo.
  "Ka mite chuan Dumba - Sakeibaknei min ti a! Portuguese-hoin ka chungchang an sawi dan hi ka lo chhut tir ang che. Kum tam tak kal ta khan helna hmasa ber a kaihhruai khan ka pa hi an that a. Chu chu a tawpna niin an ngai a. An ni." dik lo.Ka mite chu hnehna lamah ka hruai a.Kum za nga hnuah chuan a tawpah chuan Portuguese-ho chu kan hnawtchhuak ang!Hetiang hi a ni tur a ni.Africa hmun tinah, khawvel hmun tinah zalenna chu indigenous peoples-te hnenah a lo thleng ta a ni.Chutiang bawkin a ni ang us. Angola pawh a zalen ang. Kei, Leo hian hei hi ka tiam a ni." .
  "I lamah ka awm a ni," Killmaster chuan a ti a. "A tlem berah chuan chutiang chu a ni. Tunah chuan engtin nge inhnialna atang hian chhuakin thu kan inthleng ang. Mit leh mit. Inremna dik tak?" A nuihzatthlak tak zet leh bawk. Prince Askari chuan Oxford accent-ah a kir leh ta a. “Sorry, putar.I am prone to pomposity. Thil tih dan tha lo tak a ni tih ka hria, mahse ka in chhunga mite chuan an beisei.Ka hnamah pawh hian, a nihna takah chuan hruaitu hian a indulge loh chuan orator angin hming a nei lo theatrical art-ah a awm a ni.” - Nick chu a nui suk a. Lal fapa chu a hmangaih tan ta a. Mi dang ang bawkin ring suh. “Min khawngaih rawh,” a ti a. “Hetah hian hell hi kan chhuah tir tur niin ka hria bawk.” A kut zungtang chu Johnny Egghead ruang lam pan chuan a han hmer a, ani hi chu exchange entu ngaihven lo ber a ni.
  "Hetiang ti hian kan man duh lo ang. Hong Kong police te hi tualthah chungchangah hian an casual khawp mai." Prince chuan, "Ka pawm. An pahnih hian police-ah hian inrawlh an duh lo. Mahse chutiang chuan ka chhuak thei lo, putar. Mi ngaihven lutuk rawh," a ti a. “Hetah hian i thleng tha hle mai,” Nick chuan tawi te te in a ti a. "Hei hi Hong Kong a ni! I pheikhawk leh socks dang kha phelh rawh. I coat kha i kut chungah dah la, kekawr bul lo ha chungin kal rawh. kal rawh." Prince Askari chuan a pheikhawk leh socks chu a phelh a. - Ka hruai ve a tha ang. A tawpah chuan police an lo kal dawn a, heng pheikhawk te hi London-a siam a ni. Pakhat chauh an hmuh chuan...
  “Okay,” Nick chuan a ti a. - Ngaihtuahna tha tak, Prince, mahse oh well! - Mipa dum chuan vawt zet hian a en a. “Chutiang lal fapa chu i be ngai lo, putar.” Killmaster chuan a melh let leh a. . "I'm offering. Tunah chuan kal zel rawh - i rilru siam rawh. Tin, min bum tum suh. Harsatna i nei a, kei pawh chutiang bawk chuan. Kan in mamawh tawn a ni. Ka mamawh che aiin min mamawh zawk pawh a ni maithei, mahse ni lo." matter.Hei hi engtin nge ni ang ?Prince chuan Johnny Egghead ruang chu a en a, “Min dinhmunah min dah niin a lang, putar. Ka that a ni. I hnenah pawh ka inpuang che a ni. Chu chu ka tan chuan a fing vak lo, a ni it?”“Tunge ka nih danah a innghat.”...
  - Ball kan khel dun thei a nih chuan tumah ka hrilh ngai lo maithei. - Nick chuan a ti chhuak nghal zat. “Diltu i hmu a ni,” a ti a. - Hong Kong-ah hian staff tha tak tak ka nei lo. Ka mi tha ber pathum chu nizan khan Macau-ah an that a, min man ta a ni. Thawmhnaw ka nei lo va, awmna tur ka nei lo va, ṭhian ṭhenkhat ka biak theih hma chuan pawisa pawh ka nei tlem hle. Ni e, Mr. Carter, catch kan khelh dun a ngai dawn niin ka hria. He expression hi ka duh khawp mai. American slang hi a expressive em em a ni."
  Nick chuan a sawi dik khawp mai. Wan Chai sector kawngpui zau tak leh mipui tam tak an kal lai chuan kekawr bul lo, hmeltha, thim tak chu tumahin an ngaihven lo. Blue Mandarin chu laundry van-ah a dah a, tunah chuan ngaihventute chuan buai takin hmeichhe naupang hi an zawng chhuak dawn a ni. Rat Darkar hmain hun engemaw chen a hlawh chhuak a. Tunah chuan hei hi a hmang tangkai tur a ni. Killmester chuan ruahmanna a lo siam tawh a. Hrilhfiahna tluantling tak a ni a, Hawke-a’n uluk taka a siam scheme aṭanga inthlak danglamna nasa tak a ni. Mahse tunah chuan lovah a awm tawh a, lovah chuan carte blanche a nei reng a ni. Hetah hian a boss ngei a ni - a hlawhchhamnaah hian mawhphurhna pumhlum a phur ang.Hawk emaw, amah emaw pawhin lal fapa chu hetiang hian a rawn lang dawn tih an hre thei lo, inremna siam tura inpeih reng a ni. Hei hi hman tangkai loh chu dan bawhchhiatna a ni ang, âtna aiin a pawi zawk ang.
  Killmaster hian Hennessy Road-a Rat Fink bar a thlan chhan hi a hrethiam ngai lo. Sure, New York cafe hming an ru a, mahse New York establishment-ah chuan a la kal ngai lo. A hnuah ngaihtuah nawn hun a neih chuan Nick-a chuan mission-a aura, rim, tualthah leh bumna miasma leh a kaihhnawih mipuite chu hetiang hian a tawi zawngin a sawifiah theih ber a ni tih a pawm a: Rat Fink. Pimp pangngai pakhat chu Rat Fink bar hmaah chuan a lo inkhung a. Nick chu obsequious takin a nui a, mahse kekawr bul lo Prince chu a hmui a ti hup a. Killmaster chuan chu pa chu a nawr a, Cantonese tawngin, "Pah, pah, pah, pawisa kan nei a, hmeichhe naupang kan mamawh lo. Chhuak rawh," a ti a. Bar chhungah hian rat an awm a nih chuan an tam lutuk lo. A hma deuh tawh. American sailor pahnih chu bar pakhatah an inbia a, beer an in a. A chhehvelah chuan zaithiam leh zai thiam an awm lo. Waitress pakhat, stretchy pants leh floral blouse ha chuan kiosk pakhatah a hruai a, an order chu a la ta a. A bengchheng a, a mit a chhing a, duty-a rawn kal chauh a ni tih a chiang. Lal fapa kekawr bul pawh a en lo. Nick chuan in tur lo thleng tur chu a nghak a. Tichuan, ani chuan: "Awle, Prince. Sumdawnna lamah kan awm em tih i zawt ang u - General Auguste Boulanger-a awmna i hria em?" "A dik e. Nizan khan a bulah ka awm a. Macau-a Tai Yip Hotel-ah. Chutah chuan Royal Suite a nei a. Nick-a'n a zawhna chu en se a duh khawp mai. "General chu," Prince chuan a ti a, "Megalomaniac a ni." A tawi zawngin, putar, a rilru a buai deuh tawh. Dottie, i hria em? Nuts a ni. Killmaster chu a mak deuh a, a ngaihven hle bawk. Chu chu a chhiar tel lo. Hawk pawh chutiang bawk chu a ni. An raw intelligence report-ah chuan engmahin hei hi a tarlang lo.
  Prince Askari chuan, “Algeria atanga French ho hnawhchhuah an nih khan a thinrimna a hloh tan tak zet a ni,” tiin Prince Askari chuan a sawi chhunzawm a, “I hria em, indomitable zawng zawng zinga indomitable a ni. De Gaulle nen hian inremna a siam ngai lo. OAS hotu a nih angin hrehawm tawrhna hi a pawm a ni that even the French were ashamed of. A tawpah chuan thi tura hremna an pe ta a ni.General chu a tlanchhiat a ngai ta a ni.Ka bulah a tlan phei a, Angola lam pan chuan tun ṭumah hian Nick-a chuan zawhna chu thumal hmangin a formula a, “Engvangin nge a â a nih chuan i pawm?”
  General ka mamawh a. hei hi general hlim tak, mak tak, mi â emaw, mi â lo emaw a ni. A hmasa berah chuan guerrilla warfare a hre chiang hle! Hei hi Algeria ramah ka zir chhuak a ni. Hei hi mi sang sawm zinga general pakhat mah hriat loh thil a ni. A rilru a buai em em tih chu kan thup thei ta a ni. Tunah chuan a â zo tawh tih chu a chiang. Min that a duh a, Angola rama helna kaihruai a duh a, ka helna hi a ni. Dictator angin a inngaihtuah thin. Nick Carter chuan a lu a bu nghat a. Hawk chu thudik chu a hnaih hle a. Ani chuan, "Macau-ah hian Colonel Chun Li pakhat kha i hmu tawh em? Chinese a ni. I hre lo, mahse an counterintelligence-a boss lian ber a ni. Ka duh tak mipa a ni," a ti a. Nick chuan mak a ti hle a, Prince chu mak a ti lo tak zet a ni.
  Reaction tam zawk a beisei a, a tlem berah chuan buaina a beisei bawk. Lal fapa chuan a lu a bu nghat mai a: “I Colonel Chun Li chu ka hre chiang hle mai. Nizan khan Tai Yip Hotel-ah pawh a awm ve bawk a, kan pathum hian, keimah General leh Colonel Li te hian zanriah leh in tur kan ei a, chutah chuan movie kan en a. A vaiin, a rather pleasant day.Considering that they planned to kill me later.An tihsual a ni.Thil tihsual pahnih, dik tak chuan.Thih awlsam ka ni ang tih an ngaihtuah a.Tin, ka thi dawn nia an ngaih avangin an chungchang thu dik lo sawi pawh an buaipui lo plans or hide them. Sharp teeth flashed at Nick. "Chuti a nih chuan i hmu em, Mr. Carter, nang pawh i dik lo a ni mai thei. I rin dan kalh chiah a ni mai thei. Ka mamawh che aiin min mamawh zawk pawh a ni mai thei. Chutiang a nih chuan." , ka zawt tur a ni." nang - khawiah nge hmeichhia chu a awm? Princess Morgana da Gama? Amah ka neih hi a pawimawh hle a, general ni lovin. Killmaster-a nuihzatthlak chu wolfish ang mai a ni. "American slang hi i ngaisang hle a, Prince. Hetah hian i hnena thleng thei tur thil pakhat a awm - hriat i duh lo em ni?"
  “A dik e,” Prince Askari chuan a ti a, “Engkim ka hre vek tur a ni. Lal fanu hi ka hmu a ngai a, ka biak a ngai a, document thenkhat sign turin ka rilru hneh ka tum a ngai a ni. A tihnat ka duh lo, putar... A thlum em em a ni .Chutianga a tihmualpho hi a pawi hle mai.”keimah ngei pawh.
  Nick chuan, "Movie i en thu i sawi kha? Princess movies?" Lal fapa hmel mawi tak, thim tak takah chuan thinrimna a rawn lang chhuak ta. -- Awle. Keimah ngei pawhin heng thilte hi ka duh lo. Colonel Lee pawh ka ring. A nihna takah chuan Reds hi an moral hle! Tualthahna tih loh chu. Lal fanu chungchangah hian General Boulanger a ni. A drooling leh "Working on films. A en nawn fo thin. Pornographic dream-ah a nung a ni. He general hi kum tam tak chhung chu a chak lo hle niin ka hria a, heng film te, footage ringawt hian a nung leh ta niin ka hria." ." Chuvang chuan nula chu lak a chak em em a ni. Chuvangin, ka neih chuan general leh Lisbon chungah pressure nasa tak ka siam thei a ni. Engkim aiin ka duh zawk, Mr. Carter. Ka tih ngei ngei tur a ni!
  Tunah chuan Carter hian a mah chauhin a che a, Hawk nen hian sanction leh connection nei lovin a che ta a ni. Chutiang chu ni rawh se. Limb pakhat chu saw off ni ta se, a hnute a ni ang. Cigarette a hal a, Prince hnenah chuan a pe a, a mit a chhing a, meikhu chhum zingah chuan chu pa chu a zir chiang ta a. Lawng khalhtu pakhat chuan jukebox chhungah pawisa fai a paih lut a. Ka mitmengah meikhu a rawn lut a. A inhmeh hle niin a lang. Nick chuan, "Sumdawnna kan ti thei maithei, Prince. Ball khel rawh. Chutiang ti tur chuan eng emaw chen chu kan inrintawk a ngai a, Portuguese pataca nen corner thlengin kan ring che a ngai a ni," a ti. Nui suk... Amber mitmeng chu Nick chu a rawn melh nghal zat. - Nangmah ka tih ang bawkin, Mr. Carter. “Chutiang a nih chuan Prince, inremna siam kan tum a ngai dawn a ni.” Ngun takin han en teh ang - Pawisa ka nei a, nang chuan i nei lo. Pawl ka nei a, nangni in nei lo. Princess awmna chu ka hria, i hre lo. Kei chu ralthuam ka keng a, nang erawh chu i ni lo. Kawng lehlamah chuan ka mamawh information i nei a ni. I hriat zawng zawng min la hrilh vek ka ring lo. I taksa puihna pawh ka mamawh mai thei."
  Hawk chuan Nick chu amah chauhvin Macau-ah kal turin a vaukhân a. AX agent dang hman theih a ni lo. Macau hi Hong Kong a ni lo. "mahse a tawpah chuan an thawhpui tlangpui. Portuguese-ho chu thil danglam tak an ni. Ui te tak te mastiff-a bark ang maia perky an ni. theihnghilh ngai suh," Hawke chuan a ti a, "Cape Verde Islands leh a chhunga thil awmte chu.
  Prince Askari chuan kut dum chak tak chu a han phar a. "Nang nen hian thuthlung siam turin ka inpeih reng e, Mr. Carter. He emergency hun chhung atan hian ti ila? Angola lal fapa ka ni a, tumah ka thusawi ka bawhchhia ngai lo. Killmaster hian eng emaw chhan vangin a ring tlat a ni. Mahse." a kut phar chu a khawih lo.In -Pakhatnaah chuan engkim hi chiang takin i sawi chhuak ang u. Fiamthu hlui ang khan: tuin nge tu chungah eng nge ti a, tuin nge a pek tih hi i zawng chhuak ang u? Prince chuan a kut chu a hrual chhuak a. Tlemte chuan lungngai takin a ti a: “ I duh ang ngeiin Mr. Carter." Nick-a nuih chu a na hle mai. "Nick min ko la, - a ti a. “Hetiang protocol zawng zawng hi kan mamawh lo, misual pahnih rukruk leh tualthah tumtute inkarah hian” Lal fapa chuan a lu a bu nghat a, “A nih leh nang, ka pu, Askey min ti thei bawk ang.” Chu chu England rama school-a min koh dan chu a ni. Tin, tunah chuan? - Tunah chuan Aski, i duhzawng hriat ka duh. Chiah. A tawi zawngin. Eng thilin nge i lungawi ang?
  Prince chuan Nick-a cigarette dang chu a rawn ban leh a. "A awlsam tawk khawp mai. Princess da Gama hi ka duh. Darkar tlemte tal chu. Tichuan i tlan chhuak thei ang. General Boulanger-a chuan suitcase pakhatah diamond hrual (rough diamond) a khat a. He Colonel Chun Li hian diamond a duh a ni. Hei hi ka tan chuan hlohna lian tak a ni." "Ka helna hian sum a mamawh fo thin. Sum tel lo chuan beih chhunzawm zel tur ralthuam ka lei thei lo." Killmaster chu table atang chuan a inher deuh a. Tlemte chuan a hrethiam tan ta a. “Kan ti thei ang,” zawi sap hian a ti a, “i diamond rough tak takte chu market dang kan zawng mai ang,” a ti a. Chatter chi khat, grey lie a ni. Tin, Hawk hian a ti thei mai thei bawk. Amah dan leh a hmanraw idiosyncratic leh cunning hmangin Hawke hian J. Edgar ang bawkin thuneihna a nei a ni.
  Chutiang chu a ni mai thei. “Tin,” lal fapa chuan, “General Boulanger-a chu ka that ngei ngei tur a ni,” a ti a. A tir atang tawh khan ka lakah hian ruahmanna a siam nasa hle. Tuna ka tih ang hian ka â hma khan. Ka mamawh vangin engmah ka ti lo. Tunah pawh hian thah hi ka duh tak tak lo, mahse ka thah ngei ngei tur angin ka inhria. Ka mite hian London-ah hmeichhe naupang leh film hi hmu thei se... Prince chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. - Mahse, a that lo. Mi zawng zawng i hneh vek. Tunah chuan keimah ngei pawhin general chu kawngpui atanga paih chhuah a nih theih nan ka enkawl a ngai ta. "A nih leh a ni vek em?" Prince chuan a lu a thing leh a. "Tun dinhmunah chuan chu chu a tawk tawh. A tam lutuk mai thei. A let leh nan chuan ka thawhhona kimchang ka hlan a ni. I thupek pawh ka zawm ang. Thupek ka pe a, ka ngai pawimawh lo. Ka pianphungah ralthuam ka mamawh dawn a ni. - A pianphungah. Nakinah kan sawi leh ang.
  Nick Carter chuan waitress chu a kut zungtangin a rawn ti a, in tur pahnih a order leh bawk. An thlen hma chuan tin ceiling thup, dark blue gauze canopy chu lazy takin a en a. Gilded stars te chu chawhnu lam êngah chuan tacky takin an lang. American lawng khalhtute chu an chhuak tawh a. Anmahni tih loh chu hmun chu a thim hle. Nick chuan thlipui tleh theihna hian sumdawnna awm lohna nen hian inzawmna a nei em tih a ngaihtuah a. A kutkawr chu a melh a, Penrod-a oval-scale watch nen chuan a khaikhin a. Quarter thum hnu lamah chuan Monkey Hour a ni. Tun thleng hian thil zawng zawng ngaihtuah chuan hnathawhna ni tha tak a ni tawh. Prince Askari pawh chu a ngawi reng a. Mama-san chu a elastic pants ri bengchheng tak nen a tlanbo lai chuan, "Chutiang chu i tha em ni Nick? Heng thil pathum nen hian?" Killmaster chuan a lu a bu nghat a. - Ka pawm e. Mahse general thah hi i ngaihtuah a ni a, ka ngaihtuah lo. Macau emaw Hong Kong emaw police-te’n an man che a nih chuan ka hre lo che. Tun hmain ka hmu ngai lo che. "Ngei ngei." - Tha. Ka mission ngei pawh a tibuai lo a nih chuan i rough diamonds te chu i hmuh let leh theih nan ka pui ang che.
  He nula hi, ka biak tir ang che. Document sign a duh chuan ka titawp lovang. Dik tak chuan zanin hian kan hruai ve dawn a ni. Macau-ah chuan. Ka rinawmna tiamtu atan. Bait ang bawkin kan mamawh chuan bait. Tin, kan bulah a awm a nih chuan, Asuka, i chanvo hlen chhuah theihna turin incentive dang a pe thei che a ni. A nung reng duh ngei ang." Ha nalh tak takte chu han en mai mai rawh. "I overrated lo tih ka hmu, Nick. Tunah chuan i Portuguese dossier chhan hi ka hrethiam ta = Photocopy ka nei tih ka hrilh che a, engvangin nge: Perigol Tenha cuidador Dangerous tih ziak a ni. Fimkhur rawh.
  Killmaster chuan a nuih a za hle mai. - Ka flatter a ni. Tunah chuan Askey, Portuguese-hoin lal fanu hi circulation atanga paih chhuah an duh em em chhan dik tak chu hriat ka duh a ni. Shelter-a dah turin. Aw, a moral turpitude chungchang te, khawvel tana entawn tur tha lo a siam dan te ka hre tlem a, mahse a tawk lo. Chu aia tam pawh a awm ngei ang. Ram tin hian an hmel humhim nan chauha zu ruih hmang, ruihhlo ngawlvei leh nawhchizuarte chu khar ta se, anmahni chelh theihna tur cage lian tak tak a awm lo ang. A chhan dik tak chu i hre ngeiin ka ring. Chu a pa u, Portuguese cabinet-a shot lian tak, Luis da Gama nen chuan inzawmna a nei niin ka hria." Hawke ngaihtuahna chu a sawi nawn leh mai mai a ni.
  Putar chuan rulhut te tak te zingah chuan rulhut lian tak rim a nam a, Nick-a chu a theih chuan a theory chu test turin a ti a. Hawke-a mamawh tak chu Portuguese-te chunga counter-pressure siam a ni a, chunglam thlenga a pass theih tur thil a ni a, hei hi Cape Verde dinhmun tihziaawmna atana hman theih a ni. Lal fapa chuan cigarette dang a la a, a chhan hmain a hal leh a.
  "I sawi dik. Thil dang a awm. Chu aia tam. Hei hi, Nick, thawnthu tenawm tak a ni" "Thu tenawm tak hi ka hna a ni," Killmaster chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  
  
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  MINI COLONY Macau hi Hong Kong khawchhak lam mel sawmli vel a hlaah a awm a. Portuguese-ho hi kum 1557 atang khan an lo khawsa tawh a, tunah chuan chu rorelna chu mei, meikhu leh huatna thawk chhuak thei Red Dragon lian takin a tichhe ta a ni. He Portugal ram hring dup te tak te, Pearl leh West River delta zau takah hian hlauhawm takin a innghat a, hun kal tawh leh hun loan lakah a nung a ni. Ni khat chu Red Dragon chuan a claw chu a han chawi sang ang a, chu chu a tawpna a ni ang. Hetihlai hian Macau hi peninsula hual a ni a, Beijing mipuite duh zawng zawng hnuaiah a awm a ni. Chinese ho hian Prince Askari chuan Nick Carter hnenah khawpui hi hming tih loh chu an la vek tih a sawi. “He i Colonel Chun Li hi,” Prince chuan a ti a, “tunah chuan Portuguese Governor hnenah thupek a pe ta a, Portuguese ho chuan hmel tha tak puan an tum a, mahse tumah an bum lo, Colonel Li chuan a kut zungtang a han hmet a, an zuang thla ta a ni. Tunah chuan martial law a awm tawh a, Mozambican sipai aiin Red Guard an tam zawk.Hei hi ka tan chuan breakthrough a ni a, Mozambican leh Portuguese ho chuan garrison sipai atan an hmang a, an dum a ni.Kei hi mipa dum ka ni.An tawng tlem ka hmang a, It was the Chun Li leh General-in min that loh hnua min puitu Mozambican corporal chuan hei hi zanin hian a tangkai thei hle a, Killmaster hian a aia tam chu a remti thei lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan Macau khawpui dinhmun chu a lawmpui zawk a ni. Buaina, rukruk leh kangmei chhuah, Portuguese-te tihhlum, mainland aṭanga electric leh tui tihtawp tura vau - heng zawng zawng hian a ṭha zawngin hna a thawk ang. AX parlance-a hell raid an tih chu a launch dawn a ni. Chaos tlem chuan a lamah hna a thawk ang. Killmaster-a chuan Hung-a hnenah boruak chhia a tawngtai lova, Tangara lawng khalhtu pathumte chu chutiang ti turin a ngen a ni. A hlawkpui hle niin a lang. Tuipui bawlhhlawh lian tak chu darkar nga dawn lai chu chhim-chhak lam hawiin a kal chak hle a, a bat-winged rattan sails chuan junk-in a kal theih angin thlipui hnaih takah a hruai a ni. Ni chu chhim lama chhum dum darh zau takah chuan a bo rei tawh hle. Thlipui lum leh vawt tak chu buai takin a tleh a, thinrimna puak te te leh a chang chuan linear squals te nen a rawn thlawk lut leh chhuak a. An hnung lamah, Hong Kong hmar lamah chuan van hmun chanve chu deep blue twilight-in a inzar pharh a; an hmaa a chanve dang chu thlipui a ni a, chu chu êng alh chhuahna hmuna buaina hlauhawm tak, thim tak a ni.
  Nick Carter, sailor of sorts, top-notch AX agent nih tur mizia dang zawng zawng nen chuan thlipui tleh lai chu a hre chiang hle. Macau-a buaina chhuak chu a lo lawm tawh ang bawkin a lo lawm a ni. Mahse, thlipui a duh a - thlipui chauh. Thlipui a ni lo. Macau-a sampan fishing fleet, Red Chinese patrol boat-te kaihhruai chu darkar khat kalta khan chhim lam thim zingah an bo ta a ni. Nick, Prince Askari leh hmeichhe naupang chu Tangara mipa pathum nen chuan sampan flotilla hmuh theihna hmunah an mu a, silai lawng pakhatin a ngaihven hma loh chuan sangha man ang maiin an mu a. Ramri atanga hla takah an awm a, mahse Chinese gunboat a rawn hnaih deuh deuh chuan Nick chuan thupek a pe a, thli hnuaiah chuan an thlawk thla ta a. Nick chuan Chinese ho hian international waters-a thil thleng an duh dawn lo tih a bet a, chu bet chuan a hlawkpui hle. Kawng lehlamah a kal thei a, Nick pawhin a hre chiang hle. Chinese ho chu hriatthiam harsa tak an ni. Mahse chance a la a ngai a ni: thim a nih meuh chuan Nick chu Penlaa Point atanga darkar hnih vel a hla tawh dawn a ni. Nick, Prince leh Princess Da Gama te chu junk hold-ah an awm a. Darkar chanve hnuah chuan an chhuahsan ang a, a point thlengin an inbual ang. An pathum hian Chinese sangha mantu ang maia inchei an ni.
  
  
  Carter hian denim pants dum leh jacket a ha a, rubber pheikhawk leh conical straw rain hat a ha bawk. Luger leh stiletto bakah hian a jacket hnuaiah grenade dahna belt a nei bawk. A kawngah chuan savun strap-ah chuan trench knife, brass knuckle ang maia kutkawr nei chu a innghat a. Prince hian trench knife leh .45 caliber automatic pistol rit tak chu shoulder holster-ah a keng tel bawk. Nula chu ralthuam a keng lo. Junk chu a creaked, groaned leh flounded tuifinriat sang takah chuan. Nick chuan zu a in a, Prince leh Princess chu a en a. Vawiin chu nula chu a hmel a tha zawk hle. Dickenson chuan ei leh in a ei that loh thu leh a mut that loh thu a report a. Zu leh ruihhlo a dil lo. Great Wall cigarette rimchhia tak chu a in a, AX agent chuan a comrade-te thusawi leh nuihzatthlak tak takte chu a en reng a. Hmeichhe dang a ni. Tuipui boruak? Custody atanga chhuahtir? (A tang a la ni reng a ni.) A rilru a fim a, ruihhlo a la lo tih hi? A nih loh leh heng zawng zawng inzawmkhawm a ni em? Killmaster chu Pygmalion ang deuh a ni. He rilru put hmang hi a duh tih a chiang lo. Hei hian a ti thinrim hle.
  Lal fapa chu a nui ringawt a. Hmeichhia chuan a rawn zawm ve a, a nuih chu a nem zual sauh sauh a, pianissimo touch a nei bawk. Nick chuan thinrim zet hian a en a. Thil engemaw takin a tibuai a, X chu Asuka chungah a lawm zawk tih a hriat chuan a dam lo ang. Tunah chuan he pa hi a ring ta mai - an ngaihven zawng a inmil phawt chuan. Hmeichhia chu thu awih thei leh thu awih thei ang berin a lo chhuak ta a ni. A hlauthawng a nih chuan a mitmeng dum ah chuan a lang lo. Blonde wig chu a duh lo. A raincoat chu a phelh a, a sam tawi leh dum chu kut zungtang te tak te hmangin a tlanpui a. Lantern pakhat êng thim takah chuan lukhum dum ang maiin an eng chhuak a. Prince chuan thil a sawi a, a nui leh ta a. An pahnih hian Nick-a chu an ngaihven vak lo. An inrem tha hle a, chutiang avang chuan Nick chuan a dem thei lo. Aski chu a duh hle - minute tin a duh zual zel bawk. Chuti a nih chuan engvangin nge London-a a chunga thim hlui lo awm tawh ang chiah kha a lan chhuah dan chu Nick-a chuan a inzawt a. A kut lian tak chu êng lam pan chuan a han phar a. Lungpui ang maia nghet. A rilru a hahdam ngai lo va, a dinhmun a ṭha zawk ngai lo. Mission chu a kal tha hle mai. Colonel Chun Li chu a inrintawk loh avangin a tuar thei tih a ring tlat a, hei hian thil awmdan a tidanglam dawn a ni.
  Engvangin nge Tangara sangha mantu pakhat chuan hatch atang chuan a rawn hiss? Nick chu a motorcade atang chuan a tho a, hatch lam pan chuan a kal ta a. - Hei hi eng nge ni, Min? Chu pa chuan pidgin in a rawn ti sap a. "Penha bimeby nen hian kan inhnaih hle." Killmaster chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Tunah hian engtiang chiahin nge inhnaih?" Junk chu a heaved a, a inher chhuak a, thlipui lian takin a rawn nuai a. "Mil khat vel pawh a ni mai thei... hnaih lutuk suh, ka ring lo. Red Boat a tam hle mai, ka ring, damn it! A ni mai thei?" Nick chuan Tangars ho chu an hlauthawng tih a hria. Mi tha tak an ni a, British-hoin an rendered very mean a, mahse Chicom-hoin an man a nih chuan eng nge thleng dawn tih an hre chiang hle. Propaganda process leh hype tam tak a awm dawn a, a tawpah chuan chutiang bawk chu a ni ang - minus three heads.
  Mel khat chu an beisei angin a hnaih tawh hle. A bak zawng chu an inbual a ngai dawn a ni. Tangar chu a en leh a. "Khaw lum? Thlipui? Toy-jung?" Chu pa chuan a kekawr ipte eng mawi tak, sinewy tak, tuifinriat tuiin a hnim chu a thing a. - Maithei. Tuin nge hril thei ang? Nick chuan a thiante lam chu a hawi a. "Awle, nangni pahnih. Chu chu a ni. I kal ang." Lal fapa chuan a mitmeng na tak chu a eng chhuak a, hmeichhe naupang chu a ding thei ta a. Nick chu chilh zet hian a en a. "Tunah chuan lawngin kan kal dawn nia, ka ring?" "Awle. Kan inbual ang. A harsa dawn lo. Tuipui a dik a, tuipui kam lam panin kan inhnukdawk dawn a ni. Hriatthiam em? Thu sawi suh! Ka sawi chhuak ang. I lu i lu i bu nghat ang." heads that you understand, if you understand." Nick chuan lal fapa chu ngun takin a en a. "Zawhna i nei em?" I tih tur dik tak i hria em? Engtikah nge, khawiah nge, engvangin nge, engtin nge?" He thu hi an sawi nawn leh a. Askey chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Ni e, putar. Literally chuan engkim ka hrethiam vek. Vawikhat chu British commando ka nih thu i theihnghilh a. Dik tak chuan chutih lai chuan tleirawl chauh ka ni a, mahse..."
  
  
  “Hei hi i memoirs atan dah la,” Nick chuan rei vak lo a ti a. "Tang rawh." Hatch atang chuan ladder chu a chho tan ta a. A hnungah chuan nula nuihzatthlak tak mai chu a hre ta a. Bitch, a ti a, a chunga a ambivalence chu mak a ti leh ta a. Killmaster chuan a rilru a tifai a. Tualthahna hun a hnai tawh a, final performance pawh a intan dawn ta. Sum hman zawng zawng, connection hman zawng zawng, intrigue, trick leh machinations, thisen chhuak leh ruang phum zawng zawng - tunah chuan a climax hnaih tawh hle. Chhiar dan chu a hnai tawh hle. Ni engemaw zat, thla engemaw zat leh kum engemaw zat kalta thlenga thil thlengte chu a tawp ber a hnaih tawh hle. Hnehtu an awm ang a, chak lo an awm bawk ang. Roulette ball hi circle-in a kal kual a - a dinna hmun pawh tumahin an hre lo. . . .
  Darkar khat hnuah chuan an pathum hian Pena Point bula lung dum leh dum hring dup karah chuan an inkhung khawm tawh a. Mi zawng zawng thawmhnaw chu bundle tight tak, tui tlak lohna bundle-ah an khuh vek a. Nick leh lal fapa chuan ralthuam an keng a. Nula chu saruak a ni a, mahse panty te tak te leh bra ha chungin a awm. A ha a rawn ri chhuak a, Nick chuan Asuka hnenah chuan, “Ngawi rawh!” He guard hian a round lai hian embankment-ah a kal nghal a. Hong Kong-ah chuan Portuguese garrison-te tih dan chipchiar takin an hrilh a. Mahse tunah chuan Chinese hian effective takin an thunun tawh avangin beng atanga khelh a ngai dawn a ni. Lal fapa chuan thupek zawm loin, a rawn ti let leh a: “He thliah hian a hre tha thei lo, putar” Killmaster chuan a ruh ah chuan a elbowed a, “Shut her up!”Thli chuan sound a phur a, you damned fool.She can be Hong Kong-a hriat chuan thli a tleh a, a kalna tur a thlak a.Chatter chu a tawp ta.Mipa dum lian tak chuan hmeichhe naupang chu a kuah a, a hmui chu a kut chuan a khuh a, Nick chuan a kutphah a glowing watch chu a melh a.The sentry, one of the elite Mozambican regiment, chuan minute nga hnuah an paltlang dawn a, Nick chuan Prince chu a kawhhmuh leh a: “Nangni pahnih hian hetah hian awm rawh u.” Minute tlemte hnuah a bo mai ang. He uniform hi ka rawn pe ang che."
  
  
  Lal fapa chuan: “I hria em, keimah ngeiin ka ti thei a, ka sa ei tur atan hian ka that thin,” a ti a. Killmaster chuan tehkhin thu mak tak chu a hmu a mahse a brush aside ta a ni. Amah ngei pawhin mak a ti hle a, a thinrimna lum tak tak pakhat chu a chhungah a rawn inher chhuak ta a. A kut ah chuan stiletto chu a dah a, lal fapa rilru hlim takah chuan a hmet a. “Minute khat chhunga thupek i zawm loh vawi hnihna a ni,” Nick chuan nasa takin a ti a. - Ti leh la, i inchhir ang, lal fapa. Askey chu stiletto atang chuan a flinch lo. Askey chuan ngawi rengin a nui suk a, Nick-a kawngah chuan a rawn fawp ta a. Engkim a OK vek. Minute tlemte chhungin Nick Carter chuan Mozambique atanga mel sang tam tak hlaa lo kal mipa dum pangngai tak chu a tihlum a ngai ta a, a hriat pawhin a hriatthiam theih loh sawiselna a neih avangin. Nick hian Macau-a a awmna hnuhma engmah a hnutchhiah ngam loh avangin pure murder a nih a ngai a ni. A chemte chu a hmang thei lova, thisen chuan a pianzia a tichhe dawn a, chuvang chuan chu pa chu a hnunglam atangin a chil a chhak a ngai ta a ni. Sentry chu a thi nasa hle a, Nick chu a puff deuh a, tui kamah chuan a kir leh a, a trench knife kutkawr hmangin lung chu vawi thum a rawn deng ta a. Lal fapa leh nula chu tuifinriat atang chuan an rawn chhuak a. Nick chu a rei lo. “Chutah chuan,” Prince hnenah chuan a ti a. - Uniform hi a condition tha hle. A chungah thisen leh bawlhhlawh a awm lo. I darthlalang chu ka ta nen en la, chutah chuan ka kal ang." Sawm leh a chanve a ni tawh. Hour of the Rat thleng chu darkar chanve vel a ni tawh. Nick Carter chuan Ma Kok Miu biak in hlui a kal pelh lai chuan thli thim nasa tak chu a nui suk a, a path that in turn would lead him to the paved Harbour Road and into the heart of the city.A trot a, coolie ang maiin a shuffle a, a rubber kekawrte chuan mual a hrual a.Amah leh hmeichhe naupangte chuan an hmaiah chuan yellow spot an nei a. That and the coolie thawmhnaw chu buaina leh thlipui lo tleh hnaih mek khawpuiah chuan camouflage tling tur a ni.A kekawr zau tak chu tlem a han hup leh a, hetiang zan hian tumahin coolie pakhat chauh hi an ngaihven vak dawn lo... ni pawh nise coolie pangngai aia lian deuh a ni.Rua Das Lorhas-a Golden Tiger’s Sigh-ah rendezvous a nei ngai lovang.Colonel Chun Lee chuan a ti dawn lo tih a hria a, Colonel chuan tih a tum ngai lo.
  
  
  Phone call chu opening gambit mai a ni a, Carter-a chu hmeichhe naupang pakhat nen Hong Kong-ah an awm tak zet tih finfiahna a ni. Killmarier chuan kawngpui zau tak chu a thleng ta a. A dinglamah chuan Macau khawpui lai takah neon eng chhuak a hmu a. Casino tui chungah chuan a mawi em em a, a chung chu tiled, a eaves curved leh false paddle wheel covers chu red light-a outline a ni. A chang chuan chhinchhiahna lian tak a rawn eng chhuak a: “Macau chu a tlu ta,” tih hi a ni. Block tlemte a kal hnu chuan Nick chuan lungpui kawngpui hrual tak a hmu a, chu chuan Tai Yip Hotel-ah a hruai a, chutah chuan General Auguste Boulanger chu People’s Republic mikhual angin a awm a ni. Thang a ni. Nick chuan thang a ni tih a hria. Colonel Chun Li chuan thang a ni tih a hria a, a chhan chu a set vang a ni. Nick-a chuan Hawkeye thusawi chu a hrechhuak a, a nuih a za hle: a chang chuan trap chuan catcher chu a man thin. Colonel chuan Nick hian General Boulanger chu a biak ngei a beisei.
  A chhan chu Chun Li chuan General chu a sir lehlamah chuan a laiah a khel tih a hre ngei ang. Prince hian a sawi dik a, General Boulanger chu a rilru a buai tak zet a nih chuan general hian tu hnenah nge a hralh tih leh tu hnenah nge a din tih a la rel kim lo a ni thei khawp mai. A pawimawh tihna a ni lo. A pum pui chu colonel-in hriat duhna avanga a siam setup a ni a, general-in eng nge a tih dawn tih en tur pawh a ni mai thei. Chun chuan general chu a â tih a hria a. Nick-a chuan Tai Yip a hnaih rual chuan Colonel Chun Li hian a naupan laiin ran te te tihduhdah chu nuam a ti hle a ni mai thei, tiin a ngaihtuah a. Tai Yip Hotel hnung lamah chuan parking lot a awm a. Parking lot hmaah chuan, stock tha tak leh sodium lamp sang takin a eng chhuak a, slum pakhat a ding a. Shack atang chuan candle leh carbide lamp te chu a leak chhuak tlem hle. Nausen te chu an tap a. Zun leh bawlhhlawh, thawmhnaw leh taksa sil loh rim a nam a, hmun tlemteah mi tam lutuk a awm a; heng zawng zawng hi a hnim hring leh thlipui rim nam chho zel chungah chuan layer hmuh theihah a awm a ni. Nick chuan kawngpui zau tak luhna kawngkhar chu a hmu a, chutah chuan a bawkkhup ta a. Coolie dang chawlh hahdam mai mai. Chinese cigarette a hal a, a kutphahah a cup a, kawngpui sir hotel a zir lai chuan a hmai chu ruahtui kawr lian takin a khuh a. A bulah chuan thlalakte chu an che vel a, a chang chuan mi muhil pakhat thawm leh bengchheng ri chu a ri a. Opium rimtui na tak chu a man ta a.
  Nick chuan vawi khat chu guidebook a neih pakhat, "Macaau mawi takah lo kal rawh - hmar lam huan khawpuiah lo kal rawh" tih chu a hrechhuak ta a. Kan hun hmaa ziah a ni ngei ang. Chi-Kon hmaah chuan. Tai Yip chu chhawng kua a sang a ni. General Auguste Boulanger chu chhawng sarihnaah a awm a, Praia Grande thlir theihna suite-ah a awm a. Kangmei chhuahna hmun hi hmalam leh hnunglam atanga chhoh theih a ni. Killmaster chuan kangmei chhuahna hmun atanga hla takah a awm ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Colonel Chun Li hna awlsam zawka siam chu awmzia a nei lo. A cigarette chu inch sawma ṭhena hmun hnuhnung ber thlengin a zuk thla a, coolie fashion-in Nick chuan colonel hmunah a awm tih a mitthla a tum a. Chun Li chuan Nick Carter-a’n general hi thah ta se a lawmawm a ti mai thei. Tichuan Nick, AX killer chu red-handed-a man chu a man thei a, propaganda trial of all time a nei thei bawk. Tichuan dan angin a lu a tan ta a. Sava thi pahnih, lung pakhat pawh ni lo. Hotel chung lamah chuan chetna a hmu a. Security vengtute an ni. Fire escapes-ah pawh an awm ve ngei ang. Chinese a ni ang a, Portuguese emaw Mozambican emaw a ni lo ang a, a tlem berah chuan Chinese kaihhruai a ni ang.
  Killmaster chu thim rimchhia takah chuan a nui suk a. Elevator a kal a ngai dawn niin a lang. Chutah chuan dan anga lang turin guard an awm a, chuvang chuan trap chu a lang chiang lutuk lo ang. Chun Li chu idiot a ni lo va, Killmaster pawh chu a ni lo tih a hria. Nick chu a nui leh a. Vengtu te kuta a kal nghal a nih chuan an man a ngai dawn a, mahse Chun Li chuan chu chu a duh lo ang. Nick chuan a ring tlat a. Guard te chu window dressing mai mai an ni. Chun Li chuan Nick chu Cresson thleng turin a duh a... A ding chhuak a, khaw chhunga khum thuk takah chuan kawngpui rimtui tak takah chuan a kal ta a. A duhzawng zawn chu thil harsa a ni lovang. Pawar emaw escudo emaw a nei lo a, mahse Hong Kong dollar chuan a ti tha khawp mai.
  Chutiang chu a nei tam hle. Minute sawm hnuah Killmaster chuan coolie frame a nei a, a hnungzang ah sack a keng bawk. Gunny bag-ah chuan thu bengchheng tak tak chauh a awm a, mahse a tlai lutuk hma chuan tumahin an hre lovang. Hong Kong dollar za nga in hei hi a lei bakah thil tenau dang tlemte a lei bawk. Nick Carter chu sumdawnna lamah a awm a. Kawngpui chu a tlan pel a, parking lot a pel a, service kawngkhar a hmuh chu a pan ta a. Car pakhatah chuan hmeichhe naupang pakhat chu a nui suk a, a tap chhuak bawk. Nick chu a nui suk a, a kal zel a, a ke chu a hrual a, a kawr chhungah a bawkkhup a, a kekawr zau takah chuan thing frame harness hnuaiah chuan a ri chhuak ta a. A hmai chungah chuan conical rain cap a rawn hrual thla a. Service kawngka a hnaih rual chuan coolie dang pakhat chu frame hrui hring nen a rawn chhuak leh a. Nick chu a en a, Cantonese tawng nem takin a ti muangchang a, "No pay today, brother. Chu bitch ui hnar lian tak chuan naktuk ah lo kir leh rawh a ti - a pum chuan naktuk thleng a nghak thei ang maiin, a chhan chu...
  Nick chuan a han hawi chhuak lo. tih ṭawngkam bawk chuan a chhang a. "An thin chu ro la, an fate zawng zawng chu nula ni rawh se!" Step thum zetin a chhuk a, landing lian takah chuan a lut ta a. Kawngkhar chu a chanve vel a inhawng a. bale chi hrang hrang. Chu pindan lian tak chu watt 100-a êngin a chim a, chu chu a thim a, chutah a eng leh ta a ni. Portuguese mipa pakhat, stocky, chau hmel tak chu tablet-a bill sheet dahna bale leh box zingah chuan a vak kual a. Nick chu a loaded frame kengin a rawn lut lai chuan a inbia a. Carter chuan Chinese ho hian gasoline leh transportation-ah pressure an siam ngei ang tih a ngaihtuah a.
  tuna dock-a lo lut tam zawk emaw, mainland atanga lo kal tam zawk chu coolie force hmanga sawn a ni ang.
  
  
  - Portuguese ho chuan a ti muangchang a. - Mi chu chutiang chuan hna a thawk thei lo. Engkim a kal sual vek. Ka â tawh ngei ang. Mahse ni lo...ni lo... A kutphah hmangin a hmaiah a inhnek a, coolie lian tak chu a ngaihven lo. - Ni lo, Nao Jenne, a tul em? Keimah ka ni lo - ram damlo, he boruak, sum nei lo hna, heng Chinese â te hi ka ni. Nu ngei pawh, ka tiam e... Clerk chuan a muangchang a titawp a, Nick chu a en a. "Qua deseja, stapidor tih hi a ni." Nick chuan khum chu a melh reng a. A ke a hrual a, Cantonese tawngin thil engemaw a ti muangchang a. Clerk chuan a rawn pan hnai a, a hmel puak leh thau tak chu thinrim zet hian a rawn hnaih a. "Ponhol, khawi hmunah pawh dah rawh, nang idiot! Khawi atanga lo chhuak nge he bungrua hi? Fatshan?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a rilruah a rawn gurg a, a hnar a rawn pick leh a, a mit a chhing a. Mi â ang maiin a nui suk a, chutah a nui suk a: “Yee, Fatshan hian yes a nei a. Vawi khat chu Hong Kong dollar tam tak i pe a ni lawm ni?”Clerk chuan ngenna hmel zet hian ceiling chu a en a, “Aw, Pathian!” Engvangin nge heng rat ei zawng zawng hi an ât em em?" Nick chu a en a. "No pay today. Pawisa a awm lo. Naktuk a ni mai thei. One time subbie i ni em?" Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Chu pa lam pan chuan step a pen a. "No subbie. Tunah hian Hong Kong dolls duh rawh! May I?" A pen leh a. Hma lam pindan atanga kalna corridor pakhat a hmu a, corridor tawp lamah chuan bungraw phur elevator a awm a. Nick chuan a hnunglam a hawi a. Clerk chu a hnungtawlh lo. A hmel chu mak tih hmel zet hian a rawn hring tan a rage.The coolie objects to the white man!Coolie lam pan chuan step a la a, tablet chu a han chawi sang a, vau aiin defensive zawkin.Killmaster chuan tih loh a tum ta a.Chu mipa chu that rawh.A muhil thei a, heng zawng zawng zingah hian a tlu thei a ni junk.A arras chu A-frame strap atang chuan a la chhuak a, crash in a thlak a.Clerk te tak te chuan second khat chhung chu ka thinrimna chu a theihnghilh ta a ni. idiot!Chutah chuan thil fragile tak tak a awm mai thei - ka en ang a, ka pe lo ang eng thil pawh atan!Hming i nei a ni lawm ni?" "Nicholas Huntington Carter chuan a rawn ti a."
  Chu pa chuan a English ṭha famkim chu a hmu a, a hmui chu a tla thla ta a. A mitmeng chu a meng zauh zauh a. A coolie jacket hnuaiah hian grenade vuah a belt bakah hian Nick hian Manila rope nghet tak atanga siam belt a ha bawk. Rang takin hna a thawk a, chu pa chu a tie hmangin a gag a, a hnung lamah a kutphah chu a kekawrteah a khih bawk. A tih zawh chuan remtihna nen hna chu a enfiah a.
  Killmaster chuan clerk te tak te lu chu a rawn fawp a. "Adeus. I vannei hle mai, ka thianpa. Vanneihthlak takin shark te tak te pawh i ni lo." Rat darkar chu a liam rei tawh hle. Colonel Chun Li chuan Nick chu a lo kal dawn lo tih a hria a. Rangkachak Sakeibaknei chhinchhiahna lam pan lovin. Mahse colonel chuan Nick-a chu chutah chuan hmuh a beisei ngai lo. Freight elevator-a a luh a, a chhoh tan tirh chuan Nick-a chuan colonel chuan ani, Carter-a chu chicken out tawhin a lo kal dawn lo tih a ngaihtuah em ni tih a ngaihtuah a. Nick chuan chutiang chuan a beisei. Thil a ti awlsam hle ang. Elevator chu chhawng riatnaah chuan a ding ta a. Corridor chu a khar vek a. Nick chu kangmei chhuahna hmunah chuan a kal thla a, a rubber pheikhawk chuan thawm a nei lo. Elevator chu automatic a ni a, a thlah leh ta a. Chutiang pointer chu kalsan chuan awmzia a nei lo. Zawi zawiin chhawng sarihnaa meipui kawngkhar chu a hawng a. A vannei hle mai. Thir kawngkhar thuk tak chu kawng dik takah a inhawng a, Getters te apartment kawngka panna corridor chu chiang takin a hmu thei a. Hong Kong-a an sawi ang chiah kha a ni. Pakhat tih loh chu. Silai keng vengtute chu cream rawng kawngkhar hmaah chuan rangkachak number lian tak number 7 inziak hmaah chuan an ding a, Chinese ang maiin an lang a, an naupang hle. Red Guards te pawh an ni mai thei. An slouched a, an bo a, harsatna an beisei lo niin a lang. Killmaster chuan a lu a thing nghut a. A hnen atangin an hmu dawn lo. Hriat loha hnaih theih a ni lo. A nihna takah chuan inchung a nih a ngai a ni.
  Kangmei chhuahna hmunah chuan a chho leh ta a. Freight elevator mechanism awmna penthouse te tak te a thlen thlengin a kal chhunzawm zel a. Kawngkhar chu inchung lamah a inhawng a. A inhawng a, Nick chuan hla takah chuan mi pakhat a ri a hre thei. Chinese hmangaihna hla hlui a ni. Nick chuan stiletto chu a kutphah chhungah a paih thla a. Hmangaihna karah chuan thihnaah kan awm a, Tunah chuan a that leh a ngai ta a ni. Chungte chu Chinese ho an ni a, hmelma an ni. Zanin hian Colonel Chun Li hian hnehna chang ta se, a theih ang angin Nick hian a hmelma tlemte chu an pi leh pute hnena inhriattir chu nuam tih a tum a ni. Kawngkhar pawn lama penthouse chu security guard pakhat chu a innghat a. Killmaster chu a hnaih em avangin a thaw rim a hre thei. Korean chaw lum tak kinwi a ei a.
  A thlen theih lohna hmunah chauh a ni. Nick chuan zawi zawiin stiletto tip chu kawngka thing bulah chuan a tlanpui a. A tirah chuan vengtu chuan a hre lo, a hum vang emaw, a muhil vang emaw pawh a ni thei. Nick chuan a thawm chu a ti nawn leh a. Guard chuan a hum chu a titawp a, kawngka lam pan chuan a inbeng kang ta a. - A-rat dang? Killmaster chuan chu pa kawchhungah chuan a kut zungtang chu a khuh a, penthouse lam pan chuan a hruai ta a. Inchungah lunghlu tha tak tak a hrual tlem tih loh chu thawm a awm lo. Chu pa chuan a kekawr ipteah machine gun a keng a, chu chu American MS hlui a ni. Guard chu a taksa a hring a, a rilru chu Nick-a thir kut zungtang chuan awlsam takin a tikehsawm a. Nick chuan pressure chu tlem a tiziaawm a, chu pa beng bulah chuan a rawn ti sap a. "Vangtu dang hming? Rang zawkin i dam ang. Min dawt sawi la, i thi ang. Hming" Inchungah ngei pawh pahnih aia tam an awm ang tih a ring lo. Thâwk lak a harsat hle mai." Wong Kee. I... I swear."
  Nick chuan chu pa kawr chu a rawn hmet leh a, chutah chuan tlangval ke chu beidawng takin a rawn inher tan chuan a thlah leh ta a. - Cantonese tawng a thiam em? Thu dik lo a awm lo em ni? Thi mai tur chuan a lu bu nghat a tum a. "Y-yes. Cantonese kan ni" Nick chu a che nghal vat a.A kut chu Nelson khata khat chhungah a thun lut a, chu pa chu a ke atang chuan a chawi kang a, chutah a lu chu a rilruah vawi khat chak takin a rawn beng a. Enormous force to break a man's neck chutiang chuan.Tin, a chang chuan Nick-a hnathawhnaah chuan chu pa chuan thah mai ni lovin, dawt sawi a ngai bawk.A ruang chu elevator mechanism hnung lamah a hruai let leh a.Cap a hmang thei bawk.A coolie kawr chu a toss aside a, red chu a hrual a star cap over his eyes.Machine gun chu a kekawr ipte chungah chuan a hrual a, a hman a ngai tawh lo ang tih a beisei.mar Mahse.Killmaster chu inchungah chuan a tlan chhuak a, a san zawng thup tumin a bawkkhup a.Chinese hmangaihna hlui ang bawk kha a hum tan ta a a mitmeng hrual chuan inchung thim tak chu a scan lai chuan hla a sa a.
  
  
  Hotel chu Macau khawpui chhunga building sang ber a ni a, a chung lamah chuan êng pakhat mah a tla lo va, tunah chuan van boruak chu a tlahniam ta hle a, chu chu chhum dum hnim hring hring a ni a, chutah chuan êng a play chhunzawm zel a ni. Mahse, vengtu dang a hmu thei lo. Khawiah nge misual chu a awm? Thatchhia? I muhil em? Nick chuan a zawn a ngai ta a ni. A hawna tur chuan he inchung hi a tihfai a ngai a ni. A ni ta se. Vawilehkhatah chuan a lu chungah thla thlipui nasa tak a rawn thawk a, sava engemaw zatin an khawih ta mai mai a. Nick chu instinctive takin a bawkkhup a, van boruaka mi dull, white, stork ang maia rawn inher leh inher chu a en reng a. Thlipui tleh rei vak lo, ke dum dum, vanah a chanve chauh hmuh theih, hlauthawng taka quail sang tam tak au thawm nen an siam a. Hengte hi Macau-a egret hmingthang tak takte an ni a, vawiin khan an harh tawh a ni. Nick chuan thawnthu hlui chu a hre chiang hle. Zanah egrets te an thlawh lai chuan thlipui lian tak a lo thleng ta a. Maithei. Ni lo mai thei. Khawiah nge chu damn guard chu a awm! "Wong?" Nick chuan heng thute hi a ti a. - Wong? Nang fapa, khawiah nge i awm? Killmaster hian "Chinese tawng engemaw zat a hmang tha hle a, a tam zawkah chuan a accent hi a awm lo nain; Cantonese tawngin tualchhung mi pakhat a bum thei. Tunah chuan a ti ta a ni. Chinmi hnunglam atang chuan aw muhil chuan, 'Nangmah i ni em, T?' Eng nge ni ta, ratan? Phlegm tlem ka man - Aimeeeee" Nick chuan chu pa kawr chu a chelh a, a bul tanna au thawm chu a titawp a. Hemi hi a lian zawk a, a chak zawk bawk. Nick-a kut chu a man a, a kut zungtang chuan AX agent mit chu a rawn man a. A khup chu Nick-a groin-ah a rawn hruai a. Nick chuan a lo hmuak a fierce struggle.Nausen thah hi a duh lo hle.Deftly dodged to the side, avoiding a knee to the groin, chutah chuan a khup chu Chinese mipa groin chhungah a thawn nghal a.Chu pa chu a rawn ti a, hmalam pan deuhin a inbeng kang a, Nick chuan a chelh a, a rawn chhuah ta a a lu chu a kawr sam sei tak chu a hnunglam hawiin a kut dinglam calloused edge hmangin Adam-a apple-ah chuan a rawn vawm a.A fatal backhand blow that crushed the mipa esophagus and paralyzed him.Chutah Nick chuan a rilru chu a hrual mai a, chu pa chu a thawk a chawlhsan thlengin .
  
  
  Chimney chu a hniam a, Nick-a kekawr ipte ang vel a sang. Ruang chu a la a, chimney chhungah chuan a lu a thun hmasa ber a. A mamawh loh machine gun chu a on tawh a, thlalak chhungah chuan a toss ta a. General room chung lam inchung sir lam pan chuan a tlan phei a. A kal lai chuan a kawrfual chu a phelh tan ta a. Killmaster chuan a han en thla a. A hnuaiah chiah hian balcony te tak te a awm a. Thla hnih hnuai lam. Kangmei chhuahna hmun chu a dinglamah, building kil hla takah a awm a. Kangmei chhuahna hmuna vengtu chuan he thim zingah hian a hmu thei a rinawm loh. Nick chuan cord chu fan vel chu a secure a, tuipuiah chuan a paih thla ta a. Hong Kong-a chhut dan chu a dik tih a chiang ta. Line tawp chuan balcony railing chu a khawih a. Nick Carter chuan rope chu a check a, chutah hmalam leh hnuai lamah a inher a, trophy machine gun chu a hnung lamah a paih ta a. A tla thla lo va, tlang lawn mi ang maiin a kal a, a ke chu building bang chungah a nghat a. Minute khat hnuah chuan balcony railing-ah chuan a ding tawh a. French window sang tak tak, inches tlemte a inhawng a awm bawk. An hnungah chuan a thim hle mai. Nick chu ngawi rengin balcony concrete floor-ah chuan a zuang thla a. Kawngkhar chu a inhawng vek! Lo lut rawh, rulhut chuan a ti a? Nick chuan a nuih a za hle mai. Spider chuan he kawng hi web chhunga lut turin a beisei tih a ringhlel hle. Nick chu a ke paliah chuan a chhuk a, glass kawngkhar lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Buzz thawm a hre ta a. A tirah chuan a hrethiam thei lo va, rang takin a hrethiam ta a ni. Projector a ni a. General chu in lamah film enin a awm a. Home movies te pawh a awm. Thla engemaw zat kalta khan London-a mi pakhat Blacker-a film siamte chu a hlawhtling hle. Blacker, a tawpah chuan a thi ta...
  
  
  Master assassin chuan thim zingah chuan a mit a chhing a. Kawngkhar pakhat chu feet khat vel zetin a nawr a. Tunah chuan concrete lum chungah chuan a hmai a nghat a, pindan thim chhung chu a hawi thei ta a ni. Projector chu a hnai hle niin a lang, a dinglamah. Automatic a ni ngei ang. Room tawp lam hla takah - pindan sei tak a ni - ceiling emaw, garland emaw bulah screen dum a innghat a. Nick chuan eng ber nge a nih a hre thei lo. A vantage point leh screen inkar, room atanga feet sawm vel a hlaah chuan chair hnungzang sang tak leh chair chunglam thil pakhat silhouette chu a hmu thei a. Mipa lu a ni em? Killmaster chu rul ang maiin room chhungah chuan a lut a, a pum chungah leh chutiang bawk chuan ngawi rengin a lut a. Concrete chu thingpui huanah a chang tawh a, parquet ang maiin a lang. Tunah chuan screen-ah thlalak a rawn eng chhuak ta. Nick chuan en turin a lu a thing a. London khawpuia Dragon Club-a sofa lian tak pakhata kal kual vel chu mithi Blacker-a chu a hre chiang hle. Tichuan Princess da Gama chu stage-ah a rawn lang ta a. Close-up vawi khat, chu mitmeng dum hring dup tak takte chu vawi khat en chuan ruihhlo a ruih tih finfiah nan a tawk. Duh emaw duh lo emaw pawh nise, ruihhlo chi khat, LSD emaw chutiang chi emaw chu a ei tih rinhlelh rual a ni lo. Chumi atan chuan Blacker thi tawh thusawi chauh an nei a ni. A pawimawh lo.
  Nula chu a sang a, a inher a, a thil tih chu a hre lo. Nick Carter hi a bulpui berah chuan mi rinawm tak a ni. Nangmah leh nangmah ah rinawm takin awm rawh. Chuvangin Luger chu a holster atanga a lak chhuah lai pawhin on-screen antics chuan a on tih a pawm ta a ni. Khatih laia French sipai general chhuanawm tak chuan tunah chuan pornography a enna high chair hnung lamah chuan a tlan phei ta a. Chair atang chuan thawm ri leh nuihzatthlak tak tak a ri a. Nick chuan thim zingah chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Eng thil nge thleng ta? Room hnung lama screen-ah chuan thil tam tak a thleng a. Nick chuan Portuguese sorkar, ossified leh conservatism-a zung kai thuk tak chuan film hi tihchhiat a duh chhan chu a hrethiam nghal a ni. Lal lal fanu hian screen-ah thil ngaihnawm leh mak tak tak a ti a. Blacker-a’n game tenau leh highly inventive position a pek apianga duhsak taka a tel ve lai a en lai chuan a ke ruh chhunga thisen chhuak chu a hre thei. Robot ang maia lang, mechanical doll ang mai, hmeltha leh duhthusam nei lo a ni. Tunah chuan stocking dum sei tak, pheikhawk leh garter belt dum chauh a ha tawh. Promiscuous attitude a pu a, Blacker nen pawh an thawkdun vek a ni. Chutah chuan dinhmun thlak turin a nawr lui ta a ni. A chungah chuan a innghat a, a lu a bu nghat a, a robot nuihzatthlak chu a nui suk a, a hrilh ang chiah chuan a ti ta a. Chutih lai tak chuan Agent AX chuan thil dang a hrechhuak ta a.
  Hmeichhe naupang chunga a lungkhamna leh ambivalence te. Amah ngeiin a duh a ni. Dik tak chuan a duh a ni. Lal fanu a duh a. Khumah chuan. Zu rui, ruihhlo ngawlvei, slut leh whore, eng pawh ni se - a taksa chu nuam ti taka hman a duh a ni. Room chhungah chuan thawm dang a rawn lut leh a. General chu a nui suk a. Nuihzatthlak tak, mimal hlimna mak tak tak nen a khat. Thim zingah chuan a thu a, he Saint-Cyr thil siam hi a ni a, a chakna siam ṭha leh thei tura a rin hmeichhe naupang thlalak che vel chu a en a. He Gallic indopui pahnih, Foreign Legion, he Algeria rapthlak tak, he sipai rilru hlui fing tak - tunah chuan thimah a thu a, a nui suk a. Prince Askari chuan he thu hi a sawi dik tak zet a ni - general chu deep madness emaw, a tha berah chuan insanity emaw-ah a awm a ni. Chu chu Colonel Chun Li chuan a hria a, a hmang ta a ni. Nick Carter chuan uluk takin Luger hmui lum tak chu general lu chungah, a beng hnung lamah chiah a dah a. General chuan English a thiam hle tih an hrilh a. "Ngawi rawh, General. Chet suh. Thusawi rawh. Ka that duh lo che, mahse ka tihlum ang che. Movie en chhunzawm zel ka duh a, ka zawhnate pawh chhang zel ka duh. Whisper. He hmun hi bugged a ni em? Bugged a ni em? Tu emaw a awm em." vel?"
  
  
  "English tawng rawh. I thiam tih ka hria. Tunah hian khawiah nge Colonel Chun Li chu?" "Ka hre lo. Mahse Agent Carter i nih chuan a lo nghak reng che." "Carter ka ni." Chair chu a inher a. Nick chuan Luger chu nasa takin a jab a. "General! Chair-a armrest-ah hian i kut dah la. Insum lo takin ka that dawn tih i ring tur a ni. "Ka ring che. I chanchin hi ka hre tam hle mai Carter." Nick chuan Luger chuan General beng chu a rawn beng a. "General, ka boss te nen hian Colonel Chun Li chu ka tan hruai chhuah tir turin inremna i siam a. Hei hi engtin nge ni ang?" "Hmeichhia chu a thlakna atan," general chuan a ti a.
  He aw chhunga khur ri hi a chak zual sauh sauh a. "Hmeichhia chu a let leh nan," a ti leh a. "He nula hi ka nei ngei ang!" “Ka nei a ni,” Nick chuan zawi te hian a ti a. "Keimah nen. Tunah hian Macau-ah a awm tawh. I hmu turin a thi dawn a ni, General. Mahse, a hmasa berah chuan i deal tawp ber kha i hlen chhuak tur a ni. Engtin nge Colonel hi i man ang? Chuti a nih chuan ka that thei ang?" Tunah chuan dawt ngaihnawm tak a hre tawh ang. A ni lo maw. General chu a chhe tawh mai thei, mahse a rilru chu a sir khat chauh a nei a ni. Tunah chuan, “Hmeichhe naupang chu ka hmu hmasa tur a ni,” a ti ta a. "Ka hmuh hma loh chuan engmah a awm lo. Tichuan ka thutiam chu ka hlen ang a, colonel chu ka pe ang che. A awlsam ang. Min ring tlat a ni." Nick kut veilam chuan a rawn chhui chhuak a. General chuan kawrfual a ha a, sipai kawrfual, lapel nei a ni. Nick chuan putar ke veilam leh a rilruah chuan a kut chu a tlanpui a—medal leh ribbon te chu. Chutih lai chuan a hre ta. General chuan uniform pum pui a ha a, French lieutenant general dress uniform a ha bawk! Thim zingah ṭhuin, hun kal tawh ropuina aṭanga thawmhnaw ha chungin, pornography enin. Shadows of de Sade and Charentan - thihna hi he putar tan hian malsawmna a ni dawn a ni. Hna thawh tur a la awm.
  
  
  “Ka ring lo,” Nick Carter chuan thim zingah chuan a ti a, “colonel hian a ring tak zet che a ni,” a ti a. Chutiang chuan a â lo. I hmang niin i ngai a, General, mahse a takah chuan a hmang che a ni. Tin, nang pawh ka pu, dawt i sawi a ni! Ni lo, che suh. Ka tan i set up niin a lang a, mahse a takah chuan a tan min set up a ni lawm ni? General atang chuan a thaw halh thui hle. A tawng lo. Movie a tawp a, projector a ri a reh loh avangin screen a thim ta. Tunah chuan pindan chu a thim vek tawh. Thli chuan balcony chu a paltlang a. Nick chuan general chu en lo turin a rilru a siam ta a. Auguste Boulanger-a chuan a rawn ti a. A chhe lai chu a rim a hre thei a, a hre thei a, a hre thei bawk. Hei hi a hmu duh lo. A rawn inbeng kang a, a rawn ti hniam lehzual a, tunah chuan projector venhimna ri chu a bo tawh. • "A dik lo em ni, General? A sir lehlamah middle lakah i khel em ni? I theih chuan mi zawng zawng bum tum i tum em? Prince Askari thah i tum ang bawk khan!"
  Putar chu a khur nasa hle mai. "Tried - Xkari chu a thi lo tihna em ni?? Nick Carter chuan a kawr hring tawh chu Luger hmangin a tap a. Ni lo. A thi tak tak lo. Tunah hian hetah Macau-ah a awm tawh. Colonel - A thi tawh tih ka hrilh che a, huh? A dawt sawi a ni." Ka rawn off zau zawk tih i hrilh che em?” - Oud... a ni. Lal fapa chu a thi tawh niin ka hria. - Ngawi rengin thu sawi rawh, General. Hrilhru! Thil dang mak i tih theih tur ka hrilh ang che. Diamond rough tak tak attaché case i nei em?
  "Hengte hi fake an ni, General. Glass. Plain glass chi hrang hrang. Eon hian diamond chungchang hi a hre tlem hle. Askey pawhin a hria. Hun rei tak chhung chu a ring lo che. A neih hi a tangkai lo. Colonel Lee hian he thil hi engtin nge a sawi ang? Anmahni atang khan." began to trust each other, in some way moment The Prince chuan fake rough diamonds ruse chu a rawn pholang ta a, Rat Fink bar-a an inbiaknaah chuan dawt a sawi lo.London-a vault-ah him takin diamonds chu a thup a, General chuan trade in a tum a fakes, mahse heng zawng zawng hi a hriat loh a ni.Colonel Chun Li pawh hi diamond lama mithiam a ni lo .
  Putar chu a chair-ah chuan a tenawm ta hle mai. “Diamond te hi a lem em?Hei hi ka ring thei lo...” “I tha zawk, general. Hei pawh hi ring rawh, eng nge thleng dawn chu rangkachak maktaduai sawmhnih chuang zeta Chinese ho hnena glass i hralh hunah chuan i lut dawn a ni much greater danger than we are.”tunah chuan.Colonel pawh chutiang bawk chuan.I chungah a la chhuak ang, General.Amah ngeiin a vun chhanchhuah nan.I â mai mai a, scam tum mai mai i ni tih hi a rilru hneh tir a tum ang like this. And then it all ends: the girl, the revolutionary who want to take over Angola ", rangkachak chu diamond lei nan, Chinese-ho nen villa an nei. Chu chu a ni. General hlui upa tak, thi tura hrem i ni mai ang in France. Ngaihtuah tha zawk rawh, ka pu," Nick chuan a aw chu a ti nem a.
  
  
  Putar chu a rimchhia a. Ruang hlui leh thi mai tur rimtui khuh nan rimtui a hmang em? ... Tin, hetah pawh hian Carter chu khawngaihna hnaih tak a ni a, a tan chuan hriatna danglam tak a ni. A bulah chuan a nawr sawt a. Luger chu nghet takin a kawr hluiah chuan a khalh lut ta a. "Kan bulah awm la a tha zawk, ka pu. AH nen hian a tir lama ruahman ang ngeiin colonel chu min buatsaih sak la. Chutiang chuan hmeichhe naupang chu a tlem berah in hmu thei ang a, nang leh lal fapa hian in inkarah thil in lo buaipui thei maithei. Thih hnuah Colonel. Engtin nge ni ang." hei?" Thim zingah chuan general nod chu a hre ta. - Duhthlan tur ka nei niin a lang, Mr. Carter. Tha lutuk. Ka lakah eng nge i duh? Nick-a thusawi lai chuan a hmui chuan chu pa beng chu a rawn brush a. "Darkar khat hnuah Ultimate Ilappinms Tavern-ah ka awm tawh ang. Colonel Chun Woo rawn hruai la. Nangni pahnih hi hmuh ka duh a ni. Inbiak ka duh thu, inremna siam ka duh thu leh ka duh loh thu hrilh rawh." any trouble.I hrethiam em?- Ni e.Mahse, he hmun - Inn of Absolute Happiness hi ka hre lo?Engtin nge ka hmuh theih ang?
  
  
  "Hei hi Colonel hian a hre ngei ang," Nick chuan na takin a ti a. "Colonel nen kawngka atanga in luh rual chuan in hna chu a tawp tawh ang. Kawng atang chuan chhuak la, inthiarfihlim rawh. Hlauhawm a awm ngei ang. Chu chu a chiang em?" Tlem a ngawi reng. Putar chuan a thaw halh a. - A chiang tak zet. Chuvangin thah i duh em? A hmunah chuan! - A hmunah. Goodbye, general. Tun tum chu pawi ai chuan him taka awm a tha zawk. Killmaster chuan rope chu savawm lian tak ang maia chakna leh chakna hmangin a chho ta a ni. A la a, visor hnuaiah chuan a thup ta a. Inchung chu a ruak a, mahse penthouse te tak te a thlen chuan bungraw phur elevator a chhoh ri chu a hre ta a. Machine te chu a hnim hnim a, counterweight leh cable te chu a tla thla a. Thla 9-na panna kawngkhar lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, a hawng a, stairs hnuaiah chuan Chinese tawnga tawng ri, eng ber nge chhoh ang tih an inhnial ri a hre ta a.
  Elevator lam chu a hawi a. An inhnial rei tawk a nih chuan chance a nei mai thei. Elevator kawngka thir zungbun chu a hnunglam hawiin a kein a hawng a. Freight elevator chung chu a lam hawia lo chhoh leh cable-te chu a rawn tlan pelh lai chu a hmu thei a. Nick chuan hull chunglam chu a melh a. Chutah chuan hmun a awm ngei ang. Elevator chung a rawn thlen chuan awlsam takin a chungah a ding a, grate chu a khar ta a. Elevator chung bawlhhlawh takah chuan a muhil a, a ri chu a tawp ta a ni. A lu hnunglam leh a taksa chunglam inkarah chuan inch tha tak a awm a.
  
  
  
  
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  A kawr hnunglam a rifle butt chuan a rawn nam tih a hrechhuak ta. Tunah chuan he hmunah hian natna var lum tak a awm ta. A luruh chu echo chamber a ni a, jam band pahnih khat chu an rilru a buai hle. A hnuaia lei chu tuna a hmachhawn tur thihna ang mai hian a vawt hle. A hnim a, a hnim a, Killmaster chuan a saruak vek a, chain-ah a inbun tih a hre tan ta a ni. A chungah khawi emaw laiah chuan eng sen hring (vague yellow light) a awm a. A lu chawi sang turin rin loh takin theihtawp a chhuah a, a chakna zawng zawng a khawl khawm a, chhiatna tluantling hnaih tak nia a hriat nen chuan hun rei tak a bei tan ta a ni. Thil a kal sual ta hle mai. A outsmart a ni. Colonel Chun Li chuan naupangin lollipop a lak theih angin awlsam takin a ei a. "Mr. Carter! Nick... Nick) Min hre thei em?" "Uhhh0000000-" a ti a. A lu a thing a, lung in te tak te atang chuan hmeichhe naupang chu a en a. Ani pawh chu a saruak a, brick pillar-ah chain-in an khih a, amah ang bawkin. Eng ang pawhin a mitmeng chu a focus theih nan bei mah se, Nick hian thil mak bik takah a ngai lo - mumang chhiaah chuan mumang chhia dan angin i che a nih chuan. Princess Morgan da Gama-i’n he mumang rapthlak tak, post-a chain-a khin, lithe, naked, large-breasted, leh hlauhna avanga frozen vek a nih thu hi a hrilh chu a inhmeh hle niin a lang.
  
  
  Thil awmdan pakhatin light touch a mamawh a nih chuan hei hi a ni - hmeichhe naupang chu hysterical-a a kal loh nan chauh pawh ni se. A aw chuan rang takin a rawn hnaih tih a sawi. Amah chu nuih a tum a. - Ka Pi thi thei lo Agatha thusawiah chuan, “he thil hi eng nge ni”? Mitmeng dum ah chuan hlauhna thar a rawn lang chhuak ta. Tunah chuan a harh a, a en reng tawh a, a kut chuan a rilru chu khuh a tum ta a. Jingling chain te chu a tawi lutuk a, hei hi phalsak a ni lo. A taksa sei tak chu a pubic sam dum chu a hmuh theih loh nan a flex a, a compromise ta a ni. Hetiang hun lai, damlo leh hrehawm tuar leh hun eng emaw chen a hneh loh lai pawh hian Nick Carter chuan hmeichhiate hi a hrethiam thei ang em tih a ngaihtuah a. Lal fanu chu a tap a. A mitmeng chu a hring vek tawh. Ani chuan, "Nang... i hre reng lo em ni?" Chain te chu a theihnghilh a, a lu hnung lama thisen chhuak lian tak chu massage a tum a. A chain te chu a tawi lutuk. A tiam a. - Awle. Ka hre reng. Tunah chuan a rawn let leh tan ta. I... - Nick chu a ngawi reng a, a hmuiah chuan kut zungtang a rawn dah a. He vuakna hian chhan zawng zawng a hloh ta a ni. Hmeichhe naupang chu a lu a thing a, a beng bulah chuan a kut zungtang a rawn hmet a, chutah lung in lam chu a kawhhmuh ta a. Bugged a ni ngei ang. Chunglam atang chuan khawi emaw laiah chuan hmân lai brick arch-te thlalak hnuaiah chuan metallic chuckle a ri a. Loudspeaker chu a ri a, a rawn ti a, Nick Carter chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a ngaihtuah a, aw i hriat leh tur chu Colonel Chun Li a ni ang. Cable TV pawh a awm bawk - ka hmu thei che a ni. Mahse hei hian nula nena in inbiakna chu tibuai suh. Ka hriat lawk loh i sawi tur a tlem hle. a tha e, Mr. Carter? Nick chuan a lu a ti hniam a. TV scanner chuan a hmel lan dan chu a hmu duh lo. Ani chuan, "Fuck you, Colonel," a ti a. Nuihna. Tichuan: "Naupang tak mai, Mr. Carter. I lakah ka beidawng hle. Kawng tam takah - min hau vak lo tak zet a ni lawm ni? AX-a number 1 killer atang khan a tha zawkin ka beisei a, nangmah hi a ni mai ang." Paper Dragon, a nihna takah chuan mi pangngai tak a ni.
  Mahse, chutih lai chuan nun chu beidawnna tlemtein a khat ta a ni. Nick chuan a hmai a ti hniam lo. A aw chu a analyse a. English tha, chiang lutuk. Zirlai bu a\anga zir a ni tih a chiang hle. Chun Li hi States-ah a la awm ngai lo. emaw, American-ho chu an ngaihtuahna emaw, stress hnuaia an tih theih dan emaw a hrethiam thei bawk. Beiseina hlimthla tlemte a ni. Colonel Chun Li thusawi leh chuan AX mi chu a ti mangang tak zet a ni. A mawi em em a, a kawhhmuh meuh chuan a lang chiang em em a, mahse tun thleng hian a rilruah a la thleng ngai lo. Tin, engtin nge kan mutual friend duh tak, Mr. David Hawk... Nick chu a ngawi reng a. - nangmah ka ngaihvenna chu secondary a nih thu. Dik tak chuan bait mai mai i ni. I Mr. Hawk hi ka man duh tak zet a ni. Min duh ang chiah hian.
  Chu zawng zawng chu trap a ni vek a, in hriat angin, mahse Nick ni lovin Hawk tan chuan Nick chu a lu a nuih a za hle. "I â Colonel. Hawk nen hian i hnaih ngai lovang." Reh. Nuihna. Tichuan: "I en ang u, Mr. Carter. I sawi dik mai thei. Professional lam atang chuan Hawk hi ka zah hle a ni. Mahse mihring chak lohna a nei a, kan zavaia ang bawkin. He thila hlauhawm ber chu. Hawk tan chuan. " Nick a ti a: "Thu dik lo i dawng tawh a ni, colonel." Hawke hi a agent te nen an inhmelhriat lo hle. Putar thinlung nei lo tak a ni. “A pawimawh vak lo,” aw chuan a ti a. - Method pakhat a thawk lo a nih chuan a dangin a thawk ang. Nakinah ka hrilhfiah ang, Mr. Carter. Tunah chuan hna engemaw zat thawh tur ka nei a, chuvang chuan ka kalsan mai ang che. Aw, thil pakhat. Tunah chuan light ka on ang. Wire cage hi lo ngaihven rawh u. He cage chhungah hian thil ngaihnawm tak a thleng dawn ta." Hnam ri, buzz leh click ri a awm a, amplifier chu a off ta a. Rei vak lo hnuah chuan dungeon kil khatah chuan light dum na tak mai chu a rawn eng ta a .Nick leh nula pahnih chu an in en reng a, Killmaster chuan ka ruhroah chuan icy chill a nei a.
  Vawk hrui hmanga siam bawm hrui hring, sawm leh pahnih leh sawm leh pahnih vel a ni. Dungeon chhunga brick well chhungah chuan kawngkhar pakhat a inhawng a. Cage hnuaiah chuan chain tawi pali leh kutkawr chu leiah chuan a inthun a. mi chelh tur. A nih loh leh hmeichhia. Lal fanu pawhin chutiang bawk chuan a ngaihtuah a. A ti chhuak sap a. - Ka Pathian! W-Eng nge min tihsak dawn? He cage hi eng atan nge a nih? A hre lo va, a lo chhut duh lo. Tunah chuan a hna chu a rilru fim tak, hysteria atanga hla taka awm tir a ni. Nick chuan eng nge a that dawn tih a hre lo - chu chuan, a lehlamah, a sanity vawng reng turin a pui thei tih chauh lo chu. A mamawh em em a ni. Cage chu a ngaihsak lo. “Absolute Happiness Hotel-a thil thleng kha han sawi teh,” tiin thu a pe a, “Engmah ka hre lo, rifle butt kha a mawhphurtu a ni.Ka lo lut a, corner-a i khuh lai ka hmuh kha ka hre reng a, Asuka pawh a awm lo , a awm ngei ngei tur ni mahse.Askey awmna ka zawh che kha ka hre reng a, chutah chuan hmun chu an rawn bei a, light a thim a, mi pakhatin ka lu ruh chhungah butt a rawn dah a, khawiah nge he Askey hi a awm, engtin pawh nise?Hmeichhe naupang chuan thunun tumin a bei a.Ani a sir lam hawiin a hawi kual a, “To hell with him,” Nick chuan a ti nghut a, “A sawi dik. Engkim a hre vek tawh. Kei chuan ka hre lo. Engkim min hrilh rawh...”
  “I sawi ang khan network chu kan siam a ni,” nula chuan a ti tan a. - Askey chuan he d... chu midang uniform chu a ha a, khawpui chhungah chuan kan lut ta a. "Hlimna sang ber" tavern-ah. A tirah chuan tumahin min ngaihven lo. A ni... well, eng ang establishment nge a nih i hre ngei ang? "Ni e, ka hria" Inn of Absolute Happiness chu a thlang a, chu chu Chinese Inn man tlawm tak leh nawhchizuar inah siam a ni a, chutah chuan coolies leh Mozambican sipaite an inkhung dun a ni.Sipai thi uniform ha lal fapa chu sipai dum dang nen chauh a ni ang a pretty Chinese prostitute ". Asuka hna chu Nick-a'n Colonel Chun Li chu hotel-a a hruai luh theih chuan khuh a ni. A inthuamna chu a ṭha famkim hle. "Lal fapa chu police patrol-in an man a ni," tunah chuan nula chuan a ti ta a. "A ni ngeiin ka ring routine chauh a ni.
  Mozambican mi an ni a, Portuguese officer var pakhat an nei bawk. Asuka chuan paper mumal tak emaw pass emaw engmah a nei lova, chuvang chuan an man ta a ni. An rawn hruai chhuak a, chutah chuan keimah chauhin min kalsan ta a. Ka lo nghak reng che a. Engmah tih tur a awm lo. Mahse vanneihna a awm lo. Disguise chu a tha lutuk. Nick chuan a thawk a hloh tih a tiam a. Hei hi hmuh lawk theih a ni lo va, humhim theih a ni lo. Black Prince chu lung inah emaw, camp chi khatah emaw a thu a, hmuh theih lohvin a awm a. Mozambican tawng tlem a thiam avangin rei vak lo chu a bluff thei a, mahse a hma emaw a rei emaw chuan thudik chu an hrechhuak ang. Vengtu thi chu hmuh a ni ang. "Aski hi Chinese-te kutah hlan a ni ang. Chutiang a nih loh chuan - leh a chiang lo hle a, a nih loh chuan - lal fapa hian engtin emaw takin, a hma ang bawkin, mipa hring unau nihna a hmang thei lo a nih loh chuan. Nick-a chuan chu ngaihtuahna chu a brush off a. Lal fapa chu zalen mah se, eng nge ni thei ang." he do ?Mi pakhat.Tin, trained agent ni lo...
  A hma ang bawkin inzawmna thuk tak hnathawhna hmunah chuan Nick chuan a vun chhanchhuak turin mi pakhat chauh a ring thei tih a hria a. "Nick Carter chuan a ti a." Loudspeaker chu a rawn thawk chhuak leh ta. "I ngaihnawm ka ti hle ang, Mr. Carter. Fimkhur takin en rawh, khawngaihin. I hmelhriat pakhat, ka ring em? Chinese mi pali, an vai hian beefy brute vek, kawngka atang chuan thil pakhat an rawn hruai lut a, wire cage chhungah an lut a. Nick chuan a hre ta girl gasp and choke cry, General Auguste Boulanger-a saruakna a hmuh chuan, cage chhunga an hruai luh lai khan a sam a sam a, a rilru natna zual sam chu a var a, vawk khur, plucked chicken ang mai a ni a, he primitive naked-ah hian state chu mihring zahawmna zawng zawng leh a rank emaw uniform emaw avanga inchhuanna zawng zawng a nei lo vek a ni.Putar chu a â tawh tih hriatna te, a zahawmna leh chapona tak tak chu rei tak a bo tawh tih hriatna chuan tuna Nick-a’n a hriat thin huatna chu a thlak danglam lo.Natna natna khirh tak a intan ta a ni in his stomach.A premonition that they were about to see something very bad, even for the Chinese.General chuan chutiang mipa upa leh chak lo tak chu a bei tha hle a, mahse minute khat emaw minute hnih emaw hnuah chuan a inkhung ta a room chu cage chhungah leh chain-ah dahin.
  Loudspeaker chuan Chinese ho chu: "Gag chu la chhuak rawh u. A au thawm an hriat ka duh a ni," tiin thu a pe a. Mipa pakhat chuan General hmui atang chuan puan bawlhhlawh lian tak a la chhuak a. An chhuak a, brick curtain chhungah chuan kawngkhar chu an khar a. Cage ti engtu watt 200-a chak light bulb ênga uluk taka en rengtu Nick-a chuan tun thlenga a hriat ngai loh thil pakhat a hmu a - kawngka sir lehlamah, floor level-ah chuan khur te tak te deuh a awm a, brickwork-a hmun thim tak, ui emaw, vawk emaw siam thei tur kawngkhar te tak te ang mai. A khuh tu metal plate atanga êng lo chhuak chu.
  Killmaster got goosebumps - he putar â rethei tak hi engtin nge an tih ang? Eng pawh ni se, thil pakhat a hria. General nen chuan thil engemaw a thleng a. A nih loh leh hmeichhe naupang nen. Mahse a tum ber chu amah, Nick Carter-a lam a ni a, a ti hlauhawm a, a duhzawng tihchhiat a ni. Brainwashing chi khat a ni a, a intan dawn ta. General chuan a chain chu rei vak lo a bei a, chutah chuan nunna nei lo, hring dup maiah a chang ta a ni. Engmah hrethiam lo ang maia savawm hmel pu chungin a hawi kual a. Loudspeaker chuan a rawn ti leh a, "Kan experiment tlemte kan tan hma hian thil tlemte i hriat tur nia ka hriat a awm. Keimah chungchang. Tlem gloat tur chuan. Kan sir lamah hian hling i ni rei tawh hle a, Mr. Carter— nang leh i ta." boss, David Hawke. Tunah chuan thil a danglam ta. Professional i ni a, chu chu i hrethiam ngei ang. Mahse, Chinese hlui tak ka ni a, Mr. Carter, ka pawm lo of the new methods of torture... Psychologist leh psychiatrist te, thil dang zawng zawng.
  Basically chuan hrehawm tawrh dan thar, a changkang zawk leh hlauhawm zawk an pawm a, kei, entirnan, he lam hawia hmanlai ber ka ni. Thianghlim, absolute, unconditional horror, Mr. Carter. Tuna i hmuh ang hian. Nula chu a au chhuak a. Chu thawm chuan Nick-a beng chu a ti na hle. Kawngkhar te tak te pakhat atanga room chhunga lut rat lian tak chu a kawhhmuh a. Nick Carter-a hmuh tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan rat lian ber a ni. Amah hi ui pangngai aiin a lian zawk a, a rawng chu a dum hring dup a, a hmui chu a sei hle. A hmuiah ha dum lian tak tak a rawn eng a, chutih lai chuan thilsiam chu rei vak lo a ding a, a hmui a ti hrual a, fimkhur tak, mit sual tak nen a hawi kual vel a. Nick chuan luak duhna chu a titawp a. Lal fanu chu a au leh ta a, ring tak leh ring takin... • “Ngawi rawh,” Nick chuan nasa takin a ti a.
  "Mr. Carter? Hemi hnuaiah hian thawnthu pum pui a awm. Rat hi mutant a ni. Kan scientist thenkhat chuan zinkawng tawi tak an nei a, thuruk tak mai, a dik e, in mite'n atomic testing atana an hman thin thliarkar chu. Chutah chuan engmah nung a awm lo." the island, but the rats - "Engtin emaw takin an dam khawchhuak a, an lo thanglian ta hial a ni. Hei hi ka hrethiam lo, scientist ka nih loh avangin, mahse tuna i hmuh ang gigantism hi engtin emaw takin radioactive boruak hian mawhphurtu a ni tih min hrilhfiah a. The most fascinating." thil, a ni lo maw?" Killmaster chuan a rawn ti chhuak ta a. A insum thei lo. Hei hi Colonel duh leh beisei ang chiah a ni tih a hria a, mahse a thinrimna rapthlak tak chu a thunun thei lo. A lu a han phar a, a au chhuak a, chhia a chham a, a hriat hming bawlhhlawh zawng zawng chu a au chhuak vek a. A chain-ah chuan a inhnukdawk a, a kutphah chu a kut zungtang na tak takah chuan a tan a, mahse natna erawh a hre lo. A hriat tak chu brick column chhunga ring bolt hlui pakhata chak lohna tlemte, chak lohna tlemte chauh a ni. A mitmeng atang chuan ring bolt hnuaia brick hnuaiah chuan mortar trickle a rawn tlan thla a. Push na tak chuan chain chu a tichhia thei hle. A hrethiam nghal a. A chain chu a ti nghing chhunzawm zel a, chibai a buk chhunzawm zel a, mahse chain chu a tikhauh tawh lo.
  Chu chu beiseina tak tak êng hmasa ber a ni... Colonel Chun Li aw-ah chuan lungawina a awm a, "Chuti a nih chuan mihring i ni, Mr. Carter? Normal stimuli i chhang tak tak em? Pure hysteria a ni. Kei pawh ka ni." told this would make things easier." "Tunah chuan ka ngawi reng ang a, nang leh nula hian show hi in hlim tir ang. General chungchangah hian thinrim lutuk suh. A â a, a chhe tawh bawk a, khawtlang tan pawh hlohna a awm lo tak zet a ni. A phatsan a ni a ram, Prince Askari a phatsan a, min phatsan a tum a ni." Aw, ni e, Mr. Carter. Chu chu ka hre vek. A dawt leha bengngawng beng bulah i sawi ri leh hunah chuan a hearing aid chu bugged lo turin fimkhur rawh!" The Colonel chuan a nui suk a, "A bul berah chuan ka beng bulah i sawi ri a, Mister. Carter Dik tak chuan mi â upa rethei tak chuan a hearing aid chu an tap tih a hre lo."
  Nick-a mitmeng chu a bitter, a sour hle. Hearing aid a nei a. Tunah chuan rat chu general rilruah chuan a inkhuh ta a. A la bengchheng lo. Nick chuan rilru hlui chu a buai lutuk a, thil thleng chu a hrethiam lo tih a beisei. Putar leh rat chu an in en reng a. Rat hmui sei tak, zahmawh taka sam chu a rawn inher chhuak nghal vat a. Mahse, chu thilsiam chuan a bei lo. Hmeichhia chuan a ti chhuak sap a, a kut chuan a mit chu khuh a tum a. chain a awm bawk. Tunah chuan taksa dum hrual hrual chu a bawlhhlawh tawh a, a bawlhhlawh tawh a, lung hnuai atanga buhfai chi hrang hrangin a khuh tawh bawk. A beng atanga thawm ri ngaithla chuan Nick chuan a rilru a buai hnaih hle tih a hrechhuak ta a. Chu chu a hrethiam thei. A tho va. Keimah ngei pawh hi chutiang khawpa hlaah chuan ka awm lo. Kutkawr leh a kut dinglam khaptu chain a awm bawk. Ring bolt chu a inher tawh. Putar chu a au chhuak a. Nick chuan a en reng a, a nerve ngei pawh a buaipui a, thil pawimawh pakhat tih loh chu engkim a theihnghilh vek - mitmeng chu a han chhuah nasat chuan a rawn chhuak ang. Chain chu ralthuam a ni. Mahse, a hun dik lova a tih chuan engmah a ti tha dawn lo! En turin a nawr lui a. Mutant rat chuan putar chu a hrual a, a ha sei tak chuan a jugular vein vel sa chhungah a lai chhuak a. Rat fing tak a ni. Khawiah nge a hit dawn tih a hre chiang hle. Sa chu thi tawh, ngawi renga awm a duh a, chutiang chuan tihbuai lohvin a ei thei ang. General chuan a au lehzual a. Ka rat chuan artery lian takah a seh a, thisen a chhuak a, chu thawm chu gurgle-ah a thi ta a ni. Tunah chuan nula chu a au leh ta a. Nick Carter pawh a au chhuak tih a hmu a, mahse ngawi rengin, chu aw chu a luruh chhungah a inkhung a, a chhehvel chu a ri chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  A thluak chuan huatna leh phuba lak duhna leh tualthah duhna a au chhuak a, mahse spy mit hmuhah chuan a rilru a hahdam a, a khawlkhawm a, a nuih a za hle bawk. Camera hian he loose ring bolt hi a hre lo tur a ni. Colonel chuan a rawn ti leh a: “Tunah chuan rat ka rawn tir belh leh ang, Mister Carter.” An hna chu an zo thuai ang. Ugly, a ni lo maw? An sawi angin, in capitalist slum-ah te. Chutah chauh chuan naute tanpui ngai lote chu victim an ni. Tih tak zetin, Mr. Carter? Nick chuan a ngaihsak lo. Cage chhunga carnage awm chu a en a. Rat lian tak tak dozen zet chu an tlan lut a, hmân lai mipa lo ni tawh thil nung sen chungah chuan an rawn tlan lut ta a. Nick chuan putar chu a thi tawh tih chauh a tawngtai thei. Maithei. A che lo. Luak thawm a hria a, nula chu a en a. Leiah chuan a luak chhuak a, a mit khap chungin a mu a, a taksa dum, leivut hring hring chu a rawn inher chhuak ta hlawm a. “Pass out, baby,” a ti a. "Pass out. En suh." Tunah chuan rat pahnih chu sa chi khat chungchangah an insual ta a. Nick chuan ngaihsan rapthlak takin a en a. A tawpah chuan rat inhnial pahnih zinga lian zawk chuan a ha hmangin pakhat zawk chu a rawn man a, a that ta a ni. Chutah chuan a rat pui chu a rawn bei nghal a, a ei tan ta a. Nick chuan rat chuan a chhungte a ei zo vek lai chu a en reng a. Tin, hun rei tak kalta a ka thil zir leh theihnghilh tawh chu ka hrechhuak ta a ni: rat hi mihring ei thin an ni. Mahni chi ei thin rannung tlemte zinga mi. Nick chuan cage chhunga hlauhawm tak atang chuan a han hawi chho a. Nula chu a rilru a buai hle a. Engmah a hriat loh a beisei. Loudspeaker-a aw chu a rawn let leh a. Nick chuan colonel aw ah chuan beidawnna a hmuchhuak niin a ngai. "I chungchang ka report-te hi a dik vek niin a lang, Carter, nangni American-hoin poker hmel mak tak i tih hi. Chutiang khawpa insensitive, i cold tak tak em ni, Carter? Ka pawm thei lo," a ti a. Awa thinrimna hnuhma chu tunah chuan chiang takin a lang ta - Carter a ni a, Mr. Carter a ni lo! Chinese colonel chungchangah hian a phur deuh tan tawh em ni? Hei hi beiseina a ni. Thutiam angin chak lo
  
  
  Ring bolt chak lo tak mai chu a nei vek. Nick chu a bo hmel hle. Camera inthupna ceiling lam chu a han hawi chho a. "A nasty khawp mai," a ti. “Mahse, hei aia pawi zawk hi ka hmu tawh a ni, Colonel.” Eng pawh ni se, a pawi zawk. I rama ka awm hnuhnun ber—ka duh angin ka lo kal leh thin—in tlangval pahnih khat chu ka that a, an taksa pengte ka la chhuak a, anmahni chhungril ngeiin thingah ka khai a. Thu dik lo mak tak mai, mahse colonel ang mipa chuan a ring mai thei. “Eng pawh nise, putar chungchang kha i sawi dik a ni,” Nick chuan a ti chhunzawm a. "A fucking stupid lunatic a ni a, tumahin an duh lo. Engvangin nge a chunga thil thleng emaw, engtin nge a thlen tih emaw ka ngaihtuah ang?" Rei tak chu ngawi rengin a awm a. Tun ṭumah chuan nui ri chu a hlauthawng deuh. "I chhe thei, Carter. Chu chu i hria em? Hmeichhia atanga piang mipa tu pawh hi a chhe thei." Killmaster chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. - Mihring ka ni lo maithei. Ka boss i sawi fo ang bawkin. Hawk-Hawk, tunah chuan mipa a ni tawh lo! Amah chu thangah hruai luh tumin i hun i khawhral a ni, Colonel. "A ni mai thei, Carter, a ni mai thei. Kan hmu ang. A nihna takah chuan ruahmanna dang ka nei a. Hemi chungchang hi hrilh che ka hreh lo. I ngaihdan a thlak danglam mai thei."
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a inhnim hrual nasa hle. Fapa rilru ti na thei tur eng pawh! Fimkhur takin a chil a chhak a. - Ka mikhual ni rawh, Colonel. Movie-a an sawi angin, i khawngaihna hnuaiah ka awm a ni. Mahse, he hmun chhe takah hian rulhut chungchangah hian thil engemaw i ti thei ang. A rimchhia bawk. Rei tak ngawi renga awm lehna. Tichuan: "A dang zawng zawng chu dah bo ila, Carter, i Hawk pieces cut off piece by piece ka thawn tan a ngai dawn a ni. A hun a thlen hunah i ziak ngei ngei tur angguished note thenkhat nen. Engtin nge i tih ang." think your boss will react?" hei hi - a chang chuan mail-a i piece i hmuh thin? A hmasa berin kut zungtang, a hnuah ke ruh - a hnuah ke emaw, kut emaw pawh a ni mai thei? Tunah chuan dik takin sawi rawh, Carter. Hawk-a chuan a awm tih pawh a ngaihtuah a nih chuan chhanchhuahna chance tlemte pawh, a agent tha ber fapa ang maia a hmangaih, theihtawp a chhuah i ring lo em ni?A nih loh leh inremna siam tum?
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a lu chu hnunglam a thlak a, ring takin a nui a. A nawr luih a ngai lo. “Colonel,” a ti a, “advertisement tha lo tak tak i nei ngai em!” “Advertised em? Ka hrethiam lo” “Misinformed, Colonel. Misled. Thu dik lo chawm i ni a, bum i ni a, i bum a ni! Hawk kha i cut thei a, thisen pawh a chhuak lo ang. Chu chu ka hriat tur a ni. Dik tak chuan a ni a pity to lose me. I his favourite, as you say. Mahse kei chu thlak theih ka ni. AK agent zawng zawng hi expendable vek an ni. Nang ang bawkin Colonel, nangmah ang bawk khan. Loudspeaker chu thinrim zet hian a rawn ti a. "Tunah chuan thu dik lo i dawng tawh a ni, Carter." Ka thlak thei lo. Exendable ka ni lo." Nick chuan a nuihzatna thup tumin a hmai a ti hniam a. "Bet i duh em, Colonel? Entirna pawh ka pe ang che - Beijing-in fake rough diamond chungchanga bum i nih thu a hriat hma chu nghak rawh. Rangkachak dollar maktaduai sawmhnih chu glass lung thenkhat nen i thlak dawn tih. Tin, lal fapa chu uluk tak leh dik taka thah a nih thu leh tunah chuan general chu in that ta tih pawh. Angola helhoa inrawlh theihna chance i tichhe tawh a ni. Beijing hian eng nge a duh tak tak, Colonel? Hawk hi i duh chhan chu Hawk hian a duh che tih i hriat vang a ni a, mahse chu chu Beijing ngaihdan nen khaikhin chuan inthlak danglamna tlemte a ni: Africa ramah buaina tam tak siam turin hmalam pan an tum a ni.Anola hi hetiang tih tanna hmun tha ber a ni ang.
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Hei zawng zawng hi Beijing hmun dik takah a leak hma chu nghak rawh, Colonel, chutah chuan i fit leh fit loh kan en ang!" Chu ngawi renga awm chuan hling chuan an chhinchhiahna a rawn tawk tih a hrilh a. Beiseina a nei tan dawn ta. He misual hi a tithinur thei a, hetah hian amah ngei pawhin dungeon-ah hian a rawn chhuk thei a nih chuan. Guard a rawn hruai ngei dawn tih sawi loh. Risk a lak a ngai chauh a ni. Colonel Chun Li chuan a beng a tifai a. -I ngaihtuah dik a ni, Carter. I thusawiah hian thudik eng emaw zat a awm mai thei. Thil a kal sual a, a nih loh leh ka beisei angin a kal lo. A hmasa berah chuan general chu a â zia chu a tlai lutuk hma chuan ka hre lo.
  Mahse engkim ka siam tha thei - a bik takin in thawhhona ka mamawh avangin. Nick Carter chuan a chil a chhak leh a. "Ka thawhpui dawn lo che. Tunah chuan min that theiin ka ring lo - Beijing-a hun zawng zawng, pawisa leh thi zawng zawng tana thil hmuhtir turin i hruai turin nung rengin min mamawh niin ka hria".
  A duh loh zawnga ngaihsan hmel zet hian colonel chuan: “I sawi dik leh mai thei Achilles heel. A hrehawm tuar i phal ang.” , general angin?" Nick hmel chu a danglam lo. - Engtin nge ka ngaihsak? A chanchin hi i hre tur a ni: zu rui leh ruihhlo ngawlvei, sexual degenerate, thlalak leh movie bawlhhlawh tak tak en thin a ni. A chunga thil thleng tur chu ka ngaihtuah lo. Ka match ang che, Colonel. Hetiang hmunah hian thil pahnih chauh ka ngaihtuah thin - keimah leh AX. Kan pahnih zinga pakhat mah tichhe turin engmah ka ti lovang. Mahse lady i nei thei. Ka malsawmnain- .
  “Kan en ang,” colonel chuan a ti a, “tunah chuan thupek ka pe ang a, kan hmu ngei ang.” I bluff ka ring. Tin, rat hi an fing hle tih hre reng ang che. Instinctive takin prey chak lo zawkte chu an tlan pel ang. "Loudspeaker chu a click a. Nick chuan nula chu a en a. Engkim a hre vek. Mit lian takin a en a, a hmui chu a khur nghal vek. Thu sawi a tum a, mahse a thaw halh mai. Cage chhunga ruang hrual chu uluk takin a en lo." Nick chuan a en a, rat te chu an awm tawh lo tih a hmu ta a." A tawpah chuan lal fanu chuan chu thu chu a sawi thei ta a. "Y-heti hian min tih tir dawn em ni? Y-i sawi tum chu - i sawi tak kha i sawi tum em ni? Aw ka Pathian, ti suh! Min that rawh - min that hmasa thei lo ang em!" A tawng ngam lo. Microphone-te chuan thawm ri chu a rawn la a. Television scanner chuan a en a. Thlamuanna engmah a pe thei lo. Cage lam chu a en reng a, a mit a chhing a, a chil a chhak a, hla tak a en a.Eng nge a tih ang tih a hre lo.Eng nge a tih theih ang.A nghah leh en mai a ngai dawn a ni.Mahse, thil pakhat a nih a ngai a, rintlak a nih a ngai bawk a, a nih a ngai bawk be fast.A thawm chu a ngaithla a, a han hawi chho a, Chinese ho chuan wire cage chhungah chuan a lut a, chutah chuan kawngkhar te tak te pakhat chu main dungeon lam panna tur chu a hawng a, chutah chuan a chhuak ta a, general-a la awm zawng zawng chu a hnungah a hruai chhuak ta a ni.Nick a nghak a.Hmeichhe naupang chu a en lo.An inhlat feet sawmhnih vel atang chuan a thaw ri chu a hre thei a.Ring bolt chu a check leh a.Tlem a tam lehzual a, a reh em em a, hmeichhe naupang thawk tih loh chu a hre ta a trickle of mortar running down the brick pillar.Rat chuan a hmui chu kawngka atang chuan a rawn chhuah tir a...
  
  
  
  Bung 11-na
  
  
  
  
  RAT chu wire cage atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, a ding ta a. Rei vak lo chu a khup a, a inbual ta a. Mihring ei rat Nick-a hmuh angin a lian lo hle a, mahse a lian tawk hle. Nick hian a nunah hian tuna a huat aia nasa hi a huat ngai lo. A ngawi reng hle a, thawk a la thei lo. Minute hnuhnung berah chuan ruahmanna chi khat a lo piang ta a. Mahse a thawh theih nan chuan he rulhut hi a kut zungtang chauhvin a man a ngai ta a ni. Hmeichhe naupang hi coma-ah a tla niin a lang. A mitmeng chu a rawn lang chhuak a, rat chu a en a, a rilruah chuan creepy sounds a siam a. Nick hian rat hian a man a phal dawn lo tih hrilh a duh tak zet a, mahse tunah tak hian a tawng ngam lo va, camera hmaah a hmel pawh a entir ngam lo. Ngawi rengin a thu a, khum chu a melh reng a, a mitmeng atang chuan rulhut chu a en reng a. Rat chuan eng thil nge a sawi tih chu a hre chiang hle. Hmeichhia chu a chak lo ber, a hlau ber a ni - a hlauhthawn rim chu rulhut hnar chhungah a na hle a - chuvang chuan a lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a. A ril a tam hle mai. General chawimawina atan ruai chu a tel phalsak a ni lo. Mutation hnuah chuan rat hian a hmeichhe serh tam zawk a hloh ta a ni. Tunah chuan a lian lutuk chuan pianpui hmêlma tam zawkte nen a inmil ta a, mihring hlauh pawh a zir ngai lo. Mi lian chu a ngaihven vak lo va, hmeichhe hlauthawng tak bulah chuan thlen a duh ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan chance vawi khat chauh a hmu dawn tih a hria a. A miss a nih chuan a tawp vek. A thaw chu a vawng tlat a, rat bulah chuan a inhnukdawk hnai - hnaih zawk. Tunah? Aih. La ni lo. Vat-
  Chutih lai tak chuan a tleirawl lai thlalak pakhat chuan a ngaihtuahna chu a rawn nuai ta a. Geek awmna carnival man tlawm takah a kal a. Hei hi degenerate a hmuh hmasak ber a ni a, a hnuhnung ber pawh a ni. Dollar khat man atan chuan rulhut nung lu a seh lai hmuh a ni. Tunah chuan degenerate’s chin atanga thisen luang chhuak chu chiang takin a hmu ta. Nick chu a flinched a, purely reflexive movement a ni a, game chu a tichhe ta mai. Rat chu a ding a, a alert ta a. A insawn tan ta a, tunah chuan rang zawkin. Killmaster chuan a lungawi lo. A kut veilam hmangin ring bolt chu a chhuak lo va, rat chu a lu bulah chiah a man ta a ni. Furry monster chuan hlauhna leh thinrim takin a au chhuak a, a chelhtu kut chu seh a tum ta a. Nick chuan a kut zungtang pakhat hmangin a lu chu a phelh a. Lu chu leiah a tla thla a, taksa chu a la khur reng a, a kutah thisen a la tuihal hle bawk. Hmeichhia chuan idiotic look a pe vek a. Hlauhnain a ti lungngai em em a, thil thleng chu a hrethiam lo. Nuihna. Loudspeaker chuan, "Bravo, Carter. Chutianga rulhut enkawl tur chuan mi huaisen a ngai a ni. Chu chuan ka thusawi chu a tichiang hle - hmeichhe naupang tuar i phal lo a ni," a ti a.
  “Hei hian engmah a finfiah lo,” Nick chuan a ti a. "And we're not going anywhere. Fuck you, Colonel. Chu nula chungchang chu ka pe lo - ka ti thei ang em tih en ka duh chauh a ni. Ka kut hmangin mipa tam tak ka that tawh a ni." , mahse, ka la that ngai lo." Reh. Tichuan: “Chuti a nih chuan eng nge i neih?Rat tam tak ka la nei a, a lian vek, riltam vek. I that vek dawn em ni?” Nick chuan khawi emaw laiah chuan television mit chu a en a. A hnar a rawn beng a. “A ni mai thei,” a ti a, “hetah hian rawn tir la, kan en ang.
  A ke chu a phar a, rat lu chu a lam hawiin a hruai a. A hmang dawn a ni. Stunt rilru na tak a tih tum a ni a, mahse a hlawhtling ta. Hit hian hna a thawk ang IF
  colonel chu a thinrim lutuk ang a, a rawn chhuk a, mimal takin a process duh mai thei. Killmaster chuan a tawngtai vak lova, mahse tunah chuan a bei ta a ni. Khawngaihin, khawngaihin Colonel hi min rawn thawhpui duh tir la, min beat the hell out. Min hit ngei ang. Eng pawh nise) Arm’s length-ah awm tir mai rawh. Wire cage atang chuan rat lian pahnih chu an rawn tlan chhuak a, an rim a. Nick chuan a ti tens a. Tunah chuan a hre tawh ang. Plan chu a thawk thei ang em? Rat te hi mihring ei thin an ni tak tak em? Rat lian berin a te zawk a ei hmasak kha thil tenawm mai mai a ni em? Thil âwm lo tak mai, a chhiar leh hriat loh thil mai mai a ni em? Rat pahnih chuan thisen rim an nam a. Zawi zawiin Nick chu an rawn pan hnai a. Fimkhur takin, ngawi rengin, an hlauh loh nan, rat lu chu a vawm ta a. Pakhat chuan a rawn bei a, chaw a ei tan ta a. Rat dang pakhat chu fimkhur takin a rawn vel a, chutah chuan a rawn tlan lut nghal zat bawk. Tunah chuan an inhnek ah an awm ta. Killmaster chuan camera lakah a hmel thup bovin a nui suk a. Heng misual zinga pakhat hi tihhlum a ni ang. Midangte tan ei tur a tam zawk ang a, insual tur a tam zawk ang. A rat thah ruang chu a la chelh reng a. A hmalam keah chuan a man a, a ruhte chu a flex a, a tikehsawm a, a laiah chuan lehkha phek ang maiin a tikehsawm ta a ni. Thisen leh guts chuan a kut chu a ti bawlhhlawh a, mahse bait tam zawkah chuan a lungawi hle. Chutiang chuan, leh indona neitu pahnih khatah rat thi pakhat a awm a, rat tam tak chu a buai tir thei ta a ni. Nick chuan a kekawr zau tak chu a thing nghal ringawt. Hlawhtlinna lian tak a ni lo tak zet a, mahse a thiam hle. Damn good, a nihna takah chuan. A hlawkpui ngei ang. Loudspeaker chu a reh rei tawh hle. Nick chuan TV screen a en lai chuan Colonel chuan eng nge a ngaihtuah tih a ngaihtuah a. Ngaihtuahna hlim tak a ni lo mai thei. Rat tam zawk chu dungeon chhungah chuan an rawn luang lut ta a. Thinrim tak, au thawm ri dozen zet a awm a. Rat te chuan Nick emaw, hmeichhe naupang emaw chu an ngaihven lo tak zet a ni. Loudspeaker chuan thawm a rawn ti chhuak a. A chibai buk a. Multiple curse a ni a, Nick Carter thisen chhuak leh bitch dog leh dung turtle te thisen inzawmkhawm a ni. Nick chu a nui suk a. Tin, ka nghak ta a. Tunah pawh a ni mai thei. A ni mai thei chauh. Minute hnih pawh a tling lovang chuan thinrim takin kawngkhar chu a rawn kik a.
  Hmeichhe naupang chelhtu pillar hnung lama thlalakna hmun khatah chuan kawngkhar chu a inhawng a. Light eng emaw zat a rawn eng leh bawk. Colonel Chun Li chuan circle of radiance chhungah chuan a ke a pen a, Nick Carter chu a hmachhawn a, a kut chu akimbo a, a mitmeng sang tak, a dum hring dup chu a hrual deuh a, a hmui chu a ti hrual deuh bawk. Chinese guard pali a nei a, an vai hian M3 assault rifles an keng vek a ni. Tin, net leh tiang sei tak tak, a tawp lamah spike nalh tak tak nei an keng bawk. Colonel chuan Nick-a mit laksak lovin a hote chu thupek a pe ta a. Net chhunga rulhut la awmte chu man tumin an insiam a, an man theih lohte chu an that ta a ni. Colonel chuan zawi te hian Nick chu a rawn pan hnai a. Nula chu a en lo. Killmaster chuan a thil hmuh chu a inpeih tawk lo hle. Chinese albino a la hmu ngai lo. Colonel Chun Li chu a san zawng chu a zatve vel a ni a, a taksa pawh a sei hle. Kawr a nei lo a, a lu ruh chu uluk takin a hrual a. Luruh lian tak, thluak cell lian tak. A vun chu faded khaki rawng a ni. A mitmeng, Chinese tan chuan thil mak ber chu Nordic blue eng mawi tak a ni. Mitmeng chu a hring dup a, infinitesimal a ni. Mi pahnih chuan an in en a. Nick chuan chapo zet hian a en a, chutah tumruh takin a chil a chhak ta a. “Albino,” a ti a. “Nangmah ngei pawh hi mutant deuh i ni lawm ni?” Colonel chuan a Luger, a Wilhelmina ngei chu chutiang atana ruahman loh case-ah a phur tih a hmu a. Quirk danglam tak a ni lo. Hnehna rallakte pholan. Lo hnaih rawh, Colonel. Khawngaihin! step khat a hnaih zawk. Colonel Chun Li chu Killmaster-a’n a hriatrengnaah a ziah chhuah, semicircle thihna thlen thei tak pawnah chuan a ding ta a. Colonel chu a chhuk lai chuan ring bolt chu a thlahthlam vek a, brickwork chhungah chuan a dah leh ta a. Telescanner chu unattended a nih thu chance ka la a. Colonel chuan Nick chu a han en chho leh a. A duh loh zawnga ngaihsan chu a hmel sen hring dup takah chuan a lang chhuak a. “Nang hi i thil siam chhuah thiam ber a ni,” a ti a. - Rat te chu an inhmachhawn tir ang. Ka pawm e, hei hi thil theih a ni tih hi ka rilruah a lo lang ngai lo. I ngaihdan atang chuan hei hian thil a tikhawtlai mai hi a pawi hle. Nula tan thil dang ka ngaihtuah ang. thawhpui i remtih hma loh chuan en rawh.I thawhpui ang, Carter, i thawhpui ang.I chak lohna thihna thlen thei chu i pholang ta a ni, ka zir chhuah tawh angin.
  Rat-te chuan an ei tir thei lo - i ding thei lo va, thih thlenga tihduhdah a nih lai i en thei lo. A tawpah chuan David Hawk man turin min rawn zawm ve dawn a ni. “Engtin nge i vawn tlat” Nick chuan a nui suk a. - Mumang nei â tak i ni, Colonel! i luruh chu a hring vek tawh. Hawk hian chawhmeh atan nangmah ang mi a ei thin! Kei, hmeichhia leh midang tam tak i that thei a, mahse Hawk hian a tawpah chuan a rawn thleng ang che.
  I hming chu a lehkhabu dum te tak te, Colonel-ah hian a awm a. Chu chu ka hmu ta. Nick chuan colonel-a boot polih tak pakhat chu a chil a chhak a. Colonel mitmeng dum chu a rawn eng chhuak a. A hmel dum chu zawi zawiin a sen ta vek mai. Luger chu a kut a phar a, mahse a che chu a chawlhsan ta a ni. "Holster kha Luger tan chuan a te lutuk. Nambu emaw, pistol tenau zawk dang emaw atana siam a ni. Luger hnute chu vun atanga hla takah a rawn chhuak a, rukbo turin a sawm a ni. Colonel chuan hmalam pan lehin Nick Carter chu a rawn bei lut ta a ni." a hmai chu .
  Nick chuan a roll lo, mahse hnaih a duh avangin hit chu a la ta a ni. A kut dinglam chu chak tak, even swing-in a han phar a. Ring bolt chu hiss nen arc-in a thlawk a, Colonel-a temple-ah chuan a tla thla ta a ni. A khup chu a buckled a, perfectly synchronized motion in a che tan ta. A kut veilam chuan colonel chu a man a, chain dangin a la inbun reng a, a kut hmawr leh a kekawrte hmangin hmêlma rilruah chuan vuakna rapthlak tak a pe ta a ni. Tunah chuan colonel ruang chuan a khuh ta vek a. A holster aṭangin pistol a la chhuak a, guard-te chu thil thleng an hriat hma pawhin a kap ṭan ta a ni. An zinga pahnih chu a that thei a, a dang pahnih chu thir kawngkhar lam pan chuan hmuh theih lohvin an bo thei ta a ni. A slam shut tih a hre ta. Ka duh angin a tha lo! Colonel chu rul man ang maiin a kuah a. Nick chuan a ke dinglam chunglam, a groin bulah chuan mittui tla na a hre ta a. He bitch hi a lo nung ta a, a chil chhak a tum a, awkward position atang chuan hnunglam hawiin a rawn beng ta a ni. Nick chuan Luger hmui chu colonel beng bulah a dah a, trigger chu a han hmet a. Colonel lu chu a kap lut ta a.
  Nick chuan ruang chu a thlak thla a. Thisen a chhuak a, mahse arterial output a awm lo. Hun engemaw chen a la nei. A ralthuam hman tawh chu a la a. Hugo chuan a rawn ti a. Amah ngeiin stiletto a nei! Nick chu a hawi let a, a ke chu brick column-ah chuan a phun a, a chakna nasa tak zawng zawng chu a chhungah a dah vek a. Ring bolt la awm chu a che a, a shift a, mahse a inpe lo. Hremhmun! Second engtik lai pawhin chu TV chu an en ang a, colonel chu a thi tawh tih an hmu ang. Rei vak lo chu a bânsan a, nula lam chu a hawi a. A khup a khup a, a mitmengah beiseina leh hriatthiamna nen a melh reng a. “Tommy gun,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Submachine gun - i hmu thei ang em? Ka lam hawiin nawr rawh. Faster, damn it!" Vengtu thi zinga pakhat chu lal fanu bulah chuan a mu a. A machine gun chu a bula leiah chuan a thlawk chhuak ta a. Nick chu a en a, chutah submachine gun chu a en a, mahse la turin engmah a ti lo. Killmaster chuan a rawn ti a. "Harh rawh, you damn whore! Move! He khawvela thil pakhat atan i tha tih finfiah rawh - chu silai chu hetah hian nawr rawh. Hmanhmawh rawh!" A au chhuak a, a nuihzat a, chuta tang chuan snap chhuah tumin a bei a. He machine gun hi a neih a ngai a ni. Ring bolt chu lak chhuah a tum leh a. A la chelh tlat a. Machine gun chu lei sir atanga a lam hawia a nawr lai chuan a rawn tla ta a. Tunah chuan a en a, a mitmeng dum chu finnain a rawn eng leh ta. Nick chuan silai chu a zawng ta a. "Hmeichhe tha tak!" A submachine gun chu brick arch-a innghat thlalakte chu a kap a, a kap ta a. A kap leh a, a chho leh a, thir leh glass ri leh ri bengchheng ri chu a hre ta a. A nui suk a. Hei hian an TV camera leh loudspeaker a enkawl tur a ni. Tunah chuan tuna a mitdel ang bawkin an mitdel tawh bawk. Lei lehlamah intluktlanna a ni ang. A ke chu brick post-ah chuan a nawr leh a, a tensed a, a kut pahnihin chain chu a man a, a hrual ta a. A hmaiah thisen kalna (veins) a rawn chhuak a, tendon lian tak tak a puak a, a thawk pawh hrehawm takin a thawkrim ta hle mai.
  Bolt ring la awm chu a rawn chhuak a, a tlu hnai. M3 chu a la a, girth lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. A rawn hnaih rual chuan hmalam kawngkhar ri chu a hre ta a. Lungpui chungah chuan eng emaw a zuang thla a. Nick chuan hmeichhe naupang lam chu a pan a, a taksa saruak lian tak chuan a khuh ta a. A nihna takah chuan an hmu ta a ni. Colonel chu a thi tawh tih an hria a. Chuvangin hengte hi ka grenade a ni. Grenade chu red light leh pop nuam lo takin a puak ta a ni. Nick chuan a hnuaiah hmeichhe saruak chu a khur tih a hria. Grenade fragment chuan a hnute chu a seh a. Damn it, a ti rilru a. Paperwork chu fill up rawh, Hawk! Column chungah chuan a innghat a, hnah thum kawngkhar atang chuan a kap ta a. Chu pa chu na takin a au chhuak a. Nick chuan machine gun chu a sen vek thlengin a kap chhunzawm zel a. A ralthuam a tlachham a, machine gun dang a zawng nghal a, chutah kawngka bulah chuan a tawp ber atan a kap ta a ni. Nula chungah chuan a chanve vel a la mu tih a hrechhuak ta. Vawikhatmah a reh ta hle mai. A hnuaiah chuan lal fanu chuan, “I hria em, i rit hle mai,” a ti a. “Sorry,” a nui suk a. "Mahse he lungphum hi kan neih zawng zawng a ni. Kan ṭhen darh a ngai. - Tunah hian eng nge thleng?" A melh zauh a. Mitthi zinga a tho leh lai chuan a sam dum chu a kut zungtang hmangin a hrual a tum a. Chatuan atan a nih a beisei. “Tunah hian eng thil nge thleng tih ka hre lo,” dik tak chuan a ti a.
  
  
  - Kan awmna pawh ka hre lo. Hei hi khawpui hnuaia khawi emaw laiah Portuguese dungeon hlui zinga mi niin ka hria. dozen engemaw zat an awm tur a ni. Kap zawng zawng hriat a nih theihna chance a awm - Portuguese police te pawhin min rawn zawng mai thei." Hei hian a tan hun rei tak chhung lung ina tan a ngai a ni. Hawk hian a tawpah chuan a chhuah dawn a, mahse hun a la duh dawn a ni. Tin, a tawpah chuan hmeichhe naupang chu an hmu dawn ta a ni .Hmeichhe naupang chuan a hrethiam a, “Ka beisei lo,” ngawi rengin a ti a, “heng zawng zawng a paltlang hnu hian. Portugal rama hruai kir leh a, fahrah enkawlna hmuna dah ka nih hi ka tuar thei lo." Chutiang chu a ni ang. Nick chuan Prince Askari hnen atanga he thawnthu hi a hriat chuan a dik tih a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Hemi chungchangah hian Portuguese sorkar official aiawh Luis da Gama hian inrawlhna nei ta se, rilru lam damdawi inah an thawn mai mai a rinawm. Nula chu a tap tan ta a. A kut bawlhhlawh chu Nick Carter chu a kuah a, a inhnukdawk ta a. "Min hruai tir suh Nick. Khawngaihin min hruai suh." Colonel Chun Li ruang chu a kawhhmuh a. "I that tih ka hmu a. Ngaihtuah nawn leh ngai lovin i ti a. Ka tan pawh chutiang bawk chuan i ti thei ang. Tiam rawh? Kan tlanbo thei lo a nih chuan Chinese emaw Portuguese emaw hian min man a nih chuan i that dawn tih tiam rawh." me. Khawngaihin." i tan chuan a awlsam dawn khawp mai. Keimah ngei pawhin tih ngamna ka nei lo. Nick chuan a kekawr bul hring chu a rawn fawp a. A thutiam siam tawh zawng zawng zinga mak ber pakhat a ni. A duh leh duh loh pawh a hre lo vawng reng tur leh vawn loh tur.
  “A dik e,” tiin a thlamuan a. "A dik e, baby. Thil a chhe lutuk chuan ka that ang che." Ngawi renga awm chu a nerve-ah a rawn lut tan ta. Thir kawngkhar chu tawi te te in a kap a, corridor chhunga silai mu ri leh ricochet ri chu a hre ta a. Tichuan kawngkhar chu a inhawng emaw, a chanve emaw a inhawng ta a. Tu emaw an awm em? A hre lo. An tlan tur laiin hun hlu tak an khawhral mai thei. Colonel a thih khan Chinese ho hi hun eng emaw chen an tlanchhia pawh a ni mai thei. He mipa hi pawl tlemte nen, elite nen an thawk dun a, order thar tur chuan echelon sang zawkah an kal a ngai dawn a ni. Killmaster chuan a rel ta a. An chanvo chu la in hetah hian an tlanchhia ang.
  Hmeichhe naupang chain chu post atang chuan a lo la chhuak tawh a. A ralthuam chu a check a. Machine gun chhungah chuan clip chanve vel a la awm. Nula chuan Luger leh stiletto a keng thei a... Nick chuan a ngaihtuah tha zawk a, colonel ruang lam pan chuan a tlan phei nghal a, a belt leh a holster chu a phelhsak a. A kawrfual hlim takah chuan a dah ta a. Luger chu a awmpui turin a duh a ni. - Nula chu a kut a han phar a. "Lo kal rawh, honey. Heta tang hian kan tlanchhia ang. Depression, i sawi fo angin Portuguese." Corridor-a silai hmehpuah ṭan a nih chuan thir kawngkhar chu an pan hnai a. Nick leh nula chu an ding a, kawngka pawn lama bang chu an inhnek a. Chumi hnuah chuan au thawm, au thawm leh grenade puak, chumi hnuah ngawi renga awm a ni.
  Kawngkhar lam pan chuan corridor-ah chuan fimkhur taka ke pen ri an hre ta a. Nick chuan nula hmuiah chuan a kut zungtang chu a nghat a. A lu a bu nghat a, a mitmeng dum chu a lian hle a, a hmel bawlhhlawh takah chuan hlauhawm tak a ni. Nick chuan machine gun hmui chu kawngka lam chu a kawhhmuh a, a kut chu trigger-ah a dah a. Corridor chhungah chuan an inhmu thei tur khawpin eng a awm a. Prince Askari chuan a Mozambican uniform dum, hrual, hrual leh thisen chhuak, a wig chu a sir khatah a nawr a, amber mitmengin a en a. A ha hrual zawng zawng chu nui chungin a lantir vek a. A kut pakhatah rifle a keng a, a kut pakhatah chuan pistol a keng bawk. A backpack chu a chanve zetin grenade a la khat a ni.
  An ngawi reng a. Mipa dum leonine mitmeng chuan an taksa saruak chu a rawn vak kual a, mitmeng khatah a la lut vek a. A mitmeng chu nula chungah chuan a awm reng a. Tichuan Nick chu a nui leh a. "Sorry ka tlai tawh, putar, mahse he stockade atanga ka chhuah theih nan hian hun a la ngai. Ka unau dum thenkhat chuan min pui a, he hmun hi khawiah nge a awm tih min hrilh a - ka theih ang tawkin ka lo kal a. A thupui chu ka miss niin a lang." , missed the most cheerful, eh." Hmeichhe naupang taksa chu a la enfiah reng a. A mitmeng chu a ti let leh a. Nick, a lo en reng chuan Prince mitmengah chuan engmah base a hmu lo. Approval chauh a ni. Prince chuan Nick lam a hawi leh a, a file a ni ha hlim takin a eng chhuak a. "Ka ti e, putar, in pahnih hian in insiamrem tawh em? Adama leh Evi ang khan?
  
  
  
  Bung 12-na
  
  
  
  
  KILLMASTER chu Blue Mandarin Hotel-a a khumah a mu a, ceiling lam chu a melh reng a. Pawnah chuan Typhoon Emali chuan chakna a nei tan a, darkar engemaw zat a hlauhawm hnuah foam-ah a chang ta a ni. Diabola thlipui na tak chuan an lo nghak reng tih a chiang ta. Nick chuan a darthlalang chu a melh a. Chawhnu. A ril a tam a, in tur a hmang thei a, mahse a rilru a hah lutuk a, a khat lutuk a, a che thei lo. Thil a kal tha hle mai. Macau atanga chhuah chu thil nuihzatthlak takin a awlsam a, a lungchhiatthlak hle mai. Prince chuan car te tak te, Renault vuakna chu a ru a, an pathum chuan an inkhung khawm a, Peha Point lam pan chuan an tlan chak hle a, chu hmeichhe naupang chuan lal fapa thisen chhuak kawrfual chu a ha a ni. Nick hian a kawr chhungah bandage chauh a bun a. Wild ride a ni - thli chuan car te tak te chu buh ang maiin a nawr kual vel a - mahse Point an thleng a, lungpui zinga an thup na hmunah chuan life jacket te chu an hmu ta a ni. Tuipui chu a sang hle a, mahse a sang lutuk lo. La ni lo. Junk chu a awmna tur hmunah chuan a awm ta. Nick, hmeichhe naupang chu towing - lal fapa chuan a duh a, mahse a ti thei lo - a life jacket pocket atang chuan racket te tak te a la chhuak a, chunglam hawiin a thawn ta a. Rocket sen chuan boruak thli tleh chu a rawn chei a. Minute nga hnuah junk chuan a rawn pickup ta a...
  Min, Tangara lawng khalhtu chuan, “Pathian zarah, kan lungngai em em a, ka pu.Darkar khat dang kan nghak lo maithei muangchangin in lamah la haw leh rawh.” An lo haw awlsam lo hle a, mahse an lo haw tha lo hle. Zing lamah chuan ramngaw hmun dangah an bo a, chu bawlhhlawh chu thlipui tleh chhuahna hmunah a chuang ta a ni. Nick-a chu SS-ho nen phone-ah an inbia a, a hote thenkhat chuan an lo nghak a. Blue Mandarin atanga Blue Mandarin lama inthlak chu thil awlsam leh hrehawm lo tak a ni a, attendant chuan ramsa ang maia lang mi pathum zingah hian thil mak tak a awm nia a hriat chuan a insum thin. Nick leh nula chuan Tangam atangin coolie thawmhnaw an loan a; Prince chuan engtin emaw tak chuan a uniform dum ruk chhuah atanga a la awm chu regal angin a lang thei ta a ni. Nick chuan a ti a, building chhunga thlipui tleh ri chu a ngaithla a. Prince chu corridor hnuai lam pan chuan room pakhatah a awm a, a muhil niin a lang. Nula chu a room bula a room-ah a lut a, khumah chuan a tlu a, a rilru a buai nghal. Nick chuan a khuh a, a kalsan ta a.
  
  
  Killmaster hian mutna engemaw zat a hmang thei. Rei lo teah a tho a, bathroom-ah a lut a, a rawn let leh a, cigarette a hal a, khumah chuan a thu a, a ngaihtuah a. Eng ang pawhin a hriatna chu a ti fiah viau nachungin a thawm chu a hre tak tak lo. Chu ai chuan, chu aw chuan a hriatna chu a rawn bei ta zawk a ni. Ngawi rengin a thu a, hriat chian a tum a. A chiang khawp mai. Window chu a rawn tlan chho ta a. Hriat duh lo mi pakhatin window a han chawi sang a. Nick chu a nui suk... A kekawr lian tak chu a thing nghal ringawt. A chanve chuan a sawi nawn leh a. Nula pindan kawngka lam pan chuan a rawn kik a. Reh. A rawn kik leh a. Chhanna a awm lo. Nick chuan step khat hnunglam a hawi a, a kekawr bul lo hmangin lock flimsy tak chu a kick ta a. Kawngkhar chu a rawn inhawng a. Room chu a khar vek a. A lu a bu nghat a. A sawi dik a ni. Bag pakhat chauh a la tih ngaihtuah lovin pindan chu a pel a, kawngkhar inhawng atang chuan a han hawi chhuak ta a. Thli chuan a hmaiah ruah a sur a. A mit a chhing a, a han en a. Kangmei chhuahna hmun chu vur leh thli tleh ruah sur blanket dum chuan a thup a ni. Nick chu window atang chuan a rawn inher thla a, a thaw halh a, a hawi let leh a. Master bedroom-ah a kir leh a, cigarette dang a hal leh a.
  KILLMASTER Rei vak lo chu a tisa chuan a hloh chu a hriat tir a, chutah chuan a nui nasa hle a, chu chu a theihnghilh tan ta a ni. Mahse, mi tam tak ta lal fanu ruang chu a tan ruahman a nih loh avangin thil mak tak a awm a ni. Chuvangin a kal tir rawh. AX guard chu a hnukkir leh ta a. Hawk nena an contract chu a hlen chhuak ta a, putar chuan hna bawlhhlawh dang atan a hmang leh dawn nia a ngaih chuan ngaihtuah nawn leh a ngai chauh a ni. Minute engemaw zat hnua phone a rawn ri chuan Nick chuan mak a ti vak lo.
  A la a, "Hello, Askey. Khawiah nge i awm?" Prince chuan, "Hei hi ka hrilh che ka ring lo, Nick. Ka sawi loh chuan a tha zawk ang. Princess Morgan chu ka bulah a awm a. Keini... kan innei dawn a ni, Putar. As soon." kan theih ang angin. Helna chungchang zawng zawng ka hrilhfiah vek a ni." leh chu zawng zawng chu, Portuguese mi a nih angin ram phatsan a tum tih te pawh. A la ti duh reng a ni. Kei pawhin chutiang bawk chuan ka ti ve bawk. Nick chuan a ti a, "Vanneihna ka duhsak che a ni Askey" "Mak i ti vak lo, putar: "Mitdel leh â ka ni lo, Aski."
  “Tunge a nih ka hria,” lal fapa chuan a ti a. "Lal fanu hnen atangin ka mamawh zawng zawng ka thlak vek dawn a ni. Thil pakhat chu keimah ang bawkin a ram mite pawh a hua a ni." Nick chu rei vak lo a inhnial a, chutah, “I hmang dawn em ni, Askey?” I hria em... - Ni lo, putar. A chhuak ta. Theihnghilh a ni. “Okay,” Killmaster chuan zawi te hian a ti a. - Awle, Asuka. Hetiang hian i hmu ang tih ka ring. Mahse, chu, uh, product chu engtin nge ni ang? Thutiam chanve chi khat ka siam che a ni. Wheel start turin min duh a... "Ni lo, mate. Singapore-ah contact dang ka nei leh a, kan honeymoon hmang turin chutah chuan awm rawh. Ka ruk theih... bungrua zawng zawng chu ka paih vek theiin ka hria." Lal fapa chu a nui suk a. Nick chuan ha hrual hrual hrual chu a ngaihtuah a, a nui ve bawk. A ti a. "Pathian, hetiang thil hi ka nei ngai lo. Minute khat tal nghak rawh Nick. Morgan hian biak che a duh a ni."
  A rawn chho a. Lady ang maiin a tawng leh ta. Amah chu pakhat a ni thei ngei ang, Nick chuan a ngaithla lai chuan a ti a. Ditch atang chuan a rawn let leh mai thei. Hei hi lal fapain a buaipui ngei a beisei. Nula chuan, “Ka hmu leh tawh ngai lo vang che,” a ti a. "Nick, ka tana i thil tih avangin lawmthu ka sawi duh che." "Engmah ka ti lo." "Mahse i ti - i ngaihtuah aia tam, i hriatthiam theih loh aia tam. Chuvangin - lawmthu ka sawi e." “A ngai lo,” a ti a. "Mahse, thil tha min ti rawh Prince... I hnar mawi tak kha tifai tum la, Prince hi mi tha tak a ni." - Ka hria. Aw, engtin nge hei hi ka hriat theih ang! Tichuan, a aw-ah chuan a la hriat ngai loh hlimna hrik kai thei tak nen, a nui suk a, “Ka tih tir tur chu a hrilh che em ni?” "Engnge?" "Ka hrilh ang che. Goodbye, Nick." Lal fapa chu a lo kir leh ta. “Ka ha chu tape-in min siam tir ang,” lungngaihna nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti a. "Ka sum tam tak sen a ngai dawn a ni, ka tiam a che. Ka operation hi a let hnih ka tihpun a ngai dawn a ni." Nick chu phone chhungah chuan a nui suk a. "Lo kal rawh, Askey. Cap hmanga hnathawh hian chutiang chuan a cover lo." "Damn it, an ti lo," Prince chuan a ti a. "Ka sipai sang nga tan? Entawn tur ka siam a. Ka kawr ka ha a nih chuan kawr an ha tihna a ni. Bye, putar. Monkey wrenches awm lo, eh? Thli a reh veleh chhuak nghal rawh." "No wrenches" Nick Carter chuan a ti a, "Pathian nen kal rawh" a phone chu a dah a.Khumah chuan a inbeng kang leh a, Princess Morgana da Gama chu a ngaihtuah leh a. Kum sawm leh pathum mi lek a nih laiin a pa uin a thlem a, pawngsual ni lovin, thlem a ni. Chewing gum and again .Thil thuruk tak, thuruk ber.Hmeichhe naupang kum sawm leh pathum mi tan chuan a va hlimawm tak em.Chutah chuan sawm leh pali. Tichuan sawm leh panga. Tichuan sawm leh paruk.He inngaizawng hi kum thum rei tak chhung a ni a, tumahin an hre lo .Tin, chu mi sual chu a va pa u a ni ngei ang, a tawpah chuan huatna chhinchhiahna a lantir tan a, incest dodalna a lantir tan ta a ni.
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Louis da Gama hi fapa bik tak a ni ngei ang. Hun a kal zel a, sorkar leh diplomatic circle-ah te a lo thang chho tan ta a ni. Nula chu a pa u ang bawkin a vengtu a ni. A sum bakah a naute taksa lithe tak chu a thunun bawk. Tin, chuti chung chuan hmeichhe naupang chu a kalsan thei lo. Hmeichhe naupang juicy tak chu mipa upa leh chau tak tak tan chuan thihna thlentu a ni. Exposure hlauhawmna chu nitin a lo pung zel a. Nick chuan a pa u buaina chu a na hle tih a hmu thei. Man, pholan, pillory-a chain-a khin - a farnu neihchhun nen kum thum chuang zet incestuous relationship! Hei hian engkim - vanneihna, hnathawhna, nun ngei pawh a tawp vek tihna a ni.
  Tunah chuan a thil tih hrethiam thei tawh hmeichhe naupang chuan thil thleng chu a ti chak ta hle a ni. Lisbon atangin a tlanchhia a. A pa u chuan thu a sawi dawn tih hlauvin a man a, Switzerland rama sanatorium-ah a dah ta a ni. Chutah chuan sodium pentathol hnuaiah a vak kual a, nurse thau fing tak chuan a hre ta a. Blackmail tih a ni. Hmeichhe naupang chu a tawpah chuan sanatorium aṭangin a tlanchhuak ta a ni - a dam chhunzawm mai mai a ni. A tawng lo. Nanny chungchang pawh a hre lo, a lo hre tawh a, a pa u chu ngawi reng turin a fuih tawh bawk. Nick Carter chuan a nui suk a. Chu pa chu a va thaw hah ber! Ka thawmhnaw hak a, ka pe ta a. Kum sawm leh pathum leh kum sawm leh paruk inkar Lolita i nih lai khan a hnua nun pangngai i neih theihna chance chu a tlem hle. Princess chu Portugal atanga hla takah a awm a, a chhuk chho ta zel a. Booze, ruihhlo, sex - chutiang chi chu a ni. Uncle chuan a nghak a, pawisa a pe ta a. Tunah chuan cabinet-ah a sang hle tawh a, hloh tur tam tak a nei ta. Tichuan a tawpah chuan Blacker chu film bawlhhlawh hralh turin a rawn kal a, Uncle chuan a chance chu a la ta a ni. Engtin emaw tak chuan hmeichhe naupang chu Portugal-ah hruai kir leh thei se, a â tih finfiah thei se, thup thei se, a chanchin chu tumahin an ring lo mai thei. Thusawi tur a awm mai thei, mahse a nghak chhuak thei. Campaign a tan ta a ni. A farnu hian khawvela Portugal hmel a tichhe niin a pawm. Nursing thiam tak a mamawh a, thil rethei tak. Portuguese intelligence nen an thawkdun tan a, mahse a chanchin chanve chauh a hrilh a ni. A sum chu a titawp ta a ni. Tihduhdahna nasa tak campaign chuan lal fanu chu Portugal ramah a hruai kir leh tan a, "convent"-ah tirh a ni ta a - chutiang chuan a thawnthu sawi emaw, a sawi theih emaw zawng zawng chu a titawp ta a ni.
  Zu, ruihhlo leh sex hian a tichhe niin a lang. Hmeichhe â chu tuin nge ring ang? Askey chuan a finna sang zawkin Portuguese finna a zawng chhuak a, thudik chu a tlu ta a ni. Portuguese sorkar laka concession siam tura nawr luih nan ralthuam angah a ngai a ni. A nihna takah chuan hman tumna nei lo ralthuam a ni. A nupui tur a ni. A hma aia a bawlhhlawh tawh chu a duh lo. Nick Carter chu a ding chhuak a, a cigarette chu ashtray chhungah chuan a timit ta a. A hmui a ti hup a. A pa u chu a chhuahsan dawn tih hriatna nuam lo tak a nei a - state leh kohhran chawimawina zawng zawng nen a thi mai thei. A pawi khawp mai. Ha hrual leh vawi khat Asuka-i thusawi kha a hrechhuak ta a: "Keimah ngeiin ka sa hi ka that ve thin!"
  Nick pawhin Johnny Egghead-a chu a thinlungah jade kutkawr paper knife a keng a, a hre reng bawk. Ka u chu home free a ni lo pawh a ni mai thei. A ni mai thei... A inchei a, thlipui chhungah chuan a chhuak ta a. Clerk leh lobby mawi takah chuan mi dangte chuan hlauthawng takin an en reng a. American lian tak chu thlipuiah a chhuak a nih chuan a â tak zet ang. A nihna takah chuan a beisei angin a chhe lo. Store chhinchhiahna, bawlhhlawh bawm leh thing ang chi thil thlawk te chu i fimkhur a ngai a, mahse hniam taka awm a, building te i kuah chuan a thlawh bo lo ang che. Mahse ruah sur chu thil danglam tak a ni a, kawngpui zau tak takah chuan gray wave a rawn inher chhuak a. Minute khat chhungin a hnim ta a. Tui lum a nih avangin Macau khawpui mucus chu a silfai tam zawk niin a hria. By some chance - chu chu a dik a ni - Wan Chai area-ah a inhmu leh ta a ni. Rat Fink bar atanga hla vak lovah. Inhumhimna a ni thei a, chu chu. He thu hi bialnu thar a neih lai khan a sawipui a. Thli chuan nasa takin a ti tla a, running gutters chhungah chuan a inzar pharh ta a ni. Nick chuan a rawn hruai nghal vat a, a ke sei mawi tak, a hnute a khat, a vun mawi tak leh a hmel chu a modest deuh tih a hmuchhuak. Hmeichhe disheveled tak chu a modest thei ang berin. Skirt tawi deuh a ha a, mini ni lo mahse, raincoat pawh a awm lo. Nick chuan hmeichhe hlauthawng tak chu a ding thei ta a. Kawngpui chu a khar a, mahse an tan erawh a ni lo.
  A nui suk a. A nui let leh a, a nuihzatthlak tak chu a rawn luhpui rual chuan a lum zual sauh sauh a. Thlipui na tak leh ruah sur nasa tak karah chuan an ding a. Nick Carter-a chuan, “Ka hriat dan chuan hei hi i thlipui hmasa ber a ni?” A sam luang chhuak chu a rawn man a. - Y-a ni. Fort Wayne-ah hian kan nei lo. American i ni em? Nick chuan a kun deuh a, Hawk-a'n "butter hi i kâah a hmin lo" tia a sawi fo ṭhin nuihzatna a pe a. Ka pui thei ang che em? A rilruah chuan a inhnek a. Thli chuan a kawr hnim takah chuan a innghat a, a ke tha, tha tak, tha tak, tha tak takah chuan a innghat tlat a ni. “Ka bo ta,” tiin a sawifiah a, chhuakin hmeichhe dangte chu kalsan a duh a, mahse thlipuiah chuan luh ka duh fo thin.” "Nang chu," Nick chuan a ti a, "ka thinlung ang chiaha romantic i ni. Thlipui kan insem ta ang u. In kan in hnuah, a dik e, kan inhriattir leh inbuatsaih theihna hun remchang kan nei bawk. Mitmeng dum lian tak a nei a. A hnar chu a inher a, a sam chu a tawi a, rangkachak a ni." A nui suk a: "Ka duh ka ring. Khawiah nge kan kal ang? Nick chuan kawngpui hnuai lam chu Rat Fink bar lam chu a kawhhmuh a.
  Lal fapa chu a ngaihtuah leh a, rei vak lovah, chutah a ngaihtuah leh ta a. “He hmun hi ka hre chiang hle mai,” a ti a. Darkar hnih leh in tur engemaw zat a in hnuah Nick chuan connection a tawp dawn tih a bet a, a hloh ta a, Hawk chuan a chhang nghal mai mai a, “Port chu forward a ni. Hna ropui tak i ti a ni” “ Ni e,” a ti a. Nick." "Ka ti a. Lehkhabu dum te tak teah hian hming dang a inziak a, huh?" "Open line-ah ni lovin," Hawk chuan a ti a. "Khawiah nge i awm? I lo kir leh thei a nih chuan kei 'd appreciate it. Harsatna tlem a awm a...” Hetah pawh hian harsatna tlem a awm a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. Primary school-ah zirtirtu a ni. Lehkha ka zir mek a. Ka pu, hmanraw hlui chu hmanlai tawh lo a ni tawh tih i hria em? Spot - nang Spot - hetah hian ka hmu Spot - Spot hi ui tha tak a ni - tunah chuan heng zawng zawng hi hun kal tawhah a awm tawh.
  Rei vak lo ngawi renga awm. Wire te chu mel tam tak a hum a. Hawk chuan: “A tha hle mai,” a ti a. Hna engmah i thawh leh theih hma chuan hei hi i system atang hian i paih chhuah a ngai tih ka ring. Mahse tunah hian khawiah nge i awm, hmanhmawh taka ka mamawh palh hlauh chuan?" "I ring ang em," Nick Carter chuan chau zet hian a zawt a, "Rat Fink Bar.
  Hawk: "Ka ring tlat mai." - Ni e ka pu. Tin, thlipui (typhoon) a ni bawk. Ni hnih emaw ni thum emaw chhung chu ka tang mai thei. Goodbye sir. "Mahse, Nick! Nghak rawh. Kei..." ...Min rawn call suh, Killmaster chuan nghet zet hian a ti a. - Ka call che.
  
  
  
  TAWP
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Operation Thla Rocket hmanga tihchhuah a ni
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Operation Thla Rocket hmanga tihchhuah a ni.
  
  
  
  Lev Shklovsky-a lehlin a ni
  
  
  
  Bung 1-na
  
  
  
  
  May 16 zing dar 6:10 a.m. khan countdown hnuhnung ber chu tan a ni.
  
  
  Flight director-te chu Houston, Texas leh Cape Kennedy, Florida-a an control panel hmaah lungngai takin an thu a. Leilung hi lawng zuitu lawng rual, deep space radio antenna network leh hovering communications satellite engemaw zatin a hual vel a ni. Khawvel pum huapa television chu Eastern Time zing dar 7:00 a.m. khan tan a ni a, he hun hi en turin hma taka thote chuan Houston-a Mission Control-a flight director-in, "All green and go" tia a puan chu an ngaithla a ni.
  
  
  Thla riat kalta khan Apollo spacecraft hi orbit-ah enchhin a lo ni tawh bawk. Thla ruk kalta khan lunar landing ship hian space test a paltlang tawh a ni. Chumi hnu thla hnih hnuah Saturn 5 rocket lian tak chu mihring awm lovin a debut leh ta a ni. Tunah chuan lunar lander section pathumte chu an inzawm khawm tawh a, an manned orbit hmasa ber atan an inpeih tawh a ni - Thla-a thlawh tak tak hmaa test hnuhnung ber a ni.
  
  
  Astronaut pathumte hian an ni chu medical checkup rang tak hmangin an ṭan a, chumi hnuah chawhmeh pangngaiah steak leh egg an ei leh a ni. Chumi hnuah chuan Jeep chu Merritt Island tia koh, sand leh brush hrual thim lo tak karah chuan an khalh a, space age hmasa lama thil hlui awmte—Mercury leh Gemini launch pad-te—chu an paltlang a, engtin emaw tak dam khawchhuak orange huan pakhat chu an paltlang ta a ni. 39, football field zau zawng chanve vel zeta zau concrete area lian tak a ni.
  
  
  Flight lo awm tur atana chief pilot chu Lieutenant Colonel Norwood "Woody" Liscomb a ni a, kum sawmli mi, sam dum leh ngawi renga awm, Mercury leh Gemini program-a veteran fimkhur leh serious tak a ni. Mi pathumte chu jeep atanga inbuatsaihna pindan lam pana an kal lai chuan launch pad chunga haze lo awm chu a melh a. “Perfect,” Texas drawl zawi zawiin a ti a. "Hei hian thlawhna thlawh chhuah laiin ni êng laka kan mit a humhim thei dawn a ni."
  
  
  A teammate te chuan an lu an bu nghat a. Twins veteran ni bawk Lt. Col. Ted Green chuan bandana sen rawng hrang hrang a la chhuak a, a hmui chu a hrufai a. “Kum sawmkua vel kha a ni ngei ang,” a ti a. "A lum zual chuan olive oil min paih mai mai thei."
  
  
  Navy Commander Doug Albers chu hlauthawng zet hian a nui a. Boyishly serious, kum sawmthum leh pahnih a nih laiin team member naupang ber a ni a, space-a la kal lo awmchhun a ni.
  
  
  Inbuatsaihna pindan chhungah chuan astronaut-te chuan mission briefing hnuhnung ber an ngaithla a, chutah chuan an spacesuit an ha a.
  
  
  Launch complex-ah hian launch pad-a thawkte chuan Saturn 5 rocket-ah hian fuel an dah tan a. Temperature sang tak avang hian fuel leh oxidizer te chu a tlangpui aia temperature hniam zawkah tihlum a ngai a, minute sawm leh pahnih hnuah hna thawh zawh a ni.
  
  
  An chungah chuan, chhawng sawmnga leh panga zeta sang gantry elevator chung berah chuan Connelly Aviation technician mi panga awmna team chuan ton sawmthum zeta rit Apollo capsule chu final check an zo chauh a ni. Sacramento-a Connelly hi NASA-in dollar tluklehdingawn 23 senga project a thawhpui ber a ni a, Kennedy-a lunar port-a thawktu zinga zaa riat ṭha tak chu California aerospace firm-a thawk an ni.
  
  
  Portal Chief Pat Hammer, mipa lian tak, hmai square tak, overall dum ha, baseball cap dum leh frameless hexagonal Polaroids ha chu a team nen Apollo capsule leh service tower inthenna catwalk an pelh lai chuan a ngawi reng a. “Nangni ho kha kal zel rawh u,” a ti a. "Ka han en leh dawn a ni."
  
  
  Crew pakhat chu a hawi let a, a lu a thing nghal ringawt. “I bulah hian launches sawmnga kan nei tawh a, Pat,” a ti a, “mahse, i hlauthawng ka la hmu ngai lo,” a ti a.
  
  
  "I fimkhur lutuk thei lo," Hammer chuan pod chhungah chuan a chho leh ta a.
  
  
  Cabin chhung chu a han en kual a, instrument, dial, switch, light leh toggle switch te maze chu a kal kual a. Tichuan, a duhzawng chu a hmuh chuan rang takin dinglamah a kal a, a ke paliah chuan a tla thla a, astronaut-te sofa hnuaiah chuan vault kawngka hnuaia wire bundle tlan chu a pan ta a.
  
  
  Polaroids chu a phelh a, a hip pocket atang chuan savun case a la a, a hawng a, rimless glasses awlsam tak a ha a. A hnunglam pocket atang chuan asbestos gloves pahnih a la chhuak a, a lu bulah chuan a dah ta a. A kut dinglam kut zungtang pahnihna leh pathumna atang chuan wire cutter pahnih leh file pakhat chu a la chhuak a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan a thaw chhuak nasa hle a, a hmaiah chuan thawmhnaw hrui hring a rawn luang lut tan ta a. Gloves a bun a, uluk takin wire chu a thlang a, a then chu a tan ta a. Chumi hnuah chuan cutter-te chu a dah thla a, Teflon insulation rit tak chu a phelh tan a, chu chu inch khat aia tam copper hrual eng mawi tak tak a lo lang chhuak ta a ni. Thread pakhat chu a saw chhuak a, a phelh a, ECS tubing thenkhata solder joint atanga inches thum vela hlaah a ben a...
  
  
  Astronaut-te hian Complex 39-a concrete platform-ah hian lunar space suit rit tak tak ha chungin an kal a ni. Crew thenkhat kut inthlak turin an ding a, Colonel Liscombe chuan an zinga pakhatin kitchen match feet thum vela sei model a pek lai chuan a nui suk a. "I inpeih hunah Colonel," technician chuan a ti a, "I hit it on the."
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehlin chi hrang hrang
  
  
  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  rough surface a ni. Kan missile te hian a bak chu a ti vek ang".
  
  
  Liscomb leh astronaut dangte chuan an lu an bu nghat a, an faceplate hmangin an nui suk a, chutah portal elevator lam pan chuan an kal a, rang takin spaceship level-a sterilized "white room"-ah chuan an chho ta a ni.
  
  
  Capsule chhungah hian Pat Hammer hian environmental control tubing solder joint a file zo chauh a ni. Rang takin a hmanrua leh kutkawrte chu a la khawm a, sofa hnuai atang chuan a rawn tlan chhuak ta a. Open hatch atang chuan astronauts te chu “white room” atang chuan an rawn chhuak a, feet sawmhnih zeta sei bridge chu an paltlang a, capsule stainless steel body lam pan chuan an kal ta a ni.
  
  
  Hammer chu a ding chhuak a, hmanhmawh takin a gloves chu a hnunglam pocket-ah a thun lut ta a. Hatch atanga a chhuah rual chuan a hmuiah chuan nuihzatna a rawn nawr luih luih a. “A tha vek e, tlangvalte u,” a ti a. "Thuzinna tha tak hmang rawh."
  
  
  Colonel Liscombe chu a ding nghal a, a lam chu a hawi ta a. Hammer chu a flinch a, hmuh theih loh vuakna chu a dodging. Mahse astronaut chuan a nui suk a, match lian tak a pe a. Faceplate hnung lama a hmui chu a che a, "Hetah hian i kal ang, Pat, nakin lawkah mei i chhuah duh hunah," a ti a.
  
  
  Hummer chu a kut veilam ah match kengin a ding a, astronaut pathumte chuan a kut an vawn a, hatch atanga an chhoh lai chuan a hmelah nuihzatna a plaster a.
  
  
  An silver nylon suit chu environment control system-ah an thlunzawm a, an sofa-ah chuan an mu a, an chunga pressure lo awm tur chu an nghak a. Command Pilot Liscombe chu flight control console hnuaiah veilamah a inzar pharh a. Green, navigator atana ruat chu a laiah a awm a, Albers chu dinglamah a awm a, chutah chuan inbiakpawhna hmanrua te chu a awm a ni.
  
  
  Zing dar 7:50 ah pressure siam zawh a ni. Airtight double hatch cover te chu sealed a ni a, spacecraft chhunga boruak chu oxygen-in a khat a, square inch khatah pound sawm leh paruk thlengin a tipung a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan routine hriat lar tak chu a intan ta a, darkar nga chuang zet run-through tawp nei lo chipchiar tak a ni.
  
  
  Second li leh a chanve hnuah countdown chu vawi hnih a tawp a, vawi hnih chu "glitches" tenau vang a ni. Tichuan, minus minute sawm leh pali countdown-ah chuan procedure chu tihtawp leh a ni ta a - tun ṭumah hian spacecraft leh operations center-a technician-te inbiakpawhna inzawmnaah static interference a awm vang a ni. A clear chuan countdown scenario chu a chhunzawm ta a ni. A dawt leh tur chuan electrical hmanrua thlak danglam leh lawnga environment control system-a coolant hman thin glycol check a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Commander Albers chuan 11-CT tih ziak switch chu a han hmet a. Switch atanga pulse lo chhuak chu wire chhungah a kal a, Teflon insulation lakchhuahna hmun chu a tikhawlo ta a ni. Step hnih hnuah Colonel Liscombe-a chuan pipeline dang hmangin kang thei ethylene glycol thawn chhuaktu valve chu a herh a—chu chu uluk taka kalpui tawh solder joint hmangin a thawn bawk a ni. Glycol tla hmasa ber chu wire hring, a lum lutuk chunga a tlak meuh chuan Apollo AS-906-a chuang mi pathumte tan chatuan vur a inhawng hun a ni.
  
  
  Dar 12:01:04 Est-ah pad 39-a television screen entu technician-te chuan cockpit dinglamah Commander Albers-a sofa vel chu meialh a puak tih an hmu a.
  
  
  Dar 12:01:14 velah chuan capsule chhung atang chuan aw a rawn chhuak a: “Spacecraft chhungah hian mei a awm!”
  
  
  Dar 12:01:20 khan television-a entute chuan Colonel Liscombe-a chu a seat belt aṭanga chhuah tumin a bei nasa hle tih an hmu a. A sofa atang chuan hmalam a hawi a, a dinglam chu a han en a. Aw pakhat, a ta nia ngaih chuan: “Pipe chu a cut... Glycol a leak...” (A bak zawng chu a distort tawh).
  
  
  Dar 12:01:28 velah Lieutenant Commander Albers-a telemetric pulse chu nasa takin a zuang thla a. Meialhin a khuh tih hmuh theih a ni. A aw ni tur chuan, "Hetah hian min chhuah tir rawh... kan kang ta..." tiin a au chhuak a.
  
  
  Dar 12:01:29 khan mei bang a rawn chhuak a, hmuh theih lohvin hmun chu a khuh bo ta a ni. Television monitor te chu a thim ta vek mai. Cabin pressure leh heat a pung chak hle. Thuchah chiang tak dang dawng lo mah se, hrehawm tawrhna au thawm hriat a ni lo.
  
  
  Dar 12:01:32 khan cabin pressure chu square inch khatah pound sawmhnih leh pakua a tling ta a ni. Spaceship chu pressure vangin a tichhia a ni. Lawng kawngkhar level-a ding technician-te chuan mitdelna (blinding flash) an hmu a. Capsule atang chuan meikhu nasa tak a rawn chhuak tan ta a. Portal crew member-te chu lawng lam panna catwalk-ah chuan an tlan phei a, beidawng takin hatch cover chu hawn tumin an bei a. Khua lum leh meikhu nasa takin a hruai kir leh ta a ni.
  
  
  Capsule chhungah chuan thlipui na tak a rawn thawk chhuak a. Thli lum dum chuan a gap chhungah chuan a rawn ri chhuak a, astronaut-te chu meipui êng tak cocoon-ah a khuh a, degree sang hnih aia lumna hmuna insect ang maiin a ti hrual a.
  
  
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  Pindan thim takah chuan aw pakhat chuan, "Portal commander ngaihtuahna rang tak chuan a aia nasa zawka thil rapthlak tak chu a veng thei a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Screen-ah chuan thlalak pakhat a rawn lang a, Hammer chuan a hmel ngei chu a en reng tih a hmuchhuak. “Hei hi Patrick J. Hammer a ni,” tiin television news commentator chuan a sawi chhunzawm a, “Connelly Aviation-a technician, kum sawmli leh pariat mi, fa pathum nei, midangte chu hlauthawng taka an vawt laiin, control button chu hmet ngamna a nei a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehlin chi hrang hrang
  
  
  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  hei hian evacuation system a tichhuak a ni..."
  
  
  "En teh! En teh! Pa a ni!" - A hnung lama thim zingah chuan sual nei lo aw thianghlim tak tak a ri a. Hammer chuan a ti a. Chu pindan chhung chu automatic in a han hawi kual a, kawngkhar pahnih nei leh curtain hrual chu a enfiah a. A nupuiin: "Ngawi teh u, naupangte u. Ngaithla ila..." a tih chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan TV commentator chuan Apollo-Saturn 5 spacecraft diagram a kawhhmuh ta a ni. "Evacuation system hi parachute hmanga capsule hi paih chhuah theihna tura duan a ni a, kahchhuah laiin emergency a awm chuan off-site-ah a tla thla thin. Astronaut-te tih loh chu Humvee-a ngaihtuahna rang tak avangin capsule chhunga kangmei chu third stage rocket-ah a darh thei lo a ni," a ti below the lunar module.A darh ta se chuan kangmei nasa tak a awm ngei ang Kerosene leh liquid oxygen thianghlim gallon maktaduai riat leh a chanve chuan Kennedy Space Center pumpui a tichhia ang a, chubakah a chhehvel Port Canaveral, Cocoa Beach leh Rockledge chuan... " .
  
  
  "Mommy, ka chau tawh. Kan muhil ang." Chumi Zirtawpni chuan a fapa naupang ber Timmy chu kum li a tling ta a ni.
  
  
  Hammer chuan hmalam a pan a, a Cocoa Beach bungalow living room buai takah chuan television chu a en reng a. A rimless glasses chu a eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Ka hmaiah chuan thawmhnaw a rawn lang ta. A mit chu beidawng takin television commentator hmelah chuan a innghat a, mahse Colonel Liscombe a ni a, nui chungin a en a, match a pe a ni.
  
  
  Thir lum leh paint rim bawlhhlawh chuan pindan chu a rawn luah khat ta vek a. Bangte chu blister lian tak ang maiin a lam hawiin a innghat a. Meialh lian tak a rawn inzar pharh a, Liscombe hmel chu a mit hmaah a lo hmin vek a, sa charred, frying flesh chauh a awm a, blisters-in a khuh a, mit chu calcified skull chhungah a puak darh a, ruh kang rim a nam bawk.
  
  
  "Pat, eng thil nge thleng?"
  
  
  A nupui chu a chungah a innghat a, a hmel chu a dum a, a inhmeh hle bawk. A au chhuak ngei ang. A lu a thing nghut a. “Engmah lo,” a ti a. A hre lo. A hrilh thei ngai lo.
  
  
  Vawikhatmah phone a rawn ri ta a. A zuang thla a. He thil hi zankhuain a lo nghak tawh a ni. "Ka hrethiam ang," a ti a. Commentator pakhat chuan, "He thil rapthlak tak thleng aṭanga darkar 9 hnuah pawh chhuitute chuan charred wreckage hi an la sifting chhunzawm zel a ni..." tiin a sawi.
  
  
  Hammer-a boss, Pete Rand, launch crew hotu a ni. “I rawn lut a tha zawk, Pat,” a ti a. A aw chu a nuihzatthlak hle mai. "Zawhna pahnih khat ka nei a..."
  
  
  Hammer chuan a lu a bu nghat a, a mit a chhing a. Hun rei lo te chauh a ni. Colonel Liscombe chuan: "Pipe chu a cut tawh a ni," tiin a au chhuak a. Cut, chhe lo, Hammer chuan a chhan a hre chiang hle a, a Polaroid glasses chu solder leh Teflon shavings bula dahna case chu a hmu thei.
  
  
  American tha tak a ni a, kum sawm leh panga chhung zet Connelly Aviation-ah hnathawk rinawm tak a ni. A thawkrim hle a, rank hrang hrangah a kai chho a, a hnathawh chu a chhuang hle. A hnathawhnaah hian space-a kal astronaut-te chu milem a siamsak a ni. Tin, chutah chuan - a chhungte a hmangaih avangin - mi harsa, venhim lohte khawtlang zingah a tel ta a ni.
  
  
  "Ni e, engkim a tha vek." Hammer chuan ngawi rengin hetiang hian a sawi a, a hmui chu a kut chuan a khuh a. "Ka sawi duh a ni. Mahse tanpuina ka mamawh. Police venhimna ka mamawh."
  
  
  A tawp lehlama aw chu mak a tih hmel hle. "Okay, Pat, a dik e. A ruahman theih bawk."
  
  
  Hammer chuan, "Ka nupui leh ka fate humhim turin ka duh a ni," a ti. "An lo thlen hma chuan in atang hian ka chhuak lovang."
  
  
  A phone chu a dah a, a ding chhuak a, a kut chu a ti nghing a. Hlauhna rang tak chuan a pum chu a ti na hle. Thutiam a siam - mahse kawng dang a awm lo. A nupui chu a en a. Timmy chu a kawngah a muhil ta a. Chu naupang sam dum tousled tak chu sofa leh a elbow inkar ah a inkhung tih a hmu a. “Hnathawh turin min duh a ni,” a ti chiang lo hle. "Ka rawn lut a ngai."
  
  
  Kawngkhar bell muffled chu a rawn ri ta a. "Hetih darkar hian?" A ti a. "Tunge ni thei ang?"
  
  
  "Police te chu rawn lut turin ka ngen a."
  
  
  "Sipai?"
  
  
  Hlauhnain hun a tihhniam dan hi a mak khawp mai. Minute khat pawh a tling lo, phone-a inbia ang maiin a lang. Tukverh lam pan chuan fimkhur takin blinds chu a hawng a. Kawngpui sira sedan dum chu a chung lamah light a awm a, a sir lamah whip antenna a awm bawk. Verandah-a mi pathumte chu uniform ha chungin an hip-ah silai an bun a. Kawngkhar chu a hawng a.
  
  
  A hmasa ber chu a lian a, ni zung ang maia sen, carrot-blond sam chu a hnunglam a hrual a, a hmelah chuan friendly nuihza a lang bawk. Kawr dum, bow tie leh riding breeches a ha a, a kut hnuaiah chuan venhimna helmet dum a keng bawk. “Hello,” a ti a. "I hming chu Hammer a ni em?" Hammer chuan form chu a en a. A hre lo. “District officer kan ni,” tiin sam dum chuan a sawifiah a. "NASA mite khan min rawn call a..."
  
  
  "Aw, a tha e, a tha e." Hammer chuan anmahni luh tir turin a rawn pen chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Sam dum hnunglam chiah mipa chu a tawi a, a hring a, a dum a, a mitmeng chu thihpui ang maia dum a ni. A kawngah hliam thuk tak chuan a hual vel a. A kut dinglam chu towel-in a khuh a. Hammer chuan alarm nghal zet hian a en a. Chutah chuan gasoline gallon nga zeta rit drum pakhat chu officer pathumnain a lo vawn lai chu a hmu ta a ni. A mitmeng chu chu pa hmelah chuan a rawn inher chhuak a. A hmui a rawn inhawng a. Chutih lai tak chuan a thi tan tawh tih a hre ta. Crash helmet dum hnuaia features te chu a flat a, cheekbones sang tak leh mit slanted tak a ni.
  
  
  Syringe chu sam dum kut ah a awm
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  boruak chhuak chhuak tlemte nen chuan needle sei tak chu a chhuah chhuak ta a. Hammer chuan hrehawm leh mak tih hmel zet hian a rawn ti nghut a. A kut veilam chuan a kut chu a phar a, a kut zungtang chuan a taksa ruh hrehawm tak zinga hrehawmna nasa tak lo awm chu a rawn man a. Tichuan zawi zawiin hmalam pan chuan a tlu ta a.
  
  
  Nupui chu a au chhuak a, sofa atang chuan tho chhuah a tum a. A kawngah hliam tuar chu savawm ang maiin pindan chhung chu a kal kual a, a hmui chu a hnim a, a eng chhuak bawk. Towel atang chuan razor tenawm tak a rawn chhuak a. Blade a rawn eng chuan naupangte chu a rawn pan nghal zat a. A beng bulah thisen a rawn luang chhuak a, a au thawm chu a titawp ta a ni. Naupangte chu an harh kim lo. An mit chu a meng reng a, mahse mutnain a la khuh reng thung. Rang takin, ngawi rengin, insualna nei lovin an thi ta a ni.
  
  
  Mi pathumna chu choka lam pan chuan a kal nghal a. Oven chu a hawng a, gas chu a on a, step atang chuan thlipui tleh chhuahna hmunah chuan a kal ta a. A lo haw chuan gasoline barrel chu a hring vek tawh a.
  
  
  Redhead chuan Hammer-a kut atang chuan needle chu a la chhuak a, a pocket-ah a dah ta a. Tunah chuan sofa-ah chuan a hruai a, Hammer-a kut dinglam kut zungtang nunna nei lo chu a hnuaia thisen chhuak rang takah chuan a thun a, bungalow bang dum chungah chuan a kut zungtang chu a tlanpui ta a.
  
  
  Lehkha tlemte a ziah apiangin thisen thara a kut zungtang thun turin a chawl thin. Message a zawh chuan midang pahnih chuan an en a, an lu an bu nghat a. A kawngah hliam tuar chuan thisen chhuak razor kut chu Hammer-a kut dinglamah a nawr a, an pathum chuan kitchen chhungah chuan an phur lut ta a. A lu chu oven inhawng takah chuan an dah a, a vawi khatna atan an hawi kual a, chutah kawngkhar hma lam atang chuan an chhuak ta a, mi hnuhnung ber chuan lock latch chu a click a, chu chuan in chhung atang chuan a khar ta a ni.
  
  
  Operation zawng zawng hi minute thum pawh a tling lo.
  Bung 2-na
  
  
  
  
  Nicholas J. Huntington Carter, N3 for AX chuan a elbow-ah a innghat a, a bula sand-a mu, ni zungin a fawh thin sam dum mawi tak chu a en a.
  
  
  A vun chu tobacco brown a ni a, bikini sen hring hring a ha bawk. A lipstick chu pink a ni. A ke sei tak, sei tak, hip round leh nghet tak a nei a, a bikini V-neck round tak chuan a en reng a, a hnute chhuanawm tak, cup tight tak tak ha chu mit pahnih dang a ni.
  
  
  A hming chu Cynthia a ni a, Florida khuaa piang a ni a, khualzin chanchin zawng zawnga hmeichhe naupang a ni. Nick chuan Cindy tiin a ko a, Nick chu "Sam Harmon" tiin a hria a, Chevy Chase, Maryland atanga admiralty lawyer a ni. "Sam" chu Miami Beach-a chawlh a hman apiangin an inkhawm fo thin.
  
  
  A mit khap hnuaiah leh ni lum tak atang chuan a hmuiah chuan thawmhnaw hnim hring a rawn lang a. A en reng tih a hria a, a mitmeng hnim chu a rawn inhawng a; mit sen hring, lian leh hla tak chuan hla tak hriat duhna nen a mitmeng chu a en a.
  
  
  "He sa half-baked display vulgar display hi kan pumpelh theih nan eng nge i sawi?" - A nui suk a, a ha var chu a rawn lang chhuak ta.
  
  
  "Eng nge i rilruah a awm?" - a dodal a. A hmui kil khatah chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a rawn lang a.
  
  
  "Kan pahnih hian, kanmah chauhin, room sawm leh pahnih-riat-ah kan kir leh ta."
  
  
  A mitmengah chuan phurna a lo lian tan ta. "Leh?" a ti muangchang a. A mitmeng chu a taksa dum, taksa ruh hring dup chungah chuan lum takin a vak kual a. "Okay, yeah, chu chu a tha khawp mai...."
  
  
  An chungah chuan thlalak a rawn tla nghal a. Chu aw chuan, "Mr. Harmon?"
  
  
  Nick chu a hnungzang chungah chuan a rawn inher a. Funeral mi pakhat, silhouette dum ha chu a chungah a bawkkhup a, van hmun thenkhat chu a block ta a ni. "Phone hmangin an zawng che a ni, ka pu. Blue entrance-ah chuan number ruk ah."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a, bell captain-a kawppui chu a kal ta a, zawi zawiin, fimkhur takin a Oxford dum êng chu humhim turin a kal a, chu chu tuipui kama rawng hrang hrang buaina karah thihna chhinchhiahna thim tak ang mai a ni. Nick chu a ding chhuak a. “Minute khat chauh ka awm ang,” a ti a, mahse a ring lo.
  
  
  "Sam Harmon" hian thian a nei lo va, chhungte a nei lo va, mahni nun a nei lo. Mi pakhat chauhvin a awmna a hre a, tun dinhmunah hian Miami Beach-ah a awm tih a hria a, he hotel bik ah hian, kum hnih chuang chhunga a chawlh hmasak ber kar hnihnaah a awm tih a hria. Washington atanga lo kal putar cool tak.
  
  
  Nick chu sand chu a paltlang a, Surfway Hotel luhna lam chu a pan ta a. Mi lian tak, a hip te tak te leh a ke zau tak, athlete mit muang tak, harsatna hrang hranga a nun hlan thin a ni. Hmeichhe mit chuan sunglass hnunglam chu a en a, result chu a khaikhawm a. Sam dum sei tak, thunun theih loh deuh. Profile ṭha famkim tak mai. Mit leh hmui kil khatah nuihzatna line a awm. Hmeichhe mitmeng chuan an thil hmuh chu duhin a zui a, tlang takin an ngaihven hle. Chu taksa sinewy, tapering tak takah chuan phurna leh hlauhawmna thutiam a awm a.
  
  
  "Sam Harmon" chu Nick-a lakah chuan a ke a pen apiangin a tla thla ta vek a. Ni riat chhunga hmangaihna, nuihzatthlak leh thawhrimna chu step khat hnu step khatin a bo vek a, hotel chhung lam lum leh thim tak a thlen meuh chuan a hnathawh dan pangngai a ni ta - Special Agent Nick Carter, chief operative of AX, America’s top-secret counterintelligence agency a ni.
  
  
  Telephone-te chu kawngkhar dum veilamah chuan bang-ah sawm inzawmin an ding a, an inkarah chuan soundproof partition a awm bawk. Nick chu number ruk ah a kal a, phone chu a la a. "Harmon a awm tawh."
  
  
  "Hey ka fapa, ka paltlang mai mai. I awm dan ka en ang tih ka ngaihtuah."
  
  
  Nick mitmeng thim tak chu
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  mitmeng a ti sang. Hawk - line inhawng takah. Mak tak maiin number one a ni. Hetah hian Florida-ah hian. Mak tihna number hnihna. "Engkim a tha vek e, ka pu. Hun rei tak hnua chawlh hmasa ber," awmze nei takin a ti leh a.
  
  
  "A ropui, ropui tak." AX hotu chuan he thu hi a ziarang nei lo takin a sawi a ni. "Dinner ei turin i zalen em?" Nick chuan a darthlalang chu a melh a. Dar 16:00 ah? Sava upa chak tak chuan a ngaihtuahna chu a chhiar chhuak ta niin a lang. “Palm Beach i thlen hunah chuan zanriah ei hun a ni tawh ang,” a ti bawk. "The Bali Hai, Worth Avenue. Chaw ei tur chu Polynesian-Chinese a ni a, head waiter hming chu Don Lee a ni. Mr. Bird nen chaw kan ei dun tih hrilh mai rawh. Fivish chu a tha. In tur hun kan nei ang."
  
  
  Mak tak maiin number pathumna. Hawk hian steak leh potato-ah a innghat tlat a. Khawchhak lam chaw a huat em em a. "Okay," Nick chuan a ti a. "Mahse, ka inkhawm theih nan hun ka mamawh. I call kha a ni zawk... beisei loh tak a ni."
  
  
  "Hmeichhe naupang chu hriattir a ni tawh." Hawk aw chu rang takin a hrual a, matter-of-fact a lo ni ta a. "Beisei loh takin sumdawnna avanga koh i nih thu an hrilh a. I suitcase chu a khat vek a, car chhungah chuan i kawngpui thawmhnaw chu hmalam seat-ah a awm a. Front desk-ah i check out tawh a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu chutiang zawng zawng chu duhthusam a nih avangin a thinrim ta hle mai. “Ka cigarette leh sunglass te chu tuipui kamah ka dah a,” a ti nghal zat. "Ka neih chuan pawi i ti em?"
  
  
  "Glove compartment-ah i hmu ang. Ka la a, chanchinbu i chhiar lo em ni?"
  
  
  "Aih." Nick chuan pawi a ti lo. Vacation a ngaihtuah dan chu nitin nun rimchhia atanga taksa detoxify a ni. Heng rulhut zingah hian chanchinbu, radio, television - pawn lam atanga thuthang thlen thei eng pawh a tel.
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan car radio kha on turin ka rawt a che,” Hawk chuan a ti a, N3 chuan a aw atang chuan thil pawi tak a thleng tih a hre thei.
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Lamborghini 350 GT chu gearbox kaltlangin a sawn a. Traffic nasa tak chuan Miami lam a pan a, US 1 a chanve chu a tam zawk chu amah chauhin a vawng tlat a ni. Surfside, Hollywood leh Boca Raton kal tlangin hmar lam pan chuan a tlan chak hle a, motel, gas station leh thei tui dahna hmun tawp nei lo chu a paltlang ta a ni.
  
  
  Radio-ah chuan engmah dang a awm lo. Indona puan ang mai a ni a, president thi ang mai a ni. Ramin a astronaut tlu tawhte a chawimawi avangin regular programme zawng zawng chu tihtawp a ni.
  
  
  Nick hian West Palm Beach-a Kennedy Causeway-ah a inher a, veilamah Ocean Boulevard-ah a hawi a, hmar lam panin Worth Avenue lam a pan a, khawpui entuten "platinum watering hole" an tih kawngpui lian ber a ni.
  
  
  A hrethiam thei lo. Engvangin nge AX hotu hian meeting neihna tur Palm Beach hi a thlan? Engvangin nge Bali Hai? Nick chuan he hmun chungchanga a hriat zawng zawng chu a enfiah vek a. America rama restaurant exclusive ber nia sawi a ni. Social registry-ah i hming a awm lo a nih chuan, emaw, fabulously hausa, ramdang mi pawimawh, senator, State Department official sang tak i nih loh chuan i theihnghilh ve mai thei bawk. I lut lovang
  
  
  Nick chuan dinglamah Street of Expensive Dreams lam chu a hawi a, Carder’s leh Van Cleef & Arpels tualchhung branch te chu an display case te tak te, Kohinoor diamond ang maia lian lung hmanga siam te nen chuan a paltlang a. Bali Hai Hotel hi Colony Hotel hlui mawi tak leh tuipui kama awm a ni a, pineapple rind ang maia chei a ni.
  
  
  Attendant chuan a car chu a phur bo a, head waiter chuan "Mr. Bird" tih a nih chuan zah lo takin a kun a. “Aw ni e, Mr. Harmon, beisei i ni,” a ti muangchang a. "Min zui dawn a nih chuan khawngaihin."
  
  
  Leopard-striped banquette-ah chuan putar thau tak, rustic ang maia lang, mitmeng dup tak thutna dawhkan pakhatah chuan an hruai a. Nick rawn hnaih rual chuan Hawk chu a ding chhuak a, a kut chu a rawn phar chhuak a. "Ka fapa, i tih theih avangin ka lawm e." A nghing deuh niin a lang. "Thu rawh, thu rawh." Captain chuan table chu a la chhuak a, Nick chuan a ti chhuak ta a. "Vodka martini?" - Hawk chuan a ti a. "Kan thianpa Don Lee hian theihtawp a chhuah a ni." Head waiter kut chu a rawn fawp a.
  
  
  Lee chuan a ti beam a. "I rawngbawl hi a nuam fo thin, Mr. Bird." Hawaii Chinese tlangval, dimples nei, tuxedo ha, a kawngah ribbon eng tak vuah a ni. A nui suk a, “Mahse kar hmasa khan General Sweet chuan vermouth industry agent-ah min puh a ni,” a ti bawk.
  
  
  Hawk chu a nui suk a. "Dick hi a bore fo thin."
  
  
  “Whisky chu ka la ang,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Lungpui chungah chuan." Restaurant chhung chu a han en kual vel a. Table level thlengin bamboo panel-in a line a, wall-to-wall mirroring leh table tinah hammered pineapples a awm bawk. A tawp khatah chuan sakawr kephah ang maia siam bar a awm a, a hnungah chuan glass-a khuh chu discotheque a awm a - tunah chuan Rolls-Royce set-a Golden Youth awmna hmun "in" a ni. Hmeichhia leh mipa hmel mawi tak tak, chaw ei tha tak tak, mawi tak takte chu hetah leh khawiah pawh dawhkanah an thu a, tlai lam thim takah chuan ei tur an khawn khawm a.
  
  
  Waiter chu in tur kengin a rawn thleng a. Pants dum chungah aloha kawr rawng hrang hrang a ha a. A hmaa martini dah thar chu Hawk chuan a rawn knock back a, a flat oriental features chu expressionless a ni. “I take it you heard the news,” Hawk chuan a ti a, tablecloth hnim chunga liquid bo chu a en reng a. “A national tragedy of the gravest proportions,” tiin a sawi belh a, in tur aṭanga olive luang chhuak aṭang chuan toothpick a la a, ngaihtuahna fim lo takin a chil a chhak ṭan ta a ni. "KA
  
  
  
  
  
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  t hian lunar program chu kum hnih tal a tikhawtlai dawn a ni. Tuna mipui rilru put hmang ngaihtuah chuan a rei zawk pawh a ni thei. Tin, an aiawh te chuan mood chu an man ta a, "A han en a." He senator, a hming chu eng nge ni, space chungchanga subcommittee chairman a ni,” a ti. bo."
  
  
  Waiter chu dawhkan puan thar kengin a rawn let leh a, Hawk chuan thupui chu a thlak nghal a. “A dik e, ka chhuk fo lo,” a ti a, olive dang chu a hmuiah a rawn pop lut a. "Kum khatah vawi khat Belle Glade Club hian pre-duck hunt banquet an nei thin. Chutiang chu tih ka tum fo thin."
  
  
  Mak tihna dang. Belle Glade Club, Palm Beach-a club hrang hrang zingah chuan a langsar ber pawl a ni. Sum hian a hmu lovang che; tin, a chhungah i awm a nih chuan chhan hriat loh vangin i inhmu nghal mai thei bawk. Nick chuan a hmaa thu pa chu a en a. Hawk hi loneitu ang mai a ni a, khawpui chanchinbu editor pawh a ni mai thei. Nick hian a lo hre rei tawh hle a. “Deep,” a ti a.An inkar chu pa leh fapa inkar nen a inhnaih hle a, chuti chung chuan hei hi social background a neih nia rinhlelhna hmasa ber a ni.
  
  
  Don Lee chu martini thar nen a rawn thleng a. "Tunah hian order i duh em?"
  
  
  “Ka ṭhian naupang chuan a pawm mai thei,” tiin Hawk chuan fimkhur lutuk chungin a sawi a. "Engkim a tha vek." A hmaa Lee-a’n menu a vawn chu a melh zauh a. "Glorified dish vek a ni, Lee. I hria em?"
  
  
  "Minute nga chhungin steak ka siamsak thei che a ni, Mr. Bird."
  
  
  “Ka tan chuan a tha hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Make it rare.”
  
  
  “Okay, pahnih,” Hawk chuan thinrim zet hian a ti nghal zat. Li a chhuah chuan, “Leia thla hian eng nge a tangkaina?” Nick chuan a S te chu a rawn slur tan tih a hmuchhuak. Hawk chu a rui em? Hriat loh - mahse thupek zawng zawng a pe vek. Martinis chu a in tur a ni lo. Zanriah ei hmaa scotch khat leh tui chu a chaw ei tlangpui a ni. Astronaut pathum thihna chu engtin emaw tak chu chu vun hlui grizzled hnuaiah chuan a lut ta em ni?
  
  
  “Russian ho chuan an hria,” Hawk chuan chhanna nghak lovin a ti a. "Hetah hian he planet lungpui chhuitute hriat loh minerals hmuh tur a awm dawn tih an hria. Nuclear indonain kan technology a tihchhiat chuan a lo let leh tawh dawn lo tih an hria a, a chhan chu civilization thar lo thanglian thei tur raw materials te hi a ni." have been exhausted. Mahse Thla. ..resources raw, hriat loh, floating ball lian tak a ni.Tin, ka thusawi kha hre reng ang che: "Space Treaty emaw ni lo emaw, chutah chuan power rawn tla hmasa ber chuan a thunun vek dawn a ni!
  
  
  Nick chuan a in tur chu a in a. Thla program pawimawhzia chungchanga lecture neihpui turin chawlh a\angin an hruai bo em ni? A tawpah Hawk chu a ngawih ta mai a, Nick chuan rang takin, "Engtin nge heng zawng zawngah hian kan in fit ang?"
  
  
  Hawk chuan mak ti zet hian a han hawi chho a. Tichuan, "Chawlh i nei a. Ka theihnghilh ta. Engtikah nge i briefing hnuhnung ber?"
  
  
  "Ni riat kalta khan."
  
  
  "Anih chuan Cape Kennedy kangmei kha sabotage a ni tih i hre lo em ni?"
  
  
  “Ni lo, radio broadcast-ah he thu hi sawi a awm lo.”
  
  
  Hawk chuan a lu a thing nghut a. "Mipuiin an la hre lo. An hre ngai lo mai thei. Chumi chungchangah chuan thutlukna hnuhnung ber a la awm lo."
  
  
  "Any idea tuin nge hetiang thil hi ti?"
  
  
  "Chu chu a chiang khawp mai. Mi pakhat Patrick Hammer a ni. Portal crew hotu ber a ni..."
  
  
  Nick chuan a mitmeng a rawn ti sang a. "Thuthar hian he thubuai zawng zawngah hian a changtu ber a nih thu a la sawi chhuak reng a ni."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Investigator-te chuan darkar tlemte chhungin an zawhnate chu a hnenah an tikhawtlai a. Police-te venhimna a dil a. Mahse a chenna in an thlen hmain a nupui leh a fate pathum chu a that a, a lu chu oven-ah a thun a ni. Hawk chuan a martini chu rei tak a in a. “A bawlhhlawh hle mai,” a ti muangchang a. "An rilru a tikehsawm a, chutah chuan an thisenah confession chu bang-ah a ziak a. Hero nih tumin engkim a ruahman tih a sawi a, mahse amah leh amah nen a khawsa thei lo tih leh a chhungte pawhin mualpho taka nun an duh loh thu a sawi bawk.
  
  
  “A enkawl tha hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Waiter chuan steak a rawn pe lai chuan an ngawi reng a. A kal lai chuan Nick-a chuan, "Thlalak kan luhna hmun hi ka la hrethiam lo. A nih loh leh thil dang a awm em?"
  
  
  "A awm," tiin Hawk chuan a sawi. J2A test facility hi February thla khan Tennessee-a Arnold Air Force Engineering Center-ah a puak a, project ṭan a nih aṭang khan accident dang tam tak a thleng tawh bawk. FBI, NASA Security leh tunah chuan CIA te chuan an chhui zui zel a, a tam zawk chu, a zawng zawng pawh ni lo se, sabotage avanga lo awm an ni tih an thutlukna siam ta a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan ngawi rengin a steak chu a ei a, a ngaihtuah a. "Hummer chu heng hmun zawng zawngah hian vawi khatah a awm thei lo," a tawpah chuan a ti ta a.
  
  
  "A dik chiah. Tin, chu thuchah hnuhnung ber a ziah chu strict takin red herring a ni. Hammer hian a bungalow-a thlipui tleh chu workshop atan a hmang a. A intihhlum hma hian chu hmun chu gasoline-in a hnim a. Kawngkhar bell atanga meialh lo chhuak chuan tlanchhuakte chu a tiharh ngei a beisei niin a lang .gas leh in pum pui puak darh vek a ni.Mahse, hei hi a thleng lo va, thubuai siamsak thei evidence hmuhchhuah a ni.Microdot
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  s chu codename Sol hmangtu hnen atanga thupek te nen, thlalak te, capsule-a life support system scale model te nen pipe a cut ngai, painted red. Tin, ngaihnawm tak chu he restaurant tan hian card pakhat, a hnung lamah chuan: "Ni, zanlai, March 21st" tih ziak a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan mak ti zet hian a han hawi chho a. Chutiang a nih chuan hetah hian eng thil nge an tih, muangchang taka chaw ei, inhawng taka inbiakna? "In him" emaw, a tlem berah uluk taka "neutralized" area-ah emaw an awm niin a ngai.
  
  
  Hawk chuan ngaihsak lo zet hian a lo en reng a. “Bali Hai card hi awlsam taka pek chhuah a ni lo,” a ti. "Pakhat i dil a ngai a, mi pawimawh tak i nih loh chuan i hmuh loh theihna chance a awm. Chuti a nih chuan engtin nge kum khata $15,000 hlawh aerospace technician hian pakhat a hmuh theih ang?".. tiin a sawi.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kal pel a, restaurant chu mit thar nen a hmu a. Engmah hmu lo, a chhehvela pattern-a element hmuh theih loh, thil lungawi lo, tih theih loh chhui chhuaktu mit fimkhur, professional. A hmain a lo hre tawh a, mahse in him takah an awm nia ngaiin a rilru atangin a paih chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Hawk chuan waiter chu a kut a phar a. “Hetah hian minute khat tal head waiter lo kal rawh se,” a ti a, a pocket atang chuan thlalak a la chhuak a, Nick-a chu a entir a, “Hei hi kan thianpa Pat Hammer a ni,” a ti a, Don Lee a rawn lang a, Hawk chuan thlalak chu a pe ta a. “He pa hi i hre chiang em?”
  
  
  Lee chuan chu hun chu a zir chiang ta a. "A dik e, Mr. Bird, ka hre reng. Thla khat vel kalta khan hetah hian a awm a. Chinese chick mawi tak nen." A mit a chhing zauh a. "Chutiang chuan ka hre reng a ni."
  
  
  "I take it harsatna awm lovin a lut a. Card a neih vang em ni?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Nula vangin," Lee chuan a ti a. "Joy Sun. Hetah hian a lo kal tawh a. A ṭhian hlui a ni, a nihna takah chuan. Cape Kennedy-a scientist ang chi a ni."
  
  
  "Ka lawm e Lee. Ka vawng reng dawn lo che."
  
  
  Nick chuan mak ti zet hian Hawk chu a melh reng a. Akes-a controlling arm, America security forces troubleshooter - National Security Council, Secretary of Defense leh United States President-te chauh mawhphurtu mipa chuan he zawhna hi third-rate mipa fiah lo zawng zawng nen a kalpui chauh a ni. inthenna detective a ni!
  
  
  Hawk hi security threat a ni tawh em? Nick-a rilru chu lungkhamnain a khat nghal - a hmaa mipa chu Hawk a ni tak tak thei ang em? Waiter-in coffee a rawn kensak chuan Nick-a chuan casual takin, “Eng kan nei leh thei ang em?” Waiter chuan a lu a bu nghat a, bang chunga button thup pakhat chu a hmet a. Eng nêm tak mai chu an chungah a tla a. Nick chuan a boss chu a melh a. “I luh hunah miner’s lamp an pe chhuak tur a ni,” a nui suk a.
  
  
  Savun putar chu a nui suk a. Match a rawn chhuak a, a hmel chu rei vak lo a ti eng a. Okay, Hawk a ni. Cigar rimchhia tak atanga meikhu chhuak chuan a tawpah chuan hei hi a chinfel sak ta a ni. “Dr. Sun hi prime suspect a ni tawh,” Hawk chuan match chu a ti puak darh a, “I thawhpui tur CIA interrogator chuan a background nen a rawn hrilh ang che....”
  
  
  Nick chuan a ngaithla lo. Match nen chuan glow te tak te chu a chhuak ta. A hmaa awm ngai lo glow. Vei lam chu a han en thla a. Tunah chuan extra light an neih tawh avangin a lang tlem hle - banquette sir lamah chuan spider ang maia thin wire a tlan. Nick-a mitmeng chuan rang takin a zui a, chhuahna langsar tak chu a zawng ta a. Pineapple siam chhuah a ni. A rawn chhuhsak a. A thawk dawn lo. Table lai takah chuan screw-in an vuah a. A kut dinglam index finger chu a hnuai lam half-ah chuan a thun a, fake candle wax hnuaia metal grate lum tak chu a hre ta a. Microphone hmangin hla tak atanga dawn theih a ni.
  
  
  Match chhung lam cover-ah thumal pahnih - “We are being bugged” - a ziak a, table sir lamah a nawr lut bawk. Hawk chuan message chu a chhiar a, zahawm takin a lu a bu nghat a. “Tuna a thupui ber chu kan mi pakhat chu thla programme-ah hian kan tel tir a ngai tak zet a ni. Tun thleng hian kan hlawhchham tawh a ni. Mahse ngaihtuahna ka nei a ni...” a ti bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan a melh reng a. Minute sawm hnuah pawh rin loh hmel zet hian a la en reng a, Hawk chuan a darthlalang chu a han melh a, "Awle, chu chu a ni mai, ka kal a ngai. Engvangin nge rei vak lo i awm a, nuam i tih loh ang? heng ni lo awm turah hian i buai hle mai," a ti a. " " A ding chhuak a, disco lam pan chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Chutah chuan a lum tan tawh. A ngaihnawm hmel khawp mai - ka naupang zawk a nih chuan, a dik e."
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut zungtang hnuaiah thil eng emaw a tla thla tih a hria. Map a ni. A han hawi chho a. Hawk chu a hawi let a, luhna lam pan chuan a kal a, Don Lee chu a thlah ta a. "Coffee tam zawk, ka pu?" waiter chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Ni lo, bar ah hian in tur ka in dawn niin ka hria." Nick chuan a kut chu a han phar a, waiter chu a kal bo ta a. Thuchah chu Hawk-a kutziak hmanga ziah a ni. Hetah hian CIA agent pakhatin a rawn biak ang che, tiin message-ah chuan a inziak a ni. Recogphrase: “May thla hian hetah hian eng nge i tih?Season a tawp ta.” Chhanna: “Social, a ni mai thei. Ramsa man ni lo.” Counter chuan: "I zawm chuan i ngaihtuah em - for the hunt, chu chu? " Hemi hnuaiah hian Hawk chuan heti hian a ziak a: "Card hi tuiah a inthiar thei a ni. Zanlai pelh hnuah Washington headquarters biak rawh," a ti.
  
  
  Nick chuan card chu tui glass khatah a thun a, a hmin lai chu a en a, chutah a ding chhuak a, bar lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Double scotch a order a. Glass partition hmang chuan a ti thei
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehlin chi hrang hrang
  
  
  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  Palm Beach-a ṭhalai cream chu hla tak aṭanga drum, electric bass leh guitar thawm ri chuan a rilru a buai hle tih ka hmu a.
  
  
  Vawilehkhatah music chu a ring zual sauh sauh a. Hmeichhe naupang pakhat chu disco glass kawngka atang chuan a rawn lut ta mai a. Blonde a ni - a hmeltha, a thar, zai avanga thawk a chhuak deuh. Chu hmel danglam tak chu a nei a, chu chu sum leh pai leh chi thlah tihna a ni. A hip kuahtu olive green pants a ha a, blouse a ha a, sandal a ha bawk a, a kutah glass a keng bawk.
  
  
  “Tun ṭumah chuan daddy order i theihnghilh ang a, ka Coke-ah rum tak tak i dah ang tih ka hria chauh a ni,” tiin bartender hnenah chuan a sawi. Chutah bar tawp lama Nick chu a hmu a, thil awmdan chu uluk takin a ngaihtuah chhuak ta a. "Engvangin nge, hello!" a nui suk a. “A tirah chuan ka hre lo che. May thla hian hetah hian eng nge i tih? Season a tawp dawn ta...”
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  A hming chu Candace Weatherall Sweet—a tawi zawngin Candy—a ni a, mahni inrintawkna rilru pu chungin thupha chawina inthlengna chu a titawp ta a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan bar pakhata top hat ang maia lian table pakhatah chuan an inhmachhawn ta a. "Dad hi General Sweet pakhat chiah a ni lo ang tiraw?" - Nick chuan lungngai takin a zawt a. "Belle Glade Club member, tuin nge a martini extra dry duh?"
  
  
  A nui suk a. "Description tha tak a ni." Hmai mawi tak a nei a, mitmeng hnuaiah chuan mitmeng dum zau tak, ni chhuahnaah chuan a sen hring dup a. “General an ti a, mahse a pension tawh tak zet a ni,” a ti bawk. "Tunlai hian CIA-ah hian misual lian tak a ni tawh. Indopui lai khan OSS-ah a awm a, chu mi hnuah chuan amah leh amah a tih tur a hre lo. Sweets, a dik e, sumdawnna an ti lo - sorkar emaw civil service emaw chauh a ni.
  
  
  "Ngei ngei." Nick chu a chhungah chuan a seething nghal zat. Amateur nen an saddled a, debutante a ni a, summer holiday-ah chuan excitement a zawng a ni. Tin, debutante tu pawh ni lovin, Candy Sweet pawh a ni a, a hma nipui lai khan a nu leh pa te East Hampton-a party a throw chu ruihhlo, sex leh vandalism orgy-ah a lo chang ta a ni.
  
  
  - Engpawh nise, kum engzat nge i nih? tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  "Sawmhnih vel zet chu."
  
  
  "A nih leh i la in thei lo em ni?"
  
  
  A nui suk nghal vat a. "Us Sweets hian he product hi allergy a nei a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a glass chu a en a. A hring vek a, bartender chuan in tur tam tak a rawn leih lai chu a en reng a. “Ka hrethiam e,” a ti a, na takin, “kan kal dawn em ni?”
  
  
  Khawiah nge a awm tih pawh hre lo mah se, chhuah a duh a. Bali Hai atang chuan, thil zawng zawng atang chuan. A rimtui hle mai. A hlauhawm hle mai. Form a nei lo. Engmah man tur a awm lo. Tin, hetah hian a laiah chuan khuhna mawi tak pawh nei lovin a awm a - a tow-ah chuan flighty, fluffy young moron a awm bawk.
  
  
  Pawnah, kawngpui sirah chuan, "Lo kal rawh," a ti a. Nick chuan valet chu nghak turin a hrilh a, Worth lam chu an pan ta a. “Tlai tlai lamah chuan tuipui kamah a mawi hle a ni,” phur takin a ti a.
  
  
  Colony Hotel-a mustard yellow awning an paltlang meuh chuan an pahnih chuan: “He hmun hi bug a ni tawh,” tiin an sawi ta nghal a. A nui suk a, “Installation hi i hmu duh em?” A mitmeng chu phurnain a eng chhuak vek. Naupang kawng thup pakhata tlu chauh ang mai a ni. Tunah chuan eng nge a tih tih ngaihtuah chungin a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  Antique dawr mawi tak tak awmna, yellow brick alley mawi takah chuan a han phelh thla a, chutah rang takin plastic grape leh banana-a innghat patio-ah chuan a inher nghal a, dawhkan inthlak danglam tawh maze thim tak atang chuan barred gate lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Ngawi rengin kawngkhar chu a hawng a, cyclone fencing section tawi tak hmaa ding mipa pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a. A lehlamah a en a, a nail te chu a zir chiang a. “Bali Hai parking lot hnung lam,” a ti sap a, “Zing thlengin a duty a ni.”
  
  
  Vaukhânna thu engmah sawi lovin a chhuak ta a, palazzo tiles-a hmun zau tak chu rang taka a kal lai chuan a ke kekawrte ha chuan thawm a nei lo. Amah chu tihtawp tumin a tlai tawh hle. Nick-a tih theih awmchhun chu a hnung zui mai a ni. Fence lam pan chuan a kal a, chu chu a kal zel a, a hnungzang chu a nawr a. Feet ruk zeta hlaah chuan chu pa chu a rawn hawi let nghal a, a han hawi chho ta a.
  
  
  Cat ang maia chakna blur nen a che a, a ke pakhat chu a kekawr ipteah a innghat a, a ke pakhat chu a khup chungah a ke a nghat bawk. A hnungzang chungah chuan a tlu ta a, coiled spring chuan a rawn man ang mai hian a rawn man ta a ni. Thâwk chuan a lung a chhuahsan rual chuan a kekawr hak chu controlled force nen a lu lam pan chuan a rawn inher chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan mak ti zet hian a lo en reng a. Shot ṭha tak a ni. Chu pa bulah chuan a bawkkhup a, a pulse chu a hre ta. Irregular mahse chak tak a ni. A dam tawh ang a, mahse darkar chanve tal chu a awm tawh lo ang.
  
  
  Candy chuan gate atang chuan a dodge tawh a, parking lot lam chu a chanve vel a ni tawh. Nick chuan a rawn zui ve nghal a. Bali Hai hnung lama thir kawngkhar hmaah chuan a ding a, a hip-huggers hnunglam pocket chhungah chuan a kut a phar a, plastic credit card a la chhuak a. Kawngkhar khar chu la in, hinge-ah chuan nasa takin a nawr a, card chu spring-loaded lock curve-a a man thlengin a dah lut ta a. Metallic click na tak nen a click leh ta a. Kawngkhar chu a hawng a, a lut a, a kekawr ipte chungah chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a nui suk a, "Daddy pawisa hian khawi hmunah pawh a hruai ang che," a ti a.
  
  
  Disco hnunglam hallway-ah chuan an awm a. Nick chuan hla tak atanga amplified drums ri chu a hre thei a,...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehlin chi hrang hrang
  
  
  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  guitars te pawh a awm. Kawngkhar inhawng chu an kekawr bul an paltlang a. Inchhung lam a han hawi a, kitchen eng mawi tak mai, T-shirt ha Chinese tlangval pahnih, typewriter atanga thawmhnaw hak chhuak chu a hmu a. An rawn thlenna kawngkhar bulah chuan "Little Boys" tih a inziak a. A dawtah chuan kawngkhar pakhat, "Little Girls" tih ziak a awm bawk. A nawr a, a lut ta a. Nick chu a inhnial a. "Aw!" - a ti a. "Thil khawhral suh. A hring vek."
  
  
  A chhungah chuan service kawngkhar a lo awm a. Credit card chu a rawn thleng ta. Kawngkhar a rawn inhawng a. An rawn lut a, kawngkhar chu a khar a, lock chu ngawi rengin a hmunah a tla thla ta a ni. Kawngpui zau takah chuan an kal ta a. Light pakhat chauh a awm a, an hnung lama kawngka chungah a awm a, chuvang chuan target tha tak an ni. Passage chu vei lamah na takin a inher a, chutah chuan a dang leh ta a. “Tunlai hian banquet-ah kan awm tawh,” a ti a. a ti sap a. "Restaurant section ah chuan."
  
  
  Corridor chu reinforced steel kawngkhar hmaah chuan a tawp nghal a. A ding ta a, a ngaithla a. Credit card chu a rawn chhuak leh a. Tun ṭumah chuan a rei deuh - minute khat vel. Mahse a tawpah chuan kawngkhar chu a inhawng ta.
  
  
  Room pahnih a awm a. A hmasa ber chu a te a, a tawi a, a bang chu a dum a ni. Desk pakhat chu bang pakhatah a innghat a, cabinet row khat chu bang dangah a innghat a, a sir lamah chuan water cooler a thu a, a laiah chuan leiah linoleum dum circle te tak te a awm ta a ni.
  
  
  A hnung lama room atang chuan steady monotonous hum a rawn chhuak a. Kawngkhar chu a inhawng a. Nick chuan fimkhur takin a rawn kual vel a. A thil hmuh chu a hmui a ti nghet sauh sauh a. Pindan sei tak, zim tak a ni a, a bang zawng zawng chu kawng hnih nei darthlalang chuan a luah khat vek a ni. Chumi hmang chuan Bali Hai restaurant chhung lam chu a hmu ta a - danglamna ngaihnawm tak chauh a awm. Chiang takin a eng a. Banquette bulah leh anmahni dawhkan pakhat zel bula ṭhute chu hamburger stand-a neon light hnuaia thu ang maiin chiang takin an insiam a. “Glass chungah infrared coating a awm,” a ti rilru a.
  
  
  Mirror chunga slot dozen vel zinga 16mm. Film hi strip hrang hrangah bin-ah tinted a ni. Camera thup te clockwork mechanism chu ngawi rengin a ri a, tape recorder hrang hrang sawmhnih chuang zeta reel te pawh a inher a, inbiakna chu a record bawk. Nick chu room sir lehlamah chuan Hawk nen an thutna banquette lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Camera leh tape recorder chu a off a, receiving rollers chu an inbiakna recording kimchang takin a khat tawh a. Darthlalang lehlamah chuan an waiter chuan dishes chu a tifai vek a. Nick chuan switch chu a rawn flip a. Thawm ri chuan pindan chu a rawn luah khat ta vek a. Rang takin a off nghal a.
  
  
  “Nizan chawhnu khan he thil hi ka hmu a,” Candy chuan a ti sap a, “Toilet-ah ka awm lai chuan rang takin he mi hi bang atang hian a rawn chhuak ta a!” Awle, ka ngai lo... eng thil nge thleng tih ka zawn chhuah mai a ngai."
  
  
  Living room lamah an kir leh a, Nick chuan desk leh filing cabinet te chu a enchhin tan ta a. An lock vek a. Central lock pakhatin mi zawng zawng a rawng a bawl tih a hmu a. Minute khat dawn lai a Burglar special chu a dodal a. Tichuan a pe ta a. Drawer chu pakhat hnu pakhatin a hawng a, rang tak leh ngawi rengin a chhunga thil awmte chu a han en kual a.
  
  
  "Hetah hian eng thil nge thleng ka tih i hria em?" - Candy chuan a ti sap a. "Kumin kalta chhung khan Palm Beach-ah hian rukrukna chi hrang hrang a thleng a. Rukrute hian an duh dan leh engtikah nge mi an chhuah dawn tih chiang takin an hre reng niin a lang. Kan thianpa Don Lee hian khawvel hnuai lam nen inzawmna a nei niin ka hria a, information a hralh mek a ni, he's." hetah hian an hnenah kal ".
  
  
  “Mihring hnuai lam aiin a hralh tam zawk a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. File drawer 35mm khata khat chhungah chuan a kal ta a. film, developer, photographic paper, microdot siamna hmanrua leh Hong Kong atanga chanchinbu pack siam te a ni. "He thil hi tu hnenah mah i hrilh tawh em?"
  
  
  "Papa chauh."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a - Dad chuan Hawk leh Hawk te chuan hetah hian an chief operative nen inhmuhkhawm a, microphone chhungah chiang taka inbiakna neih an remti tih a sawi bawk. A chiang e, an pahnih hian lantir a duh a ni - an ruahmanna pawh a lantir duh bawk. Nick rilruah chuan Hawk-a’n a martini a theh chhuah leh olive oil a laksak lai thlalak a rawn lang chhuak a. Outlet a zawng bawk a. Hei hian Nick-a ngaihtuahna pakhat tal chu a chinfel sak ta a ni - an inbiakna tape leh recording chu tihchhiat a nih leh nih loh. A ni lo tih a chiang. Hawk chuan an neih a duh a.
  
  
  "Hei hi engnge?" Thlalak chu microdot hmanrua bawm hnuaiah hmai hnuai lam hawiin a hmu a. Office ang deuha savun sofa-a mipa leh hmeichhia an thu a ni. An pahnih hian saruak an ni a, mipat hmeichhiatna hman avanga an convulsion hnuhnung ber pawh an ni. Thlalak atang chuan mipa lu chu a tan a, nula hmel chu chiang takin a lang. Chinese leh hmeltha tak a ni a, a mitmeng chu frozen obscenity chi khatin a glazed a, chu chu Nick-a chuan thlalak-ah pawh mak tak maiin a ti hlim hle.
  
  
  "Chu chu ani!" Candy chuan a ti thaw halh a. "Hei hi Joy San a ni." A kekawr ipte atang chuan thlalak chu a en a, a hip hle a, a hawi hawi thei lo. "Chuti a nih chuan chutiang chuan an thawhpui tir ta a ni - blackmail!"
  
  
  Nick chuan rang takin thlalak chu a hnunglam pocket ah a dah a. Sudden draft chuan corridor chhung khawi emaw laiah kawngkhar a inhawng tih a hrilh a. "Kawng dang a awm em?" A lu a thing a, ke pen hnaih thawm ri chu a ngaithla a.
  
  
  N3 chuan kawngka hnung lama awmna hmunah chuan hma a sawn tan ta a. Sh
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehlin chi hrang hrang
  
  
  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  Amaherawhchu, a hmaah kan awm a. “Mi a hmuh chuan a tha zawk,” a ti a. “Keep your back to him,” a ti a, a lu a bu nghat a, game hming hi first impression-ah a awm lo.He hmeichhia hi Vassar '68 ang deuh a ni mai thei, mahse ui thluak leh thluak a nei a, ui hlauhawm tak.
  
  
  Kawngkhar hmaah chuan ke pen chu a ding ta a. Chabi chu lock chhungah a rawn inher a. Kawngkhar chu a rawn inhawng tan ta a. A hnungah chuan thawk lakna na tak a awm a. A mitmeng atang chuan Nick chuan Candy chu ke pen rei tak pakhat a kal a, a hawi let a, a ke chu arc angin a inher chhuak ta a ni. Sandaled ke chuan chu pa chu a groin-ah a rawn deng nghal a. Nick chu a rawn hawi let a. An waiter a ni. Rei vak lo chu chu pa taksa hriat loh chu paralysis-in a vawt a, chutah zawi zawiin leiah a lo hmin ta a. "Lo kal rawh," Candy chuan a ti sap a. "Station hriat chian tumin i chawl lo ang u..."
  
  
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  Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, Wabasso - hla takah light a eng a, an hnungah chuan monotonous regular takin a eng a, a bo ta vek a ni. Nick chuan Lamborghini hnuaiah chuan a ke chu nghet takin a nghat a, a ngaihtuahna chu zawi zawiin a lo piang ta a.
  
  
  Mipa pakhat chu pornographic thlalak a ni. A kawr kil chu a lang chiang hle. A hliam na hle. Rope atanga kang emaw, kang emaw avanga dent thuk tak. A bicep dinglamah dragon tattoo a nei bawk. An pahnih hian track awlsam tawk tur a ni. A bula ṭhu nula chu a melh zauh a. "Thlalak a mipa kha Pat Hammer a nih theihna chance a awm em?"
  
  
  A thiltih dan chu mak a ti hle. A takah chuan a rawn sen chhuak ta. “A hmel ka hmuh a ngai a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  Hmeichhe mak tak mai. Second khatah mipa a kawrfual a kick thei a, a dawtah chuan a sen thei. Tin, hnathawhnaah chuan professionalism leh amateurism inzawmkhawm mak zawk a awm bawk. Lockpicking leh judo lama thiam tak a ni. Mahse, chu thil zawng zawng a ngaihtuah dânah chuan ngaihtuahna fim lo tak a awm a, chu chu hlauhawm tak a ni thei—an pahnih tân. A hnung lama light kenga hallway-a a kal dan chuan a dil a ni. Tin, Bali Hai-a car la tura an kir leh chuan thla eng hnuaia tuipui kama awm ang maia lang turin a sam leh thawmhnaw chu a tousling a tum tlat a ni. A tam lutuk a, chuvang chuan a hlauhawm lo zawk lo.
  
  
  "Hummer bungalow ah eng nge i hmuh beisei?" - tiin a zawt a. "NASA security leh FBI te chuan ha nalh tak hmangin he thubuai hi an la a ni."
  
  
  "Ka hria, mahse he hmun hi nangmah ngeiin i en ve ngei tur niin ka hria," a ti a. "A bik takin microdot an hmuh thenkhatah chuan."
  
  
  “Hetah hian tu nge incharge tih hriat a hun tawh,” tiin N3 chuan a ngaihtuah a, mahse eng thupek nge pek a nih tih a zawh chuan: “Completely cooperate with you. Banana tha ber i ni."
  
  
  Minute tlemte hnuah Melbourne khawpui pawna Indian River Bridge an tlan pelh lai chuan heti hian a sawi belh leh a: “Agent bik chi khat i ni a ni lawm ni? Dad chuan i recommendation hian i thawhpui tura ruat tu pawh a siam thei emaw, a tichhia thei emaw a ni a ti a. and ..." A inthen nghal zat.
  
  
  A melh zauh a. "A nih leh eng nge?" Mahse a en dan erawh a tawk. Joint security force zawng zawngah chuan a thawhpuiten Killmaster tia an hriat mipa chu hnathawk tura tirh a nih khan thil pakhat chauh a awm tih hriat a ni a, chu chu a tirtute chuan thihna hi buaina chinfelna awm thei ber a ni tih an ring tlat a ni.
  
  
  "Heng zawng zawng hi engtiang chiahin nge i serious?" - tiin na takin a zawt a. He hmel hi a duh lo hle. N3 hi game-ah hian a awm rei tawh hle. Hlauhna rimtui atan hnar a nei a. "Ka sawi tum chu, hei hi i tan chuan summer thil dang mai mai a ni em? East Hampton-a kha weekend ang kha? A chhan chu..."
  
  
  A lam chu a hawi a, thinrim zet hian mitmeng dum a rawn eng chhuak. "Hmeichhe magazine-ah lead reporter hna ka thawk a, thla hnuhnung ber chu Cape Kennedy-ah assignment-ah ka awm a, 'Dr. Sun and Moon' tih profile ka ti a ni," tiin a ngawi reng a. "Papa CIA-a a awm vangin reporter tam zawk aiin NASA aṭangin clearance ka hmu rang zawk tih ka pawm a, mahse chu chu ka neih chhun a ni. Tin, engvangin nge agent atan min thlan tih i ngaihtuah a nih chuan engkim a ṭhatna zawng zawng en rawh. Ka awm tawh a ni." chutah chuan, Dr. Sun chu hmun tinah tape recorder kengin a zui a, a paper-te chu a en kual a.Surveillance tak tak tan chuan cover tha ber a ni.CIA agent tak tak a hnaih thei ang bera awm theih nan kar tam tak chhung bureaucracy a ngai dawn a ni.Ni e. Tin, chu chu no time. Chuvang chuan min ko ta a ni."
  
  
  “Judo leh hacking a ni vek,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Papa hian heng zawng zawng hi a zirtir che em?"
  
  
  A nui suk a, rang takin hmeichhe naupang misual tak a lo ni leh ta a. "Ni lo, ka tlangval. Professional killer a ni."
  
  
  Kanowa Beach kaltlangin A1A-ah an tlan thla a, Patrick Air Force Base-a missile base an paltlang a, darkar sawm velah Cocoa Beach an thleng ta a ni.
  
  
  Palm thing, blade sei tak tak leh base chhe tawh tak takte chuan chenna kawngpui reh tak takah an ding a. Candy chuan Hummer bungalow lam pan chuan a hruai a, chu chu Merritt Island Road atanga hla vak lo, Banana lui lam hawi kawngpuiah a awm a ni.
  
  
  An tlan pel a, mahse an ding lo. “Cops te nen kan inzui dun a,” Nick chuan a ti muangchang a. Block tin sir lehlamah chhinchhiahna nei lo car-a thut chu a hmu a. "Green uniform. Hei hi eng nge ni - NASA? Connelly Aviation?"
  
  
  “GKI,” a ti a. "Cocoa Beach-a mi zawng zawng chu an hlauthawng hle a, tualchhung police pawh an tlem hle."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
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  ound a ni. " "
  
  
  "General kinetics a ni em?" - Nick chuan a ti a. "Apollo program-ah hian an tel ve em?"
  
  
  “Life support system-a component pakhat an ni,” tiin a chhang a. "West Palm Beach-ah plant an nei a, Texas City-ah plant dang an nei bawk. Sorkar tan ralthuam leh missile siamna kawngah hna tam tak an thawk a, chuvangin anmahni security force an nei a. Alex Siemian-a'n Kennedy Space Center-ah a loan a. Public relations, Ka ngaihtuah a." "
  
  
  Sedan dum pakhat, inchungah light sen hring hring hring chuan a rawn paltlang a, uniform ha mi pakhat chuan rei tak, stern takin a en a. Nick chuan, “Track te hi kan record tha zawkin ka hria,” a ti. Sedan chu an hmaa car nen an inkarah a rawn lut a; tichuan an hruai chhuak a, an hloh ta a ni.
  
  
  “Pavement chu Merritt-ah hruai rawh,” a ti a. "Bungalow thleng tur chuan kawng dang a awm."
  
  
  Highway 3-a Georgiana-a lawng in pakhat aṭanga lo kal a ni a, a hmaa a lo hman tawh nia lang flat bottom prank a awm bawk. Nick chuan tui kawngpui kawngkhar zim tak atang chuan a nawr lut a, feet nga zeta sei tuikhuah leh thing phun inzawmkhawm inkar tuipui lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Vawikhat chu an khih a, bang chu an chho a, thla eng hnuaiah chuan an hnunglam huan zau tak chu an paltlang ta a ni. Hummer bungalow chu a thim a, a reh hle bawk. A dinglam chu a bula in pakhat atanga êng chuan a ti eng a.
  
  
  Vei lamah chuan bang thim tak chu an hmu a, an rawn nawr a, an nghak reng a. Motor pakhat flashlight kengin a rawn tlan phei ta a. Nick chu thlalak dang zingah chuan thlalak ang maiin a ding a, a ngaithla a, a rilru a buai hle. A chiang tawh chuan kitchen kawngkhar khar lam pan chuan a kal a, knob chu a enchhin a, a Special Pick chu a la chhuak a, single action bolt chu a thlah ta a.
  
  
  Gas rim na tak chu a chhungah a la awm reng a. A pencil flashlight chuan kitchen chu a chhui kual vel a. Nula chuan kawngka lam chu a kawhhmuh a. “Hurricane shelter,” a ti rilru a. A kut zungtang chu a kal pel a, hallway chhungah chuan a lut ta a. "Front room hi a thlengna hmun a ni."
  
  
  Hei hi an check hmasa ber a ni. Engmah khawih a awm lo. Sofa leh floor chu thisen roin a la khuh vek a. A dawtah chuan mutna pindan pahnih a awm bawk. Tichuan driveway atang chuan chhuk thlain workshop dum tawi takah chuan kan lut ta a. Flashlight beam te tak te leh chak tak chuan pindan chu a scan a, cardboard box felfai tak tak, a khuhna leh label inhawng tak takte chu a ti eng a. Candy chuan pakhat a check a. “Thil a bo a ni,” a ti rilru a.
  
  
  “A pianphungah,” Nick chuan a ti a, “FBI chuan an phut a ni.” Test an ti mek a ni."
  
  
  "Mahse, nizan khan hetah a awm. Nghak rawh!" a kut zungtang chu a rawn ti nghal zat. "Sample chu kitchen chhunga drawer pakhatah ka thup a. An miss tih ka bet tlat." Inchungah chuan a chho ta a.
  
  
  Microdot a ni lo va, lehkha folded mai a ni a, transparent leh gasoline rimtui tak a ni. Nick chuan a rawn ti let leh a. Apollo life support system sketch rough tak a ni. Ink line te chu a hrual deuh a, a hnuaiah chuan technical instruction tawi te te, code signature “Sol,” “Sol” tih te a awm bawk a, a ti rilru a. "Latin tawngin ni tihna a ni. Doctor Sun...."
  
  
  Bungalow chhunga ngawi renga awm chu rang takin a khat ta thut mai a. Nick chuan lehkha chu a fold tan a, a dah ta a. Kawngkhar atang chuan thinrim aw a rawn chhuak a: “Hetiang hian chelh rawh.”
   Bung 4-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  Chu pa chu kitchen kawngka bulah chuan a ding a, a hnungah chuan thla ênga silhouette lian tak mai chu a rawn lang a. A kutah hian pistol a keng a - Smith leh Wesson Terrier te tak te, inch hnih zeta sei barrel a nei. Screen kawngka hnungah chuan a awm a, chuta tang chuan silai chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a mit a chhing a. Rei vak lo chu shark chu an gray depth-ah chuan a rawn inher a, chutah a bo ta a, a nui suk bawk. He pa hi chu hlauhawm a ni lo. Professional ni tur chuan tihsual a nei tam lutuk. Nick chuan a lu chungah a kut a phar a, zawi zawiin kawngka lam pan chuan a kal ta a. "Eng nge ni ta doc?" - ngilnei takin a zawt a.
  
  
  Chutianga a tih lai chuan a ke chu a puak darh nghal a, screen kawngkhar hnunglam sir, handle hnuai lam chiah chu a rawn deng ta a. A chakna zawng zawngin a vuak a, chu pa chu hrehawm ti zet hian a tlu leh a, silai chu a thlak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn zui nghal vat a, a rawn man ta a. Alarm a ri hma chuan chu pa chu a kawr kawrfual chu in chhungah a hruai lut a, a hnunglam kawngka chu a rawn kik lut ta a. "Tunge i nih?" - a ti a. Pencil flashlight chu a click a, chu pa hmaiah chuan a rawn lut ta a.
  
  
  A lian hle a—feet ruk leh inches li tal—a taksa ruh a nei bawk a, a sam dum chu bullet ang maia lu ang maia tawi tea tan a ni a, a hmai chu a sen hring a, a hring dup bawk.
  
  
  “Kan bula awm chu,” Candy chuan a ti a. "Name's Dexter. Nizan khan hetah ka awm lai khan ka check a."
  
  
  "Yeah, leh nizan khan hetah hian i inkhung tih ka hmu bawk," Dexter chuan a ti a, a kut chu a fawp a. "Chuvang chuan zanin khan ka inveng reng a ni."
  
  
  "Tunge i hming?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Hank."
  
  
  "Ngaithla teh, Hank. Official business tlemte i tawk tawh a ni." Nick chuan AXEman zawng zawng inthuamna hmuna tel official badge chu a rawn flash a. "Sorkar chhuitu kan ni a, chuvangin ngawi rengin awm ila, ngawi rengin Hammer case chungchang hi sawiho ila."
  
  
  Dexter chuan a mit a chhing a. "Sorkar i nih chuan engvangin nge hetah hian thim zingah i chat?"
  
  
  "National Security Agency top secret branch pakhatah kan thawk a. Chu chu ka hrilh theih che chu a ni. FBI pawhin kan chanchin hi an hre lo."
  
  
  Dexter chuan a ngaihven hle tih a chiang hle. "Yeah? Fiamthu a ni lo? Keimah ngei pawh NASA-ah ka thawk a. Connelly Aviation-ah ka awm a ni."
  
  
  "Hammer chu i hre tawh em?"
  
  
  "ANI
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Neighbor, a dik e. Mahse hnathawhna hmunah erawh chuan a ni lo. Cape-a electronic control department-ah ka thawk a. Mahse thil pakhat ka hrilh ang che. Hammer hian a chhungte leh amah pawh a that ngai lo. A thup theih nan tualthahna a ni."
  
  
  "Engtin nge chu chu i hriat?"
  
  
  "A ti thin tlangval ka hmu tawh." Hlauthawng zet hian a kekawr ipte chu a han en a, tichuan, "No kidding. I'm serious. Chumi zan chuan TV-a kangmei chungchang report chu ka en a. Pat-a thlalak chu an rawn flash mai a. Minute tlemte hnuah he au thawm hi ka hre ta a, khawngaih takin," a ti a. Tukverh lam ka pan a .An bungalow hmaah hian he car hi a lo ding reng a, a hnuhma a awm lo, mahse whip antenna a keng tel bawk.Minute khat hnuah police uniform ha pathumte hi an tlan chhuak ta a, sorkar sipai ang maiin an lang a, an zinga pakhat chauh chu Chinese a ni , tin, hei hi kosher a ni lo tih ka hre nghal a.Force-ah hian Chinese an awm lo.A dang chu gasoline can-ah a awm a, a uniform-ah hian heng stains te hi a awm a, a hnuah thisen a ni tih ka hrechhuak ta a, car chhungah chuan an chuang ta a ni leh rang takin a tlanbo ta a. Minute tlemte hnuah police dik tak chu an rawn thleng ta a ni."
  
  
  Candy chuan, "Hei hi tu hnenah emaw i hrilh tawh em?"
  
  
  "Min nuihzat em? FBI te, police te, NASA te, mi zawng zawng. En teh, hetah hian hell ang maiin kan hlauthawng vek." A chawl deuh a. "Hammer hian kar hnih khat kalta chhung khan amah angin a che lo. Thil dik lo a awm tih kan hre vek a, thil engemaw takin a tibuai tih kan hre vek. Mi pakhatin anmahni nen catch khelhpui turin a hrilh tih ka hrethiam a, chuti lo chuan a nupui leh fate pawhin an hmu ang."
  
  
  Kawngpuiah chuan car pakhat a rawn kal pel a, a vawt nghal a. Hmuh theih loh khawpin a awm. Mit chu a meng chhuak a, mahse êng thim takah pawh Nick chuan a man ta. "Kan zingah tu chungah pawh a thleng thei a ni," Dexter chuan a ti chhuak nghal zat. "Kan venhimna kan nei lo - missile tlangvalte neih ang hi engmah a awm lo. Min ring rawh, General Kinetics-in an police-te min loan sak hi ka lawm hle a ni. Hemi hma hian ka nupui hian naupangte sikul kal emaw, kal emaw pawh a hlau hle. Hmeichhia zawng zawng." were here. Mahse GKI chuan bus service bik an buatsaih a, tunah chuan zinkawng khatah an ti ta a ni) - a hmasain naupangte chu sikul an hruai a, chutah Orlando shopping center-ah an kal leh a. A him zawk hle.Tin, kalsan pawh ka hreh lo hnathawh tur." Thim zet hian a nui suk a. "Same thing, Mister, ka silai hi ka nei let leh thei ang em? Just in case."
  
  
  Nick chuan Georgiana Shipyard sir lam hmun khar atang chuan Lamborghini chu a hnawtchhuak ta a. "Khawiah nge i awm?" - tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Mission chu a hlen chhuak ta a ni. Evidence, gasoline rimchhia la awm chu a hnunglam pocket-ah chuan pornographic thlalak bulah chuan a fold-in a awm a. Tui kawng kal tlanga haw lam chu thil thleng lo a ni. “Polaris-ah chuan,” a ti a. "A1A chhim lamah tuipui kamah a awm a, Port Canaveral panna kawngpuiah a awm a ni."
  
  
  "Dik." Gas chu a hmet a, tangkarua silai mu chak tak mai chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a. Thli chuan an hmai chu a rawn vawm ta a. "Engtin nge i tih?" - tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  “Ka Julia chu Palm Beach-ah ka dah a,” tiin a chhang a, “Daddy’s driver chuan zing lamah a rawn la ang.”
  
  
  “Ni e,” a ti rilru a.A ngaihtuah chhuak ta a ni.Alfa Romeo.Vawilehkhatah a rawn hnaih a, a kut chu a kut chungah a awm tih a hria a, “Tunah hian kan duty lo em ni?”
  
  
  A en a, a mitmeng chu hlimnain a rawn eng chhuak vek. "I ngaihdan tha zawk i neih loh chuan."
  
  
  A lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Ka hre lo," a kut chu a kut ah a nghet tlat tih a hria. "Nang engtin nge?"
  
  
  A darthlalang chu ruk takin a melh a. Sawm leh pakhat sawm leh panga. “I awmna tur hmun ka mamawh a ni,” a ti.
  
  
  Tunah chuan a kawr atang chuan a nail te chu a hre thei ta. “The North Star,” a ti muangchang a. "Room tinah TV, heated pool, ran vulh, cafe, dining room, bar leh laundry te a awm."
  
  
  "Hei hi ngaihtuahna tha tak a ni em?" a nui suk a.
  
  
  "I thutlukna a ni". A hnute khauh tak rawn chhuak chu a kawrfual chungah chuan a hre ta. Darthlalangah chuan a en a. Thli chuan a sam dum sei tak, eng mawi tak chu a hmaiah a rawn nuai ta a. A kut dinglam kut zungtang hmangin a sam chu a brush a, Nick chuan a profile chu chiang takin a hmu a - a hmai sang tak, mitmeng dum dum, hmui sensual zau tak, nuihzatna hnuhma tlemte nen. “Tunah chuan nula chu hmeichhe duhthusam tak a lo ni ta,” tiin a ngaihtuah a.Mahse duty call a ni.Zanlai pelh hmain AX headquarters a biak a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  “Spionage dan hmasa ber,” tiin a sawi. "Hnathawkpui te company-a hmuh loh tur."
  
  
  A rilru a buai hle tih a hria a, a inher chhuak ta. "Ka tih awmzia?"
  
  
  North Atlantic Avenue-a Twins Hotel chu an paltlang chauh a ni. “Chutah chuan ka awm dawn tih chu,” a ti a. Traffic light pakhat bulah chuan a ding a, a en a. A eng sen chuan a vun chu meialh ah a chantir ta a ni.
  
  
  North Star lam panna kawngah chuan a be leh tawh lo va, a chhuah dawn chuan thinrimnain a hmai chu a khar nghal vek a. Kawngkhar chu a rawn hmet a, hnunglam hawi lovin lobby chhungah chuan a bo ta a. Reject a nih pawh a thiam lo. Mi hausa an awm ngai lo.
  
  
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  Hawk aw chuan a beng chu chemte ang maiin a rawn cut a. "Flight 1401-A chu Miami International Airport atangin Houston lam panin zing dar 3:00 a.m. Eastern Time ah a chhuak ang. Editor's Poindexter chuan ticket counter-ah zing dar 2:30 a.m. ah a hmu ang che. I mamawh zawng zawng chu a hnenah a nei vek ang a, i tan folder pawh a nei vek ang." study. i mawhphurhna hlui leh tunlai chungchang."
  
  
  Nick chu Highway 1-ah a kir leh a, khawthlang lam pan chuan hming nei lo khawvel, êng êng tak tak leh...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehlin chi hrang hrang
  
  
  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  lawng chu a ni. Hawk aw chu a reh tan a, hmalam pan chuan a inbeng kang a, dashboard-a dial hrang hrang, dazzling array zinga thup, two-way radio te tak te, ultra-sensitive tak dial chu a siamrem ta a.
  
  
  AX hotu chuan a han chawl deuh deuh chuan, "A sawi dan kha i ngaidam dawn a nih chuan ka pu, outer space chungchang hi ka hre vak lo. Engtin nge astronaut anga ka in pass off ka beisei ang?"
  
  
  "Chutiang chu rei lo te chhungin kan thleng ang, N3." Hawk aw chu a khauh em em a, Nick chuan a mit a chhing a, a earplugs volume chu a siamrem ta a. Chumi ni a zu rui mitmeng glassy tak leh tuna Washington-a AX headquarters-a a desk atanga a biaktu mipa inkara inanna eng pawh hi Hawke-a lemchan thiamna leh a vun ang maia a pum khauh leh hrual vang a ni ngei ang.
  
  
  "Tunah chuan Bali Hai-a thil awmdan chungchang hi," Hawk chuan a sawi chhunzawm a, "ka sawifiah ang. Thla tam tak chhung chu high-level information leak a awm tawh a. He restaurant thleng hian kan ti tlem tawh niin kan ngai. Senator, general, sorkar sang tak contractor te chuan chutah chuan chaw an ei thin." . Casual takin an tawng." "Microphone-te chuan an pickup a. Mahse khawiah nge a kal dawn tih erawh kan hre lo. Chuvangin, vawiin chawhnu khan tumruh takin thu dik lo ka pe chhuak a ni." Nuihzatthlak tak tak, nuihzatthlak lo tak mai chu a phalsak a. "More like tracking down a leak by pouring yellow paint into a plumbing system. Chu yellow paint chu khawi atanga lo chhuak nge tih hi ka en duh a ni. AX hian khawvela sorkar leh spy organization zawng zawngah level tinah secret listening post a nei a. An la ang." it away and presto - Connecting pipeline kan nei dawn a ni."
  
  
  Thlipui hrual hrual hrual karah chuan Nick chuan êng sen hring chu a lo lian chak hle tih a en reng a. “Chuvangin Bali Hai-a min hrilh zawng zawng chu dawt a ni,” Vero Beach interchange hmaa a tlan chakna chu a ti hniam a. A mimal bungrua dahna suitcase te chu tawi te tein a ngaihtuah a. Cocoa Beach-a Twins Hotel-a a luh ngai loh room-ah an thu a. A inziak lut hma chuan AX biak tumin a car lam pan nghal a ngai a. Vawikhat chu AX a biak chuan Miami lam pan tur a ni. Khawchhak lam pan chu a tul tak tak em? Hawk hian a puppet chu Palm Beach-ah a rawn hruai thei lo em ni?
  
  
  "A zawng zawng ni lo, N3. Chu chu a thupui ber chu a ni. Point tlemte chauh chu thu dik lo a ni a, mahse a pawimawh hle. US lunar program chu a buaithlak hle tih ka rawt a. A tan hma kum hnih khat vel a la awm dawn tih pawh ka lo ngaihtuah bawk. Mahse, thudik chu." Thudik tak chu - hei hi keimah, NASA official senior tlemte, Joint Chiefs of Staff te, President te, leh tunah chuan nangni, Nicholas te chauh hian ka hre chiang hle - NASA hian ni engemaw zat chhungin mihring hmanga thlawhna dang kalpui leh a tum dawn tih hi a ni. Anmahni pawhin astronaut-te pawhin an hre lo.Phoenix One tia koh a ni ang - a chhan chu Apollo project vut atanga lo chhuak tur a ni.Vanneihthlak takin Connelly Aviation chuan hmanrua chu an buatsaih ta a, Cape Kennedy atanga Cape Kennedy pan tur capsule pahnihna lam pan chuan an tlan chak hle a ni California-a an plant. Astronaut pawl pahnihna chu a inbuatsaihna sang ber a ni a, kal turin an inpeih tawh. Hei hi shot vawi khat dang atan chuan psychological moment ang maiin a lang." Aw chu a reh ta a. "Hei hi chu, a dik e, harsatna awm lovin a kal chhuak ngei tur a ni. A rilru put hmang chu hetiang dinhmunah hian hlawhtlinna ri nasa tak chu mipui kâ aṭanga Apollo chhiatna rilru na tak chu a la chhuak thei chauh a ni. Tin, chu thlum chu tihbo a ngai a nih chuan US Space Program chu chhanchhuah a ni dawn a ni."
  
  
  “Khawiah nge,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Astronaut N3 hi thlalak ah hian a lang?”
  
  
  “Tun dinhmunah hian Walter Reed Hospital-ah mi pakhat coma-a muhil a awm a,” Hawk chuan na takin a ti a. Washington-a a desk-a microphone-ah chuan thu a sawi a, a aw chu car radio-a microscopic relay series complex tak tak hmanga mihring aw pangngaia letling radio wave awmze nei lo vibration a lo ni ta a ni. Nick-a beng bulah chuan Hawk aw ang maiin an rawn thleng a - kawngpuiah pawh sharpness hloh lovin. "Ni thum lai a awm tawh. Doctor-te hian an chhanchhuak thei dawn tih an chiang lo a, an chhanchhuak thei a nih chuan a rilru chu engtikah emaw chuan a awm leh dawn em tih pawh an chiang lo. Second reserve team - Colonel Glenn Eglund-a captain a ni. Mi pakhatin thah a tum a ni." Houston-a Manned Spacecraft Center-ah a awm a, a teammate-te nen he project atan hian training an nei a ni."
  
  
  Hawk chuan Nick hian silver 350 GT intlansiak chu zan khat chhunga a thawn dan chipchiar takin a sawi. Colonel Eglund hi sealed prototype Apollo capsule-ah a awm a, life support system a test mek a ni. Mi pakhatin pawn lam aṭangin control-te chu a siamrem niin a lang a, nitrogen awm zat a tipung a ni. Hei hi astronaut ngeiin a spacesuit chhunga a thawmhnaw nen a inzawm khawm a, gas thihna thlen thei, zu ruih theih tak Amin chu a siam ta a ni.
  
  
  "Eglund hian chiang takin thil a hmu a ni," Hawk chuan a ti a, "a nih loh leh engtin emaw tak chuan a hre lutuk. Eng nge, kan hre lo. An hmuh lai khan a rilru a buai hle a, a hriatna a nei leh ngai lo. Mahse, kan hriat chhuah kan beisei a ni," "Chuvang chuan N3 hian a ti ngei ang." a hmun luah rawh. Eglund hi i kum, i san zawng leh i general build chungchang a ni. A bak chu Poindexter hian a buaipui ang."
  
  
  "Nula chu engtin nge ni ang?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. "Candy thlum tak a ni."
  
  
  "Tunah chuan a awmnaah hian awm reng rawh se. A chhan chu, N3, eng nge i fingerprint chu."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ession a ni em? " "
  
  
  "A chang chuan professional tak a ni thei a, a chang chuan idiot a ni thei bawk."
  
  
  "Ni e, a pa ang bawkin," Hawk chuan a chhang a, Nick chuan a tone-a ice awm chu a hre chiang hle. "CIA-a echelon sang zawka public element hi ka pawm ngai lo a, mahse chu chu he thil chungchang engmah ka sawi hma kha a ni. Dickinson Sweet hian a fanu chutiang thila inrawlh phalsak ai chuan common sense a nei zawk tur a ni. Chu chu a chhan dang a ni." chu chu Palm Beach-ah mimal takin ka thlawk a - hmeichhe naupang hian a biak hmain biak ka duh a ni." A chawl deuh a. "Chu Bali Hai hnungzang i sawi tawh kha - ka ngaihdan chuan awmzia nei lo leh risky tak a ni. Apple cart-te tibuaitu tur chu i tibuai thei tawh ang tih i ring em?".. tiin a sawi.
  
  
  Nick chuan a ti thei tih a sawi a, "Thil tha tak pakhat a chhuak a, mahse. Dr. Sun thlalak ngaihnawm tak. Chutah pawh mipa pakhat a awm bawk. Poindexter-a chu identification atan ka tir ang," a ti bawk.
  
  
  "Hm". Hank aw chu noncommittal a ni. "Dr. Sun hi tunah chuan Houston-ah astronaut dangte nen an awm tawh a. Ani chuan, a nihna takah chuan, Eglund thlaktu tur i ni tih a hre lo. AX pawn lama mi pakhat chauh hretu chu General Hewlett McAlester, NASA top security chief a ni. Amah hian a buatsaih pui a ni masquerade a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan, “A hlawhtling ngei ang tih hi ka la ringhlel reng a ni,” a ti a, “A nihna takah chuan team-a astronaut-te hian thla tam tak chhung training an nei dun tawh a ni. An inhriat chian em em a ni."
  
  
  “Vanneihthlak takin amine poisoning kan nei a ni,” Hawke aw chuan a beng bulah a rawn ti nghal zat. "A chhinchhiahna ber pakhat chu hriatrengna hnathawh tlahniam hi a ni. Chuvangin i thawhpui zawng zawng leh mawhphurhna zawng zawng i hriat reng loh chuan thil awmdan pangngai ang mai a ni ang." A chawl deuh a. "Chu bakah, darkar 24 chuang zet he charade hi i chhunzawm zel a ngai dawn tih ka ringhlel. Eglund-a nunna lak tumna hmasa ber chu tu pawhin a tum leh ang. Tin, ani - a nih loh leh - chu chuan hun tam tak a khawhral dawn lo.
   Bung 5-na
  
  
  
  
  Pornographic thlalak atanga a lan dan aiin a hmeltha zawk daih. Chiseled, mihring ni lo ang maia mawi takin Nick a ti buai hle. A sam chu a dum a—arctic zanlai ang maiin a dum a—a mitmeng chu highlight leh highlight eng mawi tak takte nen pawh a inmil hle. A hmui chu a khat a, a tui hle a, a pi leh pute hnen atanga a rochun hmui ruhte chuan a tizual hle - a pa lam pawhin a tlem berah. Nick chuan Houston pan tura thlawhna a a zir dossier chu a hrechhuak ta a. A nu chu English a ni.
  
  
  A la hmu lo. Manned Spacecraft Center-a neutral-smelling white corridor-ah chuan a kal a, a thawhpui pakhat nen an inbia a.
  
  
  Taksa tha tak a nei a. Kawngpui thawmhnaw chunga a kawrfual vur ang maia a hak chuan a thup thei lo. Hmeichhe slim tak, hnute tling tak, tumruh taka a hmelthatna hmalam panna tur pose-a kal, lithe step tin hian a hips tleirawl laia a hring chhuak chu a pholang vek a ni.
  
  
  N3 chuan thudik bulpui chu rang takin a enfiah a: Joy Han Sun, MD, PhD; Japan-in an awp lai khan Shanghai-ah a piang a; British nu, Chinese sumdawng pa; Kowloon-a Mansfield College-ah zirna a nei a, chumi hnuah Massachusetts-a MIT-ah zirna a zir leh a; US mi a lo ni ta a; aerospace damdawi lam thiam tak; a hmasa berin General Kinetics-ah (Miami GKI Medical Institute-ah) a thawk a, chutah chuan US Air Force-ah Brooks Field, San Antonio-ah a thawk leh a; a tawpah chuan NASA ngei tan pawh a ni a, Houston-a Manned Spacecraft Center leh Cape Kennedy-ah a hun a insem ta a ni.
  
  
  "Doctor Sun, rei vak lo kan hmu thei angem?"
  
  
  Nick bula ding chu mipa sang tak, a kawngah anvil vuah a ni. Project Apollo-a security hotu Major Duane F. Sollitz chuan a sawi. Nick hi General Macalester-a chuan reprocessing atan a pe a;
  
  
  A hmaa an inbiakna aṭanga a hmuiah nuihzat hmel zet hian an lam chu a hawi a. A mitmeng chu Major Sollitz-a bulah chuan a tlan pel a, Nick-a hmelah chuan a innghat nghal a—chu zing chuan editing department-a Poindexter-a’n darkar hnih dawn lai a lo thawh tawh hmel chu.
  
  
  A tha hle mai. A au lo va, hallway-ah pawh a tlan thla lo va, thil âwm lo tak pawh a ti lo. Tin. "Chutiang taka lo haw thuai ka beisei lo Colonel." A aw chu a hniam a, timbre pawh mak tak maiin a chiang hle. Accent chu British a ni. European style-in kut an inthlak a. "Engtin nge i awm?"
  
  
  "Tlem chuan a la disoriented deuh." Kansas twang danglam tak nen a sawi a, darkar thum chhung zet a thut avanga Eglund-a aw tape recording chu a beng chhungah dah luh a ni.
  
  
  "Chu chu beisei tur a ni, Colonel."
  
  
  A rilru na tak chhunga pulse ri chu a en reng a. Amah chu a hawi sawn lo, mahse nuihzatna chu a bo tawh a, a mitmeng dum chu mak tak maiin a eng chhuak ta.
  
  
  Major Sollitz chuan a darthlalang chu a en a. “I ta vek a ni, Dr. Sun,” aw nalh tak leh chiang takin a ti a. "Meeting-ah za kua vel ka tlai tawh. Harsatna a awm chuan min hrilh teh." A kekawr ipteah chuan na takin a inher a, a kal ta a. Sollitz nen chuan a tul lo taka chetna a awm lo. Philippines rama Flying Tigers leh Japanese prison camp-a veteran a ni a, sipai chakna thunun theih loh caricature ang mai a ni.
  
  
  General McAlester chuan Nick chu a paltlang theih nan a buai hle a. Lawndale Road Eglund-a Nick a tlawh laiin, "A fing hle mai," a ti.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  chu zing chuan. "A khauh hle. Chuvangin second khat pawh a bulah chawlh hahdam suh. A chhan chu Eglund i nih loh thu a rawn chhuk chuan snooze button a hmet ang a, Washington Monument chunga i inthupna hmun chu a rawn puak darh ang. Mahse Nick-a chu major office-a a rawn inlan chuan engkim chu magic ang maiin a kal ta a ni. Sollitz chuan a hmuh chuan mak a ti em em a, security check cursory ber chauh a pe a ni.
  
  
  “Khawngaihin min zui rawh,” Dr. Sun chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chu a hnungah a tlu a, a hip te, a ke sei leh nghet tak sei zawng te chu automatic in a hmu ta a ni. Eptu lam chu an tha chho zel niin a rel ta a ni.
  
  
  Mahse, a khingpui a ni. Ringhlelhawm a awm lo. Tin, a thattu pawh a ni mai thei. Hawk-a line: "A tum leh ang," tih chu a hrechhuak ta a. Tin, tun thleng hian engkim hian "amah" lam a kawhhmuh vek bawk. Eglund thah tumtu chu (pakhatnaah) Medical Research Division-a lut thei mi a ni tur a ni a, (pahnihna) chu scientific background nei mi a ni tur a ni a, a bik takin extraterrestrial life support chemistry lama mi a ni tur a ni. Mi pakhatin nitrogen tam lutuk chu mihring thawmhnaw atanga ammonia nen a inhmeh a, Amine gas thihna thlen thei chu a siam ang tih hretu. Apollo project-a medical research director Dr. Sun chuan access leh training a nei a, a specialty chu space-a mihring nunna vawn nun a ni.
  
  
  Hallway te tak te kawngkhar chu a hawng a, a ding chhuak a, Nick chu a entir a. "Khawngaihin i thawmhnaw kha phelh rawh. I bulah ka awm ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lam a hawi a, a nerve chu a ti nghet nghal vek. Casual tone chu hold back in, "Hei hi a tul tak tak em? Ka sawi tum chu Walter Reed-a'n min chhuah tir a, an report copy pawh i hnenah an rawn thawn tawh a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Nui hmel chu a nuihzat hmel hle. A mit atang khan a intan a, chutah a hmui lam a pan ta a. "I zak suh Colonel Eglund. A nihna takah chuan saruak ka hmuh hmasak ber a ni lo."
  
  
  Hei hi Nick-a hlauh ber chu a ni. A taksaah hian Eglund-a neih ngai loh hliam a awm a. Poindexter hian engmah a ti lo a, hei hi beisei loh tak a nih avangin. Editorial records department chuan Walter Reed-a office bungrua chungchangah medical report dik lo an siam a. Hei hi a tawk dawn niin an hria a, NASA medical agency chuan a mit hmuhna, a hriatna, a motor reaction leh a sense of balance chauh a test dawn niin an hria.
  
  
  Nick chuan a thawmhnaw a phelh a, a thil neihte chu chair-ah a dah a. Dodalna hian awmzia a nei lo. "Eglund" chu Dr. Sun hnen atanga phalna a hmuh hma chuan training-ah a kir leh thei lo. Kawngkhar inhawng leh inkhar ri chu a hre ta a. High heels chuan a lam chu a rawn click a. Plastic curtain te chu a hnunglam hawiin an hrual a. “And shorts, khawngaihin,” a ti a, duh lo zet hian a phelh a, “Hetah hian lo chhuak rawh, khawngaihin.”
  
  
  Chu pindan lai takah chuan savun leh aluminium eng mawi tak hmanga siam surgical bed mak tak mai chu a ding a. Nick chuan a duh lo hle mai. Saruak aiin a hre zawk. A hlauhawm hle niin a inhria. A kawrfual chhunga a ken ṭhin stiletto te, a pocket-a gas bomb thup ṭhin te, Wilhelmina tia a koh Luger awlsam tak te, a hman ṭhin "defensive devices" zawng zawngte chu a hla hle - Washington-a AX headquarters-ah, a kalsan tawhna hmunah. chawlh hmanga a chhuah hmain. Kawngkharte chu a rawn inhawng nghal a, ralthuam keng mi sawmnga zet an zuang lut a nih chuan ralthuam awmchhun - a taksa hmangin a bei a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  Mahse, a thihpui khawp mai. Chawlh lai pawhin a hmeltha, taksa ruh, a hmelah hlauhawm tak a ni. A vun khauh tak, tan tawh chu hliam hlui chuan a khuh vek a. Muscle te chu ruh ah chuan etched a ni. Kut chu a lian a, a thuk a, a thisen zam chu knotted a ni. Tharum thawhna atana siam niin an lang - codenamed Killmaster tih mipa pakhat tan pawh a inhmeh hle.
  
  
  Dr. Song chuan room sir a a lam pan chuan a kal a, a mit chu hmuh theihin a meng chhuak ta a. A pum thlengin an rivet reng a - chutiang taka ngaihvenna chu a taksa chauh a ni lo tih a chiang hle bawk. Chungte chu chemte leh silai mu half dozen zeta hriatrengna a ni. Dead sale a ni.
  
  
  A ngaihtuahna chu a divert a ngai ta a ni. Eglund hi bachelor a ni a. A dossier-ah chuan skirt chaser a nih thu a sawi a, astronaut thawmhnaw ha, savawm ang mai a ni. Chuti a nih chuan eng nge natural zawk chu awm thei ang? Mipa leh hmeichhe hmeltha tak pakhat chauh room pakhatah, mipa chu saruak...
  
  
  A rawn hnaih lai chuan a ding lo, mahse rang takin surgical table-ah chuan a hnungzang chu a rawn nawr a, a fawh lai chuan a kut chu a kawr hnuaiah a lut a, a hmui chu a khauh a, a ngilnei bawk. Rough play a ni a, a phu tawk kut chu a hmu ta a ni - a hmaiah chiah, rei lo te chhung chu a ti buai hle.
  
  
  "Nang rannung!" Table bulah chuan a ding a, a kut hnunglam chu a hmuiah a hmet tlat a. A mitmeng chu thinrimna, hlauhna, thinrimna leh rilru natna dang sawmhnih chuang zetin a eng chhuak a, chung zinga pakhat mah chu a nuam lo. Tuna a en chuan chu pornographic photo-a hmeichhe â, rilru nei lo tak nen chuan Joy Sun chu inzawm tir a harsat hle.
  
  
  "He thil chungchangah hian ka lo vaukhân tawh che a ni, Colonel." A hmui chu a khur nghal vek. Mittui tlak dawnah a awm ta. "I ngaihtuah ang hmeichhia ka ni lo. Heng thlemna man tlawm tak takte hi ka tuar lovang..."
  
  
  Maneuver chuan duhthusam angin nghawng a nei a. Taksa enfiahna ngaihtuahna zawng zawng chu theihnghilh vek a ni. “Khawngaihin inchei rawh,” a ti a. "I dam kim tawh tih a chiang a ni. Hei hi i report ang."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  training coordinator la, chutah chuan i teammate te chu simulation building-ah tel ve rawh."
  
  
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  Tlâng hrual hrual hrual piah lam vân chu a dum êm êm a, arsiin a khat a ni. An inkar leilung chu tlangram a ni a, lungpui lian tak takin a khat a, ledge nalh tak tak leh lung chi hrang hrang hrual hrual hrual a awm bawk. Tlâng chhe tawh tak chu lungpui lian tak ang maiin lungpui lian tak takte chuan a rawn paltlang a.
  
  
  Nick chu uluk takin LM lungphun pali zinga pakhata rangkachak khuh ladder inbun chu a chhuk thla a. A hnuai lamah chuan a ke pakhat chu plate sir lamah a dah a, thla chungah chuan a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Ke hnuaia leivut layer chuan vur hring hring ang maiin a awm a. Zawi zawiin pheikhawk pakhat chu a dang hmaah a dah a, chutiang bawk chuan zawi zawiin a tih dan chu a ti leh ta a. Zawi zawiin a kal tan ta a. Kal a har khawp mai. Kawngkhar tawp nei lo leh lungpui khauh tak tak hnah te chuan a ti hniam hle. Step tin chu a chiang lo, tlu chu a hlauhawm hle.
  
  
  A beng bulah chuan ri bengchheng tak, ri nasa tak a awm a. Hei hi a rubberized lunar suit pumping, breathing, cooling leh drying system atanga lo chhuak a ni. Plastic helmet nghet tak chhungah chuan a lu chu a sir lehlamah a thing a, midangte chu a zawng ta a. Eng chuan a mit a tidel a. A heat mitt dinglam chu a han chawi sang a, sun visor pakhat chu a dah thla a.
  
  
  Headphone-a aw chuan: “Lung Pile-ah hian lo lawm leh rawh, Colonel. Hetah hian kan awm a, Ocean of Storms kamah hian. Ni lo, chutiang chu a ni lo - i dinglamah.”
  
  
  Nick chu a hawi let a, an bulky moon suit ha chunga figure pahnih a rawn kuah lai chu a hmu a. A kut a phar let leh a. Microphone chhungah chuan, “Roger, John,” a ti a. "Good to see you, good to be back. Ka la disoriented deuh. Min tuar a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  Hetianga an inhmu thei hi a lawm hle a ni. Rubber, nylon leh plastic pound sawmruk leh panga hmanga mi pakhat nihna chu tuin nge hriat theih ang?
  
  
  Hemi hma hian lunar simulation buatsaihna room-ah chuan a lo inring reng tawh a ni. Apollo astronauts reserve group hmasa ber captain Gordon Nash chu a rawn hmu a. "Lucy khan damdawi inah a hmu che em?" - a zawt a, Nick-a chuan a nuihzatthlak tak chu a hrethiam lo hle a, Eglund-a ṭhian pakhat a sawina niin a ngai a. Tlem a pale crack a siam a, Nash chu a hmui a ti hup tih a hmuh chuan mak a ti hle. Tlai lutuk chuan dossier chu a hrechhuak ta - Lucy hi Eglund-a farnu naupang zawk a ni a, tuna Gordon Nash-a romantic interest a ni. Chu alibi (“Just kidding, Gord”) atang chuan a chhuah theih nan a thawk thei a, mahse a hnai hle. A hnai lutuk.
  
  
  Nick-a teammate pakhat chuan thla chunglam atanga lungte a la khawm a, thir collection box-ah a thup a, pakhat zawk chu seismograph ang chi device chungah a squat a, needle-a agitated movement chu a record bawk. Nick chu minute engemaw zat chu anmahni en rengin a ding a, a tih tur chu a hre lo tih chu nuam lo takin a hre chiang hle. A tawpah chuan seismograph hnathawk pa chuan a han hawi chho a. "LRV kha i check out tur a ni lo maw?" A aw chu N3 headphones atang chuan a rawn ri chhuak nghal zat.
  
  
  "Dik." Vanneihthlak takin Nick-a darkar sawm chhung training-naah hian tun semester pawh a tel a ni. LRV chu Lunar Roving Vehicle tihna a ni. Thla lama lirthei, fuel cell hmanga khalh, spoke aiah spiral blade nei special cylindrical wheel-a chuang a ni. Astronaut-te hmaa thlaa tla tura duan a nih avangin Houston-a Manned Spacecraft Center chhungril lama thu, thla leilung acre sawma zau model lian takah hian khawi emaw laiah dah a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu lei hring, thlen theih loh karah chuan a kal ta a. A ke hnuaia pumice ang maia awm chu a chhe thei lo va, a hrual a, khur thup leh hrual inang lo tak tak a awm bawk. A chunga kal chu hrehawm tawrhna a ni. “R-12-a ravine-ah a la awm mai thei,” a beng bulah aw pakhat chuan a ti a. "Nizan khan team hmasa ber khan an thawk dun a ni."
  
  
  Khawiah nge R-12 kha a awm? - Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Mahse rei vak lo hnuah chuan a han hawi chho ta a, chutah chuan Modeling Building inchung lian tak dum, arsi hring hring kil khatah chuan grid mark pakhat atanga sawmhnih leh paruk thleng a hmu a, pawn lam kil lamah chuan A. Z. Luck chu a la awm reng a ni a hnenah.
  
  
  Lunar Module chu yard za tlemte chauh a hla ni mahse, ravine thleng tur chuan darkar chanve vel zet a hmang a ni. Buaina chu gravity tlahniam kha a ni. Artificial lunar landscape siamtu scientist-te chuan thil tak takah hmuh theih tur dinhmun zawng zawng chu an siam chhuak vek a: temperature range degree za nga, mihring siam tawh zawng zawnga vacuum chak ber, leh gravity chak lo - a let ruk chauh a tlem. leia mi ang maiin. Hei hian balance neih chu thil theih loh tluk zetin a siam ta a ni. Nick hian awlsam takin a zuang thei a, a duh chuan boruakah feet za tam tak pawh a thlawk thei a, mahse, zawi zawiin a rawn tlan chhuak ngam lo. Terrain chu a hrual lutuk a, a nghet lo lutuk a, rang taka tawp theih a ni lo.
  
  
  Ravine chu feet sawm leh panga vel zeta thuk leh sang tak a ni. Zigzag pattern tawi takah a tlan a, a hnuai lam chu mihring siam meteorite za tam takin a khuh a ni. Network 12-ah khan Moonship chhinchhiahna a awm lo, mahse chu chu a pawimawh tak tak lo. Yard tlemte chauh a hla, hmuh theih loh khawpa hlaah a awm thei.
  
  
  Nick chu fimkhur takin tlang chhip atang chuan a kal thla a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I kut leh support tinte chu i rit zawng zawng i dah hmain i man a ngai a ni. A hmaah chuan meteorite lung te tak te te chu a rawn tla thla a, a boots chuan a ti chhuak ta a ni. Ravine hnuai lam a thlen chuan veilamah a hawi a, Network 11 lam a pan a, zawi zawiin a kal a, mihring siam ash flow-a tortured twists leh spiky projections te chu a pickup ta a.
  
  
  A beng chhunga hissing reng reng leh suit pawn lama vacuum awm karah chuan a hnung lamah engmah a hre thei lo. Mahse, thil che vel chu a hmu emaw, a hre emaw a, a hawi let leh ta a ni.
  
  
  Thilsiam pianzia nei lo, mitmeng dum hring dup pahnih nei chuan a rawn rawn nuai thla a. Insect lian takah a insiam a, chutah chuan car ke pali nei mak tak maiah a insiam a, a khalhtu bula thu ang chi thla suit ha mi pakhat a hmu ta a ni. Nick chuan a kut chu a han phar a, chutah chu pa chuan a lo hre tawh tih a hrechhuak a, tumruh takin a tlan chak ta a ni.
  
  
  Chhuahna tur a awm lo.
  
  
  Thla machine chu a lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a, a cylindrical wheel lian tak tak, razor ang maia hrual spiral blade nei te chuan gorge chu bang atanga bang thlengin a luah khat vek a.
   Bung 6-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  Nick chuan chu blade te chuan a suit a tikehsawm a nih chuan eng nge thleng dawn tih a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Pawnah chuan kar hnih chhunga thla ni simulated chu chawhnu lam minute tlemte chauh a la awm. A lumna chu 250 No. F. Tui lum aiin a sang zawk - mihring thisen aiin a sang zawk. Chutah chuan vacuum chak tak, thir chi hrang hrangte chu a inhnaih chuan a takin a weld khawm thei a, chu chu scientist-te’n “boiling” tia an hriat thil thleng pakhat i hmu ang.
  
  
  Chumi awmzia chu mihring taksa saruak chhungril lam chu a lum dawn tihna a ni. Bubble a lo awm tan ang - a hmasa berin ka leh mit mucous membrane-ah, chutah chuan taksa peng pawimawh dangte tissue-ah. Thihna chu minute tlemte chhungin a lo thleng ang.
  
  
  Chutiang spoke eng mawi tak tak, blade ang maia langte chu a hlat hle a ngai a ni. Mahse, a sir lehlamah chuan hmun a awm lo. Thil pakhat chauh a awm thei. Leiah chuan tla la, ton thum zeta rit machine mak tak chu a chungah rawn roll rawh se. Gravity-free vacuum-ah chuan ton chanve chauh a rit a, a hnuai lam, tyre nem ang maia flattened wheel hmangin traction a neih theih nan siam danglam leh a ni.
  
  
  A hnungah chuan feet tlemte a hlaah chuan depression te tak te a awm a. A hawi let a, chutah chuan a hmai hnuai lam chu a inzar pharh a, a kut zungtang chu tlang kang lungpui kang laiah chuan a innghat tlat a. Plastic bubble chhunga a lu chu a hlauhawm ber a ni. Mahse, LRV-in a tlan theih loh avangin wheel inkar hmun chu a tawi lutuk avangin a align a ni. A vanneihna chu a la tlachham hle.
  
  
  A sir zawng zawngah chuan ngawi rengin a rawn inher a, light chu a block off ta a ni. Pressure nasa tak chuan a hnungzang leh ke chu a rawn deng a, lungpuiah a pin ta a ni. Thâwk chuan a lung chu a chhuahsan ta a. A vision chu rei lo te chhung chu a blank ta a. Tichuan, wheel set hmasa ber chuan a chungah a rawn kal a, feet 31-a sei lirthei hnuaiah chuan thim chak takah chuan a mu a, set hnihna chu a lam pana a tlan lai chu a en reng a.
  
  
  A hmu tlai lutuk. Low hanging equipment chu box ang maia siam a ni. A ECM backpack chu a rawn nam a, a tla thla ta a ni. Backpack chu a kekawr ipte atang chuan a phelh vek tih a hria. Ka beng bula hissing chu a reh nghal vek. Khua lum chuan a lung a kang a. Tichuan wheel dangte chuan a rawn nam lut a, hrehawmna chu chhum dum ang maiin a chhungah a rawn puak darh ta a.
  
  
  A tih loh chuan a zo dawn tih a hriat avangin hriatna thread te tak te chu a chelh tlat a. Eng êng tak chuan a mitmeng chu a kang ta vek a. Taksa hrehawm tawrhna hnehin, car zawngin zawi zawiin a chho ta a. Zawi zawiin a mit chuan tui chawi chu a chawlhsan a, a lam chu a ngaihtuah ber a. Yard sawmnga vel a hlaah a awm tawh a, a che tawh lo. Moon suit ha mi pakhat chu control panel bulah chuan a ding a, a en reng a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a thaw a la a, mahse a awm lo. A suit chhunga artery ang chi tube te chuan a kawr chhunga main inlet atang chuan oxygen lum a phur tawh lo. A bell ritute chuan a hnungzang rubber chhe tawh chu environment control package awmna hmun chu a rawn hrual a. A hmui a rawn inhawng a. Plastic bubble thi tawhah chuan hmui chu a vawt hle a. “Help,” microphone chhungah chuan a ti a, mahse ani pawh chu a thi tawh a, Communications Power Supply wire te chu a dang zawng nen chuan a rawn inher chhuak ve bawk.
  
  
  Lunar suit ha mi pakhat chu lunar lawng atang chuan a chhuk thla a. Control panel seat hnuai atang chuan utility knife a la chhuak a, chu lam pan chuan a kal ta a.
  
  
  He thiltih hian N3 nunna a chhanhim a ni.
  
  
  Chu chemte chuan Nick chu a zo lo tihna a ni a, hmanraw hnuhnung ber chu tan a ngai tihna a ni - chutiang chuan a kawrfual chhunga bungrua te tak te inbun chu a hrechhuak ta a ni. Backpack system-a harsatna a awm chuan a awm reng a ni. Minute 5 chhung oxygen supply a awm a.
  
  
  A han on ta a. Hissing ri nem tak chuan plastic bubble chu a rawn luah khat ta vek a. A lung hah tak chu thawk turin a nawr lui a. Thlawhnain an khat a. A vision chu a thianghlim ta. A ha a ti nghet sauh sauh a, a keah a ding chhuak ta ringawt a. A rilru chuan a taksa chu eng nge la awm tih hriat tumin a chhui tan ta a. Tichuan rang takin thupui tawi sawina hun a awm tawh lo. Mipa dang chuan tlan lian tak a siam a. Vawikhat chu boruakah tho turin a zuang a, a lam pan chuan a thlawk a, low-gravity atmosphere-ah chuan feather ang maiin a light a. Knife chu a vawn hniam a, point down a, rang taka flip up turin a inpeih ta.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  hei hian emergency lifeline chu a titawp dawn a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan a ke ruhte chu tlang kang lungpui hrual chhungah chuan a lai lut a. A kut chu motion khatah a hniam leh a, mi pakhatin racing dive a tih ang maiin a ti hniam leh a. Chutah chuan hmalam pan chuan a catapult a, a chakna khawlkhawm zawng zawng chu lunge chhungah a paih lut ta a ni. Thlipuiah chuan hlauhawm takin a thlawk tih a hmu a, mahse a target chu a pel ta lo. Mipa dang chuan a lu a ti hniam a, a pil thla ta a. Nick chuan a kal pelh lai chuan chemte hmangin kut chu a rawn man a, mahse a miss.
  
  
  Tui hnuaia insual ang mai a ni. Force field chu a danglam vek tawh. Balance, traction, reaction time - engkim hi gravity tlahniam vangin a danglam vek tawh. Vawikhat chu movement an tan tawh chuan tihtawp emaw, kawng thlak emaw chu thil theih loh tluk a ni. Tunah chuan parabola zau tak tawp lamah lei lam panin a tlan ta a - a khingpui dinna atanga yard sawmthum vel zeta hlaah.
  
  
  Mipa dangin projectile chi khat a kah lai tak chuan a hawi let nghal a. A kekawr ipteah a rawn tla thla a, leiah a tla thla ta a ni. Lung lian tak, lung lian tak, lung lian tak, hrual hrual, lung lian tak ang maia lian a ni. Gravity pangngai hnuaiah pawh lift thei lo. Natna chuan a ke chu a rawn kap chhuak ta. A lu a thing a, a ding chhuak ta a. Vawikhatmah heat gauntlet a tla a, a emergency oxygen kit chu a scrap ta a. Chu pa chu a chungah a awm tawh a.
  
  
  Nick chu a tlan pel a, casual takin pipe-ah utility knife hmangin a kap ta a ni. Harsatna awm lovin a rawn tla thla a, Nick chuan a ke dinglam chu a han chawi sang a, a heavy metal boot kekawrte chuan chu pa solar plexus langsar deuh chu chunglam angle-in a tawk ta a ni. Plastic bubble chhunga hmel dum chuan ngawi rengin a hmui a hawng a, a mit chu a rawn inher let leh ta a. Nick chu a keah a zuang thla a. Mahse a zui hma chuan chu pa chu eel ang maiin a tlan bo a, a lam chu a hawi a, beih leh turin a inpeih ta a ni.
  
  
  N3-a rilru lam pan chuan a feint a, mae-geri thinrim takin a groin chu a aim a. He vuak hian a target chu inch khat pawh tling loin a pet a, Nick-a ke chu a ti na hle a, a balance pawh a hloh hnai hle. A do let hmain chu pa chu a inher kual a, chutah a hnunglam atangin piledriver hmangin a rawn vawm a, chu chuan Nick chu ravine floor ledges inthlau tak tak chungah chuan hmalam pan turin a ti ta a. A tawp thei lo. A roll chhunzawm zel a, razor ang maia lungte chuan a suit chu a tikehsawm vek a.
  
  
  A mitmeng atang chuan chu pa chuan a side pocket zip a phelh a, pistol mak tak mai chu a phawrh chhuak a, uluk takin a kap ta a. Ledge chu a man a, rang takin a ding ta a. Magnesium light blue-white mit tideltu streak chuan a rawn pel a, lungpui chungah chuan a puak ta a ni. Rocket kah chhuahna tur a ni! Chu pa chuan a reload tan ta a. Nick chuan a rawn pan nghal vat a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan silai chu a thlak a, a rilruah kut pahnih hmanga vuak chu a dodge a. A ke veilam chu a han chawi sang a, Nick-a venhim loh groin-ah chuan final vicious thrust a siam ta a. N3 chuan a kut pahnihin boot chu a la a, a twist ta a. Chu pa chu thing phun ang maiin a tla a, a che hma chuan Killmaster chu a chungah a lo awm ta a. Kut chu chemte keng chungin a lam pan chuan a rawn eng chhuak a. Nick chuan a kut gloved chu a kutkawr venhim loh chu a rawn hrual a. Hei hian direct thrust chu a ti dull ta a ni. A kut zungtang chuan chu pa kut chu a khar a, a rawn inher a. Chemte chu a tla lo. A hawi let leh a, thil pakhat a click tih a hria a, chu pa kut chu a bengchheng ta hle mai.
  
  
  Chutih lai tak chuan Nick-a beng bula hissing chu a reh ta. Spare oxygen a tlakchham tawh. Khua lumna nasa tak chuan a lung chu a rawn chhuah ta a. Yoga-a zirtirna ruhte chuan automatic-in an la a, an humhim ta a ni. Minute li chhung chu a thaw a tikhawlo thei a, mahse a ti thei tawh lo va, taksa thawhrimna pawh a awm thei tawh lo.
  
  
  Thil râpthlâk leh au thawm na tak mai chuan a kut chu a rawn kap nghal zat a, thawk chhuah tumin a hmui a hawng ta mai. Chu pa chuan chemte chu a kut lehlamah a sawn a, a kut chu a tikehsawm a, a kut zungtang chu a titawp ta a ni. Tunah chuan Nick chu a rawn tlan pel ta a, a kut tha tak chuan a kutphah tliak chu a chelh tlat a. Gorge-ah chuan a tlu a, a backpack atang chuan tui luang chhuak a rawn chhuak a.
  
  
  Damchhuahna rilru fiah lo tak chuan Nick chu flare gun lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a. Thih a ngai lo. Mahse a beng chhunga aw ri te chuan, "A hla lutuk a ni," a ti a. Chutiang chu i ti thei lo. A lungphu chu boruak a dil a. A kut zungtang chuan leiah chuan a rawn inher chhuak a, a silai chu a rawn phar chhuak ta a. Boruak! a lung chu a au chhunzawm zel a. Second tin a chhe zual zel a. Kut zungtang chuan a rawn hual vel a. Thawhrimna a awm lo, mahse engtin pawhin trigger chu a han hmet a, êng êng chuan a mit a tidel em em a, a kut zalen tak chu a mit chungah a beng a ngai ta a ni. Tin, chu chu a hriatreng hnuhnung ber a ni bawk...
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  "Engvangin nge emergency exit ah khan i kal loh?" He project-a flight director Ray Finney chuan a astronaut pui Roger Cain leh John Corbinet-te’n Simulation Building-a inbuatsaihna room-a a lunar suit chu an phelh pui laiin lungkham takin a chungah a innghat a ni. Finny chuan a hnar atan oxygen dispenser te tak te a rawn phar a, Nick chuan chuta tang chuan rei tak a in leh ta a.
  
  
  "Emergency atanga chhuak tur em ni?" a ti muangchang a. "Khawnge?"
  
  
  Mi pathumte chuan an in en a. “Net 12 atanga yard sawmhnih aia hla lovah,” Finney chuan a ti. "Hei hi i lo hmang tawh a."
  
  
  Hei hi moon suit ha chunga a khingpuiin a chhuahna tur a ni ngei ang. Tunah chuan sawm an awm tih a hrechhuak ta a, thla bial vel a hmuh theih a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Airlock leh pressurization chamber an nei vek a. Mihring awm lovin an awm a, simulation building hnuaia lei hnuaia vault-ah hawn an ni. Chuvangin luh leh chhuah chu i kal dan tur i hriat chuan harsatna a ni lo ang - Nick-a khingpui pawhin a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  “Vanneihthlak takin John chuan flare gun atanga signal hmasa ber chu a hmu ta a ni,” tiin Roger Cain chuan Finney chu a hrilh a. "Kan kal nghal a. Minute ruk vel hnuah pakhat dang a awm leh a. Chutih lai chuan minute khat pawh a tling lo."
  
  
  Corbinet chuan, "Chu chuan a dinhmun a sawifiah tak zet a ni," a ti bawk. "Second tlemte dang a awm leh chuan goner a ni tawh ang. A rawn blue tawh ang. Roger-a emergency supply-ah kan hook up a, exit lam pan chuan kan hruai ta a. Oh my God! Chu chu en teh!" - a ti nghal zat.
  
  
  Suit chu an phelh a, a chhung lam thawmhnaw thisen chhuak chu an en reng a. Kaina chuan a kut zungtang chu thermal material chu a entir a. "I vannei hle mai, i boil over lo," a ti a.
  
  
  Finny chu hliam chungah chuan a innghat a. “Chemte hmanga tan ang mai a ni,” a ti. "Eng thil nge thleng? A tir atang khan i tan a tha zawk."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a. “En teh, he thil hi ka â hlein ka hria,” a ti a, “Ravine atanga chhuah ka tum lai chuan damn utility knife chungah ka tlu a. Ka balance ka hloh chauh a,..."
  
  
  "I ECM chu engtin nge ni ang?" director chuan thlawhna chu a phut a. "Engtin nge a lo awm?"
  
  
  "Ka tlu lai khan. Ledge pakhatah a rawn man a."
  
  
  “Investigation a awm ngei ang,” Finney chuan lungngai takin a ti a. "NASA Safety hian tunlai hian accident apiang report an duh a ni."
  
  
  "Nakinah. Damdawi lam pan hmasak a ngai a ni," Corbinet chuan a ti a. Roger Kane lam chu a hawi a. "Dr. Sun biak a tha zawk."
  
  
  Nick chuan thut a tum a. "Hell ni lo, ka tha e," a ti a. "Hliam mai a ni. Nangni ho hian nangmah ngeiin i bandage thei ang." Doctor Sun chu a hmuh duh loh mi a ni. Eng thil nge thleng dawn tih a hre chiang hle. Anesthetic injection pek a tum tlat a - he injection hian a thawhpuiin thla landscape-a a hlawhchham hna chu a ti zo dawn a ni.
  
  
  “Joy Sun nen hian ruh ka pick tur ka nei a ni,” Finny chuan a ti nghal zat. "I awmna state-ah hian a kal pel ngai lo tur che a ni. Dizzy spells, blackouts. In lamah i awm tur a ni a, i hnungzang chungah i mu tur a ni. Eng pawh nise, he nula hi eng nge a tihsual?
  
  
  Nick chuan chutiang lam chu a ngaihtuah tha khawp mai. A saruak a hmuh meuh chuan Colonel Eglund a ni lo tih a hre ta a, chu chu sorkar enterprise a nih a ngai tihna a ni a, chu chuan a tan chuan thangah a hruai lut tihna a ni. Chuti a nih chuan thlaa landscape aia thawn chhuah dan tha zawk eng nge awm ang? Hetah hian a thawhpui chu a awm - a nih loh leh plural-ah? - chuan “accident” remchang dang a ruahman thei bawk.
  
  
  Finny chuan phone chu a la a, first aid supplies engemaw zat a order a. A phone a dah chuan Nick lam chu a hawi a, "I car chu in lamah lo kal se ka duh. Kane, i hruai haw a. Tin, Eglund pawh, doctor ka hmuh hma loh chuan awm rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan rilru lamah a lu a thing nghal ringawt. Khawi hmunah nge a nghah pawh a pawi lo. A dawt leh tur chu a ta a ni. A chhan chu thil pakhat a chiang a ni. A hmuh theih loh hma chuan a chawl thei lo. Inzawmzat.
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Poindexter chuan Eglund-a bachelor bungalow-a thlipui tleh lai basement chu full-scale AX field office-ah a chantir ta a ni.
  
  
  Darkroom te tak te, 35 mm hmanga thuam a awm bawk. camera, film, thil siam chhuahna hmanrua leh microdot te, Lastotex mask-a khat thir filing cabinet, cord-a saw flexible, button-a compas, needle kah theihna fountain pen, transistor transmitter te tak te nei watch, leh solid-state imaging communication system complex tak—a telephone hmangin headquarters nen an inzawm nghal thei a ni.
  
  
  "I buai tawh niin a lang," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  “Thlalak a mipa nen hian ID ka nei a ni,” tiin Poindexter chuan uluk taka thunun thahnemngai takin a chhang a. Sam dum, choirboy hmel tak New England mi a ni a, thihna leh tihchhiatna hmanrua thiam tak tak hmanga hnathawh ai chuan kohhran picnic neih a duh zawk ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  Dryer atanga damp 8×10 chu a phelh a, Nick hnenah chuan a pe ta a. Chu chu hmalam atanga thlir, lu leh ke, vun dum, savawm hmel leh mit dum thi tawh tak a ni. A kawr chu third vertebra hnuai lawkah hliam thuk takin a hual vel a. Poindexter chuan, "A hming chu Rinaldo Tribolati a ni a, mahse a tawi zawngin Reno Three a ti a. Ka camera phone aṭanga ka lak nghal avangin a print hi a blurry deuh a ni. Thlalak thlalak a ni," a ti.
  
  
  "Engtiang taka chak nge?"
  
  
  "Tattoo a ni lo. Hetiang dragon chi hi a awm fo hle. Indopui II-na lai khan Far East-a rawngbawltu sipai sang tam takin an nei a, a bik takin Philippines-ah te hian an nei a ni. Tlangvalte. Puakruk an siam a, an zirchiang a. Caused by a rope burn.And that's all that they needed to know.He Rhino Tree hi vawi khat chu Las Vegas gangs te tan hit man a ni tawh niin a lang.Mahse, a tum ber zinga pakhat chuan a rawn pickup ta mai a. Beat him to a pulp.He still bears the ser."
  
  
  "Reno Tree tih hming hi ka hre tawh a, mahse hitman angin ni lo. Jet Set tana dance master chi khat angin," a ti.
  
  
  "Chu chu kan tlangval a ni," Poindexter chuan a chhang a. "Tunah chuan legit a ni tawh. Socialite nula ho hian an hmangaih hmel hle. Pic magazine chuan a rawn call a."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Palm Beach-a Pied Piper chuan a rawn ti a. Bali Hai-ah disco a enkawl a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan hmalam thlirna, thlalak chu a en a, chutah Poindexter-a’n a pek pornographic thlalak copy chu a en leh a. Joy Sun hmel hlim tak chuan a la tibuai reng a ni. “Mawi i tih tur chu a harsa khawp mai,” a ti a. "Hmeichhe ho hian a chungah eng nge an hmuh tih ka ngaihtuah."
  
  
  "A vuak dan hi an duh mai thei."
  
  
  "Chutiang chu a ni maw?" Nick chuan thlalak chu a fold a, a wallet-ah a dah a. Headquarters tihsan hi a tha zawk a ni,” a ti bawk. "Ka register a ngai a ni."
  
  
  Poindexter chu camera phone lam pan chuan a kal phei a, switch chu a han hmet a. "Mipui chuan shylock leh extortionist anga che turin phalna an pe a ni," tiin screen-a a nunna a hmuh lai chuan a sawi. "A let lehna atan chuan a that ang a, an tan power work a thawk ang. A tawp ber anga hriat a ni. Shylock dang zawng zawngin mi pakhat an hnawl vek chuan Rhino Three chuan an hruai ang. An tih tur an hlen loh lai chuan a duh ber a ni. It." gave him a reason to work on them. Mahse, "Hmeichhia tihduhdah hi a ngaina ber a ni. Vegas-ah hmeichhe ran in a nei tih thawnthu a awm a, khawpui a chhuahsan khan an hmai zawng zawng chu razor hmangin a tan vek tih a sawi bawk... A- 4, N3 on a scrambler from the HT station," tiin communication headset vuah brunette duhawm tak a rawn lang a.
  
  
  "Khawngaihin lo nghak rawh." A aiah chuan thir sam nei putar pakhatin a rawn thlak a, Nick-a chuan a inpekna zawng zawng leh a hmangaihna tam zawk chu a pe a ni. N3 chuan a report a siam a, cigar hriat lar tak a awm loh thu a sawi a, chubakah a mitmeng hnim hring hring zingah chuan hlimhlawp eng mawi tak a awm tih a hmuchhuak bawk. Hawk chu a lungawi lo va, a buai hle bawk. Tin, hun khawhral lovin a tibuaitu chu a hrechhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick-a report tawp lamah chuan, “AX listening posts reported,” tiin na takin a sawi. "Tin, thuthang hi a tha lo hle. He thu dik lo Bali Hai-a ka thehdarh hi a lo chhuak a, mahse ram chhungah chuan, khawvel hnuai lam level hniam takah. Las Vegas-ah chuan NASA-in lunar program-ah bet an siam a ni. Smart money chuan a ti." project hi kalpui leh a nih hma kum hnih a la awm dawn a ni." A chawl deuh a. "Ka tibuai tak chu Phoenix One chungchanga top secret information ka pek che kha a rawn lang chhuak bawk - Washington-ah pawh a sang hle a ni."
  
  
  Hawk hmel thim tak chu a thim zual sauh sauh a. “Ramdang spy pawla kan mite hnen atanga thu kan hriat hma ni khat vel a la awm dawn a, mahse a tha lo hle. Mi sang tak hian information a leak a ni. A tawi zawngin kan hmelma hian operative an nei a ni,” a ti bawk. NASA ngeiah pawh a sang hle."
  
  
  Hawkeye thusawi awmzia kimchang chu zawi zawiin a hrechhuak ta - tunah chuan Phoenix One pawh a hlauhawm ta hle mai.
  
  
  Eng chu a rawn eng a, a mitmeng atang chuan Nick chuan Poindexter-a phone chu a rawn la a. Nick lam chu a hawi a, a hmui chu a khuh a. "Hei hi General McAlester a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Hawk-a'n a ngaithla theih nan conference box-ah dah rawh."
  
  
  Poindexter chuan switch chu a han hmet a, NASA security chief aw chuan room chu a rawn luah khat ta vek a. “GKI Industries Texas City plant-ah hian accident na tak a thleng a ni,” tiin tawi te tein a puang a, “Nizan khan Apollo life support system element pakhat siamtu division-ah a thleng a ni. Alex Siemian chu Miami aṭangin a security hotu nen thlawhna hmangin chhui turin a rawn lut a ni. Minute tlemte kalta khan min rawn call a, thil pawimawh tak min hmuhtir tur a neih thu min hrilh a. Second reserve team captain i nih angin hei hi i tel ve ngei ngei tur a ni. Minute sawm leh panga hnuah kan rawn hruai ang che."
  
  
  "A dik e," Nick chuan a ti a, Hawk lam chu a hawi a.
  
  
  “Chuvangin hei hi a thleng tan tawh a ni,” putar chuan lungngai takin a ti a.
   Bung 7-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  Fleetwood Eldorado lian tak chu Gulf Highway-ah chuan a tlan chak hle a.
  
  
  Pawnah chuan Texas khaw lum chu a eng hle a, a rit hle a, a tiduhdah hle bawk. Chutiang chuan flat horizon chu a eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Limousine chhung chu a lum hle a, mahse a vawt deuh mai a, tinted blue windows chuan seat nuam takah chuan mi pangate mit chu a khuh vek a.
  
  
  “GKI chuan kan tan a limousine a thawn ngei ngei tur a ni,” General McAlester chuan ngaihtuahna sengin armrest sir lama bells chu a drum a.
  
  
  “Tun ah chuan, Hewlett, cynical takin awm suh,” Ray Finney chuan caustical takin a nui suk a. "Alex Siemian hian NASA-ah hian kan tan thil tam tak a ti thei lo tih i hria. Tin, a company hian Thla-a spacecraft-ah hian element pakhat chauh an siam a, engkim tih an duh tih nen hian engmah inzawmna a nei lo tak zet a ni.
  
  
  “Ni lo tak zet a ni,” McAlester chuan a nui suk a. "Dollar maktaduai khat leh tluklehdingawn sawmhnih chu eng nge ni? A tlem berah chuan ṭhiante zingah?"
  
  
  Astronaut pawl hmasa ber captain Gordon Nash chu a jump seat-ah chuan a hawi let a. “En teh, Simian chungchanga midang sawi chu ka ngaihtuah lo,” a ti nghal zat. "He tlangval nen hian engkim hi ka lehkhabuah a awm vek. A ṭhian nihna hian kan rinawmna a tichhe a nih chuan chu chu kan harsatna a ni a, a harsatna a ni lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan window atang chuan a melh chhuak a, inhnialna nasa tak chu a ngaithla leh ta a. Houston atang chuan a hiss reng a. Siemian leh General Kinetics pumpui chu pali zingah hian thil na tak, sawiho hlawh tak niin a lang.
  
  
  Ray Finney chuan a rawn inrawlh leh ta a. "Kum kalta chhung khan in, lawng, car leh television engzat nge kan bânsan a ngai tawh? A senso zawng zawng hi ka belhkhawm duh lo ang."
  
  
  “Pure good will,” Macalest chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  e. - Engtin nge Simian hian Senate Investigative Committee hnenah he thil hi a hriattir?
  
  
  Finney chuan, "Gift offer chungchang eng pawh puan chhuah a nih chuan NASA leh a contractor-te inzawmna nghet leh thuruk chu a tichhe dawn tih a ni," tiin Finney chuan mock solemnity nen a sawi.
  
  
  Major Sollitz chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn inbeng kang a, glass panel chu a khar ta a. Macalester chu a nui suk a. "Thil tihral mai mai a ni Dwayne. Kan driver chauh ni lovin limousine pumpui hi bugged a ni tih ka chiang. Simian hian nang aiin security a ngaihsak zawk."
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan he mi chungchang hi official takin kan sawi tur a ni lo tih ka hria chauh a ni," Sollitz chuan a ti nghal zat. "Simian hi contractor dang nen a danglam lo. Aerospace hi sumdawnna rollercoaster a ni. Tin, sorkar order a pun zel a, mahse a tlem chuan inelna a nasa tak zet a ni. A hmuna awm ila chuan chutiang bawk chu kan ti ang .. " .
  
  
  "Chuvangin, Dwayne, chu chu a dik vek ka ring lo," McAlester chuan a ti a, "He sava sumdawnna ah hian chu aia tam a awm a ni."
  
  
  "Undue influence? Chuti a nih chuan engvangin nge NASA hian GKI hi a kalsan vek loh?"
  
  
  “A chhan chu life support system siam theih tha ber an siam mek a ni,” Gordon Nash chuan chimed in. “A chhan chu kum sawmthum leh panga chhung zet tuihnuai lawng an siam tawh a, life support chungchanga hriat tur awm zawng zawng an hriat vek avangin, a hnuaia awm pawh nise tuifinriat emaw, space-ah emaw. Heta ka nun leh Glenn-a nun hi,” Nick-a chu a kawhhmuh a, “anmahni nunah a innghat a ni.” Kan downgrade tur ka ring lo."
  
  
  "Tuman an technical know-how hi an hmusit lo. GKI financial lam hi chhui chian a ngai a ni. A tlem berah chuan Cooper Committee hian chutiang chuan an ngai niin a lang."
  
  
  "En teh, Alex Siemian-a hmingthatna hi zawhna awm thei a ni tih hi ka pawm hmasa ber a ni. Sumdawng leh dealer a ni a, chu chu hnial rual a ni lo. Tin, hmân laiin commodity speculator a nih thu hi public record-ah a tel ve a ni. Mahse General Kinetics hi company a ni." kum nga kalta khan hmalam hun a nei lo. Tichuan Simian chuan thuneihna a chang ta a - tunah hian han en teh."
  
  
  Nick chuan tukverh atang chuan a han en a. GKI-a Texas City facility zau tak pawnah an thleng a. Brick office, glass-a khuh research laboratory leh steel bang nei hangar inzawmkhawmte chu an rawn tlan pel ta a. Lu chungah chuan jet contrail-te chuan van boruak chu a rawn chhui a, Eldorado-a air conditioning ri bengchheng tak karah chuan Nick-a chuan GK-111 chu in-flight refueling hmanga Far East-a American base-a thlawk tura a thlawh chhuah lai chuan a ri chu a hre thei a ni.
  
  
  Limo chu main gate a hnaih rual chuan a tlan chak lo hle. Security police-te chuan green uniform ha, mit steel ball ang maia ha chungin an rawn beng a, window-ah chuan an innghat a, an credentials an enfiah a ni. A tawpah chuan hmalam pan phalsak an ni ta a - mahse, fence dum leh var lam chauh, a hnungah chuan GKI atanga police officer dangte an ding a ni. An pahnih chuan ke paliah an chhuk a, Caddy-a pendant hnuaiah chuan an en a. "NASA-ah hian fimkhur zawkin kan thawk ta se ka duh mai a ni," Sollitz chuan lungngai takin a ti a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian kan awm chhan hi i theihnghilh tawh a ni,” Macalester chuan a ti let a. “He security system zawng zawngah hian hlawhchhamna a awm tih a chiang.”
  
  
  Barrier chu a han chawi sang a, limousine chuan concrete apron lian tak mai chu a zawh a, workshop, skeletal rocket launcher leh machine dawr lian tak tak, blocky dum ang maia siamte chu a paltlang ta a ni.
  
  
  He hmun zau tak lai takah hian Eldorado chu a ding ta a. Driver aw chuan intercom atang chuan, "Gentlemen, chutiang chauh chu phalna ka nei a ni," a ti a. Windshield atang chuan building te tak te, midang atanga inhlat taka ding chu a kawhhmuh a. "Mr. Simian hian spaceship simulator ah a lo nghak reng che a ni."
  
  
  "Ugh!" - Macalester chuan car atanga an chhuah chuan a thaw halh a, thlipui na tak chuan a rawn nuai ta a. Major Sollitz cap chu a rawn off ta a. A hnungah chuan a tlan nghal vat a, a che tha lo hle a, a che tha lo hle bawk a, a kut veilam chuan a rawn man ta a. "Atta boy, Dwayne. Anmahni a pholang a ni," McAlester chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Gordon Nash chu a nui suk a. Ni atanga a mit chu a khuh a, building chu a en reng a. "GKI sumdawnna kawngah space program-in a chanvo a tlem zia hriatna tha tak a pe che a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding a, a hawi let a. A lu chhung thuk takah chuan thil engemaw a rawn hrual tan ta. Thil engemaw, detail tenau deuh chuan zawhna chhinchhiahna tenau tak a siam a.
  
  
  "Chutiang chu a ni mai thei," tiin Ray Finney chuan an kal lai chuan a sawi a, "mahse, kuminah chuan GKI MoD contract zawng zawng chu inremna siam leh vek a ni ang. Tin, Cooper Committee-in a tihfel hma chuan sorkarin contract thar a pe dawn lo niin an sawi bawk." books ."
  
  
  Macalester chuan hmusit hmel zet hian a ti a. "Bluff," a ti a. "Simian-a sum leh pai lama lalram chu chhui chhuah theih nan accountant sawmin kum sawm tal ni khatah darkar sawm an thawk a ngai dawn a ni. He mipa hi ram tenau half dozen i sawi theih zawng zawng aiin a hausa zawk a, a chanchin ka hriat dan atang chuan "A phur a ni. A lu-ah a awm vek a, Department of Defence-in fighter jet, tuihnuai lawng leh missile-te an nghah chhung hian engtin nge an tih ang?Lionel Toys-in siam rawh se?"
  
  
  Major Sollitz chuan Nick hnungah chuan a rawn kal ta a. "Thil pakhat zawh che ka duh a, Colonel."
  
  
  Nick chuan fimkhur takin a en a. "Awle?"
  
  
  Sollitz chuan a cap chu a bun hmain uluk takin a brush off a. "A nihna takah chuan i hriatrengna a ni. Ray Finney chuan nimin zing khan moonscape-a i dizzy spell chungchang min hrilh a..."
  
  
  "LEH?"
  
  
  "Awle, i hriat angin, luak chhuak hi amine poisoning avanga lo awm pakhat a ni." Sollitz chuan a en a, .
  
  
  
  
  
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  a thusawi chu ngun takin chhiar la. "A dang chu memory lapses a ni."
  
  
  Nick chu a ding a, a lam hawiin a hawi let a. "A thupuiah chuan lut rawh, Major."
  
  
  "Okay. Ka sawi chiang ang. Hetiang ang harsatna hi i hmu tawh em, Colonel? Ka ngaihven bik ber chu prototype capsule chhunga i luh hma lawk a ni. A theih chuan second... Second-by-second a breakdown of the events that led up to this. Entirnan, pawnah mi pakhatin control a siamrem lai i hmuh theihna chance a awm. Detail tlemte i hriat reng theih chuan a \angkai hle ang.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan General Macalester-a’n a rawn koh ri a hriat chuan a thlamuang hle. "Dwayne, Glenn, hmanhmawh rawh. Simian hnenah hian solid front ka present duh a ni."
  
  
  Nick chu a hawi let a, "A piece thenkhat chu a rawn let leh tan ta, Major. Engvangin nge naktuk hian report kimchang - ziakin - ka pek loh che?"
  
  
  Sollitz chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "A tha zawkin ka hria, Colonel."
  
  
  Simian chu building te tak te kawtah chiah a ding a, mipa pawl pakhat nen an inbia a. An rawn hnaih rual chuan a han hawi chho a. “Gentlemen,” a ti a, “Chutiang dinhmunah chuan kan inhmuhkhawm a ngai hi pawi ka ti hle a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  Mi lian tak, ruh nei tak, a kekawrte chu a hrual a, a hmai sei tak leh a ke ruh chu a rickety hle. A lu chu billiard ball ang maiin a thianghlim a, hei hian eagle nen a inang tawh hle a ni (gossip columnist-te chuan a sam hnuai lam ai chuan hei hi a duh zawk tih an sawi). A hmui ruh sang tak leh Cossack vun sen hring a nei a, a Sulka tie leh Pierre Cardin suit man to tak chuan hei hi a tilang chiang hle. Nick chuan a kum chu kum sawmli leh panga leh sawmnga inkar vel niin a chhut.
  
  
  He mipa chungchanga a hriat zawng zawng chu rang takin a enfiah leh a, heng zawng zawng hi sawiselna leh thusawi mai mai a ni tih a hriat chuan mak a ti hle. Thil danglam bik a awm lo. A hming dik tak (tih a ni): Alexander Leonovich Simiansky. Pianna hmun: Khabarovsk, Siberia khawchhak lam - mahse, hetah pawh hian hei hi rinhlelhna a ni. Federal investigator-te chuan hei hi an finfiah thei lo va, an finfiah thei lo va, a version chu White Russian, Tsarist army general fapa a nih thu an document thei lo bawk. Thudik tak chu, kum 1930 chhoa China indo hmaa inremna siama China lawng chawlhna hmun pakhat Qingdao-a Alexander Simian a rawn inlan hma khan record a awm lo.
  
  
  Financeer chuan anmahni pakhat zel chu kut a thlak a, an hmingin chibai a buk a, thu tawi tlem te te chu a inthleng a. Accent hnuhma nei lo, tumruh taka aw thuk tak a nei a. Ramdang emaw, regional emaw pawh ni lo. Neutral a ni. Radio puangtu aw. Nick hian investor ni thei tur hnena deal a sawi khan hypnotic deuh mai a ni thei tih a lo hre tawh a ni.
  
  
  Nick a hnaih rual chuan Simian chuan khelhpui takin a rawn vawm ta a. "Awle, Colonel, a hlutna tur i la khel em?" a nui suk a. Nick chuan thuruk takin a mit a chhing a, a kal zel a, eng hell nge a sawi tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Siemian-a’n a biak mi pahnih chu FBI agent an ni ta a ni. A pathumna chu GKI police uniform dum ha, sam dum sang tak, affable tak a ni a, a security chief, Clint Sands atan an inhmelhriattir a ni. "Nizan khan Florida aṭangin Mr. Simian an 'A chu thil thleng kan hriat veleh a rawn thlawk lut a ni," Sands chuan a ti chhuak a. “Min zui chuan kan thil hmuh chu ka entir ang che,” tiin a sawi belh bawk.
  
  
  Spaceship simulator chu charred ruin a ni. Electrical wiring leh control-te chu a lum avang chuan a lo hmin tawh a, mihring taksa chi hrang hrang, hatch chhunga cover-a la innghatte chuan chu metal ngei pawh chu a lum em em tih a tilang a ni.
  
  
  "Mi engzat nge thi?" General Macalester chuan a chhung lam chu a han en a.
  
  
  Siemian chuan, “Chutah chuan mi pahnih hna an thawk a, ECS system chu an test a. Cape-a thil thleng ang chiah kha a thleng a - oxygen boruak a rawn eng chhuak a. Work lamp chakna petu electrical cord-ah kan connect a, chu chu a chiang lehzual a ni plastic insulation rupture chuan wire chu aluminum decking-ah electrical arc a siam thei ta a ni."
  
  
  Sands chuan, “Wire inang chiah hmangin kan test a ni,” a ti. "Chutiang arc chuan inches sawm leh pahnih atanga sawm leh pali inkar radius chhunga kang thei thilte a kang dawn tih an tarlang a ni."
  
  
  “Hei hi original wire a ni,” Simian chuan wire chu a pe a. "A melted hle tih chu a chiang a, floor thenkhat nen a fuse a, mahse a gap kha han en teh. A cut a, a ha lo. Tin, hei hian a siam tha a ni." File te tak te leh magnifying glass pakhat chu a pe a. "Khawngaihin pe rawh u. File kha floor panel leh wire bundle karah sandwich-a dah a ni tih hmuh a ni. A hmangtu chuan a thlak a, a chhuah thei lo a ni ngei ang. Tungsten a siam a nih avangin khaw lum vangin a chhe lo." .Note the inscription, engraved on the end of the letters YCK is the letters YCK.Asia hrechiang emaw hmanrua hrechiang emaw chuan he file hi Red China ramah Fuzhou atanga Chong company siam a ni tih an hrilh ngei ang che tih ka ring.Samping ang chiah hi an la hmang reng a ni device chu -red days hmaa a awm tawh angin."
  
  
  Anmahni pakhat theuh chu a inthlak a. “Gentlemen,” a ti a, “Organized sabotage program kan hmachhawn dawn tih ka ring tlat a, chu chu Chinese Reds te hian an hnungzuitu an ni tih pawh ka ring tlat a ni.Chicoms te hian US leh Soviet lunar program pahnih hi tihchhiat an tum niin ka hria .
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  nikum khan Soyuz 1-a thil thleng kha hre reng ang che - Russian cosmonaut Komarov-a thah a nih khan." Dramatic emphasis turin a ti tawp a, chutah chuan: "I duh angin chhui hna hi in chhunzawm thei a, mahse ka security force-te chuan kan harsatna hnung lamah Beijing hi a awm niin an ngai a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Clint Sands chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Tin, hei hi a tawpna a ni lo - a hla hle. Nizan khan Cape-ah thil thleng dang a thleng leh a. Space Center-a innghat bus khat chu a thunun theih loh avangin Orlando atanga an lo haw kawngah ditch-ah a tla a. Tumah hliam na tak tuar an awm lo." A na hle a, mahse Naupangte chu an mangang a, hmeichhiate chu an hysterical vek a, accident a ni lo an ti a. Turns out they were right.Steering column kan check a, sawed open a ni.Chuvangin Miami-a GKI Medical Center-ah kan thlawh tir a Mr. Siemian-a senso.A tlem berah chuan chutah chuan an him ang."
  
  
  Major Sollitz chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Chu dinhmun hnuaia kan hmuh theih ṭha ber pawh a ni mai thei," a ti. "Cape-a security thlalak zawng zawng hi buaina a ni."
  
  
  Nick hian he tungsten file hi AX Labs tan a duh a, mahse a cover puak mai loh chu hmuh theihna tur a awm lo. Chuvang chuan FBI tlangval pahnih chu a bulah an chhuak ta a. A hnuah Hawk-a chu formal-a dil turin mental note a siam a.
  
  
  Limousine lam pana an kal leh lai chuan Siemian chuan, “Sspacecraft simulator la awmte chu NASA-a Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia-ah mithiamte’n complex autopsy an neih theih nan ka thawn ang. Hei hi a tawp vek hunah chuan,” a ti leh nghal a, “ the Apollo program begins again.” , Cathay-a kar khat chhung ka mikhual nih hi in pawm vek ka beisei."
  
  
  “Ka duh zawk hi a awm lo,” Gordon Nash chuan a ti a. "Unofficial takin, a dik e."
  
  
  An limousine a inher lai chuan General Macalester chuan nasa takin: “Duane, Cape Kennedy-a venhimna dinhmun chungchanga i thusawi hi nasa takin ka dodal tih i hriat ka duh a, thu awih lohna nen a inri a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Engvangin nge a tawpah chuan i hmachhawn loh?" - Sollits chuan a rawn ti nghal zat. "Contractor-te'n min thawhpui loh chuan security tha tak pek theih a ni lo. Tin, Connelly Aviation hian chutiang chu an ti ngai lo. An police system hi a hlu lo hle. Apollo project-ah hian GKI nen kan thawk dun a nih chuan kan nei ngei ang." sangkhat dang venhimna pek belh a ni." paint ".
  
  
  McAlester chuan, "Chu chu Siemian-a'n a sawi chhuah tumna chu a ni ngei ang," tiin a chhang a, "Tu tan nge i thawh tak tak - NASA nge GKI?"
  
  
  "GKI nen hian kan la thawk dun mai thei a ni," tiin Ray Finney chuan a sawi. Hetih lai hian thil dang a thleng leh a nih chuan rinna harsatna a awm ang a, Moon contract chu hralh chhuah a ni ang. GKI hi logical successor a ni. A technical proposal kha a khauh a, bid pawh a hniam a nih chuan NASA senior management te hian Siemian management hi an ngaihthah ang a, contract hi an pe ang tih ka ring."
  
  
  “He thupui hi han thlak ila,” Sollitz chuan a ti nghal zat.
  
  
  “Great,” Finny chuan a ti a, Nick lam chu a hawi a, “I kut khelh chungchangah khan Simian blow kha eng nge ni, eng nge a hlutna?”
  
  
  Nick-a rilru chuan chhanna chu a rawn tlan pel ta a. Duhthlan tur lungawithlak tak a rawn chhuah hma chuan Gordon Nash chuan nui chungin, "Poker. Nikum lama Palm Beach-a a inah kan awm lai khan Glenn nen hian game lian tak an nei a. Glenn hian za hnih khat zet a tlahniam ngei ang - hei hi a ni lo em ni," a ti a . nangmah, buddy? "
  
  
  "Gambling? Astronaut a ni em?" Ray Finney chuan a nui suk a. "Batman-a'n a sipai card a hal nen tehkhin theih a ni."
  
  
  "Siemian bula i awm lai chuan i pumpelh thei lo," Nash chuan a ti a. "Natural gambler a ni a, darkar khat chhungin sava engzat nge a chungah an thlawk dawn tih bet tur chi a ni. Chutiang chuan a maktaduai tam tak a hlawh chhuak niin ka hria. Risk lak hmangin, khelh hmangin."
  
  
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  Zing hma deuhin phone a rawn ri ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan hreh zet hian a rawn pan a. Gordon Nash aw chuan, "Lo kal rawh, buddy," a ti a. Darkar khat chhungin Cape Kennedy lam panin kan chhuak ta a. Thil engemaw a thleng,” a aw chu phurna thunun tawh tak nen chuan a rilru a buai hle. - Kan tum leh maithei. Eng pawh ni se, over to mom, minute sawmhnih hnuah ka rawn hruai ang che. Engmah keng suh. Kan gear zawng zawng chu a khat vek tawh a, Ellington-ah kan nghak reng a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan phone chu a dah a, Poindexter extension chu a dial a. “Project Phoenix chu a inpeih tawh,” tiin editorial office atang chuan mipa hnenah chuan a sawi a. "Eng nge i thupek? I zawm nge i awm reng?"
  
  
  "Hetah hian hun eng emaw chen ka awm dawn a ni," Poindexter chuan a chhang a. "Hetah hian i field of activity a inthlak a nih chuan hei hi i base a ni ang. Cape-a i mipa hian he tawp lamah hian thil a lo set tawh a ni. Hei hi L-32 a ni. Peterson. NASA security kaltlangin a biak theih a ni. Mit hriat chian a tawk." . Vanneihthlak takin awm rawh, N3."
  Bung 8-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  Button te chu an hmet a, lever te chu an han hmet a. Telescopic drawbridge chu a inher chhuak ta a. Kawngkhar chu a inkhar a, mobile saloon, a ke lian tak takah chuan zawi zawiin leh tumruh takin 707 nghaktu lam chu a pan ta a.
  
  
  Astronaut pawl pahnih chu an hmanrua tlang bulah chuan lungngai takin an ding a. Doctor, technician leh site manager ten an hual vel a. Minute tlemte kalta khan flight director Ray Finney hnen atangin brief briefing an dawng tawh a ni. Tunah chuan Project Phoenix chungchang an hre tawh a, darkar sawmkua leh paruk chiah chhunga tlangzarh tura ruahman a nih thu an hre ta a ni.
  
  
  "Keini ni ila ka ti khawp mai," John K chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  orb. “Ding leh nghah hian i tho leh hunah a ti hlauthawng thin.”
  
  
  Bill Ransom chuan, "Ni e, a tir chuan Liscombe thlawhna backup team kan ni tih theihnghilh suh ang che," a ti. "Chuti a nih chuan i la kal thei maithei."
  
  
  “Hei hi a hlimawm lo,” Gordon Nash chuan a ti nghal zat a, “La bo rawh.”
  
  
  "In chawlh hahdam zawk a tha ang, in zavaiin," Dr. Sun chuan Roger Kane kut dinglam atanga brace chu a phelhsak a. "Hetih darkar hian i thisen sang chu a pangngai aia sang a ni, Commander. Flight chhungin mut tlem tum ang che. I mamawh chuan non-narcotic sleeping pills ka nei a. Hei hi countdown rei tak a ni ang. Don't tense up. for." tun dinhmunah chuan."
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihsan hmel zet hian a en a. A thisen sang a lak chuan a mitmeng chu a en nghal vek a. Defiantly, icily, mitmeng pawh ti lo. Chu chu thah tura i thupek chauh mi pakhat nen chuan tih harsa tak a ni. Spy agent fing tak tak chungchang sawi tam tak awm mahse, mipa pakhat mit chu a rilru kawngkhar a la ni reng a. Tin, an hring vek pawh a tlem hle bawk.
  
  
  A kut zungtang chuan a pocket chhunga thlalak chu a khawih a. Thil thleng tur chuan button hmet a tum a, a rawn keng tel bawk. Joy Sun-i mitmengah eng nge a hmuh ang tih a ngaihtuah a, anmahni a en a, inkhel a tawp tawh tih a hriat chuan.
  
  
  Medical file a zir lai chu a en reng a - a dum, a sang, a mawi mak tak mai, a hmui chu fashionably pale 651 lipstick hmanga chei a ni (pressure eng pawh ni se, a result chu 651 mm thick pink film a ni fo thin). A hmel dum leh thawk a chhuak tawh lo, a hmui chu mak tihna leh mualphona mittui lum tak nen a lo hring chhuak tih a mitthla a. Chu face mask ṭha famkim chu tihchhiat a duh tih a hre nghal a, a sam dum lock chu a kutah a la a, a taksa lum leh chapo tak chu a hnuaiah a ben leh duh a ni. Mak tihna dik tak puak chhuak chungin Nick chuan taksa lamah Joy Sun chu a duh tih a hrechhuak ta a.
  
  
  Living room chu a ding nghal a. Light chu a rawn eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Aw fuzzy tak chuan intercom chungah chuan thil engemaw a rawn barh a. Controls-a Air Force sergeant chuan button chu a hmet a. Kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, drawbridge chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a. Major Sollitz chu Boeing 707 kawngka atang chuan a rawn inbeng kang a, a kut ah chuan battery PA megaphone a keng a. A hmuiah chuan a rawn thlen a.
  
  
  “Tihkhawtlai a awm dawn a ni,” tiin tawi te tein a puang a, “Bomb a awm a, chu zawng zawng chu hlauhthawn mai mai a ni ngei ang. Mahse, chuvang chuan 707 hi a ṭhen khatin kan ṭhiah a ngai dawn a, chutih lai chuan a dang kan buatsaih leh ta a ni pakhat, Runway Twelve-ah, a tul aia rei i tihkhawtlai loh nan.” . Ka lawm e."
  
  
  Bill Ransom chuan a lu a thing a. "Chutiang ri chu ka duh lo."
  
  
  Gordon Nash chuan, "Security kalphung enfiah ṭhin, harsatna awm lo, tih dan pangngai mai a ni mai thei," a ti.
  
  
  “I bet prankster thenkhatin anonymous tip an rawn call a.”
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan prankster sang tak a ni," tiin Nash chuan a sawi. A chhan chu JCS level hnuai lam pawhin he thlawhna hi an hre lo."
  
  
  Chu chu Nick-a ngaihtuah mai mai chu a ni a, chu chuan a tibuai hle. Ni hmasa lama thil thlengte chu a hrechhuak a, a rilru chuan chu thu hriat tur tlemte, evasive tak tak, hriat tum chu a rawn thleng ta a ni. Mahse a nei nia a ngaih apiangin a tlanbo a, a inthup leh thin.
  
  
  707 chu rang tak leh thawhrimna tel lovin a tho a, a jet engine lian tak takte chuan chhum layer kal tlanga ni êng leh van boruak dum awmna hmun thlenga an thlawh chhuah rual chuan steam trail sei tak tak, te tak te an rawn chhuah chhuak a.
  
  
  A vaiin passenger sawm leh pali chauh an awm a, thlawhna lian tak chhung zawng zawngah chuan an inzar pharh a, a tam zawk chu seat pathum-ah an mu a, an muhil a ni.
  
  
  Mahse N3 erawh a ni lo. Tin, Dr. Sun pawh ni lo.
  
  
  A protest hmain a bulah chuan a thu ta a. A mitmengah chuan lungkhamna tenawm tak tak a rawn lang a, chutah chuan chutiang bawk chuan a bo nghal vat bawk.
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick chuan a kal pel ta a, tukverh atang chuan lui hnuaia chhum dum hring hring, a rawn inher chhuak chu a thlir ta a. Darkar chanve vel chu boruakah an awm a. "Engtin nge coffee in leh chat chu?" - ngilnei takin a rawn rawt a.
  
  
  “Game khelh kha bansan rawh,” na takin a ti a. "Colonel Eglund i ni lo tih ka hre chiang hle."
  
  
  Nick chuan call button chu a hmet a. Air Force sergeant pakhat, steward hna thawk bawk chu kawngpuiah chuan a kal chho a. “Coffee no hnih in tur a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Pakhat dum leh pakhat..." A lam chu a hawi a.
  
  
  "A dum bawk." Sergeant a chhuah chuan, "Tunge i nih? Sorkar agent i ni?"
  
  
  "Eng thilin nge Eglund ka ni lo tih i ngaihtuah tir?"
  
  
  Amah chu a hawisan ta a. “I taksa,” a ti a, mak a tih em em chu a sen vek tih a hmu a. "Hei... well, hei hi a danglam."
  
  
  Vawikhatmah vaukhânna awm lovin, "Thla Machine-a min that turin tu nge i tirh?"
  
  
  A lu chu a rawn inher nghal zat bawk. "Eng thu nge i sawi?"
  
  
  “Min bum tum suh,” N3 chuan a ti a. A pocket atang chuan thlalak chu a la chhuak a, a kutah a pe ta a. “Tunah chuan i sam i style dan ka hmu a.”
  
  
  Che thei lovin a thu a. A mitmeng chu a zau hle a, a thim hle bawk. A hmui tih loh chu taksa ruh pakhat mah tiche lovin, “Khawiah nge chu chu i hmuh?”
  
  
  Coffee kenga sergeant rawn hnaih chu en turin a hawi let a. "Forty-second Street-ah an hralh a ni," na takin a ti a.
  
  
  Blast wave chuan a rawn deng ta a. Vanlawng hnuai chu a tilt na hle. Nick s
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sergeant chuan seat chu a rawn man rual chuan, a balance neih leh tumin. Coffee cup te chu a thlawk chhuak ta.
  
  
  A beng chu puak ri pressure atanga a chhuah chuan Nick chuan au thawm mak tak mai a hre ta a, au thawm ang mai a ni. A hmaa seat hnunglam chu a nawr na hle a. Nula au thawm chu a hria a, ani pawhin a rawn tlan chak dan pawh a hmu bawk.
  
  
  Sergeant chuan a chelh chu a hloh ta a. A taksa chu hole dum au chhuak lam pan chuan a inzar pharh ang maiin a lang. A lu a kal tlang a, a kekawrte chuan frame a rawn deng a, chutah a taksa pum chu a bo vek - chu khur atang chuan whistling ri rapthlak tak nen a sucked. Nula chu a la au chhuak reng a, a kut chu a ha thlengin a hmet a, a mitmeng chuan a lu atang chuan a thil hmuh thar lam chu a en a.
  
  
  Vanlawng chu a tilt nasa hle. Tunah chuan seat te chu hawnna atang chuan an sucked ta. A mitmeng atang chuan Nick chuan pillow, luggage leh hmanrua te chu vanah a rawn inher chhuak a. An hmaa seat luah lohte chu a chanveah a inzawm a, an fillings chu a puak darh ta a ni. Ceiling atang chuan wire a rawn tla thla a. A khum chu a lo hring vek tawh. Light chu a thim ta a.
  
  
  Tichuan boruakah a inhmu ta thut mai a, ceiling lam pan chuan a inphah chhuak ta a. Nula chu a rawn thlawk pel a. A lu chu ceiling-ah a tlak rual chuan a ke chu a man a, a lam pan chuan a hruai a, a dress chu inch khat hnu inch khatin a hrual a, a hmel chu a hmel nen a inmil thlengin a hrual a. Tunah chuan ceiling-ah chuan an muhil ta vek a. A mit chu a chhing vek a. A hmel chu a sen vek a, a sir lamah thisen dum, a luang chhuak a.
  
  
  Chu au thawm chuan a beng chu a tikehsawm a. Thil pakhat a rawn tla thla ta a. Gordon Nash a ni. Thil dangin a ke a rawn deng a. A han en thla a. Medical team member a ni a, a kawr chu angle danglam takah a innghat a ni. Nick chuan an kal pel a. Vanlawng hmalam atang chuan passenger dangte ruang chu fuselage chhungah chuan a rawn inphah chhuak a, cork ang maiin ceiling-ah a rawn inher chhuak a.
  
  
  N3 chuan thil awmdan chu a hre chiang hle. Jet chu a thunun theih lohvin space-ah chak takin a tlan lut a, rit lo dinhmun a siam ta a ni.
  
  
  Mak tak maiin a kawrfual chu mi pakhatin a rawn hrual tih a hria. A lu a herh luih luih luih a. Gordon Nash chuan a hmui chu a ti che a. "Min zui rawh" tih thumal a siam a. Astronaut chuan hmalam a pan a, luggage rack-ah chuan kut insuih chungin a kal a. Nick chuan a rawn zui ve nghal a. Nash chu Gemini mission pahnih ah space-ah a lo kal tawh tih a hrechhuak ta thut mai a. Zero gravity chu a tan chuan thil thar a ni lo.
  
  
  Nash-a thil tum chu a hmu a, a hrethiam ta a ni. Inflatable life raft a ni. Mahse, buaina a awm a. Access door-a hydraulic component chu a chhe vek a ni. Heavy metal part, a takah chuan fuselage vun atanga lo awm chu a budge lo. Nick chuan Nash chu a hnungtawlh turin signal a pe a, mechanism lam pan chuan a “floated” ta a. A pocket atang chuan wire te tak te, two-prong a la chhuak a, chu chu a chang chuan car locked engine start nan a hmang thin. A puihnain battery hmanga thawk emergency capsule chu a hal thei ta a ni. Access kawngkhar chu a rawn inhawng a.
  
  
  Nick chuan life raft chu gaping hole atang chuan a chhuah hmain a sir chu a rawn man a. Inflatable mechanism chu a hmu a, a activate ta a ni. Furious whoosh hmangin a aperture size aiin a let hnih zetin a zau ta a ni. Ani leh Nash chuan a dinhmun an siam ta a ni. Rei pawh a daih lo a, mahse a daih tawh chung pawhin mi pakhatin cabin chhungah a thleng mai thei.
  
  
  Fist lian tak chuan a ruh chu a rawn deng ta niin a lang. A hmai hnuai lam chu khumah a muhil tih a hmu a. Ka hmuiah chuan thisen thlum a awm a. Thil engemaw chuan a hnungzang ah a rawn deng a. Gordon Nash chuan a ke a rawn ti a. Nick chuan a lu a han hawi a, a bak zawng chu seat pahnih inkarah an inthlau tih a hmu a. Passenger dangte chuan a hnung lama ceiling chu an phelh vek a. Engine ri sang tak chu a zual sauh sauh a. Gravity chu a lo awm leh ta a ni. Thlawhna thawktute hian thlawhna hnar chu boruak sang takah an chawi sang thei ngei ang.
  
  
  Cabin lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, hmun khat atanga hmun dangah a inhnukdawk a, luang hlauhawm tak chu a do ta a. Life raft chu a kal a nih chuan ani pawhin a kal ve dawn tih a hria. Mahse team a biak a ngai a, an boral tawh tih a hriat chuan an radio hmangin report hnuhnung ber a pe a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Cabin kawngkhar a hawn rual chuan hmel panga a rawn hawi a. "Eng thil nge thleng?" - pilot chuan a ti a. "Chutah chuan eng dinhmun nge awm?"
  
  
  “Bomb,” Nick chuan a ti let a. "A chhe hmel hle. Fuselage-ah hian khur a awm. Kan khar a, mahse hun eng emaw chen atan chauh."
  
  
  Flight engineer console-ah chuan warning light sen pali a eng a. "Pressure leh quantity!" - F.E. chuan a ti a. pilot tan chuan a ni. "Pressure leh quantity!"
  
  
  Cabin chhung chu hlauthawng taka thawmhnaw leh cigarette meikhu rim a nam a. Pilot leh co-pilot chuan switch an nawr leh hrual tan a, navigator-a monotonous muttering chu a chhunzawm zel a: "AFB, Bobby. Hei hi Speedbird 410 a ni. C-ALGY chuan Bobby tan B a ko a.
  
  
  Metal tearing crunch a awm a, mi zawng zawng mit chu dinglamah a inthlak vek. “It’s Љ 3,” co-pilot chuan a ti a, a dinglam wing-a on-board capsule chu thlawhna atanga a inthen lai chuan.
  
  
  "Kan dam khawchhuah theihna chance chu engzat nge ni?" Nick chuan a phut a.
  
  
  "Hetih lai hian Colonel, i rin dan pawh ka rin dan ang bawkin a tha. Ka ti mai ang...."
  
  
  Pilot chu amplifier chhunga aw na tak chuan a titawp a. "C-ALGY, i dinhmun pe rawh. C-ALGY...."
  
  
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  igator chuan a dinhmun a sawi a, thil awmdan a report bawk. “Bungrua chu kan nei a ni,” rei vak lo hnuah a ti leh a.
  
  
  Pilot chuan, "Shreveport, Louisiana-a Barksdale Air Force Base zawn kan tum dawn a ni," a ti. "Runway sei ber an nei. Mahse, a hmasa berah chuan kan fuel kan hmang zo vek tur a ni. Chuvangin, darkar hnih tal boruakah kan awm leh dawn a ni. Chutah chuan mi zawng zawng chu strap in vek turin ka rawt a, chutah chuan thu la, tawngtai mai rawh." !"
  
  
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  Jet nacelles la awm pathum atang chuan meikhu dum leh orange flame jet a rawn luang chhuak ta a. Barksdale Air Force Base chunga turn na tak an rawn vel lai chuan thlawhna lian tak chu nasa takin a nghing a.
  
  
  Thli chuan thlawhna chhungah chuan a rawn ri ta hlawm a, thinrim takin a rawn su lut ta a. Seat belt chu a laiah a cut lut a. Metallic crack a awm a, fuselage pawh a crack lehzual bawk. Thli chu au thawm ri nasa takin a rawn tlan lut a - hairspray can, a chhunga khur hrual ang maiin.
  
  
  Nick chuan Joy Sun chu en turin a hawi let a. A hmui chu a khur nghal vek. A mit hnuaiah chuan purple shadow a awm a. Hlauhna chuan a rawn man a, a hlim hmel hle bawk. "Hetiang hian kan ti dawn em ni?" a ti thaw halh a.
  
  
  Mit ruak chungin ngun takin a en a. Hlauhna chuan hrehawm tawrhna pawhin a chhan loh tur chhanna a pe ang. "A hmel a tha lo hle mai," a ti a.
  
  
  Tun thlengin mipa pahnih an thi tawh a - Air Force sergeant leh NASA medical team member pakhat, ceiling an tlak avangin an ruh (spinal cord) a tliak a ni. Mi dang pakhat, cushion siam thattu technician chu a thutnaah an khin a, mahse na takin a hliam a ni. Nick chuan a dam khawchhuak ang tih a ring lo. Astronaut-te chu an mangang hle a, mahse hliam na tak tu mah an awm lo. Emergency dinhmunah an lo thiam tawh a, an hlauthawng lo. Dr. Sun-i hliam, lu ruh hliam chu a chunglam a ni a, mahse a hlauhthawn erawh chu a ni lo. N3 chuan hei hi a hlawkpui hle. “Ka zawhnate chhanna ka mamawh a ni,” a ti a. "I chhan loh chuan hlawkna tur i nei lo. I thiante khan an bum che a, chuvang chuan expendable i ni tih a chiang. Bomb hi tuin nge phun?"
  
  
  A mitmengah chuan hysteria a lo lian ta hle mai. "Bomb? Eng bomb nge?" a ti thaw halh a. “He thilah hian engmah inrawlh ka nei lo tih i ring lo em ni?Engtin nge ka tih theih ang?Engvangin nge hetah hian ka awm ang?”
  
  
  "Anih chuan he pornographic picture hi engtin nge ni ang?" tiin a phut a. "Pat Hammer nen in inzawmna chu engtin nge ni ang? Bali Hai-ah hmuh dun in ni a. Don Lee chuan chutiang chuan a sawi."
  
  
  Thinrim zet hian a lu a thing nghal ringawt. “Don Lee chuan dawt a sawi a ni,” a ti a. "Bali Hai-ah hian vawi khat chauh ka kal tawh a, Hummer nen hian ka kal lo. Amah hi mimal takin ka hre lo. Ka hna hian Cape Kennedy crew-te nen hian min inzawm tir ngai lo." Engmah a sawi lo, chutah chuan thu chu a hmui atang chuan a rawn chhuak ang maiin a lang. "Bali Hai-ah hian ka kal a, a chhan chu Alex Siemian-a'n chutah chuan hmu turin message min thawn a ni."
  
  
  "Simian? Amah nen hian eng nge in inzawmna?"
  
  
  “Miami-a GKI Medical Institute-ah ka thawk a,” a thaw halh a, “NASA ka zawm hma khan” a ti chhe leh a, tun tum chu puan a ni a, inflated life raft chu a khur atang chuan a rawn inher chhuak a, a ri nasa hle a, a bo ta a ni.Air with a roar pierced the fuselage, shaking them, tearing out their hair and deflating their cheeks.A man a, automatic in a kuah a, “Aw ka Pathian!”a tap nghal zat a, “Eng chen nge kan tlak hma loh?”
  
  
  "Tawng."
  
  
  "Awle, thil pakhat a awm leh ta!" - thinrim zet hian a ti a. "Kan inngaizawng a. Amah nen hian kan inngaizawng a - ka la inhmangaih hle niin ka hria. Hmeichhia ka la nih lai khan ka inhmu hmasa ber a. Shanghai-ah a ni a, kum 1948 vel a ni. Inneihna lama ngaihvenna nei turin ka pa tlawh turin a lo kal a ni." ." Tunah chuan a tawng nghal vat a, a hlauhthawn zual zel chu thunun tumin a bei ta a ni. "Simian-a'n indo kumte chu Philippines rama prisoner of war camp-ah a hmang a. Indopui a zawh hnu chuan chutah chuan ramie fiber a hralh tan a. Communist-hoin China an la dawn tih a hre ta a. Hei hian fiber a tlakchham phah dawn tih a hria a ni." . Ka pa hian ramie Shanghai warehouse khat a nei a. Simian chuan lei a duh a. Ka pa chuan a remti a. A hnuah chuan ka pa nen chuan partner an ni ta a, ka hmu nasa hle bawk."
  
  
  A mitmeng chu hlauhnain a eng chhuak a, fuselage hmun dang a rawn inher chhuak bawk. "Amah hi ka duh em em a. School naupang crush ang deuh a ni. Manila-a American hmeichhe naupang a neih khan ka thinlung a na hle. Chu chu '53 khan a ni. A hnuah a tih chhan ka hrechhuak ta a. Con tam tak nen a inrawlh a ni." mipa leh mipa a tichhe vek a, a tiduhdah a. He hmeichhia hi a neih avangin United States-ah a pem thei a, citizenship a hmu thei ta a ni. Document hmasa ber a neih meuh chuan a then ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan thawnthu dang zawng zawng chu a hre chiang hle. American sumdawnna thawnthua tel ve a ni. Simian hian stock market-ah sum a seng a, tualthah a ti a, bankrupt company engemawzat a lei bawk. An chhungah nunna a thawk a, chutah chuan fantastically inflated price-in a hralh ta a ni. "A mawi hle a, mahse a khawngaihthlak tak zet a ni," Joy Sun chuan Nick chu a paltlang a, khur zau tak chhungah chuan a han en a. "GKI-a hna min pek hnuah chuan kan inngaizawng ta a. A pumpelh theih loh. Mahse kum khat hnuah a bo a, an inkar boruak chu a titawp ta a ni." A kut chuan a hmai a khuh a. “Ka hnenah a rawn kal lo a, a tawp vek tawh tih min hrilh lo,” a ti rilru a, “Min ban a, chutiang karah chuan ka hmingchhiat tumin theihtawp a chhuah a ni.” A ti nghing a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  head in hriatrengna atan he thil hi. "Chuti chung pawh chuan ka system aṭangin ka chhuah tir thei lo a, chu thuchah chu a hnen aṭanga ka dawn chuan - hei hi thla hnih vel kalta a ni - Bali Hai-ah ka kal ta a ni."
  
  
  "Direct takin a rawn call che em ni?"
  
  
  "Ni lo, middlemen kaltlangin hna a thawk fo thin. Tun ṭumah chuan mipa pakhat Johnny Hung Fat a ni. Johnny-a nen hian sum leh pai lama buaina eng emaw zat an nei a. Chu chuan a tichhe vek a ni. Bali Hai-ah waiter a ni ta a ni. Johnny-a a ni." ani chuan Alex hian chutah chuan min hmu duh tih min hrilh a. Mahse, Simian chu a rawn lang ngai lo va, ka in reng bawk. A tawpah chuan Johnny chuan he pa hi a rawn hruai a. Chutah chuan disco manager a ni.
  
  
  "Reno thing?"
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a. "Min bum a. Ka inchhuanna chu a na a, ka rui a, ka in tur ah hian eng emaw an dah tel ngei ang tih ka ring a, a chhan chu a dawt leh tur ka hriat chuan office chhunga sofa-ah kan thu a... . ka thleng thei lo." a tawk tawh." A khur deuh a, a hawi let leh ta a. "Kan thlalak an la tih ka hre ngai lo. A thim hle mai. Engtin nge..."
  
  
  "Infrared film" tih a ni.
  
  
  "Jony hian nakinah min tihnghing a tum niin ka ring. Eng pawh nise Alex hian engmah a tih ka ring lo. Johnny hian a hming hi bait atan a hmang mai mai a ni ngei ang...."
  
  
  Nick chuan a rel ta a, damn it, a thih dawn a nih chuan a tlem berah chuan en a duh a ni. Anmahni hmuak turin lei chu a tho ta a. Ambulance, ambulance, aluminium kangmei venna suit ha mipui te chu an fan chhuak tawh a. Vanlawng a tlak rual chuan thawm ri deuh mai a hre ta. Minute tlemte hnuah chuan an ding ta zawk a, passenger-te chu hlim takin emergency chute atang chuan malsawmna leilung nghet takah chuan an chhuk thla ta a ni.
  
  
  Darkar sarih chhung Barksdale-ah an awm a, Air Force doctor team-in an enfiah a, damdawi leh first aid mamawhtute hnenah an sem a, natna khirh ber pahnih chu damdawi inah dah an ni.
  
  
  Dar 5:00 p.m.-ah Patrick AFB aṭangin Air Force Globemaster chu a rawn thleng a, an zinkawng hnuhnung ber atan an chuang ta a ni. Darkar khat hnuah Orlando, Florida-a McCoy Field-ah an tla thla ta a ni.
  
  
  Chu hmun chu FBI leh NASA security atanga lo kalte nen an rawn inrawlh a. Helmet dum ha deputy-te chuan field chhunga sipai hmun khapna lam pan chuan an zui a, chutah chuan Army reconnaissance lirthei-te chuan an lo nghak reng a ni. "Khawiah nge kan kal dawn?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  “Washington atang hian NASA armor tam tak a rawn lut a ni,” tiin lawmaker pakhat chuan a chhang a. "Hei hi zankhuaa Q&A session a ni dawn niin a lang."
  
  
  Nick chuan Joy Sun kawrfual chu a rawn hrual a. Miniature parade tawp ber an ni a, zawi zawiin, step khat hnu step khatin thim zingah an kal leh ta a ni. “Lo kal rawh,” a ti nghal a, “Hetiang hian” Fuel tanker chu an dodge a, chutah chuan field chhunga civilian area leh a hmaa a hmuh taxi ramp lam pan chuan an hawi let leh a, “Kan mamawh hmasak ber chu a ni a in tur a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  Chhanna a neih apiang chu Hawk hnenah direct-in a thawn dawn a, FBI hnenah ni lovin, CIA hnenah ni lovin, a pawimawh ber chu NASA Security hnenah a thawn dawn lo.
  
  
  Lake Eola thlir theihna Cherry Plaza cocktail bar-ah chuan Joy Sun nen an inbia a. An inbia nasa hle - miten thil rapthlak tak tawn dun tawhte an neih ang chi hi. "En teh, nangmah kha ka tisual a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka lu ha zawng zawng hi pawm turin ka tikehsawm vek a, mahse eng nge ka sawi belh ang? Hmelmaah ka ngai che a ni."
  
  
  "A nih leh tunah chuan?"
  
  
  A nui suk a. "Mi pakhatin ka lam hawia a rawn thlak, red herring lian tak, tui tak i ni ka ti."
  
  
  Nuih tumin bead chu a paih a - a rawng chuan a hmai chu a chhuahsan nghal vek. Nick chuan a han en a. Cocktail bar pakhat ceiling a ni. Mirror a ni. "Ka Pathian!" a ti thaw halh a. "Chutiang chu thlawhna chhunga a awm dan chu a ni - a sir lam hawiin. Engkim hmuh leh vek ang mai a ni." A khur tan a, Nick chuan a rawn kuah a. “Khawngaihin,” a ti muangchang a, “in lamah min hruai rawh.” A lu a bu nghat a. Chutah chuan eng thil nge thleng dawn tih an hre ve ve.
   Bung 9-na
  
  
  
  
  Home chu Cocoa Beach-a bungalow pakhat a ni.
  
  
  Orlando atangin taxi hmangin an thleng a, Nick chuan an kalna tur kawng zawh a awlsam dawn tih pawh a ngaihtuah lo.
  
  
  Tun thleng hian cover story tha tak a nei tawh. Joy Sun nen chuan thlawhna chhungah ngawi rengin an inbia a, kut insuih chungin McCoy Field lam panin an kal a - a vawi khatna atana inhmangaih tawhte beisei ang kha. Tunah chuan rilru lama thil tawn chak lo tak an neih hnuah hun engemaw chen chu mahni chauha awm turin an inthup ta a ni. Blue astronaut tak tak atanga beisei ang chiah a ni lo mai thei, mahse engti kawng pawhin engmah a chhuah lo. A tlem berah chuan a ni lo. Zing thlengin a nei - chu chu a tawk ang.
  
  
  Chumi hma chuan McAlester hian a khuh a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  Bungalow chu tuipui kamah chiah chuan plaster leh ash square block a ni. Living room te tak te pakhat chu a zau zawng zawngah a inzar pharh a. Foam-a khuh bamboo lounge chair hmanga chei mawi tak a ni. A hnuai lam chu palm hnah atanga siam mat-in a khuh a. Window zau tak tak chuan Atlantic tuipui a thlir a, a dinglamah chuan mutna pindan kawngkhar a awm a, chu hnungah chuan kawngkhar dang, tuipui kamah a lang bawk.
  
  
  “Engkim hi a buai vek a ni,” a ti bawk. “Accident hnuah Houston-ah ka chhuak nghal a, chhuah theihna hun ka nei lo.”
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu a khar a, a hmaah chuan a ding a, a en reng bawk. A hmel chu mask vawt leh mawi tak a ni tawh lo. Cheekbones sang zau tak tak chu a la awm reng a
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  d - depressions mawi taka siam. Mahse a mitmeng chu mangang takin a eng a, a aw chuan a inrintawkna muang tak chu a hloh ta a ni. A vawi khatna atan hmeichhia ang maiin a lang a, mechanical goddess ang maiin a lang lo.
  
  
  Nick-aah chuan duhthusam a lo pungkhawm tan ta. Rang takin a bulah chuan a kal phei a, a kuah a, a hmuiah chuan a fawp thuk hle. An khauh a, an vawt hle a, mahse a hnute bengchheng tak lumna chuan electric ang maiin a chhungah a tlan lut a. Khua a lum zual sauh sauh a. A kawrfual chu a rawn ri chhuak tih a hre thei. A fawp leh a, a hmui chu a khauh a, a ngilnei hle bawk. Muffled "Ni lo!" A hmui chu a hmui atang chuan a la chhuak a, a kut zungtang nghet tak chu a chungah a rawn nawr a. "I hmel chu!"
  
  
  Second khat chhung chu a sawi tum chu a hrethiam lo. "Eglund," a ti a. "Mask chu ka fawp a." A nuih a za hle mai. “I ruang ka hmu a, a kaihhnawih hmel erawh ka hmu lo tih i hrethiam em?”
  
  
  "Eglund hi ka rawn hruai ang." Bathroom lam chu a pan ta a. Engtin pawhin astronaut chu a chawlhsan hun a ni ta. Poindexter-a masterpiece chhungril chu khaw lum vangin a hnim ta hle mai. Silicone emulsion chu tuar theih loh khawpin a it tan ta. Hei bakah hian tunah chuan a cover value pawh a tawp tawh bawk. Houston atanga thlawhna chhunga thil thlengte chuan Eglund awmna hian lunar project-a astronaut dangte tan hlauhawm tak a ni tak zet tih a tarlang. A kawr chu a phelh a, a kawngah towel a khuh a, uluk takin plastic hair mask chu a phelh a. A hmui chhung atang chuan foam chu a fish a, a mitmeng êng tak chu a han hrual thla a, chak takin a hmai chu a hrual a, a makeup la awmte chu a hnawih a. Chutah sink chungah chuan a innghat a, a mitmeng atang chuan hazel-pupil contact lens chu a la chhuak ta a. A han hawi chhuak a, darthlalangah chuan Joy Sun hmel chu a hmu a, kawngka atang chuan a lo en reng a.
  
  
  “A definite improvement,” a nui suk a, a hmel lan danah chuan a mit chu a che a, a metal-smooth torso-ah chuan a kal kual a. Chu lem ropui takah chuan panther taksa ruh khawngaihna zawng zawng chu a awm vek a, a mit chuan engmah a hmu lo.
  
  
  A hmaiah chuan a hawi let a, a hmai atanga silicone la awm chu a hrufai a. Steel-gray mit, thim taka meikhu chhuak thei emaw, tihduhdahna avanga vur tla thei emaw chu nuihzatthlak takin a eng chhuak ta a. "Ka physical ka la dawn em ni, Doc?"
  
  
  “Scar tam tak a awm,” mak ti zet hian a ti a. "Knife. Bullet hliam. Razor cut a ni." A kohnain an kawng hrual hrual (jagged paths) a zawn chhuah rualin sawifiahnate chu a chhinchhiah ta a ni. A khawih hnuaiah chuan a taksa ruhte chu a nghet hle. Thâwk a la a, a pum chhungah chuan tension knot a awm tih a hria.
  
  
  “Appendectomy, gall bladder surgery,” nghet takin a ti a. "Romanticize suh."
  
  
  "Doctor ka ni, i hre reng em? Min bum tum suh." Mitmeng mawi takin a en a. "Ka zawhna hi i la chhang lo. Super secret agent chi khat i ni em?"
  
  
  A lam pan chuan a hruai a, a hmui chu a kut chungah a nghat a. "An hrilh lo che tihna em ni?" a nui suk a. "Planet Krypton atanga lo kal ka ni." A hmui hnim chu a hmui hnim chu a khawih a - a tir lamah chuan zawi zawiin a khawih a, chutah chuan na zawkin a khawih leh a. A taksaah chuan second khat chhung zet a dodaltu nervous tension a awm a, mahse chutah chuan a nem ta a, bengchheng tlemte nen chuan a mit a chhing a, a hmui chu rannung te tak te riltam takin a zawng a, a lum leh a hnim a, a lei tip chuan lungawina a zawng ta a ni. . A kut zungtang chuan a belt chu a phelhsak tih a hria. A chhungrilah thisen chu a lo lum a. Duhna chu thing ang maiin a lo thang lian ta a. A kut chu a taksa chungah chuan a khur nghal vek. A hmui chu a la chhuak a, second khat chhung zet a lu chu a kawngah a phum a, chutah a inhnukdawk ta a. "Uai!" chiang lo zet hian a ti a.
  
  
  "Bedroom," a ti phun sap a, a chhungah chuan pistol ang maia puak a ngai a ni.
  
  
  "Aw Pathian, ni e, ka nghahhlelh em em chu nang hi i ni tih ka hria." A thaw chu a hrual vek. "Simian hnuah... chutah chuan Bali Hai-a chu thil chu... mipa ka ni lo. Chatuan atan ka ngaihtuah a. Mahse, i danglam thei tho. Tunah chuan ka hmu ta. Oh, my gosh," a hip lai chuan a khur nghal zat a lam hawiin, hip to herself.Thigh, chest to chest, leh chutiang bawka chetna nen chuan a blouse chu a phelh ta a.Bra a ha lo - hei hi puan hnuaia bumps puitling tak takte inher dan atang chuan a hre chiang hle.A hnute chu a rilruah a ding nghet hle .Amah chu a rawn beng kual a, a kut chuan a taksa chu a chhui a, a hmui chu a hmuiah a innghat a, a lei chu khandaih chak tak, tisa ang mai a ni.
  
  
  Contact titawp lovin a chanve a chawi sang a, a chanve chuan hall sir lehlamah chuan palm-leaf mat atang chuan khumah chuan a phur ta a.
  
  
  A chungah a muhil a, a lu a bu nghat a, a kut chu a taksa chunga a kal dan pawh sawi loh, a kawrfual zip a phelh a, a kawrfual a fawp dan pawh sawi loh. A chungah chuan a innghat a, a hnute chu a fawp a, a hmui chu a nem takah chuan a nawr lut a. A tap zauh zauh a, a hnuaiah chuan a lumna chu a darh zau hle tih a hria.
  
  
  Tichuan a ngaihtuah tawh lo va, a hre mai mai a, a pianpui chenna hmun, betrayal leh thihna rapthlak tak khawvel mumang râpthlâk tak aṭang chuan a chhuak a, lui lian tak ang maia hun hlimawm tak, rilru natna nei takah a lut a, hmeichhe naupang taksa ṭha famkim hriatnaah chuan a rilru a pe ta a ni , kawngkhar an thlen thlengin a tlan chak zel a, a kut chuan hmanhmawh zual zelin a rawn fawp a, a kut zungtangte chuan a chhungah a rawn lai lut a, a hmui chuan a hmui chu a tawp berah a dilnaah a nawr a, an taksa chu a inzawm khawm a, a arch a, a inzawm khawm ta a ni , thighs tensing tui tak a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Hmêl leh hmui a inzawm khawm a, thaw rei tak, nghing tak, hlim takin a thaw halh a, a chi a lo lan chhuah ruala a taksa khur nghal zat chu a hriat chuan a lu chu pillow-ah chuan a tla leh ta a.
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu ngawi rengin an mu a, a kut chu rhythmic takin a che a, a vun chungah hypnotically in a che a. Nick chu a muhil ta mai mai. Tichuan, minute hnuhnung berah a ngaihtuah tawh loh avangin a rilruah a lo lang nghal a. Chu sensation chu taksa lam a ni tawh mai: êng êng tak chuan a lu a rawn luah khat ta vek mai. A nei a ni! Key a bo!
  
  
  Chutih lai tak chuan kik ri a ri a, ngawi renga awm chu a ri nasa hle. A bulah chuan a tlan bo nghal a, mahse ani chuan a rawn pan hnai a, curve nem leh nem takin a rawn inzawm khawm a, a beidawng duh lo. A chhehvel chu a curve nasa hle a, he harsatna rapthlak takah pawh hian a hlauhawmna chu theihnghilh hnaih tak a ni.
  
  
  "Tu emaw an awm em?" - aw a rawn ti chhuak a.
  
  
  Nick chu a inthen a, tukverh lam pan chuan a tlan phei nghal a. Blinds chu inch khata zau zetin a hnunglam a hawi let leh a. In hmaah hian patrol car chhinchhiahna nei lo, whip antenna nei chu a ding a. Safety helmet dum leh riding trousers ha mi pahnih chuan living room window atang chuan an lantern chu an eng chhuak a. Nick chuan hmeichhe naupang chu thil pakhat paih a, kawngkhar hawng turin a kut a phar a.
  
  
  A ti a, ani chuan mutna kawngka bulah a beng nghatin a ding a, a ngaithla ta a. “Hi ma’am, in lamah i awm tih kan hre lo,” mipa aw chuan a rawn ti a. "Check mai mai. Pawn lam light a off tawh. Zan li kalta chhung khan a eng tawh." Mipa aw pahnihna chuan, “Dr. Sun i ni lawm ni?” Joy-i thusawi chu a hre ta a. "Houston atanga lo kal chauh i ni lawm ni?" A ni tih a sawi. “Engkim a tha em?I awm loh lai khan in chhungah engmah a chhe lo em ni?” Engkim a tha vek tih a sawi a, mipa aw hmasa ber chuan, "Awle, tih chian kan duh chauh a ni. Heta thil thleng hnu hian i fimkhur lutuk thei lo. Min mamawh vat a nih chuan zero vawi thum dial mai rawh. Tunah chuan nangmah." have Direct connection kan nei a ni."
  
  
  "Officer te chungah lawmthu ka sawi e. Zanriah nuam tak." Kawngkhar hma lam khar ri chu a hre ta a. “State Property Committee atanga police dang,” a ti a, mutna pindan lamah a kir leh a. "Hmun tinah an awm niin a lang." A track-ah chuan thiin a ding ta a. "I lo kal dawn a ni," puh hmel zet hian a ti a.
  
  
  “Kan tih a ngai dawn a ni,” a ti a, a kawr chu a button a. "Tin, thil pawi zawk chu i car ka loan theih leh theih loh zawtin hliam chungah sawichhiatna ka belhchhah dawn a ni."
  
  
  “He part hi ka duh khawp mai,” a nui suk a. "Chu chu i rawn hruai kir leh a ngai dawn tihna a ni. Zing lamah thil hmasa ber, khawngaihin. Ka sawi tum chu..." A hmelah chuan stricken expression nen a ding nghal zat. "Aw ka Pathian, i hming pawh ka hre lo!"
  
  
  "Nick Carter chuan a ti a."
  
  
  A nui suk a. "Creative vak lo, mahse i sumdawnna ah hian hming lem pakhat chu hming dang ang bawkin a tha ka ring..."
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  NASA administrative center-a line sawm zawng zawng chu an buai vek a, call a tawp hunah chance a neih theih nan number dial lovin a dial tan ta a ni.
  
  
  A lu chhunga thlalak lang chhuak reng chu Major Sollitz-a’n a kawrfual a rawn um lai kha a ni a, a kut veilam chu awkward takin a taksa pum puiah a rawn thleng a, a kut dinglam chu a taksaah nghet takin a nawr a. Nizan chawhnu khan Texas City plant-a chu thil thleng chungchangah chuan thil engemaw takin a tibuai a, mahse chu chu eng nge a nih tih chu a tlanbosan ta a ni—rei lo te chhung chu a ngaihtuah tawh loh thlengin. Tichuan ngawi rengin a rilruah a rawn lang ta a.
  
  
  Nizan zing khan Sollitz chu a kut dinglam a ni!
  
  
  He thil hmuhchhuah atanga kawng tinrenga darh chhuak ramifications buaithlak tak takte chu a kut zungtangte chuan automatic-in number chu a dial a, a beng chuan connection din mek ri ring tak chu a ngaithla a.
  
  
  Gemini Inn-a a room-a khum sir lamah chuan a thu a, Washington atanga Hank Peterson-a’n a rawn thawn chhuah suitcase felfai tak, emaw, nightstand-a Lamborghini chabi emaw, a hnuaia note emaw, heti hian a hre lo i luh hun tur hre rawh. Extension number - L-32 tih a ni. Hank a ni.
  
  
  Sollitz chu puzzle-a missing link a ni. Chu chu ngaihtuah la, thil dang zawng zawng chu a hmunah a tla vek ang. Nick chuan Major chu a office a luh tirh khan a mangang hle tih a hrechhuak a, ngawi rengin a chibai buk a. Hei hi tip a ni tur a ni. Mahse, ni - Dr. Sun-in a mit a tidel lutuk a, tu nungchang pawh a hre lo.
  
  
  Joy Sun pawhin mak a ti hle a, mahse Eglund-a dinhmun hi amine poisoning a nih thu a hriat hmasak bertu chu amah hi a ni. Chuvangin a mak tihna chu a pianphung a ni. Chutiang chuan a hmu thuai a beisei lo chauh a ni.
  
  
  Administrative centre-ah line hi tihfai a ni tawh bawk.
  
  
  "The red room," Glenn Eglund-a Kansas drawl-ah chuan a hrilh a. "Hei hi Eagle Four a ni. Room sen kha min pe rawh."
  
  
  Wire chu a ri a, a ri a, mipa pakhat thawm chu a hre ta a. "Hriselna a ni," a ti a. "Captain Leesor chuan thu a sawi."
  
  
  "Hei hi Eagle Four a ni a, top priority a ni. Major Sollitz hi a awm em?"
  
  
  "Eagle Four, an zawng che a. McCoy-a report kha i miss a. Tunah khawiah nge i awm?"
  
  
  “A pawimawh lo,” Nick chuan dawhthei lo zet hian a ti a, “Sollits a awm em?”
  
  
  "Ni lo, a ti lo."
  
  
  "Okay, zawng rawh. Chu chu top priority a ni."
  
  
  "Ngawi teh. Ka check ang."
  
  
  Sollits tih loh chu tuin nge Phoenix One chungchang hi hre thei ang? Apollo-a security chief tih loh chu tuin nge medical center-ah hian lut thei ang?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Spacecraft Center-a eng department nge awm? Medical program phase tin hi tu dangin nge hria, a hlauhawmzia chiang taka hre, rinhlelhna siam lovin khawi hmunah pawh hmuh theih? Houston leh Cape Kennedy-ah hian tu dang nge sumdawnna nei?
  
  
  Tunah chuan Sollitz, N3 chuan Palm Beach-a Bali Hai-a Pat Hammer-a hmutu leh Apollo capsule tihchhiat tumtu chu Saul a ni tih a chiang ta a ni. Sollitz chuan Glenn Eglund chu thah a tum a, chu chu astronaut chuan Major-a thil tum a hriat chuan a ti a. Mahse, Sollits-a chu Nick-a masquerade chungchang hi an hrilh lo. General Macalester chauh hian he thil hi a hre chiang hle. Chuvangin Eglund a rawn lang leh chuan Sollitz chu a hlauthawng ta hle mai. Thla hmuna thah tumtu chu amah hi a ni. Trade-off hi a kut dinglam chu a veilam lamah a thlak a, hei hi chemte nena an insual laiin a kutphah a tliak vang a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick chuan a hriatrengna chungchanga heng zawhna zawng zawng awmzia chu a hrethiam ta. Tin, Eglund-a chhanna chuan "bits and pieces" chu zawi zawiin a rawn let leh ta a, major chu a ti mangang zual hle bawk. Chuvangin, "backup" thlawhnaah chuan bomb a dah a, chutah chuan bomb lem a siam a, chu chuan a bombing team-in an check hmasak lohvin a thlawhtheihna hmasa chu a dang hmangin a thlak thei ta a ni.
  
  
  Wire atang chuan aw na tak a rawn chhuak a. "Eagle Four, hei hi General McAlester a ni. McCoy-a i thlawhna a tlak hnuah khawiah nge nang leh Dr. Sun in kal? Chutah chuan security official sang tak tak gaggle pum pui chu an kekawrte tihlum turin in hnutchhiah a ni.
  
  
  "General, minute khat hnuah engkim ka hrilhfiah vek ang che, mahse a hmasa berin Major Sollitz hi khawiah nge a awm? Kan hmuh hi a pawimawh hle."
  
  
  “Ka hre lo,” McAlester chuan a ti nghal zat. "And, a lang, midang pawh an awm lo. Vanlawng pahnihnaah McCoy hnenah a thlawk a. Chu chu kan hria. Mahse airport terminal hmun dangah a bo a, chuta tang chuan hmuh tur a awm tawh lo. Engvangin nge?"
  
  
  Nick chuan an inbiakna chu encrypted a nih leh nih loh a zawt a. A ni tawh. Chu chu a hrilh a ni. NASA security chief chuan a tawpah chuan, “Aw ka Pathian,” tih chauh a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Sollitz hi a enkawl lo a, hna bawlhhlawh chu midang tan a thawk a ni. USSR pawh a ni mai thei. Beijing khawpuiah. Hetih lai hian kan chhut mai thei."
  
  
  "Mahse engtin nge security clearance a hmuh theih? Engtin nge a tih ang zat chu a kai chhoh theih?"
  
  
  "Ka hre lo," Nick chuan a ti a. "A record-te hian clue min pe ngei ka beisei. Peterson Radio AX hi report kimchang nen ka la dawn a, Sollitz chungchang pawh comprehensive background check neih ka dil bawk a, GKI atanga Alex Siemian pawh ka dil bawk. Double ka duh." Joy Sun-in min hrilh kha check rawh." a chungchang ".
  
  
  McAlester chuan, “Hawk nen kan inbia chauh a ni,” a ti. "A tawpah chuan Glenn Eglund hian Walter Reed-ah hian a rilru a hahdam ta tih min hrilh a. Zawhna an zawh thuai an beisei."
  
  
  “Eglund chungchang sawi ila,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Khawngaihin mi lem chu a lo let leh thei ang em? Phoenix-a countdown a chhunzawm zel a, astronaut-te chu an station-ah an inbun a, a cover chu taksa lama harsatnaah a chang ta a ni. Zalen takin ka inher kual tur a ni."
  
  
  McAlester chuan, “A ruahman theih a ni,” a ti. Hemi chungchangah hian a lawm hmel hle. "Chu chuan nang leh Dr. Sun in tlanchhiat chhan chu a hrilhfiah ang. Vanlawng chhunga i lu a rawn nam avanga amnesia. Tin, rawn hruai kir leh tum turin a rawn zui che bawk a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan engkim a tha vek tih a sawi a, a phone chu a dah ta a. Khum sir lehlamah chuan a tlu ta a. A chau lutuk a, a thawmhnaw pawh a phelh thei lo. McAlester tan thil a kal tha em em chu a lawm hle. Hrilhfiahna tur thil awlsam tak a hmaah lo thleng se a duh a ni. Chutiang chu a ni. A muhil ta a.
  
  
  Rei vak lo hnuah phone chuan a tiharh ta a. A tlem berah chuan rei lo te ang maiin a lang a, mahse a thim avangin a ni thei lo. Inhnial hmel zet hian receiver chu a rawn pan a. "Chibai?"
  
  
  "A tawpah chuan!" Candy Sweet chuan a ti chhuak a. "Ni thum kalta chhung khan khawiah nge i awm? Ka hruai tum che a ni."
  
  
  “Called,” a ti chiang lo hle. "Eng thil nge thleng?"
  
  
  “Merritt Island-ah hian thil pawimawh tak tak ka hmu a,” tiin phur takin a sawi. "Darkar chanve hnuah hall-ah min hmu ang."
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  Zingkar hmasa lama vur tla chu a thianghlim tan ta. Ragged blue holes chu grey-in a inhawng a, a khar bawk. An kal tlang chuan Nick chuan wheel-a spoke ang maia orange thing phun chhuak chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  Candy chu a khalh a. A car, GT Giulia sports model chu hruai turin a nawr lui tlat a ni. A nghah a, a hawn chu hmuh tak tak turin a nawr bawk. Chu chu a hrilh thei lo tih a sawi.
  
  
  “Hmeichhe naupang ang maiin ka la khel reng a ni,” tiin rilru na takin a ti ta a. A melh zauh a. Hip-huggers te aiah hian miniskirt dum a ha a, chu chu a belt blouse, tennis kekawr dum leh a sam dum sil thar nen chuan school naupang cheerleader ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  A en reng tih a hria a, a hawi let leh a. “A hla vak lo,” a nui suk a. "Dummitt Grove chhim lam a ni."
  
  
  Space Center-a lunar port hian Merritt Island hmun tlemte chauh a luah a ni. Acre sangsarih chuang zet chu a tir lama orange huan neitu loneitute hnenah lease-a pek a ni. Bennett’s Road chhim lam kawngpui chu thlaler, hnim hring leh hnim hring hring zingah a kal a, India lui, Seedless Enterprise leh Dummitt Groves te chuan a inzawm a, kum 1830 chho vela sak vek a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Tunah chuan kawngpui chuan tuipui kam te tak te a rawn paltlang a, tui kama thinghnah chunga in chhe tawh tak tak, ei tur dawr awmna gas station leh lawng siamna hmun te tak te, sangha mantu lawng, shrimp trawler-a inthuam chu an paltlang ta a ni. "Enterprise," a ti a. "Port Canaveral sir chiah a ni. Kan thleng tawh dawn."
  
  
  Quarter miles dang an tlan leh a, Candy chuan dinglam turn signal chu a on a, a tlan hniam tan ta a. Kawngpui sir atang chuan a inhnukdawk a, a ding ta a. Amah chu en turin a hawi let a. "Hetah hian an awm tawh." A purse chu a la a, a sir lamah chuan kawngkhar chu a hawng a, .
  
  
  Nick chu a ta chungah chuan a thu a, a ding a, a hawi kual vel a. Thlalêr hmun zau tak karah an awm a. Dinglamah chuan salt water fiats panorama zau tak chu Banana lui thlengin a inzar pharh a. Khawchhak lamah chuan apartment te chu luipuiah a chang ta a ni. Tui sir takah chuan thinghnah hring hring (dense thickets) a rawn pungkhawm a. An vei lamah yard za thum vel a hlaah chuan electric hmanga inkharkhip MILA (Merritt Island Lunar Port Launch Pad) chu a intan ta a. Bushes atang chuan concrete Phoenix 1 launch pad chu a hmu thei a, chu chu tlang chhip nêm takah, mel li zeta hlaah chuan, auto assembly building chhawng 56-a sang, orange beam eng mawi tak tak leh lacy platform-te chu a hre thei a ni.
  
  
  An hnungah khawi emaw laiah chuan hla tak helicopter pakhat chu a ri ta hlawm a. Nick chu a hawi let a, a mit a chhing a. Port Canaveral chunga zing ni chhuak karah a rotor flash-flash chu a hmu a.
  
  
  “Hetiang hian,” Candy chuan a ti a. Highway chu a pel a, bush chhungah chuan a kal ta a. Nick chuan a rawn zui ve nghal a. Reed brake chhunga lumna chu tuar theih loh khawpin a awm. Mosquito te chu an pungkhawm a, an hrehawm ti hle. Nula chuan a ngaihsak lo. A tough, stubborn side chu a rawn chhuak leh ta. Vawi khat chu canal atana hman thin nia lang, kawngpui zau takah inhawng, tui chhuahna kawngkhar pakhatah an thleng a. Chu kawngkhar chu buh leh tui hnuaia thlai chi hrang hrangin a khat a, embankment-in a luang chhuakna hmunah chuan a zim ta hle a ni.
  
  
  A purse chu a thlak a, a tennis kekawrte chu a phelh a. “Kut pahnih ka mamawh dawn a ni,” a ti a, khup thlenga leihnuaiah chuan tlang chhip atang chuan a kal thla ta a. Tunah chuan hmalam a pan ta a, a bawkkhup a, tui hnim hring zingah chuan thil engemaw a zawng a.
  
  
  Nick chuan embankment chung atang chuan a lo en reng a. A lu a thing nghut a. "Eng thil nge i zawn?" a nui suk a. Helicopter thawm chu a ring zual sauh sauh a. A ding a, a kekawr ipte chu a han en a. An lam pan chuan a kal a, lei atanga feet zathum vel zeta sangah a awm a, a rotor blade inher chhuak atang chuan êng chu a rawn lang chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  "Hei hi ka hmu ta!" - Candy chuan a ti a. A hawi let a. Drainage ditch-ah feet za vel zet a kal a, a bawkkhup a, leia thil pakhat chu a fiddle a. A lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Helicopter thawm chu a chungah direct-a awm ang maiin a ri a. A han hawi chho a. Propeller blade te chu a inher a, chu chuan a chhuk chakna a ti sang hle. A hnuai lam sen chungah chuan ziak dum a hmu thei - FLYING SHARP SERVICE. Helicopter paruk zinga pakhat a ni a, Cocoa Beach Amusement Pier aṭanga Port Canaveral thleng darkar chanve schedule-a thlawk a, chumi hnuah MILA fence chhehvel a zui a, khualzinte chuan VAB building thlalak leh launch platform-te thlalak an la thei a ni.
  
  
  Candy-in a hmuh apiang chu tunah chuan bawlhhlawh atanga a chanve vel a chhuak tawh. "Ka purse kha la rawh, i ti dawn em ni?" a ti a. "Chutah chuan rei vak lo ka dah a. A chhungah thil ka mamawh a ni."
  
  
  Helicopter chu a rawn inher nghal zat a. Tunah chuan a lo kir leh ta a, lei atanga feet za aia sang lo, a hrual hrual atanga thli lo chhuak chuan embankment-a thinghnah lian tak takte chu a ti flat ta a ni. Nick chuan purse chu a hmu ta a. A bawkkhup a, a la a. Ngawi renga awm nghal chuan a lu a ti sang hle. Helicopter engine chu a off ta a. Reed hnah chung lamah chuan a tlan phei a, a lam pan chuan a kal nghal!
  
  
  Vei lamah a hawi a, a lu hmasa berin ditch chhungah chuan a zuang lut ta a. A hnungah chuan thawm ri nasa tak a awm a. Silk hnim ang maiin boruakah chuan lumna a rawn inher chhuak ta. Meialh ball jagged tak chu a rawn kap chhuak a, chu chu meikhu dum, carbon tamna plumes chuan a rawn zui nghal a, chu chuan ni chu a ti bo ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu embankment chungah chuan a chho leh a, lawng chhe lai lam chu a tlan phei ta a. Plexiglass canopy alh tak chhungah chuan mipa lem a hmu thei a. A lu chu a lam hawiin a hawi a. Nick a hnaih deuh deuh chuan a hmel chu a hre thei ta. Chinese a ni a, a hmel lan dan chu mumang ang mai a ni. Sa hmin rim a nam a, Nick chuan a taksa hnuai lam chu a kang tawh tih a hmu a. Chu pa chuan chhuah a tum loh chhan pawh a hmu bawk. Seat kut leh keah wire hmangin an khih a.
  
  
  "Min pui rawh!" - chu pa chuan a ti a. "Hetah hian min chhuah tir rawh!"
  
  
  Nick-a vun chu rei vak lo chu goosebumps-in a rawn puak chhuak ta a. Aw chu Major Sollitz ta a ni!
  
  
  A vawi hnihna chu a puak leh ta a. Khua lum chuan Nick chu a nawr let leh ta a. Spare gas tank hian Sollitz chu a puak avangin a that ngei a beisei. Hei hi a dik ngeiin a ring a. Helicopter chu a kang ta vek a, fiberglass chu a buckling a, rivet lum tak tak puak chhuak machine-gun ri chuan a tikehsawm ta a ni. Meialh chuan Lastotex mask chu a ti hmin a, Chinese hmel chu a tlahniam a, chutah a tlan ta a, Major Sollitz-a thiltih ropui tak chu a rawn lang ta a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  res second rei vak lo chhung chu anmahni pawh an hmin hma chuan luruh charred takin a thlak ta a ni.
  
  
  Candy chu feet tlemte leka hlaah a ding a, a kut hnunglam chu a hmuiah a hmet a, hlauthawng zet hian a mit a chhing a. "Eng thil nge thleng?" - aw khur zet hian a ti a. "I lam a tum nghal mai niin a lang."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a. “Autopilot-ah,” a ti a. "Inthawina atan chauh a awm a ni." Tin, Chinese mask chu Nick-a a damchhuah palh hlauh chuan clue dik lo dang a ni tih a rilruin a ti bawk. A lam chu a hawi a. "Eng nge i hmuh chu kan en ang."
  
  
  Thu sawi lovin embankment-ah chuan oilcloth package awmna hmunah chuan a hruai ta a. "Chemte i mamawh dawn a ni," a ti a. Thil chhe lai kang chu a han hawi let leh a, a mitmeng dum zau takah chuan hlauhna hmel a hmu a. "Ka purse chhungah pakhat."
  
  
  "A mamawh lo ang". Oilcloth chu a kut pahnihin a man a, a hrual a. Paper hnim ang maiin a kut chu a phelh a. Amah hian chemte a keng a, chu chu stiletto a ni a, a hming chu Hugo a ni a, mahse a kut dinglam inches vel zeta sangah chuan a kawr chhungah a awm reng a, hna pawimawh zawk a nghak reng a ni. "Engtin nge he thil hi accident-a i tawn theih?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Package-ah hian AN/PRC-6 short-range radio leh high-power binoculars pahnih - 8×60 AO Jupiters a awm a ni. “Nizan khan tui atang chuan a chanve a rawn chhuak a,” a ti bawk. "En." Binoculars chu a la a, a hmuh theih loh launch pad lam chu a kawhhmuh a. An chhungah chuan a han en a. Lens chak tak tak chuan portal chu a hnaih em em a, an headphone hmanga an inbiak lai chuan crew member-te hmui a che vel chu a hmu thei a ni. "Radio hian channel sawmnga a nei a, a range pawh mel khat vel a ni. Chuvangin hetah hian tu pawh hian a bulah hian a puitu an nei a. Ka ngaihdan chuan..." a ti a.
  
  
  Mahse, a ngaithla tawh lo. Confederates... radio hmanga siam a ni. Engvangin nge he thil hi a ngaihtuah hmasak loh? Autopilot ngei pawh hian helicopter chu a target thlengin hetiang hian a kaihruai thei lo. Mihring tel lo thlawhna ang maia hnathawk tur a ni. Chumi awmzia chu electronic hmanga thawn a ngai tihna a ni a, an incheina thil pakhatin a hip a ngai tihna a ni. A nih loh leh phur... "I wallet!" - a ti thut a. "Aw!"
  
  
  Helicopter engine chu a cut chhuak a, a purse a lak lai chuan. Drainage ditch-a a luh lai chuan a kutah a la awm reng a. Embankment atang chuan a chhuk a, tui hnim hring zingah chuan a zawng tan ta a. A hmuh theih nan minute khat vel a hmang a ni. Dripping bag chu a la a, a hawng a. Chutah chuan lipstick, tissue, glasses dum, gum pack leh pocketknife hnuaiah chuan Talar transmitter ounces sawmhnih zet a hmu a.
  
  
  Zero visibility condition-a thlawhna te leh helicopter te thlawh tirna atana hman chi a ni. Transmitter hian microwave beam rotating a thawn chhuak a, chu chu autopilot nena inzawm panel instrument hmangin a hmuchhuak a ni. Hetiang a nih chuan landing point chu Nick Carter chungah a awm a ni. Candy chuan a kutphahah chuan device te tak te chu a melh reng a. "Mahse... hei hi eng nge ni?" A ti a. "Engtin nge a thlen theih?"
  
  
  "Min hrilh rawh. Vawiin khan wallet chu hmuh theih lohvin a awm em?"
  
  
  “Ni lo,” a ti a. "A tlem berah chuan kei... Nghak rawh, ni e!" - a ti nghal zat. "Vawiin zing khan ka biak che khan... Enterprise-a booth atang khan a ni. Kha grocery store kha helai kalkawngah khan kan paltlang a. Ka wallet chu counter-ah ka dah a. Booth atanga ka chhuah chuan a sir lamah sawn a ni tih ka hmuchhuak a." by the clerk "Chutih lai chuan engmah ka ngaihtuah lo..."
  
  
  "I ti ang."
  
  
  Tun ṭumah chuan car a khalh a. “Pilot chu kut leh ke khin a ni,” a ti a, Julia chu highway-ah chuan a tlan thla ta a. "Chuvangin mi dangin chu helicopter chu lei atanga lak chhuah a ngai a ni. Chu chu transmitter installation pathumna dah a ni tihna a ni. Enterprise-ah pawh a ni mai thei. An inthen hmain kan thlen ngei kan beisei ang. Ka thianpa Hugo hian zawhna zawh duh a nei a ni.
  
  
  Peterson hian Washington aṭangin N3 protective devices a rawn keng tel a ni. Twins-a false bottom nei suitcase ha chunga Nick chu an lo nghak a. Tunah chuan stiletto-heeled Hugo chu a kawrfual chungah a awm ta. Wilhelmina, Luger stripped-down chu a belt-ah holster remchang takah a innghat a, Pierre, gas pellet thihna thlen thei tak chu a chhungte hnai ber engemaw zat nen belt pocket-ah an thup bawk. AX top operative chu thah tumin a inthuam a.
  
  
  Gas station leh grocery dawr pawh khar a ni. A chhungah chuan nunna chhinchhiahna a awm lo. A nih loh leh Enterprise hmun dangah pawh, chutiang tur chuan. Nick chuan a darthlalang chu a melh a. Dar sawm chauh a ri tawh. “Enterprise tak a ni lo,” a ti bawk.
  
  
  Candy chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Ka hrethiam lo. Dar riat vela ka awm lai khan an inhawng a ni." Nick chu building chhung chu a fang kual a, ni rit tak chu a hre chiang hle a, a thawk a hah hle bawk. Fruit processing plant leh oil dahna tank engemawzat a paltlang a. Lawng leh drying net te chu leilung kawngpui sir lamah chuan a inher chhuak a. Embankment chhe tawh chu a ngawi reng a, lumna vawt tak veil chuan a tithi a ni.
  
  
  Vawikhatmah a ding a, a ngaithla a, rang takin Wilhelmina chu a kutah kengin, lawng lian tak, a tlakbuakna kawngkhar thim takah chuan a lut ta a. Step te chu angle dik takin a rawn hnaih a. An ri nasa ber an thleng a, chutah chuan an hnungtawlh ta a. Nick chuan a han hawi chhuak a. Lawng inkara kal chu mi pahnih electronic hmanraw rit tak tak phur an ni. A hmuhna field chu an chhuahsan a, rei lo te chhung chu ka
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Car kawngkhar inhawng leh ri chu a hriat hnu chuan. Lawng hnuai atang chuan a rawn tlan chhuak a, chutah a vawt ta...
  
  
  An lo kir leh ta a. Nick chu thlalak chhungah chuan a bo leh ta a. Tun ṭumah chuan anmahni chu a en ṭha hle. A enkawltu chu a tawi a, a hring a, a hmelah chuan hood ang maia lang blank tak a awm. A hnung lama mi lian lian tak chuan sam dum chu bullet ang maia lu tan tawi a nei a, a hmai chu a sen hring hring hring hring a khuh a ni.
  
  
  Dexter chuan a ti a. Connelly Aviation-a electronic control division-a thawk a nih thu sawitu Pat Hammer-a bula awm a ni.
  
  
  Electronic hmanga kaihhruaina pek a ni. Mihring tel lo helicopter a ni. An pahnih hian car-a an rawn thlen thar hmanrua chu. A hlawhtling ta hle mai.
  
  
  N3 chuan head start tha tak a pe a, chutah chuan a zui a, an inkarah thil awmte chu dah reng tumin a bei a. Mi pahnih chu stairs atang chuan an chhuk a, thing lawng chawlhna hmun te tak te, khaw lum lutuk avanga lo awm, shell-strewn stilts-ah chuan bay chhungah yard sawmhnih zeta sei chu an rawn chhuak ta a. A tawp lamah chuan lawng pakhat chauh an nghat a. Diesel shrimp trawler hmanga beam zau tak nei. "Cracker Boy," Enterprise, Florida chuan lawng hnung lama ziak dum chu a chhiar a. Mi pahnih chu lawngah chuan an chuang a, hatch chu an hawng a, deck hnuaiah chuan an bo ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a hawi let a. Candy chu a hnungah yard tlemte a awm a. “Hetah hian nghah a tha zawk,” tiin a vaukhân a. "Meipui a awm mai thei."
  
  
  Dock-ah chuan a tlan phei a, deck-a an kir leh hmain wheelhouse chu thlen theih a beisei. Mahse tun ṭumah erawh a vanduai hle. Thruster chunga a thlawh lai chuan Dexter-a form lian tak chuan hatch chu a rawn luah khat ta vek a. Mi lian chu a hnungah chuan thiin a ding ta a. A kut ah chuan electronic component complex tak a awm a. A hmui a rawn inhawng a. "Hey, ka hria che..." A kekawr ipte chu a han en a, Nick lam pan chuan a kal ta a. “Ngaithla teh, buddy, min tih tir a ni,” a ti a. "Ka nupui leh ka fate an nei..."
  
  
  Thil pakhat a rawn ri a, piledriver chaknain Dexter chu a rawn nam a, a rawn inher kual vek a, deck sir chanve vel chu a rawn vawrh chhuak ta a ni. A khup chungin a ti zo a, component chu a sir lamah a tla thla a, a mit chu a var vek a, a kut chuan a chhungril chu a chelh tlat a, deck-a luang chhuak lo turin a bei a. A kut zungtangah thisen a rawn luang thla a. Zawi zawiin hmalam pan chuan a rawn inbeng kang a.
  
  
  Hatch atang chuan orange rawn chhuak lehin, slashing sound a rawn ri leh a, chu mipa hmel dum chu step-ah chuan a tlan chho nghal a, a kuta submachine gun atang chuan kawng tinrengah bullet a rawn chhuak nasa hle. Wilhelmina chu a chhuak tawh a, Killmaster chuan uluk taka dah bullet pahnih a kap nghal vat a, double roar chu roar rei tak pakhat ang maiin a ri ta a ni. Rei vak lo chhung chu Hollowface chu a ding nghet a, chutah, straw man ang maiin a inhnim hrual a, a tlu a, a ke chu a hnuaiah chuan rubber-ah a chang ta a ni.
  
  
  N3 chuan a kut atangin submachine gun chu a vawrh chhuak a, Dexter bulah chuan a bawkkhup ta a. Mi lian kâ atang chuan thisen a luang chhuak a. Pink light tak a ni a, foamy tak a ni bawk. A hmui chuan beidawng takin hna a thawk a, thumal siam tumin a bei a. "...Miami...hei hi ka puak darh dawn..." hriat theih loh khawpin a gurg a. "... Mi zawng zawng that rawh... ka hria... ka lo thawk tawh... titawp rawh... a hma pawhin... a tlai tawh hle..." Mit chu a hna pawimawh zawk lam pan chuan a rawn inher leh ta a. A hmai chu a relax ta hle mai.
  
  
  Nick chuan a ding nghet sauh sauh a. "Awle, sawi ila," Blank Face hnenah chuan a ti a. A aw chu a reh a, a ngilnei hle a, mahse a mitmeng dum chu green, dum dum a ni a, rei vak lo chhung chu an thuk takah chuan shark pakhatin a rawn vel a. Hugo chu a inthupna atang chuan a rawn chhuak a. A ice axe sual tak chu a click ta.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan silai kengtu chu a kein a hawi let a, a bulah chuan a bawkkhup ta a. Hugo chuan a kawr hmalam chu a tikehsawm a, a hnuaia sa ruh, sen hring hring chu a ngaihtuah vak lo. Hollow-face chu a khur nghal zat. A mitmeng chu na takin a tui a. Hugo chuan chu pa kawr hlim tak bul lawkah hmun a hmu a, a fawp zauh zauh a. “Tunah chuan,” Nick chuan a nui suk a. "Hming khawngaihin."
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a hmui a rawn purse a. A mit a chhing a. Hugo chuan a knobby kawr chu a seh a. "Agh!" A beng atang chuan thawm a tlanchhuak a, a kekawrte chu a rawn inhawng nghal zat bawk. “Eddie Biloff,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Khawi atanga lo kal nge i nih Eddie?"
  
  
  "Vegas" tih a ni.
  
  
  "I hmelhriat hmel ka ti. Sierra Inn tlangval zinga mi i ni lawm ni?" Biloff chuan a mit a chhing leh a. Hugo chuan a pum hnuai lam chu zawi zawiin, felfai takin a zigzag a. Chu slit leh puncture te te atang chuan thisen a rawn chhuak tan ta. Biloff chuan mihring pum pui ni lo thawm a siam a. "A dik lo maw, Eddie?" A lu chu a rawn inher chhuak leh a. "Min hrilh teh Eddie, hetah Florida-ah hian eng nge i tih? Tin, Dexter hian Miami a puak darh tih hian eng nge a sawi tum? Thu sawi rawh Eddie, a nih loh leh zawi zawiin thi rawh." Hugo chuan skin flap hnuaiah chuan a kut a phar a, a chhui tan ta a.
  
  
  Biloff taksa chau tak chu a rawn inher chhuak ta. Thisen a rawn chhuak a, pore tin atanga thawmhnaw lo chhuak nen chuan a inhmeh hle. A mitmeng chu a rawn thlawk chhuak a. “Zawt rawh,” a thaw halh a, Nick chu a paltlang a. "Hei hi a ruahman a ni..."
  
  
  Nick chu a hawi let a. Candy chu a hnungah a ding a, a nui suk bawk. Smoothly, gracefully, a miniskirt dum chu a han chawi kang a. A hnuaiah chuan a saruak a, a kekawr chhungah .22 gauge flat waffle a inbun tih loh chu a saruak a ni.
  
  
  “Sorry, Chief,” a nui suk a. Tunah chuan silai chu a kutah a awm tawh a, a rawn kawhhmuh ta a. Zawi zawiin a kut zungtang chuan trigger chu a rawn hmet a...
   Bung 11-na
  
  
  
  
  Recoil tihziaawm nan silai chu a sir lamah a hmet a. "Nangmah
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I duh chuan i mit i chhing thei,” a nui suk a.
  
  
  Hei hi Astra Cub a ni a, ounce sawm leh pahnih zeta sei, inch thum barrel nei, range tawi takah pawh chak tak, N3-in a hmuh tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan silai flat ber a ni. "Eglund anga inthuam Houston-a i kal lai khan i fing hle a ni," a ti. "Sollitz hi he thil atan hian a inpeih lo. Kei pawh ka inpeih lo. Chuvang chuan, a nihna takah chuan Eglund i ni lo tih ka vaukhân thei lo. Chumi avang chuan a hlauthawng a, bomb a phum ta a ni. Chu chu a hmantlakna tawpna a ni. I career." , dear Nicholas, must also end "I lo thleng hla lutuk a, i zir tam lutuk..."
  
  
  A kut zungtang chuan trigger chu a hmet tan tih a hmu a. Striker hian cartridge a rawn nam hma second tlemteah a tlan let leh ta a ni. Instinctive animal process a ni - shot atanga hla taka kal, target tenau ber ngaihtuah chhuah. A sir lama a inher lai chuan a ke veilam chu natna khirh tak a rawn kang chhuak ta a. Mahse, a hlawhtling tih a hria. A natna chu localized a ni - vunah hliam tenau tak a awm tih chhinchhiahna a ni.
  
  
  Tui chuan a chungah a khar a, a thaw halh halh a.
  
  
  A lum a, thil ro rim a nam a, vegetable foam, crude oil leh bawlhhlawh gas bubble chhe tak tak a chhuah chhuak thin. Zawi zawiin a chhungah chuan a pil a, chu nula chuan awlsam taka a bum avangin chhungril thinrimna a nei a. Helicopter chuan a aim lai chuan, “Ka purse kha la rawh,” a ti a. Tin, he oilcloth package lem hi darkar tlemte kalta chauh a a phum kha. Fake clues dang zawng zawng a phun a, a hruai hnua a hruai ang mai a ni - a hmasa berin Bali Hai-ah a kal a, chumi hnuah Pat Hammer-a bungalow-ah.
  
  
  Razor’s edge hmanga siam plan fiah lo leh mawi tak a ni. A mission hmun tin chu a mission nen a inzawm khawm a, setup a siam a, chutah chuan N3 chuan a thupek direct hnuaia awm ang maia thu awih takin a hmun a luah ta a ni. Thinrimna chu a tangkai lo hle a, mahse engtin pawhin a luah phalsak a, chu chuan hna vawt tak, chhut chhuah hna lo thleng tur tan kawng a hawng dawn tih a hria a ni.
  
  
  Thil rit tak chuan a chunglam chu a rawn deng ta a. A han hawi chho a. Tui hnim hring karah chuan a inphah a, a lai tak atang chuan meikhu dum a rawn luang chhuak a. Dexter chuan a ti a. Tuipuiah chuan a paih thla ta a. Ruang pahnihna chu splash-in a kap a. Tun ṭumah hian Nick chuan silver bubble a hmu a, chubakah thisen hrui dum a hmu bawk. Kut leh ke chu chak lo takin a che a. Eddie Biloff chu a la dam a.
  
  
  Nick chu a bulah chuan a rawn tlan phei a, a thawk a vawn tlat avangin a rilru chu a nghet hle. Las Vegas area tan zawhna a nei tam zawk. Mahse a hmasa berah chuan an chhanna tur hmunah a hruai a ngai a ni. Yoga vangin Nick hian a lungah boruak minute hnih, minute thum dang a la nei leh mai thei. Byloff hian second thum a la nei a nih chuan a vannei hle ang.
  
  
  An chungah chuan thir lem sei tak mai chu tuiah a innghat a. Keel Cracker Boy a ni. Ruang chu a chungah chuan a sir lehlamah chuan fuzzy shadow a inzar pharh a. He thlalak chhunzawm zel tur chu an nghak a, pistol kengin tui chhungah chuan an thlir kual a. A surface ngam lo - pier hnuaiah pawh. Biloff chu a au thei a, a hre ngei ang.
  
  
  Tichuan, hull leh propeller inkar concave space chu a hrechhuak ta a. A tlangpuiin chutah chuan air pocket i hmu thei. A kut chu Biloff-a kawr vel chu a khar a. Mi dang chhuknain a hnutchhiah milky turbulence karah chuan a lu chu keel-ah zawi zawia a tlak thlengin a bei a.
  
  
  Fimkhur takin a hre ta a. Brass screw lian tak chu a thleng a, a kut zalen takin a sir chu a man a, a rawn chhuak ta a. A lu chu tui chungah a rawn inher chhuak a. A thawk a la a, a chunga boruak rimchhia leh hriak rimtui tak, a tang tlat chu a chil a chhak ta a. Biloff chu a khuh a, a sir lamah a rawn chhuak nghal zat bawk. Nick chuan midang hmui chu tui chungah dah turin a bei a. Hriat ngawih ngawih hlauhawm a awm lo. Anmahni leh hmeichhe naupang inkarah chuan thing leh thir ton hnih khat vel zet chu deck-ah chuan a innghat a. Hlauhawm awm chhun chu engine start a tum mai thei tih chauh a ni. Chutiang a nih chuan an pahnih hian pound khatah an hralh thei ang - mince ang maiin.
  
  
  Hugo chu Nick-a kutah chuan a la awm reng a. Tunah chuan a tho chhuak ta a, Biloff-a hliam chhungah chuan jig tlem a zai ta a. "I la zo lo Eddie, la zo lo. A chanchin zawng zawng, i hriat zawng zawng min hrilh rawh...."
  
  
  Thi mai tur gangster chuan a rawn ti a. Minute sawm dawn lai chu titawp lovin a tawng a. Tin, a tih zawh chuan N3 hmel chu a thim hle bawk.
  
  
  A middle knuckle atang chuan ruh knot a siam a, Biloff-a larynx-ah chuan a wedge lut ta a. A insum lo. A hming chu Killmaster a ni. Thah chu a hna a ni. A knuckle chu noose knot ang mai a ni. Bylov-a mitmengah chuan thihna hriatchhuahna a hmu a. Khawngaihna dilna ri chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  Khawngaihna a nei lo.
  
  
  Chu pa chu a thah theih nan minute chanve vel a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Gemini Hotel-a room 1209-a complex receiver disassembly device aṭanga chhuak radio wave-ah chuan awmze nei lo vibration hrang hrang a rawn eng chhuak a, Hawk aw ang maiin a rawn lang chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  “Sweet-a chuan a fanu enkawl turin min ti pawh hi thil mak a ni lo,” AX lu chuan a ti chhuak a. A aw chu a thlum hle mai. "He mi â te hian eng nge a luhchilh tih sawi theih a ni lo. Apollo life support system sketch chungchanga report ka dawn atang khan thil a awm tur angin a awm lo tih ka ringhlel tan a ni."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Basement ah chuan Hummer i hmu a. Accident hnua chanchinbu zawng zawngah te chuan diagram atanga lak chhuah document dik lo a ni."
  
  
  "Aw," Nick chuan Hawk-a thusawi chhanna ni lovin, Peterson-a puihnain a ti a. Editorial office atanga mi pakhat chuan a kekawr iptea hliam chu cotton swab eng emaw zat kang thei chi khata hnim chu a tifai a. "Eng pawh nise, sir, a awmna tur hmun ka hre chiang khawp mai."
  
  
  "Okay. I approach thar hi a chhanna a ni ka ti," Hawk chuan a ti a. "Thil zawng zawng chu chutiang lam hawi chuan a kal zel niin a lang." A chawl deuh a. "Kan automated a, mahse records comb tur chuan darkar hnih khat vel i la phalsak a ngai dawn a ni. Mahse, vawiin tlai hian mi pakhat ka rawn hruai ang che. I transportation chu local-a ruahman a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  "Chu chu Peterson chuan a lo buaipui tawh a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. Editorial office atanga mi pakhat chuan pressure can atang chuan a kekawr ipteah thil a spray a. Spray chu a tir lamah chuan icy a ni a, mahse a natna chu a tiziaawm a, zawi zawiin a kekawrte chu a ti na a, novocaine ang maiin a ti na bawk. “Buaina chu hmeichhia hian ka hmaah darkar hnih khat vel a nei tawh a ni,” tiin rilru na takin a sawi belh bawk. "Engkim hi uluk takin a inrual vek a. A car-ah kan lut a. Chuvang chuan kea kal leh a ngai ta a ni."
  
  
  "Dr. Sun chu engtin nge ni ang?" - Hawk chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Peterson hian nimin zing khan a car-ah electronic indicator a dah a, a hnenah a pe let leh a ni," a ti. "A che vel chu a enfiah reng a. A pangngai khawp mai. Tunah chuan Space Center-a a hnathawhna hmunah a kir leh ta. Dik tak chuan Joy Sun hi kawng thim tak niin ka hria." A hmuh chu a lawm thu a sawi belh lo.
  
  
  “A nih leh he pa hi... eng nge a hming... Byloff,” Hawk chuan a ti a. "Miami threat chungchang hi additional information a pe lo che em ni?"
  
  
  "A hriat zawng zawng min hrilh vek a. Ka chiang khawp mai. Mahse, minor mercenary mai a ni. Mahse, aspect dang zawng tur a awm a ni," tiin Nick chuan a sawi belh bawk. "Peterson hian he thil hi a buaipui dawn a ni. Bus accident-a inhnamhnawih dependent-te hming aṭangin bul a ṭan ang a, chumi hnuah Space Center-a an pasalte thiltih danah a kir leh ang. Chu chuan eng nge an nih tih hriatna min pe mai thei." an ruahman tawh a ni."
  
  
  "Okay. Tunah chuan chu chu a ni mai, N3," Hawk chuan thutlukna siam zet hian a ti a. "Ni engemaw zat chhung chu Sollitsa-a he buainaah hian ka kawr thlengin ka awm dawn a ni. He mipa hi hetiang taka sang tura an phalsak avangin hruaitute hi Joint Chiefs of Staff level-ah an tlahniam dawn a ni.
  
  
  "Eglund hnen atangin engmah i la dawng em, ka pu?"
  
  
  "Min hriat nawn tir hi ka lawm hle. Kan nei tawh. Sollitz-a'n space environment simulator a tihchhiat lai a man niin a lang. Chu chuan a hneh a, a lock down a, chutah nitrogen chu a on ta a ni. Hawk chu a ngawi ta a. "Major-in Apollo program a tihchhiat chhan chungchangah hian tunah hian blackmail a nih hmel hle. Tunah hian a security record enfiah mek team kan nei a. Philippines-a a POW record chungchangah hian inmil lohna engemaw zat an hmuchhuak a ni," a ti bawk . Thil tenau tak tak. Tun hmaa hriat ngai loh. Mahse chu chu an ngaih pawimawh tur area chu a ni, engmah a thlen em tih en rawh."
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Mickey "The Iceman" Elgar - plump, sallow-faced leh flat-nosed brawler - hian snooker hall character ang maia rugged, rintlak loh hmel tak a nei a, a thawmhnaw pawh a rawng a mawi tawk a, a hmel a lang chiang hle. Chutiang bawkin a car pawh - Thunderbird sen, tinted window nei, compass, rearview mirror-a foam cube lian tak tak innghat, leh a hnunglam window-a Kewpie doll sir lama brake light round, extra-large awm.
  
  
  Elgar chu Sunshine State Parkway-ah chuan zankhuain a au chhuak a, radio chu top forty station-ah a tuned a. Mahse, music a ngaithla lo. A bula seat-ah chuan transistor tape recorder te tak te, a beng chhunga plug pakhata wire kal lai chu a mu a.
  
  
  Mipa pakhat aw chu wire chungah chuan a rawn lang ta a: "Hood i kawhhmuh a, lung in atanga chhuak chauh, rinhlelh hmel pu lovin pawisa tam tak nei thei a ni. Elgar hian a fit a ni. Mi tam takin hna cut an bat a, chu mi chu a ni." collects.He's also obsessed with gambling.Thil pakhat chauh fimkhur a ngai a ni.Elgar hi kum engemaw zat kalta khan Reno Tree leh Eddie Biloff te nen hian inzawmna nghet tak an nei a.Chuvangin Bali Hai chhehvelah hian amah hretu midang an awm mai thei.Keini hriat theihna tur an nei lo - a chunga an rilru put hmang pawh eng nge ni thei ang tih pawh an nei lo."
  
  
  Hetih lai hian aw dang a rawn inrawlh ta a - Nick Carter-a aw: "Risk ka lak a ngai a ni," a ti. "Ka hriat duh chu Elgar-a cover-up kha uluk tak a ni em? Elgar tak tak chu Atlanta-ah a la awm tih tumahin an enfiah a, an hriat ka duh lo."
  
  
  “Chutiang chance a awm lo,” aw hmasa ber chuan a chhang a. "Vawiin chawhnu khan chhuah a ni a, darkar khat hnuah AXEmen pahnih chuan an rukbo a ni."
  
  
  “Hetiang hian car leh pawisa ka nei thuai ang em?”
  
  
  "Engkim hi uluk taka zirchian vek a ni tawh, N3. I hmel atang hian ka tan ang a, material kan over dun ang. Ready?"
  
  
  Mickey Elgar, aka Nick Carter chuan a khalh lai hian tape-a awmte chu a zawm ve a, "Ka chenna in hi Jacksonville, Florida a ni. Chutah chuan Menlo unaute nen hna tlemte ka thawk a. Pawisa min bat a ni. An chungah chutiang thil a thleng ka ti lo." , mahse car chu an ta a ni a, pawisa chu ka pocket-ah a awm ang maiin. Ka load a, action ka zawng mek a ni..."
  
  
  Nick chuan a play a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  e tape vawi thum dang. Tichuan West Palm Beach leh Lake Worth kawngpui chunga a thlawh lai chuan coil te tak te chu ring pakhat hmangin a phelh a, ashtray-ah a thun a, Ronson lighter a thun ta a ni. Reel leh tape chu a puak nghal vek a, vut tih loh chu engmah a awm lo.
  
  
  Ocean Boulevard-ah a park a, block hnuhnung pathum chu kein Bali Hai thlengin a kal a. Folk rock ri nasa tak chu disco kawngkhar curtain-a inthuam atang chuan a hre lo hle. Don Lee chuan restaurant chhunga a luhna tur chu a block ta a. Hawaii tlangval hmuiah chuan tun tum chu a lang lo. A mitmeng chu a vawt hle a, Nick-a an en dan chu a hnunglam atanga inches li vela hlaah a project ngei ang. "Side entrance, asshole," Nick-a'n Eddie Biloff-a hmui thi mek atanga a dawn password a pek hnu chuan a thawk hnuaiah a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chu building chhung chu a fang kual a. Thir khuh kawngkhar pawnah chuan mipa pakhat hian a lo nghak reng a. Nick chuan a oriental hmel flat tak chu a hre chiang hle. Hei hi chu zan hmasa berah chuan amah leh Hawk-a rawngbawltu waiter chu a ni. Nick chuan password chu a pe a. Waiter chuan a en a, a hmel chu a lang lo. "Action awmna hmun i hria tih min hrilh a," a tawpah chuan Nick chuan a rawn ti nghal zat.
  
  
  Waiter chuan a kekawr ipte chungah chuan a lu a bu nghat a, luh turin a kut a phar a. Kawngkhar chu an hnungah chuan a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Waiter chuan, “Hma la rawh” a ti a, tun tum chu ladies room atang chuan an kal pel lo va, kitchen hmaa pantry ang deuh storage room atang chuan kawng thup pakhat an thleng ta a, waiter chuan a tawp lama thir thir kawngkhar chu a hawng a, Nick chu a hruai ta a office te tak te, hriat lar tak, zau takah chuan a lut ta a.
  
  
  Hei hi Joy Sun-in a hrilh mi a nih a ngai a ni, tiin N3 chuan a ngaihtuah a. Johnny Hung chu a thau hle. Tin, a keychain a keng tam lutuk leh office chhunga a inrintawkna leh thuneihna nei taka a inher dan atanga thlir chuan Bali Hai-a waiter dang mai ni lovin.
  
  
  Nick chuan hetah office-a an tang zan khan Candy-a’n a groin-a a vuakna rapthlak tak chu a hrechhuak ta a. “Acting tam zawk,” a ti a.
  
  
  “Hetiang hian, prease,” Hung Fat chuan a ti a, Nick chuan a hnungah a zui lut a, pindan thui tak, kawng hnih lam hawia darthlalang awmnaah chuan a lut ta a.Camera leh tape recorder inzawmkhawm chu a reh vek a, vawiinah chuan slit atang chuan film engmah lakchhuah a ni lo.Nick chuan a han en kual a hmeichhiate lam hawia infrared glass, lunghlu mawi tak tak hmanga chei, leh mipa hmel zungbun, chaw tha tak nei, êng nêm tak tuikhuah-a nuihzatthlak taka ṭhu, an hmui chu ngawi renga inbiaknaah a che a.
  
  
  "Mrs. Burncastle," Hung Fat chuan a ti a, kum chanve vel zeta upa nupui nei lo, diamond pendant cheimawi tak leh chandelier earrings eng mawi tak tak ha chu a kawhhmuh a. "Hetiang jewelry chi hrang hrang zasarih leh sawmnga chu in lamah a nei a. Karleh hian Rome-ah a fanu a tlawh dawn a ni. In chu a khar dawn a ni. Mahse mi rintlak i mamawh a ni. A sum hmuh chu kan sem chhuak a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a. “Hetiang thiltih hi a ni lo,” a ti a. "Ice hi ka ngaihven lo. Ka load a ni. Gambling ka zawng a. Best bets." Bar kaltlangin restaurant chhunga an luh chu a en reng a. Disco-ah an awm niin a lang. Waiter chuan kil khata dawhkan pakhatah a hruai a, midangte nen chuan a inthlau deuh hlek a. Sign thup chu a brush a, an bidding ti turin obsequiousness zawng zawng nen hmalam a pan ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "G za khat khelh tur ka nei a, Vegas emaw Bahamas emaw-a kal hian ka parole hi ka titawp duh lo. Hetah hian Florida-ah ngei hian act ka duh a ni," a ti.
  
  
  “A za G,” Hung Fat chuan ngaihtuahna fim takin a ti a. "Well chu chu bet lian tak a ni. Phone ka call ang a, ka tih theih tur chu ka en ang. Hetah hian lo nghak hmasa phawt ang che."
  
  
  Rhino Tree kawr vela hrui kang chu uluk takin powder-ah an lo siam tawh a, mahse a la lang reng a ni. A bik takin a lu a han herh lai chuan. Tichuan hnah hlui ang maiin a bunch up ta a. A mitmeng, a sam chu a tlahniam lehzual a, a suit chu a tizual hle - kawr dum, silk kawr dum, sweater dum thianghlim, belt sleeve nei, rangkachak wristwatch grapefruit slice ang maia lian.
  
  
  Candy chuan a hmu thei lo niin a lang. A chhehvel zawng zawngah a awm a, a mitmeng dum zau tak chuan a ei zo vek a, a taksa chu riltam kitten ang maiin a mitmeng chu a rawn hrual a. Nick chuan an table nena inmil number a hmu a, sound system chu a on ta a. "...Khawngaihin, baby, min tichhe suh," Candy chuan a ti a. "Min vuak la, min au la, mahse freeze suh. Khawngaihin. Hei tih loh chu engkim ka tuar thei."
  
  
  Reno chuan a pocket atang chuan cigarette but pack khat a la chhuak a, pakhat chu a rawn ti chhuak a, a hal ta a. A hnar kawngkhar atang chuan meikhu chu chhum hrual hrual hrual hrual takah chuan a rawn thawk chhuak ta a. “Task ka pe che a ni,” a ti a. "I screw up a ni."
  
  
  "Baby, i dil zawng zawng ka ti vek. Ka ti thei lo Eddie chuan min khawih a."
  
  
  Rhino chuan a lu a thing a. “Nang,” a ti a. "Eddie hnena tlangval rawn hruai nghal tu kha i ni. Chu chu thil â mai mai a ni." Muangchangin, tumruh takin, cigarette hal chu a kutah a hmet a.
  
  
  Thâwk a la chhuak nghal zat. A mittui chu a rawn luang chhuak a. Mahse, a awmna atang chuan a che lo va, a vuak lo. "Ka hria, hmangaih. Ka phu a ni," a ti a. "Ka hlawhchham tak zet che a ni. Khawngaihin min ngaidam turin i thinlungah zawng rawh..."
  
  
  Nick-a mit hmuha thil tenawm tak tak lo lang chhuak chu a hmui a, a pum chu a hlim hle.
  
  
  "Khawngaihin che suh. A reh hle mai." A hnung lama aw chu intonation a tlachham a, mahse
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  a hnungzang nghet taka a hmet tlat pistol chuan a thuchah a keng tel a, chu chu hriatthiam awlsam tak a ni. "Okay. Hmalam pan la, zawi zawiin hawi let la, i hmaah i kut chu phar chhuak rawh."
  
  
  Nick chuan a hrilh ang chuan a ti ta a. Johnny Hung Fat chu gorilla pahnihin an hual vel a. Chinese ni lo gorilla lian tak tak, sa nei tak tak, snappy hats leh fists ham ang maia lian nei. "Val rawh u, tlangvalte u."
  
  
  Pakhat chuan a kutkawr chu a hrual a, pakhat zawk chuan thiam takin a kut chu a chungah a tlanpui a, special .38 Colt Cobra chu a silfai a, chu chu - Elgar-a cover-a a lan dan chuan - Nick-a ralthuam dahkhawm awmchhun a ni. “Chuti a nih chuan,” Hung Fat chuan a ti a, “Tunge i nih?” Min hriat loh avangin Elgar i ni lo. Elgar chuan Charlie Chan angin ka ri lo tih a hria. Chu bakah, pawisa ka bat bawk. Iceman kha i ni tak tak a nih chuan min rawn beng ngei ang. hei atan hian ".
  
  
  “Ka kal dawn a ni, lungngai suh,” Nick chuan ha hrual chungin a ti a. “Thil hriat hmasak ka duh chauh a, i acting dan leh chu fake accent kha ka hrethiam thei lo...”
  
  
  Hung Fat chuan a lu a thing a. "No good, mate. Elgar hian ice robbery hi a ngaihven fo thin. Dough a neih lai pawhin. A itch chu a do thei lo. Just don't fold." Gorilla lam chu a hawi a. “Max, Teddy, Brownsville i ke pen lai,” a ti nghal zat. "Za zela 80 chu a bul tan tan tan tan."
  
  
  Max chuan Nick chu a hmuiah a rawn vawm a, Teddy chuan a pum chhungah a rawn nam tir bawk. Hma lam a rawn inbeng kang chuan Max chuan a khup a han chawi sang a. Thlamah chuan an rit zawng chu an ke veilam lamah an sawn tih a hmu a, a hnu lama vuakna tur atan chuan a inbuatsaih ta a ni. A chhe dawn tih a hria. Football boot an ha a.
   Bung 12-na
  
  
  
  
  A inher a, a ke paliin a ding chhuak a, a lu chu ran hliam ang maiin leiah a innghat a. Khual chu a nghing a. Ka hnar atang chuan lubricant lum rim a rawn chhuak a. A dam tih chu chiang lo takin a hria a, mahse tu nge a nih, khawiah nge a chunga thil thleng tih erawh chu rei lo te chhung chu a hre thei lo.
  
  
  A mit a meng a. Natna sen rawng chuan a lu ruh chu a rawn chhuah ta a. A kut chu a sawn a. Natna chu a zual sauh sauh a. Chutichuan, che lovin a mu a, a mit hmuhah chuan a hring hring hring hring hring a rawn eng chhuak chu a en reng a. A khaikhawm a. A ke leh a kut chu a hre ta. A lu chu a sir lehlamah a sawn thei. A mutna thir bawm chu a hmu ta a. Engine ri nghet tak chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  Thil che thei eng emaw zat chhungah a awm a. Car trunk a awm em? Ni lo, a lian lutuk, a hrual lutuk. Vanlawng a ni. Chu chu a ni mai. A chhoh leh tlak hniamna chu a hre ta a, chu thlawhna kaihhnawih rit lo tihna chu a hre ta a ni.
  
  
  “Teddy, kan thianpa hi enkawl rawh,” a dinglamah khawi emaw laiah chuan aw pakhat hian a rawn ti a. "A rawn kal dawn".
  
  
  Teddy a ni. Maximum a ni. Johnny Hung chu a thau hle. Tunah chuan a kir leh ta. Stomping, Brooklyn style-a tih a ni. Za zela 80 hi mi pakhatin a ruh tikehsawm lova a vuak theih zinga rapthlak ber a ni. Fury chuan chakna a pe a. A keah a ding chhuak tan ta...
  
  
  A lu hnung lamah chuan natna khirh tak a rawn lang a, lei atanga a lam pana lo chhuak thim zingah chuan hmalam pan chuan a tlan ta a.
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu a awm tawh lo ang maiin a lang a, mahse rei zawk daih tura ruahman a ni. Zawi zawiin hriatna a lo luang kir leh a, thlalak pakhat hnu pakhatah chuan, thir bawm atang chuan a rawn chhuak a, thir pipe hmanga khih glass sphere lian tak chhungah chuan chair chi khatah a thu a.
  
  
  Chu sphere chu lei atanga feet sawmnga tal a sangah chuan lungpui lian tak, lungpui chhungah chuan a innghat a. Computer bangte chuan bang hla takah chuan an ding a, roller skate-a naupang infiamna ang maiin music ri nem tak tak a siam a. Mipa coat dum ha, surgeon ang maiin an thawk a, switch an hmet a, tape reel an load bawk. Mipa dang headphone leh plug dangling nei chu an ding a, Nick chu an en a. Room sir lamah chuan thil mak tak tak ang maia lang - kitchen blender lian tak tak ang chi swivel chair, tilting table, disorientation egg drums axes tam takah speed ropui taka inher, steel sauna ang chi heat chamber, exercise unicycle, Aqua-simulation pool te a ding a. EVA, canvas leh wire atanga siam a ni.
  
  
  Uniform dum ha mi pakhat chuan a hmaa console-ah microphone a connect a, a tawng ta a. Nick chuan a aw, te tak te leh hla tak, a beng a rawn lut chu a hre ta. "...Volunte in thawh avangin lawmthu ka sawi e. Ngaihtuahna chu mihring taksa hian vibration engzat nge a tuar theih tih test a ni. High speed spinning leh somersaulting hian a lo kir leh hian mi dinhmun a tidanglam thei a ni. Mipa liver hi inches ruk vel a ni.
  
  
  Nick hian he pa hi a hre thei a nih chuan... "Hetah hian min chhuah tir rawh!" - a lungphu chung lamah chuan a rawn au chhuak ta hlawl mai.
  
  
  “... Zero gravity-ah hian inthlak danglamna engemaw zat a awm thin,” aw chuan chawlhsan lovin a ti chhunzawm a. "Thisen bubble, vein wall a nem. Ruh hian thisenah calcium a chhuah tir a. Taksa chhunga tui level-ah inthlak danglamna lian tak a awm a, taksa ruh a chak lo bawk. Mahse, hetiang dinhmun hi i thlen a rinawm loh.
  
  
  Chair chu a rawn inher tan ta a. Tunah chuan speed a pickup tan ta. Chutih rual chuan chakna nasa zawk nen a rawn inher chho leh chho tan ta a. A beng bulah chuan, “Nangmah hi machine khalhtu i ni tih hre reng ang che,” a ti a. "Hei hi i kut veilam kut zungtang (index finger) hnuaia button awm kha a ni. I tuar theihna chin i thleng tawh nia i hriat hunah hmet la. I chetna chu a tawp ang. Ka lawm e."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Nick chuan button chu a hmet a. Engmah a thleng lo. Chair chu a inher chak zual sauh sauh a. Vibrations chu a pung ta hle mai. Universe chu tuar theih loh khawpa chetna buai takah a chang ta a ni. A thluak chu beihpui thlakna rapthlak tak hnuaiah chuan a chhe ta vek mai. A beng bulah chuan thawm a awm a, a chungah chuan thawm dang a hre ta a. A aw ngei pawh chu hrehawm takin a au chhuak a, chu chu a tichhe thei khawp mai. A kut zungtang chuan button chu a rawn hmet nawn leh a, mahse engmah chhanna a awm lo, a beng bulah thawm ri leh belt-te seh chuan a taksa a tikehsawm vek mai chauh a ni.
  
  
  A au thawm chu a hriatna a beih chhunzawm zel avangin au thawm ah a chang ta a ni. Hrehawm takin a mit a chhing a, mahse a pui lo. A thluak cell tak tak, a thisen cell te chu a pulsate ang maiin a lang a, natna crescendo lian zel ah a puak darh ta a ni.
  
  
  Tichuan, a lo tan tawh ang bawkin, beihpui thlakna chu a tawp ta a ni. A mit a meng a, mahse, thim sen hring dup karah chuan danglamna a hmu lo. A thluak chu a lu ruh chhungah chuan a rawn beng a, a hmai leh taksa ruhte chu thunun theih lohvin a khur hlawm a. Zawi zawiin, zawi zawiin a rilru put hmang chu a pangngaiin a lo let leh ta a. Scarlet flashes chu crimson-ah a chang a, chutah green-in a bo ta a ni. Background chu anmahni nen chuan lightness zual zelin a inzawm khawm a, a vision chhia haze atang chuan thil dum leh che thei lo chu a eng chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Hmel a ni.
  
  
  Hmêl thim tak, mitmeng dum thi tawh leh a kawngah savawm hring hring a awm. A hmui chu a che a. Chutah chuan, "Thil dang min hrilh duh a awm em? Eng thil pawh i theihnghilh?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a, chu mi hnuah chuan thim zingah rei tak leh thuk taka inhnim pil mai loh chu engmah a awm tawh lo. Vawikhat chu a rawn chhuak a, rei lo te chhung chu a hnuaia thir floor lum tak lo chhuak leh tlak hniam tak chu a hriat theih nan leh boruakah a awm leh ta tih a hriat theih nan tichuan a hmuh hmaah chuan thim chu sava lian tak thla ang maiin a darh ta a, a hmaiah chuan boruak lum leh hnim hring dup mai chu a hre ta a, chu chu eng nge a nih - thihna chu a hre ta a ni.
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  A au thawm atang chuan a harh ta a - hremhmun atanga au thawm rapthlak tak, mihring ni lo.
  
  
  A thiltih dan chu hlauhawm laka rannungte thiltih dan automatic a ni. A punch leh kick a, vei lamah a roll a, a keah chuan a khur a, a kut dinglam ring te chuan silai awm lo chu a rawn khar a.
  
  
  A saruak a. Tin, amah chauh pawh. Bedroom-ah hian carpeting dum thuk tak tak leh Kelly satin furniture a awm bawk. Thawm lo chhuahna lam chu a han en a. Mahse, chutah chuan engmah a awm lo. Chhung lam leh pawn lama che thei engmah a awm lo.
  
  
  Zing ni tlai tak chu pindan tawp ber arched window atang chuan a rawn luang chhuak ta a. Pawnah chuan khaw lum avang chuan palm thingte chu a hring dup a. An piah lam van chu a sen hring dup, silfai vek tawh a ni a, tuifinriat atang chuan êng chu mit tidel thei khawpin a rawn lang chhuak a, a chung zawng zawngah chuan darthlalang a inkhel ang maiin a rawn lang chhuak ta a ni. Nick chuan fimkhur takin bathroom leh dressing room chu a han en kual a. Vawikhat chu a hnungah hlauhawm a awm lo tih a chiang a, mutna pindan lamah a kir leh a, chutah chuan a ding a, a mitmeng chu a ti hrual a. Engkim chu a reh hle mai; tichuan rang takin hysterical cry na tak a rawn ri a, chu chuan a tiharh ta a ni.
  
  
  Pindan chu a kal pel a, tukverh atang chuan a han hawi chhuak a. Cage chu a hnuaia terrace-ah chuan a ding a. Nick chu a nui suk a. Mynah sava! A zuang chhuak leh chhuak chu a en reng a, a hmul dum hriak hring hring chu a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. Chu chu a hmuh chuan sava dang a rawn let leh a. A bulah chuan thihna rim, hrehawmna leh - thlalak chiang tak, razor-sharp tak tak inzawmkhawmah - a chunga thil thleng zawng zawng chu a lo thleng ta a ni. A taksa chu a en a. Not a mark on it Tin, a natna chu a bo ta. Mahse hremna pek belh a nih tur thu ngaihtuah chuan automatic in a cringed ta a ni.
  
  
  Hrehawm tawrhna lam hawi thar, lungngai takin a ngaihtuah a. I dam thuai avangin a hlui aiin a let hnih zetin a hlawk zawk. Dehydration tih loh chu a rah chhuah dang a awm lo. A hmui atang chuan a lei a chhuah tir a, chloral hydrate thlum na tak chu a rawn puak chhuak ta a. Eng chen nge hetah hian a awm tawh tih leh khawiah nge "hetah hian" a awm tih a ngaihtuah tir ta a ni. A hnungah chuan chetna a hria a, a hawi let a, a rilru a buai hle a, inveng turin a inpeih tawh bawk.
  
  
  "Good morning, sir. I rilru a hahdam ka beisei."
  
  
  Butler chuan a kut ah tray kengin carpet dum rit tak karah chuan a kal ta a. A naupang a, a hrisel bawk a, mitmeng chu lung dum ang mai a ni a, Nick chuan a jacket hnuaiah chuan bulge danglam tak a hmu a. A shoulder strap a bun a. Tray-ah chuan orange tui glass khat leh Mickey Elgar wallet a awm a. “Nizan khan i thlak a, ka pu,” butler chuan zawi te hian a ti a. "A awm vek tih i hmuchhuak ngei ang tih ka ring."
  
  
  Nick chuan duhâm takin juice chu a in a. "Khawiah nge ka awm?" tiin a phut a.
  
  
  Butler chuan a mit a chhing lo. "Catay, sir. Palm Beach-a Alexander Simian-a estate. Nizan khan tuipuiah i inbual a."
  
  
  "Ashore-ah a inbual!"
  
  
  "Ni e, sir. I lawng chu a chhiat ka hlau. Reef-ah a tla thla a ni." Kal chhuah tumin a hawi let a. "I tho tih ka hrilh ang che. Kawngkhar chu ngawi rengin a hnungah a inkhar a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a wallet chu a hawng a. Grover Cleveland thlalak crisp za chuang zet chu a la awm reng a. Closet chu a hawng a, kawngka chhunga full-length mirror chu a en reng a. Mickey E. chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Egar chu a la awm reng a. Nizan "training" khan sam pakhat mah a tibuai lo. A in en chuan Editor laboratory chu ngaihsan a hlawh leh ta a. Sa ang deuh polyethylene silicone mask thar hi hak nuam lo tak a ni mai thei a, mahse rintlak tak a ni. Eng ang pawhin chetna, chil chhak emaw, hnawih emaw pawhin an la chhuak thei lo. Tui lum leh know-how chauhvin hetiang hi a ti thei a ni.
  
  
  A suit atang chuan tui chi rim a nam deuh hlek a. Nick chuan a inchei lai chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Chuti a nih chuan lawng chhia chanchin kha a dik em? A bak zawng chu mumang ang mai a ni em? Rhino Three hmel chu a fiah lo hle. Thil dang min hrilh duh a awm em? Hei hi zawhna zawh dan tehfung a ni. Mi rawn hnaih tharte chungah hman a ni. Ngaihtuahna chu thil tlemte chauh fill up tur a la awm tih an sawi tawh tih rintlak tir a ni. Nick chu a tlu dawn lo. A tawng lo tih a hria. He sumdawnna ah hian a awm rei lutuk a; a inbuatsaihna chu a ngun lutuk.
  
  
  Pawn lama corridor-ah chuan aw a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Ke pen chu a rawn hnaih ta hle mai. Kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, bald eagle lu hriat lar tak chu a chungah chuan kekawr lian tak tak, bawkkhup chungin a innghat a. "Awle, Mr. Agar, engtin nge i awm?" - Simian chuan hlim zet hian a rawn purp a. "Poker khelh tur i inpeih tawh em? Ka partner Mr. Tree chuan khelh lian i duh thu min hrilh a."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Hei hi a dik a ni".
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan min zui rawh, Mr. Elgar, min zui rawh."
  
  
  Simian chu hall atang chuan rang takin a chhuk a, lungphun zau tak, a sir lehlamah chuan lungphun zau tak chu a chhuk a, a ke pen chu Spanish tiles-ah chuan nasa takin a ri ta a. Nick chuan a zui ve a, a mitmeng chu a buai hle a, a thlalak hriatrengna chuan detail zawng zawng a rawn keng tel vek a. Ground floor-a feet sawmhnih zeta sang reception hall chu an paltlang a, gallery hrang hrang, rangkachak hmanga siam column-te chu an paltlang a. Bang chunga lemziak tar zawng zawng chu a hmingthang vek a, a tam zawk chu Italian Renaissance school atanga lak chhuah a ni a, uniform ha GKI police te chuan hetah leh khawiah emaw an hmu a, original ni lovin print an ni tih an ngaihtuah a ni.
  
  
  Museum ang maia pindan pakhat, pedestal-a tangka, plaster leh dar lem glass case-a khat chu staircase dang hmangin an chho a, Siemian chuan a belly button chu David leh Goliatha naupangte hnenah chuan a hmet a. Bang thenkhat chu ngawi rengin a sir lamah a kal a, Nick chu lut turin a kut a phar a.
  
  
  Nick chuan chutiang chuan a ti a, concrete corridor hnim takah chuan a inhmu ta a ni. Panel a khar rual chuan Simian chuan a rawn kal pel a. Kawngkhar chu a hawng a.
  
  
  Pindan chu a thim a, cigar meikhuin a khat a. Light awmchhun chu green-shaded light bulb pakhat chauh atanga lo chhuak a ni a, chu chu table lian tak round tak atanga feet tlemte a hlaah a innghat a ni. Dawhkan bulah chuan mipa kutkawr nei lo pathum an thu a. Pakhat chuan a han hawi chho a. "I fucking play dawn em ni?" - Simian chu a rawn ti nghal zat. "A nih loh leh hmun tinah i vakvai dawn em ni?" Mipa sam dum, stocky tak, sangha mit dum, tunah chuan Nick lam hawi a, a hmaiah rei vak lo a chawl a, a dahna tur hmun zawng tum ang maiin a awm ta a ni.
  
  
  "Mickey Elgar, Jacksonville," Siemian chuan a ti a, "A kut ah a thu dawn a ni."
  
  
  "Hetah hian kan tih zawh hma loh chuan ni lo, ṭhianpa," Fisheye chuan a ti a. "Nangmah." Nick chu a kawhhmuh a. "Chutah chuan kal la, i trap chu khar tlat rawh."
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick chuan a hre ta. Irwin Spang hi Sierra Inn mipui hlui zinga mi a ni a, ram pum huapa misual pawl lian tak, vending machine leh loan shark aṭanga stock market leh Washington politics thlengin sumdawnna level tinah thawktu Syndicate hruaitu zinga mi nia sawi a ni.
  
  
  "Chawlh atan i inpeih tawh ang tih ka ring," Simian chuan a ti a, a thu a, a card te chu a la a.
  
  
  Spang bula mi thau tak chu a nui suk a. A hmui lian tak tak, slack tak takte chu a khur tirtu nuihzatthlak tak a ni. A mitmeng chu danglam takin a te a, nghet takin a inkhar bawk. A hmaiah chuan thawmhnaw a rawn luang chhuak a, a kawr chhungah chuan handkerchief roll up chu a tlanpui a. “Kan chawlh hahdam ang, Alex, lungngai suh,” a ti a. “Kan squeeze dry ang che a ni zawk.”
  
  
  A aw chu Nick-a tan chuan a aw ang bawkin a hre chiang hle. Kum sawm kalta a Senate Committee on the Fifth Amendment hmaa ni 14 a thusawi khan Donald Duck aw, a crudely ang chi chu a ti hmingthang hle. Sam "Bronco" Barone hi Syndicate director dang, The Enforcer tia hriat a ni bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmuiah chil a khawl khawm a. A him a ni tih a ngaihtuah tan a, masquerade chuan hna a thawk tih a ngaihtuah tan ta a. An tichhia lo, Elgar mask-ah an tlu lo. He pindan chhuahsan hi a mitthla pawh a ni. Tunah chuan hetiang hi a thleng ngai lovang tih a hre ta. "The Enforcer" a hmu a, mipa pakhat chu a pianna Tunisia rama thi emaw, inthup emaw anga ngaih a ni tlangpui. A company-ah Irwin Spang a hmu a (federal sorkarin a finfiah theih ngai loh inzawmna a ni), mi pahnih hi Alex Siemian nen room khatah an awm dun tih a hmu bawk - hei hian Nick hi US criminal history-a witness pawimawh ber a nih tir ta a ni.
  
  
  “Poker khel ila,” dawhkan bula mi palina chuan a ti a. Madison Avenue atanga lo kal tlangval dapper, tanned tak a ni. Nick hian Senate hearing atang khan a hre chiang hle. Syndicate-a ukil hmahruaitu Dave Roscoe.
  
  
  Nick chuan an khelh lai chu a en reng a. Bronco hian a zawnin kut pali a paltlang a, chutah chuan queen pathum a hmu. A hawng a, a hrual a, mahse a ṭha lo va, a chhuak ta a ni. Siemian hian pair hnih hmangin hnehna a chang a, Bronco hian a position hmasa ber a pholang. Spang chuan hello chu a melh reng a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  m. "Eng nge, Sam?" - a rawn ti nghal zat. "Hnehna chan hi i duh lo em ni? Alex-a stunt doubles hmangin i hneh lo."
  
  
  Bronco chu a nui suk a. "Ka pawisa atan chuan a tawk lo," a ti a. "Alex-a purse ka man hunah lian tak ka duh."
  
  
  Simian chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Nick chuan dawhkan chhehvela tension awm chu a hre ta. Spang chu a chair-ah chuan a inher a. “Hey, Red,” a ti a. "Thlarau lam hawi ila."
  
  
  Nick chu a hawi let a, pindan thim takah chuan mipa pathum dang a hmuh chuan mak a ti hle. An zinga pakhat chu mipa pakhat, glasses vuah leh green visor ha a ni. Thim takah dawhkan pakhatah chuan a thu a, a hmaah chuan chhut dan khawl (calculating machine) a ding a. Midangte chu Rhino Tree leh GKI police hotu Clint Sands te an ni. Sands chu a ding chhuak a, switch chu a hmet a. Blue haze chu ceiling thlengin a sang chho tan a, chutah a bo ta a, exhaust ventilation hole chhungah chuan a hruai lut ta a ni. Rhino Tree chu a chair hnung lamah a kut nghatin a thu a, Nick chu a hmuiah chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a en a.
  
  
  Bronco hian kut pahnih pathum a hloh leh a, chutah chuan $1,000 bet a hmu a, Spang leh Dave Roscoe-te call leh Siemian-a’n $1,000 a thawhkhawm zat ang zat zat chuan a tipung ta a ni. Bronco chuan G pahnih a chawi sang a, Dave Roscoe chu a hawi let a, Spang chuan a hmu ta. Simian chuan G dang a pe leh a, hei hi Bronco-a nghah chu a ni mai mai niin a lang. "Ha!" G pali a dah lut a.
  
  
  Spang chu a hnungtawlh a, Simian chuan Bronco chu vur ang maiin a en a. Bronco chuan a nui suk a. Chu pindan chhunga awm zawng zawng chuan thaw an lo dang tan ta a.
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Simian chuan lungngai takin a ti a, a card te chu a paih thla a. "He thil ah hian ka inhnamhnawih dawn lo."
  
  
  Bronco chuan a card a sem chhuak a. A neih ṭha ber chu high ten a ni. Simian hmel chu a thim a, a thinrim hle bawk. Bronco chu a nui ta ringawt a.
  
  
  Vawikhatmah Nick chuan a thil tum chu a hrechhuak ta. Poker khelh dan chi thum a awm a, Bronco hi pathumna a ni - chak duh ber lakah. Amah hi a overact tlangpui thin. Hnehna chan a ngaihna hian a vanneihna a khar a ni. Thinrim tir la, a thi tawh.
  
  
  "Hei hi eng nge a awmzia Sydney?" - Bronco chuan a thaw halh a, a mit atang chuan nuihzatna mittui a hrufai.
  
  
  Adding machine bula mipa chuan light chu a on a, number thenkhat chu a tabulate a. Tape chu a phelh a, Rhino hnenah chuan a pe ta a. "Chu chu a bat che aiin G za sawm leh pahnih a tlem zawk a ni, Mr. B," Reno chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Bronco chuan, "Kan thleng dawn a ni," a ti. "Kum 2000-ah chuan kan inrem tawh ang."
  
  
  "Awle, ka chhuak dawn," Dave Roscoe chuan a ti a. "Ka ke ka han hrual a ngai."
  
  
  "Engvangin nge chawlh hahdam kan lak vek loh?" - Spang chuan a ti a. "Ax-a chu pawisa engemaw zat scrape khawm theihna hun pe rawh." Nick lam chu a bu nghat a. "A hun takah i lo kal a, buddy."
  
  
  An pathum chuan pindan chu an chhuahsan a, Simian chuan chair pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a. Nick-a hnenah chuan, “Action i duh a ni,” a ti a. "Thu." Reno Tree leh Red Sands te chu thlalak atang chuan an rawn chhuak a, a sir lehlama thutthlengah chuan an thu ta a. "Ten G hi chip a ni. Dodalna i nei em?" Nick chuan a lu a thing a. "Chuti a nih chuan chu chu a ni."
  
  
  Minute sawm hnuah chuan a lo tifai ta a. Mahse a tawpah chuan engkim a chiang ta. Chabi bo zawng zawng chu a awm vek. Chhanna zawng zawng chu hre lo pawhin a zawng vek a.
  
  
  Harsatna pakhat chauh a awm - he hriatna nen hian engtin nge kan chhuahsan ang a, engtin nge kan nun ang. Nick chuan direct approach chu a tha zawk tih a rel ta a. A chair chu hnunglam a nawr a, a ding chhuak ta a. “Awle, chu chu a ni mai,” a ti a, “I lo tla tawh.” Ka kal dawn niin ka hria."
  
  
  Simian chuan a en pawh a en lo. Clevelands chhiarnaah a buai lutuk. “A dik e,” a ti a. "I thut chu ka lawm hle. Bundle dang i paih duh hunah min rawn biak rawh. Rhino, Red, entir rawh."
  
  
  Kawngkhar bulah chuan an hruai a, an ti ta a ni - literally.
  
  
  Nick-a hmuh hnuhnun ber chu Rhino kut chu rang takin a lu lam hawiin a rawn inher a. Hun rei vak lo chhung chu nauseating pain a awm a, chutah chuan thim a ni.
   Bung 13-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  Chutah chuan a awm a, zawi zawiin a hriatna a lo let leh rual chuan a lo nghak reng a. Ngaihtuahna pakhat chauhvin a thluak chu taksa lam ang maia hriatna - tlanchhuahna hmangin a ti eng a. A tlanbo a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Hetih lai hian thu leh hla lakkhawm chu an zo ta a ni. Thiltih a hun tawh.
  
  
  A muhil ṭha famkim a, a rilru muhil lai pawha training inziak chuan a discipline a ni. Thim zingah chuan a hriatna atang chuan tentacles te chu a rawn chhuak ta a. Zawi zawiin, methodical exploration an tan ta a ni. Thingpui chungah chuan a mu a. A vawt a, a hnim a, a thlum bawk. Tuifinriat rim chu boruakah chuan a awm a. Tui pile-a rawn tlak ri hlim lo tak chu a hre ta a. A hriatna parukna chuan pindan chi khat, lian vak loah a awm tih a hrilh a.
  
  
  A taksa ruhte chu zawi zawiin a tense a. A inbun lo. A mitmeng chu camera shutter ang maiin a rawn inhawng nghal zat a, mahse mit pahnih hian an hawi let lo. Khua a thim - zan a ni. Ding turin a nawr lui a. Thla eng chu veilam window atang chuan a filter chhuak vek a. A ding chhuak a, a rawn pan hnai a. Frame chu molding-ah screw-in an vuah a. A sir lehlamah chuan rusty bar a awm a. Kawngkhar lam pan chuan zawi te hian a kal a, board hrual pakhat chungah a tlu a, a tlu hnai hle. Kawngkhar chu a khar a. Mi zahawm tak, hlui tawh tak a ni. A kick a tum thei a, mahse thawm chuan an tlan tir dawn tih a hria.
  
  
  A lo kir leh a, loose board bulah chuan a bawkkhup ta a. Two by six a ni a, a tawp khatah inch chanve zeta sang a ni. A bula thim zingah chuan broom chhe tawh tak a hmu a, board chu a thawk lehzual a. A chhawng lai tak atanga baseboard thlengin a tlan a. A kut chuan Ben chu a hmu ta a
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  a chungah chuan, rubble-ah a insu ta a ni. Chu aia tam engmah a awm lo. Chu aia tha zawk chu, lei hnuaia gap leh a hnuaia room dang ceiling ang maia lang chu a thuk hle. Mi thup thei khawpa thuk.
  
  
  Hnathawh lamah a kal a, a rilru thenkhat chu pawn lam thawm ri angin a tuning a. A hnuaia a tlan chhuah hmain board pahnih a chawi leh a ngai a ni. A tight deuh a, mahse a ti thei. Chumi hnuah chuan nail langsar tak takte chu a hrual a, board-te chu a tihhniam a ngai ta a ni. Inch khat hnu inch khatin an chhuk a, mahse leiah chuan an inhnukdawk thei lo. He shock hian room chu uluk taka enfiah a nih loh nan a beisei a ni.
  
  
  Thim zau takah chuan a muhil a, poker game leh Simian-a’n a kut hmanga a khelh dan beidawnna chu a ngaihtuah a. Inkhelh mai ni lovin thil dang a ni. Card turn apiang chu nunna leh thihna thil a ni tawh mai. Khawvela mi hausa ber pawl - mahse Nick-a measly hundreds of G's chu duhâmna atanga lo piang ni lovin beidawnna atanga lo piang passion nen a duh em em a ni. Hlauhna pawh a ni mai thei...
  
  
  Nick-a ngaihtuahna chu lock chhunga chabi inher ri chuan a titawp a. A ngaithla a, taksa ruh a buai a, thiltih tur a inpeih tawh. Rei vak lo chu ngawi rengin a awm ta. Tichuan ke chu thingphel chungah chuan na takin a rawn hrual ta a. Pawn lam hallway atang chuan an tlan thla a, stairs atang chuan an chhuk thla a. Rei vak lo an tlu a, an dam leh ta a ni. Khawi emaw laiah chuan inhnuai lamah kawngkhar pakhat a rawn ri ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan floorboards chu a han chawi kang a. An hnuai atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, a keah a zuang thla ta a. Kawngkhar chu a han hawn rual chuan bang chu a rawn deng ta a. Tichuan stairs lu lamah a awm a, zuang lian takin a chhuk thla a, vawi thum khatin a chhuk a, phone-a Teddy aw ring tak leh hlauthawng tak chuan a tuiah a pil bo avangin thawm chu a ngaihtuah lo.
  
  
  “Ka nuihzat lo, damn it, a awm tawh lo,” gorilla chuan hmui chhungah chuan a au chhuak ta a. "Hetah hian tlangvalte hi rawn hruai rawh - rang takin." A phone chu a dah a, a hawi let a, a hmai hnuai lam chanve chu a tla vek mai. Nick chuan a ke pen hnuhnung ber hmangin hmalam a pan a, a kut dinglam kut zungtang chu a inzawm khawm a, a rilru a buai bawk.
  
  
  Gorilla kut chuan a kekawr ipte chu a rawn deng a, mahse boruakah chuan a inher chhuak a, N3 kut zungtang chu a sternum hnuai chiaha a diaphragm-ah a pil lut ta a ni. Teddy chu a ke a inthen a, a kut a phar a, oxygen a hip a, Nick chuan a kut chu a kutphahah a rawn hrual a, a rawn beng ta a. Ha a tliak tih a hre a, chu pa chu a sir lamah a tlu a, leiah a tla a, a ding reng a. A kâ aṭangin thisen a luang chhuak a. Nick chu a chungah a innghat a, Smith & Wesson Terrier chu a holster atang chuan a la chhuak a, kawngka lam pan chuan a tlan phei nghal a.
  
  
  In chuan highway aṭangin a titawp a, chu lam aṭang chuan property sir zawng zawngah chuan ke pen ri a ri ta a ni. A beng bulah chuan silai a ri ta hlawm a. Nick chu a rawn hawi let a. Yard za hnih vel zeta hla breakwater sir velah chuan lawng in pakhat thlalak lian tak chu a hmu a. A lam pan chuan a kal a, a bawkkhup a, a inher a, indona hmun a tlan pelh ang maiin a kal a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar hma lam atang chuan mi pakhat a rawn chhuak a. Uniform a ha a, rifle a keng bawk. "Amah kha titawp rawh!" - Nick hnungah chuan aw a rawn ti chhuak a. GKI vengtu chuan a rifle chu a han phar tan ta a. S&W chuan Nick-a kutah chuan vawi hnih chu a rawn inher a, chu pa chu a rawn inher kual a, a kut atang chuan rifle chu a rawn thlawk chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Lawng engine chu a la lum hle a. Guard chu patrol atanga lo haw chauh a ni ngei ang. Nick chu a hnunglam hawiin starter button chu a hmet a. Engine chu a kang nghal a. Throttle chu a han hawng zauh a. Lawng chak tak chu lawng in atang chuan a rawn ri chhuak a, bay chu a pel ta a. A hmaa thla eng mawi tak atang chuan jet te te te lo chhuak chu a hmu a, mahse silai ri erawh a hre lo.
  
  
  Breakwater luhna kawngkhar zim tak chu a hnaih a, throttle chu a tiziaawm a, wheel chu vei lamah a herh a. Maneuver chuan felfai takin a phur a. Pawnah chuan wheel chu a herh vek a, breakwater venhimna lungte chu amah leh savate estate inkarah a awm a. Tichuan throttle chu a hawng zau leh a, hmar lam pan chuan Riviera Beach hla tak êng eng chhuak lam chu a pan ta a.
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  "Simian hi he thilah hian a kawr thlengin a awm a, Reno Tree leh Bali Hai kaltlangin hna a thawk mek bawk. Tin, thil dang a awm bawk. A chhe tawh niin ka hria a, Syndicate nen pawh a inzawm tawh a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu ngawi rengin a awm a, chutah Twins Hotel room 1209-a shortwave speaker atang chuan Hawk aw chu a rawn ri ta a. “I dik thei khawp mai,” a ti a, “Mahse, hetiang operator chi hi a awm chuan sorkar accountant-te chuan kum sawm chhung zet chu a finfiah theih nan a ngai dawn a ni. Simian-a financial empire hi thil buaithlak tak tak labyrinth a ni..."
  
  
  “A tam zawk chu hlutna nei lo an ni,” Nick chuan a ti tawp a. "Hei hi paper empire a ni a; ka ring tlat a ni. A nawr nasat ber pawhin a tikehsawm thei a ni."
  
  
  "Hetah Washington-a thil thleng hi nuihzatna a ni," tiin Hawk chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a sawi a, nimin chawhnu khan Senator Kenton chuan Connelly Aviation chu nasa takin a bei a, component a chhiat reng thu te, cost estimates a let thum zeta pung te leh security chungchangah company-in hma a lak loh thu te a sawi. Tin, NASA chu Connelly kalsan a, chu ai chuan Moon program atan GKI service hmang turin a ngen bawk." Hawk chu a ngawi ta a. "A dik e, Capitol Hill-a mi zawng zawng hian Kenton hi GKI lobby hnunglam pocket-ah a awm tih an hria a, mahse a thusawiah sha a awm."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  mipui rinna chungchangah hriatthiamna tha lo tak a nei a ni. Nimin khan Wall Street-ah Connelly share hi nasa takin a tlahniam a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Number a ni vek a, Simian hian Apollo nena contract neih a tum hle a ni," a ti. Dollar tluklehdingawn sawmhnih kan sawi a ni. Hei hi a thil neihte lak let lehna atana a mamawh zat a ni tih a chiang."
  
  
  Hawk chu a ngawi reng a, ngaihtuahna fim tak a nei. Chutah ani chuan, "Thil pakhat kan finfiah theih a awm. Rhino Tree, Major Sollitz, Johnny Hung Fat leh Simian te hi indo lai khan Philippines rama Japanese prisoner of war camp khatah an rawng an bawl a. Pathum leh Chinese ho chu Simian-a camp-ah an inhmeh hle a ni," a ti a False Empire, leh Sollitz hi camp-ah hian phatsantu a lo ni ta tih ka chiang viau a, a hnuah Siemian-a'n a mamawh hunah a humhim a, a hnuah a blackmail leh ta a ni. Hei hi kan la finfiah a ngai a ni.
  
  
  “Tin, Hung Fat hi ka la enfiah a ngai a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Beijing nen inzawmna a neih loh nan kawng thim takah a awm theih nan ka tawngtai a ni. Ka hriat veleh ka rawn biak nghal ang che."
  
  
  "I hmanhmawh a tha zawk, N3. Hun a tawp tawh," Hawk chuan a ti a. "I hriat angin Phoenix One hi darkar sawmhnih leh pasarih hnuah tlangzarh tura ruahman a ni."
  
  
  Thu chu second tlemte chhungin a pil lut ta a ni. "Sawmhnih leh pasarih!" - Nick chuan a ti a. "Sawmnga leh pakhat a ni lawm ni?" Mahse Hawk hian contract a ziak fel tawh a ni.
  
  
  "Khawiah emaw darkar sawmhnih leh pali i hloh tawh a ni," Nick hmaa thu a, ngaithla rengtu Hank Peterson chuan a ti a. A darthlalang chu a melh a. "P.
  
  
  Chu thlawhna a chuanna pahnih chu, Nick-a chuan hrehawm tawrhna a ni tih a ngaihtuah a. Chutah chuan a thleng ta a ni. Ni khat chhung zet a hloh...
  
  
  Telephone a rawn ri a. A rawn la a. Joy Sun a ni. “Ngaithla teh,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Ka biak che chuan ka duh khawp mai, ka ni...” a ti a.
  
  
  “Agent chi khat i ni,” tiin rilru na takin a titawp a, “US sorkar tan i thawk tih ka hrethiam a, chuvang chuan thil pakhat ka entir a ngai a ni. Tunah chuan hna ka thawk mek a ni - NASA Medical Center-ah. Center on Merritt Island-ah . I ti thei ang em hetah hian i kal nghal dawn em ni? "
  
  
  “Gate-ah phalna min pek chuan,” Nick chuan a ti a. Dr. Song chuan a awm dawn tih a sawi a, a phone chu a dah ta a. "Radio hi dah bo a tha zawk a, hetah hian min nghak rawh. Ka rei lo ang," a ti a.
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  “Hei hi training engineer zinga mi a ni,” tiin Dr. Song chuan Nick chu Medical Building-a antiseptic corridor-a a hruai lai chuan a sawi a. "Vawiin zing khan a rawn thleng a, Phoenix One-in a thlawh chhuah ruala pawn lam thununna hnuaia dah thei tur device bik a dah dan chungchang a sawi chhuak a. Hetah hian mi zawng zawngin mi â ang maiin an enkawl a, mahse i hmu tur a ni tih ka ngaihtuah a, i biak tur a ni." " ... a awm palh hlauh chuan ".
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu a hawng a, a rawn pen chhuak ta a. Nick chu a rawn lut a. Curtain chu an hrual a, khum bulah chuan nurse pakhat chu a ding a, damlo pulse chu a la a. Nick chuan chu pa chu a en a. Kum sawmli chuang a ni tawh a, a gray hma hle tawh bawk. Hnar bridge-ah chuan pinching glasses atanga chhinchhiahna a awm a. Nurse chuan, "Tunah chuan a chawl tawh. Dr. Dunlap chuan injection a pe a."
  
  
  Joy Sun chuan, "Chu chu a ni," a ti a. Tin, nurse hnung lama kawngkhar a inkhar chuan, “Damn it,” tiin a muangchang a, chu pa chungah chuan a innghat a, a mitmeng chu a hawn tir ta a. Zirlaite chu an chhungah chuan an float a, ngaihtuahna an seng lo. "Tunah chuan engmah min hrilh thei tawh dawn lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn nawr lui a. "Hei hi a hmanhmawhthlak hle." Chu pa temple chhunga nerve awm chu a kut zungtang chu a hmet a. Natna chuan a mit chu a meng tir ta tlat mai. Hei hian rei lo te chhung chu a tiharh ta niin a lang. "He Phoenix One targeting system hi eng nge ni?" - Nick chuan chhanna a phut a.
  
  
  “Ka nupui...” chu pa chuan a ti muangchang a. "Ka... nupui leh fate an nei... an thi dawn tih ka hria... mahse an duh ang chu ka ti chhunzawm thei lo...."
  
  
  Again nupui leh fate. Nick chuan room chhung chu a han hawi kual a, wall telephone a hmu a, rang takin a lam pan chuan a kal phei ta a. Twins Hotel number chu a dial a. Riviera Beach atanga a kalna kawngah Peterson-a'n a lo hrilh tawh pakhat a awm a, chu bus NASA-a innghatte phurtu a tlakbuak chungchang a awm bawk... Siemian-a sum dinhmun hriat tumin a buai em em a, "Room Twelve" chu a chanve chauh a ngaithla a ni " - o-nine, khawngaihin." Ring sawmhnih vel a ri hnu chuan call chu desk-ah a transfer ta a. "Room sawm leh pahnih-kua i check thei ang em?" Nick chuan a ti a. "Chhanna a awm tur a ni." Lungkhamna chuan a rawn gnaw tan ta a. Peterson hnenah chuan a ti a chutah chuan nghah turin .
  
  
  "Hei hi Mr. Harmon a ni em?" Duty clerk chuan Nick-a hming a inziak lut chu a hmang a. Nick chuan a ni a ti a. "Mr Pierce i zawng em?" Hei hi Peterson-a cover a ni. Nick chuan a ti a. Clerk chuan, “Amah i ngai mai mai ka hlau,” a ti a. "Minute tlemte kalta khan police officer pahnih nen an chhuak a."
  
  
  "Uniform dum, safety helmet dum?" - Nick chuan aw rilru na zet hian a ti a.
  
  
  "A dik alawm. GKI forces. Engtikah nge a lo haw dawn tih a sawi lo. Ka pawm thei ang em..?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a phone chu a dah ta a. An rawn man ta a.
  
  
  Tin, Nick-a ngei pawhin a ngaihsak loh vang a ni bawk. Candy Sweet-i corner a hmai a puak hnuah headquarters a thlak tur a ni. Mahse, a hna thawh zawh hmanhmawh takah chuan he thil hi a theihnghilh ta a ni. Hmelma hnenah a awmna hmun chu a kawhhmuh a, cleanup team an tir chhuak ta a ni. Result: Peterson an nei a, AX nen pawh radio contact an nei thei bawk.
  
  
  Joy Sun chuan a lo en reng a. “Chu chu GKI thiltihtheihna i sawi tak kha a ni,” a ti bawk. "An cl."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Ni engemaw zat kalta atang khan min rawn zui a, hnathawhna hmuna kal leh haw chuan min zui zel a. Anmahni nen kan inbia mai mai a. Ka haw kawngah headquarters bulah min ding turin min duh a ni. Zawhna engemaw zat min zawh duh thu an sawi a. Ka kal tur em ni? He case chungchangah hian an thawk dun che em? " "
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a. "A lehlamah an awm."
  
  
  A hmaiah chuan ngaihtuahna a rawn lang chhuak ta. Khum bula mipa chu a kawhhmuh a. “A chanchin ka hrilh a ni,” a ti rilru a. "A tirah chuan ka rawn be thei lo che a, chuvang chuan ka call a. A nupui leh a fate chanchin hriat ka duh a ni...."
  
  
  "And they told you they were fine," Nick chuan a tan chuan a ti tawp a, a kekawrte leh a kut zungtang atanga ice chu a rawn tlan thla nghal tih a hria. "Miami-a GKI Medical Institute-ah an awm tih an sawi a, chuvang chuan an him vek tih an sawi a ni."
  
  
  "Ni e chiang khawp mai...."
  
  
  “Tunah chuan ngun takin ngaithla rawh,” tiin a thusawi chu a titawp a, a tihduhdah nana computer leh space testing device-a khat pindan lian tak chu a sawi tan ta a. "Chutiang hmun chu i hmu tawh em, i kal tawh ngai em?"
  
  
  “Ni e, hei hi GKI Medical Institute chhawng chung ber a ni,” a ti bawk. "Aerospace Research Section" tih a ni.
  
  
  A hmelah engmah a lan loh nan a fimkhur hle. Nula chu hlauthawng se a duh lo. “Ka rualin i rawn kal ve a tha zawk,” a ti a.
  
  
  Mak tih hmel zet hian a lang. "Khawnge?"
  
  
  "Miami. He Medical Institute hi kan chhui chhuak tur niin ka hria. A chhunga tih tur chu i hria. Min pui thei ang."
  
  
  "Ka hmunah i lo kal hmasa thei ang em? Thil lei ka duh."
  
  
  “Hun a awm lo,” tiin a chhang a. Chutah chuan an lo nghak reng dawn a ni. Cocoa Beach chu hmelma kutah a awm ta.
  
  
  "Project director nen kan inbia a ngai dawn a ni." A ringhlel tan ta. "Tunah chuan countdown tan hunah ka duty tawh."
  
  
  “Chutiang chu ka ti lo ang,” muangchangin a ti a. Hmelma pawhin NASA-ah an rawn luhchilh tawh bawk. “Ka rorelna hi i rin a ngai dawn a ni,” a ti bawk a, “Phoenix One chan tur chu darkar tlemte chhunga kan tih turah a innghat tih ka sawi hunah,” a ti bawk.
  
  
  Thla lawng chauh ni lovin, a chipchiar zawkin a sawi duh lo. Peterson-a thuchah chu a hnenah a lo thleng leh ta a: chu chu hmeichhe leh naupang car accident-a hliam tuar, tuna GKI Medical Center-a hostage-a man mekte a ni. Peterson-i chuan NASA-a a pasalte hna a enfiah a, an vai hian division khatah - electronic control-ah an thawk vek tih a hmuchhuak.
  
  
  Pindan khar chhungah chuan tuar theih loh khawpin a lum a, mahse random image a ni a, Nick-a hmaiah chuan thawmhnaw a lo chhuak ta a ni. Stage thum nei Saturn 5 chu a thlawk chhuak a, chutah pawn lam control-in thuneihna a chan laiin a inhnial deuh a, a payload, kang thei tak kerosene leh liquid oxygen gallon maktaduai ruk zet chu a target thar Miami lam pan chuan a steering a ni.
   Bung 14-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  Attendant chu Lamborghini kawngkhar inhawng bulah chuan a ding a, head waiter-in a lu a bu nghak chu a nghak reng a.
  
  
  A hrethiam lo.
  
  
  Nick Carter chu thlalak atang chuan Bali Hai sidewalk canopy hnuaia êng zungbun angin a rawn chhuak a, Don Lee hmel chu "unconditional" takin a lang. Nick chu a hawi let a, a kut chu Joy Sun kut nen a thlunzawm a, Lee chu a en tha thei ta a ni. Maneuver chuan duhthusam angin nghawng a nei a. Lee mit chu rei vak lo a ding a, a chiang lo.
  
  
  An zinga pahnih chu a lam pan chuan an kal ta a. Zanin hian N3 hmel chu a ta a ni a, chutiang bawkin a thil phurh thihna thlen thei thilte pawh a ni: Wilhelmina chu a kawr chhungah chuan handy holster a ha a, Hugo chu a kut dinglam inches atanga inches vel zeta sangah sheath a ha a, Pierre leh a chhungte hnai ber tlemte chu a kawr chhungah an inkhung a ni pocket ah a awm.
  
  
  Lee chuan a kuta a notebook ken chu a en a. "Hming, ka pu?" A tul lo hle mai. He hming hi a list-ah a tel lo tih a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  "Harmon," Nick chuan a ti a. "Sam Harmon chuan a rawn ti a."
  
  
  Chhanna chu a rawn thleng nghal a. “Ka thil hmuh hi ka ring thei lo...” Hugo chu a inthupna atang chuan a tlan chhuak a, a ice axe blade râpthlâk tak tip chuan Lee-a pum chu a chhui chhuak ta a. “Aw, ni e, hetah hian a awm e,” head waiter chuan a thawk a chhuah a, a aw chhunga khur ri chu tihtawp tumin theihtawp a chhuah a. "Mr leh Mrs Hannon". Attendant chu Lamborghini khalh hnungah chuan a chuang a, parking lot-ah a chantir ta a.
  
  
  “I office-ah kal ila,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  "Hetiang hian ka pu." Foyer chhungah chuan a hruai a, dressing room chu a paltlang a, captain mate chu a kut zungtangin a rawn beng a. "Lundy, kawngkhar chu la rawh."
  
  
  Leopard-striped banquette-a an kal lai chuan Nick-a chuan Lee-a beng bulah chuan, "Two-way mirror chungchang ka hria, mipa, chuvangin engmah tih tum suh. Act natural takin ti rawh—table min hmuhtir ang maiin," a ti a.
  
  
  Office chu hnung lamah, service luhna bulah a awm a. Lee chuan kawngkhar chu a hawng a, a rawn pen chhuak ta a. Nick chuan a lu a thing a. "Nang hmasa ber." Head waiter chuan a lu a thing a, a lut ta a, an zui ta a. Nick-a mit chuan room chu a scan a, luhna dang, rinhlelh awm leh hlauhawm thei thil eng pawh a zawng a.
  
  
  Hei hi Bali Hai sumdawnna dik tak kalpuina "showroom" office a ni. Chutah chuan rug dum a awm a, savun sofa dum a awm a, a chungah chuan Calder-a cell phone dahna dawhkan curved tak a awm a, sofa hmaah chuan free-form glass coffee table a awm bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan kawngkhar chu a khar a, a innghah a. A mitmeng chu sofa lam chu a rawn let leh a. Joy Sun mitmeng chuan a rawn zui a, a mitmeng chu a rawn sen vek bawk. Celebrity couch a ni a, havin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  "Engnge i duh?" Don Lee chuan a phut a. "Sum?"
  
  
  Nick chuan thli tleh chak tak leh vawt tak nen chuan room chu a rawn pel ta a. Lee a che hma chuan Nick chuan a kut zungtang hmanga a veilam scythe hmangin a rilruah vuakna rang tak a pe a. Lee-a chu a chanvea a fold lai chuan a solar plexus-ah chuan hook khauh tak pahnih—a veilam leh dinglam—a dah belh a. Hawaiian chu hmalam pan chuan a tlu a, Nick chuan a khup a han chawi sang a. Chu pa chu slate bawm ang maiin a tlu ta a. “Chuti a nih chuan,” N3 chuan, “Chhanna ka duh a, hun pawh a tawp tawh a ni” Lee chu sofa lam pan chuan a rawn hruai phei a, “Johnny Hung Fat, Rhino Three, leh hetah hian operation i kalpui mek chungchang zawng zawng ka hre vek ang u. Hei atang hian tan ila ang u."
  
  
  Lee chuan a lu a thing a, tihfai tumin a bei a. Thisen chuan a hmuiah chuan line dum, twisting line a siam a. “He hmun hi engmah lo atanga ka siam a ni,” dull takin a ti a. "Chhun leh zan sal ka ni a, ka sum zawng zawng ka dah vek a. A tawpah chuan ka duh chu ka tihlawhtling ta a - chutah chuan ka hloh ta a ni." A hmel chu a distort ta. "Gambling. Ka ngaina fo tawh. Leiba ka nei a. Midang pawh ka inrawlh tir a ngai a ni."
  
  
  "Syndicate a ni em?"
  
  
  Lee chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Figurehead angin min awm tir a, mahse chu chu an hna a ni. Absolutely. Thu sawi tur ka nei lo. He hmuna an thil tih hi i hmu a ni."
  
  
  "Chu office thuruk takah chuan chuta tang chuan," Nick chuan a ti a, "Microdot leh thlalakna hmanrua ka hmu a, chu chuan Red China nena inzawmna a nei tih a tilang a. Eng emaw a awm em?"
  
  
  Lee chuan a lu a thing a. "An game chi khat chauh a ni. A chhan ka hre lo - engmah min hrilh lo."
  
  
  "Hun Fat chu engtin nge ni ang? Red agent a nih theihna tur a awm em?"
  
  
  Lee chu a nui a, chutah a hmui chu a na nghal zat bawk. “Johnny hi strict takin capitalist a ni,” a ti bawk. "Mi bum hmang a ni a, mi rintlak tak a ni. A specialty chu Chiang Kai-shek-a ro hlu a ni. Khawpui lian Chinatown tinah card maktaduai nga zet a hralh vek tawh ngei ang."
  
  
  "Amah biak ka duh a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. "Hetah hian ko rawh."
  
  
  "Ka awm tawh, Mr. Carter."
  
  
  Nick chu a rawn hawi let a. Oriental hmel flat tak chu a impassive a, a bo deuh mai. Kut pakhat chuan Joy Sun hmui chu a khuh a, a kut pakhat chuan switchblade a keng bawk. Tip chuan a carotid artery chu a rawn nawr a. A chetna tlemte chuan a chhungah a rawn luhchilh tir ta a. "A dik e, Don Lee office pawh kan bug ve bawk." Hong Fat chu a nui suk a. "Keini khawchhak mite hi kan fing thei zia chu i hria em."
  
  
  A hnungah chuan Rhino Tree chu a ding a. Bang nghet tak ang maia lang tawh chuan tunah chuan kawngkhar a nei ta. Gangster dum, savawm hmel pu chu a hawi let a, kawngkhar chu a khar ta a. Kawngkhar chu bang nen a inmil em em a, feet khat aia hlaah chuan wallpaper-ah hian line emaw break emaw hmuh tur a awm lo. Mahse, baseboard hnuai lamah chuan connection chu a famkim lo hle. Nick chuan baseboard paint dum chhunga vertical line te tak te chu a hriat loh avangin a inchhir a.
  
  
  Rhino Tree chu zawi zawiin Nick lam chu a pan a, a mit chuan drill holes chu a melh reng a. “I che a, kan that a ni,” a ti mai mai a. A pocket atang chuan inch sawm leh pahnih zeta sei wire nem tak, flexible tak chu a la chhuak a, Nick hmaah chuan leiah chuan a paih ta a. “Pick up rawh,” a ti a. "Zawi zawiin. Okay. Tunah chuan hawi leh la, kut chu i hnung lamah. I kutpui kha khih rawh."
  
  
  Nick chu zawi zawiin a hawi let a, thil dik lo tih hriat hmasak ber chuan switchblade chu Joy Sun-i rilruah a luh tir dawn tih a hria. A hnung lamah chuan a kut zungtang chuan wire chu a tikehsawm a, double bow te tak te a siam a, a nghak ta a.
  
  
  Reno Tree chu a tha hle mai. Mi thattu famkim: ui thluak leh ruh, machine thinlung. Inkhel trick zawng zawng a hre vek. Entirnan, a tuartu chu a inbun tir. Hei hian bandit chu a zalen a, a thlen theih lohna hmunah a awm a, a tuartu chu a luah a, mak a ti hle bawk. He pa hi hneh a har khawp mai.
  
  
  “Sofa-ah chuan hmai hnuai lam hawiin mu rawh,” Rhino Tree chuan a ti nghal zat a. Nick chu a bulah chuan a kal phei a, a muhil a, beiseina chu a reh tan ta. A hnua thil thleng tur chu a hre chiang hle. “Kete,” Tree chuan a ti a. He bundle hmang hian mi pakhat chu inches ruk zeta sei cord hmangin i khih thei a ni. Hei hian chain leh handcuff aiin a nghet zawkin a chelh ang.
  
  
  A khup chu a ben a, a ke chu a han chawi kang a, a ke dang khup ben atanga siam crotch chhungah chuan a nawr lut a, chutih lai chuan chhuahna tur kawng zawngin a bei a. A nei lo. Thingkung chuan a hnungah a che a, a ke sang tak chu lightning speed-in a man a, leiah chuan nasa takin a nawr lut a, chutiang chuan a ke dang chuan a bawnghnute hnunglam leh a kekawrte chu a man ta a ni. A kut dang chuan Nick-a kutphah chu a han chawi kang a, a ke sang tak chungah chuan a hook a. Tichuan chu kea pressure chu a thlah a, chu chu big toe tie atang chuan a rawn tla thla a, Nick-a kut leh ke chu na takin a awm ta a, beiseina nei lovin a inzawm khawm ta a ni.
  
  
  Rhino Tree chu a nui suk a. "Wire hi ngaihtuah buai suh, mipa. Shark te hian an cut nghal mai ang."
  
  
  "Incentive an mamawh a ni, Reno." Hung Fat chuan heti hian a sawi. "Thisen tlem, ka sawi tum chu i hria em?"
  
  
  "Engtin nge chu chu a bul tanna atan?"
  
  
  Chu vuakna chuan Nick-a luruh chu a tikehsawm niin a lang. A muhil lai chuan a hnar kawngkhar atanga thisen luang chhuak chu a hria a, a thlum lum, chi, thir ang maia thlum chuan a tithi a ni. A tihtawp tumin a bei a, duhna chakna hmanga a luang chu tihtawp tumin a bei a, mahse a ti thei lo tih chu a chiang. Hnar a\angin a lo chhuak a, kâ a\angin a chhuak a, beng a\angin a lo chhuak a ni. Tun tum chu a zo tawh a, a hre chiang hle.
  
  
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  Tuiah chuan a awm a, a inbual a. Tui thuk tak. Chhuak. Tuipui hian thlipui a nei a, chu chu tui chawituin a hriat theih tak tak taksa a ni. Hmeichhia ang maiin a hnenah i tho a, i tlu bawk a. Movement hian a ti thlamuang a, chawlh a pe a, knot zawng zawng a phelh vek bawk.
  
  
  Tunah chuan chutiang chu a ni, a hnungzang hnuai lam natna chauh chu tuar theih loh khawpin a awm ta. Tin, tui chawi nen pawh inzawmna a nei lo.
  
  
  A mitmeng chu a rawn thlawk chhuak a. Sofa-ah chuan a hmai hnuai lam a ni tawh lo. A hnungzang ah a mu a. Pindan chu a thim hle mai. A kut chu a kut zungtang nen chuan a la inzawm tlat a. A hnuaiah chuan an natna chu a hre ta. Mahse a ke chu a zalên ta. Anmahni chu a hrual hrang ta a. Eng emaw chuan salah a la man reng a ni. Dik tak chuan thil pahnih. A kekawr bul thlengin pants a tla thla a, a pum vel chu thil lum, nem leh hrehawm tak tak a awm bawk.
  
  
  A mit chu thim zinga a insiamrem lai chuan hmeichhe taksa silhouette chu a chungah thiam tak leh rilru na takin a che tih a hmu a, a sam chu a hip smooth leh pointed breasts sinuous movement apiangah zalen takin a inher chhuak thin. Candy Sweet rimtui chu boruakah a innghat a, chutiang bawkin a passion tichaktu thawk hahdam lo ri bengchheng tak takte pawh chu a innghat bawk.
  
  
  A awmzia a awm lo. A inhnukdawk a, engtin emaw tak chuan paih bo turin a nawr lui a. Mahse, a thei lo. A hlat lutuk tawh a. Systematic tak leh tumruh taka tihduhdahna nen a taksa chu lungin a deng a, hmangaihna nei lo, passion thiltih rapthlak takah a inhmang ta a ni.
  
  
  A tawp berah chuan a nail chu a rilru chhung thuk takah chuan a rawn tlan lut ta a. Amah chu a rawn vawm a, a hmui chu a kawngah a thun lut ta a. A ha te tak te nalh tak takte chu tuar theih loh khawpin rei lo te chhung chu a rawn luhchilh tih a hria. Tin, a inhnukdawk chuan thisen chhuak te tak te chuan a hmai leh a rilru chu a khuh ta vek a.
  
  
  "Aw, Nicholas, baby, thil danglam tak ni se ka duh khawp mai," a ti a, a thawk a lum a, a hrual bawk. "Chu ni chuan ka thah che nia ka ngaih hnu khan engtin nge ka awm tih i hre thei lo."
  
  
  "Ninawm tak?"
  
  
  “Hma la rawh, nui rawh, honey. Mahse, kan inkarah hian thil mak tak a thleng thei. . Ka hrilh thei lo che a, mahse a bulah ka awm thei tihna a nih chuan a zawh apiang ka ti ang."
  
  
  “Inpekna ang hi a awm lo,” Nick chuan a ti a.A spy sixth sense chu room leh a chhehvel zawng turin a tir a, chu chuan anmahni chauh an nih thu a hrilh a.Hmun hla tak music chu a bo tawh a ni.Tin, restaurant pangngai pawh a bo tawh bawk.Bali Hai pawh khar a ni bawk for the night. "Hetah hian eng nge i tih?"a ti a, rang takin hei hi Rhino-a fiamthu tenawm tak dang a ni thei ang em tih a ngaihtuah ta a.
  
  
  "Don Lee zawngin ka lo kal a ni," a ti a. "Hetah hian a awm." Table lam chu a kawhhmuh a. "A beng atanga beng thlengin a rilru a tan tawh. Chu chu Rhino specialty a ni - razor hi. An mamawh tawh lo niin ka hria."
  
  
  "Rino hian Pat Hammer chhungte pawh a that a ni lawm ni? Razor hna a ni."
  
  
  "Yeah, ka mipa hian a ti a. Mahse Johnny Hung Fat leh Red Sands te chu pui turin an awm a ni."
  
  
  Nick-a pum chu lungkham vangin a rawn inher nghal zat. "Joy San chu engtin nge ni ang?" tiin a zawt a. "Khawiah nge a awm?"
  
  
  Candy chu a kalsan ta a. “She’s fine,” a ti a, a aw chu a lum nghal vek. "Towel ka rawn pe ang che. Thisenin a khuh i ni."
  
  
  A lo haw chuan a nem leh ta. A hmai leh a beng chu a sil a, towel chu a paih ta a. Mahse, a tawp lo. A kut chu rhythmic takin a che a, a taksa chungah hypnotically in a che a. "Ka thusawi kha ka finfiah dawn a ni," ngawi rengin a ti sap a. "Ka thlah dawn che. Nang ang mipa hmeltha tak hi a thi tur a ni lo - a tlem berah chuan Rhino-a'n a ruahman ang khan a thi lo." A khur nghal zat bawk. "I pum chungah hawi let rawh." Chutiang chuan a ti a, a kut zungtang vel a wire loop awm chu a thlahthlam ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a thu a. "Khawiah nge a awm?" - a ti a, kawng dang zawng zawng chu a hruai a.
  
  
  “Vawiin tlai hian Simian-a inah hian inkhawmna chi khat a awm dawn a ni,” a ti bawk. "An awm vek tawh."
  
  
  "Pawnah tu emaw an awm em?"
  
  
  “GKI police pahnih khat chauh,” tiin a chhang a. "Awle, police an ti a, mahse Red Sands leh Rhino te hian Syndicate atang hian an rawn hruai chhuak a. Hood mai an ni a, chutiang chuan flashiest variety an ni lo."
  
  
  "Joy San chu engtin nge ni ang?" a ti nghet sauh sauh a. Engmah a sawi lo. "Khawiah nge a awm?" - a ti nghal zat. "Ka lakah thil i thup em?"
  
  
  "Eng nge a tangkaina?" - â zet hian a ti a. "Tui luang dan tur thlak tum ang mai a ni." A rawn kal phei a, light chu a on ta a. “Hei hmang hian,” a ti a. Nick chuan kawngkhar thuruk chu a pan hnai a, dawhkan hnuaia thisen hring hring halo-a mu Don Lee ruang chu rei vak lo a melh a.
  
  
  "Khawiah nge he clue hi a awm?"
  
  
  “A hnung lama parking lot lam pan chuan,” a ti a. "Chu room-ah pawh chuan double-sided glass nen chuan. A bula office-ah a awm bawk."
  
  
  Bang leh folder pahnih inkar ah a muhil a, a kut leh ke chu telephone cord hmanga khin a ni. A mit chu a chhing a, chloral hydrate rimtui tak chuan a rawn tibuai hle. A pulse chu a hre ta. A buaithlak hle mai. A vun chu a lum a, khawih pawhin a vawt bawk. Hmanlai Mickey Finn - rough mahse effective tak a ni.
  
  
  A khing chu a phelh a, a hmaiah a vuak a, mahse hriat theih loh khawpin thil a ti muangchang a, a rawn inher chhuak ta chauh a ni. "Car thlenga hruai thleng tur hian i rilru i pe zawk ang," Candy chuan a hnunglam atang chuan a ti a. "KA
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Vengtu pahnih i enkawl ang u. Hetah hian nghak rawh."
  
  
  Minute nga vel zet chu a awm tawh lo. A lo haw chuan a thaw a chhuak a, a blouse pawh thisenin a hnawih bawk. “Ka that tur a ni,” a ti a. "Min hre chiang hle mai." A miniskirt chu a han chawi kang a, .22 flat waffle chu a hip holster chhungah a thun lut a. "Thawm ri chu ngaihtuah suh. An ruang hian silai ri chu a pil bo vek a ni." A kut a phar a, a sam chu a brush a, thil thleng thup nan second khat chhung chu a mit a chhing a. "Min fawp rawh," a ti a. "Chuti a nih chuan min rawn vuak - nasa takin."
  
  
  A fawp a, mahse, "Mi â suh, Candy. Kan rualin lo kal rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  “Ni lo, hei hi a tha lo,” a nui suk a. "Reno-a min pek theih tur hi ka mamawh a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut a cigarette kang chu a kawhhmuh a. "Sawmi?"
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a. "Chu chu hmeichhe naupang ka nihna chu a ni - mihring ashtray. Eng pawh nise, tlanbo ka tum tawh a. Ka lo kir leh fo thin. Chuvangin nasa takin min vuak la, min knock out rawh. Chutiang chuan alibi ka nei ang."
  
  
  A dil dan chuan a vuak a, chutiang chuan vuakna chu a na lo hle. A kut zungtang chu a hmui khauh takah chuan a rawn inher a, a tlu a, a kut chu a beng a, office chhungah chuan a tla thla vek. A rawn kal phei a, a en a. Tunah chuan a hmel chu a reh a, a reh a, naupang muhil ang maiin a hmuiah chuan nuihzat hmel a rawn lang ta. A lawm hle mai. A tawpah chuan.
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  North Miami Avenue-a building man to tak takte inkarah chuan Lamborghini chu ngawi rengin a tlan kual a. Zing dar 4:00 a.m. a ni tawh a, kawngpui inkar lian ber berte chu a reh hle a, car tlemte chauh an tlan a, a chang chuan kea kalte chauh an kal pel thin.
  
  
  Nick chuan Joy Sun chu a melh a. Savun sen bucket seat chhungah chuan thuk takah a thu a, a lu chu tonneau folded chungah chuan a nghat a, a mit a chhing a. Thli chuan a sam ebony-black chu a snatch te te chu persistent takin a siam a. Palm Beach chhim lam, Fort Lauderdale pawn lama a tlan lai chuan vawi khat chauh a inkhung a, "Engtik lai nge?"
  
  
  A hnathawh dan pangngaia a thawh theih nan darkar hnih emaw darkar thum emaw a la ngai leh dawn a ni. Chutih lai chuan Nick chuan GKI Medical Center a tlawh lai hian a dahna tur hmun a zawn a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Chhim lam hawiin Flagler lam a pan a, Dade County Courthouse chu a paltlang a, chutah hmar lam, chhim thlang lam a pan leh a. Pasarihnaah chuan Primorsky Station chhehvela motel apartment chain lam pan chuan. Instant "convenience" hotel chu zing dar li velah chuan hmeichhe naupang rilru na lo tak chu front desk atanga a kal pelh theihna tur hmun awmchhun a ni.
  
  
  Terminal chhehvel kawngpui sir lam chu a kal kual a, a kal leh a, a remchang ber pakhat a hmuh thlengin - Rex Apartments-ah chuan khum puan chu zan khatah vawi sawm an thlak thin a, chu chu nupa chhuak dun, mahse tel lova kawng hrang hranga kalte atanga thlir chuan hnunglam hawiin.
  
  
  "Office" tih ziak in chungah chuan palm thing pakhat, a hring hring chu êng chungah a innghat a. Nick chuan screen kawngkhar chu a hawng a, a lut ta a. “Ka bialnu chu pawnah ka hruai chhuak a,” tiin counter hnung lama Cuban rilru na tak chu a hrilh a. "A in nasa lutuk. Hetah hian a muhil a nih chuan a pawi em?"
  
  
  Cuban hian hmeichhe magazine a zir lai atang pawhin a han hawi chhuak lo. "I kalsan dawn nge i awm reng dawn?"
  
  
  "Hetah hian ka awm ang," Nick chuan a ti a. A awm reng anga inlan chuan rinhlelhna a tlem zawk ang.
  
  
  "Chu chu sawmhnih a ni." Chu pa chuan a kut chu a han phar a, a kutphah chu a han phar a. "A hmain. Tin, kawngpuiah hian hetah hian ding rawh. I lakah hian engmah khauhna i neih loh nan ka enfiah duh a ni."
  
  
  Nick chu Joy Sun chu kuah chungin a rawn let leh a, tun tum chu clerk mitmeng chu a han hawi chho a. Nula hmel chu an khawih a, chutah Nick-a hmai chu an khawih leh a, rang takin mitmeng chu a lo eng ta hle mai. A thaw chuan ri bengchheng tak mai a rawn siam a. Hmeichhe magazine chu a thlak a, a ding chhuak a, a kut hmawr sa nem leh nem tak chu hrual turin counter sir lam chu a han phar a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut chu a la chhuak a. “En teh mahse khawih suh,” tiin a vaukhân a.
  
  
  "A dam tih hmuh ka duh chauh a ni," a ti chhuak nghal zat. Chabi chu counter chungah chuan a paih ta a. "Two-five. Chhawng hnihna, hall tawp lam."
  
  
  Chu pindan chhunga concrete bang hlim lo tak takte chu building pawn lam ang bawkin unnatural green color an chei a. Curtain hrual chhunga gap pakhat atang chuan êng chu khum hrual chungah, carpet chhe tawh chungah chuan a tla ta a. Nick chuan Joy Sun chu khumah a dah a, kawngka lam pan chuan a kal a, a khar a. Tichuan tukverh lamah chuan a kal a, puanzar chu a la let leh a. Room atang chuan kawngpui tawi tak a thlir a. Light chu building hmaa sign-a light bulb tar atanga lo chhuak a ni: REX RESIDENTS ONLY - FREE PARKING.
  
  
  Tukverh chu a hawng a, a rawn inbeng kang a. Lei chu feet sawm leh pahnih aia hlaah a awm lo va, a haw kawngah chuan a kein a man theih tur hrual tam tak a awm bawk. Hmeichhe naupang chu a vawi khatna atan a en a, chutah chuan ledge-ah chuan a zuang chhuak a, ngawi rengin, ui ang maiin, a hnuaia concrete chungah chuan a tlu ta a. A kut leh keah a tla thla a, a khup thlengin a pil a, chutah a tho leh a, hmalam a pan ta a, thlalak dangte zingah chuan thlalak a ni.
  
  
  Second tlemte chhungin Lamborghini khalh chungin a awm ta a, Greater Miami khawpui zing hmaa gas station light eng mawi tak takte chu a tlan chak hle a, hmar thlang lam a pan ta a ni. Kum sawmhnihnaah Biscayne Boulevard-ah a thleng.
  
  
  GKI Medical Center chu glass lung lian tak, hmeltha tak a ni a, khawpui chhunga sumdawnna hmuna in tenau zawkte chu a chhunga tang ang maiin a lantir a ni. Free-form sculpture zau tak, forged iron hmanga siam a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Russian chu hmaah a rawn lang chhuak ta. Kea sei lehkha, thir chhe thei lo atanga phun, building hmalam zawng zawngah a inzar pharh a, thuchah a thlen a ni: Dedicated to the ART OF HEALING - ALEXANDER SIMIAN, 1966.
  
  
  Nick chuan Biscayne Boulevard-ah chuan a rawn tlan pel nghal a, a mit pakhat chuan building chhung ngeiah a en a, a mit pakhat chu a luhna lam a ni. A bulpui ber chu a thim a, green uniform ha mi pahnihin an veng a. Emergency luhna chu Twenty-first Street-ah a ni. A eng mawi hle a, a hmaah chuan ambulance a awm bawk. Police pakhat, green uniform ha chu steel canopy hnuaiah a ding a, a team te nen an inbia a.
  
  
  Nick chuan khawthlang lam, hmarchhak lam a hawi a. Second Avenue-ah pawh a awm. “Ambulance pakhat,” a ti a. Hei hi airport atanga an rawn hruai luh dan chu a ni ngei ang. Hei hi damdawi in neih hlawkna pakhat a ni. I mimal khawvel a ni a, pawn lam inrawlhna laka him lo a ni. Damdawi inah chuan zawhna engmah zawh lohvin i duh duh i ti thei a ni. Hrehawm tawrhna rapthlak ber ber pawh "medical research" tih hming puin tih theih a ni. I hmelma te chu anmahni himna atan straitjacket-ah dahin mental hospital-ah khung theih an ni. I that thei - doctor-te chuan operation room-ah damlo an hloh fo tawh. Tuman ngaihtuah nawn leh lo.
  
  
  GKI patrol car dum pakhat chu Nick-a rearview mirror-ah chuan a rawn lut a. A tlan hniam a, dinglam turn signal chu a on ta a. Patrol car chuan a rawn man a, Twentieth Street lam a pan lai chuan team chuan an melh reng a. A mitmeng atang chuan Nick chuan an car-a bumper sticker pakhat, “Your Safety; Our Business” tih ziak chu a hmu a, a nui suk a, zing hmaa boruak hnim takah chuan a nuih a za hle.
  
  
  Damdawi in neih hian hlawkna dang a nei bawk. Senate committee chuan Siemian-a thil thleng an chhui lai hian an nupa hi an hruai chhuak a ni. I tax angle i en a, i khelh dik chuan hospital neih hian operation atang hian tax liability tlem ber nen cash tam ber i hmu thei a ni. Tin, khawvel hnuai lama mi langsar tak takte chu mimal taka inhmuhna tur hmun a siamsak bawk che a ni. Chutih rual chuan dinhmun a pe a, Simian ang mi chu khawtlang pawm theihna ladder-ah chuan rung dang a lawn theih phah bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan khawpui chhunga sumdawnna hmuna lirthei tlan chak zel karah minute sawm chhung zet hun a hmang a, a mit chu darthlalang lamah a dah a, Lamborghini kekawr hak leh ke ruh chu kil khatah a heel lut a, chhinchhiahna awm thei zawng zawng chu a tikehsawm vek a ni. Chutah uluk takin Medical Center lam pan chuan a hawi leh a, Biscayne Boulevard-a hmun pakhatah chuan a park a, chutah chuan building luhna bulpui, emergency room luhna leh clinic luhna chu chiang takin a lang thei a ni. Window zawng zawng chu a roll up a, seat-ah chuan a tlan lut a, a nghak ta a.
  
  
  Ni shift chu minute sawm atanga minute ruk vel a thleng a. Hospital-a thawktu, nurse leh doctor-te chu building chhungah chuan an lut a, minute engemaw zat chhungin zan lama thawk tur chu parking lot leh a bul hnaia bus stop-ah chuan an rawn luang lut ta a ni. Zing dar sarih velah chuan GKI guard pathum an thlak a. Mahse, chu chuan Nick-a ngaihven a hlawh lo.
  
  
  Hriat theih lohvin, tihsual theih lohvin, line of defense dang, hlauhawm zawk awmna chu N3-a finely tuned sixth sense-ah a lang chiang hle. Lirthei chhinchhiahna nei lo, civil thawmhnaw ha chunga thawktute chuan zawi zawiin an rawn vel a. A bak zawng chu side street-ah an park a. Defense line pathumna chuan a bul hnaia in tukverh atang chuan a lo thlir reng a. Chu hmun chu kulhpui veng tha tak a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan engine chu a on a, Lamborghini chu gear-ah a dah a, a mit chu darthlalang lam hawi reng chungin first lane-ah chuan a tlan lut ta a. Tone pahnih nei Chevrolet hian a hnungah car sawmhnih chuang zet a hruai a. Nick hian square turn a tan a, block khat hnu block khatin amber light a eng a, Bay Front Park kaltlangin a speed a hmang bawk. Two-tone Chevy chu a bo a, Nick chu Rex Hotel lam pan chuan a tlan chak hle.
  
  
  A darthlalang chu a melh a, a taksa hlim tak, yoga zir tawh chu kawngpui sirah chuan a kut leh ke hmasa ber lam pan chuan a han phar a. Sawmsarih sawmthum. Joy Sun hian a dam leh theih nan darkar nga leh a chanve hun a nei a. Coffee no khat leh a kal theih nan a inpeih tawh tur a ni. Medical Center hneh theih loh panna kawng zawng turin pui rawh.
  
  
  Windowsill-ah chuan a thu a, blinds bar sang tak takte chu a han en a. Khum bulah chuan light a eng tih a hmu a, tunah chuan nula chu khuhna hnuaiah a awm ta. A vawt hle a ni ngei ang, a chungah chuan a rawn hrual ta a. Curtain chu a hnungtawlh a, pindan chhungah chuan a tlan lut ta a. “Joy,” ngawi rengin a ti a. "Tan tan hun a ni tawh. Engtin nge i awm?" Bed linen hnuaiah chuan hmuh theih loh khawpin a awm. Kut pakhat chauh a rawn lang.
  
  
  Khum chu a pan hnai a. Kut - kutphah chunglam, kut zungtang hrual -ah chuan thread sen dum ang chi thil a awm a. Ngun zawka en turin a chungah a innghat a. Thisen hring tla khat a ni.
  
  
  Zawi zawiin blanket chu a la let leh a.
  
  
  Chutah chuan tun hnaia duhthusam saruak taka a chunga lo innghah, a hmai leh taksa chu fawhna hmanga khuh hmêl leh hmel chu hlauhawm takin a thi ta a ni. Zing hma thim atanga lo chhuak khum chhungah chuan Candy Sweet ruang chu a awm a.
  
  
  Mit dum thlum tak, zau tak, glass marble ang maiin a rawn inher chhuak a. Dawhthei lo taka mahni ta zawngtu lei chu a hmui dum, nuihzatthlak tak atang chuan a rawn chhuak ta a. Sheathing chu a zo tawh
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Chu lem taksa chu thisen hringin a hnawih a, razor cut dum leh rapthlak tak tak dozens zetin a tan bawk.
  
  
  A rilruah chuan acid thlum chu a hre ta a. A pum chu a nghing a, a nghing bawk. A ei a, a rilru chhunga natna lo chhuak chu tihtawp tumin a bei a. Hetiang hun lai hian Nick hian Maryland atanga loneitu pension tawh, game hi chatuan atan chhuahsan a duh thin. Mahse a ngaihtuah lai pawhin a ngaihtuahna chu computer speed-in a kal ta a. Tunah chuan Joy Sun an nei ta. Hei hian a awmzia chu...
  
  
  Khum atang chuan a hnungtawlh ta a. A tlai lutuk. Johnny Hung Fat leh Rhino Tree te chu kawngka bulah an ding a, an nui suk a. An silaiah chuan sausage ang maia silencer an nei a. “Medical center-ah a lo nghak reng che a ni,” Hung Fat chuan a ti a. "Kan ni vek."
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  Rhino Tree-a savawm hmui râpthlâk tak chuan, "Medical Center-ah kal i duh tak zet niin a lang, ṭhianpa. Chuvangin hei hi i chance a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chu hall chhungah a awm tawh a, an kut chak tak, do theih loh khawpin an hruai a. A la mangang hle. Chakna a awm lo, duhthlanna pawh a awm lo. Cuban hnathawk chu an hmaah chuan a zai a, thil pakhat chu a sawi nawn leh a. "Bronco hnenah ka puih nasat zia i hrilh dawn em ni, huh? hrilh rawh, khawngaihin, hockey guy?"
  
  
  "Ni e, ṭhianpa, a dik e. Kan hrilh ang."
  
  
  "A hlimawm khawp mai, a ni lawm ni?" - Hung Fat chuan Nick hnenah chuan a ti a. "Hetah hian chu bitch Candy vang chuan chatuan atan kan hloh che niin kan ngai a...."
  
  
  "Anih chuan enge i hriat?" - Rhino Tree chuan a sir lehlamah chuan a nui suk a. "Syndicate Hotel-ah i check nghal a, Lamborghini ha tlangval pakhat Chinese doll mawi tak kenga i hriattir tawh a. Tunah chuan chu chu collaboration ka tih chu a ni ta...."
  
  
  Tunah chuan kawngpui sirah an awm ta. Lincoln sedan zawi zawiin an rawn pan hnai a. Driver chu a rawn inbeng kang a, car dashboard-a phone lo mu chu a la a. “Simian,” a ti a. "Khawiah nge in awm tih hriat a duh a ni. Kan tlai tawh."
  
  
  Nick chu he thilah hian a hruai lut ta a. Executive vehicle seat pasarih awm a ni a, flat-sided, solid, black leh steel in finish a ni a, leopard skin seat a awm bawk. TV screen te tak te, glass partition chunga awm, driver leh passenger dangte inthenna. Simian hmel chu a rawn lang chhuak ta. “A tawpah chuan,” a aw chu intercom chungah chuan a rawn ri chhuak ta. "A hun tawh. Lawng chhungah lo lut rawh, Mr. Carter." Television khar a ni. Bilateral reception a ni. A smooth hle mai. Bald eagle lu chu Reno thing lam chu a hawi a. “Hetah hian lo kal nghal rawh,” a ti nghal zat. "A hnai lutuk. Meter chu T-minus two-seventeen ah a awm tawh." Screen chu a thim ta vek mai.
  
  
  Thingkung chu hmalam pan chuan a inbeng kang a, intercom chu a on ta a. "Medical center. Chutah chuan kal rawh."
  
  
  Lincoln chu kawngpui sirah chuan awlsam tak leh ngawi rengin a tlan chhuak a, hmarchhak lama zing lirthei tlan chak tak chu a zawm ta a ni. Pasarihna. Tunah chuan Nick chu a vawt a, thihpui khawpin a rilru a hahdam ta. Shock chu a liam ta. Phoenix One chu darkar hnih leh minute sawm leh pasarih chauh chhunga thlawh chhuah tura ruahman a nih thu hriattirna chuan a nerve chu a ti tha ber a ni.
  
  
  An hawi let hun chu a nghak a, chutah thawk a la a, hmalam seat-ah chuan nasa takin a inhnek a, Hung Fat-a ralthuam thlen theih lohna hmunah chuan a inhnukdawk a, a kut dinglam chu Rhino Three-a kutphah chungah nasa takin a rawn vawm thla a. A ruhte chu ruihhlo hnuaiah a chhe vek tih a hria. Bandit chu na takin a au chhuak a. Mahse, a tlan chak a, a la thihpui thei tho. Silai chu a kut lehlamah a lo awm tawh a, a khuh leh ta a. “Chloroform, damn it,” Tree chuan a au chhuak a, a member hliam chu a pum chhungah a vuan tlat a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hnar leh hmui chungah puan hnim an hrual tih a hria a. A chungah Hong Fat a rawn inher chhuak chu a hmu thei. A hmel chu in ang maia lian a ni a, a hmel lan dan chu mak tak maiin a rawn inphah tan ta a. Nick chuan vuak a duh a, mahse a che thei lo. Hung Fat chuan, “A âwm lo hle mai,” a ti. A tlem berah chuan Nick hian Chinese ho hian an sawi niin a ngai a. Mahse, Nick-a ngei pawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  Hlauhna thlipui dum chuan a rawn nuai ta a. Engvangin nge a thim?
  
  
  Thut a tum a, mahse a kawngah hrui nghet taka an khih chuan a rawn paih let leh ta a. A kutphahah chuan darkar ri chu a hre ta a, mahse a kutphah chu a hnunglam thil pakhatah a inbun tlat thung. A hawi let a, hmuh a tum a. Minute engemaw zat a liam a, mahse a tawpah chuan dial-a phosphorescent number awmte chu a hmu ta a ni. Minute thum leh sawm vel a liam tawh.
  
  
  Zing nge zan? Zing a nih chuan minute sawm leh pasarih chauh a la awm. Zan a nih chuan a tawp tawh. A lu chu a sir lehlamah a nghing a, a chhehvel arsi thim tawp nei lo zingah chuan clue zawng chhuah tumin a bei a.
  
  
  Kawngpuiah a awm lo, a awm thei lo. Thli chu a lum a, neutral rim a nei bawk. Room lian tak takah chuan a awm a. A hmui a hawng a, a lung chung lamah chuan a au chhuak ta hlawl mai. A aw chu corner sawmhnih vel atang chuan echo buaithlak takah a rawn tla thla ta a. Hahdam hmel zet hian a thaw halh a, a hawi kual leh a. He zan hnung lamah hian ni eng a awm mai thei. A ngaihtuah hmasak ber chu arsi a ni a, dial za tam tak êng hring hring ang mai a ni. Control center chi khatah a awm a...
  
  
  Vaukhânna awm lovin, bomb puak ang maiin eng eng tak a rawn lang a. Chu aw—Simian-a aw, muang tak, ngaihsak lo tak chuan: “I call em, Mr. Carter? Engtin nge i awm? Min lo dawngsawng tha em?”
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu chu aw lam hawiin a hawi a. A mit chu êng chuan a mit a tidel a. A apt hle mai
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Ka hrual nghet sauh sauh a, ka hawng leh a. Bald eagle lian tak lu chuan pindan tawp ber screen lian tak chu a rawn luah khat ta vek a. Nick chuan leopard vun upholstery chu a hmu ta a, Simian chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn inbeng kang a, controls te chu a siamrem ta a. Chu pa veilam kekawr bul atanga thil rawn kal chhuak chu a hmu a. Lincoln-ah a awm a, khawi emaw laiah a zin a.
  
  
  Mahse Nick-a thil hmuh ber chu a eng chu a ni. Simian lu mawi lo tak hnungah chuan a ropuina zawng zawng nen a par chhuak ta! Nick chuan hun a tlai hmain a thlamuanna chu au chhuahpui duh a. Mahse a sawi chhun chu: "Khawiah nge ka awm, Simian?"
  
  
  Hmel lian tak chu a nui suk a. "Medical Center chhawng chung berah, Mr. Carter. RODRICK-a room-ah. Hei hian missile directional control tihna a ni."
  
  
  “Chu chu eng nge a awmzia ka hria,” Nick chuan a ti nghal zat. "Engvangin nge ka la dam? Eng nge game hming?"
  
  
  "Game a awm lo, Mr. Carter. Inkhel a tawp tawh. Tunah chuan kan serious tawh. I la dam a ni, a chhan chu khingpui tling tak, Ka master plan intricacies ngaihlu tak tak thei tur che ka hmuh vang a ni.
  
  
  Thah pawh a tawk lo. Pakhatnaah chuan Simian-a vanity rapthlak tak chu stroke a ngai ta a ni. “Captive audience tha tak ka ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Awl takin ka nei a. Chu bakah, ruahmanna i siam theih zawng zawng aiin i ngaihnawm zawk Simian. Keimah chungchang eng emaw ka sawi ang che. Ka dik lo a nih chuan min siam tha thei ang..." A ti nghal vat a, ring zet hian a ti a , Simian-a’n a kekawr ipte inher dan a hriat loh nan a bei a. A hmaa a sana hmuh a tumna chuan a kut dinglam chelhtu knot chu a tizau tawh a, tunah chuan hlauthawng takin a thawk ta a ni. "I bankrupt tawh a ni, Simian. GKI Industries hi paper empire a ni. I shareholder maktaduai tam tak i bum a. Tin, tunah chuan Syndicate lakah hian leiba i nei tawh a, chu chu khelh duhna i satiable lutuk vang a ni. Thla contract-a i hlawhtlin theih nan puih an remti a ni. Anni." i pawisa hmuh let theihna hun remchang awmchhun a ni tih a hria."
  
  
  Simian chu a nui suk a. “A dik khawp mai,” a ti bawk. "Mahse hengte hi khelh leiba mai ni lovin, Mr. Carter. Syndicate hnungzang chu bang bulah a awm ka hlau."
  
  
  Lu pahnihna chu thlalak ah chuan a rawn lut ta a. Close-up tenawm takah chuan Rhino Tree a ni. “Hetah hian kan thianpa hian a sawi tum chu,” a ti a, “Wall Street-a a boiler hnathawhna pakhat hmangin Syndicate chu cleaner-te hnenah a hruai a ni. Mipui chuan pawisa an paih chhunzawm zel a, an investment hmasa ber hmuh tumin an bei a. Mahse, an dah tam poh leh an dah tam zawk a ni in, a chhe zual sauh sauh a. Mi maktaduai tam tak an hloh a ni."
  
  
  Simian chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Exactly. I hmu em," a ti leh a, "He venture tenau atanga ka hlawkna zawng zawngah hian Syndicate hian sakeibaknei chanvo a la a ni. A vanduaithlak hle a ni, a chhan chu a tir lama groundwork zawng zawng, thluak chakna zawng zawng kha ka ta a ni. Connelly Aviation, Apollo disaster pawh kha Syndicate hood hmanga GKI police original beefing up hi ka ngaihdan zawng zawng a ni."
  
  
  "Mahse, engvangin nge Phoenix One hi tihchhiat?" Nick chuan a phut a. A kutphah vel sa chu a hrual vek a, a knot phelh tumna natna chuan a kut ah chuan hrehawmna shockwave a thawn chhuak ta a ni. A thaw halh a - chu chu khuh bo tumin rang takin, "Contract hi practically GKI ta a ni e. Engvangin nge astronaut pathum dang tihhlum?"
  
  
  "A hmasa berin, Mr. Carter, capsule pahnihna chungchangah hian zawhna a awm." Simian chuan he thu hi corporate head pakhatin shareholder harsatna nei ṭhenkhat hnena harsatna engemaw a hrilhfiah lai bored, slightly impatient look nen a sawi a ni. "Tihchhiat a ngai a ni. Mahse, engvangin nge, rinhlelh rual lohvin, i zawt ngei ang, mihring nunna senso? A chhan chu, Mr. Carter, GKI factory-te hian thla project-a tel tur hian kum hnih tal an mamawh a ni. Thil awm dan ang hian hei hi NASA ta a ni." strongest argument for doing so." that he remains with Connelly. Mahse mipuiin mipuiin an tihhlum tur chu, in hriatthiam angin, kum hnih tal tihkhawtlai a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  "Massacre?" Simian sawi tum chu a hriat chuan a pum chu a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. Mi pathum thihna chu thah chi a ni lo va; khawpui pakhat chu meialhin a kang a. "Miami i tihna em ni?"
  
  
  "Khawngaihin hrethiam rawh, Mr. Carter. Hei hi tihchhiatna thiltih âwm lo tak mai a ni lo. Thla program dodalna mipui ngaihdan tihdanglam bakah evidence dik tak tihchhiat tumna pahnih a nei a ni. Nick chu a buai hmel hle. "Evidence, Mr. Carter. I room luah chhungah. Directional tracking hmanrua thiam tak tak. Hemi hnu hian chutah chuan kan dah thei lo ang, a dik em?"
  
  
  Nick chu a ruhro atanga khaw lum rawn luang chhuak avang chuan a khur deuh a. “Tax lam pawh a awm bawk,” a ti a. "I Medical Center ngei tihchhiat atang hian hlawkna mawi tak i hmu ang."
  
  
  Simian chuan a ti beam a. "A dik e. Missile pakhata sava pahnih man, sawi dan chuan. Mahse khawvel rilru na takah chuan, Mr. Carter, mahni hmasialna hian sakramen level a hnaih tawh a ni." A darthlalang chu a han en a;board of directors chairman chuan shareholder-te inkhawmpui rah chhuah nei lo chu a titawp leh ta a: “Tin, tunah chuan ka thlahthlam tur che u a ni,” tiin.
  
  
  "Zawhna pakhat min chhang leh rawh!" - Nick chuan a ti a. Tunah chuan tlem chuan a tlanbo thei tawh. A thawk a la a, vawi khat a bei a, hrui chu a hrual a. A kut hnunglam vun chu a hrual a, a kut zungtangah thisen a luang thla bawk. "Hetah hian keimah chauh ka ni lo maw?"
  
  
  "Kan vaukhân tawh ang maiin a lang ang tiraw?" Simian chu a nui suk a. “Ni lo, a ni lo tih chu a chiang.Hospital-ah hian thawktu an tling vek a, fakna pangngai an nei bawk.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  t damlote chu."
  
  
  "A nih leh i thinlung hian kan zavaia tan thisen a chhuak tih ka chiang!" Thinrimna puih theih loh avangin a khur ta hlawm a. "Bank thleng zawng zawng!" Thumal chu a bit off a, screen-ah chuan a rawn chhuah chhuak ta a. Thisen vangin line chu a tlan awlsam zawk. A do a, a kut zungtangte chu nawr luih tumin a bei a.
  
  
  “I thinrimna hi awmzia a nei lo,” Simian chuan a ti a. "Equipement hi automated a ni. Programme a ni tawh. Tuna nang emaw kei emaw sawi engmah hian chu chu a thlak danglam thei lo. Phoenix One-in Cape Kennedy-a launch pad atanga a han chhuah meuh chuan Medical Center-a automatic targeting hian control a la dawn a ni. A kal dawn niin a lang." to spin out of control.A self-destruct mechanism chu a jam dawn a ni.Damdawi in chhungah a tlan lut nghal dawn a, Miami khawpui chhungah volatile fuel gallon maktaduai tam tak a paih chhuak dawn a ni.Medical center chu a hmin mai ang a, chubakah chuan incriminating evidence zawng zawng a awm bawk ang . Simian chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn inbeng kang a, Nick chuan a ke veilam chunga coconut thing hring dup chu a hmu ta a. "And now goodbye. Program kal tawhah ka switch ang che."
  
  
  Screen chu rei vak lo a thim a, zawi zawiin a rawn nung leh ta a. Saturn rocket lian tak chuan a chung atanga a hnuai thlengin a rawn luah khat ta a ni. Portal-a spider ang maia kut chu a sir lamah a inher tawh a. A hnar atang chuan steam lui a rawn chhuak a. Screen hnuai lamah chuan overlaid number hrang hrang a rawn float a, hun kal tawh chu a record a ni.
  
  
  Minute tlemte leh second sawmthum leh pahnih chauh a la awm.
  
  
  A vun hrual atanga thisen chu line-ah a tla a, a tum hmasak ber chuan a vun chu a tichhia a ni. Natna vangin a thaw halh a. Screen-a aw pakhat chuan, “Hei hi Mission Control a ni,” a ti a. "Engtin nge i duh ang, Gord?"
  
  
  Aw pahnihna chuan, “Heta ṭang hian engkim a ṭha vek tawh,” tiin a chhang a. "P equals one kan ti dawn a ni."
  
  
  “Hei hi Flight Commander Gordon Nash-a’n Mission Control, Houston atanga zawhna a chhanna kha a ni,” tiin announcer aw chu a titawp ta a. "Tunah chuan countdown chu minute thum leh second sawmli leh pariat a la awm tawh a, system zawng zawng a kal vek..."
  
  
  Thawmhnaw hah tak chuan a kut hnunglam atang chuan thisen thar a rawn luang chhuak tih a hria. Cable chu awlsam takin lubricant pek hmangin a tlan lut a. A try vawi linaah chuan a kut zungtang pakhat leh a kut zungtang zau ber chu a thawk thei ta a ni.
  
  
  Tin, rang takin a kut chu a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  “T minus minute hnih second sawmnga leh paruk,” aw chuan a puang ta a. Nick chuan he thil hi a beng a chhing a. A kut zungtang chu na chuan a vawt vek a. Hrui khauh tak chu a ha hmangin a phelh a.
  
  
  Second tlemte hnuah chuan kut pahnih chu a zalen ta. A kawrfual chu a thlah a, a lu chungah a hrual a, a kekawrte chu a thawk tan a, a kut zungtangte chu tension vangin a khur ta...
  
  
  "Minute hnih chiah a liam hnuah Apollo spacecraft chu Phoenix One tia thlak a ni ta..."
  
  
  Tunah chuan a keah a ding tawh a, screen-a a hmuh kawngkhar lam pan chuan rilru hah takin a kal ta a. A khar lo. Engvangin nge hetiang hi a nih theih? Tin, pawnah chuan vengtu an awm lo. Engvangin nge hetiang hi a nih theih? An bo vek tawh, lawng boral tur kalsan tawh rulhut te chu.
  
  
  Hall thim takah chuan hmanhmawh takin a chhuk thla a, an awmna hmuna Hugo, Wilhelmina, Pierre leh chhungte a hmuh chuan mak a ti hle. Mahse, chutah pawh chuan, engvangin nge ni lo ang? Holocaust lo thleng tur lakah eng venhimna nge an neih ang?
  
  
  A hmasa berin stairwell lam pan a tum a, mahse a khar a, chutah elevator-ah chuan kal a tum a, mahse a button chu a lo la chhuak tawh a ni. A chung ber chu bang a ni. Corridor-ah chuan hmanhmawh takin a chhuk leh a, kawngkharte chu a test a. Pindan khar, chhuahsan tawhah an inhawng a. Pakhat tih loh chu an block vek. A kekawr bul atanga vuakna na tak vawi thum chuan thing atanga thir chu a tikehsawm a, kawngkhar chu a thlawk bo ta a ni.
  
  
  Control center chi khat a ni. Bang chu television monitor-in a khuh a. Pakhat chu a on a. Launch pad-ah Phoenix One chu a entir a, thlawh chhuah a inpeih tawh. Nick chuan a phone chu zawngin a hawi let a. An awm loh avangin monitor la awmte chu a on tan ta a. Medical center chhunga ward hrang hrang leh corridor hrang hrangte chu ka mit hmuhah a rawn inher chhuak a. Damloin an luah khat hle a. Corridor-ah chuan nurse leh doctor-te chu an inher chhuak a. Volume a ti sang a, microphone chu a la a, a aw chuan an hnenah a thleng ang a, a hun takah a vaukhân ang tih beiseiin...
  
  
  Vawikhatmah a ding ta a. Thil pakhatin a ngaihven a.
  
  
  Monitor te chu a launch pad-a rocket lantir tu bulah chuan an inzawm khawm a - Cape Kennedy-a thla lawng chawlhna hmun thlir dan hrang hrang an record a, Nick chuan heng thlirna zinga pakhat hi television camera pangngai tan hawn a ni lo tih a hria a ni! Launch control checkpoint chhunga top secret interior tarlanna chu.
  
  
  Microphone jack chu console-a number inmil nen a connect a. "Chibai!" a ti a. "Hello! Min lo dawngsawng em? Control Blockhouse kha launch la, hei hi GKI medical center a ni. Min lo dawngsawng em?"
  
  
  Eng thil nge thleng tih a hrechhuak ta. Simian hian a directional engineer-te chu Cape nena inzawmna thup siam turin a ti a, hei hi emergency-a hman tur a ni.
  
  
  Screen chungah chuan thlalak pakhat a rawn tlan lut a. Rin loh hmel zet hian, “Hetah hian eng thil nge thleng?” Hmai chu close-up-ah chuan out of focus a ni - lantern jaws nei sipai fa grim tak a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehlin chi hrang hrang
  
  
  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  ce. "He link hi tuin nge authorized? Tu nge i nih?"
  
  
  Nick chuan, "General Macalester hi ka biak a ngai a ni—tihkhawtlai lovin," a ti a.
  
  
  “I tuar thei ang,” sipai chuan a ti a, telephone receiver chu a rawn man nghal a, “J. Edgar Hoover kal tlangin a kal nghal a. Gratz chu hetah hian a awm, security,” receiver chhungah chuan a rawn lut ta a. "Score nghak rawh. Thil mak tak a thleng mek. Tin, McAlester hi double atan hetah hian rawn hruai rawh."
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui vawt takah chuan a hmui chu a khawl khawm leh ta a. Zawi zawiin a thaw chhuak leh ta a.
  
  
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  Lamborghini chu palm thing hring hring Ocean Avenue-ah tlan thlain a tir a. Chhum awm lo van atang chuan ni chu a lo eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Mi hausa te in chu an kulh fing tak leh thir siamna kawngkhar hnung lamah chuan an kal tlang a.
  
  
  Chawhnu lam atan chuan playboy hmeltha, ngaihtuahawm lo ang maiin a lang a, mahse Agent N3 ngaihtuahna erawh phuba lak leh tihchhiatna lam a ni.
  
  
  Car chhungah chuan radio a awm a. A aw chuan: "...Saturn fuel tank-a pinhole aṭanga leak a awm avangin a tikhawtlai tih hriat loh a awm. Tunah chuan an thawk mek tih kan hrethiam. Repair hna thawh a nih chuan Phoenix One chu 3:00 p.m. launch deadline hnua a awm a nih chuan, darkar 24 chhungin mission chu a chiang tawh ang. Hmasawnna tur WQXT Radio-ah lo thlir reng ang che..."
  
  
  Hei hi Macalester-a nen an thlan thawnthu chu a ni. Hei hian Simian leh a mipuite chu rinhlelhna lakah a venghim ang. Chutih rual chuan an hlauthawng hle a, an ṭhutna sir lamah chuan an thu a, Nick-a’n an hnena a thlen thlengin TV-ah mit an nghat a.
  
  
  Palm Beach-ah an awm tih a hria - Simian-a tuipui kama villa Cathay-ah. Closed-circuit TV control siamrem turin Lincoln-a hmalam pan chuan financier-a kekawr ipte chunga coconut palm fan chhuak chu a hre chiang hle. A private driveway line-a awm palm thingte chu an ni.
  
  
  N3 chuan AX cleanup team bik a knock out theih a beisei. Mimal score a settle a ngai a ni.
  
  
  A darthlalang chu a melh a. Darkar khat kalta khan Miami a chhuahsan. Tunah chuan guidance control engineer-te thlawhna chu Cape Kennedy atangin khawthlang lamah a thlawk ta a ni. Siemian siam electronic nightmare buaithlak tak chu chhuah tir turin minute sawmli leh panga chiah an nei dawn a ni. A rei zawk a nih chuan naktuk thleng sawn hlat a ni ang. Mahse, chuti a nih chuan khawpui meialh nasa taka tihchhiatna nen khaikhin chuan darkar sawmhnih leh pali chhunga tihkhawtlai chu engzat nge ni ang?
  
  
  Vanlawng dang, te tak te, mimal tak mai chu chutih lai tak chuan hmar lam a pan a, chu chu Nick-a duhsakna sang ber nen a rawn thleng a, chubakah hriatrengna duhawm tak tak pahnih khat a rawn thleng bawk. Hank Peterson hian Joy Sun chu Kennedy Space Port Medical Center-a a post-ah a tir kir leh a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a inbeng kang a, a kut pakhatin a khalh a, Wilhelmina chu a inthupna hmun atang chuan a hruai chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Cathay-i hmunah chuan automatic gate hmangin a lut a, chu chu Lamborghini-in pedal atanga a tlan lai khan a inhawng a ni. Kiosk atang chuan green uniform ha tlangval stern tak pakhat a rawn chhuak a, a rawn hawi kual a, a rawn tlan phei a, a service holster chu a rawn hrual a. Nick chuan a ti hniam a. A kut dinglam chu a han phar a, a kekawrte chu sang takin a han chawi sang a, trigger chu a han hmet a. Wilhelmina chu a khur deuh a, GKI vengtu chuan a hmai chu leiah a rawn vawm lut a. A chhehvelah chuan leivut a rawn chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Second shot a ri a, Lamborghini windshield chu a chhe vek a, Nick-a chungah ruah a sur ta a. Brake a hmet a, kawngkhar chu a hawng a, fluid motion pakhatin a dove lut ta a. A hnung lama pistol ri chu a rawn inher lai chuan a hre ta a, silai mu dang chuan a lu awmna leivut chu a rawn deng ta a. Turn chanve zet a hawi a, chutah a rotation chu a reverse a, a kap ta a ni. Wilhelmina chuan a kut chu vawi hnih a flinch a, chutah vawi hnih dang a khuh leh a, guttural takin a khuh a, kiosk sir lehlama rawn hnaih tur GKI guard pali te chu silai mu chuan an target a kah rual chuan an inzar pharh ta a ni.
  
  
  Khup chungin a inher kual a, a kut veilam chuan a taksa peng pawimawh tak takte chu FBI pawmpui angin a humhim a, Luger chu a inpeih reng a ni. Mahse, midang an awm lo. Ruang panga chungah leivut a lo tla thla ta a.
  
  
  Villa chhungah silai ri an hre em? Nick chuan a mitmengin a hlat zawng chu a teh a, surf ri chu a hrechhuak a, a ringhlel bawk. Ruangte bulah chuan a kal phei a, a ding a, a en reng a. A aim sang hle a, mi panga an thi. A lian ber chu a thlang a, kiosk-ah a rawn keng a.
  
  
  GKI uniform a hak chuan guard pawl dang chu a khar thei a, pakhat chu Hugo nen a that a, pakhat chu karate chop hmangin a kawr thlengin a that bawk. Hei hian villa chhungah a hruai lut ta a ni. Television ri leh aw ri chuan hall thim tak tak kal tlangin khawchhak lam wing atanga lungpui khuh terrace-ah chuan a hruai ta a.
  
  
  Mipa pawl khat chu portable television hmaah chuan an ding a. Glass dum leh terry robes an ha a, an kawngah towel an khuh a. Pool lam pan tur ang maiin an lang a, chu chu terrace veilam atanga hmuh theih a ni a, mahse TV-a thil pakhat chuan a dang tlat thung. News columnist a ni a. A sawi lai chuan, "Engtik lai pawhin puan chhuah kan beisei. Ni e, hetah hian a awm. A lo thleng chauh a ni," Houston-a Mission Control atanga NASA communicator Paul Jensen-a aw chuan Phoenix 1 mission chu kum sawmhnih leh pali chhungin tihfai a ni tawh tih a sawi a darkar. .."
  
  
  "Dammitohell!" - Simian chuan a ti a. "Red, Rhino!" - a ti a. "Miami-ah kir leh rawh. He Carter tlangval nen hian chance kan la thei lo. Johnny, get lau."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehlin chi hrang hrang
  
  
  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  5000 / 5000 a ni
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  Tunah chuan yacht lam ka pan ta."
  
  
  Nick chuan a pocket chhunga metal ball lian tak chu a rawn khar kual a. “Ngawi teh,” a ti a. "Tumah an che lo." Hlauthawng hmel pali chuan a lam chu an hawi a. Chutih lai tak chuan a mit hmuhna kil khatah chuan chetna rang tak a man ta a. GKI guard pahnih khat, bang bula lounging tawh chu a lam pan chuan an tlan phei a, an machine gun butt chu an han vawrh a. N3 chuan metallic marble chu sharp twist a pe a. Slab-ah chuan an lam pan chuan a rawn inher a, gas thihna thlen thei khawpin a hiss a.
  
  
  Mipaho chu an awmna hmunah chuan an vawt ta vek mai. An mit chauh a che a.
  
  
  Simian chu a hnungtawlh a, a hmai chu a vuan tlat bawk. Bullet chuan Nick chu a beng dinglam ah a hliam a. Terrazza atanga a hnungtawlh a, lawn a pelh lai chuan Red Sands-a’n a kut a pistol a vawn vang a ni a, meikhu thihpui thei tak hmaah chuan a kal ta a ni. Killmaster kut chu chunglam hawiin a rawn inher a. Hugo chu boruakah a thlawk a, Sands-a rilru chhung thuk takah chuan a in phum ta a. Backflip a ti chhunzawm a, a ke chu pool chhungah a thun lut ta a.
  
  
  "Ka mitmeng!" Simian chuan a rawn ti a. "Ka hmu lo!"
  
  
  Nick chuan a lam a hawi a. Rhino Tree chuan a kekawr ipteah a rawn vuan a, terrace atang chuan a hruai bo ta a. Nick chuan an zui ve nghal a. Thil pakhat chuan a ke dinglamah chuan board ang maiin chakna mak tak maiin a rawn deng ta a. Chu vuakna chuan a ti tlu ta a ni. A ke paliah a tla thla vek. Natna a nei lo va, mahse hun chu a tlahniam a, engkim chu chipchiar taka hmuh theih a nih thlengin. A thil hmuh pakhat chu a chungah Johnny Hung Fat a ding a, table ke pakhat a keng a. A thlak a, Rhino Tree leh Simian chu a tlan pel ta a.
  
  
  An pathum chuan lawn zau tak chu an paltlang nghal vat a, lawng in lam pan chuan an kal ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu nghet lo zet hian a ding chhuak a. Natna chuan thlipui thim takin a rawn luah khat ta a. An hnungah a che a, mahse a ke a tla. An thlawp lo ang. A tum leh a. Tun ṭumah chuan a muhil thei a, mahse zawi zawiin a che a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  N3-in lawng a hnaih rual chuan lawng engine chu a nung ta a ni. Hung-Fat chuan a hawi kual a, wheel chu a her kual a, a hmachhawn dan tur chu a hnunglam a hawi a. Simian chu a bula hmalam seat-ah chuan a khup a, a kut zungtang chuan a mit a la vuan reng bawk. Rhino Tree chu hnunglam seat ah chuan a lo thu a. Nick rawn hnaih chu a hmu a, a hawi let a, thil pakhat hrual a tum a.
  
  
  N3 hian yard sawm hnuhnung ber chu a tlan a, a kut a phar a, a lu chunga hanging beam hniam tak atang chuan a swing a, a hmaiah a press a, a insiam a, rise-ah a kick na hle a, a la tho lai chuan a thlah ta a ni. Lawng hnunglam sir lamah chuan a ke ruhte nen a tlu a, a arch over a, beidawng takin boruak a man a.
  
  
  Rhino Tree hian lawng hrui hmanga a rawn beng lo a nih chuan a balance a hloh ngei ang. Nick chuan a kut chuan hook chu a rawn man a, a rawn chhuah ta a. A kekawrte chuan hmalam pan chuan a khup thlengin a nawr a, Tree chu hnunglam seat atang chuan cornered eel ang maiin a inher leh inher tir ta a ni.
  
  
  Lawng chu thim atang chuan ni êng mitdel takah chuan a puak darh a, vei lamah chuan a list nasa hle a, tui chu a sir lehlamah chuan a rawn inher kual a, foam-a khuh wake lian tak a ni. Rhino chuan silai a phawrh chhuak tawh a, Nick lam chu a kawhhmuh tawh a. N3 chuan lawng hook chu a ti hniam a. Bullet chuan harsatna awm lovin a lu a paltlang a, Rhino chu a kut tha tak chu thisen leh ruhah a lo inhmeh ta vek a, a au chhuak ta a. Hmeichhe au thawm a ni, chutiang khawpa sang, ngawi reng mai. Killmaster chuan a kut chuan a tikehsawm a.
  
  
  A kut zungtang chuan Rhino-a rilru natna (tense throat) sir lehlama arteries-ah chuan a rawn nawr lut ta a. Sakeibaknei hnim leh eng mawi tak chuan a hmui a rawn inhawng a. Mit dum thi chu an socket atang chuan zahthlak takin a rawn lang chhuak a. Bullet chuan Nick beng ah a rawn deng a. Ka lu chu concussion vangin a ri ta hlawm a. A han hawi chho a. Hung Fat chu a thutnaah chuan a rawn inher a. A kut pakhatin a khalh a, a kut pakhatin a kap a, lawng chu air intake atanga a tlan lai chuan engine te chu zalen takin a au chhuak a, props te chu boruakah an inher a, chutah tuiah an inher leh ta a ni.
  
  
  "Lo en rawh!" - Nick chuan a ti a. Hong Fat chu a rawn hawi let a. Killmaster-a kut zungtang chuan mi dangin vawi khat an lo thawh tawh hna chu a zo ta a. Rhino Tree-a hliam dum chu an lai lut a, a vun thuk tak, keratinized tak chu an rawn chhuah ta mai mai a ni. Chu pa mitmeng var chu a rawn eng chhuak ta hlawm a. A lei chu a lo lo chhuak a, a hmui inhawng atang chuan a chhuak a, a lung thuk tak atang chuan gargle rapthlak tak a rawn chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Bullet dang pakhat chuan a rawn ri chhuak leh ta. Nick chuan a thli tleh chu a hre ta. Mitthi kawr atang chuan a kut zungtangte chu la chhuakin veilamah a hawi ta a. "I hnung lamah!" a ti a. "Lo en rawh!" Tin, tun tum chu a sawi tum a ni. Siemian-a yacht leh breakwater inkarah chuan an au chhuak a, spray-a khuh windshield atang chuan nylon rope-in bow chu piling-a a khih lai chu a hmu ta a. A bulah chuan feet thum aia hla a awm lo va, Hung Fat chu a awmna atang chuan a ding chhuak a, a chungah chuan thah tur chuan a rawn ding chhuak ta a.
  
  
  “Khawvela trick hlui ber a ni,” a nui suk a, chutah rang takin thawm ri dup dup mai a awm a, Chinese pa chu boruakah chuan a dinglam hawiin a inhmu a, lawng chu a hnuai atang chuan a rawn chhuak ta a. Eng emaw a lo chhuak a, Nick-a chuan a lu a ni tih a hmu a. An hnunglam yard sawmhnih vel zeta hlaah chuan a tlan lut a, lu nei lo ruang chuan a zui a, a hnuhma awm lovin a pil ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a rawn hawi let a. Simian chuan mitdel ang maiin steering wheel a rawn man chu a hmu a. A tlai lutuk. Pier lam pan chuan an kal nghal a. Tuipuiah chuan a zuang thla ta a.
  
  
  Blast wave chuan a rawn deng a, engtikah nge
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehlin chi hrang hrang
  
  
  Thuziak lehlin
  
  
  Thuziak hmasa ber
  
  
  1973 / 5000 khan a lo piang a
  
  
  Lehlin result
  
  
  a rawn lang chhuak ta a. Thli lum chuan a chungah a rawn thawk chhuak a. Metal leh plywood chi hrang hrang a rawn sur a. A lu bula tuiah chuan thil lian tak a rawn tla thla a. Tichuan, a beng chu puak atanga pressure engemaw zat a tihziaawm rual chuan au thawm a hre ta a. Mihring ni lo au thawm piercing. Breakwater lung hrual hrual tak takte chu zawi zawiin a lo chhuak a. Ngun zawka a han en chuan Nick chuan Simian a ni tih a hmu a. A kut chuan a sir lam chu a rawn fawp a. Meialh chu tihmit a tum a, mahse sava lian tak, thlawh tum ang maiin a lang zawk a, a vuina meipui atanga tho chhuak tum phoenix ang mai a ni. Amah chauh chuan a ti thei lo, a tlu a, a thaw halh a, a thi ta...
  
  
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  "Aw Sam, en teh! Chutah chuan a awm. A mawi lo em ni?"
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rilru chhunga pillow rolling nem tak atang chuan a lu chu a han chawi kang a. "Eng thil nge thleng?" hriat theih loh khawpin a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  Television chu an Miami Beach hotel room-a khum hnuaiah chuan a thu a, mahse a hre lo. A ngaihtuahna chu hmun dangah a awm - a sam dum mawi tak, tanned redhead, tobacco brown vun leh lipstick dum, a hming Cynthia chu a ngaihtuah ber a ni. Tunah chuan aw pakhat chu a hre ta a, rang takin, phur takin: "...Saturn-a nozzle pariat atang chuan liquid oxygen leh kerosene a puak dun laiin mei hlauhawm tak, orange mei a rawn ri chhuak ta. Hei hi Phoenix One tan chuan bul tanna tha ber a ni.
  
  
  Set chu mitmeng hlim lo takin a en a, Merritt Island atanga machine lian tak chu ropui takin a lo sang chho a, a acceleration curve lian tak tan tirh lamah Atlantic tuipui chungah a arch chhuak tih a en a. Tichuan a hawi let a, a hnute inkar ruam thim leh rimtui takah chuan a hmel chu a phum leh ta a. “Ka chawlh kha hetiang taka zah lo taka an tihbuai hma khan khawiah nge kan awm?” a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  "Sam Harmon!" Nick-a Florida bialnu chu a mangang hle tih a hriat. "Sam, mak ka ti lutuk che." Mahse a fawhna hnuaia shocked note chu languid note-ah a chang ta a ni. "Kan space program hi i ngaihven lo em ni?" a nail chuan a hnungzang a rawn hrual tan rual chuan a ti chhuak ta hlawl mai. “A dik e,” a nui suk a. "Chu missile chu hetiang lam atanga lo kal tan a nih chuan min titawp rawh."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Carter Nick-a chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Spy Juda chu a ni
  
  
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Killmaster a ni
  
  
  Spy Juda chu a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  United States Secret Service member-te tana hlan a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 1-na
  
  
  
  
  
  “An ruahmanna pum pui chu engtin nge ni ang, Akim,” Nick chuan a ti a, “engmah i hrechhuak lo em ni?”
  
  
  "Ilands chauh. Tuiah kan hniam em em a, glass a rawn slap a, ka hmu chiang thei lo."
  
  
  "Chu port lam a sail chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  Nick chuan dial-te chu a ngaihtuah ber a, a kut chu a instrument flight hmasa berah amateur pilot aiin a buai zawk. Indonesian tlangval te tak te te chuan periscope frame chu an herh theih nan a frame lian tak chu a sir lamah a sawn a. Akim chu a chak lo va, a hlauthawng hle niin a lang. "Hei hi prau lian tak a ni. Kan hnen atangin lawngin kal bo rawh."
  
  
  "Ka hruai zel ang. Kan awmna hmun hre thei tur thil pakhat chu lo thlir reng ang che. Tin, reef emaw lungpui emaw te pawh..."
  
  
  “Minute tlemte hnuah chuan a thim tawh ang a, engmah ka hmu tawh lovang,” tiin Akim chuan a chhang a. Nick-a mipa hnen atanga a hriat tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan aw nem ber a nei a. He tlangval hmeltha tak hi kum sawm leh pariat vel a ni ngei ang. Mipa? A aw chu a danglam lo ang maiin a ri - a nih loh leh chhan dang a awm mai thei. Hei hian engkim a ti famkim vek ang; gay first mate nen hmêlma tuipui kamah an bo.
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a, a rilru a hahdam hle. Mi pahnih awmna tuihnuai lawng chu diver infiamna, mi hausa infiamna a ni. Siam tha tak ni mahse a chunglam chu enkawl harsa tak a ni. Nick hian 270®-ah a steer a, buoyancy, pitch leh direction control tumin a bei a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Minute li chhung chu periscope kha theihnghilh rawh. Kan hnaih lai hian ka thlamuang ang. Knot thum velah chuan engtin pawhin harsatna kan nei tam lo ang," a ti a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian harsatna a awm tur a ni lo,” tiin Akim chuan a chhang a. "Phong Island-ah hian pakhat a awm a, mahse khawthlang lamah erawh a awm lo. Beach hniam tak a ni. Khua a tha tlangpui. Hei hi ruahtui tlak hun chhunga thlipui hnuhnung ber zinga mi niin ka hria."
  
  
  Cabin zau tak chhunga êng dum nem tak karah chuan Nick chuan Akim chu a melh a. Tlangval chu a hlau a nih chuan a hmui chu a ti buai reng a. A hmel mawi tak mai contour smooth tak chu a hma ang bawkin a reh a, a reh bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan helicopter-in carrier aṭanga a chawi chhuah hmaa Admiral Richards-a thuruk a sawi chu a hrechhuak a. "I thil zawn chu ka hre lo, Mr. Bard, mahse i kalna tur hmun hi hremhmun tui tak a ni. Vanram ang mai a ni a, mahse hremhmun thianghlim tak a ni. Tin, he tlangval te tak te hi han en teh. Minankabau a ni tih a sawi bawk." , mahse kei chuan Javanese a ni ka ti."
  
  
  Nick chuan a hre duh hle mai. He sumdawnna ah hian thu hriat zawng zawng chu i la khawm vek a, i zir chhuak vek tawh bawk. "Chu chu eng nge a awmzia ni thei ang?"
  
  
  "New York mi, Bellows Falls, Vermont atanga dairy farmer nia inchhal ka nih angin. Dutch Batavia a nih lai khan Jakarta-ah thla ruk chhung ka awm a. Sakawr intlansiak hi ka ngaihven hle a. Zirna pakhat chuan chi sawmli leh paruk a awm tih a sawi.
  
  
  Nick leh Akeem-te hian Pearl Harbor-a ton 99,000 zeta rit aircraft carrier-a an chuan hnuah Admiral Richards-a chuan Nick-a nen hian ni thum chhung hun a hmang a ni. Top-secret red paper-a radio message pahnihna chuan a pui ta a ni. "Mr. Bard" hi rinhlelh rual lohvin lawng rual tan chuan daltu a ni a, State Department emaw CIA emaw hnathawh zawng zawng ang bawkin, mahse admiral hian a ngaihdan a nei ve tho.
  
  
  Richards-a chuan Nick-a chu reserved, nuam tak leh lawng chungchang thil pakhat emaw pahnih emaw a hriat thu a hriat chuan, lawnga chuang awmchhun, porthole pathum nei, a cabin zau takah chuan a sawm ta a ni.
  
  
  Richards-a chuan Nick-a’n a ṭhian hlui, Royal Navy-a Captain Talbot Hamilton a hriat thu a hriat chuan a passenger chu a duh ta hle a ni. Nick chuan admiral cabin deck nga atanga elevator chu a la a
  
  
  flag bridge, ni eng takah training flight neih laiin catapult-te'n Phantom leh Skyhawk jet an paih chhuah lai a en a, indona pindan lian takah chuan computer leh electronic equipment complex tak takte chu a hmu bawk. White-upholstered admiral-a swivel chair chu enchhin turin an sawm lo.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan Richards-a chess leh pipe tobacco chu a duh hle a. Admiral chuan passenger thiltih dan chu a enfiah duh hle. Dik tak chuan Richards hian doctor leh psychiatrist nih a duh a, mahse a pa Marine colonel chuan he step hi a titawp ta a ni. “Theihnghilh rawh, Cornelius,” tiin admiral hnenah—chutih lai chuan Annapolis atanga kum thum hnuah J. hnenah—“Com CENTER-a i siam hma loh chuan Navy-ah awm rawh, promotion tanna hmun, Navy record hi hmun tha tak a ni a, mahse kawng thim tak a ni . . Tin, i chhuahsan tir lo va, Hnathawh i ngai a ni."
  
  
  Richards chuan "Al Bard" hi hot agent niin a ngai a. Point thenkhat kaltlanga lak tumna chu “Washington hian he thilah hian thu a nei” tih hmuhchhuahna nen a inhmu a, chu chu a dik e, tuipui thuk takah chuan an lo dang che a ni. Mahse Bard hi mi pangngai tak a ni - a thup tlat a, lawng rual pawh a zah hle. Chu aia tam chu i duhsak thei lo.
  
  
  Nick-a lawnga a awm hnuhnun ber zan khan Richards chuan, "Chu sub te tak te, i ruala lo kal kha ka han en a. Nice takin an siam a, mahse rintlak loh an ni thei. Copter-in tuiah a thlak hnu lawkah harsatna i neih chuan red rocket kha kap rawh," a ti . Pilot chu a theih ang anga rei lo en reng turin ka ngen ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Ka lawm e, ka pu,” a ti a. "Hei hi ka hre reng ang. Hawaii-ah ni thum chhung zet he craft hi ka test a. Tuipuiah darkar nga chhung zet ka thlawh tir a ni."
  
  
  "Chu tlangval - eng nge a hming, Akim - kha i bulah a awm a?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan i rih zawng chu a inang tawh ang. Tuipui hrual takah hian hetiang hi i nei tawh em?"
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  "Risk suh ..."
  
  
  Richards hian a sawi tha hle a, Nick chuan a horizontal fins hmangin periscope depth-a tlan a tum lai chuan a ngaihtuah a. He tuihnuai lawng te tak te designer te pawhin chutiang bawk chuan an ti a. He thliarkar an hnaih deuh deuh chuan thlipui na zawk a lo awm a, tui chawi lai buoyancy leh depth chu a tluk thei ngai lo. Halloween apple ang maiin an inher chhuak a.
  
  
  "Akim, tuifinriat natna i nei ngai em?"
  
  
  "A ni lo. Dik tak chuan kea kal ka zir tirh khan tui chawi ka zir a ni."
  
  
  "Zanin a kan thil tih hi theihnghilh suh."
  
  
  "Al, ka tiam a che, nang aiin ka inbual thiam zawk."
  
  
  “Bet suh,” Nick chuan a ti a. Chu tlangval chuan a sawi dik mai thei. A dam chhung zawng tuiah a awm tawh ngei ang. A lehlamah chuan AX-a number pathum ni thei Nick Carter chuan a dam chhung ni engemaw zat chhungin tui hnathawh a tih chu a practice thin. A dinhmun a tha hle a, a dam rei theihna tur tipung turin taksa thiamna tam tak a nei bawk. Nick chuan a hnathawh emaw, arts emaw aiin a nunphung khauh zawk mamawh chu circus infiammi te chauh a ni tih a ring a.
  
  
  Minute 15 hnuah tuihnuai lawng te tak te chu tuipui kamah chuan a khalh nghal a. A zuang chhuak a, bow hook-ah chuan line a khih a, surf-a hnim hring zinga rollers-te ṭanpuina nasa tak nen, Akim-a hnen aṭanga duhthusam mahse chak lo tak tak tug ṭhenkhat hmangin, lawng chu tuipui chungah a chawi sang a, line hnih-ah a nghet ta a ni anchor leh banyan ang thing lian takah chuan.
  
  
  Nick chuan flashlight hmangin thing vel cable-a knot chu a ti zo ta a. Tichuan light chu a off a, a ding chhuak a, coral sand chuan a rit zawngah a inpe tih a hria. Tropical zan chu blanket ang maiin a tla ta a. Chunglam atang chuan arsi te chu purple rawn chhuakin an rawn chhuak ta. Tuipui kam atang chuan tuifinriat eng chu a rawn inher chhuak a, a lo danglam ta a ni. Breaker ri leh ri bengchheng tak tak karah chuan ramngaw ri chu a hre ta a. Sava au thawm leh rannung au thawm, ngaihthlak ni sela tawp nei lo tur.
  
  
  "Akim..." ka ti a.
  
  
  "Awle?" A chhanna chu feet tlemte a hla thim atang chuan a lo thleng a.
  
  
  "Eng lam hawi nge kan kal ang tih ngaihtuahna eng emaw tal?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Zing lamah ka hre thei maithei."
  
  
  "Good morning! Vawiin tlai hian Phong Island thleng ka duh."
  
  
  Aw nem tak chuan, "Zanin—naktuk zan—karleh zanah. A la awm reng ang. Ni a la chhuak zel ang," tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  Nick chuan thinrim hmel zet hian a ti a, tuihnuai lawngah chuan a chho a, cotton blanket light pahnih, axe leh folding saw, sandwich pack khat leh coffee thermos pakhat chu a la chhuak a. Maryana a ni. Engvângin nge hnam ṭhenkhat chuan hmalam hun chiang lo tak duhna nasa tak an neih? Relax, tih chu an password a ni. Naktuk thlengin dah mai rawh.
  
  
  Gear chu jungle sir lama tuipui kamah a dah a, a flash chu a hmang tlem hle. Akim chuan a theih ang tawkin a pui a, thim zingah a tlu a, Nick chuan sualna nasa tak a nei bawk. A thupui pakhat chu: "Ti rawh, i daih rei zawk ang" tih a ni. Tin, a dik e, Hawaii-a an inhmuh atang khan Akeem hi a tha hle a, a theih ang tawkin a thawkrim hle a, tuihnuai lawng nen training a nei a, Nick-a chu Indonesian version Malay tawng a zirtir a, tualchhung nunphung a zirtir bawk.
  
  
  Akeem Muchmur hi Nick leh AX tan chuan a hlu hle emaw, a duh em em emaw a ni
  
  
  Canada rama sikul a kal laiin naupang hian Honolulu-a FBI office-ah a tlan lut a, Indonesia rama a rukbo leh blackmail chungchang a sawi. Bureau hian international affairs-a official procedure chungchangah CIA leh AX te chu thurawn a pe a, Nick-a direct superior leh AX director ni bawk David Hawk chuan Nick hi Hawaii-ah a thlawh tir a ni.
  
  
  "Indonesia hi khawvela hmun lum ber pawl a ni," tiin Hawk chuan a sawifiah a, Nick-a hnenah chuan reference materials briefcase a pe a. "I hriat angin thisen chhuahna lian tak an tawk chauh a, Chikom-ho hian an political power chhanchhuah leh thunun leh tumin an beidawng hle. Thalai hian tualchhung crime gang an sawi mai thei. Hmeltha tak tak an nei a. Mahse Judas leh Heinrich-a te nen chuan." Müller on the loose in big Chinese junk, I can smell it.Chhungkaw hausa tak tak atanga thalai rukbo leh Chicoms - (Chinese communists) te nena sum leh pai leh thawhhona an dilna an game mai mai.Dik tak chuan an chhungte pawhin an hre chiang hle.Mahse khawiah nge mi i hmuh theih ang tuin nge an chhungte man tlawm taka that ang? "
  
  
  "Akim hi a tak tak em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Ni e. CIA-JAK chuan thlalak chu radio-in min rawn thawn a. Tin, McGill hnen atangin zirtirtu pakhat kan rawn hruai lut a, rang taka check tur chauh a ni. Muchmoor tlangval a ni a, engkim a tha vek. Amateur tam zawk ang bawkin a tlanbo a, a chipchiar zawng zawng a hriat hmain alarm a ti ri ta a ni." ." A chhungte bulah awm rengin thil dik tak chu a hre chhuak tur a ni. Hei hi, Nicholas, i luhchilhna chu a ni..."
  
  
  Akeem nen rei tak an inbiak hnu chuan Hawk chuan a thutlukna a siam ta a. Nick leh Akim te hi an hnathawhna hmun pawimawh tak - Phong Island-a Muchmoor enclave-ah an kal dawn a ni. Nick hian Akim nena an inhmelhriattirna leh Jakarta-a cover atana a hman tur role chu a vawng reng tur a ni a; ani chu "Al Bard" a ni a, American art importer a ni.
  
  
  Akim hnenah "Mr. Bard" hi American intelligence agency an tihte tan a thawk fo tih an hrilh a. A ngaihven hle niin a lang a, Nick-a hmel hrual, tanned leh air of firm but gentle confidence chuan a pui mai thei.
  
  
  Hawk chuan ruahmanna a siam a, intensive training an tan tirh chuan Nick chuan Hawk-a rorelna chu rei vak lo a zawtfiah a. “Channel pangngai hmangin kan thlawk lut thei a ni,” tiin Nick chuan a dodal a. "A hnuah tuihnuai lawng chu min rawn deliver thei ang."
  
  
  “Min ring rawh, Nicholas,” Hawke chuan a chhang let a. "He thil hi a upa hma emaw, Jakarta-a kan mipa Hans Nordenboss-a nena in inbiak hnuah emaw ka thusawi hi i pawm ve ngei ang tih ka ring. Inbumna leh eirukna tam tak i hmu tih ka hria. Indonesia ramah chuan hei hi nun dan a ni. Nang." i subtle approach kha ngaihlu la, sub i mamawh mai thei."
  
  
  "A armed em ni?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Puak thei pound sawm leh pali leh i ralthuam pangngai i nei ang."
  
  
  Tunah chuan, tropical night-ah chuan a hnar chhunga ramngaw rimtui rimtui tak leh a beng chhunga ramngaw ri bengchheng tak tak nen ding chungin Nick chuan Hawk chu rawn lang se a duh hle. A bulah chuan rannung rit tak tak an rawn tla a, Nick chu thawm lam pan chuan a hawi a. A kut hnuaiah a Luger bik, Wilhelmina chu a nei a, Hugo chu a kutphahah a khawih chuan a kutphah chhungah a tlan lut thei a, mahse he khawvel hi a lian hle niin a lang a, meipui chakna tam tak a mamawh thei ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  Thim zingah chuan: “Akim. Tuipui kamah kal kan tum thei ang em?”
  
  
  "Kan tum thei ang."
  
  
  "Phong Island thleng tur chuan eng kawng dik tak nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "Ka hre lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan jungle line leh surf inkar chanve vel chu sand-ah khur a siam a, a plop thla ta a. Indonesia ramah hian kan lo lawm a che!
  
  
  Akim chuan a rawn zawm ve ta a. Nick chuan tlangval rimtui thlum tak chu a rim a. A ngaihtuahna chu a hnar a. Akim chu sipai tha tak ang maiin a awm a, sergeant zahawm tak thupek a zawm a. Perfume a ha ta se engtin nge ni ang? Chu tlangval chuan a tum fo thin. Ngaihtuah pawh a dik lo ang...
  
  
  Nick chu ui ang maia fimkhur takin a muhil a. Vawi eng emaw zat chu ramngaw thawm leh an puan chunga thli tleh chhuak chuan a tiharh a. Hun chu a chhinchhiah - 4:19. A hma ni khatah Washington-ah 12.19 a ni ang. Hawk hian chawhmeh tui tak a ei ngei a beisei...
  
  
  A harh a, zing ni eng mawi tak chuan a mit a tidel a, a bula mipa dum lian tak ding chuan a mangang hle. A kalh zawngin a roll a, a target chu a pet a, Wilhelmina chu a tum ta a ni. Akim chuan: “Kap suh.”
  
  
  "Ka tum lo," Nick chuan a ti nghal zat.
  
  
  Nick-a hmuh tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan ape lian ber a ni. A dum a, a beng te te a nei a, a sam sei, sen hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hrual hrual chu uluk takin a enfiah hnu chuan Nick chuan hmeichhia a ni tih a hmu ta a ni. Nick chuan fimkhur takin a ding nghet a, a nui suk bawk. "Orangutan. Zingkar tha rawh, Mabel."
  
  
  Akim chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "An friendly fo. Thilpek a rawn keng che a. Chutah chuan sand chu en teh."
  
  
  Nick atanga yard tlemte a hlaah chuan rangkachak papaya puitling pathum a awm a. Nick chuan pakhat a la a. "Ka lawm e, Mabel."
  
  
  “Mihring ang deuh ber an ni,” tiin Akim chuan a rawt a. "Nangmah ang tho a ni."
  
  
  "Ka lawm e. Thian ka mamawh." Ran lian tak chu ramngaw chhungah chuan a tlan lut nghal vat a, rei vak lo hnuah chuan thei rah mak tak mai oval red nen a rawn lang leh ta a.
  
  
  “Hei hi ei suh,” Akim chuan a vaukhân a. “Ṭhenkhatin an ei thei a, mahse mi ṭhenkhat chuan an natna avângin an na ang.”
  
  
  Nick chuan Mabel a lo haw chuan Akim chu papaya tui tak ang maia lang chu a toss a. Akim chuan instinctive takin a rawn man ta a. Mabel chu hlauthawng zetin a au chhuak a, Akim chu a zuang thla ta!
  
  
  Akeem chu a hawi let a, dodge a tum a, mahse orangutan chu NFL quarterback ang maiin ball leh open field nen a che a. Thei sen chu a thlak a, Akim hnen atangin papaya chu a la a, tuipuiah a paih a, Akim-a thawmhnaw chu a phelh tan ta a. Kawr leh pants chu mittui chak tak pakhatah chuan a chhe vek a. Sakeibaknei chuan Akeem kawrfual chu a rawn man a, Nick chuan, "Hey!" leh hmalam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Sakeibaknei lu chu a kut veilam chuan a rawn man a, a dinglamah chuan Luger chu a inpeih reng a.
  
  
  "Kal bo rawh. Allons. Vamos!..." - Nick chuan tawng paruk hmangin a au chhunzawm a, ramngaw lam chu a kawhhmuh bawk.
  
  
  Mabel—Mabel angin a ngai a, a takah chuan a hnungtawlh chuan a mualpho hle a, a kut sei tak pakhat, a kutphah chu a phar chhuak a, ngenna angin a rawn phar chhuak a. Zawi zawiin a hawi let a, thing hnuaiah chuan a hnungtawlh ta a.
  
  
  Akim lam chu a hawi a. "Chuti a nih chuan chuvang chuan mak i tih fo thin. Engvangin nge tlangval angin i insiam a, honey? Tu nge i nih?"
  
  
  Akim chu hmeichhe naupang, petite, pianphung mawi tak tak nei a ni ta. A jeans hrual chu a fiddling a, a hnute hrualtu thil dum hring hring strip te tak te tih loh chu saruak a ni. A hmanhmawh lo va, hmeichhe thenkhat angin a hlauthawng lo niin a lang - a pants chhe tawh chu serious takin a sir lehlamah a vawrh kual a, a lu mawi tak chu a ti nghing a. Balinese party-a Nick-a’n thawmhnaw a hmuh loh chungchang chu matter-of-fact leh fing takin a sawi chiang hle. Dik tak chuan, he compact cutie hi doll mawi tak tak, a proportion mawi tak tak, artist-te, performer-te, a nih loh leh ṭhian hlimthla mai mai ni ṭhin doll mawi tak takte zinga mi nen a inang a ni.
  
  
  A vun chu mocha shade light tak a ni a, a kut leh ke chu a hring viau nachungin, Paul Gauguin-a paint ang maiin taksa ruh thup takin a khuh a ni. A hip leh a kekawrte chu a pum te tak te, flat tak tan chuan frame tling tak a ni a, Nick chuan "Akeem" hian chutiang curve mawi tak tak thup nan sweatshirt sei leh hlim tak a ha fo thin chhan chu a hrethiam hle.
  
  
  A ke leh a hnungzang hnuai lam a en lai chuan lumna nuam tak a nei a - rang takin brown minx te tak te hian a tan a pose tak tak niin a ngai ta a ni! Puan chhe tawh chu a enfiah nawn leh a, a enfiah theihna hun a pe bawk! A flirtatious lo va, smug condescension pawh a awm lo. A hmeichhe intuition chuan hei hi mipa hmeltha tak chawlh hahdam leh tihlim hun tha ber a nih thu a hrilh avangin playful naturalness nen a che mai mai a ni.
  
  
  “Mak ka ti hle mai,” a ti a.
  
  
  A lu a ti nghing a, a sir lamah a melh a, a mit dum hring dup chu eng mawi tak a belhchhah a. Akim ang bawkin ani pawh chuan a hmui ruhte chu nghet taka chelh a tum tih a rilruah a lo lang ta a. Tunah chuan a hma aia nasain Balinese dancer zingah chuan a hmeltha ber emaw, Singapore leh Hong Kong-a i hmuh Eurasian hmeltha ber ber emaw ang maiin a lang ta. A hmui chu a te a, a khat a, a rilru a hahdam chuan pout tlemte chauh a awm a, a hmui chu a nghet a, oval sang tak tak, i fawh hunah mak tak maiin a inthlak danglam thei dawn tih i hria a, marshmallow lum tak, taksa ruh nei ang mai a ni. A mitmeng dum chu a ti hniam a. "I thinrim hle em?"
  
  
  "Aw ni lo." Luger chu a holster a. "I yarn i spin a, kei chu ramngaw kamah ka bo a, ka ram hi dollar maktaduai sawmruk emaw maktaduai sawmriat emaw pawh i tichhe tawh mai thei." Kawr chu a pe a, beiseina nei lo puan chu a pe a. "Engvangin nge ka thinrim ang?"
  
  
  “Tala Muchmur ka ni,” a ti a, “Akeem-a farnu a ni.”
  
  
  Nick chuan expression nei lovin a lu a bu nghat a. A danglam a ni mai thei. Nordenboss-a thuruk report-ah chuan Tala Makhmur pawh hi rukbotute'n an man ṭhalai zingah a tel tih a tarlang. "Chhunzawm."
  
  
  "Hmeichhe naupang thusawi chu i ngaithla dawn lo tih ka hria. Tuman an ngaithla lo. Chuvang chuan Akim-a paper te chu ka la a, min pui turin min rawn hruai turin amah angin ka insiam a."
  
  
  "Chutiang khawpa hla chu. Engvangin nge?"
  
  
  "Kei... I zawhna hi ka hrethiam lo."
  
  
  "I chhungte hian Jakarta-a American official hnenah he thu hi an hrilh thei a, Singapore emaw Hong Kong emaw-ah zin in min rawn biak thei bawk."
  
  
  "Chu chu a ni. Kan chhungkua hian tanpuina an mamawh lo! Mahni chauha awm mai mai an duh a ni. Chuvang chuan pawisa an pe a, ngawi rengin an awm. An thiam tawh. Mi zawng zawngin mi pakhat emaw pawisa an pe vek a. Politician te, sipai te leh a dang dang te pawh kan pe vek a ni." He "The usual deal. Kan chhungte hian an harsatna chungchang pawh an sawi dun dawn lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan Hawke thusawi chu a hrechhuak a: "...intrigue leh corruption. Indonesia ramah chuan nunphung a ni." A hma ang bawkin Hawk hian computer precision hmangin hmalam hun a sawi lawk a.
  
  
  Pink coral pakhat chu a kick a. "Chuvangin i chhungte hian tanpuina an mamawh lo. In lama i rawn hruai hi mak ka ti hle mai. Vaukhânna tel lova Phong Island-a tlanchhiat i duh em em kha thil mak a ni lo."
  
  
  "Khawngaihin thinrim suh." A jeans leh kawr nen chuan a buai hle. Sewing machine tel lo chuan khawiah mah a kal dawn lo tih a rel a, mahse a hmuhnawm chu a ropui hle. A mitmeng ropui tak chu a man a, a bulah chuan a kal hnai a, a hmaah chuan puan hnah hring hring chu a chelh a. "Min pui la, chutih rual chuan i ram i pui bawk ang. Thisen chhuak indona kan paltlang a ni. Phong Island chu a tlanchhuak a, chu chu a dik a ni, mahse tuipui kama Malang-ah chuan mi sang hnih an thi a. Tin, an la zawng mek bawk a ni." Chinese ho tan chuan jungle a ni." .
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan. Chinese ho kha i huat ka ring."
  
  
  "Tumah kan huat lo. Kan Chinese thenkhat hi hetah hian thlah tam tak chhung an lo khawsa tawh a. Mahse, miten thil dik lo an tih a, mi zawng zawng an thinrim chuan an that thin. Thinrimna hlui. Thikna. Sakhaw inthlauhna."
  
  
  “Rason aiin rinna dik lo hi a pawimawh zawk,” Nick chuan a ti muangchang a. Action-ah a hmu tawh. Kut dum hring dup chu a fawp a, a hrual dan mawi tak chu a hre chiang hle. "Awle, hetah hian kan awm. Phong Island hi i zawng ang u."
  
  
  Puan bundle chu a ti nghing a. "Blanket pakhat chu min pass thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Hetah."
  
  
  A rilru na takin a hawisan duh lo va, a thawmhnaw hlui a paih a, thiam takin sarong ang maia puan a inkhuh lai chu a en chu nuam a ti hle. A mitmeng dum eng mawi tak chu a misual hle. "Engti kawng pawhin hetiang hian a awlsam zawk."
  
  
  “I duh khawp mai,” a ti a. A hnute inzawm khawmtu puan dum band chu a han phelh a, sarong chu a khat tha hle. “Ni e,” a ti leh a, “a lawmawm hle mai.Tunah khawiah nge kan awm?”
  
  
  A hawi let a, bay chu ngun takin a en a, khawchhak lam tuipui kamah chuan mangrove hrual (twisted mangrove) a inri a. Tuipui kam chu crescent dum a ni a, zing khawvar thianghlim takah chuan tuifinriat sapphire a ni a, green leh azure breaker te chu pink coral reef-a an tlak na hmun tih loh chu. Sea slug engemaw zat chu ke sei caterpillar ang maiin surf line chungah an tla thla a.
  
  
  “Adata Island-ah kan awm mai thei,” a ti bawk. "Mi awm lohna a ni. Chhungkaw chuan zoo chi khat angin an hmang a. Sakeibaknei, rul leh sakeibaknei te pawh an awm a. Khawchhak lam tuipui kamah kan hawi chuan Phong thlengin kan pel thei a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Conrad Hilton-a'n a miss hi thil mak a ni lo," a ti. "Thu la, darkar chanve min pe rawh. Tichuan kan chhuak ang."
  
  
  A anchor leh a, tuihnuai lawng te tak te chu driftwood leh jungle debris hmangin a khuh a, tuipui kama lungphun bawm ang maia a awm thlengin a khuh ta a ni. Tala chu tuipui kamah chuan chhim lam panin a kal a. Headland te te engemaw zat an round a, ani chuan, "Hei hi Adata a ni. Chris Beach-ah kan awm a ni," tiin a au chhuak ta a.
  
  
  "Chris? Knife?"
  
  
  "Curved dagger. Serpentine, chu chu English thumal a ni ka ti."
  
  
  "Phong hi eng chen nge a hla?"
  
  
  "Pot pakhat." A nui suk a.
  
  
  "Sawifiah belh rawh?"
  
  
  "Malay tawngin chaw vawi khat. A nih loh leh ni chanve vel."
  
  
  Nick chuan ngawi rengin chibai a buk a, hmalam pan chuan a kal ta a. "I ti ang."
  
  
  A chhung atanga tuipui kam chu a rawn inher chhuak a, chutah chuan hla takah chuan tlang ang maiin ramngaw chu a lo sang chho ta a. Tala chu a ding ta a. "Creek trail-a chho leh hmar lam pan chu a tawi zawk mai thei. Kal chu a harsa zawk a, mahse tuipui kama kal a, Adata chhim tawp lama kal a, lo kir leh hun chhung chu a chanve vel a ni.
  
  
  "Kaihruai."
  
  
  Trail chu a rapthlak hle a, Nick-a axe chu thir ang maia do thei lungpui leh grep hrui chhiar sen loh a awm bawk. Ni chu a ding sang hle a, thil tha lo tak a ni a, Tala chu lui luang chhuak luiah chuan a ding ta a. "Hei hi kan darkar tha ber a ni. Ka ngaidam e. Hun kan hlawkpui tam dawn lo. Trail hi hun rei tak hman a nih loh thu ka hre lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan Hugo-a stiletto ang chi blade hrual hrual hrual hmanga vine chu a cut lai chuan a nui suk a. Mak a tih em em chu, axe aia rang zawkin a rawn chhuah ta a ni. Stuart hlui tha tak! AX weapons department hotu chuan Hugo hi khawvela steel tha ber berte entawn tur a nih thu a sawi fo thin - chu chu a hriat chuan a lawm hle ang. Nick chuan Hugo chu a kawrfual chhungah a rawn nawr let leh a. "Vawiin - naktuk. Ni a la chhuak dawn."
  
  
  Tala chu a nui suk a. "Ka lawm e. I hre reng."
  
  
  Ration chu a phelh ta a. Chocolate chu mual a lo ni ta a, cookies chu batter a lo ni ta a ni. K crackers leh cheese te chu a hawng a, an ei ta a. Kawngpui zawh lehna chuan a hriattir a, a kut chuan Wilhelmina chu a rawn man a, "Down, Tala," a ti a.
  
  
  Mabel chu kawng harsa takah chuan a kal a. Ramngaw thlalak hnuaiah chuan a dum ai chuan a rawn lang leh ta a. Nick chuan, "Oh shit," a ti a, chocolate leh cookies te chu a toss a. Thilpekte chu a la a, hlim takin a ei a, Plaza-a hmeithainu tea in ang maiin a lang. A sawi zawh chuan Nick-a chuan, “Tunah tlan rawh!”
  
  
  A chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Tlâng lam mel hnih khat zet an kal hnu chuan ramngaw lui pakhat, yard sawm vel zeta zauah chuan an thleng ta a. Tala chuan, "Ngawi teh," a ti a.
  
  
  Thawmhnaw inbel lovin a kal ta a
  
  
  , thiam takin a sarong atang chuan bungrua te tak te a siam a, sangha dum hring dup ang maiin a sir lehlamah a inbual ta a. Nick chuan ngaihsan hmel zet hian a lo en reng a. A ko a, "A pawi ka ti. I kal ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan a rubber lined boat boots chu a phelh a, a axe shirt-ah chuan a khuh ta a. Tala au thawm a hriat chuan stroke chak tak panga emaw paruk emaw a siam a, a mitmeng atang chuan lui chunglam panna chu a hmu ta a ni. Thing dum, gnarled log chu a bula bank atang chuan a outboard motor hnuaiah a tla thla niin a lang. Alligator a ni em? Ni lo, rulhut! Tin, rulhut hi a chhe ber tih a hre bawk! A reflexes chu a rang hle mai. Turning over hun khawhral tur chuan a tlai lutuk - spray hian a pui an ti lo em ni! A kawr leh kekawrte chu a kut pakhatin a man a, axe chu a thlah a, overhead strike chak tak tak leh wide crash hmangin hmalam a pan ta a.
  
  
  Kawr a ni ngei ang! A nih loh leh jaws leh ke i ti ang em? Tala chu a rawn lang ta a. Thingpui chu a han chawi kang a, rulhut hnungzang chu a rawn vawm ta a. Beng tichhe thei khawpa au thawm chuan ramngaw chu a rawn tikehsawm a, a hnungah chuan au thawm lian tak a hre ta a. A kut zungtang chuan lei a khawih a, bag chu a thlak a, tuipuiah chuan a tlan thla a, ice floe-a seal tuihal ang maiin. A hawi let a, Mabel-i, a kawrfual thlenga thuk, lui thim takah chuan, thing hnah lian tak hmanga rulhut chu a rawn vawm lai chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  Tala chuan reptile chu branch dang a vawrh leh a. Nick chuan a hnungzang chu a rawn beng a.
  
  
  “Aw,” a ti a, “A tum chu i tum aiin a tha zawk.”
  
  
  Tala chu a bulah chuan a tlu a, a taksa te tak te chu a tawpah chuan a la tam lutuk a, tuilian kawngkhar pawh a puak darh tawh ang maiin a tap chhuak ta a. "Aw, Al, ka ngaidam lutuk. Ka ngaidam lutuk. Ka hmu lo. Chu ramhuai chuan a rawn man ta mai che. Tin, mi tha tak i ni bawk—mi tha tak i ni."
  
  
  A lu chu a fawp a. Nick chuan a han en a, a nui suk a. Mabel chu a lehlamah a rawn chhuak a, a mit a chhing a. A tlem berah chuan hmui hrual a ni tih a chiang hle. "Mi tha tak ka ni. Mahse."
  
  
  Indonesian hmeichhe naupang sei tak chu minute sawm chhung zet chu a kuah a, a hysterical gulps chu a reh hma loh chuan. A sarong chu rewind hun a nei lo va, a hnute thau tak chu Playboy magazine atanga thil chhuak ang maia frame mawi tak a nih thu chu pawmpuina nen a chhinchhiah ta a ni. Heng mite hian an hnute hi an zak lo tih an sawi lo em ni? Civilized ladies-te’n an tih tlat vang chauhvin an khuh a ni. Pakhat chu khawih a duh a. Chu rilru put hmang chu dodal chungin remtih hmel zet hian a thaw halh halh a.
  
  
  Tala chu a thlamuang ang tih a hriat chuan lui kamah chuan a kal a, a kawr leh a pheikhawk chu tiang nen a rawn keng a. Mabel chu a bo ta.
  
  
  An kalsan tawh ang chiah chiah tuipui kam an thlen chuan ni chu thing chhim lam kil khatah a awm ta a. Nick chuan, "Pot pakhat, huh? Chaw ei kim kan ei a."
  
  
  “Ka ngaihtuahna a ni,” Tala chuan inngaitlawm takin a chhang a. "Kan kal kual a ngai a ni."
  
  
  "Ka nuihzat che a ni. Chu aia hun tha zawk chu kan hmang thei lo mai thei. Fong a ni em?"
  
  
  Tuipui mel khat vel, a sir lehlamah hmuh theih khawpa zau, tlang pathum emaw, tlang kang emaw-in a thlawp chu tuipui kam leh tuipui kam a ni. Adata ang lo takin cultured, civilized appearance a nei a. Tlang chungah chuan ramngaw emaw, lo emaw chu green leh brown oblong line-in a lo ding chhuak a, in ang maia lang pawl hrang hrang a awm bawk. Nick chuan a mit a chhing chuan kawngpuiah truck emaw bus emaw a hmu niin a ngai a.
  
  
  "Anmahni signal pek dan a awm em? Darthlalang i nei palh em?"
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Submarine hian jungle survival kit kimchang tak a nei a, mahse a phurh kual chu thil âwm lo ang mai a ni. A pocket chhunga match awmte chu mush ang maiin a lang. Hugo-a blade te tak te chu a polish a, flare te chu Phong Island lam hawiin a hruai a, ni êng hnuhnung ber chu a channel ta a ni. Flash thenkhat a fake mai thei tih a ngaihtuah a, mahse he ram mak takah hian lungngai takin a ngaihtuah a, tuin nge ngaihtuah?
  
  
  Tala chu sand-ah chuan a thu a, a sam dum eng mawi tak chu a kekawr ipte chungah a tla thla a, a taksa te tak te chu hahnain a khur a. Nick chuan a ke leh keah chauh hahna na tak chu a hria a, a rawn zawm ve ta a. “Naktuk hian nilengin an chungah ka tlan thei ang.”
  
  
  Tala chuan a rawn nghak a. “Chau tawh,” a ti a, a tirah chuan a kut te tak te chuan a kut hmawr chungah a rawn tlan lut a, a rawn nawr ta a. A nail bul lama thla ang maia circle ṭha famkim, creamy tak tak chu a ngaisang hle. Damn, hmeichhe hmeltha tak a ni.
  
  
  Zawi sap hian, "Ka hlauhawm i ti ngei ang. Thil dik tih ka duh a, mahse a tawpah chuan buaina a chhuak ta a ni."
  
  
  A kut chu zawi te hian a rawn hmet a. "I chau lutuk vang chauh a ni. Naktuk hian i pa hnenah heroine i nih thu ka hrilhfiah ang. Ṭanpuina i dil a. Chhungkaw zawng zawngin i huaisenna an lawm laiin hla leh zai a awm dawn a ni.
  
  
  Fantasy chu nuam ti takin a nui a. Chutah thaw a la a. "Ka chhungte hi i hre lo. Akim hian hetiang hian a ti a nih chuan a ni mai thei. Mahse kei hi hmeichhe naupang mai ka ni."
  
  
  "Hmeichhe tu emaw." A kuah a nuam zawkin a hria. A ngaihtuah lo. A ti nghal zat bawk.
  
  
  Hun engemaw chen hnuah a hnungzang chu a na tan ta. Zawi zawiin sand-ah chuan a mu a, shell ang maiin a zui ta a. A kut te tak te pakhat chu a rilru leh a kawr chungah chuan zawi zawiin a sawn tan ta a.
  
  
  Kut zungtang te tak te chuan a hmui chu a fawp a, a hmui chu a outline a, a mit a fawp bawk. A hmai leh a hmui chu hriatna thiamna nen an massage a, chu chuan—ni khat chhunga exercise neih nen chuan—a muthilh tir mai mai a ni. Teasing, gentle touch-in a hnute leh a belly button a khawih tih loh chu a harh leh ta.
  
  
  A hmui chuan a beng chu zawi te hian a khawih a. "Mi tha tak i ni, Al."
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan i sawi tawh a. I chiang em, huh?"
  
  
  "Ka hria. Mabel chuan a hria." A nui suk a.
  
  
  “Ka thianpa hi khawih suh,” muthilh hmel zet hian a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  "Ngaihzawng i nei em?"
  
  
  "Ngei ngei."
  
  
  "American nula hmeltha tak a ni em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Eskimo tenawm tak a ni a, mahse damn, stew ropui tak tak a siam thei."
  
  
  "Engnge?"
  
  
  "Nga chawhpawlh".
  
  
  "Bialpa ka nei tak tak lo."
  
  
  "Lo kal rawh. Dish te tak te mawi tak, engtin nge i awm? I tualchhung tlangval zawng zawng hi mitdel an ni vek lo. Tin, i fing bawk. Zirna i nei bawk. Tin, a chhan chu," a rawn kuah zauh a, "thanks for hitting. that crocodile." Chu chuan huaisenna a mamawh a ni."
  
  
  Hlim takin a gurgled a. "Engmah a awm lo." A kawrfual chungah chuan kut zungtang hip thei tak tak te chu an zai a, Nick chuan boruak lum leh hausa tak chu a thawk chhuak ta a. Chutiang chuan a kal zel a ni. Zan lum tak tropical - thisen lum boils. Mine chu a lum chho zel a, chawlh hahdam hi chutiang ngaihtuahna tha lo tak a ni em?
  
  
  A sir lamah a inher a, Wilhelmina chu a kut hnuaiah a chelh leh a. Tala chu holster ha Luger ang maiin a hmachhawn nuam hle.
  
  
  - Phong Island-ah hian i tan tlangval hmeltha tak a awm em?
  
  
  "A ni lo tak zet. Gan Bik Tiang hian min hmangaih thu a sawi a, mahse a buai ka ring."
  
  
  "Engtiang chiahin nge i buai?"
  
  
  "Ka chhehvelah hian a hlauthawng hmel hle. Min khawih harsa hle."
  
  
  "I bulah hian ka hlauthawng. Mahse khawih hi ka duh...."
  
  
  "Ṭhian chak tak - emaw pasal emaw nei ila chuan engmah ka hlau lo ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan chu hnute naupang hmeltha tak lam pan mek kut chu a la let a, a kawngah chuan a fawp a. Hei hian ngaihtuahna engemaw chen a mamawh a ni. Pasal? Ha! Buaina i luh hma hian Makhmur-ho hi zir chian a finthlak ang. Thil tih dan mak tak tak a awm - fanu kan luhchilh ang chi te, nangmah pawh kan luhchilh ang chi te. An fanu kum tling lo zinga pakhat i chuan chuan chawimawi i ni ang tih hnam danin a sawina hnam atanga lo piang an nih chuan a lawmawm dawn lo em ni? Chutiang vanneihna chu a awm lo.
  
  
  A muhil ta a. A hmai chunga kut zungtang chu a rawn let leh a, hypnotizing takin.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Tala au thawm chuan a tiharh a. A zuang chhuak tan a, kut pakhat chuan a rilruah a rawn nawr a. A hmuh hmasak ber chu chemte eng mawi tak, feet hnih vela sei, a hnar atanga hla vak lo, a tip chu a beng bulah a awm a. Symmetrical blade a nei a, a curved serpentine a awm bawk. Kut chuan a kut leh ke chu a rawn man a. Mi panga emaw paruk emaw an awm a, mi chak lo an ni lo tih experimental tug a neih hnuah a rel ta a ni.
  
  
  Tala chu a hnen atangin a inhnukdawk a.
  
  
  Nick-a mitmeng chuan blade eng mawi tak chu a holder thlengin a zui a - Chinese tlangval stern tak, sam tawi tak leh hmel felfai tak nei.
  
  
  Chinese ho chuan English famkim takin: “Ka that tur em ni, Tala?”
  
  
  “Message ka pek che hma chuan hetiang hian ti suh,” Nick chuan a ti nghal zat. Midang ang bawkin a fing hle niin a lang.
  
  
  Chinese ho chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Kei hi Gan Bik Tiang ka ni. Tunge i nih?"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 2-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Tawp!" - Tala chuan a rawn ti a.
  
  
  “Action-a a luh hun a ni tawh,” Nick chuan a ti a, a muhil a, “Kei hi Al Bard, American sumdawng ka ni. Miss Makhmur chu ka rawn hruai haw a."
  
  
  A mit a chhing a, Tala chuan bawlhhlawh paihna hmun a hnaih lai chu a en reng a. Ani chuan, "Kan bulah a awm a, Gun. Hawaii atangin min rawn hruai a. America atanga lo kalte nen kan inbia a,..." a ti a.
  
  
  Nick-a’n a zawm theih loh Malay-Indonesian stream chu a chhunzawm zel a. Mipaho chu a kut leh ke atang chuan an chhuk tan ta a. A tawpah chuan Chinese tlangval vun hring chuan kris chu a phelh a, uluk takin a belt pouch-ah a dah ta a. A kut chu a phar chhuak a, Nick chuan a mamawh ang maiin a la ta a. Heng zinga pakhat hi man pawh a dik lo - just in case. Clumsy ang maiin a insiam a, a hliam leh hlauthawng hmel hle a, mahse a ke a ding chuan thil awmdan chu a zir chiang a, sand-ah a tlu ta a ni. Mi pasarih. Pakhat chuan silai a keng a. A tul chuan a ralthuam a hlih hmasa ang a, a lak vek ang tih pawh ai chuan odds chu a tha zawk. Darkar tam tak leh kum tam tak chhung practice - judo, karate, savate - leh Wilhelmina leh Hugo te nena deadly precision te hian advantage nasa tak a pe che a ni.
  
  
  A lu a thing a, a kut chu a fawp a, silai keng mipa bulah chuan a tlan phei ta a. “Khawngaihin min ngaidam rawh,” Gan chuan a ti a. "Tala chuan min pui turin i lo kal tih a sawi. I tang a ni mai thei tih ka ngaihtuah a. Nizan khan flash kan hmu a, zing hma khan kan lo kal a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Ka hrethiam e,” tiin a chhang a. "No harm. Nice to meet you. Tala khan i chanchin a sawi a."
  
  
  Gan chu a lawm hmel hle. "Khawiah nge i longboat chu?"
  
  
  Nick chuan Tala chu warning look a pe a. "US Navy chuan hetah hian min thlah a. Hmun lehlamah."
  
  
  “Ka hmu e. Kan lawng hi tuipui kamah chiah a awm a, i tho thei em?”
  
  
  Nick chuan a game a tha chho zel tih a rel ta a. "Ka tha e. Engtin nge Fong-ah thil a awm?"
  
  
  "A tha lo. A chhe lo. Kanmahni... harsatna kan nei."
  
  
  "Tala khan min hrilh a. Bandit ho hnen atangin thuthang a awm leh tawh em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. A inang reng. Sum tam zawk, chuti lo chuan an that ang... hostages te."
  
  
  Nick chuan "Tala" a ti dawn tih a chiang hle. Mahse Tala chu hetah hian a awm! Tuipui kamah chuan an kal a. Gan chuan, "Adam Makhmur nen in inhmu ang. A hmu che chuan a lawm lo ang," a ti.
  
  
  "Ka hre tawh. Ṭanpuina chak tak kan pe thei a ni. Tala hian sorkar nen pawh inzawmna ka nei tih a hrilh che tih ka chiang. Engvangin nge amah leh a tuartu dangte hian hei hi an lo lawm loh?"
  
  
  "Sorkar tanpuina an ring lo. Sum leh pai thiltihtheihna leh anmahni ruahmanna an ring. Anmahni... Chu chu English thumal tricky tak niin ka hria."
  
  
  "A nih leh an thawhhona pawh an nei lo...."
  
  
  "Ni lo. An ngaihdan a ni lo. Mi zawng zawngin pawisa i pek chuan engkim a tha ang a, pawisa tam zawk i hmu thei reng ang tih an ngaihtuah vek. Vawk leh rangkachak artui chanchin hi i hria em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Chu chu a dik a ni. Engtin nge bandit te hian rangkachak dahtu vawk chu an that theih tih an hrethiam thei lo."
  
  
  "Mahse, i ngaihtuah dan a danglam..."
  
  
  Pink leh white sand spit pakhat chu an round a, Nick chuan sailing vessel te tak te, two-post vessel, half-low lateen sail nei, thli tleh karah a rawn inher chhuak chu a hmu a. Chu pa chuan siam that a tum a. Anmahni a hmuh chuan a ding ta a. Gan chu minute engemaw zat chu a ngawi reng a. A tawpah chuan, "Ṭhenkhat chu kan naupang zawk. Kan hmu a, kan chhiar a, kan ngaihtuah dan a danglam a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "I English hi a tha hle a, i accent pawh British aiin American a ni zawk. United States-ah sikul i kal em?"
  
  
  “Berkeley,” Hahn chuan tawi te te in a chhang a.
  
  
  Prau tawng thiamna chance a tlem hle. Sail lian tak chuan thli tleh chu a hmang tangkai hle a, lawng te tak te chuan tuipui zau tak chu knot li emaw knot nga emaw-in a paltlang a, Indonesia mite chuan props hmangin an rig a. Taksa tha tak, mi chak tak, ruh leh ruh zawng zawng nei an ni a, lawng khalh thiam tak an ni bawk. Thu sawi lovin, lawng lian tha zawk vawng reng turin an rit zawng an sawn a.
  
  
  Zing khawvar takah chuan Phong Island chu tlai lam aiin a buai zawkin a lang. Pier lian tak, tuipui kam atanga yard za hnih vel zeta hla, stilt-a awm lam pan chuan an kal ta a. A tawp lamah chuan warehouse leh shed complex a awm a, truck lian leh te pawh a awm a; khawchhak lamah chuan engine te tak te chuan rel station-ah tawlailir te tak te te a khalh a.
  
  
  Nick chu Gan beng lam pan chuan a rawn inbeng kang a. "Eng nge i rawn thawn?"
  
  
  "Rice, kapok, coconut products, coffee, rubber. Thliarkar dang atanga tin leh bauxite te. Mr. Muchmoor hi a fimkhur hle a ni."
  
  
  "Sumdawnna angin?"
  
  
  "Mr. Makhmur hian dawr tam tak a nei a. A lian ber chu Jakarta-ah a awm. Market kan nei fo a, khawvel thil man a tlahniam nasa lutuk tih loh chu."
  
  
  Nick chuan Gan Bik pawh a lo veng reng niin a ngai a. Pier lian takah chuan floating dock-ah an dah a, chu chu truck crane-in pallet-a bag a phurna, mast pahnih nei schooner bulah an dah a ni.
  
  
  Gun Beak chuan Tala leh Nick chu dock-ah chuan a hruai a, kawngpui zau takah chuan a chho a, building lian tak, lum tak ang maia lang, hanging shutters neiah chuan a kal ta a. European leh Asian motifs inzawmkhawma decor mawi tak tak hmanga study pakhatah an lut a; thing bang mawi tak takte chu Nick-a’n a langsar nia a ngaih artwork-in an chei a, fan lian tak pahnih chuan an lu chungah an rawn inher a, a sir lama air conditioner sang tak, ngawi renga awm chu an nuihzat a ni. Ironwood administrative desk zau tak chu tunlai calculating machine, switchboard leh recording hmanruain a hual vel a ni.
  
  
  Dawhkan bula mipa chu a lian hle - a zau a, a tawi hle bawk - mitmeng dum hring hring (piercing brown eyes) a nei bawk. A incheina chu cotton dum thianghlim tak, tailored tak a ni. Teak polished bench-ah chuan Chinese mi ropui tak pakhat chu polo shirt dum chungah linen suit ha chungin a thu a. Gan Bik chuan, "Mr. Muchmoor hi Mr. Al Bard a ni. Tala a rawn hruai a ni," a ti a. Nick chuan kut a rawn inbeng a, Gan chuan Chinese ho hnenah chuan a rawn hruai ta a. "Hei hi ka pa a ni, Ong Chang."
  
  
  Trick nei lo mi nuam tak an ni. Nick chuan hmêlma nihna a nei lo va;chu chu, "I lo kal hi a ṭha a, i kal hunah pawh a ṭha ang," tih ang deuh a ni.
  
  
  Adam Makhmur chuan, "Tala hian chaw ei a duh ang a, chawlh a duh ang. Gan, khawngaihin ka car-ah in lamah hruai la, lo haw leh rawh," a ti.
  
  
  Tala chuan Nick chu a melh a - ka hrilh tawh che a - Gan chu a zui chhuak ta a. Patriarch Machmurov chuan Nick chu chair pakhatah a kut a phar a. "Ka fanu impetuous tak min rawn thawn let avangin lawmthu ka sawi e. A lakah hian harsatna a awm loh ka beisei."
  
  
  "Buaina a awm lo tak zet."
  
  
  "Engtin nge a rawn biak che?"
  
  
  Nick chuan line ah a dah a. Hawaii-a Tala-a thusawi chu a hrilh a, AX hming pawh sawi lovin, "folk art importer" a nih bakah United States "agent" a nih thu a sawi bawk. Engtikah nge a chawlhsan ang
  
  
  Adam chuan Ong Chang nen chuan mitmeng an inthlak a. Nick chuan lu an inthlak danglam niin a ngai a, mahse an mitmeng chhiar chu card panga poker game tha tak down card guess ang mai a ni.
  
  
  Adam chuan, "Chu chu a then chu a dik a ni. Ka fate zinga pakhat chu... uh, thil phut thenkhat ka tlin hma loh chuan hren a ni tawh. Mahse, chhungkuaah hian awmtir ka duh zawk. Kan beisei... engmah awm lovin thutlukna siam kan tum a ni," a ti - emaw pawn lam atanga tanpuina emaw pawh nise."
  
  
  "An thisen chhuak var ang," Nick chuan a ti nghal zat.
  
  
  "Resources pawimawh tak tak kan nei a. Tin, tumah hi golden goose that thei khawpa â an awm ngai lo. Inrawlhna kan duh lo."
  
  
  "Inrawlhna ni lovin, Mr. Muchmoor. Ṭanpui rawh. Thil awmdanin a mamawh chuan ṭanpuina nasa tak, chak tak."
  
  
  "I... agent-te hian thuneihna an nei tih kan hria. Kum engemaw zat kalta chhung khan thenkhat nen kan inhmu tawh a. Mr. Hans Nordenboss hi tunah hian hetah hian thlawhna hmangin a thlawk a. I assistant a nih ka ring. A lo thlen meuh chuan. I." hope you both Ka mikhualna hi in hlim ang a, chaw ei tur tha tak in ei ang a, chutah chuan in chhuak ang."
  
  
  "Mi fing tak i ni, Mr. Makhmur. General fing tak chuan reinforcement hi a hnawl ang em?"
  
  
  "Hlauhawm dang an neih chuan. Mr. Bard, mi tha sanghnih chuang ka nei a. Tin, ka duh chuan chutiang zat chu ka hmu thuai thei bawk."
  
  
  "Tângte nena bawlhhlawh thuruk tak chu khawiah nge a awm tih an hria em?"
  
  
  Makhmur chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Ni lo. Mahse a hun takah kan ti ang."
  
  
  "Nangmah ngeiin thlawhna en tur i nei tling em?"
  
  
  Ong Chang chuan zahawm takin a khuh a. "Mr. Bard, i ngaihtuah aiin a buaithlak zawk. Kan ram hi i continent ang vel a ni a, mahse thliarkar sangthum chuang zeta siam niin, lawng chawlhna leh inthupna hmun tawp nei lo tluk zet a awm a ni. Lawng sang tam tak an lo kal a, an kal leh thin. A chi hrang hrang." Hei hi pirate ram tak tak a ni "Pirate thawnthu i hre reng em? Vawiin thleng pawh hian hna an thawk a ni. Tin, a hlawhtling hle a, tunah chuan, lawng hlui, lawng lian leh chak tak tak thar, tuipui lawng chak ber ber tih loh chu tlan pel thei zawng zawng nen.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Smuggling hi industry hmahruaitu a la ni tih ka hria. Philippines hian hemi chungchangah hian a chang chuan nawrh huaihawt a ni. Mahse tunah chuan Nordenboss hi ngaihtuah teh. Hemi kawngah hian thuneitu a ni. Mi pawimawh tam tak a hmu a, a ngaithla thin. Tin, ralthuam kan hmuh hian keimahni." can call for real help. I mi sang tam tak leh lawng tam takin an tehkhin theih loh tunlai hmanrua te."
  
  
  “Kan hria e,” tiin Adam Makhmur chuan a chhang a. "Amaherawhchu, Mr. Nordenboss hian eng ang thuneihna pawh nei mahse, hei hi khawtlang danglam leh buaithlak tak a ni. Hans Nordenboss nen kan inhmu a. A theihna hi ka zah a ni. Mahse ka sawi nawn leh a ni - khawngaihin min kalsan rawh u.
  
  
  "Demand thar a awm em tih min hrilh dawn em ni?"
  
  
  Mipa upa zawk pahnih chuan mitmeng rang tak an inthleng leh a. Nick chuan anmahni lakah bridge khelh ngai lo turin a rilru a siam ta a. “Ni lo, chu chu i ngaihtuahna a ni lo,” Makhmur chuan a ti a.
  
  
  “A dik e, nangmah emaw, i thuneitute emaw pawhin min duh loh chuan in ramah hian chhui turin thuneihna kan nei lo,” Nick chuan zawi te leh zahawm takin, an duhzawng pawm ang mai hian a pawm a. "Kan puih duh a, mahse kan puih theih loh chuan - kan pui thei lo. Kawng lehlamah chuan in police-te tana thil tangkai tak kan tawk palh a nih chuan - min thawhpui ngei ka ring - anmahni nen, Ka tih awmzia." .
  
  
  Adam Makhmur chuan Nick-a chu Dutch cigar tawi leh hrual hrual box pakhat a pe a. Nick chuan pakhat a la a, Ong Chang pawhin a la ve bawk. Hun engemaw chen chu ngawi rengin an thawk a. Cigar chu a ropui hle mai. A tawpah chuan Ong Chang chuan hmel lan dan nei lovin a sawi a: “Kan thuneitute hi an buaithlak thei tih i hmu ang - khawthlang lam ngaihdan atang chuan.”
  
  
  "An hman dan chungchangah hian comment thenkhat ka hre tawh a ni," tiin Nick chuan a pawm.
  
  
  "Hemi kawngah hian police aiin sipaite hi an pawimawh zawk hle."
  
  
  "Hrethiam."
  
  
  "An hlawh hi a chhe hle a ni."
  
  
  "Chuvangin hetah leh khawiah emaw tlem an pick up thin."
  
  
  “Sipai thunun theih lohte chunga a awm fo angin,” Ong Chang chuan zahawm takin a remti a. "Hei hi in Washington, Jefferson leh Paine te hian an hriat chian em em leh in ram an humhimna thil pakhat a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan Chinese pa hmel chu a melh nghal vat a, fiamthu a awm em tih a en a. Printed calendar-ah pawh temperature chhiar i tum thei bawk. "Sumdawnna kalpui hi a harsa ngei ang."
  
  
  “Mahse, thil theih loh a ni lo,” tiin Muchmur chuan a sawifiah. "Hetah hian sumdawnna hi politics ang a ni a; thil theih tih theihna art a lo ni ta a ni. Mi âte chauh hian an chanvo an hmuh lai hian sumdawnna tihtawp an duh a ni."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan thuneitute nen in inzawm thei ang. Blackmailer leh kidnapper te hi an rough deuh hunah engtin nge i hmachhawn dawn?"
  
  
  "A hun a thlen hunah kawng kan hawng ang. Hetihlai hian kan fimkhur hle. Tunah chuan chhungkaw pawimawh tak tak aṭanga Indonesian ṭhalai tam zawk chu venhimna hnuaiah emaw, ram pawnah lehkha zir emaw an ni tawh a ni."
  
  
  "Tala hi engtin nge i tih ang?"
  
  
  "Hei hi kan sawiho tur a ni. Canada-ah sikul kal tur pawh a ni mai thei...."
  
  
  Nick chuan "also" a ti mai ang tih a ngaihtuah a, chu chuan Akim chungchang zawh chhan a pe ang. Chu ai chuan Adama chuan rang takin:
  
  
  "Mr. Nordenboss hi darkar hnih vel hnuah hetah hian a lo thleng dawn a ni. Inbual a, ei tur ei tur i inpeih tur a ni a, dawr chhungah hian thuam tha tak tak kan pe thei che tih ka chiang." A tho va. "A nih leh kan ramte hi tlem ka rawn tlawh ang che."
  
  
  A neitute chuan Nick chu parking lot-ah an hruai a, chutah chuan Land Rover chu tlangval pakhatin sarong inthup, boruak zau takah lazily takin a vawt tir a. A beng hnung lamah hibiscus a ha a, mahse fimkhur tak leh tha takin a khalh a.
  
  
  Dock atanga mel khat vel zeta hla khaw lian tak, mipui leh naupang tam tak awmna, a architecture-a Dutch-ho nghawng chiang tak takte chu an paltlang a ni. Mipuite chu rawng hrang hranga incheiin, an buai a, an hlim hle a, a hmun pawh a fai hle a, a felfai hle bawk. “I khawpui hi a hausa hmel hle mai,” Nick chuan zahawm takin a comment a.
  
  
  “Khawpui emaw, loneih hmun rethei tak tak emaw, mipui tam lutuk emaw nena khaikhin chuan kan ti ṭha khawp mai,” tiin Adam-a chuan a chhang a. "A nih loh leh mi pakhatin engzat nge a mamawh tih zawhna pawh a ni thei. Buhfai kan chin tam lutuk avangin kan ram pawnah kan thawn chhuak a, ran pawh kan nei tam hle. I hriat tawh ang lo takin kan mite hian thil an neih apiangin an thawkrim hle a ni. "A hlu hle. Hun engemaw chen chu political stability kan neih theih a, kan population control programme-ah hian theihtawp kan chhuah theih chuan kan harsatnate hi kan chinfel theih ka ring. Indonesia hi khawvela bial hausa ber, mahse hmasawn lo ber pawl a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Ong chuan a chimed in, "Kanmahni ngei pawh hi kan hmelma pawi ber kan ni tawh. Mahse kan zir chho zel a ni. Kan thawhhona kan neih tan chuan kan harsatna hi a bo vek ang."
  
  
  “Thim zingah chuan whistle ri ang mai a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Bush chhunga kidnappers te, kawngka bulah sipai awm te, ke hnuaia revolution awm te leh natives zinga a chanve chuan rinna dik lo chi khat an pawm loh avangin a chanve dang chu thah an tum - an harsatna chu a la tawp lo.
  
  
  Khaw dang an thleng a, a laiah chuan sumdawnna in lian tak a awm a, chu chuan thing lian tak takin a khuh thlai hmun zau tak chu a thlir a. Park area chhungah chuan lui lian lo tak, dum hring hring a luang a, a kamah chuan pangpar rawng hrang hrang: poinsettias, hibiscus, azaleas, flame vines leh mimosas te chuan a kang a. Kawngpui chu khaw te tak te pakhatah a kal nghal a, kawngpui sir lehlamah chuan bamboo leh thingphel in lem inthup tak tak a awm a.
  
  
  Store chunga chhinchhiahna chuan MACHMUR tih chauh a ziak a. Mak tak maiin a stock tha hle a, Nick chu rang takin cotton trousers leh shirt thar, rubber-soled shoes leh fashionable straw hat an pe nghal bawk. Adam chuan a tam zawk thlang turin a fuih a, mahse Nick chuan a duh lo va, a bungrua chu Jakarta-ah a awm tih a sawifiah a ni. Adam chuan Nick-a pawisa pekna chu a brush off a, veranda zau takah chuan an chhuak ta a, chutah chuan sipai truck pahnih an rawn tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  Step atanga rawn chho officer chu a khauh a, a dinglam a, hling ang maiin a sen a. A mizia chu native tlemte, thlalak hnuaia lounging, an hnukkir dan atang hian i hre thei ang. An hlau lo niin a lang, fimkhur mai mai an ni - mi pakhat chu natna kengtu emaw, ui seh emaw atanga hnungtawlh mai thei angin. Indonesian-Malay tawngin Adam leh Ong te chu chibai a buk a.
  
  
  Adam chuan English tawngin: "Hei hi Mr. Al-Bard, Colonel Sudirmat - American thil leitu a ni," a ti. Nick chuan "buyer" hian "importer" aiin status a pe tam zawk che tih a rawt a. Colonel Sudirmat-a kut inthlak chu a nem hle a, a hmel khauh tak nen chuan a danglam hle.
  
  
  Sipai pa chuan: “I lo lawm e. I lo thleng tih ka hre lo...” a ti a.
  
  
  “Private helicopter-in a rawn kal a ni,” Adam chuan a ti nghal vat a. "Nordenboss chu a kal mek a ni."
  
  
  Mit dum hring hring chuan ngaihtuahna sengin Nick chu a zir chiang a. Colonel chuan a han hawi chho a ngai a, Nick chuan a huat hle niin a ngai. "Mr. Nordenboss-a kawppui i ni em?"
  
  
  "Kawng khatah chuan. Ka zinnaah min pui ang a, bungrua min en bawk ang. Thian hlui kan ni i ti thei ang."
  
  
  “I passport...” Sudirmat chuan a kut a phar a. Nick chuan Adam chu ngaihtuahna vangin a hmui a ti hup tih a hmu a.
  
  
  “Ka luggage chhungah chuan,” Nick chuan nui chung hian a ti a. "Headquarters ah ka rawn keng tur em ni? Min hrilh lo...."
  
  
  Sudirmat chuan, “Hei hi a ngai lo,” a ti. "Ka kal hmain ka en hmasa ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Dan hi hriat ka duh tak zet a ni,” a ti.
  
  
  "Rules a awm lo. Ka duhthusam chauh."
  
  
  Land Rover-ah chuan an chuang leh a, kawngpuiah chuan an tlan thla a, truck ri bengchheng tak takte chuan an zui ve bawk. Adam chuan zawi te hian: "Kan kut kan overplay tawh. Passport i nei lo."
  
  
  "Hans Nordenboss a lo thlen veleh ka ti nghal ang. Passport dik tak, visa, entry stamp leh a tul zawng zawng nen. Chumi hma chuan Sudirmat hi kan chelh thei ang em?"
  
  
  Adam chuan a thaw halh a. "Pawisa a duh. Tunah emaw a hnuah emaw ka pe thei ang. Darkar khat vel kan la ngai dawn a ni. Bing - car kha titawp rawh." Adam chu car atang chuan a chhuk a, an hnung lama truck ding chu a au chhuak a, "Leo, ka office-ah kir leh ila, kan sumdawnna chu ti zo ila, chutah chuan in chhunga midangte nen kan inzawm thei ang," a ti a.
  
  
  "Anih lohvin?" Sudirmat chuan a lo chhang a. "Lut rawh."
  
  
  Nick leh Ong chuan Land Rover chu an khalh a. Ong chuan a sir lam chu a rawn chil a. "Leech. Tin, hmui za zet a nei bawk."
  
  
  Tlang te tak te, terrace nei te chu an fang kual a,...
  
  
  field thlai chi hrang hrang nen. Nick chuan Ong mit chu a rawn man a, driver chu a kawhhmuh a. "Kan inbe thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Bing hi a dik a ni."
  
  
  "Bandit emaw kidnapper emaw chungchang hi min hrilh belh thei ang em? China nen hian inzawmna an nei mai thei tih ka hrethiam."
  
  
  Ong Tiang chuan lungngai zet hian a lu a bu nghat a. "Indonesia ramah hian mi zawng zawng hian Chinese connection kan nei vek a, Mr. Bard. Mi lehkha chhiar thiam tak i ni tih ka hrilh thei che a ni. Keini Chinese maktaduai thum te hian Indonesia mi maktaduai 106 economy kan thunun tih i hre tawh mai thei. Indonesia mite sum lakluh zatve chu za zela 5 Chinese a ni." Indonesian. Capitalist min ti mai ang.Indonesia ho hian min rawn bei a, communist min ti a. Hei hi thlalak mak tak a ni lo em ni?"
  
  
  "Very. Bandit-te hi China nena inzawmna an neih chuan i thawhpui lo va, i thawhpui dawn lo tih i sawi a ni."
  
  
  “Thil awmdan hian a sawi chhuak a ni,” tiin Ong chuan lungngai takin a chhang a. "Tuipui leh lungpui inkarah kan tang tlat a. Ka fapa ngei pawh hi vau a ni. Guard pali panga tel lovin Jakarta-ah a kal tawh lo."
  
  
  "Gun Bik?"
  
  
  "Ni e. England rama sikulah fapa dang nei mah ila." Ong chuan a hmai chu handkerchief hmangin a hrufai a. "China chungchang hi engmah kan hre lo. Hetah hian thlah li chhung kan khawsa tawh a, thenkhat chu a rei zawk hle. Dutch ho hian kum 1740 khan nasa takin min tiduhdah a. Indonesia mi angin kan inngai a... mahse an thisen a lum chuan, Chinese mite hmaiah chuan." kawngpui atang chuan lung a thlawk tan mai thei."
  
  
  Nick chuan Ong Tiang chuan American-ho nena an ngaihtuahna sawihona hun remchang chu a lawm hle tih a hre chiang hle. Engvangin nge tun hnai thleng khan Chinese leh American te hi an inrem reng niin a lang? Nick chuan zawi te hian, "Hnam dang, awmze nei lo huatna tawng tawh hi ka hria. Mihring hi rannung naupang tak a ni. A tam zawkah chuan rilru lam aiin rilru lam atanga thil a ti thin a, a bik takin mipui zingah chuan. Tunah hian thil tih theihna hun i nei a ni. Min pui rawh," a ti a. Information la la, bandit leh an sailing junk te hnena ka thlen theih dan tur zawng rawh."
  
  
  Ong-a solemn expression chu a thuruk lo ta hle mai. Lungngai leh lungngai hmel takin a lang. "Ka thei lo. I ngaihtuah angin min hrethiam lo. Kan harsatna hi kan chinfel sak thin."
  
  
  "I ngaihsak lo tihna a ni. A man i pe a ni. A tha ber i beisei. A hlawhtling lo. Thil phut thar atan i inhawng mai mai a ni. A nih loh leh ka sawi tawh mihring-ramsa te hi thuneihna duh tak, misualin a rawn hruai khawm a ni." emaw politician emaw, harsatna pakhat tak tak i nei a ni. Insual hun. Challenge chu pawm rawh. Attack."
  
  
  Ong chuan a lu a bu nghat a, thu a sawi duh tawh lo. U ang maia lian in lian tak, kawngpui lam hawi lam pan chuan an tlan phei ta a. Thingkung leh pangpar mawi dang zawng zawng nen chuan a lo thang lian ang maiin tropical landscape-ah chuan a inzawm khawm ta a ni. Thingpui huan lian tak tak, glass-a inthuam verandah zau tak tak a nei a, Nick-a rin dan chuan pindan sawmthum vel a awm bawk.
  
  
  Ong chuan sarong dum ha hmeichhe naupang hmeltha tak nen thu tlemte an inthleng a, chutah Nick hnenah chuan: "I room lam a kawhhmuh ang che, Mr. Bard. English a thiam tlem hle a, mahse Malay leh Dutch tawng thiam tak, i hriat chuan," a ti a. Main room-ah chuan - hei hi i hmu lo thei lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan sarong dum chu a zui a, a thlipui chu a ngaisang hle. A room chu a zau hle a, kum sawmhnih zeta upa tunlai British style bathroom, blanket te tak te ang maia lian metal towel rack awmna a awm bawk. Damdawi dahna cabinet chhunga hmanrua felfai taka dah hmangin a inbual a, a sam a, a ha a tifai bawk a, a rilru a hahdam hle. A thawmhnaw a phelh a, Wilhelmina chu a tifai a, seat belt chu a tikhauh a. Sports kawr chhunga pistol lian tak thup tur chuan a tha famkimin a khai a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Khum lian takah chuan a mu a, thingphel lem, mosquito net lian tak tak dah chu a ngaisang hle. Pillow-te chu a khauh a, stuffed barracks bag ang maia sei a ni a; "Dutch nupui" tia koh an nih thu a hrechhuak ta a ni. A inhnukdawk a, a rilru hahdam takin a awm ta a, a kut chu a sir lamah a awm a, a kutphah chu a hnuai lamah a awm a, a taksa chak tak peng pakhat zel chu rilru lamah a insiamrem a, a dam leh turin a ti a, a taksa ruh zawng zawng chu a ti nem a, thisen leh chakna thar a khawlkhawm a ni. India rama a zir chhuah yoga tih dan a ni a, dam thuai nan te, taksa emaw rilru emawa harsatna a tawh laia chakna a neih theih nan te, thawk rei zawka a vawn theih nan te, leh ngaihtuahna fim tak a neih theih nan te a hlu a ni. Yoga nonsense lam hawi thenkhat leh thenkhat chu hlu tak niin a hmu a, hei hi thil mak a ni lo - Zen, Christian Science leh hypnosis a zir hnuah pawh hetiang thutlukna hi a siam ta a ni.
  
  
  A ngaihtuahna chu Washington-a a apartment-ah te, Catskills-a a ramsa manna hmun tenau takah te, David Hawk-a hnenah te a hruai a. Thlalak te chu a duh khawp mai. Pindan kawngkhar a inhawng chuan - ngawi rengin - a hlim a, a inringtawk hle bawk.
  
  
  Nick chu a shorts ha chungin a mu a, a bulah chuan a kawrfual thar, felfai taka inzawm hnuaiah Luger leh chemte chu a mu a. Ngawi rengin silai chungah chuan a kut a nghat a, kawngka chu a hmuh theih nan a lu a ti nghing a. Gan Bik chu a rawn lut a. A kut chu a ruak a. Ngawi rengin khum chu a pan hnai a
  
  
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  Chinese tlangval chu feet sawm vel a hlaah chuan a ding a, pindan lian tak, reh tak thim takah chuan a hmel sei tak a ni. "Mr. Bard-a chuan...."
  
  
  “Ni e,” Nick chuan a chhang nghal a.
  
  
  "Mr. Nordenboss hi minute sawmhnih hnuah a rawn thleng dawn a. I hriat duh ka ring."
  
  
  "Engtin nge i hriat?"
  
  
  "West Coast-a ka thian pakhat chuan radio a nei a. Vanlawng chu a hmu a, a thlen hun tur ruahman min pe a ni."
  
  
  "Tin, Colonel Sudirmat-a'n ka passport en turin a ngen tih i hre bawk a, Mr. Muchmoor emaw i pa emaw chuan Nordenboss-a dinhmun enfiah a, thurawn min pe turin an ngen che a. Hetah hian i morale chungchang hi ka sawi tam thei lo a, mahse in inbiakpawhna erawh a tha khawp mai.
  
  
  Nick chuan khum atang chuan a ke a han sawn a, a ding chhuak ta a. Gan Bik chuan a zir chiang tih a hria a, a hliamte chu a ngaihtuah a, taksa dinhmun thianghlim tak chu a hmu a, mipa var taksa chak tak chakna chu a teh a ni. Gun Bik chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Mipa upa zawkte hi conservative an ni a, an dik pawh a ni mai thei. Mahse, ngaihtuahna danglam tak nei kan awm a ni."
  
  
  "Tlang sawn tu putar chanchin i zirchian vang a ni maw?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Kan mit meng chungin khawvel hi kan thlir vang a ni. Sukarno hian amah pui thei tur mi tha nei se chuan engkim a tha zawk ang. Dutch ho hian fing lutuk hi min duh lo. Keimahni chauhin kan rawn man a ngai a ni." ." " .
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Nangmah ngeiin intelligence system i nei a, tlangval. Adam Makhmur khan Sudirmat chungchang leh passport chungchang a hrilh che a. Bing-a'n i pa nena kan inbiak dan kha a hrilh che a. Tin, chu tuipui kama mipa chuan Nordenboss a rawn puang bawk a. Sipai ho nen indo chu engtin nge ni ang? An inbuatsaih tawh em." militia, mahni invenna unit nge lei hnuaia awm? "
  
  
  "Eng nge awm tih ka hrilh ang che?"
  
  
  "Ni lo mai thei—la. Kum sawmthum aia upa chu ring suh."
  
  
  Gun Bik chu rei vak lo chu a buai a. "Engvangin nge?, chu chu American zirlai te sawi dan a ni."
  
  
  "Ṭhenkhat chu." Nick chuan rang takin a inchei a, zahawm takin a dawt a, "Mahse, min ngaihtuah suh."
  
  
  "Engati nge?"
  
  
  "Kum sawmhnih leh pakua ka ni tawh."
  
  
  Nick-a’n Wilhelmina leh Hugo-a a siamthat lai chu Gan Bik chuan rilru hahdam lovin a en reng a. Hriamhrei chu thup theih a ni lo a, mahse Nick hian Gun Bik hian a thuruk a bânsan hma rei takah khan a rintlak theih ang tih ngaihdan a nei a. "Nordenboss hi ka rawn hruai thei ang em?" - tiin Gan Bik chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "I hmu dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Ka thei."
  
  
  "Ka room-ah ka bungrua dah turin hrilh la, a theih ang anga ka passport min pe turin hrilh rawh."
  
  
  Chinese tlangval chuan, “A ti thei ang,” tiin a chhang a, a chhuak ta a. Nick chuan corridor thui takah chuan kal turin hun a pe a, chutah corridor thim leh lum takah chuan a chhuak ta a. He wing hian a sir lehlamah kawngkhar a nei a, kawngkhar chu natural wood louvres neiin room hrang hrangah boruak a lut tam thei ang ber a ni. Nick chuan hall hmalam deuhah chuan kawngkhar pakhat a thlang a. Thil felfai taka inrem dan chuan a buai hle tih a tilang chiang hle. Rang takin kawngkhar chu a khar a, a dang a tum leh ta a. A room pathumna a enfiah chu guest room hman loh a ni tih a lang. A lut a, kawngka atanga a thlir theih nan chair a dah a, a nghak ta a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar kik hmasa ber chu a beng hnung lama pangpar keng tlangval - Land Rover-Bing khalhtu kha a ni. Nick-a chuan tlangval cher tak chu corridor-a a che vel thlengin a nghak a, chutah ngawi rengin a hnunglam atangin a rawn pan hnai a: “Min zawng em?”
  
  
  Tlangval chu a zuang a, a hawi let a, a buai hmel hle a, chutah note chu Nick-a kutah dahin hmanhmawh takin a kal ta a, Nick-a chuan, "Hey, lo nghak rawh..." ti mah se.
  
  
  Note-ah chuan: "Sudirmat lakah fimkhur rawh" tih a ni. Zanin hian kan inhmu leh ang. T.
  
  
  Nick chu kawngka pawna a post-ah a kir leh a, cigarette a hal a, puff half dozen a la a, match hmangin message chu a hal ta a ni. Hmeichhe kutziak leh "T". Hei hi Tala a ni ang. Sudirmat ang mite chu a hmuh hnu second nga chhungin a ennawn a, a theih chuan engmah a sawi lo va, a hnen atangin a hlat tir ta tih a hre lo.
  
  
  Performance ngaihnawm tak en ang mai a ni. Chu pindan kawhhmuhtu nula hmeltha tak chu zawi te hian a rawn chho a, pindan kawngka chu a rawn kik a, a rawn tlan lut ta a. Laundry a keng a. A tul a ni mai thei, a nih loh leh chhanna a ni thei bawk. Minute khat hnuah a rawn chhuak a, a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  A dawttu chu Ong Chang a ni. Nick chuan kik leh luh a phalsak a. Chinese pa upa tawh tak nen hian sawi tur a nei lo - tun thlengin. Ong hian thilthlengin a thlak danglam a tha ber tih a finfiah hma loh chuan a thawhpui lo chhunzawm zel a ni. Rinna lama mi fing tar Tiang a zah tur awm chhun chu entawn tur leh thiltih a ni.
  
  
  Chutah Colonel Sudirmat chu a rawn lang a, rukru ang maiin, mat chhungah chuan a vak kual a, a hnunglam a thlir reng a, a hmelma te a kalsan tawh a, engtikah emaw chuan an rawn man dawn tih hretu ang maiin a rawn lang ta a. A rawn kik a. A rawn kik a.
  
  
  Nick, thim zinga thu, blind pakhat chu inch riat vel zeta hawn hawn chu a nui suk a. A fist of power, hawn tura inpeih, palm up. Nick-a passport dil chu a chak hle a, cheng tlemte hlawh chhuah theihna chance a awm chuan mimal taka tih a duh a ni.
  
  
  Sudirmat chu lungawi lo hmel zet hian a chhuak ta a. Mi eng emaw zatin an kal pel a, an inbual a, an chawl a, zanriah ei turin an inchei a, a then chuan linen dum an ha a, a then chu European leh Indonesian fashion inkawp a ni. An vai hian an lang cool, rawng hrang hrang leh nuam tak an ni. Adam Makhmur chuan Indonesian hmeltha tak, hriat loh tak nen a kal pel a, Ong Tiang pawh chu a kum rualpui Chinese pahnih nen an kal dun bawk - chaw ei tha tak, fimkhur tak leh hausa tak angin an lang.
  
  
  A tawpah chuan Hans Nordenboss chu suit bag kengin a rawn thleng a, in lama chhiahhlawh pakhatin a thil neihte nen a zui bawk. Nick chu hall chhungah chuan a kal thla a, a room kawngkhar chu a hawng a, Hans-a kut zungtang chuan panel chu a rawn nam a.
  
  
  Hans-a chuan pindan chhungah chuan a zui lut a, tlangval chu lawmthu a hrilh a, rang takin a chhuak ta a, "Hello, Nick. Tun atang chuan tu nge Al ka koh ang. Chuta tang chuan khawiah nge i tlu?"
  
  
  Kut an inbeng a, nuihzatthlak takin an inthleng a. Nick hian Nordenboss nen an thawk dun thin. Mi tawi, a hlim hmel hle a, sam tawi tak, pudding hmel hlim tak a ni. The type to fool you - taksa chu thau aiin muscle leh sinew zawng zawng a ni a, a hmel hlim tak, thla eng tak chuan Southeast Asia chungchanga finna leh hriatna fing tak chu a khuh a, chu chu he biala kum tam tak hmang tawh Briton leh Dutchmen tlemte chauhvin an tluk phah a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Colonel Sudirmat ka tlanchhiatsan a. Ka passport hmuh a duh a. Min zawng turin a rawn kal a ni," a ti.
  
  
  "Gun Bik khan tip min pe a." Nordenboss chuan a hnute kawr atang chuan savun case a la a, Nick hnenah chuan a pe a. "Hetah hian i passport chu a awm, Mr. Bard. A inrem tawk hle. Ni li kalta khan Jakarta i thleng a, nizan thleng khan ka bulah i awm a. Thawmhnaw leh thil dang ka rawn keng che a ni." Suitcase te chu a kawhhmuh a. "Jakarta-ah hian i gear hi ka nei tam zawk. Thil sensitive pahnih khat pawh a tel."
  
  
  "Stuart hnen atangin?"
  
  
  "Ni e. A thil siam te te te hi enchhin turin min duh fo thin."
  
  
  Nick chuan an inkar a rawn thlen thlengin a aw chu a ti hniam a. "Naupang Akeem chu Tala Muchmoor a ni ta. Adam leh Ong te hian kan tanpuina hi an mamawh lo. Judas, Muller, junk chungchang thu eng emaw tal?"
  
  
  "Thread khat chauh a ni." Hans pawh chutiang bawk chuan ngawi rengin a tawng a. "Jakarta-ah hian hmahruaitu ka nei a, chu chuan khawi emaw laiah a hruai ang che. Heng chhungkaw hausa te hi pressure a sang chho zel a, mahse an hlawkpui a, thuruk chu anmahni chauhin an vawng tlat a ni."
  
  
  "Chinese ho hi political picture-ah an kir leh tawh em?"
  
  
  "And how. Thla engemaw zat kalta chhung chauh khan. Sum hman tur an nei a, Juda-in nghawng a neihna hian politics lama nawrna a siam mek niin ka hria. Mak tak mai a ni. Entirnan, Adam Makhmur, multimillionaire, a duhtute hnena pawisa a pek hi." amah leh amah ang mi zawng zawng tichhe vek rawh.Tin, a pawisa a pek chuan a nuih a ngai mai mai bawk."
  
  
  "Mahse Tala an neih loh chuan...?"
  
  
  "A chhungte zingah eng member dang nge an neih tih tuin nge hria? Akim? Nge a fa dang?"
  
  
  "Hostage engzat nge a neih?"
  
  
  "I rin dan hi keimah ang bawkin a tha. Heng tycoon tam zawk hi Muslim emaw, inlan emaw an ni. Nupui leh fa engemaw zat an nei. Finfiah a harsa hle. I zawh chuan thu dik tak eng emaw zat a sawi ang - pali ang maiin. Tichuan engtikah emaw chuan i sawi ang." know "Thudik chu sawm leh pahnih a hnaih zawk."
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Hetiang tualchhung nunphung mawi tak takte hi." A bag atang chuan linen suit dum a la chhuak a, rang takin a ha a. "He Tala hi a cutie a ni. Amah ang hi a nei em?"
  
  
  "Adama hian party lian takah a sawm che a nih chuan, vawk roast an siam a, serempi leh golek an zai hunah chuan i chhiar theih aia tam doll mawi tak tak i hmu ang. Kum khat vel kalta khan hetah hian pakhat ka tel ve a. He inkhawmah hian mi sangkhat zet an tel a, ruai an kilpui bawk." ni li chhung."
  
  
  "Sawmna min pe rawh."
  
  
  "Tala i puih avangin pakhat i hmu thuai ka ring. An tih tur an pe thuai a, host te pawh an rawng an bawl tha hle bawk. A lo thlen hunah party-ah kan thlawk chhuak ang. Zanin hian ka lo thleng dawn. A tlai tawh hle mai. Kan chhuak hma dawn a ni." zing lamah."
  
  
  Hans chuan Nick chu main room lian takah chuan a hruai lut ta a. Corner-ah bar a awm a, waterfall, boruak hahdam tak, dance floor leh French-style jazz ropui tak play thei four-piece combo a awm bawk. Nick chuan mipa leh hmeichhia sawmhnih vel zet chu tawp nei lovin an inbia a, rijsttafel - curried lamb leh chicken "rice table"-ah chuan zanriah ropui tak an ei dun a, a chungah chuan hard-boiled egg, sliced cucumber, bananas, peanuts, tingling chutney, leh thei leh thlai chi hrang hrang a awm bawk. a hming a sawi thei lo. Indonesian beer tha tak tak, Danish beer tha tak tak leh whisky tha tak tak a awm bawk. Chhiahhlawhte an kal hnu chuan nupa eng emaw zat an zai a, Tala leh Gan Bik te pawh an zai a. Colonel Sudirmat chuan zu a in nasa hle a, Nick-a chu a ngaihven lo.
  
  
  Sawm leh pakhat leh sawmli leh paruk velah Nick leh Hans chu corridor-ah chuan an kal leh a, an ei tam lutuk a, zan nuam tak an hmang a, engmah an zir lo tih an pawm a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a bungrua chu a phelh a, a thawmhnaw chu a ha a.
  
  
  A personal code-a a notebook dum te tak teah chuan note tlemte a siam a, shorthand thuruk tak a ni a, vawi khat chu Hawke hnenah, "Tuman an ru thei lo va, engmah an hmuchhuak thei lo. Vawi tam tak chu ka thuziak hi ka hrechhuak thei lo," a ti a ni.
  
  
  Dar sawm leh pahnih leh sawmhnih velah chuan kawngkhar a rawn kik a, Colonel Sudirmat chu a pawm ta a, a zu in atanga a sen chhuak a, mahse a la chhuak reng a, chu chu in tur meikhu nen chuan hard power boruak a ni a, chu chu package te tak teah a ni. Colonel chuan a hmui dum hring hring chuan mechanical takin a nui suk a. "Zanriah ei lai khan tibuai che ka tum lo. I passport kha ka hmu thei ang em, Mr. Bard?"
  
  
  Nick chuan lehkhabu te chu a pe a. Sudirmat chuan uluk takin a enfiah a, “Mr. Bard” chu thlalak nen a khaikhin a, visa phek te chu a zir chiang a. "Hei hi tihchhuah chauh a ni, Mr. Bard. I import rei vak lo."
  
  
  "Ka passport hlui chu a expire tawh."
  
  
  "Aw. Mr. Nordenboss nen hian in inhmelhriat rei tawh em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "A... connection te chu ka hria. Nang pawhin i nei em?"
  
  
  "Connection tam tak ka nei a ni."
  
  
  "Ah, chu chu a ngaihnawm khawp mai. Ka puih theih chuan min hrilh teh."
  
  
  Nick chuan a ha a ti nghet sauh sauh a. Sudirmat chuan Nick-a’n a room-a dawhkan chunga a hmuh tangkarua refrigerator chu a en a, chutah chuan thei bawm khat, thermos-a tea, cookies leh sandwich te te platter khat leh cigar tha tak tak box khat a awm bawk. Nick chuan dawhkan lam chu a kut a phar a. "Mut hmain in tur i duh em?"
  
  
  Sudirmat chuan beer bottle hnih a in a, sandwich leh cookies tam zawk chu a ei a, cigar pakhat chu a pocket-ah a dah a, pakhat dang a hal bawk. Nick chuan zahawm takin a zawhnate chu a parry a. A tawpah chuan colonel chu a rawn ding chhuak ta a, Nick chuan kawngka bulah chuan a zui nghal vat a. Sudirmat chuan a hawnna ah chuan a ti tawp a. "Mr. Bard, ka venga silai keng tura i nawr luih chuan kan sawi nawn leh a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  "Gun?" Nick chuan a kawrfual te tak te chu a han en thla a.
  
  
  "Vawiin chawhnu khan i kawr hnuaia awm kha. Ka awmna hmuna dan zawng zawng ka zawm vek a ngai a ni, i hria em..."
  
  
  Nick chuan kawngka chu a khar a. Chutiang zat chu a chiang hle. Mahni pistol a keng thei a, mahse Colonel Sudirmat-a chuan mimal license a pek a ngai dawn a ni. Nick chuan Colonel sipaite hian an hlawh an hmu ngai em tih a ngaihtuah a. Private Indonesian pakhat chuan thla khatah dollar hnih vel a dawng thin. A officer-te thil tih ang chiah chu nasa takin a ti a: thamna lak leh thamna lak, mipui hnen atanga bungrua leh pawisa laksak te, chu chu Chinese-ho tihduhdahna thlentu lian ber a ni.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan chu hmun chungchanga information document-ah chuan thu ngaihnawm tak tak a awm a. Thurawn pakhat chu a hrechhuak a: "... tualchhung sipaite nen an inzawm a nih chuan sum hmuh tumin inbiakna nei rawh u. A tam zawk chuan ni khatah dollar sawm leh parukin an silai chu nangmah emaw dan bawhchhiate hnenah emaw an pe ang a, zawhna an zawt lo ang. A nui suk a. Wilhelmina chu a thup ang a, a ralthuam chu colonel hnen atangin a rent mai thei bawk. Low-power lamp tih loh chu light zawng zawng a off vek a, khum lian takah chuan a mu ta a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar hinge ri bengchheng tak, piercing creak chuan engtik lai emaw chuan a tiharh ta a. A thusawi ngaithla turin a inzirtir a, a hriatnate chu a hnung zui turin a ti a. Mattress sang takah chuan che lovin panel hawn chu a en reng a.
  
  
  Tala Muchmur chu pindan chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, ngawi rengin kawngkhar chu a khar ta a. “Al...” ngawi rengin a rawn ti ri a.
  
  
  "Hetah hian ka awm chiang khawp mai."
  
  
  Zan a lum tawh avangin khumah chuan a cotton boxer chauh ha chungin a mu ta a. Nordenboss-a rawn ken luggage-ah chuan an thleng a, a tan chuan an tling tawk hle. An ropui tur a ni - polished cotton tha ber ber atanga siam an ni a, Pierre, AX-a N3 - Nick Carter, alias Al Bard-in hman phalna a pek gas pellet thihna thlen thei zinga mi, dahna tur crotch pocket thup a awm bawk.
  
  
  A kawrfual chu a kut phar chu a inhnial a, mahse tih loh a tum ta a ni. Amah leh Tala te hian thil tawn dun tawk, an inhmu tawn tawk a, inkhawmpui thenkhat tal chu a tul lo thei ang bera siam a ni.
  
  
  Step tawi te te nen room chhung chu a kal kual a, a hmui sen te te nuihzatna chu hmeichhe naupang pakhatin a ngaihsan em em leh a chhehvela mumang a siam mipa emaw, a hmangaih tawh mipa emaw nena inhmu thin ang maia hlim hmel zet hian a hlim hle. Sarong sen hring hring tak, pangpar lem, soft pink leh green-a siam a ha a. Zanriah ei laia a sam dum hring dup mai chu—Nick-a mak tih em em chu—tunah chuan a kekawr dum hring dup chungah chuan a tla thla ta a ni.
  
  
  Amber glow nem takah chuan mipa zawng zawng mumang ang maiin a lang a, mawi takin a curvy a, a taksa peng hrang hrang, insanely rounded takah chuan chakna nasa takin a hruai khawngaihna a thlen a, chu chu fluid muscular movements nen a che a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a, khumah chuan a tlu ta a. A ti rilru a, "Hi. Ka hmuh che hi a lawmawm khawp mai, Tala. I hmeltha tak zet a ni."
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu a inhnial a, chutah ottoman chu khumah chuan a phur a, a thu a, a lu dum chu a kawngah a nghat a. "Ka chhungte hi i duh em?"
  
  
  "Very. Tin, Gan Bik pawh hi mi tha tak a ni. A kawngah lu a nei a."
  
  
  A lu a thing nghal ringawt a, hmeichhe naupangte’n mipa - a bik takin mipa upa zawk - chu mipa dang emaw, a naupang zawk emaw chu a tha tih hrilhna atana an hman thin noncommittal blink chu a pe a, mahse a chungchang sawiin hun i khawhral lo ang u. "Tunah hian eng nge i tih dawn Al? Ka pa leh Ong Chang te khan i tanpuina an duh lo tih ka hria."
  
  
  "Zingah Hans nen Jakarta ah kan kal dawn a ni."
  
  
  "Chutah chuan junk emaw Muller emaw i hmu lovang."
  
  
  Ani chuan, “Engtin nge Mueller-a chanchin i hriat?”
  
  
  A mittui tla zawih zawih a, a kut zungtang sei tak leh te tak te chu a en a. "Min rukbotu gang zinga mi a ni ngei ang."
  
  
  "A nih leh nangmah ang mi hi blackmail vangin a rukbo thin em ni?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "I lo lawm e, Tala." A kut a phar a, a kut nem tak pakhat chu a la a, sava ang maiin a chelh tlat a. "Information thup suh. Ka puih theih nan min pui rawh. Muller nen hian mipa dang Judas emaw Bormann emaw tia hriat an awm em? Mipa chak lo na tak, Muller ang accent nei."
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat leh a, a ngaihtuah aia tam a rawn pholang leh ta a. "Ka ngaihdan chuan. Ni lo, ka chiang khawp mai." Dik tak sawi a tum a, mahse Nick-a chuan a ngaihtuah a - engtin nge Judas-a accent chungchang hi a hriat theih ang?
  
  
  "An kuta chhungkaw dang eng nge an neih min hrilh teh."
  
  
  "Thil tam takah ka chiang lo. Tuman an sawi lo. Mahse Loponusia chhungkua hian fapa Chen Xin Liang leh Song Yulin te an nei tih ka chiang. Tin, fanu pakhat, M.A. King an nei bawk."
  
  
  "A hnuhnung pathumte hi Chinese an ni em?"
  
  
  "Indonesian Chinese. North Sumatra-a Muslim bial-ah an cheng a. Practically-in an hual vel a ni."
  
  
  "Engtik lai pawhin thah an ni thei tihna em ni?"
  
  
  "A ni lo tak zet. M.A.-in sipai a pek chhung chuan an tha mai thei."
  
  
  A sum chu engkim a danglam hma loh chuan a daih dawn em ni? " "
  
  
  "A hausa hle mai."
  
  
  "Adam-a'n Colonel Sudirmat-a pawisa a pek ang khan?"
  
  
  "Ni e, Sumatra-ah chuan boruak a chhe zawk tih loh chu."
  
  
  "Thil dang min hrilh duh i nei em?" - Zawi zawiin a zawt a, Juda chanchin a hriat dan leh engvangin nge a zalen tih chu a sawi ang em tih a ngaihtuah a, chutih lai chuan a thu hriatte chuan junk-a tangah a siam tur a ni.
  
  
  Zawi zawiin a lu mawi tak chu a thing a, a mitmeng sei tak chu a tla thla vek. Tunah chuan a kut dinglam ah chuan a kut pahnih a nei tawh a, vun inhnaih chungchang pawh a hre tam hle tawh a, Nick chuan a ti ta a, a nail smooth leh nalh tak tak te chuan a vun chungah chuan butterfly thla hrual ang maiin a rawn hrual a. A kutphah chhung lam chu nuam takin an fawp a, a kut zungtang hring hring thisen zamte chu an trace a, a kut chu a enfiah ang maiin a inlan bawk. A bik takin manicurist hmeltha tak salon-a client pawimawh tak angin a inhria. A kut chu a hawi let a, a kut zungtang bul lama line te tak te chu zawi zawiin a fawp a, chutah a kutphah thlengin a zui a, a kutphah chunga line tin chu chipchiar takin a tarlang ta a ni. Ni lo, a rel ta a, gypsy fortune teller hmuh tawh zinga hmeltha ber ber nen kan awm dun a - Khawchhak lamah engtin nge an tih? A kut zungtang chu a kutpui atanga a kut zungtang te tak te thlengin a inzawm a, chutah a kutphah thlengin a rawn chhuk leh a, a ruhro bul atanga a kawr hnunglam sam thlengin tui takin a rawn tlan lut nghal zat a.
  
  
  "Jakarta-ah chuan," cooing tone nem tak hian a ti sap a, "Mata Nasut hnen atangin thil i zir mai thei. A hmingthang hle mai. I hmu ngei ang. A hmeltha hle mai... kei aia mawi zawk a ni. I hmu ang." a vangin min theihnghilh rawh." Lu te tak te, a dum hring hring chu a bawkkhup a, a hmui nêm leh lum tak chu a kutphahah chuan a hre ta a. A lei te tak te tip chu a kut zungtang chuan a nerve zawng zawng a tihbuai lai lai takah chuan a rawn inher tan ta.
  
  
  A shaking chu alternating current ah a chang ta a ni. A luruh chung leh a kut zungtang inkar ah chuan ecstatically in a tingled. Ani chuan, "Ka hmangaih, ka theihnghilh ngai loh tur nula i ni. Chu tuihnuai lawng te tak te chhunga huaisenna i lantir dan te, i lu i vawn dan te, hlauhawma min hmuh laia kha rulhut i vuak dan te - Pakhat pawh theihnghilh suh," a ti a thil." A kut zalen chu a han phar a, a pum bula a kutphaha la inzawm reng lu te tak te sam chu a fawp a. Silk lum tak ang mai a ni.
  
  
  A hmui chuan a kut chu a chhuahsan a, a pouf chu thingphel hrual takah chuan a man a, a mit dum chu a mitmeng atanga inches vel zeta hlaah a awm bawk. Biak in lem chhunga lung thianghlim pahnih ang maiin an eng a, mahse nunna nena eng chhuak lumna thim takin a frame a ni. "Min duh tak tak em?"
  
  
  "I one of a kind i ni ka ti. I gorgeous hle mai." Nick-a chuan, “Dawt sawi lo, eng chen nge ka kal ang?” A thawk thlum tak takte chu a ruhroa a current siam avanga a rhythm tihpunna nen a inmil a, tunah chuan a tisa chhunga thread lum tak inkhuh ang maiin a lang ta.
  
  
  "Min pui dawn em ni? Kei chu engtin nge?"
  
  
  "Ka theihtawp ka ti ang."
  
  
  "A nih leh ka hnenah i rawn let leh dawn em ni? Mata Nasut hi ka sawi ang hian a hmeltha viau pawh nise?"
  
  
  "Ka tiam e." A kut chu zalen tawh chuan a kekawr bul hring hring cameo ang maia hnung lamah a tho a, a sarong chungah chuan a chawl ta a. Electrical circuit dang a khar ang mai a ni.
  
  
  Rosy pink hmui te tak te chu a khawih ang maiin a level a, chutah an curve plump, almost plump curves chu a ti nem a, Mabel-i’n a thawmhnaw a phelh hnua jungle-a a hmel lan dan chu a hriat nawn tir leh ta a ni. A lu chu a rilru hlim takah chuan a thlak a, a thaw halh a. Phurrit tui tak a phur a, rimtui tak a chhuah a; a rimtui a type thei lo, mahse hmeichhe rimtui chuan a tiharh hle. A rilru veilam ah chuan a lei chuan a kutphah chunga a practice oval dance chu a tan ta a.
  
  
  Tala Makhmur chuan he mi lian tak, a ngaihtuahna thuruk pawn lama awm ngai lo vun thianghlim leh chi hring tak chu a lo tem tawh a, rei vak lo chu buaina a nei ta a ni. Mihring rilru natna leh nungchang chu a buaithlak zawng zawng leh a hriatna chipchiar zawng zawngah a hre chiang hle. Inngaihtlawmna hi a la hre ngai lo. Kum ruk a tlin thlengin saruak takin a tlan kual a, khaw lum zan lum takah nupa inngaizawngte chu a en nawn leh a, naupangte khumah an mut tur laiin zan lama ruai thehnaah erotic pose leh dance te uluk takin a en thin. Phong Island-a ṭhalai hmeltha ber Gan Bik leh Balum Nida te chu a experiment a, mipa taksa peng pakhat mah chipchiar taka a enfiah loh leh a thiltih dan a test loh tur a awm lo. Tunlai thil khap tlat dodalna kawnga tunlai nawrh huaihawt zingah a then chu Gun Bik nen hian vawi tam tak an inpawl a, a duh dan nei se chuan chutiang chu a ti tam zawk ang.
  
  
  Mahse he American nen hian a danglam hle a, fimkhurna leh zawhna a siam ta a ni. Gan nen chuan a tha hle. Zanin hian hun rei vak lo chhung chu a beng a ti vawt a, a ei fo a ngai a, chuvang chuan a hnim hring, tugging pressure chu a do tawh a ni. Guru-te’n nangmah thiltihtheihna an tih, i do theih loh ang kha a ni a, tui lum i tuihal emaw, ni rei tak hnua i riltam emaw, chaw lum leh tui tak tak i rim hriat ang chi kha a ni. A rilruin: “Hmeichhe putarte thurawn angin hei hi thil dik lo leh dik a ni tih rinhlelhna ka nei lo, a chhan chu hlimna an hmu lo va, mi dangte an phatsan dawn a ni,” a ti a. Tunlai mi ka nih angin finna chauh ka ngaihtuah...
  
  
  A rilru lian tak sam chuan a hmui chu a ti na hle a, a mit hmaa thliarkar te tak te ang maia ding, brown-pink nipple chu a en a. A lei hmangin a hnen atanga wet mark chu a mark a, a tensely hard tip chu a fawp a, a khur tih a hria. A nihna takah chuan a thiltih danah chuan Gan emaw Balum emaw nen chuan a danglam vak lo a, mahse... ah, a chunga a rilru put hmangah hian eng ang danglamna nge a awm. Hawaii-ah chuan a tanpui thei reng a, a ngawi reng bawk a, mahse "naupang" â leh buaithlak takah a ngai fo ngei ang. Submarine-ah leh Adat-ah chuan eng thil pawh thleng se, a enkawl dawn niin a hria a. Hei hi a chhan dik tak chu a ni, a hlauhthawnna chu a lantir lo tih a inhriat tir a. A bulah chuan him leh him takin a inhria. A tirah chuan a chhunga lumna lo thang lian tak chu mak a ti hle a, chu êng chuan American lian tak hnaih tak atang chuan a fuel a la chhuak a; a mitmeng chuan meialh chu a fan a, a khawih chu mei chungah gasoline a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan a chungah a nawr luih a, a chhungril atanga meialh êng chhuak chuan wick lum leh ngaihnawm tak ang maiin a rawn nuai ta mai mai a ni. Amah chu kuah a duh a, chelh a duh a, phurh a duh a, chatuan atan vawng reng a duh a, chutiang chuan meialh tui tak chu a reh ngai lovang. A taksa peng tinreng chu khawih, stroke leh fawh a duh a, right of exploration hmangin a ta a ni ta a ni. A kut te tak te chuan a kuah nghet sauh sauh a, a mit a meng ta a. "Ka duhtak..."
  
  
  Nick chuan a han en thla a. Gauguin, tunah hian khawiah nge i awm, hetah hian i chalk leh brush atana thil pakhat, tuna a awm ang hian man leh vawnhim tura au chhuak a awm lai hian? A kawr leh a hnungzang dum hring dup takah chuan thawmhnaw lum tak a rawn eng chhuak a. A lu chu a rilruah chuan nervously hypnotic rhythm-in a roll a, chutah a fawp a, chutah a mit dum chuan a en a, mak tak maiin a chhunga raw passion rawn lang chhuak leh eng chhuak chuan a ti phur hle.
  
  
  “Doll ṭha famkim,” tiin a ngaihtuah a, “doll mawi tak, inpeih leh tum nei tak a ni,” tiin a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  A kut pahnih chuan a kekawr hnuai lam chiah chuan a rawn man a, a chungah chuan a chawi kang a, khum atang chuan a chanve chu a chawi kang a, a hmui thau tak chu uluk takin a fawp bawk. An flexibility leh wet abundance an hriatna danglam tak chu mak a ti hle. An nemna, a thawk lum leh a vun a khawih tih hriatna chu nuam ti takin, heng hmeichhe naupangte hi hmangaihna siamna tur leh artist pakhat tan pawha lemziak tur atana tha tak hmui pek hi a fing em em tih a ngaihtuah a. Canvas-ah chuan an expressive - i background nen chuan an do theih loh.
  
  
  Ottoman chu a chhuahsan a, a taksa hlim tak chu a ben a, a bak zawng chu a chungah a dah ta a ni. “Unaupa,” a ti a, a tisa khauh tak chu a luscious curves-ah chuan a hre ta a, tunah chuan kawng thlak tur chuan turn engemaw zat a ngai dawn a ni! A taksa chu lightly lubricate leh perfum a tih thu a hrechhuak ta - a temperature a san chhoh zel chuan a eng chhuak nasa lutuk hi thil mak a ni lo. Chu rim chu a la tlanbopui reng a; sandalwood leh tropical flower essential oil inzawmkhawm a ni em?
  
  
  Tala chuan squirming, pressing motion a siam a, chu chuan branch-a caterpillar ang maiin a chungah a pin a. A taksa peng tinreng chu a hre thei tih a hria. Minute rei tak hnuah
  
  
  Zawi zawiin a hmui chu a hmui atang chuan a la chhuak a, “I adore you,” tiin a rawn sawi chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "I chunga ka rilru put hmang chu i hre thei ang, Javanese doll mawi tak." A kut zungtang chu a sarong sir lamah chuan a tlanpui nghal zat a. “Kawngah a lut a, i wrinkle bawk.”
  
  
  Zawi zawiin a ke chu leiah a dah thla a, a ding chhuak a, ramngaw chhunga tui chawi lai ang bawkin casual leh casual takin a sarong chu a phelh a. Boruak chauh a danglam. A thaw a hloh ta. A mitmeng hring dup chuan dik takin a teh a, a hmel chu hedgehog misual ang maiah a inthlak a, a hmaa a hmel hlim hmel tak chu, nuihzatna a awm loh avangin a hmuhnawm em em a ni - i lawmna chu a share ve bawk.
  
  
  A kut chu a kekawr dum ṭha famkim chungah chuan a dah a. "I remti em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a ei a, khum atang chuan a zuang thla a, kawngka lam chu a pan ta a. Corridor-ah chuan tumah an awm lo. Blinds leh solid inner door chu yacht quality flat brass deadbolt hmangin a khar a. A mit hmuh theih loh turin window blinds chu a hawng a.
  
  
  Khumah chuan a let leh a, a kai chho a, infiamna hlu tak ang maiin a chelh a, sang takin a chelh a, a nuihzat hmel chu a en reng a. A thiltih aiin a rilru hahdamna tlemte chu a hlimawm zawk. Thâwk a la a - êng nêm takah chuan Gauguin-a lem ziah mannequin saruak ang maiin a lang. A hriatthiam theih loh thil a cooed a, a aw nem tak, a lumna leh a rimtui chuan doll mut chu a ti bo ta a ni. A pillow bula coverlet dum chungah uluk taka a dah chuan hlim takin a rawn gurg a. A hnute zau tak rit tak chuan a tidanglam deuh a, thlemna, pillow tha tak tak a siam ta a ni. A hma aia chak zawkin an tho leh a, an inhmangaihna chuan a rilruah a duhzawng nena inmil duhna a tiharh tih a hrechhuak a, mahse ani chuan a chhungah a chelh tlat a, tuna chiang taka a hmuh thin thahnemngaihna lum tak chu a khuh bo ta a ni. A kut te te chu a rawn tho nghal zat. "Lokal."
  
  
  A bulah chuan a in nawr hnai a. Dodalna a nei nghal a, a hmel mawi takah chuan nuihzatna te tak te a rawn lang a, chu chu a bo nghal vek a, a thlamuan ang maiin. A kutphah chu a kutphah chhungah a khar a, chakna mak tak maiin a lam pan chuan a hruai a, a hnungzang chu a rawn tlan phei ta a. A thuk tui tak tak lumna tui tak leh a kuahtu tentacles tingling sang tam tak chuan a hre ta a, a ti hahdam a, a khur a, a tickling a, zawi zawiin a fawp a, a rawn hrual leh ta a ni. A spinal nerve cord chu alternating thread a lo ni ta a, warm, tiny, tingling shock a dawng ta a ni. A hnungzang hnuai lam vibration chu nasa takin a pung a, rei lo te chhung chu amah ngei pawh a rawn nuai ta a ni.
  
  
  Hun chu a theihnghilh ta. An explosive ecstasy chu a lo chhuak a, a thih hnu rei takah chuan a kut clammy tak chu a han phar a, a wristwatch chu a en a. “Pathian,” a ti sap a, “Darkar hnih. Miin min zawng a nih chuan...” a ti a.
  
  
  A hmuiah chuan kut zungtang chuan a zai a, a kawr chu a fawp a, a rilruah a tlan thla a, a tisa hahdam tak chu a rawn lang chhuak ta a ni. Anni chuan rilru hahna dang an siam leh a, concert pianist kut zungtang hrual hrual hrual hrual hrual hrual hrual ang maiin.
  
  
  "Tuman min zawng lo." A hmui pum pui chu a lam hawiin a han phar leh a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 3-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Zing khawvar hnu lawkah breakfast room lam pan chuan Nick chu veranda zau takah chuan a chhuak ta a. Ni chu tuifinriat kam leh khawchhak lam tuipui kama chhum awm lo vanah chuan ball sen a ni. Ramngaw chu a tharin a thianghlim lo hle a, tuipui kam thlenga kawngpui leh thing leh mau mawi tak takte chu uluk taka siam model ang mai a ni a, a mawi em em a, thil tak tak nen pawh a inmil lo tluk a ni.
  
  
  Thli chu a rimtui hle a, zan thli tleh atang chuan a la thar reng bawk. “Hei hi paradis a ni thei,” a ti a, “Colonel Sudirmats-a kha i hnawtchhuak a nih chuan,” a ti a.
  
  
  Hans Nordenboss chu a bulah chuan a rawn chhuak a, a taksa stocky tak chu thing deck polished takah chuan ngawi rengin a kal kual a. "A ropui khawp mai, huh?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Chu rimtui rimtui chu eng nge ni?"
  
  
  "Of groves. He hmun hi hmân laiin spice park awmna hmun a ni a, an tih angin. Nutmeg aṭanga pepper thlenga chinna hmun a ni. Tunah chuan sumdawnna hmun tlemte a ni ta.
  
  
  "Chenna hmun ropui tak. Mi pawi lutuk hian thut mai maiin nuam an ti thei lo."
  
  
  Truck pathum phur natives chu a hnuai lam hla takah chuan infiamna ang maiin an tlan kual a. Nordenboss chuan, "Chu chu i harsatna zinga mi a ni. Mihring tam lutuk. Mite chu rulhut ang maia an pun chhung chuan anmahni harsatna an siam ang," a ti.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a. Hans chu a tak tak a ni. "I sawi dik tih ka hria. Population table ka hmu tawh."
  
  
  "Nizan khan Colonel Sudirmat kha i hmu em?"
  
  
  "Ka room chhunga a rawn lut kha i hmu tih ka bet tlat."
  
  
  "I chak. A nihna takah chuan crash leh explosion kha ka ngaithla a ni."
  
  
  "Ka passport a en a. Silai ka keng chhunzawm zel chuan ka pe dawn tih a tilang a ni."
  
  
  "I pek a ngai a nih chuan pe rawh. Kan hnenah man tlawm takin a rawn kal thin. A sum lakluh tak tak chu ama mite hnen atanga lo chhuak a ni a, Mahmur ang mite hnen atangin pawisa tam tak a hmu a, tunah hian loneitu zawng zawng hnen atangin pawisa fai a dawng bawk. Sipaiten thuneihna an la leh ta. Kan hmu thuai ang." general-te chu in lian tak takah leh Mercedes ram dang aṭanga lakluh a ni.
  
  
  An hlawh bulpui chu thla khatah Rs 2,000 vel a ni. Dollar sawm leh pahnih a ni."
  
  
  "Judas tan eng setup nge a nih. Mata Nasut tih hming pu hmeichhe pakhat i hria em?"
  
  
  Nordenboss chu mak a ti hmel hle. "Man, i chhuak dawn. I hmuh duh contact chu a ni. Jakarta-a model hlawh hnem ber a ni a, dish ropui tak a ni. Tourist bawlhhlawh ni lovin thil tak tak leh advertisement atan a pose a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan Hawk-a insightful logic chu hmuh theih loha thlawpna chu a hre ta a. Art lei duhtu tan chuan artist zingah a insawn hi engtiang chiahin nge a inhmeh? "Tala chuan a sawi a. Mata hi khawi lam nge?"
  
  
  "Amah chauhin, i hmuh zawng zawng tam zawk ang bawkin. Chhungkaw upa ber zinga mi a ni a, chuvang chuan circle tha ber berte zingah a insawn a, mahse artist leh mi fing zingah pawh a khawsa ve tho. Smart. Sum tam tak a nei. A nung sang hle.
  
  
  “Kan bulah a awm lo va, kan do lo bawk a, mahse kan hriat tur chu a hre chiang hle a ni,” tiin Nick chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a titawp a. "And she's insightful. Logical takin i hnaih ang u, Hans. Min rawn luh tir loh chuan a tha zawk mai thei. Back staircase ka hmu thei ang em tih ka en ang."
  
  
  "Kal rawh." Nordenboss chuan a nui suk a. "Nang ang bawka Greek pathian ni ila, putar thau tak ni ila chuan research ka ti duh ang."
  
  
  "I hnathawh dan ka hmu a."
  
  
  Mipa rilru ṭha tak tak, edge-a cheng mipa zingah tlemte chawlh hahdamna hun an hmang dun a, chutah chuan chawhmeh ei turin in chhungah an lut ta a ni.
  
  
  Nordenboss-a sawi lawk ang ngeiin Adam Makhmur chuan kar tawp hnih hnuah party-ah a sawm leh a ni. Nick chuan Hans chu a melh a, a remti ta a.
  
  
  Tuipui kamah chuan Makhmur-hoin tuipui thlawhna leh lawng thlawhna tlakna hmun an neihna bay thlengin an tlan a, tuipui chu line dik takin, tuipui kam awm lovin an lut ta a ni. Ramp-ah chuan Ishikawajima-Harima PX-S2 thlawhna lawng chu a ding a. Nick chuan a en reng a, tun hnaia AX atanga hmasawnna leh thil siamte chipchiar taka tarlanna memos te chu a hrechhuak ta a ni. He lawng hian GE T64-10 turboprop engine pali a nei a, a wingspan feet 110 a ni a, dead weight hi ton 23 a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan Hans-a’n Japanese mi pakhat, uniform dum ha, insignia nei lo, a tie phelh lai chibai bukna a rawn thawn let chu a en reng a. "He thila min luhtir tur hian hetah hian i lo kal tihna em ni?"
  
  
  "A tha ber chauh."
  
  
  “Patch nei hna li (quadruple job) ka beisei a ni.”
  
  
  "Style-a ride i duh ka ring."
  
  
  Nick chuan rilru lamah math chu a ti ta a. "I â em? Hawk hian min that ang. Min hruai bo turin dollar sangli emaw sang nga emaw charter rawh!"
  
  
  Nordenboss chuan a hmel a ding nghet thei lo. A nui chhuak hawk hawk a. "Relax rawh. CIA tlangval zingah ka chhuah tir a. Naktuk Singapore a kal dawn thleng khan engmah a ti lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan thlamuang takin a thaw halh a, a hmui chu a puak chhuak vek. "Chu chu a danglam. An tuar thei - kan budget aiin a let sawmnga aia tam budget nen. Tun hnaiah Hawk hian a senso hi a ngaihven hle a ni."
  
  
  Ramp bula khum te tak teah chuan telephone a ri ta a. Japanese ho chuan Hans-a chu an kut an phar a. "I tan."
  
  
  Hans chu a rawn let leh a, a mitmeng chu a ti hup a. "Colonel Sudirmat leh Gan Bik te, sipai paruk leh Machmur-a mi pahnih - Gan-a bodyguard te hi ka ring - Jakarta thlenga chuang an duh a ni. 'Okay' ka ti tur a ni."
  
  
  "Hei hian kan tan awmzia a nei em?"
  
  
  "He khawvel hmun hrang hrangah hian engkim hian awmzia a nei thei. Jakarta-ah hian an kal fo thin. Vanlawng te tak te leh private railway carriage pawh an nei a. Ngawi rengin khel la, en rawh."
  
  
  An passenger te chu minute sawmhnih hnuah an rawn thleng ta a. Take-off chu a danglam bik hle a, lawng pangngai tak tak rumble-rumble pawh a awm lo. Tuipui kam chu an zui a, Nick-a chuan lo leh thlai chinna hmun entawn tlak tak chu a hrechhuak leh ta a, ramngaw ramngaw leh ramngaw mak tak mai hrual tak takte nen an inthlak a. Hans chuan a hnuaia thil chi hrang hrangte hi a sawifiah a, tlang kang luang chhuak chuan kum zabi tam tak chhung chu natural bulldozer angin hmun hrang hrang a tifai a, a chang chuan ramngaw chu tuipuiah a hrual lut tih a tarlang bawk.
  
  
  Jakarta chu a buai ta hle mai. Nick leh Hans te chuan midangte chu an thlah a, a tawpah chuan kawngpui mipui tam tak karah chuan taxi tlan chak tak chu an hmu ta a ni. Nick-a chuan Asia khawpui dangte chu a hrechhuak ta a, Jakarta chu tlem a fai zawkin a rawng pawh a mawi zawk thei a ni. Sidewalk-ah chuan mi sen hring te tak te an awm a, mi tam tak chuan hlim taka printed skirt an ha a, ṭhenkhat chuan cotton pants leh sweatshirt an ha a, ṭhenkhat chuan turban emaw, straw kawr lian round tak tak emaw - emaw, straw kawr lian tak tak vuah turban an ha bawk. Mipui chungah chuan umbrella lian tak tak, rawng hrang hranga inthuam chu a rawn inher chhuak a. Chinese ho chuan blue emaw black emawa inthuam reh an duh ber niin a lang a, Arab type erawh chuan puan sei tak leh fezze sen an ha thung. Europe mite chu an tlem hle. Brown mi tam zawk chu an graceful, relaxed leh young an ni.
  
  
  Shed leh stall-a khat tualchhung market-te chu an paltlang a. Thil chi hrang hrang, coop-a vawk nung, sangha nung tub leh thlai leh thei chi hrang hranga insumdawn tawnna chu tawng sawmhnih vel ang maia ri clucking sound cacophony a ni. Nordenboss chuan driver chu a kaihruai a, Nick chu khawpui chhung rei vak lo a tlawh tir a.
  
  
  A lian tak an siam a
  
  
  loop in hmaah concrete building hmuhnawm tak tak, oval green lawn vel a inzawm khawm a ni. "Downtown Plaza," Hans chuan a hrilhfiah a. "Tunah chuan building thar leh hotel thar kan en ang."
  
  
  Building lian tak tak engemaw zat kal tlangin, eng emaw zat chu sak zawh loh a ni. Nick chuan, "Puerto Rico-a boulevard pakhat min hriatchhuah tir a ni," a ti.
  
  
  "Ni e. Hengte hi Sukarno mumang a ni. Mumang nei tlem zawk leh administrator ni zawk ni ta se chuan a ti thei ang. Hun kal tawh thil rit lutuk a phur a. Flexibility a tlachham."
  
  
  "I take it a la lar reng em?"
  
  
  "Chuvang chuan thlai a ei thin. A in sak zawh hma chuan Bogor-ah kar tawp lamah lal in bulah a awm thin. East Javanese maktaduai 25 te chu a chungah an rinawm a. Chuvang chuan a la dam a ni."
  
  
  "Engtiang chiahin nge sawrkar thar hi a nghet?"
  
  
  Nordenboss chuan a ti a. "A tawi zawngin, kum khata thil lakluh $mtd 550 an mamawh a ni. Export $mtd 400. Ramdang loan aṭanga interest leh pawisa pek zat chu $mtd 530 a ni. A tawp berah chuan treasury hian dollar maktaduai sarih a nei a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan Nordenboss chu rei vak lo a zir a. "I sawi tam hle a, mahse i khawngaih hmel hle mai, Hans. He ram leh a mipuite hi i duh ka ring."
  
  
  "Aw, hell, Nick, ka hria. Mizia mak tak tak an nei a. Goton-rojong chungchang i zir ang - in tanpui tawn. A bul berah chuan mi tha tak an ni a, an rinna dik lo (damned superstitions)-in a hruai tih loh chu." village . Latin ramah chuan siesta an tih chu tawlailir jam a ni. Darkar elastic tihna a ni. Tui la, muhil la, thusawi la, hmangaih rawh."
  
  
  Khawpui atangin an tlan chhuak a, kawngpui lane hnih neia in lian tak takte chu an paltlang a. Mel nga vel zeta hlaah chuan kawngpui dang, zim zawkah an inher a, chutah chuan park te tak te lai takah thinga in lian tak, zau tak, thim tak, lirthei tlanna kawngah chuan an lut ta a ni. "I?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Engkim hi ka ta a ni."
  
  
  "I transfer hunah eng nge thleng?"
  
  
  “Inbuatsaihna ka siam mek a ni,” Hans chuan lungngai deuhin a chhang a. "Chutiang chu a thleng lo mai thei. Indonesian tawng panga hmang mipa engzat nge kan neih a, chubakah Dutch, English leh German tawng hmang?"
  
  
  In chhung leh pawnah pawh a mawi hle. Hans chuan tour tawi tak a nei a, kampong hlui - thawmhnaw sawp leh chhiahhlawh awmna hmun - chu pool te tak te siamna tur cabana-a an siam dan te, air conditioning ai chuan fan a duh zawk chhan te a sawifiah a, Nick-a chu a sink khawlkhawm, room khata khat chu a entir bawk.
  
  
  Verandah-ah chuan beer an in a, pangpar meialh chuan a hual vel a, chu chu bang bulah chuan purple, yellow leh orange puak chhuakin a rawn inher chhuak a. Orchid-te chu eaves hnuaiah chuan splash-in an innghat a, an cage lian pahnih thli tleh karah chuan parrot rawng hring hringte chu an ri chhuak ta hlawm a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a beer chu a zo a, “Awle, ka freshen up ang a, khawpui lam ka pan ang, transportation i neih chuan,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Abu hian khawi hmunah pawh a hruai ang che. Skirt dum leh jacket dum ha tlangval a ni. Mahse, rilru hahdam rawh - i lo thleng chauh a ni."
  
  
  "Hans, ka tan chuan chhungkaw ang mai i ni tawh." Nick chu a ding chhuak a, verandah zau tak chu a paltlang a. "Judas hi sal tang half dozen nen a awm a, heng mite hi blackmail atan a hmang a ni. I duh tih i sawi - kan sabengtung atanga chhuk ila, tanpui ila! Chicom-ho tana sorkar paihthlaktu Judas tihtawp tura keimahni mawhphurhna chu sawi loh." Engvangin nge Loponusias hnam nen hian inbiakna neih i duh ang?"
  
  
  “Ni e,” Nordenboss chuan ngawi rengin a chhang a, “Beer dang i duh em?”
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  "Pout suh."
  
  
  "Centre ah ka kal dawn."
  
  
  "I ruala lo kal ve i duh em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Tunah chuan an hre tawh tur che a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "A dik e. Oil engineering lamah ka thawk tur a ni a, mahse hetah hian engmah thup theih a ni lo. Mario-a te inah chaw ei rawh. Chaw ei pawh a tha khawp mai."
  
  
  Nick chu chair sir lamah chuan a thu a, mipa stocky tak chu a hmachhawn a. Hans-a hmel lan dan chuan an hlim hmel chu a la hloh lo. Ani chuan, "Aw, Nick, kawng zawng zawngah i bulah ka awm a. Mahse hetah hian hun i hmang tangkai a ni. I pawi lo. Mahmur ho chu idle lights vela tlan kual vel chu i hre lo a ni lawm ni? Loponusia." - Same thing.An pe ang.Ngawi teh.Beiseina a awm.Heng mite hi frivolous an ni a, mahse mi â lo an ni.
  
  
  “I thusawi chu ka hmu a ni,” Nick chuan a chhang let a, a rilru a na lo hle. "Broom thar chauh ka ni mai thei. Ka inzawm duh a, zir ka duh a, ka zawng a, an hnung zui ka duh bawk."
  
  
  "Broom hlui min pek avangin lawmthu ka sawi e."
  
  
  "I sawi a, mahse ka sawi lo." Nick chuan upa zawk kut chu zawi te hian a rawn fawp a. "Guess kei hi beaver chak tak mai ka ni, huh?"
  
  
  "Ni lo, ni lo. Mahse, ram tharah i awm a. Engkim i hre chhuak vek ang. Loponusiah hian native pakhat ka tan hna thawktu ka nei a. Kan vannei a nih chuan engtikah nge Juda chu engtikah nge hlawh a pek dawn tih kan hre chhuak ang." again. Tichuan kan kal zel ang.Bawlhhlawh awmna hmun chu "Sumatra hmar lam tuipui kamah" kan hre tawh ang.
  
  
  "Kan vannei a nih chuan. I mipa hi engtiang chiahin nge a rintlak?"
  
  
  "A ni lo tak zet. Mahse damn, tap chungin risk i la a ni."
  
  
  "Engtin nge thlawhna atanga junk zawn chu ni ang?"
  
  
  "Kan tum a. Thliarkar dang i thlawh hma chu nghak la, lawng awm zat i hmu ang. Times Square-a lirthei tlan ang mai a ni. Lawng sang tam tak."
  
  
  Nick chuan a kekawr zau tak chu a ti tlu ta a. "Khawpuiah ka tlan kual ang. Dar ruk velah kan inhmu dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Hetah hian ka awm ang. Pool-ah emaw ka hmanrua hmanga inkhelh emaw pawh nise." Nick chuan Hans chu a fiamthu em tih en turin a en a. A hmel zungpui chu a hlim hmel hle mai. A pu chu a thutna atang chuan a zuang tho a. “Lo kal rawh. Abu leh car ka ti ang che. Tin, kei atan chuan beer dang.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Abu hi mipa tawi, cher tak, sam dum leh ha var hring hring, a hring chhuak fo thin a ni. A jacket leh skirt a phelh tawh a, tunah chuan ram pawnah tan leh kawr dum chu cap atan a ha ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan Jakarta ram map pahnih chu a pocket-ah a nei a, chu chu ngun takin a zir chiang a. Ani chuan, "Abu, khawngaihin Embassy Row-ah min hruai la, chutah chuan art an zuar a. He hmun hi i hria em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Art i duh chuan Mr. Bard, ka cousin hian Gila Street-ah dawr ropui tak a nei a. Thil mawi tak tak a tam hle bawk. Tin, fence-ah chuan artist tam takin an kutchhuak an entir bawk. A hruai thei che a, a tichiang thei bawk ang che." i bum lo.Ka cousin ... "
  
  
  "I cousin kan tlawh thuai dawn a ni," Nick chuan a ti tawp a. "Embassy Row-a kal hmasak chhan bik ka nei a. Ka park theihna tur hmun min hmuhtir thei ang em? Art square bulah a awm a ngai lo. Ka kal kual thei a ni."
  
  
  "Ngei ngei." Abu chu a hawi let a, ha dum a rawn eng chhuak a, Nick chu truck bulah chuan an tlan pel nghal zat a. "Ka hria."
  
  
  Darkar hnih chhung zet chu Nick hian open-air gallery-ah art works a en a - a then chu barbed wire-a khuh fence-a space chauh a ni - plaza-a bang leh dawr casual zawkah te a en a. He thupui hi a zir chiang a, "Bandung School" chu a ngaihven lo hle a, chu chu cut-out scene-a tlang kang, buh hmun leh hmeichhe saruak, vibrant blues, purples, oranges, pink leh greens-a inchei te a ni. Sculpture thenkhat chu a tha zawk. “Chutiang chu a ni tur a ni,” dealer chuan a ti a. "Bung Sukarno National Monument siam hna thawh a tawp khan sculptor za thum chu hna nei lovin an awm ta a ni. Chu chu a ni - chutah chuan Freedom Square-ah chuan."
  
  
  A vak kual a, a rilru put hmang chu a hip lut a, Nick chuan dawr lian tak pakhat, window-a hming te tak te, rangkachak hnah - JOSEPH HARIS DALAM, DEALER-a inthuam chu a pan hnai a. Nick chuan rangkachak cheimawina chu glass chhungah a awm tih chu lungngai takin a hmu a, window sir lama a then thup folding iron shutter te chu New York Bowery-a a hmuh tawh zawng zawng ang maia chak a ni.
  
  
  Thil tlemte chauh phochhuah a ni a, mahse a ropui hle. A hmasa ber chuan nunna ang maia lian lu pahnih, mipa leh hmeichhia, thing dum, meikhu chhuak ṭha briar pipe rawng hmanga siam a nei a. Thlalak lama thil tak tak (realism) leh art-a impressionism te chu an inzawm khawm a ni. Chu pa hmel chuan chakna muang tak a lantir a. Hmeichhia chu a mawi hle a, passion leh intelligence inzawmkhawm chuan carving chhungah chuan hmel lan dan inthlak danglamna fiah lo tak takte chu en turin a ti che a ni. Thil siamte chu paint a ni lo va, an ropuina zawng zawng chu thing hausa tak takte process tu talent vang mai maia siam a ni.
  
  
  A dawt window-ah chuan - dawrah chuan pali an awm a - tangkarua bawm pathum a awm a. An danglam vek a, eyecup pakhat theuh. Nick chuan silver atanga inthiarfihlim turin mental note a siam a. Chu chu a hre tlem hle a, bawm pakhat chu hausakna hlu tak a nih a ringhlel a, a dang erawh chu mi pangngai tak a ni thung. I hriat loh chuan hei hi game revision a ni a, shell pathum hmanga siam a ni.
  
  
  Window pathumnaah chuan lemziak a awm a. Open-air kiosk leh fence-a a hmuh tawhte aiin an tha zawk a, mahse tourist trade quality tha tak atan siam chhuah an ni.
  
  
  Window palina-ah chuan hmeichhe pakhat, sarong dum pangngai tak ha, a beng veilam chungah pangpar vuah, nunna ang maia lian lem a awm a. Hmeichhia hi Asian hmel chiah lo mah se, a mit leh vun chu a sen a, artist hian a sam dum chungah hun tam tak a hmang tih a chiang hle. Nick chuan cigarette a hal a, a en a - a ngaihtuah bawk.
  
  
  Portuguese leh Malay tawng inzawmkhawm a ni thei. A hmui te tak te, hrual hrual chu Tala hmui nen a inang a, mahse a chhungah chuan passion tiamtu, fimkhur tak leh ngaihtuah phak loh khawpa sawi chhuah nghetna a awm. Expressive cheekbones chunga mit zau tak takte chu a reh a, reserved tak a ni a, mahse key key hmanga i hawn ngam chu a tilang chiang hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a thaw halh a, a cigarette chu a ke a, dawr chhungah chuan a lut ta a. Clerk taksa lian tak, hlim hmel pu chung hian Nick-a’n BARD GALLERIES, NEW YORK tih ziak card pakhat a pek chuan hmangaihna nen a inngaitlawm ta a ni. ALBERT BARD, VICE PRESIDENT chuan a rawn ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Kan dawr tan thil tlemte lei ka ngaihtuah tawh a - wholesale deal kan siam theih chuan..." Dawr hnung lamah an hruai nghal a, chutah chuan dawr neitu pakhat chuan kawngkhar inthup inthup tak chu a kik a mother-of-pearl nen an inzawm a ni.
  
  
  Josef Haris Dalam-a office lian tak chu mimal museum leh treasury a ni. Dalam chuan a han en a
  
  
  card, clerk chu a thlah a, a kut a rawn vuan a. "Dalam-ah hian kan lo lawm a che. Kan chanchin i hre tawh em?"
  
  
  “A tawi zawngin,” Nick chuan zahawm takin a dawt a. "I thil siamte hi a tha hle tih ka hrethiam. Jakarta-a tha ber ber thenkhat."
  
  
  "Khawvela tha ber zinga mi!" Dalam chu a sei a, a tawi a, a tlan chak bawk a, khua tleirawl Nick-a’n thinga lawn lai a hmuh ang kha a ni. A hmel dum chuan actor angin instant emotion a lantir thei a; an inbiak lai chuan a chau hmel hle a, a fimkhur hle a, a chhut chhuak a, chutah chuan misual tak a ni bawk. Nick chuan empathy a ni tih a rel ta a, he chameleon hian tlawhtu rilru put hmang nena inmil tura instinct a neih vang a ni - chu chu Dalam chu drainage stand atanga he dawr hmingthang takah hian a rawn hruai lut a ni. Dalam chuan i hmel chu a en a, lukhum ang maiin hmaiah a lo tum a. Nick tan chuan a hmel dum leh ha eng mawi tak takte chuan a tawpah chuan serious, businesslike mahse hlim tak angin a lang ta a ni. Nick chuan eng nge thleng dawn tih chu a hmui a ti hup a, Dalam chu a thinrim thut mai. Nick chu a nui suk a, Dalam pawhin a rawn zawm ve bawk.
  
  
  Dalam chu tangkarua thila khat bawm sang takah chuan a zuang lut a. "En teh. Hun hmang rawh. Hetiang thil hi i hmu tawh em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan bracelet chu a rawn ban a, mahse Dalam chu feet ruk zeta hlaah a awm a. "Hetah hian! Rangkachak hlutna a sang chho zel - huh? He lawng te tak te hi han en teh. Kum zabi thum. Pawisa khat rit hi hausakna man a ni. A man to lo, a nihna takah chuan. A man hi card-ah a awm."
  
  
  A man to tak chu $4,500 a ni. Dalam chu hla takah a awm a, a la inbia a. "Hei hi hmun a ni. I hmu ang. Products, a ni, mahse art tak tak. Irreplaceable, expressive art. Brilliant traits frozen and torn from the flow of time. And ideas. Hei hi en teh.
  
  
  Nick-a chu thing zungbun lian tak, rum coke rawng, lemziak inthup tak tak awmna chu a pe a. Nick chuan a sir lehlamah stage te tak te leh a sir vel a thuziak te chu a ngaisang hle. Section pahnih inkarah chuan silky yellow cord a hmu a. "Yo-yo a ni thei. Hei! Yo-yo a ni!"
  
  
  Dalam chuan Nick-a nuih hmel chu a sawi nawn leh a. "Ni e... ni e! Mahse, eng ngaihtuahna nge. Tibetan tawngtai kekawrte hi i hria em? Vanah tawngtaina chu spin leh fold rawh? I ram mi pakhat chuan i toilet paper tha tak roll, tawngtaina an ziahna roll hralhin sum tam tak a hlawh chhuak a, chutiang chuan an spin lai chuan spin khatah tawngtai sang tam tak an siam thin. He yo-yo hi zir rawh. Zen, Buddhism, Hinduism leh Christian - en teh, khawngaihnaa khat Mary chu chibai buk rawh, hetah hian! Spin la, tawngtai rawh. Inkhelh la, tawngtai rawh."
  
  
  Nick chuan carving chu ngun zawkin a enfiah a. An siam hi khandaih hrui chunga Bill of Rights ziak thei artist siam a ni. “Awle, ka ti ang...” Thil awmdan hnuaiah chuan a ti tawp a, “... damn.”
  
  
  "Danglam?"
  
  
  "A mak tih i sawi thei ang."
  
  
  "Mahse, i kutah i chelh a. Khawi hmunah pawh mipui an buai a. An lungngai. Chelh tur thil i duh. New York-ah advertise la, eng nge thleng dawn tih en rawh, huh?"
  
  
  Nick chu a mit a chhing a, Arabic, Hebrai, Chinese leh Cyrillic tawnga lehkha, tawngtaina ni tura ngaih chu a hmu a. He thil hi rei tak i zir thei a ni. Scene tenau thenkhat chu an siam tha em em a, magnifying glass pawhin a pui thei ang.
  
  
  Yellow cord atang chuan loop chu a la chhuak a, yo-yo chu a han flip chho leh a. "Eng nge thleng dawn ka hre lo. Sensation a ni mai thei."
  
  
  "United Nations kaltlangin promote rawh! Mipa zawng zawng hi unau an ni. Ecumenical top lei rawh. Tin, an balance tha hle bawk, en teh...."
  
  
  Dalam chu yo-yo dang nen a rawn chhuak leh a. Noose a siam a, ui chu a kalpui a, whip a herh a, trick bik hmangin a tawp a, chutah chuan thing circle pakhatin a ha inkara hrui chanve a vawn chu a tikehsawm a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu mak a tih hmel hle. Dalam chuan cord chu a thlak a, mak tih hmel zet hian a lang. "Hetiang hi ka hmu ngai lo? Mipa hian Tokyo-ah dozen khat a rawn keng a. A hralh. Advertise tur chuan conservative lutuk. Paruk dang a la order leh bawk."
  
  
  "Engzat a tam?"
  
  
  "Retail dollar sawmhnih vel a ni."
  
  
  "Wholesale a awm em?"
  
  
  "Eng zat nge?"
  
  
  "Dozen zetin."
  
  
  "Dollar sawm leh pahnih ve ve."
  
  
  "Gross man a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a mit a chhing a, a kuta thil awm chu a ngaihtuah ber a. Dalam chuan a entawn nghal a. "sawmpakhat."
  
  
  "Gross i nei em?"
  
  
  "A ni lo tak zet. Ni thum chhungin delivery a ni ang."
  
  
  "Dollar ruk khat. Hetiang ang hian a tha ang. Ni thum chhungin gross ka la ang a, an inpeih veleh gross dang ka la ang."
  
  
  $7.40-ah an inrem ta a ni. Nick chuan a kut ah chuan sample chu a han her kual leh a. The Albert Bard Importer siam chu investment tlemte a ni.
  
  
  Pe? Dalam chuan zawi te hian a zawt a, a hmelah chuan Nick-a hmel nen a inmil hle a, ngaihtuahna fim tak a lang. - .
  
  
  "Cash. Bank Indonesia atanga credit lehkha. Customs-ah paperwork zawng zawng i clear vek tur a ni. New York-a ka gallery-ah thlawhna hmangin thawn rawh, attention Bill Rohde. Okay?"
  
  
  "Lawm."
  
  
  "Tunah chuan thlalak thenkhat ka en duh ang..."
  
  
  Dalam chuan Bandung school tourist junk thenkhat chu hralh a tum a, chu chu curtain hnung lama dawr kil khata a thup a ni. Ṭhenkhat chu $125-in a quote a, chutah chuan $4.75 "in bulk"-ah a tlahniam leh a ni. Nick chu a nui mai mai - Dalam chuan a rawn zawm ve a, Dalam chuan a lu a thing a, serve dang a pan leh ta a ni.
  
  
  Josef Haris chuan Albert the Bard chu a awm thei lo tih a rel a, hnathawh mak tak mai a entir a. Nick hian painting dozen hnih chu a vaiin wholesale man $17.50-in a lei a - talent nei tak tak piece an ni.
  
  
  Hmeichhe hmeltha tak oil painting te te pahnih hmaah chuan an ding a. Window a thlalak a hmeichhia kha a ni. Nick chuan zahawm takin, "A hmeltha hle mai."
  
  
  "Hei hi Mata Nasut a ni."
  
  
  "Takzet." Nick chuan rinhlelh hmel zet hian a lu a ti nghing a, brushstroke te chu a duh lo ang mai hian. Dalam chuan a rin dan chu a nemnghet ta a. He sumdawnna ah hian i hriat emaw, i lo rin lawk emaw chu i hmuchhuak tlem hle. Tala hnenah chuan Hawks sawmruk zeta loan an pek aṭanga Mata Nasut thlalak a chanve theihnghilh tawh chu a en thu a hrilh lo... Nordenboss hnenah Josef Haris Dalam chu mi pawimawh, politics lama thil pawimawh tak anga list a nih thu a hrilh lo , kutchhuak piece a ni. dealer chuan... AX technical data sheet-ah Makhmura leh Tiangi te chu red dot-a chhinchhiah a nih thu tumah a hrilh dawn lo - "rihlelh awm tak - fimkhur rawh.
  
  
  Dalam chuan, "Kut ziak lemziak hi a awlsam khawp mai. Ka window-a thil awm chu lo chhuak rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Mata Nasut lemziak chu a han en leh a, nuihzat hmel zet hian a melh let leh ang mai hian mitmeng fiah takah chuan velvet barrier rope ang maia nghet reserve a ni a, chu chu passion thutiam huaisen taka lantir a ni a, a chhan chu secret key chu venhimna famkim a nih vang a ni.
  
  
  Dalam chuan, "Kan model hmasa ber a ni," a ti. "New York-ah chuan Lisa Fonser i hre reng a; Mata Nasut chungchang kan sawi a ni." Nick hmelah chuan ngaihsan a hmu a, chu chu rei lo te chhung chu a inthuam lo. "New York market atan chuan an ṭha famkim a ni lawm ni? 57th Street-ah kea kalte an titawp ang, huh? Hemi atan hian dollar za thum leh sawmnga."
  
  
  "Zuar?"
  
  
  "Aw ni lo. Wholesale a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan mipa te zawk chu a nuih suk a, a let leh nan ha dum ngaihsan tak tak a dawng bawk. "Josef, i thil man chu a let hnih in tihpunna hmangin min hlawkpui i tum a, a let hnih a tihpun i tum a ni. He portrait man hi $75 ka pe thei ang. Chu aia tam chu a ni lo. Mahse, pali emaw panga emaw chu duh belh ka duh a, mahse ka mamawh ang zela pose ka duh a ni." .A theih em?"
  
  
  "A ni mai thei. Ka tum thei ang."
  
  
  "Commission agent emaw broker emaw ka mamawh lo. Art studio ka mamawh. Theihnghilh rawh."
  
  
  "Nghak!" Dalam ngenna chu a hrehawm hle mai. "Ka bulah lo kal rawh..."
  
  
  Store atang chuan a kal leh a, a hnung lama relic kawngkhar dang atang chuan, hallway hrual hrual atang chuan warehouse-a thil zawrh tam tak awmna leh office pakhat, mipa dum tawi pahnih leh hmeichhe pakhat, desk mipui tam tak awmna hmuna hnathawhna hmun chu a paltlang ta a. Dalam chu huan te tak teah a inhawng a, a chung chu pillar-in a thlawp a, a chhehvela in sakte chuan a bangte chu an siam ta a ni.
  
  
  "Art" factory a ni. Lemziak thiam leh thing phun thiam sawmhnih vel zetin taima tak leh hlim takin hna an thawk a. Nick chu group tight tak chhungah chuan a kal a, rinhlelhna lantir lo turin a bei a. Hnathawh zawng zawng chu a tha vek a, kawng tam takah chuan a tha hle.
  
  
  “Art studio a ni,” tiin Dalam chuan a sawi. "Jakarta-a a tha ber ber."
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Hnathawh ṭha tak,” tiin a chhang a. "Vawiin tlai hian Mata hmu turin min ruahman thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Aw, chu chu thil theih loh a nih ka hlau. A hmingthang tih hi i hrethiam ngei ang. Hna tam tak a nei a. Darkar khatah dollar panga... sawmhnih leh panga a hmu thin."
  
  
  "Awle. I office-ah kir leh ila, kan sumdawnna chu kan ti zo ang."
  
  
  Dalam chuan order form awlsam tak leh sales invoice a fill up a. "Naktuk hian i sign tur customs form leh thil dang ka rawn pe ang che. Bank ah kan kal dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "I ti ang."
  
  
  Bank hnathawk hian letter of credit chu a la a, minute thum hnuah phalna nen a rawn let leh a ni. Nick chuan Dalam hnenah account ah $10,000 a awm tih a entir a. Art broker chuan an haw lam kawngpuiah mipui tam tak an kal lai chuan a ngaihtuah hle a. Store pawnah chuan Nick chuan, "A lawmawm hle mai. Naktuk chawhnu hian ka lo ding ang a, heng paper te hi ka sign ang. Engtikah emaw chuan kan inhmu leh thei ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Dalam chhanna chu pawi thianghlim tak a ni. “I lungawi lo! Mata painting kha i duh lo em ni?Hetah hian i man atan i ta a awm.” Window atanga anmahni en reng hmel mawi tak chu a kut a phar a - nuihzat hmel deuh hian Nick chuan a ti a. “Lo lut rawh - minute khat chauh. Beer lum - emaw soda - tea emaw in rawh - ka mikhual ni turin ka ngen che - chawimawina a ni...”
  
  
  Nick chu dawr chhungah chuan a lut a, mittui a rawn luang tan hmain. Dutch beer lum tak a la a. Dalam chuan a rawn ti beam a. "Eng dang nge ka tihsak theih che? Party? Hmeichhia - hmeichhe duhawm tak tak i duh zawng zawng, kum zawng zawng, thiamna zawng zawng, stripe zawng zawng? I hria em, amateurs, professional ni lo. Blue movies? The best in color and sound straight from Japan." " Hmeichhe naupang nena movie en hi a nuam hle."
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. Dalam chuan a nui suk a.
  
  
  Nick chuan pawi ti zet hian a hmui a ti hup a. Dalam chuan lungkham zet hian a hmui a ti hup a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Engtikah emaw chuan hun ka neih hunah i mikhualna hi nuam ka ti hle ang. Mi ngaihnawm tak i ni, Dalam, ka thianpa, leh thinlungah chuan artist i ni. Training leh zirna lamah chuan rukru i ni a, mahse thinlungah chuan artist i ni. Keini." tih tur tam zawk tih theih a ni a, mahse Mata Nasut min inhmelhriattir phawt chuan.
  
  
  Vawiin emaw zanin emaw. I approach thlum zawk nan darkar sawm tal modelling-ah ka inrawlh duh tih i hrilh thei ang. Chu tlangval tan chuan thlalak atanga lu i painting tawp thin. A tha khawp mai."
  
  
  "Ani hi ka tha ber a ni...."
  
  
  “Ka pe tha ang a, nang pawhin i chanvo i hmu ang.Mahse, Mata nen deal chu keimah ngeiin ka buaipui ang.” Dalam chu a lungngai hmel hle. "Tin, Mata ka hmu a, ka thil tum atan i mipa tan a pose a, deal i tichhe lo a nih chuan i thil neih tam zawk chu export turin ka lei dawn tih ka tiam a che." Dalam hmel lan dan chuan Nick-a thusawi chu rilru natna rollercoaster ang maiin a zui a, mahse a tawp chu a chhuak vek a ni.
  
  
  Dalam chuan, “Ka tum ang!I tan chuan, Mr. Bard, engkim ka tum ang. Nang hi mipa i ni a, a duhzawng hrechiang tak leh rinawm taka a thil tih kaihruaitu i ni. ..”
  
  
  “Titawp rawh,” Nick chuan rilru tha tak hian a ti a. "Phone chu la la, Mata chu call rawh."
  
  
  "Aw yeah." Dalam chuan number chu a rawn dial tan ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  
  Nick-a’n a zawm theih loh call vawi tam tak leh inbiakna rei tak leh rang tak tak hnuah Dalam chuan Caesar-a’n hnehna a puan chhuahna aw ring takin Nick-a chu dar sarih-ah Mate Nasut hnenah a lo kal thei tih a puang ta a ni.
  
  
  "A harsa hle mai. Vanneihthlak tak a ni," sumdawngpa chuan a ti a. "Mi tam tak chuan Mata hi an hmu ngai lo." Nick chuan a rinhlelhna a nei a. Short shorts hi ram chhungah hian a awm rei tawh hle. A thil tawn danah chuan mi hausa pawhin sum leh pai rang tak hmuh an duh fo thin. Dalam chuan Mata hnenah Mr. Albert Bard-a’n a rawngbawlna man darkar khatah dollar sawmhnih leh panga a pek tur thu a hrilh tih a sawi bawk.
  
  
  “Keimah ngeiin case hi ka buaipui dawn tih ka hrilh che a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Min lo dang a nih chuan i kawng atanga lo chhuak a ni." Dalam chu a hlauthawng hmel hle. "I phone ka hmang thei ang em?"
  
  
  "A dik e. Ka hlawh atang chuan? Chu chu a dik em? Eng senso nge ka..."
  
  
  Nick chuan a thusawi chu a titawp a, a kekawr ipteah kut a nghat a - naupang kutphahah ham lian tak dah ang maiin - mit thim tak chu en nghal turin dawhkan sir lamah chuan a innghat ta a. "Tunah chuan nang leh kei hi kan inhmelhriat tawh a ni, Josef. Gotong rojong kan practice dun ang a, kan prosper dun ang em, a nih loh leh kan pahnih kan chak loh nan prank kan khel dun ang em?"
  
  
  Mipa hypnotized ang maiin Dalam chuan Nick chu en lovin phone hmangin a nawr a. "Ni-ah, ni e." Mit chu a eng chhuak ta. "Nakin lawka order tur percentage i duh ang em? Invoice te chu ka mark thei ang a, ka pe thei ang che...."
  
  
  "Ni lo, ka thianpa. Thil thar i lo tum ang u. Ka company leh kan inkarah pawh kan rinawm ang."
  
  
  Dalam chu he ngaihdan radical tak hi a beidawng emaw, a lungawi lo emaw niin a lang. Tichuan a lu a thing a - Nick-a kut hnuaia ruh te te chu tlanchhuah tum wiry puppy ang maiin a che a - a lu a bu nghat a. "Ropui."
  
  
  Nick chuan a kawngah a fawp a, phone chu a la a. Nordenboss hnenah chuan meeting tlai tak a neih thu a hrilh a - Abu leh car chu a chhuahsan thei ang em?
  
  
  “A dik e,” Hans chuan a ti a. "Min mamawh chuan hetah hian ka awm ang."
  
  
  "Mata Nasutu chu thlalak lak tumin ka call a ni."
  
  
  "Vanneihna - vanneihna. Mahse en rawh."
  
  
  Nick chuan Abu hnenah lehkha pakhata Dalam-a address a ziah chu a entir a, Abu chuan kawng a hriat thu a sawi bawk. San Diego bula Nick-a’n project man tlawm tak tak a hmuh ang maia in thar an paltlang a, chutih lai chuan hmun hlui zawk, Dutch-ho thuneihna nasa tak nei leh chu an paltlang ta a ni. In chu a lian hle a, tuna Nick-a’n khaw nena a inzawm tir pangpar rawng hrang hrang, grep hrui leh thing mawi tak takte chuan a hual vel a ni.
  
  
  Loggia zau takah chuan a hmu a, nghet takin a kut chu a rawn phar a. "Mata Nasut ka ni. Ka lawm e, Mr. Bard."
  
  
  A tone-te chuan maple syrup tak tak, premium ang chi chiang tak, hausa tak, a sir mak tak nei mahse false note a nei lo. A sawi chuan a hming chu a ri danglam hle a; Nasrsut, syllable hnuhnung ber leh double o ngaih pawimawhin, kohhran tilt nem tak leh coolness coo rei tak hmanga sawi a ni. A hnuah chuan a entawn a tum chuan practice a ngai tih a hmuchhuak a, French tu tak tak ang maiin.
  
  
  Model ang maia ke sei tak tak a nei a, chu chu hmeichhe tam tak curved, hmeltha leh hmeltha tak tak, mahse frame tawi tak nei ramah chuan a hlawhtlinna thuruk a ni mai thei niin a ngai. Morgans versatile zingah chuan purebred a ni.
  
  
  Living room zau tak leh eng takah chuan highball an rawn pe a, engkim chu a ni a ti vek a. In lamah a pose a. Artist Dalam chu hun a neih veleh koh nghal a ni ang, ni hnih emaw ni thum emaw hnuah. "Mr. Bard" chu anmahni zawm turin hriattir a ni ang a, a duhzawng chipchiar takin a sawi ang.
  
  
  Engkim chu awlsam takin a kal vek. Nick chuan nuihzatthlak ber, bumna nei lo nuihzatthlak tak chu a pe a, chu chu a pawm duh lo va, sual lohna hnaih tak, tlangval ang maia rinawmna pawh a pe bawk. Mata chuan vawt zet hian a en a. "Sumdawnna tih loh chu Mr. Bard, kan ram hi engtin nge i ngaih?"
  
  
  "A mawina hi mak ka ti khawp mai. Dik tak chuan Florida leh California kan nei a, mahse a pangpar, i pangpar chi hrang hrang leh i thingte nen chuan an tehkhin lo."
  
  
  Hetiang hian ka la hip ngai lo."
  
  
  "Mahse kan slow lutuk..." A chhuahsan ta a.
  
  
  "New York-a ka tih tur aiin kan project hi i ti rang zawk a ni."
  
  
  "I hun i hlutzia ka hriat vang a ni."
  
  
  Chu hmui mawi tak chunga nuihzatna chu a sei lutuk tih a rel a, chu mitmeng thim takah chuan mei a awm ngei ang. "Min nuihzat a ni," a ti a. "I ram mipuite hian hun an hmang tha zawk tak zet tih min hrilh ang. An slow zawk, an nem zawk. Lawm takin i ti ang."
  
  
  "Chutiang chu ka rawt mai thei."
  
  
  "Awle... i sawi dik ka ring."
  
  
  A chhanna chuan mak a ti hle. He thupui hi ramdang mi tam tak nen vawi tam tak a sawipui tawh a ni. An chakna, thawhrimna leh hmanhmawhthlakna chu an humhim a, an dik lo mai thei tih pawh an pawm ngai lo.
  
  
  "Mr. Bard" a zir a, eng angle-ah nge a awm tih a ngaihtuah a. Mi zawng zawngin an nei vek a: sumdawng-CIA operator, banker-rangkachak-smuggler leh political fanatics... a hmu vek a ni. A tlem berah chuan Bard hi a ngaihnawm a, kum tam tak chhunga a hmuh tawh zinga hmeltha ber a ni. Mi pakhat - actor tha tak - Richard Burton a hriat nawn tir em? Gregory Peck a ni em? Amah zir turin a lu a ti nghing a, a effect chu a enchanting hle. Nick chuan a nui suk a, a glass chu a zo ta a.
  
  
  “Actor,” a ti a. A khel a, a khel tha hle bawk. Dalam chuan pawisa a neih thu a sawi - a tam hle.
  
  
  A hmeltha hle niin a ngai a, a chhan chu tualchhung tehnaah chuan mi lian tak ni mah se, a taksa lian tak, mawi tak chu a taksa chu a te zawka lang thei khawpa inngaitlawmna nêm tak hmangin a sawn a ni. Chutiang chuan inchhuang tute nen chuan a danglam hle a,: “Move away, shorties,” tih ang maiin. A mitmeng chu a fiah em em a, a hmui chu nuam takin a inher reng bawk. Mipa zawng zawng, mipa lam hawi chak tak nei, mahse thil ngaih pawimawh lutuk lo tur khawpa tlangval nei, a hmuchhuak.
  
  
  In chhung thuk takah chuan khawi emaw laiah chuan chhiahhlawh pakhat chuan plate pakhat a rawn ti ri a, a fimkhurzia chu a hmu a, pindan tawp lam a hawi chu a hmu bawk. Actor thim hlim tak Tony Poro kha awm lo se chuan Mario Club emaw Nirvana Dinner Club emaw-a mipa hmeltha ber a ni ngei ang, hlim takin a titawp ta a ni. Tin, a dik e - chi hrang hrang an ni vek bawk.
  
  
  "I mawi a ni."
  
  
  Ngaihtuahna a bo a, fakna nêm tak chuan a mit a chhing a. A nui suk a, a ha var pawh hian a hmui chu a ti langsar em em a, engtin nge a fawh tih a ngaihtuah a - hriat chhuah a tum a ni. Hmeichhe chi khat a ni. Ani chuan, "I fing hle mai, Mr. Bard. Chu chu rei tak ngawi renga awm hnua sawi chu thil mak tak a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Khawngaihin Al min ti rawh."
  
  
  "Anih chuan Mata min ti thei ang. I lo thlen atang khan mi tam tak i tawng tawh em?"
  
  
  "Makhmurs. Tiangs. Colonel Sudirmat. I hria em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Ram lian tak kan ni a, mahse pawl ngaihnawm i tih mai theih chu a tlem hle. Chhungkaw sawmnga vel pawh a ni mai thei, mahse a tlangpuiin an lian hle."
  
  
  "A nih leh sipai pawh an awm bawk..."
  
  
  Mit dum chu a hmaiah chuan a rawn inher chhuak a. "Zirlai thiam tak i ni, Al. Hei hi sipai a ni."
  
  
  "Thil pakhat min hrilh la, i duh phawt chuan - i thusawi kha ka sawi nawn leh tawh ngai lovang, mahse min pui mai thei. Colonel Sudirmat hi ka ring tur em ni?"
  
  
  A hmel lan dan chuan hriat duhna a lang chiang hle a, Colonel Sudirmat-a chu airport-a suitcase hruai turin a ring lo ang tih a tilang lo.
  
  
  Mata mitmeng dum chu a inzawm khawm a. Hmalam pan chuan a inbeng kang a, a tone chu a hniam hle. "Ni lo. I hna thawk chhunzawm zel la, midang angin zawhna zawt suh. Sipai chu thuneihna an chang leh ta. General-te chuan hausakna an khawlkhawm ang a, mipui pawh an riltam tawk hunah an puak darh ang. Professional spider nen web-ah in awm tawh a ni." hun rei tak chhung. Fly-ah lo chang suh. Ram chak tak atanga lo kal mi chak tak i ni a, mahse midang sang tam tak ang bawkin i thi thei bawk." A hnunglam a hawi a. "Jakarta i hmu tawh em?"
  
  
  "Commercial center leh khawpui pawn lam tlemte chauh. Min hmuhtir belh ka duh - naktuk chawhnuah sawi rawh?"
  
  
  "Ka thawk ang."
  
  
  "Meeting chu titawp rawh. Sawn hla rawh."
  
  
  "Aw, ka ti thei lo...."
  
  
  "Pawisa a nih chuan escort angin i rate pangngai ka pe ang che." A nui suk a. "Light eng mawi tak hnuaia posing ai chuan a nuam zawk."
  
  
  "Ni e, mahse..."
  
  
  "Chawhnu lamah ka rawn hruai ang che. Hetah hian?"
  
  
  “Awle...” in hnunglam atang chuan thawm ri chu a rawn ri leh ta a. Mata chuan, "Thla khat tal min ngaidam rawh. Chaw siamtu chu a thinrim loh ka beisei."
  
  
  Archway atang chuan a kal a, Nick chuan second engemaw zat a nghak a, chutah rang takin a zui ta a. Khawthlang lam style dining room pakhatah chuan mi sawm leh pali emaw sawm leh paruk emaw ṭhut theihna tur dawhkan sei tak, a kal kual a. L ang maia hallway hnunglam atang chuan Mata aw chu a hre ta a, kawngkhar pathum khar a ni. A hmasa ber chu a hawng a. Bedroom lian tak a ni. A dawtah chuan mutna pindan te zawk, incheina mawi tak tak leh Mata ta a ni tih a chiang hle. A bula kawngkhar chu a hawng a, chu pa chuan tukverh atanga chhoh a tum lai chuan a tlan lut ta a.
  
  
  "Hetah hian awm rawh," Nick chuan a ti nghal zat.
  
  
  Tukverh bula thu pa chu a vawt ta hle mai. Nick chuan kawr dum leh lu chu sam dum mawi tak a hmu a. Ani chuan, "I haw leh ang. Miss Nasut hian hmuh che a duh a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Chu mipa te tak te chu zawi zawiin leiah chuan a tlan phei a, a ke chu a hnungtawlh a, a hawi let leh ta a.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "Hey Gun Bik. Coincidence kan ti ang em?"
  
  
  A hnung lama kawngka bulah chuan chetna a hre ta a, Gun Bik chu rei vak lo a hawi sawn a. Mata chu kawngka bulah chuan a ding a. A lam hawia machine gun dum te tak te chu a chelh a, a hniam a, a nghet hle bawk. Ani chuan, "He hmun hi tih tur i neih lohna hmun ka ti ang. Eng nge i zawn, Al?"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 4-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chu che thei lovin a ding a, a rilru chuan computer ang maiin a chance chu a teh a. Hmelma hma leh hnungah awmin - an pahnih a hmuh hmain he shooter atang hian bullet pakhat a la mai thei. Ani chuan, "Relax rawh, Mata. Bathroom ka zawng a, he tlangval hi window atanga rawn chhuak ka hmu a. A hming chu Gan Bik Tiang a ni."
  
  
  Mata chuan, “A hming ka hria,” tiin a chhang a. "I kal a chak lo em ni, Al?"
  
  
  "Tun dinhmunah chuan, ni e." Nick chu a nui suk a.
  
  
  “Silai chu dah thla rawh, Mata,” Gan Bik chuan a ti a. "American agent a ni. Tala chu a rawn hruai haw a, ani chuan biak turin a ti a. Ka hrilh che a, room hrang hrang a dap ri ka hria a, ka chhuah dawn chuan min man ta a ni."
  
  
  "A va ngaihnawm tak em." Mata chuan ralthuam te tak te chu a ti thla a. Nick chuan Baby Nambu Japanese pistol tiin a mark a. "In pahnih hian in chhuahsan hi a tha berin ka hria."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "Ka hmeichhe chi i nih ka ring, Mata. Engtin nge kha silai pawh kha i hmuh chak em em?"
  
  
  A hmaa a faknate chu a duh tawh hle - Nick chuan boruak lum chu a tihziaawm ngei a beisei. Mata chu hall chhungah chuan a lut a, ralthuam chu squat vase-ah chuan shelf sang tak, carved shelf-ah a dah a. “Keimah chauhvin ka awm a ni,” tiin awlsam takin a sawi.
  
  
  "Chengvawng." A nuihzatthlak ber chu a nui suk a. "He thil hi zu in in kan sawi thei lo em ni? Kan vai hian a sir khatah kan awm vek niin ka hria...."
  
  
  An in a, mahse Nick chuan illusions a nei lo. Mata leh Dalam tan cash ngaihtuah chhuaktu Al Bard a la ni reng - a connection dang eng pawh ni se. Gan Bik hnen atangin Nick - information ang bawka Mata-a lo kal a nih thu inpuanna a dawng a. American-te puihna an lam a nih avangin Judai chhiar dan tur chungchanga a hriatte chu a hrilh dawn em ni? Loponousias hian junk chu a tlawh tur em ni?
  
  
  Mata chuan a nei lo. A aw rilru hahdam takin, "Ka pui thei che a nih pawhin ka chiang lo. Politics-ah hian inrawlh ka duh lo. Ka dam khawchhuah theih nan chauh ka beih a ngai a ni," a ti.
  
  
  “Mahse Judas hian i ṭhian ni thei mi a vawng tlat a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  "Ka thiante? Ka duhtak Al, ka thiante hi tute nge an nih i hre lo."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan i ram hi thil tha ti rawh."
  
  
  "Ka thiante? Ka ram?" A nui suk a. "Ka damchhuak thei hi vannei mai mai ka ni. Inrawlh lo turin ka zir a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan Gun Bik chu khawpui lam pan turin a ride a. Chinese tlangval chuan ngaihdam a dil a. "Ṭanpui ka duh. A ṭhatna aiin chhiatna ka ti tam zawk."
  
  
  “A ni lo mai thei,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Thli i tifai vat a. Mata hian ka duh chu a hre chiang khawp mai. Ka dawn leh dawn loh chu keimah ah a innghat."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  A tuk zingah Nick-a chuan Nordenboss-a puihnain motorboat a rent a, Abu chu pilot atan a hruai a. A neitupa water skis leh ei leh in bawm khat chu a la a. An inbual a, ski an ti a, an inbia bawk. Mata chu mawi takin a inchei a, Mata chuan tuipui kam atanga an hlat lai chauha a hak bikini chu vision a ni. Abu chu anmahni nen tui chawipuiin skiing-ah a kal ta a. Nordenboss chuan a rintlak tak zet tih a sawi a, a chhan chu thamna a pek theih zawng zawng aia tam a pek vang leh kum li chhung zet AX agent-a a awm dun avangin thil dik lo a tih loh vang a ni.
  
  
  Ni ropui tak an hmang a, chu zan chuan Mata chu Orientale-ah zanriah ei turin a sawm a, chumi hnuah Intercontinental Indonesia Hotel-a nightclub-ah a sawm leh bawk. Mi tam tak a hria a, Nick chu kut inthlak leh hming hriatrengnaah a buai hle.
  
  
  Tin, nuam a ti hle bawk. A hlim thu a inhrilh a. Nupa hmuhnawm tak an siam a, Josef Dahlam-a’n hotel-a minute engemaw zat a rawn zawm a, a hrilh chuan a eng chhuak ta a ni. Dalam hi mi paruk awmna pawlah a awm a, hmeichhe hmeltha tak pakhat a zui a, Mata sawi dan chuan model duhthusam tak a ni bawk.
  
  
  "A hmeltha hle mai," Nick chuan a ti a, "a upat hunah i charm a nei mai thei."
  
  
  Jakarta hian zing hma takah an innghat a, sawm leh pakhat hma lawk hian Abu chu club chhungah a lut a, Nick-a ngaihven a hlawh hle. Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a, chu pa chuan car chu pawnah a awm tih hriat a duh mai mai niin a ngai a, mahse Abu chu dawhkan bulah chuan a kal phei a, note pakhat a pe a, a kal ta a. Nick chuan a en a - Tala chu a lo awm ta. HN
  
  
  Mata hnenah chuan a pe ta a. A chhiar a, nuihzat hmel zet hian, "Chuti a nih chuan, Al, i kut ah hmeichhe pahnih i nei a. Hawaii atanga in pahnih in zin kha a hre reng tur a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Engmah a thleng lo tih ka hrilh tawh che, ka hmangaih."
  
  
  "Ka ring che, mahse..."
  
  
  An intuition chu radar ang maia rintlak niin a ngai a. Makhmur-ho an thlen hnua a leh Tala inkara thil thleng chu a zawt lo tih hi a ṭha hle - a lo rin lawk pawh a ni mai thei. Rei vak lovah, a haw lam chuan Tala chu a ko leh a. "Tala hi hmeichhe naupang duhawm tak a ni. Ramdang mi ang maiin a inngaihtuah thin - ka sawi tum chu, keini Asian hmeichhiate ang zakzumna hi thil thenkhatah a nei lo. Politics, economics leh kan ram hmalam hun a ngaihven hle. I hlim tur a ni." a bula inbiakna chu."
  
  
  “Aw, ka hria,” Nick chuan thinlung takin a ti a.
  
  
  "Min nuihzat a ni".
  
  
  "He thil hi i rawn chhuahpui a nih atang khan engvangin nge i ram politics-ah hian i tel ve loh ang? Pathianin a hria a, mi bum hmang, mi bum hmang leh infiamna sipai ka hmuh leh chhiar tawhte tih loh chu mi dang an awm ngei ang. Buhfai man hian a nei a ni." tripled in last six months. weeks.Chutiang thing barrel sorkarin a tihchhuahah chuan buhfai lei tum mi ragged te i hmu a. I bet it's marked it's marked nine times and marked down two times before it's handed out.I'm a stranger here.I've Hotel Indonesia eng mawi tak piah lama slum bawlhhlawh tak takte chu i hmu a, mahse chutiang chu a ni lo i ti lo ang em? In khuaa nun hi mi retheite tan chuan a awm thei mai thei a, khawpuia nun erawh chu beiseina nei lo a ni. Chuvangin Tala hi i nuihzat lo ang u. A puih a tum a ni."
  
  
  Mata chu rei tak a ngawi reng a, chutah chuan rinna tam tak nei lovin: “Thingtlang lamah chuan pawisa tel lo deuh maiin i nung thei a ni. Kan boruak - kan loneih tamna - hi nun awlsam tak a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Chuvang nge khawpuiah i awm?"
  
  
  A bulah chuan a kal phei a, a mit a chhing a. A kut hnung lamah mittui a luang thla tih a hria a. A ina an din chuan a lam a hawi a. "I kal em?"
  
  
  "Ka sawm ka beisei. Hmangaihna."
  
  
  “Tala hmu turin i hmanhmawh em?”
  
  
  Car leh Abu atanga step tlemte leka hlaah a kalpui a, duhawm takin a fawp a. "Min hrilh teh... tunah chuan Abu hi ka tir leh ang. Zing lamah taxi ka chuang thei a, a nih loh leh min rawn la thei bawk."
  
  
  A rit chu a nem hle a, a kut chuan a taksa ruh chu rei vak lo a rawn nawr a. Tichuan a inhnukdawk a, a lu mawi tak chu tlem a ti nghing a. "Amah kha tir rawh - honey."
  
  
  A tuxedo, belt leh tie chu phelh a duh thu a sawi chuan buai takin hmeichhe hmeltha taka chei mutna pindan chhungah a hruai lut a, hanger a pe a. French chaise longue-ah chuan a tlu a, a en a, a hmel exotic tak chu a kut hmawr cushion-ah chuan a phum ta a. "Engvangin nge Tala pan ai chuan ka bula awm i tum?"
  
  
  "Engvangin nge min sawm?"
  
  
  "Ka hre lo. Ka leh ka ram chungchanga i thusawi avang hian sualna pawh a ni mai thei. I sawi tum a ni. Mipa tumahin hmangaihna avanga hetiang thu hi an sawi lo vang—thinrimna a thlen tam lutuk."
  
  
  A maroon belt chu a phelh a. "Ka dik a ni, ka hmangaih. Thu dik lo hian nail theh darh ang maia a chhuak thin. I fimkhur zual zel a ngai a, a tawpah chuan engtin pawhin an man ang che."
  
  
  "He hmuna Gun Bik a awm hi engtin nge i ngaih tak tak?"
  
  
  "Ka la rel lo".
  
  
  "Ani pawh a rinawm. Chu chu i hriat tur a ni."
  
  
  "A bul tannaah a dik zawk theihna chance a awm lo?"
  
  
  "China? Indonesian-ah a inngai. Machmur-ho pui turin risk tam tak a la a. Tin, Tala hi a hmangaih hle bawk."
  
  
  Nick chu living room-ah chuan a thu a, chu chu cradle lian tak ang maia zawi zawiin a nghing a, cigarette pahnih a hal a. - meikhu dum karah chuan ngawi rengin a ti a. “Hei hi hmangaihna ram a ni, Mata. Nature hian a siam a, mihringin a rap vek a ni. Kan zinga tu emaw chuan Juda chi hrang hrang leh mi kawr chunga ding dang zawng zawngte paih bo tura pui thei kan nih chuan kan tum a ngai a ni. Simply because we have has its own little cosy nest and corners, kan ngaihthah vek thei lo. Tin, kan ngaihthah chuan - ni khat chu kan sample chu puak tur lo thleng tur ah a chhe vek ang."
  
  
  A mittui tla chu a mittui tla zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih zawih hian a rawn lang chhuak a. A tap awlsam hle - a nih loh leh lungngaihna tam tak a khawlkhawm bawk. "Kan mahni hmasial kan ni. Tin, kei pawh midang ang bawkin ka ni." A lu chu a rilruah a nghat a, ani chuan a kuah a.
  
  
  "I sualna a ni lo. Tumah sualna a ni lo. Chu pa chu hun eng emaw chen chu thunun theih lohvin a awm tawh a ni. Sakeibaknei ang maia rawn inher chhuak a, riltam ui rual ang maia ei tur i beih lai hian, nang leh a inkarah ruh te tak te pakhat chauh awmin, i nei tawh a ni." rinawmna hun tlemte." .. leh dikna... leh ngilneihna... leh hmangaihna. Mahse, kan theih ang tawk kan tih chuan..."
  
  
  "Ka guru pawhin chutiang bawk chuan a sawi a, mahse a zawng zawng hi ruat lawk vek niin a ngai."
  
  
  "I guru hian hna a thawk em?"
  
  
  "Aw, ni lo. Chutiang mi thianghlim chu a ni. A tan chuan chawimawina ropui tak a ni."
  
  
  "Engtin nge fairness chungchang i sawi theih ang, midangte'n i ei tur ai chuan an thawkrim a nih chuan? Fair a ni em? Thawmhnaw chhuak thinte tan chuan ngilnei lo ang maiin a lang."
  
  
  A tap zawi sap a. "I practical lutuk."
  
  
  "Ka lungawi loh ka duh lo."
  
  
  Nangmah. - A hmui chu a han chawi kang a. - Thusawi serious tak tak. Min puih i duh leh duh loh chu nangmah ngeiin i rel a ni. Zan lama he hun lai hian lungngai tur khawpin i mawi lutuk." A fawp a, a rit thenkhat a lak chhuah rual chuan cradle ang maia living room chu a tilt a, a phur bawk. A hmui chu Tala hmui ang mai a ni tih a hmuchhuak a, voluptuous a ni leh tam tak, mahse pahnih - ah, - a ngaihtuah a, - engmahin puitlinna a thlak thei lo.A belh duh lo - tawnhriat.Amah chuan zakzumna emaw, inngaihtlawmna dik lo emaw a lantir lo va; passion, but only distract it.She she methodically undressed him, shedding her own golden dress with a single zip, shrugging and turning, a vun dum creamy tak chu a vun nen a zir chiang a, a kut ruh lian tak takte chu reflexive takin a check a, a kutphah chu a enfiah a, a fawp ve ve a of his fingers leh a kut hmangin pattern intricate tak tak a siam a, a hmui a khawih theih nan.
  
  
  A taksa chu tisa lum tak takah chuan thlalak-a thutiam emaw, an zai laia nawrna nêm tak emaw aiin a hlimawm zawk tih a hmu a ni. Cocoa tamna êng nêm takah chuan a vun chu a hlimthla chu a mawi lo hle a, a hnute dinglamah nutmeg ang maia lian mole dum pakhat chauh tih loh chu. A hip curve te chu pure art a ni a, a hnute pawh Tala leh heng thliarkar mawi tak takah hian hmeichhe tam tak a hmuh ang bawkin hmuhnawm tak a ni a, i fawh emaw i fawh emaw hian hriatna a ti eng bawk. An lian hle a, 38C pawh a ni mai thei, mahse an nghet em em a, an dah ṭhat em em a, taksa ruhte chu an thlawp ṭha em em bawk a, a lian zawng pawh i hre lo va, rei lo te chhungin i suck mai a ni.
  
  
  Sam dum leh rimtui tak chhungah chuan a ti thup dup dup a: "Model duh ber i nih hi thil mak a ni lo. I mawi hle mai."
  
  
  "Ka tihtlem a ngai a ni." A efficiency chuan mak a ti hle. "Vawiin vanneihthlak takin ka tan chuan hetah hian duh ber chu plus size hmeichhia an ni. Mahse Twiggy leh i New York model thenkhat ka hmuh hian ka ngaihtuah thin. Styles a danglam mai thei."
  
  
  Nick chuan a nui suk a, eng ang mi nge a chunga curve nem tak tak chu khumah i hmuh theih nan i khawih a ngai ang tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  "Engvangin nge i nuih a?"
  
  
  "A zawng zawng hi a danglam vek dawn a ni, honey. Hmeichhe nuam tak tak curve nei te chu an rawn kal thuai dawn a ni."
  
  
  "I chiang em?"
  
  
  "Almost. New York emaw Paris emaw ka tlawh leh hunah ka en leh ang."
  
  
  "Ka beisei." A nail sei tak hnunglam hmangin a pum khauh tak chu a fawp a, a lu chu a hmui hnuaiah a dah a. "I lian lutuk Al. Tin, i chak bawk. America ramah hian hmeichhe naupang i nei tam em?"
  
  
  "Ṭhenkhat ka hria a, mahse ka attached lo, chutiang chu i sawi tum a nih chuan."
  
  
  A rilru chu a fawp a, a lei hmangin pattern a ziak a. "Aw, chi i la nei. Nghak rawh..." Dressing table lam pan chuan a kal phei a, Roman tear urn ang maia lang, brown bottle te tak te chu a rawn phawrh chhuak a. "Oil. Love Helper tih a ni. Chu chu sawifiahna hming a ni lo maw?"
  
  
  A rub a, a kutphah sliding stimulus chuan teasing sensation a siam a. A yogi vun chu thunun tumin a intihhlim a, kut nem tak takte chu ngaihthah turin thu a pe a ni. A thawk lo. Chutiang chuan Yoga dodalna atan. A massage tha hle a, a sa square inch tin chu a khuh vek a, a kut zungtang a hnaih rual chuan dawhthei lo takin a khur tan ta a ni. A beng chu artistry fiah lo takin a enfiah a, a lubricate a, a hawi let a, a ke ruh atanga a lu thlenga hnim hringte an click lai chuan lungawi takin a inher a. Kut zungtang te tak te, eng mawi tak takte chuan a vawi hnihna atan a kawrfual chu a rawn khuh chuan a thunun ta a ni. A chunga a innghat bottle chu a la chhuak a, leiah chuan a dah ta a. A kut chak tak chuan lounge chair-ah chuan a ding nghet sauh sauh a.
  
  
  A kut leh hmui chu a chungah a inher lai chuan a thaw halh halh a. "Mmm... a tha khawp mai."
  
  
  A hmel chu a hmel lam pan chuan a rawn hruai a. Mit dum chu thla engin a hring dup pahnih ang maiin a eng chhuak a. A ti muangchang a, "Ka chunga i thil tih kha i hmu tawh. Tunah chuan ka hun a ni tawh. Oil chu ka hmang thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  Sculptor ang maiin a inhria a, a kut leh kut zungtang hmangin Greek milem dik tak line tehkhin rual loh chu a chhui phalsak a ni. Perfection a ni - art tak tak a ni - Mata Nasut chu ardently alive tih danglamna ngaihnawm tak nen. Fawp tura a ding chuan a lawm hle a, a hmui leh a kut thinrimna avang chuan a tap a, a bengchheng bawk. A kut - a pawm hmasak ber chu tawnhriat ngah tak a nih thu a pawm lai chuan a taksa mawi tak erogenous parts te chu a fawp lai chuan nuam ti takin a rawn inher a, lawmnain a khur a, a kut zungtangte erawh chu hmun sensitive tak takah a awm reng thung.
  
  
  A lu hnung lamah chuan a kut a nghat a, a hmui chu a hmuiah chuan a nawr a. "See? Gotong-rojong. To share completely - to help completely..." A han tlan chak zawk a, a hmui inthen darh chuan a lo hmuak a, lei lum chuan ngaihtuahna slow rhythm-a a rawn rawt angin, ardent, sultry, hot-sharp softness-ah a inhnim pil ta a ni . A thawk chu a che vel aiin a rang zawk a, a chakna chu meialh ang mai a ni. A lu chunga kut chu mak tak maiin chakna nen a rawn inher a,
  
  
  pahnihna chuan a kekawr ipteah a rawn hruai nghal zat - nghet takin.
  
  
  A insistant tugs te chu a pawm a, zawi zawiin a kaihhruaina chu a pan hnai a, hun chu hlimnain a tihtawp thin khawvel thuruk, thinrim takah a luh theihna rilru chu nuam a ti hle. An inzawm khawm a, thil nung pakhat, inthen theih loh leh hlim tak, pakhat zawk tana an siam chhuah hlimna (blissful sensual reality) chu an hlim hle. Hmanhmawh a ngai lo va, ruahmanna siam leh thawhrimna a ngai lo - a rhythm, a inhnialna, a turn leh spiral te te chu a lo kal a, a kal leh zel a, a sawi nawn leh a, a danglam a, ngaihtuahna nei lo naturalness nen a inthlak danglam bawk. A hmui chu a kang a, a pum leh a chhungril chu a buai hle a, elevator-a tla - leh tla leh - leh a tlak leh tawh ang maiin a awm bawk.
  
  
  Mata chuan vawi khat chu a thaw halh a, a hmui chu a then a, musical phrase a hriatthiam theih loh chu a rawn au chhuak a, chutah chuan a hmui chu a hmuiah a khar leh ta a. Vawi khat chu a thununna chu a bo ta - chu chu tuin nge mamawh? A vunah a kut hmanga a rilru put hmang a man ang bawkin tunah chuan a taksa leh a rilru zawng zawng chu a khuh vek tawh a, a meialh kang chu magnet do theih loh khawpin a khuh ta a ni. A nail chu a vunah a inkhar a, kitten khelhpui tak kutphah ang maiin a eng a, a ke ruhte chu a chhanna atan a inher a, a chetna mawi tak, lainatna nei tak a ni.
  
  
  “Yeah, tunah chuan,” a hmui atanga lo chhuak ang maiin a ti muangchang a. "Ahh..." ka ti a.
  
  
  “Ni e,” tiin awlsam takin a chhang a, “ni e, ni e...” tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Nick tan chuan a hnu ni sarih chu a hriat tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan a lungchhiatthlak ber leh a hlimawm ber a ni. Thlalak siamtute nena inhmuhkhawmna tawi vawi thum tih loh chu Mata chu a kaihruaitu leh a thianpui reng reng a ni ta a ni. A hun a khawhral dawn lo a, mahse lead leh contact a zawn chu cotton candy lum takah zai ang mai a ni a, mi pakhat tihtawp a tum apiangin gin leh tonic cool tak a pe thin.
  
  
  Nordenboss chuan a pawm ta a ni. "I zir mek a ni. He mipui nen hian kal zel rawh, a rei emaw a rei lo emaw chuan thil pakhat i hre chiang tawh ang. Ka loponusia thing atanga thu ka hriat chuan chutah chuan kan thlawk chhuak thei reng a ni."
  
  
  Mata leh Nick te hian restaurant leh club tha ber berte an tlawh a, party pahnih an tel a, game an en a, football match an en bawk. Vanlawng a charter a, Yogyakarta leh Solo-ah te an thlawk a, Borobudur-a Buddhist hmun thianghlim mak tak sawifiah theih loh leh kum zabi 9-naa Prambana Temple te chu an tlawh a ni. Lake rawng hrang hrang awmna crater-ah chuan an thlawk dun a, artist tray chungah ding chungin a mixture-te i en ang maiin an thlawk a ni.
  
  
  Bandung lam panin an thlawk chhuak a, buh hmun felfai tak tak, ramngaw, cinchona leh tea huan awmna hmun zau tak chu an skirt a. Sundanese-ho ṭhian nihna tawp nei lo, rawng eng tak tak, music, instant nuihzatthlak tak takte chuan mak a ti hle. Savoy Homan Hotel-ah zan an riak a, a quality ṭha tak chu a tithinur hle - a nih loh leh Mata awmna hian a impression-ah rosy light a pe mai thei bawk.
  
  
  Company ropui tak a nei a. A inchei mawi hle a, a nungchang pawh a mawi lo hle a, engkim leh mi zawng zawng hre vek ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  Tala chu Jakarta-ah a awm a, Nordenboss-a nen an awm a, Nick-a chu a awm lo va, tun ṭumah hian Tala hian Adam-a hnenah eng thawnthu nge a sawi tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Mahse a awm loh lai chuan, Puntjak-a pool-a chawhnu lum takah chuan a hmang tangkai hle. Zing lamah chuan Mata chu Bogor-a botanical garden-ah a hruai a; khaw lum laia thing leh mau chi hrang hrang sâng tam tak chu mak ti takin, hmangaih hlui ang maiin an kal dun a.
  
  
  Pool bula chawhmeh tui tak a ei zawh hnu chuan rei tak a ngawi reng a, Mata chuan, “Honey, i ngawi em em a, eng nge i ngaihtuah?”
  
  
  "Tala."
  
  
  Mit dum eng mawi tak takte chuan an muthilh reserve chu a rawn chhuah chhuah dan chu a hmu a, a zau a, a eng chhuak bawk. - Hans hi a tha ka ti.
  
  
  "Thu engemaw zat a khawlkhawm tawh ngei ang. Engti kawng pawhin hmasawnna ka neih a ngai. He idyll hi a hlu a, a thlum a, mahse tanpuina ka mamawh a ni."
  
  
  "Ngawi teh. Hun hian i thil neih chu a rawn thlen ang che...."
  
  
  A chaise longue lam pan chuan a innghat a, a hmui mawi tak chu a hmui hmangin a khuh a. A inhnukdawk chuan, " Dawhthei la, card te kha reshuffle rawh, eh? Eng emaw chen chu engkim a tha vek. Mahse, hmêlma hian move zawng zawng hi ka phal thei lo. Khawpui kan thlen leh hunah chuan ka nei tawh," a ti a ni engemaw zat kalsan turin. I man thei ang." about appointments."
  
  
  Plump lips chu a inhawng a, a khar bawk. "Engtia rei nge Tala i man hma chu?"
  
  
  "Ka hmu ang."
  
  
  "A va han nuam tak em."
  
  
  "Min pui thei maithei. Lu pahnih hi pakhat aiin a tha zawk leh chu zawng zawng chu."
  
  
  Jakarta lam panna kawngah chuan Mata chu a ngawi reng a. A in an hnaih rual chuan, tlai lam chak tak karah chuan, “Ka lo tum ang che,” a ti a.
  
  
  A kut chu a khar a. "Khawngaihin. Loponusias leh midang?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Thil ka zir thei maithei."
  
  
  Tropical living room lum tak, tuna hriat lar takah chuan whisky leh soda a pawlh a, chhiahhlawhte nena an inbiakna atanga a lo haw chuan, “Tunah hian han lo en ve teh,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Tunah?"
  
  
  "Hetah hian phone a awm. Honey, ."
  
  
  Ka ring che. I thei lo tih min hrilh suh. Ka thiante leh ka hriatte nen..."
  
  
  Hypnotized ang maiin a thu a, device chu a la ta a.
  
  
  Call hrang hrang a tihtawp hmain in tur dang a buatsaih leh a, Indonesian leh Dutch tawnga inbiakna languid leh rang tak tak te pawh a tel a, chung zinga pakhat mah chu a hrethiam lo. Phone a dah hnu leh glass khat chu a lak hnu chuan rei vak lo a lu a thing a, ngawi rengin a tawng ta a. "Ni li emaw ni nga emaw hnuah. Loponusias hnenah. An kal vek dawn a, chu chuan an pawisa pek vek a ngai tihna chauh a ni thei."
  
  
  "An vai hian? Tunge an nih?"
  
  
  "Loponusias chhungkua. A lian khawp mai. Hausa."
  
  
  "A chhungah hian politician emaw general emaw an awm em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Sumdawnna lamah an awm vek. Sumdawnna lian tak. General te hian an hnen atangin pawisa an hmu thin."
  
  
  "Khawnge?"
  
  
  "A dik e, Loponusi te ta ber ah. Sumatra."
  
  
  "Juda hi a rawn lang tur i ring em?"
  
  
  Ka hre lo." A han hawi a, a hmui a ti hup tih a hmu a." Ni e, ni e, eng thil dang nge ni thei ang? " "
  
  
  "Juda hian naupang pakhat chu a chelh em?"
  
  
  "Awle." A in tur thenkhat chu a ei zo vek a.
  
  
  "Eng nge a hming?"
  
  
  "Amir. Sikul a kal a. Bombay-a a awm laiin a bo a. An tisual nasa hle. Hming dangin a zin a, sumdawnna engemaw vangin an titawp a, chutah... a bo ta a, ... " "
  
  
  "Hma chuan?"
  
  
  Ngawi rengin a tawng a, a hre thei lo tluk a ni. “Chumi atan chuan pawisa an la dil lo.”
  
  
  Nick chuan heng thil thenkhat hi a hriat vek tur thu a sawi lo. Ani chuan: “Thil dang an dil em?”
  
  
  "Awle." Zawhna rang tak chuan a rawn man ta a. A thusawi chu a hrechhuak a, hlauthawng taka fawn mitmeng chuan a en a.
  
  
  "Eng ang nge?"
  
  
  "Ka ngaihdan chuan... Chinese ho hi an puih a ni."
  
  
  "Tualchhung Chinese ho hnenah ni lo..."
  
  
  "Tlemtein."
  
  
  "Mahse midang pawh. Lawngah pawh a ni mai thei? Dock an nei em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  Dik tak chuan, a ngaihtuah a, a va dik tak em! Java Sea hi a lian hle a, mahse a thuk lo hle a, tunah chuan search engine-te a dik chuan submarine trap a ni tawh. Mahse, Sumatra hmar lam? South China Sea atanga lo chhuk tur surface emaw submersible vessel tan a tha hle.
  
  
  A kuah a. "Ka lawm e, duhtak. I hriat belh hunah min hrilh rawh. A hlawk lo. Information man ka pek a ngai dawn a ni." A chanve dawt a sawi a. “I khawlkhawm ve mai thei a, chu chu ram hmangaihna thil tih tur a ni tak zet a ni.”
  
  
  A mittui a tla zawih zawih a. “Aw, hmeichhiate u,” a ti a. A thil tum kalh zawnga a inrawlh vang nge, pawisa a rawn ken vang? Hnungtawlh tur chuan a tlai tawh hle. “Kar hnih danah US dollar za thum vel a ni,” a ti. "Chutiang zat chu information man min pek tir ang." Chu zat chu a let sawmthum zet chu pinch khatah a phalsak thei tih a hriat chuan engtiang chiahin nge a practical ang tih a ngaihtuah a—Hawke nena an inbiakna hnuah a tam zawk.
  
  
  Tap ri chu a reh ta. A fawp leh a, a thaw halh a, a ding chhuak ta a. "Tlemte ka kal a ngai."
  
  
  A lungngai hmel hle a, a hmui sang tak, thau takah chuan mittui a tla a; beidawnna hnuaiah a hma aia mawi zawk. Rang takin: “Sumdawnna vang chauh a ni. Kum sawm vel ka rawn let leh ang. Late snack kan ei ang,” a ti leh a.
  
  
  Abu chuan Nordenboss-ah a hruai a. Hans, Tala leh Gun Bik te chu Japanese kitchen stove vel cushion-ah an thu a, Hans chuan apron dum leh chef kawr tilt ha chungin a cheer a. Santa Claus-a inthuam var ang maiin a lang. "Hey Al. Chaw siam ka chawlhsan thei lo. Thu la, ei tur tak tak ei turin inbuatsaih rawh."
  
  
  Hans-a vei lama dawhkan sei leh hniam tak chu plate-in a khat a; an chhunga thil awmte chu a lang a, a rim pawh a tui hle. Nula dum chuan dish thuk lian tak a rawn keng a. "Ka tan chuan a tam lutuk lo," Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka ril a tam lo hle mai."
  
  
  “I enchhin hma chu nghak rawh,” Hans chuan a chhang a, dish chu brown rice-in a khat a. "Indonesia leh Oriental eitur tha ber ber ka hmang khawm a ni."
  
  
  Dishes chuan table chu a rawn vel tan ta - crabs leh fish in aromatic sauce, curry, vegetables, spicy fruits. Nick chuan sample tlemte pakhat theuh a la a, mahse buhfai mound chu rang takin treats hnuaiah chuan a thup ta a ni.
  
  
  Tala chuan, "I biak theih nan ka nghak rei tawh hle mai, Al."
  
  
  "Loponusia chungchang?"
  
  
  Mak tih hmel zet hian a lang. "Awle."
  
  
  "Engtikah nge chu chu?"
  
  
  "Ni li chhungin."
  
  
  Hans chuan silver spoon lian tak chu boruakah a dah a, chutah chuan red spiced shrimp chhunga a thun lai chuan a nui suk a. "Al hian hma a hruai tawh niin ka hria."
  
  
  “Idea ka nei a,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Gan Bik chu a serious hmel hle a, a tumruh hle bawk. "Eng nge i tih theih? Loponousias te hian an lo hmuak dawn lo che. Sawmna tel lo pawhin ka kal dawn lo. Adam chu Tala i rawn hruai kir avangin a zahawm hle a, mahse Siau Loponusias hi - well, English-in i sawi ang - tough a ni."
  
  
  "Kan tanpuina chu a pawm dawn lo chauh a ni lawm ni?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Ni lo. Midang ang bawkin anmahni nen kal dun a tum a. Pawisa pe la, nghak rawh."
  
  
  "A nih leh a ṭangkai hle bawk."
  
  
  A mamawh hunah Chinese Red a ni, huh? Beijing hi a lainat tak zet a ni mai thei."
  
  
  "Aw ni lo." Gan Bik chu a categorical hle. "A hausa hi a mak khawp mai. Hemi atang hian hlawkna tur a nei lo. Engkim a hloh vek dawn a ni."
  
  
  "Mi hausa te hian China nen hian an thawkdun tawh a ni."
  
  
  “Shiau ni lo,” Tala chuan zawi te hian a ti a. "Amah hi ka hre chiang hle."
  
  
  Nick chuan Gun Bik chu a en a. "Kan ruala lo kal i duh em? A harsa mai thei."
  
  
  "Chutiang taka thil a buaithlak chuan bandit zawng zawng chu kan that vek ang, ka lawm ang. Mahse, ka ti thei lo." Gan Bik chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Ka pain hetah hian tih tur min tir - sumdawnna - chu ka ti a, zing lama lo kir leh turin min ti a ni."
  
  
  "Ngaidam i dil thei lo em ni?"
  
  
  "Ka pa i hmu a."
  
  
  "Ni e. I sawi tum chu ka hrethiam."
  
  
  Tala chuan, "I bulah ka kal ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a. "Tun ṭumah chuan hmeichhe party ni lo."
  
  
  "Min mamawh ang. Ka bulah chuan property chhungah i lut thei ang. Kei tel lo chuan hetiang atanga mel sawm vel a hlaah i ding ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan Hans chu a en a - mak ti zet hian zawhna zawt chungin. Hans chuan maid chu a chhuah hma chu a nghak a. "Tala hian a sawi dik. Ram hriat loha private army kal tlangin i bei a ngai dawn a ni. Tin, hmun hnim hring takah pawh."
  
  
  "Private sipai a ni em?"
  
  
  Hans chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Not in pretty shape. Regular te hian an duh lo ang. Mahse regular te aiin a effective zawk."
  
  
  "Setup tha tak a ni. Kan hmelma te hnena thlen tumin kan thiante kaltlangin kan bei thin."
  
  
  "Tala lak chungchangah i rilru i thlak tawh em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a, Tala hmel mawi tak chu a rawn eng ta a. "Yeah, kan hmuh theih tur tanpuina zawng zawng kan mamawh dawn a ni."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Chhim-chhak lam mel zathum vel a hlaah chuan lawng mak tak mai chu Java Tuipui thlipui sei tak, sen hring dup karah chuan tluang takin a kal a. Mast sang tak pahnih, rudder hma lamah mizzenmast lian tak nei a nei a, an pahnih hian topsail vuah an ni. Sailor hluite pawhin, “Schoner ang mai a ni a, mahse Portagee ketch a ni, i hria em?”
  
  
  Lawng khalhtu hlui chu a chanve dik lo a nih avangin i ngaidam tur a ni. Oporto hian Portagee ketch, sumdawng nuam tak, tight quarter-a awlsam taka hman theih tur a pass thei a; darkar khat chhungin prau, Surabaja atanga lo chhuak bataka-ah a chantir thei a; tin, minute sawmthum dang hnuah i binoculars i han chawi leh a, a bow sang tak, a zung chunglam leh a sail quadrangular mak tak takte i hmuh chuan i mit i chhing leh ang. Chibai buk la, Taiwan rama Keelung atanga lo kal junk Wind a ni tih an hrilh ang che.
  
  
  Heng zawng zawng hi hrilh che i ni thei a, a camouflage dan azirin, a 40mm cannon leh 20mm cannon pahnih atanga beisei loh taka meipui ri chuan tui atangin a paih chhuak thei che a ni. Lawng zingah chuangin an awm a, an sir lehlamah chuan degree 140-a mei field an nei a; a bow leh stern recoilless rifles-ah chuan Russian design thar, in lama siam mount awlsam tak tak chuan a hmun ruak chu a luah khat ta a ni.
  
  
  A sail eng pawh a enkawl tha hle - a nih loh leh a rinhlelh loh Swedish diesel-ah chuan knot sawm leh pakhat a siam thei bawk. Mak tak maiin Q-ship mawi tak a ni a, Port Arthur-ah Chinese sum hmanga mi pakhat Judah tan siam a ni. A sak hna hi Heinrich Müller leh naval architect Berthold Geitsch te enkawl a ni a, mahse Beijing atanga sum dawngtu chu Judah a ni.
  
  
  Tuipui ralmuang chunga lawng mawi tak - a hotu atan Diabola zirtir.
  
  
  A hnung lama tawny canopy hnuaiah chuan Judah tia koh mi pakhat chu a lo muhil a, Heinrich Mueller, Bert Geitsch leh Mindanao atanga lo kal tlangval mak tak, hmel khauh tak Neef-a te nen chuan cotton thli tleh hlim tak chu nuam an ti hle a. He pawl hi i hmu a, an mimal chanchin eng emaw tal i hriat chuan i tlan chhuak ang a, i chhuahsan ang a, ralthuam i man ang a, i rawn bei ang a, chu chu an dinhmun leh i dinhmun a zirin i ni ang.
  
  
  Deck chair-ah chuan Juda chu a hrisel a, a tan chuan a lang a; a kut bo aiah savun leh nickel hook a bun a, a ke ruhte chu hliamin a khuh a, a hmai sir khat chu hliam na tak avangin a inzawm khawm vek a ni.
  
  
  A chair-a chain-a inbun pet chimpanzee hnenah banana slice a pek lai chuan, indona chanve theihnghilh tawh veteran mize tha tak ang mai a ni a, scarred bulldog chu pinch khat chhungin khur chhungah a la fit reng a ni. A chanchin hre chiang zawkte chuan he ngaihdan hi an siam tha thei a ni. Juda chu rilru fing tak leh mad weasel rilru pu a ni. A monumental ego chu egoism thianghlim tak a nih avangin Juda tan chuan khawvelah hian mi pakhat chauh a awm a - amah ngei pawh. Chimpanzee a hmangaihna chu a lungawina a hriat chhung chauh a awm ang. Rannung chu a duh tawh loh chuan tuipuiah a paih emaw, a chanveah emaw a tikehsawm - a thiltih chu distorted logic hmangin a sawifiah bawk. Mite chunga a rilru put hmang pawh chutiang bawk chu a ni. Muller, Geich leh Knife te pawhin a sualna thuk tak chu an hre lo. Rawngbawlna an neih avangin an dam khawchhuak a ni.
  
  
  Müller leh Geich-a te hi hriatna nei leh finna nei lo mi an ni. Suangtuahna an nei lo tih loh chu
  
  
  an technical specialty-ah - chu chu a lian hle - chuvang chuan midangte pawh an ngaihven lo. Anmahni tih loh chu engmah an ngaihtuah thei lo.
  
  
  Knife chu mipa taksaah naupang a ni. Candy hmuh tumin naupang pakhat chu rilru hlim lo takin thupek angin a that a. Midangte aia yard tlemte hmaa deck-ah chuan a thu a, feet sawmhnih vel zeta hlaa safety pin-a thing nem tak, feet square-a zau thingpui lum tak, balanced throwing knife-te chu a vawm a. Chunglam atang chuan Spanish chemte a rawn vawm a. Blade-te chuan thing chhungah chuan chakna leh chiang takin an tan a, Knife-a ha dum chu naupang nuihzatthlak tak nuihzatthlak takin a rawn eng chhuak fo thin.
  
  
  Chutiang pirate lawng, ramhuai sipai hotu leh a ramhuai puite awmna chu savawmte chuan an thawk thei a, mahse Juda chu chutiang tur chuan a fing lutuk a ni.
  
  
  Mi lakluh leh hmang tangkaitu a nih angin khawvelah hian a tlukpui a nei lo. A lawng khalhtu sawm leh pali, European leh Asian mi inzawmkhawm, an vai deuhthaw chu khawvel hmun hrang hranga sipai hlawh neia zin chhuak zingah chuan an la lut a ni. Psychiatrist chuan criminally insane tiin a sawi ang a, chutiang chuan scientific study atan an khung thei ang. Mafia capo hian a hlut hle ang a, a hmuh ni chu mal a sawm ngei ang. Judas hian naval gang-ah a buatsaih a, Caribbean pirate ang maiin an che a, Judas hian anmahni nena inremna an siam chu a thil tum a hlen chhuah phawt chuan a zah ngei ang tih chu a chiang. Hei hi a thlen loh ni chuan a tha thei ang bera a that vek ang.
  
  
  Juda chuan banana hnuhnung ber chu sava hnenah chuan a vawrh a, railing-ah chuan a tlu a, button sen chu a hmet ta a. Lawng chhung zawngah chuan horn a ri ta vek a - lawnga indona gong pangngai ri ni lovin, rulpui rattlesnake-te vibrato hlauhawm tak ri a ni. Lawng chu a lo nung ta a.
  
  
  Geich chu ladder atang chuan stern lam pan chuan a zuang chho a, Muller chu hatch atang chuan engine room chhungah a bo ta a. Lawng khalhtute chuan awning, sun lounger, dawhkan leh glass te chu an sawp vek a. Thingpui rail form chu pawn lam hawiin a inher a, hinge rattling-ah a tla thla a, bow-a in lem, plastic window nei chu square felfai takah tihtlem a ni.
  
  
  20mm a ni. silai chuan thir ang maiin a ri a, a kutkawrte vuakna chak tak chuan a ti cock a. 40 mm a ni. a puan screen hnung lamah chuan a rawn ri chhuak a, chu chu thupek anga second tlemte chhungin a paih chhuak thei a ni.
  
  
  Pirate-te chu a chunga scoop hnung lamah thup takin an mu a, an recoilless rifles inches li chiah chiah chu an pholang a ni. Diesel te chu startup-ah leh idle-ah te chuan an growl hle.
  
  
  Judas chuan a darthlalang chu a en a, Geich chu a kut a phar a. "A tha hle mai, Bert. Ka tan chuan minute khat leh second sawmli leh pasarih."
  
  
  "Ja." Geich hian minute sawmnga leh pahnih chhungin hei hi a hrechhuak a, mahse thil tenawm tak takah Juda nen an inhnial lo.
  
  
  "Pass the floor. Chawhmeh ei hunah mi zawng zawng tan beer bottle thum." Button sen chu a kut a phar a, rattlesnake te chu vawi li zet a ti bengchheng ta a.
  
  
  Juda chu hatch atang chuan a chhuk a, deck-a awm aiin ladder-ah chuan thiamna nei zawkin a kal a, a kut pakhat chu sava ang maiin a hmang a. Diesel engine te chu a purring tawh lo. Engine room panna stairs-ah Muller nen an inhmu a. "Deck-ah a tha hle mai, Hein. Hetah hian?"
  
  
  "Okay. Raeder chuan a pawm ngei ang."
  
  
  Juda chuan nuihzat hmel zet chu a titawp a. Müller chuan kum zabi 19-naa British line officer pakhat kawr leh dress hat eng mawi tak chu a phelhsak a. A la thla a, a cabin kawngka chhunga locker-ah chuan uluk takin a khai a. Juda chuan, "An inspired che a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Ja. Nelson emaw von Moltke emaw von Buddenbrook emaw nei ila chuan tunlai khawvel hi kan ta a ni ang."
  
  
  Juda chuan a kawngah a rawn fawp a. "Beiseina a la awm. He form hi vawng reng rawh. I kal ang u..." Deck pakhatah chuan hmalam panin an chhuk thla a. Pistol kenga lawng khalhtu chu forepeak-a gangway-a a thutna atang chuan a ding chhuak a. Juda chuan kawngka lam chu a kawhhmuh a. Sailor chuan ring chunga innghat bunch pakhat atanga chabi hmangin a hawng a. Judas leh Müller-a te chu an lo ding a; Judas chuan kawngka bulah chuan switch chu a rawn hmet a.
  
  
  Cot-ah chuan hmeichhe naupang lem a mu a; a lu, scarf rawng hrang hranga khuh chu bang lam hawiin a hawi a. Judah chuan, "Engkim a tha em, Tala?"
  
  
  A chhanna chu a tawi hle mai. - "Awle."
  
  
  "Deck-ah min rawn zawm ve duh em?"
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  Judas chuan a nui suk a, light a off a, lawng khalhtu chu kawngkhar khar turin a kut a phar a. "Nitin vawi khat exercise a ti thin a, mahse chu chu a ni. Kan company hi a duh ngai lo."
  
  
  -Müller chuan ngawi rengin a ti a. "A sam atang hian kan chhuah tir mai thei."
  
  
  “A tha ber e,” Judas chuan a ti a, “Hetah hian tlangvalte chu an awm.” Anmahni chu i en a tha zawk tih ka hria." Kawngkhar nei lo, steel grille dum chauh nei cabin hmaah chuan a ding a. Chutah chuan bunk pariat a awm a, bulkhead-ah chuan tuihnuai lawng hlui ang maiin an inzawm khawm a, passenger panga an awm bawk. Pali chu an ni Indonesia mi, Chinese pakhat.
  
  
  Juda leh Muller-a chu lungngai takin an en a. Tlangval sei tak, mit fimkhur, hel tak, chess khelh lai chu a ding chhuak a, bar lam pan turin step hnih a kal ta a.
  
  
  "Engtikah nge he hotbox atang hian kan chhuah ang?"
  
  
  “Ventilation system hian hna a thawk a ni,” tiin Juda chuan ngaihsak lo takin a chhang a, a thusawi chu mi fing lo zawkte hnena logic lantir duhtu ang maia chiang zawi zawiin a sawi a ni. "Deck-a awm aiin i lum vak lo."
  
  
  "A lum khawp mai."
  
  
  "Boredom vangin hei hi i hre thin. Frustration. Dawhthei takin awm rawh Amir. Ni reilote hnuah i chhungte kan tlawh leh ang. Chumi hnuah chuan he thliarkar ah hian kan kir leh ang a, chutah chuan zalenna i hlim thei ang. Hei hi tlangval tha tak i nih chuan a thleng dawn a ni." .
  
  
  Tlangval pakhat Amir-a chuan, “Khawngaihin hetiang hi ti suh,” a ti a. Tâng dangte chu an ngaihsak thut mai a, sikul naupangte’n an zirtîrtu hna an nghah ang maiin an ngaihven ta a ni. "Kan thawhpui tih i hria."
  
  
  Juda chu an bum lo va, mahse Müller-a chuan thuneihna zahna anga a ngaih chu a hlim hle a ni. Juda chuan zawi sap hian, "Hriamhrei kan neih vang chauhvin in thawhpui duh a ni. Mahse, a ngai a nih loh chuan kan tichhe lovang che tih chu a chiang. Mi man tlawm tak tak te in ni. Tin, rei lo teah in chhungte pawhin an pe tling ve mai thei bawk a, In haw vek tawh a ni," a ti bawk.
  
  
  “Ka beisei,” Amir chuan zahawm takin a pawm a. "Mahse hre reng ang che - Müller ni lovin. A sailor suit a ha ang a, kan zinga pakhat chu a vuak ang a, chutah a cabin chhungah a lut ang a,..."
  
  
  "Vawk!" - Muller chuan a ti a. Tiam a tiam a, security guard hnen atangin chabi chu laksak a tum a. A thutiamte chu tangte nuihzatthlak takin a pil bo ta a ni. Amir chu khumah chuan a tlu a, hlim takin a rawn inher a. Judas chuan Müller-a kut chu a rawn vuan a. "Lo kal rawh - an nuihzat che a ni."
  
  
  Deck an thleng a, Müller chuan, "Brown monkeys. An hnungzang zawng zawng vun vek thei ila ka duh khawp mai," a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  “Engtikah emaw chuan... engtikah emaw chuan,” Juda chuan a ti thlamuang a. "I scrap vek mai thei. Inkhelh atanga kan tih theih zawng zawng kan chhuah hnuah. Tin, Tala nen hian going away party tha tak tak kan nei dawn bawk." A hmui chu a fawp a. Ni nga chhung zet tuipuiah an awm a, heng tropics te hian mipa libido chu an thlawp niin a lang. Mueller-a rilru put hmang chu a hrethiam thei tawh mai.
  
  
  “Tunah hian kan tan thei tawh ang,” tiin Mueller chuan a rawt a. "Tala leh tlangval pakhat kan ngai dawn lo...."
  
  
  "Ni lo, ni lo, thian hlui. Dawhtheihna. Engtin emaw tak thuthang a chhuak mai thei. Chhungkaw tinte hian Beijing tan kan sawi ang hi an pe a, min rin vang chauhvin an ti thin." A nui tan ta a, nuihzatthlak tak a ni. Müller chu a nui suk a, a nui a, chutah a hmui te tak te atanga tlanchhuak ironic cackle chuan a hun takah a kawr chu a rawn beng tan ta a.
  
  
  "Min ring. Aw ni e, min ring tlat!" Canopy an dahna belt an thlen leh chuan an mit an hrufai a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Judas chu sun lounger-ah chuan thaw halh chungin a inbeng kang a. "Naktuk hian Belem-ah kan chawl ang. Tichuan Loponousias hmunah kan thleng ang. Khualzinna hi a hlawkthlak hle ang."
  
  
  “US dollar sanghnih leh sawmli” Muller chuan a hmuiah chuan thlum tui tak nei ang maiin a lei chu a click a. "Ni sawm leh paruknaah chuan corvette leh tuihnuai lawng nen kan inhmu a. Tun tum chu engzat nge kan pek ang?"
  
  
  "I thilphal ang u. Pawisa kimchang pakhat. Nuai sawmriat. Thuthang an hriat chuan a zat nen an inmil ang."
  
  
  "Kan tan pahnih leh an tan pakhat." Müller chuan a nui suk a. "Chance tha tak tak a awm."
  
  
  "Bye. Inkhel a tawp hunah kan la vek ang."
  
  
  "CIA agent thar chu engtin nge ni ang, Bard?"
  
  
  "Kan hi a la ngaihven reng a ni. A target kan ni ngei ang. Makhmur chhuahsanin Nordenboss leh Mata Nasut-ah a kal a. Loponousias khuaah hian mimal takin kan hmu ngei ang tih ka ring."
  
  
  "A va han nuam tak em."
  
  
  "Ni e. Tin, kan theih chuan random ang maia kan siam a ngai. Logical, i hria em."
  
  
  "A dik e, ṭhian hlui. By chance."
  
  
  An in en a, ngilnei takin an in en a, an kâa hriatrengna awmte chu ei duh mihring tawnhriat ngah tak tak ang maiin an nui suk a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Hans Nordenboss chu chaw siam thiam tak a ni. Nick chuan a ei tam lutuk a, Mata a zawm hunah chuan a ei duhna chu a lo let leh ngei a beisei. Hans-a nen a zirlaiah minute engemaw zat an awm dun lai chuan, "Naktuk hian Loponusii-ah kan kal ang u - chu chuan luh hun min pe ang a, ruahmanna siamin, thawhhona kan neih loh chuan hmalakna tur ruahmanna siam turin hun min pe ang," a ti ."
  
  
  "Darkar sawm vel tlan tur kan nei. Airstrip hi estate atanga mel sawmnga vel a hla a ni. Kawngpui pawh a fair. Tin, thawhhona engmah ruahman suh. Siaouw hi a awlsam lo."
  
  
  "Chutah chuan i connection te chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "Mi pakhat a thi. Mi dang a bo. Ka pawisa pek kha tlang takin an hmang mai thei, ka hre lo."
  
  
  "Gun Bik hi kan mamawh aia tam hrilh lo ila."
  
  
  "A ni lo tak zet, tlangval chu a par tawk niin ka hria nachungin."
  
  
  "Colonel Sudirmat hi a fing tawk em, a pump chhuak thei em?"
  
  
  "Naupang hian min hralh chhuak dawn tihna em ni? Ni lo, ka bet ang."
  
  
  "Kan mamawh chuan tanpuina kan dawng dawn em ni? Judas emaw blackmailer te hian anmahni sipai an nei mai thei."
  
  
  Nordenboss chuan lungngai takin a lu a thing a. "Sipai pangngai chu pawisa faiin lei theih a ni. Sjauv hi a hmelma a ni a, a mite kan hmang thei lo."
  
  
  "Police? Police?"
  
  
  "Theihnghilh rawh. Bribery, bumna. Tin, mi pakhatin pawisa a pek avanga lei inthlauhna pawh."
  
  
  "Chance rei tak a awm, Hans."
  
  
  Stocky agent chu sakhaw lama mi fing tak malsawmna pe ang maiin a nui suk a. A kut zungtang nêm, bumna hmanga chak tak takte chuan shell cheimawi tak chu a chelh tlat a. "Mahse hnathawh hi a ngaihnawm em em a ni. En teh - a buaithlak hle - Nature hian experiment trillion tam tak a kalpui a, kan computer te hi a nuihzat bawk. Keini mi te te. Primitive intruders. Aliens te hi kan dirtball-ah kan hmang a ni."
  
  
  Nick hian Nordenboss nen hian hetiang dialogue hi an lo tawng tawh bawk. Dawhthei taka thumal hmangin a pawm ta a ni. "Hnathawh hi a ngaihnawm khawp mai. Tin, ruang hmuh a nih chuan vuina pawh a thlawna hman theih a ni. Mihring hi planet-a cancer a ni. Nang leh kei hian kan hmaah mawhphurhna kan nei a. Hriamhrei hi engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "Duty? Kan conditioned avangin kan tan thu hlu tak a ni." Hans chuan thaw halh chungin shell chu a dah thla a, pakhat dang a entir leh bawk. "Obligation hi mawhphurhna a ni. I classification kha ka hria Nicholas. Nero-a executioner Horus chanchin kha i chhiar tawh em? A tawpah chuan..."
  
  
  "Kan suitcase chhungah hian grease gun kan pack thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Not recommended. I thawmhnaw hnuaiah hian pistol pahnih khat emaw, grenade tlemte emaw i thup thei. A chungah cheng lian tlemte dah la, kan bungrua an zawn chuan suitcase hawn hunah cheng i kawhhmuh ang a, a nihna takah chuan tlangval kha." a en leh tawh dawn lo."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan engvangin nge chutiang bawk chu i spray loh ang?"
  
  
  "A lian lutuk a, a hlu lutuk bawk. Degree lam thil a ni. Silai kenga mi man ai chuan thamna hi a hlu zawk a, mahse machine gun keng mi chu a hlutna a sang thei hle - a nih loh leh i that a, i rawk a, silai chu i hralh ta a ni." , pawh."
  
  
  "Duhawm." Nick chuan a ti a. "Kan theih ang tawkin kan thawk ang."
  
  
  Nordenboss chuan Dutch cigar a pe a. "Tactic thar ber kha hre reng ang che - hmelma hnen atangin ralthuam i hmu thin. Amah hi supply man tlawm ber leh hnai ber a ni."
  
  
  "Lehkhabu chu ka chhiar a".
  
  
  "A chang chuan heng Asia ramah te, a bik takin hetah hian mipui tam tak zingah i bo ang maiin i inhria. Landmark a awm lo. Kawng khat emaw kawng dangah emaw i kal tlang a, mahse ramngaw chhunga bo ang mai a ni." Vawilehkhatah thil inang chiah chiah i hmu a.hmêl inang leh tum nei lovin i vakvai tih i hrechhuak ta a.Compass nei se i duh khawp mai.Mipui zingah hmel dang mai i ni tih i inhria a, mahse chutah chuan hmel lan dan leh hmêlma rapthlak tak hmel i hmu ta a ni. Hate! I vakvai a, thil dangin i mit a la a, one look. Murderous hostility! " Nordenboss chuan uluk takin sink chu a hmunah a dah leh a, suitcase chu a khar a, living room kawngka lam chu a pan ta a. "Hei hi i tan chuan hriatna thar a ni. I tihsual zia chu i hrethiam..."
  
  
  "Ka hre tan ta," Nick chuan a ti a. Hans chu midangte bulah chuan a zui leh a, zan tha a ti a.
  
  
  In a chhuahsan hma chuan a room-ah chuan a luang lut a, a bungrua dahna bungrua chu a hawng a. Sahbawn dum bar ruk rimtui tak tak a awm a, aerosol shaving cream can pathum a awm bawk.
  
  
  Green cake te kha a takah chuan plastic puak thei thil a ni. Nick hian a writing case-ah hian standard pen part atan light cap a keng a. A pipe cleaner bikte a twisting hmanga puak chhuakte hi a siam a ni.
  
  
  Mahse a duh ber chu shaving cream cans te kha a ni. Anni hi Stuart-a thil siam dang an ni a, AX ralthuam siamtu genius an ni. Pink lui chu feet sawmthum vel zet an kap a, chu chu spray-ah a chang a, second nga chhungin hmêlma chu a gag leh incapacitate ang a, sawm chhungin a knock out ang. A mit bulah spray chu i hmu thei a nih chuan a mit a del nghal mai ang. Test-ah chuan a nghawng zawng zawng hi hun eng emaw chen chauh a ni tih hmuhchhuah a ni. Stewart chuan, "Police-te pawhin hetiang device hi Club an ti a. Kei chuan AX ka ti a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Nick chuan an tan thawmhnaw eng emaw zat chu shipping box-ah a dah a. Private sipai lakah tam tak ni lo mahse mipui tam tak hmachhawn tura i chhoh dawn chuan ralthuam i neih apiang i la thin.
  
  
  Mata hnenah ni engemaw zat chu khawpui pawnah a awm dawn tih a hrilh chuan a kalna tur chu a hre chiang hle. “Kal suh,” a ti a, “I lo kir leh tawh lo vang.”
  
  
  “Ni e, ka lo kir leh ngei ang,” a ti sap a. Patio thim nem tak karah chuan living room-ah chuan an inkuah a.
  
  
  A sports shirt button chu a phelh a, a lei chuan a thinlung bulah hmun a hmu ta a ni. A beng veilam chu a ti hrual tan ta a. Love Helper a inhriat hmasak ber atang khan bottle pahnih an hmang zo tawh a, chu chuan nuam tihna nasa zawk leh ngaihnawm zawk an in thlen theihna chu a tichangtlung ta a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan a kut zungtang khur ri chu a hriat tawh leh a mawi zawk fo thin rhythm-a a che lai chuan a hahdam ta. Ani chuan: “Min hren ang - mahse darkar khat leh a chanve chhung chauh...” a ti a.
  
  
  “Ka neih zawng zawng, ka hmangaih,” a rilruah chuan a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  Hei hi a hlawhtlinna sang ber a ni tih a rel ta a - pulsating rhythm, chutiang taka thiam taka synchronized, bends leh spirals, a temples-a sparklers, elevator tlak leh tlak te.
  
  
  Tin, a tan chuan a tender effect chu chutiang bawk chuan a chak tih a hria a, a chhan chu a muhil nêm a, a khat a, a thaw halh lai chuan engmah a thup lo va, a mit dum chu a man theih loh thu a thawh chhuah rualin a eng chhuak a, a hlim hle bawk: " Oh my mipa - lo kir leh rawh - aw ka mipa..."
  
  
  An inbual dun lai chuan, muangchangin: “I hnungah sum leh pai leh thuneihna i neih avangin engmah a thleng thei lo niin i ngai a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Ni lo. Mahse, tuin nge min tihnat duh ang?"
  
  
  Hmuh lohna thawm a siam a. "CIA thuruk ropui tak. Mi zawng zawngin i tlu tih an lo en reng a ni."
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan a chiang lo ka ti lo." A nuihzat hmel chu a thup a. "Professional an neih tur hnaah chuan amateur ka ni ngei ang."
  
  
  "Chutiang lutuk chu ni lo, duhtak - mahse ka thil hmuh leh hriat chu..."
  
  
  Nick chuan towel lian tak hmangin a hmai chu a rawn fawp a. Brick sakeibaknei chanvo an khawn lai hian company lian chuan loan la rawh se. A nih loh leh, a châng chuan security details-a a insûmna rilru tibuaitu hmanga David Hawk-a insightful effectiveness chu a finfiah em? Nick hian Hawk hian mi pakhat chu US secret service dang 27 zinga pakhat agent angin a siam niin a ngai fo thin! Nick hian vawi khat chu Turkey sorkar hnen atangin medal a dawng a, chutah chuan he case-a a hming hman - US FBI-a Mr. Horace M. Northcote tih ziak a ni.
  
  
  Mata chuan a hnaih a, a hmuiah chuan a fawp a. "Hetah hian awm rawh. Ka awm ve mai ang."
  
  
  A rim mak tak mai, a tifai a, a rimtui a, a powder bawk. A kuah a. "Zing dar riat ah ka chhuak dawn. Heng lemziak te hi Josef Dahlam te inah min rawn zo thei ang. New York ah thawn rawh. Chutih lai chuan ka hmangaih...."
  
  
  A kaitho a, zawi zawiin patio-ah chuan a phur leh a, chutah chuan nuam ti takin a luah a, lungkhamna hun a nei tawh lo.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Nick chuan Nordenboss-a’n an zinkawng a buatsaih dan chu a lawm hle a ni. Indonesia thila awm, buaina leh tihkhawtlai mak tak takte chu a hmuchhuak a, a beisei bawk. An awm lo. Sumatra-a airstrip-ah hian De Havilland hluiah an thlawk a, British Ford-ah chuangin tuipui kamah chuan hmar lam panin an tlan a ni.
  
  
  Abu leh Tala te hian tawng hrang hrang an hmang a. Nick-a chuan an kal pelh khuate chu a zir chiang a, State Department chanchinbuin a sawi chhan chu a hrethiam ta a ni: vanneihthlak takin pawisa tel lovin mi an awm thei a ni. Hmun tinah thlai a lo thang a, in chhehvelah thei kung a lo thang bawk.
  
  
  “Hêng in tê tê ṭhenkhat hi a nuamin a lang,” tiin Nick-a chuan a sawi.
  
  
  “Pakhatah i awm a nih chuan chutiang chuan i ngaihtuah lo vang,” Nordenboss chuan a ti a. "Nun dan danglam tak a ni. Ke sei lizard nena i hmuh insect man. Gecko-gecko-gecko an croak avangin gecko an ti a. I kutphah aia lian tarantula spider an awm. Crab ang mai an ni. Black beetles lian tak tak an awm." tube kaltlangin ha paste a ei nghal thei a, dessert atan book bindings a chew thei bawk."
  
  
  Nick chuan a thaw halh a, a beidawng hle. Terraced rice fields ang maia staircase lian tak tak leh khaw fai tak takte chu a sawm em em a. Native-ho chu an thianghlim hmel hle a, ha dum nei ṭhenkhat, betel tui sen hring chhuakte tih loh chu.
  
  
  Ni chu a lum ta hle mai. Thingkung sang tak hnuaia an tlan lai chuan tunnel lum tak tak, greenery-in a khuh lai an paltlang ang maiin an hria a, chutah chuan kawngpui zau tak chu hremhmun ang maiin a lang. Checkpoint pakhatah an ding a, chutah chuan sipai sawmhnih chuang zet chu thingphel inchung hnuaia tiang chungah an mu a. Abu chuan Nick-a hriatthiam loh tawng hmangin a sawi nghal vat a. Nordenboss chu car atang chuan a chhuk a, short lieutenant nen chuan khum chhungah chuan an lut a, an rawn kir leh nghal a, an tlan ta a. “Cheng tlemte chauh,” a ti a. "Hei hi regular army post hnuhnung ber a ni. Siau mite kan hmu leh ang."
  
  
  "Engvangin nge kawng khar a nih?"
  
  
  "Bandits tihtawp nan. Hel. Khualzin rinhlelh tak tak. Hei hi thil awm lo tak a ni. Pawisa pe thei apiangin an paltlang thei."
  
  
  Building lian zawk leh nghet zawka siam khawpuiah an lo kal a. Khawpui luhna hnai ber checkpoint dang chu kawngpui sir lama thinghnah rawng hrang hranga tla thlain a chhinchhiahna a ni. “Khawchhak lam ber chu Schauva a ni,” Nordenboss chuan a ti a. "A in atanga mel sawm leh panga vel kan hla a ni."
  
  
  Abu chu mipui zingah chuan a chuang ta a. Building te tak te pakhat atang chuan uniform dum dum hring ha mi pathum an rawn chhuak a. Sergeant stripes hatu chuan Nordenboss chu a hre chiang hle. “Hi,” Dutch tawngin nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti a. "Hetah hian i tawp mai ang."
  
  
  "Ngei ngei". Hans chu car atang chuan a chhuk a. "Lo kal rawh, Nick, Tala. I ke kha han phar rawh. Hei, Chris. Siau nen hian thil pawimawh tak takah kan inhmuh a ngai a ni."
  
  
  Sergeant ha chu a rawn eng chhuak a, betel-in a ti bawlhhlawh lo. "Hetah hian i ding a. Orders. I kir leh ngei tur a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a thianpa stocky tak chu a zui a, building chhungah chuan a lut ta a. A vawt a, a thim bawk. Barrier rod te chu zawi zawiin an inher a, bang chhunga lut hrui te chuan an khalh a. Nordenboss chuan sergeant hnenah chuan envelope te tak te a pe a. Chu pa chuan a han en a, chutah zawi zawiin pawi ti takin dawhkanah chuan a dah ta a. “Ka thei lo,” lungngai takin a ti a. "Mr. Loponousias chu chutiang taka sawifiah a ni. A bik takin nang leh i thiante tu pawh nena inzawmnaah chuan, Mr. Nordenboss."
  
  
  Nick chuan Nordenboss-a thusawi chu a hre ta a: “Ka ti thei tlem hle.”
  
  
  "Ni lo, a lungchhiatthlak lutuk."
  
  
  Hans chuan Nick lam chu a hawi a, English-in a sawi nghal vat a. "A sawi tum a ni."
  
  
  "Kan kir leh thei ang em, pinwheel chu kan la chhuak thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Defensive linemen tam tak paltlang thei tura i ngaih chuan. Yardage neih hi ka bet dawn lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Compass nei lo mipui zingah a bo. Tala chuan, "Siau nen kan inbia ang. Ka pui thei maithei," a ti a. Nordenboss chuan a ti a. "Chu chu chutiang bawk chuan try tha tak a ni. Okay, Mr. Bard?"
  
  
  "Bei."
  
  
  Sergeant chuan Siau chu Hans-a’n envelope la turin a kut a phar hma loh chuan a ko ngam lo tih a dodal a. Minute khat hnuah phone chu Tala hnenah a pe ta a. Nordenboss chuan hmuh theih loh lal Loponousias nena an inbiakna chu a hrilhfiah a.
  
  
  "... A ni a ti a, Tala Muchmur a ni tak zet. A aw a hre lo em ni? A ti lo, chu chu phone hmangin a hrilh thei lo. A hmuh a ngai a ni. A ni mai - eng pawh ni se . Amah chu hmuh a duh a ni. - ṭhiante nen - minute tlemte chauh..."
  
  
  Tala chuan a ti chhunzawm a, a nui suk a, chutah instrument chu sergeant hnenah chuan a pe ta a. Thupek eng emaw zat a dawng a, zah takin a chhang bawk.
  
  
  Chris, sergeant chuan a hote zinga pakhat hnenah thupek a pe a, ani pawh chu anmahni rualin car chhungah chuan a chuang ta a. Hans chuan, "I ti tha e, Tala. Chutiang thuruk rintlak tak i nei tih ka hre lo."
  
  
  A nuih hmel mawi tak chu a pe a. "Kan ṭhian hlui kan ni."
  
  
  Thil dang a sawi lo. Nick chuan a thuruk chu eng nge a nih a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Oval ruam sei tak, a sir lehlamah chuan tuipui kam chu an tlan pel a. A hnuaiah chuan in pawl khat a lo lang a, tuipui kamah chuan lawng chawlhna hmun, thil dahkhawmna hmun, leh truck leh lawngte inkara thiltih a awm bawk. “Loponus ram,” Hans chuan a ti a. "A ramte hi tlang thlengin a kal chho nghal a. Hming dang tam tak an nei bawk. An agriculture lama an hralhna hi a tam hle a, oil-ah pawh finger an nei a, factory thar tam tak an nei bawk.
  
  
  "Tin, an vawn reng duh bawk ang. Leverage min pe mai thei."
  
  
  "Chutiang chu chhiar suh. Invader leh politician lo kal leh chhuak an hmu tawh."
  
  
  Syauw Loponousias chuan basketball court ang maia lian veranda khuh takah chuan assistant leh chhiahhlawhte nen an hmu a. Mipa thau tak, nuihzat hmel deuh a ni a, chu chu i rin dan chuan engmah awmzia a nei lo. A hmel thau leh dum chu mak tak maiin a nghet a, a hmui a tla lo, a hmui sang tak chu boxing gloves ounce ruk ang mai a ni. Polished floor-ah chuan a tlu a, Tala chu angle hrang hrang atanga a zir hmain rei vak lo a kuah a. "Nangmah i ni. Ka ring thei lo. Kan hriat dan a danglam." Nick leh Hans chu a en a, Tala chuan Nick chu a rawn inhmelhriattir lai chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Welcome. I awm rei thei lo hi pawi ka ti hle mai. In tur cool tak i la ang."
  
  
  Nick chu bamboo chair lian takah a thu a, lemonade a in a. Lawn leh landscaping mawi tak tak te chu yard 500 zeta thui a ni. Parking lot-ah chuan Chevrolet truck pahnih, Cadillac eng mawi tak, Volkswagen thar pahnih, British car brand hrang hrang eng emaw zat leh Soviet siam jeep pakhat a awm a. Mi sawmhnih chuang zet chu vengtu ding emaw, patrol emaw an ni. Sipai ni thei tur khawpa inchei an ni a, an vai hian silai emaw, belt holster emaw an keng vek a ni. Ṭhenkhat chuan an nei ve ve.
  
  
  "... I pa hnenah duhsakna hlan rawh," Siau thusawi chu a hre ta a. "Thla leh lamah hmuh ka tum. Phong lam panin ka thlawk nghal dawn a ni."
  
  
  “Mahse, in ram mawi tak takte hi hmuh kan duh khawp mai,” Tala chuan a ti chhuak nghal zat. "Mr. Bard hi importer a ni. Jakarta-ah order lian tak tak a siam tawh a ni."
  
  
  "Mr. Bard leh Mr. Nordenboss te pawh hi United States agent an ni." Siaw chu a nui suk a. "Kei pawhin thil ka hria, Tala."
  
  
  Hans leh Nick te chu tanpui theih lohvin a en a. Nick chuan a chair chu inches tlemte an hnaih zawkah a sawn a. "Mr. Loponousias. I fapa mantu mipui te hi an lawngah hian an rawn thleng thuai dawn tih kan hria. Kan pui ang che. Amah hi rawn hruai kir leh rawh. Tunah chuan."
  
  
  Mitmeng hrual leh nuihzat hmel pu chunga brown bumps atang chuan engmah chhiar theih a ni lo, mahse chhanna atan chuan hun rei tak a hmang a ni. Hei hi chhinchhiahna tha tak a ni. A ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  A tawpah chuan Syauw chuan negative takin a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Nang pawhin thil tam tak i zir dawn a ni, Mr. Bard. I dik leh dik loh ka sawi dawn lo. Mahse, i tanpuina thahnemngai tak hi kan hmang tangkai thei lo."
  
  
  "Sakei hnenah sa i paih a, a sakei chu a thlahthlam a, a chhuahsan ngei i beisei. Kei aiin sakei hi i hre chiang zawk. Chutiang chu a thleng tak tak ang tih i ring em?"
  
  
  “Chutih lai chuan rannung chu kan zirchiang mek a ni.”
  
  
  "A thu dik lo chu i ngaithla a ni. Pawisa tam tak pek hnuah leh condition engemaw zat hnuaiah i fapa chu an rawn let leh ang tih i tiam a. Eng guarantee nge i neih?"
  
  
  "Sakei hi a â lo a nih chuan a thusawi zawm chu a hlawkna tur a ni."
  
  
  "Min ring rawh, he sakei hi a â a ni. Mipa angin a â."
  
  
  Siau chuan a mit a chhing a. "Amok i hria em?"
  
  
  "Nang angin a tha lo.
  
  
  Siau chu a buai ta hle mai. Malay madness chungchangah hian experience tam tak a nei a, amok. A wild frenzy of killing, stabbing, cutting - so brutal that chuan US Army te chu bullet lian zawkin stopping power a nei tam zawk tih theory atanga Colt .45 hman tura thutlukna siam turin a pui a ni. Nick chuan mipaho chu an rilru natna nasa tak karah chuan anmahni tihtawp nan silai lian tak atanga silai mu tlemte an la mamawh tih a hria a. I silai chu eng ang pawhin lian se, silai mu chu hmun dik takah i la dah a ngai tho.
  
  
  “Hei hi a danglam a ni,” Siau chuan a tawpah chuan a ti ta a. "Hengte hi sumdawng an ni. An thinrimna an hloh lo."
  
  
  "Heng mite hi an chhe zawk. Tunah chuan an thunun thei tawh lo. Inch ngaa sei shell leh nuclear bomb hmaah. Engtin nge i â theih ang?"
  
  
  "Kei... ka hrethiam chiah lo...."
  
  
  "Zalen takin ka tawng thei ang em?" Nick chuan patriarch bula mipa dang pungkhawmte chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  "Kal rawh... kal zel rawh. Ka chhungte leh ka thiante an ni vek. A tam zawk chuan engtin pawhin English an hrethiam lo."
  
  
  "Beijing pui turin an ti che a. An sawi tlem hle. Politics lamah pawh a ni mai thei. Indonesian Chinese-te hi an policy dik a nih chuan tlanchhuahna tura pui turin an ngen che pawh a ni mai thei. Chu chuan Judas tia kan koh tur mipa lakah leverage leh venhimna a pe che niin i ngai a ni." It doesn't." will. Nangmah ang bawkin China atangin a ru a ni. Rekkoning a lo thlen hunah chuan Juda chauh ni lovin Big Red Daddy thinurna pawh i hmachhawn dawn a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan Siau chu a ei lai chuan a kawr ruhte chu a che tih a hmu niin a ngai a. Chu pa ngaihtuahna chu a mitthla a. A hriat tur a awm a nih chuan thamna leh double-triple cross te a ni. Ani chuan, “An buai lutuk...” Mahse a tone chu a chak lo zawk a, thusawi chu a trail off ta a ni.
  
  
  "Big Daddy hian heng mite hi a thunun niin i ngai. A ni lo. Judas hian a pirate lawng atang hian a chhuah tir a, a crew atan a mipa ngei a nei bawk. Independent bandit a ni a, a sir lehlamah a rukbo thin. Chutah chuan i fapa tan harsatna a lo chhuak thin." tin, a sal dangte chuan ramri chu chain-in an pel mek bawk a ni."
  
  
  Siaw chu a chair-ah chuan a slouch tawh lo. "Engtin nge heng zawng zawng hi i hriat?"
  
  
  "Nangmah ngeiin US agent kan ni tih i sawi a. Agent kan ni maithei, ni lo pawh a ni mai thei. Mahse, kan nih chuan inzawmna engemaw zat kan nei a ni. Ṭanpuina i mamawh a, tute ai pawhin kan hmu ṭha zawk che a ni. Nangmah ngeiin sipaite i ko ngam lo." . Lawng an thawn ang - a ni mai thei - i ngaihtuah ang, a chanve chu thamna an pe ang a, a chanve chu communist-te an lainat ang. Nangmah chauhin i awm a. A nih loh leh i ni. Tunah chuan - min hmang thei tawh ang."
  
  
  Use chu thumal dik tak a ni. Hei hian Siau ang mi chu hrui khauh tak chu a la kal thei tih a ring ta a ni. "He Juda hi i hria em?" - tiin Siau chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Ni e. A chanchin ka hrilh che zawng zawng kha thil dik tak a ni." “Ka rin dan chuan scraps thenkhat nen,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Tala i hmuh khan mak i ti hle a. Tuin nge a rawn hruai haw tih zawt rawh. Engtin nge a lo thlen."
  
  
  Siau chuan Tala lam chu a hawi a. Ani chuan, "Mr. Bard hian min rawn hruai haw a. US Navy lawngah. Adam chu i ko thei ang a, i hmu ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a rilru rang tak chu a ngaisang hle - a hmuchhuak lo a nih chuan tuihnuai lawng chu a hmuchhuak lo ang. "Mahse khawi atang nge?" - tiin Siau chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Hmelma nena in thawhpui lai hian engkim kan hrilh vek che i beisei thei lo," Nick chuan muangchangin a chhang a. "Thil dik tak chu hetah hian a awm tih hi a ni. Kan hmu leh ta a ni."
  
  
  "Mahse ka fapa - Amir - a tha em?" Xiau chuan Juda lawng chu an pil ta em tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  "Kan hriat angin ni lo. Eng pawh ni se—darkar tlemte hnuah chuan i hre chiang ang. Tin, chutiang a nih loh chuan min duh lo em ni? Engvangin nge Juda hi hruai turin kan kal vek loh?"
  
  
  Siau chu a ding chhuak a, verandah zau takah chuan a kal ta a. A hnaih rual chuan jacket dum ha chhiahhlawhte chu kawngka bula an post-ah chuan an vawt ta vek a. Chutianga mipa lian chu a che tih i hmu fo lo - lungkham, ngaihtuahna fim tak, mi pangngai ang maia che. Vawikhatmah a hawi let a, a kawr thianghlim takah chuan badge sen vuah tlangval upa tak pakhat hnenah chuan order engemaw zat a pe a.
  
  
  Tala chuan a ti sap sap a: “Room leh zanriah a order a, kan riak dawn a ni.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Dar sawm vela an chhuah chuan Nick chuan Tala chu a room chhunga luh tir turin trick engemaw zat a lo tum a. In lian tak wing lehlamah chuan a awm a. Kawngpui chu jacket dum ha mi engemaw zatin an lo dang a, corridor inkar kawngpuiah chuan an hna chhuahsan ngai lo ang maiin an lang. Nordenboss-a pindanah chuan a lut ta a. "Engtin nge Tala hi hetah hian kan thlen theih ang?"
  
  
  Nordenboss chuan a kawr leh kawrfual chu a phelh a, khum lian takah chuan a mu a, taksa ruh leh thawmhnaw tam tak a awm bawk. “Eng mipa nge maw,” chau zet hian a ti a.
  
  
  "He thil hi zan khat pawh hi ka awm thei lo."
  
  
  "Damn it, kan chhuah chhuah hunah min khuh se ka duh."
  
  
  "Aw. Kan rûk bo em ni?"
  
  
  "Pier chu i hnaih ang u. Judah leh Amir hi lo thlir reng ang che."
  
  
  "Eng pawh nise. Ka thu ka hre tawh. Zing lamah lawng chawlhna hmunah an awm tur a ni. Kan muhil ve mai thei bawk."
  
  
  "Engvangin nge he thil hi a hmain min hrilh loh?"
  
  
  "Ka hrechhuak chauh a ni. Ka mi bo fapa hnen aṭangin."
  
  
  "I fapa hian he thil titu hi a hria em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Ka theory chu sipai a ni. Juda pawisa hian a paih chhuak ta."
  
  
  "He mi â nen hian score tam tak settle tur kan nei a ni."
  
  
  "Chuvangin midang pawh an tam hle."
  
  
  "Kan theih phawt chuan an tan pawh kan ti ve mai dawn nia. Awle. Zingah tho la, leng chhuak ila. Tuipui kamah kal kan tum a nih chuan tu emaw chuan min lo dang dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Ka ngaihtuah lo. Xiau hian episode pumpui hi min en tir dawn niin ka hria. A games corner dang kan ni - and damn, he sure has some complicated rules."
  
  
  Kawngkhar bulah chuan Nick chu a rawn hawi let a. “Hans, Colonel Sudirmat-a nghawng hi he thil hi a lo thleng tak tak ang em?”
  
  
  "Zawhna ngaihnawm tak. Chu chu keimah ngeiin ka lo ngaihtuah tawh a. Ni lo. Amah thununna ni lovin. Heng local despot-te hi an thik em em a, an inthlau hle. Mahse, pawisa nen chuan? Ni e. Amah tan chuan mi thenkhat nena inkara inrawlhtu angin? Chutiang chu a thleng thei a ni." " "
  
  
  "Ka hmu. Zanriah tha rawh, Hans."
  
  
  "Zan tha rawh. Tin, Siau coaxing hna ropui tak i thawk bawk, Mr. Bard."
  
  
  Zing hma darkar khatah Portagee ketch Oporto chuan Loponousias docks chhim lam headland chhinchhiahna light a chawi sang a, a inher a, stabilizing sail pakhat hnuaiah tuipui lam pan chuan zawi zawiin a kal ta a ni. Bert Geich chuan thupek chiang tak a pe a. Lawng khalhtute chuan davit thup an hawng a, chu chuan lawng lian tak, chak tak ang maia lang chu hmalam pan a ni.
  
  
  Judah cabin-ah chuan Müller leh Neef-a te chuan an hruaitu nen teapot leh schnapps glass khat an insem a. Knife chu a phur hle mai. A chemte chanve khar chu a hrethiam hle. Midangte chuan an intihhlimna chu a lakah an thup a, naupang retarded chu an tuar thiamzia an lantir a ni. Vanduaithlak takin chhungkaw member a ni a, mi pakhat chuan a ti mai thei. Tin, hna nuam lo tak takah chuan Knife hi a tangkai hle bawk.
  
  
  Judah chuan, "Procedure chu a inang reng. Tuipui kam atanga yard zahnih vela hlaah i mu a, pawisa an rawn keng tel bawk a. Siaw leh mi pahnih, awm tawh lo, an lawngah chuan. Mipa naupang chu i entir a. Minute khat tal thu sawi turin hun pe rawh. Anni chuan," a ti a pawisa chu pass rawh. I chhuak ta. Tunah chuan buaina a awm mai thei. He agent thar Al Bard hian thil âwm lo tak a tum mai thei. A dik lo a nih chuan chhuahsan rawh."
  
  
  "Min man mai thei," tiin Müller, ever the practical tactician chuan a sawi. "Machine gun leh bazooka kan nei a. An lawng pakhat chu silai chakna nasa tak hmangin an thuam thei a, lawng chawlhna atang chuan an thlawk chhuak thei a. Chumi atan chuan an building eng pawhah artillery piece an dah thei a, - damn!"
  
  
  “Mahse, an ti lo vang,” Judas chuan a ti chhuak nghal zat. "I history hi i theihnghilh vat em ni, ka thian duh tak? Kum sawm chhung zet chu kan duhzawng kan nghah a, chumi avang chuan a tuartuten min hmangaih a. Helho hi kan hnenah an rawn hruai hial a ni. Mite chuan eng tihduhdahna pawh hi a logically taka kalpui a nih chuan an tuar chhuak ang. Mahse." let’s say , an rawn chhuak a, heti hian an hrilh che a: “Ngai teh! He warehouse atang hian 88mm silai kan rawn kawhhmuh che a. Bansan! I flag i ti hniam a, ṭhian hlui, beram no ang maia thuhnuairawlh. Tin, darkar 24 chhungin ka chhuah zalen ang che, an kut atangin i chhuak leh ang. Min ring thei tih i hria - engtin nge ka tih ang tih pawh i lo chhut thei bawk."
  
  
  "Awle." Müller chuan Judas radio cabinet lam chu a bu nghat a. Ni hnih khatah Juda chuan China rama lawng lian chak tak zinga lawng pakhat, a châng chuan tuihnuai lawng, a tlangpuiin corvette emaw, lei chung lawng dang emaw nêna inzawmna tawi, coded contact a nei ṭhin. Chu firepower mak tak chuan a back up tih ngaihtuah chu a nuam hle. Reserve thup (thup) te; emaw, general staff hluiten an sawi thin angin, a lan dan aia tam zawk ni turin.
  
  
  Müller chuan hei pawh hi hlauhawm a awm tih a hria a. Ani leh Judah chuan sakawlh tlanna China chanvo chu an la a, a rei emaw a rei lo emaw chuan an hmuchhuak ang a, a kekawrte chuan a rawn deng ang. Hetiang thil a thlen hunah hian hetah hian rei tak an awm tawh dawn lo tih a beisei a, anmahni tan leh Nazi hluiten an rinchhan international foundation ODESSA sum dahna tur sum tha tak an neih a beisei bawk. Müller-a chuan a rinawmna chu a chhuang hle a.
  
  
  Judas chuan a nui suk a, second schnapps chu a rawn leih leh ta a. Müller-a ngaihtuahna chu a lo chhut chhuak ta a. Amah ngeiin a inpekna chu chutiang chuan a passion lo hle. Müller chuan Chinese-ho chuan harsatna a tawh chuan an duh dan chauha tanpuina a rinchhan theih thu an vaukhân tih a hre lo. Tin, nitin inbiakpawhna pawh tihchhuah a ni fo bawk. Chhanna a dawng lo a, mahse Mueller hnenah an dawng tih a sawi. Tin, thil pakhat a hmuchhuak ta a ni. Radio contact a siam hnu chuan tuihnuai lawng nge lei chung lawng, antenna sang tak tak leh signal chak tak leh zau tak nei a ni tih a hre thei ta a ni. Engtin emaw tak hlutna nei thei tur thu hriatna a ni.
  
  
  Judah chuan Muller, Naif leh Amir te chu a thlah lai chuan ni rangkachak arc chuan boruak chu a rawn thlir kual a.
  
  
  Loponousis ro luahtu chu kutkawr bun a ni a, Japanese chak tak chu a kaihruai a ni.
  
  
  Judas chu a cabin-ah a kir leh a, a tawpah chuan bottle chu a dah let leh hmain schnapps pathumna a leih leh ta a ni. Dan pahnih a awm a, mahse a rilru a sang hle. Mein Gott, eng pawisa nge a rawn lut ta! A in chu a zo a, deck-ah chuan a chhuak a, a inbeng kang a, thawk a la nghal zat bawk. A piangsual a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  "Noble Scars!" - sap tawngin a au chhuak a.
  
  
  Inhnuaiah chuan a chhuk a, cabin chu a hawng a, chutah chuan Chinese hmeichhe naupang pathum, kum sawm leh panga aia upa lo chuan an hlauhthawnna leh huatna thup nan nuihzatthlak takin an lo hmuak a. Passsive takin a en a. Penghu-a loneitu chhungkaw hnen atangin amah leh a lawnga thawkte intihhlimna atan a lei tawh a, mahse tunah chuan a hre chiang em em a, a bo ta hle mai. Thutiam lian tak tak, engtikah mah hlen loh tur chuan a thunun a ni. Kawngkhar chu a khar a, a khar a.
  
  
  Tala an tanna khum hmaah chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a ding ta a. Engvangin nge hell hi a nih loh? A phu a, a hma emaw a hnu emaw chuan hmuh a tum a ni. Chabi chu a han phar a, vengtu hnen atangin a la a, a lut a, kawngkhar chu a khar ta a.
  
  
  Khum tawi takah chuan a hmel sei tak chuan a ti phur zual sauh a. Thianghlim? Hêng chhûngkawte hi an khauh hle a ni ngei ang, hmeichhe nalh tak takte chu heng khaw lum thliarkar nungchang bawlhhlawh tak takte hi tlan kual mah se, mi pakhat chuan a chiang thei ngai lo.
  
  
  "Hello, Tala." A ke te tak te chungah chuan a kut a nghat a, zawi zawiin chunglam hawiin a sawn a.
  
  
  "Chibai." A chhanna chu a chiang lo hle. Bulkhead lam chu a hawi a.
  
  
  A kut chuan a kawrfual chu a rawn hmet a, a fawp a, a chhe lai chu a chhui chhuak ta a. Taksa khauh tak, chak tak a va ni em! Muscle bundle te tak te, cordage ang maia lang. A chungah thau ounce khat pawh a awm lo. Pajama top dum hnuaiah chuan a kut a phar a, a kut zungtang chuan vun lum leh hrual chu a fawp lai chuan a sa ngei pawh chu tui takin a khur a.
  
  
  A hnute thleng tura a beih lai chuan a pumpelh theih nan a pum chungah a inher a. A thawk a la rang zawk a, a leiah chuan hmui a luang lut a, a suangtuah ang ngeiin - a zung leh a khauh, rubber ball te tak te ang mai? A nih loh leh, artui hi grep hrui chunga thei puitling ang mai a ni kan ti ang em?
  
  
  "Ka chungah ngilnei rawh Tala," a probing hand chu twist dang nen a dodge a. "I duh duh i nei thei. Tin, i haw thuai dawn bawk. A hma zawk, i polite chuan."
  
  
  A wiry a, eel ang mai a ni. A inher a, a ti chhuak nghal zat bawk. Amah chelh tum chu ui note vun hlim tak, hlauthawng tak man ang mai a ni. Bunk sir lamah chuan a inhnim a, bulkhead-a lever chu hmangin a nawr chhuak ta a ni. A tlu ta hlawm a. A ding chhuak a, chibai a buk a, a pajama top chu a phelhsak bawk. Eng thim tak kara an beih dan chu a melh mai mai a - hnute pawh a awm lo tluk a ni! Oh, okay, chutiang chu ka ngaina hle.
  
  
  Bang bulah chuan a nawr a, bulkhead chu a nawr leh a, a kut leh ke hmangin a nawr a, a sir atang chuan a tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  “A tawk tawh,” a ti a, a ding chhuak ta a. Pajama pants kut khat chu a man a, a phelh nghal bawk. Cotton wool chu a chhe vek a, a kutah chuan puanah a chang ta a ni. A ke pahnih flailing chu a man a, a chanve chu cot atang chuan a la chhuak a, a ke dang chu a do let a, chu chuan a lu a rawn deng ta a ni.
  
  
  "Mipa naupang!" a ti a. A mak tih chuan rei vak lo chhung chu a chelhna chu a thlahthlam a, ke rit tak chuan a rilruah a rawn deng a, cabin tawi tak chu a rawn vawrh chhuak ta a ni. A balance a nei leh a, a nghak ta a. Cot-a naupang chu rul hrual ang maiin a inkhawm a - a en reng - a nghak a.
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan,” Juda chuan a ti nghut a, “Akim Machmur i ni.”
  
  
  Tlangval chuan, “Engtikah emaw chuan ka that ang che,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Engtin nge i unaunu nen hmun in inthlak?"
  
  
  "Ka cut tam ang che."
  
  
  "Payback a ni! Chu mi â Mueller chu. Mahse engtin nge... engtin nge?"
  
  
  Juda chuan naupang chu ngun takin a en a. Tualthahna thinrimna avanga a hmel hrual chung pawhin Akim chu Tala lem dik tak a ni tih a hmu thei. Condition dik tak pek a nih chuan mi bum a harsa dawn lo...
  
  
  “Min hrilh teh,” Judas chuan a ti a, “Sum zawnga Phong Island pan tura lawnga i kal lai kha a ni lawm ni? Muller hi moored a ni em?"
  
  
  Bribe lian tak tak? Mueller hi mimal takin a that dawn a ni. Aih. Mueller-a chu bum hmang a ni a, mahse mi â erawh a ni lo. Tala chu in lamah a awm tih thuthang a lo hre tawh a, mahse Muchmoor-a’n tang a nih thu thup a tumna a ni tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Juda chuan a kut ṭha tak, thiltihtheihna nasa tak nei tawh, taksa peng pangngai pahnih chakna nei tawh chu a tiam a, a inlan bawk. Akim chu a bawkkhup a, vuakna tak tak chuan a rawn deng a, khum kil khatah chuan a rawn phur lut ta a. Juda chuan a man a, a kut pakhat chauhin a rawn vawm leh a. A kut dang chu a hnung lamah a hook, elastic claw leh built-in gun barrel te tak te nen a vawn lai chuan thiltihtheihna nei tih a hriat tir a. Kut pakhat chauhvin mipa tu pawh a chelh thei! Ngaihtuahna lungawithlak tak chuan a thinrimna chu a ti lum deuh a. Akim chu hruihrual hring hring zingah a mu a. Juda chu a chhuak a, kawngkhar chu a rawn beng ta a.
  
  
  
  Bung 6-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Tuipui chu a hrual a, a eng hle a, Mueller-a chu lawnga a muhil a, Loponusias lawng chawlhna hmun lian zawkte chu a en reng a. Pier sei takah hian lawng eng emaw zat an ding a, chung zingah chuan Adam Makhmour-a yacht mawi tak leh diesel workboat lian tak pawh a tel. Müller chuan a nui suk a. Building eng pawhah ralthuam lian tak i thup thei a, tui atangin i puak chhuak thei a, a tlak tir thei bawk. Mahse an ngam lo ang. Thiltihtheihna neia hriatna chu nuam a ti hle.
  
  
  Pier lian ber kamah chuan mipui pawl pakhat a hmu a. Mi pakhat chu ramp atang chuan floating dock lam pan chuan a kal a, chutah chuan cruiser te tak te, cabin nei chu an khih a. Amah ah hian an rawn lang ngei ang. Thupek a zawm ang. Vawikhat chu an thu a awih lo a, mahse engkim a tha vek. Phong Island-ah chuan megaphone hmanga lut turin thupek a ni. A thu awih artillery te chu hre rengin tharum thawhna hmanga vau turin a inpeih a, mahse an motor lawng chu a start dawn lo tih an hrilhfiah a.
  
  
  Dik tak chuan, Adam Makhmur-a’n pawisa a hlan khan thuneihna neia inhriatna chu nuam a ti hle a ni. Makhmur fapa pakhat chuan mittui tla chungin a farnu a kuah lai chuan, thilphal takin minute engemaw zat an inbia a, Adam-a chu a fanu chu pawisa pathumna pek a nih veleh leh politics thil thenkhat chinfel a nih veleh a lo kir leh nghal tur thu a tiam a ni.
  
  
  “Officer leh mi fel tak angin ka thu ka pe a ni,” tiin Makhmur chu a tiam a. Dark fool. Makhmur chuan brandy tha tak bottle thum a pe a, chu thutiam chu glass rang takin an seal a.
  
  
  Mahse, a ti tawh lovang. Japanese mi A.B. a “friendly” ngawih rengna atan chuan bottle leh yen wad khat a la chhuak a. Mahse Nif chu a bulah a awm lo. A Juda biakna hmang hian i ring thei ngai lovang. Müller chuan Knife thutna chu huat hmel zet hian a melh a, a nail chu blade eng tak hmangin a tifai a, tlangval chuan a en reng em tih en turin Amir chu a melh fo thin. Tlangval chuan a ngaihsak lo. “Kutkawr bun chung pawhin,” Mueller-a chuan a ngaihtuah a, “he tlangval hi rinhlelh rual lohvin sangha ang maiin a inbual a.
  
  
  “Knife,” a ti a, chabi chu a pe a, “heng kutkawrte hi khirh rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Lawng tukverh atang chuan Nick leh Nordenboss te chuan tuipui kama lawng a kal pelh lai chu an en a, chutah gas chu an thlah a, zawi zawiin an rawn inher kual tan ta a.
  
  
  “Tlangval chu a awm a ni,” Hans chuan a ti a. "Tin, hei hi Muller leh Knife a ni. Japanese lawng khalhtu ka la hmu ngai lo a, mahse Makhmur-a anmahni zuitu kha a ni ngei ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan a swimming trunks chauh a ha a. A thawmhnaw, Wilhelmina tia a koh Luger piangthar leh a kut hmawr lama a bun ṭhin Hugo blade chu a bula seat locker-ah chuan a thup a. Anmahni bulah chuan, a shorts ha chungin, a standard weapon dang - Pierre-a gas pellet thihna thlen thei chu a awm bawk.
  
  
  “Tunah chuan light cavalry tak tak in ni tawh,” Hans chuan a ti a. "Ralthuam keng lova chhuak i duh tih i chiang em?"
  
  
  "Siau hian a awm ang angin fit a nei dawn a ni. Eng thil pawh kan tihchhiat chuan kan duh ang deal hi a pawm ngai lovang."
  
  
  "Ka cover ang che. Chutiang hla atang chuan goal ka khung thei."
  
  
  "Ti suh. Ka thih loh chuan."
  
  
  Hans chu a khur nghal ringawt. He sumdawnna lamah hian ṭhian tam tak i nei lo - hloh tur ngaihtuah pawh a hrehawm hle.
  
  
  Hans chuan hmalam window atang chuan a han hawi chhuak a. "Cruiser a chhuak dawn. Minute hnih hun pe la, an buai dun ang."
  
  
  "Dik. Sioux-a case kha kan carry chhuah chuan hre reng ang che."
  
  
  Nick chu ladder-ah chuan a kal chho a, a bawkkhup a, deck te tak te chu a pel a, workboat leh dock inkar tuiah chuan ngawi rengin a tlan lut ta a. Bow-ah chuan a rawn inphah chhuak ta a. Lawng leh cruiser cabin nei chu an rawn hnaih ta hle mai. Lawng chu a ti hniam a, cruiser chu a tlan hniam ta a. Clutch te chu a disengage tih a hre ta. A lung chu vawi eng emaw zat a fill a, a deflated bawk.
  
  
  Yard za hnih vel zeta hlaah an awm a. Channel laih chu feet sawm vel zeta thuk niin a lang a, mahse tui chu a thianghlimin a thianghlim hle. Nga pawh i hmu thei. Shark anga ngaih sual theih a nih loh avangin a rawn kal chu an hriat loh a beisei.
  
  
  Lawng pahniha chuang mipaho chu an in en a, an inbia a. Cruiser chuan Siau, lawng khalhtu te tak te, suspension bridge te tak te pakhata a kaihruaitu leh Siau-a assistant stern hmel tak Abdul-a te chu a chelh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a ti hniam a, a hnuai lam atanga a awm thlengin a inbual a, a stroke chak tak takte chu a teh a, a kalna tur dik tak vawng rengtu shell leh seaweed te te te chu a en a, hmalam chu a en a. A hnathawhna kawngah hian Nick hi taksa pianphung tha takah a awm reng a, Olympic athlete tling tur regime a vawng reng a ni. Darkar danglam tak, zu, leh beisei loh chaw ei tam tak pawh ni se, i rilru i dah chuan program dik tak i zawm thei a ni. In tur pathumna chu i dodge a, i ei laiin protein ei tam zawk i thlang a, i theih hunah darkar tam zawk i mu bawk. Nick hian a bum lo - a life insurance a ni.
  
  
  A training tam zawk chu, a nihna takah chuan, combat skills, yoga-ah a hmang a ni.
  
  
  tin, infiamna tam takah tui chawi, golf leh acrobatics te pawh a tel.
  
  
  Tunah chuan lawngte hnaih tak a ni tih a hriat thlengin muangchangin a inbual ta a. A sir lamah a inher a, van êng takah chuan lawng oval ang maia lian pahnih a hmu a, lawng hma lam pan chuan a kal phalsak a, a chuangte chuan lawng hnung lam an thlir tih a chiang hle. Lawng round sir lama thlipuiin a thup a, lawng chawlhna atanga hla tak mai thei mi tih loh chu mi zawng zawng hmuh theih lohvin a inhmu ta a ni. A chungah chuan aw a hre ta a.
  
  
  "I dam tha tih i chiang em?" Siau a ni.
  
  
  "Awle." Amir pawh a ni mai thei?
  
  
  Mueller a ni ngei ang. "He bungrua mawi tak hi tuiah kan paih tur a ni lo. Zawi zawiin kal rawh - chakna tlem hmang rawh - ni lo, hrui hi hrual suh - hmanhmawh ka duh lo."
  
  
  Cruiser engine chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Lawng propeller chu a inher lo, engine chu a idling a. Nick chu tui chungah a dive a, a han hawi chho a, aim a la a, a kut lian tak takte chu chak takin lawng sir hnuai ber chu a hnaih a, a kut chak tak pakhat chu thing coaming-ah chuan a thun ta a.
  
  
  Hei hi a tawk aia tam a ni. A kut dang hmangin a man a, rei lo te chhungin a ke chu acrobat-in jump a tih ang maiin a tikehsawm ta a ni. Deck-ah chuan a tla thla a, a mit atang chuan sam leh tui a hrufai a, fimkhur leh fimkhur tak Neptune chu thuk tak atang chuan a hmelma te hmaichhana hmu turin a tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  Muller, Knife leh Japanese lawng khalhtu pakhat chu lawng hnung lamah chuan an ding a. Knife chu a che hmasa a, Nick chuan a slow hle niin a ngai - a nih loh leh a vision leh reflexes ṭha famkim chu mak tihna leh zing schnapps-a tlin lohna nen a khaikhin mai thei bawk. Nick chu a zuang tho a, chutah chuan chemte chu case atang chuan a rawn pop chhuak ta a. A kut chu Knife-a hmui hnuaiah a thlawk a, lawng sir lama a ke a rawn man rual chuan Knife chu hrui hmanga hruai ang maiin tuiah chuan a zuang lut leh ta a.
  
  
  Müller-a chu silai kengin a rang hle a, midang nena khaikhin chuan upa tawh tak ni mah se. Westerns hi a rukin a ngaina fo a, 7.65mm a nei bawk. Belt holster chhunga Mauser chu a then chu a cut off a ni. Mahse seat belt a nei a, automatic a on bawk. Muller chuan rang berin a bei a, mahse Nick chuan a kut atang chuan ralthuam chu deck lam a la hawi reng laiin a la chhuak ta a ni. Mueller chu pile chhungah chuan a nawr lut ta a.
  
  
  An pathum zinga ngaihnawm ber chu Japanese sailor kha a ni. Nick-a beng bulah chuan a kut veilam a vawrh a, chu chuan a Adam-a apple chu a rawn deng a nih chuan minute sawm chhung zet a nghat thei ang. Mueller pistol chu a kut dinglamah a chelh a, a kut veilam chu a tilt a, a kut chu a hmaiah a dah a. Sailor punch chu boruakah a tum a, Nick chuan a rilruah a elbow a.
  
  
  A mittui tla zawih zawih karah chuan lawng khalhtu hmelah chuan mak tihna a lang a, chu chu hlauhnain a zui bawk. Black belt expert a ni lo a, mahse professionalism a hmuh chuan a hre chiang hle. Mahse - accident a ni mai thei! Mipa var ropui tak chu a thlak a nih chuan eng lawmman nge ni ang. Railing-ah chuan a tla a, a kut chuan a man a, a ke chu Nick hmaah chuan a rawn eng chhuak ta a - pakhat chu a kawr chhungah, pakhat chu a pum chhungah, double blow ang maiin.
  
  
  Nick chu a rawn pen chhuak ta a. Turn chu a block thei a, mahse chu ke chak tak, taksa ruh nei tak takte chuan a chunga hliam a thlen theih chu a duh lo. Scoop hmangin ke ruh hnuai lam chu a man a, a secure a, a chawi kang a - a herh leh a - sailor chu awkward heap-ah rail-ah a paih ta a. Nick chuan step khat a hnungtawlh a, a kut pakhatin Mauser chu a la chelh reng a, a kut zungtang chu trigger guard chhungah chuan a thread lut a.
  
  
  Sailor chu a ding nghet a, a hnunglam a hawi a, a kut pakhatah a innghat a. Muller chuan a keah a ding chhuak ta ringawt a. Nick chuan a ke veilam ah a rawn deng a, a tlu leh ta a. Lawng khalhtu hnenah chuan, "Titawp rawh, chuti lo chuan ka that ang che," a ti a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a lu a bu nghat a. Nick chu a bawkkhup a, a belt knife chu a phelh a, tuipuiah chuan a paih ta a.
  
  
  "Tlangval kutkawr chabi chu tu nge nei?"
  
  
  Sailor chuan a thaw halh a, Muller chu a en a, engmah a sawi lo. Müller chu a ding nghet leh a, a hmel chu a mangang hle. “Kutkawr chabi min pe rawh,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Muller chuan a inhnial a, chutah a pocket atang chuan a la chhuak ta a. "Hei hian a pui dawn lo che, mi â. Kan..."
  
  
  "Thu la, ngawi rawh chuti lo chuan ka rawn vuak leh ang che."
  
  
  Nick chuan Amir chu fence atang chuan a hawng a, a kutphah dang chu a chhuah zalen theih nan chabi a pe a. "Ka lawm e..."
  
  
  “I pa thusawi kha ngaithla teh,” Nick chuan a titawp a.
  
  
  Siau chuan thupek, vau leh chibai bukna te chu tawng thum emaw pali emaw hmangin a au chhuak a. Cruiser chu lawng atanga feet sawm leh panga vel a hlaah a kal ta a. Nick chuan a sir lam chu a han phar a, Knife chu a rawn hruai lut a, vawk a hrual ang maiin a ralthuam chu a la chhuak ta a. Knife chuan Mauser chu a rawn man a, Nick chuan a kut lehlam chuan a lu ah a rawn vawm a. A moderate blow, mahse Japanese sailor ke bulah Knife chu a tla thla ta a ni.
  
  
  “Hey,” Nick chuan Siau chu a ti a, “Hey...” Siau chuan a ti muangchang a, a hnungtawlh a, “I fapa chu i duh leh tawh lo em ni? Hetah hian a awm".
  
  
  "He thil avang hian i thi dawn!" - Siau chuan sap tawngin a au a. "Tuman an zawt lo."
  
  
  I damn interference kha a ni! “Dock-a a bula mi pahnih hnenah Indonesian tawngin thupek a au chhuak a.
  
  
  - Nick chuan Amir hnenah chuan a ti a. "Juda hnenah kir leh i duh em?"
  
  
  "Ka thi hmasa ang. Ka hnen atangin hlat rawh. Abdul Nono hnenah kah turin a hrilh a. Rifle an nei a, kah tha tak tak an ni."
  
  
  Tlangval cher tak chu tumruh takin Nick leh tuipui kama in sakte inkarah chuan a insawn a. A pa chu a phone a. "Ka lo kir leh dawn lo. Kap suh."
  
  
  Siau chu a puak thei ang maiin a lang a, hydrogen khata khat balloon, meialh hnaih taka vawn ang mai a ni. Mahse, a ngawi reng a.
  
  
  "Tunge i nih?" - Amir chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "American agent ka ni an ti. Engpawh nise, puih che ka duh. Lawng chu kan la thei a, midangte chu kan chhuah zalen thei bawk. I pa leh chhungkaw dangte pawh an inrem lo. Engtin nge i sawi?"
  
  
  "Fight ka ti a ni." Amir hmel chu a sen vek a, chutah, "Mahse, anmahni rintlak chu a harsa dawn khawp mai," a tih belh rual chuan a thim ta hle mai.
  
  
  Knife leh lawng khalhtu chu an rawn tlan phei nghal a. “Kutkawrte chu inbun tawn rawh u,” Nick chuan a ti a. Tlangval chuan hnehna hre rawh se. Amir chuan nuam ti tak ang maiin mipa chungah shackles a dah a.
  
  
  Siau chuan, “Hlah tir rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  “Kan beih a ngai a ni,” tiin Amir chuan a chhang a. "Ka kir leh tawh lovang. Heng mite hi i hrethiam lo. Engtin pawhin min that ang. I lei thei lo ang." Indonesian tawngin a inthlak a, a pa nen an inhnial tan ta a ni. Nick chuan hei hi inhnialna a nih tur thu a rel ta a - heng kut zungtang leh puak thei ri zawng zawng nen.
  
  
  Rei vak lo hnuah Amir chuan Nick lam chu a hawi ta a. "A ring deuh niin ka hria. A guru nen an inbia dawn a ni."
  
  
  "A eng nge?"
  
  
  "A advisor. Amah... chu thumal chu English-in ka hre lo. 'Religious advisor' i ti thei a, mahse a..." tih ang deuh a ni.
  
  
  "A rilru lam doctor a ni em?" Nick chuan chu thumal chu a then chu huatna nen fiamthu angin a sawi a.
  
  
  "Ni e, kawng khatah chuan! Mahni nun enkawltu mi."
  
  
  "Aw unaupa." Nick chuan Mauser chu a check a, a belt chhungah chuan a thun lut ta a. “Awle, heng tlangvalte hi hma la la, he bathtub hi tuipui kamah ka hruai ang.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Hans chuan Nick chu a inbual lai leh a inchei lai chuan a bia a. Hmanhmawh a ngai lo - Syauw chuan darkar thum chhungin appointment a siam ta a. Muller, Knife leh lawng khalhtu chu Shiau hote chuan an hruai bo a, Nick-a chuan nawrh huaihawt loh chu a finthlak a ti hle.
  
  
  "Hornet awmna hmunah kan awm a ni," Hans chuan a ti a. "Amir hian a pa chu a rilru a hneh thei ang tih ka ring. A thlah duh tak lo kir lehna. Tlangval hi a hmangaih tak zet a, mahse Judah nen hian sumdawnna a nei thei tho niin a ngai tho. Chhungkaw dang thenkhat chu a ko niin ka hria a, an pawm bawk.
  
  
  Nick chu Hugo nen an inzawm tlat a. Knife hian he stiletto hi a collection-ah hian a dah belh duh ang em? Thir tha ber ber hmanga siam a ni. "Engkim hi a chho leh chho zel niin a lang, Hans. Player lian te pawhin an kawr an bun rei em em a, inhmachhawn ai chuan pander an duh zawk. An inthlak vat a ngai dawn a, chuti lo chuan kum zabi sawmhnihnaa Judas ang mipa te chuan an chew up ang." leh chil chhak chhuak rawh.He guru hi eng ang nge a nih?"
  
  
  "A hming chu Buduk a ni. Heng guru thenkhat hi mi ropui tak tak an ni. Scientist. Theologian. Psychologist tak tak leh a dangte. Tichuan Buduk an awm bawk."
  
  
  "Rukru a ni em?"
  
  
  "Politician a ni."
  
  
  "Ka zawhna chu i chhang a."
  
  
  "Hetah hian a siam a ni. Mi hausa philosopher with extra intuition that he draws from the spiritual world. Jazz hi i hre chiang hle. Amah hi ka ring ngai lo, mahse a fake tih ka hria a, a chhan chu Abu te tak te hian ka hnenah thu a vawng tlat a ni. Kan mi thianghlim hi secret swinger a ni." Jakarta lam pana a tlanbo lai chuan."
  
  
  "Ka hmu thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Ka ngaihdan chuan. Ka zawt ang."
  
  
  "Tha."
  
  
  Hans chu minute sawm hnuah a rawn let leh a. "A dik e. A hnenah ka hruai ang che. Siaw chu a la thinrim hle. Practically chuan min chil a chhak a."
  
  
  Thingkung thim tak hnuaia kawngpui hrual tawp nei lo takah chuan Buduk-a chenna in te tak te felfai takah chuan an kal ta a. Native in tam zawk chu an inkhung khawm a, mahse sage chuan mimal nun a mamawh tih a chiang hle. Pindan thianghlim leh hnim hring takah chuan cushion-ah ke cross-a thuin a hmu a. Hans chuan Nick chu a rawn inhmelhriattir a, Buduk chuan duh lo zet hian a lu a bu nghat a: “Mr. Bard leh he buaina chungchang hi ka hre tam hle a ni.”
  
  
  “Siau chuan i thurawn a mamawh tih a sawi a,” Nick chuan a ti nghal zat a. "A hreh hlein ka ring. Inremna a siam thei niin a ngai."
  
  
  "Thil tharum thawh hi solution tha tak a ni ngai lo."
  
  
  “Hmun tha ber chu remna a ni,” Nick chuan muangchangin a remti a. "Mahse, mipa chu sakei hmaah a la ṭhut chuan mi â i ti ang em?"
  
  
  "Thu nghut rawh? Dawhtheihna i sawina a ni. Tin, chutah chuan pathiante chuan sakeibaknei chu chhuah turin thu an pe thei ang."
  
  
  "Sakei pum atanga riltam ri nasa tak kan hriat chuan engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  Buduk chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Nick chuan a clientele te chuan an inhnial ngai lo tih a lo chhut a. Putar chu a zawi zawih zawih a. Buduk chuan: “Ka ngaihtuah ang a, ka rawtnate ka pe ang,” a ti.
  
  
  “Huaisenna lantir turin, kan chak dawn avangin kan bei tur a ni tih i rawt a nih chuan ka lawm hle ang.”
  
  
  “Ka thurawn hian nangmah leh Siau leh lei leh van thiltihtheihnate pawh a lawmpui ngei ka beisei.”
  
  
  "Advisor chu do rawh," Nick chuan zawi sap hian a ti a, "chuan dollar sangthum chuan a lo nghak reng ang che. Jakarta-ah emaw khawi hmunah emaw, khawi hmunah pawh. Rangkachak emaw, kawng dang emaw pawhin." Hans a thaw halh ri chu a hre ta. A zat tur a ni lo - chutiang operation atan chuan thil tenawm tak a ni. Hans chuan a dik lutuk niin a ngai a.
  
  
  Buduk chuan mit a chhing lo. "I thilphalna hi a mak khawp mai. Chutiang pawisa hmang chuan thil tha tam tak ka ti thei a ni."
  
  
  "Hei hi inrem a ni em?"
  
  
  "Pathiante chauhvin an sawi ang. Meeting-ah ka chhang thuai ang."
  
  
  Kawngpui dunga an haw kawngah chuan Hans-a chuan: “Nice try. Mak min ti hle mai. Mahse, tlang taka tih hi a tha zawkin ka hria,” a ti a.
  
  
  "A kal lo."
  
  
  "I sawi dik ka ti. Min khaihlum duh a ni."
  
  
  "Judas tan direct-in hna a thawk emaw, hetah hian chutiang racket a nei a, lawng chu a tichhe duh lo. Chhungkaw ang mai a ni - a hnungzang chu pasta hnim hring a ni."
  
  
  “Engvangin nge kan veng loh hi i ngaihtuah ngai em?”
  
  
  "Ka lo ring thei ang."
  
  
  "A dik e. Syauv-a'n thupek a pek ka hre tawh."
  
  
  "Tala hi min rawn zawm turin i sawm thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Ka ngaihdan chuan. Minute tlemte hnuah room chhungah ka hmu ang che."
  
  
  Minute tlemte aia rei a ni a, mahse Nordenboss chu Tala nen an rawn kir leh a. Nick bulah chuan a kal nghal a, a kut chu a vuan a, a mitmeng chu a en a. "Ka hmu a. Barn chhungah ka inthup a. Amir i chhanchhuah dan kha thilmak tak a ni."
  
  
  "I be tawh em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. A pa chuan a bulah a dah a. An inhnial a."
  
  
  "Amir hian dodal a duh em?"
  
  
  "Awle, a ti ve tho. Mahse Xiau thu i hriat chuan...."
  
  
  "Pressure tam tak a awm em?"
  
  
  “Thawih hi kan tih dan a ni.”
  
  
  Nick chuan sofa bulah chuan a rawn hruai phei a. "Buduk chungchang min hrilh teh. Kan dodal tih ka chiang. Siau chu Muller leh midangte nen Amir tir leh turin a fuih ang."
  
  
  Tala chuan a mitmeng dum chu a ti hniam a. "A pawi zawk loh ka beisei."
  
  
  "Engtin nge hetiang hi a lo thlen theih?"
  
  
  "Siau i timualpho a. Buduk hian hrem che a phalsak thei che a ni. He inhmuhkhawmna - thil thleng lian tak a ni ang. He thil hi i hria em? I thil tih chu mi zawng zawngin an hre vek a, Siau leh Buduk-te duhdan kalh a nih avangin a awm a ni." .. well, hmai lam thil a ni." .
  
  
  "Aw ka Pathian! Tunah chuan he hmel hi a awm ta."
  
  
  "Buduk pathiante ang deuh zawk. An hmel leh a hmel."
  
  
  Hans chu a nui suk a. "Hmar lam thliarkar kan awm loh avangin ka lawm e. Chutah chuan an ei ang che, Al. Onion leh sauce nen fried."
  
  
  "A hlimawm khawp mai."
  
  
  Hans chuan a ti a. "I ngaihtuah chian chuan chutiang chuan a hlimawm lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan Tala hnenah, "Siau hian Mueller leh midangte ka man hma loh chuan dodalna chungchanga thutlukna hnuhnung ber ni engemaw zat chu a lo thup duh a, chutah chuan a fapa lo kir leh mahse a lungawi lo hle. Engvangin nge? Buduk lam a hawi. Engvangin nge ? mitigation according." to what I can understand. Engvangin nge? Buduk chuan thamna chu a hnawl a, a la tih ka hre tawh nachungin. Engvangin nge? "
  
  
  “Mipui,” Tala chuan lungngai takin a ti a.
  
  
  Thumal khata chhanna chuan Nick chu a ti buai hle. Mi? "A dik e - mipui. Mahse, eng angle nge awm? He deal hi chhanna web pangngaiah a chang ta a ni..."
  
  
  “Sawifiah ka tum ang che, Mr. Bard,” Hans chuan zawi te hian a rawn ti lut a. "Mipui âtna \angkai tak nen pawh hian roreltute hian fimkhur a ngai a ni. Thuneihna hman dan an zir a, mahse rilru natna leh, a chung berah chuan nuihzatthlak taka mipui ngaihdan kan tih theih chu an cater a ni. Ka bulah i awm em?".. tiin a sawi.
  
  
  “I irony chu a lang chiang hle mai,” Nick chuan a chhang a. "Chhunzawm."
  
  
  "Mi tumruh tak tak paruk Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin emaw Franco emaw lakah an ding chhuak a nih chuan - bang!"
  
  
  "Poof?"
  
  
  "Thil tum tak tak an neih chuan. Anmahni thihna pawh ngaihtuah lovin, despot-ah silai mu emaw, chemte emaw dah tur."
  
  
  "Awle. Ka lei dawn nia."
  
  
  "Mahse heng insidious types hian half dozen te chu thutlukna siam turin an tikhawlo mai ni lovin - mi sang tam tak - maktaduai tam tak an thunun a ni! I hip-ah silai dahin i ti thei lo. Mahse, a ti ta! So quietly that the poor fools burn as an." entirnan party-a dictator bula awm a, a pum chhunga hliam tuar ai chuan."
  
  
  "A dik e. Big shot thlenga i hnathawh theih nan thla engemaw zat emaw kum engemaw zat emaw a la ngai dawn a nih pawhin."
  
  
  "I tumruh tak tak a nih chuan eng nge ni ang? Mahse hruaitute chuan chutiang thil tum chu an siam ngai lo tur khawpin an buai tir tur a ni. Engtin nge hei hi a thlen theih? Mipui tam tak thunun hmangin. Ngaihtuah ngai suh. So, to your questions Tale. Let's." "Thil tihfel tumin i awm ang u. Juda lakah hian min hman dan tur a awm em tih kan en ang u - leh chak zawk nen chuan chuang rawh. A mi sawmhnih engemaw zat hmaah indonaah i lut a, chutiang thuthang chu a ego te tak te chu a chanve vel a ni tawh." .Tunah chuan a fapa chu i nei let leh tawh .Miten engvangin nge a tih loh tih an ngaihtuah thin?Amah leh chhungkaw hausa te inkhelh dan chu an hrethiam thei a ni.Mi hausa te chuan wise tactics an ti a.Mi retheite chuan hlauhawmna an ti thei a ni.
  
  
  Thu bul awlsam tak tak an nei a. Amir chu a soften up tawh em? A pain lalram tana a duty chungchang a hrilh kha ka mitthla thei. Buduk? Oven mitt emaw gloves emaw a neih loh chuan eng thil pawh lum lo chu a la vek ang. Singthum chuang a dil ang che a, a dawng ngei ang tih ka ring, mahse a hria - intuitive emaw practically emaw, Siau ang bawkin - mi tihlim tur an nei a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a rawn beng a. "Hei hi i hrethiam maithei, Tala. A dik em?"
  
  
  A hmui nem tak chuan a hmuiah a rawn nawr a, a âtna chu a khawngaih ang maiin. "Ni e. Biak in chhunga mi sang tam tak pungkhawm i hmuh chuan i hrethiam ang."
  
  
  "Eng temple nge?"
  
  
  “Chutah chuan Buduk leh midangte nen inhmuhkhawmna a awm ang a, a rawtnate pawh a siam ang.”
  
  
  Hans chuan hlim takin, "Building hlui tak a ni. A ropui hle. Kum za kalta khan chutah chuan mihring barbecue a awm bawk. Tin, indona hmanga fiahna pawh a awm bawk. Mite chu thil engemaw takah chuan chutiang chuan an â lo. An sipaite an khawm a, champion pahnih chu an bei tir a. Chutiang chiah chuan." Mediterranean-ah. David leh Goliatha. Entertainment lar ber a ni. Rom game ang bawkin. Thisen tak tak nena insual tak tak..."
  
  
  "Buaina leh chutiang zawng zawngah harsatna i nei em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Shot lian tak takte chu an professional killer te chauh challenge turin an inpeih vek a. Hun engemaw chen hnuah chuan mipuite chuan an hmui khap tlat an zir ta a. Champion ropui Saadi hian kum zabi kalta chhung khan mimal indonaah mi 92 a that a ni.
  
  
  Tala chuan a ti beam a. "Hneh theih loh a ni."
  
  
  "Engtin nge a thih?"
  
  
  "Elephant-in a rawn ke a. Kum sawmli chauh a ni."
  
  
  “Elephant hi hneh theih loh ka ti ang,” Nick chuan lungngai takin a ti a. "Engvangin nge min disarm loh, Hans?"
  
  
  "I hmu ang - biak in chhungah."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  
  Amir leh ralthuam keng pathum chu Nick-a room-ah chuan "kawng kawhhmuh turin" an thleng a.
  
  
  Loponousis ro luahtu chuan ngaihdam a dil a. “Ka tana i thil tih avangin lawmthu ka sawi e, engkim a kal zel ka beisei.”
  
  
  Nick chuan chiang zet hian: “Insualna thenkhatah khan i chak lo niin a lang.”
  
  
  Amir chu a rawn nui suk a, Tala lam chu a hawi a. "Hetiang mi hriat lohte nen hian nangmah chauh i awm tur a ni lo."
  
  
  "Ka duh apiang nen kan awm dun mai ang."
  
  
  “Injection i mamawh a ni, tlangval,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Guts chanve leh thluak chanve."
  
  
  Amir-a hriatthiam theih nan hun rei vak lo a mamawh a ni. A kut chuan a kawrfual chunga kris lian tak chu a rawn phar a. Nick chuan, "Theihnghilh rawh. I pa hian min hmu duh a ni," a ti a. Kawngkhar atang chuan a chhuak a, Amir chu sen leh thinrim takin a kalsan ta a.
  
  
  Kawngpui hrual hrual takah chuan mel khat dawn lai an kal a, Buduk ram zau tak chu an paltlang a, a laiah ni ênga ênga in sak chu a tilang chiang hle a, thing lian tak takin a thup, ramngaw ang maia tlangram chu an pan ta a ni. Architecture leh sculpture inzawmkhawm lian tak, mak tak mai a ni. Kum zabi tam tak kaltaa sakhaw inzawmkhawm inzawmkhawm. A thunun ber chu Buddha ang maia inthuam, rangkachak kawrfual, chhawng hnih nei a ni.
  
  
  "Hei hi rangkachak tak tak a ni em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  “Ni e,” Tala chuan a chhang a. "A chhungah hian ro hlu tam tak a awm a. Mithianghlimte chuan zan leh zanin an veng thin."
  
  
  "Ruk ka tum lo a ni," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Milem hmaah chuan en theihna hmun zau tak a awm a, tunah chuan mipa tam takin an luah tawh a, an hmaa tlangram-ah chuan mipui tam tak an awm chhunzawm zel a ni. Nick chuan chhut a tum a - sang riat leh sang kua? Tin, chu aia nasa zawk chu ramngaw atanga rulhut ribbon ang maiin, ramngaw sir atang chuan a luang chhuak nasa zawk bawk. Observation deck chu ralthuam keng mipain an hual vel a, ṭhenkhat chu pawl bik, orchestra, a nih loh leh zai pawl ang maiin an lang khawm a ni. "Hei zawng zawng hi darkar thum chhungin an draw vek em ni?" - tiin Tala chu a zawt a.
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Wow. Tala, eng thil pawh thleng se, ka bulah awm la, ka tan lehlin leh thu sawi rawh. Tin, thusawi pawh hlau suh."
  
  
  A kut chu a rawn hmet a. "Ka theih chuan ka pui ang."
  
  
  Speakerphone chungah chuan aw a rawn ri ta hlawm a. "Mr. Nordenboss - Mr. Bard, khawngaihin step thianghlimah hian min rawn zawm ve rawh."
  
  
  An tan thinga thutna awlsam tak tak an dah a. Muller, Knife leh Japanese lawng khalhtu chu yard tlemte a hlaah chuan an thu a. Guard an tam hle a, an tough hmel hle.
  
  
  Syauw leh Buduk chu microphone bulah chuan an inthlak a. Tala chuan a tone chu a lungngai zual sauh sauh a, "Xiau chuan a mikhualna kha i phatsan a, a ruahmanna i tichhe niin a sawi. Amir hi mi zawng zawng hlawkna tur project-a business hostage chi khat a ni," a ti.
  
  
  "Victim ropui tak a siam ngei ang," Nick chuan a ti nghal zat.
  
  
  "Buduk chuan Mueller leh midangte chu ngaihdam dilna nen chhuahtir tur a ni a ti." Buduk chu a ri chhunzawm zel a, a thaw halh halh a. "LEH..."
  
  
  "Engnge?"
  
  
  "Nang leh Nordenboss hi anmahni nen tirh tur in ni. Kan zah lohna man atan."
  
  
  Siau chuan Buduk chu microphone-ah a thlak a. Nick chu a ding chhuak a, Tala kut chu a vuan a, Siau lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Forced - a chhan chu feet sawmhnih a khuh meuh chuan vengtu pahnih an lo inkhung tawh a ni
  
  
  a kutah a awm a. Nick chu a Indonesian dawr te tak teah chuan a lut a, "Bung Loponusias - i fapa Amir chungchang sawi ka duh a. Kutkawr chungchang. A huaisenna chungchang."
  
  
  Siau chuan thinrim zet hian vengtute chu a kut a phar a. An rawn pull ta a. Nick chuan a kut chu an kutpui lam hawiin a hawi a, awlsam takin an kut chu a titawp ta a. An rawn man leh ta a. A ti leh ta a. Mipui thawm ri chu mak tak mai a ni. Thlipui tleh hmasa ber ang maiin a rawn nuai ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Huaisenna chungchang ka sawi a ni,” a ti a. "Amir hian huaisenna a nei!"
  
  
  Mipui chu lawm takin an au chhuak a. Belh! Thathona! Engpawh! American hian thu sawi rawh se. A nih loh leh that rawh. Mahse hna lamah kir leh tawh lo ila. Rubber thing tapping hi hna thawh hahthlak angin a ri lo a, mahse a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan microphone chu a man a, a au chhuak a: "Amir hi a huaisen! Engkim ka hrilh thei che!"
  
  
  Hetiang thil hi a ni! Mipui chu mipui dangte ang bawkin an au chhuak a, an au chhuak bawk a, an rilru natna i nuihzat tum lai chuan. Xiao chuan guard-te chu a sir lamah a kut a phar a. Nick chuan a kut pahnih chu a lu chungah a han chawi sang a, a tawng thei tih hria ang mai hian a ti a. Cacophony chu minute khat hnuah a thi ta a ni.
  
  
  Syauw chuan Sap tawngin: “I sawi a. Tunah chuan thu rawh, khawngaihin,” a ti a. Nick-a chu hruai bo se a duh a, mahse American hian mipui ngaihven a hlawh hle. Hei hi lainatnaah a chang nghal thei a ni. Xiau hian a dam chhung zawngin mipui a hmachhawn tawh a ni. Nghak...
  
  
  “Khawngaihin hetah hian lo kal rawh” Nick chuan a rawn ti a, Amir chu a kut a phar a.
  
  
  Tlangval chuan Nick leh Tala chu a rawn zawm ve a, a buai hmel hle. A hmasa berin he Al-Bard hian a sawichhia a, tunah chuan mipui hmaah a fak ta a ni. Hrehawmna ri chu a nuam hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan Tala hnenah: “Tunah chuan chu chu ring tak leh chiang takin letling rawh...” a ti a.
  
  
  "Mipa Muller-a'n Amir a sawichhiat kha. Amir hian a chawimawina chu chang leh rawh se..."
  
  
  Tala chuan microphone chhungah chuan thu chu a rawn au chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a sawi chhunzawm a, nula chuan a hnenah: “Muller chu a upa tawh... mahse a bulah chuan a champion a awm... chemte keng mipa chu... Amir chuan test a phut...” a ti leh a.
  
  
  Amir chuan a ti rilru a, "Test ka phut thei lo. Champion chauh hian..."
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Tin, Amir hian a bei thei lo a nih avangin... a humhimtu atan ka inpe a ni! Amir hian a chawimawina hi hmu leh rawh se... kan chawimawina hi i hmu let leh vek ang u."
  
  
  Mipui chuan chawimawina lam an ngaihtuah vak lo va, hmuhnawm leh phurna lam an ngaihtuah zawk. An au thawm chu a hma aiin a ri nasa zawk.
  
  
  Siau chuan a vuak lai chu a hre chiang hle a, mahse Nick hnenah, "I siam a ngai a. A tha. I thawmhnaw kha phelh rawh," a tih lai chuan a hlim hmel hle.
  
  
  Tala chuan Nick kut chu a rawn hrual a. A hawi let a, a tap lai a hmuh chuan mak a ti hle. “Ni lo... ni lo,” a ti a. "Challenger hian ralthuam nei lovin a bei a. A that ang che."
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn ei ta a. "Chuvang chuan ruler champion hian hnehna a chang fo thin." Saadi a ngaihsanzia chu zero-ah a tlahniam ta a ni. Heng mi sawmkua leh pahnihte hi an inelna ni lovin, victim an ni.
  
  
  Amir chuan, "Ka hrethiam lo che, Mr. Bard, mahse, thah che hi hmuh ka duh lo. I chhuah theihna hun ka pe thei maithei che," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Muller, Knife leh Japanese lawng khalhtu nuihzatthlak tak chu a hmu a. Knife chuan awmze nei takin a chemte lian ber chu a han vawrh a, zuang chhuakin a zai ta a. Mipui au thawm chuan stand chu a ti nghing a. Nick-a chuan Rom sal pakhatin sipai ralthuam kim tak nen tiang hmanga a beih lai thlalak chu a hrechhuak ta a. A chak lo zawk chu a khawngaih hle. Bawih rethei tak chuan duhthlan tur a nei lo - a hlawh a hmu a, a duty hlen turin thu a tiam ta a ni.
  
  
  A kawr chu a phelh a, a au thawm chuan crescendo a thleng a, a beng a tichhe hle. "Ni lo, Amir. Kan vanneihna kan lo enchhin ang."
  
  
  "I thi mai thei."
  
  
  "Hnehna chan theihna chance a awm reng a ni."
  
  
  "En." Amir chuan biak in hmaa feet sawmli zeta zau square pakhat, rang taka tihfai mek chu a kawhhmuh a. "Hei hi combat square a ni. Kum sawmhnih chhung chu hman a la ni lo. A fai ang a, a thianghlim ang. A mitmengah bawlhhlawh paih ang chi trick hman theihna chance i nei lo. Square atanga ralthuam man tura i zuang chhuak a nih chuan." , vengtute chuan thah theihna an nei a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a thaw halh a, a pheikhawk chu a phelh a. "Tunah chuan min hrilh teh."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 7-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Siau chuan Buduk thutlukna chu inelna awm lovin tihpuitlin tumin hma a la leh a, mahse a thupek fimkhur tak chu ding takah chuan a pil bo ta a ni. Nick chuan Wilhelmina leh Hugo te chu a phelh a, Hans hnenah a pe a, mipui chu an lawm hle. Knife chuan rang takin a inbel a, arena chhungah chuan a zuang lut a, a chemte lian tak chu a keng a, an rawn au leh ta a. A hmel a wiry, muscular leh alert hmel hle.
  
  
  "I tuar thiam i ring em?" - Hans chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Hetiang hi ka ti a, tried and tested chauhvin ralthuam an hmang tih dan ka hriat hma loh chuan. Ruler hluite hian eng ang bumna nge an tih..."
  
  
  "I hnena a thlen chuan bullet ka dah ang a, engtin emaw takin i Luger ka pass ang a, mahse rei tak kan dam ka ring lo. Xiau hian he field-ah hian sipai za tam tak a nei a ni."
  
  
  "Ka hnena a thlen chuan ka thil tha tam tak tih tir turin hun i nei lovang."
  
  
  Nick chuan thaw a la a. Tala chuan nervous tension vangin a kut chu a chelh nghet sauh sauh a.
  
  
  Nick hian a sawi aiin tualchhung nunphung a hre tam zawk - a lehkha chhiar leh a zirchianna chu a uluk hle. Chu nunphung chu animism, Buddhism leh Islam la awmte inzawmkhawm a ni. Mahse hei hi Knife vuak mai loh chu a ngaihtuah theih loh thudik hun a ni a, chu chu thil awlsam a ni lo ang. He system hi home defense atan an siam danglam a ni.
  
  
  Mipui chu an dawhthei lo ta hle mai. An phun chhuak a, chutah hlim takin an au leh ta a, Nick chu uluk taka step zau tak atanga a kal lai chuan a taksa ruh chu tan a rawn ri chhuak ta a. A nui suk a, ring chhunga favourite lut ang maiin a kut a phar a.
  
  
  Syau, Buduk, Amir leh Syau sipai officer anga lang, silai keng mi half dozen zet chu Naif dinna hmun zau tak, cleared oblong area thlir theihna platform hniam takah chuan an chho a. Nick chu fimkhur takin pawnah rei vak lo a ding a. Thingpui rim hniam tak - polo field-a barrier ang maia ke pen a duh lo va, Knife-a'n strike theihna hun a pe mai thei bawk. Mipa lian tak, pants leh kawr dum ha, turban leh gilded mace ha chu biak in atang chuan a rawn chhuak a, Siau hmaah chuan chibai a buk a, ring chhungah chuan a lut ta a. “Judge,” Nick chuan a ti a, a zui ta a.
  
  
  Mipa taksa lian tak chuan Knife chu a sir khatah a han vawrh a, Nick chu a sir lehlamah a han vawrh a, chutah a kut a phar a, a hnungtawlh ta - hla takah a hnungtawlh ta a ni. A awmzia chu sawi sual theih loh a ni. Round hmasa ber a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a ke ball-ah chuan a balance a, a kut chu a inhawng a, a inzar pharh a, a kut zungtang chu a inzawm khawm a, a kutpui chu pawn lam hawiin a awm a. Hei hi a ni. A hmaa thil awm tih loh chu ngaihtuahna a nei tawh lo. Concentration tih hi a ni. Dan. Tilet.
  
  
  Knife chu feet sawm leh panga vel a ni. Mindanaoan tough, lithe tak chu a part chu a lang - amah ang lo pawh a ni mai thei, mahse a knife chu bargaining chip tha tak a ni. Nick mak tih em em chu Knife chuan a nui suk a - sual thianghlim leh tihduhdahna thianghlim ha dum hring hring - chutah a kut a Bowie chemte kutkawr chu a tikehsawm a, rei vak lo hnuah Nick chu a kut veilam a dagger te zawk dang kengin a hmachhawn ta a ni!
  
  
  Nick chuan referee burly tak chu a en lo. A khingpui lakah a ngaihtuahna a buai lo. Hetah hian foul an ko dawn lo. Nifa chu a bawkkhup a, rang takin hmalam a pan ta a... chutiang chuan hmân lai arena-a inelna mak ber, ngaihnawm ber leh mak ber pawl a ṭan ta a ni.
  
  
  Hun rei tak chhung chu Nick-a chuan chu blade thihpui thei tak tak leh a kengtu mipa chak tak chu dodging mai mai chu a ngaihtuah ber a ni. Knife chuan a rawn tlan phei nghal a - Nick chu a rawn tlan let leh a, vei lamah, blade tawi zawk chu a paltlang a. Knife chuan a ramhuai mitmeng chu a nuih suk a, a charge leh ta a. Nick chuan veilamah a feint a, dinglamah a zuang thla ta a.
  
  
  Knife chuan sual takin a nuih a, a hawi kual zauh a, a thil ei chu a zui ta a. Mi lian chu tlem tal khel rawh se - a nuam zawk ang. A blade te chu a tizau a, zawi zawiin a hmasawn ta a. Nick chuan blade te tak te chu inch khat zetin a dodge a. Nakinah chuan Knife hian chu inches chu additional lunge hmangin a hlawh chhuak dawn tih a hria.
  
  
  Nick hian a khingpuiin lei a hman zat aiin a let hnih zetin a khuh a, feet sawmli tling chu a hmang tangkai a, mahse feet sawm leh panga vel tal chu a maneuver theih nan a enfiah a ni. Knife chuan a rawn bei nghal vat a. Nick chu a hnungtawlh a, dinglamah a inher a, tun ṭumah chuan a kut hmanga lunge tawp lamah lightning strike hmangin, khandaih khalhtu, blade nei lo ang maiin, Knife kut chu a sir lamah a paih a, clearing chhungah chuan a zuang lut ta a ni.
  
  
  Mipui chuan a tirah chuan an duh hle a, attack leh defensive move apiang chu au thawm, kutbeng leh lawmna nen an lo hmuak thin. Tichuan Nick-a chu a hnungtawlh chhunzawm zel a, a tlanchhiatsan zel a, anmahni phurna avang chuan thisen an chhuak ta a, an lawmna chu Knife tan a ni. Nick chuan a hrethiam thei lo, mahse a tone chu a chiang hle - a guts chu a cut out!
  
  
  Nick chuan counterpunch dang hmangin Knife kut dinglam chu a tibuaiin, ring tawp lam a thlen chuan a hawi let a, Knife chu a nui suk a, mipui lam chu a kut a phar a. An duh khawp mai. Chu thawm chu kutbeng ang maiin a ri leh a, mahse rei tak erawh a ni lo.
  
  
  Ni a vawt hle mai. Nick chu a thaw chhuak tan a, mahse a thaw halh lo tih a hriat chuan a lawm hle. Knife chu thawmhnaw nen a rawn tla thla a, a puff tan ta. A in schnapps chuan a chungah nghawng a nei ta a ni. A ngawi reng a, chemte te tak te chu throwing grip ah a chantir ta a. Mipui chu lawm takin an au chhuak a. Knife chuan a fighting grip-ah chuan blade chu a paih leh a, a ding a, "Ka â i ti em? Ka cut ang che," tih ang maiin stabbing motion a siam lai chuan an ding lo.
  
  
  A tlan nghal vat a. Nick chu a tlu a, a parry a, blade lian tak hnuaiah chuan a tlanchhuak a, chu chuan a bicep a tikehsawm a, thisen a chhuah bawk. Hmeichhia chu lawm takin a au chhuak a.
  
  
  Knife chuan zawi zawiin a zui a, boxer-in a khingpui chu corner-ah a khalh lut ang maiin a zui a. Nick-a feints nen chuan a inmil hle. Veilam, dinglam, veilam. Nick chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a, rei vak lo chhung chu a kut dinglam chu a rawn man a, a blade lian zawk chu inch tlemtein a dodge a, Knife chu a rawn her kual a, chemte te zawk chu a han vawrh hmain a rawn tlan pel ta a. Ballpoint pen aia tlem chuan a kal a paltlang tih a hria. Knife chu a tlu hnai a, a in man a, thinrim takin a victim chu a zui nghal a. Nick chu a sir lamah a zuang thla a, a blade te tak te hnuaiah chuan a rawn beng ta a.
  
  
  Hei hian Knife chu khup chunglam a man a, mahse a tichhia lo a, Nick chu side flip-ah a flip a, a bounce chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan Mindanaoan chu a buai ta hle mai. He "jack in the box" hian a grip chu a ngaihtuah phak aia nasa zawk a ni. Nick chu uluk takin a zui a, a lunge leh tur chuan a dodge a, Nick-a thigh-a furrow thuk tak chu a cut ta a. Nick chuan engmah a hre lo - chu chu nakinah a thleng dawn a ni.
  
  
  Knife chu a slow deuh niin a ngai. Dik tak chuan a thawk a hah zawk hle. A hun ta. Hmelma chu kil khatah hnawhchhuah tumna neiin, chemte chu awlsam takin a lut a, a zungpui chu a zau deuh hlek a ni. Nick chuan leiah a innghat a, corner lamah chuan zuang te te in a hnungtawlh ta a. Knife chuan tun ṭumah hian Nick-a’n a hnen aṭanga a chhuah theih loh nia a ngaih lai khan hlimna hun lai chu a hre chiang hle - chutah Nick-a chuan a rawn zuang nghal a, Knife-a kut pahnih chu rang taka vuakna hmangin a parry a, chu chu kut zungtang khauh tak nei judo spear-ah a chang ta a ni.
  
  
  Knife chuan a kut chu a hawng a, a thil ei tur chu a blade pahnihah a thlawh tir tur khawpa thrust nen a rawn kir leh ta a. Nick chu a kut dinglam hnuaiah chuan a lut a, a kut veilam chu a chungah a tlanpui a, tun ṭumah chuan a kal bo lo va, Knife hnungah a rawn chho a, a kut veilam chu Knife kawr hnung lamah a nawr chho a, a kut dinglam chu a sir lehlamah dahin a zui a, hmanlai thil hlui tak a hnawih a ni a chanve nelson!
  
  
  Fighter te chu leiah an tlu a, Knife chu lei khauh takah chuan hmaichhanah a tlu a, Nick chu a hnungzang chungah a awm a. Knife chuan a kut chu a han phar chhuak a, mahse a zungte chu a chelh nghet sauh sauh a. Nick hian a dam chhung zawngin personal combat-ah training a nei a, he throw and hold hi vawi tam tak a paltlang tawh bawk. Second li emaw second nga emaw hnuah Knife hian a khingpui chu a kut chu hnuai lam hawiin a vuak tur a ni tih a hmuchhuak ang.
  
  
  Nick chuan a theih ang tawkin choke chu a hnawih a. I vannei a nih chuan hetiang hian i mipa chu i incapacitate thei a, i titawp thei bawk. A kut chu a hlip a, a kut inbeng kang chu Knife-a bawng kawr hriak takah chuan a rawn tlan chho ta a. Grease rawh! Nick chuan a hria a, a rim a nam bawk. Hei hi Buduk-a’n Nif-a malsawmna tawi te a pek khan a tih chu a ni!
  
  
  A hnuaiah chuan chemte chu a rawn tlan phei a, a rawn inher a, chemte kengtu kut chu leiah chuan a rawn tlan let leh ta a. Nick chuan a kut chu a chhuah zalen a, Knife-a kawngah chuan a kut chu a han hmet a, a hnunglam a zuang leh a, rulhut hrual ang maia a chunga thir eng mawi tak rawn eng chu a pumpelh nghal zat bawk.
  
  
  A zuang thla a, a bawkkhup a, Nick chuan uluk takin hmelma chu a en a. A kawngah vuakna hian chhiatna engemaw zat a thlen a ni. Knife chuan a thaw tam zawk a hloh ta. Tlem chuan a rawn inher a, a puff.
  
  
  Nick chuan thawk a la a, a taksa ruhte chu a tichak a, a reflex te chu a siamrem bawk. McPherson-a'n mipa trained tak, chemte hmanga a invenna "orthodox" chu a sawi nawn leh a - "lightning strike the testicles or run." McPherson-a manual-ah pawh khan chemte pahnih hmanga tih tur a sawi lo!
  
  
  Knife chuan hmalam a pan a, tunah chuan uluk takin Nick chu a zui ta a, a blade te chu a zau leh hniam zawkin a dah a. Nick chu a hnungtawlh a, vei lamah a sir a, dinglamah a dodge a, chutah hmalam a pan a, a arm parries hmangin a blade tawi zawk chu a groin chhunga a thlawh chhoh rual chuan a sir lamah a deflect ta a ni. Knife chuan a vuakna chu tihtawp tumin a bei a, mahse a kut a tawp hmain Nick chuan hmalam panin step khat a kal a, a bulah chuan a inher a, a kut phar chhuak chu a kut V chu Knife elbow hnuaiah leh a kutphah chu Knife lu chung lamah chuan a cross a. banrek. Kut chu a rawn click nghal zat a.
  
  
  Knife a au chhuah lai pawh chuan Nick-a mitmeng hrual chuan blade lian tak chu a lam hawiin a rawn inher a, Knife lam chu a pan ta a. Slow motion movie ang maiin a hmu chiang hle. Steel chu a hniam a, a hrual a, a pum hnuaiah a lut nghal bawk. block theihna tur a awm lo, a kut chuan Knife elbow hmangin snap chu a ti zo chauh a ni. A ni chauh a ni...
  
  
  Heng zawng zawng hian second khat vel a la a ni. Lightning-fast reflexes nei lo, a training ngai pawimawh lo leh rinawm taka taksa pianphung anga awm reng tura theihtawp chhuahtu chu chutah ngei chuan a thi ang a, a chhungril leh a pum chu a tikehsawm vek ang.
  
  
  Nick chu vei lamah a inher a, traditional drop and lock-a i tih ang bawkin Knife kut chu a la chhuak ta a. A ke dinglam chu hmalam pan chuan a cross a, a zuang chhuak a, a twist a, a twist a, a tlu a—Knife-a zungbun chuan a femur tip chu a man a, nasa takin a sa chu a tikehsawm a, Nick-a hnuteah chuan leia a zuk luh lai chuan a hnungzangah gash sei tak, a chunglam atanga lang chu a tikehsawm a, Knife chu a keng tel bawk .
  
  
  Nick chuan hrehawm a ti lo. I hre nghal lo; Nature hian insual hun a pe che a ni. Knife hnungzang ah a kick a, Mindanaoan kut tha tak chu leg lock hmangin a pin a. Leiah chuan an mu a, a hnuai lamah Knife a awm a, Nick chu a hnungzang chungah a awm a, a kut chu rul-in-the-nose lock-ah a chelh a. Nif chuan a blade chu a kut tha takah chuan a la chelh reng a, mahse rei lo te chhung chu a tangkai lo. Nick hian kut pakhat chu a free a, mahse a mipa chu a chil a chhak thei lo va, a mit a gouge thei lo va, a testicles pawh a man thei lo. Standoff a ni - Nick-a'n a kut a tihzauh meuh chuan vuakna a beisei thei.
  
  
  Pierre tan hun a thleng ta. A kut zalen tak hmang chuan Nick chuan a rump thisen chhuak chu a hre ta a, natna a inlan a, a tap ta hlawm a. Mipui zingah chuan thisen hriatna thaw thawm, lainatna rilru pu leh nuihzatna au thawm tlemte a rawn chhuak a. Nick chuan rang takin a la a
  
  
  a shorts chhunga crevice thup atanga ball te tak te, a kutpui hmangin lever te tak te chu a hre ta. Television wrestler ang maiin a nui suk a, a hrual a, a hmel chu a tikehsawm a, hrehawmna rapthlak tak a lantir a.
  
  
  Hemi kawngah hian chemte hian nasa takin a pui a ni. A chhuah zalen tumin, grotesque, writhing eight-limbed crab ang maiin leiah chuan a tikehsawm ta a. Nick chuan Knife chu a theih ang tawkin a chelh a, a kut chu chemte hmangaihtu hnar bulah a rawn hruai a, Pierre-a chhungril thihna thlen thei chu a thlah a, chu pa kawr chu a hrethiam ang maiin a awm a.
  
  
  Van boruak zau takah chuan Pierre-a steam zau tak chu rang takin a bo ta vek a. A bul berah chuan indoor weapon a ni. Mahse a meikhu chu a thihpui thei hle a, Knife tan chuan, a thaw halh a, a hmel chu Nick-a kutphaha thup, doom source te tak te atanga inches vel zeta hlaah chuan chhuahna tur a awm lo.
  
  
  Nick hian gas a hman tirh khan Pierre-a victim pakhat mah a chelh ngai lo va, a duh leh tawh ngai lo. Frozen inaction hun engemaw chen a awm a, thihna a lo thleng ta niin i ngai a. Tichuan Nature chuan kum maktaduai tam tak chhunga a lo siam chhuah tawh organism thah chu a dodal a, a taksa ruhte chu a insiamrem a, dam khawchhuahna tura beihpui thlakna hnuhnung ber chu a intan ta a ni. Knife - emaw Knife taksa - chuan mipain a hriatna a thunun lai aiin chakna nasa zawkin chhuah a tum a. Nick chu a paih thla ta mai a. A beng atang chuan au thawm rapthlak tak, riltam tak a rawn chhuak a, mipui pawh chu a rualin an au chhuak ve bawk. Indona au thawm niin an ngai a.
  
  
  Hun tam tak hnuah Nick chu zawi zawiin fimkhur takin a ding chhuak a, Knife ke chu a rawn inher chhuak a, a mitmeng chu a zau a, a en reng chung pawhin. Nick-a ruang chu thisen leh bawlhhlawhin a khuh a. Nick chuan serious takin a kut pahnih chu van lam hawiin a han phar a, a bawkkhup a, lei chu a khawih a, fimkhur tak leh zah takin Knife chu a hawi let a, a mit a chhing a. A hnute atanga thisen chhuak chu a la a, a khingpui tlu tawh chu a hmai, thinlung leh pum chu a khawih a. Leilung chu a hrual a, thisen a hnawih belh a, bawlhhlawh chu Knife hmui hrual takah chuan a thun lut a, a kut zungtang hmangin pellet hman tawh chu a rilruah a nawr thla a.
  
  
  Mipui chuan an duh khawp mai. An rilru put hmang hmasa ber chu pawmpuina au thawm hmangin a lantir a, chu chuan thing sang tak takte chu a ti khur ta a ni. Hmelma chu chawimawi rawh!
  
  
  Nick chu a ding chhuak a, a kut chu a phar leh a, van lam a han en a, "Dominus vobiscum," a ti a. A hnuai lam a hawi a, a kutpui leh a kut zungtang hmangin circle a siam a, chutah chuan thumbs up a pe ta a. A ti muangchang a: “Bawlhhlawh dang zawng zawng nen chuan ro thuai rawh, nang throwback mi â.”
  
  
  Mipui chu arena chhungah chuan an luang lut a, thisen chhuak chu an hre lo, an kekawr ipteah an chawi sang ta a ni. Ṭhenkhat chuan an kut an phar a, chu chuan an hmai an khawih a, fox man-a thah hnua novices hnawih ang maiin.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Xiau dispensary chu tunlai tak a ni. Tualchhung doctor tawnhriat ngah tak pakhat chuan Nick-a hnuteah hian stitch felfai tak pathum a dah a, a hliam dang pahnih chu antiseptic leh bandage a hnawih bawk.
  
  
  Siau leh Hans te chu veranda-ah midang sawmhnih vel nen a hmu a, Tala leh Amir te pawh an tel. Hans-a chuan tawi te tein: “Duel tak tak a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Siau chu a en a. "Hneh theih an ni tih i hmu tawh a. I bei dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Duhthlan tur min hnutchhiah lo. Mueller chuan Judas-a'n kan chunga a tih tur chu min hrilh a."
  
  
  "Khawiah nge Muller - leh Jap chu?"
  
  
  "Kan guardhouse ah. Khawiah mah an kal dawn lo."
  
  
  "I lawngte hmangin lawng chu kan man thei ang em? Eng ralthuam nge in neih?"
  
  
  Amir chuan, "Junk hi sumdawng lawng ang maia inthuam a ni. Silai lian tak tak an nei a. Ka tum ang, mahse kan la thei lo va, kan pil theiin ka ring lo," a ti.
  
  
  "Thlawhna i nei em? Bomb?"
  
  
  “Pahnih kan nei a,” Siau chuan lungngai takin a ti a. "Flying boat seat pariat awmna leh field work atan biplane. Mahse hand grenade leh dynamite engemaw zat chauh ka nei. I hrual mai ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a lu a bu nghat a. "Juda leh a lawng chu ka tichhia ang."
  
  
  "A nih leh tangte? Ka thiante fapate...."
  
  
  "Ka chhuah zalen hmasa ang tih chu a chiang." Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a - Ka beisei. "A nih leh hetah hian hla takah ka ti ang a, chu chuan a ti hlim ngei ang che tih ka ring."
  
  
  Xiau chuan a ti a. He American lian tak hian US Navy silai lawng a nei ngei ang. Mi pakhat chu chemte pahnih hmanga a vuak lai hmuh chuan eng pawh a ngaihtuah thei. Nick chuan Hawk hnenah Navy tanpuina dil a ngaihtuah a, mahse chu ngaihtuahna chu a hnawl ta a ni. State leh Defense-in an duh loh lai chuan Juda chu a inthup tawh ang.
  
  
  "Hans," Nick chuan a ti a, "darkar khat hnuah chhuak turin inbuatsaih ila. Siau hian a lawng thlawk chu min loan sak ngei ka ring."
  
  
  Chawhnu lam ni eng mawi takah chuan an thlawk chhuak ta a. Nick, Hans, Tala, Amir leh tualchhung pilot pakhat, a hna hre chiang tak ang maia lang. Speed chuan tuifinriat nghet tak atanga hull a chawisan hnu rei vak lovah Nick chuan pilot hnenah chuan: "Khawngaihin tuifinriat lam pan rawh. Portagee sumdawng pakhat, tuipui kam atanga hla thei lo chu la rawh. Ka en duh chauh a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Minute sawmhnih hnuah Porto chu an hmu a, chhim thlang lam tack-ah an chuang a. Nick chuan Amir chu tukverh lam pan chuan a rawn hruai a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian a awm,” a ti a, “Tunah chuan a chanchin zawng zawng min hrilh rawh.” Cabins te pawh a awm. Armament a ni. Khawiah nge i tan? Mipa awm zat..."
  
  
  Tala chuan a bula hmun atang chuan ngawi rengin a rawn ti a. "A nih leh ka pui thei maithei bawk."
  
  
  Nick chuan a mit dum chu rei vak lo chu a lam hawiin a hawi a. An khauh a, an vawt bawk. "I thei ang tih ka ring. Tin, chutah chuan in pahnih hian a quarters plan min siamsak ka duh a ni. A chipchiar thei ang bera."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Vanlawng engine ri chuan Juda chu canopy hnuaiah chuan a bo ta a, hatch atang chuan a lo thlir reng a. Lawng thlawk pakhat chuan a chungah a rawn thlawk a, circle a siam ta a. A hmui a ti hup a. Loponosius-a lawng a ni. A kut zungtang chuan battle station button chu a rawn phar a. A phelh a. Dawhtheihna. Thuchah an nei mai thei. Lawng chu a rawn paltlang thei a ni.
  
  
  Lawng zawi tak chuan sailboat chu a rawn vel a. Amir leh Tala chu an inbia nghal vat a, Nick-a’n a lo absorb leh vawn that, bucket-in tap pahnih atanga a tlak khawlkhawm ang maia bawlhhlawh chipchiar tak sawifiah turin an inel a. A châng chuan anmahni tichak tûrin zawhna a zâwt ṭhîn.
  
  
  Air defence hmanrua a hmu lo a, thalaiten an sawi chhuak mah se. Protective net leh panel te a tlak chuan pilot chu chhuah tir a tum ang - a rang thei ang bera leh a tlanchhiat theih nan. Lawng chu a sir lehlamah chuan an tlan pel a, a chungah chuan an pel nghal a, nghet takin an rawn inher kual a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian Juda a awm,” Amir chuan a ti a. "See. Back... Tunah chuan canopy chuan a thup leh ta. Port lam hatch chu en rawh."
  
  
  “Ka duhzawng kan hmu a,” Nick chuan a ti a. Hma lam pan chuan a inbeng kang a, pilot beng bulah chuan thu a sawi a. "Slow pass dang siam leh rawh. I stern chu a chungah nghatin nghal rawh." Pilot chuan a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  Nick chu window hlui atang chuan a rawn inher thla a. A suitcase atang chuan Knife blade panga - double Bowie lian tak leh throwing knife pathum a la a. Bow atanga yard za li vel an hlaah chuan tuipuiah a paih thla a, pilot hnenah chuan: "Jakarta-ah kal ila. Tunah chuan!"
  
  
  Lawng hnung lama a awmna atang chuan Hans-a chuan: “A chhe lo, bomb pawh a awm lo. Chu chemte zawng zawng chu khawi emaw laiah a chungah a tla vek ang maiin a lang,” tiin a au chhuak a.
  
  
  Nick chu a thutnaah chuan a thu leh ta a. A hliam chu a na a, a che vel chuan bandage chu a nghet zual sauh sauh bawk. "An rawn dah khawm ang a, idea chu an hmu ang."
  
  
  Jakarta an hnaih rual chuan Nick-a chuan, "Hetah hian zan khat kan riak ang a, naktuk hian Phong Island lam panin kan chhuak ang. Dar riat velah airport-ah kan inhmu ang che. Hans, pilot chu i hruai haw ang em, chutiang chuan kan don" a ti a 't hloh lo em ni?" " "
  
  
  "Ngei ngei."
  
  
  Nick chuan Tala chu a sulking tih a hria a, a chhan chu a awmna tur hmun a ngaihtuah vang a ni. Mata Nasut nen chuan Tin, a dik a, mahse a rilruah a awm chhan erawh a ni lo. Hans hmel nuam tak chu a pawi lo hle mai. Nick hian he project hi a kaihruai a ni. Knife nena an indo lai khan a tawrh dan chu a sawi ngai lovang. Fighter-te ang bawkin a thawk a hah a, a thawk a chhuak nasa hle a, a pistol la chhuakin Nif-a kah tumin hun tin a inpeih reng a, blade block turin a tlan chak ngai dawn lo tih a hria a, mipui thinrim tak karah eng chen nge an paltlang dawn tih a ngaihtuah bawk. A thaw halh a.
  
  
  Mata-a inah chuan Nick-a chuan sponge bath lum tak a nei a—hliam lian tak chu shower lak theih khawpin a khauh lo—deck-ah chuan a muhil ta a. Dar riat hnuah a rawn thleng a, a bandage a enfiah lai chuan mittuiah a chang a, fawhna hmangin a lo hmuak a. A thaw halh a. A lawmawm hle mai. A hriatreng aiin a hmeltha zawk.
  
  
  “An that thei che a ni,” tiin a tap chhuak a. "Ka hrilh tawh che... Ka hrilh tawh che...."
  
  
  “Min hrilh a ni,” a ti a, nghet takin a kuah a. "Min lo nghak reng niin ka hria."
  
  
  Hun rei tak chhung ngawi rengin a zui ta a. "Eng thil nge thleng?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Thil thlengte chu a hrilh a. Indona chu tih tlem a, lawng chunga an reconnaissance flight chauh paih chhuah - thil chu a hre thuai mai thei. A tih zawh chuan a khur a, a inhnukdawk hnai hle a, a rimtui pawh chu a fawhna a ni. "Pathian hnenah lawmthu awm rawh se a na zual lo. Tunah chuan Mueller leh lawng khalhtu chu police kutah i pe thei tawh ang a, a tawp vek tawh."
  
  
  "A ni lo tak zet. Mahmur-ho hnenah ka tir ang. Tunah chuan Judah hian tlanna pek tur a ni ta. A duh leh duh chuan an tan a hostage-te chu."
  
  
  "Aw ni lo! I hlauhawm zawk ang..."
  
  
  "Chu chu game hming a ni, honey."
  
  
  "Mi â takin awm suh." A hmui chu a nem a, a resourceful bawk. A kut chu mak tak mai a ni. "Hetah hian awm rawh. Chawlh rawh. Tunah chuan a chhuak mai thei."
  
  
  "Maithei ..."
  
  
  A fawhna chu a chhang let a. Thiltihnaah hian thil engemaw a awm a, chhiatna hnaih tak takte pawh, hliam hnutchhiah insualnaah pawh, a rilru tichaktu a awm. Primitiveness-ah kir leh ila, prey leh hmeichhiate i man ang maiin? Tlem chuan a zak a, a civilized lo deuh niin a hria - mahse Mata hnim hring khawih chuan a ngaihtuahna chu a tidanglam ta a ni.
  
  
  A hnute chunga bandage chu a khawih a. "Na tuar?"
  
  
  "Khat".
  
  
  "Kan fimkhur thei ang..."
  
  
  "Awle..."
  
  
  Blanket nem tak lum takah chuan a khuh a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  
  
  Phong Island-ah an tla thla a, ramp-ah chuan Adam Muchmoor leh Gun Bik te chu an lo nghak reng tih an hmu a. Nick chuan pilot Siau chu a thlah ta a. "Lawng siamthat a nih hnuah Mueller leh Japanese lawng khalhtu chu rawn hruai turin i haw ang. Vawiin hian chu kir lehna tur chu i ti thei dawn lo a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Hetah hian zan khat kan landing risk duh chuan ka ti thei ang. Mahse ka ti lo ang." Pilot hi tleirawl hmel êng tak, international air traffic control ṭawng anga ngaih, tihsual duh lo ang maia English tawng thiam a ni. "Zingah ka lo haw thei a nih chuan a tha zawkin ka hria. Mahse..." A lu a thing a, a tul chuan a rawn let leh tur thu a sawi bawk. Thupek a hlen chhuak a. Nick chu Gun Bik a hriat nawn tir a - a remti a, a chhan chu he system hi eng chen nge a do theih ang tih a la hriat chian loh vang a ni.
  
  
  “A him zawngin ti rawh,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Zingkar hma thei ang berah thlawk chhuak rawh."
  
  
  Ha chu piano key te tak te ang maiin a eng chhuak a. Nick chuan cheng khat chu a pe a. "Hei hi hetah hian zinkawng tha tak neihna tur a ni. Heng mite hi i rawn hruai a, ka hnenah i rawn thawn let leh a nih chuan a let li zeta rei zawk beisei i ni ang."
  
  
  "A theih chuan tih a ni ang, Mr. Bard."
  
  
  "Chutah chuan thil a danglam tawh mai thei. Buduk hlawh an pe niin ka hria."
  
  
  Flyer chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Ka theihtawp ka chhuah ang, mahse Siau in a tih loh chuan...."
  
  
  "I hmuh chuan mi khauh tak an ni tih hre reng ang che. Kutkawr bun pawhin harsatna an pe thei che a ni. Gun Bik leh guard te chu an kal dun ang. Thil fing ber a ni."
  
  
  Chu pa chuan Mahmur-ho chuan tangte chu tirh an nih tur thu an ring tlat avangin escort pawimawh tak - Gan Bik an pe tih Siau hnena hrilh chu thil tha tak a nih tur thu a rel lai chu a en reng a. "A THA E."
  
  
  Nick chuan Gun Bik chu a hruai a. "Mi tha tak hruai la, Loponousias thlawhnaah chuan thlawk la, Mueller leh Japanese lawng khalhtu chu hetah hian rawn hruai rawh. Harsatna a awm chuan nangmah ngei pawh kir leh vat rawh."
  
  
  "Buaina?"
  
  
  "Juda hlawh chungchangah Buduk."
  
  
  Nick chuan Gun Bik-a illusions te chu a rawn inher chhuak a, a mit hmaah chuan vase te tak te, thir rod a rawn kik ang maiin a rawn inher chhuak chu a en reng a. "Buduk ni lo."
  
  
  "Ni e, Buduk. Nif leh Muller te man chungchang chanchin kha i hre tawh a. Tin, insual chungchang pawh i hre tawh bawk."
  
  
  "A dik e. Ka pa hi nilengin phone-ah a awm a. Chhungkaw te chu an buai hle a, mahse thenkhat chuan hmalak an remti tawh. Dodalna."
  
  
  "Adama chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "A dodal ang - ka ring."
  
  
  "I pa chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "Insual a ti. Adama chu harsatna zawng zawng chinfel nan thamna i hmang thei tih ngaihdan chu bansan turin a fuih a ni." Gan Bik chuan chhuang takin thu a sawi a.
  
  
  Nick chuan zawi te hian, "I pa hi mi fing tak a ni. Buduk hi a ring em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo, a chhan chu kan naupan lai khan Buduk hian min biak nasa hle a. Mahse Judas-a payroll-ah a awm a nih chuan chu chuan thil tam tak a hrilhfiah a ni. Ka sawi tum chu a thiltih thenkhatah ngaihdam a dil a, mahse...."
  
  
  "Jakarta a rawn kal lai khan engtin nge hmeichhiate nen hremhmun a siam ang?"
  
  
  "Engtin nge chu chu i hriat?"
  
  
  "Indonesia ramah hian news a kal dan chu i hria em."
  
  
  Adam leh Ong Tiang chuan Nick leh Hans te chu in lam pan chuan an khalh a. Living room lian takah chuan lounge chair-ah chuan a inkhung a, a hnute na tak atang chuan a rit chu a la chhuak a, chutih lai chuan lawng thlawk chhuak ri ri chu a hre ta a. Nick chuan Ong chu a en a. "I fapa hi mi tha tak a ni. Harsatna awm lovin tangte hi a rawn hruai luh ka beisei."
  
  
  "A tih theih chuan a ti ngei ang." Ong chuan a chapona chu a thup a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Adam lam a hawi lai chuan Tala chu room chhungah chuan a lut ta a. A pa leh a pa pahnih chuan: “Khawiah nge i fapa huaisen tak, Akim?”
  
  
  Adam chuan a poker face chu a hmu leh nghal a. Tala chuan a kut chu a en a. “Ni e, Akim,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Tala-i unaupa phir, a hmel ang em em a, bumna chu a awlsam hle. Hawaii-ah hian hun engemaw chen min bum a. Akim-a zirtirtu pakhat pawhin a unaupa a ni tih a ngaihtuah a, a thlalak te a en a, a zirchiang bawk.
  
  
  Adama chuan a fanu hnenah, "Hrilh rawh. Eng pawh ni se, bumna mamawhna chu a tawp tawh mai. Judain a hriat hunah chuan kan do dawn a, chuti lo chuan kan thi tawh ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Tala chuan a mitmeng mawi tak chu Nick lam chu a han phar a, hriatthiamna a ngen a. "Akim-a ngaihtuahna a ni. Tâng ka nih lai khan ka hlauthawng hle. Judah mitmengah - thil - i hmu thei. Müller-a'n lawnga min rawn hruai luh chuan min hmuh theih nan leh Dad-a'n pawisa a pek theih nan, kan mite chuan an inlan a." chu anmahni lawngte chu an ni lo vang Muller chuan lawng chawlhna hmunah a lut ta a ni."
  
  
  A ngawi reng a. Nick chuan, "Operation huaisen tak angin a ri. Tin, Muller hi ka ngaihtuah aiin mi â lian zawk a ni. Tar. Carry on."
  
  
  "Mi zawng zawng an friendly vek. Dad chuan bottle tlemte a pe a, an in ta a. Akim chuan a kawrfual leh - padded bra - chu a roll up a, min rawn be a, min kuah a, kan inthen chuan - mipui zingah min nawr lut a. A nih an ring." me who was cringing from tears. Chhungte hian tang zawng zawng chhanchhuah vek ka duh a, mahse nghah leh pek an duh a ni. Chuvang chuan Hawaii-ah ka kal a, nangmah chungchang ka sawipui a. ;
  
  
  “Tin, first-class submariner nih i zir bawk a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Judah bum i beisei vangin exchange kha i thup a, Jakarta hian a hriat chuan darkar tlemte chhungin a hre dawn tih i hria em?"
  
  
  “Ni e,” Adam chuan a ti a.
  
  
  “Thudik min hrilh thei ang,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Thil a ti chak deuh ang."
  
  
  “A tirah chuan kan hre lo che,” tiin Adam chuan a chhang let a.
  
  
  “Tunlai hian thil a chak hlein ka hria.” Nick chuan a mitmengah chuan mischievous twinkle chu a rawn let leh tih a hmu a.
  
  
  Ong Tiang chu a khuh a. "Kan hmabak chu eng nge ni ang, Mr. Bard?"
  
  
  "Nghak."
  
  
  "Ngawi teh? Eng chen nge. Eng atan nge?"
  
  
  "Kan khingpuiin move a siam hma chu eng chen nge a nih leh tak tak ka hre lo. Position tha zawka i awm laiin chess khelh ang mai a ni a, mahse i checkmate hi eng move nge a thlan danah a innghat ang. A chak thei lo , mahse a chak thei." chhiatna thlen emaw, result tihkhawtlai emaw. Nghah pawh i ngaihtuah tur a ni lo. I policy a ni ṭhin."
  
  
  Adam leh Ong chuan mitmeng an inthlak a. He American orangu hian sumdawng ropui tak a siam ngei ang. Nick chuan a nuihzat hmel chu a thup a. Juda hian checkmate pumpelh turin move a nei lo tih chian a duh a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  
  Nick chuan nghah a awlsam hle. Darkar rei tak a mu a, a hliamte a tifai a, a hliamte a khar chuan tui a chawi tan a, ramngaw mawi tak tak, exotic ramhnuaiah a kal a, gado-gado - thlai chi hrang hrang leh peanut sauce inzawmkhawm tui tak chu hmangaih a zir ta a ni.
  
  
  Gan Bik chu Müller leh lawng khalhtu nen an lo kir leh a, tangte chu Makhmur tan in nghet takah an khung ta a. Bar-te chu a nghet tih leh guard pahnih duty an awm reng tih hriat tumin rei vak lo a tlawh hnu chuan Nick-a chuan a ngaihsak lo. Adam-a motor lawng thar feet sawmhnih leh pariat zeta sei chu a loan a, Tala chu picnic leh thliarkar tlawh turin a hruai a. A unaupa nen an trick an khelh dan a puan chhuah chuan Al-Bard nena an inzawmna a tichak hle niin a ngai niin a lang. Lagoon reh takah an bob laiin practically a pawngsual a, mahse a hliam na lutuk tih a sawi a, a do thei lo - chu chuan cut pakhat chu a hawng mai thei. A nuih chhan a zawh chuan, "Ka thisen hian i ke zawng zawngah a hnawih vek a, Adam-a'n a hmu a, thutluknaah a zuang thla a, min kap ta a nih chuan a hlimawm dawn lo em ni?"
  
  
  A hlimawm lo tak zet a ni.
  
  
  Gan Bik hian Tala leh American lian inzawmna thukzia chu a ringhlel tih a hria a, mahse Chinese ho chuan Nick chu “unaupa lian” mai mai anga ngaihin a inbum tih a chiang hle. Gan Bik hian Nick hnenah a harsatnate a sawi a, a tam zawk chu Phong Island-a economic, labor leh social practices tihchangtlun tumna nen a inzawm a ni. Nick chuan tawnhriat a neih loh thu a sawi. "Expert zawng rawh. Expert ka ni lo."
  
  
  Mahse, kawng khatah thurawn a pe ve tho. Gan Bik hian Adam Makhmur-a private sipai captain a nih angin a sipaite rilru tihsan a tum a, Phong Island-a rinawmna chhan pawh an rilruah tuh a tum a ni. Nick hnenah chuan, "Kan sipaite hi hralh chhuah tur an ni reng a. Indona hmunah chuan note tam tak i entir thei a, chutah ngei chuan i lei thei a ni," a ti.
  
  
  "Hei hian an â nge an fing hle tih a finfiah em?" - Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  “I nuihzat a ni,” Gan Bik chuan a ti chhuak a. "Sipai te hi an rinawm tur a ni. Motherland hnenah. Commander hnenah."
  
  
  "Mahse hengte hi mimal sipai an ni. Militia. Sipai pangngai ka hmu a. Silai lian tak takte in an veng a, sumdawngte an rukbo bawk."
  
  
  "Ni e. A pawi khawp mai. German sipaite efficiency, American-ho Gung Ho, Japanese-te inpekna pawh kan nei lo...."
  
  
  "Lalpa chu fak rawh u..."
  
  
  "Engnge?"
  
  
  "Engmah bik a awm lo". Nick chuan a ti a. "En teh - militia nen chuan thil pahnih indona tur i pek a ngai niin ka hria. A hmasa ber chu mahni hmasialna a ni. Chuvangin combat bonus leh superior marksmanship tiam rawh. Tichuan sipai tha ber berte team spirit chu siam rawh.
  
  
  “Ni e,” Gan Bik chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a ti a, “rawtna tha tak tak i nei a. Mipa te hian mimal taka an hmuh theih leh an hriat theihte chu an phur zawk ang. Entirnan, an ram tana beih hi. Chuti a nih chuan morale lamah harsatna i nei lo vang.”
  
  
  A tuk zingah chuan Nick chuan sipaite chu a bik takin phur takin an kal tih a hmu a, Australian style zau tak takin an kut an phar a. Gan Bik chuan thil engemaw a tiam a. Chumi ni tlai lamah chuan Hans chuan telegram sei tak a rawn keng a, a bulah chuan thei punch jug dahin veranda-ah a loung a, Adam-a lehkhabu dahna hmuna lehkhabu a hmuh chu nuam a ti hle.
  
  
  Hans-a chuan, "Cable office-in eng thil nge awm tih min hriattir turin an rawn call a. Bill Rohde chu a thawmhnaw a chhuak a. Eng nge i tirh? Eng tops?"
  
  
  Hans hian Bard’s Gallery-a manager hna thawk, AX agent Bill Rohde-a telegram chu block letter-in a copy a ni. Sheet-ah chuan heti hian a inziak a: MOBBY FOR TOP TIME STOP ACCESS MITIN HIPPIE STOP SHIP TWELVE GROSS KAN NI.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu chu a thlak leh a, a rawn au chhuak nghal zat bawk. Hans chuan, "Ka hrechhuak ang che," a ti a.
  
  
  “Bill-a hnenah hian sakhaw lam thila lemziak nei yo-yo top tam tak ka thawn a.
  
  
  leh an chungah scene mawi tak tak a awm bawk. Josef Dahlam-a chu tih tur engemaw zat ka pek a ngai a. Bill hian Times-ah ad a dah a, thil damlo zawng zawng chu a hralh vek a ni ngei ang. Sawm leh pahnih gross! Ka pek man anga a hralh chuan kan hlawh ang - dollar sangli vel! Tin, heng thu bengchheng tak takte hi an hralh chhunzawm zel a nih chuan..."
  
  
  "In i thlen thuai chuan TV-ah i pholang thei ang," tiin Hans chuan a sawi. "Mipa bikini ha chungin. Hmeichhia zawng zawng...."
  
  
  "Tlem han tum teh." Nick chuan jug chhunga ice chu a ti nghing a. "Khawngaihin he hmeichhia hi phone dang rawn keng turin hrilh rawh. Josef Dahlam hi ka biak duh a ni."
  
  
  Hans-a chuan Indonesian tawng tlem a hmang a. "Keini dang ang bawkin i rilru a hah a, i rilru a hah bawk."
  
  
  "Nun dan tha tak a ni."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan i pawm em?"
  
  
  "Ngei ngei." Hmeichhe naupang hmeltha tak, taksa tha tak chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian phone chu a pe a, Nick chuan a kut zungtang te tak te chungah chuan a kut zungtang chu a tlanpui lai chuan zawi zawiin a kut a phar a. A hawi let chu a en reng a, sarong atang chuan a hmu thei ang maiin. "Hei hi ram ropui tak a ni."
  
  
  Mahse telephone connection tha tak nei lovin. Dalam thleng a, yo-yo thawn turin a hrilh theih nan darkar chanve vel a hmang a ni.
  
  
  Chumi tlai chuan Adam Makhmur chuan ruai theh leh zai a tiam chu a buatsaih ta a. Khualzinte chuan spectacles rawng hrang hrang an hmu a, group hrang hrangin zai, zai leh hla an sa bawk. Hans chuan Nick hnenah chuan, "He ram hi darkar tin vaudeville a ni. Hetah hian a tawp chuan sorkar office-ah a la kal zel a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Mahse an hlim hle. Hlim takin. Tala hian chu hmeichhe naupang zawng zawng nen an zai dun dan kha han en teh. Rockets with curves...."
  
  
  "A dik e. Mahse an tih dan anga an siam chhuah chhung chuan genetic intelligence level a tlahniam ang. A tawpah chuan - India rama slum, Jakarta-a lui kama i hmuh chhe ber ang chi.
  
  
  "Hans, thudik kengtu grim tak i ni."
  
  
  “Tin, keini Dutch-ho chuan vei leh dinglam natna kan tidam a, vitamin kan hmuchhuak a, inthiarna kan ti \ha bawk.”
  
  
  Nick chuan beer bottle hawn thar chu a thianpa kut ah chuan a rawn thun lut a.
  
  
  A tuk zingah chuan tennis an khel ta a. Nick hian hnehna chang mahse Hans hi a khingpui tha takah a hmu a. In lam pana an kal leh lai chuan Nick-a chuan, "Nizana overbreeding chungchanga i thusawi kha ka hrechhuak ta. Chhanchhuahna tur a awm em?"
  
  
  "Ka ngaihtuah lo. An boral tawh Nick. Apple chunga thei rah ang maiin an pung zel ang a, an kekawr ipteah an tawp thlengin."
  
  
  "I dik lo tih ka beisei. A tlai hmain thil pakhat hmuhchhuah a nih ka beisei."
  
  
  "Eng ang nge? Chhanna chu mihring tan a awm a, mahse general, politician leh damdawi lam mite chuan an lo block a ni. I hria em, an hawi kir fo thin. Ni chu kan hmu ang.
  
  
  Nick hian eng nge an hmuh dawn tih a hre ngai lo. Gan Bik chu hling hring hring hring hnunglam atang chuan a tlan chhuak ta a. A thaw chhuak a: “Colonel Sudirmat chu in chhungah a awm a, Muller leh lawng khalhtu chu a phut a ni.”
  
  
  “Hei hi a ngaihnawm khawp mai,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Relax rawh. Thaw."
  
  
  "Mahse, lo kal rawh. Adam hian a hruai tir thei ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Hans, khawngaihin in chhungah lo lut rawh. Adam emaw Ong emaw chu a sir lamah hruai la, darkar hnih chhung zet Sudirmat chu chelh mai turin hrilh rawh. Tui chawi tir rawh - chaw ei rawh - eng pawh nise," a ti a.
  
  
  "Dik." Hans chu a chhuak nghal vat a.
  
  
  Gun Bik chuan a rit chu ke pakhat atanga ke dangah a sawn a, dawhthei lo leh phur tak a ni.
  
  
  “Gan Bik, Sudirmat hian mipa engzat nge a rawn hruai?”
  
  
  "Pathum."
  
  
  "Khawiah nge a thiltihtheihna la awm chu?"
  
  
  "Engtin nge a bulah power a nei tih i hriat?"
  
  
  "Guessing a ni."
  
  
  "Chu chu rinhlelhna tha tak a ni. Gimbo-ah an awm a, valley pahnihna atanga mel sawm leh panga vel zeta chhuk a ni. Truck 16, mi za vel, machine gun rit pahnih leh pound khata rit machine gun hlui pakhat."
  
  
  "A ropui hle mai. I scout te hian an lo thlir reng em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Kawng dang atanga beihna hi engtin nge ni ang? Sudirmat hi ruihhlo ngawlvei a ni lo."
  
  
  "Binto Barracks-ah hian company pahnih a inpeih tawh a. Kawng hrang hrang aṭangin min rawn deng thei a, mahse Binto an chhuahsan hunah kan hre mai ang a, eng lam nge an pan dawn tih pawh kan hre mai thei.
  
  
  "Heavy firepower atan eng nge i neih?"
  
  
  "Millimeter 40 cannon leh Swedish machine gun pathum. Mine siamna tur ralthuam leh puak thei thil tam tak a khat."
  
  
  "I tlangvalte hian mine siam an zir em?"
  
  
  Gan Bik chuan a kutphah chu a kutphah hmangin a rawn deng a. "An duh khawp mai. Pow!"
  
  
  "Gimbo atanga chhuahna kawngpui chu checkpoint kal awlsam lo takah mine tir rawh. Binto-a squad hi eng kawng nge an rawn luh theih tih kan hriat hma chuan i tlangval dangte chu reserve-ah dah rawh."
  
  
  "An rawn bei dawn tih i chiang em?"
  
  
  "A rei emaw a rei emaw chuan an kawrfual te tak te chu an duh leh duh chuan an tih a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  Gan Bik chu a nui suk a, a tlanbo ta a. Nick chuan Hans chu Adam leh Ong Tiang leh Colonel Sudirmat te nen veranda zau takah chuan a hmu a. Hans-a chuan awmze nei takin: “Nick, colonel kha i hre reng a ni. I hmai sil a tha zawk, putar, zanriah kan ei dawn a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  Mi pawimawh leh Adama pawl hrang hrangte insem dawhkan lian tak vel chu beiseina a awm a. Sudirmat-a'n: "Mr. Bard, Sumatra atanga hetah i rawn hruai mi pahnih chungchang hi Adam-a zawt turin ka lo kal a ni," a tih chuan a chhe ta a ni.
  
  
  "Anih nang?"
  
  
  Sudirmat chu a buai hmel hle a, ball ai chuan lungin an vawm ang maiin a lang. "I eng nge?"
  
  
  "I ni tak tak em? Tin, Mr. Makhmur khan eng nge a sawi?"
  
  
  "Chawhmeh ei laiin a biak tur che a ti a - hetah hian kan awm ta."
  
  
  "Heng mite hi international criminal an ni. Jakarta kutah ka hlan a ngai tak zet a ni."
  
  
  "Aw ni lo, hetah hian thuneitu ka ni. Sumatra atang hian i sawn tur a ni lo, ka awmna hmunah pawh i sawn tur a ni lo. Harsatna lian tak i nei a ni, Mr. Bard. A rel tawh. Nang...."
  
  
  "Colonel, i sawi tling tawh. Tâng ka chhuah tir lo."
  
  
  "Mr. Bard, chu silai chu i la keng reng a ni." Sudirmat chuan lungngai takin a lu a thing leh a. Thupui a thlak a, chu mi chu defensive-a dah theih dan tur a zawng a. Thil awmdan chu thunun a duh a - he Al Bard hian chemte pahnih hmanga mi pakhat a beih dan leh a thah dan zawng zawng chu a hre vek tawh a ni. Tin, hei hi Juda mite zinga mi dang a ni bawk!
  
  
  "Ni e I." Nick chuan a nuih zauh a. "Colonel rintlak loh, bum hmang, mahni hmasial, duhâm, bum hmang leh rinawm lote hmachhawn hian himna leh inrintawkna a pe a ni." Thumalte chu a la chhuak a, English tawng chu a awmzia dik tak nen a inmil lo palh hlauh chuan hun tam tak a hnutchhiah a ni.
  
  
  Sudirmat chu a rawn nui suk a, a thutnaah chuan a ding nghet ta a. A mimal score tam zawk chu a hnungzang a kah emaw, "Texas Judgment" emaw hmangin mercenary pakhatin ambush atanga silai a keng a, mahse mi hlauhawm tak a ni lo. "I thusawi hi a tithinur hle."
  
  
  "An dik angin ni lo. Juda tan hna i thawk a, i ram mite i bum a, Juda in a operation tan tirh atang khan."
  
  
  Gun Bik chu room chhungah a lut a, Nick chu a hmu a, open note kengin a rawn pan hnai a. "A lo thleng chauh a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan cricket game result chungchang an sawi dun tawh loh ang maiin zahawm takin Sudirmat chu a lu a bu nghat a. A chhiar chuan: "All departure Gimbo darkar 12.50 chhung." Binto chhuahsan tura inbuatsaih.
  
  
  Nick chuan chu tlangval chu a nui suk a. "A ropui hle mai. Chhunzawm rawh." Gan Bik chu kawngka lam thleng turin a phalsak a, chutah, “Aw, Gan...” tiin a au chhuak a, Nick chu a ding chhuak a, tlangval chu a zui nghal vat a, chu tlangval chu a ding a, a hawi let leh a. Nick chuan a ti muangchang a, "Hetah hian a sipai pathum awmte chu man rawh."
  
  
  "Tunlai hian mipa te chuan an lo en reng a. Ka order nghak mai mai a ni."
  
  
  "Binto sipaite block chungchang hi min hriattir a ngai lo. An kalna tur i hriat chuan block rawh."
  
  
  Gan Bik chuan ngaihtuahna hmasa ber a lantir. "Sipai tam tak an rawn hruai chhuak thei a ni. Artillery. Eng chen nge kan tihtawp ang?"
  
  
  "Darkar tlemte chauh - naktuk zing thleng pawh a ni mai thei." Nick chu a nui suk a, a kawngah chuan a fawp a. "Min ring a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Ngei ngei." Gun Bik chu a tlan chhuak nghal a, Nick chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. A tir chuan rinhlelh lutuk - tunah chuan rintlak lutuk. Dawhkan bulah chuan a kir leh a.
  
  
  Colonel Sudirmat-a chuan Adam leh Ong-a hnenah: “Ka sipaite hi hetah hian an lo thleng thuai ang. Chumi hnuah chuan tu hming nge hming vuah tih kan en ang...” a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "I sipaite chu thupek angin an chhuak ta a. Tin, an titawp ta a ni. Tunah chuan pistol chungchang kan sawi dawn nia - hei hi i belt-ah pass rawh. I kut zungtang hmangin handle-ah vawn rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  Sudirmat-i intihhlimna duh ber chu pawngsual tih loh chu American film en a ni. Zan tin a command post-a a awm laiin Western-te an entir thin. A hlui te chu Tom Mix leh Hoot Gibson te nen - a thar te chu John Wayne leh tunlai star te nen an sakawr chunga chuang tura tanpui ngai te nen. Mahse Indonesia mite chuan hei hi an hre lo. Mi tam tak chuan American zawng zawng hi bawng vulhtu an ni vek niin an ngai a. Sudirmat hian a thiamna chu chhia leh tha hriatna nen a practice a - mahse heng American-ho hi ralthuam kenga piang an ni! Czechoslovakian machine gun chu uluk takin dawhkan sir zawng zawngah a han phawrh a, a kut zungtang inkarah chuan zawi zawiin a chelh a.
  
  
  Adam chuan lungngai zet hian, "Mr. Bard, i chiang em..." a ti a.
  
  
  "Mr. Makhmur, minute tlemte hnuah pawh i lo thleng tawh ang. He turd hi i ngawi ang a, ka rawn entir ang che."
  
  
  Ong Tiang chuan, "Poop? Chu chu ka hre lo. French tawngin... khawngaihin, German tawngin... hei hian... a awmzia em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Sakawr apple" a ti a. Nick chuan lodge lam panna kawng a kawhhmuh lai chuan Sudirmat chuan a hmui a ti hup a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Gan Bik leh Tala te chuan Nick chu jail atanga a chhuah dawn chuan an lo dang ta a. Gan Bik chuan indona radio a keng a. A lungngai hmel hle. "Binto atanga truck te thlawp turin truck 8 dang an rawn thleng leh dawn a ni."
  
  
  "Daltu chak tak i nei em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. A nih loh leh Tapachi Bridge kan puak darh chuan..."
  
  
  "Blow. I amphibious pilot hian hei hi khawiah nge a awm tih a hria em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Hetah hian dynamite engzat nge min humhim theih ang - tunah hian?"
  
  
  "A tam hle. Pack sawmli atanga sawmnga vel."
  
  
  "Thlawhna ah min rawn hruai la, chutah i mite hnenah kir leh rawh. He kawngpuiah hian awm rawh."
  
  
  Gan Bik-a’n a lu a bu nghat chuan Tala chuan, “Engtin nge ka tih ang?”
  
  
  Nick chuan tleirawl pahnih chu ngun takin a en a. "Gan bulah awm rawh. First aid kit pack la, nangmah ang hmeichhe huaisen i neih chuan hruai la. Thi leh hliam an awm mai thei."
  
  
  Amphibian pilot chuan Tapachi Bridge chu a hre chiang hle. Hei hi Nick-a’n puak thei thinghnah nêm tak takte a glue khawm a, himna belhchhah tûrin wire hmanga a khih a, group tinte chhûnga thuk taka cap—thil inches hnih, ballpoint pen te tak te ang mai—a thun lai a en ṭhin ang bawka phurna nên a târ lang a ni a fuse atanga a sei zawng yard khata sei Fuse chu bag ah chuan ka attached a, chu chu a off loh nan. "Boom!" - pilot chuan lawm takin a ti a. "Boom. Chutah chuan."
  
  
  Tapachi Bridge tawi tak chu meikhu chhuahna hmuna tihhniam a ni. Gan Bik chuan a demolition team te chu a biak a, an thil neihte chu an hre ta a ni. - Nick chuan flyer beng bulah a au chhuak a. "Kawngpuiah ngei hian pass awlsam tak siam rawh. Kan theh darh ang a, kan theih chuan truck pakhat emaw pahnih emaw kan tipuak ang."
  
  
  Pass hnih chhungin in lama siam bomb spattering an thlak a ni. Sudirmat mipuite hian anti-aircraft zirtirna an hriat chuan an theihnghilh emaw, an ngaihtuah ngai lo emaw a ni. A hmuh hnuhnun ber ṭum khan truck convoy aṭangin kawng tinrengah an tlan a, chung zinga pathum chu kangmei chhuak a ni.
  
  
  “In lamah,” Nick chuan pilot hnenah chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Hetiang hi an ti thei ngai lo. Minute sawm hnuah engine chu a thi a, lagoon reh takah chuan an tla thla ta a ni. Pilot chuan hlim takin a nui suk a. "Ka hria. A clogged. Gas lousy a ni. Ka siam tha ang."
  
  
  Nick pawh chuan a thawmhnaw a thawk ve bawk. Woolworth home repair kit ang maia lang tool kit hmangin carburetor chu an tifai chhuak a.
  
  
  Darkar thum an hloh tawh avangin Nick chu a thawk a hah a, a buai hle bawk. A tawpah chuan carburetor chhunga gasoline thianghlim tak nen chuan engine chu rotation hmasa berah a start a, an thlawk leh ta a ni. “Tuipui kam, Phong bulah en teh,” Nick chuan a ti a, “chutah chuan lawng lian a awm tur a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  A ni tawh. Porto chu Muchmoor-a lawng chawlhna hmun hnaih takah a awm a. Nick chuan, "Zoo Island kal tlangin kal rawh. Adata tiin i hre mai thei - Phong bulah."
  
  
  Zoo-a solid green carpet-ah chuan engine chu a thi leh ta a ni. Nick chu a nui suk a. Eng kawng nge ni, ramngaw chhunga thinghnah hring hring hring in a rawn luhchilh. Pilot naupang chuan Nick-a’n Tala-a nen an chhoh tawhna creek valley-ah chuan bar chu a tizau a, tuikhuah chunga hnah tla ang maiin tuipui kam atang chuan amphibian hlui chu a hniam tir ta a. Nick chuan thaw a la a. Pilot hnen atangin nuihzatna zau tak a dawng a. "Carburetor kan tifai leh ta."
  
  
  "Ti rawh. Darkar hnih khat hnuah ka rawn let leh ang."
  
  
  "A THA E."
  
  
  Nick chu tuipui kamah chuan a tlan phei a. Thli leh tui chuan landmark chu a thlak danglam tawh a, mahse hei hi hmun a nih a ngai a ni. Lui kam atanga hlat zawng dik tak a ni. Cape chu a enfiah a, a kal zel a. Ramngaw kam a banyan thing zawng zawng chu a inang vek a. Khawiah nge cable te chu an awm?
  
  
  Jungle-a strike hlauhawm tak chuan a khur a, Wilhelmina chu a hip lut ta a ni. Underbrush atang chuan a puak chhuak a, inch hnih zeta sei a ke ruh chu toothpick ang maiin a rawn inher chhuak a, Mabel chu a rawn lang ta! Sakei chuan sand chu a zuang thla a, Nick-a kawngah chuan a lu a nghat a, a kuah a, hlim takin a sign ta a. Silai chu a han thlah a. "Hey baby. In lamah chuan an ring ngai lovang."
  
  
  Hlim takin cooing ri a siam a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 8-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chu a kal zel a, banyan thingte tuipui lam hawi zawnga hnim hring zingah chuan a lai chhuak ta a. Engmah. Sakeibaknei chuan champion ui emaw, nupui rinawm emaw ang maiin a kekawr ipte chu a zui a. A en a, chutah tuipui kamah chuan a tlan phei ta a; a ding a, a hawi kual a,: “Lo kal rawh,” tih ang mai hian a hawi kual a.
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Hei zawng zawng hi thil theih loh a ni. Mahse hei hi i piece of beach a nih chuan..."
  
  
  A ni tawh. Mabel chu thing pasarihna bulah chuan a ding a, tuipui lianin a rawn ken chu hruihrual pahnih a la chhuak a. Nick chuan a kawngah a rawn fawp a.
  
  
  Minute 20 hnuah lawng te tak te buoyancy tank te chu a pump chhuak a, engine chu a ti lum ta a. Bay te tak te chu a hmuh hnuhnun ber chu Mabel-i chu tuipui kamah a ding a, zawhna zawt chungin a kut lian tak chu a han phar a. A hmel chu lungngaihna ang maiin a lang a, mahse a suangtuahna a nih thu a inhriat tir a.
  
  
  Rei vak lovah a rawn lang a, amphibian che vel chu a hre ta a, bug mit nei pilot hnenah chuan Makhmurs-ah a hmu dawn tih a hrilh a. "Khaw thim hma chu ka thleng lovang. Sipaiten trick an ruahman em tih hriat tumin checkpoint kaltlangin thlawhna hmanga kal i duh chuan kal zel rawh. Gun Bik hi radio hmangin i biak theih ang em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Note ka thlak a ni."
  
  
  Chumi ni chuan pilot naupang chuan note engmah a hnutchhiah lo. Amphibian slow tak chu ramp-ah hruaiin, tuipui lam pan chuan rulhut thau tak ang maiin a chhuk a, Porta bulah chuan a kal hnai hle a. Action atan a inbuatsaih a, a identity chu junk-ah a thlak ta a ni. Judas chuan Tapachi Bridge-a intercom ri chu a hre ta a. Judas-a rapid-fire anti-aircraft gun chuan thlawhna chu ribbon-ah a tikehsawm a, tuiah chuan rulhut chau tak ang maiin a tla ta a ni. Pilot hian hliam a tuar lo. A lu a thing a, tuipuiah chuan a inbual ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu tuihnuai lawngah chuan a tlu lut a, a thim tawh hle.
  
  
  Muchmoor-i fuel dock-ah chuan a kal a, a tank-te chu a topping up tan ta a. Dock-a tlangval palite chuan English an thiam tlem hle a, mahse, "In lamah haw rawh. Adam hmu rawh. Hmanhmawh rawh," an ti chhunzawm zel a.
  
  
  Verandah ah chuan Hans, Adam, Ong leh Tala te chu a hmu ta a. Chu hmun chu mi sawmhnih chuang zetin an veng a - command post ang mai a ni. Hans chuan, "Welcome back. Kan pek a ngai dawn a ni," a ti.
  
  
  "Eng thil nge thleng?"
  
  
  "Judas chu tuipuiah a tla thla a, guardhouse chu a rawn bei ta a. Müller, Japanese leh Sudirmat te chu a chhuah zalen ta a ni. Vengtute ralthuam zawngin mad scramble a awm a - chutah chuan guard pahnih chauh an la awm a, Gan Bik chuan sipai zawng zawng chu a hruai vek a. Tichuan Sudirmat chu a kap ta a ni." a mi pakhat, a dangte chu Juda nen an kal ta a ni."
  
  
  "Despotism hlauhawmzia. He sipai hian eng chen nge a chance a nghah tawh tih ka ngaihtuah. Gan Bik hian kawngpui a chelh tlat?"
  
  
  "Lung ang maiin. Juda hi kan buai hle. Min kap leh mai thei. Min rawn bei leh mai thei. Adam hnenah message a thawn a. $150,000 a duh a. Kar khat chhungin."
  
  
  "A nih loh leh Akim a that em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  Tala chu a tap tan ta a. Nick chuan, "Ti suh, Tala. Ngaihtuah buai suh, Adam, tangte chu ka la let leh ang." A inrintawk lutuk a nih chuan chhan tha tak a awm niin a ngai a.
  
  
  Hans chu a sir lamah a hruai a, a notepad-ah chuan message a ziak a. "Phone te chu a la thawk reng em?"
  
  
  “A dik e, Sudirmat-a adjutant hian minute sawm danah vauin a rawn call thin.”
  
  
  "I cable service kha call tum rawh."
  
  
  Hans-a’n uluk taka telephone-a a sawi nawn leh telegram-ah chuan heti hian a inziak a: ADVISED CHINA BANK OF JUDAS CHU RAKHAKKHAT MILLION RUK CHU A KHAWM A, TUNAHIAN NAHDATUL ULAMAH PARTY NEIH A THAWK TAK TAK TAK A NI. David Hawke hnenah thawn a ni.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan Adam-a lam chu a hawi a: “Judas-a hnenah mi pakhat tir rawh, Akim-a i rawn thawn let nghal theih chuan naktuk zing dar sawmah $150,000 i pe dawn tih hrilh rawh.”
  
  
  "Hetah hian hard currency ka nei tam lo. Tang dangte hi an thih a ngai a nih chuan Akim hi ka hruai lovang. Tu Makhmur hian a hmel a lantir leh thei tawh dawn lo...."
  
  
  "Engmah kan pe lo a, tang zawng zawng kan chhuah vek bawk. Ruse a ni."
  
  
  "Awh." Rang takin thupek a pe a.
  
  
  Zing lamah chuan Nick chu tuihnuai lawng te tak teah chuan a chuang a, periscope thuk takah chuan tui thuk lo takah a bob a, Chinese junk thianghlim tak Butterfly Wind atanga tuipui kam atanga mel chanve vel a hlaah chuan Chiang Kai-shek flag a thlawk a, cape sen, blue-a ni dum nen hnung. Nick chuan submarine antenna chu a han chawi sang a. Frequency te chu tawp chin nei lovin a scan ta a. Checkpoint-a sipai radio-a thusawi ri chu a hre ta a, Gun Bik ri nghet tak takte chu a hre bawk a, chutah chuan engkim a tha vek mai thei tih a hre bawk. Tichuan signal chak tak - a bulah - a dawng a, Butterfly Wind radio chuan a chhang let a.
  
  
  Nick chuan transmitter chu frequency inangah a set a, tawp chin nei lovin a sawi nawn leh a: "Hello, Butterfly Wind. Hello, Judas. I tan communist tang leh pawisa kan nei a. Hello, Butterfly Wind.
  
  
  Submersible te tak te chu junk lam pan chuan a kal zel a, tuifinriat chuan a signal chu a pil bo dawn em tih erawh a chiang lo va, mahse theoretically chuan periscope-rigged antenna chuan chutiang thuk takah chuan a transmit thei a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Juda chuan chibai a buk a, a cabin hnuaiah a ke a stamp a, a transmitter chak takah chuan a switch ta a. Intercom crystal a nei lo va, high power band-a CW code watch vawngtu hmuh theih loh vessel chu a chawi sang thei lo. "Muller," a ti a, "he diabola hian eng nge tih a tum? Ngaithla teh."
  
  
  Mueller chuan, "A hnai tawh. Corvette hian harsatna kan tawk nia a hriat chuan DF hi han en teh..." a ti a.
  
  
  "Bah. Direction finder ka mamawh lo. Kha tuipui kama Bard â tak kha a ni. Transmitter chu power tling takah i set thei ang em, a jam thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Hun engemaw chen a la ngai dawn a ni".
  
  
  Nick chuan "Wind Butterfly" chu viewing glass chhunga a inzar pharh lai chu a en reng a. Tuipui chu a scan a, tuipuiah chuan lawng pakhat a hmu a. Tuihnuai lawng te tak te chu feet ruk zetin a hniam tir a, tuipui kam atanga bawlhhlawh paihna hmun a hnaih lai chuan a mit thir hmangin a chang chuan a han en kual thin. A entu te mit chu tuipui atanga lawng lut lam hawi tur a ni. Hriat lohvin starboard lam chu a thleng ta a. Hatch a hawn chuan megaphone hmanga au thawm a hre ta a, midang pawhin eng emaw an au ri a, ralthuam rit tak thawm a hre bawk. Junk atanga yard sawmnga vel a hlaah chuan tui luang pakhat a rawn luang chhuak ta a.
  
  
  “Hei hian i buai tir ang,” Nick chuan a ti muangchang a, nylon-a khuh gripping iron chu twine-a metal rim chu man tumin a toss a. "Ngawi teh, range an siam tha ang." Rang takin rope chu a chho a, deck sir lam chu a han en a.
  
  
  Boom! Shell chuan mainmast chu a paltlang a, a rumbling mawi lo tak chu a na em em a, a kalna rush chu i hre tawh ang tih i ring mai thei. Lawng chhunga chuang zawng zawng chu tuipui kamah an pungkhawm a, megaphone hmangin an au chhuak a, an ri chhuak vek bawk. Müller hian mi pahnih semaphore leh international Morse flag signal pe turin a kaihruai a ni. Nick chuan a nui suk a - tuna i hrilh engmah hian an hlim tir dawn lo! A chuang a, forward hatch chhungah a bo ta a ni. Ramp atang chuan a chhuk a, staircase dang a chhuk leh a
  
  
  uh... Gan Bik leh Tala te sawifiahna leh lemziak atanga thlir chuan hetah hian a lo awm tawh ang maiin a hria.
  
  
  Guard chuan silai chu a man a, Wilhelmina-i Luger chuan a kap ta a. Thlalak kaltlangin a lai tak thlengin. Nick chuan camera chu a hawng a. "Lo kal rawh u guys."
  
  
  “A dang a awm leh bawk,” tlangval hmeltha tak pakhat chuan a ti a. "Chabi chu min pe rawh."
  
  
  Tlangval chuan Akim chu a chhuah ta a. Nick chuan guard silai chu chabi diltu tlangval hnenah chuan a pe a, security a check lai chu a en reng bawk. A ti ngei ang.
  
  
  Deck-ah chuan Muller chuan Nick leh Indonesian tlangval pasarih te chu hatch atanga an zuang chhuak a, tuipuiah an zuang thla a hmuh chuan a vawt ta hle a ni. Nazi upa tak chu a Tommy silai zawngin lawng hnung lamah a tlan phei a, tuipuiah chuan silai muin a kap ta a. Tui hnuaia inthup porpoise school pakhat pawh a kap ve mai thei bawk.
  
  
  Inch thum zeta sei shell chuan lawng zingah junk chu a rawn deng a, a chhungah a puak a, Muller chu a khup thlengin a tla thla ta a ni. Juda nena inbiakna neih tumin lawng hnung lamah chuan hrehawm takin a tlu a.
  
  
  Nick chu tuihnuai lawngah chuan a rawn lang a, hatch chu a hawng a, cabin te tak te chhungah chuan a zuang lut a, engmah tih belh ngai lovin lawng te tak te chu a kalna kawngah a thlawh tir ta a ni. Tlangvalte chuan rulhut hnung lama tui rulhut ang maiin an vuan tlat a. Nick chuan, "Silai kah lakah fimkhur rawh! Silai i hmuh chuan tuipuiah kal rawh!"
  
  
  "Ja."
  
  
  Hmelma ho chu an buai hle a. Müller-a chuan Juda hnênah: “Tângte chu an tlân chhuak ta!Engtin nge heng mi âte kah hi kan tihtawp theih ang? An â ta!”
  
  
  Juda chu lawng drill enkawltu sumdawng navy captain ang maiin a cool hle. Dragon nena inremna ni chu a lo thleng dawn tih a hria a - mahse chutiang chuan rei lo teah! Chutiang hun chhe takah chuan! Ani chuan, "Tunah chuan Nelson-a suit ha la, Mueller. A rilru put hmang chu i hrethiam ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Binoculars chu corvette lam chu a kawhhmuh a, People’s Republic of China rawng a hmuh chuan a hmui chu a hrual nghal vek a. A glasses chu a dah thla a, a nui suk a, mak tak mai, guttural sound chu ramhuai chibai buk ang maiin a ri a. "Jah, Mueller, lawng kalsan i ti thei ang. China nen kan deal chu a off tawh."
  
  
  Corvette atanga kah vawi hnih chuan junk hmalam chu a rawn hliam a, 40 mm in a tipuak ta a ni. silai chu a scrap ta a ni. Nick chuan full power-a tuipui kamah a kal lai chuan mental note a siam a—long range shot tih loh chu, heng gunner-te hian an miss ngai lo.
  
  
  Hans chuan pier-ah a hmu a. "Hawk hian telegram a dawng a, thu dik takin a thehdarh niin a lang."
  
  
  Adam Makhmur chu a tlan phei a, a fapa chu a kuah a.
  
  
  Junk chu a kang a, zawi zawiin a sagging. Horizon-a corvette chu a te tial tial tial a. "Engtin nge i bet ang, Hans?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. "Hei hi Juda tawpna a ni em?"
  
  
  "Zawhna awm lo. A chanchin kan hriat dan chuan tunah hian scuba suit ha chungin a tlanchhuak thei ang."
  
  
  "Lawng kan chuang ang a, eng nge kan hmuh theih ang tih kan en ang."
  
  
  He lawnga thawktu ṭhenkhat chu lawng chhe laiah hian an innghat tih an hmu a, ruang pali, hliam na tak tuar pahnih an awm. Judas leh Müller-a te chu khawiah mah hmuh tur an awm lo. Thim hnua an zawn an chawlhsan chuan Hans chuan, "Shark pum chhungah an awm ka beisei," tiin a comment a.
  
  
  A tuk zingah conference-ah chuan Adam Makhmur chu an la khawm leh a, an chhut chhuak leh a. "Chhungkaw te chuan an lawm hle. Thiam takin an ti a ni, Mr. Bard. Vanlawngte chu hetah hian tlangvalte hruai turin an rawn thleng thuai dawn a ni."
  
  
  "Sipai ho leh Sudirmat thih dan sawifiahna chu engtin nge ni ang?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Adam chu a nui suk a. "Kan nghawng leh thusawi inzawmkhawm vang hian sipaite hi an zilh dawn a ni. Colonel Sudirmat duhâmna hi a mawhphurtu a ni."
  
  
  Wang King clan-a private amphibian chuan Nick leh Hans te chu Jakarta-ah a phur a. Tlai lam chuan Nick - shower leh inchei thar - chuan Mata chu a lo nghak a, chutah chuan darkar tam tak balmy a hmanna living room lum leh thim takah chuan a lo nghak a. A rawn thleng a, a bulah chuan a kal nghal a. "I him tak zet! Thu mak tak tak ka hre tawh. Khawpui chhung hmun hrang hrangah an kal kual vel a ni."
  
  
  "Ṭhenkhat chu a dik mai thei, ka hmangaih. A pawimawh ber chu Sudirmat a thi tawh a ni. Mi mante chu chhuah zalen an ni tawh. Judas pirate lawng chu a chhe tawh a ni."
  
  
  Passion takin a fawp a: "... hmun tinah."
  
  
  "Teuh."
  
  
  "Almost? I kal ang - thawmhnaw ka thlak ang a, chu chu min hrilh dawn nia...."
  
  
  Khawpui thawmhnaw a paih a, pangpar sarong-a a inkhuh lai chu ngaihsan hmel zeta a en lai chuan a sawifiah tlem hle.
  
  
  Patio lama an chhuak a, gin leh tonic kenga an insiamrem lai chuan, “Tunah hian eng nge i tih dawn?”
  
  
  "Ka kal a ngai. Tin, ka bulah lo kal ve turin ka duh bawk."
  
  
  Mak leh lawm hmel zeta a en lai chuan a hmel mawi tak chu a eng chhuak a. "Eng nge? Oh yes... I tak tak...."
  
  
  "Tih tak zetin, Mata. Ka bulah i lo kal ngei tur a ni. Darkar sawmli leh pariat chhungin. Singapore emaw khawi hmunah emaw ka kalsan ang che. Tin, Indonesia-ah i kir leh ngai lovang." A mitmeng chu a en a, taima tak leh taima takin. "Indonesia-ah hian i kir leh ngai lo tur a ni. I kir leh a nih chuan ka kir leh a ngai a, - inthlak danglamna engemaw zat ka siam a ngai a ni."
  
  
  A rawn inher chhuak ta. A mitmeng dum, polished steel ang maia khauh tak chu thil thuk leh chhiar theih loh a awm a. A hrethiam a, mahse a tum leh ta. "Mahse, ka duh lo tih ka rel a nih chuan? Ka sawi tum chu - nangmah nen - chu chu thil pakhat a ni - mahse Singapore-a kalsan hi...
  
  
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  "I kalsan mai hi a hlauhawm lutuk, Mata. Hetianga ka tih chuan ka hna hi ka zo lo ang - tin, ka uluk reng bawk. Ideology vang ni lovin pawisa vangin i chhungah i lut a, chuvang chuan offer ka siamsak thei che a ni." awm reng turin?" A thaw halh a. "Sudirmat bakah hian contact dang tam tak i nei a. I channel leh Judah nena in inbiakpawhna network te kha a la awm reng a ni. Sipai radio i hmang niin ka ngai - a nih loh leh nangmah mite pawh i nei mai thei. Mahse... i hmu ... ka dinhmun chu."
  
  
  A vawt hle tih a hria. Hei hi a kuah mipa chu a ni lo va, a nunah hmangaihna ngaihtuahna nena a khin hmasa ber ang mai a ni. Mipa chak tak, huaisen tak, ngilnei tak, rilru fim tak nei - mahse tunah chuan chu mit mawi tak chu a va thir tawh em! "Ka ring lo che..."
  
  
  A tawp lam chu a khawih a, a kut zungtang chuan a khuh a. "Thil engemaw zatah i tlu tawh a. I hre reng ang. Eirukna hian fimkhur lohna a hring a. Serious takin, Mata, ka offer hmasa ber chu pawm turin ka rawt a che."
  
  
  "A nih leh i pahnihna...?" Ka beng chu a vawt nghal vek. Silai leh chemte a ken chu a hrechhuak a, a sir lehlamah leh hmuh theih lohna hmunah a dah a, a comment lai chuan ngawi rengin a fiamthu a. A mitmeng atang chuan a hmel mawi tak duh tak chunga mak tak maia lang, inngaitlawm theih loh mask chu a en leh ta a. A kut chu a hmui lam pan chuan a kal a, a rawn sen vek bawk. "I ti ang! Ni e... Knife kha i that a. Tin, Judas pawh midang nen. Nang... Hans Nordenboss ang i ni lo."
  
  
  “I’m different,” tiin rilru hahdam takin a pawm a. "Indonesia ramah i ke i pen leh a nih chuan ka that ang che."
  
  
  Thusawi chu a huat em em a, mahse deal chu chiang taka tarlan a ngai a ni. Ni lo - hriatthiam lohna thihna thlen thei. Darkar tam tak a tap a, ruahtui tlak laiin pangpar ang maiin a lo hring a, a mittui nen chuan a chakna zawng zawng chu a hrual vek ang maiin a lang. He scene hi a pawi a ti hle - mahse hmeichhe mawi tak tak siam that theihna thiltihtheihna chu a hre chiang hle. Ram hrang hrang - mipa hrang hrang - leh deal hrang hrang pawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  A nawr chhuak ta a - chutah a bulah chuan a rawn tlan phei a, aw ril zet hian: "Duhthlan tur ka nei lo tih ka hria. Ka kal ang," a ti a.
  
  
  A rilru a hahdam - tlemte chauh. "Ka pui ang che. Nordenboss hi i thil hnutchhiah hralh turin rintlak a ni a, chu pawisa chu i dawng ngei ang tih ka tiam bawk. Ram tharah hian pawisa nei lovin i awm lo vang."
  
  
  A tap hnuhnung ber chu a chhing let a, a kut zungtang chuan a rilru chu a fawp a. "Singapore-a ka awm theihna tura min pui turin ni khat emaw ni hnih emaw i hmang thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Ka ngaihtuah chuan."
  
  
  A taksa chu ruh nei lo ang maiin a lang. Inpekna a ni. Nick chuan rilru hahdam hmel zet hian a thaw halh a. I thiam ngai lo. Hetiang hian a tha zawk. Hawk chuan a remti ang.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Carter Nick-a chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Thihna (Hood of Death) a ni
  
  
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Thihna (Hood of Death) a ni
  
  
  United States of America-a secret services mipuite tana inhlan a ni
  
  
  
  Bung I. Bung I
  
  
  
  Highway 28 a off hnu second sawm velah chuan tihsual a nei em tih a ngaihtuah a. Nula chu he hmun hla takah hian a hruai tur em ni? A ralthuam chu car hnunglam deck hnuaia locker thup takah a thlen theih lohna hmunah dah a ngai em?
  
  
  Washington atanga US 66-a ka kalna zawng zawngah chuan headlight chu ka tail-ah a awm vek a. Hei hi superhighway buai takah chuan beisei tur a ni a, mahse Highway 28-ah chuan an chhang lo a, hei hi a dik lo hle. Car pakhata mi an nih a ring a. Tunah chuan a awm ta.
  
  
  “A hlimawm,” a ti a, chu thusawi avang chuan a kuah hmeichhe naupang chu a tens em tih hriat a tum a. Hrilhfiahna engmah a hre lo. Taksa nem tak mawi tak chu tui takin a pliable reng a.
  
  
  "Khawi?" a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  "Rei vak lo i thut a ngai dawn a ni, honey." Fimkhur takin a ding nghet a, dar thum leh dar kua awmnaah chuan steering wheel-ah chuan a kut chu a rualin a dah a, throttle chu leiah a dah a. Minute khat hnuah chuan lane hriat lar takah a inher ta a.
  
  
  Engine thar tuning chu amah ngeiin a tinker a, mimal lungawina a nei a, cubic inches 428 chuan revs a san chhoh zel avangin tlu lovin acceleration a siam a ni. Thunderbird hian Maryland ram kawngpui lane hnih nei S-curve-ah chuan thing zingah hummingbird careening ang maiin a zip a.
  
  
  "Thawk chhuak thei khawp mai!" Ruth Moto chu a kut dahna tur hmun pe turin a insawn a.
  
  
  “Hmeichhe fing tak,” a ti a. Smart, hmeltha. Ka ngaihtuah a...
  
  
  Kawngpui chu a hre chiang hle. A tam zawkah chuan hei hi a ni lo. Anmahni chu a tlanbo thei a, himna hmunah a tlanbo thei a, zan duhawm tak a hmang thei bawk. Hei hian hna a thawk dawn lo. A thaw halh a, Bird chu speed tlemteah a slow tir a, a chhoh lai chuan a harh chu a check ta a. Light chu a lo awm ta a. Kawngpui hrual takah chuan chutiang speed-ah chuan an dah ngam lo. An chhe vek ang. Hei hi phal theih a ni lo - a tan chuan an tan a hlut ang bawkin an hlu thei a ni.
  
  
  A tlan hniam nghal zat a. Headlight chu a rawn hnaih a, car dang an rawn chhuhsak ang maiin a eng a, chutah a thi ta a. Ahh... Thim zingah chuan a nui suk a. Cold contact hmasa ber hnuah chuan phurna leh hlawhtlinna beiseina a awm fo thin.
  
  
  Ruth chu a nghak a, a sam rimtui leh a rimtui nalh tak leh tui tak chuan a hnar chu a rawn luah khat leh ta a. "A nuam hle mai," a ti a, "Mak tih hi ka duh ber a ni," a ti.
  
  
  A kut chu a kawrfual khauh tak leh khauh takah chuan a nghat a. Tlem a press em tih emaw, chu feeling chu car a inher vang emaw a ni tih a hre thei lo. A kut chu a nghat a, zawi te hian a kuah a. "Chutiang corner te chu ka lo en ve duh a. Kar hmasa khan wheel te chu a balance a, khawpuiah chuan ka flex thei lo. Tunah chuan a ropui ta hle mai."
  
  
  "I thil tih zawng zawng hi famkimna tum vek niin ka hria Jerry. Ka dik lo em ni? Inngaitlawm suh. Japan ka awm lai hian ka tan chuan chu chu a tawk."
  
  
  "Ka ring. Ni e... a ni mai thei."
  
  
  "A dik e. Tin, i tumruh hle bawk. Hruaitute bula awm i duh a ni."
  
  
  "I lo guess a ni. Mi zawng zawng hian famkimna leh hruaitu nihna kan duh vek. Hmeichhe tin nunah hian mipa sang tak, dum tak chu rei tak a innghah chuan a rawn lang ang ang bawkin."
  
  
  "Ka nghah rei tawh hle mai." Kut pakhat chuan a kawr chu a rawn hmet a. Motor che vel a ni lo.
  
  
  "Thutlukna hmanhmawh takin i siam a ni. Vawi hnih chauh kan inkawp tawh. Jimmy Hartford-a party-a inhmuhkhawm kha i chhiar chuan vawi thum."
  
  
  “Ka ring tlat mai,” a ti sap a. A kut chuan a ke chu a fawp zauh zauh a. A chhunga fawhna awlsam tak a lo harh chhuah thin sensual warmth chu mak a ti hle a, a lawm hle bawk. A sa saruak an fawh lai chuan hmeichhe tam zawk aiin a ruhroah khur tam zawk a tlan lut a. “Hei hi a dik em em a ni,” tiin a ngaihtuah a, “taksa dinhmun hi rannung tan emaw, chaw nghei emaw tan pawh a tha a ni,” mahse temperature sang tak tak tihsan tur chuan rilru lam hriatthiamna a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Ruth Moto-a hralh a nih chhan ṭhenkhat chu yacht club-a a zai lai a en lai leh, kar khat hnuah Robert Quitlock-a birthday dinner-a a en lai kha niin a ngai. Tlangval pakhatin dawr kawngka aṭanga bicycle eng mawi tak emaw, thlemna anga pho chhuah candy bawm emaw a en ang maiin, a beiseina leh duhthusam tichaktu thiltawnte a khawlkhawm a ni. Tunah chuan a hre chiang tawh zawk a, a duh zawng chu a tha hle tih a chiang ta.
  
  
  Sum leh pai nei mipaten hmeichhe hmeltha ber ber an hmuh theiha an rawn hruaina party-a incheina leh tuxedo man to tak takte zingah Ruth-i chu lunghlu tluk loh angin an lantir a ni. A nu Norwegian hnen atangin a san zawng leh ruh sei tak tak a rochun a, a pa Japanese hnen atangin a rawng dum leh exotic features te chu a rochun a, khawvela hmeichhe hmeltha ber ber siamtu Eurasian mix a siam a ni. Eng tehfung pawh ni se, a taksa chu a tlin lohna a awm lo vek a, a pa kut chunga pindan a kal pelh lai chuan mipa mit pahnih tin chuan a zui emaw, an zui emaw a, chu chu hmeichhe dangin an en leh en loh a zirin a ni. Ngaihhlutna, duhna leh rilru awlsam zawkah chuan instant lust a chawk tho a ni.
  
  
  A pa Akito Tsogu Nu Moto chuan a zui ve bawk. A tawi a, a lian hle a, vun hrual, kum upa lo tak leh granite atanga phun patriarch hmel muang tak, thlamuang tak a ni.
  
  
  Motos te kha an hmel ang kha an ni em? US intelligence service tha ber - AX-in an endik a ni. Report chu a thianghlim a, mahse chhui chianna chu a thuk zawk ang, Matthew Perry hnenah kir leh rawh.
  
  
  AX officer senior leh Nick Carter-a command chief zinga mi David Hawk chuan, "Kawng thim tak an ni mai thei, Nick. Putar Akito hian Japanese-American electronics leh building products ventures-ah maktaduai tam tak a hlawh chhuak. Nail anga print, mahse straight to," a ti the point. Ruth hian Vassar nen an inhruai a. Hostess lar tak a ni a, Washington circle tha takah a insawn thin. Kawng dang zawm rawh... i neih chuan."
  
  
  Nick chuan nuihzat hmel zet chu a titawp a. Hawk hian a nun leh a career hmangin a back up ang che a, mahse inspiration needle-ah chuan a thiam hle. Ani chuan, "Ni e. Akito chu victim dang angin engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  Hawke hmui te tak te chuan a nuihzatna hmuh tur awm lo tak pakhat chu a rawn pholang a, a hmui leh mit vel chu line fing leh chau tak a siam a. Fort Belvoir-a kawngpui zau takah chuan zing khawvar hnu lawkah an inbiakna hnuhnung ber atan an inhmu a. Zing chu chhum a awm lo, ni a lum dawn a ni. Ni êng êng tak chuan Potomac lui chunga boruak chu a rawn chhuah a, Hawk-a hmel chak tak chu a ti eng a. Tlâng aṭanga lawngte chu a en reng a. Vernon leh Gunston Cove Yacht Club te an ni. "An sawi angin a mawi ngei ang."
  
  
  Nick chu a flinch lo. "Tunge, Ruth? A chi khat."
  
  
  "Personality plus sex appeal, huh? Ka en a ngai a ni. Thlalak-ah mawi takin a rawn chhuak a. Office-ah pawh i en thei ang."
  
  
  - Nick, Hawk chuan a ti a. A hming hian hna a thawk lo a nih chuan Old Fox ka rawn rawt ang. Ani chuan, "Thil tak tak hi ka duh zawk, a rim a nam em em a nih chuan -..? Pornographic" a ti.
  
  
  "Ni lo, chutiang chu a ni lo. Chhungkaw zahawm tak atanga hmeichhe naupang pangngai ang maiin a check out thin. Affair pakhat emaw pahnih emaw pawh nise, mahse uluk taka thup an nih chuan. Virgin pawh a ni mai thei. Kan sumdawnna ah hian 'maybe' a awm fo thin. Mahse don." 't buy them first, check "Nick. Fimkhur rawh. Rei lo te pawh chawlh hahdam suh."
  
  
  Vawi tam tak chu Hawk hian AX-US-a N3 Nicholas Huntington Carter nunna chu literal takin a chhanhim a, vaukhânna thu leh hmalam hun thlir thiam tak takte hmangin a chhanhim a ni.
  
  
  “Ka ti lo ang, ka pu,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Mahse khawiah mah ka kal dawn lo tih hriatna ka nei. Washington-a kar ruk chhung party neih hi a nuam a, mahse nun ṭha tak hi ka chau tawh hle."
  
  
  "I rilru put hmang chu ka ngaihtuah thei a, mahse awm reng rawh. He case hian mi pawimawh pathum thihna nen tanpui theih lohna a pe a. Mahse chawlh kan la ang a, a inhawng zau ang."
  
  
  "Dissection conference atanga tanpuina a awm tawh lo em ni?"
  
  
  "Khawvela pathologist tha ber berte chuan natural cause avanga thi an nih thu an pawm - a chiang e. Chutiang Natural te tak teah an inngai em? Ni e. Logical? Ni lo. Senator, Cabinet official leh key banker in our monetary complex. method, reference or reason." .Ka rilru put hmang ka nei ... " .
  
  
  Hawke-a "feelings" - a encyclopedic hriatna leh intelligent intuition aṭanga chhut chu a dik lo ngai lo va, Nick-a hriatreng theih chinah chuan. Hawk nen hian darkar khat chhung zet chu case chungchang leh thil awm thei chungchang chipchiar takin an sawi dun a, an inthen ta a ni. Team tan Hawk - Nick chu a chanvo vang a ni.
  
  
  Kar ruk kalta khan Nick Carter hian West Coast oil company pakhat Washington aiawhtu "Gerald Parsons Deming" kekawr chhungah literally a lut a. Hruaitu naupang sang tak, dum leh hmeltha dang, official leh social event tha ber ber zawng zawnga sawm.
  
  
  He hmunah hian a lo kal a ni. A ti tur a ni; a tan chuan AX-a documentation leh editing department master-te siam a ni. Tunah chuan Nick-a sam chu brown ni lovin a dum tawh a, a elbow dinglam chhunga axe blue te tak te chu vun paint-in a thup tawh bawk. A tan thuk tak chu brunette tak tak nen a danglam bik lo va, a vun chu a dum tawh. Doppelgänger-in a lo din lawk tawh nunah a lut a, chu chu document leh identification document-te nen a khat a, a chipchiar zawk pawh nise. Jerry Deming, everyman, Maryland-a ram in ropui tak leh khawpui chhunga apartment nei.
  
  
  Darthlalang chhunga headlight eng ri chuan a hun lai chu a rawn hruai kir leh ta a ni. Jerry Deming a lo ni ta a, fantasy-ah chuan a in fit a, Luger, stiletto leh Bird hnungzang hnuaia weld-a siam compartment-a thup ṭhat em em gas bomb te chu theihnghilh turin a in nawr ta a ni. Jerry Deming chuan a rawn ti a. Mahni chauhin. Chawchah. Tum bik. Hmelma chu nawr luih tir tura tirh mipa chu. A chang chuan box hmu thintu kha.
  
  
  Ruth-i chuan zawi te hian, "Engvangin nge vawiinah hian hetiang khawpa mood danglam tak i nih, Jerry?"
  
  
  "Premonition ka nei a. Kan hnungah hian car a rawn kal niin ka hria."
  
  
  "Aw, honey. Nupui i nei tih min hrilh lo."
  
  
  "Vawi sarih leh hmangaih ve ve." A nui suk a. Jerry Deming-a’n fiamthu a siam duh ang chi kha a ni. "Nooooh, honey. Ka buai lutuk a, ka inrawlh tak tak lo." A dik a ni. He added a fib: "Chutiang light chu ka hmu tawh lo. Ka tisual niin ka hria. Hei hi i en tur a ni. Heng kawngpui hnung lamah hian rukrukna a tam hle a ni," a ti.
  
  
  "Fimkhur rawh, duhtak. Hetah hian kan chhuahsan tur a ni lo maithei. I hmun hi rapthlak takin a inhlat em ni? Kei chu—hlau lo, mahse ka pa chu a khauh hle. Publicity hi a hlau em em a ni. Fimkhur turin min vaukhân fo thin. A tar." ram fimkhurna, ka ring.
  
  
  A kut chu a rawn nawr a. “Hei hi action a nih chuan a ropui hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a. Amah a hmuh tirh atang khan ramdang sumdawng pakhat, United States-a maktaduai tam tak hlawh chhuah dan hmuchhuaktu fanu tunlai mahse conservative tak ang maiin a che tawh a ni.
  
  
  A chetna leh a thusawi zawng zawng ngaihtuah lawk thin mipa. Rangkachak cornucopia i hmuh chuan i hnathawh tibuai thei tur hmingchhiatna engmah i pumpelh a ni. Sipai contract, banker leh management khawvelah hian publicity hi ni zung sen, enkawl loh hmaiah chil chhak ang maiin an lawm a ni.
  
  
  A kut dinglam chuan hnute tui tak a hmu a, a dodalna engmah a awm lo. Chu chu Ruth Moto nena an inhmachhawn ang vel a ni a, hmasawnna chu a duh aia hniam zawk a ni a, mahse a methods nen chuan a inmil hle. Hmeichhe zirtir chu sakawr zirtir nen a inang tih a hrechhuak ta a ni. Hlawhtlinna mizia chu dawhtheihna, a hun laia hlawhtlinna tenau te, ngilneihna leh tawnhriat te a ni.
  
  
  "Ka in hi a inhlat hle a, duhtak, mahse driveway-ah chuan automatic gate a awm a, police-te pawhin an patrol fo bawk. Thil ngaihtuah tur a awm lo."
  
  
  A bulah chuan a inhnukdawk hnai a. "A tha e. Eng chen nge i neih tawh?"
  
  
  "Kum engemaw zat. Washington-a hun tam tak ka hman tan tirh atang khan." A zawhnate chu random nge ruahmanna fel tak siam a ni tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  "A nih leh he hmuna i lo kal hma khan Seattle-ah i awm tawh em? Ram mawi tak a ni. Tlang chunga thingte kha. Khaw lum pawh a inthlau hle."
  
  
  "Awle." Thim zingah chuan a nuihzatna te tak te chu a hmu thei lo. "Nature naupang ka ni tak zet a ni. Rockies-ah hian pension ka duh a, ramsa man leh sangha man leh... leh chutiang thil chi hrang hrang chauh ka duh ang."
  
  
  "Amah chauhin?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Thlasik chhung zawng hian ramsa man leh sangha i man thei lo. Tin, ruah sur ni pawh a awm bawk."
  
  
  A nui suk a. "Hengte hi ruahmanna mak tak tak a ni. Mahse, i pawm ang em? Ka sawi tum chu - midang ang bawkin i sawn mai mai pawh a ni mai thei, kum sawmnga leh pakua i nih laiin an dawhkanah an hmu che a ni. Lung natna. Ramsa man a awm lo. Sangha man a awm lo. Thlasik awm lo, ruah sur ni a awm lo."
  
  
  "Keimah ni lo. Ka ruahman lawk."
  
  
  Kei pawh, a brake lai chuan a ngaihtuah a, reflector sen te tak te a rawn lang a, kawngpui thup deuh mai chu a chhinchhiahna a ni. A hawi let a, yard sawmli zet a kal a, a ding a, chutah chuan thinga siam kawngkhar nghet tak, cypress plank-a siam, thûk tak red-brown-a chei hmaah chuan a ding a. Engine leh headlight chu a off a.
  
  
  Engine ri leh tyre ri ri chu a reh tawh avangin ngawi renga awm chu mak a ti hle. Zawi zawiin a hmui chu a lam hawiin a tilt a, fawh chu awlsam takin a intan ta a; an hmui chu lum, stimulating leh wet mixing-ah an che dun a. A kut zalen takin a taksa hlim tak chu a fawp a, uluk takin a hma aia hla deuhin a kal ta a. A thawhpui tih a hriat chuan a lawm hle a, a hmui chuan zawi zawiin a lei a rawn nawr a, a hnute chu hnungtawlhna khur lovin a massage nem takah a kir leh ang maiin a lang. A thaw chu a rang ta hle mai. Amah ngeiin a rhythm chu a rimtui tak nen a inmil tir a - a ngaithla bawk.
  
  
  A lei nawrna nasa tak hnuaiah chuan a tawpah chuan a hmui chu a inthen vek a, tisa fei a siam lai chuan hymen flexible ang maiin a hring chhuak a, a hmui thuk tak chu a chhui chhuak ta a ni. A nuihzat a, a tickle bawk a, reaction avanga a khur tih a hria. A hmui inkarah chuan a lei chu a man a, zawi zawiin a hnim a... a ngaithla bawk.
  
  
  Shark vun dum hring hring, a hmalam button hnuai lam atanga siam, kawr awlsam tak a ha a. A kut zungtang thiam tak chuan button pathum a phelh a, a hnute inkar vun hrual chu a nail hnunglam hmangin a fawp a. Awlsam takin, ngaihtuahna sengin - hnim hring chakna hmangin rose hnah a ke a hrual. Rei vak lo chu a vawt a, a fawhna rhythm pawh vawng reng turin a bei a; speeding up only when a thaw chu a chhungah a rawn tlan lut a, boruak lum tak, thawk hahdam takin a rawn tlan lut a, ri bengchheng tak tak a siam bawk. A kut dinglam dinglam globe hring dup chungah chuan cruise nem tak, exploratory cruise-ah a kut zungtang chu a thawn a. A kut chu a rawn nawr luih lai chuan hum chu thaw halhnaah a chang ta.
  
  
  Tin, a ngaithla a. Car chu zawi zawiin leh ngawi rengin kawngpui zau takah chuan driveway kal tlangin a kal a, a headlight chu zanah a rawn inher chhuak a. An decent lutuk. A off lai chuan an ding tih a hre ta. Tunah chuan an check ta a. Suangtuahna tha tak an neih a beisei a, Ruthi pawh a hmu bawk. In thinlungte ei chhuak rawh u, tlangvalte u!
  
  
  Demi-bra clasp chu a undid a, chutah chuan a cleavage mawi tak chu a hmu a, a kutphahah a taksa lum leh lum tak chu a hlim hle. Tui. Inspiring - a bik taka siam sweat shorts a ha lo chu a lawm hle a; tight-fitting pocket-a ralthuam dah chu a thlamuanthlak hle ang, mahse a stricture erawh a ti thinrim hle. Ruthi chuan, “Aw, ka hmangaih,” a ti a, a hmui chu a seh zauh a.
  
  
  A ngaihtuah a, "Tleirawl pakhatin parking hmun a zawng mai mai a nih ka beisei." A nih loh leh Nick Carter-a thih thut machine kha a ni mai thei. Tuna an khelh mek game-a mi hlauhawm tak paih chhuah emaw, tun hmaa phuba lakna legacy an hlawh chhuah emaw chu. Killmaster anga classified i nih hnuah chuan a hlauhawmna chu i hrethiam tawh ang.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lei chu a silken hmuiah chuan a beng thlengin a tlanpui a. A kut chuan rhythm chu a tan a, tunah chuan bra chhunga hnute lum mawi tak chu a cupping ta a ni. A thaw halh chu a thaw nen a khaikhin a. Vawiin i thi a nih chuan naktukah i thih a ngai tawh lovang.
  
  
  A kut dinglam index finger chu a han chawi sang a, a beng dangah chuan zawi zawiin a thun a, a symphony te tak te hmanga hun kal zelah pressure a thlak danglam chuan triple tickle a siam ta a ni. Hlimna avangin a khur a, alarm engemaw zat nen chuan a tan hlimna siam a duh tih a hmuchhuak a, kawngpuiah chuan car nen hian inzawmna a nei lo tih a beisei a,
  
  
  chu chu kan atanga yard za engemaw zat a hlaah a ding ta a ni. Zan reh takah chuan awlsam takin a hre thei a. Hetih lai hian engmah a hre lo.
  
  
  A hriatna chu a fiah hle - dik tak chuan, chutih lai tak chuan, taksa lama a famkim loh lai chuan AX chuan chutiang hna chu a pe lo va, a la lo bawk. Odds chu a thihpui tawk tawh. Car kawngka hinge ri ngawi reng, thim zinga lungin a rawn nam ri chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  A ti a. "Honey, in tur leh tui chawi chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  “Love it,” a thusawi hmaah chuan croak te tak te in a chhang a.
  
  
  Gate chu a thawk turin transmitter button chu a hmet a, barrier chu a sir lamah a kal a, short winding an zawh chuan an hnungah automatic in a khar ta a ni. Hei hi dan bawhchhiate tibuaitu mai a ni a, daltu a ni lo. Property-a fencing chu open post leh rail fencing awlsam tak a ni.
  
  
  "Gerald Parsons Deming" chuan ramhnuai in mawi tak, pindan pasarih awmna leh bluestone patio lian tak, pool thlir theihna a siam a. Nick-a chuan parking lot sir lama post pakhata button a hmet chuan in chhung leh pawn floodlight chu a eng ta a. Ruth chuan hlim takin a rawn gurg a.
  
  
  “Hei hi a mak khawp mai!Aw, pangpar mawi tak tak. Landscaping hi nangmah ngeiin i ti em?”
  
  
  “A tam hle mai,” tiin a dawt sawi a. "Ka duh zawng zawng tih theih loh khawpin ka buai lutuk. Local gardener hi kar khatah vawi hnih a lo kal thin."
  
  
  Lung kawngpuiah chuan climbing roses column bulah a ding a, chu chu a rawng dum leh pink, var leh cream-a rawng dinglam stripe a ni. "An cute lutuk. A then Japanese - emaw a then Japanese - a ni ngei ang. Pangpar pakhat chauh pawh hian min ti phur thei."
  
  
  An kal zel hmain a kawngah a fawp a, "Engtin nge hmeichhe hmeltha pakhat chauh hian min tiharh theih ang? Heng pangpar zawng zawng hi a inzawm khawm ang hian i mawi a - i la dam bawk a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  A remti hmel zet hian a nui suk a. "I thlum Jerry, mahse ka ngaihtuah a - he outing-ah hian hmeichhe engzat nge i hruai?"
  
  
  "A dik em?"
  
  
  "Ka beisei."
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu a hawng a, living room lian tak, meipui lian tak awmna leh pool lam hawia glass wall awmnaah chuan an lut ta a. "Awle, Ruthi hi thudik a ni. Thudik chu Ruth tan a ni." Bar te tak te lam pan chuan a hruai a, a kut pakhatin record player chu a click a, a kut pakhatin a kut zungtang chu a chelh bawk. “Nang, ka hmangaih, hetah hian hmeichhe naupang keimah chauha ka hruai hmasak ber i ni.”
  
  
  A mitmeng chu a meng chhuak tih a hmu a, chutah a hmel lum leh nem tak atang chuan thudik a sawi niin a ngai tih a hre ta a—chu chu a ni—chu chu a duh hle bawk.
  
  
  Hmeichhia tu pawhin ring che se, a siam, installation leh intimacy lo thang zel chu zanin hian a dik a ni. A double hian hetah hian hmeichhe naupang sawmnga a rawn hruai thei a - Deming a nei ngei ang tih hriain - mahse Nick hian thudik a sawi a, Ruth-i intuition chuan a nemnghet ta a ni.
  
  
  Martini chu rang takin a buatsaih a, Ruth chu a thu a, oak grille tawi tak atang chuan a en reng a, a hmui chu a kut chungah a nghat a, a mit dum chu a fimkhur a, a ngaihtuah hle bawk. A vun flawless tak chu a emotion siam chhuah chuan a la eng reng a, Nick-a chuan a hmaa glass chu a dah a, a leih lai chuan a thlalak mawi tak mak tak mai chu a hmuiah a thawk a.
  
  
  “A lei a, mahse a ring lo ang,” a ti a. Hmeichhiaten rilru natnain a hruai sual lai pawha an vawn reng thin khawthlang lam fimkhurna emaw rinhlelhna emaw. Zawi sap hian, "I hnenah, Ruthie. Ka hmuh tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan lemziak mawi ber. Tunah hian artist hian lemziak a duh che a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Ka lawm e. Ka rilru i ti na hle - hlim tak leh lum tak, Jerry."
  
  
  A cocktail glass chungah chuan a mit chu a rawn eng chhuak ta hlawm a. A ngaithla a. Engmah. Tunah chuan ramngaw chhungah chuan an kal ta a, a nih loh leh lawn carpet dum hring dup chu an thleng tawh pawh a ni mai thei. Fimkhur takin an vel a, rei lo teah chuan panoramic windows chu in chhunga awmte enfiahna atan a tha hle tih an hmuchhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Ka bait a ni. Hei hi kan sawi lo a, mahse AX trap-a cheese mai ka ni. Hei chauh hi chhuahna kawng awmchhun a ni. Hawk hian duhthlan tur dang awm lo se chutiang chuan a set up lo ang. Mi pawimawh pathum an thi tawh. Thihna certificate-a thil awm chhan (natural causes) te. Clues a awm lo. Clues a awm lo. Drawing a awm lo.
  
  
  “Bait chu venhimna tam tak i pe thei lo,” Nick chuan lungngai takin a ngaihtuah a, “a chhan chu eng thilin nge sa ei tur chu a ti hlauhawm thei emaw, eng level mak takah nge a lan theih ang tih emaw i hre lo a ni.” Security measures complex tak tak i install chuan pakhat chu i hmuhchhuah tum scheme-ah hian a tel ve thei a ni. Hawk chuan kawng awmchhun chu a thlang ta a ni - a agent rintlak ber chu bait a ni ang.
  
  
  Nick chuan a theih ang tawkin Washington-a mitthi hnunglam chu a zui ta a. Hawk kaltlangin party, reception, sumdawnna leh social meeting chhiar sen lohah sawmna a dawng nasa hle. Georgetown atanga university thlengin Union League thlengin convention hotel, embassy, private home, estate leh club hrang hrang a tlawh tawh a ni. Appetizer leh filet mignon ei a chau tawh a, a tuxedo chhunga luh leh chhuah pawh a chau tawh hle. Laundromat chuan a kawr pleated chu a rawn pe let nghal vat lo va, special courier hmanga dozen khat rawn thawn turin Rogers Pete a call a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Mipa pawimawh leh hmeichhe hmeltha tam tak nen an inkawp a, sawmna tam tak a dawng a, chu chu zah takin a hnawl a, mitthite hriat mi emaw, an tlawh tawhna hmun emaw chungchangah chauh lo chuan.
  
  
  A lar reng a, hmeichhe tam zawk chuan a ngawi renga ngaihvenna chu a hip hle. "Oil executive" leh single a nih thu an hriat chuan ṭhenkhat chuan beidawng takin note an ziak a, an call bawk.
  
  
  Engmah a hmu lo tih a chiang. Ruth-i leh a pa chu zahthlak tak niin a lang a, a buaina chinfelna antenna-a siamin meialh tlem a chhuah avangin rinawm takin a test em ni tih a ngaihtuah a—a nih loh leh kar tlemte kalta chhunga a tawn za tam tak zingah chuan a hmeltha duhthusam ber a nih vang a ni em tih a ngaihtuah a ni .
  
  
  Chu mit dum mawi tak takah chuan a nui suk a, a kut bula oak polished chungah chuan a kut a nghat chu a man ta a. Zawhna pakhat a awm a, chu chu tute nge awm a, engtin nge Thunderbird-ah hian a hnuhma an hmuh? Tin, engvangin nge? Mark a hit tak tak em? Ruth-i chuan zawi zawiin, "Mi mak tak i ni, Gerald Deming. I hmel aiin i tam zawk," a tih lai chuan pun chu a nuih suk a.
  
  
  "Hei hi khawthlang lam finna chi khat nge Zen emaw chutiang chi emaw?"
  
  
  "German philosopher hian maxim angin a sawi hmasa ber niin ka hria - 'Be more than you seem'. Mahse i hmel leh i mit ka en a. Ka hnen atangin i hla hle a ni."
  
  
  "Mumang mai mai a ni."
  
  
  "Oil sumdawnna lamah hian i tel ve reng em?"
  
  
  "A tam emaw a tlem emaw." A team story a promote nasa hle. "Kansas-ah ka piang a, oil field-ah ka insawn a. Middle East-ah hun engemaw chen ka hmang a, mi tha thenkhat nen kan inhmelhriat a, vanneihna ka nei bawk." A thaw halh a, a mit a chhing bawk.
  
  
  "Chhunzawm rawh. Thil engemaw i ngaihtuah a, i chawlhsan ta a ni...."
  
  
  "Tunah chuan chutiang khawpa hla chu ka ni tawh. Hna tha tak a ni a, ka hlim tur a ni. Mahse college degree nei ila chuan ka tihkhawtlai lo ang."
  
  
  A kut chu a rawn hmet a. "I tih dan tur i hmu ang. Nang - mize nung tak i nei a ni."
  
  
  "Ka awm tawh." A nui suk a, a ti leh bawk. "A nihna takah chuan ka sawi aia tam ka ti a ni. Dik tak chuan vawi hnih khat chu Deming tih hming hi ka hmang lo. Middle East-ah chuan inremna rang tak a ni a, London cartel hmaah hian tlemte chhungin kan ding thei a nih chuan." thla tam tak, vawiin hian mi hausa ka ni tawh ang ".
  
  
  A lu a thing a, pawi ti tak ang mai hian Hi-Fi console lam chu a pan phei a, player atang chuan radio band-ah a inthlak ta a. Static shower-ah chuan frequency te chu a twist a, hei hi long wave - beep-beep-beep-ah a man ta a ni. Chuvang chuan chutiang chuan an zui ta a ni! Tuna zawhna awm chu, Ruth hriat lohvin a car chhungah pager chu a thup em ni, a nih loh leh a mikhual hmeltha tak hian a thawmhnaw nena inzawm purse-ah a phur em ni a, - a fimkhur a ngai - plastic case-ah a phur em ni? Recording, Pyotr Tchaikovsky-a Fourth-a thlalak chak tak, rilru na tak takte chu a switch leh a, bar-ah chuan a vak kual leh ta a ni. "Chu swim chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "Hei hi hmangaih rawh. Minute khat min pe la, ka tih zawh theih nan."
  
  
  "A dang i duh em?"
  
  
  "Kan lawnga kan kal hnuah."
  
  
  "Tha."
  
  
  "And - khawiah nge bathroom chu a awm, khawngaihin?"
  
  
  "Hetah hian..."
  
  
  Master bedroom chhungah chuan a hruai lut a, pink ceramic tiles-a siam Roman tub awmna bathroom lian tak chu a entir a. A fawp zauh zauh a, a lut a, kawngkhar chu a khar ta a.
  
  
  Rang takin a purse a dahna bar lamah chuan a kir leh ta a. A tlangpuiin Johana hnenah an hruai thin. Thang? A chhunga thil awmte a enfiah laiin a dinhmun emaw, a ruahmanna emaw tibuai lo turin a fimkhur hle. Lipstick, pawisa clip-a bill, rangkachak lighter te tak te a hawn leh a enfiah, credit card... buzzer ni thei tur engmah a awm lo. Thil awmte chu chiang takin a dah a, a in tur chu a la ta a.
  
  
  Engtikah nge an lo kal dawn? Engtik lai khan nge a bulah pool-ah a awm? Thil awmdanin tanpui theih lohna rilru a pek te, him lohna rilru nuam lo tak te, a strike hmasa thei lo tih hriatna nuam lo tak te chu a duh lo hle.
  
  
  He sumdawnna hi a rei lutuk em tih chu lungngai takin a ngaihtuah a. Silai hian inrintawkna a kawk a nih chuan a kal tur a ni. Thin bladed Hugo chu a kut hmawr ah a inbun loh avangin inven theih lohvin a inhria em? Hmeichhe naupang chu Hugo nen a hriat hma loh chuan kuah theih a ni lo.
  
  
  Wilhelmina, modified Luger, boruakah feet sawmruk zeta sangin fly a kah theihna tlangpui chu Dragging chu Deming the Target a channaah pawh thil theih loh a ni. Khawih emaw hmuh emaw a nih chuan hralhna a ni. AX silai siamtu Eglinton nen chuan Wilhelmina hian ralthuam duhthlanna atan tlin lohna a nei tih a pawm a ngai a ni. Eglinton chuan a duh angin a siam a, bolt ṭha famkim takah inch thum zeta sei barrel a dah a, plastic te tak te, thianghlim tak aṭanga siam stock hmangin a fit bawk. A lian leh a rit a ti tlem a, ramp-a round-te chu bottle-nosed bomb te tak te stick ang maia an kal lai chu i hmu thei - mahse silai a la tam hle.
  
  
  “Psychological ti rawh,” tiin Eglinton chu a chhang let a. "Ka Wilhelminas te hian thil harsa tak tak min paltlang tir a. Eng ang angle atang pawhin leh eng dinhmunah pawh ka tih theih tur chu ka hre chiang hle. Ka hun chhung khan round sang sawm, maktaduai kua zet ka hal tawh ngei ang. Silai hi ka duh ber a ni.
  
  
  “Chu S. & W., chief chu han en leh teh,” tiin Eglinton chuan a fuih a.
  
  
  "Baby Ruth-i chu a bat duh ber aṭangin i sawi chhuak thei ang em? Metz-a hnenah a kutkawr thlak turin hrilh rawh? Maine-a putar pakhat, kum sawmli leh pathum chhung zet Springfield 1903 hmanga kum tin a sakeibaknei a lak thin nen chuan ramsa man turin kan kal a. Ka hruai ang che." kumin nipui lai hian ka hnenah ka awmpui ang a, machine thar pakhat hmang turin i fuih ang che."
  
  
  Eglinton chuan a inpe ta a. Nick chuan a hriatrengna chu a nui suk a. Dâr khawnvar chu a en a, .
  
  
  chu chu room sir lama gazebo-a sofa lian tak chungah chuan a innghat a. Amah chu tanpui theih loh tluk a ni lo. AX masters te chuan theihtawp an chhuah a. Chu lamp chu han hrual la, ceiling wall chu i chhuk thla ang a, Swedish Carl Gustav SMG Parabellum submachine gun i keng tel ang a, i man theih tur stock a awm bawk ang.
  
  
  Car chhungah chuan Wilhelmina leh Hugo te leh gas bomb te tak te, code word Pierre tih hmanga hriat a ni. Counter hnuaiah chuan cabinet veilam a gin bottle palina ah chuan Michael Finn version thlum lo tak a awm a, second sawm leh panga vel chhunga paih theih a ni. Tin, garage chhungah chuan penultimate hook - a coat tattered, least attractive tak nei kha - chuan hook board chu veilamah full turn in a rawn pholang bawk. Wilhelmina unaunu phir chu stilettos inkar shelf-ah chuan a mu a.
  
  
  A ngaithla a. A hmui a ti hup a. Nick Carter hian nerve a nei em? Tchaikovsky-a kutchhuak ropui takah chuan a kaihhruaina thupui a rawn luang chhuak a, engmah hriat theih a ni lo.
  
  
  A nghakhlel khawp mai. Tin, rinhlelhna a nei bawk. Silai i zawng hma lutuk chuan setup man to zawng zawng i tichhe vek ang. I nghah rei lutuk chuan i thi mai thei. Engtin nge heng pathumte hi an that? A ni a nih chuan? Hawk hi a dik lo ngai lo...
  
  
  “Hi,” Ruth chu arch hnunglam atang chuan a rawn chhuak a. "I la inbual duh em?"
  
  
  Room chanve velah chuan a hmu a, a kuah a, a fawp thuk a, mutna pindan lam pan chuan a hruai leh ta a. "A hma aia tam. I ngaihtuah mai mai hian ka temperature a ti sang. Dip ka mamawh."
  
  
  A nui suk a, king size khum bulah chuan a ding a, a tuxedo a phelh a, a burgundy tie-a knot a khih lai chuan a chiang lo hmel hle. Matching belt chu khumah a tlak rual chuan zak takin, “Ka tan suit i nei em?”
  
  
  “A dik e,” a nui suk a, a kawr atang chuan grey pearl studs a la chhuak a. "Mahse, tuin nge mamawh? Chutiang chuan kan hlui tak tak em? Japan ramah chuan hmeichhia leh mipa naupangte hian bathroom-ah suit an buaipui harsa hle tih ka hre tawh."
  
  
  Zawhna nei zet hian a en a, a mitmengah chuan obsidian-a meialh ang maia reflection chu a zai a, a thaw chu a rilruah a la lut ta a.
  
  
  “Chutiang chu thleng se kan duh lo vang,” a ti a, aw ring tak leh ngawi rengin a ti a. Shark vun thianghlim tak button chu a phelh a, a hawi let a, zipper thup z-z-z-z beisei awm tak chu a hre ta a, a en leh chuan uluk takin khumah chuan kawr chu a dah ta a ni.
  
  
  Thawhrimna nen chuan a saruak vek thlengin a mit a la reng a, chutah chuan casual takin a hawi let a, a in tanpui ta a - a thisen sang a tihsan tan tirh chuan a thinlung chu a na deuh tih a chiang hle.
  
  
  A hmu vek tawh niin a ngai a. Scandinavian hmeichhe sang tak tak atanga Aussies strapping thlengin, Kamathipura leh Ho Pang Road-ah te leh Hamburg-a politician lal in chhungah te, luh mai mai tur chuan dollar za khat i pe a ni. Mahse, nang, Ruthie, thil dang i ni leh ta niin a ngai!
  
  
  Khawvela ṭha ber berte zinga inelna thlan chhuahna exclusive party-ah lu a tikehsawm a, chutah chuan a thawmhnaw a ha ṭhin. Tunah chuan, vur ang maia var bang leh carpet dum hausa tak hnuaiah saruak takin a ding a, harem bang atana a bik taka chei thil ang mai a ni - a neitu rilru hneh turin.
  
  
  A taksa chu a khauh a, flawless tak a ni a, a hnute chu twins a ni a, high-set nipples a nei a, red balloon signal ang mai a ni - puak thei thil lakah fimkhur rawh. A vun chu a mitmeng atanga a ke ruh pink enameled thlengin flawless a ni a, a pubic hair chu thrilling breastplate of soft black a ni. A hmunah a inkharkhip a. Tunah chuan a nei tawh a, a hre chiang hle. A hmuiah nail sei tak a han chawi a, zawhna zawt chungin a hmui chu a tap a. A mitmeng, a mitmeng tlemtea roundness tling tawk chauh dah belh turin arch sang takah a pluck a, a mitmeng chu a tla a, a tho ta a. "I remti em, Jerry?"
  
  
  "Nang..." A thusawi chu uluk takin a thlang a, a hnim a. "Hmeichhe hmeltha tak totality lian tak pakhat i ni. Ka duh - thlalak lak ka duh che. Hetih lai hian i awm ang hian."
  
  
  "Chu chu tu pawhin ka hnena an sawi tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan a mawi ber pawl a ni. Nangmah ah hian artist a awm." Khum chunga mu a pack atang chuan cigarette pahnih a la a, a hmuiah chuan pakhat hnu pakhatin a hmet a, chutiang chuan light a on ta a ni. Pakhat a pek hnu chuan, "I thusawi vang ni lo se chuan ka ti ngei ang tih ka ring lo..." a ti a.
  
  
  "Eng nge ka sawi?"
  
  
  "Hetah hian hmeichhe pakhat chauh i rawn hruai ka nih dan chungchang. Engtin emaw tak chuan, a dik tih ka hria."
  
  
  "Engtin nge i hriat?"
  
  
  Meikhu dum avang chuan a mit chu mumang ang maiin a awm ta. "Ka chiang lo. Mipa tan chuan thu dik lo pangngai tak a ni ang, mahse thudik i sawi tih ka hria."
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut chu a kawngah a nghat a. A round, satiny leh hard, athlete under tanned skin ang mai a ni. "Thudik tak a ni, ka hmangaih."
  
  
  Ani chuan, "Nang pawh taksa mak tak i nei ve tho Jerry. Ka hre lo. Engzat nge i rit?"
  
  
  "Pahnih atanga sawm. Plus emaw minus emaw."
  
  
  A kut chu a hre ta a, chu chu a kual vel chu a beng lo tluk a, chutiang chuan ruh chunglam chu a khauh hle. "Infiamna i khel nasa hle. Mi zawng zawng tan a tha. Tunlai mipa tam tak ang hi i ni ang tih ka hlau a. Heng desk-ah hian pum an ti sei thin. Pentagon-a thalai te pawh. A zahthlak hle.
  
  
  A ngaihtuah a: a nihna takah chuan tun hi a hun leh hmun a ni lo, .
  
  
  a kuah a, an taksa chu tisa chhân lêt thei column khatah a inzawm khawm ta a ni. A kut pahnih chu a kawngah a khuh a, a kuah lum takah chuan a inhnukdawk a, a ke chu lei atang chuan a han chawi kang a, vawi tam tak a theh darh a, ballerina ang maiin, mahse a che nasat zawk, chak zawk leh phur zawkin, muscular reflex ang maiin.
  
  
  Nick chu taksa pianphung tha takah a awm a. Taksa leh rilru tana a exercise program chu khauh takin a zawm a. A libido control a huam a, mahse a hun takah a in man thei lo. A tisa hrual, passionate tak chu an inkarah a rawn bulh chhuak ta a. A fawp thuk hle a, a taksa chu a taksaah a nawr a.
  
  
  Naupang sparkler chu a ruhro atanga a lu chung lam thlengin a ruhroah a inzar pharh ang maiin a hria - chu chuan a ti eng ta a ni. A mit chu a chhing a, minute hnih mark vel chu mile tlan chak ang maiin a thawk a. A lung atanga thli tleh chu a rilru lam hawi duhna lui ang mai a ni. A dinhmun tibuai lovin khum sir lam pan chuan step tawi pathum a kal ta a.
  
  
  Ngaithla tam zawk se a duh a, mahse a pui lo ang. Chu mipa chu pindan chhunga lut chu a hre ta a - a nih loh leh a reflection emaw shadow emaw a man mai thei bawk.
  
  
  "Thil dah la, hawi let rawh. Zawi zawiin."
  
  
  Aw hniam tak a ni. Thu chu a ri ringin a chiang hle a, guttural edge tlem a nei bawk. Thu awih tak tak thiam mipa hnen atanga lo chhuak ang maiin an ri a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a thu a awih a. Quarter khat a hawi a, Ruthi chu a muttir a. Quarter turn slow dang a siam leh a, blond giant, a kum vel leh amah ang bawka lian nen an inhmachhawn leh ta a ni.
  
  
  A kut lian tak, hniam leh nghet tak leh a taksa hnaih taka a vawn lai chuan chu pa chuan Nick-a’n awlsam taka Walter P-38 tia a hriat theih chu a keng a. A silai hman dan dik lo pawh ni se, he tlangval hian a thil neih a hre chiang tih i hria ang.
  
  
  Hei hi a ni, Nick chuan lungngai takin a ngaihtuah a. Judo leh savatism zawng zawng hian chutiang dinhmunah chuan a pui dawn lo che. Anmahni pawh a hre ve tho, a chhan chu a sumdawnna a hriat vang a ni.
  
  
  Nangmah that tura lo kal anih chuan i thi tawh tihna a ni.
  
  
  
  Bung II.
  
  
  
  Nick chu a hmunah a vawt reng a. Blond lian tak mitmeng dum chu a tens emaw, a flare emaw a nih chuan Nick hian roll atang hian tlak a tum ngei ang - mipa tam tak nunna chhanhimtu leh midang tam tak thattu McDonald’s Singapore rintlak tak kha. Engkim hi i dinhmunah a innghat vek a ni. P-38 chu a flinch lo. Test firing rig-ah screw theih a ni.
  
  
  Mipa lian tak hnungah chuan mipa tawi leh cher tak mai chu pindan chhungah chuan a lut ta a. A vun chu a dum a, a hmai chu amateur sculptor kut zungtang chuan thimah a hnawih ang mai a ni. A hmel chu a khauh hle a, a hmuiah chuan rilru natna a awm a, chu chu kum zabi tam tak a la ngai a ni ngei ang. Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a - Malay, Filipino, Indonesian? I duhthlanna siam rawh. Thliarkar 4000 chuang a awm a. Mipa te zawk chuan Walther chu nghet takin a chelh a, lei lam chu a kawhhmuh a. Professional dang pakhat. "Hetah hian midang an awm lo," a ti a.
  
  
  Player chu a ding nghal a. Hei hian mi pathumna a kawk a ni.
  
  
  Mipa lian tak, sam dum chuan Nick chu duh lo zet hian a en a, a nghak reng a. Tichuan, an ngaihvenna hloh lovin Ruthi lam pan chuan an kal ta a, hmui pakhat kil khatah chuan hlimhlawp eng mawi tak a rawn lang ta a. Nick chuan thaw a chhuah - emotion an lantir emaw, an inbiakna emaw chuan an kap lo tlangpui - a ti nghal vek.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “Taste tha tak i nei a ni,” a ti a. "Kum tam tak chhung chu hetiang chaw tui tak hi ka la hmu lo."
  
  
  Nick chu “i duh chuan kal la, ei rawh” ti turin thlem a ni a, mahse a ei a. Chu ai chuan a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  A mit chu a sir lamah a hawi a, a lu ti sawn lo, Ruthi chu a ding nghet hle tih a hmu a, a kut pakhat hnunglam chu a hmuiah a hmet a, a kut pakhat chu a navel hmaah a khup a. A mit dum chu silai chu a nghat tlat mai.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "I ti hlauhawm a. Ka wallet chu ka pants chhungah a awm. Za hnih vel i hmu ang. Tumah tihnat hian awmzia a nei lo."
  
  
  "A dik chiah. Hmanhmawh taka hma lak pawh i ngaihtuah lo a, tumahin an ngaihtuah lo maithei. Mahse, kei chuan mahni inhumhimna hi ka ring. Jump. Dash. Reach. Ka kap mai a ngai. Mipa chu chance la tur chuan mi â a ni." Ka sawi tum chu, ka that vat loh che chuan mi â ka ni tih ka hria."
  
  
  "I thusawi chu ka hmu. Ka kawr pawh ka hrual pawh ka tum lo, mahse a itches."
  
  
  "Hma la rawh. Zawi zawiin. Tunah chuan i duh ang em? Okay." Chu pa chuan Nick-a taksaah chuan a mit a han tlan chho leh a. "Kan hmel a inang hle. In lian vek a. Khawiah nge heng hliam zawng zawng hi in lak?"
  
  
  "Korea. Ka naupang hle a, ka â hle bawk."
  
  
  "Grenade?"
  
  
  "Shrapnel," Nick chuan a ti a, chu tlangval chuan infantry hloh chu a en nasat lutuk loh a beisei. Shrapnel hian a sir lehlamah a stitch up tlem hle. Scars khawlkhawm hi AX-a a hun hman tawhte a hriatrengna a ni. Anmahniah chuan a belhchhah dawn lo tih a beisei a; R-38 bullet hi a rapthlak hle. Mi pakhat hian vawi khat chu pathum a la a, a la awm reng - pahnih neiin a damchhuah theihna chance za li atanga pakhat.
  
  
  “Mi huaisen,” mi dang chuan fakna aiin comment tone takin a ti a.
  
  
  "Ka hmuh theih khur lian ber ah ka inthup a. A lian zawk ka hmu thei a nih chuan chutah chuan ka tawp mai ang."
  
  
  "He hmeichhia hi a mawi em em a, mahse hmeichhe var hi i duh zawk lo em ni?"
  
  
  Nick chuan, “An vaia hmangaih hi ka ngaina hle a ni,” tiin a chhang a. Chu tlangval chu a cool emaw a crazy emaw a ni. Hetiang hian cracking a, a hnungah chuan mipa dum pakhat silai kengin a awm.
  
  
  ;
  
  
  Midang pahnih hnunglam kawngkaah chuan hmel rapthlak tak a rawn lang a. Ruth chu a thaw halh a. Nick chuan, "Thlamuang takin awm rawh, baby."
  
  
  A hmai chu rubber mask a ni a, mipa pathumna, a san zawng zatve velin a ha a ni. Warehouse chhunga a chhe ber chu a thlang niin a lang: hmui sen inhawng, ha chhuak, a sir khatah thisen chhuak lem hliam. Mr. Hyde chu ni tha lo takah a awm a. Chu pa te chu sangha mantu hrui dum roll leh folding knife lian tak chu a pe a.
  
  
  Mi lian chuan, "Nang, hmeichhia. Khumah mu la, i kut chu i hnung lamah dah rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  Ruth chuan Nick lam chu a hawi a, a mitmeng chu hlauthawng zet hian a melh a. Nick chuan, "A sawi angin ti rawh. Hmun chu an tifai ang a, hmanhmawh taka rawn um an duh lo ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Ruth chu a hnute ropui takah chuan a kut nghatin a mu a. Mipa naupang chuan pindan a rawn vel lai chuan a ngaihsak lo va, thiam takin a kutphah chu a khih a. Nick chuan vawi khat chu lawng khalhtu a nih a rinawm thu a sawi.
  
  
  “Tunah chuan nang, Mr. Deming,” silai kengtu chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Ruth chu a rawn zawm ve a, a kut atanga return coil te chu a tla thla a, a nghet hle tih a hria. Tlem a hahdam theih nan a taksa ruhte chu a tizau a, mahse chu pa chu a bum lo.
  
  
  Mi lian chuan, "Hetah hian rei vak lo kan buai dawn a. Nangmah in awm la, kan chhuah hunah chuan i in chhuah zalen thei ang. Tunah chuan tum suh. Sammy, nang hian i en reng ang," a ti a. Kawngkhar bulah chuan rei vak lo a chawl a. "Deming - thiamna i nei tak zet tih finfiah rawh. I khup hmangin hawi let la, i thil tih tan kha ti zo rawh." A nui suk a, a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan room danga mipa awmte chu a ngaithla a, an che vel chu a lo chhut chhuak a. Desk drawer inhawng leh Deming paper te an inthlak kual ri chu a hre ta a. Closet te chu an dap a, closet atang chuan suitcase leh a briefcase te chu an hawng a, lehkhabu dahna te chu an fang kual a. He operation hi a âwm lo tak zet a ni. Puzzle pahnih chu a dah khawm thei lo - tun thlengin.
  
  
  Engmah an hmu ngei ang tih a ringhlel a. Lamp chunga submachine gun chu hmun chu a tikehsawm tak zet chauhvin a lang thei a, garage chhunga silai chu him takin a inthup a ni. Bottle palina thleng tur khawpin gin an in a nih chuan knockout drop te chu a ngai lovang. Bird ah hian secret compartment a awm em? En reng rawh se. AX kut hnathawktute chuan an thil neih chu an hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Engati nge? Zawhna chu a lu-ah chuan a rawn inher kual vel a, literal takin a na thlengin. Eng atan nge? Engati nge? Evidence tam zawk a mamawh a ni. Inbiakna tam zawk. He hmun hi an dap a, an chhuak ta a nih chuan zan hmanral dang a ni leh ang - chu thawnthu chu Hawk-a nuihzatthlak tak takte pawh a hre thei tawh bawk. A hmui te tak te chu fing takin a han purse a, hetiang hian a sawi a: "Awle, ka fapa, i hliam loh hi a la tha hle. Nangmah leh nangmah i fimkhur tur a ni. Heng hun hi hun hlauhawm tak a ni. Ka thlawp theih hma loh chuan hmun hrual zawk atang hian hlat la a tha zawk." hnathawhpui pakhat nen..."
  
  
  Tin, ngawi rengin a nui suk bawk. Nick chu huatna nasa tak nen chuan a rawn ti chhuak ta hlawl mai. Ruth-i chuan, "Eng nge?"
  
  
  "Engmah. Engkim a tha vek ang." Tin, chutah chuan chu ngaihtuahna chu a rawn lang ta a, a hnuaia thil awm thei te chu a ngaihtuah ta a ni. Angle hrang hrang. Ramifications a awm bawk. Ka lu a na tawh lo.
  
  
  Thâwk a la a, khumah chuan a shift a, Ruth-i chungah a khup a nghat a, a ding chhuak ta a.
  
  
  "Engnge i tih?" A mit dum chu a mitmeng bulah chuan a rawn eng chhuak vek. A fawp a, khum lian takah chuan a hnungzang chunga a inher thlengin a nawr chhunzawm ta a. A zui a, a khup chu a ke pahnih inkarah a dah leh a.
  
  
  "Chu pa thusawi chu i hre tawh. Silai a nei."
  
  
  "Aw ka Pathian, Jerry. Tunah chuan ni lo."
  
  
  "A fing duh a ni. Thupek ngaihsak lo takin kan zawm ang. Minute hnih khat hnuah uniform ka ha tawh ang."
  
  
  "Aih!"
  
  
  "Rather get kahhlum a nih chuan?"
  
  
  "Ni lo, mahse..."
  
  
  "Duhthlan tur kan nei em?"
  
  
  Training mumal leh dawhthei tak a neih avangin Nick chu a taksaah a thiam tawk hle a, a sexual accessories pawh a ti tel bawk. Ruth chuan a kawrfual chu pressure a nei a, a hel a, a taksa mak tak mai chu a nawr lai chuan thinrim takin a inher a. "AIH!"
  
  
  Sammy chu a harh ta a. "Hey, eng nge i tih?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a. "Boss min hrilh ang chiah chiah. A dik em?"
  
  
  "AIH!" - Ruth chuan a rawn ti a. Tunah chuan a pum chhungah pressure a nasa tawh hle. Nick chuan a rawn swing thla a. "AIH!"
  
  
  Sammy chu kawngka lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, “Hans,” tiin a au a, khumah chuan a kir leh a, a buai hle. Nick chuan Walther chu leiah a la kawhhmuh reng tih a hriat chuan a thlamuang hle. Mahse, eng kawng nge kal ang? Bullet pakhat i kal tlang a, hmeichhe hmeltha tak chu a hun takah.
  
  
  Nick-a rit hnuaiah chuan Ruth chu a rawn inher chhuak a, mahse a kut ngei pawh, a hnuaia inbun leh kutkawr bun chuan a tlanbo tumna chu a titawp ta a ni. Nick-a khup pahnih chu a khup inkar ah chuan practically pin a ni. Nick chuan a hip chu hmalam pan chuan a nawr a. Chhe tak. Ti leh teh.
  
  
  Mi lian tak pakhat chu pindan chhungah chuan a rawn lut ta a. "I au chhuak em ni, Sammy?"
  
  
  Chu pa tawi chuan khum lam chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  Ruth-i chuan, "NI LO!"
  
  
  Hans chuan, "Eng thil nge thleng ta. Chu thawm chu titawp rawh."
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a, a kawr chu hmalam pan lehin, “Hun min pe rawh, old buddy. Ka ti ang.”
  
  
  Kut chak tak chuan a kekawr ipteah a rawn man a, khumah chuan a hnungzang chungah chuan a nawr ta a. “I hmui kha khar la, khar reng rawh,” Hans chuan Ruth-i chu a ti a. Nick chu a en a. "Thawm engmah ka duh lo."
  
  
  "Anih chuan engvangin nge hna zo turin min hrilh?"
  
  
  Blonde chuan a kut chu a hip ah a dah a. P-38 chu hmuh theih lohvin a bo ta a ni. "Pathian hmingin, mipa, eng emaw i ni. I hria em."
  
  
  Ka fiamthu a ".
  
  
  "Engtin nge ka hriat? Hriamhrei i nei a. Ka tih angin ka ti thin."
  
  
  "Deming, engtikah emaw chuan ka inhnek duh che. I insual dawn em ni? Boxing? Fencing."
  
  
  "Tlemte. Appointment siam rawh."
  
  
  Chu pa lian hmel chu a ngaihtuahawm ta hle mai. A lu chu a sir lehlamah tlem a thing a, a lu tihfai tum ang mai hian. "I chanchin ka hre lo. I â emaw, ka hmuh tawh zawng zawng zinga cool ber emaw i ni. I â lo a nih chuan i bula awm tur mi ṭha tak i ni ang. Kum khatah engzat nge i hlawh? " "
  
  
  "Sung sawm leh paruk leh chu chu ka hmuh theih awmchhun a ni."
  
  
  "Chicken feed. I square hi a zahthlak hle mai."
  
  
  "Vawi engemaw zat ka tisual a, mahse tunah chuan ka hre chiang tawh a, corner ka cut tawh lo."
  
  
  "Khawiah nge i kal sual?"
  
  
  "Sorry, old buddy. I thil ruk kha la la, i kal dawn nia."
  
  
  "I chungchangah hian ka dik lo niin a lang." Chu pa chuan a lu a thing leh a. "Club pakhat ka tihfai avangin pawi ka ti hle a, mahse thil a kal zauh zauh a ni."
  
  
  "Ka bet a ni."
  
  
  Hans chuan Sammy lam chu a hawi a. "Chick inbuatsaih turin va pui rawh. Thil danglam bik a ni lo." A hawi let a, chutah, afterthought ang maiin Nick pants chu a man a, a wallet atang chuan bill te chu a la chhuak a, bureau chhungah chuan a paih lut ta a. A ti a. “Nangni pahnih hian muangchangin in thu a, kan chhuah hnu chuan in zalen tawh ang. Telephone wire a chhe vek tawh a, in car atanga distributor cap chu kawt luhna bulah ka dah ang. No offense.”
  
  
  Mit blue lum tak chuan Nick chu a en reng a. “Engmah lo,” Nick chuan a ti a. "A nih leh engtikah emaw chuan chu wrestling match chu kan thleng dawn a ni."
  
  
  “A ni mai thei,” Hans chuan a ti a, a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu khum atang chuan a rawn chhuak a, box spring thlawptu thir frame kil hrual chu a hmu a, minute khat vel hnuah chuan vun leh taksa ruh hrual ang maia lang chu a sensoin a hrui khauh tak chu a saw chhuak ta a. Khual atanga a tho chhuah rual chuan Ruthi mitmeng dum chuan a mitmeng chu a tawk ta a. An inhawng zau hle a, an en reng a, mahse a hlau hmel lo. A hmel chu a impassive hle. “Thil che suh,” a ti sap a, kawngka lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  Living room chu a khar vek a. Swedish submachine gun tangkai tak neih duhna nasa tak a nei a, mahse he team hi a tum ber ni ta se thilpek a ni ang. A bul hnaia oil hnathawkte pawhin Tommy silai an peih lo. Kitchen atang chuan ngawi rengin a kal a, kawngkhar hnung lam atang chuan a chhuak a, in chhung chu garage lam pan chuan a kal kual a. Spotlight engah chuan an thlenna car chu a hmu ta a. A bulah chuan mipa pahnih an thu a. Garage chhungah chuan a kal kual a, a hnunglam atang chuan a lut a, a raincoat phelh lovin hook chu a twist ta a. Thingpui dawr chu a inher a, Wilhelmina chu a kut ah chuan a rawn tlan lut a, a rit zawng chu a chhuak nghal tih a hria.
  
  
  Lungpui pakhat chuan a kekawr bul chu a ti na a, blue spruce chu a rawn round a, thim lam atang chuan car chu a rawn hnaih a. Hans chu patio atang chuan a chhuak a, a lam an hawi chuan Nick chuan car bula mi pahnih chu Sammy leh Chick an ni tih a hmu a. Tunah chuan tumahin ralthuam an nei tawh lo. Hans chuan: "I kal ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Chutah Nick chuan, "Mak ti rawh u, tlangvalte u. In che suh. Ka silai ka keng hi in silai ang mai a lian a ni."
  
  
  Ngawi rengin a lam an hawi a. "Tlangvalte u, thlamuang rawh u. Nangni pawh Deming. He thil hi kan buaipui thei ang. Chu chu chutah chuan silai in neih tak tak a ni em?"
  
  
  "Luger. Che suh. Amah i hmuh theih nan leh i rilru a hahdam theih nan hmalam ka pan deuh ang. Tin, dam rei zawk rawh."
  
  
  Light chhungah chuan a ke a pen a, Hans chuan a ti chhuak nghal zat bawk. "A dawt lehah chuan Sammy, wire kan hmang ang. Tin, chutiang knot hmang chuan hna ro tak i thawk tawh ngei ang. Hun kan neih hunah zirna thar ka pe ang che."
  
  
  “Aw, an tough hle mai,” Sammy chuan a ti nghal zat.
  
  
  "Tight tawk lo. Eng thilin nge an khih i ring, buhfai bawm? Kutkawr bun pawh hi kan tha zawk mai thei...."
  
  
  Thusawi awmze nei lo chuan awmzia a nei ta thut mai. Nick chuan, “Ngawi rawh,” a ti a, a hnungtawlh ta a, mahse a tlai tawh hle.
  
  
  A hnung lama mipa chuan, "Hman la, buko, chuti lo chuan khur i khat a ni. Bansan rawh. Tlangval a ni. Lo kal rawh, Hans."
  
  
  Nick chuan a ha a ti nghet sauh sauh a. Fing tak, he Hans hi! Mi palina chu a en reng a, a inlan ngai lo. Kaihruaitu ropui tak. A harh chuan a ha a hrual chu a lawm hle a, chuti lo chuan tlemte a hloh mai thei. Hans chu a rawn kal phei a, a lu a thing a, “Thil dang i ni,” a ti a, a hmuiah chuan veilam rang takin a rawn tla thla a, minute tam tak chhung chu khawvel a tithinur hle.
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Nick Carter chu Thunderbird bumper-ah khian inbun chungin a mu a, khawvel a lo kal leh chhuak a, rangkachak pinwheel-te chu a rawn inher chhuak a, a lu-ah natna a rawn ri chhuak a, Herbert Wheeldale Tyson chuan khawvel lian tak a nih thu a sawi a.
  
  
  Indiana lawyer pakhat tan chuan kum khata Logansport leh Ft. Wayne leh Indianapolis, thlalak hnuaiah a ti a. Congressman term khat a lo awm tawh khan mipuiten a khingpui chu a hlim lo zawk, a â lo zawk a, mahni hmasialna a nei lo tih an rel hma khan Washington connection rang tlemte chu thil lian takah a chantir ta a ni. Thil tihfel thei lobbyist i mamawh a - project thenkhatah chuan Herbert i mamawh a ni. Pentagon-ah hian inzawmna tha tak a nei a, kum 9 chhungin oil sumdawnna, ralthuam leh juice contract chungchang tam tak a zir chhuak a ni.
  
  
  Herbert chu a hmelchhia a, mahse a pawimawh hle. I hmangaih a ngai lo, i hmang a ni. tin, a chhanchhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Zanin hian Herbert chuan Georgetown khawpui pawn lama a in te tak te man to takah chuan a hun hman duh ber chu nuam a ti hle a. Bedroom lian takah khum lian takah chuan ice jug lian tak a awm a, .
  
  
  bottle leh glass te chu hmeichhe lianin a nawmna a nghahna khum bulah chuan a dah a.
  
  
  Tunah tak hi chuan far wall-a sex movie en chu nuam a ti hle. Pilot ṭhian pakhat chuan West Germany aṭangin a tan a rawn hruai a, chutah chuan an siam a ni.
  
  
  Chu nula chuan amah ang bawkin an hnen atangin lift a dawng ngei a beisei a, chu chu a pawimawh lo nachungin. Korean, Mongolian, a nih loh leh sumdâwnna office pakhata thawkte zînga mi a ni. Dumb, a ni mai thei, mahse an awm dan ang - taksa lian tak leh hmel mawi tak chu a duh hle. Indianapolis atanga lo kal slob te chuan tunah hian hmu thei se a duh hle.
  
  
  A him hle niin a inhria. Bauman-a thawmhnaw chu a nuam lo em em a, mahse an sawi ri ang chuan a khauh thei lo. Eng pawh nise, in chhungah chuan burglar alarm system full a awm a, closet chhungah chuan shotgun leh nightstand-ah chuan pistol a awm bawk.
  
  
  “En teh, baby,” a nui suk a, hmalam pan chuan a inbeng kang a.
  
  
  Khum chungah chuan a che tih a hria a, thil pakhatin screen a hmuh dan a tikhawlo a, screen chu nawr sawn tumin a kut a phar a. Engvangin nge, a lu chungah a thlawk ta! Chibai.
  
  
  Herbert Wheeldale Tyson chu a kut chuan a hmui a thlen hmain a paralyze a, second engemaw zat hnuah a thi ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Bung III.
  
  
  
  Khawvel a nghing tawh loh a, a ngaihtuahna a rawn lang ta chuan Nick chu car hnung lama leiah a inhmu ta a. A kut chu machine-ah a inbun a, Chick hian Nick-a chu rei tak a secure avangin Hans-a hnenah a knot a hriatzia a entir a ni mai thei. A kut chu hruiin a khuh a, chubakah a kut inzawm khawmtu square knot-ah chuan hrui tlemte a khuh bawk.
  
  
  Mi palite aw hniam taka an thusawi chu a hre a, Hans-a thusawi chauh chu a hmu a: "...kan hre chhuak ang. Kawng khat emaw kawng dangah emaw."
  
  
  An car chu an chuang ta a, kawngpui hnaih ber spotlight hnuaia a kal lai chuan Nick chuan green 1968 Ford four-door sedan a ni tih a hre ta a. Tag en tha emaw, model pinpoint emaw turin angle dik lo takah strapped a ni a, mahse a compact lo.
  
  
  A chakna nasa tak chu hrui chungah chuan a hmang a, chutah a thaw halh a. Cotton fishing line, mahse in chhunga awm lo, tuipui leh chhe thei lo. A hmui tam tak a chhuah a, a lei hmangin a kutphah hmun chu a hnawih a, a ha dum chak tak takte chuan a hnim hring tan ta a ni. Material chu a rit hle. A ha hmangin mass khauh leh hnim chu monotonous takin a chew a, Ruth chu a rawn chhuak a, a hmu ta a.
  
  
  A thawmhnaw chu a ha a, a kekawr hak dum fai tak thlengin a chhuk a, asphalt chu a paltlang a, a han en thla a. A ke pen chu a nghet lutuk a, a mitmeng pawh chu thil awmdan atan a reh lutuk niin a hria. Thil thleng leh mipaho chuan coup d’état eng emaw tak ti turin an kalsan tawh chung pawhin team dangah a tel thei tih hriat chu a lungchhiatthlak hle.
  
  
  A nui zau ber chu a nui suk a. "Hey, i chhuak dawn tih ka hria."
  
  
  "Ni lo, lawmthu ka sawi e, sex maniac."
  
  
  “Darling!Engtin nge ka sawi ang? Anmahni hnawhchhuah tur leh i chawimawina chhanchhuah tumin ka nunna ka hlau a.”
  
  
  "A tlem berah chuan min phelh thei ang."
  
  
  "Engtin nge i chhuah zalen?"
  
  
  "Nang pawhin i ti ve bawk. Khum atang chuan ka roll a, ka kut atanga vun chu ka phelh a, khum frame-a hrui chu ka tan ta a ni." Nick chuan thlamuanna thlipui a nei a, a ti chhunzawm a, a mit a chhing a, "Jerry Deming, hetah hian ka kalsan mai ang che ka ring."
  
  
  Nick chuan a ngaihtuah vat a. Chutiang dinhmunah chuan Deming hian eng nge a sawi ang? A puak darh ta a. thawm a siam a. Tunah chuan tunah hian min thlah ta a, a nih loh leh ka chhuah hunah chuan thla khat chhung jail atanga chhuah tir turin i hnute mawi tak chu ka row ang a, chu mi hnuah chuan ka hriat tawh che kha ka theihnghilh ang. mi â, nang... "
  
  
  A nuih lai chuan a ding a, a kut a razor blade a vawn chu entir turin a rawn inbeng kang a. Fimkhur takin a bonds chu a titawp a. "Chutah chuan, ka hero. I huaisen hle. I kut zungtang chauhvin i bei tak tak em? An khin che ai chuan an that thei che a ni."
  
  
  A kutphah chu a fawp a, a hmui chu a hre ta. He tlangval lian Hans hian a rilru a hloh ta! "Silai hi garage-ah ka thup a, a chhan chu in hi rukbo a nih chuan chutah chuan hmuh loh theihna chance a awm ka ring. Ka la a, mi pathum ka man a, chu chu bush-a thup palina chuan min ralthuam a tibo a ni. Hans." shut me up.Heng tlangvalte hi , professional tak tak an ni ngei ang.Picket line chhuahsan hi han ngaihtuah teh?
  
  
  "An ti na zual lo avangin lawmthu sawi rawh. Oil sumdawnna lama i zinna te hian tharum thawhna a ti inured che niin ka ring. Hlauhna nei lovin i che niin ka hria. Mahse hetiang hian i hliam mai thei."
  
  
  Ani chuan, “Vassar-ah pawh hian rilru hahdam takin an zirtir thin a, chuti lo chuan mit hmuh aia tam i tan a awm,” tiin a ngaihtuah a. In lam pan chuan an kal a, hmeichhe hmeltha tak pakhat hian mipa saruak, taksa chak tak kut chu a chelh a. Nick-a chu a inbel lai chuan training-a awm athlete a ngaihtuah tir a, professional football player pawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  A taksa atang chuan a mit a la lo tih a hmu a, chu chu hmeichhe naupang duhawm tak tan chuan a ni. Hei hi thiltih a ni em? A boxer dum pangngaiah chuan a tlan lut a: ;
  
  
  "Police ka ko ang. Hetah hian tumah an man lo ang, mahse ka insurance a huam ang a, he hmun hi uluk takin an lo thlir reng mai thei."
  
  
  "Ka call a, Jerry. Khawiah nge an awm tih ka ngaihtuah thei lo."
  
  
  "An awmna hmun a innghat. Square mile za velah hian car pathum an nei a. Martini dang?..."
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Officer-te chuan lainatna an lantir a. Ruth chuan call chu a ti buai deuh a, an hun an khawhral ta a ni. Khawpui chhunga misualte'n in rawk leh rukbo an tam thu an sawi. An ziak a, a spare chabi chu an lo borrow a, chutiang chuan an BCI staff-te chuan zing lamah hmun chu an enfiah leh thei ta a ni. Nick chuan hun khawhralna niin a ngai - a ni bawk.
  
  
  An chhuah hnu chuan Ruth nen chuan an inbual a, an in leh a, an zai a, an inkuah deuh a, mahse an attraction chu a reh tawh hle. A hmui chunglam chu a khauh hle chung pawhin ngaihtuahawm ang maiin a lang—a nih loh leh a hlauthawng hle niin a ngai a. Patio-a inkuah nghet taka an inher lai chuan, Armstrong-a tawtawrawt number blue leh light-a ri ri chuan vawi tam tak a fawp a, mahse a mood chu a bo ta. A hmui chu a hmin tawh lo, a hrual vek tawh. A thinlung thawk leh a thawk rhythm chu a hma angin a pung lo.
  
  
  Amah ngei pawhin a danglamna chu a hre chiang hle. A hmai chu a hmai atang chuan a sawn a, mahse a lu chu a kawngah a nghat thung. "Ka ngaidam lutuk Jerry. Ka zak hlein ka hria. Eng thil nge thleng thei tih hi ka ngaihtuah fo thin. Kan...thi thei tawh ang." A khur nghal zat bawk.
  
  
  “Chutiang chu kan ni lo,” tiin a chhang a, a rawn beng a.
  
  
  "Chutiang chu i ti tak tak ang em?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  "Eng nge a tih?"
  
  
  "Khum chungah. Chu pa chuan Hans a tih chu a clue a ni."
  
  
  "Mi fing tak a ni a, a backfired."
  
  
  "Engtin?"
  
  
  "Sammy-a'n a au chhuahpui lai kha i hre reng em? A rawn lut a, chutah chuan Sammy-a chu minute engemaw zat chhung chu tlangval dang pui turin a tir chhuak ta a. Tichuan amah ngeiin room atang chuan a chhuak a, hei hi ka chance a ni. Chuti a nih loh chuan he khumah hian kan la inbun reng dawn a ni." , a ni mai thei." "An awm tawh lo rei tawh. A nih loh leh ka ke ruh hnuaiah match an dah ang a, pawisa ka thupna hmun min hrilh tir ang."
  
  
  "Eng nge i nih? Pawisa i thup em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo tak zet. Mahse, keimah ang bawkin thurawn dik lo an nei niin a lang lo em ni."
  
  
  "Ni e, ka hmu."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, “A hmuh chuan engkim a ṭha vek ang,” tiin a ngaihtuah a. A tlem berah chuan a buai hle. Team dangah awm ta se, Jerry Deming hi mipui pangngai ang maia nungchang leh ngaihtuahna nei a nih thu a pawm a ngai dawn a ni. Perrault’s Supper Club-ah steak tha tak a lei sak a, Georgetown-a Moto residence-ah a hruai haw ta a ni. Herbert W. Tyson-a thia a mutna in te tak te mawi tak atanga hla vak lovah, zing lama chhiahhlawh nula pakhatin a hmuh hun nghaktu leh doctor hmanhmawh tak pakhatin thinlung hliam chu a phurtu chu a hlawhchham tih thutlukna siam turin.
  
  
  Plus te tak te pakhat a khawlkhawm a. Ruth hian kar khat chhunga Friday-a Sherman Owen Cushings-a dinner party-ah a zui turin a sawm a - kum tin an neih ṭhin "All Friends" event-ah. Cushing-a te chhungkua hi mi hausa, mimal tak an ni a, du Ponts-hoin silai mu an siam tan hma pawh khan thil neih leh sum an khawlkhawm tan a, a tam zawk chu an vawng reng a ni. Cushing-a rawtna hi hmuh tumin senator tam tak an awm a - mahse an hmu ngai lo. Ruthi hnenah chuan a tih theih a rin tlat thu a hrilh a. Inrinni hian call hmangin a nemnghet ang. Khawiah nge Akito chu a awm ang? Cairo-ah chuan chuvang chuan Nick hian a hmun a luah thei a ni. Ruth-i chuan Vassar-ah Alice Cushing-i a hmu tih a hre ta a.
  
  
  A tuk chu Thawhlehni ni lum tak a ni. Nick hian dar 9 thleng a mu a, chutah Jerry Deming apartment building restaurant-ah chawhmeh a ei a - orange juice squeezed thar, scrambled egg pathum, bacon, toast leh tea cup hnih. A theih hunah chuan infiammi dinhmun tha taka awm ang maiin a nunphung a ruahman a.
  
  
  A taksa lian tak mai pawh hi tip-top shape-ah a awm thei lo, a bik takin ei leh in tui tak tak leh zu engemaw zat a ei lai hian. A finna chu a ngaihthah lo va, a bik takin tunlai thil thleng chungchangah chuan a ngaihthah lo. A chanchinbu chu The New York Times a ni a, a AX subscription hmang hian Scientific American atanga The Atlantic thlengin Harper’s thlengin periodical a chhiar thin. A expense account-ah lehkhabu pawimawh pali emaw panga emaw awm lovin thla khat pawh a liam tawh lo.
  
  
  A taksa thiamna chuan training program a neih reng a ngai a, a hun ruat loh pawh ni se. Kar khatah vawi hnih "on site" a nih loh chuan - tualchhung tawngin AX tih awmzia chu "hnathawhna hmunah" tihna a ni - acrobatics leh judo a ti a, bag a hit a, tui hnuaiah pawh methodical takin minute rei tak chhung a inbual thin. Tin, schedule mumal takah pawh a recorder-ah thu a sawi a, a French leh Spanish thiamna tha tak takte chu a tichak a, a German leh tawng dang pathum chu a tichangtlung a, chutah chuan, a sawi angin, "ka zau thei a, khum ka la thei a, ka kalna tur kawng ka hmu thei bawk airport-ah chuan. ."
  
  
  David Hoke chuan engkim mai mai pawhin a ngaihven lo hle a, vawi khat chu Nick hnenah a thil neih lian ber chu a acting thiamna a nih a rin thu a sawi a: "...stage hian sumdawnna lama i rawn luh khan thil engemaw a hloh a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Nick-a pa hi character actor a ni a. Chutiang chameleon hmuh tur awm lo zinga mi, eng role pawha inhnim pil a, chu chu a lo ni ta a ni. Talent smart producer te hian an zawng mek a ni. “Carter i hmu thei ang em tih en rawh,” tih hi Nick-a pa hnenah a duh ang role zawng zawng pek vek theih khawpin an sawi fo thin.
  
  
  Nick hi a takah chuan United States ram pumah a seilian a ni. Tutor, studio leh vantlang zirna inkara insem a zirna chuan chi hrang hrang a hlawkpui niin a lang.
  
  
  Kum riat mi lek a nih laiin a Spanish tawng a ti tha chho zel a, Está el Doctor en Casa changtu company nen chuan a hnung lamah movie an siam a? Kum sawm a tlin meuh chuan - Tea and Sympathy hian tawnhriat tam tak a neih avangin leh hruaitu chu mathematical genius a nih avangin - a lu-ah algebra tam zawk a ti thei a, poker leh blackjack-ah all-hands odds a quote thei a, Oxonian, Yorkshire leh Cockney a ni.
  
  
  A piancham vawi sawm leh pahnih a tlin hnu rei vak lovah chuan one-act play a ziak a, kum engemaw zat hnuah edit tlem a nih hnuah tunah chuan lehkhabuah a awm ta a ni. tin, French tumbler, Jean Benoit-Gironier-a’n a zirtir savate chu lane-ah pawh mat-ah pawh a thawk tha hle tih a hmuchhuak bawk.
  
  
  Zan show neih zawh hnua amah chauha a haw lai a ni. Kawngpui lam panna kawngpui chhuahsan tawh, êng sen hring hring dup karah chuan rukru ni tur pahnih chuan an rawn pan hnai a. A ke chu a stomp a, shin a kick a, a kut a dove a, mule ang maiin a whip a, groin a hit a, chu chu Wheelbuster hmangin epic flip leh kick to the chin atan a zui bawk. Tichuan theatre-ah chuan a kir leh a, a pa chu a hruai chhuak a, mipa hring hring, rilru na tak takte chu en turin a rawn hruai chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Upa Carter chuan a fapa chu muangchangin a tawng a, a thawk pawh a pangngai vek tih a hmuchhuak a. Ani chuan, "Nick, i tih tur chu i ti ta a. Engtin nge kan tih ang?"
  
  
  "Ka ngaihtuah lo".
  
  
  "An man lai hmuh i duh em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Ka ring lo,” tiin a chhang a. Theatre-ah an kir leh a, darkar khat hnua an haw leh chuan mipaho chu an awm tawh lo.
  
  
  Kum khat hnuah Carter Sr. chuan Nick chu khumah Lily Green-i nen a hmuchhuak a, chu chu actress naupang hmeltha tak a ni a, a hnuah Hollywood-ah pawh a lian hle ang. A nui suk mai a, a kal bo ta a, mahse a hnua an sawiho hnuah Nick chuan college luh exam chu hming dangin a la a, Dartmouth-ah a lut ta a ni. A pa chu kum hnih pawh a tling lovah car accident-in a thi ta a ni.
  
  
  Chutiang hriatrengna thenkhat - a tha ber berte chu Nick-a rilruah chuan a rawn lang chhuak a, health club lam pan chuan block li zet a kal a, a swim trunk-ah a inthlak a. Ni chhuahna rooftop gym-ah chuan awlsam takin a workout a. Kan chawl hahdam a. Tla. Ni chhuahna hmunah. Ring leh trampoline hmangin ka training a. Darkar khat hnuah bag-ah chuan thawmhnaw a thawk chhuak a, chutah minute sawm leh panga chhung zet chu tuikhuah lian takah chuan a inbual chhunzawm zel a. Yoga thawk a practice a, tui hnuaia a hun hman dan a enfiah a, official world record aiin second sawmli leh pariat zetin a zak tih a hriat chuan a mit a chhing a. Awle, engkim a kal tluang dawn lo.
  
  
  Dar sawm leh pahnih a liam hnu lawkah Nick chuan a apartment building mawi tak lam chu a pan a, David Hawke nen appointment siam turin chawhmeh ei lai chu a zawh ta a. Apartment chhungah chuan a senior officer chu a hmu ta a. Kut inthlak leh ngawi rengin, ṭhian ang maiin an lu an thing a; hun rei tak inzawmna leh inzah tawnna aṭanga innghat, inngaihtlâwmna thunun (controlled warmth) inzawmkhawm.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a suit dum pakhat chu a ha a. A kekawrte a tlu a, a kal dan pangngaia a kal dan pangngai ai chuan Washington sumdawng lian emaw, tenau emaw, sorkar official emaw, West Fork-a chhiah petu tlawhtu emaw a ni thei. Thil pangngai, chhinchhiah tlak loh, hriat reng loh nan.
  
  
  Nick chuan engmah a sawi lo. Hawk chuan, "Kan inbia thei ang. Boiler te chu a kang tan tawh niin ka hria," a ti a.
  
  
  "Ni e, ka pu. Tea no khat chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "A ropui hle mai. Chawhmeh i ei tawh em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Vawiin hian ka skip a ni. He assignment-a ka hmuh thin canapés leh seven-course meal zawng zawng counterbalance a ni."
  
  
  "Tui chu dah thla rawh, ka fapa. British kan ni hle ang. Chu chuan a pui mai thei. An specialize hi kan dodal a ni. Threads within threads and no start to a knot. Nizan khan engtin nge a kal?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a hrilh a. A chang chuan Hawk chuan a lu a bu nghat a, uluk takin a cigar khuh loh chu a khelh tir thin.
  
  
  "He hmun hi hmun hlauhawm tak a ni. Hriamhrei a awm lo, an la a, an khih a ni. Chance i la leh tawh lo ang u. Cold killers nen kan buaipui tih ka chiang a, i turn pawh a ni mai thei." Plan leh operation te hi "za zela za zetin ka thusawi hi a inmil lo a, mahse naktuk kan inhmuh hnuah a ni ngei ang tih ka ring."
  
  
  "Thudik thar a awm em?"
  
  
  "Engmah thar a awm lo. Chu chu a mawina chu a ni. Herbert Wheeldale Tyson chu nimin zing khan a chenna inah thia hmuh a ni. Natural cause vang nia sawi a ni. Chu thumal chu ka duh tan ta. Ka hriat apiangin ka rinhlelhna chu a let hnih in ka ring. Tin, tunah chuan thil tha a awm ta." reason for it." . . A nih loh leh chhan tha zawk. Tyson hi i hre chiang em?"
  
  
  “Nickname “Wheel and business.” Rope puller leh oiler. Amah ang mi sangkhat leh a chanve zinga pakhat. Zakhat pawh ka sawi thei mai thei.”
  
  
  "A dik alawm. Barrel rimchhia tak chungah a chhoh avangin i hre chiang hle. Tunah chuan puzzle kilte chu inzawm tir ka tum ang. Tyson hi natural cause avanga thi palina a ni a, an inhriat vek bawk. All the Middle East-a oil leh munitions reserve neitu lian ber berte ".
  
  
  Hawk chu a ngawi reng a, Nick chuan a mit a chhing a. "Washington-ah hian hei hi thil mak a ni lo tih ka sawi i beisei ang."
  
  
  "A dik chiah. Article dang. Kar hmasa khan mi pawimawh leh zahawm tak pahnih chuan thi tura vau an dawng a. Senator Aaron Hockburn leh Fritsching of the Treasury."
  
  
  "A nih leh engtin emaw tak chuan midang pali nen hian an inzawm em?"
  
  
  "A ni lo. Entirnan, Tyson nen chawhmeh ei laiin an pahnih hian man an ni lo ang. Mahse, an pahnih hian key position lian tak tak an nei a, chu chuan nghawng a nei thei a ni... Middle East leh sipai contract thenkhat."
  
  
  “An vau mai mai em ni?Engmah an order lo em ni?”
  
  
  "A hnuah a thleng ngei ka ring. Thihna palite hi entirnan rapthlak tak atan hman a ni ang tih ka ring. Mahse Hawkburn leh Fritsching te hi hlauhawm tur an ni lo, i sawi thei ngai lo nachungin. FBI an call a, cross-notified min pe a . Ka hrilh a ni." chu AX hian thil a nei mai thei tih."
  
  
  Nick chuan fimkhur takin, "Kan nei tam lo niin a lang—la."
  
  
  "Chutah chuan i rawn lut a. Chu tea chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  Nick chu a tho a, a leih a, cup a rawn keng a, bag hnih ve ve a awm bawk. He ritual hi an lo paltlang tawh bawk. Hawk chuan, "Ka chunga i rin lohna hi hriatthiam theih a ni, kum tam tak hnuah chuan a aia tha zawk hi ka phu ni tih ka ngaihtuah nachungin..." A tea chu a in a, Nick chu a en a, chu chuan thupuan lungawithlak tak a puang chhuak fo thin - mi chak tak dah ang maiin hand on a partner.a outbid a nih hlau.
  
  
  "I puzzle thup lai kha min hmuhtir leh rawh," Nick chuan a ti a. "A fit ber chu."
  
  
  "Pieces, Nicholas. Pieces. Chu chu i dah khawm dawn tih ka chiang. I lum hle mai. Nizan khan rukrukna pangngai a ni lo tih nang leh kei hian kan hria. I tlawhtute chuan an lo en reng a, an lo ngaithla a. Engvangin nge? An duh em em a ni." know more about Jerry Deming.Chu chu "Chu Jerry Deming - Nick Carter - chu thil engemaw hnaih takah a awm a, kan la hre lo em ni?"
  
  
  "...A nih loh leh Akito hian a fanu hi a lo thlir reng em ni?"
  
  
  "... A nih loh leh he thilah hian fanu hi a inrawlh a, victim a chang em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Ka discount dawn lo. Mahse ka inbun lai khan min that thei a ni. Razor a nei bawk. Chutiang bawkin awlsam takin sa cleaver chu a la chhuak thei a, roast ang maiin min cut thei bawk.
  
  
  "Jerry Deming an duh mai thei. Oilman tawnhriat ngah tak i ni. Hlawh tlem leh duhâm tak i ni mai thei. An rawn biak mai thei che. Chu chu lead a ni ang."
  
  
  “A bag ka dap a,” Nick chuan ngaihtuahna fim takin a ti a. "Engtin nge min zui? Chu mi palite chu nilengin an chuang kual thei lo."
  
  
  “Aw,” Hawk chuan inchhir hmel zet hian a ti a. "I Bird hian pager a nei a. Darkar 24 chhunga hman thin hlui zinga pakhat. An lak chhuah an tum palh hlauh chuan chutah chuan kan dah a ni."
  
  
  “Ka hre chiang khawp mai,” Nick chuan zawi zawiin dawhkan chu a han her kual a.
  
  
  "I ti em?"
  
  
  "Home radio hmangin frequency te ka check a. Pager ngei pawh ka hmu lo a, mahse a awm ngei ngei tur a ni tih ka hria."
  
  
  "Min hrilh thei ang. Tunah chuan topic exotic zawk. The mysterious East. Khawtlang nunah hmeichhe hmeltha mitmeng hrual tam tak hi i hmu tawh em?"
  
  
  "Engvangin nge ni lo? Kum 1938 atang khan kum tin Asian millionaire thlai thar kan nei thin a. A tam zawk chu an chhungte leh an rallak nen hian a hma emaw a hnu emaw hian hetah hian an thleng thin."
  
  
  "Mahse, radar hnuaiah an awm reng. Midang pawh an awm. Kum hnih kalta chhung khan event zaruk leh sawmnga chuang a\angin mikhual list kan khawn khawm a, computer-ah kan dah a. Oriental hmeichhe zingah hian hmeichhe duhawm tak tak paruk chu telna lamah an chungnung ber a ni." international party emaw lobbying pawimawhna.Hetah hian... - Nick hnenah note a pe a.
  
  
  Jeanyee Ahling chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Susie Cuong chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Ann We Ling
  
  
  Pong-Pong Lily chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Ruth Moto chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Sonia Ranez chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Pathum bakah Ruth ka hmu a. Midangte nen hian an inhmelhriattir lo mai mai a ni mai thei. Oriental hmeichhe awm zat hian ka ngaihven hle a, mahse he sample hi min hmuhtir hma chuan a pawimawh lo niin a lang. Of course I" I kar ruk kalta chhung khan mi za hnih vel an hmu a, khawvela hnam tin..."
  
  
  "Mahse, Khawchhak lam atanga pangpar mawi dang chhiar tel lovin."
  
  
  "A dik em?"
  
  
  Hawk chuan lehkha phek chu a tap a. "Midang chu group-ah emaw hmun dangah emaw an awm thei a, mahse computer template-ah erawh hmuh tur a awm lo. Tunah chuan nugget...
  
  
  "Heng hmangaih tak tak zinga pakhat emaw a aia tam emaw hi a tlem berah inhmuhkhawmna vawi khat tal chu mitthite nen an inhmu thei a ni. Computer chuan Tyson-a garage-a thawktu chuan kar hnih vel kalta khan Tyson-a chu a car-a oriental nen a tlanbo lai a hmu niin a ngai tih min hrilh a ni." girl.A chiang lo, mahse kan puzzle atan chuan piece ngaihnawm tak a ni.Tyson-a tih dan kan check mek a ni.Restaurant lian emaw hotel lianah emaw ei a ei emaw, vawi engemaw zat aia tam a bulah a inlan emaw a nih chuan hriat chhuah a tha ang. " "
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan kawng awm thei kan zawh tawh tih kan hre tawh ang.”
  
  
  "Kan kalna tur chu kan hre lo nachungin. Latakia-a Confederate oil company kha sawi theihnghilh suh. Tyson leh mithi dang, Armbruster-a kaltlangin sumdawnna kalpui an tum a, ani chuan a law firm hnenah hnar turin a hrilh a ni." Tanker pahnih an nei a, pathum dang an charter leh mek a, crew-ah Chinese tam tak an awm bawk a, American bungrua phurh phal a ni lo a, a chhan chu Havana leh Haiphong-ah te zin an nei a, pressure kan siam thei lo a ni, a chhan chu a tam hle. .. French sum hi he thilah hian a inrawlh a, "Syria rama Baal nen hian inzawmna nghet tak an nei a ni. Confederation hi corporation panga pangngai, pakhat chunga dah khawm leh Switzerland, Lebanon leh London-a mawi taka inzawmkhawm a ni. Mahse Harry Demarkin chuan min hriattir a ni." chu center chu Bauman Ring of power an tih thil a nih thu."
  
  
  Nick chuan he "Bauman Ring" hi a sawi nawn leh a.
  
  
  "I on tawh."
  
  
  "Bauman. Borman. Martin Borman?"
  
  
  "Maithei."
  
  
  Nick-a pulse chu a rang a, chu chu mak tih a har hle. Borman chuan a rawn ti a. Vulture thuruk tak a ni. Meikhu ang maia hmuh theih loh. Leiah emaw, khawvel pawnah emaw mipa duh ber zinga mi. A chang chuan hmun dang atanga acting ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  April 29, 1945-a Berlin-a a boss thih hnuah vawi tam tak a thih thu hi report a ni tawh a ni.
  
  
  "Harry hian a la explore reng em?"
  
  
  Hawk hmel chu a thim vek a. "Harry hi nizan khan a thi a. A car chu Beirut chung lam lungpui atanga tla a ni."
  
  
  "Accident tak tak a ni em?" Nick chuan pawi tihna nasa tak a nei a. AXEman Harry Demarkin kha a thian a ni a, he sumdawnna kawngah hian hlawhtlinna tam tak i nei lo. Harry chu hlau lo mahse a fimkhur hle.
  
  
  "Maithei".
  
  
  Ngawi renga awm lai chuan a ri chhuak ta niin a lang - a ni mai thei.
  
  
  Hawke mitmeng hlim tak chu Nick-a hmuh tawh ang bawkin a thim hle. "Buaina lian tak bag kan hawng dawn a ni Nick. Anmahni hi ngaihthah suh. Harry kha hre reng ang che."
  
  
  "A pawi ber chu bag hi eng ang nge a nih, khawiah nge a awm leh eng nge a chhunga awm tih kan hre chiang lo hi a ni."
  
  
  "Good description. Thil awmdan tenawm tak a awm a. Key pakhat i hmet chuan a puak chhuak thin dynamite seat khat piano bulah ka dah che ang maiin ka hria. Eng key nge thihna thlen thei chu ka hrilh thei lo che a ni a chhan chu keimah." hre lo bawk!"
  
  
  "A lan dan aia pawi lo zawk a nih theihna chance a awm," Nick chuan a ti a, ring lo mahse putar chu a fuih a. "Hetiang thihna hi thil thleng mai mai a ni tih ka hmuchhuak mai thei a, hmeichhe naupangte hi paid group thar an ni a, Confederation hi promoter leh za zela sawm tamna hmun pangngai an ni.
  
  
  "A dik. AX maxim-ah i innghat a - mi â chauhvin an chiang a, mi fingte chuan an ringhlel fo thin. Mahse Pathian tan chuan fimkhur hle ang che, thudik kan neihte hian kawng tam takah a kawk a, hei hi a pawi ber a ni" Hawk chuan a ti a leh a pocket atang chuan a la chhuak a. folded paper: “Tlem ka pui thei ang che. Hetah hian hmeichhe paruk chungchang dossier kan rawn dah a. Keini, a dik e, an biographies hi kan la delving zel a ni. Mahse....”
  
  
  A kutpui leh kutpui inkar ah chuan thir pellet te tak te, eng tak, bean aia a let hnih vel zeta lian chu a keng a. "Stuart-a department atanga pager thar. Chu green dot chu i hmet a, darkar ruk chhung a activate a. Thingtlang lamah chuan range chu mel thum vel a ni. Khawpui dinhmun a zirin. Building, etc. hmanga venhim i ni em.
  
  
  Nick chuan a han en kual a, "An tha chho zel a. Case chi dang?"
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan hman theih a ni. Mahse ngaihtuahna dik tak chu ei chhuah hi a ni. Search hian engmah a hmu lo. Dik tak chuan monitor an neih chuan nangmah ah a awm tih an hria..."
  
  
  “Tin, darkar ruk thleng pawh an cut hawn che a, silence turin an nei bawk,” Nick chuan dry takin a ti leh a. Device chu a pocket-ah a dah a, “Ka lawm e.”
  
  
  Hawk chuan a chair hnung lamah a innghat a, Scotch whisky brand man to tak, dark brown glass bottle pahnih a rawn phawrh chhuak a. Pakhat chu Nick hnenah a pe a. "En teh".
  
  
  Nick chuan seal chu a enfiah a, a label chu a chhiar a, a khuhna leh a base chu a enfiah a. “Cork ni ta se,” a ngaihtuah a, “a chhungah chuan eng thil pawh thup theih a ni a, mahse a kosher tak zet a ni. Chutah chuan scotch tape a awm tak tak em?”
  
  
  "I in tur i in theh ngai a nih chuan nuam ti rawh. Blend tha ber zinga mi." Hawk chuan a bottle vawn chu a han tilt a, chu liquid chuan a boruak atanga bubble te te a siam chu a en reng a.
  
  
  "Engmah ka hmu lo?" - Hawk chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Ka han tum teh ang." Nick chuan fimkhur takin a bottle chu a han her kual leh a, a hmu ta. I mit kha a fiah hle a, bottle hnuai lam i en chuan bottle chu a sir lam a nih chuan chutah chuan oil bubble a lang lo tih i hmu ang. "A hnuai lam hi engtin emaw tak a dik lo."
  
  
  "A dik alawm. Glass partition a awm a. A chung lam chanve chu whisky a ni. A hnuai lam chanve hi Stuart-a super explosive zinga pakhat, whisky ang maia lang a ni. Bottle kha tichhiain minute hnih chhung boruakah i dah a, i activate a. Chutah chuan meialh eng pawh a awm ang." ignite it.Tun ang bawk hian "Compressed leh airless a ni a, a him tawk lo hle a ni," tiin Stewart chuan a sawi.
  
  
  Nick chuan uluk takin bottle chu a dah thla a. "An tangkai hle mai thei."
  
  
  "Ni e," Hawk chuan a ti a, a ding chhuak a, uluk takin a jacket atanga vut chu a brush a. “Hmun harsa takah chuan glass hnuhnung ber lei turin i inpe thei reng a ni.”
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Dar 16:12 ah chiah. Friday chawhnu khan Nick-a phone a ri a. Nula chuan, "Hei hi telephone company atanga Miss Rice a ni. I call..." Number pasarih, pariat tih tawp chu a quote a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Sorry, ni lo,” a ti a. A rawn call avangin sweet takin ngaihdam a dil a, phone chu a dah ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a phone chu a phelh a, base screw pahnih chu a la chhuak a, brown box te tak te atanga wire pathum te chu terminal pathum ah a connect a, chutah chuan 24V power input pawh a tel a, chutah chuan number chu a dial ta a ni. Hawk-a chuan a chhang chuan, "Code seventy-eight scrambler," a ti a.
  
  
  "Dik leh chiang. Report?"
  
  
  "Engmah. Boring party dang pathum ka kal tawh bawk. Eng ang hmeichhia nge an awm tih i hria. An friendly hle. Escort an nei a, ka chhuah zalen thei lo."
  
  
  "A tha hle. Zanin hian Cushing's-ah chhunzawm rawh. Harsatna lian tak kan nei. Top company-ah hian leak lian tak tak a awm."
  
  
  "Ka ti ang."
  
  
  "Zing dar sawm leh dar kua inkar ah number ruk ah report rawh."
  
  
  "Chu chuan a ti thei ang. Goodbye."
  
  
  "Goodbye leh vanneihna tha tak a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan phone chu a dah a, wire te chu a la chhuak a, phone base chu a thlak leh a. Brown portable scrambler te te chu Stuart-a hmanraw fing ber pakhat a ni. Scrambler pattern te hi a tawp thei lo. Transistor circuit awmna box te tak te, brown-a siam, cigarette pack pangngai aia te zawka dah, pin sawm switch neia dah a ni.
  
  
  An pahnih hian "78"-a set a nih loh chuan audio modulation chu gibberish a ni. Just in case, thla hnih danah box te chu scrambler circuit thar leh selection thar sawm nei tharin an thlak thin. Nick chuan tuxedo a ha a, Ruth chu la turin Bird-ah chuan a kal ta a.
  
  
  Kum tin ṭhian zawng zawngte inkhawmna, cocktail, zanriah, intihhlimna leh zai hmanga inkhawm ṭhin Cushing Gathering hi Virginia-a an estate acre za hnih-a zauah neih a ni. Setting pawh a tha hle mai.
  
  
  Kawngpui thui takah chuan an tlan lai chuan tlai lamah chuan light rawng hrang hrang a eng a, veilamah conservatory atang chuan music a rawn ri a, mi zahawm tak takte chu an car atanga an chhuk a, attendant-te chuan an hruai bo lai chuan tlem an nghak a ngai ta a ni. Limousine eng mawi tak tak chu a lar hle - Cadillac te chu a langsar hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Hetah hian i lo kal tawh ang tih ka ring?"
  
  
  "Vawi tam tak. Alice nen hian tennis kan khel fo thin. Tunah chuan weekend-ah hetah hian ka lo kal fo thin."
  
  
  "Tennis court engzat nge awm?"
  
  
  "Pathum, in chhunga pakhat chhiar chuan."
  
  
  "Nun tha. Pawisa hming sawi rawh."
  
  
  "Ka pa chuan mi tam zawk hi an â lutuk avangin thluak nei mipa tan chuan hausa lo tur chhan tur a awm lo a ti."
  
  
  "Cushing-a te chhungkua hi thlah sarih chhung zet an hausa tawh a. Thluak zawng zawng?"
  
  
  "Dad chuan mi â an ni a ti a, darkar tam tak an thawk a. Hun tam tak chhung an inzawrh thin, a ti. Zalenna hi a rapthlak avangin an sal tanna hi an hmangaih a ni. Nangmah tan hna i thawh a ngai a ni. Hun remchang hmang tangkai rawh."
  
  
  "A hun takah hmun dik takah ka awm ngai lo." Nick chuan a ti a. “Oil siam chhuah a nih atanga kum sawm hnuah field-ah min tir a ni.”
  
  
  Step zau tak pathum an chhoh lai chuan a nui suk a. Mit dum mawi tak chuan a zir chiang a. Tunnel ang maia lawn, êng rawng hrang hranga eng chhuak an paltlang lai chuan, “Pa nen inbiakna neih hi i duh em?”
  
  
  "Ka inhawng zau hle. A bik takin hetiang mipui ka hmuh hian. Ka hna neih hi min hloh tir suh mai rawh."
  
  
  "Jerry, conservative i ni. Hei hi hausakna kawng a ni lo."
  
  
  "Chuvangin hausa taka awm an tum a ni," a ti muangchang a, mahse puan in lian tak kawtah chuan mi inchei mawi tak tak line-a awm blonde sang tak pakhat chu a lo hmuak a. Waiting room-a Alice Cushing leh midang sawm leh pali te nen an inhmelhriattir a, an zinga paruk hming chu Gushing an ni. Hming leh hmel tinreng a hre reng a.
  
  
  Vawikhat chu line an pelh hnu chuan counter sei tak - feet sawmruk zeta sei dawhkan, vur tlain a khuh chu an pan ta a. Ruth emaw "that nice young oil man Jerry Deming" emaw hretu mi engemaw zat nen chibai an insem a. Nick chuan bartender hnen atangin lungpui chungah cognac pahnih a dawng a, ani chuan order chu mak a ti hle niin a lang a, mahse a nei ta a ni. Bar atanga feet tlemte leka hlaah an kal a, an in tur chu in turin an ding ta a.
  
  
  Tente lian takah chuan ring pahnih nei circus a awm thei a, bocce game pahnih khelhna tur hmun a la awm a, a bula lung conservatory atanga tui luang chhuak chu a tuar thei chauh a ni. Tukverh sang tak tak atang chuan Nick chuan building chhunga bar sei tak dang leh a hnuai polishing-a mipui zai te chu a hmu thei a.
  
  
  Tente bar hmaa dawhkan sei tak chunga snacks te chu hmuna siam a nih thu a sawi bawk. Roasts, poultry leh caviar, coat dum ha wait staff-te’n thiam takin i dil appetizer an buatsaih thinte chuan Chinese khaw pakhat chu kar khat chhung zet a chawm ang. Khualzin zingah chuan a hriat American general pali leh ram dang atanga lo kal paruk, a hriat loh a hmu a.
  
  
  Congressman Andrews leh a farnu biak tumin an ding ta a—a farnu angin hmun tinah a inhriattir a, mahse, chu hmeichhe inngaitlawm tak, boring-girl air, thlalakna hnuaia dahtu chu a nei a—Nick-a chu a zahawm lai chuan Ruth-i chuan a hnunglam chu a mitmeng a inthlak a. group dangah Chinese hmeichhe naupang pakhat nen an rawn let leh a. An mitmeng chu a rang hle a, rilru natna nei lo tak tak an nih avangin an inthup ta a ni.
  
  
  Chinese ho hi mi te, mi ngilnei, leh tanpui thei tak tak angin kan categorize duh hle. Ruth-i nena rapid recognition signal inthleng thin hmeichhe naupang chu a lian a, thupek a pe a, a mit dum fing takah chuan a mitmeng dum huaisen tak chu a mak hle a, a chhan chu a mitmeng hnuai lam atanga lo chhuak a ni a, chu chu tumruh taka tlang chhipte ngaih pawimawh turin a lo chhuak a ni. "Khawchhak lam?" harsatna an siam niin a lang. "I sawi dik khawp mai. I ngam chuan kal rawh."
  
  
  Chutiang chiah chu Nick-a’n hun rei vak lo a liam hnua Ruth-i’n Jeanie Aling a rawn inhmelhriattir khan a ngaihdan a nei ta a ni. Party dangah pawh a hmu tawh a, a rilru list-ah a hming chu uluk takin a check tawh a, mahse hei hi a mitmeng nghawng hnuaia a lime a hriat hmasak ber a ni - chu mitmeng zungbun chunga mit eng mawi tak tak, a nemna chu pure a hmai plane nalh tak tak leh a hmui sen bold curve te chu.
  
  
  Ani chuan, “A bîk takin ka hmu che a, ka lawm hle mai, Miss Aling,” a ti a.
  
  
  Mitmeng dum eng mawi tak takte chu inch khata zau zetin a sang a. Nick chuan, "A mak khawp mai - TV-a i hmuh thin, movie-a i hmuh thin hmeltha chi hi," tiin a ngaihtuah a. "Ni e, a chhan chu kar hnih kalta khan Pan American party-ah khan ka hmu che a. Chutih lai chuan ka hmu che ka beisei a ni."
  
  
  "Khawchhak lam i ngaihven em? A nih loh leh China ngei hi? Nge hmeichhe naupang?"
  
  
  "Chutiang thil pathum chu."
  
  
  "Diplomat i ni em, Mr. Deming?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Oil hnathawk tlemte chauh."
  
  
  "Mr Murchison leh Mr Hunt te chu engtin nge an awm?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. A danglamna chu dollar tluklehdingawn thum vel a ni. Official hna ka thawk a ni."
  
  
  A nui suk a. A tone chu a nem a, a thuk bawk a, a English pawh a tha hle a,
  
  
  with just a hint of "too perfection," chu chu uluk taka a zir ang maiin, emaw, tawng engemaw zat a thiam a, a vowel zawng zawng round vek tura zirtir a nih ang maiin. "I rinawm hle. Mipa i hmuh tam zawk hian promotion tlem an pe a. 'Official business-ah ka awm' i ti mai thei."
  
  
  "I hrechhuak ang a, ka integrity rating pawh a tlahniam ang."
  
  
  "Mi rinawm tak i ni em?"
  
  
  "Mi rinawm anga hriat ka duh a ni."
  
  
  "Engati nge?"
  
  
  "Ka nu ka tiam tawh vang a ni. Tin, dawt ka sawi che hunah chuan i ring mai ang."
  
  
  A nui suk a. A hnungzang ah chuan tingling sensation nuam tak a nei a. Chung chu an siam tam lo. Ruth chu Ginny escort, sang tak, sei tak, Latino type nen an inbia a. A hawi let a, "Jerry, Patrick Valdez nen in inhmu tawh em?"
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  Ruth chu a insawn lut a, quartet chu a rawn hruai khawm a, Nick-a’n politician, ammo leh hnam pali tia a sawi pawl aṭangin a hla hle. Congressman Cricks, a hma ang bawka sang tawh chuan thawnthu a sawi a - a ngaithlatute chuan diabola hlui Cricks a nih avangin an ngaihven angin an inlan a, seniority, committee leh control of appropriations te chu dollar tluklehdingawn sawmthum vel zet a ni.
  
  
  “Pat, hei hi Jerry Deming a ni,” Ruth chuan a ti a. "OAS atanga Pat Jerry Oil atanga lo kal. Hei hian inelna i ni lo tih i hre dawn tihna a ni."
  
  
  Valdez hian ha var mawi tak tak a lantir a, kut a thlak bawk. “Hmeichhe hmeltha tak takte hi kan ngaina hle mai thei,” a ti bawk. "Chu chu in pahnih hian in hria."
  
  
  Ruth-i chuan, “Fakna pêk dân ṭha tak chu a va ni êm,” a ti a. "Genie, Jerry, second khat tal min ngaidam rawh? Bob Quitlock chuan Pat nen inhmu a duh a. Minute sawm hnuah conservatory-ah kan rawn zawm leh ang che. Orchestra bulah."
  
  
  “A dik e,” Nick chuan a chhang a, an nupa chuan mipui pung zel karah an kal lai chu a en reng a. "Ruth hian figure mak tak a nei a ni," a ti rilru a, "Ginny i en hma loh chuan." A lam chu a hawi a. "Engtin nge i awm? Princess hi chawlh a ni em?"
  
  
  "Hardly, mahse lawmthu ka sawi e. Ling-Taiwan Export Company-ah ka thawk a ni."
  
  
  "Model i ni thei ang tih ka ring. Dik tak chuan Ginny, nang ang chi movie-ah hian Chinese hmeichhe hmeltha ka la hmu ngai lo. A nih loh leh hetiang sang hi ka la hmu ngai lo."
  
  
  "Ka lawm e. Pangpar te tak te kan ni vek lo. Ka chhungte hi China hmar lam atanga lo kal an ni. Chutah chuan an lian hle. Sweden ang deuh a ni. Tlang leh tuipui. Chaw tha tak tak a tam hle.
  
  
  "Mao hnuaiah engtin nge an awm?"
  
  
  A mitmeng chu a hlim hmel hle a, mahse a rilru put hmang erawh a lang lo. "Chang nen chuan kan chhuak ta. Ka hre tam lo."
  
  
  Conservatory-ah a hruai a, in tur a rawn keng a, zawhna nêm tak tak tlem a zawt leh bawk. Chhanna nem tak, hriat tur awm lo tak tak a dawng a. A sam dum mawi tak leh a mitmeng eng mawi tak nena inmil tak, pale green dress ha chungin a langsar hle. Mipa dangte en reng chu a en reng a.
  
  
  Mi tam tak nuihzatthlak leh lu bu nghat emaw, thu tlemte sawi tura chawlhsan emaw thin chu a hre chiang hle. A bula awm duh mipa thenkhat chu a dodal a, an kalna tur inthlak danglamna chuan an kal zel thlengin vur kulh a siam ta a ni. A tithinur ngai lo- .
  
  
  Ed, deep freezer chhungah chuan a lut mai a, an chhuah meuh chuan a rawn chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Dancer thiam tak a nih thu a hmuchhuak a, a nuam em avangin leiah an awm reng a - Nick-a chuan a kuah a a feel leh a rimtui leh taksa rimtui chu a hlim tak zet a ni. Ruth leh Valdez an lo haw chuan zai an inthleng a, zu an in nasa hle a, pindan lian tak kil khatah chuan pawl an din a, mi thenkhat chu Nick-a’n a lo tawn tawh a, thenkhat chu a la tawn ngai lo.
  
  
  Vawikhat chawlh lai chuan Ruth chuan Jeanie bulah chuan ding chungin, "Minute engemaw zat min ngaidam thei ang em? Tunah hian zanriah ei tur chu puan a ngai tawh a, kan insiam thar duh a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chu Pat bulah chuan a awm ta a. In tur thar an man a, an tih dan pangngaiin an in toast bawk. South American atang hian thil thar a zir chhuak lo.
  
  
  Ladies' parlor-ah amah chauhin Ruth-i chuan Ginny-i hnenah, "Amah i en ṭhat hnuah engtin nge i ngaih?"
  
  
  "Tun ṭumah hian i nail tawh niin ka hria. Mumang a ni lo maw? Pat aiin a ngaihnawm zawk."
  
  
  "Leader chuan Deming a zawm chuan Pat hi theihnghilh rawh a ti."
  
  
  "Ka hria." Ruth chu a thaw halh a. "I kut atangin ka la chhuak ang, inrem ang ngeiin. Dancer tha tak a ni, engtin pawh nise. Mahse, Deming hi thil dang tak a ni tih i hmuchhuak ang. So much charm to waste in the oil business. And he's all human. A turned almost." on the tables. Leader. I nui ang. Dik tak chuan Leader hian a thlak leh ta a ni - chu chu a thinrim lo hle bawk. Chumi avang chuan Deming hi a ngaisang hlein ka hria. Command-ah a recommend a ni."
  
  
  Hmeichhe naupangte chu hmeichhe lounge chhiar sen loh zinga pakhatah an awm a - dressing room leh bathroom hmanraw kimchang tak tak awmnaah an awm a. Ginny chuan furniture man to tak tak chu a en a. "Hetah hian kan inbia tur em ni?"
  
  
  Ruth-i chuan, “Safe,” tiin a chhang a, a hmui mawi tak chu darthlalang lian tak pakhatah chuan a retouch a. "Sipai leh political te hian exit-ah chauh an spy tih i hria. Chu chu luhna zawng zawng a ni. Mimal i spy thei a, in inbum thei a, mahse pawl pakhat spy-a i man chuan i screw a ni."
  
  
  Ginny chuan a ti a. "Kei aiin politics chungchang hi i hre tam zawk. Mahse, mi ka hre chiang. He Deming-ah hian min tibuaitu thil a awm. A ni lutuk - a chak lutuk. General-te hi dar hmanga siam an ni tih i hre ngai em, a bik takin an lu a siam a ni? Thir mipa te hi." thir an lo ni ta a, hriak mite chu hriak an lo ni ta a ni?Awle, Deming hi a khauh a, a rang bawk a, nang leh Hruaitu hian huaisenna a nei tih in hmuchhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Hei hi oil hnathawk hmel nen a inmil lo."
  
  
  "Mipa i hria tih ka sawi ang. Chutiang chuan ka ngaihtuah ngai lo. Mahse, hengte hi Command-a'n Deming a ngaihven chhan chu a ni tih ka ring. Sumdawng mai ni lovin, ani pawh hian an zawng zawng ang bawkin a ngaihven a ni." pawisa. chu zanin hian. A thawk thei tura i ngaih thil pakhat pe rawh. Ka pa hian a tan thil a nei mai thei tih ka rawt a, mahse bait chu a la lo."
  
  
  "Fimkhur bawk ang che..."
  
  
  "A dik e. Chu chu plus a ni. Hmeichhia a duh a, i hlauh chuan Carl Comstock ang dang i hmu leh ang."
  
  
  "Ni lo. Deming hi mipa tak tak a ni tih ka hriat thu ka hrilh tawh che a. A ni mai... well, chutiang type hlu tak chu a ni maithei, ka thiam lo. A chang chuan mask a vuah ang maiin ka inhria a, keini ang bawk hian." " "
  
  
  "Chutiang ngaihdan chu ka nei lo Ginny. Mahse fimkhur rawh. Rukru a nih chuan kan mamawh lo." Ruth chu a thaw halh a. "Mahse, eng ang taksa nge..."
  
  
  "I thikna a ni lo maw?"
  
  
  "A dik e. Duhthlan tur ka neih chuan amah hi ka thlang ngei ang. Order ka hmuh chuan Pat ka hruai ang a, ka hmang tangkai ang."
  
  
  Ruth leh Genie-i’n an sawiho loh - an sawiho ngai loh chu Oriental mipa aiin Caucasian mipa an duh dan (conditioned taste) kha a ni. Khawtlang pakhata seilian hmeichhe tam zawk ang bawkin a norms chu an pawm a ni. An duhthusam chu Gregory Peck emaw Lee Marvin emaw a ni. An hruaitu chuan hei hi a hre chiang hle - First Commander chuan uluk takin a hrilh a, ani chuan a psychologist Lindhauer nen an sawiho fo thin.
  
  
  Nula ho chuan an bag chu an khar a. Ruth chu a chhuak tan a, mahse Ginny chuan a lo dang a. “Eng nge ka tih ang,” ngaihtuahna sengin a zawt a, “Deming hi hetiang hi a nih a, a lan dan ang ni lo a nih chuan? Hetiang rilru mak tak hi ka la nei reng a ni...” tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  "Team dangah a awm thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  “Ka hmu...” Ruth chu a ngawi reng a, a hmel chu rei lo te chhung chu a lang lo va, chutah a stern hle bawk. "I dik lo a nih chuan nangmah nih hi ka duh lo ang Ginny. Mahse, i rintlak chuan thil pakhat chauh tih tur a la awm ngei ka ring."
  
  
  "Rule pasarih?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Amah chu khuh rawh."
  
  
  "He thutlukna hi keimah chauhin ka siam ngai lo."
  
  
  "Rul chu a chiang. Bun rawh. Hrilhfiahna engmah hnutchhiah rawh."
  
  
  Bung IV.
  
  
  
  A chhan chu Nick Carter dik tak chu mipa, hmeichhia leh mipa, mi hiptu chi a nih avangin hmeichhe naupangte conservatory-a an lo kir leh chuan pawl lian tak lairil balcony atang chuan an hmu a. Air Force star nen hian Korea rama artillery tactics chungchang an sawi dun a ni. Ford’s Theatre hawn thara a hmuh entrepreneur pahnih chuan oil chungchang sawiin a ngaihven hlawh tumin an bei a. Intimate party tenau takah chuan a thusawi lum tak tak a inthlengpui tawh, sam dum hring dup tak chuan Nick mit meng hawn theihna hun remchang a zawng lai chuan Pat Valdez nen an inbia a. Nupa dang engemaw zat chuan, "Hey, Jerry Deming a ni!" - leh a squeeze chhuak ta a.
  
  
  "Hei hi en teh," Ruth chuan a ti a, "A tha lutuk."
  
  
  "Oil a ni," Ginny chuan a ti a.
  
  
  "A charm khawp mai."
  
  
  "And salesmanship. Heng thilte hi tankload tam tak a hralh tih ka bet tlat."
  
  
  "A hriat ka ring."
  
  
  Ruth chuan Nick leh Jeanie te chuan Pat an thleng tih a sawi a, chimes ri nêm tak chuan PA chungah a rawn ri a, mipui chu a ti thlamuang ta a ni.
  
  
  “SS UNITED STATES ang mai a ni,” sam dum chuan a ti chhuak ringawt a. Nick hnenah chuan a thleng hnai tawh a, tunah chuan a lakah a la bo tawh. A mitmeng atang chuan a hmu a, a thudik chu reference atan a ziak a, mahse a lantir lo.
  
  
  Mi pakhat aw chu speaker kaltlangin professional ang maia soft oval tones-in a rawn lang a: "Zanriah ṭha takin awm rawh u, mi zawng zawng. Cushing-a te chhungkua hian All Friends Dinner Party-ah min lo hmuak a, thu tlemte sawi turin min ti a. Hei hi a kum sawmriat leh panga tlin lawmna a ni dinner that was started by Napoleon Cushing for a very unusual purpose.He hna ropui tak thawh tur hian tanpuina chi hrang hrang hmuh theih nan Far East-ah, a bik takin China-ah hian missionary tam zawk mamawh a nih thu Washington khawtlang mi tha leh duhthusam tak takte hriattir a duh a ni. " "
  
  
  Nick chuan a in tur chu a in a, "Aw ka pathian, Buddha chu bawm chhungah dah rawh," a ti a. Kerosene leh gasoline can atanga bawnghnute an vak kualna in min saksak rawh.
  
  
  Aw unctuous tak chuan a ti chhunzawm ta a. “Kum engemaw zat chhung chu he project hi thil awmdan avang hian a tlahniam deuh tawh a, mahse Cushing chhungkua chuan hna tha tak tak hi thawh leh thuai a nih an beisei tak zet a ni.
  
  
  “Tunlaia kum tin zanriah ei tur lian tham tak avang hian Madison dining room-ah dawhkan dah a ni a, left wing-ah Hamilton hall leh in hnung lamah great hall-ah te dah a ni bawk.”.
  
  
  Ruth chuan Nick kut chu a rawn hmet a, nui chung hian, "Gymnasium," a ti a.
  
  
  Thusawitu chuan heti hian a sawitawp a, "A tam zawk chu in place card hmuhna tur hmun hriattirna in lo dawng tawh a ni. In chiang lo a nih chuan room tin kawta butler-in mikhual list a nei a, thurawn pe thei che u a ni. Minute sawmthum chhungin zanriah ei tur an rawn pe ang. The Cushings." sawi nawn leh rawh - lawmthu in zavaiin, an lo kal tih hi."
  
  
  Ruth-i chuan Nick-a hnenah, "Hetah hian i lo kal tawh em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Ka kal chho mek a ni."
  
  
  "Lo kal rawh, Monroe-a room chhunga thil awmte kha han en teh. Museum ang maia ngaihnawm a ni." Ginny leh Pat chu an hnung zui turin a kut a phar a, group atang chuan a kal bo ta a.
  
  
  Nick tan chuan mel khat zet an kal tawh niin a lang. Staircase zau tak takah an chho a, hall lian tak tak kal tlangin, hotel corridor ang chi, furniture chi hrang hrang leh man to tak tak tih loh chu,
  
  
  tin, yard tlemte hnuah chuan chhiahhlawh pakhat chu reception desk-ah a ding a, a tul chuan thurawn pe turin a ding bawk. Nick chuan, "Anmahni sipai an nei ve tho a ni," a ti.
  
  
  "Almost. Alice chuan kum engemaw zat kalta khan an tihtlem hmain mi sawmruk an la tih a sawi. Ṭhenkhat chu he hun atan hian an la a nih hmel hle."
  
  
  "Min ti lawm hle mai."
  
  
  "Hei hi kum engemaw zat kalta khan i hmu tur a ni. French court chhiahhlawh ang maia inchei vek an ni. Alice hian modernization nen hian inzawmna a nei a ni."
  
  
  Monroe Room-ah hian art thlan chhuah hmuhnawm tak tak a awm a, a tam zawk chu man to tak tak a ni a, private detective pahnih leh chhungkaw chhiahhlawh upa ang maia lang mi khauh tak chuan an veng a ni. Nick chuan: "Thinlung a ti lum a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Engtin?" - Ginny chuan hriat duh zet hian a zawt a.
  
  
  "Heng thil mak zawng zawng hi missionary-te hnenah hian in ram mipui lawmawm tak takte'n an hlan vek niin ka ring."
  
  
  Jeanie leh Ruth chuan mitmeng an inthlak a. Pat chu nuih a duh hmel hle a, mahse a duh loh thu a rel ta a ni. Kawngkhar dang atang chuan an chhuak a, Madison-i chaw eikhawmna pindan chhungah chuan an lut ta a.
  
  
  Chawhmeh ei pawh a nuam hle: thei, sangha leh sa. Nick hian choy ngow tong, Cantonese lobster, saut dau chow gi yok leh bok choy ngow te a hriat chian hnuah a bânsan hmain a hmaah Chateaubriand hmin hmin lai dah a ni. "Hei hi khawiah nge kan dah theih ang?" - Ruthi chu a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  “Enchhin teh, a tui hle mai,” a ti a. "Frederick Cushing IV hian mimal takin menu hi a thlang a ni."
  
  
  "Tunge anih?"
  
  
  "Hed table-ah dinglam atanga pangana. Kum sawmsarih leh pariat a ni tawh. Bland diet a hmang a ni."
  
  
  "Hemi hnu hian a bulah ka awm dawn nia."
  
  
  Place setting tinah wine glass pali a awm a, chu chu a hring vek thei lo. Nick hian inch chanve vel a in a, toast tlemte a chhang let a, mahse, jovial don go - sponge cake pineapple leh whipped cream nena siam - a lo thlen meuh chuan patron tam zawk chu an flush tawh a, an rui tawh bawk.
  
  
  Tichuan engkim chu tluang tak leh rang takin a thleng ta a, Nick-a lungawina tluantling tak chuan. Khualzinte chu conservatory leh puan inah an kir leh a, tunah chuan bar-ah chuan mihring siam chhuah chi hrang hrang deuhthaw zu tam tak bakah coffee leh liqueur te an hralh chhuak ta a ni. Jeanie chuan Pat nen zanriah ei turin a inlan loh thu a hrilh a... Ruth chu a lu a na nghal a: "All that big food"... Ruth chu a bo laiin Jeanie nen an zai dun tih a hmu ta a ni. Pat hi redhead nen an paired a.
  
  
  Zanlai pelh hma lawk hian Jerry Deming-a chuan call a dawng a: “Ka hmangaih, ka damlo,” tih ziak a ni. Engmah pawi lo, ei tur tam lutuk chauh. Reynold-a te nen chuan kan haw ta a. Genie hi khawpui chhunga ride i pe thei bawk. Naktuk ah min rawn call dawn nia. Ruthi.
  
  
  Lehkha chu Genie hnenah chuan serious takin a pe a. Mit dum chu a eng chhuak a, taksa ropui tak chu a kut ah chuan a inhmu ta a. "Ruth hi ka ngaidam che," Ginny chuan a ti muangchang a, "mahse ka vannei hi ka lawm hle."
  
  
  Music chu a kal tluang a, wine zu in mikhualte an darh zel avangin leiah chuan mi an tlem zawk bawk. Zawi zawiin corner-a an inher lai chuan Nick-a chuan, "Engtin nge i awm?"
  
  
  "A ropui hle mai. Iron digestion ka nei." A thaw halh a. "Luxurious affair a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "A ropui hle. A mamawh chu zanlai pelh hnua Vasily Zakharov thlarau pool atanga zuang chhuak kha a ni."
  
  
  "A nuihzatthlak em?"
  
  
  "A tam zawkah chuan."
  
  
  Nick chuan a perfume chu a hnim leh a. A sam eng mawi tak leh a vun eng mawi tak chuan a hnar kawngkhar chu a rawn bei a, aphrodisiac ang maiin a savour ta a ni. Hmangaihna, duhthusam emaw, a pahnih inzawmkhawm emaw tilang thei khawpa nem takin a inhnukdawk a. A kawr hnunglam leh a hnungzang hnuai lamah lumna a awm tih a hria. Ginny nen leh Ginny chungchang pawh temperature i tisang thei bawk. A hmeithainu dum, a butterfly thla ropui tak takte chu decoy anga flutter tura zirtir a nih loh a beisei. Ani pawh ni se, ngaihnawm tak a ni ang a, a lawmawm mai thei a, chutiang thiamna zirtirtu thiam tak chu a hmu ngei ang tih a nghakhlel hle.
  
  
  Darkar khat hnuah Bird-ah a awm a, Washington lam pan chuan chak takin a tlan chak a, Ginny, rimtui leh lum tak chu a kut ah a hmet tlat a. Ruth atanga Genie lama inthlakna chu thil siam chhuah a ni mai thei tih a ngaihtuah a. A ngaihtuah tihna a ni lo. A AX assignment emaw, mimal hlimna atan emaw chuan pakhat emaw, pakhat emaw a la thin. Ginny chu a chhang let hle niin a lang - a nih loh leh in tur avang pawh a ni mai thei. A rawn hrual a. Tichuan ka ngaihtuah ta a - mahse a hmasa berin...
  
  
  "Honey," a ti a, "Ruth hi a dam tha ka beisei. Susie Cuong min hriatchhuah tir a. I hria em?"
  
  
  Pause chu a rei lutuk. Thudik lo sawi tur chu a rel a ngai a ni, tiin a ngaihtuah a, chutah chuan thudik chu a dik ber leh him ber a ni tih thutlukna a siam ta a ni. "Ni e. Mahse engtin nge? An inang vak lo ka ti."
  
  
  "Chutiang Eastern charm chu an nei ve tho. Ka sawi tum chu an thusawi chu i hria a, mahse vawi tam tak chu an ngaihtuahna chu i chhut thiam lo a, mahse i hria em, i theih chuan a ngaihnawm khawp ang."
  
  
  A ngaihtuah a. "I sawi tum chu ka hria Jerry. Yeah, hmeichhe fel tak an ni." A bengchheng a, zawi zawiin a lu chu a kawngah a rawn hrual a.
  
  
  “A nih leh Ann We Ling,” a ti chhunzawm a. "Chinese huana lotus pangpar leh tea rimtui tak tak min ngaihtuah tir fo thin hmeichhe naupang pakhat a awm."
  
  
  Ginny chuan a thaw halh halh mai.
  
  
  "Anne i hria em?" - Nick chuan a ti nghet sauh sauh a.
  
  
  Pause dang a awm leh ta. "Ni e. A pianphungah chuan hmeichhe naupang background inang, inhmachhawn fo thin te hi an inkhawm fo thin a, note an inthleng thin. Zakhat ka hriat ka ring."
  
  
  Red cute Chinese girls in Washington." Ngawi rengin mel engemaw zat zet an tlan a. A chhunga zu awm chu a rinchhan a, a kal thui lutuk em tih a ngaihtuah a. "Engvangin nge Chinese hmeichhia hi i ngaihven em em? " "
  
  
  "Khawchhak lamah hun engemaw chen ka awm a. Chinese culture hian min ti ngaihven hle. Boruak, ei leh in, hnam dan, hmeichhe naupangte hi ka duh ber a ni..." A hnute lian tak chu a cup a, a kut zungtang sensitive tak tak hmangin zawi zawiin a fawp a. A ti nghal zat bawk.
  
  
  "A tha khawp mai," a ti muangchang a. "Chinese ho hi sumdawng tha tak an ni tih i hria. Kan tlakna hmun apiangah te chuan sumdawnna lamah kan ti tha hle."
  
  
  "Ka hmuchhuak. Chinese company te nen kan inzawm a. Rin tlak. Hming tha tak."
  
  
  "Sum tam tak i hlawh chhuak em, Jerry?"
  
  
  "Enough to get by. Ka nun dan i en duh chuan ka inah ka in lama ka hruai hmain ka inah i ding ang."
  
  
  “Okay,” rilru hah zet hian a ti a. "Mahse, pawisa tih hian hlawh chauh ni lovin nangmah tan sum siam ka tum a ni. Chutiang chuan a tha sang tam tak a lo lut ang a, chu chu chhiah tam lutuk i pek a ngai lo mai thei bawk. Chu chu sum hmuhna kawng a ni.
  
  
  “Chu chu a dik a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  “Ka cousin hi oil sumdawnna lamah a awm a ni,” tiin a sawi chhunzawm a. "Partner dang zawn chungchang a sawi a. Investment a awm lo. Mi thar hian oil field-a tawnhriat tak tak an neih chuan hlawh tha tak a dawng ngei ang. Mahse an hlawhtlin chuan a hlawkna chu a sem chhuak ang.
  
  
  "I cousin nen hian inhmu ka duh khawp mai."
  
  
  "Ka hmuh hunah ka hrilh ang che."
  
  
  "Min rawn call theih nan ka business card ka pe ang che."
  
  
  "Khawngaihin ti rawh. Ka puih duh che a ni." Kut sei tak leh chak tak chuan a khup chu a rawn hmet a.
  
  
  Darkar hnih leh in tur pali hnuah chuan kut mawi tak chuan chu khup ngei chu a khawih nghet zawkin a rawn man ta a—a taksa chu a khawih tam zawk bawk. Nick chuan a apartment-a awm a remtih dan chu a lawm hle a, chu chu "Chevy Chase-a chhungte'n an lei hmun" tia a sawina hmunah a hruai haw hmain a inah a hruai a ni.
  
  
  In? A â hle a, mahse a cousin emaw, chhungkaw sumdawnna emaw chungchangah thu dang a chhuah theih a rinawm loh. “Office-ah ka pui thin,” tiin automatic silencer nei ang maiin a ti leh a.
  
  
  Inkhel? Hahdamna tur atana an pheikhawk phelh tura a fuih lai khan duh lohna a lantir lo - chutah a kawr leh a kawrfual striped chu... "chutiang chuan kan hahdam thei ang a, kan hrual vek lo ang."
  
  
  Anacostia lui thlir theihna thlalak window hmaa sofa-ah chuan a inzar pharh a, light a thim a, music a nem a, sofa bulah chuan ice, soda leh whisky te chu a rawn dah khawm a, chutiang chuan hla lutuk a vakvai a ngai lo tih Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a lungawi takin: Eizawnna kawng eng ang nge ni.
  
  
  Partially undressed, Ginny chu a hma aia mawi zawkin a lang. Silk dungaree leh strapless bra a ha a, a vun chu rangkachak-yellow peach shade tui tak a ni a, chu chu a puitlin nghet lai takah chuan red softness chuan a rawn luah khat ta a ni. A sam chu zan thim takah chuan thil dahna tank-a hriak thar luang chhuak rawng ang maiin a ngai a—rangkachak dum.
  
  
  A fawp tha hle a, mahse a duh angin a fawp chhunzawm lo. A fawp a, a fawp a, mumang a neih tir bawk. A dawhthei a, ngawi reng atang chuan rang takin, "Ka hre chiang che Jerry. Ka bulah hian inngaizawng i duh a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "I biak pawh a awlsam khawp mai Jerry Deming. Innei tawh em?"
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  "Mahse hmeichhe naupang tam tak i hre tawh."
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Khawvel hmun tinah?"
  
  
  "Awle." Chhanna tawi te chu zawi zawiin a pe a, a dik tih lantir turin rang takin a pe a - a dik tih a lantir bawk a, mahse zawhna hnuaia tawi leh thinrimna engmah a awm lo.
  
  
  "Min duh angin i inhria em?"
  
  
  "Hmeichhe ka hmuh tawh zawng zawng ang bawkin. I hmeltha mai mai. Exotic. Chinese lal fanu thlalak zawng zawng aiin i mawi zawk, a chhan chu i lum a, i nung bawk."
  
  
  "You can bet I am," a thaw halh a, a lam chu a hawi a. "A nih leh thil i zir dawn a ni," an hmui inhmu hmain a ti leh a.
  
  
  Ginny hian hmangaihna a siam a, a thiltih hian a ngaihven zawng zawng a mamawh avangin chu chu ngaihtuah vak hun a nei lo. I passion chu pawn lam leh pawn lam hawia hruai chhuaktu magnet captivating tak a ni a, vawi khat chu a pull i hriat a, inch tlemte chauh i che phalsak chuan, do theih loh attraction-in a man che a, engmahin essence-a i luh loh nan a dang thei lo. Tin, vawi khat i insawn chuan i chawlhsan duh lo.
  
  
  A pawngsual lo va, nawhchizuar ngaihvenna pawh, professional intensity at arm’s length-a pek a ni lo. Ginny chuan a siam theihna license nei ang maiin hmangaihna a siam a, thiamna, lumna leh mimal hlimna nasa tak nen chuan mak i ti mai mai a ni. Chu pa chu chawlh hahdam loh chuan mi â a ni ang a, Nick-a chu tumahin mi â an ti ngai lo.
  
  
  A thawhpui a, a thawhhlawk a, vanneihna a neih avangin lawmthu a sawi bawk. A nunah hian a chanvo aia tam sensual session a nei tawh a, chu chu a hlawhtlin loh vang ni lovin, hmeichhiate a taksa lama a duhzawng vang a ni tih a hria a ni.
  
  
  Ginny nen - hmangaihna mamawh leh an thinlung, rilru leh taksa zau taka hawn theihna tura inthlengna dik tak chauh mamawh midangte ang bawkin - inremna chu tihfel a ni ta. Nick chuan bungrua chu ngilnei tak leh fiah lo takin a rawn thawn a.
  
  
  Chutah chuan a hmai khuh sam dum hnim hring hring nen a mu a, a lei hmangin a texture chu a tem a, chu rimtui chu eng nge ni tih a ngaihtuah leh a, Nick chuan a ropui hle niin a ngai.
  
  
  Darkar hnih hnuhnung ber chu a hlim hle a - a dawn ang zat zat chu a pe tih a chiang hle bawk.
  
  
  Sam chu zawi zawiin vun nena inzawmna a\angin a kal bo a, mit dum hring dup leh nuihzatthlak takin a rawn thlak ta a - elf-a sei zawng zawng chu lamp pakhat êng thim takah chuan a rawn lang a, chu chu a chungah a kawrfual chu a khuh a, a ti thim ta a ni. "Hlim?"
  
  
  "Stunned. Super-excited," zawi te hian a chhang a.
  
  
  "Kei pawhin chutiang chuan ka inhria. I hria em."
  
  
  "Ka hre chiang khawp mai".
  
  
  A lu chu a kekawr ipteah a dah a, elf lian tak chu a sei zawng zawngah chuan a nêm a, a hrual vek bawk. "Engvangin nge miten an hlim theih loh? An tho a, an inhnial thin. A nih loh leh thu tha tak tak sawi lovin an chhuak thin. A nih loh leh mipa te hian zu in emaw, indona â tak tak do emaw turin an kalsan thin."
  
  
  "Chu chu a awmzia chu," mak ti zet hian Nick chuan a ti a, "mi tam zawk chuan an nei lo. An stress lutuk, mahni inngaihsakna leh tawnhriat nei lo an ni. Keini ang mi pahnih hi engzat nge an inkawp thin? Petu pahnih. An pahnih hian dawhthei tak an nei. . I hria em." - mi zawng zawngin an ngaihtuah a, natural player, conversationalist leh hmangaihtu an ni tih an ngaihtuah a. Mi tam zawk chuan an zinga pakhat mah hi an hre tak tak lo tih an hmuchhuak ngai lo. Digging in, learning leh developing skills lam hawi chuan - an buai ngai lo.
  
  
  "Ka thiam i ring em?"
  
  
  Nick-a chuan tun thlenga a thiamna chi ruk emaw pasarih emaw a lantir tawhte chu a ngaihtuah a. "I thiam hle mai."
  
  
  "Thlir."
  
  
  Golden elf chu acrobat awlsam takin leiah a tla thla ta a. A chetna artistry chuan a thawk a la bo a, a hnute, a hip leh rump undulating perfect curves chuan a hmui chungah a lei a tlanpui a, a ei ta a ni. A ke zau zawngin a ding a, a nui suk a, chutah a hnunglam a hawi a, rang takin a lu chu a ke pahnih inkarah a awm a, hmui sen chu a la inher chhuak reng a. "Hei hi i hmu tawh em?"
  
  
  "Stage-ah chauh!" a elbow-ah chuan a ding chhuak a.
  
  
  "A nih loh leh chu chu?" Zawi zawiin a ding chhuak a, a bawkkhup a, a kut chu wall-to-wall carpet-ah chuan a dah a, chutah chuan awlsam takin, inch khat khatin a ke ruh felfai tak takte chu an nail pink tak takte chuan ceiling lam a hawi thlengin a han chawi sang a, chutah chuan a lam hawiin a hniam tir leh a khumah a rawn hit mai a, khum a thleng a, hairpin arc-ah a ben ta a.
  
  
  Nula chanve chu a en a. Half ngaihnawm tak, mahse mak tak maiin a ti buai hle. Eng thim takah chuan a kawrfual chu a tan ta a ni. A aw nem tak chu hriat theih loh khawpin a lang. "Athlete i ni, Jerry. Mi thiltithei tak i ni. I ti thei ang em?"
  
  
  “Pathian, ni lo,” tiin zah tak zetin a chhâng a. Taksa chanve chu rangkachak hmeichhe sang takah a inthlak leh ta a. Mumang chu a lo chhuak a, a nui a. "I dam chhung zawng khan training i nei tawh ngei ang. I nei tawh em - show business-ah i tel tawh em?"
  
  
  "Ka naupan lai khan. Nitin kan training thin. Ni khatah vawi hnih emaw vawi thum emaw kan training fo thin. Ka ti chhunzawm zel a. I tan a tha ka ti. Ka dam chhungin ka damlo ngai lo."
  
  
  "Hei hi party-ah chuan hit lian tak a ni tur a ni."
  
  
  "Ka perform ngai lo. Hetiang chiah hian. Mi tha bik tan. Hmanna dang a nei bawk..." A chungah chuan a inhnukdawk a, a fawp a, ngaihtuahna senga en turin a hnungtawlh a. “I inpeih leh tawh,” mak ti zet hian a ti a. "Mi chak tak".
  
  
  "Hetianga i tih lai en hian khawpui chhunga milem zawng zawngah nunna a pe vek ang."
  
  
  A nui suk a, a hnen atangin a inher a, chutah a sam dum chunglam a hmuh thlengin a hnuai lamah a inher a. Tichuan khumah chuan a inher a, a ke sei tak, flexible tak chu degree 180-in a inher a, arc tlemte a ni a, a let hnih aia tam a ben leh ta a, a inkhuh leh ta a ni.
  
  
  "Tun ah chuan, darling." A aw chu a pum chhungah a muang hle.
  
  
  "Tun dinhmunah?"
  
  
  "I hmu ang. A danglam dawn."
  
  
  A thu zawm chuan Nick chuan phurna leh duhthusam danglam tak a nei a. A insum theihna famkim chu a chhuang hle a - thu awih takin nitin a yoga leh Zen exercise te chu a ti thin a, mahse tunah chuan a inhnem a ngai tawh lo.
  
  
  Puk lum takah chuan a inbual lut a, chutah chuan nula hmeltha takin a lo nghak a, mahse a khawih thei lo. Amah chauhin a awm a, a bulah a awm nghal bawk. Kawngpui zawng zawng chu a kal a, kut insuih chungin a inphah a, a lu chu a chungah a nghat a.
  
  
  A sam silky tickle chu a kawrfual chungah a rawn inher chhuak tih a hria a, rei lo te chhung chu thuk tak atang chuan a inhnukdawk mai thei tih a ngaihtuah a, mahse sangha lian tak, hmui hnim leh hnim hring chuan a mipa nihna sphere pahnih chu a man a, rei lo te chhung chu a bei leh ta a ni thunun theihna hloh. mahse, hlimna chu a nasa lutuk a, a mit a chhing a, ṭhian thuk tak thim thlum takah chuan hriatnate chu a rawn luah khat ta a ni. Thil mak tak a ni. Hei hi a tlem hle. A sen leh dum dum hring hring in a inphah a, a lian leh te hriat loh rocket nung takah a chang a, tuifinriat thup hnuaia launch pad-ah chuan a tingling leh puls a, a duh ang maia a inlan thlengin, mahse a tanpui theih loh thu a hre ta a, thil tui tak tak thlipui ang maiin power chu space-ah emaw, chuta tang emaw chuan kah a ni - tunah chuan a pawimawh tawh lo - launch vehicle-te chu hlim takin assistant thahnemngai tak takte chain-ah an puak ta a ni.
  
  
  A darkar a en chuan dar 3:07 a ni tawh. Minute sawmhnih vel an mu a. A inher a, Ginny chu a harh ta a, a hma ang bawkin, rang takin leh fimkhur takin. "Hun?" - lungawi hmel zet hian a zawt a. A hrilh chuan, "In lamah haw ka duh zawk. Ka chhungte hi an inngaitlawm a, mahse..." a ti a.
  
  
  Chevy Chase lam panna kawngah chuan Nick chuan Ginny chu a hmu leh thuai dawn tih a inringtawk ta a.
  
  
  Fimkhur hian rah tha a chhuah fo thin. Ann, Susie leh midangte double-check theihna hun tling. A mak tih em em chu appointment engmah a siam duh lo.
  
  
  “Sumdawnna avanga khawpui chhuahsan a ngai a ni,” a ti bawk. "Kar khat hnuah min rawn call la, ka hmu leh ang che - i la duh chuan."
  
  
  “Ka rawn call ang che,” serious takin a ti a. Nula hmeltha eng emaw zat a hria... a then chuan hmeltha, fing, passion an nei a, thenkhat chuan mizia inang an nei bawk. Mahse Ginny Ahling chu thil dang a ni!
  
  
  Tichuan zawhna a lo chhuak ta a - khawiah nge sumdawnna a neih? Engati nge? Tu nen nge? Hei hi sawifiah theih loh thihna emaw, Bauman-a ring emaw nen a inzawm thei ang em?
  
  
  Ani chuan, "I sumdawnna lama i zinna hi he hun lum tak aṭanga hla takah a nih ka beisei. British-te hian Washington leiba aṭanga tropical bonus an pek hi thil mak a ni lo. Nang leh kei hi Catskills, Asheville emaw Maine-ah hian kan tlanbo mai ka duh a ni," a ti.
  
  
  “Chu chu a tha ang,” mumang ang maiin a chhang a. "Engtikah emaw chuan. Tunah hian kan buai hle mai. A tam zawk chu thlawhna hmangin kan kal dawn a ni. A nih loh leh air conditioned conference room-ah te pawh." A muhil ta hle mai. Zing êng hmasa ber rawng dum hring chuan thim chu a ti nem a, in hlui zawk, pindan sawm emaw, sawm leh pahnih emaw awmna pawnah ding turin a hrilh a. Bush screen hnungah chuan a park a. Pump up belh tum tawh lo turin a rilru a siam ta a - Jerry Deming hian department zawng zawngah hma a sawn tha hle a, nawr nasat lutuk avanga engkim tihchhiat chu awmzia a nei lo ang.
  
  
  Minute engemaw zat a fawp a. A ti rilru a, "Chu chu a nuam hle mai Jerry. Ka cousin nen hian min inhmelhriattir che i duh em tih en rawh. Oil a buaipui dan hian sum tak tak a hlawh chhuak tih ka hria."
  
  
  "Ka thutlukna siam tawh. Amah hi hmuh ka duh."
  
  
  "Okay. Kar khat hnuah min rawn call rawh."
  
  
  Tin, a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Apartment chhunga awm leh chu a duh hle. Mi pakhat chuan ni thar, la lum tak a nih lai leh lirthei tlan tlem lai khan a ngaihtuah mai thei. A tlan chak loh rual chuan bawnghnute siamtu chuan a rawn kuah a, thinlung takin a rawn kuah let leh bawk.
  
  
  Ruth leh Jeanie te chu a ngaihtuah a. Promoter line rei takah silai hmetpuaktu an ni. I hmanhmawh emaw, i riltam emaw a ni. Jerry Deming hi an duh mai thei a, a chhan chu sum luang lutna sumdawnna lama mi lu hah tak leh tawnhriat ngah tak ang maia lang a ni a, i vannei tak tak a nih chuan. A nih loh leh, hengte hi thil buaithlak leh thihna thlen thei thil nena a inzawmna hlu tak hmasa ber a ni thei bawk.
  
  
  Zing dar 11:50 ah alarm a set a. A harh chuan Farberware chak tak chu a on a, Ruth Moto chu a ko ta a.
  
  
  "Hi Jerry..." A damlo hmel lo.
  
  
  "Hi. Ngaidam rawh, nizan khan i tha lo hle mai. Tunah chuan i dam tawh em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Ka harh chuan ka rilru a na hle. Ka chhuah avang khan ka thinrim lo che tih ka beisei, mahse ka awm reng a nih chuan ka damlo mai thei. Definitely bad company."
  
  
  "I rilru a hah leh phawt chuan a pawi lo. Jeanie nen chuan hun nuam tak kan hmang a." “Aw, mipa,” a ti a, “hei hi a lang chhuak thei a ni,” a ti a. "Zanin zanriah ei kha engtin nge ni ang, zan bo kha phuhruk nan?"
  
  
  "Hmangaih rawh."
  
  
  "By the way," Ginny chuan oil sumdawnna lama cousin a nei tih min hrilh a, engtin emaw tak chuan ka in fit mai thei. Thil harsa takah ka dah che ang maia i inhriat ka duh lo, mahse - i hria em? amah leh a sumdawnna inzawmna a nghet a nih chuan?"
  
  
  "I sawi tum chu - Jeanie ngaihdan hi i ring thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Ni e chu chu a ni."
  
  
  Ngawi rengin a lal ta. Chutah, "Ka ngaihdan chuan.... i field bulah a rawn hnaih thei che a ni," tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  "Okay, lawmthu ka sawi e. Nakkum Inrinni zan hian eng nge i tih dawn?" Zawhna zawh duhna chu Nick-a rilruah chuan Jeanie-i ruahmanna a hriatchhuah chuan a lo chhuak ta a ni. Hmeichhe mak tak tak engemawzat "business" avanga an awm loh chuan engtin nge ni ang? "Hilton-a Iran concert-ah ka kal dawn - kal i duh em?"
  
  
  A aw ah chuan pawi tihna tak tak a awm a. "Aw Jerry, ka duh khawp ang, mahse kar khat chhung chu ka inbun reng ang."
  
  
  "Kar khat chhung! I chhuak dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Awle...yeah, kar tam zawk chu khawpui pawnah ka awm dawn."
  
  
  "Ka tan chuan kar boring tak a ni dawn a ni," a ti. "Dar ruk vel ah kan inhmu leh dawn nia Ruth. I awmna hmunah ka rawn hruai tur che em ni?"
  
  
  "Khawngaihin."
  
  
  Phone a dah hnu chuan lotus position-ah carpet-ah a thu a, thawk leh taksa ruh control dan tur yoga exercise a ti tan ta a ni. A hmasawn zel - kum ruk vel practice hnuah - a kutphah a pulse chu a en thei a, khup ben chunga a inher a, a duh angin a tlan chak emaw, a hniam emaw a hmu thei ta a ni.Minute sawm leh panga hnuah chuan hriat rengin a kir leh ta a ni thihna mak tak tak buaina, Ring Bauman, Ginny leh Ruth te. Nula pahnih chu a duh ve ve a. Kawng engemaw takah chuan mak an ti hle a, mahse danglam bik leh danglam tak chuan a ngaihven fo thin. Maryland-a thil thleng te, Hawk-a thusawi te, Cushing dinner-a Ruth-i natna mak tak mai chungchang te a sawi a. An atang hian pattern i siam thei a, a thread inzawm zawng zawng chu thil thleng mai mai a ni thei tih i pawm thei bawk. Thil pakhatah chuan chutiang taka tanpui theih loh anga a inhriat chu a hre thei lo... chhanna duhthlan tur neiin, mahse tehkhin tur engmah a nei lo.
  
  
  Maroon trousers leh polo shirt dum ha chungin a kal thla a, Bird-a Gallaudet College a thleng ta a ni. New York Avenue-ah chuan a kal a, dinglamah Mt. Olivet leh Bladensburg Road inkar ah mi pakhatin a lo nghak lai a hmu a.
  
  
  He mipa hian hmuh theih lohna pahnih a nei a: complete ordinariness plus a shabby, stooped despondency, chuvang chuan subconscious takin rethei emaw nih tumin a bulah i kal nghal vat a
  
  
  a khawvel vanduainate chu nangmah chauhin a rawn inrawlh lo. Nick chu a ding a, chu pa chu rang takin a chhungah chuan a lawn a, Lincoln Park leh John Philip Sousa Bridge lam pan chuan a tlan ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Ka hmuh che khan chaw tui tak lei che ka duh a, i pocket scruffy takah chuan dollar nga bill ka thun duh a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  “I ti thei ang,” Hawk chuan a chhang a. "Chawhmeh ka ei lo. Navy building bula chu hmun atang chuan hamburger leh bawnghnute la rawh. Car chhungah kan ei thei ang."
  
  
  Hawk chuan fakna chu pawm lo mah se, Nick chuan a duh tih a hria. Mipa upa zawk chuan jacket chhe tawh tak hmangin thilmak a ti thei a. Pipe emaw, cigar emaw, lukhum hlui emaw pawhin a hmel a tidanglam vek thei. Thupui a ni lo...Hawk hian tar, jaded leh dejected, emaw, arrogant, tough leh pompous, emaw chi dang tam tak emaw a nei a. Amah hi authentic disguise lama mithiam tak a ni. Hawk chu mi pangngai a lo nih avangin a bo thei a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan Jeanie nena an zanriah chu heti hian a sawi: "...chutah chuan ka hruai haw ta a. Karleh lamah chuan a awm dawn lo. Ruth Moto pawh a awm ngei ka ring. An zavaia inkhawm theihna tur hmun a awm em?".. tiin a sawi.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a hnute chu a in a. "Zing lamah a hruai haw a, huh?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Aw, naupang tak ni leh tur leh lo lama hnathawh tur. Hmeichhe hmeltha tak tak i entertain thin. Anmahni chauhvin... darkar li emaw darkar nga emaw i ti ang em? Office boring takah chuan sal ka ni."
  
  
  “Chinese jade chungchang kan sawi dun a,” Nick chuan zawi sap hian a ti a. "A hobby a ni."
  
  
  "Ginny-i hobby zingah hian active zawk pawh a tel tih ka hria."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan office-ah i hun zawng zawng i hmang vek lo. Eng ang inthuam nge i hman? TV-a movie hlui a Clifton Webb ang deuh kha ka ngaihtuah a?"
  
  
  “In inhnaih hle mai. Thalai te hian technique thianghlim tak tak in neih hi a lawmawm hle.” Container hrui hring chu a thlak a, a nui suk a. Tichuan a sawi chhunzawm a, "Hmeichhe naupangte hi khawiah nge an kal theih ang tih ngaihtuahna kan nei a. Pennsylvania-a Lords' estate-ah kar khat chhung party neih a ni - chu chu business conference an ti a. International businessmen lar ber berte. A bik takin steel, airplane leh, of." course, ralthuam a ni."
  
  
  "Oil hnathawk an awm lo em ni?"
  
  
  Engti kawng pawhin Jerry Deming angin i chanvo chu a awm reng dawn a ni. Tun hnaiah mi i tawng tam lutuk. Mahse kal ngaitu chu nangmah i ni.
  
  
  "Lou Carla chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "Iran-ah a awm. Thuk takin a inrawlh. Ka chhuah tir duh lo ang."
  
  
  "Steel sumdawnna a hriat avangin ka ngaihtuah a ni. Tin, chutah chuan hmeichhe naupang an awm a nih chuan eng identity pawh ka thlan chu cover kimchang a ni tur a ni."
  
  
  "Khualzin zingah hian hmeichhe naupang an inher chhuak dawn tih ka ringhlel."
  
  
  Nick chuan DC-8 chuan thlawhna te zawk chu Washington strip dense tak atanga a kal lai chu a en reng a, serious takin a lu a bu nghat a. Hetiang hla tak atang hian hlauhawm takin an inhnaih hmel hle. "Ka rawn lut ang. Engti kawng pawhin, thu dik lo a ni thei."
  
  
  Hawk chu a nui suk a. "Hei hi ka ngaihdan lak tumna a nih chuan a hlawhtling ngei ang. He meeting hi kan hriat chhan chu ni ruk chhung zet central telephone switchboard hi minute sawmthum aia rei chawlh nei lovin kan en tawh a ni. thil lian tak leh superbly organized. An nih chuan." tun hnaia thihna pianpui nia sawite mawhphurtu, khawngaihna nei lo leh thiam tak an ni."
  
  
  "Hei zawng zawng hi telephone-a inbiakna atang hian i deduce em ni?"
  
  
  “Min hip tum suh, ka fapa - specialist te chuan chutiang chu tih an tum a ni.” Nick chuan nuihzatna chu a titawp a, Hawk chuan a sawi chhunzawm a, "Bit leh piece zawng zawng hi a inmil lo a, mahse pattern ka nei. Chutah chuan lut la, an inmil dan chu en rawh."
  
  
  "I ngaihtuah angin an fing a, an zakzum a nih chuan min inzawm tir a ngai mai thei."
  
  
  "Ka ringhlel, Nicholas. I theihna ka ngaihdan i hria. Chuvang chuan i kal dawn a ni. Pathianni zingah i lawngah cruising i kal a nih chuan Bryan Point-ah ka hmu ang che. Lui hi a tam a nih chuan . khawthlang lam pan rawh." chhim lamah kan awm mai mai thlengin."
  
  
  "Engtikah nge technician te hi ka tan an inpeih ang?"
  
  
  "Inrinni hian McLean-a garage-ah. Mahse, Pathianni hian briefing kimchang leh document leh map tam zawk ka pe ang che."
  
  
  Nick chuan chu tlai chuan Ruth Moto nen zanriah ei chu nuam an ti hle a, mahse thil hlu tak a zir lo va, Hawk-a thurawn angin a beidawng lo. Beach-a an park laiin hun hlimawm tak tak an hmang a, darkar hnih velah chuan a in lamah a hruai haw ta a ni.
  
  
  Pathianni khan Hawk nen an inhmu a, darkar thum chhung zet chu contract ziak tura inpeih architect pahnih ang chiah chiahin a chipchiar zawngin an enfiah a ni.
  
  
  Thawhlehni khan Jerry Deming chuan a answering machine, a kawngka vengtu leh mi pawimawh engemaw zat hnenah sumdawnna avanga Texas-a a kal thu a sawi a, Bird-ah chuan a thlawk bo ta a ni. Darkar chanve hnuah chuan kawngpui atanga hla tak, truck terminal lian lo tak kawngka atang chuan a tlan lut a, rei lo te chhung chu a car nen lei atang chuan an bo ta a ni.
  
  
  Nimin zing khan kum 2 mi Buick hian truck garage aṭangin a chhuak a, Route 7 aṭangin Leesburg lam a pan ta a ni. A ding chuan mipa pakhat chu car atang chuan a tlan chhuak a, block nga zeta hla chu taxi office lam pan chuan a kal ta a.
  
  
  Kawngpui buai takah chuan zawi zawiin a kal lai chu tumahin an hre lo a, a chhan chu vawi hnih en tur ang chi a nih loh avangin, a ke ruh a, a kekawr bul dum pangngai tak a keng chung pawhin. Tualchhung sumdawng emaw, mi pakhat pa emaw, lehkha leh orange tui can khat lei tura lo kal emaw pawh a ni thei. A sam leh hmui chu a sen a, a vun chu a sen leh sen a, a dinhmun a chhe hle a, a taksa pawh a lian hle nachungin a rit lutuk bawk. Suit dum dum leh blue leh grey soft hat a ha a.
  
  
  Taxi a hire a, Љ7 highway zawhin airport thlengin an tlan let leh a,
  
  
  chutah chuan charter rental office-ah a chhuk a. Counter hnung lama mipa chuan a duh hle a, a chhan chu a zahawm em em a, a zahawm hle tih a chiang hle.
  
  
  A document te chu a felfai vek a. Alastair Beadle Williams chuan a rawn ti a. Uluk takin a check a. "I secretary chuan Aero Commander, Mr. Williams chu a reserve a, deposit chu pawisa faiin a thawn ta a ni." Amah ngei pawh chu a polite hle ta a ni. "Kan ruala i thlawhpui loh avangin kan lo en ve duh che a ni... mimal takin. I ngaihtuah loh chuan...."
  
  
  "Ka dem lo che. Wise move."
  
  
  "Awle. Keimah ngeiin ka kal ve ang. Hmeichhia i ngaihtuah loh chuan...."
  
  
  "Hmeichhia pilot tha tak angin i lang. Intelligence ka hre thei. Ka ring - i LC leh i instrument rating i nei a ni."
  
  
  "Engvangin nge, ni e. Engtin nge i hriat?"
  
  
  “Mizia hi ka rorel thei reng a ni.” Tin, Nick-a chuan, hmeichhe naupang tumah pants ha tura beitu chuan mipain chutiang thlenga an vuak phalsak lo vang—chutiang bawkin darkar tam tak thlawk thei tur khawpin i upa tawh bawk.
  
  
  Approach pahnih a ti a - flawless pahnih a nei. Ani chuan, "I tha hle mai, Mr. Williams. Ka lawm e. North Carolina-ah i kal dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Hetah hian map te chu a awm. Office ah rawn lut la, flight plan kan file ang."
  
  
  Plan a tih zawh hnu chuan, "Thil awmdan azirin naktuk atan he ruahmanna hi ka thlak mai thei. Deviation eng pawh chungchangah hian keimah ngeiin control room ka call ang. Khawngaihin ngaihtuah buai suh u," a ti.
  
  
  A beam chhuak ta hlawl mai. "Methodical common sense nei mi hmuh hi a nuam khawp mai. Mi tam tak chuan mak tih mai mai an duh che a ni. Ni tam tak chhung chu an zinga ṭhenkhat tan chuan ka thawkrim hle a ni."
  
  
  Dollar sawm bill "In due time" a pe a.
  
  
  A chhuah chuan thawk khatah “Ni lo, khawngaihin” leh “Ka lawm e” a ti a.
  
  
  Nick hian chawhnu lamah Manassas Municipal Airport-ah a tla thla a, a flight plan cancel turin a call a ni. AX hian minute khat chhungin stroke movement te chu a hre vek a, controller te pawh a operate thei a, mahse routine zawm a nih chuan ngaihven hlawh theihna chance a tlem zawk. Manassas chhuahsanin hmarchhak lam panin a thlawk a, kum zabi khat kalta a Union leh Confederate sakawr chung chuang sipaite lo um tawh leh checkmate tumna Allegheny tlangram kaltlangin thlawhna te tak te chak tak chu a rawn lut ta a ni.
  
  
  Thlawhna atana ni ropui tak a ni a, ni eng mawi tak leh thli tleh pawh a tlem hle. Pennsylvania a rawn pelh a, a fuel top off turin a rawn tla thla a, "Dixie" leh "Marching Down Georgia" te a sa a ni. A thlawh leh chuan "The British Grenadier" aṭanga chorus pahnih khatah a inthlak a, thumalte chu English accent hlui tak hmangin a rawn deliver a ni. Vickers, Ltd. aiawhin Alastair Beadle Williams a tel a, Nick hian diction dik tak a nei bawk.
  
  
  Altoona beacon a hmang a, chutah chuan Omni course dang a hmang leh a, darkar khat hnuah field tenau tak, mahse mipui tam tak awmnaah chuan a tla thla ta a ni. Car rent turin phone a call a, 6:42 p.m. Appalachian tlang chhim thlang lam kawngpui zau takah chuan a tlan kual a. Single lane road a ni a, mahse a zau zawng pawh ngaihtuah chuan kawngpui tha tak a ni: kum zabi hnih chhung zet an hman tawhna leh darkar chhiar sen loh mi chak takin an kaihruai a, a la ramri la awm lung bangte an siamsak a ni. Vawi khat chu chhim lam panna kawngpui busy tak a nih avangin kawng thui zawk a zawh a, mahse cut hmanga chhuk awlsam zawk a nih avangin tlang kal tlanga through road anga map-ah chhinchhiah a ni tawh lo.
  
  
  Nick-a kum 1892-a Geological Survey map-ah chuan through road angin a lang a, kum 1967-a map-ah chuan a lai lam chu dotted line mai mai, trail tarlanna a ni. Hawk nen chuan map-a thil chipchiar zawng zawng chu uluk takin an zir chiang a - a khalh hmain kawngpui chu a hre tawh niin a hria. Mel li hmaah chuan lalte hmunpui lian tak hnung lam hnaih ber a awm a, tlang chhip pathum-ah acre za sawmhnih leh panga a zau a ni.
  
  
  AX pawhin lords-te estate chungchang chipchiar ber ber a hmu thei lo a, mahse survey map hlui chu kawngpui leh building tam zawk tan chuan rintlak tak a ni tih rinhlelh rual a ni lo. Hawke chuan, "Chutah chuan airport a awm tih kan hria a, mahse chu chu a ni. Dik tak chuan thlalak pawh kan la thei a, kan en thei a, mahse chhan tur a awm lo. Putar Antoine Lord-a'n kum 1924 vel khan he hmun hi a siam khawm a, Calgeenni nen hian hausakna an chang ta a ni," a ti .thir leh thir lal a nih lai khan i thil siam chu i vawng reng a. Nonsense about feeding people you couldn't exploit.Lalpa chu an zinga thiam ber a ni tih a chiang hle.Indopui pakhatna lai khan maktaduai sawmli dang a hlawh chhuah hnuah Most of a hralh leh ta a ni a industrial share leh real estate tam tak a lei bawk."
  
  
  Nick chuan a thawnthu chu a ngaihven hle a. "Tlangval upa kha a thi tawh tak tak em?"
  
  
  "Kum 1934 khan a thi a. Hetih lai hian John Raskob-a hnenah mi â duhâm tak a nih thu leh Roosevelt-a'n socialism lak aṭanga ram a chhanchhuah thu leh a tlakchhiat ai chuan an thlawp tur thu a hrilhin thuthang a siam hial a ni. Reporter-te chuan an ngaina hle. A fapa hian estate hi a rochun a ni," a ti Ulysses leh maktaduai sawmsarih emaw maktaduai sawmriat emaw chu a farnu Martha nen an insem a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan: "A nih leh anni...?"
  
  
  "Martha hi California-ah report hnuhnun ber a ni. Kan enfiah mek a ni. Ulysses hian charitable leh educational foundation eng emaw zat a din a. Tuna mite hi kum 1936 atanga 1942 vel a ni. Hei hi chhiah lak dan anga thutlukna fing tak a ni a, a ro luahtute tan hna nghet tak siamsak turin thutlukna fing tak a ni." .WWII khan Keystone Division-ah Captain a ni.
  
  
  Silver Star leh Bronze Star chu Oak Leaf Cluster nen a dawng. Vawi hnih hliam a tuar. A chhan chu private angin a tan a. Ka connection te hi ka trade ngai lo."
  
  
  “Tlangval tak tak ang mai a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Tunah khawiah nge a awm?"
  
  
  "Kan hre lo. A banker, real estate agent leh stockbroker te chuan Palm Springs-a a mailbox-ah lehkha an thawn thin."
  
  
  Hmanlai kawngpui dunga Nick-a chuan zawi zawiin a tlan lai chuan he inbiakna hi a hrechhuak ta a. Lords te hi Bauman Ring emaw Shikoms emaw hnathawk ang an nih a rinawm loh.
  
  
  Tawlailir dinna ni thei tur hmun zau takah chuan a ding a, map chu a zir chiang ta a. Mel chanve hnuah chuan square dum te tak te pahnih a awm a, chu chuan tuna in hlui lungphum chhuahsan tawh ni thei tur chu a tilang a ni. An piah lamah chuan chhinchhiahna tenau tak pakhat chuan thlanmual pakhat a kawk a, chutah chuan, kawngpui hlui chu tlang pahnih inkar luipui paltlang tura chhim thlang lam a hawi hmain, notch te tak te kal tlangin lalte ram panna kawng a awm ang.
  
  
  Nick chuan car chu a her kual a, bush thenkhat a tikehsawm a, a lock a, line-ah a dah ta a. Kawngpuiah chuan ni êng thim tak karah chuan a kal a, thing mawi tak tak, hemlock sang tak tak leh birch thing dum langsar tak takte chu a hlim hle. Mak ti tak mai chipmunk chu a hmaah yard tlemte a tlan a, a hmui te tak te chu antenna ang maiin a han vawrh a, chutah chuan lung bang chungah chuan a zuang thla a, a mitmeng eng mawi tak chu a melh hmain a vun rawng te tak te, brown leh black bundle-ah chuan rei vak lo a vawt a, a bo ta a ni. Nick-a chuan khawvêla remna a awm theih nâna zan lama kal tûra a chhuah loh chu rei lo têah a inchhir a, chu chu a pawimawh hle. Mahse hei hi chu a ni lo, a inhriat nawn tir a, a ngawi reng a, cigarette a hal a.
  
  
  A hmanraw bik rit lutuk chuan khawvel a thlamuang em em tih a hriat nawn tir a. Thil awmdan hriat a nih loh avangin Hawk nen chuan inbuatsaih tha takin a lo thleng dawn tih an inrem ta a ni. Nylon lining dum, a hring hring ang maia lang chu pocket sawmhnih chuang zet a awm a, chutah chuan puak thei thil, hmanrua, wire, radio transmitter te tak te - gas mask pawh a awm a ni.
  
  
  Hawk chuan, "Engti kawng pawhin Wilhelmina, Hugo leh Pierre te chu i phur chhuak ang. I man a nih chuan charge tur che an tling ang. Chuvangin hmanraw dang i keng tel ve mai thei bawk. Chu chu nangmah ang chiah a ni mai thei," a ti a need to get you through." emaw eng pawh ni se, bottleneck atang chuan signal min pe rawh. Barney Manoon leh Bill Rohde te chu estate luhna bulah dry cleaning truck-ah ka phun tir ang."
  
  
  A awmzia a awm a, mahse kea kal thui takah chuan a harsa hle. Nick chuan a jacket hnuaiah a elbows chu a sawn a, a thawmhnaw rimchhia lo chhuak chu a ti bo a, a kal chhunzawm ta a. Map-a sum hlui tarlanna hmun zau takah chuan a chhuak a, a ding ta a. Fund a awm em? Kum zabi tawp lama Gothic farmhouse rustic tak thlalak ṭha famkim chu a hmu a, a sir thum aṭanga verandah zau tak, rocking chair leh swing hammock, truck huan leh in hnung lama pangpar-a inthuam kalkawng bulah outbuilding awmin a khat vek a ni . An paint chu rich yellow a ni a, window, gutter leh railing-ah te trim dum a awm bawk.
  
  
  In hnung lamah chuan barn sen te tak te, felfai taka chei a awm bawk. Chestnut sakawr pahnih chu hnung lama post leh rail awmna corral hnung atang chuan an rawn lang chhuak a, car pahnih awmna shed hnuaiah chuan cart leh lo neihna hmanrua thenkhat a hmu thei a.
  
  
  Nick chu zawi zawiin a kal a, a ngaihtuahna chu ngaihvenna nen chuan scene mawi tak mahse hmanlai tawh tak chu a ngaihtuah ta a ni. Currier leh Ives calendar - "Home Place" emaw "Little Farm" emaw-a mi an ni.
  
  
  Varanda lam panna lung kawngpui chu a thleng a, a hnunglam, kawngpui sir khawi emaw laiah chuan aw chak tak chuan, "Thil titawp rawh, Mister. Automatic shotgun pakhatin a rawn kawh che a ni," a tih lai chuan a pum chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a.
  
  
  
  Bung V. A rilru a buai em em a
  
  
  
  Nick chu a ding nghet hle mai. Tuna chhim lam tlang hnaih tak ni tawh chuan a hmai chu a kang ta a. Ramngaw chhungah chuan jay pakhat chu ngawi rengin a au chhuak ta hlawm a. Silai kengtu chuan a tan engkim a nei vek - mak tihna, khuhna leh ni laka a dinhmun.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding a, a tiang dum chu a han vawrh a. Chutah chuan a chelh a, lei atanga inches ruk zeta sangah chuan a hniam lo. Aw chuan, "I hawi let thei ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Mi pakhat chu walnut thing dum, bush-in a hual vel hnung atang chuan a rawn chhuak a. Observation post ang mai a ni a, mi hriat loh tura duan a ni. Silai chu Browning man to tak ang mai a ni a, compensator nei lo Sweet 16 a ni mai thei. Chu pa chu a san zawng, kum sawmnga vel a ni a, cotton kawr dum leh kawrfual a ha a, mahse tweed kawr nem tak a ha a, tualchhung lama hralh a nih a rinawm loh. A fing hmel hle. A mitmeng dum rang tak chuan Nick chungah chuan hmanhmawh lovin a vak kual a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a melh let leh a. Chu pa chu muangchangin a ding a, silai chu a kut hmangin trigger bulah a chelh a, a hmui chu a hnuai lam leh dinglamah a chelh a. Mi thar chuan hetah hian rang tak leh beisei loh taka man theih mipa a awm niin a ngai mai thei. Nick chuan chutiang lo chuan a rel ta a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian harsatna tlem ka nei a,” chu pa chuan a ti a. "I kalna tur min hrilh thei ang em?"
  
  
  “Kawngpui leh kawngpui hluiah chuan,” Nick chuan accent hlui ṭha famkim hmangin a chhang a.” I duh chuan ID number leh card chu ka rawn entir ang che. " "
  
  
  "I duh chuan."
  
  
  Wilhelmina chuan a veilam ribcage ah chuan nuam a ti hle. Second tlemte chhungin a chil a chhak thei. Nick-a hremna chuan an pahnih hian an tawp ang a, an thi ang tih a sawi. Fimkhur takin a jacket blue side pocket atang chuan card pakhat leh a breast pocket chhung atang chuan wallet pakhat chu a la chhuak a. A wallet aṭangin card pahnih a la chhuak a - Wicker Security Department pass a thlalak ziah leh universal air travel card a la chhuak bawk.
  
  
  "I kut dinglamah i chelh nghet thei ang em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan pawi a ti lo. Chu pa chuan hmalam pan a, a kut veilam chuan a rawn man a, a kut pakhatin silai chu a chelh a, a rorelnaah chuan a lawmpui hle. Step hnih hnunglam panin map-te chu a en a, map kil khata a tarlanna hmun chu a chhinchhiah ta a. Chutah a kal phei a, a rawn let leh ta a. "Reception chungchangah ngaihdam ka dil e. ṭhenawm hlauhawm tak tak ka nei a. Hei hi England ang chiah a ni lo."
  
  
  "Aw, ka chiang e," Nick chuan a chhang a, lehkha te chu a dah sawn a. “I tlang mite hi ka hre chiang hle a, an hnam ziarang leh sorkar thupuan dodalna te hi ka hre chiang hle - ka sawi dik em?”
  
  
  "Ni e. Tea in turin i rawn lut tha zawk ang. I duh chuan zankhuain riak rawh. John Villon ka ni. Hetah hian ka awm." Storybook in lam chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  "Hmun mawi tak a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. "Coffee in in i rawn zawm ve a, he lo mawi tak hi ngun zawkin i lo en ve duh a ni. Mahse, tlang chungah chuan lawn a, lo haw leh ka duh a ni. Naktuk dar li velah hian ka rawn hmu thei ang em?"
  
  
  "A dik e. Mahse, i tan tlai deuh a ni."
  
  
  "Ka hria. Kawngpui a zim em avangin ka car chu chhuahnaah ka dah a. Darkar chanve vel ka tlai phah a ni." "Schedule" a tih lai khan a fimkhur hle. "Zan lamah ka kal fo thin. Khawnvar te tak te ka keng a. Vawiin hian thla a awm dawn a, zanah pawh ka hmu tha takzet. Naktuk hian chhun lamah kawng ka zawh dawn. Kawng tha lo a ni thei lo. It." kum zabi hnih dawn lai chu kawngpui a ni tawh."
  
  
  "Kal chu a awlsam khawp mai, lungpui luang tlemte leh hmân lai thinga kawngpui awmna hmuna hrual (crevice) tih loh chu. I chhoh leh chhuk a ngai dawn a, lui pakhat i zawh a ngai dawn a ni. Engvangin nge he kawng hi zawh i tum em em?".. tiin a sawi.
  
  
  "Kum zabi kalta khan ka chhungte hla tak pakhat hian hetiang hi stage hrang hrangin a paltlang a. Hemi chungchang hi lehkhabu a ziak a. Dik tak chuan i chhim lam tuipui kam thlengin kein a kal vek a. A kalna tur kawng chu ka zawh leh dawn a ni. Min hruai dawn a ni." a few years off. Mahse, chutah chuan inthlak danglamna chungchang lehkhabu ka ziak dawn a ni. Thu ngaihnawm tak a siam a ni. Dik tak chuan he hmun hi a paltlang lai aiin a primitive zawk a ni."
  
  
  "Ni e, a dik. Awle, vannei rawh. Naktuk chawhnu lamah lo kal rawh."
  
  
  "Ka lawm e, ka ti ang. Chu tea chu ka nghakhlel hle."
  
  
  John Villon chu kawngpui lai takah ramngaw chungah chuan a ding a, Alastair Williams-a kal lai chu a en reng a. Khawpui thawmhnaw ha, mi lian, thau, kebai, tum neia kal leh chiang taka indomitable calm nena kal. Chutih lai tak chuan khualzin chu hmuh theih loha a awm lai chuan Villon chu in chhungah a lut a, tumruh tak leh rang takin a kal ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu chak takin ke pen mah se, a ngaihtuahnaah fimkhur chungchang sawi a ni. John Villon a ni em? Hming romantic tak leh hmun thuruk takah mipa mak tak mai. Heng buhfaiah hian ni khatah darkar sawmhnih leh pali vel a hmang thei lo. Nick-a thiltih dan chu engtin nge a hriat?
  
  
  Photocell emaw television scanner emaw hmanga kawngpui a enkawl chuan thil thleng lian tak a ni tihna a ni a, lian tak chuan lalte estate nena inzawmna a kawk bawk. Eng nge... awmzia?
  
  
  Hei hian reception committee a kawk a, Villon-a chuan mi dangte nêna inbiak pawhna chu tlang notch pakhat, side path-in a paltlang a ngai a ni. A logical hle mai. Operation hi Hawk-a rinhlelh ang zat ni ta se, a nih loh leh Bauman-a gang ni ta se, hnunglam kawngkhar chu enkawl lohvin an dah lo ang. Entu te chu hre hmasa ber a nih a beisei avangin car atang chuan a chhuk ta a.
  
  
  A hawi kual a, engmah a hmu lo, a ke ruh chu paih bovin, trot ang maiin a kal a, rang takin lei chu a khuh ta a ni. Kei chu mouse ka ni. Ka rinawm avangin cheese pawh an mamawh lo. Hei hi thang a nih chuan thang tha tak a ni ang. A install tu te hian a tha ber ber an lei thin.
  
  
  A kal lai chuan map chu a han en a, a chunga a lemziak te tak te te chu scale hmanga hlat zawng a teh lai chuan a enfiah a. Yard za hnih leh sawmli, veilam, dinglam leh creek. A zuang thla a. THA. lui chungah chuan a chuang a, a hmun tum chu a dik a ni. Tunah chuan yard 615 zet chu feet 300 vel a hlaah direct-in a chho ta a ni. Tichuan veilamah leh map-a lungpui kam kawngpui zau tak anga lang chu zawhin na takin a hawi a. Awle. Tin, chutah chuan...
  
  
  Kawngpui hlui chu dinglamah a inher leh a, mahse, cut kal tlanga side path chu veilamah a inher hmain hmalam pan nghal a ngai a ni. A mitmeng hrual chuan ramngaw kulh chhunga kawngpui leh kawngkhar hawnna a hmu a, hemlock thingpui huan, hetah leh khawiah pawh birch dum pakhatin a ti eng a, chu chu a hawi kual a. .
  
  
  A hnung lama tlang hnung lama ni a bo rual rual chuan tlang chhip a thleng a, inkhawm tlai lamah chuan lungpui kawngpuiah chuan a kal ta a. Tunah chuan a ke pen dan enfiahin hlat zawng teh chu a harsa tawh zawk a, mahse ruam te tak te hnuai atanga yard za thum vel a hlaa a chhut chuan a ding ta a ni. Hei hi trap hmasa ber atana trigger awmna tur hmun vel a ni.
  
  
  Harsatna tam lutuk hi an ngaihlu lutuk a, nasa taka beih an tum a rinawm loh
  
  
  - guard-te chuan nitin trek rei tak an neih a ngai a nih chuan fimkhur lo an ni ta a, a chhan chu patrol hi hmantlak lohah an ngai a ni. Map-ah chuan tlang chhip lama depression lo awm leh tur chu hmar lam yard 460 vel a ni tih a lang. Dawhthei takin Nick chuan thing leh mau zingah chuan lei chu tlang lui te tak teah a tlak thlak thlengin a kal ta a. A kuta tui lum chu in tur a lak lai chuan zan chu a dum vek tawh tih a hmuchhuak a. “Hun tha tak a ni,” tiin a rilru a siam ta a.
  
  
  Lui zawng zawng deuhthaw hian a chang chuan ramsa mantuin a hman thin kawngpui chi khat a nei a, a then chu kum khatah vawi khat emaw vawi hnih emaw chauh a hmang a, mahse a tam zawkah chuan kum sangkhat aia tam a hmang thin. Vanduaithlak takin hei hi kawng tha ber zinga mi a ni lo. Darkar khat a liam hnu chuan Nick chuan a hnuai lam atanga êng a hmuh hmasak ber chu a hmu ta a. Darkar hnih kalta khan thing zinga thla eng hring dup karah thingpui pawn lam in hlui pakhat chu a hmu tawh a. Valley clearing sir lama a din chuan a darthlalang chu 10:56 tih a inziak a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan - dawhtheihna. Sakawr Ropui ber chungchanga thufing hlui chu a hrechhuak a, ani nen hian Rocky Mountains-ah hian a chang chuan pack ride-in an kal thin. Hei hi indo mi - an nun hnuhnung ber lam pan mekte hnena thurawn tam takah a tel a ni.
  
  
  Valley hnuai lam, map-a T-shaped black mark-in a tarlanna hmun chiah, mel kua vel zeta hlaah chuan gigantic lord’s mansion - a nih loh leh former lord’s mansion chu a awm a. Chhawng thum a sang a ni a, estate neituin reception a buatsaih lai khan medieval castle ang maiin êngin a eng chhuak a ni. Car light pahnih chu a sir hla takah chuan a kal zel a, parking lot chhungah chuan a lut a, a chhuak bawk.
  
  
  Valley chung lam, dinglamah chuan map-in a tarlan light dang a awm a, chu chu chhiahhlawh in hlui, ran in, dawr emaw greenhouse emaw a ni thei - chiang taka hriat theih a ni lo.
  
  
  Tichuan a thil hmuh tak tak chu a hmu ang. Rei lo te chhung chu êngin a hual vel a, chu pa leh ui chuan a bula ruam kam chu an pel ta a. Chu pa kekawr iptea thil awm chu ralthuam a ni thei. Thingkung line nena inmil taka kal gravel kawngpui chu an zawh a, parking lot kal pelin a hnung lama building awmte chu an kal chhunzawm ta a ni. Ui chu Doberman emaw Shepherd emaw a ni. Patrolling figure pahnih chu hmuh theih lohvin an bo ta mai a, eng awmna hmun chu an chhuahsan ta a, chutah Nick-a beng sensitive tak chuan thawm dang a rawn la leh ta a. Gravel-a ke pen click, clank leh faint crunch chuan an rhythm chu a titawp a, a tawp a, chutah a chhunzawm ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa chu a zui a, a ke pen ngei chu thlai hrual leh hrual hrual karah chuan ngawi rengin a kal a, minute engemaw zat hnuah a rinhlelh chu a hmu a, a hre ta a ni: estate hnunglam chu in lian tak nen chuan wire fence sang takin a inthen a, a chung lam chu which was three strands of tight barbed wire , thla êngah chuan hlauhawm takin a inziak a ni. Valley sir lamah chuan fence chu a zui a, fence chu a paltlang a, lungpui kawngpui nei gate pakhat a hmu a, yard 200 vela hlaah gate dang pakhat a hmu a, chu chuan kawngpui dum a khar a ni. Kawngpui sira thing leh mau mawi tak tak karah chuan a kal a, parking lot-ah chuan a tlan lut a, limousine thlalak hnuaiah chuan a inthup ta a.
  
  
  Valley-a mite chuan car lian tak tak an duh a—parking lot-ah emaw, spotlight pahnih aṭanga a hmuh theih chu $5,000 aia tam chauh car a nei niin a lang. Lincoln eng mawi tak chu a rawn luh chuan Nick chuan in chhunga chhuak mi pahnih chu a zui a, hnung lamah zah takin a inhlat hle. A kal lai chuan a tie chu a tidik a, a lukhum chu felfai takin a hrual a, a inthiar a, a jacket chu a taksa lian tak chungah chuan awlsam takin a hrual a. Leesburg Street-a kea kal mipa chu mi zahawm tak, zahawm tak, a thawmhnaw chu casual takin a ha a, quality sang ber a ni tih i la hre reng a ni.
  
  
  Parking atanga in lam panna kawng chu a sir zawng zawngah chuan a nem hle. Hun rei tak chhûnga tui luangte chuan a ti eng a, a vêla thinghnah enkawl ṭhat takah chuan kea êng êng an dah fo bawk. Nick chu casual takin a kal a, khualzin tling tak, meeting nghaktu a ni. Churchill cigar sei tak a hal a, chu chu a special jacket chhunga pocket tam tak zinga pakhata savun case felfai takah dah pathum zinga pakhat a ni. Kawngpuiah cigar emaw pipe emaw in nuam ti taka kal chu mi tlemte chauhvin rinhlelh hmel takin an en hi thil mak tak a ni. I kut hnuaiah i underwear dahin police pakhat chu tlan pel la, kahhlum i ni mai thei - i mailbox-a lallukhum lunghlu dah chungin kal pel la, balmy Havana chhum dum hring hring puak la, officer chuan zahna lantir nan a lu a bu nghat ang.
  
  
  In hnung lam a thlen chuan Nick chu thinghnah chungah chuan thim zingah chuan a zuang lut a, hnung lam pan chuan a kal ta a, chutah chuan thinga siam picket fence-te chuan bawlhhlawh bawm thup tur thir shield hnuaiah chuan eng a rawn lang a. Kawngkhar hnai ber atang chuan a tlan chhuak nghal a, hall leh laundry room chu a hmu a, corridor atang chuan in lai takah chuan a kal ta a. Kitchen lian tak a hmu a, mahse a hnen atanga hla takah chuan activity chu a tawp ta a ni. Hall chu kawngkhar pakhatin a tawp a, chu chu corridor dang a inhawng a, service hall aiin a chei mawi zawk a, a chei mawi zawk bawk. Service lam atang chuan kawngka pawn lamah locker pali a awm a. Nick chuan rang takin pakhat a hawng a, broom leh tihfai hmanrua te a hmu a. In chhung bulpuiah chuan a lut ta a
  
  
  - a ti a, suit dum ha mipa hring pakhat hnenah chuan a kal nghal a, ani chuan zawhna nei takin a en a. Zawhna hmel chu rinhlelhnaah a chang ta a, mahse a thusawi theih hma chuan Nick chuan a kut a phar a.
  
  
  Alastair Williams ang bawkin - mahse rang takin - heti hian a zawt a: “Ka hmangaih, he floor-ah hian dressing table a awm em? Heng ale mak tak tak zawng zawng hi, i hria em, mahse ka lungawi lo hle....”
  
  
  Nick chu ke atanga ke thlengin a zai a, ngenna hmel zet hian chu pa chu a en a.
  
  
  "Eng nge i rilruah i neih...."
  
  
  "Toilet chu putar a ni! Pathian vangin khawiah nge toilet chu?"
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a hrethiam nghal a, thil awmdan hlimthla leh amah ngei pawhin a sadism chuan a rinhlelhna chu a ti bo ta a ni. "Tui atan cabinet, huh? In tur i duh em?"
  
  
  “Pathian ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti puak darh a. "Ka lawm e..." A zai chhunzawm zel lai chuan a hawi let a, a hmel dum chu a eng chhuak ngei ang tih a hriat hma loh chuan a hmel chu a sen vek a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “Hetah, Mac,” a ti a, “Min subscribe rawh.”
  
  
  Nick chu a sir lamah chuan a hruai kual a, pindan lian tak, oak paneling leh tapestries zar-a inthuam kil khatah chuan alcove thuk lo takah a hruai lut a, a tawpah chuan kawngkhar a awm bawk. "Sawtah." A kawhhmuh a, a nui suk a - chutah, mikhual pawimawh tak takte chuan an mamawh mai thei tih a hriat chuan, rang takin a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmai a sil a, uluk takin a insiam a, a makeup chu a enfiah a, room lian takah chuan a tlan lut leh a, cigar dum sei tak a in a. A thawm chu a tawp ber a arch lian tak atang chuan a lo chhuak a. A hnaih a, thaw hahthlak tak thlalak a hmu a.
  
  
  Chu pindan chu a lian hle a, a sir khatah chuan French window sang tak tak a awm a, a tawp lamah chuan arch dang a awm bawk. Window bula polished floor-ah chuan nupa pasarih chu stereo pair atanga music smooth tak ri chuan an zai a. Far wall lai takah chuan oval bar te tak te pakhat a awm a, chu chu mipa sawmhnih vel zet an inkhawm a, sofa rawng hrang hrang U ang chi pawl hrang hranga siam inbiakna hmunah chuan mipa dangte chu an inbia a, thenkhat chu an hahdam a, thenkhat chu an lu an nghat a. Archway hla tak atang chuan billiard ball click ri chu a rawn ri ta a.
  
  
  Hmeichhe zai thiam tak tak, an zavaia hmeltha tak tak tih loh chu - mi hausa nupui emaw, mi fing zawk, nawhchizuar man to zawk emaw pawh ni se - chu pindan chhungah chuan hmeichhe pali chauh an awm. Mipa zawng zawng deuhthaw chu hausa ang maiin an lang. Tuxedo tlemte a awm a, mahse a impression chu a thuk zawk hle.
  
  
  Nick chu pindan chhunga step zau panga atang chuan zahawm takin a chhuk a, pindan chhunga awmte chu ngaihven lohvin a zir chiang a. Tuxedo te chu skip la, heng mite hi English puan ha chunga, feudal England-a lal in-a inkhawm emaw, Versailles-a bourbon dinner ei zawha inkhawm emaw te hi han mitthla teh. Taksa thau tak, kut nem tak, nuihzatthlak lutuk, mitmeng chhut thiam leh inbiakna thawm ri reng reng. Zawhna fimkhur tak tak, rawtna khuh, ruahmanna buaithlak tak tak, intrigue thread te chu a inthlak a, thil awmdanin a phal angin an inzawm khawm a ni.
  
  
  Congress member engemaw zat, thawmhnaw pangngai ha general pahnih, Robert Quitlock, Harry Cushing leh mipa dang sawmhnih chuang zet a hmu a, chungte chu a thlalak rilruin tun hnaia Washington-a thil thleng aṭanga a catalogue a ni. Bar lam pan chuan a kal a, whisky leh soda lian tak - "No ice please" - chu a man a, Akito Tsogu Nu Moto zawhna mitmeng chu hmu turin a hawi let a.
  
  
  
  Bung VI.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Akito chu a paltlang a, a nui suk a, a hnung lama a suangtuahnaa thianpa chu a lu a bu nghat a, a hawi let ta a. Moto upa zawk chu, a hma ang bawkin, expressionless a ni - chutiang serene mahse inexorable features hnung lamah chuan eng ngaihtuahna nge a rawn inher chhuak tih chu ngaihtuah chian theih a ni lo.
  
  
  "Min ngaidam rawh, khawngaihin," Akito aw chu a elbow bulah a awm a. "Nang leh kei hi kan inhmu tawh niin ka hria. Western features hriat reng hi ka tan chuan a harsa khawp mai, keini Asian mite min tihbuai ang bawkin, ka chiang. Kei hi Akito Moto ka ni...."
  
  
  Akito chuan zahawm takin a nui suk a, mahse Nick chuan a en leh chuan chu chiseled brown plane-ah chuan hlimthla engmah a awm lo.
  
  
  "Ka hre lo, putar." Nick chu a nui suk a, a kut chu a phar chhuak ta a. "Vickers khuaa mi Alastair Williams."
  
  
  "Vickers?" Akito chu mak a ti hmel hle. Nick chuan hetah hian mipa a hmuhte chu a catalogue a, a ngaihtuah nghal vat a. A sawi chhunzawm zel a: "Oil leh Drilling Division."
  
  
  "Target! Saudi Arabia-ah i mi thenkhat nen kan inhmu a. Ni e, ni e, Kirk, Miglierina leh Robbins te ka ring. I hria em...?"
  
  
  Nick chuan chutiang chuan hming zawng zawng chu a rawn chhuah nghal vat thei tih a ringhlel a. A khel a. "Tih tak zet? Hun engemaw chen kalta khan, ka ring, a... uh, a inthlak hma khan?"
  
  
  "Ni e. A inthlak hmain." A thaw halh a. "Chutah chuan dinhmun ropui tak i nei a ni." Akito chuan rei vak lo a mit a ti hniam a, hlawkna hloh tawhte zahna pe ang mai hian a mit a chhing a. Tichuan a hmui chauhvin a nui a. "Mahse i dam leh ta. A nih theih angin a chhe lo."
  
  
  "Ni lo. Chhang chanve leh zawng zawng."
  
  
  "Confederacy aiawh ka ni. In sawiho thei ang em...?"
  
  
  "Mimal takin ni lo. Quentin Smithfield hian London-a i hmuh tur zawng zawng a ti vek. A lo kal thei lo."
  
  
  "Ah! A awm thei em?"
  
  
  "Engemaw chen."
  
  
  "Ka hre lo. Aramco chhehvela inbuatsaih hi a harsa khawp mai."
  
  
  "Engemaw chen." Nick chuan chu case atang chuan Alastair Beadle Williams-a Vickers card mawi taka ziah zinga pakhat a la a, Vickers-a address leh London telephone number te chu a ziak a, mahse AX agent pakhat desk-ah a awm thung. Pen hmangin a hnung lamah heti hian a ziak a: "Mr. Moto, Pennsylvania, July 14th khan kan hmu a. A. B. Williams."
  
  
  "Chu chuan a pui tur a ni, putar."
  
  
  "Ka lawm e."
  
  
  Akito Han chuan Nick-a chu a card pakhat chu a pe a. "Market-ah hian kan awm nasa hle. I hria ang tih ka ring? Thla leh lamah London-ah lo kal ka tum a. Mr. Smithfield hi ka hmu ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a, a hawi let leh a. Akito chuan fimkhur taka card a dah lai chu a en reng a. Chutah ka kut hmangin puan in ka siam a, ka ngaihtuah a. A mak khawp mai. Ruthi hian a hre reng mai thei. A "fanu" zawng turin a kal a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kawngah thawmhnaw hnim hring a awm tih a hria a, uluk takin kutkawr hmangin a hrufai a. Tunah chuan a awlsam tawh - a control chu chu aia tha zawk a ni. A inthuamna chu a tha hle a, mahse Japanese patriarch chungchangah chuan rinhlelhna a awm. Nick chu zawi zawiin a che a, a tiang nen chuan a limping a. A chang chuan i hmel lan dan aiin i kal dan atang hian an hre tam zawk thei a, a hnungzang a mit dum hring dup chu a hre thei bawk.
  
  
  Dance floor-ah chuan a ding a - British sumdawng sam dum, sen hring, hmeichhe naupangte ngaihsan em em mai. Hruaitu naupang hmaah chuan Ann We Ling-i ha var a rawn hrual lai chu a hmu a. Sequined slit skirt ha chungin a dazzled a.
  
  
  Ruthi thusawi chu a hre reng a; Dad chu Cairo-ah a awm tur a ni. Ah tha em? Room chhungah chuan a kal kual a, inbiakna snippet te chu a man a. He inkhawm hi oil nen a inzawm tlat a ni. Hawk chu Barney leh Bill-a’n wiretapping atanga an thil hmuh chu a buai deuh a. A lehlamah chuan oil code word atan steel an hmang a ni mai thei. Pawl pakhat bulah a ding a, heti hian a hre ta a: "...Kan tan kum khatah $850,000 leh sorkar tan pawh chutiang bawk chu a ni. Mahse $200,000 investment atan chuan i phunnawi thei lo.
  
  
  British accent chuan: "...a tha zawk kan phu tak zet a, mahse..." a ti.
  
  
  Nick chu chuta tang chuan a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Jeanie thusawi chu a hrechhuak leh ta. "Kan thlawh tam ber ang emaw, air conditioned conference room-ah emaw kan thlawk ang..."
  
  
  Khawiah nge a awm? A hmun pum pui chu air conditioned vek a ni. Cafeteria chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, music room chhunga mi tam zawk chu a fang kual a, library ropui takah chuan a han en a, kawngkhar hma lam chu a hmu a, a chhuak ta a ni. Hmeichhe dang, Hans Geist emaw, Baumann ni thei German emaw pawh hmuh tur a awm lo.
  
  
  Kawngpuiah chuan a kal a, parking lam pan chuan a kal ta a. In kil khata ding tlangval khauh tak pakhat chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a en a. Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Zan hlimawm tak a ni lawm ni, putar?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  Brit tak tak chuan "mipa upa" tih thumal hi hetiang hian emaw, mi hriat lohte hnenah emaw a hmang ngai lovang, mahse rang taka i rilru hneh theihna turin a ropui hle. Nick chuan meikhu chhum chu a tichhuak a, a kal zel a. Mipa pahnih engemaw zat chu a paltlang a, zahawm takin a lu a bu nghat a. Parking lot-ah chuan car line-ah chuan a vak kual a, chutah chuan tumah a hmu lo - rang takin a awm tawh lo.
  
  
  Kawngpui dum hring dup chu thim zingah chuan a kal a, barrier gate a thlen thlengin a kal a. Lock pangngai, quality sang tak hmanga lock a ni. Minute thum hnuah a duhthlanna basic lockpick pakhat hmangin a hawng a, a hnungah a lock ta a ni. A tih leh theih nan minute khat tal a la ngai dawn - hmanhmawh taka a chhuah loh a beisei.
  
  
  Kawngpui chu mel chanve vel zet chu thli zawi zawiin a tleh tur a ni a, map hluiah in sakte a lan tawhna leh chunglam atanga êng a hmuhna hmunah a tawp tur a ni. A kal a, fimkhur takin, ngawi rengin a kal a. Zan lama motor an kal pelh chuan vawi hnih chu kawngpui aṭangin a tlan chhuak a: pakhat chu in lian aṭangin a ni a, pakhat chu a lo kir leh a ni. A hawi let a, building hrang hrang light - main mansion version te zawk chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  Ui chu a rawn au a, a vawt ta hle mai. A thawm chu a hmaah a awm a. Hmun sang tak a thlang a, dinglam atanga veilam hawia a leh light inkar atanga figure pakhat a kal thleng chu a en reng a. Vengtu pakhat chuan lungpui kawngpui chu a zui a, ruam sir lehlamah chuan a kal ta a. Hetiang hla takah hian a bark chu a tan a ni lo - guard dog tan pawh a ni lo mai thei.
  
  
  Gate ri leh thawm ri a hriat thlengin rei tak a nghak a, guard chuan a chhuahsan dawn tih a chiang ta a ni. Building lian tak chu zawi zawiin a fang kual a, stall sawm awmna garage thim leh êng nei lo barn dang chu ngaihsak lovin a kal kual a.
  
  
  A awlsam dawn lo. Kawngkhar pathum zinga pakhatah chuan mi pakhat a thu a; khawthlang lam chauh chu hriat lohvin a awm ta a ni. Khaw lehlamah chuan ramngaw mawi tak takah chuan a tlan lut a, window hmasa ber chu a thleng ta a, chu chu rinhlelh rual lohvin duhthusam anga siam a ni. Fimkhur takin, exotic modern style-a mawi taka chei, mutna pindan khar, furniture mawi tak tak awmna chu a han thlir kual a. Tukverh chu a check a. Double thermal pastel leh lock theih a ni. Air conditioner a awm lo!
  
  
  A bawkkhup a, a hnunglam chu a enfiah ta a. In bula thing phun felfai tak takte chu a khuh a, mahse building atanga a khuh hnai ber chu a hnaih berna feet sawmnga zeta sang lawn a ni. Ui patrol an thlawp chuan harsatna a tawk mai thei a, chuti lo chuan fimkhur takin a che ang a, window light atanga a theih ang angin a inhlat ang.
  
  
  I hre ngai lo - ruam chhunga a luh leh in lian tak chhunga conference ropui tak neih chhui chu thang lian takah a tel thei a ni. "John Villon" chuan a hriattir mai thei. A rinhlelhna hlawkna chu a inpe ta a ni. Dan loa pawlte hian corporation leh bureaucracy-te ang bawkin personnel problem an nei ve bawk. Lu - Akito, Baumann, Geist, Villon emaw tu pawh nise - lawng khauh tak an khalh thei a, thupek chiang tak leh ruahmanna tha tak tak an pe thei a ni. Mahse sipaite chu an awm reng a ni
  
  
  chak lohna ang chiah chu a lantir bawk - rilru hahna, fimkhur lohna leh beisei loh thilte tana suangtuahna tlakchhamna.
  
  
  “Beisei loh ka ni,” a ti a. A tuk tukverh atang chuan a han en a. A then chu curtain-in a khuh a, mahse a chhung kawngkhar atang chuan pindan lian tak, mi panga awmna sofa awmna chu a hawi kual a, chu chu lung meipui lian tak, steer siam theih tur khawpa lian leh vawk skewer engemaw zat dahna tur hmun la nei reng a ni.
  
  
  Sofa-a thu a, Hunter Mountain Resort-a zan khat ang maia hahdam hmel pu chungin mipa leh hmeichhia a hmu a; an thlalak atang chuan Ginny, Ruth, Susie, Pong Pong Lily leh Sonia Ranez te chu a hmuchhuak a; Akito, Hans Geist, Sammy leh Chinese mipa hring tak, a chezia atanga thlir chuan Maryland-a Demings-ho beihpui thlak lai khan hmai tuamna vuah kha a ni thei.
  
  
  Ruthi-i leh a pa chu kawngpuiah a rawn tlan pelhtu motor-ah an chuang a ni ngei ang. Hetah hian Akito hian "Alastair Williams" a hmuh vang bik em ni tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Nula pakhat chuan in tur a rawn leih a. Nick chuan Pong Pong Lily-a’n table lighter chu a la nghal vat a, Hans Geist-a hnenah a êng turin a rawn keng nghal tih a hmu a. Mipa sam dum lian tak chu a en lai hian hetiang hmel hi a nei a - Nick chuan a observation chu reference atan a record a. Geist chu zawi zawiin a kal leh a, a inbia a, midangte chuan ngun takin an ngaithla a, a thusawi chu a chang chuan an nuihzat bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihtuahna fim takin a lo en reng a. Eng nge, engtin nge, engvangin nge? Company hotute leh hmeichhe naupang thenkhat? A tak tak lo. Nawhchizuar leh pimps te? Ni lo - boruak chu a dik a, mahse inlaichinna erawh a dik lo; tin, hei hi khawtlang inkhawm pangngai a ni lo.
  
  
  Stethoscope te tak te, tube tawi tak nei chu a la chhuak a, double glass-ah chuan a enchhin a; engmah a hriat loh chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Chu pindan emaw, a hriat theihna hmun emaw chu a thlen a ngai a ni. Tin. Hawk hian a hloh hunah chuan a mitmeng chu a sang ngei ang.
  
  
  Alastair Beadle Williams angin a rawn lut a nih chuan a appointment hi second sawm chhung a ni ang a, kum sawmthum vel a dam ang - chu pile-ah chuan thluak a awm. Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a, thing phun zingah chuan a rawn tlan lut ta a.
  
  
  A dawta tukverh chuan chu pindan vek chu a thlir a, chu mi hnua window pawh chu. A dawt leh chu locker room leh hallway a ni a, chuta tang chuan toilet ang maia lang chu a chhuak a. Window hnuhnung berte chuan trophy room leh library lam a hawi a, panel dum vek leh carpet dum hausa tak hmanga khuh vek a ni a, chutah chuan executive stern hmel tak pahnih chu an thu a, an inbia a. “Chu deal pawh chu ka hre duh khawp mai,” Nick chuan a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  Building kil khat chu a han hawi kual a.
  
  
  Guard chu a lungawi lo hmel hle. Suit dum ha sporty tak a ni a, a mawhphurhna a ngai pawimawh hle tih a chiang. Camp chair chu bush-ah a dah a, mahse a awm reng lo. A kal leh a, portico ti engtu spotlight pathum chu a en a, zan lam chu a en a. Nick-a lakah hian hun rei lote aia rei a hnungzang a nei ngai lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan bush zingah chuan a lo en reng a. Magician cape chhunga offensive leh defensive item tam tak chu rilru lamah a check a, chu chu resourceful Stuart leh AX-a technician-te pek a ni. Aw, a tha e - engkim an ngaihtuah thei lo. A thil tih a nih avangin chance pawh a tlem hle.
  
  
  Nick aia fimkhur zawk chuan thil awmdan chu a teh ang a, a ngawi reng mai thei. Chu ngaihtuahna chu Agent Axe-a rilruah pawh a la thleng ngai lo va, Hawk-a chuan "kan ṭha ber" tiin a ngai a ni. Nick hian Harry Demarkin-a'n vawi khat a sawi kha a hre reng a, "Ka nawr fo thin a, a chhan chu chak loh tur hian hlawh kan dawng lo a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Harry chuan a nawr nasa lutuk. Tunah chuan Nick-a hun a ni tawh mai thei.
  
  
  Thil dang a tum leh ta a. Rei vak lo chhung chu a rilru chu a off a, chutah kawngpui kawta thim chu a mitthla ta a. A ngaihtuahna chu silent film ang maiin, barrier hnaih tur figure a siam a, hmanrua a la chhuak a, lock chu a pickup ta a. Chu pa chuan chain a han hrual lai chuan thawm ri te, a ri ri te chu a mitthlaah pawh a mitthla a.
  
  
  Thlalak chu ngaihtuah chungin vengtu lu chu a han en a. Chu pa chuan Nick lam chu a hawi tan a, mahse a ngaithla reng niin a lang. Step tlemte a la a, a lungngai hmel hle. Nick chuan a concentrate a, a hnungah tu emaw an rawn kal a nih chuan tanpui theih loh a ni tih a hria. Ka kawngah chuan thawmhnaw a rawn luang thla a. Chu pa chu a hawi let a. Gate lam chu a hawi a. Ka chhuak a, zan lam chu ka thlir kual a.
  
  
  Nick chuan ngawi rengin step sawm a la a, a zuang ta a. Strike, fei zungbun zungbun siamtu kut zungtang hmanga nawr leh, chutah chuan invenna atan a kawngah kut a nghat a, chu pa chu in kil khatah a hruai kir leh a, thinghnah chhungah a hruai lut leh a. Second sawmhnih hnuah a ni.
  
  
  Cowboy-in rodeo-a a tlanpui hnua steer a khalh ang maiin Nick-a chuan a kawr aṭanga sangha mantu hrui sei tawi pahnih a phelh a, chu pa kut leh ke ruh chu clove loop leh square knot-in a khuh a. Nylon te tak te chuan kutkawr aiin kutkawr chak zawk a siam a. Gag siam zawh tawh chu Nick-a kutah chuan a rawn zuang lut ta a—a hog line zawng tur cowboy aiin a pocket ngaihtuah leh enfiah a ngai tawh lo—chu pa hmui inhawng takah chuan a nghet tlat a ni. Nick chuan bush thim ber chhungah chuan a hruai lut ta a.
  
  
  Darkar khat emaw darkar hnih emaw chhung chu a harh lovang.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding nghet a, gate-a car light chu a eng a, a ding a, a eng ta a. A victim bulah chuan a tlu ta a. Limousine dum pakhat chu portico lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a, mipa pahnih inchei tha tak, kum sawmnga vel zet chu an rawn chhuak ta a. Driver chuan car chhungah chuan a buai hle a, kawngkhar vengtu awm loh chu mak a ti hle niin a lang a, a chuangte in chhunga an luh hnuah chuan eng emaw chen chu light-ah a ding a.
  
  
  “Guard ṭhian a nih chuan engkim a ṭha vek ang,” Nick chuan a ti thlamuang a. A lo en reng ka beisei. Driver chuan cigar tawi a hal a, a hawi kual a, a lu a thing a, car chhungah chuan a chuang a, main house lam pan chuan a tlan let leh ta a. A ṭhianpa, chhan ṭha leh ngaihnawm tak avangin a hna a chhuahsan tawh ngei ang, hau tumna a nei lo. Nick chuan thlamuang takin a thaw halh a. Staffing harsatna hian hlawkna a nei a.
  
  
  Rang takin kawngka lam pan chuan a kal a, glass te tak te atang chuan a han en a. Mipaho chu an bo ta a. Kawngkhar chu a hawng a, a chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, walk-in closet ang maia sink awmnaah chuan a duck lut ta a.
  
  
  Room chu a khar vek a. Hall chhung chu a han en leh a. A hun tawh a nih chuan, mi tharte tan center stage an luah hun a ni.
  
  
  Hma lam panin hma a sawn a, a hnunglam aw pakhat chuan zawhna zawt chungin, “Hello...?
  
  
  A hawi let a. Trophy room atanga mipa pakhat chuan rinhlelh hmel zet hian a en a. Nick chu a nui suk a. "Ka lo zawng tawh che!" a hriat loh thahnemngai takin a ti a. "Chutah chuan kan inbe thei ang em?" Trophy room kawngka lam chu a pan phei a.
  
  
  "Ka hre lo che. Eng nge...?"
  
  
  Chu pa chuan automatic in a zui a, a hmai chu a khauh hle.
  
  
  "En teh." Nick chuan ruahmanna siamin notebook dum a la chhuak a, a kutah a thup ta a. "Mi hmuh theih lohvin chhuak rawh. Geist hian hei hi a hmuh kan duh lo."
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a zui a, a hmui a ti hup a. Mipa dang chu pindan chhungah a la awm a. Nick chu a nui suk a, "Hey. Hei hi en teh," a ti a.
  
  
  Thut pa chuan anmahni zawm turin hma a sawn a, a hmelah chuan rinhlelhna famkim a lang. Nick chuan kawngka chu a rawn nawr a. Mi pahnihna chuan a kawr hnuaiah chuan a kut a phar a. Nick chu a che nghal vat a. A kut chak tak chu an kawngah a khuh a, an lu chu a rawn vawm a. An chhuk a, pakhat chu a ngawi reng a, pakhat zawk chu a tap a.
  
  
  Chair hnung lama .38 S&W Terrier leh .32 Spanish Galesi a paih hnua a gag a, a khin chuan insum theihna a lantir chu a lawm hle. Hengte hi kum upa zawk an ni - tlawhtu an ni mai thei, guard emaw Geist-a tlangval emaw an ni lo. An wallet-ah lehkha leh card te chu a phelh a, a kawrfual pocket-ah chuan a dah ta a. Tunah chuan zirna hun a awm tawh lo.
  
  
  Hall chu a check a. A la ruak reng a. Ngawi rengin a tlan kual a, meipui bula pawl, buai leh hlim taka inbiakna chu a hmu a, sofa hnungah chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a. A hla lutuk - mahse a chhungah a awm.
  
  
  A ngaihtuah a: Alistair tak tak chuan: "Pawisa pakhatin, pound khatah," a ti ngei ang. THA.! Kawng zawng zawngah!
  
  
  Room chanve velah chuan inbiakpawhna hmun dang a awm leh a - tukverh bulah furniture pawl pakhat a awm bawk. Chu lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, sofa hnung lama dawhkan inkarah chuan inhumhimna a hmu ta a. Lamp, magazine, ashtray leh cigarette pack te an nei a. Thil thenkhat chu a thlir theihna tur daltu siam turin a dah thar leh a.
  
  
  Ruth Moto chuan mi tharte hnenah in tur a rawn pe a. Eng emaw tum neia lo kal ang maiin an ding reng a. Jeanie chu a ding chhuak a, mipa - banker type awmze nei lo permanent nuihzatthlak tak aiin a kal hla zawk a, tum chu a chiang hle. Ani chuan, "Ka lawm che hi ka lawm tak zet a ni, Mr. Carrington. Tin, i lo kir leh avangin ka lawm hle bawk," a ti a.
  
  
  “I brand hi ka duh a ni,” chu pa chuan thinlung takin a ti a, mahse a hlim hmel chu a dik lo ang maiin a lang. Khawpui tenau rilru put hmang chu a buai lutuk a, hmeichhe hmeltha tak - a bik takin top-notch whore nen chuan an inrem ngai lo, daddy dik tak a la ni reng. Ginny chuan a kut chu a vuan a, room tawp ber archway chu an kal ta a.
  
  
  Mipa dang chuan, "Kei... ka... ka duh... inhmu... Miss... ah, Miss Lily." Nick chu a nui suk a. A rilru a buai em em a, a tawng thei lo. Paris, Copenhagen emaw Hamburg-a chhungkaw in pakhatna chuan zahawm takin kawngkhar chu a entir ang.
  
  
  Pong Pong Lily chu a ding chhuak a, a lam pan chuan a kal a, pink cocktail dress ha chunga liquid beauty chu a mumang a ni. "Min flatter a ni, Mr. O'Brien."
  
  
  "I hmel... ka tan chuan a mawi ber." Nick chuan Ruth-i chuan boorish remark avang chuan a mitmeng a ti sang tih a hmu a, Susie Cuong hmel chu a khauh deuh bawk.
  
  
  Pong-Pong chuan mawi takin a kut chu a kawngah a dah a. "Kan ti ang em..."
  
  
  "Kan ti ngei ang." O’Brien chuan a glass atang chuan rei tak a in a, a bulah chuan a kal dun a, in tur chu a keng a. Nick chuan a confessor nen hian inhmuh hmasak a beisei a.
  
  
  Nupa pahnih an chhuah hnu chuan Hans Geist-a chuan, "Thinrim suh, Susie. Ram mi, zu in tam tak a lo in tawh mai mai a ni. Nizan khan i hlim tir tih ka chiang. Pakhat i ni tih ka ring tlat a ni," a ti a hmeichhe hmeltha ber ber zinga mi." ".
  
  
  Susie-i chuan, “Ka lawm e, Hans,” tiin a chhang a. "Chutiang chuan a chak lo. Rabbit tak tak, leh oh, so intense. A bulah chuan ka lungawi lo hle a, chutih lai zawng chuan."
  
  
  "A kal nghal mai mai em ni?"
  
  
  "Oh yeah. Kan chanve saruak lai khan light off turin min ti pawh a ni." Mi zawng zawng chu an nui vek a.
  
  
  Akito chuan duat takin: "Chutiang nula hmeltha tak nangmah ang chuan mipa zawng zawngin an ngaihlu a beisei thei lo, Susie. Mahse, hre reng ang che - mipa hre tak tak zawng zawng."
  
  
  mawina nei apiang chu i ngaihsan ang. Hmeichhe naupang pakhat zel hi hmeltha langsar tak in ni. Keini mipa hian hei hi kan hria a, mahse nang chuan i ringhlel a ni. Mahse mawina hi thil mak a ni lo. Nangmah ang hmeichhe hmeltha leh fing tak tak hmuh hi, ah - a inzawm tlat a ni."
  
  
  Hans-a chuan, “Chu bâkah, politics lama inhriatthiamna i nei a, khawtlâng hmahruaituah i awm a. Khawvela hmeichhe naupang engzat nge chutiang chu an awm? An tam vak lo. Anne, i glass kha a khar tawh. Pakhat dang?”
  
  
  “Tun dinhmunah chuan ni lo,” hmeichhe hmeltha chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Eng nge ni ta? Duchess chu nawhchizuar ang maia enkawl leh nawhchizuar chu Duchess ang maia enkawl chungchang sawi rawh! Nawhchizuarte tan paradis a ni. Mipa te hian pimps role an chang a, mahse high school graduation tea party tlawhtu ang maiin an che a ni. Mahse, chuti chung pawh chuan lungngai takin a ngaihtuah a, chu chu tactic tha tak a ni. Hmeichhia tan pawh a tangkai hle. Madame Bergeron chuan Paris khawpui chhunga in hmingthang ber pakhat a sa a, chuta tang chuan sum tam tak a khawlkhawm a ni.
  
  
  Chinese mipa te tak te, puan dum ha chu archway hla tak atang chuan a rawn lut a, canapés ang maia lang tray a keng a. Nick chuan a dodge thei lo.
  
  
  Waiter chuan tray chu a pe a, coffee table chungah chuan a dah a, a chhuak ta a. Nick chuan in chhungah midang engzat nge awm tih a ngaihtuah a. Ngaihtuah chungin a ralthuam chu a ennawn a. Wilhelmina leh magazine dang pakhat, a jockey shorts pocket-ah chuan gas bomb thahnem tak pahnih - "Pierre" - a nei a, chu chu a kawr ang maia magician hmanrua a ni a, puak thei thil chi hrang hrang a nei bawk.
  
  
  Hans Geist-a'n, "... tin, kar khat hnuah lawnga Commander One nen kan inhmu dawn a, Thawhlehni aṭang hian kan hmu ang. Mihring rilru put hmang ṭha tak i siam ang u. Kan chungah a chhuang hle tih ka hria a, thil kal danah pawh a lawm hle tih ka hria," a ti.
  
  
  "He pawl nena in inbiakna hi a kal tha em?" - Ruth Moto chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "A ropui hle. Chutiang lo chu a ni thei tih ka ngaihtuah ngai lo. Sumdawng an ni a, lei kan duh a ni. A tlangpuiin hetiang dinhmunah hian thil a kal tluang hle."
  
  
  Akito chuan, "Alastair Williams hi tu nge ni? Vickers oil division atanga British mi. Khawi emaw laiah ka lo hmu tawh tih ka chiang a, mahse ka dah thei lo," a ti a.
  
  
  Rei vak lo a ngawih hnu chuan Geist chuan, "Ka hre lo. A hming hi hriat chian a ni lo. Tin, Vickers-a hian oil division an tih ang chi subsidiary a nei lo. Eng chiah nge a tih? Khawiah nge i hmuh? " "
  
  
  "Hetah hian. Khualzinte bulah a awm."
  
  
  Nick chuan rei vak lo a han hawi a, Geist chuan phone a la a, number a dial lai chu a hmu a. "Fred? I guest list kha han en teh. Alastair Williams i rawn dah belh em? Ni lo... Engtikah nge a lo thlen? I host ngai lo? Akito - eng ang nge a nih?"
  
  
  "Big. Plump. Hmai sen. Sam dum. English tak."
  
  
  "Midang bulah a awm em?"
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  Hans chuan phone chhungah chuan a sawifiahna chu a sawi nawn leh a. "Vlad leh Ali te hnenah hrilh rawh. He sawifiahna nena inmil mipa zawng rawh, a nih loh leh hetah hian thil dik lo a awm. Mikhual zawng zawng chu English accent hmanga teh vek rawh. Minute tlemte hnuah ka lo thleng ang." Phone chu a thlak a. “Hei hi thil awlsam tak a ni emaw, thil pawi tak a ni emaw. Nang leh kei hi kan kal a tha zawk...”
  
  
  Nick chuan a bak chu a hloh ta a, a hriatna na tak chuan pawnah thawm a rawn ri ta a. Car pakhat emaw a aia tam emaw an rawn thleng a. Room a khat a nih chuan pawl inkara man a ni ang. Hall luhna lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, meipui bulah chuan amah leh mipui inkarah furniture chu a vawn tlat a. Turn a thlen chuan a ding chhuak a, kawngkhar lam pan chuan a kal a, chu kawngkhar chu mi panga luh theihna turin a inhawng a.
  
  
  Hlim takin an inbia - pakhat chu a sang a, pakhat zawk chu a nui suk a. Nick chu a nui suk a, pindan lian tak lam pan chuan a kut a phar a. "Lo lut rawh..."
  
  
  A hawi let a, rang takin stairs zau tak chu a pan chho ta a.
  
  
  Chhawng hnihnaah chuan corridor sei tak a awm a. Kawngpui lam hawi tukverh lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Spotlight hnuaiah chuan car lian pahnih an ding a. Pawl hnuhnung ber chu anmahni chauhin an khalh niin a lang.
  
  
  Hnung lam pan chuan a kal a, living room mawi tak leh mutna pindan mawi tak tak pathum kawngkhar inhawng chu a paltlang a. Kawngkhar khar lam pan chuan a kal a, a stethoscope te tak te chu a ngaithla a, mahse engmah a hre lo, pindan chhungah a lut a, kawngkhar chu a khar ta a. Bedroom a ni a, hetah leh khawiah pawh article a darh zau hle a, chu chuan mi a luah tih a tilang a ni. Rang takin a zawng a - dawhkan, bureau, suitcase man to tak pahnih. Engmah. Paper phek khat pawh ni lo. Mipa pindan lian tak, closet chhunga suit awm zat ang vel a ni. Geist pawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  A bula room chu a ngaihnawm zawk - leh chhiatna thlentu ang mai a ni.
  
  
  Thâwk rit tak tak leh thawm ri nasa tak a hre ta a. Stethoscope chu a pocket-ah a dah leh rual chuan hallway-a a bula kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, mipa lo thleng hmasa ber zinga mi pakhat leh Pong Pong Lily chu a rawn chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding nghet a, a nui suk bawk. "Hi. Hun nuam tak i hmang em?"
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a en reng a. Pong Pong chuan, "Tunge i nih?"
  
  
  “Ni e,” a hnungah chuan mipa aw khauh leh ring tak hian a ti leh a. "Tunge i nih?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a hawi let a, Chinese mipa hring - Maryland-a mask hnung lama awm nia a rin - chu stairs atang chuan a rawn hnaih a, a ke pen chu carpet thuk takah chuan a ngawi reng a. Kut sei tak chu a jacket hnuaiah chuan clamshell holster awmna tur hmunah chuan a bo ta a.
  
  
  “I’m team two” Nick chuan a ti a, a lo ngaithla tawhna kawngkhar chu hawn a tum a, a rawn lang chhuak ta a, “Good night.”
  
  
  Kawngkhar chhungah chuan a zuang lut a, a hnungah chuan a rawn vawm lut a, latch chu a zawng a, a khar ta a.
  
  
  A hmaa pakhat zawk leh Ginny lo thlenna khum lian tak atang chuan thaw halh leh thawm ri a awm a
  
  
  An saruak a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar bulah chuan kut zungtang a rawn ri ta hlawm a. - Ginny chuan a ti a. Chu pa saruak chuan lei a rawn deng a, hun rei tak football khel tawh mipa tumruhna nasa tak nen Nick lam chu a pan nghal a.
  
  
  
  Bung VII.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan matador ang maia awlsamna mawi tak nen chuan a dodge a. Carrington chuan bang chu a rawn deng a, kawngkhar ri chu a tizual sauh sauh a ni. Nick hian kick leh slash hmangin, surgeon-a precision-a a deliver vek a, leiah a tlak lai chuan a choke a ni.
  
  
  "Tunge i nih?" Ginny chu a au chhuak ta mai.
  
  
  “Mi zawng zawng hian kei tlemte hi an ngaihven vek a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Team pathum, pali leh panga ka ni."
  
  
  Kawngkhar lam chu a han en a. Room chhunga thil dang zawng zawng ang bawkin engkim chu top notch a ni. A luhchilh theih nan battering ram emaw, furniture nghet tak emaw an mamawh dawn a ni.
  
  
  "Engnge i tih?"
  
  
  "Bauman fapa ka ni."
  
  
  "Tanpui!" - a ti a. Tichuan rei vak lo ka ngaihtuah a. "Tunge i nih?"
  
  
  "Bauman fapa. Pathum a nei a. Thuruk a ni."
  
  
  Khuaah chuan a tlan phei a, a ding chhuak ta a. Nick-a mitmeng chu taksa sei leh mawi tak chungah chuan a rawn inher a, a tih theih tur a hriatrengna chuan rei lo te chhung chu a ti eng a. Tu emaw chuan kawngka chu a rawn kik a. A inchhuang hle - chu fimkhur lohna hlui chu ka la vawng reng a ni. “Inchei rawh,” a ti a. "Rai takin. Heta tang hian ka chhuah tir che a ngai."
  
  
  "Hetah hian min chhuah tir a ngai? I â em...."
  
  
  "Hans leh Sammy hian he inhmuhkhawm zawhah hian nangni hmeichhe naupang zawng zawng hi thah vek an tum a. Thih i duh em?"
  
  
  "I thinrim hle mai. Ṭanpui rawh!"
  
  
  "Ruth tih loh chu mi zawng zawng. Akito chuan a siam tha bawk. Tin, Pong Pong pawhin. Hans pawhin a siam tha bawk."
  
  
  Chair atang chuan a bra te tak te chu a la a, a rawn khuh ta a. A thusawi chuan a chhunga hmeichhia chu a bum a. Minute tlemte a ngaihtuah chuan dawt a sawi tih a hre mai ang. Ke pakhat aia rit zawk chuan kawngka chu a rawn nam ta a. Wilhelmina chu a kutphah practiced flick vawi khat hmangin a chhuah tir a, dar sawm leh pahnih velah plating mawi tak hmangin a shot. Thawm chu a reh ta.
  
  
  Jeanie chuan a kekawr hak sang tak a ha a, Luger chu a melh reng a. A hmel chu silai a en lai chuan hlauhna leh mak tihna inkawp a ni. "Hei hi Bauman-a kan hmuh kha a ni..."
  
  
  “A dik e,” Nick chuan a ti nghal zat. "Window lamah lo kal rawh."
  
  
  Mahse a rilru put hmang chu a rawn sur chhuak ta. Hruaitu hmasa ber. He gang, hmeichhe naupang leh, a nihna takah chuan, Baumann! A kut zungtang hmet chungin a voice recorder te tak te chu a on ta a.
  
  
  Tukverh a hawng a, spring clips atanga aluminum screen a lakchhuah lai chuan, "Baumann-a'n chhuah tir turin min tir a. Kan theih chuan midangte hi kan chhanchhuak leh ang. He hmun luhna kawtah hian sipai tlemte kan nei a ni," a ti a. " "
  
  
  “Hei hi a buaithlak hle mai,” Jeanie chuan a ti a. "Ka hrethiam lo ..."
  
  
  “Baumann chuan a hrilhfiah ang,” Nick chuan ring zet hian a ti a, recorder chu a off ta a. A châng chuan tape-te chu a dam khawchhuak ang a, mahse i damchhuak lo vang.
  
  
  Zan lam chu a han en a. Hei hi khawchhak lam a ni. Kawngkhar bulah chuan vengtu pakhat a awm a, mahse buainaah chuan a inhnamhnawih tih a chiang hle. A chunglam thlenga internal raid neih theihna tur tactics an siam chhuak lo. Minute khat hnuah window chu an ngaihtuah ang.
  
  
  Inhnuai tukverh atanga eng lo chhuak chuan lawn hrual hrual chu a ruak vek tawh. A hawi let a, Ginny hnenah chuan a kut pahnih chu a rawn phar chhuak a. "Lever chu." A tlakna tur kawng thui tak a ni.
  
  
  "Khawi?"
  
  
  "Hold on. Bar work i tih dan. I hre reng em?"
  
  
  “Ka hre reng a ni ngei ang, mahse...” A ding a, mipa thau tak, tar, mahse mak tak maia infiammi, window hmaa innghat a, a kut a phar chhuak a, a khar loh nan a inher a, chu chu a en a. A kawrfual leh a kutkawr pawh a han hrual chhuak a. Detail tenau tak chuan a ti chiang hle. A kut chu a man a, a thaw halh a - skin over steel an ni a, professional dang ang bawkin an chak hle. "I serious em..."
  
  
  He zawhna hi a theihnghilh a, window atanga a lu an chhuah hmasak ber lai chuan, a kawr tikehsawm turin leiah a tlu tih a mitthla a, tlu turin a inbeng kang ta a ni. A thau deuh a, mahse a tul lo. Kut chak tak chuan hmalam panna tight somersault-ah a hruai a, chutah chuan building sir lam pan chuan a hawi let leh a, a sir lamah a hawi ta a ni. Lawng chhunga rawng dum hring hring hring chu a vuak ai chuan a kekawr ipte hmangin zawi zawiin a vuak a, chu chu tuna a chunga innghat mipa mak tak, thiltithei tak chuan a chelh a, a khup hmangin window sill chu a chelh tlat a ni.
  
  
  "Short fall a ni," a ti a, a hmai chu blob mak tak mai, a chunga thim zingah chuan a sir lam hawia a lang. "I khup kha ben rawh. Done - oh-oh-daisy."
  
  
  Hydrangea chanve chu a thlawk thla a, a ke chu a hrual a, mahse a ke chak takah chuan theihtawp chhuah lovin a bounce ta a ni. Heel sang tak takte chu zan rei takah an kal a, pawn lam an inher lai chuan an bo ta a ni.
  
  
  Ramhnuai atanga ui chil chhakna hmun zau takah chuan rulhut puak chhuak, tanpui theih loh, hlauthawng hmel nen chuan a hawi kual a, a tlan ta a.
  
  
  A chhuah tir meuh chuan Nick chuan building sir chu a scale a, ledge chu a man a, hmeichhe naupang chu a hnuaia a awm thlengin rei vak lo a innghat a, chutah hydrangea chu kal tlang turin a sir lamah a hawi a, chutiang bawk chuan awlsam takin a tla thla ta a ni. feet sawmthum leh pali parachute hmanga skydiver ang maiin. Tlu lo turin a somersault a, Ginny hnungah a dinglamah a roll ta a.
  
  
  Engtin nge he nula hian a chhuahsan theih ang! Light-te thlen theih lohna ramngaw chhunga a bo lai chu a hmu ta a. A hnungah a tlan phei a, a tlan nghal a
  
  
  thimah chuan, hlauthawng takin a hawi let lo mai thei a, yard dozen engemaw zat tal chu a sir lamah a kal lo mai thei tih a ngaihtuah a. Nick hian college track meet pangngaia pawm theih hun chhungin mel chanve thlenga hla eng pawh a tlan thei a ni. Ginny Ahling hi a chhungte acrobatics bakah hian hmân laiin Blagoveshchensk-a hmeichhe tlan chak ber a ni tih a hre lo. An tlan hla hle a, Harbin atanga Amur lui thlengin team zawng zawng a pui vek a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding ta a. A hmalam hla takah chuan ke ruh thawm ri chu a hre ta. A tlan phei a. Wire fence sang tak lam pan chuan a kal nghal a. Full speed-a a vuak chuan a tlu ngei ang, a pawi zawk pawh a ni thei. Rilru lamah chuan ruam kam thlenga hlat zawng chu a chhut a, a hun leh a ke pen dan chu a chhut a, a hmaa a awm dan chu a chhut chhuak ta a ni. Tichuan step sawmhnih leh pariat a chhiar a, a ding a, a kut chu a hmui bulah nghatin: "Ginny! Ding rawh, hlauhawm. Ding rawh. En teh," a ti a.
  
  
  A ngaithla a. Ke ruh tlan chu a tawp ta a. Hma lam pan chuan a tlan a, hmalam atanga dinglam panna a hre emaw, a hre emaw a, a kalna tur chu a inmil turin a thlak danglam thin. Rei vak lo hnuah a che vel chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  "Tlan suh," zawi sap hian a ti a. "Fence lam pan chuan i kal nghal a. Electrified a ni mai thei. Engti kawng pawhin, i inhliam dawn a ni."
  
  
  Zanah a hmu a, a kuah a. A tap lo, a khur mai mai a ni. Washington-a a tih ang bawkin a tuiin a hria a, a rim pawh a tui hle bawk—a rilru hahna lum leh a hmuiah chuan a thawmhnaw hnim hring chu ngaihtuah chuan a tui zawk pawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  “Tunah chuan a awlsam tawh,” a ti thlamuang a, “Thawk la.”
  
  
  Inchhungah chuan thawm a awm a. Mipaho chu an tlan kual a, tukverh lam chu an kawhhmuh a, thinghnahte chu an dap kual a. Garage building chhunga light chu a eng a, mi engemaw zat an rawn chhuak a, a chanve vel an inchei a, Nick-a’n shovel ni lo tura a tih thil sei tak tak an keng bawk. Car pakhat chu kawngpuiah chuan a tlan chak hle a, mi pali chu a disgorged a, in lian bulah chuan light dang pakhat chu an lam hawiin a rawn eng leh ta a. Ui te chu an rawn au ta hlawm a. Eng hlim lo takah chuan vengtu leh ui chuan tukverh hnuaiah chuan mipaho chu an rawn zawm ta tih a hmu a.
  
  
  Fence chu a enfiah a. Electrified angin a lang lo, a sang mai a, a chungah chuan barbed wire - industrial fencing chi hrang hrang tha ber a ni. Ruam chhunga kawngkhar pathumte chu a hla lutuk a, khawiah mah a kal thei lo va, rei lo teah an en reng dawn a ni. A hawi let leh a. Mipaho chuan an inbuatsaih a - a chhe lo bawk. Car pakhat chu gate lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a. Patrol pali an inthen darh a. Ui kengtu chuan an lam pan chuan a kal nghal a, an hnunglam chu a zui ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan rang takin steel fence post base chu a lai chhuak a, chewing tobacco plug dum ang maia lang puak thei plaque pathum a phun a. Energy bomb pahnih dang, ballpoint pen thuk tak ang maia siam leh Stewart-a special mixture of nitroglycerin leh diatomaceous earth hmanga khat glasses case a dah belh bawk. Bomb puak thei a supply kha a ni a, mahse wire tihchhiat nan engkim mamawh tur chakna chu a thunun thei lo. Fuse sawmthum leh pahnihna te tak te chu a set a, Ginny chu a hruai bo a, a kal lai chuan a chhiar chhuak ta a.
  
  
  “Sawmhnih leh pahnih” a ti a, Ginny chu a rualin leiah a vawm thla a, “Muhil rawh.” I hmai chu leiah dah rawh."
  
  
  A chunglam chu a tlem thei ang bera awm theih nan charge lam hawiin a hawitir a. Wire hi grenade atanga shrapnel ang maiin a thlawk hrang thei a ni. A grenade pahnih, lighter ang maia siam chu a hmang lo a, a chhan chu an charge-te chu an shower of razor-sharp metal risk-a dah tlak a nih loh vang a ni. Ui nen patrol chu yard za chauh a hla a ni. Eng nge dik lo...
  
  
  WAMOOOOOOO!
  
  
  Hmanlai rintlak Stuart. "I ti ang." Jeanie chu puakna hmun thlengin a hruai a, thim zinga khur hring dup chu a enfiah a. Volkswagen-in i tlanpui thei bawk. Tunah chuan hmeichhe naupang logic chu a thawk tan a, a budge duh lo a nih chuan a nei ngei ang.
  
  
  "I tha em?" - lainat zet hian a zawt a, a kekawr ipte chu a rawn hrual a.
  
  
  "Kei...ka ngaihdan chuan."
  
  
  "I ti ang." Tlâng sir lam panna kawng a awm mai thei nia a chhutna hmunah chuan an tlan phei ta a. Yard za zet a kal hnu chuan, “Ding rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  A hawi let leh a. Flashlight chuan wire chhunga khur chu a probe a. Ui chuan a rawn ti a. Ui tam zawk chuan an chhang a - khawi emaw lai atang chuan an hruai a. Chi engemaw zat an nei ngei tur a ni. Car pakhat chu lawn chu a tlan pel a, a light chu a thim vek a, an light-ah chuan wire chhe tawh tak chuan a eng chhuak ta a. Mipaho chu an tlu chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan grenade a la chhuak a, a theihna zawng zawngin streetlight lam pan chuan a vawrh chhuak ta a. Ka thleng thei lo - mahse, lungngaihna thlentu a ni thei. Sawm leh panga a chhiar a. A ti a, "Chhuk leh rawh." A dang nena khaikhin chuan puak chu meipui alh ang mai a ni. Submachine gun chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a; puak tawi pahnih, paruk emaw pasarih emaw ve ve, a tawp chuan chu pa chuan, “Val rawh!”
  
  
  Nick chuan Jeanie chu a hruai chhuak a, ruam kam lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Bullet pahnih khat chu an general direction-ah a thlawk a, lei aṭangin a ricochete a, zankhuain whoosh-r-r-r-r-r sual tak nen a thlawk a, chu chu i hriat hmasak ber aṭanga ngaihnawm tak a ni - i hriat apianga chatuan atana hlauhawm tak a ni. Hei hi Nick hian vawi tam tak a lo hre tawh a.
  
  
  A hawi let leh a. Grenade chuan a ti hniam a. Infantry school-a drill group ang maiin jagged wire abyss chu an hnaih ta a. Tunah chuan mi sawmhnih emaw a aia tam emaw chuan an rawn um zui ta a ni. Lantern chak tak pahnih chu thim zingah chuan a innghat a, mahse ka thleng thei lo.
  
  
  Chhumte hian thla chu rawn pholang ta se, Ginny nen chuan silai mu pakhat theuh an la ngei ang.
  
  
  Nula kut chu vuanin a tlan phei a. Ani chuan: "Khawiah nge kan awm..." a ti a.
  
  
  “Thu sawi suh,” a thusawi chu a titawp a, “Kan khawsa dun emaw, kan thi dun emaw, chuvangin keimah hi ring tlat rawh.”
  
  
  A khup chuan bush pakhat a rawn deng a, a ding ta a. Eng lam hawi nge trail chu a awm? Logically chuan dinglamah a awm tur a ni a, main house atanga a course kal tawh nen a inmil tur a ni. Chu lam chu a hawi a.
  
  
  Wire chhunga gap atang chuan êng êng tak a rawn chhuak a, lawn chhungah chuan a darh a, an veilam ramngaw chu a thleng a, bush te chu a khawih hrual a. Mi pakhatin light chak zawk a rawn keng tel a, chu chu six volt sportsman kut chhuak light a ni ngei ang. Jeanie chu bush chhungah chuan a hruai lut a, leiah chuan a pin ta a. Zawm! Eng chuan an chenna hmun a khawih lai chuan leiah a lu a nghat a, a kal zel a, thingte chu a chhui kual a. Sipai tam tak chu an hmai a eng avangin an thi a.
  
  
  Ginny chuan, "Hetah hian i chhuak ang u."
  
  
  "Tun dinhmunah chuan kahhlum ka duh lo." Chhanchhuahna tur a awm lo tih a hrilh thei lo. An hnungah chuan ramngaw leh lungpui a awm a, kawng chu khawiah nge a awm tih pawh a hre lo. An insawn chuan thawm chu a thihpui dawn a ni. Lawn an paltlang chuan êngin a hmu ang.
  
  
  Experimental takin bush te chu a probe a, trace awm theihna tur hmun zawng turin a bei a. Hemlock branch hniam leh second growth te hian cracking noise a siam thin. Eng chu a rawn lang a, a miss leh a, kawng dangah a kal ta a.
  
  
  Wire-ah chuan pakhat khatin an kal tlang ta a, spurt inthlauhna felfai takah an kal tlang ta a. An thupektu chuan tunah chuan hmasawn zawkte tih loh chu mi zawng zawng a tichhe vek tawh. An thil neih chu an hre chiang khawp mai. Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a chhuah tir a, a kut chhung lam chu a appendix awmna hmuna a belt chhunga spare clip inbun awmchhun chu a hmet a. Hei hi thlamuanna tlemte chauh a ni. Chu puak tawi te chuan silai keng mi tha tak a kawk a—chu aia tam pawh a awm ngei ang.
  
  
  Mi pathumte chu an kal tlang a, an inzar pharh ta a. Pakhat zawk chu a lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, car êngah chuan target tha tak a ni. Nghah pawh awmzia a awm lo. Wire chu a thupek anga a awm laiin a che thei bawk a, an inpumkhatna chu a titawp thei bawk. Master dik tak chuan a tlu dan te, chu mi tlan chak dan te chu a ngaihtuah a, kah vawi khat hmangin tlan lai figure chu a kap thla ta a ni. Car headlight pakhatah bullet pahnihna a dah a, rang takin mit pakhat a lo lang ta a ni. Submachine gun chu a rawn inhawng leh a, a dang pakhat chuan a rawn zawm leh a, pistol pahnih pathum chu meialh a rawn chhuah tan ta a, chu chu cool takin hand torch êng êng tak chu a kap ta a. Leilung chu a rawn deng ta a.
  
  
  Khawi hmunah pawh thawm rapthlak tak a ri a. Bullette chu thlai chungah chuan a rawn inher chhuak a, thinghnah hring chungah chuan a rawn inher chhuak bawk. Ramhnuai chu tui an pe a, a che ngam lo. Chu êng chuan a vun phosphorescence, a kutkawr-a a chang chuan eng eng chu man rawh se, amah leh Genii chu ruang, lead, copper leh steel-in a riddled leh a hrual vek an ni ang. A lu chu chawi sang a tum a. Zawi te hian a nawr a. "En suh. I awmna hmunah hian awm rawh."
  
  
  Silai hmehpuah chu a reh ta. A tawp ber chu submachine gun a ni a, methodical takin forest line-ah short bursts a kap chhuak a ni. Nick chuan peek tura thlemna chu a dodal a. Hei hi kea kal sipai tha tak a ni.
  
  
  Nick-a kah mipa chu a natna chuan a rilru a rawn hrual lai chuan a rawn ti chhuak ta hlawl mai. Aw ring tak hian, "I mei chu vawn tlat rawh. John Number Two chuan Angelo chu car hnungah a hruai let leh a. Chuti a nih chuan khawih suh. Barry - i mipa pathum hruai la, car kha la la, kawtthler chu vel la, chu thingkungte chu rawn vawm rawh. Ram." car chu, chhuak la, kan lam pan chuan tlan rawh. Chu light chu chutah chuan dah la, a sir lamah chuan. Vince, ammo i nei tawh em?"
  
  
  "Sawmthum leh panga atanga sawmli." Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a - ka shooter tha em?
  
  
  "Eng chu en teh."
  
  
  "Dik."
  
  
  "En teh, ngaithla rawh. Kan pin down tawh."
  
  
  Chuvangin, general. Nick chuan jacket dum chu a hmaiah a hrual a, a kut chu a chhungah a thun a, a en a risk ta a. A tam zawk chuan rei lo te chhung chu an in en reng a ngai a ni. Car headlight mitmengah chuan mi dang pakhat chuan hliam tuar pakhat, thaw hahdam tak chu a hruai bo a. Lantern chu veilam hla takah ramngaw chhungah chuan a kal ta a. Mi pathumte chu in lam pan chuan an tlan phei a.
  
  
  Nick-a hriat loh thupek an sawi a. Mipaho chu car hnungah chuan an tlan phei ta a, tank hnung lama patrol ang maiin. Nick chuan wire atanga mi pathum kal tlangte chu a ngaihtuah buai hle a. He pawlah hian thil titu awm sela, rannung thihpui thei ang maiin zawi zawiin hma a sawn zel ang.
  
  
  Ginny chuan a rawn ti chhuak nghal zat. Nick chuan a lu ah a rawn fawp a. “Ngawi teh,” a ti sap a. "Ngawi reng rawh." A thaw chu a vawng tlat a, a ngaithla a, thim hnaih takah chuan eng thil pawh che vel hmuh emaw hriat emaw a tum a.
  
  
  Aw muangchang tam zawk leh light eng mawi tak a awm bawk. Car chhunga headlight awmchhun chu a thim a. Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Tunah chuan mastermind chuan a gunners te chu light nei lovin a hmasawn tir dawn a ni. Chutih lai chuan khawiah nge a hmuh hnuhnun ber pathumte chu khawi emaw laiah thim tuipuiah chuan hmai lam hawia mu chu an awm?
  
  
  Car chu a start a, kawngpui dungah chuan a rawn ri ta hlawm a, gate-ah chuan a ding a, chutah a hawi let a, ramngaw chu a tlan pel ta a. Hetah hian flankers te chu an lo kal ta! Hun remchang ka neih chuan
  
  
  Artillery, mortar fire leh support platoon te tan radio ka hmang thin. Chu aia tha zawk chu tank emaw armored car emaw extra i neih chuan min thawn rawh.
  
  
  
  Bung VIII.
  
  
  
  Headlight pakhat nei car engine chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Kawngkharte chu a rawn inkhar ta hlawm a. Nick-a fantasy chu a titawp ta a. Frontal attack pawh a ni! Damn effective tak a ni. Grenade la awm chu a kut vei lamah a thun a, Wilhelmina chu a dinglamah a pin a. Flanking car chuan creek-a a kal lai chuan a headlight a on a, a bounce a, a bula gravel path chu a paltlang ta a ni.
  
  
  Wire hnung lama car headlight chu a eng a, khur thuk lam pan chuan a tlan chak ta hle mai. Kut vawn lantern chu a rawn eng leh a, thingte chu a scan ta a. A eng mawi tak nen chuan thinghnah line chu a rawn chhuah ta a. Crash ri a awm - submachine gun chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. A nghing leh ta. Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a, A mi pakhat, hetiang hmuna lo kal pathum zinga pakhat chu a kap a ni mai thei.
  
  
  "Hey... ka ni." Thaw halh chungin a tawp ta.
  
  
  Ani pawhin a ti ve mai thei. Nick chuan a mit a ti zim a. Zan lama a mit hmuh chu carotene leh 20/15 a hmuh ang maiin a tha hle a, mahse a dang pahnih chu a hmu thei lo.
  
  
  Chutah car chuan fence pakhat a rawn nam ta a. Rei vak lo chhung chu Nick chuan a hmaah feet sawmli zeta hlaah mi dum pakhat a hmu a, car light chu a lam hawiin a rawn inher chhuak a. Vawi hnih a kap a, goal a khung tih a chiang. Mahse tunah chuan ball a intan ta!
  
  
  Headlight chu a kap a, lead chu car chhungah a squeeze lut a, windshield hnuai lamah pattern a stitch nghal a, a shot hnuhnung ber chu hand light off hmain a kap ta a ni.
  
  
  Car engine chu a au chhuak a, thawm dang a rawn ri leh ta. Nick chuan driver chu a la a ni mai thei tih a rawt a, car chu fence chhungah chuan a tlan lut leh ta a.
  
  
  "Hetah hian a awm!" - aw ring tak hian a au chhuak a. "Ding lamah. Up leh anmahni chungah."
  
  
  "Tang rawh." Nick chuan Ginny chu a rawn chhuah tir a. "An tlan tir rawh."
  
  
  Hmalam pan chuan ramngaw lam leh a sir lamah chuan a hruai a, beitute atanga hla takah mahse thing line atanga yard tlemte vela hla, yard za vel a hla motor dang lam pan chuan a hruai a.
  
  
  Tin, chutah chuan thla chu chhum hnunglam atang chuan a lo chhuak ta a. Nick chu a khup a, gap lam chu a hawi a, Wilhelmina chhungah chuan spare magazine a dah a, thim zingah chuan a han en a, chu chu rang takin a inhumhimna a tlem ta hle mai. Second tlemte a nei a. Ani leh Ginny chu artificial horizon-a an beitute aiin ramngaw hmaah hmuh a harsa zawk. Flashlight kengtu pa chuan â takin a han on a. Nick chuan belt buckle awmna tur hmunah bullet a dah avangin a kut veilam a bullet chu a chelh tih a hmuchhuak a. Chu pa chu a inhnim hrual a, êng êng chuan lei chu a rawn luah khat a, Nick-a chuan a hnaih bertu mipa dozen zet chu a hmu thei ta a ni. Hruaitu chu yard za hnih vel a hla a ni. Nick chuan a kap ta a. Ka ngaihtuah a, Stuart chuan engvangin nge Wilhelmina nen hian ka innghah tih a ngaihtuah a! Bullet te chu pass la, Stuart, he thil atang hian kan chhuak ang. Mahse Stuart-a chuan a hre lo.
  
  
  Thla chu a rawn lang ta! Pakhat a miss a, pahnihnaah a man ta a ni. Shot tlemte dang a awm leh dawn a, a tawp tawh ang. Pistol chuan a mit a chhing a, buzzing-r-r-r-r-r chu a hre leh ta a. Ginny chu a rawn nudge a. "Tlan."
  
  
  Oval ball te tak te chu a la chhuak a, a sir lamah lever pakhat a hmet a, indona line chhungah a paih lut ta a. Stuart-a meikhu bomb, a darh chak lutuk, dense camouflage mahse minute tlemte chhungin a bo vek. Device chu a nui suk a, rei vak lo chu an inthup ta a.
  
  
  Ginny chu a rawn tlan phei ta a. Car chu ramngaw kamah chuan a ding ta a. Mi pathum chu car atang chuan pistol han phar chungin an thlawk chhuak a, thim zingah chuan vague vague tak tak hmuh tur a awm. Car hma lam light chu a eng a. I hnung lamah pistol leh i hmaiah pistol; Nick chu a nui suk a. Tin, ka taah chuan cartridge pahnih dang a awm bawk!
  
  
  A hawi let leh a. Gray-white fog atang chuan dim silhouette a rawn zuang chhuak ta a. Bullet chhanchhuah tumin Nick chuan a smoke grenade pahnihna leh hnuhnung ber chu a toss lut a, a outline chu a bo ta a ni. Car lam chu a hawi a. Mi pathumte chu an inthen ta a, Ginny chu thah an duh lo emaw, an mei zawng zawng chu a tan an humhim duh lo emaw a ni. Engtiang chiahin nge pawimawh i nih theih ang? Nick chuan an rawn pan hnai a, a bawkkhup a - pahnih in rawn kal ve a, hei hi a tawpna a ni. Thla eng karah target hnathawh turin ka hnaih zawk ang.
  
  
  B-VOOM! Ramngaw atang chuan Jeanie, Nick leh mi pathum rawn hnaih berte inkar lai takah chuan ralthuam rit tak a rawn ri ta a - caliber rifle tha tak rifle ri bengchheng tak chu. Mihring dum zinga pakhat chu a tlu ta a. B-VOOM! B-VOOM! Mihring dang pahnih chu leiah an tla thla a. Nick-a chuan pakhat emaw, pahnih emaw chu hliam an tuar tih a hre thei lo - a hmasa ber chu na takin a au chhuak a.
  
  
  "Hetah hian lo kal rawh," Nick chuan a hnunglam atang chuan Ginny kut chu a rawn vuan a. Rifle kengtu chu a thlawp emaw, a duh lo emaw pawh a ni thei, mahse beiseina awmchhun chu amah chauh a ni a, chu chuan automatic ally a ni ta a ni. Ginny chu bush chhungah chuan a hruai lut a, firing point-ah chuan a tlu ta a ni.
  
  
  CRACK-BAM B-VOOM chu a rawn lang ta! Chu ralthuam bawk chuan muzzle blast close a, kawng a kawhhmuh ta! Nick chuan Luger chu a ti hniam hle. CRACK-BAM B-VOOM chu a rawn lang ta! Ginny chu a thaw halh a, a au chhuak nghal zat bawk. Muzzle blast chu a hnai em em a, thlipui ang maiin a rawn deng a, mahse chutiang chuan thli engmahin i beng chu a ti nghing thei lo. Anmahni kal pelin, meikhu screen lam pan chuan a kap ta a.
  
  
  “Hi,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Ṭanpuina i mamawh em?"
  
  
  “Awle, I’ll be damned,” mi pakhat aw chuan a chhang a. "Ni e. Lo kal la, min chhanchhuak rawh." John Villon-a a ni.
  
  
  Rei vak lovah a bulah an awm ta a. Nick chuan - .
  
  
  "Ka lawm e, putar. Favour rang mai mai. Luger round maktaduai kua vel i nei ang em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo nang?"
  
  
  "Cartridge pakhat a la awm."
  
  
  "Hetah hian. Colt 45. Chu chu i hria em?"
  
  
  "Hmangaih rawh." Pistol rit tak chu a la ta a. "Kan kal dawn nia?"
  
  
  "Min zui rawh."
  
  
  Villon chu thing zingah chuan a kal a, a inher leh inher a. Thla engemaw zat hnuah kawngpui pakhatah an thleng a, a chunga thingte chuan van lam hawia open cut a lantir a, thla chu a rim-ah rangkachak tangka chhe tawh tak a ni.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "A chhan zawh hun a awm lo. Tlang chungah chuan min hruai kir leh dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "A dik e. Mahse ui te hian min hmu ngei ang."
  
  
  "Ka hria. Hmeichhia nen in kal ta ang u. Ka man ang che emaw, kawngpui hluiah minute sawm aia rei lo min nghak ang che."
  
  
  "Ka jeep chu a awm. Mahse kan inzawm tlat a tha zawk. I hmu chauh ang...."
  
  
  “Lo kal rawh” Nick chuan a ti a, “Hun min lei sak a.” Ka hnathawh tur a ni tawh."
  
  
  Chhanna nghak lovin thlai lam panna kawngpuiah chuan a tlan ta a. Thingkung karah chuan car chu an tlan kual a, a chuangte leia an tlakna lehlamah a awm a. Zanin a mi a hmuhte quality atanga thlir chuan, chu silai kah atanga him lo an awm a nih chuan, thing zingah chuan amah zawngin an tlan kual mai ang. Car lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, a chhung lam chu a han en a. A khar vek a, headlight a eng a, engine a purring bawk.
  
  
  Automatic box a ni. A hnunglam chanve a hawi a, full throttle-a hmalam pan tan turin low a hmang a - kal turin lever chu a sawn chho nghal.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan chibai a buk a, feet sawmnga vel zeta hlaah silai a puak ta a. Bullet hian car metal chu a rawn deng a. A lu atanga feet khat vela hlaah glass chhungah chuan shot dang a lut leh a. A bawkkhup a, double twist a siam a, gravel kawngpui chu a pel a, luipuiah chuan a chhuk leh chho ta a.
  
  
  Fence chu a zui a, kawng a thleng a, in lian lam pan chuan a hawi ta a. Quarter miles vel zet a tlan a, light a off a, brake a hmet a. A zuang chhuak a, a jacket atang chuan pipe te tak te, inch khata sei leh pencil ang maia thuk lo chu a la chhuak a. Pali a keng a, fuse pangngai tak tak, incendiary fuse a ni. A kut zungtang pahniha cylinder te te chu a man a, a han her kual a, gas tank chhungah chuan a paih lut ta a. Twist chuan seal chu a tichhia a, acid chu metal wall te tak teah chuan a luang thla ta a ni. Wall chu minute khat vel zet a chelh a, chutah chuan device chu a rawn kang ta a - a lum a, a hliam bawk a, phosphorus ang mai a ni.
  
  
  A duh angin a ni lo. Accelerator chelhna tur lung zawn hun a neih loh chu pawi a ti hle a, mahse a hnungah chuan gate-ah chuan car light a rawn tlan phei a. Speed chu sawmli vel a ni a, gear selector chu neutral-ah a shift a, car rit tak chu parking lam hawiin a tilt a, a zuang chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Tlukna chuan a tithinur hle a, a throw theih zawng zawng nen pawh. Ramngaw chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, ruam atanga chhuahna kawng lam chu a pan a, chutah chuan headlight a rawn eng chhuak a, a rawn umzui ta a.
  
  
  A hnutchhiah car chu car ding row inkarah hla tak tak a inher a, car hrang hrang hmalam tawp chu a sir lehlamah a tlan kual vel chuan a hrual a. A ri te chu a ngaihnawm khawp mai. Ramngaw lam pana a tlan lai chuan recorder chu a on a.
  
  
  Gas tank puak ri ri chu a ngaithla a. Tank khar chhunga ignition plug chungchang hi i hre ngai lo. Tank cap chu a la chhuak lo tih chu a chiang a, theoretically chuan oxygen a awm tawk tur a ni a, a bik takin puak hmasa berin tank a tichhia a nih chuan. Mahse tank chu a capacity thlenga packed emaw, a bik taka durable emaw bulletproof metal atanga siam a nih chuan i neih chhun chu mei tlemte chauh a ni.
  
  
  In êng lam chu ngaihtuah chungin kawngpui panna kawng chu a hmu ta a. Ngun takin a ngaithla a, uluk takin a che a, mahse flanking car nen a khalh mi pathumte chu an lang lo. Tlang chu ngawi reng leh rang takin a chho a, mahse ngaihtuahna fim lo takin a lawn lo, ambush a hlau hle.
  
  
  Tank chu lungawithlak takin a puak a, puak chu mush-in a khuh a ni. A hnunglam a hawi a, vanah meialh a lo chhuak a.
  
  
  “Tlem han khel teh,” a ti muangchang a. Ginny leh John Villon te chu cut sir lehlama kawngpui hlui an thlen hma lawk hian a man ta a.
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Villon-a four-wheel drive Jeep hmangin farmhouse siamṭhatna lam chu an pan ta a ni. Car hnung lamah a dah a, choka chhungah chuan an lut ta a. Pawn lam ang bawka mawi taka siam that a ni a, counter zau zawng zawng, thing hausa leh copper eng mawi tak - a en mai mai chuan apple pie rim i hre thei a, bawnghnute thar bucket i mitthla thei a, hmeichhe curvy, ruddy leh round tak tak, skirt sei tak ha, mahse underwear nei lo te pawh i mitthla thei bawk .
  
  
  Villon chuan M1 rifle chu kawngka chunglam brass hook pahnih inkarah a dah a, kettle chhungah tui a leih a, stove chungah chuan a dah a: “Bathroom i mamawh ka ring, miss. Chutah tak chuan. Kawngkhar hmasa ber veilamah. Towel i hmu ang .Corset chhungah hian cosmetics a awm a.”
  
  
  "Ka lawm e," Ginny chuan a ti a - Nick chuan a ngaihtuah chak lo deuh - a bo ta a.
  
  
  Villon chuan electric kettle chu a khat a, outlet-ah a plug lut ta a. Restoration-ah hian tunlai thil awlsam tak tak a tel a - gas stove a awm a, open pantry lian takah chuan Nick-a chuan refrigerator leh freezer lian tak a hmu a. Ani chuan, "Hetah hian an awm ang. Ui te chu."
  
  
  Villon chuan, “Ni e,” tiin a chhang a. "An lo thlen hunah kan hre mai ang. Minute sawmhnih tal hmain."
  
  
  "Sam."
  
  
  Engtin nge kawngpuiah ka lo chhuk tih i hriat? " "
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  Villon-a thusawi lai chuan mit dum chuan a rawn en nghal che a, mahse chu pa chuan reserve nasa tak a nei thung. A hmel lan dan chuan, "Ka dawt sawi lo ang che, mahse i thil tih a nih loh chuan ka hrilh nghal vat ang che." Nick chuan a thutlukna siam chu a lawm hle thut mai a, a vawi khatna atan kawngpui hluiah chuan Browning shotgun chu zuang tum lo turin a ti a. Villon-a’n rifle hmanga a hnathawh dan chu hrechhuakin, he thutlukna hi a lawm hle a ni. A hmuh theih tlem ber chu a ke chu thlawh chhuah tir a ni. Nick chuan: "TV scanner?"
  
  
  "Chutiang thil buaithlak tak chu a awm lo. Kum 1895 vel khan rel kawng hnathawk pakhat chuan thir microphone tih hming pu hmanrua a siam chhuak a. I hre tawh em?"
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  "A hmasa ber chu carbon telephone handset track-a dah ang mai a ni. Rel a kal pelh chuan a thawm i hre a, a awmna pawh i hre thei a ni."
  
  
  "Early error a ni."
  
  
  "A dik e, Mine te hi, a dik e, an lo ṭha chho tawh." Villon chuan bang chunga walnut box pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a, chu chu Nick chuan hi-fi speaker system niin a ngai a. "Ka iron microphone te hi an sensitive zawk hle. Wireless-in signal an thawn chhuak a, sound level a san chuan chauh an activate a, mahse a bak zawng chu Connecticut River Railroad-a he telegraph operator hriat loh vang a ni.
  
  
  "Engtin nge mi pakhat chu kawngpuiah nge tlang kawnah a kal tih i hriat?"
  
  
  Villon chuan cabinet te tak te hmalam chu a hawng a, indicator light leh switch paruk a rawn lang ta a. "Thawm i hriat chuan i en a. Light chuan a hrilh che a ni. Pakhat aia tam a on chuan rei lo te chhungin a dangte chu i off emaw, rheostat hmangin receiver sensitivity i tipung emaw a ni.
  
  
  "Ropui". Nick chuan a belt atang chuan .45 caliber pistol a la chhuak a, uluk takin dawhkan zau takah chuan a dah a. "Ka lawm e. Tuin nge min hrilh tih i ngaihtuah em? Eng nge? Engvangin nge?"
  
  
  "Chutiang bawka i tih chuan. British intelligence? He ramah hian rei tak i awm loh chuan i accent a dik lo."
  
  
  "Mi tam zawk chuan chu chu an hre lo. Ni lo, British ho ni lo. Luger bullet i nei em?"
  
  
  "Yeah. Minute khat hnuah ka rawn pe ang che. Mi hliam tuar duh lo leh inrawlh thei khawpa rilru na antisocial guy ka ni mai ang."
  
  
  "Ulysses Lord i ni tih ka sawi duh zawk." Nick chuan a English accent chu a thlak ta a. "28th Division-ah khan hell of a record pakhat i nei a, Captain. 103rd Cavalry hlui atang khan i tan a. Vawi hnih i hliam a. M-1 i la thlawh thei tho. Estate hralh a nih lai khan chu thil neih chu i vawng reng a, hunting camp atan pawh a ni mai thei. A hnuah he lo hlui hi i siam thar leh ta a ni."
  
  
  "Villon" chuan bag te chu cup-ah a dah a, tui lum chuan a khat a. "Engte nge i ta?"
  
  
  "Ka sawi thei lo, mahse in inhnaih hle mai. Washington-ah phone number ka pe ang che, phone number ka pe ang che. Army archives-ah fimkhur taka i inhmelhriattir chuan a then min thlawp ang. A nih loh leh chutah chuan anmahni leh nangmah i tlawh thei bawk." ' a chiang ang." .
  
  
  "Mi rorel thiam tak ka ni. I tha ka ti. Mahse he number hi ziak rawh. Hetah hian..."
  
  
  Nick chuan number a ziak chhuak a, chu chuan a call tu chu verification process a paltlang tir ang a, chu chuan - a call tu chu legitimate a nih chuan - a tawpah chuan Hawk-a assistant nen a inzawm tir ang. "Ka car-ah min hruai a nih chuan i kawng atang chuan kan chhuak ang. Kawngpui tawp lam an lo dang hma hian eng chen nge kan la neih?"
  
  
  "Kawngpui zau takah chuan mel sawmhnih leh panga zeta thui loop a ni. Hun kan nei."
  
  
  "I tha ang em?"
  
  
  "Min hre chiang - min kalsan tur khawpin an hre bawk. Ka pui che tih pawh an hre lo."
  
  
  "An chhui chhuak ang."
  
  
  "Anmahni nen chuan hremhmunah."
  
  
  Ginny chu kitchen chhungah chuan a lut a, a hmel chu a lo siam tha leh a, a rilru a hahdam hle bawk. Nick chuan a accent chu a chhunzawm leh ta a. "In pahnih hian in inhmelhriattir tawh em? Kan buai em em a...."
  
  
  “Tlang chunga kan kal lai chuan kan inbia a,” Villon chuan a ti vawt a. Switch nei cup a pe a, lazy beat au thawm chu walnut speaker atang chuan a rawn chhuak a. Villon chuan tea chu a fiddling a "Deer. Hun engemaw chen hnuah rannung zawng zawng i hriat theih nan i hmu ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan Ginny chu a rilru a hahdam leh mai ni lovin, a hmelah chuan a duh loh hmel khauh tak a nei tih a sawi bawk. Ngaihtuah hun a nei - a thutlukna siamte chu thudik nen a inhnaih em em tih a ngaihtuah a. Nick-a chuan: “I ke chu engtin nge a awm?Hmeichhe tam zawk hi chu stocking-a zin an thiam lo, an tender em?”
  
  
  "Mi nalh tak ka ni lo." Casual takin sawi chhuah a tum a, mahse a mitmeng dumah chuan thinrimna mei chu a rawn eng chhuak ta a. "He buaina rapthlak takah hian min luhtir a ni."
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan i sawi thei ang. Mi tam zawk chuan kan harsatnaah hian midang kan mawhpuh a. Mahse, ka ngaihdan chuan harsatna i tawk niin a lang - ka puihna tel lo takin."
  
  
  "Bauman fapa i ti em? Ka ngaihtuah chuan...."
  
  
  Wall speaker chuan ui au thawm ri chuan a rawn ti ri ta hlawm a. Mi dangin a rawn zawm ve bawk. Pindan chhungah chuan an lut ta niin a lang. Villon chuan a kut pakhat chu a han phar a, a kut pakhat chuan a volume chu a ti hniam a. Ka ke chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Mi pakhat chu a bengchheng leh thaw halh ri an hre a, pakhat dang chu hla taka tlantu ang maia thaw halh ri an hre bawk. A ri chu a ri nasa zual sauh a, chutah a thi ta - movie-a march ang maiin. “Hetah hian an awm,” Villon-a chuan a ti a, “Mi pali emaw panga emaw leh ui pathum emaw pali emaw, ka ti ang.”
  
  
  Nick chuan remti takin a lu a bu nghat a: “Doberman an ni lo.”
  
  
  "Rhodesian Ridgeback leh German Shepherd te pawh an nei bawk. Ridgeback hian bloodhound angin an track thei a, tiger angin an attack thei bawk. A chi ropui tak a ni."
  
  
  "Ka chiang e," Nick chuan khauh zet hian a ti a. "A nghak thei lo."
  
  
  "Hei hi engnge?" Jenny chuan a ti a.
  
  
  "Ngaithlatu hmanrua a ni," Nick chuan a hrilhfiah a. "Mr. Villon chuan approach-ah microphone a dah a. Video nei lo television scanner ang maiin. An ngaithla mai mai. Device mak tak a ni, a dik tak zet."
  
  
  Villon chuan a no chu a hrufai a, uluk takin sink chhungah a dah a. "Anmahni hi i nghak tak tak dawn lo tih ka ring." Rei vak lo chu pindan atang chuan a chhuak a, parabellum round millimeter 9 awmna box kengin a rawn let leh a. Nick chuan Wilhelmina clip chu a rawn fill leh a, a pocket-ah chuan sawmhnih vel a dah belh leh a.
  
  
  Clip chu a dah lut a, a kutpui leh kutpui hmangin slide chu a han chawi kang a, round chu chamber chhunga a thlawh luh lai chu a en reng a. Silai chu harness chhungah chuan a dah leh ta a. A kut hnuaiah chuan pheikhawk hlui ang maiin nuam takin a thu a. "I sawi dik. Kan kal ang."
  
  
  Villon chuan jeep-in a kaptu hnenah chuan a hruai a, chutah chuan Nick-a chuan car rent chu a chhuahsan ta a ni. Nick chu jeep atanga a chhuk chuan a ding a. "In lamah i haw leh dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Ni e. No sil la, dah turin min ti suh. Ka ti ang."
  
  
  "En teh. He pawl hi i bum thei lo. I M-1 chu an la thei a, silai mu chu an la thei bawk."
  
  
  "An ti lo ang".
  
  
  "Rei lo te chu i kal bo tur niin ka hria. An lum dawn khawp mai."
  
  
  "Midangin ka tih tur nia an ngaih chu ka tih dawn loh avangin heng tlangah hian ka awm a ni."
  
  
  "Tun hnaiah Martha hnen atangin eng nge i hriat?"
  
  
  Hei hi random test a ni. Nick chuan direct hit chu mak a ti hle. Villon chuan a ei a, a mit a chhing a, “Good luck,” a ti a. Jeep chu bush-ah a tla thla a, a hawi let a, a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan rang takin rental car chu kawngpui hluiah chuan a khalh thla a. Highway a thlen chuan vei lamah a hawi a, Lalpa ram a\angin a hla ta a ni. Chu hmun map chu a memorize a, airport lam panna kawng circular tak a hmang bawk. Tlang chhip lamah chuan a ding a, transceiver atang chuan antenna wire te tak te a tlanpui a, dry cleaning truck chhunga AXEmen pahnih chu a ko ta a. FCC thil phut chu a ngaihsak lo. "Plunger chuan office B a call a. Plunger chuan office B a call a. Lo lut rawh."
  
  
  Barney Manoun aw chu a rawn chhuak nghal mai mai a, a ring leh chiang hle. "Office B. Lo kal rawh."
  
  
  "Ka chhuak dawn. Action eng emaw i hmu em?"
  
  
  "A tam. Darkar hnuhnung berah car panga."
  
  
  "Operation complete. Order dang i neih loh chuan chhuak rawh. Sava hnenah chuan hrilh rawh. Ka hman hmain phone i hmang ang."
  
  
  "Hetah hian order dang a awm lo. Kan mamawh em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. In lamah haw rawh."
  
  
  "Awle, inpeih tawh."
  
  
  "Inpeih la, kal rawh."
  
  
  Nick chu car chhungah chuan a lut leh ta a. Barney Manun leh Bill Rohde te hian truck hi Pittsburgh-a AX office-ah an kir leh ang a, Washington-ah an thlawk ang. Mi tha tak an ni. Estate luhna bulah truck chu an dah mai ni lovin, an thup a, ramngaw chhungah observation deck an siam a ni mai thei. Chu chu, Bill-a chuan a hnuah a hrilh a, an tih ang chiah kha a ni.
  
  
  Airport lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Ginny chuan, "Awle Jerry, English accent kha i thlak thei ang. Khawiah nge min hruai i rin a, eng thil nge ni?"
  
  
  
  Bung IX-na a ni.
  
  
  
  Nui hmel hrual chuan Nick-a hmui chu rei vak lo chhung chu a rawn ti hrual a. "Damn, Ginny. Ka school tie accent hlui kha a tha khawp mai ka ti."
  
  
  "Ka ring. Mahse, ka acrobatic training hre chiangtu tlemte zinga mi i ni. I apartment-ah khan ka sawi tam lutuk a, mahse ni khat chu a pui hle. Chu window kan chhuahsan khan, 'Hold on' i ti a." Barbell hmanga hnathawh lai ang bawkin." Villon-a ina ka tihfai hma chuan ngaihtuah hun ka nei lo. Tichuan i kal lai chu ka en reng a. Chu kekawrte chu ka hre chiang khawp mai, Jerry. Nangmah en hian ka lo guess ngai lovang. Mithiamte siam chhuah i ni. Tu nge i nih Jerry Deming? A nih loh leh Jerry Deming hi tu nge ni? " "
  
  
  "Tlangval pakhat, nangmah ngaihtuah nasa tak, Ginny." Vanlawng chhunga a luh tir hma loh chuan a ngawih reng a ngai a ni. Kitty cool tak a ni. Chumi zan chuan vawi tam tak thah a nih tawh thu chu a aw atang chuan hriat theih a ni lo. "Hans hi a kawrfual atan a lian lutuk. Room chhunga ka sawi tawh ang khan double cross lian tak a ziak a. Ruth leh Pong Pong tih loh chu hmeichhe naupang zawng zawng chu tihchhiat vek tur an ni."
  
  
  “Ka ring thei lo,” a ti a, a rilru hahdamna chu a khur nghal vek. A thusawi chu a ei zo vek a, a ngawi ta a.
  
  
  “I theih ka beisei,” a ti a, ka hriat loh ralthuam i nei em? A thawmhnaw phelh chu a hmu a. A pheikhawk leh a purse a hloh a, chuti chung chuan... A vun thlengin i phelh thei a, Pierre-a gas bomb thihpui thei tak chu a shorts pocket bik chhungah chuan i hmu lo thei bawk.
  
  
  A ti nghal a, "Leader hi eng ang nge a nih min hrilh teh. Tu nge i hriat? Khawiah nge kan kal dawn? Kei... ka ring thei lo chauh che, Jerry."
  
  
  Car chu hangar pawnah a dah a, Aero Commander an inbunna hmun atanga step tlemte chauh a hlaah a dah a. Khawchhak lamah chuan zing khawvar hmel a awm. A kuah a, a kut chu a fawp bawk. "Jenny, i ropui ber. Nang ang hmeichhia hi ka mamawh a, nizan hnuah pawh keimah ang mipa i mamawh tih i hriat ka ring. In chhungril lama mipa Hans aia rit zawk. Ka bulah awm la, i nei ang It's okay." .Kan kir leh ang a, Command One nen kan inbia ang a, chutah chuan thutlukna i siam thei ang. Okay?"
  
  
  "Ka hre lo..."
  
  
  Zawi zawiin a hmui chu a han herh a, a fawp a. A hmui chu a vawt a, a khauh bawk a, chutah a nem zawk a, chutah a lum zawk a, a lawmawm zawk bawk. Amah chu rin a duh tih a hria a. Mahse he Asian nula mak tak hian a nunah thil tam tak a hmu tawh a, awlsam emaw rei tak emaw bum theih a ni lo. Heti hian a sawi: “Chutah chuan chawlh hahdam deuh kan rawt khan ka sawi tum a ni.
  
  
  Tlang bulah hian hmun te tak te ka hria. Tremper, New York khawpui chungah a awm. Foliage chu a rawng a rawng a lo ni thuai ang. I duh chuan fall-ah weekend khat tal kan rawn let leh mai thei. Hruaitu kan biak hma loh chuan min ring rawh."
  
  
  A lu a thing nghal ringawt. A hmuiah chuan mittui a tla tih a hria. Chuvangin, Chinese hmeichhe hmeltha tak chu, a hlawhtlinna zawng zawngah pawh, thir a siam a ni lo. Ani chuan, "Hetah hian lo nghak rawh. Minute khat dang ka awm tawh lo ang. Awle?"
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a, hangar chhungah chuan rang takin a kal a, rei vak lo chu car chu a en a, chutah airport office bula phone booth lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Tlan a tum a nih chuan kawngpui dunga a kal lai emaw, field chhunga a luh lai emaw chuan a hmu ang.
  
  
  Number chu a call a, "Hei hi Plunger a ni. Dar 9-ah Avis office call la, car chu airport-ah a awm tih hrilh rawh. Chabi chu back seat hnuaiah a innghat a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan: “Ka hmu e,” tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  Nick chu hangar kil lamah chuan a tlan let leh a, chutah casual takin car lam pan chuan a kal phei ta a. Jeanie chu ngawi rengin a thu a, zing khawvar thar chu a han en a.
  
  
  Vanlawng engine a lum chhoh lai chu a en reng a. Office te tak te atang chuan tumahin an chhuahsan lo. Light thenkhat chu eng mah se, airport chu a thim ang maiin a lang. Vanlawng chu a thlawh tir a, zing tlang chunga light turbulence karah chuan a pui a, feet sangsarih zeta hlaah a level off a, degree 120 lam panin a kal ta a ni.
  
  
  Ginny chu a melh a. A hmalam chu a en nghal a, a hmel mawi tak chu ngaihtuahna leh rinhlelhna inkawp a ni. Ani chuan, "Kan tlak hunah chawhmeh tui tak ei rawh. I ril a tam tih ka bet tlat."
  
  
  "A hmain ka ril a tam tawh. Leader hi eng ang nge a nih?"
  
  
  "Ka type a ni lo. Vanlawng i thlawh tawh em? Control-ah i kut dah la. Zirna ka pe ang che. A tangkai mai thei."
  
  
  "Tunge dang i hriat? Procrastination kha bansan rawh Jerry."
  
  
  "Stall-ah hian hun tam tak kan hmang thei a. Carburetor-a ice awm bakah hian thil dang zawng aiin pilot an that tam zawk ka ring. En la, ka rawn entir ang che...."
  
  
  “Tu nge i nih min hrilh la tha zawk Jerry,” aw na tak hian a titawp a. "A kal hla tawk tawh."
  
  
  A thaw halh a. Dodalna tak tak tur chuan a warm up ta a ni. "Min ring ngam khawpin min duh lo em ni Ginny?"
  
  
  "Mipa ka hmuh tawh zawng zawng ang bawkin ka duh che. Mahse chu chu kan sawi tum chu a ni lo. Bauman chanchin min hrilh teh."
  
  
  "A hming Juda tia koh i hre ngai em?"
  
  
  A ti rilru a. A hawi let leh a. A hmui a ti hup a. "Ni lo. Chuti a nih chuan?"
  
  
  "A rawn kal dawn."
  
  
  "A fapa i ti bawk. I thusawi ang bawkin dawt i sawi nghal vat bawk."
  
  
  "Kan inhmuhna atang khan min bum thin, darling. Mahse, i chanvo i play avangin ka hrethiam a, min hriat loh vang a ni. Tunah chuan ka rinawm tawh che a ni."
  
  
  A cool deuh hlek tawh. "Table-te tihdanglam tumna kha bansan la, thil awmze nei tak sawi rawh."
  
  
  "Ka hmangaih che."
  
  
  "Chu chu i sawi tum a nih chuan nakin lawkah dah la. I thusawi hi ka ring thei lo."
  
  
  A aw chu a khauh hle mai. Gloves chu an phelh a. Nick chuan, "Lebanon i hre reng em?"
  
  
  "Engnge?"
  
  
  "Harry DeMarkin kha i hre reng em?"
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  "A nih leh Tyson the Wheel nen thlalak an la bawk che. Chu chu i hre lo tih ka bet tlat." A ti mangang hle. “Ni e,” a ti chhunzawm a, “live performance.” "Hans hi a â lutuk. A lehlamah hruai che a duh a. Thlalak nen. I sawi tawh a nih chuan han ngaihtuah teh."
  
  
  General aviation leh thlawhna tenau atana siam autopilot version te zawk chu a hmang ngai lo a, mahse chutah chuan test a ni tawh thung. Course a set - lawng chu a lock ta a. A hlawhtling hle niin a lang. Cigarette a hal a, a thu a. Jenny chuan pakhat chu a duh lo. Ani chuan, "I thusawi zawng zawng kha thu dik lo a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Oil sumdawng ni tur chuan ka chak lutuk tih nangmah ngeiin i sawi a."
  
  
  "I hre lutuk."
  
  
  A hmeltha hle a, a mitmeng dum arched hniam tak, hmui tense tak leh mitmeng concentrated tak a nei bawk. A nawr na lutuk. Amah ngeiin a chhui chhuak duh a, gang member a nih loh phawt chuan vawi khat an rawn tlak chuan harsatna pahnih a tawk leh ang. Hriamhrei a nei ngei ang. Khawi? Khawnge?
  
  
  A tawpah chuan, "Cop chi khat i ni. Tyson nen hian thlalak in la tak tak pawh a ni mai thei. Chuta tang chuan i thusawi hi a intan a ni."
  
  
  "Nuihzatthlak suh."
  
  
  "Interpol, Jerry?"
  
  
  "US hian intelligence agency sawmhnih leh pariat a nei a. Anmahni kal tlang rawh. Tin, a chanve chuan min zawng mek bawk."
  
  
  "Chutih lai chuan British i ni mai thei, mahse kan zinga mi i ni lo. Ngawi reng rawh." Awle... "Tûnah chuan a aw chu a hniamin a khauh tawh a, lung mawi tak chunga a zungpui eng mawi tak chu a hrual hnua Hugo-a ang bawka nalh leh hrual a ni. Harry DeMarkin-a kha i sawi a. Chu chuan AX-a siam a nih a rinawm zawk.
  
  
  "A dik e. CIA leh FBI te pawh." Gloves set pahnih chu a hlip vek. Rei vak lo hnuah chuan in hmaiah in vawrh a, in Derringers emaw Pepperboxes emaw chu la turin in kal ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan pawi a ti hle. A hmeltha em em a - a talent pawh a la chhui tan lo. He spine hi flexible steel cable hmanga siam niin, dense foam rubber hmanga khuh a ni. I ti thei... A kut chu a sawn nghal a, a fimkhur ta hle mai. A hmui hnuaia hollow felfai tak atang chuan thawmhnaw hring hring chu a brush a.
  
  
  “Ni lo,” thinrim zet hian a ti a. "Hlimna ngaina mi emaw, connection a siam hma loh chuan hun khawhral clerk emaw i ni lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan a mitmeng a rawn ti sang a. Hemi chungchang hi Hawk hnenah a hrilh tur a ni. "Demarkin chungah hna ropui tak i thawk a. Dad chuan a pawm."
  
  
  "He thil tenawm tak hi titawp rawh."
  
  
  "Tunah chuan min thinrim tawh."
  
  
  "Fascist misual i ni."
  
  
  "He ngaihtuahna hi rapthlak takin i zuang thla a. Ka chhanchhuak che a ni."
  
  
  Washington-ah chuan... kan inhnaih hle a ni, ka ti rilru a. Ka theih ang hmeichhia kha i ni..."
  
  
  “Bullshit,” a ti tawp a, “Darkar tam tak chhung chu ka nêm tawh. Ka nunah thil dang zawng zawng ang bawkin a kal chhe ta hle mai. Lawyer i ni a. Mahse tu nge leh eng nge tih erawh hriat ka duh khawp mai."
  
  
  "Okay. Tyson nen engtin nge an kal tih min hrilh teh. Harsatna i nei em?"
  
  
  Thinrimna nasa tak ang maiin a thu a, a kut chu a rilruah a cross a. Note tlem a han enchhin leh a. A chhang duh lo. Heading chu a check a, autopilot thar chu a en a, a thaw halh a, a thutnaah chuan a tlu ta a. A cigarette chu a timit a.
  
  
  Minute tlemte hnuah chuan a ti muangchang a: "Eng zan nge. Ka melt tawh." A ti hahdam a. A thaw halh a. Ni chu chhum a awm lo. Ramngaw tlangte chu a han en thla a, an hnuaiah chuan buh chi hring, inthlau lo sang tak tak thlipui ang maiin a rawn inher chhuak a. A darthlalang chu a melh a, course leh speed a check a, thli leh drift a estimate bawk. Vanlawng awmna tur chu rilruin a chhut chhuak a. A mitmeng chu a ti hniam a, muhil chhuak ang maiin a insiam a.
  
  
  A dawt leha a mitmeng zim tak atang chuan a en ngam leh a, a kut chu a lo inhawng ta a. A kut dinglam chu hmuh theih lohvin a awm a, chu chuan a tibuai hle a, mahse a thil tih chu tihtawp tumin a che ngam lo. A thil tum tension leh threat chu a hre ta. A châng chuan a training-na chuan hlauhawm a ti hle niin a lang a, sakawr emaw, ui emaw ang maiin.
  
  
  A kut dang chu a hmu lo.
  
  
  A thaw halh a, a ti muangchang a, "Ginny, nangmah ngei pawh pilot tawnhriat ngah tak i nih loh chuan engmah ti suh. He thil hi autopilot thara awm a ni a, chu chu i la test lo tih ka bet tlat a ni," a ti a. Seat-ah chuan a pil hniam zawk. "Engtin pawh nise heng tlang chungah hian thlawh a harsa khawp mai..."
  
  
  Thâwk a la a, a lu chu a bulah a nghat a. Thawmhnaw te te te a hre ta. Eng nge ni ta? A bra chu 1000-1b a ni mai thei. nylon chak tak leh garrote siam awlsam tak a ni. Self-locking clamp nei mah se, heng puak thei thilte hi a tuar thei ang em? Vanlawng chhungah ni lovin. Chem? Khawnge? Hlauhawm leh sual tih hriatna chu a lo chak ta em em a, che lo, en lo, mahni invenna atana che lo turin theihtawp a chhuah a ngai ta a ni. Mit zim zet hian a en reng a.
  
  
  A mit hmuhna hmun te tak te chung lam chu thil pakhat a kal a, a tla ta a ni. Instinctive takin a inhalation-ah chuan a thawk a chawlhsan a, a lu chungah film chi khat a rawn chhuk a, “Ke” te tak te a hre ta a. Ka thaw halh - gas chuan a ngaihtuah a. A nih loh leh steam chi khat emaw. Chutiang chuan an ti ta! Thihna hood nen! Instant kill with fantastic extension a ni tur a ni a, chu chuan hmeichhe naupang hian Harry DeMarkin leh Tyson te ang mipa a hneh thei dawn a ni. Chu thil chu a hnar tissue-a a luh loh nan cubic centimetre tlemte a thawk chhuak a. Ka lung chhunga pressure awm reng turin ka pelvis chu ka hruai lut a.
  
  
  A chhiar a. Pakhat, pahnih, pathum... a kawngah a paih a... ngilneihna mak tak maiin a chelh nghet sauh sauh a. 120, 121, 122, 123 te chu a hnuaia mi ang hian a ni.
  
  
  Lung leh pelvis tih loh chu taksa ruh leh taksa peng zawng zawng chu a hahdam tir vek a. Yogi ang maiin a taksa chu a hahdam vek tur leh nunna nei lo turin thu a pe a. A mit chu tlem a meng a phal a. 160, 161, 162 te chu...
  
  
  A kut pakhat chu a han chawi sang a. Kut chu a muhil a, nunna nei lovin, paper pulp hnim ang maiin a mu a. A thlak ta a - rilru natna mak tak mai nen. A ti a. "Goodbye, baby. Midang i ni. Khawngaihin min ngaidam rawh. Mi zawng zawng ang bawkin rat bastard i ni a, mahse ka tawn tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan rat bastard mawi ber ka ti. Thil danglam tak ni se ka duh khawp mai." "Ka ni a born loser. Engtikah emaw chuan khawvel hi a danglam dawn a ni. Chutiang Catskills ka thlen chuan ka hre reng ang che. Ka la hre reng mai thei che... hun rei tak chhung." A tap zawi sap a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan hun a nei tlem ta. A hriatna chu a dull nghal vat a, a thisen kal chu a reh ta hle mai. Window chu a hawng a. Plastic hood te tak te chu a lu atang chuan a la chhuak ta a. A kutphah inkarah chuan a roll a, magician scarf ang maia a tlahniam leh bo chu a en reng a. Chutah a kutpui leh kutpui inkar ah chuan a han chawi sang a. A hnuaiah chuan leilung marble aia lian lo, rawng nei lo capsule a innghat a.
  
  
  Ball te tak te chu a rawn rock leh a. A kuta postage stamp ang maia lian package-ah chuan umbilical cord ang maia tube te tak te hmangin a bun a ni. “Chu chu thil tenawm tak a ni,” thinrim zet hian a ti a.
  
  
  “A dik e,” Nick chuan a remti a, boruak la awm chu nasa takin a rawn thawk chhuak a, a window atanga lui thar chauh thawk turin a chungah a innghat a, a hmuna a thut chuan ani chuan a au chhuak ta a, “Nang!....”
  
  
  "Ni e, ka ni. Chuti a nih chuan chutiang chuan Harry leh Tyson te chu i hloh ta a ni."
  
  
  Box trap-a chipmunk man thar ang maiin khum te tak te lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, man chu a pumpelh a, chhuahna tur kawng a zawng a.
  
  
  "Relax rawh" Nick chuan a ti a. A man chu a tum lo. - Geist, Akito leh Bauman te chanchin zawng zawng min hrilh vek rawh. Ka pui thei che pawh a ni mai thei."
  
  
  Thlipui na tak karah pawh kawngkhar chu a hawng a. Nick chuan autopilot chu a off a, a tlan chak lo hle. Cabin atang chuan a ke hmangin a rawn chhuak hmasa a. Hlauhna, huatna leh hahna mak tak mai nen chuan a en nghal zat a.
  
  
  “Lo kir leh rawh,” a ti a, thuneihna sang tak nen, ring tak leh chiang takin a ti a. "Mi â suh. Ka ti na lovang che. Ka thi lo. Ka thaw ka vawn tlat a ni."
  
  
  Vanlawng atanga a chanve vel chu a thlawk chhuak ta a. A kutphah chu a man thei a, a chakna leh lawng veilam hawia a inher chuan a duh emaw duh lo emaw pawh nise a ti tla mai thei. Hetiang hian a ti tur em ni?
  
  
  A ruahmanna siam avang hian AX tan chuan a dam ang bawkin a hlu dawn a ni. A damchhuak a nih chuan kum lungchhiatthlak tak tak chu Texas compound thup, mi tlemte chauhin an hriat, mi tlemte chauhin an hmu a, mi tlemte chauhin an sawi a ni. Kum? Duhthlan tur dikna a nei a ni. A hmui chu a tense ta hle mai. Bank indicator chu a melh a, lawng chu a level a vawng reng a. "Lo let leh rawh, Ginny."
  
  
  "Goodbye Jerry."
  
  
  A thusawi pahnih chu a nem zawkin a lungngai zawkin a lang a; lumna leh huatna tel lovin - a nih loh leh chu chu a illusion a ni em? A chhuak ta a.
  
  
  A dinhmun chu a ennawn leh a, feet za tam tak a chhuk ta a ni. Ram kawngpui zim tak bulah chuan barn pakhata OX HOLLOW tih ziak a hmu a, oil company map-ah a hmu a, a map-ah chuan a chhinchhiah ta a ni.
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Charter outfit neitu chu a tlak lai hian a duty a ni. Flight plan leh sumdawnna lama harsatna awmte sawi a duh a. Nick chuan, "Lawng nuam tak. Khualzin ropui tak. Ka lawm e. Goodbye."
  
  
  Gianni ruang hi hmuh a la ni lo emaw, airport check-naah hian hetiang dinhmun hi a la thleng lo emaw a ni thei. Kawngpui sira telephone booth atang chuan taxi a ko a. Chumi hnuah tuna Hawke float awm mek chu a ko chhuak a, design chu scrambler awm loh huna hman tur atana duh duhin siam danglam a ni. Minute khat pawh tling lovah a thleng ta. Hawk chuan, "Ni e, Plunger," a ti a.
  
  
  "Ringhleltu number sawm leh pahnih hian Bull Hollow atanga mel sawm leh panga vel a hlaah a intihlum a, hei hi action hnuhnung ber atanga mel sawmriat leh panga vel a hla a ni."
  
  
  "Okay, zawng rawh."
  
  
  “Company nen leh keimah nen pawh inzawmna a awm lo. Inbiakpawhna leh cool taka awm a tha zawk. Ka transport-ah kan awm a. A chhuak ta a ni.”
  
  
  "A chiang khawp mai".
  
  
  "Kan inhmu tur a ni. Thil ngaihnawm tak tak ka nei."
  
  
  "Fox time i siam thei ang em? Point panga?"
  
  
  "Chutah chuan kan inhmu leh ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan a phone chu a dah a, a kut chu a hmuiah dahin rei vak lo a ding a. AX hian Ox Hollow area-a thuneitute hnenah Jeanyee thihna chungchanga hrilhfiahna pawmtlak a pe dawn a ni. A ruang hi tu emaw chuan an la ang em tih a ngaihtuah a. A lo en ve ngei tur a ni. Team dangah a tel ve a, mahse tuin nge duhthlanna hun nei?
  
  
  Fox Time leh Point Five hi hun leh hmun pakhat atana code awlsam tak a ni a, he thu-ah hian Army leh Navy Club-a private meeting room a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan taxi chu Route 7 atanga bus station atanga block thum chhungah a khalh a, a chhuk a, cab chu hmuh theih loha a awm hnuah a la awm chu a kal ta a ni. Ni a sa a, a vawt bawk a, lirthei a ri nasa hle. Mr Williams chu a bo ta a ni.
  
  
  Darkar thum hnuah "Jerry Deming" chuan Thunderbird chu traffic-ah a roll a, rilru lamah chuan tunlai khawtlang nunah "real" tiin a insiam ta a ni. Office supply dawr pakhatah a ding a, marking atan pencil dum pangngai leh note paper pad a lei a, chubakah envelope dum stack a lei bawk.
  
  
  A apartment-ah chuan a mail zawng zawng a kal kual a, Saratoga tui bottle khat a hawng a, note panga a ziak a. An inang vek - Tin, chutah chuan panga an awm bawk.
  
  
  Hawk-a’n information a pek atang chuan Ruth, Susie, Anna, Pong Pong leh Sonya te address awm thei chu a la ta a ni. Anna leh Sonya te hian an file-ah designation an neih avangin he address hi mail atan chauh hman theih a ni mai thei." Envelope lam chu a hawi a, a bungrua chu a phelh a, rubber band hmangin a seal a.
  
  
  Pennsylvania-a in pakhat hallway-a mi pahnih hnen aṭanga card leh paper a lakte chu uluk takin a zir chiang a - chu chu "private sports outbuilding" angin a ngai a ni. Middle Eastern oil-a eagle share pakhat thununtu cartel-a member dik tak an ni tih a lang.
  
  
  Chumi hnuah a alarm chu a set a, 6:00 p.m. Washington Hilton-ah vawi khat a in a, DuBarry’s-ah steak, salad leh pecan pie a ei a, minute sawm leh minute riat velah Army and Navy Club-ah a lut ta a ni. Hawk chuan private room nuam takah a lo nghak a - chu room chu hmun danga an insawn hma thla khat chauh hman leh hman tawh a ni.
  
  
  A boss chu meipui te tak te, eng lo tak bulah chuan a ding a, Nick nen chuan kut inthlak nghet tak leh rei tak an en dun a. Nick chuan AX executive chau lo tak hian a ni rei tak hnathawh thin chu a thawk ngei ang tih a hria a - a tlangpuiin office chu dar riat hmain a thleng thin. Mahse, chawhnu lam mut tawh mipa ang maiin a rilru a thlamuang a, a tharin a lang. He taksa hring, sinewy tak hian reserve lian tak tak a nei a.
  
  
  Hawk hmel mawi tak, savun ang maia lian chuan a assessment a siam lai chuan Nick chu a ngaihtuah ber a ni. An nuihzat dan pangngai a tihkhawtlai chu a ngaihdan a ni. "I lo chhuak tha ka lawm e Nicholas. Barney leh Bill chuan thawm faint tak tak an hre tih an sawi a, chu chu... uh, target shooting a ni. Miss Ahling chu county coroner office-ah a awm a ni."
  
  
  "Thihna a thlang a. Mahse, duhthlanna ka pe tih i sawi thei."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan technically chuan hei hi Killmaster tualthahna a ni lo. Ka report ang. I report i ziak tawh em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Ka chau tawh. Zanin hian ka ti ang. Chutiang chu a ni. Map-a kan chhinchhiahna kawngpuiah chuan ka tlan a...."
  
  
  Hawk-a hnenah thil thleng dik tak chu a hrilh a, thumal hmuh tur awm lo tak tak hmangin. A tih zawh chuan Hawk-a hnenah oil hnathawkte wallet atanga an lak card leh paper te chu a pe ta a.
  
  
  Hawk chuan thinrim zet hian a en a. "Game hming hi pawisa a ni fo niin a lang. Judas-Borman hi khawi emaw laiah web bawlhhlawh takah a awm tih thu hi a hlu hle. Amah leh Commander One hi mi pakhat an ni thei ang em?".. tiin a sawi.
  
  
  "A ni mai thei. Tunah hian engtin nge an tih ang tih ka ngaihtuah? Mr. Williams chungchang hi an buai hle ang a, an buai hle ang. Amah chu an zawng dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "A ni mai thei. Mahse, British-ho hi an dem thei a, an chhunzawm thei tih ka ring. An apparatus tihchhiat tumin thil pawi lutuk an ti a ni. Williams hi rukru nge Genia hmangaih a ni tih an ngaihtuah ang. Engkim chu tihtawp an ngaihtuah ang. An ruahman a, tichuan, an ti leh ta lo a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a. Hawke pawh hi a hma ang bawkin a logic hle. Hawk-a’n decanter atanga a leih brandy te tak te chu a pawm ta a. Tichuan upa chuan, "Thu tha lo ka nei. John Villon-a chuan freak accident a nei a. A rifle chu a jeep-ah a discharge a, a accident ta a ni. Bullet chu, a dik e, a chhungah a lut ta a ni. A thi tawh a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Chutiang ramhuaiho chu!" Nick chuan farmhouse felfai tak chu a mitthla a. Khawtlang thang lo ni tawh chu chhuahsan. "A tuar thei ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Mahse heng ngaihthlakna hmanrua te hi thilpek a ni. An man a, hmun chu uluk takin an dap a, tihchhiat an tum a ni ngei ang."
  
  
  "Chu chu chhanna tha ber a ni. A unaunu Martha hi California-a right-wing outfit nen an inzawm a. White Camellia squire queen a ni. Chu chu i hre tawh em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo, mahse ka hrethiam."
  
  
  "Kan lo en reng a ni. Kan hmabak tur atan rawtna i nei em? Deming channa hi chhunzawm leh i duh em?"
  
  
  "Hetiang hi ti lo turin min hrilh chuan ka dodal ang." Hei hi Hawk-a tih dan a ni. An hmabak tur chu a ruahman fel tawh a, mahse thurawn a dil fo thin.
  
  
  Nick chuan hmeichhe naupangte hnena lehkha thawn tam tak chu a la chhuak a, a sawifiah ta a. "I phalna la in ka pu, mail hmangin ka thawn ang. An inkarah hian inzawmna chak lo tak a awm ngei ang. Chu chuan ngaihdan nghet tak a siam ngei ka ring. An ngaihtuah rawh se - tu nge a dawt leh ang?"
  
  
  Hawk chuan cigar pahnih a la chhuak a. Nick chuan pakhat a pawm a. An ti eng a. A rim a nam hle mai. Hawk chuan ngaihtuahna fim takin a zir chiang a. "Standing needle, Nick. Chu chu ka ngaihtuah thei se ka ti khawp mai. Pali ziak belh leh la a tha zawk."
  
  
  "Hmeichhe tam zawk?"
  
  
  "Ni lo, heng address te hi Pong Pong leh Anna te tan extra copy. An mail an lakna hmun hi kan hre chiang lo hle." Notebook chu a check a, a ziak nghal vat a, a phek chu a phelh a, Nick hnenah chuan a pe ta a. "Hmeichhe naupangin pakhat aia tam a hmuh chuan engmah a tichhe dawn lo. Tuman engmah an dawn loh chuan hlauhawmna a tiziaawm dawn a ni."
  
  
  "I sawi dik khawp mai."
  
  
  "A nih leh tunah chuan thil dang. I hlim hmel pangngaiah hian lungngaihna engemaw zat ka hmuchhuak. En teh." Nick hmaah chuan thlalak report panga leh pasarih a dah a. "South Gate Motel-a film a ni."
  
  
  Thlalak chu Tyson leh Ginny Ahling te thlalak a ni. Lighting tha lo takah side shot tha lo tak a ni a, mahse a hmel erawh a lang chiang hle. Nick chuan a rawn let leh a. "Chuvangin Tyson chu a that ta a ni. Ka chiang tawh mai."
  
  
  "I rilru a hahdam zawk em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Tin, Tyson phuba lak pawh ka lawm hle bawk. A lawm hle ang."
  
  
  "I research kha uluk taka i tih avangin ka lawm e Nicholas."
  
  
  "He hood trick hian hna a thawk rang hle. Gas hian expansion mak tak tak leh lethal property a nei ngei ang. Tichuan rang takin a bo emaw, a tlakbuak emaw ang maiin a lang."
  
  
  "Hemi chungchangah hian hna tha tak a ni. Dik tak chuan sample i lak let leh hunah chuan lab tan a awlsam zawk ang."
  
  
  "Khawiah nge pakhat ka hmuh ang?"
  
  
  "Chutah chuan min nei a, i hre tih ka hria." Hawk chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Nick chuan engmah a sawi lo. "Akito nena inzawmna nei zawng zawng, Pennsylvania-a hmeichhe naupang emaw mipa emaw zawng zawngte chu kan enkawl reng a ngai a ni. Chu chu kan hnathawkte tan chuan beiseina nei lo a nih tur thu in hria. Mahse, clue tlem ka nei a. Kan thiante tam tak chu chutah chuan an kal fo thin. to the." Chu Dai restaurant. Baltimore bula tuipui kamah. I hria em? "
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  "Ei tur hi a ropui hle. Kum li chhung zet an inhawng tawh a, an hlawkpui hle. Chutiang hmun zinga mi a ni a, inneihna, sumdawnna party leh a ang chite tan banquet room lian sawmhnih vel awmna hmun a ni. A neitute hi Chinese pahnih an ni a, an khalh fai hle." A bik takin Congressman Reed a nih avangin neitu nihna piece a awm."
  
  
  "Chinese again. Chicom thil awm thei te hi engzat nge ka rim hriat thin."
  
  
  "A dik chiah. Mahse, engvangin nge? Tin, khawiah nge Judas-Bormann hi a awm?"
  
  
  "Kan hre chiang hle." Nick chuan zawi zawiin a list a: "Mahni hmasial, duhâm, mi rilru na, zahngaihna nei lo, fing - leh, ka ngaihdan chuan, mi â."
  
  
  “Mahse, a chang chuan darthlalang kan en a, chutah chuan a awm a ni,” Hawk chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a ti leh a. "Eng ang combination nge ni thei. Posh mite hian Caucasian front, connection, Pathianin eng nge a mamawh tih an mamawh avangin an hmang thin."
  
  
  "Chu Dai ah hian mipa kan nei em?"
  
  
  "Chutah chuan kan nei a. Engmah a hmuh loh avangin kan chhuah tir a. Chu staff indaih lohna chu a awm leh ta. Kole a ni. Rag-tag valet tlem a ni tih a inhmelhriattir a. Engmah a hmu lo, mahse ani." hetah hian chutiang rim a nam lo tih a sawi."
  
  
  "Kitchen kha a ni." Hawk chuan a nuih awlsam dan pangngai chu a nuihzat lo. He thil hi a ngaihtuah takzet a ni. "Kolya hi mi tha tak a ni. Hemi ah hian thil a awm ngei ang."
  
  
  Hawk chuan, "Domestic staff zawng zawng deuhthaw hi Chinese an ni. Mahse telephone operator kan ni a, floor-a sand leh wax siamnaah kan pui a. Kan tlangvalte pawhin engmah an hmu lo," a ti.
  
  
  "Hei hi ka check tur em ni?"
  
  
  "I duh hun hunah Mr. Deming. A man a to hle a, mahse i nun tha kan duh a ni."
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Ni li leh zan li chhung chu Nick chu Jerry Deming a ni a, party dik takah chuan tlangval fel tak a ni. Lehkha dang a ziak belh a, a thawn vek bawk. Barney Manoun chuan lords hlui estate chu a melh a, callous guard angin a inhriattir a. Veng rengin a awm tawh lo.
  
  
  Annapolis Manger-a party neihnaah a kal a, chu chu Arab lal fapa sangsarih zinga pakhatin a pek, pawisa lo chhuahna khawpuiah chuan swing duhtu a ni.
  
  
  Nuihzatthlak tak tak leh mitmeng nghet tak takte chu enin, Jerry Deming a nih tak tak chuan chu deal chu a hnawl ang a, Washington atanga hla thei ang bera a insawn ang tih a rilruah a lo lang ta a ni. Kar riat hnuah chuan a boring hle.
  
  
  Mi zawng zawngin an chanvo an hlen chhuak vek a ni. Jerry emaw John emaw i ni tak tak lo...oil emaw, sorkar emaw, White House emaw i ni. Nun chungchang leh thil ngaihnawm tak tak i sawi ngai lo va, hnung lamah i sawi thin. A hmui chu Susie Cuong a hmuh chuan a hlimthla leh mize tha takah a chang ta a ni.
  
  
  A hun lai tak chu! Genie thih hnua hmeichhe naupang pakhat a hmuh hmasak ber a ni. Anni, Akito leh midangte chu hmuh theih lohvin an awm emaw, Nick Carter as N3-a thil tam tak a zir theih thil dang tihnaah emaw an buai hle. Susie chu lal fapa chhehvela cluster-ah chuan a tel ve a.
  
  
  Tlangval chu a boring hle mai. A hobby ber chu blue cinema leh Africa leh India inkar peninsula lian leh hausa tak atanga a theih ang anga hlat a ni. A lehlintu chuan he lawmna tenau tak atana chawhmeh ei tur chu Paris atanga a bik taka thlawhna hmanga rawn luh a nih thu vawi hnih a sawifiah a. Nick chuan an lo enchhin a. An tha hle mai.
  
  
  Nick chuan Susie chu a rawn pan hnai a. Planned coincidence hmangin a mit ka la a, ka inhmelhriattir leh ta a. An zai a. Thu tlemte an sawi hnu chuan Chinese hmeichhe chic tak chu a isolated a, in tur pahnih khat a man a, zawhna pawimawh tak chu a tichiang ta a ni. "Susie, Ruth Moto leh Jeanie Aling te nen hian date kan nei a. Kum tam tak chhung chu ka la hmu lo. Ram pawnah an awm a, i hria em?"
  
  
  Dik tak chuan, a pa nena inzawmna siam tura puih tumtu Jerry Ruth kha i ni tih ka hre reng. "A rang lutuk a ni." Nangmah hi a ngaihtuah nasa hle. "A hmel chu a thim ta vek mai." Mahse, i ti lo. Jenny chanchin i hre tawh em? " "
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  "A thi tawh. Khaw chhunga accident-ah a thi."
  
  
  "Ni lo! Jenny ni lo."
  
  
  "Ni e. Kar hmasa khan."
  
  
  "Chutiang hmeichhe naupang, duhawm tak chu..."
  
  
  "Car emaw thlawhna emaw chutiang chi emaw a ni."
  
  
  A remchan dan anga a chawlh hnu chuan Nick chuan a glass chu a han chawi sang a, zawi te hian, “Jenny hnenah,” a ti a.
  
  
  An in a. Hei hian inpawhna (bond of intimacy) a siam a ni. Zanlai chu hrui sir hmasa ber hrual chungin a hmang a. Connecting cable chu rang tak leh awlsam takin a secure a, a tawp lamah chuan tanpuina a nei tih a hria. Anih lohvin? Jinia a awm tawh loh avangin a dang chuan "Jerry Deming" rawngbawlna hi an la ngaihven a nih chuan hmeichhe dangte chu inzawmna tihpun turin an hriattir ngei ang.
  
  
  Buffet awmna private room lian dang kawngkhar a inhawng rual chuan Nick chuan Susie chu refreshment chamber chhungah chuan a hruai lut ta a. Prince hian conference, banquet leh party neihna tur hall engemawzat hire mah se, a hming chu slacker list-ah a tel ve ngei ang. Room-ah chuan mipui an tam hle a, in tur leh buffet mawi tak takte chu Nick-a’n bandit anga a hriat Washington mi tam tak chuan hlim takin an ei a. An tan vanneihna, inchei mawi tak tak nupa chuan plate-a bawnghnute leh turkey an khat a, chaw tui tak tak an sem chhuah lai chu a en reng a, a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Zanlai pelh hnu rei vak lovah chuan Susie-i chuan taxi hmanga in lam pan a tum tih a hmuchhuak a: "...Columbia Heights bulah ka cheng a ni."
  
  
  A cousin hian a rawn hruai a, a chhuah a ngai tih a sawi bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan hmeichhe dang pangate chu vawiin hian event-ah an tel ve em tih a ngaihtuah a. Jerry Deming a biak theih nan cousin pakhatin a rawn hruai vek a ni. “Ka hruai haw ang che,” a ti a. "Spin tlem ka la ti dawn a ni. Park kal pelh chuan a tha ang."
  
  
  "Chu chu i chungah a lawmawm khawp mai...."
  
  
  Tin, a nuam hle bawk. Zan rei takah a apartment-a awm turin a inpeih khawp mai. A kekawrte chu a phelh a, lui lam hawi daybed-ah chuan "hun rei vak lo chhung" chu a thu ta a, a hlim hle.
  
  
  Susie chu San Francisco-a dawr tha ber ber zinga Chinese doll mawi tak tak i hmuh thin zinga mi ang maia thlum leh cuddly tak a ni. Charm leh vun smooth zawng zawng, leh sam dum eng mawi tak tak, leh attentiveness te. A inbiakna chu a muang hle.
  
  
  Tin, chu chuan Nick-a chu advantage a pe bawk. Mam; mam! Pennsylvania tlanga a thu ngaithla lai chuan Ginny leh hmeichhe naupangte inbiakna a en lai chu a hrechhuak ta. Hmeichhe naupang zawng zawng chu mold-ah chuan an fit vek - thil tum neia training leh polish ang maiin an che a, chu chu madam tha ber berte’n an courtesan-te an zirtir ang bawkin.
  
  
  Hei hi lal hlui in ang chi thiltih tur atana inkhelhpui tha tak tak pawl pek mai ai chuan a fiah zawk a ni. Hans Geist chuan hei hi a hmachhawn thei a, mahse thil chu a thuk zawk a ni. Ruth, Jeanie, Susie leh midangte kha...expert an ni em? Ni e, mahse zirtirtu tha ber ber thenkhat chu specialist an ni mai thei. Susie chuan a hmui hnuaia thawk a chhuah lai chuan a ngaihtuah a. Thahnemngaihna. Chu chu A nawr chhuah tum chu a ni.
  
  
  "Susie, Cousin Jeanie nen hian inzawmna neih ka duh khawp mai. Engtin emaw tak chuan ka hmu thei ang tih ka ring. Oil man tan hian offer ngaihnawm tak a nei mai thei tih a sawi bawk."
  
  
  "Ka biak theih ka ring. A rawn call che i duh em?"
  
  
  "Khawngaihin ti rawh. A nih loh leh a chunga thil thleng hnuah pawh a hma lutuk mai thei tih i ring em?"
  
  
  "A tha zawk mai thei. Nang hi...a puih duh tur mi i ni ang. A duhthusam hnuhnung ber pakhat ang maiin."
  
  
  Angle ngaihnawm tak a ni. Ani chuan, "Mahse, a dik tak chu i hre chiang em? A cousin tam tak a nei mai thei. In Chinese chhungkaw chanchin ka hre tawh a. Baltimore-ah a awm niin ka hria," a ti a.
  
  
  "Ni e, chu chu a ni..." A ti tawp mai. Susie chu hetiang hian a awm ngei a beisei
  
  
  actress tha tak chuan a cue chu a man thuai ang a, thudik chu a slip bo ang. "A tlem berah chuan chutiang chuan ka ngaihtuah. Chhungkaw hre chiang tak ka thianpa kaltlangin ka biak theih a ni."
  
  
  "Ka lawm hle ang," a lu chunglam chu a fawp a.
  
  
  Susie hian a zirlai zawng zawng a zir vek tawh avangin a fawp nasa zawk a. Captivating hna pek chu a pe vek a ni. Ginny thiamna chu a nei lo a, mahse a taksa te zawk, tight zawk chuan ecstatic vibrations a pe a, a bik takin a taksa ta chu a pe a ni. Nick chuan a fakna chu syrup ang maiin a chawm a, a ei zo vek bawk. Agent hnuaiah chuan hmeichhe pakhat a inthup a.
  
  
  Dar sarih thleng an mu a, chutah chuan coffee a siam a, a khumah a rawn keng a, hmangaihna duhawm tak nen a kaitho ta a ni. Taxi koh a tum tlat a, mahse a remti lo - a nawr luih chuan a thinrim dawn tih a sawi.
  
  
  A in lamah a hruai a, 13th Street-a address chu a ziak ta a ni. Hei hi AX record-a address lo lang chu a ni lo. Information center chu a phone a. Dar ruk leh sawmthum velah chuan a hlauhthawn em em chu zan boring tak a nih avangin a inchei dawn lai chuan—Jerry Deming chu a hlim tawh lo—Hawk chuan a rawn call a. Nick chuan scrambler chu a on a, "Ni e, sir," a ti a.
  
  
  "Susie address thar ka ziak a. Hmeichhia pathum chauh an la awm. Ka sawi tum chu extracurricular a ni."
  
  
  "Chinese checkers kan khel a."
  
  
  "I ngaihtuah teh. A ngaihnawm em em a, zankhuain i muhil reng em ni?" Nick chuan bait chu a duh lo. Hawk chuan Susie chu zing lamah a chhuahsan tih a rel avangin address tarlan chu a call nghal dawn tih a hria a. “Thuthar ka nei a ni,” Hawk chuan a ti chhunzawm a. "Villon-a contact number i pek kha an call a. Hetiang hun tlai takah hian an check buai chhan chu Pathianin a hria, Prussian thoroughness emaw bureaucratic error emaw kan tawk a nih loh chuan. Engmah kan sawi lo a, call tu chuan kan counter aiin a phone a dah a, mahse a hmain a ni lo." communication Call hi area code three-y-one atanga lo kal a ni."
  
  
  "Baltimore a ni".
  
  
  "A nihna takah chuan. Chu chu thil dangah belh leh rawh. Ruth leh a pa chu nizan khan Baltimore-ah an kal a. Kan mipa hian khawpuiah a hloh a, mahse khawpui chhim lam pan an ni. A inzawmna chu i hre chiang em?"
  
  
  "Chu Dai Restaurant" tih a ni.
  
  
  "Ni e. Engvangin nge chutah chuan kal a zanriah i ei loh? Chu hmun chu a sual lo niin kan ngai a, hei hi N3-in a hriat loh chhan dang a ni. Tun hmain thil mak tak tak a thleng tawh a ni."
  
  
  "Awle. Ka chhuak nghal ang, ka pu."
  
  
  Hawk-a sawi aiin Baltimore-ah hian rinhlelhna emaw, intuition emaw a tam zawk. A sawi dan - he hmun hi sual nei lo niin kan ngai - chu he rilru buaithlak tak hnathawh dan dik tak hi i hriat chuan vaukhânna chhinchhiahna a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan a tuxedo chu a dah a, Pierre nen shorts chu special pocket-ah a ha a, fire cap pahnih a ha a, a ke pahnih chu a pelvis nen "V" a siam a, suit dum a ha bawk. Hugo chuan a kut veilam hmaiah stiletto chu a nei a, Wilhelmina chuan a kut hnuaiah chuan a bik taka siam slanted sling-ah a dah bawk. Ballpoint pen pali a nei a, chung zinga pakhat chauhin a ziak thei. A dang pathum chu Stewart grenade a ni. Lighter pahnih a nei a, a rit zawk, a sir lama identification handle awm chu a ngaihlu ber a ni. Chutiangte awm lo se chuan Pennsylvania tlangah a la awm reng ang a, phum a ni ngei ang.
  
  
  Zing dar 8:55 a.m.-ah chuan Chu Dai restaurant-a parking lot attendant hnenah Bird chu a hlan a, a hming aiin a ngaihnawm zawk daih. Beach-a building inzawmkhawm pawl, parking lian tak tak leh neon eng mawi tak tak awmna pawl a ni. Chinese head waiter lian tak, zahmawh tak chuan Broadway theater atana hman theih tur lobby-ah a lo hmuak a. "Good evening. Reserve i nei em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a kutphahah dollar nga man bill fold chu a pe a. "Hetah ngei hian."
  
  
  "Ni e, a dik tak zet. Pakhat tan chuan?"
  
  
  "Pahnih siam duhtu i hmuh loh chuan."
  
  
  Chinese ho chu a nui suk a. "Hetah hian ni lo. Chumi atan chuan khawpui lai takah oasis pakhat. Mahse, a hmasa berin chawhmeh ei dun rawh. Minute thum emaw minute li emaw chauh nghak rawh. Hetah hian nghak rawh, khawngaihin." North African harem-a carnival style-a chei, khawthlang lam thila nghawng nei room pakhat chu ropui takin a kawhhmuh a. Plush sen, satin curtain, bold gold tassels leh sofa mawi tak tak zingah chuan color television chu a eng a, a bleated bawk.
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Thli ka la ang a, meikhu ka la ang."
  
  
  "Sorry, kalna tur hmun a awm lo. Parking atan kan hmang vek a ngai a ni. Hetah hian meizuk i in thei."
  
  
  "I private meeting room pahnih khat chu ni khat atan business conference leh banquet atan ka rent thei a. Miin min hmuhtir thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Kan conference office hi dar nga ah khar a ni. Meeting hi mi engzat tan a ni?"
  
  
  "Za ruk zet." Nick chuan boruakah chuan mi zahawm tak a rawn la a.
  
  
  "Hetah hian nghak rawh." Chinese factotum chuan velvet cord a phawrh a, chu chuan Nick hnung lama mite chu dam chhunga sangha ang maiin a man ta a ni. Hmanhmawh takin a kal ta a. Rope-in a man potential client zinga pakhat, tlangval hmeltha tak, hmeichhe hmeltha tak, kawr sen ha, Nick-a chu a nuih suk a.
  
  
  "Hey, engtin nge awlsam taka i luh theih? Reservation ka siam a ngai em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. A nih loh leh Lincoln thlalak engraved pe rawh. Collector a ni."
  
  
  "Ka lawm e, buddy."
  
  
  Chinese ho chu Chinese dang, thinner zawk nen an rawn kir leh a, Nick chuan he mi lian zawk hi thau atanga siam a ni tih ngaihdan a nei ta a - chutiang plumpness hnuaiah chuan sa khauh tak tak i hmu lovang.
  
  
  Mi lian chuan, “Hei hi kan Mr. Sheen, Mr...” a ti a.
  
  
  "Deming. Jerry Deming. Hetah hian ka business card chu a awm."
  
  
  Shin chuan Nick chu a rawn hruai a, head waiter chuan sangha chu a kaihruai chhunzawm zel bawk. Mipa leh hmeichhia sen ha chu an lut nghal a.
  
  
  Mr. Sheen chuan Nick-a chu meeting room mawi tak tak pathum, a khar vek a entir a, chu aia hmuhnawm zawk pali chu an cheimawina leh party-te nen a entir bawk.
  
  
  - Nick chuan a zawt a. Kitchen (pasih vel an awm), lounge, cafe, inkhawmna hmanrua, cinema room, photocopier leh looms te en turin a ngen a. Mr. Shin-a chu a felin a ngaihven hle a, thil zuar tha tak a ni.
  
  
  "Wine cellar i nei em, a nih loh leh Washington atangin kan rawn thawn dawn...?" Nick chuan zawhna chu a chhuahsan ta a. He hmun hrehawm tak hi a tir atanga a tawp thlengin a hmu a - hmun awm chhun chu basement a ni.
  
  
  "Hetiang chiah hian."
  
  
  Shin chuan kitchen bula stairs zau tak atang chuan a hruai thla a, chabi lian tak a rawn phawrh chhuak a. Basement chu a lian a, eng tha tak a nei a, concrete block nghet tak hmanga sak a ni bawk. Wine cellar chu a lum a, a fai a, a stock bawk a, champagne chu a style atanga chhuak ang maiin a awm. Nick chuan a ti a. 'Duhawm. Contract-a kan duhzawng kan sawi mai ang."
  
  
  Stairs ah chuan an chho leh ta a. "I lawm em?" - Shin chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "A ropui hle mai. Mr. Gold chuan ni khat emaw ni hnih emaw hnuah a rawn call ang che."
  
  
  "Tunge?"
  
  
  "Mr. Paul Gold chuan a rawn ti a."
  
  
  "Aw yeah." Nick chu lobby chhungah a hruai lut leh a, Mr. Big kutah a pe ta a. "Khawngaihin Mr. Deming hian a duh zawng zawng a neih ngei ngei tur a ni - compliments on the house."
  
  
  "Thanks, Mr. Sheen," Nick chuan a ti a.Hei hi engtin nge ni ang!Hall hire tura offer nen chawhmeh man to tak tak dawng tura i beih chuan engtik lai pawhin scam i tawk ang. Ngawi rengin inkhel la, brick an lei ang. He saw the coloured brochures on the rack in the hall and took one .Bill Bard-a kutchhuak ropui tak a ni.Thlalak te chu mak tak mai a ni.A hawn veleh Mr. Big tia a vuah mipa chuan, “Lo kal rawh, khawngaihin."
  
  
  Chawhmeh ei chu a sumptuous hle. Menu-ah hian continental leh Chinese dish tam tak awm mahse, butterfly prawns leh Cove steak tea leh rose bottle khat nen chaw awlsam tak ei turin a insiamrem ta a ni.
  
  
  Hahdam takin a inthuam mai mai a, a tea hnuhnung ber a in lai chuan color brochure chu a chhiar a, a chhunga thumal zawng zawng chu a chhinchhiah vek a, a chhan chu Nick Carter hi mi thiam leh uluk tak a nih vang a ni. A kir leh a, paragraph khat a chhiar leh a. Car 1000 dah theihna tur parking zau tak - valet parking - lawnga lo thleng tur tan private marina.
  
  
  A chhiar leh a. Doc chu a hre lo. Cheque a dil a. Waiter chuan, "Free, sir," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan tip a pe a, a chhuak ta a. Mr. Big-a chungah lawmthu a sawi a, in lama chaw siam dan chu a fak a, zan hlim takah chuan a chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Attendant ticket la tura a lo kal chuan, “Keima lawng ngeiin ka lo kal thei tih min hrilh a, khawiah nge lawng chawlhna chu?”
  
  
  "Tuman an hmang tawh lo. An titawp ta a ni."
  
  
  "Engati nge?"
  
  
  "Ka sawi tawh ang khan. Hemi atan hian ni lo - ka ring. Thunderbird. A dik em?"
  
  
  "Dik."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan highway-ah chuan a tlan zauh zauh a. Chu Dai chu tui chung lam deuhah a siam a, a hnung lama marina awm chu a hmu thei lo. A hawi let a, khawthlang lam panin a kal leh ta a. Restaurant hnuai yard za thum vel zetah chuan marina te tak te a awm a, pakhat chuan bay lam a thlir a. Tuipui kamah chuan mei pakhat chauh a kang a, lawng a hmuh zawng zawng chu a thim vek a. A park a, a kal leh ta a.
  
  
  Chu chhinchhiahnaah chuan: MAY MOON MARINA tih a inziak a.
  
  
  Dock chu tuipui kamah chuan wire gate hmangin a lo dang a. Nick chuan rang takin a hawi kual a, a zuang phei a, planking chungah chuan a chhuak a, a ke pen chu drum ri muffled ang maia ri lo turin a bei a.
  
  
  Pier lam pan chuan a ding ta a, êng thim tak chuan a thlen theih lohna hmunah a ding ta a. Lawngte hi chi hrang hrang an ni - marina service tlem berna hmuna hmuh theih chi, mahse dock man erawh a tlawm. Pathum chauh, feet sawmthum chuang zeta sei, leh lawng chawlhna tawp lamah pakhat, thim zingah chuan a lian zawk ang maia lang... feet sawmnga chuang pawh a ni mai thei. . A tam zawk chu tarp hnuaiah an inthup a. An zinga pakhat chauh chuan êng chu a entir a, chu chu Nick-a chuan ngawi rengin a rawn hnaih a, feet sawmthum leh paruk Evinrude, felfai tak, mahse kum bituk nei lo. A lawng chawlhna leh a hatch sen hring hring chuan lawng chawlhna hmun chu a thleng zo lo.
  
  
  Zan atang chuan aw a rawn thleng a: “Engtin nge ka puih theih ang?”
  
  
  Nick chuan a han en thla a. Deck-ah chuan light a rawn eng a, mipa naupang kum sawmnga vel zet chu deck chair-ah a thu a. Khaki hlui dum hring hring a ha a, chu chu background-ah a inbel a, light chuan a rawn pick chhuak ta a ni. Nick chuan casual takin a kut a rawn phar a. "Dock tur hmun ka zawng mek. A man tlawm tak tih ka hria."
  
  
  "Lo lut rawh. Room an nei. Eng ang lawng nge i neih?"
  
  
  Nick chu thing ladder atang chuan a kal thla a, floating plank te chu a pan a, a chuang ta a. Chu pa chuan thutna nem tak chu a kawhhmuh a. "Welcome aboard. Group lian tak nih a ngai lo."
  
  
  "Metre 28 Ranger ka nei a."
  
  
  "I hna thawk rawh? Hetah hian maintenance a awm lo. Light leh tui, chu chu a ni."
  
  
  "Chu chauh chu ka duh ber a ni."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan hei hi hmun a ni mai thei. Zan lama venhimna ka nih avangin free spot ka hmu a. Nitin mipa an nei a. Dar 9 atanga dar nga thleng i hmu thei."
  
  
  "Italian tlangval? Mi pakhatin a sawi ka ring..."
  
  
  "Ni lo. Kawngpui hnuai lama Chinese restaurant hian an nei a. Min tibuai ngai lo. Beer i duh em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a ti lo, mahse sawi a duh a. "Hmangaihna, Ka turn, ka tie hunah."
  
  
  Upa pakhat chu cabin chhungah a lut a, tin can kengin a rawn let leh a. Nick chuan lawmthu a sawi a, opener chu a click a, chibai bukna atan an beer te chu an han chawi sang a, an in ta a.
  
  
  Putar chuan light chu a off a: “Hetah hian thim zingah a tha e. Ngaithla teh.”
  
  
  Khawpui chu hla tak ang maiin a lang thut mai. Thawm ri chu tui kut ri leh lawng lian tak ri ri chuan a pil bo ta a ni. Bay sir zawng zawngah chuan light rawng hrang hrang a rawn eng chhuak a. Chu pa chuan a thaw halh a. "Ka hming chu Boyd a ni. Navy pension tawh. Khawpuiah i thawk em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Oil sumdawnna. Jerry Deming." Kut an khawih a. “A neitute hian lawng chawlhna pawh an hmang em?”
  
  
  "Vawikhat chu a awm tawh. Mite chu an lawngah chaw ei turin an rawn lut thei tih ngaihdan a awm a. Chutiang chu mi tam takin an ti lo. Car-a zuang chu a awlsam zawk hle." Boyd chuan a ti a. "He cruiser hi an nei vek a nih pawhin, rope te hi i hre ngei ang. Hetah hian thil tam tak hmuh tur chuan pawisa pe suh."
  
  
  "Mitdel leh bengchheng tak ka ni," Nick chuan a ti a, "Eng nge an racket?"
  
  
  "Poontang te tak te leh pipe pakhat emaw pahnih emaw pawh a ni mai thei. Ka hre lo. Zan tin deuhthaw hian cruiser-ah hian thenkhat an rawn chhuak emaw, an rawn lut emaw thin."
  
  
  "Spy emaw chutiang thil emaw pawh a ni mai thei?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Naval Intelligence-a ka thianpa pakhat nen kan inbia a. An tha tih a sawi."
  
  
  “Ka inelpui te tan chuan a tam hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a. Amaherawhchu, Hawk-a a hrilhfiah angin Chu Dai thawmhnaw chu a fai hmel hle. "Navy sailor hlui i ni tih an hria em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Boston-a sangha mantu lawngah ka thawk tih ka hrilh a. An ei vek a. A man ka inrem lai khan zan lama venhimna min pe a."
  
  
  Nick chuan Boyd chu cigar a pe a. Boyd chuan beer pahnih a siam belh leh a. Rei tak chu nuam takin ngawi rengin an thu a. Cruiser leh Boyd-a thusawi chu a ngaihnawm khawp mai. Can pahnihna an siam zawh chuan Nick chu a ding chhuak a, kut a rawn inbeng a. "Ka lawm e. Vawiin chawhnu hian ka chhuk ang a, ka hmu ang."
  
  
  "I hriat ka beisei. Lawngpui tha tak ka ti thei ang. Navy mi i ni em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Sipaiah ka thawk a. Mahse tui chungah tlem ka awm."
  
  
  "Hmun tha ber a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan Bird chu kawngpuiah a khalh thla a, Mae Moon Marina atanga mel kua vela hlaa warehouse pahnih inkarah a dah a. Kea kal lehin cement company lawng chawlhna hmun chu a hmuchhuak a, chuta tang chuan thim zinga inthup chungin Boyd-a lawng leh cruiser lian tak chu chiang takin a hmu thei ta a ni. Darkar khat vel hnuah chuan lawng chawlhna hmunah car pakhat a ding a, mi pathum an chhuk a. Nick-a mit hmuhna ṭha tak chuan êng thim takah pawh a hre chiang hle - Susie, Pong Pong leh Pennsylvania-a stairs-a a hmuh Chinese mipa hring hring leh Maryland-a mask hnung lama mipa ni thei tur chu.
  
  
  Dock-ah chuan an kal thla a, a hriat loh Boyd-a nen chuan thu an inthleng a, feet sawmnga zeta sei passenger yacht-ah chuan an chuang ta a. Nick chuan a ngaihtuah vat a. Hei hi a hmahruaina tha tak a ni. Engtin nge tih ang? Ṭanpuina dawng la, cruiser tih dan zir rawh? Mi zawng zawngin Chu Dai-a team hi chutiang taka dan anga an ngaih chuan an khuh bo mai mai a rinawm. Thil tha tak chu beeper chu lawng chungah dahin copter hmanga zawn chhuah a ni ang. A pheikhawk a phelh a, tuiah chuan a tlan lut a, cruiser chu tlem a rawn inbual kual a. Tunah chuan light a eng tawh a, mahse engine a start tawh lo. Pager a dah theihna tur slot a nei tih a hria a. Engmah. A hrisel a, a thianghlim bawk.
  
  
  Marina-a lawng te tak te hnai ber thlengin a inbual a, manila mooring line hmun li a\anga hmun thum chu a titawp ta a ni. Nylon hi a duh zawk ang, mahse manila chu a chhe thei lo va, a upa lutuk lo niin a lang. A kawngah chuan hrui chu a khuh a, dock ladder-ah chuan a kal chho a, ngawi rengin cruiser-ah chuan a chuang a, a cabin window hmaah chuan a chuang ta a. Bay chu a fang kual a, a chhung chu a han en a. Lu ruak, master cabin khar a hmu a, chutah living room porthole lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A chuang pathumte chu ngawi rengin an thu a, mipui boruak chuan mi emaw thil emaw an nghak a. Chinese pa hring chu galley chhungah chuan a lut a, teapot leh cup tray khat kengin a rawn let leh a. Nick chu a nui suk a. Zu in thin dodaltu te chu an hmachhawn awlsam zawk fo thin.
  
  
  Pier atanga thawm ri chuan a hriattir ta a ni. Car dang a rawn tlan phei a, mi pali chuan cruiser chu an rawn pan hnai a. A rawn tlan phei ta a. Bow chungah chuan inthupna tur hmun a awm lo. Lawng chu a rang hmel hle a, line felfai tak tak a awm bawk. Bow-ah chuan hatch hniam tak chauh a awm. Nick chuan a line chu anchor spike-ah chuan tight knot hmangin a secure a, port lam atang chuan tuiah chuan a tla thla ta a. Anchor hmang lo emaw, port lam atanga khin loh emaw chuan line hi an hre ngai lovang.
  
  
  Tui chu a lum hle mai. Thim zingah tui chawi tur nge tih chu a inhnial a. Beeper chu a set lo. Thawmhnaw hnim leh ralthuam nen chuan a inbual rang thei lo. Saruak takin ralthuam dahna hmun ang maia an lan avangin a phelh lo va, a hmanraw hlu zawng zawng - a bik takin Wilhelmina-i - chu lawng chawlhna thim takah dah vek a duh lo.
  
  
  Engine te chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Ngaihtuah chungin line chu a check a, feet hnih a tho a, bays-ah chuan bow pahnih a paih a - sailor’s boatswain chair-ah chuan. Thil mak leh hlauhawm tam tak a lo ti tawh a, mahse hei hi a tam lutuk mai thei. Helicopter a lei tur em ni?
  
  
  Feet stomp chu deck ah a awm. An lawng chu an thlah ta a. Engine lum tir hi an ring tak tak lo. A thutlukna chu a tan siam a ni - an kal zel a.
  
  
  . Cruiser engine te chu a tlan chak hle a, a hnungzang ah tui a rawn tlan lut ta a. Tuipuiah chuan a innghat zual sauh sauh a, .
  
  
  speedboat chuan bay chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Swell-a a pil apiangin tui chuan a ke chu masseur rough tak vuak ang maiin a rawn deng chhuak thin.
  
  
  Tuipuiah chuan cruiser throttle chu a inhawng lehzual a. Zan chu a rawn ram ta a. Nick chu torpedo hnar chhunga fly rawn hrual ang maiin a hria. Hetah hian eng thil nge ka tih? Jump off a ni em? Lawng sir leh propeller te hian hamburger ah a chantir ang.
  
  
  Lawng a rawn tlan chhuah apiangin a hmaiah a tla thla thin. A kut leh keah V-shaped springs siam a zir a, chu chuan a vuakna chu a tiziaawm thei a, mahse a ha a chhuah loh nan chuan a beih reng a ni.
  
  
  A tiam a. A dinhmun chu thihna hlauhawm tak leh thil awm lo tak a ni. Hetah hian risk ka la a ni! AX-a N3 a ni. Chesapeake Bay hnuai lam engine ri chu!
  
  
  
  Bung X
  
  
  
  Cruiser chu a kal thei tak tak a ni. Nick chuan eng ang engine chak tak nge a neih tih a ngaihtuah a. Bridge-a awm apiangin engine a lum tha lo a nih pawhin wheel chu a khalh thei a ni. Lawng chu Patapsco lui aṭangin a rawn tla thla a, a kalna kawngah a awm reng a ni. Helm-ah hian amateur awm ta se, bow chu a sir lehlamah a vawrh chhuak a nih chuan Nick chuan a chunga thlipui thenkhat rawn tlak chu a titawp thei ang tih a chiang lo.
  
  
  Pinehurst tuipui kamah khawi emaw laiah chuan bungraw phur lawng lian tak an paltlang a, cruiser chuan lawng hnung a pelh rual chuan Nick chuan rulhut chu automatic washing machine-ah a tang tih a hria ang tih a hria a. An hnim hnim a, sang takin an chawi sang a, an vuak a, an vuak bawk. Tui; a chungah chuan chakna nasa takin a tla a, ṭhenkhat chu a hnar, a lung chak takah pawh an lut ta a ni. A rilru a buai a, a hmui a ti hup a, a thawk hmanga tui chu thunun a tum chuan plumb line atang chuan a rawn tlan chhuak a, thli chu a chhung atangin a rawn tlan chhuak leh ta a ni.
  
  
  Hun dik lovah hmun dik lovah a awm tih a rel a, chhuahna tur kawng a awm tawh lo. Tui chi khauh tak a rawn vawm lai chuan a hnungzang a vuakna chuan a taksa a tichhe thei ang maiin a hria. Eng cheimawi nge ni - line of duty-a castrated! San zawka kai chhoh a tum a, mahse rope bounce leh vibrating tak chuan inches tlemte a han chhoh apiangin a thlak thla thin. Lawng lian tak kawr chu an paltlang a, a thaw leh thei ta a. An kalna tur hmun thleng turin a duh a ni. A ngaihtuah a // tuipuiah an chhuak a, chutah chuan khaw lum chi khat a awm a, ka lo kal tawh bawk.
  
  
  An dinhmun ennawn a tum a. Darkar engemaw zat chhung chu surf chhungah yo-yoed a ni tawh ang maiin a lang. Magoti luiah an awm tawh tur a ni. A lu a hawi a, Love Point emaw, Sandy Point emaw, Chesapeake Bay Bridge emaw hmuh a tum a. Tui lum chauh a hmu a.
  
  
  A kut chu a na a. A rilru chu a dum leh a sen a ni ang. Tui chungah hremhmun a ni. Darkar khat dang hnuah chuan hriatna nei reng turin a ngaihtuahna a seng a ngai dawn tih a hrechhuak ta a - chutah chuan engine ri chu a reh ta a, nuam takin a ri ta a ni. Hahdam takin, bay pahnih-ah a innghat a, tuiah pil tawh otter, trap chunga chawi chhuah ang maiin.
  
  
  Tunah chuan engtin nge? A mit atang chuan a sam chu a brush chhuak a, a kawr chu a hawi let leh a. Bay sir zawng zawngah idling a, running light, masthead light leh cabin light te chuan zan a ti eng a, zan lama paint tur thlalak a siam a, mast pahnih nei schooner a rawn lang ta a. Plywood toy a awm lo, a ti ta a, hei hi sum leh pai leh tuifinriat thuk tak avanga siam naupang a ni.
  
  
  Schooner port chu red-in, red-in red-in paltlang turin an kal ta a. Plumb line dinglamah chuan a innghat a, hmuh theih lohvin a bo ta a ni. A awlsam lo hle mai. Left clamp-a hrui inbun chu a rawn bei ta a. Cruiser chu zawi zawiin leh na takin vei lamah a inher tan ta a. Rei vak lo hnuah chuan lawng lian tak mit hmuhah Nick chu a rawn lang ang a, window bula turntable-a pie chunga chuang roach ang maiin a rawn lang ang.
  
  
  Hugo chu a la chhuak a, a theih ang tawkin line chu a han phar a, a nghak a, a en reng bawk. Chutih lai tak chuan schooner hnunglam a rawn lang chuan stiletto zungbun hrual hrual hmangin line chu a tikehsawm ta a.
  
  
  Tui chu a rawn nam a, lawng kal lai chu a rawn inbual lut leh chhuak a, a kut chak tak leh a kut scissor hmangin a hmaa a la awm ngai loh angin punch chak tak tak a vawrh chhuak a. A taksa ropui tak chu chakna nasa tak nen a au a. Chhuk leh chhuak, sa grinder propellers i lam pana kal - i suck - i lam panna atanga hla takah.
  
  
  Thawmhnaw a hak avangin a âtna chu a sawichhia a, chu chuan thlipui vuakna thenkhat lakah a humhim a nih pawhin. A kut leh Stuart-a hmanrua rit tak chu a bengchheng hle a, chu chu engine ri leh a beng zungbun tihchhiat tum ang maia a beng zungbun rawn dengtu propeller-te ri ring tak, tui tak takte chu a ni. Tui chu glue ang maiin a lang nghal - a chelh a, a bei a. Lawng propeller-te chuan tui lian tak tak an rawn pan a, a duh loh zawngin amah leh tui chu an la a, bawlhhlawh bawm crusher-a rulhut luh ang maiin chunglam hawia tlan leh chhuah a hre ta a ni. A bei a, tui chu a tawi zawngin, choppy movement-in a vawm a, a thiamna zawng zawng hmangin - a kut chu hmalam hawiin lunge turin a nghat a, tail stroke-ah chakna a khawhral lo. A kut chu a vuak chakna leh chakna avang chuan a na hle.
  
  
  Pressure pawh a danglam ta. Chu thawm chu a kal pel a, thim thuk takah chuan hmuh theih lohvin a ri chhuak ta a. Chu ai chuan tui hnuaia tuifinriat chuan a hnawtchhuak nghal a, a hnungah propeller te chu a nawr ta zawk a ni!
  
  
  A ding nghet a, chunglam pan chuan a inbual ta a. A lung trained, chak tak pawh chu a strain avang chuan a chau tawh hle. Fimkhur takin a rawn lang chhuak a. Lawmthu sawiin a thaw halh a. Schooner chu cruiser-in a khuh a, lawng pahniha mi zawng zawng chu an in en tur a ni tih a chiang a, lei chung lama thim blob, schooner hmalam pan zawi zawiin, êng atanga hla taka kal chu an en lo tur a ni tih a chiang hle. .
  
  
  Lawng lian zawk chuan a engine te chu a off a, a ding ta a. A hriat tawh rumbling zinga mi a ni tih a ring. Tunah chuan cruiser chu a hawi let a, zawi te hian a khawih a. Chinese tawnga inbiakna a hre ta a. Mite chu lawng tenau zawk a\angin a lian zawkah an chho a. Hun engemaw chen chu an drift dawn niin a lang. Tha! Defense nei lovin, in lama tui chawi thei famkim, mahse â tak tak anga inhriain an awmtir thei a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu schooner lian tak hmaiah a awm thlengin wide loop-in a inbual a, chutah tui hnuaiah chuan a zuang thla a, a lam pan chuan a inbual a, a engine lian tak takte thawm chu a ngaithla a. A hmalam pan nghal chuan harsatna a tawk dawn a, mahse chibai bukna, inbiakna, lawng pahnih nena inhmuhkhawm pawh ni se, inbiakna emaw... eng nge? Eng nge a zawn chhuah a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Schooner-ah chuan tarpaulin a awm lo. Aids a hmang thin. A mitmeng rang tak chuan a chungah mi pali emaw panga emaw chauh a hmu a, chu chu a rilru a buai em em a, mahse a chhungah chuan sipai tlemte a awm mai thei.
  
  
  A veilam sir chu a han en a. Cruiser chu venhimna hnuaiah a awm a. Schooner deck êng êng lo takah chuan lawng khalhtu ang maia lang mi pakhat chu thir rel hniam takah chuan a lo ding a, lawng tenau zawk chu a han en thla a.
  
  
  Nick chuan ngawi rengin starboard bow chu a rawn vel a, stray anchor cable chu a zawng ta a. Engmah. Yard tlemte hnunglam a hawi a, bowsprit rigging leh chain te chu a en a. A chungah chuan an sang hle. Anmahni chu a thleng thei tawh lo va, chutih laiin bathtub chhunga tui chawi cockroach chuan shower head a thleng thei thung. Starboard lam hawiin a kal a, a angle zau ber a paltlang a, lawng lian mawi tak, enkawl tha tak mai tih loh chu engmah a hmu lo. A hnung lamah a kal leh ta a - a thutlukna chu zan lama a chawlhna lian ber a ni. A lu chungah yard khat vel, schooner-ah chuan slings hmanga felfai taka khin chu aluminium ladder a ni. He type hi thil tam takah hman a ni - lawng chawlhna, lawng tenau luh, tui chawi, sangha man. Lawng chu tuipuiah a ding emaw, a innghat emaw niin a lang a, tuipuiah a kal hmain venhim a ngai lo niin a lang. Hei hian cruiser leh schooner inkara inhmachhawn hi a thleng fo mai thei tih a tilang a ni.
  
  
  A dove a, aqua show-a porpoise ang maia sangha hnung lama zuang chhuak ang maia zuang chhuakin, ladder chu a man a, a chho a, a thawmhnaw hnim atanga tui thenkhat tal a chhuah theih nan lawng sir lamah a muhil a.
  
  
  Mi zawng zawng chu an chhuk vek tawh niin a lang, a sir lehlama lawng khalhtu tih loh chu. Nick chu a chuang ta a. Sail hnim ang maiin a squelch a, a ke pahnih atang chuan tui a luang chhuak bawk. Lungchhiatthlak takin a jacket leh pants chu a phelh a, a wallet leh thil tlemte chu a special shorts pocket-ah chuan a dah a, thawmhnaw chu tuipuiah a paih a, ball dum takah a button up a.
  
  
  Tunlai Tarzan ang maia kawr, shorts leh socks ha chunga ding chungin, shoulder holster leh a kut hmawr ah khan chemte te tak te bun chungin, a langsar zawkin a hria - mahse engtin emaw tak chuan a zalen ta a ni. Deck zawhin cockpit lam pan chuan a hnung lamah a tlan phei ta a. Port bulah chuan, lock open mahse screen leh drapery-in a hmuh theihna a tikhawlo a, aw ri a hre ta a. English, Chinese leh German tawng te! Multilingual inbiakna atang chuan thu tlemte chauh a man thei. Screen chu a tikehsawm a, uluk takin Hugo-a zungbun zungpui hmangin curtain chu a hnuk leh a.
  
  
  Main cabin emaw salon lian takah chuan, glass, bottle leh cup-a khuh dawhkan bulah chuan Akito, Hans Geist, taksa hrual, sam dum, hmai bandaged, leh Chinese mipa hring hring te chu an thu a. Nick hian Chinese tawng a zir a. Amah a en ṭhat tak tak hmasak ber a ni. Maryland-ah chuan thil hmuhnawm tak a awm a, Geist-a’n Chick a tih lai khan Pennsylvania-ah pawh a awm bawk. Chu pa chuan mit fimkhur tak a nei a, thil thleng chu a tuar thei ang tih mipa ang maiin inrintawk takin a thu a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Geist-a'n: "... hmeichhe naupangte hi naute hlauhawm tak tak an ni. English mi Williams leh note bengchheng tak takte hi inzawmna a awm thei lo. Kan ruahmanna hi kan chhunzawm zel ka ti," a tih thlengin Nick chuan a thusawi mak tak chu a ngaithla a.
  
  
  "Williams ka hmu a," Akito chuan ngaihtuahna fim takin a ti a. "Midang min hriatchhuah tir a. Mahse, tu nge?"
  
  
  Hmai bandage vuah mipa chuan guttural accent hmangin a tawng a. "Eng nge i sawi Sung? Leitu i ni. Hnehtu emaw chak lo ber emaw chu oil i mamawh vang a ni."
  
  
  Chinese thinrim chu rei vak lo a nui suk a. "Oil kan beidawng tih hi ring suh. Khawvel market-te chu a oversaturated a ni. Thla thum hnuah Persian Gulf-ah barrel khatah dollar sawmsarih aia tlem kan pe dawn a ni. Chu chuan, a chhan chu, imperialist-te tan hlawkna a pe a ni." dollar sawmnga. An zinga pakhat chauh hian ni khatah barrel maktaduai thum a pump chhuak a. Surplus chu i sawi lawk thei ang."
  
  
  “Khawvel thlalak kan hria,” bandaged pa chuan zawi te hian a ti a. "Zawhna chu tunah hian oil i duh em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan mi pakhat thawhhona chauh a mamawh dawn a ni. Kan la ang."
  
  
  Chik Sun chuan, “Ka beisei,” tiin a chhang a. "Hlauhna, tharum thawhna leh uirena hmanga thawhhona neih tumna kha a la hlawhtling lo."
  
  
  "Nang aiin hetah hian ka awm rei tawh hle mai, ka thianpa. Mipa ti che thei... emaw che lo emaw ka hmu tawh."
  
  
  "I thil tawn hi a zau hle tih ka hre chiang hle." Nick chuan Sung hian rinhlelhna nasa tak a nei tih ngaihdan a nei a; defender tha tak angin play-ah hian a chanvo a hlen chhuak ang a, mahse office-ah hian connection a nei a, chuvangin fimkhur rawh. "Engtikah nge pressure i pek ang?"
  
  
  “Naktuk hian,” Geist chuan a ti a.
  
  
  "A tha hle mai. Hei hi a hlawk em tih kan hriat vat a ngai. Naktuk hian Shenandoah-ah kan inhmu dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Idea tha. Tea tam zawk?" Geist chu a rawn luang chhuak a, hmeichhe party-a weightlifter man ang maiin a lang. Amah ngeiin whisky a in a.
  
  
  - Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Vawiin hian khawvela bug leh harsatna awm zawng zawng aiin Windows chungchang hi i hre tam thei tawh ang. Phone hmangin tumahin thil dang an puang chhuak lo.
  
  
  Inbiakna chu a boring ta hle mai. Drapery chu a khar tir a, pindan khata inhawng porthole pahnih chu a paltlang ta a. A dang, main cabin, screen leh chintz curtain hmanga inhawng leh khar chu a pan hnai a. A kaltlangin hmeichhe naupang aw chu a hriat theih a. Screen chu a tan a, curtain chhungah chuan khur te tak te a siam a. Aw, a ti rilru a, a va nalh em em mai.
  
  
  Incheina kim leh prim taka thu chu Ruth Moto, Susie Cuong leh Ann We Ling te an ni. Khumah chuan saruak vek chungin Pong Pong Lily, Sonia Ranese leh mipa pakhat Sammy-a te chu an thu a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Sammy chu a toned hmel hle tih a hmuchhuak a, pum a nei lo. Hmeichhe naupangte chu an juicy hle. Second tlemte chhung scientific observation siam turin deck chu a sir lehlamah chuan rei vak lo a en kual a. Wow, Sonya chu! Camera hi eng position atang pawhin i click mai thei a, Playboy flip phone i nei bawk.
  
  
  A thil tih chu Playboy-ah a thlen thei lo. Pornography-a steel core tih loh chu khawiah mah i hmang thei lo. Sonya chuan a ngaihtuahna chu Sammy lam a hawi a, Pong Pong-a’n a en lai chuan a khup beng chungin a mu a, a hmelah chuan content expression a lang. Pong Pong hian Nick-a man theih loh tone hniam taka Sonya hnena thil a sawi apiangin Sammy hian second tlemte chhungin reaction a nei vek thin. Hlim takin a nui a, a zuang a, a inher a, a tap emaw, a gurgled emaw a.
  
  
  “Training class te,” Nick chuan a ti ta a. Ka hmui chu a vawt deuh a. A hrui a. Uai! He thil hi tuin nge lo ngaihtuah chhuah? Chutiang khawpa mak a tih loh tur thu a inhrilh a. Expert dik tak chuan khawi emaw laiah zir a ngai fo thin. Tin, Pong-Pong hi zirtirtu ropui tak a ni bawk - Sonya chu mithiam takah a siam ta a ni.
  
  
  "Ooo!" Sammy chuan a hnungzang a arch a, nuam ti zet hian a thaw chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Pong-Pong chuan a nui suk a, a zirlai chhuang tak mentor ang maiin a nui suk a. Sonya chuan a mit a ti sang lo va, a tawng thei lo. Zirlai thiam tak a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu stern lam pan deck-a Chinese-ho thusawi ri chuan a hriattir ta a. Pawi ti zet hian puanzar atang chuan a hawi sawn a. I zir thei reng a ni. Lawng khalhtu pahnih chu a sir lamah chuan an awm a, tui chu hrui sei tak hmangin an chhui a. Nick chu cabin zau takah chuan a hnungtawlh ta a. Chhe tak! Bundle dum limp chu an la a. A thawmhnaw paih chu! A tawpah chuan tui rit lutuk chuan a pil bo lo. Sailor pakhat chuan package chu a la a, hatch chhungah a bo ta a ni.
  
  
  A ngaihtuah vat a. An zawng thei. Deck-a lawng khalhtu chuan tui chu hook hmangin a chhui kual a, thil hmuh tur dang hmuh a beisei. Nick chuan a cross a, mainmast ridges chu a chho ta a. Schooner chu crimson cable hmanga siam a ni. Truck lian ber chungah vawi khat a awm chuan khuhna nasa tak a nei ta a ni. Thingkung hnah vel chu rulhut ang maiin topmast chu a inher kual a, a en reng bawk.
  
  
  Action chu a hmu ta a ni. Hans Geist leh Chik Sun te chu deck-ah an kal a, lawng khalhtu pangain an zui bawk. Hatch atang chuan an lut leh chhuak ta a. Cockpit chu an dap a, lazarette lock an check a, bow-ah an inkhawm a, bush hunter-te game zawnga insual ang maiin stern lam pan chuan an inbei ta a ni. An flashlight an on a, schooner vel tui chu an dap a, chutah cruiser vel chu an dap a, chutah chuan lawng te zawk chu an dap leh a. Vawi khat emaw vawi hnih emaw pakhat chu a han hawi chho a, mahse zawngtu tam tak ang bawkin an sa ei tur chu a lo tho chhuak thei tih an ring thei lo.
  
  
  An thusawi chu zan reh takah chuan ring tak leh chiang takin a rawn thleng a. "Chu thawmhnaw chu junk mai a ni... Command 1 chuan a ti lo "... chu special pocket te chu engtin nge ni ang?... A inbual bo em ni a, lawng a nei em ni... engtin pawh nise, tunah chuan hetah hian a awm tawh lo."
  
  
  Rei lo teah Ruth, Susie, Sonya, Ann, Akito, Sammy leh Chick Soon te chu cruiser-ah chuan an chuang a, an thlawk chhuak ta a. Rei vak lovah schooner engine te chuan speed a ti sang a, a hawi let a, bay chhungah chuan a kal thla ta a. Mi pakhat chu helm-ah a lo en reng a, pakhat chu bow-ah a awm bawk. Nick chuan lawng khalhtu chu ngun takin a en a. A lu chu binnacle chungah a awm lai chuan Nick chu hmanhmawh taka sava ang maiin rat trail atang chuan a chhuk thla a. Chu pa chuan a han hawi chho a, Nick chuan, "Hi," a ti a, mak tihna chu a lan chhuah hmain a knock out ta a.
  
  
  Hun humhim nan leh odds tihtlem nan jettison a tum a, mahse Killmaster rating pawhin a dik lo. Hugo nen chuan sangha mantu hrui pahnih an tan a, tang chu a secure a, a kawr ngeiin a gag a.
  
  
  Helmsman hian thil dik lo a hmu emaw, a hre emaw pawh a ni thei. Nick-a chuan lawng belt-ah a hmu a, minute thum chhungin a inbuntir ta a, a kawppui ang bawkin. Nick chuan Pong Pong chungchang a ngaihtuah a. Training kim i nih chuan engkim a kal tha em em a ni.
  
  
  Engine room-ah thil a kal sual ta a. Thir stairs atang chuan a chhuk a, Wilhelmina chu control panel-a ding Chinese mi mak ti tak chungah chuan a pin a, chutah mi dang pakhat chu a hnung lama storage room te tak te atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, a kawngah a rawn man ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan rodeo bronc light rider chunga a rawn zuang thla ang maiin a rawn flip a, mahse chu pa chuan a silai kut chu a chelh tlat thung. Nick chuan a kawr aiin a luruh a na zawk a, mechanic dang chu deck plate-ah chuan a tlu a, thir hmanraw lian tak chu a chelh tlat bawk.
  
  
  - Wilhelmina chuan a rawn ti a. Bullet chu steel plate aṭangin a tla thla a, a thihpui ta a ni. Chu pa chuan hmanrua chu a han vawrh a, Nick-a lightning-fast reflexes chuan a vuan tlat mipa chu a rawn pholang ta a. A kawngah a rawn deng a, a au chhuak a, a thlah ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn beng leh tur chu a parry a, Wilhelmina chu squire beng ah a rawn nam ta a. Rei vak lo hnuah a pahnihna chu leiah a mu a, chutah chuan a tap chhuak ta hlawm a.
  
  
  "Chibai!" Hans Geist aw ri chuan stairs atang chuan au thawm a rawn ri ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a toss up a, warning chu dark hole chhungah chuan a kap ta a. Compartment tawp ber, a thlen theih lohna hmunah chuan a zuang thla a, thil awmdan chu a survey ta a. Chutah chuan mi pasarih emaw pariat emaw an awm a. Panel lam pan chuan a hnungtawlh a, engine te chu a off ta a. Chu ngawi renga awm chu mak tih tur a ni.
  
  
  Stairs atang chuan a han hawi chho a. Ka chho thei lo va, an chhuk thei lo bawk a, mahse gas emaw, puan hal emaw pawh hmangin min hruai chhuak thei. Thil engemaw an rawn ngaihtuah chhuak ang. A tlan pel nghal vat a | pantry cabin-ah, tui tlak lohna kawngkhar a hmu a, lock chu a khar ta a ni. Schooner hi crew tlemte tan siam a ni a, khaw lum leh khaw vawt lo tan pawh internal passage a awm bawk. A insawn vat a nih chuan, an inbuatsaih hmain...
  
  
  Hma lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a, hmeichhe naupang leh Sammy a hmuhna pindan chu a hmu ta a. A ruak vek tawh. Main salon chhunga a luh rual chuan Geist chu main hatch chhungah chuan a bo ta a, a hmaah chuan bandage vuah mipa lem chu a nawr lut ta a. Juda? Borman chuan?
  
  
  Nick chuan a zui tan a, chutah pistol barrel a rawn lang a, thing stairs mawi tak atang chuan bullet a rawn chhuah ta a, a zuang thla ta a. Thing leh varnish bungrua mawi tak tak an phelh a. Nick chu tui tlak lohna kawngka lam pan chuan a tlan let leh a. Tuman an zui lo. Engine room chhungah chuan a lut a, “Hello, up there” tiin a au chhuak a.
  
  
  Tommy silai chu a ri ta hlawm a, engine room chu kah theihna hmunah a chang ta a, steel jacket vuah bullet te chu thir vase chhunga kah ang maiin a ricochet ta a. Barrier hmalam sir, deck level-a top sang takin a humhim lai chuan a mu a, a bula bang chu silai mu eng emaw zat a tla tih a hre ta a. Pakhat chu rrrrrr thlipui thihna thlen thei hriat lar tak nen chuan a chungah a tla ta a.
  
  
  Tu emaw chuan a rawn au chhuak a. Hma lama pistol leh engine room hatch-a submachine gun chu a ri ta lo. Reh. Tui chu hull chungah a rawn tlan lut ta a. Deck-ah chuan ke a rawn tla thla a. Lawng chu a ri a, tuipui êng takah lawng tinte’n an tih chhuah ri tam tak nen a ri chhuak ta a ni. Au thawm a hre lehzual a, thingpui lum dull leh tackles a hre bawk. Lawng pakhat chu tuipuiah an dah a, emaw, lawng hnung lama powered launch emaw, superstructure-a dory emaw an dah niin a chhut. Hacksaw leh engine wire chhe tawh tak tak a hmu a.
  
  
  Deck hnuaia a tan in chu a chhui kual a. A lan dan chuan he schooner hi Dutch emaw Baltic emaw lawng siamna hmuna siam a ni. A insiam tha hle. Metal chu metric tehnaah a awm a. Engine te chu German diesel a ni. Tuipuiah chuan Gloucester-a sangha mantu lawng rintlakna leh chakna leh hahdamna a belhchhah niin a ngai a. Heng lawng thenkhat hi dawr leh engine room bulah loading hatch neia design a ni. Tui tlak lohna bulkhead hnung lama midship awmte chu a enfiah a. Lawng khalhtu pahnih rawngbawl theihna cabin te tak te pahnih a hmu a, chuta hnung lamah chuan a sir lamah chuan bungraw phurhna kawngkhar, hmanraw tha tawk tak leh thir ui lian parukin an humhim chu a hmu a.
  
  
  A rawn let leh a, engine room hatch chu a lock nghal a. Chu chu a ni mai. Gangway atang chuan main salon chhungah chuan a rawn tlan lut ta a. Pistol atang chuan silai pahnih a kap a, a lam hawiin a inher a. Rang takin side hatch lamah a kir leh a, lock chu a phelh a, zawi zawiin thir kawngkhar chu a hawng ta a.
  
  
  Hemi lamah hian dory te tak te chu an dah a nih chuan, a nih loh leh, chunglam mi pakhat chu engineer pakhatin a lu nghat a, a sir hatch-ah hian lock an dah tawh a nih chuan, a la tang reng tihna a ni ang. A han hawi chhuak a. Tui dum dum leh chunglam atanga eng eng chhuak tih loh chu engmah hmuh tur a awm lo. Activity zawng zawng chu lawng hnung lama lawng atanga lo chhuak vek a ni. A steering wheel tip chu a hmu ta a. An dah thla a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut a phar a, gunwale chu a man a, chutah railing chu a man a, deck-ah chuan tui moccasin thinghnah chunga tlan ang maiin a rawn tlan lut ta a. A hnung lamah a tlan phei a, Hans Geist chuan Pong-Pong Lily chu a sir lam leh ladder atanga chhuk turin a pui a. Nick-a hmuh theih loh mi pakhat hnenah chuan, "Fet sawmnga hnunglam hawiin circle rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick hian German lian tak hi ngaihsan duh lo tak a nei a. Nick-a’n kingstons a hawn emaw, schooner a puak emaw palh hlauh chuan a bialnu chu a thup a ni. Tu nge an ngaih tih a ngaihtuah a. Wheelhouse-ah chuan a chho a, dory leh U-raft pahnih inkarah chuan a inzar pharh a.
  
  
  Geist chu deck sir lamah chuan a kal leh a, Nick atanga feet sawm vel zeta hlaah chuan a kal pel ta a. Engine room hatch entu hnenah chuan eng emaw a sawi a, chutah main hatch lam hawiin a bo ta a ni.
  
  
  Chu tlangval chuan huaisenna a nei a. A rawn luttu chu hlauthawng turin lawngah chuan a chhuk ta a. Mak ti!
  
  
  Nick chu kekawr bul lo chungin ngawi rengin lawng hnung lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Tunah chuan a khin Chinese sailor pahnih chu an phelh tawh a, mouse hole chhunga ui ang maiin chhuahna lam chu an thlir a. Vulhelmina shaft-a vuakna tam zawk risk ai chuan Nick chuan stiletto chu a khur atang chuan a la chhuak ta a ni. Heng pahnih hi naupang kut khawih lead sipai ang maiin an tlu ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu hmalam pan chuan a tlan phei a, bow vengtu pa chu a rawn pan hnai a. Nick chu a ngawi reng a, chu pa chu stiletto vuak hnuaiah deck-ah ngawi rengin a muhil a. He vanneihna hi a daih rei lo. Nick chuan a in vaukhân a - uluk takin lawng hnung lam pan chuan a kal a, cabin chhunga kalkawng leh kil tin chu a enfiah vek a. A ruak vek tawh. Mi pathum dang chuan Geist nen lawng chhung lam chu an paltlang ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan engine start a hre lo tih a hrechhuak ta. Mast hnunglam atang chuan a han hawi chhuak a. Lawng chu lawng lian zawk atanga feet sawmthum vel a hlaah chuan a kal ta a. Sailor tawi chuan thu a tiam a, Pong-Pong-a’n a en lai chuan engine chu a tikehsawm a. Nick chu a kut pakhatah stiletto a keng a, a kut pakhatah Luger a keng bawk. Tunah chuan chu Tommy silai chu tuin nge nei?
  
  
  "Chibai!" - a hnungah chuan aw pakhat hian a rawn ti a. Ke chu friendly takin a rawn ri ta hlawm a.
  
  
  Blam rawh! Silai chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a, tuiah a lu hmasa ber a tluk lai chuan silai mu ri a hre tih a chiang hle. Stiletto chu a thlak a, Wilhelmina chu a holster-ah a hruai kir leh a, lawng lam pan chuan a inbual ta a. A chunga tuifinriat chu silai muin a rawn luhchilh lai chuan puak leh tui tlak ri a hre a, a hre bawk. Mak tak maiin him leh him takin a inhria a, thuk takin a inbual a, chutah chuan lawng te tak te hnuai lam zawng turin chunglam a pan a.
  
  
  A miss a, feet sawmnga vel a hlaah a chhut a, tuikhuah atanga rulhut rawn chhuak ang maiin awlsam takin a rawn chhuak ta a ni. Schooner light hnuaiah chuan mi pathum chu lawng hnung lamah an ding a, tui an zawng a. Geist chu a lian lutuk atang chuan a hre chiang hle. Lawng chunga chuang chu lawng lian zawk lam hawiin a ding a. Tichuan a hawi let a, zan lam chu a melh kual a, a mit chu Nick-a chungah a tla ta a. A kawr lam pan chuan a kut a phar a. Nick chuan lawng chu a thleng thei lo tih a hrechhuak ta a, chu pa chuan vawi li a kap hmain. Wilhelmina chu a rawn hnaih a, a level off ta a - lawng khalhtu chu kah ri chu a rawn thlawk let leh ta a. Tommy-a pistol chuan a rawn scribble nghal zat. Nick chuan a dove a, lawng chu amah leh schooner-a chuang mipa te inkarah chuan a dah ta a.
  
  
  Lawng lam pan chuan a inzui phei a, a hmaiah chuan thihna rapthlak tak chu a en nghal zat a. Pong Pong chuan machine gun te tak te chu a ha chhungah a thun a, a inhnukdawk theih nan gunwale chu a man ta a. A ti muangchang a, a kut pahnih chuan silai chu a hrual nghal zat bawk. Hriamhrei chu a man a, a miss a, a tlu ta a. A thinrim hmel mawi tak chu a en nghal a.
  
  
  “Hei hi ka nei a ni,” a ti a, “a himna chu a hmu nghal mai ang, a nih loh leh chamber a khar a nih chuan cock thei tur khawpin a hre tur a ni.
  
  
  Tommy-a submachine gun chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Pong Pong chu a vawt a, chutah Nick chungah chuan a tlu ta a, tui chhunga a tlak lai chuan a mitmeng a pe ta a ni. Hans Geist chuan: “Titawp rawh!” German chibai bukna luipui chuan a rawn zui ta a.
  
  
  Zan chu a reh ta thut mai a.
  
  
  Nick chu tuiah chuan a tlan lut a, lawng chu amah leh schooner inkarah a chelh tlat a. Hans-a chuan phur takin, lungngaihna ang maiin a au chhuak a: “Pong-pong?”
  
  
  Reh. "Pong-pong!"
  
  
  Nick chu lawng hma lam pan chuan a inbual a, a kut a phar a, hrui chu a man ta a. A kawngah chuan hrui chu a nghet tlat a, zawi zawiin lawng chu a hrual tan a, a rit thi tawh chu a chakna zawng zawngin a rawn vawm ta a. Schooner lam chu zawi zawiin a hawi a, swamped snail ang maiin a zui ta a.
  
  
  “Lawng a phur a ni,” Hans chuan a ti a. "Sawtah..."
  
  
  Nick chu pistol ri hnuaiah chuan tui chungah a dive a, uluk takin a tho leh a, launch-in a thup a ni. Silai chu a rawn ri leh ta a, lawng te tak te hnunglam chu a rawn hrual a, Nick sir lehlamah tui a rawn theh chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Lawng chu zan lamah a tow lut ta a. In chhungah ka chho a, ka pager chu ka on a - beisei angin - minute nga chhung zet hna chak taka ka thawh hnuah engine chu a start ta a.
  
  
  Lawng chu a slow a, hna thawh hahthlak tak leh tuifinriat hrual atan a duan a ni a, tlan chakna atan a ni lo. Nick chuan a thlen theih tur khur panga chu a khar a, a chang chuan a chhunga tui a san chuan a rawn pop chhuak thin. Patapsco lui lam pan chuan cape a round lai chuan zing khawvar fiah leh eng tak a lo chhuak ta a. Riviera Beach marina lam pana a kal lai chuan Bell helicopter khalhtu Hawk chuan a rawn thleng a. Wave an inthleng a. Minute 40 hnuah lawng chu mak ti takin attendant pakhat enkawlna hnuaiah a dah a, Hawk chu a zawm ta a, Hawk chu parking lot chhuahsan tawhah a tla thla ta a ni. Hawk chuan, "Lawnga chuang tur chuan zing duhawm tak a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Awle, ka zawt ang," Nick chuan a ti a. "Engtin nge min hmuh?"
  
  
  "Stuart-a beep hnuhnung ber kha i hmang em? Signal chu a tha hle mai."
  
  
  "Yeah. He thil hi a effective. A bik takin tuiah chuan ka ring. Mahse zing tin i thlawk ngai lo."
  
  
  Hawk chuan cigar chak tak pahnih a la chhuak a, pakhat chu Nick hnenah a pe a. "A chang chuan mi fing tak i tawng a. Pakhat i tawng a. A hming chu Boyd a ni. Navy-a Warrant Officer hlui a ni. Navy a ko a. Navy te chuan FBI an rawn call a. Min rawn call a. Boyd ka call a, ani chuan Jerry Deming, 2019 a sawifiah a. oil man, dock space duhtu. Min hmuh duh chuan ka zawng tur che ka ti a".
  
  
  "A nih leh Boyd hian Chu Dai Pier atanga rawn kal cruiser thuruk tak a sawi a, huh?"
  
  
  “Awle, ni e,” Hawk chuan hlim takin a pawm a, “A chunga lawnga chuang theihna hun i hloh dawn tih ka ngaihtuah thei lo.”
  
  
  "Khualzinna chi khat a ni. Hun rei tak chhung chu a chhe lai chu an tifai dawn a ni. Kan chhuak ta..."
  
  
  Mountain Road Airport-a Hawk-a’n fuel a dah lai leh zing khawvar laia Annapolis chunga AX hanger-a an thlawh chhuah lai khan thil thlengte chu chipchiar takin a sawi. Nick-a thusawi zawh chuan Hawk-a chuan, "Any ideas, Nicholas?"
  
  
  "Pakhat ka lo enchhin ang. China hian oil a mamawh tam zawk. Tunah chuan top quality a ni. A tlangpuiin an duh duh an lei thei a, mahse Saudi emaw midang zinga tu pawhin tanker an thawn chhuah angin rang taka phurh luh an duh ang kha a ni lo . A ni mai thei." it's a subtle Chinese clue.Washington-ah hian Judah leh Geist ang mi, zahngaihna tel lo pressure lama mithiamte hmangin pawl a siam ta ang u.An hmeichhia chu information agent anga che tur leh chutianga kal mipa te lawmman pe turin an nei a ni.Once news of the hood of death gets around, chu pa chuan duhthlan tur tam tak a nei lo. Fun leh games emaw thihna rang tak emaw, an bum lo."
  
  
  "Lu-ah nail i vuak a, Nick. Saudico-a Adam Reed chu Gulf-ah emaw thil dang emaw-ah Chinese tanker phur turin an hrilh a ni."
  
  
  "Kan rit tawk a, chu chu tihtawp theih a ni."
  
  
  "Ni e, Arab thenkhat chu hel takin che mahse. Eng pawh nise, chutah chuan turn te chu kan ko thin. Mahse, Adam Reed chu hralh emaw thi emaw tura tih a nih chuan a pui lo."
  
  
  "A rilru a hneh em?"
  
  
  "A lawm hle. Chipchiar takin an sawifiah a. Tyson chungchang hi a hre chiang hle a, mi hlauhawm a nih loh laiin, entirnan ang maia mi thah thei thawmhnaw chungchangah buaina a siam avangin i dem thei lo."
  
  
  "Kan hnaih theih tawk kan nei em?"
  
  
  "Khawiah nge Judas? Tin, Chik Sung leh Geist te? Kan hriat mite hi bo mahse midangin an man dawn tih an hrilh ang."
  
  
  "Order a awm em?" - Nick chuan zawi te hian a zawt a.
  
  
  Hawk chuan minute nga chiah a tawng a.
  
  
  AX driver chuan Jerry Deming, borrowed mechanic’s overalls ha chu a apartment pawnah dar sawm leh pakhatah a thlak a. Hmeichhe naupang pathum hnenah note a ziak a - pali an awm bawk. Tin, thil pakhat dang - chutah chuan pathum an awm bawk. Set hmasa ber chu special delivery hmangin a thawn a, a pahnihna chu regular mail hmangin a thawn bawk. Bill Rohde leh Barney Manun te chuan Ruth tih loh hmeichhe pahnih dang chu chawhnu leh tlaiah an la tur a ni a, a awm dan azirin.
  
  
  Nick chu a rawn let leh a, darkar riat zet a muhil a. Phone chuan tlai lamah a kaitho a. Scrambler chu a ha ta a. Hawk chuan, "Susie leh Ann te kan nei a. In tibuai theihna hun an neih ka beisei," a ti a.
  
  
  "Sonya hi a hnuhnung ber a ni maw?"
  
  
  "A chungah chance kan nei lo a, mahse a lo en reng a. Ok, naktuk hian rawn hruai rawh. Mahse Geist, Soong leh Judas chhinchhiahna a awm lo. Schooner chu dock-ah a lo kir leh tawh. Taiwanese ta nia sawi. British citizen a ni." Europe lam panin a chhuak ang. Karleh lamah."
  
  
  "Thupek angin kan chhunzawm dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Vanneihthlak takin."
  
  
  Nick chuan note dang a ziak leh a - a dang bawk. Ruth Moto hnenah a thawn a.
  
  
  A tuk chawhnu lam hma lawk hian a phone a, Akito office-a sawn a nih hnuah a biak tawh bawk. Zanriah ei tura a sawmna hlim tak chu a hnawl avangin a rilru a buai hle niin a lang. "Ka... buai tak zet a ni, Jerry. Khawngaihin min rawn call leh rawh."
  
  
  "A nuam vek lo," a ti a, "Washington atang chuan chawhmeh ei dun mai loh chu engmah ka duh lo nain. Ka hna hi bansan ka tum ta a ni. Sum hmuhna kawng awlsam leh rang zawk a awm ngei ang. I is your." pain a la ngaihven em?"
  
  
  A chawlh hahdam a. Ani chuan, "Khawngaihin lo nghak rawh," a ti a. Phone a a rawn let leh chuan a la lungkham hmel hle a, hlauthawng deuh mai a ni. "A hmu duh che. Ni khat emaw ni hnih emaw hnuah."
  
  
  "Awle, ngaihdan dang pahnih khat ka nei a, Ruth. I theihnghilh suh, oil hi khawi atanga lak nge tih pawh ka hria. Tin, engtin nge ka lei dawn tih pawh ka hria. Khapna awm lovin a ngaihven mai thei tih hriatna ka nei a ni."
  
  
  Rei tak chawlh hahdamna. A tawpah chuan a rawn let leh ta a. "Chutiang a nih chuan dar nga vel ah cocktail in turin min hmu thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Hna ka zawng a, honey. Engtik lai pawhin, khawi hmunah pawh min hmu rawh."
  
  
  "Remarco-ah. I hria em?"
  
  
  "A dik e. Ka awm ngei ang."
  
  
  Italian-cut grey sharkskin leh Guardsman’s tie ha chunga hlim taka Nick-a’n Remarco-a inah Ruth-i a hmuh khan amah chauhvin a awm a. Vinci, stern partner acting as greeter chuan he rendezvous thup, lar tak, alcove te tak te tam tak zinga pakhatah hian a hruai a. A lungngai hmel hle.
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a, a bulah chuan a kal phei a, a kuah a. A tough hle mai. "Hi Ruthie. Ka ngai che. Zanin hian adventure thar atan i inpeih tawh em?"
  
  
  A khur nghal ringawt tih a hria. "Hi...Jerry. Ka hmu che hi a lawmawm hle." Tui chu a in a. "Ni lo ka chau tawh."
  
  
  "O-oh..." A kut zungtang chu a han phar a. "A damdawi chu ka hria." Waiter nen chuan an inbia a. "Martini pahnih. Regular. Mr. Martini-a'n a siam chhuah dan kha."
  
  
  Ruth chuan cigarette a rawn phawrh chhuak a. Nick chuan pack atang chuan pakhat a la chhuak a, light chu a on ta a. "Dad chuan a siam thei lo. Keini... tih tur pawimawh tak kan nei."
  
  
  "Buaina i nei em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Beisei loh takin."
  
  
  A han en a. Dish ropui tak a ni! Norway atanga lakluh King size sweets leh Japan rama kutchhuak materials te. A nui suk a. A rawn en a. "Khawi?"
  
  
  "I hmeltha zia ka ngaihtuah mai mai a ni." Zawi te leh zawi te hian a tawng a. "Tun hnaiah hmeichhe naupang ka en thin a, i taksa mak tak leh exotic coloring nei hi a awm em tih ka en thin. Ni lo. pakhat mah ni lo. I duh duh i ni thei tih i hria,
  
  
  Ka ring. Entawn tlak. Film emaw television emaw a changtu. Khawvela hmeichhe tha ber angin i lang tak zet a ni. Khawchhak leh Chhim lam atanga tha ber berte."
  
  
  A rawn sen deuh a. A ngaihtuah a, “Hmeichhia chu a harsatna atanga a ngaihtuahna tibuaitu tur chuan fakna lum tak tak ang chi hi a awm lo,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Ka lawm e. Nangmah ngei pawh hi mipa tak tak i ni Jerry. Dad hian a ngaihven tak zet a ni. Naktuk hian rawn hmu turin a duh che."
  
  
  "Awh." Nick chu a beidawng hle niin a lang.
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan lungngai hmel suh. I tan idea a nei tak tak niin ka hria."
  
  
  “I bet she is,” Nick chuan a ti rilru a. A pa a ni tak tak em tih ka ngaihtuah a. Tin, Jerry Deming chungchang hi a lo guess em?
  
  
  Martini te chu a lo thleng ta. Nick chuan thu ngilnei tak chu a chhunzawm ta a, thinlung taka sawiselna leh Ruth tan hun remchang ropui tak tak nen a khat a ni. Glass pahnih dang a order leh a. Tichuan pahnih dang. A dodal a - mahse a in thung. A rilru hahna chu a reh ta. A fiamthu chu a nuihzat hle. Hun a kal zel a, Remarco club steak tha tak tak pahnih khat an thlang ta a ni. Brandy leh coffee an in a. An zai a. A taksa mawi tak chu leiah a dah a, Nick-a chuan: “Tuna a awm dan chu ka hre lo, mahse ka mood a lo tha tawh zawk” tiin a ngaihtuah a, a lam pan chuan a hruai a, a rilru a hahdam hle .
  
  
  Nick chuan a darthlalang chu a melh a. 9:52 ah a awm. Tunah chuan hei hi hmachhawn dan kawng engemaw zat a awm ta niin a ngai a. Ka duh angin ka tih chuan Hawks tam zawk chuan an pick up ang a, an snarky comment pakhat an siam ang. Ruth-i sir sei tak, lum tak chu a sir lamah a nawr a, dawhkan hnuaia a kut zungtang sei tak takte chuan a kutphahah chuan pattern ngaihnawm tak tak a trace a. Ka kawng, tiin a rel ta a. Hawk hian min la nuihzat duh reng a
  
  
  Dar 10:46 khan "Jerry Deming-a" apartment-ah an lut a. Whisky an in a, lui êng an en a, Billy Fair-a music chuan background a pe bawk. Hmeichhe hmeltha tak, exotic tak, ngaihnawm tak mai chu awlsam taka a hmangaih theihzia a hrilh a. Chu inkhelhna chu passion-ah a lo thang lian a, zanlai a ni tawh tih a hmuchhuak a, a kawr leh a suit chu "a felfai theih nan" a dah a ni.
  
  
  Hmangaihna a siam thiamna chuan a electric a tipung hle. Stress reliever ti ila, Martini hi credit pe la, mipa hip turin uluk taka training a nih thu hre reng ang che - a ropui ber a la ni reng. Hemi chungchang hi zing dar 2 velah a hrilh a.
  
  
  A hmui chu a beng bulah a hnim a, a thawk chu sweet passion, zu leh hmeichhe rimtui tak tak, aphrodisiac rimtui tak tak inzawmkhawm hausa, lum tak a ni. Ani chuan: “Ka lawm e, duh tak. Min ti hlim hle a ni. Tin - a zawng zawng hi i la duh lo vek a ni. Ka hre tam zawk,” a nui suk a, “thil mak tak tak lawmawm tak tak,” a ti a.
  
  
  “Chu chuan min ti lungngai a ni,” tiin a chhang a. "Ka hmu tak tak che a, kar tam tak chhung chu ka hmu tawh lo ang che. Thla tam tak pawh a ni mai thei."
  
  
  "Khawi?" A hmai chu a han ti sang a, a vun chu êng dum êngah chuan hnim, lum, sen hring dup maiin a eng chhuak a. "Khawiah nge i kal dawn? Naktuk hian daddy i hmu dawn."
  
  
  "Ni lo. Ka hrilh duh lo che. Dar sawmah New York lam panin ka chhuak dawn a. London lam panin thlawhnaah ka chuang ang a, chumi hnuah Riyadh lam pan pawh ka ni mai thei."
  
  
  "Oil sumdawnna?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Chu chu Akito ka biak duh chu a ni a, mahse tunah chuan dawhkanah a awm ka ring lo. Khatih laia min nawr lai khan Saudico leh Japanese concession - kha deal kha i hrechiang hle - khan an hmu lo." it all.Saudi Arabia Texas aiin a let thum zetin a lian zawk a, reserve chu barrel tluklehdingawn 170 vel a ni mai thei.Oil-ah a inphah.Wheel lian tak takte chuan Faisal chu an dang a, mahse lal fapa sang nga vel an awm a, connection ka nei a, barrel maktaduai engemaw zat lakchhuahna tur hmun ka hria a thla. Profit on it Dollar maktaduai thum an ti. Ka tan chuan hmun thuma ṭhena hmun khat. He deal hi ka miss thei lo..."
  
  
  Blazing black mit chu a mitmeng nen chuan a inhawng zau hle. "Hei zawng zawng hi min hrilh lo."
  
  
  "I zawt lo."
  
  
  "A ni mai thei...I kalna tur aiin Dad hian deal tha zawk a siam thei che a ni mai thei. Oil a duh."
  
  
  "Japan concession-ah hian a duh duh a lei thei ang. Reds hnena a in hralh loh chuan?"
  
  
  Zawi zawiin a lu a bu nghat a. "I pawi lo em ni?"
  
  
  A nui suk a. "Engvangin nge? Mi zawng zawngin an ti vek."
  
  
  "Papa ka call thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Kal rawh. Chhungkaw chhungah ka dah duh zawk, honey." A fawp a. Minute thum a liam ta. To hell with the death hood and his job - tih mai mai chu a nuam zawk ang - uluk takin a switch off ta a ni. "Call siam rawh. Hun kan nei tam lo."
  
  
  A inchei a, a hriatna fiah tak chuan a thusawi lam chu a rawn man ta a ni. Jerry Deming-a inzawmna mak tak takte leh chu maktaduai tam takte chu Dad-a hnenah a hrilh vek a. Nick chuan whisky tha tak bottle hnih chu savun bag-ah a dah a.
  
  
  Darkar khat hnuah Rockville bula kawngpui pakhatah chuan a hruai thla ta a. Industrial leh commercial building lian lo takah light a eng a. Kawngkhar luhna chungah chuan heti hian a inziak a: MARVIN IMPORT-EXPORT. Nick-a chu hallway-a a kal lai chuan chhinchhiahna te tak te dang, mi hmuh theih loh tak a hmu leh a: Walter W. Wing, Confederation Oil Company Vice President. Savun bag a keng a.
  
  
  Akito chuan a private office-ah a lo nghak reng a. Sumdawng hnathawk lutuk ang maiin a lang a, tunah chuan a mask chu a then a la chhuak tawh. Nick chuan a chhan chu a hre chiang hle niin a ngai. Ruth-i hrilhfiahna chu chibai a buk a, a khaikhawm hnu chuan Akito chuan, "Hun a tawi tih ka hria, mahse Middle East-a i zinna chu tul lovah ka siam thei maithei. Tanker kan nei a. Kan theih ang tawka barrel khatah dollar sawmsarih leh pali kan pe ang che," a ti a. " kum khat tal download hmasa phawt ang che."
  
  
  "Pawisafai?"
  
  
  "A dik e. Pawisa eng pawh."
  
  
  I dilna angin inthenna emaw ruahmanna emaw eng pawh. Ka rawtna hi i hmu em, Mr. Deming. I hlawkna chu i thunun vek a ni. Tin, chutiang chuan i chanvo chu."
  
  
  Nick chuan whisky bag chu a la a, dawhkan chungah chuan bottle pahnih a dah a. Akito chu a nui suk a. "Deal chu drink in kan seal ang, huh?"
  
  
  Nick chu a hnunglam hawiin a coat button chu a phelh a. "Adam Reed hi i la enchhin leh duh loh chuan."
  
  
  Akito hmel khauh tak leh vawt tak chu a vawt ta vek mai. Sub-zero Buddha ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  Ruth chuan a thaw halh a, hlauthawng zet hian Nick chu a melh reng a, Akito lam chu a hawi ta a. "Ka hre lo tih ka tiam e...."
  
  
  Akito chu a ngawi reng a, a kut chuan a rawn beng a. "Chutiang chuan nangmah kha i ni. Pennsylvania-ah. Lawngah. Hmeichhia tan notes."
  
  
  "Keimah ka ni. Chu kut chu i keah chuan sawn leh tawh suh. Ngawi reng rawh. Instantly execute che. Tin, i fanu pawh a hliam thei bawk. A chhan chu i fanu a ni em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Hmeichhia... telte."
  
  
  "Hun rei tak chhunga ruahmanna siam tura lak an ni. An training hi ka vouch thei ang."
  
  
  "Anmahni hi khawngaih suh. An lo kalna hmun atang hian chaw ei kim an ei ngai lo mai thei. Kan pe a...."
  
  
  Wilhelmina a rawn lang a, Nick kut chu a rawn hmer a, Akito chu a ngawi reng a. A hmela frozen expression chu a danglam lo. Nick chuan, "I sawi ang khan i ke hnuaia button kha i hmet niin ka ring. Sung, Geist leh midang tan a nih ka beisei. Kei pawhin ka duh a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "I duh a ni. Tihhlum turin i ti a. Tunge i nih?"
  
  
  "I lo guess tawh. Љ3 from AX. Mi thattu pathum zinga pakhat."
  
  
  "Barbarian" tih a ni.
  
  
  "Tanpui theih loh tang kawr a khandaih a kah ang maiin?"
  
  
  Akito hmel chu a vawikhatna atan a thim ta hle mai. Kawngkhar a rawn inhawng a. Chick Sung chuan pindan chhungah chuan ke a pen lut a, Akito chu a en a, Luger chu a hmuh hmain. Dawhkan hnuaia Akito kut chu hmuh theih lohvin a bo vek lai chuan judo expert khawngaihna rang takin hmalam a pan ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Luger chu a tumna hmunah chuan bullet hmasa ber chu a dah a - Akito-a hnute kawr chhunga handkerchief dum triangle hnuaiah chiah. A shot vawi hnihna chuan Sunga chu boruakah a man a, a hmui atanga feet li vela hlaah a awm. Chinese ho hian a kut ah revolver blue a han phar a, Wilhelmina kah chuan a thinlungah a rawn deng nghal a. A tlu lai chuan a lu chuan Nick-a ke chu a rawn deng ta a. A hnungzang ah chuan a rawn inher a. Nick chuan silai chu a la a, Akito chu dawhkan atang chuan a nawr chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Putar ruang chu chair atang chuan a sir lamah a tla thla a. Nick chuan hetah hian hlauhawm a awm tawh lo tih a sawi a, mahse engmah ngaihthah lovin i nung reng a ni. Ruth chu glass hrual na tak chuan a au chhuak a, chu chuan pindan tenau takah chuan chemte lum ang maiin a beng a tikehsawm a. Kawngkhar atang chuan a tlan chhuak a, a la au chhuak reng bawk.
  
  
  Dawhkan atang chuan whisky puak thei bottle hnih a la a, a zui ta a. Hallway atang chuan building hnung lam pan chuan a tlan thla a, thil dahna hmunah chuan a lut a, a hnungah chuan Nick chu feet sawm leh pahnih a awm a.
  
  
  “Titawp rawh,” a ti a. Box dah khawm inkar corridor-ah chuan a tlan thla a. Wilhelmina chu a holster a, a rawn puak darh lai chuan a rawn man ta a. Kawr ha lo mi pakhat chu road train hnunglam atang chuan a zuang thla a. Chu pa chuan, "Eng...?" pathumte an insu a.
  
  
  Hans Geist a ni a, a rilru leh taksa chuan a chhang let nghal vat a. Ruth chu a nawr sawn a, Nick-a rilruah a vuak a. AX mipa chuan chibai bukna rilru na tak chu a pumpelh thei lo - a momentum chuan a chhungah a hruai lut nghal a ni. Glass leh tui ruah surin concrete chungah Scotch bottle a puak darh a.
  
  
  "No smoking," Nick chuan a ti a, Geist-a pistol chu chunglam hawiin a han vawrh a, chutah chuan mi lian chuan a kut a han hawn a, a inkhar vel a, leiah chuan a tla thla ta a. Nick chuan grizzly bear mak tih chu eng nge a awmzia a hre chiang hle. A tikehsawm a, a tikehsawm a, cement-ah chuan a tikehsawm bawk. Wilhelmina emaw Hugo emaw chu a biak thei lo. Geist chu a bulah a awm a. Nick chuan a khup pakhat chu a balls-ah deflect turin a hawi let a. Hain a kawr a seh tih a hriat chuan a luruh chu chu pa hmaiah chuan a rawn beng a. He tlangval hian fair takin a khel a.
  
  
  Glass leh whisky chu greasy brown substance-ah an roll a, chu chuan lei a khuh ta a ni. Nick chuan a kekawrte hmangin a in nawr a, a rilru leh a kekawrte chu a tidik a, a tawpah chuan a kut chu a vawm khawm a, a kap ta a - a nawr a, hriat duh takin, tendon leh muscle zawng zawng a ti che a, a chakna nasa tak chakna zawng zawng chu a chhuah chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Geist hi mi chak tak a ni a, mahse a taksa ruh leh a ke ruhte hian kut chakna an do hian inelna a awm lo. A kut chu a rawn thlawk chho a, Nick-a kut inzawm chu boruakah a rawn thlawk chho ta a. A khar leh hma chuan Nick-a lightning-fast reflexes chuan buaina chu a chinfel sak ta a ni. Geist-a Adam-a apple chu a thir kut zungtang sir hmangin a tikehsawm a, a vuakna thianghlim tak chuan chu pa hmui chu a khawih zo lo. Geist chu a tlu ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan rang takin warehouse te tak te dang zawng chu a dap a, a khar tih a hmu a, fimkhur takin office area chu a pan hnai a. Ruth chu a bo tawh - Akito desk hnuai atanga silai chu la chhuakin a lo enchhin loh a beisei. A hriatna fiah tak chuan corridor kawngka pawnah chuan chetna a man ta a. Sammy chu pindan lian takah chuan a lut a, a hnungah chuan machine gun lian lo tak, a hmui kil khatah chuan cigarette a thun lut a. Nick chuan nicotine bawih nge TV-a gangster movie hlui en thin a ni em tih a ngaihtuah a. Sammy chu box te nen chuan corridor-ah chuan a kal thla a, glass chhe leh whisky rim nam karah chuan Geist rilru na tak chungah chuan a bawkkhup a.
  
  
  A theih ang anga hla taka awmin Nick-a chuan corridor-ah chuan zawi te hian a rawn ko a:
  
  
  "Sammy. Silai kha thlak la, i thi tawh ang."
  
  
  Sammy chuan a ti lo. Sammy chuan a automatic pistol chu nasa takin a kap a, a cigarette chu leia brown mass chhungah chuan a paih a, Sammy chu a thi ta a ni. Nick chu cardboard box-ah chuan feet sawmhnih zetin a hnungtawlh a, puak chakna chuan a hruai bo a, a beng zungte humhim turin a hmui chu a chelh tlat a ni. Warehouse chu meikhu dum hring hring zingah a chang ta a.
  
  
  Office hallway atanga a kal lai chuan Nick chu rei vak lo a ding chhuak a. Uai! He Stuart hi a ni! Ka lu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Akito office panna kawngah pindan tin uluk taka en turin a buai lutuk lo. Fimkhur takin a lut a, Wilhelmina chuan a ngaihtuahna chu dawhkan bula ṭhu, a kut pahnih hmuh theih loh leh ruak nei Ruth-i chungah a dah a. A tap a.
  
  
  A hmel huaisen tak chu mak tihna leh hlauhawm takin a rawn hnawih a, a hmuiah mittui a luang chhuak a, engtik lai pawhin a chhuak mai thei ang maiin a khur a, a rilru a buai hle bawk - Nick chuan, She’s still the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen
  
  
  Ani chuan, "Ruth, chawlh hahdam rawh. Engtin pawhin i pa a ni lo. Tin, khawvel tawpna a ni lo," a ti a.
  
  
  A thaw halh halh a. A lu chu thinrim zet hian a bu nghat a. Thli a hmu tlem thei lo. "Ka ngaihtuah lo. Keini... nangmah...."
  
  
  A lu chu thing khauh tak chu a rawn deng a, chutah a sir lamah a tilt ta a. Taksa mawi tak chu puan nem tak atanga siam rag doll ah a chang ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn inbeng kang a, a hnim a, a tiam bawk. Cyanide, a nih a rinawm ber. Wilhelmina chu a holster-ah a dah a, a sam sei leh hrual chungah chuan a kut a nghat a. Tin, chutah chuan engmah a awm lo.
  
  
  Chutiang mi â chu kan ni. Kan zavaiin. Phone chu a la a, Hawk number chu a dial a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Carter Nick-a chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Amsterdam khawpuiah
  
  
  
  
  
  NICK CARTER-a chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Amsterdam khawpuiah
  
  
  a fapa thi tawh Anton hriatrengna atana Lev Shklovsky-a lehlin a ni
  
  
  A hming hmasa ber chu: Amsterdam a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 1-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick hian Helmy de Boer zui chu nuam a ti hle. A hmel chu a tichak hle. Mi ngaihven a hlawh tak zet a, "mawi" zinga mi a ni. John F. Kennedy International Airport a paltlang lai chuan mit zawng zawng chu a en vek a, KLM DC-9 lam pan chuan a zui chhunzawm zel bawk. A thahnemngaihna, linen suit dum leh savun briefcase eng mawi tak takte ngaihsan mai loh chu engmah a awm lo.
  
  
  Nick-a'n a zui lai chuan a kawr tawi hmu tura a kawr cran hnaih tawh mipa chuan, "Tunge chu chu?"
  
  
  "Swedish movie star a ni em?" flight attendant chuan a rawn rawt a. Nick-a ticket chu a check a. - Pu Norman Kent-a chuan a rawn ti a. Pawl khatna a ni. Ka lawm e.' Helmi chu Nick-a nghahna hmunah chiah chuan a thu a. Chuvang chuan a bulah chuan a thu a, flight attendant nen chuan a fiddle deuh a, chutiang chuan casual lutuk angin a lang lo. A thutna a thlen chuan Helmy chu tlangval ang maiin a nuih a. Tlangval sang tak, vun vun hring tak chuan chutiang hlimna chu a hlim chu thil pangngai tak a ni. Zawi sap hian, "Chawhnu lam tha rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  A hmui pink nem tak nuihzatna chu a chhanna a ni. A kut zungtang sei tak leh te tak te chu hlauthawng takin a inzawm khawm a. A hnung a zui tirh atang khan (Manson in a chhuahsan atang khan) a buai hle a, a lungkham hle a, mahse a fimkhur lo. “Nerves,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Seat hnuaiah chuan a Mark Cross suitcase chu a thun a, a thu ta a - chutiang mipa sang tak tan chuan a light hle a, a felfai hle bawk, hmeichhe naupang nen chuan inbual lovin.
  
  
  A sam mawi tak, bamboo rawng hring hring, hmun li a\anga hmun thum chu a entir a, window atanga thlir dan chu ngaihven ang maiin a inlan a. Chutiang mood-ah chuan hriatna bik a nei a - hmêlma a ni lo va, lungkhamnain a khat mai a ni.
  
  
  Thutna chu a khat vek tawh. Kawngkhar chu aluminum ri nêm tak chuan a rawn khar ta vek a. Loudspeaker-te chu ṭawng pathum hmangin an ri chhuak a. Nick chuan hmeichhe naupang chu tibuai lovin thiam takin a seat belt chu a khih a. A ta chu a fiddle deuh a. Jet engine te chu thil rapthlak takin an au chhuak ta a. Vanlawng lian tak chu runway lam pana a tlan lai chuan a khur a, a thawktute’n himna enfiahna list an kalpui lai chuan thinrim takin a rawn ti nghut a.
  
  
  Helmy chuan armrest-a a kut zungtang chu a var a. Zawi zawiin a lu a han hawi a: Nick-a mitmeng zau tak, steel-gray inhawng tak bulah chuan mit dum, chiang tak, hlauthawng tak chu a rawn lang ta a. Vun creamy, hmui sen, rin lohna leh hlauhna a hmu a.
  
  
  A nui suk a, sual nei lo anga a lan theih zia a hria. “Tih tak zetin,” a ti a. "Ka tichhe lovang che. Dik tak chuan, in tur an rawn pe hma chu ka nghak thei - chu chu i biak hun pangngai a ni. Mahse, i kut atang chuan i hlim vak lo tih ka hmu thei." Kut zungtang sei tak takte chu a hahdam a, a kut chu nghet taka a vawn lai chuan sualna nei takin an inzawm khawm ta a.
  
  
  "Hei hi i thlawhna hmasa ber a ni em?"
  
  
  ‘Ni lo ni lo. Ka tha e, mahse lawmthu ka sawi e. Nuihzat hmel zet hian a rawn ti leh a.
  
  
  Confessor aw nem tak, thlamuanthlak takin a la awm reng a, Nick chuan, “I kut chelh thei tur khawpin ka hre chiang che se ka duh khawp mai...” Mitmeng dum chu a meng chhuak ta a—vaukhânna êng a ni. '...in thlamuang turin. Mahse, keimah lawmna atan pawh. Mom chuan i inhmelhriattir hma loh chuan hetiang hi ti lo turin min ti a. Mom hian etiquette hi a ngaina hle a. Boston-ah chuan he thil hi kan chiang hle tlangpui...
  
  
  Blue highlights te chu a bo ta. A ngaithla a. Tunah chuan ngaihvenna a awm ta. Nick chuan a thaw halh a, lungngai takin a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Chutah chuan Cohasset Sailing Club intlansiak lai khan Dad chu tuipuiah a tla thla a. Finish line hnaih takah. Club hmaah chiah."
  
  
  Mit lungngai tak chungah mitmeng ṭha famkim chu an inhmu ta a - tunah chuan an lungkham lo deuh niin a lang. Mahse hei pawh hi a theih tho. Note ka nei a; Chu lawng intlansiakna chu ka hmu a. A hliam em ni? tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  ‘Aw ni lo. Mahse dad hi mi rilru na tak a ni. A bottle chu a la chelh reng a, a rawn lang a, lawnga paih leh a tum a ni."
  
  
  A nui suk a. Chu nuihzatna chuan a kut chu a ti hahdam ta.
  
  
  Lungngai takin Nick chu a nui dun a. "A nih leh a miss bawk."
  
  
  Thâwk a la a, a chhuah leh ta a. Nick chuan gin leh a rimtui ngaihnawm tak nena chawhpawlh hnute tui tak rim a nam a. A kekawrte chu a han chawi sang a. "Chuvang chuan kan inhmelhriattir hma chuan i kut ka chelh thei lo. Ka hming chu Norman Kent a ni."
  
  
  Pathianni-a New York Times-ah a nuihzatna chu center stage-ah a lang. "Ka hming chu Helmy de Boer a ni. Ka kut i chelh a ngai tawh lo. Tunah chuan ka rilru a hahdam tawh. Engpawh nise ka lawm e, Mr. Kent. Psychologist i ni em?"
  
  
  "Sumdawng mi mai mai." Jet engine te chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Nick chuan tuna throttle pali te chu zawi zawiin hmalam an pan mek tih a mitthla a, thlawhna thlawh hma leh thlawh laia kalphung buaithlak tak chu a hrechhuak a, statistics a ngaihtuah a - seat hnunglam chu a chelh tlat niin a hria. Helmy-a kut zungtang chu a rawn var leh ta.
  
  
  "Airliner inang chiaha chuang mi pahnih chanchin a awm a ni," a ti. "Mipa chu a hahdam vek tawh a, a muhil deuh bawk. Passenger pangngai a ni. Engmah hian a tibuai lo. Pakhat zawk chu a thawk a hah a, seat a chelh a, thawk a tum a, mahse a thawk thei lo. Tu nge a nih i hria em?
  
  
  Vanlawng chu a nghing a. Lei chuan Helmy bula window chu a paltlang nghal a. Nick-a pum chu a ruhroah a rawn nawr a. A rawn en a. 'Ka hre lo.'
  
  
  "He pa hi pilot a ni."
  
  
  Rei vak lo a ngaihtuah a, chutah hlim takin a nui chhuak ta a. Inpawh tawnna hlimawm tak karah chuan lu dum chuan a kekawr ipte chu a khawih a. Vanlawng chu a pitch a, a bump a, lei atang chuan a chho zawi zawi a, rei vak lo a chawlhsan a, a chhunzawm leh ang maiin a chho ta a ni.
  
  
  Khapna light chu a thim ta a. Passenger-te chuan an seat belt an phelh a. "Mr. Kent," Helmy chuan a ti a, "airliner hi theoretically chuan a thlawk thei lo machine a ni tih i hria em?"
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti dawt a. A chhanna chu a ngaisang hle. Harsatna a tawk tih a hriat chian zia chu a ngaihtuah a. "Cocktail kan in ang u."
  
  
  Helmi ah Nick chuan company nuam tak a hmu a. Mr. Kent ang cocktails a in a, chutiang cocktail vawi thum a in hnuah chuan a hlauhthawnna chu a bo ta a ni. Dutch chaw tui tak tak an ei a, an inbia a, an chhiar a, mumang an nei bawk. Reading lamp an off a, muthilh an tum lai chuan, welfare society khawhralna naupangte entawn tlak takin, a lu a nghat a, “Tunah chuan i kut ka chelh duh ta,” a ti a.
  
  
  Inngaihzawnna hun, dam lehna hun, darkar hnih chhung khawvel hi a nihna ang lo taka inlan hun a ni.
  
  
  Eng nge a hriat? - Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Tin, a hmaa a hlauhthawn chhan a hriat chu a ni em? New York leh Amsterdam-a an office inkara thlawk chhuak reng, jewelry house hmingthang tak Manson’s-a thawk AX chuan heng courier tam tak hi spy device hmanraw danglam tak pakhata tel ve an ni tih a chiang hle. Ṭhenkhat chu uluk takin an enfiah a, an chungah engmah hmuh tur a awm lo. Helmy-i hian Bard Galleries-a diamond lei thin Nick Carter, N3 of AX, aka Norman Kent-a hian a lo hmu lo tih a hriat chuan engtin nge a nerve-in a tih ang?
  
  
  A kut lum chuan a ti ting a. A hlauhawm em ni? AX agent Herb Whitlock chuan kum engemawzat a hmang a, a tawpah chuan Manson chu spy apparatus hmunpui ber atan a hmuchhuak ta a ni. Chumi hnu rei vak lovah chuan Amsterdam canal atang chuan sangha man a ni ta a ni. Accident anga report a ni. Herb chuan Manson-a chuan hetiang system rintlak leh awlsam tak a siam chhuah avangin firm chu, a bul berah chuan, intelligence broker a lo ni ta a ni: professional spy tan chuan go-between a lo ni ta a ni, tiin a sawi fo thin. Herb hian US Navy ballistic weapons system photocopy - $2,000-in a lei a, chutah chuan geoballistics computer thar diagram a lang a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan Helmy rimtui tui tak chu a hnim a. A zawhna muangchang tak chhannaah chuan: “Diamond hmangaihtu mai ka ni a, rinhlelhna a awm ngei ang,” a ti.
  
  
  "Mipain chutianga a sawi chuan khawvela business defense tha ber pawl a siam a ni. C palite kha i hria em?"
  
  
  "Color, clarity, cracks leh carats. Connection bakah canyons, rare stones leh reliable wholesaler chungchangah advice ka zawng mek a ni. Client hausa thenkhat kan nei a, a chhan chu ethical standard sang tak kan neih vang a ni. Kan trade hi microscope lian ber hnuaiah i dah thei a ni." , chutianga kan sawi hunah chuan rintlak leh tlin lohna a awm lo tih a chiang ang."
  
  
  - Awle, Manson-a tan ka thawk a. Trade chungchang hi thil engemaw ka hre chiang hle." Jewelry sumdawnna chungchang a sawi dun a. A hriatrengna mak tak chuan a thusawi zawng zawng chu a hrechhuak vek a. Norman Kent-a pi hi Nick Carter hmasa ber a ni a, detective a ni a, dan bawhchhiatna a tih dan tur technique thar tam tak a rawn hmang chhuak a. Transmitter in an olive -colored cocktail glass, Martini chuan a ti lawm ngei ang, mahse mak a ti lo.Pocket watch-ah telex a siam chhuak a, i kekawr kekawr bul a sensor chu leiah i hmet a, i on a ni.
  
  
  Nicholas Huntington Carter III chu AX-ah number 3 a ni ta a, United States-in a "service hriat loh" chu a thup em em a, chanchinbu pakhata a hming an sawi leh chuan CIA chuan an hlauthawng hle. Killmaster pali zinga thah theihna nei zinga mi a ni a, AX chuan unconditional takin a thlawp a ni. A ban thei a, mahse thubuai siamsak a ni lo. Mi thenkhat tan chuan hei hi phurrit tak a ni a, mahse Nick hian professional athlete taksa pianzia chu a vawng reng a ni. A duh khawp mai.
  
  
  Manson spy ring chungchang chu a ngaihtuah nasa hle. Mawi takin a lo chhuak ta a ni. Nuclear warhead paruk nei PEAPOD missile guidance diagram, Huntsville, Alabama-a amateur spy hriat hlawh tak hnena "hralh" chu ni 9 hnuah Moscow a thleng leh a ni. AX agent pakhat chuan a copy a lei a, a detail hnuhnung ber thlengin a ṭha famkim a, phek riat zeta sei a ni. Hei hi US agency 16-te chu enfiah, control leh ven tura hriattir an nih laiin a thleng a ni. Safety test angin a hlawhchham hle. Chu ni 9 chhunga Manson courier pathum, "a remchan dan anga" kal leh haw te chu uluk taka enfiah a ngai a, mahse engmah hmuh tur a awm lo.
  
  
  “Tunah chuan Helmy chungchang hi,” muthilh chungin a ngaihtuah a. Inrawlh nge sual lo? Tin, a inrawlh a nih chuan engtin nge hetiang hi a thlen theih?
  
  
  "... diamond market pumpui hi artificial a ni," Helmy chuan a ti a. "Chuvangin thil hmuhchhuah lian tak an paltlang a ngai a nih chuan thunun theih a ni lo. Chuti a nih chuan thil man zawng zawng a tlahniam vek ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan a ti a. “Hei hi tuna min ti hlauhawm tak chu a ni. Trading-ah hian hmai i hloh mai bakah mitmeng khat lek chhungin i broke thei bawk. Diamond-ah investment tam tak i neih chuan poof. Tichuan maktaduai khat i pek kha a ni ang a chanve chauh man ni rawh se” .
  
  
  ‘A nih loh leh pathumna. Market hi vawi khatah chauh a tlahniam thei. Tichuan, hmân lai tangkarua a lo tla tawh ang bawkin a tla hniam lehzual a ni."
  
  
  “I lei fimkhur a ngai dawn tih ka hrethiam.”
  
  
  "I ngaihtuahna i nei em?"
  
  
  "Ni e, in engemaw zat tan."
  
  
  "A nih leh Manson-ho tan pawh?"
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  ‘Ka ngaihtuah a. In lian zawng zawng ang bawkin vawi khatah tam tak sumdawnna kan nei thin nachungin wholesaler tak tak kan ni lo. Kan director - Philip van der Laan nen in inhmu tur a ni. Cartel pawn lama mi zawng zawng aiin a hre zawk."
  
  
  - Amsterdam-ah a awm em?
  
  
  'Awle. Vawiin hian, a ni. Amsterdam leh New York inkarah hian practically a kal leh chhuak thin."
  
  
  "Ni khat chu min inhmelhriattir mai rawh, Helmy. Sumdawnna kan la ti thei maithei. Chu bakah, khawpui chhung vel tlem min hmuhtir turin tour guide atan ka hmang thei ang che. Vawiin chawhnu hian engtin nge min rawn zawm ve ang? Chumi hnuah chuan ka rawn zawm leh ang." chawhmeh ei turin ka enkawl ang che." .
  
  
  "Nawmna nen. Sex chungchang pawh i ngaihtuah tawh em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a mit a chhing a. He thusawi mak tak hian rei lo te chhung chu a balance lo hle. Hei hi a thiam lo. A reflexes te chu on edge a ni tur a ni. “I sawi hma loh chuan ni lo.Mahse, enchhin tlak a la ni tho.”
  
  
  "Engkim a kal tha a nih chuan. Common sense leh experience nen."
  
  
  "And, of course, talent. Steak tha emaw, wine bottle tha tak emaw ang mai a ni. Khawi atang emaw atanga tan a ngai a ni. Chumi hnuah chuan i tichhe leh tawh loh nan i fimkhur a ngai bawk. Tin, engkim i hriat loh chuan." , zawt emaw lehkhabuah chhiar emaw."
  
  
  "Mi tam tak hi an inhriatthiamna famkim ni se chuan an hlim zawk ang tih ka ring. Ka sawi tum chu, ni tha emaw, chaw tha tak emaw chu i ring thei a, mahse hengah hian sex tha hi i la ring thei lo niin a lang." ni.Tunlai Amsterdam-ah hian thil danglam tak ni mahse. Kan Puritan seilian vang a ni thei ang em, a nih loh leh Victorian ro hluah a la tel reng em? Ka hre lo.'
  
  
  "Awle, kum engemaw zat kalta chhung khan kan zalen deuh deuh a ni. Keimah ngei pawh hian nun hi ka ngaina deuh a, sex hi nunah a tel ve a nih avangin kei pawhin ka duh ve tho. Skiing, Dutch beer emaw etching by emaw i duh ang bawkin." Picasso a ni." Chu thu a ngaihthlak lai chuan ngilnei takin a mit a la reng a, a fiamthu a ni em tih a ngaihtuah a. A mitmeng dum hring dup chu sualna nei loin a eng chhuak a. A hmel mawi tak chu sual nei lo ang maiin a lang a, Krismas card-a vantirhkoh ang mai a ni.
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a. "Chutiang chuan i ngaihtuah ka ring. Mipa i ni. Heng American tam tak hi chu tightwad ngawi reng an ni. An ei a, glass an paih let a, an phur a, an fawp bawk. Oh, tin, engvangin nge American hmeichhiate hi sex hi an tihbuai em em tih an ngaihtuah bawk. By." sex, I mean not just jumping in bed.I mean in good relationship.I thian tha tak in ni a, in inbia thei a ni.A tawpah chuan kawng engemaw takah tih a ngai tih in hriat hunah chuan a tlem berah in sawi dun thei ang. When the hun a tawpah chuan a lo thleng ta a, chuti a nih chuan, a tlem berah chuan in inzawmna tur in nei ang."
  
  
  'Khawiah nge kan inhmuh dawn?'
  
  
  'Awh.' A purse atang chuan Manson house business card chu a la chhuak a, a hnung lamah chuan thil engemaw a ziak a. ‘Dar thum velah. Chawhmeh ei kham chuan ka lo haw dawn lo. Kan tlak veleh Philip van der Laan ka tlawh ang. I hmu thei tur i nei em?
  
  
  'Aih.'
  
  
  - Chuan ka bulah lo kal rawh. Chumi hmang chuan contact dang hmangin i tan thei ang. A pui ngei ang che. Hei hi mi ngaihnawm tak a ni. En teh, Schiphol airfield thar a awm tawh. A lian a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  Nick chuan thu awih takin tukverh atang chuan a han en a, a lianin a hmuhnawm hle tih a pawm a.
  
  
  Khaw hla takah chuan runway lian pali, control tower leh building chhawng sawm vel zeta sang te chu a hmu a. Sakawr thla nei te tan mihring ran vulhna hmun dang.
  
  
  "Chu chu tuifinriat atanga metre li vel a ni," Helmy chuan a ti a. "Regular service 32-in an hmang a. An information system leh Tapis roulant, roller paths te kha i hmu tur a ni. Chutah chuan en teh, meadows te. Heta loneitute hian an buai hle a ni. Awle, loneitute chauh ni lovin. He path hi chutah chuan an ti a ni." a "bulldozer". Heng mi zawng zawng hian an tuar tur thawm rapthlak tak avang hian a ni." Thuziak thiam anga a thahnemngaihnaah chuan a chungah a innghat a. A hnute chu a nghet hle. A sam chu a rimtui hle mai. "Aw, min ngaidam rawh. Heng zawng zawng hi i hre tawh maithei. Schiphol tharah hian i kal tawh em?"
  
  
  - Ni lo, Schiphol upa tak chauh a thlawk. Kum tam tak kal ta khan. London leh Paris ka kalna kawng pangngai atanga ka inthlak hmasak ber a ni."
  
  
  “Old Schiphol hi kilometre thum vel a hla a ni a, vawiinah chuan bungraw phur airport a ni.
  
  
  "I kaihruaitu ṭha famkim i ni, Helmy. Holland hi i hmangaih em em tih pawh ka hmuchhuak bawk."
  
  
  Fimkhur takin a nui a. "Mr. van der Laan chuan hetiang Dutch mi rilru na tak hi ka la ni reng tih a sawi. Ka nu leh pa hi Amsterdam atanga kilometer sawmthum vela hla Hilversum atanga lo kal an ni."
  
  
  "Chuvangin, hna tling tak i hmu ta. I ram hlui chu a hun hunah tlawh theihna tur hna i hmu ta."
  
  
  'Awle. Chutiang chuan a harsa lo a ni, a chhan chu tawng ka thiam tawh a ni."
  
  
  "He thilah hian i lawm em?"
  
  
  'Awle.' A hmui mawi tak chuan a beng a thlen thlengin a lu a ti sang a. "Ka chungah i ngilnei hle. Ka rilru a hahdam lo. Ka chau lutuk niin ka hria. Tunah chuan ka rilru a hahdam hle. Thlawhna i thlawh tam chuan hun inthlauhna hi i tuar thin. A chang chuan darkar sawm chhunga hnathawh ni hnih khat chu kan inzawm khawm thin." . Ka duh, Phil nen in inhmuhna tur. Amah hian harsatna tam tak paltlang turin a pui thei che a ni."
  
  
  Chu chu a cute hle mai. A ring tak zet a ni mai thei. Nick chuan a kut chu a rawn fawp a. "Hetah hian i bulah ka thu ve thei hi ka vannei hle mai. I hmeltha hle mai, Helmy. Chutiang mihring chu i ni. A nih loh leh ka sawi dik lo em ni? I fing bawk. Chu chu mi tan thil engemaw i hre tak tak tihna a ni. It's the." scientist pakhat, a hnathawhna atana nuclear bomb chauh thlangtu nen a inkalh lo hle."
  
  
  "Chu chu fakna ka dawn tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan a thlum ber leh harsa ber a ni, Norman. Tunah hian kan kal tur niin ka hria."
  
  
  Formality an paltlang a, an bungrua chu an hmu ta a ni. Helmy chuan tlangval stocky tak pakhat hnenah chuan a hruai a, chu chu building sak mek hmaa driveway-ah Mercedes a khalh lut a. “Kan parking thuruk chu,” Helmy chuan a ti a. "Hello Kobus."
  
  
  Tlangval chuan, “Hello,” a ti a, an bulah chuan a kal phei a, an bungrua rit tak takte chu a la a.
  
  
  Tichuan hei hi a lo thleng ta a ni. Nick-a hriat chian em em, thinlung ti na tak, ri na tak. Helmy chu car hnung seat-ah chuan a nawr lut a. 'Eng nge a nih?' tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Rul hrual ri, artillery shell puak ri bengchheng tak tak, emaw, bullet thlawk kal pel ri na tak ri i hre ngai lo a nih chuan, a vawi khatnaah chuan i hlauthawng mai ang. Mahse, chutiang aw chu eng nge a awmzia i hriat chuan i fimkhur nghal a, hma i la nghal a ni. Bullet chuan an lu a miss mai. Nick chuan silai ri chu a hre lo. Hriamhrei chu a thunun tha hle a, non-automatic ralthuam atanga lo chhuak pawh a ni thei. Tunah chuan sniper chuan a ralthuam chu a reload tawh mai thei em?
  
  
  Helmy leh Kobus te hnenah chuan, “Bullet a ni,” a ti. An hre tawh emaw, an lo chhut tawh emaw pawh a ni mai thei. "Hetah hian chhuak rawh. Ding la, ka lo haw hun chu nghak rawh. Engti kawng pawhin hetah hian awm suh."
  
  
  A hawi let a, in sak mek lung bang dum lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Daltu chu a zuang thla a, step hnih emaw step thum emaw vel zet chu stairs-ah chuan a chho ta a. Building sei tak hmaah chuan hnathawk pawl hrang hrangin tukverh an dah a. Building chhunga kawngka atanga a duck luh lai chuan an en pawh an en lo. Chu pindan chu a lian hle a, leivut a khat a, lime leh concrete khauh tak rim a nam bawk. Dinglam hla takah chuan mi pahnih chuan bang chungah plaster trowel hmangin hna an thawk a. “Anmahni ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti ta a. An kut chu leivut hnim hring in a var a.
  
  
  Stairs-ah chuan zuang lian tak tak, awlsam tak tak hmangin a tlan chho ta a. A bulah chuan stationary escalator pali a awm a. Mi thattute chuan building sang tak tak, khar te hi an ngaina hle. A thattu hian a la hmu lo maithei. A hmu a nih chuan tunah hian a tlan chhuak ngei ang. Chuvangin tlantu kan zawng mek a ni. A chunglam leiah chuan thil pakhat a tla a. Nick-a’n stairs tawp a thlen chuan - a nihna takah chuan stairs flight pahnih a ni a, first floor ceiling a sang em avangin - cement board dum cascade chu floor-a crack atang chuan a tla ta a ni. Mi pahnih chu a bulah an ding a, kut bawlhhlawh takin an kut an thlak a, Italian tawngin an au chhuak bawk. Chubakah, hla takah chuan mipa lem lian tak - stocky tak, sava ang maia lang - chu a rawn chhuk a, hmuh theih lohvin a bo ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu building hmaa tukverh lam pan chuan a tlan phei a. Mercedes dingna hmun chu a han en a. Shell casing chu a zawng duh ngei ang, mahse chu chuan construction worker emaw police emaw inrawlhna engmah a phak lo. Italian mason-te chuan a lam hawiin an au chhuak ta a. Rang takin stairs atang chuan a tlan thla a, driveway-ah chuan Mercedes chu a hmu a, chutah chuan Kobus chuan mi a nghak ang maiin a inlan a.
  
  
  A chhungah chuan a chho a, Helmi dum hring dup hnenah chuan: “Ka hmu niin ka hria. Heavy, bent fellow.” Kut pakhat chuan a hmuiah a rawn nawr a. - Kan kap - kei - nang, a dik em? Ka hre lo... "
  
  
  A hlauthawng deuh mai. "I hre ngai lo," a ti a. "Air rifle atanga bullet lo chhuak kha a ni maithei. Tunah hian tuin nge kah duh che?"
  
  
  A chhang lo. Rei vak lo hnuah chuan kutphah chu a tla leh ta a. Nick chuan a kut chu a rawn fawp a. "He thil thleng hi theihnghilh turin Kobus hnenah i hrilh a nih chuan a tha zawk maithei. I hre chiang tawk em?"
  
  
  'Awle.' Driver hnenah chuan Dutch tawngin thil a sawi a. A lu a thing a, chutah hniam taka thlawk helicopter chu a kawhhmuh a. Russian giant thar a ni a, bus pakhat chu cargo structure, giant crab claws ang maia lianah a phur a ni.
  
  
  “Bus hmangin khawpui chhungah i lut thei ang,” Helmy chuan a ti a. "Sft hnih. Central Netherlands atanga pakhat. Service dang chu KLM ngeiin a enkawl a ni. Guilder thum vel a ni a, tunlai hian chiang takin i sawi thei lo nachungin."
  
  
  Hei hi Dutch frugality a ni em? An rilru khauh tak an ni. Mahse hlauhawm tak an ni thei ang tih ka ring lo."
  
  
  “A tawpah chuan air gun atanga kah a ni mai thei.”
  
  
  Amah ngei pawhin a ring tih ngaihdan a nei lo. A ngenna bik angin an kal pelhna Vondelpark chu a en a. Vijelstraat leh khawpui laihawl Rokin kaltlangin Dam lam panin an tlan a. “Amsterdam khawpui hi khawpui dang ka hriat aiin a danglamna a awm a ni,” tiin a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  - Schiphol-a he thil thleng hi i boss hnenah kan hrilh dawn em ni?
  
  
  ‘Aw ni lo. Hetiang hi i ti lo ang u. Philip-a chu Krasnopolskaya Hotel-ah ka hmu ang. An pancake te hi lo en ve ngei ang che. Company dintu hian kum 1865 khan a lo tlangzarh a, chumi hnuah chuan menu-ah an bo tawh lo. Amah ngei pawhin cafe te tak te atang khan a tan a, tunah chuan complex lian tak a ni ta. Mahse, a la cute hle mai.
  
  
  Amah leh amah a thunun leh tawh tih a hmu a. A mamawh mai thei. A khuhna chu a puak lo tih a chiang hle - a bik takin tunah chuan, chutiang chuan rei lo teah. Chu bullet chu a tan a ni em tih a ngaihtuah ang.
  
  
  Ko chuan Nick-a bungrua chu a hotel Die Port van Cleve, a bul hnaia awm, Nieuwe Zijds Voorburgwal-a khawi emaw laiah, post office bulah hruai turin a tiam a. Hotel-ah chuan Helmy toiletries pawh a rawn keng tel bawk. Nick chuan savun briefcase chu a keng reng tih a hmu a;chu chu thlawhna chhunga toilet thlengin a keng tel bawk. A thuziak chu ngaihnawm tak a ni mai thei a, mahse sketch emaw sample emaw chauh a awm mai thei. Engmah check tlak a ni lo - a la ni lo.
  
  
  Helmi chuan Krasnopolsky hotel mawi tak chu a entir a. Philip Van der Laan chuan a tan a ti awlsam hle. Thing paneling khata khat private room mawi takah chuan mipa dang nen chawhmeh an ei dun a. Helmy chuan Van der Laan bulah chuan suitcase chu a dah a, chibai a buk a. Chutah Nick chu a rawn inhmelhriattir ta a. Mr. Kent hian jewelry hi a ngaina hle a ni."
  
  
  Chu pa chu formal greeting, kut inthlak, bow leh breakfast ei tura anmahni zawm tura sawmna atan a ding chhuak a. Van der Laane nena an inzawmna dang chu Constant Draaier a ni. “Van Manson-a” chu a awm chu chawimawina ang maiin a sawi chhuak a.
  
  
  Van der Laan-a chu a san zawng chu medium a ni a, a sei a, a chak bawk. Mitmeng dum hrual, rilru hahdam lo tak a nei a. A rilru hahdam hmel hle mah se, a chungah thil muang lo tak a awm a, chu chu sumdawnna vang emaw, amah ngei pawhin a snobbery vang emaw a chakna tam lutuk a ni. Italian style-a grey velvet suit a ha a, chu chu tunlai tak a ni lo; vest dum, button flat te te, rangkachak ang maia lang, tie sen leh dum leh ring, diamond blue leh white carat thum vel nei - engkim chu flawless takin a lang.
  
  
  Turner hi a boss aiin a te zawk deuh a, a hmabak tur apiangah huaisenna a neih hmasak phawt a ngai a, mahse chutih rual chuan a boss nen a inhnial lo tur khawpa fing a ni. A vest-ah hian regular grey button a awm a, a diamond chu carat khat vel a rit a ni. Mahse a mit chuan che leh record a zir a. A nui hmel nen chuan engmah tih tur an nei lo. Nick-a chuan an biak chu lawmawm a tih thu a sawi a, an thu ta a.
  
  
  "Wholesaler ah i thawk em, Mr. Kent?" - tiin van der Laan chuan a zawt a. "Manson's hian a chang chuan anmahni nen hian sumdawnna a nei thin."
  
  
  'Aih. Bard Galleries-ah ka thawk a ni."
  
  
  "Mr. Kent chuan diamond chungchang hi engmah a hre lo tluk a ti a ni," Helmy chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Van der Laan chu a nui suk a, a hmui dum hnuaiah chuan a ha chu felfai takin a hrual a. "Chu chu smart shopper zawng zawngin an sawi thin. Mr. Kent hian magnifying glass a nei mai thei a, a hman dan pawh a hre chiang hle. He hotel-ah hian i riak em?"
  
  
  'Aih. Nick chuan, “Die Port van Cleve-ah,” tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  “Hotel tha tak” Van der Laan chuan a ti a, a hmaa waiter chu a kawhhmuh a, “Breakfast” tih chauh a sawi a, chutah Helmy lam chu a hawi a, Nick chuan director pakhatin a hnuaia thawkte hnena a lantir tur aia lumna a hmu tam zawk.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, “Ah, Helmy, he hna hi company hmingthang tak anga langah i hmu a ni,” tiin a ngaihtuah a. Mahse chuti chung chuan hei hi life insurance a ni lo. “Khualzin nuam tak hmang rawh,” Van der Laan chuan a ti a.
  
  
  "Ka lawm e Mr Kent, Norman ka tihna a ni. Hetah hian American hming kan hmang thei ang em?"
  
  
  'Ngei ngei.' - Van der Laan chuan thutlukna siamin a au chhuak a, Draaier hnenah thil dang zawt lovin. "Restless flight a ni em?"
  
  
  'Aih. Khua a buaithlak deuh a. Kan in bulah kan thu a, Norman chuan min ti lawm deuh hlek a."
  
  
  Van der Laan mitmeng dum chuan Nick chu a thlum tha chu lawmpuina a hlan a. A chhungah chuan inhuatna a awm lo va, ngaihtuahna fim tak mai a ni. Nick chuan Van der Laan hi eng industry-ah pawh director a ni ngei ang tih a ring tlat a. Diplomat piang tak ang maia thinlung dik lo (undistorted sincerity) a nei a. Amah ngeiin a bullshit chu a ring ta a ni.
  
  
  Van der Laan chuan, “Sorry,” a ti a, “Reilote chu ka kal bo a ngai” a ti a.
  
  
  Minute nga hnuah a rawn let leh a. Toilet-a kal - a nih loh leh thil dang ti thei tur khawpin a kal tawh a ni.
  
  
  Chawhmeh ei tur chu chhang chi hrang hrang, golden butter mound khat, cheese chi thum, roast beef slice, boiled egg, coffee leh beer te a ni. Van der Laan chuan Nick-a chu Amsterdam-a diamond sumdawnna chungchang tawi te tein a sawi a, a biak duh theih turte hming a sawi a, a thil ngaihnawm ber berte pawh a sawi bawk. "...chuan naktuk hian ka office-ah i lo kal a nih chuan Norman, kan neih chu ka rawn entir ang che."
  
  
  Nick chuan a awm ngei dawn tih a sawi a, chutah chuan chawhmeh a ei avangin lawmthu a sawi a, a kut a vawn a, a bo ta a ni. A chhuah hnu chuan Philip van der Laan chuan cigar tawi, rimtui tak chu a hal a. Helmy-a savun briefcase rawn ken chu a tap a, a en a. "Hei hi thlawhnaah khan i hawng lo em ni?"
  
  
  'A dik e, a ni lo.' A tone chu a reh vek lo.
  
  
  "Hetiang hian amah chauh i kalsan em?"
  
  
  "Phil, ka hna hi ka hre chiang khawp mai."
  
  
  "I bula a thut kha mak i ti lo em ni?"
  
  
  A mitmeng dum hring dup chu a rawn meng chhuak lehzual. 'Engati nge? Chu thlawhnaah chuan diamond sumdawng an tam zawk ngei ang. Buyer tum ber ai chuan inelna neitu ka tawk thei zawk. Eng emaw i hralh thei maithei."
  
  
  Van der Laan chuan a kut chu a rawn fawp a. "Lungngai suh. Check chhunzawm zel rawh. I mamawh chuan New York bank-te chu biak rawh."
  
  
  Pakhat zawk chuan a lu a bu nghat a. Van der Laan hmel muang tak chuan rinhlelhna a thup a. Helmy-a chu hmeichhe hlauhawm, hlauthawng tak, thil hre tam lutukah a chang ta niin a ngai a. Tunah chuan hetih lai hian chutiang chuan a chiang tawh lo. A tirah chuan "Norman Kent" chu police niin a ngai a - tunah chuan a ngaihtuahna hmanhmawh lutuk chu a ringhlel ta a ni. Paula koh chu a dik em tih a ngaihtuah a. Tunah chuan a dang tur chuan a tlai tawh hle. Mahse a tlem berah chuan Paul leh a buddies te hian he Kent tlangval chungchang hi an hre chiang ngei ang.
  
  
  Helmy chuan a mit a chhing a, "Chutiang chu i ngaihtuah tak tak em ni...."
  
  
  "Ka ngaihtuah lo, naupang. Mahse i sawi ang khan thil tha tak kan hralh thei ang. A credit check tur chauhvin."
  
  
  Nick chuan dam chu a rawn pel ta a. Thlasik thli tleh chu a mawi hle mai. A bearing te chu tlem tal lak tumin a bei a. Kalverstraat mawi tak chu a en a, chutah chuan mipui ang maia thianghlim anga lang building inkara car awm lohna kawngpuiah chuan mipui tam tak an tlan kual a. "Heng mite hi chutiang chuan an thianghlim tak tak em?" Nick chuan a ti a. A khur nghut a. Tunah hi ngaihtuah buai hun a ni lo.
  
  
  Keizersgracht-ah kea kal a tum ta a - chu chu tuiah pil, zu rui ni lo Herbert Whitlock-a chawimawina chi khat a ni. Herbert Whitlock hi U.S. sorkar official sang tak a ni a, travel agency a nei a, chu ni chuan gin a in nasa lutuk a ni mai thei. Maithei. Mahse Herbert Whitlock hi AH agent a ni a, zu hi a ngaina vak lo tak zet a ni. Nick hian vawi hnih a thawhpui a, Nick-a’n: “Mi pakhatin zu in tir che kha han mitthla teh - hnathawh vangin,” a tih lai khan an pahnih hian an nuih a za hle. Herb hi Europe-ah kum khat dawn lai leak zawngin a awm a, hei hi AX chuan sipai electronics leh aerospace data a leak tan tirh khan a hre ta a ni. Herb hian a thih lai hian archive-a M letter chu a thleng a. Tin, a lai hming chu Manson a ni.
  
  
  AX-a a command post atanga David Hawk chuan a sawi awlsam hle. "I hun hmang rawh Nicholas. Ṭanpuina i mamawh chuan ṭanpuina dil rawh. Chutiang fiamthu chu kan lei thei tawh lo." Rei vak lo chhung chu hmui te tak te chuan a hmui rawn chhuak chu a rawn purse a. "Tin, i theih chuan result i hnaih chuan ka tanpuina dil rawh."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan Keizersgracht chu a thleng a, Herengracht section-ah chuan a kal leh ta a. Thli chu a hrual a, silk ang maiin a awm bawk. “Hetah hian ka awm e,” a ti a. Min kap leh rawh. Shoot la, i miss a nih chuan a tlem berah kei hian hma ka hruai ang. Chu chu sporty a ni tawk lo em ni? Herengracht-Paleisstraat kil khatah pangpar tawlailir pakhat en tur leh herring ei turin a ding a. Mipa sang tak, ngaihtuahna seng lo, ni hmangaih tak. Engmah a thleng lo. A hmui a ti hup a, a hotel lam pan chuan a kal leh ta a.
  
  
  Chutiang varnish layer ngaihven lo tak tak leh ultra-modern hotel-a plastic effect rang tak, chhe thei lo, awm lohna room lian leh nuam takah chuan Nick chuan a thil neihte chu a phelh a. A Luger, Wilhelmina chu a kut hnuaiah customs a paltlang mek a. Test a ni lo. Tin, a tul chuan hemi atan hian document a nei ngei ang. Hugo, razor-sharp stiletto chu lehkha hawnna angin mailbox chhungah a tawp ta a ni. A underwear thlengin a inbel a, dar thum vela Helmy a hmuh hma chuan tih theih tlem a awm tih a rel ta a. Minute sawm leh panga chhung a practice hnuah darkar khat vel a muhil a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu zawi zawiin a rawn kik a. 'Chibai?' Nick chuan a ti a. 'Room service a ni.'
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu a hawng a. Waiter thau tak chuan a kawr dum ha chungin a nui suk a, pangpar bawm leh Four Roses bottle pakhat, napkin dum hnung lama a then thup chu a keng a. "Amsterdam-ah hian kan lo lawm a che, sir. Management lam atanga fakna nen."
  
  
  Nick chuan step khat a hnungtawlh a. Chu pa chuan pangpar leh bourbon chu tukverh bula dawhkan pakhatah chuan a keng a. Nick chuan a mitmeng chu a rawn ti nghal zat. Vase a awm lo em ni? Tray a awm lo em ni? "Hey..." Chu pa chuan bottle chu a rawn thlak ta a. A crash lo. Nick chuan a mitmeng chuan a zui a. Kawngkhar chu a rawn inhawng a, a ke ruh atang chuan a rawn tla thla hnai hle. Mi pakhat chu kawngka bulah chuan a zuang lut a - mipa sang tak, lian tak, lawng khalhtu ang maia lang. Pistol dum chu nghet takin a keng a. Silai lian tak a ni. Khup hauh loin Nick-a chu tlu ang maia a inlan lai chuan a zui ta a. Tichuan Nick chu a ding nghet sauh sauh a. Mipa te zawk chuan taksa ruh nei chu a zui lut a, kawngkhar chu a khar ta a. Waiter atang chuan English aw nalh tak mai a rawn ri a: “Ngawi teh, Mr. Kent.” A mitmeng atang chuan Nick chuan napkin chu a tla tih a hmu a. A kut vuantu chuan silai a keng a, chu pawh chu professional-in a chelh ang maiin a lang bawk. Che lovin, duhthusam sang takah, kah turin inpeih reng. Nick chu a ding ta a.
  
  
  Amah ngei pawhin trump card pakhat a nei a. A underpants pocket-ah chuan gas bomb thihna thlen thei zinga pakhat - "Pierre" a nei a. Zawi zawiin a kut chu a han thlah a.
  
  
  Waiter ang maia lang pa chuan, "Khawng rawh. Hmasawnna pakhat mah ni lo," a ti a. Chu pa chu a tumruh hle niin a lang. Nick chu a froze a, "Ka..." ah hian guilder tlemte chauh ka nei a ni.
  
  
  'Ngawi rawh.'
  
  
  Kawngkhar atanga rawn lut hnuhnung ber chu tunah chuan Nick hnungah a awm tawh a, tun dinhmunah chuan engmah tih theih a awm tawh lo. Kut thiam tak tak anga lang pistol pahnih crossfire-ah pawh ni lovin. Eng emaw chuan a kutphah chu a khuh a, a kut chu a hnunglam a hrual a. Tichuan kut lehlam chu an la let leh ta a - lawng khalhtu chuan hrui chu a khuh ta a. Cord chu a hrual nghet hle a, nylon ang maiin a lang. Knot siamtu chu lawng khalhtu a ni emaw, kum tam tak chhung chu lawng khalhtu a ni emaw. Vawi za chuang zinga pakhat Nicholas Huntington Carter III, Љ3 of AX chu an inbun a, tanpui theih loh tluk zetin a lang.
  
  
  “Hetah hian thu rawh,” pa lian chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chu a thu a. Waiter leh mi thau tak hian an enkawl niin a lang. A thil neihte chu uluk takin an enfiah a. Engti kawng mahin rukru an ni lo. A suit pahnih pocket tin leh seam tin an check zawh chuan uluk takin engkim an khai vek a. Minute sawm chhung zet detective hna hahthlak tak a thawh hnu chuan Fat Man chu Nick hmaah chuan a thu ta a. A kawr te tak te a nei a, a kawrfual leh a lu inkarah sa hrual hrual tlemte aia tam lo, mahse engti kawng mahin thau ang maiin an lang lo. Hriamhrei pawh a awm lo. "New York atanga lo kal Mr. Norman Kent," a ti a. "Helmy de Boer hi eng chen nge i hriat tawh?"
  
  
  'Tunhnai khan. Vawiin khan thlawhnaah kan inhmu a."
  
  
  "Engtikah nge i hmuh leh ang?"
  
  
  'Ka hre lo.'
  
  
  "Chuvang chuan a pe che em ni?" Kut zungtang sei tak chuan Helmy-i’n a pek business card chu a rawn la a, chutah chuan a local address a inziak a.
  
  
  "Vawi engemaw zat kan inhmu ang. Kaihruaitu tha tak a ni."
  
  
  "Manson nen sumdawnna nei turin i rawn kal em?"
  
  
  "Ka company hnena diamond man tlawm taka zuar tu te nen sumdawnna nei turin ka lo kal a ni. Tunge in nih? Police, rukru, spy?"
  
  
  "Engkim tlem tal. Mafia ti ila. A tawpah chuan a pawimawh lo."
  
  
  'Eng nge ka lakah i duh?'
  
  
  Ruh nei pa chuan khumah Wilhelmina mutna chu a kawhhmuh a. "Sumdawng tan chuan thil mak tak a ni."
  
  
  'Dollar sang tam tak man diamond phur thei tur tan chuan? He ralthuam hi ka ngaina hle.'
  
  
  "Dan kalh zawngin."
  
  
  "Ka fimkhur ang."
  
  
  "Yenisei Kulinans chungchang eng nge i hriat?"
  
  
  "Aw, ka nei a ni."
  
  
  Planet dang atanga lo kal a nih thu sawi ta se, an zuang sang zawk lo ang. Mipa taksa thau tak chu a ding nghet sauh sauh a. "Waiter" chuan, "Ni e?" tin, lawng khalhtu chuan a hmui chu inches hnih zetin a ti hniam a.
  
  
  A lian zawk chuan, 'I nei tawh em? Tih tak?' a ti a.
  
  
  ‘Grand Hotel Krasnopolsky-ah chuan. An hnenah chuan i thleng thei lo ang." Chu pa ruh nei chuan a pocket atang chuan pack pakhat a la a, midangte hnenah chuan cigarette te tak te pakhat a pe a. Nick hnenah pawh pakhat a pe dawn niin a lang a, mahse a ngaihdan a thlak ta a. An ding chhuak ta a. 'Eng nge i kal dawn do with it?’ tih a ni.
  
  
  "A dik e, United States-ah chuan keng la."
  
  
  - Mahse... mahse i thei lo. Customs - ah! Ruahmanna i nei a. Engkim chu tihfel vek a ni tawh.
  
  
  “Engkim hi a set vek tawh,” Nick chuan serious takin a chhang a.
  
  
  Mi lian chu thinrim hmel zet hian a lang. “An idiot vek,” Nick chuan a ti a. A nih loh leh kei hi ka â tak zet a ni.Mahse idiot emaw ni lo emaw, an thil neih chu an hre chiang hle.A hnunglam hnunglam hawiin cord chu a rawn hrual a, mahse a budge lo tak zet a ni.
  
  
  Mi thau chuan a hmui pursed atang chuan meikhu dum dum hring dup chu ceiling lam pan chuan a rawn vawrh chhuak a. - Kan hmu thei lo tih i sawi em? Anih nang? Khawiah nge receipt chu a awm? Fiahna?'
  
  
  ‘Ka nei lo. Mr. Stahl chuan hei hi min ruahman sak a ni." Kum tam tak kal ta khan Stahl hian Krasnopolsky Hotel a enkawl a. Nick chuan a la awm ngei a beisei.
  
  
  Waiter anga inlan mi â chuan rang takin, “A dawt sawi ka ring. A hmui kha khar ila, a ke ruhte hal ila, chutah chuan a thusawi chu kan en ang,” a ti leh ta a.
  
  
  “Ni lo,” pa thau chuan a ti a, “Krasnopolsky-ah a awm tawh a ni.” Helmi nen an awm dun a. Ka hmu a. Hei hi kan hnuteah chuan feather tha tak a ni ang. Tunah chuan... - Nick bulah chuan a kal phei a, - Mr. Kent, tunah chuan i inchei dawn a, heng Cullinans te hi uluk takin kan rawn thawn vek ang. Pali kan ni. Tlangval lian tak i ni a, i khawtlang zingah pawh hero nih i duh mai thei. Mahse hetianga i tih loh chuan he ram tenau takah hian i thi tawh ang. Hetiang buaina hi kan duh lo. Tunah chuan hei hi i ring tlat mai thei. A nih loh chuan ka hrilh che kha han ngaihtuah teh."
  
  
  Pindan bang lam pan chuan a kir leh a, waiter leh pakhat zawk chu a kawhhmuh a. Nick-a chu a ralthuam lem leh tur chuan lungawina an pe lo. Sailor chuan Nick-a hnungzang a knot chu a phelh a, a kutphah atanga cutting cords te chu a la chhuak a. Thisen chuan a hrual a. Bony chuan, "Inchei rawh. Luger hi a load lo. Fimkhur takin che rawh."
  
  
  Nick chu fimkhur takin a che a. Chair hnunglam chunga kawr lo innghat chu a kut a phar a, chutah a kutphah chu waiter Adam-a apple chu a rawn beng a. Mak tak maiin attack a ni a, Chinese table tennis crew member pakhatin table atanga feet nga vela hlaa ball pakhatah backhand shot a tum ang mai a ni. Nick chuan hmalam a pan a, a zuang a, a rawn deng ta a - chu pa chu Nick-a'n a kawr a khawih hmain a che thei lo.
  
  
  Mipa tlu mek hmaah chuan Nick chu a rawn inher kual a, chu pa thau tak chu a pocket chhunga a kut a han luh rual chuan a rawn man a. Mi thau tak chuan clamp-a chakna a tihchhiat chu a hriat chuan a mit a meng zau ta hle mai. Mi chak tak a nih angin taksa ruh (muscles) tih awmzia chu amah ngeiin a enkawl a ngai tih a hre chiang hle. A kut chu dinglamah a han phar a, mahse Nick chu thil a ṭhat leh tak tak hma chuan hmun dangah a awm ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut chu a han phar a, a ruh hnuai lam chiah, a thinlung hnuai lam chiah chu a tilt a. A shot tha ber siam turin hun a nei lo. Chubakah, he neckless body hian impact a do thei bawk. Chu pa chu a nui suk a, mahse Nick-a kut chu bawnghnute chu tiang hmanga vuak tum chauh ang maiin a hria.
  
  
  Sailor chu a lam pan chuan a tlan phei nghal a, police baton ang maiin thil a han vawrh a. Nick chuan Fat Man chu a hawi let a, hmalam a pan ta a. Mi pahnih chu Nick-a’n a jacket hnunglam a fiddle lai chuan an inhmachhawn a... Mi pahnih chu an inthen leh a, rang takin a lam hawiin an hawi let a.. Nick chuan sailor chu a hnaih deuh deuh chuan a khup chhungah a kick a, thiam takin a hmaah a inher a a khingpui lian zawk. Chu pa thau chuan a au chhuak chu a rawn pen phei a, nghet takin a ding a, Nick lam chu a rawn pan a, a kut a phar a. Nick chuan attack ang maiin a inlan a, a kut veilam chu mi thau dinglam chungah a dah a, a hnunglam a hawi a, a hawi let a, a kut dinglam hmangin a kut veilam chu a vawm a. ...
  
  
  A sir lamah a tlu a, chu pa rit zawng pound za tam tak chuan chair pakhat, coffee table pakhat chu a tikehsawm a, leia television pakhat chu toy car ang maiin a tikehsawm a, a tawpah chuan typewriter, frame of chu chuan lungchhiatthlak takin mittui tlak ri nen bang chu a rawn tikehsawm ta a ni. Nick-a’n a nawr a, a kut a vawn lai chuan, chu mipa thau tak chuan furniture-a beih a nih avangin a tuar nasa ber a ni. Nick aiin second khat zet a ding rei zawk.
  
  
  Nick chu hmalam pan chuan a zuang thla a, a khingpui chu a beng bulah a rawn man a. Second tlemte chu Nick tan chuan a tawk - an tlu lai chuan... Nick chuan a kut lehlam chuan a kutphah chu a rawn man a. Hei hi second sawm chhung zet mi thawk leh thisen kal dan tikhawlo thei hold a ni. Mahse second sawm a nei lo. Khuh leh bengchheng tak chungin, waiter ang chi thilsiam chu silai chu man thei khawpa rei chauhvin a lo nung ta a ni. Nick chu a chhuak a, rang takin a khingpui chu a lu a beng a, a kut atangin silai chu a la chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Shot hmasa ber chu a miss a, a pahnihna chu ceiling atang chuan a kal a, Nick chuan silai chu window intact pahnihna atang chuan a vawrh chhuak ta a. Hei hi a kal zel chuan boruak thianghlim an hmu thei ang. He hotel chhungah hian fucking tu mahin eng thil nge thleng tih hi an hre thei lo em ni?
  
  
  Waiter chuan a pum chhungah a vuak a. Hei hi a beisei lo a nih chuan vuakna natna chu a hre leh tawh ngai lo mai thei. A kut chu beitu hmui hnuaiah a dah a, a vawm a... Chu pa thau chu puan sen chunga bawngpa ang maiin hmalam a pan nghal a. Nick chu a sir lamah a ding a, venhimna tha zawk tlem a hmuh beiseiin, mahse television leh a accessories lungchhiatthlak tak takte chu a tlu ta a ni. Mi thau chuan a nei a nih chuan ki chungah a hruai ang. Khum chunga an pahnih an inkhuah lai chuan pindan kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, hmeichhe pakhat chu au chhuak nghal zat a. Nick leh pa thau tak chu khum khuhna, blanket leh pillow-ah chuan an inzawm khawm a. A khingpui chu a zawi zawih zawih a. Nick chuan lawng khalhtu chu kawngka lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a. Khawiah nge waiter chu a awm? Nick chuan thinrim zet hian a bula blanket inkhung chhunzawm zel chu a rawn hrual a. BAM! Light chu a off ta a.
  
  
  Second tlemte chhung chu a vuakna chuan a mangang hle a, mitdel a ni ta a ni. A taksa dinhmun ropui tak chuan a lu a thing a, a ding chhuak ta a, a rilru a buai hle. Chuvang chuan waiter chu a rawn lang ta! Sailor baton chu a la a, chu chuan min rawn vawm ta a. Ka man theih chuan...
  
  
  A rilru a lo harh chhuah a ngai a, khumah a thu a, thawk thuk tlemte a la a ngai a ni. Khawi emaw laiah chuan hmeichhe pakhat chu a au chhuak a, tanpuina a dil tan a. Mi tlanchhiate ke pen ri a ri a. A hmuh leh theih hma loh chuan a mit a chhing a, a ding chhuak ta a. Room chu a khar vek a.
  
  
  Tui lum luang hnuaia hun engemaw chen a hman meuh chuan pindan chu a khar tawh lo. Maid au chhuak, bellhop pahnih, manager pakhat, a assistant leh security guard pakhat an awm a. A in vawt lai chuan, kawrfual a ha a, Wilhelmina chu a thup a, khumah chuan a kawr chu chhuah tir tum ang maiin a awm a, police te chu an rawn thleng ta a.
  
  
  Darkar khat chhung an thawk dun a. Manager chuan room dang a pe leh a, doctor lo kal turin a nawr lui a. Mi zawng zawng chu an zahawm a, an inngaitlawm a, Amsterdam hming ṭha tihchhiat a nih avangin an thinrim hle. Nick chu a nui suk a, mi zawng zawng chungah lawmthu a sawi. Detective hnenah chuan sawifiahna chiang tak tak a pe a, lawmthu a sawi bawk. Police album-a thlalak awmte chu a en duh lo a, thil zawng zawng chu a kal thuai thuai niin a sawi. Detective chuan buaina chu a survey a, chutah a notepad chu a khar a, English zawi zawiin, "Mahse, rang lutuk lo, Mr. Kent. Tunah chuan an awm tawh lo, mahse damdawi inah kan hmu thei tawh ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan a thil neihte chu room thar lamah a hruai a, zing dar 2-ah kaitho turin thu a pe a, a muhil ta a. Operator-in a kaihthawh chuan a ropui hle - a lu pawh a na lo. A inbual lai chuan coffee an rawn keng a.
  
  
  Helmy-a address a pek chu Olympic stadium atanga hla vak lo, Stadionweg-a crystal clear house a ni. Room felfai takah, varnish, paint leh wax hmanga eng mawi takah chuan a hmu a, a zawng zawng chu a famkim vek ang... “Ni eng hi i hmang tangkai ang u,” a ti a. "I duh chuan kan lo haw hunah hetah hian in tur kan in thei ang."
  
  
  "Hei hi a thleng dawn tih ka hre tawh."
  
  
  Vauxhall blue-ah chuan an chuang a, chu chu thiam takin a khalh a. Sweater green light tight tak leh pleated skirt ha chungin, a sam ah salmon rawng scarf a ha a, thlawhnaah ai chuan a hmel a mawi zawk. British tak, a linen skirt tawi aiin a slim leh sexier zawk.
  
  
  Car a khalh lai chuan a profile chu a en a. Manson hian model atan a hmang hi thil mak a ni lo. Chhuang takin khawpui chu a entir a. - Hetah hian Osterpark a awm a, hetah hian Tropensky Museum a awm bawk - hetah hian, i hmu a, Artis a awm bawk. He zoo hian khawvela rannung khawlkhawm tha ber ber a nei mai thei. Station lam panin kan kal mek a. Heng canal-te hian khawpui chhung chu thiam taka an chhuah dan i hmu em? Hmanlai khawpui ruahmanna siamtute chuan hmalam hun hla tak an hmu a. Hei hi tunlai nen a danglam a, vawiinah hian hmalam hun an ngaihtuah tawh lo. Further - en teh, Rembrandt-a in a awm - chutah chuan ka sawi tum chu i hrethiam ang. He kawngpui pum pui, Jodenbreestraat hi metro atan an tichhia a, i hrethiam em?
  
  
  Ngaihvenin Nick chuan a thusawi chu a ngaithla a. Chu hmun chu eng ang nge a nih tih a hrechhuak ta a: rawng hrang hrang leh hmuhnawm tak, he hmuna chengte boruak nen, nun hian hun kal tawh leh hmalam hun a nei tih a hrethiam a ni. Chu hriatthiamna leh rinna la awmte chu lungngai takin a en a. Veng pum pui chu a bo vek tawh... tuna an kal pelh mek Nieuwmarkt pawh chu a hlimhlawp hlui chu a chhe tawh hle. A kekawrte chu a han chawi sang a. Okay, a ngaihtuah a, hun kal tawh leh hmalam hun. Chutiang subway chu a takah chuan hetiang khawpuiah hian tuihnuai lawng mai a ni lo...
  
  
  Amah nen chuan lawng chawlhna hmunah chuan a chuang dun a, AJ panna canal-te chu a paltlang a, chutah chuan nilengin tui tlan dan chu a en thei a, Khawchhak lam ang bawkin. Lui te. Tin, polder lian tak takte chu a entir bawk... North Sea Canal-a an tlan lai khan heti hian a sawi: “Thufing pakhat a awm: Pathianin lei leh van a siam a, Dutch-ho chuan Holland an siam bawk,” a ti.
  
  
  "I ram hi i chhuang tak zet a ni, Helmy. Heta American tourist lo kal zawng zawngte tan chuan kaihruaitu tha tak i ni ang."
  
  
  "A mak khawp mai, Norman. Thla tam tak chhung chu hetah hian tuifinriat hi miten an lo do tawh a. An rilru a na lutuk hi thil mak a ni lo...? Mahse, an nung em em a, an thianghlim em em a, an chak em em bawk a ni."
  
  
  “Tin, mi dang ang bawkin boring leh superstitious tak a ni,” Nick chuan a ti phun sap a. "A chhan chu eng lam atang pawhin, Helmy, lalram hi hun rei tak a lo ni tawh a ni."
  
  
  An tumna hmun an thlen thlengin a tawng thei reng a: Dutch diner hlui, kum tam tak kalta a a hmel ang chiah kha a ni. Mahse, Frisian herbal bitters dik tak, hmân lai beam hnuaia rawngbâwl, pangpar awmna ṭhutphah hlim tak takte chu mi hlim tak takte’n an luah ṭhinna hmunah chuan tumah an beidawng lo Hemi hnu hian buffet table - bowling alley ang maia lian - sangha lum leh vawt ei tur, sa, cheese, sauce, salad, sa pie leh ei tur tui tak tak chi hrang hrang awmnaah kea kal a ni.
  
  
  He table-a vawi hnihna kan tlawh hnuah, lager tha tak tak nen leh chaw chi hrang hrang tam tak a en hnu chuan Nick-a chuan a bânsan ta a ni. "Chutiang chaw tam tak enkawl tur chuan ka in nawr a ngai dawn a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Hei hi restaurant ropui tak leh man tlawm tak a ni tak zet a ni. Kan duck, partridge, lobster leh Zealand oysters te i enchhin hma chu nghak rawh."
  
  
  "A hnuah, duhtak."
  
  
  Pum leh lungawi takin an tlan let leh a, kawngpui hlui, two-lane-ah chuan Amsterdam lam panin an tlan leh ta a. Nick chuan a khalh let leh a rawt a, car chu khalh awlsam tak a hmu ta a ni.
  
  
  An hnungah chuan car chu a rawn tlan phei a. Chu pa chu tukverh atang chuan a inbeng kang a, ding turin a kut a phar a, kawngpui sirah chuan a nawr ta a. Nick chuan rang taka hawi let a duh a, mahse chu ngaihtuahna chu a hnawl nghal a. A hmasa berah chuan car chu a hre chiang tawk lo a, chubakah, kah loh nan i fimkhur chuan thil i zawng chhuak thei reng a ni.
  
  
  Anmahni hnawhchhuahtu pa chu a rawn chhuak a, an rawn pan hnai a. FBI series-a cop ang mai a ni. Mauser pangngai tak pawh a la chhuak a, “Hmeichhe naupang pakhat kan rualin a rawn kal dawn a, khawngaihin lungngai suh.
  
  
  Nick chuan nui chungin a en a. 'Tha.' Helmi lam chu a hawi a. 'I hria em?'
  
  
  A aw chu a ri ta ringawt mai. "Ni lo, Norman. Ni lo...
  
  
  Chu pa chu kawngka bulah chuan a rawn hnaih lutuk mai mai a ni. Nick chuan a han hawng a, a kein pavement a rawn nam lai chuan silai chunga thir hrual ri chu a hre ta a. Thil awmdan chu a duh zawng a ni. "No problem" leh "Please" tih an sawi hian mi thattu an ni lo. Pistol hian safety on a nei mai thei. Tin, chu bakah chuan i reflexes a tha a nih chuan, i dinhmun a tha a nih chuan leh chutiang dinhmunah chuan darkar tam tak, ni tam tak, thla tam tak, kum tam tak training i hman tawh chuan...
  
  
  Silai chu a kap lo. Chu pa chuan Nick-a hip-ah chuan a rawn inher a, nasa takin kawngpuiah chuan a rawn tlan lut a, a hliam na tak a tuar thei a ni. Mauser chu a kut atang chuan a tla thla a. Nick chuan Vauxhall hnuaiah chuan a kick a, car dang lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, Wilhelmina chu a hruai ve bawk. He driver hi a fing emaw, mi hlauhawm emaw a ni emaw - a tlem berah chuan partner tha lo tak a ni. Rang takin a tlanbo ta a, Nick chu exhaust meikhu chhum lian takah chuan a tlu chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Luger chu a holster a, kawngpuiah che thei lova mu mipa chungah chuan a innghat a. A thawk chu a hahthlak hmel hle. Nick chuan rang takin a pocket chu a hrufai a, a hmuh theih zawng zawng chu a rawn khawm vek a. A belt-ah chuan a holster, spare bullet leh badge te chu a zawng a. Chutah chuan kekawr hnung lamah a zuang leh a, hla takah chuan taillight te te chu a tlan pel ta a ni.
  
  
  Vauxhall chu a tlan chak hle a, mahse a chak tawk lo.
  
  
  “Aw Pathian,” Helmy chuan a ti nawn leh a. Norman?Chuti a nih loh chuan min kap tir dawn em ni?
  
  
  A room-a whisky glass khat leh a chanve zet a mamawh a, chutah chuan a rilru a hahdam deuh ta a ni.
  
  
  Chutih lai chuan Mauser neitupa hnen atanga a thil lakkhawm chu a han en kual a. Engmah. Bag pangngai atanga junk hman thin - cigarette, pen, penknife, notebook, matches. Notebook chu a ruak a, a chhungah chuan entry pakhat mah a awm lo. A lu a thing nghut a. "Dan kengkawhtu ni lo. Kei pawhin chutiang chuan ka ngaihtuah lo ang. TV en tam lutuk tlangval an awm nachungin an che dan a danglam tlangpui."
  
  
  Glass chu a rawn fill leh a, khum zau takah chuan Helmy bulah chuan a thu ta a. An room-ah hian ngaihthlakna hmanrua awm ta se, hi-fi channel atanga music nem tak chuan an thusawi chu ngaithlatute tan pawh hriatthiam theih loh khawpin a tawk ang.
  
  
  "Engvangin nge an hruai duh che, Helmy?"
  
  
  "Kei - ka hre lo."
  
  
  "I hria em, rukrukna mai a ni lo. Chu pa chuan, 'Hmeichhia hi kan rualin a rawn kal dawn a ni,' a ti a. Chuvangin eng emaw an rawn ngaihtuah chhuak a nih chuan nangmah kha i ni. Heng tlangvalte hian car-a car zawng zawng chu an titawp mai mai dawn lo a ni." kawngpui.An zawng che a ngai a ni."
  
  
  Helmi mawina chu hlauhna emaw, thinrimna emaw a\angin a lo thang lian a. Nick chuan a mitmeng dum hring dup tak khuhtu chhum hring dup chu a han en a. "Kei... tu nge ni ang tih ka ngaihtuah thei lo...."
  
  
  "Business secret emaw eng emaw i nei em?"
  
  
  A ei a, a lu a thing nghal ringawt. Nick-a chuan he zawhna hi a ngaihtuah a: I hriat loh tur thil i hmuchhuak em? Mahse, chutih lai chuan zawhna chu a zawt leh ta a. A dik lutuk. Norman Kent-a chu mi pahnih chunga a chhân lêtna avang chuan a ring tawh lo va, a thusawi hnuhnung ber chuan chu chu a nemnghet ta a ni. "Norman," zawi sap hian a ti a. 'I tlan chak em em a. Tin, i silai pawh ka hmu bawk. Tu nge i nih?'
  
  
  A kuah a. A hlim hmel hle. "American sumdawng pangngai Helmy tih loh chu engmah lo. Hmanlai mi. Heng diamond te nen hian ka kal kual chhung chuan tumahin min laksak dawn lo, thil ka tih theih chhung chuan."
  
  
  A khur nghal zat bawk. Nick chuan a ke a han phar a. Amah leh amah a inhmangaih a, ama tana a siam lem chu. A huaisen hle niin a inhria. A khup chu zawi te hian a fawp a. "Relax rawh, Helmy. Pawnah chuan a tenawm hle mai. Mahse, kawngpuiah a lu vuak tu pawh hian kar engemaw zat chhung chu nangmah emaw, midang emaw a tibuai lovang. Police te hnenah kan hriattir thei a, mahse kan ngawi reng thei bawk. Engtin nge i tih ang." ngaihtuah?" Philip Van der Laan hnenah i hrilh tur em ni?" Chu chu zawhna pawimawh ber a ni. Rei tak chu a ngawi reng a. A lu chu a kawngah a nghat a, a thaw halh a. 'Ka hre lo. An duh chuan vaukhân tur a ni Manson lakah engmah ti turin.Mahse, eng nge thleng ?
  
  
  'Mak.'
  
  
  ‘Chu chu ka sawi tum chu a ni. Phil chu thluak a ni. Chengvawng. European sumdawng hlui, dum ha, kawr dum leh rilru vawt tak nei a ni lo. Mahse, a hnuaia mi chu rukbo a ni tawh tih a hriat hunah engtin nge a sawi ang? Manson hian hei hi a duh lo tak zet ang. New York-ah hian eng ang personnel check nge hman a nih tih i en tur a ni. Detective, surveillance adviser leh chutiang zawng zawng chu. Ka sawi tum chu - mimal level-ah chuan Phil hi magician a ni mai thei a, mahse a sumdawnna lamah erawh a danglam thung. Tin, ka hna pawh hi ka ngaina hle bawk."
  
  
  "A ban ang che i ring em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo, ni lo, ni lo tak tak."
  
  
  "Mahse promotion a buai a nih chuan - i hmalam hun. Chuti a nih chuan hei hi a tan a tangkai thei ang em?
  
  
  'Awle. Chutah chuan ka ti tha hle mai. Rin tlak leh efficient tak a ni. Tichuan hei hi fiahna hmasa ber a ni ang.
  
  
  "Khawngaihin thinrim suh," Nick chuan a thusawi tur chu uluk takin a thlang a, "mahse Phil-a tan chuan ṭhian mai ni lovin i awm ka ring. Hmeichhe hmeltha tak i ni, Helmy. A thikna chance a awm em? A thup a ni mai thei." keimah ang mi tan chuan inhuatna?
  
  
  A ngaihtuah a. 'Aih. I - Hei hi chutiang chu a ni lo tih ka ring tlat a ni. Pathian, Phil leh kei - ni engemaw zat kan hmang - kan awm dun a. Ni e, chu chu weekend rei takah a thleng thin. A cute tak zet a, a ngaihnawm bawk. Chuvangin... -
  
  
  Nang chanchin - midangte nen a hria em?
  
  
  "Ka single tih a hria a, chu chu i sawi tum a nih chuan." A thusawiah chuan chill a awm a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Phil hi jealous guy hlauhawm tak angin a lang lo tak zet a ni. A chungchangah hian polished cosmopolitan a tam lutuk. A dinhmuna ding mipa chuan amah leh a firm chu shady business-ah a inrawlh ngai lovang. A nih loh leh illegal business-ah a inrawlh ngai lovang. Chuvang chuan kan ti thei a ni," a ti write off rawh."
  
  
  Rei lutuk chu a ngawi reng a. A thusawi chuan a ngaihtuah tir a.
  
  
  “Ni e,” a tawpah chuan a ti ta a. Mahse chu chu chhanna tak tak angin a lang lo.
  
  
  "Company dang zawng zawngte chu engtin nge ni ang? I chungchang ka sawi kha ka sawi tum a ni. Hmeichhe hmeltha tak i ni. Mipa emaw mipa emaw hian chibai buk che se chutiang chuan mak ka ti lo ang. I ngaihsak loh mi pakhat." beisei rawh .Vawi tlemte chauh i lo inkawp tawh pawh a ni mai thei.Manson ni lo.Hmeichhia hian heng thilte hi hriat lohvin an hre tlangpui.Ngaihtuah chiang rawh.Khawiah emaw extra attention i awm lai khan mi an lo en reng che em?
  
  
  "Ni lo, a ni maithei. Ka hre lo. Mahse tunah chuan... chhungkua hlim tak kan ni. Tumah ka hnar ngai lo. Ni lo, chu chu ka sawi tum a ni lo. Miin a hma aia ngaihvenna emaw, hmangaihna emaw a lantir tam zawk a nih chuan kei I ka ni." a chungah a nuam hle mai.Mi duh nih hi ka duh ber a ni.I hrethiam em?'
  
  
  'Tha lutuk. Engtin emaw tak chuan mi hlauhawm tak ni thei tur, ngaihsantu hriat loh i nei dawn lo tih pawh ka hmu bawk. Tin, hmêlma i nei lo tih a chiang bawk. Anmahni nei nula hian risk a nei nasa hle. “Kawnga lum, hnute chhunga vawt” duhtu, invenna nei lote zinga mi. Mipa te nen hremhmun an kal hian nuam ti tak chi...
  
  
  Helmy mitmeng chu a mitmeng an tawn rual chuan a thim ta hle mai. "Norman, i hrethiam khawp mai."
  
  
  Fawh rei tak a ni. Tension tihziaawmna leh harsatna insemna chuan a pui hle. Nick chuan a hria a, mahse damn, chu hmui ṭha famkim chu tuipui kama thli lum tak ang maiin a hmang a. Thaw halh chungin dawt sawina engmah awm lo, thuhnuairawlh leh inpeih takin a inhnukdawk ta a. Thlasik ruah sur hmasa ber hnuah pangpar rim a nam a, hmêlma meipui inzawmkhawm hmaa Muhammad-a’n a sipaite a tiam tawh hmeichhia ang maiin a inhria. A thawk chu a rang hle a, beidawng takin a hnute tui tak zawng zawng chu Nick-a chungah a rawn beng vek a.
  
  
  "I mean friendship" a tih atang khan kum tam tak a liam tawh niin a lang. Thian tha tak in ni a, in inbia thei bawk. A tawpah chuan kawng engemaw takin tih a ngai tih i hre ta a, a tlem berah chuan i sawi thei ang. A tawpah chuan hun a lo thlen meuh chuan a tlem berah chuan in inzawmna i nei ta a ni.
  
  
  Vawiin chu engmah sawi an ngai lo. A kawr button a phelh rual chuan a pui a, hmanhmawh takin a sweater light green leh fitted bra chu a phelh a. Thim zinga a mit hmuha a lo lang tawh chu a hmui chu a ti nghet leh ta a. Tuikhuah. Bultanna. Zawi zawiin in a tum a, a ei a, pangpar pum pui chu a hmaiah a nawr ang maiin, chutah chuan a mit a chhing lai pawhin pattern rawng hrang hrang a hrual a. Allah - ropuina awm rawh se. A tlu tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan chhum nêm ber leh rimtui ber a ni.
  
  
  A tawpah chuan inhriatthiam tawnna engemaw chen an neih hnua an inzawm ta chuan, "Aw, hei hi a danglam em em a ni. A tui em em a ni. Mahse ka ngaihtuah ang chiah khan," a ti mur mur a.
  
  
  A chhungah chuan a thuk zawk a, zawi te hian a chhang a: “Ka suangtuah ang ngeiin, Helmy. Tunah chuan i hmeltha em em chhan chu ka hre ta. I hmel lan dan mai mai, shell mai i ni lo. Cornucopia i ni,” tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  "Min hriat tir thin..."
  
  
  Eng nge a hre lo, mahse an pahnih chuan an hre ve ve a.
  
  
  Nakinah chuan beng te tak te chhungah chuan a phun sap sap a: "Pure. Delightfully pure. Nang i ni, Helmy."
  
  
  A thaw halh a, a lam hawiin a hawi let a. "Hmangaihna siam tak tak... A leiah thute chu a roll tir a. Eng nge a nih ka hria. Hmangaihtu dik tak zawn a ni lo - hmangaih dik tak nih a ni."
  
  
  “Hei hi i ziak chhuak tur a ni,” a beng bulah chuan a hmui chu a khar a.
  
  
  
  Bung 2-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Hmeichhe hmeltha tak nen khumah chawhmeh ei dun chu zingkar ṭha tak a ni. Ni eng mawi tak chuan window atang chuan meialh lum tak a rawn chhuah tir a. Helmy puihnaa room service cart order chu buffet a ni a, thil tui tak tak, currant dumplings atanga beer, ham leh herring thlengin a khat a ni.
  
  
  Coffee rimtui tha tak pahnihna, saruak tak leh zak lo tak Helmy-a'n a leih hnu chuan Nick-a chuan: "Hnathawh tur i tlai tawh. Nizan khan i boss-in in lama i awm loh thu a hriat chuan eng nge thleng ang?".. tiin a sawi.
  
  
  Kut nêm tak takte chu a hmaiah a mu a, a hmuiah chuan thinghnah chu a hre ta a. A mitmengah chuan a en nghal a, misual takin a nui suk bawk. "Min ngaihtuah suh. Tuipui kam hian darkar ka en a ngai lo. Ka apartment-ah hian phone pawh ka nei lo. Tumruh takin. Ka zalenna hi ka hmangaih a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a fawp a, a hnen atangin a nawr sawt a. Chutianga an kianga ding ta se, an ding leh tawh ngai lovang. Helmy leh a hnuah amah. "He thil hi rawn chhuah leh hi ka huat ber a ni, mahse nizan khan nangmah beih tumtu mi â pahnih kha i ngaihtuah tawh em? Tin, tu tan nge an thawh theih ang? I hnungah an lo zui tawh a ni - i â lo ang u. Chu tlangval pocket-a thil awmte chu a don." 't sound like engmah kan tan chuan threat.
  
  
  A hmui atang chuan nuihza thlum tak chu a bo vek tih a hmu a. A hmangaih em em a. Khum lian takah chuan a khup chuan a duh zual sauh sauh a. A curve leh curve luscious fullness, chu stooped pose-a hmuh chu artist zawng zawng duhthusam a ni. Chu hmel mawi tak atang chuan rosy glow chu a bo a, a aiah mask dum, lungkhamnain a khat tih hmuh chu a thinrim hle. A hriat zawng zawng chu hrilh vek se - mahse a nawr nasat lutuk chuan oyster ang maiin a puak darh mai ang. A ha var mawi tak takte chuan a hmui hnuai lam chu rei vak lo a seh a. A hmelah chuan lungkhamna lanchhuahna a rawn lang ta - hmeichhe hmeltha takin a neih tur aia tam. "Ka la hmu ngai lo," zawi sap hian a ti a. "Kei pawhin ka ngaihtuah a. Mahse, min hre chiang lo. Nula an duh mai mai pawh a ni maithei?
  
  
  "I duh a nih pawhin i thusawi pakhat mah i ring lo ang. Heng mite hi professional an ni. America rama hun tha zawka i tawn ang professional ang kha ni lovin, thinrim tawk. An duh che a ni. Freak pangngai an ni lo - "a nih loh leh an ni mai thei - emaw, mirror-a hmeltha lutuk, tunah chuan blonde lak duhtu hmeichhiate an ni mai thei. An attack neih nan hian tumruh takin he hmun hi an thlang a ni."
  
  
  “Tin, nang pawhin i veng bawk a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  "A tlangpuiin Boston atanga lo kal tlangval pakhat, a tleirawl lai khan North End atanga Irish leh Italian street urchin te nen hlim taka an bei thin hnen atangin hit an la lo ang. Ka inven dan hi ka zir tha hle. Vanneihna an nei vak lo.
  
  
  Tunah chuan enkawl tha tak a ni tawh a, a chungah chuan gray transparent plastic raincoat ang maiin a muhil ta a ni. A luster chu a la chhuak ta a ni. A mitmengah hlauhna a hmu niin a ngai bawk. "Kar khat hnuah New York-ah ka rawn kir leh thei dawn hi ka lawm e," a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  "Chu chu venhimna a ni lo tak zet a ni. Tin, chumi hma chuan an tikehsawm vek mai ang che. Tin, chu chu an duh zawng chauh a nih chuan New York-ah mi an tir thei che a ni. Ngaihtuah teh, honey. Tuin nge tihnat duh che." ?"
  
  
  "Kei - ka hre lo."
  
  
  "Khawvel pumpuiah hian hmelma i nei lo em ni?"
  
  
  'Aih.' Chu chu a sawi tum chu a ni lo.
  
  
  Nick chu a thaw halh a, "Helmy, engkim min hrilh vek a tha ang. Thian i mamawh ang tih ka ring a, kei pawh hi a tha ber zinga mi ka ni maithei. Nizan khan ka hotel-a ka haw khan hotel chhungah mi pathumin min rawn bei a," a ti a room. An main Zawhna chu - eng chen nge ka hriat tawh che tih hi a ni."
  
  
  A rawn sen nghal vat a, a hip-ah chuan a tla leh ta a. Rei vak lo chu a thawk a la a, chutah hlauthawng takin a thlah ta a. - Hemi chungchang hi min hrilh lo... tu...
  
  
  Hmanlai tawngkam ka hmang thei. - "Chutiang lam chu min zawt lo." Vawiin hian paper-ah a awm dawn a ni. Ramdang sumdawng pakhat rukbo tuar. Police te hnenah i chanchin an zawh lai kha ka hrilh lo. I hnenah ka sawifiah ang a, i hriat leh hriat loh ka en ang.
  
  
  Waiter, sailor leh neckless gorilla chungchang chiang takin a sawi a. A thusawi lai chuan a en a, casual ang maiin a en a, mahse a hmel lan dan leh chetna inthlak danglamna zawng zawng chu a zir chiang vek a. A lu chu a bet duh lo a, mahse heng tlangval zinga pakhat tal chu a hre chiang hle niin a ngai. A chungah a rinawm dawn em ni?
  
  
  "...Sailor chu tuipuiah a kal tawh lo ka ring a, waiter pawh restaurant lamah a kal ve bawk. Hna tha zawk an hmu ngei ang. Ruh nei pa chu an boss a ni. Rukru man tlawm pangngai an ni lo niin ka hria. An ni." incheina tha tak leh professional takin a che a .
  
  
  "Oooh..." A hmui chu a buai hmel hle a, a mitmeng pawh a thim hle. "I-Hetiang hmel hi ka hre lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan a ti a. "Hklmy, hlauhawmah i awm. Kan hlauthawng. Heng mite hian an sawi tum tak tak a ni a, an rawn kir leh maithei. Schiphol Airport-a min kap tu pawhin a tum leh thei ang, mahse aim a nei tha zawk ang."
  
  
  "Ani—min that duh tih i ring tak tak em?"
  
  
  "Hlauhawm mai ni lovin. Keimahni lam chuan khawpui chhungah hian heng hmêlma thi thei tak tak hi an awm ka ring lo... tu nge a nih tih hriatna an neih chuan."
  
  
  "...chuvangin nang leh Kobus hi hlauhawmah i awm ta a ni. Kobus thil hi ka tan chuan a langsar lutuk lo niin a lang, kawng khat pawh i hre thei ngai lo nain, chuvang chuan hei hi i la awm ta. Either something interfered with the shooter, or he." just can't shoot very well, although I'm inclined to bet on the former.Mahse han ngaihtuah teh, engtikah emaw chuan a rawn let leh mai thei.
  
  
  A khur nghal zat bawk. 'Aw ni lo.'
  
  
  A mitmeng dum lian tak hnung lama a thluak circuitry zawng zawng chu i hmu thei vek.
  
  
  Relay, electromagnets te chuan hna an thawk a, thlan leh hnawl leh, structuring leh thlan - khawvela computer buaithlak ber.
  
  
  Overload chu a programme a, a zawt a. - "Yenisei diamond hi eng nge ni?"
  
  
  Fuse te chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. - 'Engnge? Ka hre lo.'
  
  
  'Diamond an ni ka ti.I ngaihtuah teh.'
  
  
  "I-ka hre tawh mai thei. Mahse - ni lo - kei - pakhat mah ka la dawng lo..."
  
  
  ‘He hming hnuaia lunghlu lar tak tak emaw, diamond lian tak tak emaw a awm em tih i enfiah thei ang em?
  
  
  ‘Aw ni e. Office-ah library chi khat kan nei a.
  
  
  A chhang nghal zat bawk. Hetih lai hian zawhna pawimawh tak tak nen a lo kal a nih chuan chhanna dik tak a pe thei ang. Mahse a lu chhunga chu complex device tan chuan a tam lutuk a nih chuan a hlawhchham theihna chance a awm vek. Chhanna i hmuh theih awmchhun chu - Ni - Ni lo - ka hre lo tih ang chi hi a ni.
  
  
  Khum chungah chuan a rilru sir lehlama awm a kut chu a nghat a. A sam rangkachak eng mawi tak chu a ngaisang hle a;a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Phil ka sawi ngei ang," a ti a. "Manson hnen atanga lo chhuak vek pawh a ni mai thei."
  
  
  "I ngaihdan i thlak tawh em?"
  
  
  "Company tan engmah sawi lo chu thil dik lo a ni lo ang. Rukrukna chi khat emaw thil dang emaw a ni thei."
  
  
  Chatuan hmeichhia a ni, tiin Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Smoke of cover leh chhanna te. "Ka tan pawh thil i ti dawn em ni Helmy? Manson kha call la, ka credit an check em tih zawt rawh."
  
  
  A lu chu a zuang chhuak ta a. - “Engtin nge check chungchang i hriat chhuah...?”
  
  
  'A hmasa ber chu hei hi thil awmze nei tak a ni... An hrilh ang che?'
  
  
  'Awle.' Khum atang chuan a tho chhuak ta a. Nick chuan a inher a, a thlir dan chu nuam a ti hle. Dutch tawng chu a tawng nghal vat a. ‘...Algemene Bank Nederland...’ a ti a.
  
  
  A phone chu a dah a, a lam chu a hawi a. A pangngai vek an ti.
  
  
  I account-ah dollar sangkhat i nei a. Plus i mamawh belh chuan loan a awm bawk."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan welcome customer ka ni em?"
  
  
  'Awle.' - A panty chu la turin a bawkkhup a, a inchei tan ta. A che vel chu a slow hle a, a tha vek ang maiin a awm. "Phil chuan a hralh duh ang che. Chu chu ka hre chiang khawp mai. Engvangin nge Phil hian Nick hnena thlen turin Paul Meyer chu assistant pahnih nen a tirh tih a ngaihtuah a. Tin, chu bullet chu Schiphol airport-ah khan? A flinched a. Manson chungchang hi tu emaw chuan a hre em? " eng nge a tih find out about the blueprints being delivered to Kelly?Phil hian anmahni nen hian inzawmna a nei lo tih a ring duh lo a, mahse tu nge ni?Norman-a sawifiahna atang hian Paula chu a hre chiang ngei ang tih a hrilh tur a ni lo.Chu chu a hnuah tih theih a ni Police te pawhin hriat an duh hle.Chutih lai tak chuan Nick chu lipstick a vuah hmain goodbye kiss rei tak a pe a, a thunun leh ta.
  
  
  "Darkar chanve hnuah ka lo kal ang," a ti a. “Chuvangin Van der Laan hnenah dik takin engkim kan hrilh vek ang.Nizana i mutna hmun tih loh chu, a dik e.
  
  
  Nui chungin a en a, mahse a hre lo.
  
  
  "Ni e, kan tih tur niin ka hria..."
  
  
  “Okay Helmy.Mi pakhat hian tih tur a hre ber fo thin.
  
  
  A tul a ti em tih a inzawt a.
  
  
  Paul Eduard Meyer chuan Philip Van der Laan nena an inbiakna leh a thusawi ngaithla chu a nuam lo hle. Kekawr man to tak ha chungin a ke a han phar a. A nerve control turin a pui a... A kut chu a kawr, a bo tawh maiah chuan a tlanpui a, a thawmhnaw chu a hrufai ta a. Phil chuan chutiang chuan a biak tur a ni lo. Hei hi a pui thei ang... Ni lo, ni lo - mi â angin a ngaihtuah tur a ni lo. Phil thluak leh sum leh pai. Van der Lahn-a’n heng thute hi leilung hnim hring ang maia a chunga a chil chhak chuan a mit a chhing a. "...ka sipaite. Pathum degenerate. A nih loh leh pahnih degenerate leh idiot pakhat - nang - an boss i ni. Eng ang asshole nge. I kap em?
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  "Silencer nei rifle atang chuan?"
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  "Vawikhat chu yard za vela hlaa bang pakhatah nail i kap thei tih min hrilh a. An hnen atanga eng chen nge i hlat? Chu bakah a lu chu nail aiin a lian deuh a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Yard za hnih vel a ni".
  
  
  "I dawt sawi a ni, i thusawi chu an titawp a ni." Van der Lahn chu a office ropui takah chuan zawi zawiin a kal leh a. Paula hnenah a ngai a, a lawm hle tih hrilh a tum lo va, Norman Kent-a chungchanga a ngaihdan hmasa ber pawh a thlak danglam ta a ni. Chawhmeh ei laiin Paul Meyer chu a hotel a thlen chuan Kent chu bei turin a ti a, counterintelligence atanga lo kal a nih a ring tlat a ni. Helmy-a’n Kelly-i studio-ah data complex leh voluminous tak takte chu microcircuit-ah condense theih a nih thu a hmuchhuak tih a rin tlat ang bawkin. A spy device chu a thil siam chhuah a nih avangin a chhuang hle a ni. A client-te zingah hian Russia, South Africa, Spain leh Middle East-a ram dang pathum an tel. So simple leh chutiang bawka hlawkna awm. Yenisei diamond rukbo chungchangah pawh De Groot nen an inrem bawk. Philip chuan a kekawrte chu a tidik a. A thil siam chu man to berin a hralh thei ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Hengte hi ruahmanna mai ni rawh se. De Groot hi spy tawnhriat ngah tak a ni a, mahse chutiang hlawkna chungchang a nih chuan...
  
  
  Hemi hnu hian a hmanrua chu American leh British hnenah a hralh thei ta a ni. Chumi hnuah chuan an messenger-te chuan an data chu khawi hmunah pawh him takin an phur thei ta a ni. CIA hi khawvela agency hlim ber a ni ang a, British MI chuan system thar hi a hmang thei ang. Tha takin hna an thawk a nih chuan.
  
  
  A tlangpuiin German agent hlui chuan fing takin a ngaihtuah a. De Groot-a chuan a sawi dik a ni. Kan inthlak danglam a ngai! Helmy chu hman theih a la ni a, a hlauthawng deuh chauh. Kent hi American playboy khauh tak a ni a, diamond lei nan sum tam tak a nei a. Chuvangin! Strategy inthlak danglamna tlemte, nghal mai. Paula misses te chu tactical weapon atan a hmang dawn a ni. He misual hi a cocky lutuk tan ta. Paula chu a en a, a kut a beng a, a rilru a hahdam theih nan.
  
  
  Van der Lahn chuan, "Sniper angin practice i mamawh a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Paula chuan a mit a hmu thei lo. "Lu lam ka tum a. Amah tihnat mai mai chu thil âwm lo tak a ni ang."
  
  
  "A nihna takah chuan Hamburg lawng chawlhna atang hian misual tlemte ka la thei ang. He hotel pawh hi a va buai em em! A nuihzat che a ni."
  
  
  "Tumah chauh a ni lo. Interpol atanga lo kal a ni ngei ang."
  
  
  "Evidence i nei lo. New York atangin Kent hi company hmingthang tak lei tu a ni tih an nemnghet a. Tlangval chak tak a ni. Sumdawng leh indo mi. Chu American ho chu i hrethiam lo, Paul. Nang aiin a fing zawk - nangmah aiin." , professional tia inchhaltute.Nangni bunch of idiots, an pathum hian.Ha!
  
  
  "Silai a nei a ni."
  
  
  "Kent ang mipa hian a nei thei a, chu chu i hria em... Min hrilh leh rawh, Yenisei diamond chungchang eng nge a hrilh che?"
  
  
  "A lei tu chu amah a ni a ti a."
  
  
  'Theihloh. A lei a nih chuan ka hrilh ang che.
  
  
  "Kan hmuh theih loh thu min hrilh a... Chuvang chuan ka ngaihtuah a...
  
  
  "Min outsmart tawh pawh a ni mai thei."
  
  
  "Awle, ni lo, mahse...."
  
  
  "Reh!" - Philipa chuan thupek a ngaina hle. German officer ang maiin an siam a, thumal khata sawi chuan a ngaithlatute zawng zawng - sipai, civil mi leh sakawr te chu ngawi renga titu a ni. Paula chuan a kut zungtang chu a en a.
  
  
  “Ngaihtuah nawn leh teh,” Van der Lahn chuan a ti a. "Diamond chungchang engmah a sawi lo em ni?" Paula chu ngun takin a en a, a chhuahsan aia tam a hre thei lo ang em tih a ngaihtuah a. A inbiakpawhna hmanrua bik chu Paula hnenah a sawi ngai lo. He mipa awkward tak hi Holland-a a contact-te tan errand boy atan a hmang fo thin a, mahse chu chu a ni mai. Paul-a mitmeng sei tak chu a hnar bridge chungah chuan rulhut dum ang maiin a inhmu a.
  
  
  'Aih. Chu chauh chu Krasnapolsky Hotel-ah a kalsan ta a ni.
  
  
  'Vault-ah? Lock leh key hnuaiah?'
  
  
  “Awle, an awmna hmun a sawi lo, Strahl’s-ah an awm nia sawi a ni.
  
  
  Tin, engmah a hre lo - ka zawt a. Unobtrusively, of course - hei hi i thluak â hian a hriatthiam theih ngai loh tur dinhmun a ni. Van der Lahn chuan thutlukna pawimawh tak siam thar general pakhat, engkim a ti dik vek tih rinna nen, a serious lutuk chu a thaw halh a. "Okay Paul. DS-a Beppo leh Mark-a te chu farm-ah hruai la, chutah chuan rei vak lo awm rawh. Khawpuiah hian i hmel chu rei vak lo hmuh ka duh lo. Curl up la, tumah hmuh tir suh."
  
  
  'Ni e, ka pu.' - Paula chu a bo nghal vat a.
  
  
  Van der Lahn chu kawngpuiah chuan zawi zawiin a kal chho leh chho a, ngaihtuahna sengin a cigar chu a hnim a. A tlangpuiin hei hian thlamuanna leh hlawhtlinna rilru a pe a, mahse tunah chuan a hlawhtling lo. Chawlh hahdam leh thil awmdan en tak tak turin hla engemaw chen a kal a. A hnungzang chu a dinglam a, a rit zawng chu a ke pahnihah inang tlangin a insem a ni. Mahse a rilru a hahdam thei lo... Tunah chuan inkhelh a hlauhawm tan ta. Helmy hian a hre lutuk a ni mai thei, mahse chumi chungchang chu a zawt ngam lo. Thil tha tak a ni ang, practical point of view atang chuan - a kal tluang taka a kal chauhvin tihbo theih a ni.
  
  
  Mahse, thlipui mitmengah a awm mai thei niin a lang. New York-ah thu a sawi a, Norman Kent-a nen pawh hian an insawn a ngai dawn a ni. An mamawh evidence zawng zawng chu chu savun briefcase a ken tel chhunga chanchinbuah a awm vek a. Aw ka Pathian. A hmai atanga thawmhnaw chhuak chu handkerchief thianghlim tak hmangin a hrufai a, chutah drawer atang chuan a thar a la a.
  
  
  Intercom atang chuan Helmy chu an puang ta a. Van der Laan chuan, "Thla khat chu," a ti. Darthlalang lam pan chuan a hmel mawi tak chu a en a. Helmy-a bulah hian hun tlem a hmang leh tur a ni. Tun thleng hian a hnuaia thawkte nena boss inzawmna nghet tak chu a rin loh avangin a nena an inzawmna chu a chunglam angah a ngai a ni. Tlem chuan a lum leh a ngai ta a ni. Hei hi a nuam hle thei a, a chhan chu khumah a thiam hle.
  
  
  A office kawtah chuan chibai turin a kal a. "Helmy, honey. Ah, rei vak lo i awm chu a tha khawp mai" a hmui pahnih ah chuan a fawp a, rei vak lo chu a mualpho hmel hle a, chutah a nui suk a.
  
  
  "Amsterdam-a ka awm hi a nuam khawp mai, Phil. Hetah hian in lama ka inhriat reng tih i hria."
  
  
  Tin, client pakhat i rawn keng tel bawk. Sumdawnna lama flair i nei a, dear. Mr. Kent-a data hi a tha hle mai. Ni khat chu sumdawnna kan nei ngei ang. Helmy chu thu rawh.
  
  
  Chair chu a tan a chelh a, cigarette a hal tir a. Isu, a hmeltha hle mai. A private room-ah chuan a lut a, a hmui leh a ha var chu darthlalang-ah chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a check a.
  
  
  A lo haw chuan Helmy-a chuan, “Mr. Kent-a nen kan inbia a, kan tan client tha tak a ni theiin ka hria.
  
  
  "Engvangin nge chu thlawhnaah chuan i bula awmna hmunah chuan a tawp ta tih i ngaihtuah?"
  
  
  'Chu chu ka ngaihtuah ve bawk a.' Helmy chuan hemi chungchangah hian a ngaihdan a sawi a, “Manson nen hian inzawmna neih a duh a nih chuan chu chu kawng harsa ber a ni. Tin, ka bula thu mai mai a duh a nih chuan ka flattered thin.
  
  
  "Mi chak tak a ni. Taksa lamah chuan ka sawi tum chu."
  
  
  "Ni e, chu chu ka lo hmuchhuak a. Nizan chawhnu khan khawpui kan chhui lai khan a room-ah mi pathumin rukbo an tum thu min hrilh a. Schiphol airport-ah mi pakhatin amah, a nih loh leh keimah ka kap a ni. Tin, nizan khan mi pahnih hian rukbo an tum a." keimah.
  
  
  Van der Laan chuan he rukbo tumna hnuhnung ber a sawi hian a mitmeng a ti sang hle. Feign turin a inbuatsaih a - mahse tunah chuan feign a ngai tawh lo. 'Hedmi, tu nge? Engvangin nge?'
  
  
  “Hotel chhunga heng mite hian ka chanchin an zawt a. Tin, Yenisei diamonds an tih thil pakhat chungchang pawh an zawt bawk.Hei hi eng nge a nih i hria em?
  
  
  Amah chu ngun takin a en reng a. Phil hi actor ropui tak a ni a, Holland rama a tha ber pawh a ni mai thei, a ring tlat reng bawk. A smoothness, a lawmna thilpek chuan a bum vek fo thin. A mit chu a meng deuh chauh a, New York-a Kelly studio-ah chuan a lut nghal a. "Manson" nena an inzawmna chu a hmuchhuak a, a briefcase-a heng thil danglam tak tak inbun te hi a hmuchhuak ta a ni. Phil hian a hre lo mai thei, mahse a thusawi emaw a thiltih emaw ngaihtuah chuan a inrawlhnaah hian a tel ve tih a rin a ngai ta a ni. Chumi avang chuan a huat em em a ni. A nerve chu a buai hle a, a tawpah chuan briefcase chu a pe ta a ni.
  
  
  Van der Lahn chu a nui suk a - a hmelah chuan friendly disguise a ni. "Tun dinhmuna hralh theih tura an sawi Yenisei diamond te kha. Mahse nang pawhin keimah ang bawkin kan industry-ah hian heng thawnthu zawng zawng hi i hre vek a. Mahse a pawimawh zawk chu engtin nge airport-ah mi pakhatin a kap che tih i hriat?
  
  
  "Norman chuan bullet ri a hriat thu a sawi."
  
  
  "Engtin nge Norman i tih? A cute khawp mai. He...."
  
  
  “Hming hmanga koh kan remti a, chutah “Krasnapolsky”-ah chuan, i hre reng em?A hmeltha hle.
  
  
  Chutiang chuan Van der Lahn thlarau a ti na dawn tih a hre lo, mahse kawng dangin a sawi thei lo.
  
  
  Vawikhatmah mahni inngaihsakna nei mipa a nihzia a hrechhuak nghal. Midangte fak chu amah ngeiin sumdawnna lama flattery chi khat anga a pek loh chuan a huat ber a ni.
  
  
  "A bulah i ding a. Eng emaw i hre em?"
  
  
  "Ka chiang lo. Vanlawng a nih ka ring."
  
  
  "A nih leh heng a hotel-a leh highway-a awmte hi? Tu nge ni thei tih i hre em? Rukru? Rukru? Amsterdam hi a hma ang kha a ni lo. Kan hre lo...."
  
  
  "Ni lo. Hotel-a mi pathumte chuan ka chanchin an zawt a. Ka hming an hre chiang khawp mai."
  
  
  "A nih leh kawngpuiah chuan amah chauh a ni em?"
  
  
  'Aih. Hmeichhia chu anmahni nen kal dun tur a ni a ti mai a ni.
  
  
  "Helmy, buaina kan buaipui vek niin ka hria. Nakkum Thawhlehni-a America rama i thlawh chhuah hunah chuan bungrua hlu tak tak pek che ka duh khawp mai. Kan thawn tawh zawng zawng zinga hlu ber zinga mi a ni. Ka tan tirh atang khan thil rinhlelh awm tak tak a thleng fo tawh a ni." working on this problem.A zawng zawng hi engtin nge a kal tih ka hmu thei lo nain, inrawlhna pakhat a ni mai thei.
  
  
  A rin ngei a beisei. Eng pawh ni se, amah leh Kent-a chu tihbuai a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Helmy chuan mak a ti hle mai. Kum engemaw zat kalta chhung khan rukruk leh rukrukna eng emaw zat a awm tawh a - a hma aiin a tam zawk. "Manson" chunga rinawmna a neih chuan a rinhlelhna a tipung hle. "Aw, mahse engtin nge - thlawhna atanga kan chhuah lai khan kan lakah hian engmah inzawmna an nei lo, tih loh chu..." A bak zawng chu a ei zo vek.
  
  
  Heng note te hi a hrilh dawn a ni.
  
  
  "Misual thluak hnathawh dan hi tuin nge min hrilh thei ang? Thamna sang tak tak pek che an duh a ni maithei. Nakinah i thu zawm lehzual theih nan stun emaw hypnotize emaw an duh pawh a ni mai thei. I thianpa chauh hian thil tha lo zawng zawng hi a hre vek a ni." chu chu a thleng thin.
  
  
  "Engtin nge kan tih ang?"
  
  
  "Nang leh Kent-a hian kahhlum leh kawngpuiah hian heng mite hi police hnenah report tur em ni?"
  
  
  Chutiang khawpa hla chu a thleng lo va, hotel-a thil thleng chu a sawi theihnghilh tih a hrechhuak ta a ni. Hei hi Norman-a’n a report tih a hria em? A rin lohna chu a zual sauh sauh a. A thaw pawh a pangngai thei hle. 'Aih. Hei hian awmzia a nei vak lo niin a lang.
  
  
  "I tih tur pawh a ni mai thei. Mahse tunah chuan chutiang tur chuan a tlai tawh hle. Norman hi hetah hian a awm nghal ang, kan inremna a vawn chhung chuan."
  
  
  Norman-a chuan a thutiam chu a hlen ta a. An pathum chuan Van der Laan-a office-ah thuin thil thlengte an sawi dun a. Nick hian thil thar a zir lo - Van der Lan pawh list-a rinhlelh number one a la ni reng. Van der Laan chuan Amsterdam-a a awm lehna tur atan Helmy hi venhimna a pe dawn tih a sawi a, mahse Nick hian offer danglam tak a nei thung. “Hei hi i hmang tur a ni lo,” a ti a, “Helmy hian khawpui chhung tlem tal min hmuhtir duh a nih chuan. Chuti a nih chuan a chungah hian ka mawhphurhna ka la ang.
  
  
  "Ka hriatthiam dan chuan," Van der Laan chuan a inhuatna thup tumin a ti a, "bodyguard tha tak i ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a, rei vak lo a nui a. "Aw, i hria em, heng American mi pangngai te hi. Hlauhawm a awm chuan an awm ngei ang."
  
  
  Helmy chuan Nick-a chu dar rukah hmu turin a remti a. Van der Lahn a chhuahsan hnu chuan Nick hian a mumang aiin diamond eng mawi tak tak a hmu a. Exchange an tlawh a, diamond in dangte pawh...
  
  
  Van der Lahn chuan a hriat ang ang leh a theih ang tawkin a thil khawlkhawm ngaihnawm tak takte awmzia a hrilh a. Nick chuan a man a inang lo deuh tih a hmuchhuak a. Ceintuurbaan-a Indonesian restaurant pakhat Tsoyu-Wah-a brunch tui tak an ei atanga an lo haw chuan - buhfai dawhkan, chaw chi hrang sawmhnih vel awmnaah - Nick-a chuan, "I thawhrimna avangin ka lawm e, Philip. I hnen atangin thil tam tak ka zir chhuak a. Sumdawnna i nei ang u," a ti a tunah."
  
  
  Van der Lahn chuan a mit a chhing a. - “I duhthlanna i siam tawh em?”
  
  
  "Ni e, ka company hian eng company nge a rin theih tih hriat tumin thutlukna ka siam a. Heng diamond min hmuhtir tak tak te hi, sawi ta ila, $30,000 man batch khat han dah khawm ila. Rei lo teah min bum leh bum loh kan hre mai ang. If." not , then you have a very good client in us. A lehlamah a nih chuan chu client tha tak chu i hloh a, kan inhmelhriat reng thei tho nain.
  
  
  Van der Lahn chu a nui suk a. - “Engtin nge ka duhâmna leh sumdâwnna ṭha inkârah hian middle ground ka hmuh theih ang?”
  
  
  'Chiah. Hei hi company tha tak takah chuan a thleng fo thin. Kawng dangin i ti thei lo chauh a ni.
  
  
  "Awle, Norman. Naktuk zing khan lungte chu ka thlang ang che. I en thei ang a, an chanchin ka hriat zawng zawng ka hrilh vek ang che, tichuan nangmah ngei pawhin i sawi thei ang. Vawiin chu a tlai tawh hle mai."
  
  
  “A dik e, Phillip. Tin, khawngaihin ka ziah theih nan envelope dum te te min rawn keng la, chutah chuan lung pawl tin chungchanga i comment te chu ka ziak ang.
  
  
  'Ngei ngei. Deal kan siam ang, Norman. Eng nge i tih leh dawn? Europe khawpui thenkhat chu i tlawh leh dawn em ni? Nge i haw dawn em ni?
  
  
  "Ka rawn let leh thuai ang."
  
  
  "I hmanhmawh lo em ni?"
  
  
  "A ni lo tak zet ...
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan thil pahnih ka rawn hlan duh che a ni. Pakhatnaah chuan: tun weekend hian ka ram inah lo kal rawh. Kan hlim hle ang. Tennis, sakawr, golf. Tin, hot air balloon solo flight pawh. I lo en tawh ngai em?
  
  
  'Aih.'
  
  
  "Hei hi i hlim hle ang." Nick-a kekawr ipteah chuan a kut a nghat a... Nang pawhin midang ang bawkin thil thar leh hmeichhe thar, hmeltha tak tak i hmangaih a. Blondes te pawh a ni lawm ni Norman?
  
  
  "Blondes te pawh."
  
  
  "Chuan hei hi ka offer pahnihna hi a ni. Dik tak chuan dilna ang deuh a ni. Helmy hi America ramah diamond shipment nen ka tir leh a, shipment lian tak a ni. Mi tu emaw chuan rukbo a tum niin ka ring. I thil tawn hnuhnung ber hi a tel ve mai thei." that.Tûnah chuan Helmy-i vênhim nân i zinpui tûrin ka rawt duh a, chu chu, a nihna takah chuan, i schedule nena inmil emaw, i company-in a danglamna a rel loh chuan.
  
  
  "Ka ti ang" Nick chuan a lo chhang a. "Intrigue hian min hip hle. Dik tak chuan secret agent ka nih tur a ni. I hria em, Phil, James Bond hi ka ngaina em em thin a, a chanchin lehkhabu te hi ka la ngaina reng a ni. I chhiar tawh em?"
  
  
  'Ngei ngei. An lar khawp mai. Mahse, a dik e, heng thilte hi America ramah hian a thleng tam zawk.
  
  
  "A tam zawk pawh a ni mai thei, mahse hmun khatah chuan thil sual tih buaithlak ber berte hi England-ah a thleng tih ka chhiar a, France leh Holland-ah pawh a thleng bawk."
  
  
  'A dik em?' Van der Lahn chu a hip hle niin a lang. "Mahse, killer Boston, subway tinah i police te, New England-a armored car rukbo an man dan te kha han ngaihtuah teh, hetiang thil hi thla tin deuhthaw a thleng thin."
  
  
  “Amaherawhchu, England nen hian kan inel thei lo a, an misualte chuan chutah chuan rel pum pui an rukbo avangin.
  
  
  ‘I sawi tum chu ka hrethiam e. Kan misualte hi an thil siam chhuah thiam zawk.
  
  
  'Ngei ngei. Action hi America ramah a thleng a, mahse khawvel hlui hian misual a nei ve tho. Eng pawh ni se, Helmy nen kan zin leh tur hi ka lawm hle. I sawi ang khan diamond - leh blonde te hi ka ngaina hle.
  
  
  Nykw a chhuahsan hnu chuan Van der Laan chuan ngaihtuahna fim takin a mei a, savun ṭhutphah lian takah chuan a innghat a, a mit chu a hmaa bang chunga Lautrec sketch chu a en a. He Norman Kent hi sava ngaihnawm tak a ni. A hmel aiin a chunglam lo zawk. Cop ni lovin, chutiang tur chuan, a chhan chu police zingah tumahin dan bawhchhiatna chungchang an ngaihtuah lo vang a, an sawi lo vang, secret service lama a ngaihvenna pawh an sawi lo vang. Van der Laan chuan secret service engmah a ngaihtuah thei lo va, agent pakhat hnenah dollar maktaduai za chuang bakah thil dang lei nan letter of credit a thawn ang. Kent hi customer tha tak a ni dawn a, a danglamna tur pawh a awm mai thei. Paula leh a hote’n a hna an thawhte an hlen zo lo a ni tih a hria a. Helmy chungchang chu a ngaihtuah a. Kent bulah chuan zan khat chu a riak a ni mai thei. Hei hian a ti buai hle. A chhuahsan theih nan a chang chuan doll mawi tak aia thil dang angin a en fo thin... Mi dang kuta a taksa tui tak a awm tih ngaihtuahna chuan a hriatrengna chu a tithinur hle.
  
  
  Chhawng linaah chuan a chho a, chutah chuan design department bula room pakhatah a hmu ta a ni. Zanriah ei dun theih leh theih loh a zawh chuan Norman Kent nen appointment an neih thu a hrilh a. A beidawnna chu a thup a. Office-a a kir leh chuan Nicholas leh De Groot-a te chu an lo nghak reng tih a hmu a.
  
  
  An pahnih chuan Van der Lahn-a office-ah chuan an lut dun a. De Groot hi mi tawi, thim tak, mi pathum pawla hmuh theih loha awm theihna mak tak nei a ni. FBI agent pangngai, tax official pangngai emaw, spy pangngai ang maiin a langsar lo hle.
  
  
  Chibai an buk zawh chuan Van der Laan chuan: "HEI diamond man hi i ruat tawh em?"
  
  
  "A man engzat nge i pek duh tih i rel tawh em?"
  
  
  Inremna an la siam thei lo tih hriat tumin minute sawmthum vel zet an inbiakna nasa tak a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu zawi te hian hotel lam pan chuan a kal leh ta a. A tih duh chu a la tam hle. Herb Whitlock-a hriatte chu a bar duh ber address-ah zawn la, Enisei diamond-te chu zawn chhuah la, a nihna takah chuan, Helmy-a te chhungkua hian thu hriat tur an rawn siam lo a nih chuan, Kelly-a micro-recording hmanga Manson-a thil tih chu zawng chhuak rawh. Mahse tihsual eng pawh hian a nihna leh a chanvo a pholang nghal thei a ni. Tun thleng hian chu chuan hna a thawk tha hle. A lungchhiatthlak hle - i hnena an lo kal hun nghah emaw, a tawpah chuan action-a inhnim pil emaw kha.
  
  
  Hotel jay-ah chuan envelope lian tak, pink, sealed, inziak - Mr. Norman Kent, mimal taka hlan, pawimawh tih ziak an pe a.
  
  
  Exotic lobby chhungah chuan a lut a, lehkha chu a hawng a. Message pakhat chu hetiang hian print a ni: “Yenisei diamonds man tlawm takin ka nei a, nakin lawkah chuan biak theih a ni ang em. Pieter-Jan van Rijn.
  
  
  Nui chung hian Nick chu elevator chhungah chuan a lut a, pink envelope chu flag ang maiin a kutah a keng a. Corridor-ah chuan an lo nghak reng a, mipa pahnih inchei tha tak tak an ni.
  
  
  Khawvel hlui hian amah hriat theihna tur engmah a la siam lo, Nick hian lock a fiddling lai khan hei hi a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  A tan an rawn kal a. Hei hi rinhlelh rual a ni lo. A hnen atanga feet nga vel an la hlat lai chuan chabi a vawrh a, second tlemte chhungin Wilhelmina chu a chhuah tir ta a ni...
  
  
  “I awmna hmunah hian awm rawh,” a ti nghal zat. Envelope pink chu an ke bulah chuan leiah a paih thla a. "Nang pr."
  
  
  i chhuahsan hnuah i kal em? Okay, chuti a nih chuan min hmu ta."
  
  
  
  
  Bung 3-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Mi pahnih chu an vawt ta vek a, movie atanga figure pahnih rawn ding nghal mai ang mai hian. Wilhelmina barrel sei tak ang maia chibai bukna thihna thlentu chu an mitmeng chu a meng ta hle mai. An kut chu Nick-a hmuh theih a ni. Pakhat chuan kutkawr dum a ha a. "Ka hrilh hma che chuan che suh," Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka English i hrethiam tawk em?"
  
  
  Thâwk la tûra a chawlh hnu chuan, kutkawr vuah pa chuan: “Ni e, ni e. Kan hrethiam che,” tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  "Ngawi rawh." Nick chuan a ti a, chutah room chhungah chuan a lut leh a, mi pahnih chu a en reng a. "Kal ila."
  
  
  An zui ve ta a. Kawngkhar chu a khar a. Glove vuah pa chuan, "I hrethiam lo. I tan thuchah kan nei a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Ka hrethiam famkim. Envelope chhunga message kha min zawng turin i hmang a. Kum zabi tam tak kalta khan United States-ah he trick hi kan hmang tawh a. Mahse, ka tan i rawn kal nghal lo. Tunah hian ka lo kal dawn tih engtin nge i hriat ang a, keimah ka ni tih pawh?”
  
  
  An in en a. Glove vuah pa chuan, "Walkie talkie. Hallway dangah kan lo nghak a. Hall chhunga i thian pakhat chuan envelope i dawng tih a hriattir che a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "A hlawk hle. Thu la, i kut chu i hmaiah phar rawh."
  
  
  "Kan ṭhu duh lo. Mr. Van Rijn-a'n i tan min tir a. I mamawh chu a nei a ni."
  
  
  - Chuvang chuan engtin pawhin min rawn hruai dawn a ni. Ka duh emaw duh lo emaw. A ni lo maw?
  
  
  "Awle, Mr. Van Rijn chu a... a tumruh hle a ni."
  
  
  “Anih chuan engvangin nge a hnena lo kal turin min ngen loh, a nih loh leh amah ngeiin hetah hian min lo hmuak turin min ngen loh?”
  
  
  "Chu chu kan hre lo." , .
  
  
  "Helai atang hian engtiang chiahin nge a hlat?"
  
  
  "Minute sawm leh panga vel a awm tawh."
  
  
  "A office-ah nge in lamah?"
  
  
  "Ka car ah chuan."
  
  
  Nick chuan rilruin a lu a bu nghat a. Contact leh action a duh a ni. Duhsak la, i dawng ngei ang. "In pahnih hian in kut chu bang chungah nghat rawh u." An dodal tan a, mahse Wilhelmina hmui chuan a rilru a hneh hle a, Nick-a hmel chu friendly a\angin emotionless mask-ah a inthlak ta a ni. An kut chu bangah chuan an nawr a.
  
  
  Pakhat chuan Colt .32, automatic a nei a. Pakhat zawk chu ralthuam keng lo a ni. Uluk takin a enfiah a, an ke atan an kephah thlengin a enfiah a. Step khat hnunglam a hawi a, Colt atang chuan magazine chu a la chhuak a, a chhunga silai mu chu a nawr chhuak ta a. Tichuan magazine chu a rawn dah leh ta a.
  
  
  "Hriamhrei ngaihnawm tak a ni," a ti. "Tunlai hian a lar lutuk lo. Hetah hian ammo i lei thei ang em?"
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  'Hei hi khawiah nge i lei?'
  
  
  "Brattleboro, Vermont-ah. Ka thiante thenkhat nen kan awm a. Ka duh khawp mai... Nice."
  
  
  Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu holster-ah a dah a. Tichuan Colt chu a kutah a la a, chu pa hnenah chuan a han phar chhuak ta a. 'La rawh.'
  
  
  An hawi let a, mak ti zet hian an en a. Rei vak lo hnuah chuan glove chuan ralthuam chu a rawn phar ta a. Nick chuan a kutah a rawn pe a. "Kal ila," Nick chuan a ti a. "He Van Rijn hi tlawh ka remti. Mahse hun ka nei tam lo. Khawngaihin che rang suh. Ka hlauthawng hle a, mahse ka che rang khawp mai. Eng emaw a dik lo mai thei a, kan vai hian kan kal vek ang." a hnuah inchhir tak zet rawh.
  
  
  Mercedes lian tak, hlui deuh, mahse enkawl tha tak an nei a. Mi pathumna pawh an rualin a kal ve bawk. Nick chuan transmitter kengtu tlangval kha a ni tih a lo chhut a. Highway lam pan chuan an kal a, residential building bula Jaguar dum ding kawngpuiah chuan an ding ta a. A chhungah chuan mi pakhat a awm a.
  
  
  "Ani em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  "A chhan chu hetah Holland-a i darkar hman hi a slow hle. Khawngaihin minute 15 chhung car chhungah hian awm rawh. Ka sawipui ang. Chhuak tum suh." Hotel-a he thil thleng chungchang hi ka hrilh dawn lo. I chanchin i hrilh ang.
  
  
  Car atanga a chhuah rual chuan an pahnih hian an che lo va, rang takin Jaguar lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Mercedes driver chu Jaguar khuhna hnuaia a rawn luh thlengin a zui a.
  
  
  Car chhunga mipa chu naval officer chawlh nei ang mai a ni. Jacket, brass button nei leh blue navy cap a ha a. "Mr. van Rijn," Nick chuan a ti a, "I kut ka vawm thei ang em?"
  
  
  'Khawngaihin.'
  
  
  Nick chuan kut nghet takin a rawn vuan a. "Chu chu pawi ka ti hle mai, Mr. Kent. Mahse hei hi thil nalh tak a ni."
  
  
  "Thil ngaihtuah chian hun ka nei tawh," Nick chuan nui chung hian a ti a. Van Rijn chu a mualpho hmel hle. "Awle, a dik e, ka biak duh che chu i hria. Yenisei diamond lei tur hian i lo kal a ni. Ka dawng a ni. An hlutna i hria a ni lawm ni? Offer siam i duh em?"
  
  
  "A dik e ka hria," Nick chuan affably a ti a. "Mahse, i hria em, he thil man dik tak hi kan hre lo. Engzat nge i sawi tum chu a tlem berah?
  
  
  "Nuai ruk zet."
  
  
  'Ka hmu thei ang em?'
  
  
  'Ngei ngei.'
  
  
  Mipa pahnih hian rei vak lo an in en a, friendly tak leh beisei nei takin an in en a. Nick chuan a pocket atang emaw, glove compartment atang emaw, rug hnuai atang emaw a la chhuak ang em tih a ngaihtuah a. A tawpah chuan Nick chuan, "I hnenah i nei em?"
  
  
  "Chu 'diamond' te kha? Pathian hnenah lawmthu awm lo. Europe-a police zawng zawng zinga a chanve chuan an zawng vek a ni" a nui suk a, "A nih leh eng nge a nih pawh tumahin an hre lo." misual pawl hrang hrangin an zawng chhuak thin "
  
  
  'Takzet? Gut, thuruk niin ka hria.
  
  
  ‘Aw ni lo. He thu hi Europe hmar lam zawng zawngah hriat a ni tawh. Chuvangin leak awm zat chu i ngaihtuah thei ang. Russian ho chu an thinrim hle. Amsterdam-ah hian bomb an thlak thei khawpin ka hria - a te tak te pawh a ni ngei ang - a awm tih an chiang a nih chuan. I hria em, kum zabi chhunga rukruk nih mai mai a ni em?
  
  
  "I hre ngei ang, Mr. van Rijn...."
  
  
  ‘Peter min ko rawh.
  
  
  "Awle, Peter, Norman tiin min ko rawh. Diamond expert ka ni lo, mahse - leh he zawhna bengchheng tak hi ngaidam rawh - carat engzat nge ni ang?"
  
  
  Putar hmel mawi tak chuan mak a tih hmel hle. "Norman hian diamond sumdawnna chungchang hi engmah a hre lo. Chuvang chuan chawhnu lama chutiang tlawhna zawng zawng i neih lai khan Phil van der Lan nen in awm dun em ni?"
  
  
  'Ngei ngei.'
  
  
  'Ka hrethiam. He Phil hi tlem tal i fimkhur a ngai a ni.
  
  
  'Ka lawm e.'
  
  
  "Diamond te hi an la inthen lo. A lei tu hian a chungchangah hian a ngaihdan neih a duh mai thei. Mahse, a chungchang i hriat zawng zawng hi a dik vek tih ka tiam a che. A original ang bawka mawi leh, a dik e, flawless tak an ni." .
  
  
  'An tak tak em?'
  
  
  'Awle. Mahse, hmun hrang hranga lung inang, inhlat taka inhlat taka hmuh a nih chhan chu Pathian chauhin a hria. Thluak tan chuan puzzle nuam tak a ni. A nih loh leh an inzawm theih loh chuan thluak tan chuan thuruk a ni lo tak tak pawh a ni thei.
  
  
  'Hei hi a dik a ni.'
  
  
  Van Rijn chuan a lu a thing a, rei vak lo a ngaihtuah a. “Mak tak mai, nature, geology.
  
  
  "Thuruk lian tak a ni."
  
  
  Hei hi ka tan chuan eng thuruk nge a nih tih chauh i hriat chuan Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Thil zawng zawng zingah hian he inbiakna chanve pawh hi thup takin kan dah mai thei tih ka hre chiang hle. "Experiment atan Phil hnen atangin lung thenkhat ka lei a."
  
  
  'Awh. I la mamawh em?
  
  
  "Kan company hi a zau chak hle a ni."
  
  
  'Ka hrethiam. Tha. Engtin nge pawisa pek tur i hriat?
  
  
  "A man chu amah ngeiin ka siam tir a. Manson's nen hian sumdawnna lian tak kan nei dawn nge, sumdawnna kan nei leh tawh ngai lovang tih chu kar hnih chhungin kan hre thei ang."
  
  
  A ngaihtuahawm hle mai, Norman. Mahse ka hmingthanna hi a rintlak zawk pawh a ni mai thei
  
  
  Van der Lahn chuan a sawi. Chu chu nangmah ngeiin i check thei hle. Chuti a nih chuan engvangin nge heng diamond te hi man min siam tir loh?
  
  
  "Test order tlemte leh dollar maktaduai ruk order inkarah hian danglamna a la awm."
  
  
  "Diamond expert i ni lo tih nangmah ngeiin i sawi a. I check hunah pawh engtiang chiahin nge an hlutna i hriat chian ang?"
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan tunah chuan a hma aia tlem ka hre tawh chauh a ni." Nick chuan a pocket atang chuan magnifying glass chu a la chhuak a, a clumsy lutuk loh a beisei. "Tunah hian ka va hmu thei ang em?" Van Rijn chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti chhuak a. "Nangni American ho hi chutiang chu in ni vek. Diamond lama expert in ni lo tak tak a ni mai thei, in fiamthu pawh a ni mai thei" a jacket blue pocket chhungah chuan a kut a han phar a, Nick chu a tensed a.Van Rijn chuan Spriet cigarette te tak te atang chuan a pe a pack a, a tan pakhat a la ta a ni.
  
  
  "Awle, Norman. I hmu thei tawh ang."
  
  
  Friday tlai lam ti ila? Ka inah? Volkel bulah a awm a, Den Bosch bulah chiah a awm. Car ka rawn tir ang che. A nih loh leh weekend atan i awm duh mai thei em? Khualzin hlimawm tlemte ka nei fo thin.
  
  
  "Okay. Friday-ah ka lo kal ang, mahse weekend-ah ka awm thei dawn lo. Ka lawm e, engtin pawh nise. Car hi ka rent a nih avangin lungngai suh. Ka tan chuan a nuam zawk a, heti ang hian ka ti lo ang." tibuai che, ka chhuah a ngaih hunah.
  
  
  ‘I duh angin...’ Business card chu Nick-a hnenah a pe a, ‘Hei hi ka address a ni a, a hnung lamah chuan chu lai hmuna outline map te tak te a awm bawk. Hei hi tlem a awlsam zawk nan a ni. Ka mite hi khawpui lama hruai kir leh turin ka ngen tur em ni?
  
  
  "Ni lo, chu chu a ngai lo. Kawngpui tawp lamah bus ka chuang ang. Chu pawh chu nuam tak a ni. Chu bakah, heng i mite hian... ka company hi an duh lo deuh niin a lang."
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut a rawn vuan a, a rawn chhuk chhuak ta a. A nui suk a, Van Rijn chu a kut a phar a, ani chuan friendly takin a lu a bu nghat a, kawngpui sirah chuan a hawi let ta a. Nui chung hian Nick pawhin a hnung lama Mercedes-a chuang mipa te chu a kut a phar bawk. Mahse, tun hnaia a lote chu ramsa man tura khar tura thutlukna siamtu British mi ropui hlui ang maiin an ngaihsak lo vek a ni.
  
  
  Nick-a he hotel-a a luh chuan restaurant lian tak atanga steak rim chu a thawk chhuak a. A darthlalang chu a en a. Minute sawmli chhungin Helmy-a chu a rawn la chhuak tur a ni. A ril a tam hle bawk. He riltamna nasa tak hi hriatthiam theih a ni. He ramah hian pum khat lo chuan nilengin i bum thin rim mak tak tak zawng zawng chu i do vek a rinawm loh. Mahse, a inhnukdawk a, restaurant chu a kal pel ta a. Elevator-ah chuan a hnungah aw ri chuan a lo dang a. "Mr. Kent-" Rang takin a hawi let a, mi pathumte beihna hnua a thusawi a ziahsak police chu a hre chiang ta a.
  
  
  'Awle?'
  
  
  Nick hian he police detective hi a hmuh hmasak ber ṭum khan a duh hle a ni. Tunah tak hian a rilru a thlak a ngai tawh lo niin a lang. Chu pa hmel inhawng tak, inhawng tak, "Dutch" hmel chu hriatthiam theih a ni lo. Pure steel intransigence chu a eng chhuak a, mahse hei hi a theih vek a, entir nan chauh.
  
  
  "Mr. Kent, beer in chungin ka tan hun i nei em?"
  
  
  'Tha. Mahse pakhat aia tam lo, inkhawm ka nei. Bar hlui, rimtui tak takah chuan an lut a, detective chuan beer a order a.
  
  
  "Cop pakhatin in tur a pek chuan a let leh nan thil a duh a ni," Nick chuan a thusawi chu a ti nem tur khawpa nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti a. "Eng nge i hriat duh?"
  
  
  A nuihzatthlak chhanna atan chuan detective pawh chu a nui suk bawk.
  
  
  "Ka ngaihtuah a, Mr. Kent, i sawi duh ang chiah chiah min hrilh a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a nuih a za hle. 'Awh?'
  
  
  Thinrim suh. Hetiang khawpuiah hian harsatna kan nei nasa hle. Kum zabi tam tak chhung chu he ram hi khawvel kawngpui inkar chi khat a ni tawh a. Mi zawng zawng tan kan ngaihnawm reng a, hetianga thil thleng tenau te hi thlalak lian zawka tel a nih loh chuan. America ramah chuan a rough deuh vek mai thei, chutah pawh chuan a simple zawk hle. Khawvel hmun tam zawk inthenna tuifinriat i la nei a. Hetah hian thil tenawm tinreng kan buaipui fo thin.
  
  
  Nick chuan beer chu a lo enchhin a. Ropui. "I sawi dik mai thei."
  
  
  "He beihna hi entirnan la rawh. Dik tak chuan i room chhunga luh mai mai chu an tan chuan a awlsam zawk hle ang. A nih loh leh kawngpui hla takah i kal hun nghah mai rawh. I hnen atanga thil i phurh an duh chuan engtin nge ni ang." ?" nangmah chauhin?
  
  
  I police te hian rukruk leh in rawk inthlauhna hi an fimkhur hle a, ka lawm hle.
  
  
  "Mi zawng zawngin danglamna tak tak a awm tih an hre vek lo, Mr. Kent."
  
  
  "Ukil leh police officer chauh. Ukil i ni em? Kei hi ukil ka ni lo."
  
  
  "Awh." Hemi chungchangah hian ngaihvenna a tlem hle. ‘A dik e, a ni lo. Diamond lei duhtu i ni. Thlalak te tak te a la chhuak a, Nick-a chu a entir a. Hei hi engti kawng mahin i beitu che zinga mi a ni em tih ka ngaihtuah.
  
  
  Hei hi chu "fat guy" archival photograph a ni a, indirect lighting hmangin wrestler tense tak ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  "Awle," Nick chuan a ti a, "amah pawh a ni thei khawp mai. Mahse, ka chiang lo. Engkim hi a kal rang lutuk a ni."
  
  
  Detective chuan thlalak chu a dah thla a. "Tunah hian - unofficial takin, journalist-te sawi angin - chutiang zinga mi a nih chuan min hrilh ang em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan beer pahnih a order leh a, a darthlalang chu a en a. Helmy hi a hruai tur a ni a, mahse chhoh chu a pawimawh lutuk.
  
  
  "Hotel-ah hian he hna pangngai tak hi i thawk nasa hle a ni," a ti. "Mi buai tak i ni ngei ang."
  
  
  "Kan buai em em mai a, midang ang bawkin. Mahse ka sawi tawh ang khan a chang chuan a chipchiar te te chu thlalak lian takah hian a in fit thin. Kan beih chhunzawm zel a ngai a, a chang chuan puzzle thenkhat chu a hmunah a tla thla thin. Tunah hian ka zawhna hi i chhang a nih chuan." , i ngaihven theih tur thil ka hrilh mai thei che.
  
  
  "Unofficial takin?"
  
  
  "Unofficial takin" tih a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa chu ngun takin a en a. A intuition chu a zui ta a. "Yes chutiang zinga mi a ni."
  
  
  "Ka ngaihtuah a. Philip Van der Laan-ah hna a thawk a. An zinga pathum chu a ram inah an inthup a. Pretty beated up."
  
  
  "Chutah chuan mipa i nei em?"
  
  
  "He zawhna hi ka chhang thei lo. Official pawhin."
  
  
  'Ka hrethiam.'
  
  
  "An lakah hian thubuai siamsak i duh em?"
  
  
  'La ni lo. Yenisei diamond hi eng nge ni?
  
  
  'Awh. Hemi kawngah hian mi tam tak chuan eng nge a nih an hrilh thei che a ni. Hei hi documented ni lo mahse i ring thei a, i ring lo thei bawk. Thla engemaw zat kalta khan Yenisei lui kama rangkachak laihchhuahna hmunah diamond eng mawi tak tak pathum hmuh a ni a - chu chu Siberia hmun dangah a ni. Hmuhchhuah tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan mak ber a ni. Pound khat leh a chanve vel ve ve an rit nia rin a ni a, an man hi carat 3,100 vel a ni. An hlutna i hre chiang em?
  
  
  “Thilmak mai mai a ni.Quality-ah chauh a innghat.
  
  
  "Khawvela lian ber nia rin an ni a, Cullinan diamond entawn tur angin 'Yenisei Cullinan' tia koh an ni. Kum 1905 khan Transvaal-ah hmuh a ni a, hetah hian kum 1908 khan an tan a. Lung lian hmasa pali zinga pahnih." khawvela diamond lian ber, flawless ber a la ni thei tho a ni.Russian-ho chuan a hlutna hriat chian nan Dutch diamond expert an la niin an sawi a, an venhimna chu a lax lutuk a, chu chu, leh chu diamond-te chu a bo ta a ni.Miten Amsterdam-ah an la awm niin an la ngai a ni .
  
  
  Nick chuan whistle tawi tak, hriat theih loh ang maiin a rawn ti chhuak a.
  
  
  "Hei hi kum zabi chhunga rukrukna a ni tak zet a ni. He mi hi khawiah nge a awm theih ang tih ngaihtuahna i nei em?
  
  
  "Hei hi harsatna lian tak a ni. Indopui II-na lai khan Dutch mi engemaw zat - sawi chu ka zak hle - German-ho tan hna hlawkthlak tak tak an thawk a. Sum leh pai vangin an thawk tlangpui a, mahse chutiang titu tlemte chu an awm a ni." idealistic purposes.A dik e, the records Hei hi tihchhiat emaw, dik lo emaw a ni.A zawn chhuah theih loh tluk a ni, a bik takin Russia rama kal emaw, Russian-hoin an man emaw pawh ni thei.Rinhleltu sawmhnih chuang kan nei a, mahse thlalak emaw sawifiahna emaw chauh kan nei a ni an zinga a chanve vel a ni.
  
  
  Van der Lahn hi chutiang zinga mi a ni em?
  
  
  ‘Aw ni lo. Hemi atan hian a naupang lutuk. Pu Van der Lan hi sumdawng lian tak a ni. Tun hnaiah a thiltih dan hi a buaithlak hle.
  
  
  "A tlem berah chuan heng diamond te thlalak la thei tur khawpa sophisticated? A nih loh leh engtin emaw tak Amsterdam-a rawn hruai tur em ni?
  
  
  Fimkhur takin detective chuan he ambush hi a pumpelh ta a ni. "Lung neitu hi thuruk a nih avangin he man hi company tlemte chauh an awm a ni."
  
  
  "International complications hi engtin nge ni ang? Hei hian eng nge awmzia a hmuh ang, diamond man atan eng nge a awmzia?"
  
  
  "A dik e, Russian-ho nen hian kan thawk dun a ni. Mahse, lungte hi vawi khat an inthen hnuah chuan hriat chian theih a ni lo. An inthen chak lutuk a, fimkhur lo lutuk pawhin an inthen thei a, mahse jewelry atan chuan an ngaihven reng dawn a ni. Heng lungte ngei pawh hian a pose a great danger to the diamond industry." khawvel, leh, kan hriat dan chuan Yenisei-a lunghlu laihchhuahna hmunte hi field thar a ni lo. Chutiang ni lo se chuan diamond market-ah buaina a awm ngei ang. Dik tak chuan hun rei lote chhungin hun kal tawh a ni.
  
  
  "Ka fimkhur hle a ngai tih ka hrethiam."
  
  
  Pu Kent, dawt sawi suh, mahse diamond lei duhtu i nih ka ring lo. Tunge i nih tak tak kha min hrilh duh lo em ni? Nangmah nen hian inremna ka siam a nih chuan kan in tanpui thei maithei.
  
  
  "Ka theih ang tawkin ka puih theih che ka beisei," Nick chuan a ti a. “In thawhpui pawh ka duh khawp mai. Mahse, ka hming chu Norman Kent a ni a, New York-a Bard Gallery-a diamond lei tu ka ni a, Bard neitu leh director Bill Rhodes-a chu i biak theih a, call man ka pe ang.
  
  
  Detective chuan a thaw halh a. Nick chuan he mipa nen hian an thawh dun theih loh avangin a lungngai hle.
  
  
  Mahse tactically chuan a cover kalsan hian awmzia a nei lo ang. Police report-a a lan dan aiin detective hian Whitlock thihna hi a hre tam zawk a ni mai thei. Nick hian Pieter-Jan van Rijn leh Paul Meyer leh a assistant te hian sniper training an nei em tih zawh a duh bawk. Mahse, a ti thei lo. A beer glass chu a zo ta a. "Tunah hian hna ka thawk a ngai. Ka tlai tawh."
  
  
  "Khawngaihin he meeting hi i sawn thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Chutiang chu ka duh lo ang."
  
  
  “Khawngaihin lo nghak rawh, mi i hmuh a ngai a ni.”
  
  
  Nick-a a hriat hnua a vawi khat nan detective chuan a ha a rawn entir a.
  
  
  
  
  Bung 4-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  An hnena lo kal chu Jaap Ballegauer a ni - "Kan sorkar aiawhtu," detective chuan a aw-ah zahna engemaw chen nen a ti a. Nick chuan a khel lo tih a hria. A nungchang leh a aw chu zah taka bawih nihna a ni a, a bîk takin rank sâng tak takte tâna hman a ni.
  
  
  mipa inchei tha tak a awm a - kawrfual ha, kutkawr ha leh tiang keng, a hnuhnung zawk hi a ke ruh vang niin a lang. A hmel chu a rilru a buai hle mai a, hei pawh hi ngaihdam theih a ni a, a chhan chu Nick-a chuan he hmel hi plastic surgery avanga lo awm a ni tih a hriat vang a ni. Mit pakhat chu glass a siam a ni. Tun hma hun engemaw chen chu mi pakhat chu rapthlak takin a kang emaw, a hliam emaw a ni. A hmui leh hmui chu a thawk tha vak lo a, mahse a English chu slow motion precision-a a thusawi siam a tum lai chuan a dik hle.
  
  
  Mr Kent chuan a rawn ti a. Rei vak lo ka bulah awm se ka duh khawp mai. Darkar chanve chauh a ni a, a pawimawh hle.
  
  
  "Naktuk thleng a nghak thei lo em ni? Date ka siam a."
  
  
  'Khawngaihin. He inkhawmpui atang hian hlawkna i hmu ang...
  
  
  "Tu nen nge?"
  
  
  ‘I hre chiang ang. Mi pawimawh tak a ni.
  
  
  "I lo lawm e, Mr. Kent," detective chuan a ti leh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Ka biak hma chu i nghak mai mai a nih chuan."
  
  
  Ballegoyer chuan a lu a bu nghat a, a hmel chu a che thei lo. Chu pa chu a nui thei lo pawh a ni mai thei, Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. "A dik e," chu pa chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Helmy chu a phone a, a tlai dawn tih a hrilh a.
  
  
  "...Ka ngaidam che, duhtak, mahse hetah hian Norman Kent hmu duh an tam hle niin a lang."
  
  
  "Norman," a aw a ngaihtuahna chu a tak tak a ni. 'Khawngaihin fimkhur rawh.'
  
  
  "Hlau suh. He Pathian ṭih Amsterdam-ah hian engmah hlau suh, ka hmangaih."
  
  
  Detective chuan Bentley driver nen chuan anmahni chauhvin a kalsan ta a ni. Ballegeuer chu rang takin Linnaeusstraat an paltlang lai chuan a ngawi reng a, minute sawm hnuah warehouse lian tak hmaah chuan a ding ta a. Nick chuan kawngkhar a han chhoh rual chuan Shell badge chu a hmu a, rei vak lo hnuah car hnungah chuan a rawn tlan thla ta a.
  
  
  Building eng tha tak chhung chu a lian em em a, Bentley chuan turn lian tak a siam thei a, chutah chuan a laiah hmun dangah parking lot-ah chuan limousine lian zawk leh eng zawk bulah a ding thei a ni. Nick chuan cardboard phum khat, a hnungah forklift felfai taka ding chu a hmu a, kawngpui sir lehlamah chuan car te zawk, a bulah mi pakhat ding chu a hmu a. A kut ah chuan rifle emaw submachine gun emaw a keng a. Hetiang hlat atang hian Nick chuan chiang takin a hre thei lo. A taksa hnung lamah a fimkhur thei ang bera thup a tum a. Forklift-a box dahkhawm inkar ah chuan Nick chuan mi pahnihna a hmu a. Midang chu kawngka bulah an ding a. An fimkhur hle niin an lang.
  
  
  A kut veilam chu tawi te te in a rawn inher a, Wilhelmina chu a holster chhungah chuan a siam tha leh ta a. A inringtawk lutuk lo tih a inhriat tan thin. Ballegoyer chuan, "Car dang hnung lamah i thut chuan ka sawi tawh mipa kha i hmu ang," a ti.
  
  
  Nick chu rei vak lo chu a che thei lo. Limousine fender dum eng mawi takah chuan flag holder hrui hring a hmu a. Ngawi rengin, “Min hrilh teh, he car chhunga mipa hian eng nge a tih, heng flag te hi holder-ah dah turin dikna a nei em?”
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  Mr. Ballegoyer, he car atanga ka chhuah veleh hian hun engemaw chen chu target hlauhawm tak ka ni dawn a ni. Ka hmaa rawn chhuak tur khawpin i ngilnei ang em?
  
  
  'Ngei ngei.'
  
  
  Ballegoyer hnungah chuan a awm hnai hle a, limousine kawngkhar a hawng a, heti hian a sawi a:
  
  
  "Mr Norman Kent chu."
  
  
  Nick chu limousine chhungah chuan a tlan lut nghal a, Ballegoyer chuan kawngkhar chu a khar ta a. Car hnung lamah chuan hmeichhe pakhat a lo awm a. Mahse, a rimtui rim chauh khan Nick-a chu hmeichhe pakhat nen an inzawm tih a ring tlat a ni. Fur leh veil-ah a inkhuh em em a, i hmu thei lo. A thusawi tan chuan a rilru a hahdam deuh hlek a. Hmeichhe aw a ni. Dutch accent chak tak nen English a thiam hle.
  
  
  "Mr. Kent, i lo kal avangin ka lawm e. He thil zawng zawng hi thil mak tak a ni tih ka hria, mahse heng hun hi thil danglam tak a ni."
  
  
  'Takzet.'
  
  
  "Khawngaihin hlauthawng suh. Hei hi practical business matter a ni - he meeting-ah hian, hei hi ka sawi a ngai tak zet a ni."
  
  
  "Ka hmuh che thleng khan ka mangang hle mai," Nick chuan dawt a ti a. "Mahse tunah chuan ka dam deuh tawh."
  
  
  'Ka lawm e. Amsterdam-ah thil lei tur i lo thleng tih kan hrethiam. Kan puih duh che a ni.'
  
  
  "Mi zawng zawngin an duh niin a lang, hetah hian min pui turin. Khawpui mikhual tak i nei a ni."
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan keini pawhin kan ngaihtuah thin. Mahse, mi zawng zawng i ring thei lo."
  
  
  ‘Ka hre chiang khawp mai. Ka thil lei tur ka siam a. Experiment a la ni reng.
  
  
  "Hei hi thil lian tak a ni em?"
  
  
  ‘Aw ni lo. Awle, dollar sang engemaw zat man diamond. Pakhat hnen atangin Mr. Philip van der Lan.
  
  
  ‘Mr. Van der Lahn pawhin a bik takin lung lian tak tak a rawn pe che hi a dik em?
  
  
  "Yenisei diamonds te kha i sawina em ni?"
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  "Ruk a nih avangin ka sawi ka sawi thei lo niin ka hria."
  
  
  Veil dum thuk tak hnunglam atang chuan thinrimna au thawm na tak a ri a. Hei hi a thinrimna tur hmeichhia a ni lo. Aw aia sinister zawk thil a awm...
  
  
  A thusawi chu ngun takin a thlang a. - "Chuti a nih chuan ka dinhmun hi i ngaihtuah dawn em ni? Chu diamond chungchang chu kan sawi dun tih hi tumah ka hrilh lo ang, zah lohna a ni ang, a tlem berah chuan. Ka ngaihven a nih chuan chutiang thu sawitu mi engemaw zatin min rawn pan tawh tih ka sawi ang." heng diamond-ah hian ka hnenah hralh theih an ni.
  
  
  Eng emaw chu a hre ta a. - “Chutiang offer lakah chuan fimkhur rawh.An bum che a ni. British-ho sawi ang mai a ni: cheating.
  
  
  "Ka lei duh lo pawh a ni mai thei."
  
  
  "Mr Kent, hetah hian khawtlang tenau tak kan nei a. I tlawh chhan hi ka tan chuan a chiang khawp mai. I tanpui che ka tum a ni."
  
  
  “Diamond te hi kan hralh tur a ni maithei?”
  
  
  'Ngei ngei. Bum theih i ni tih kan hmu a. Vaukhân che ka tum ta a ni. Ni engemaw zat hnuah Mr. Ballegoyer chuan i hnenah inhmuhkhawmna hun a ruahman ang a, chu chu i hmuhtir ang.
  
  
  "Tunah hian ka hmu thei ang em?" Nick chuan chu zawhna chu friendly tone nen a zawt a, chubakah chuan nuihzatthlak tak a nei bawk.
  
  
  “Hei hi thil theih a ni lo tih i hriat ka ring.Mr. Ballegoyer-a’n a rawn call ang che, chutih rual chuan tum nei lova pawisa i paih tur a ni lo.
  
  
  'Ka lawm e.'
  
  
  Inbiakna chu a tawp tawh niin a lang. "Awle, warning min pek avangin lawmthu ka sawi e," Nick chuan a ti a. "Diamond sumdawnna atan hian hun remchang thar ka hmu tam emaw a tlem emaw."
  
  
  ‘Chu chu kan hria. Chutiang khawpa mithiam lo tirh ai chuan mi fing tak, mi thiam lo tirh chhuah hi a tha zawk fo. Goodbye, Mr. Kent-a chu.
  
  
  Nick chu limousine atang chuan a chhuak a, Ballegoyer bula a thutna lamah chuan a kir leh ta a. Hmeichhia nena car chu ngawi rengin thir kawngkhar lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, a rawn chho chhuak a, thlasik tlai lamah chuan car chu a bo ta a ni. Licence plate chu a thim vek a. Kawngkhar chu a inhawng reng a, mahse Ballegooyer driver chuan car chu a start lo. "Ka tlai tawh," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  'Chutiang chuan straight, Mr. Kent. Cigarette a awm em?'
  
  
  'Ka lawm e.' Nick chuan cigarette a hal a. Limousine chu chhuah hun an pe a, ding a, license plate te pholan nan pawh a ni mai thei. Holder-ah flag an dah dawn em tih a ngaihtuah a. "Lady pawimawh tak."
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  "Min biak chuan engtin nge kan koh ang?"
  
  
  "I duh duh hming emaw code emaw la rawh."
  
  
  "Madam J?"
  
  
  'Tha.'
  
  
  Nick chuan Ballegoyer hian khawi atanga nge heng hliam zawng zawng hi a neih tih a ngaihtuah a. Fighter pilot atanga infantry sipai thlengin eng pawh ni thei mi a ni. Mi tling tak chu a chungchang sawifiahna awlsam lutuk a ni. He mipa hian eng dinhmunah pawh a mawhphurhna a hlen chhuak ang tih thutlukna siam chu chutiang chuan a harsa lo. Patton-a’n a ngaihsan em em British officer-te ang bawkin, duty a nih chuan tu pawh vuak khatin kan bei ang.
  
  
  Minute 15 hnuah Bentley chu Die Port van Cleve hotel hmaah chuan a ding ta a. Ballegoyer chuan, "Ka rawn call ang che. Inkhawmpui i remtih avangin ka lawm e, Mr. Kent."
  
  
  Nick chuan foyer-ah mi pakhat rawn hnaih chu a hmu a, a hawi let a, a fimkhur ta hle mai. Mi za tam tak chuan i sam pawh off course-ah paih lovin i kal pel thei a, mahse i hriatna chu razor sharp a nih a, i mit a fimkhur reng emaw, a hahdam lo emaw a nih chuan i hmuh hnua i hriat tawh ang maia lang mi a awm a ni. Kan zinga ṭhenkhat chuan, Hawk-a chuan vawi khat chu radar built-in kan nei a, bat ang maiin kan nei a ni.
  
  
  Chu pa chu mi pangngai a ni. A upa tawh hle a, a inchei tha hle a, mahse a thlum tha lo hle a, a hmui dum leh a kal dan pawh a khauh hle a, arthritis vang emaw, ruh natna vang chauh pawh a ni mai thei. A ngaihnawm lo hle - chutiang nih a duh vang a ni. Metal glasses a ha a, lens tinted tlem a nei bawk.
  
  
  Glass chuan Nick chuan chu pa chu a hre nghal thei lo. Chutah chu pa chuan: “Zanriah ṭha rawh, Mr. Kent. Kan kal ve tur a ni lo maw?Tuipui dungah chuan kal nuam tak a ni ang.
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. David Hawke a ni. "Lawmna nen," a ti a. Chu chu a sawi tum tak chu a ni. Ni hnih kalta chhunga thil thlengte sawiho chu thlamuanna a ni a, a chang chuan lungawi lo anga inlan mah se, Hawk-a thurawn chu a la reng a ni.
  
  
  Chu putar chu a hnathawhnain a koh lai khan khawngaihna a nei lo va, mahse a hmel atang chuan i hmu thei a nih chuan i chungah khawngaihna khat hmel i hmu a ni—i chungah lainatna mak tak nei hmel i hmu a ni. Hriatrengna ropui tak a nei a, chutiang mi pakhat chu a awm a, Nick chuan pawm a duh a, Hawk-a hriatrengna chu a hriatrengna aiin a tha zawk tih a sawi bawk. A thluak fiah tak chuan an inmilna hmun a hmuh hma loh chuan thudik thlirletna kawngah pawh a thiam hle bawk. A fimkhur hle a, judge-in a pianpui dan angin thil awmdan chu a sir thum atanga vawi khatah leh chhungril atanga thlir pawh a ni a, mahse chipchiar lama mithiam tam tak ang lo takin second khat chhungin thutlukna a siam thei a, a lo chhuah chuan rei tak a vawng tlat thei a ni dik tak a nih theih nan.
  
  
  Nieuwendijk-ah chuan an kal a, khawpui chungchang an sawi dun a, thlasik thli tleh chuan tu pawhin long-range microphone hmanga wiretapping theihna chance a tichhe thei tur hmun an thleng ta a ni. Chutah chuan Hawk chuan, “Vawiin atana i ruahmanna kha ka tichhe lo ang tih ka beisei a, rei lutuk ka dah lo ang che.Vawiin hian London lam ka pan a ngai a ni.
  
  
  "Helmy nen hian appointment kan nei a, mahse ka tlai dawn tih a hria."
  
  
  "Ah, dear Helmy. Chuti a nih chuan hma i sawn zel a ni. Kan dan hi Hoover-a dan nen a danglam lo tih hi i lungawi em?"
  
  
  "An zui a nih chuan rei vak lo a la ngai mai thei." - Nick hian Van der Lan, Van Rijn leh limousine chhunga hmeichhe puan inthuam nena an inhmuhkhawmna nena inzawm thil thlengte a sawi a. Helmy nena an juicy moments tih loh chu detail zawng zawng a note vek. Hemi kawngah hian engmah tih tur an nei lo.
  
  
  Nick-a'n a chanchin a sawi zawh rual chuan Hawk chuan, "Yenisei diamond chungchang hi ka hrilh dawn che a ni," a ti a, "NSA hian he intelligence hi kar khat chhung zet an nei tawh a, mahse kan hmu chauh a ni. Goliath hi a kal zawi zawi a ni," a ti. A tone chu a thlum hle mai. "Hetah hian heng diamond lei tur hian i lo kal nia thuthang a awm avangin an buaipui che a ni. Hmeichhia puan inthuam hi - kan rin ang a nih chuan - khawvela hmeichhe hausa ber pawl a ni. Chhan chiang tak tak eng emaw avangin a rel ta a ni." heng diamond te hi chuta tang chuan hralh tur a ni tih. Van der Laan leh Van Rijn te pawhin chhan hrang hrang avangin an ngaihtuah ve bawk a ni. Rukruin a tiam vang pawh a ni mai thei. A lei tu nih an phalsak che a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Cover tangkai tak a siam a ni," tiin a comment. "Inremna an siam chhuah a, engkim a chhuah hma loh chuan." Zawhna pawimawh tak chu: tuin nge nei tak tak? Hei hi kan spy-te chungchang thu leak leh Whitlock-a thihna nen a inzawm em?
  
  
  'Maithei. A nih loh leh a ni lo mai thei. Diamond center hrang hrang inkara courier kal zel avang hian Manson hi spy channel a lo ni ta mai mai ang. Yenisei diamond hi Amsterdam-ah hian an rawn hruai a, a chhan chu hetah hian hralh theih a nih vang leh Manson spy network hi hetah hian an buatsaih a ni. Chu chu rukruin a hriat vang a ni. Hawk chuan pangpar eng chhuak tam tak chu an sawi ang maiin a kawhhmuh a. A tiang chu khandaih ang maiin a chelh a, Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  "He counterintelligence problem-a min pui turin an lo insiam chhuak mai mai pawh a ni mai thei. Kan thu hriat dan chuan Herb Whitlock-a hian Van der Lahn hi a hre chiang hle a, mahse Van Rijn-a hi a hmu ngai lo a, Yenisei diamond chungchang pawh engmah a hre lo."
  
  
  "Whitlock-a'n an chanchin a hriat theihna tur a awm hauh lo. Hriat ni se chuan inzawmna engmah a siam lo ang. Tlem a dam rei zawk se chuan a siam thei maithei."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a tiang chu pavement chhungah chuan short stabbing motion hmangin a rawn thun lut a. - "Kan hrechhuak ang. Kan kuta kan neih ṭhenkhat hi tualchhung detective-te hnen aṭanga thup a ni mai thei. He Dutch defector hian Soviet Union-ah German mi a inti a, Hans Geyser tih hming puin. A te, a hring, kum sawmnga leh panga vel a ni." kum upa tawh.A sam dum hring hring a ni a, Siberia ramah chuan hmul dum a nei bawk.
  
  
  “Russian-ho hian he sawifiahna hi Dutch-ho hnenah an thlen lo mai thei?”
  
  
  'Maithei. Diamond ruk a tih hi kum 1945 atanga he Geyser awmna nen hian a inzawm lo a ni thei a, detective hian a lo thup che a ni thei bawk a, chu chu awmzia a nei ang."
  
  
  "He Geyser hi ka lo en reng ang."
  
  
  "A ni hi chu mi cher, tawi, dum, hmul nei lo a ni mai thei. Amah ang mipa tan chuan hengte hi a hmalam huna inthlak danglamna a ni mai thei. Chu chu he Geyser chungchang hi kan hriat zawng zawng a ni. Diamond expert. Engmah hi a chiang lo tak zet a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. - “Tun thlenga ka tawn tawh zingah tumah amah ang an awm lo.Min beitute ni lo.
  
  
  "A beih dan mumal lo tak a ni. Helmy hi airport-a kah tumna tak tak awmchhun a ni tih ka ring. Van der Laan-a hote an ni ngei ang. Helmy-a beih tumna hi spy courier a nih thu a hriatchhuah vang leh i ni thei ang tih an ngaihtuah vang a ni." CIA emaw FBI emaw agent a ni.
  
  
  “Tunah chuan a liquidation chungchangah an ngaihdan an thlak tawh mai thei?”
  
  
  'Awle. Assessment dik lo a awm. Danish mafiosi zawng zawng chibai bukna. New York-a Helmy-a chungchanga data awmte chu kan hre chiang hle. Manson-a thil neih chungchang a ni. Hetah hian entir a ni. He thah tumna hi a hlawhchham ta a ni. Chumi hnuah chuan briefcase chu a dinhmun tha takah a rawn thawn ta a ni. A acting pangngai hle. Diamond lei duhtu i ni palh a, an vet a, lei nan dollar tam tak hman tur a nei tih an enfiah bawk. Awle, diamond lei thin pangngai angin i in fit lo tih thutluknaah an lo thleng mai thei. Dik tak chuan a ni lo, a chhan chu Yenisei diamond i zawng a ni. Rinhlelhna a awm thei a, mahse hlauhna tur a awm lo. Assessment dik lo dang.
  
  
  Nick chuan Helmy-a hlauhthawnna chu a hrechhuak a. “Ka chau lutuk,” tih hi chhanna chak lo tak ang maiin a ri. Helmy-a te chhungkua hian a thupui hre lovin thu chi hrang hrang dahkhawm an tum a ni mai thei.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Thlawhna chhungah chuan a hlauthawng hle a ni," a ti. "A case chu a kutphahah chain ang maiin a chelh a. Amah leh Van der Lahn te pahnih hian case a hlan lai khan thaw halh halh ang maiin a lang. Chhan dang pawh an nei ve maithei."
  
  
  'Phurawm. Kan hre chiang lo a, mahse Van der Lahn hian Manson firm-a thil thleng chu a hrechhuak tih a hre lo tih kan ngaihtuah a ngai a ni. He zawhna lam hawi hi nangmahni kutah ka dah ang.
  
  
  An kal lai chuan kawngpui êng a rawn eng a. Amsterdam khawpuiah chuan thlasik zan pangngai a ni. A vawt lo, a lum lo, a vawt lo, mahse a nuam hle. Fimkhur takin Hawk chuan thil thleng hrang hrang chu a hrechhuak a, Nicky ngaihdan chu zawhna fiah lo tak tak hmangin a chhui chhuak ta a ni. A tawpah chuan putar chuan Hendrikkade Street lam a pan a, Nick chuan official business a tawp tawh tih a hre ta a. "Beer i in ang u, Nicholas," Hawk chuan a ti a. "I hlawhtlinna atan."
  
  
  Bar chhungah chuan an lut ta a. Architecture hlui, setting mawi tak. Henry Hudson-a’n India thliarkar Manhattan tlawh tura De Halva Maen-a lawnga a kal hmaa a glass hnuhnung ber a inna hmun nen a inang hle. Nick hian he thawnthu hi foamy beer glass khat a in hmain a sawi a ni.
  
  
  "Ni e," Hawk chuan lungngai takin a pawm a. "Explorer tia koh an ni. Mahse, a tam zawk chu anmahni hlawkna tur an zawng tih theihnghilh ngai suh. Chu mite chungchang zawhna tam zawk chu thumal pahnih hian a chhang ang a, Van der Lan, Van Rijn, leh chu puan hnung lama hmeichhia chungchang pawh .If you." he harsatna hi nangmah ngeiin chinfel suh, anmahni hi han en ve teh.
  
  
  Nick chuan a beer chu a in a, a nghak ta a. A chang chuan Hawk hian a ti â thei che a ni. Glass lian tak atang chuan a rimtui chu a thaw chhuak ta a. ‘Hm. Hei hi beer a ni. Zu leh flavoring dang thenkhat nen Still water.
  
  
  "Heng thu pahnih hi eng nge ni?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a glass chu zawi zawiin a in a, chutah thaw halh chungin a hmaah chuan a dah thla a. Tichuan a tiang chu a han chawi sang a.
  
  
  'Tunge chak zawk?' a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a Vauxhall-a a chawlh lai chuan ngaihdam a dil leh a. Helmy chu driver tha tak a ni. Car chhungah chuan ngaihsak lo takin a bula thu thei hmeichhe tlemte chauh an awm a, an tlan lai chuan lungngai lovin. Mahse Helmi chu inrintawk takin a chuang a. "Business, honey. Natna ang mai a ni. Engtin nge Five Flies hian ka tlai lutuk hi a siam tha ang?"
  
  
  "Flies panga?" lungngai zet hian a nui suk a. "Europe chungchang hi ni khatah $5-in i chhiar tam lutuk a. Tourist tan a ni."
  
  
  'Chuti a nih chuan hmun dang zawng rawh. Mak min ti rawh.'
  
  
  'Tha.'
  
  
  A zawh chuan a lawm hle. Kum zabi sawm leh pasarihnaa sak in mawi tak, a chhawng thumnaah "Zwarte Schaep"-ah an ei a, candle eng hmangin an ei a. Railing chu twisted rope hmanga siam a ni a; Copper bêl chuan bang charred chu a chei mawi hle. Engtik lai pawhin Rembrandt chu pipe sei tak kenga a vak kual lai leh a kut chuan a bialnu hnute lian tak chu a fawp lai hmuh i beisei. In tur chu a ṭha famkim a, ei tur pawh a ropui hle a, boruak pawh hun khawhral tur a ni lo tih hriat nawn tirna ropui tak a ni.
  
  
  Coffee leh cognac in laiin Nick chuan, “He hmuna min rawn hruai avangin lawmthu ka sawi tak meuh meuh a ni. Hetiang boruak karah hian pian leh thih hi thil pawimawh tak a ni tih min hriat nawn tir a, a inkar a thil thleng zawng zawng hi game a ni.
  
  
  "Yeah, he hmun hi hun kal tawha thil thleng tawh lo ang mai a ni." A kut chu a kut ah a nghat a. "I bula awm hi a nuam khawp mai, Norman. Ka him hlein ka hria, thil thleng zawng zawng hnuah pawh."
  
  
  Ka dam chhung zawng khan a chung berah ka awm a. Ka chhungte chu a duh danin an felin an lum hle a, mahse anmahni nen hian ka inhnaih vak ngai lo. Chuvang pawh a ni mai thei Holland leh Manson leh Phil te chungah chuan hetiang rilru lum tak hi ka nei a ni..."
  
  
  A ngawi ta thut mai a, Nick chuan a tap dawn niin a ngai. He hmeichhia hi kawng khata i nawr chuan a nuam a, mahse kawngpui inkar leh fork i thlen hunah fimkhur rawh. Amah hi khelhna game-a navigation a ni. A hmui a ti hup a. Hetiang khelhna thenkhat hi a tha tih i pawm a ngai a ni. A nail eng mawi tak chu a fawp a. "Heng diamond te hi details i check tawh em?"
  
  
  'Awle.' Transvaal Cullinan chungchang chu a hrilh a. Phil chuan Yenisei Cullinans an tih diamond a awm thu a sawi. Hralh tur an rawn pe mai thei.
  
  
  'Dik. Hemi chungchang hi i hrechiang thei ang. Thuziak chuan Soviet Union atanga rukbo niin Amsterdam-ah an bo tih a sawi.
  
  
  "I zawng tak tak tih hi a dik em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a ti a. "Norman Kent" chungchanga thuruk zawng zawng a sawifiah dan a ni.
  
  
  "Ni lo dear, thil ruk hralhna hi ka ngaihven ka ring lo. Mahse engtikah nge an offer dawn tih erawh ka en duh."
  
  
  Chu mitmeng dum thlum tak chu hlauhna leh rinhlelhna hmel takin a rawn kuah a.
  
  
  "Min ti buai a ni, Norman. Minute khat chu sumdawng i ni ka ti a, hun azirin i fing hle a, chutah chuan insurance inspector i ni mai thei em, a nih loh leh Interpol atanga lo kal mi i ni mai thei em tih ka ngaihtuah a. Chutiang a nih chuan, dear - tell me the." thudik.
  
  
  'Thudik tak leh dik takin, dear no.' Investigator chak lo tak a ni.
  
  
  Secret service eng emaw zat atan hna a thawk em tih a zawt mai tur a ni.
  
  
  "I room chhunga rawn beitu che kha thil thar an hmuchhuak tak tak ang em?"
  
  
  'Aih.'
  
  
  Paul Meyer chu a ngaihtuah ta a. Amah chu a hlauthawng em em mipa a ni. Engvangin nge Phil hian amah ang mipa nen hian inanna a neih? Hlauhna hnuhma chu a hnungzang atang chuan a rawn tla thla a, a kekawrte inkarah hmun khatah a awm ta a. Bullet in Schiphol - Meyer-a hnathawh a ni em? A nunna lak tumna a ni em? Phil-a thupek angin a ni mai thei? Aw ni lo. Phil ni lovin. Manson-a ni lo. Mahse, Kelly-a microtape-te chu engtin nge ni ang? A hmuchhuak lo a nih chuan Phil-a chu a zawt mai thei a, mahse tunah chuan a khawvel te tak te, a lo innghahna em em chu a chhungril thlengin a nghing ta. Tin, kalna tur pawh a hre lo.
  
  
  "Amsterdam-ah hian misual engzat nge awm tih hi ka ngaihtuah ngai lo, Norman. Mahse New York-a ka kir leh hunah chuan ka lawm hle ang, chutah chuan zanah ka apartment bula kawngpuiah kal ka hlau a nih pawhin. Attack vawi thum kan nei tawh a ni," a ti block hnih aia tlem lovah a awm.
  
  
  A lungawi lohna chu a hrethiam a, a khawngaih hle bawk. Mipa aiin hmeichhiate tan status quo siam a harsa zawk. A ro hlu angin a ngaisang a, a vuan tlat bawk. Anchor-te chu a nghet tlat a, tuifinriat thil nung pakhatin thlipui a hriat chuan coral reef chu hreh takin a check ang maiin. A zawh chuan: a dik em? a sawi tum chu: kei pawh min phatsan dawn lo em ni? Nick chuan an inkar boruak a danglam a nih chuan engtin nge ni ang tih a hria. Dik tak chuan engtik lai pawhin a duh angin a kal theih nan leverage tling tak a hmang thei ang. Thuneihna, a nih loh leh a anchor thenkhat chu Van der Lahn leh "Manson" te hnen atanga a hnena pek chhuah a duh a ni. Anmahni chu a ringhlel ang a, chutah chuan a zawt ang - .
  
  
  "Honey, Phil hian min bum a nih chuan min tichhe thei tur thil ti turin ka ring tak tak thei ang em?" tichuan a chhanna chu nghak rawh.
  
  
  Nick chuan a khalh let leh a. Stadhouderskade chu an tlan pel a, a bulah chuan a thu a. "Vawiin chu ka thikna a ni," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  'Engati nge?'
  
  
  "Nang leh Phil kha ka ngaihtuah a. Amah i ngaisang tih ka hria a, kawng engemaw takin a en che ka hmu bawk. A office-a sofa lian tha tak a neih chu a ni."
  
  
  Thil ka suangtuah tan ta. Duh lo pawh nise - big boss leh a ang chi.
  
  
  "Aw, Norman." A ke chhung lam chu a hrual a, a chunga lumna a siam theih chu mak a ti hle. ‘Hei hi a dik lo a ni. Chutah chuan sex kan hmang ngai lo - office-ah pawh kan hmang ngai lo. Ka sawi tawh ang khan vawi tlemte chauh chu chuta tang chuan kan chhuak ta a ni. Hemi chungchangah hian i â lutuk lo em ni?
  
  
  'Aih. Mahse, dar lim pawh hi thlem thei khawpin i mawi a ni.
  
  
  Darling, hei hi i duh dan a nih chuan kan inbum tur a ni lo.
  
  
  A kut chu a kuah a. "Chutiang ngaihtuahna tha lo chu a ni lo. I chungah hian rilru lum tak ka nei a, Helmy. Kan inhmuhna atang khan. Tin, chu mi hnu, nizan khan, a mak em em a ni. A tak tak lo, rilru natna chak tak tak a ni. I tel ve ang mai a ni." keimah.
  
  
  "Chutiang chu ka rilru a ni, Norman," a ti sap a. "A tlangpuiin tlangval ka inngaizawng leh inkawp loh pawh ka ngaihtuah ngai lo. I tlai dawn tih min hrilh tura min rawn call khan ka chhungrilah ruak ka inhria. Thil eng emaw chhiar ka tum a, mahse ka chhiar thei lo. Ka tih a ngai a ni." move.I had to Thil tih tur a awm.Ka thil tih kha i hria em?Dishes bunch khat ka sil a.
  
  
  Chutih laia min hmuh chuan mak i ti hle ang. Chawhmeh ei tur chuan a inchei a, apron lian tak leh rubber gloves a ha bawk. Ngaihtuah loh nan. I lo kal lo mai thei tih hlauvin.
  
  
  "Ka hrethiam che niin ka hria." - A yawn chu a suppress a. "Mut hun a ni tawh...
  
  
  Bathroom-a a awm lai leh tui a on lai chuan rang takin phone a call a. Hmeichhe aw pakhat, accent tlem tak nei chuan a chhang a. "Hello Mata," a ti a. "Ka sawi rei lutuk thei lo. Salameh-a lemziak chipchiar dang thenkhat chu sawipui ka duh che a ni. Hans Noorderbos hnen atangin chibai ka hrilh che a ngai a ni. Naktuk zing dar sawm leh a chanve velah i haw dawn em ni?"
  
  
  A rilru a buai em em a. Ngawi rengin a awm a. Tichuan ni e.'
  
  
  "Ni lamah tlem tal min pui thei ang em? Kaihruaitu ka mamawh. A hlawkthlak ang."
  
  
  'Awle.' A chhanna rang tak leh a tawi zawng chu a ngaisang hle. Bathroom chhunga tui chu a off a. Ani chuan, 'Awle, John. Goodbye' a ti a.
  
  
  Bathroom atang chuan Helmy chu a rawn chhuak a, a thawmhnaw chu a kut ah a dah a. Chair-ah chuan felfai takin a dah a. "I mut hmaa in tur i duh em?"
  
  
  'Ngaihtuahna ropui tak a ni.'
  
  
  Nick chuan a thaw chu a titawp a. Chu taksa mawi tak chu a hmuh apiang a ni. Eng nêm takah chuan fashion model ang maiin a eng chhuak a. A vun chu a vun angin a dum lo va, thawmhnaw pawh a ha lo. Glass chu a pe a, a nui suk a, nuihza thar, zakzum, lum tak a ni.
  
  
  A fawp a.
  
  
  Zawi zawiin khum lam pan chuan a kal a, glass chu nightstand chungah chuan a dah a. Nick chuan remti takin a en a. Sheet dum chungah chuan a thu a, a khup chu a hmui thlengin a hrual a. "Norman, kan fimkhur a ngai. I fing tih ka hria a, diamond chungchang pawh i hre tam hle a, mahse thil dik lo i hmuh theihna chance a awm reng. Order te tak te siam dan fing tak, i inpek hmaa i test theih tur." eng thil pawh lian zawk."
  
  
  Nick chu a bula khumah chuan a mu ta a. "I sawi dik alawm, honey. Hetiang hian tih ka duh ang tih ka lo ngaihtuah tawh a. Min pui tan a, a ngaihtuah a. Van der Lahn leh Manson lakah a vaukhân a, thu tam tak sawi lovin. A fawp a." him on the lobe, like a bride inviting her newlyweds to enjoy her lovemaking skills.A thaw a la a, zan chu tukverh pawnah a en a, heng curtain siam hi chutiang ngaihtuahna tha lo chu a ni lo ang, a ti a.
  
  
  A rangkachak blonde locks chu a fawp a. A nui suk a, "Chu chu a nuam lo em ni?"
  
  
  'Mak.'
  
  
  "Zankhuain hetah hian ngawi renga awm a, khawiah mah hmanhmawh lo turin ka sawi tum a ni. Hetiang hun zawng zawng hi kan tan kan nei vek dawn a ni."
  
  
  "A nih leh i hman dan pawh i hre chiang hle bawk."
  
  
  A nui hmel chu a seductive hle. "Nang aia tam lo. Ka sawi tum chu hetah hian awm lo ila chuan a danglam ang. Mahse, hun hi chutiang chuan a pawimawh lo. Mihring thil siam a ni. Hun hi a luah khat dan tur i hriat chauhvin a pawimawh a ni" zawi te hian a fawp a . "Philosopher tak tak a ni tih a ngaihtuah a. A hmui chu a taksa chungah a tlan tir a. “Tun ṭumah hian hriatrengna tur thil duhawm tak ka pe chhuak ang, duhtak,” a ti phun sap a.
  
  
  A kut zungtang hmanga a kawr chu fawp chungin: “Tin, ka pui ang che,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  
  Bung 5-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Apartment kawngkaa chhinchhiahna dum chu heti hian a inziak a: Paul Eduard Meyer. Helmy-a te, Van der Lahn-a te, Meyer-a sum lakluh leh duh zawng hretu tu pawhin chutah chuan tlawh ta se, mak an ti hle ang. Van der Lan pawhin hei hi a chhui tan dawn a ni.
  
  
  Naarderweg thlir theihna in hlui pakhat chhawng thumnaah apartment. Building nghet tak, hlui tak, Dutch chauha service uluk tak nei. Kum tam tak kal ta khan naupang pathum neiin building materials zuar pakhat chuan a kianga apartment te tak te chu a rent thei a.
  
  
  Bang chu a tichhia a, suites pahnih a inzawm khawm ta a ni. Inzawmna tha tak nei mah se, pawmpuina zawng zawng hian thla sarih tal a la ngai ang;Netherlands-ah chuan chutiang hnathawh zawng zawng chu kawng hrang hrang, leilung hnim hring ang maia tuiah i pil ang maia kal a ni. Mahse a zawh hnu chuan he apartment hian pindan pariat aia tlem lo a nei a, balcony sei tak a nei bawk. Kum thum kalta khan a thingpui huan hnuhnung ber chu a thil neih dangte nen a hralh a, South Africa-ah a kal ta a ni. Rent tura lo kal leh pawisa faia pe tura lo kal chu Paul Edward Meyer a ni. In luahtu ngawi reng a ni a, zawi zawiin sumdawng a lo ni ta a, tlawhtu tam tak a dawng a ni. Tlawhnaah hian hmeichhiate an sawi lo va, he thu-ah hian an zinga pakhat chu tunah chuan stairs-ah a chhuk thla tawh nachungin. Mahse tlawhtu zawng zawng chu mi zahawm tak tak an ni a, Meyer ang bawkin. A bik takin tunah chuan mi hausa tak a lo ni ta.
  
  
  Meyer-a hausakna chhan chu a tlawh tura lo kal mipuite vang a ni a, a bik takin kum nga kalta a chhuak Nicholas G. de Groot-a nen chuan apartment mawi tak, lian tak enkawl turin thu a pe a, chu mi hnu lawkah a bo nghal a ni. Paul hian tun hnai khan De Groot hi Russian ho tan diamond expert a nih thu a hre ta a. Chu chu De Groot-a’n a hrilh duh zawng zawng chu a ni. Mahse, chu chu a tawk. He apartment lian takah hian De Groot a rawn lang nghal a, "I ru a ni," tih chu a sawi tur awmchhun a ni tih a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  "Ka hmu ta. Tin, nang pawhin i chanvo i hmu ve bawk ang. Van der Lan chu thimah dah la, engmah sawi suh."
  
  
  De Groot hian Van der Lan leh midang ngaihven duhte chu post restante hmangin a biak a ni. Yenisei diamonds te hi hmun dangah De Groot-a luggage chhunga thil hmuh theih loh package-ah an thup a. Vawi thum lai Paula chuan an hnena thlen a tum a, mahse a hmuh theih loh lai chuan a beidawng lutuk lo. Mi dangin puak thei package chu hawn tum se a tha zawk fo - him taka an chanvo an hmuh ai chuan.
  
  
  Chumi zing ṭha takah chuan De Groot chuan coffee a in a, chawhmeh tui tak a ei bawk. Harry Hasebruck-a thil rawn ken chu a han en kual a, balcony atanga thlir chuan nuam a ti hle. mail hmanga thawn a ni. Hun rei tak kal ta khan a hming Hans Geyser a nih lai khan De Groot hi mipa tawi, sam dum a ni. Tunah chuan Hawk-a’n a lo rin lawk angin brunette tawi tak a ni ta. Hanz Geyser hi mi methodical tak a ni a. Camouflage pawh a tha hle a, vun rawng leh dark nail polish thlengin a tha hle. Mi tenau tam tak ang lo takin De Groot hi a hmanhmawh lo va, a langsar lo bawk. Nun chhungah zawi zawiin a vakvai a, mi ngaihnawm lo leh langsar lo tak, hriat hlawh hlauhna nei pawh a ni mai thei. Role langsar lo tak a thlang a, a thiam tawk hle.
  
  
  Harry Hasebruck hi De Groot nen kum inang deuh vek an ni. Kum sawmnga vel zeta upa leh a san zawng leh a sak dan inang vel a ni. Ani pawh hi Fuhrer-a ngaihsan tak a ni a, a hun lai khan Germany-ah thil tam tak a tiam a ni. Pa a mamawh vang emaw, a duhthusam chhuahna tur hmun a zawn vang emaw pawh ni se. Tunah chuan De Groot pawhin chutih lai chuan a tisual tih a hre ta a ni. Resource tam tak a hmang a, chutah chuan hun rei tak chhung chu hlawhtlinna engmah a nei lo tak zet a ni. Hasebrouck ngei pawh chutiang chu a ni a, De Groot lakah chuan a rinawm tak zet a ni.
  
  
  De Groot-a’n Yenisei diamond chungchang a hrilh chuan Hasebroeck-a chu a nui suk a, “Engtikah emaw chuan i hlawhtling dawn tih ka hria a, jackpot lian tak a ni dawn em ni?
  
  
  “Ni e, sum tam tak a ni ang.Ni e, hei hi kan zavaia tan a tawk ang.”
  
  
  Khawvela Hasebroeck chauh hi De Groot-a tan chuan amah ni lo chu rilru dang a nei thei a ni.
  
  
  Lehkhate chu uluk takin a en kual a. “Harry, sangha te hian an seh a, Van Rijn hian Friday hian meeting neih a duh a, Zirtawpniah Van der Lan.
  
  
  "Ka inah?"
  
  
  ‘Ni e, province hrang hrangah.
  
  
  'A hlauhawm em?'
  
  
  'Awle. Mahse a tul a ni.
  
  
  "Engtin nge kan awm ang?"
  
  
  "Kan awm a ngai dawn a ni. Mahse fimkhur tak leh ralthuam keng chungin. Paula hian Van der Lan chungchang thu min pe ang. Philip hian keimah aiah amah hi a hmang fo thin. Chumi hnuah chuan information chu ka hnenah a pass leh thin. An pahnih hian an nui suk a. Mahse van Rijn nen chuan a ni mai thei." case danglam tak a ni.Amah hi engtin nge i ngaih?’ tiin a sawi.
  
  
  "Ka hnen atanga lei tura min rawn rawt khan mak ka ti hle."
  
  
  "A tha khawp mai, Harry... Mahse chuti chung chuan...."
  
  
  De Groot chuan coffee no khat dang a rawn leih leh a. A hmelah chuan ngaihtuahawm tak a ni. Hasebroeck chuan, "Inelna pathum hi a dik lo - an inrawlh ang," tiin Hasebroeck chuan a sawi.
  
  
  'Ngei ngei. Khawvela diamond connoisseur lian ber an ni. Mahse, engvangin nge ngaihvenna an lantir tam loh? "A hlauhawm lutuk," an ti a. A hnena hralh tur chuan buyer hmingthang tak i mamawh a ni. Nangmah ngeiin diamond zuar ang maiin. Mahse chuti chung chuan khawvel hmun hrang hrangah diamond ruk tam tak an hralh chhuak a ni. Raw material an mamawh a ni.
  
  
  "Kan fimkhur a ngai a ni."
  
  
  "A dik e, Harry. Diamond lem i nei em?"
  
  
  "Hmun rukah dah a ni. Car pawh a lock a ni."
  
  
  "Hriamhrei te pawh a awm em?"
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  "Dar khat velah ka hnenah lo kal rawh. Chutah chuan kan kal ang. Putar pahnihin rulhut te hi an rawn tlawh dawn a."
  
  
  “Camouflage atan hian dark glasses kan mamawh a ni,” Hasebroeck chuan serious takin a ti a.
  
  
  De Groot chu a nui suk a. Harry chu amah nena khaikhin chuan a bengchheng hle. Hun rei tak kal ta a Germany a chhuahsan lai kha a ni... Mahse, Harry, sipai rintlak tak, beisei lutuk loh tur chu a ring thei a ni. Harry hian he hna bik De Groot-a’n Van der Lahn nena an thawh dun chungchang hi a zawt ngai lo va, mahse Moscow emaw midang emaw hnena courier service chungchang hrilh hian awmzia a nei lo. De Groot hian an inzawmnaah hian sumdawnna - Van der Lahn-a'n thu leh hla phurh (transport of information) a tih angin - a thawk a ni. Hlawkna tam tak a pe a, a chang chuan a tlem zawk a, mahse a tawpah chuan sum lakluhna tha tak a ni. Tunah chuan rei lutuk i tih chhunzawm chuan risky lutuk a ni tawh.
  
  
  Van der Lahn tan chuan courier dang zawn chu a awlsam em? Chumi atan chuan kal nghal ta se, Russian-ho hian a tan hian an khingpui an nei mai thei. Mahse a tana pawimawh ber chu De Groot a ni.
  
  
  Heng Yenisei diamond te hi a paih chhuah a ngai a, chutih lai chuan rulhut te chu an tan an inbei a ni. De Groot-a hmui khauh, hring, rawng nei lo chu a compress a. Heng rannungte hian anmahni inkara thliar hrang rawh se.
  
  
  Helmy-a a kal hnu chuan, hlim leh hlim tak, Nick-a bula awm chuan a lungkhamna a tihziaawm ang maiin, Nick-a chu khawpui pawn lama zin turin a inpeih ta a ni. Fimkhur takin a inbuatsaih a, a hmanraw bik chu a enchhin a.
  
  
  Typewriter print thei lo part atang chuan rang takin silai a rawn khawm a. Typewriter chu a dah khawm leh a, chutah a suitcase-ah a thup ta a ni. AX-in special resources atana a thiamna - Stuart-a chuan he thil hmuhchhuah hi a chhuang hle a ni. Nick chu a zin chhuah hunah luggage rit lutuk tur chu a ngaihtuah deuh hlek a. A mamawh silai a khawn khawm hnu chuan. Nick chuan chocolate pathum leh comb pakhat a enfiah a, chungte chu molded plastic a siam a ni. Capsule an awm a, ṭhenkhat chu damdawi bottle-ah an awm a, damdawi ziakna nen a khat vek... A bungruaah pawh hian ballpoint pen tam tak a awm a, chu chu rawng hrang hrang paruk group-ah ṭhen a ni... Ṭhenkhat chu detonator atan picric acid a ni a, hun kal zelah ignition a ni minute sawm chhung a ni. A dangte chu puak thei thil a ni a, a blue te chu fragmentation grenade a ni. A chhuah dawn chuan - a room-ah thil tlemte chauh dahin - van Rijn leh Van der Lahn-te chu a ko a, anmahni nena inhmuhkhawmna chu a nemnghet ta a ni. Chutah Helmy chu a phone a, a beidawnna chu a hre ta a, “Darling, vawiin hian ka hmu thei dawn lo che, weekend hmang turin Van der Lahn-a inah i kal dawn em ni?
  
  
  "Hetiang i sawi tur hi ka lo nghak reng tawh a. Mahse, ka lo lawm fo thin...."
  
  
  "Reilote chu ka buai hle maithei. Mahse, Zirtawpniah kan inhmuh ang."
  
  
  'Tha.' Zawi zawiin a tawng a, a buai hle bawk. Khawiah nge a awm dawn tih leh eng nge a tih dawn tih a ngaihtuah tih a hria a, a lo guess a, a buai hle bawk. Rei vak lo chu a khawngaih ta...
  
  
  A duhthusamin game-ah hian a lut a, a dan rough tak takte pawh a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  A Peugeot rental car-ah chuan Amsterdam leh a chhehvel map chipchiar tak hmangin guidebook-ah address chu a hmu a. Pangpar cart atang chuan pangpar bawm a lei a, Dutch ram hmel chu mak a ti leh a, in lam pan chuan a kal ta a.
  
  
  Mata chuan bell a ri lai tak chuan kawngka chu a hawng a. “Ka hmangaih,” a ti a, a taksa tui tak leh a taksa duhawm tak inkar pangpar chu an tikehsawm ta mai a. Kisses and carsses Hun rei tak a daih a, mahse a tawpah chuan pangpar chu vase-ah a dah a, a mit a hrufai ta a ni. “Awle, a tawpah chuan kan inhmu leh ta a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "I tap tur a ni lo."
  
  
  "Hun rei tak a ni. Kei chu ka rilru a buai em em a. Jakarta min hriatchhuah tir a."
  
  
  "Lawm takin, ka beisei?"
  
  
  'Ngei ngei. Chutih laia i tih tur chu i ti tih ka hria.
  
  
  "Hetah hian hna ang chiah chiah hi ka lo kal a ni. Ka hming chu Norman Kent a ni. Ka hmaa he hmuna awm kha Herbert Whitlock a ni. A chanchin hi i hre ngai lo em ni?
  
  
  'Awle.' - Mata chu zawi zawiin a home bar te tak te lam pan chuan a kal ta a. "Hetah hian a in nasa lutuk a, mahse tunah chuan kei pawhin ka mamawh ve niin ka hria. Coffee with Vieux?
  
  
  "Hei hi engnge?"
  
  
  "Dutch cognac pakhat chiah a ni."
  
  
  "Awle, ka duh khawp ang."
  
  
  In tur chu a rawn keng a, a bulah chuan sofa zau tak, rawng hrang hranga mawi takah chuan a thu ta a. "Awle, Norman Kent. Engti kawng mahin Herbert Whitlock nen hian ka inzawm lo che a, mahse tunah chuan hna tam tak a lak chhan leh sumdawnna tam tak a tih chhan hi ka hrethiam tan tawh a ni. Ka lo chhut thei ang."
  
  
  ‘A ni lo maithei. Shape leh size hrang hrang kan nei a. En ..."
  
  
  Nui tawi leh thuk zet hian a titawp a. A mit a chhing a... En teh. A pocket atang chuan map a la a, Volkel chhehvel chu a entir a. "Heng hmunte hi i hria em?"
  
  
  'Awle. Second khat tal nghak rawh. Topographic map ka nei a.
  
  
  Room dangah a lut a, Nick chuan apartment chu a chhui ta a. Room zau tak tak pali a awm. A man a to hle mai. Mahse Mata chu a ding tha hle a, a nih loh leh, fiamthu tha lo tak hmang ila, a hnungzang chungah a mu ta a ni. Indonesia ramah chuan Mata hi an ram atanga hnawhchhuah a nih thlengin secret agent a ni. Inremna a ni a, chuti lo chuan an khauh zawk thei ang.
  
  
  Mata chu a rawn let leh a, a hmaa map chu a han phelh a. ‘Hei hi Volkel area a ni.
  
  
  "Address chu ka nei. Pieter-Jan van Rijn-a ram in ta a ni. I hmu thei ang em?"
  
  
  Line leh shading inthup tak tak te chu an en a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian a patrimony a awm tur a ni. Lo leh ramngaw tam tak a awm a, he ramah hian an tlem hle a, an man pawh a to hle.
  
  
  "Nilengin ka bula awm thei turin ka duh che. Chu chu a theih chuan?
  
  
  A lam chu a hawi a. Oriental wrap ang chiah chiah, kawr awlsam tak a ha a. Taksa pum puia ha a ni a, a hnute curve te a lantir bawk. Mata chu a te a, a thim bawk a, Helmi nen chuan a inpersan tak zet a ni. A nuih chu a rang hle mai. Hlimna rilru a pu a. Kawng engemaw takah chuan Helmy aiin a fing zawk. Thil tam tak a paltlang tawh a, tuna a tawn mek aiin hun harsa zawk pawh a paltlang tawh bawk. A nunah hian thinrimna a nei lo. A nih ang angin a tha hle - mahse a hlimawm hle. A mit dum chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a en a, a hmui sen chu nuihzat hmel zet hian a rawn inher chhuak bawk. A kut pahnih chu a sir lamah a dah a. "I lo let leh dawn tih ka hria, darling. Eng thilin nge rei tak a awmtir che?"
  
  
  A hnua inhmuhkhawm vawi hnih leh hun tha tak atanga inkuahna tlemte hnuah chuan an chhuak ta a ni. Khualzinna atana inbuatsaih nan minute li aia rei a hmang lo. A kawngka hmaa mi dik lo a rawn lan chuan chutiang chuan a hnunglam bang atang chuan a la bo nghal vat em tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  An tlan lai chuan Nick-a chuan, "Mil za leh sawmnga vel vel a nih ka ring. Kawng i hria em?"
  
  
  'Awle. Den Bosch lam chu kan pan ta a. Chumi hnuah chuan police station emaw post office-ah emaw kawng ka zawh thei bawk. Rorelna dik lamah i la ding reng a ni lawm ni? A hmui lum tak chu teasing line-ah a curl a. “Ka hmangaih che, Nick. Ka hmu leh thei che hi ka lawm hle mai.Mahse, aw well, kawng zawh tur cafe kan zawng dawn nia.”
  
  
  Nick chuan a lehlamah a en a. He nula hian tih dan a nei a, a hriat tirh atang tawh khan a thinrim tir thin. A lawmna chu thup in, “Van Rijn hi khua leh tui zahawm tak a ni. Khualzin fimkhur tak ang mai kan ni tur a ni. Nakinah post office-ah han tum leh teh. Vawiin tlai hian a bulah appointment ka nei a. Mahse, he hmun hi uluk taka chhui ka duh a, eng nge i tih a chanchin i hria em?'
  
  
  ‘Chutiang chuan a ni lo. Vawikhat chu a company-a advertisement department-ah ka thawk a, party-ah vawi hnih emaw vawi thum emaw ka hmu thin."
  
  
  "I hre lo em ni?"
  
  
  'Enge i sawi awmzia?'
  
  
  “Awle, ka hmu - ka hmu a, mimal takin i hria em?
  
  
  'Aih. He thu hi ka hrilh che a ni. A tlem berah chuan ka khawih lo, chu chu i sawi tum a nih chuan.
  
  
  Nick chuan a nui suk a.
  
  
  "Mahse," Mata chuan a ti chhunzawm a, "sumdawnna company lian zawng zawng nen chuan Amsterdam hi khaw pakhat aia tam a ni tak tak lo tih hriatna i nei nghal vat a. Khaw lian tak, mahse khaw pakhat a ni. Heng mi zawng zawng hi...
  
  
  - Van Rijn hi engtin nge a awm?
  
  
  "Ni lo, ni lo, rei lo te chhung chu ka ngaihtuah a. Ni lo. Amah ni lo. Mahse Amsterdam hi a te lutuk. Sumdawnna lamah chuan mi ropui tak a ni. Inlaichinna tha tak a ni. Ka sawi tum chu, chutiang mite ang khan underworld nen hian inzawmna nei ta se. . Jakarta-a kan hriatte ang khan - chu chu ka hre ngei ang tih ka ring."
  
  
  Phên dangin sawi ila, spy hna a thawk lo.
  
  
  Aih. Speculator dang zawng aiin a dik zawkin ka ring lo, mahse - engtin nge i sawi? - a kut a thianghlim tawh."
  
  
  'Tha. Van der Laan leh "Manson" te hi engtin nge an awm?
  
  
  'Awh. Ka hre lo. He thu hi ka lo hre tawh a. Thil shady tak tak a ngaina tak zet a ni."
  
  
  Engmah sawi lovin hun eng emaw chen an khalh a. “A nih leh nang, Mata,” Nick chuan a ti a, “engtin nge i thil thim tak chu?”
  
  
  A chhang lo. A melh zauh a. A Eurasian profile nalh tak chu ran vulhna hmun mawi tak takte nen chuan a langsar hle.
  
  
  “Tun hma zawng aiin i mawi zawk a ni, Mata,” a ti a. “Engtin nge sum leh pai leh khumah thil a kal?”
  
  
  Darling... Chuvang chuan Singapore ah min kalsan em? Ka hmeltha em avangin?
  
  
  "Hei hi a man ka pek tur chu a ni. Ka hna hi i hria. Amsterdam-ah ka hruai kir leh thei ang che?"
  
  
  A thaw halh a. Ni lo, honey, ka hmu leh thei che hi ka lawm hle mai. Tuna kan nuih ang hian ka nui thei lo chauh a ni, darkar engemaw zat chhung chu. Ka thawk mek a ni. Europe ram zawng zawngah min hre chiang hle. Min hre chiang khawp mai. Ka tha e.'
  
  
  "He apartment avang hian a tha hle."
  
  
  "Ani hian sum tam tak min seng a. Mahse thil mawi tak ka mamawh. Hmangaihna? Thil danglam bik a awm lo. Thian tha, mi tha. Hei hi ka tuar thei tawh lo." Amah chu a innghat a, zawi te hian a ti leh a: "Ka hriat tirh che atang khan..."
  
  
  Nick chuan a kuah a, a rilru a hah deuh hlek a.
  
  
  Den Bosch pawn kawngpui sira tavern te tak te pakhata chaw tui tak kan ei hnu rei vak lovah Mata chuan hmalam a kawhhmuh a. "Hei hi map atanga side road a ni. Kawngpui tenau zawk dang a awm loh chuan Van Rijn-a estate thleng tur hian he kawngpui hi kan zawh a ngai a ni. Netherlands-a ram hectare tam tak nei tur chuan chhungkaw hlui atanga lo piang a ni tur a ni.
  
  
  "Manicure thing atang chuan barbed wire fence sang tak a rawn chhuak a, kawngpui nena inmil taka tlan turin angle dik tak a siam a. "Chu chu a property line a ni mai thei," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  'Awle. Maithei.'
  
  
  Kawngpui chu car pahnih in paltlang theihna tur khawpin a zau lo hle a, mahse hmun thenkhatah chuan a zau tawh hle. Thingkungte chu an inchei tha hle niin a lang. Leiah chuan thinghnah emaw, thil chhe hnuhma emaw hmuh tur a awm lo va, thlai pawh a inchei ṭha hle niin a lang. Kawngkhar piah lamah chuan ramngaw atang chuan leilung kawngpui a lo chhuak a, a inher deuh a, kawngpui nen chuan a inmil hle a, chutah chuan thing hnung lamah chuan a bo leh ta a ni. Nick chuan extension pakhatah chuan car chu a dah a. "Ram vulhna hmun ang mai a ni. Van Rijn chuan sakawr a nei tih a sawi." - Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian turnstile a awm lo. Pakhat kan paltlang a, mahse a chungah chuan lock lian tak a awm a, kan han en leh ang em?
  
  
  ‘Minute khat hnuah. Card ka nei thei ang em, khawngaihin?
  
  
  Topographic map a zir chiang a. 'Dik. Hetah hian leilung kawngpui anga chhinchhiah a ni. Ramngaw lehlamah chuan a kal ta a."
  
  
  A khalh zawi zawih zawih a.
  
  
  "Engvangin nge tunah hian main entrance atang chauhvin i tlan loh vang? Jakarta-ah pawh chutiang chu i ti tha vak lo ang tih ka hre reng."
  
  
  "Ni e, Mata, ka hmangaih. Chutiang chuan tih dan i unlearn rang lo. En teh, hetah hian..." Thingpui huanah chuan tire track faint tak tak a hmu a. Chu chu a zui a, second engemaw zat hnuah car chu a park a, a then chu kawngpui atanga thup a ni .United States-ah chuan Lovers Lane an ti a, chutah chuan fences a awm lo chauh a ni.“I’m going to take a look. Ka lo kal hma hian he hmun chungchang hi thil engemaw hriat ka duh fo thin."
  
  
  A hmai chu a lam hawiin a ti sang a. “A nihna takah chuan Helmi aiin a duh danin a mawi zawk daih a ni,” a ti a. Rei tak a fawp a, chabi chu a pe ta a. "I bulah dah rawh."
  
  
  "I lo haw lo a nih chuan engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan in lamah i haw a, Hans Norderbos hnenah a chanchin zawng zawng chu i hrilh vek ang.” Mahse ka rawn let leh ang."
  
  
  Car chung lamah chuan a chhuk a, heti hian a ngaihtuah a: “Tun thleng hian hetiang hian ka ti fo thin. Mahse, ni khat chu hetiang hi a thleng dawn lo. Mata hi a practical em em a ni. Springs-a car tichhe thei khawpa nawr chuan fence chu a zuang thla ta a ni. Khaw lehlamah chuan a tlu leh a, a inher a, A keah a tla leh a, chutah chuan Mata lam chu a hawi a, a nui suk a, rei vak lo a bawkkhup a, thing zingah a bo ta a ni.
  
  
  Thingkung inkarah chuan rangkachak ni êng nêm tak a tla a, a hmuiah chuan a awm reng a. Chutah chuan a inbual a, cigarette a in a, a ngaihtuah a, a hre reng bawk. Jakarta-ah Norman Kent-a chu a zui lo. Tichuan hming dangin an hre ta a. Mahse, mi thiltithei, hmeltha, nghing thei lo, thuruk Juda zuitu kha a la ni reng a ni. Q-ship, Judah leh Heinrich Müller-a hmunpui a zawn lai khan a awm lo. A tawpah he Chinese junk hi a hmuh chuan Indonesian hmeichhe dang pakhat a awm bawk. Mata chu a thaw halh a.
  
  
  Indonesia rama kha nula kha a hmeltha hle mai. Amah ang bawka hmeltha an ni mai thei, a hmeltha zawk pawh a ni mai thei, mahse chu chu an inang vek a ni. An inkarah hian danglamna nasa tak a awm a. Mata chuan ni tlak leh zing inkarah mipa duhzawng chu a hre chiang hle a, chu nula chu en turin a rawn kal ve chauh a ni. Chu nula chuan a zah pawh chu thil mak a ni lo. Norman Kent hi hmeichhe naupang tu pawh nunna thawk chhuak thei mipa famkim a ni.
  
  
  Mata chuan Norman-a bona ramngaw chu a zir chiang a. He Pieter-Jan van Rijn chungchanga a hriatte chu hriat reng a tum a. A sawi chhuak ta a. Inzawmna ropui tak. Rinawmna. A hrechhuak leh ta. Thu dik lo a pe thei ang em? A hre tawk lo pawh a ni mai thei;Van Rijn hian a hre tak tak lo. Hetiang thil hi a la hre ngai lo.
  
  
  Car atang chuan a chhuk a, cigarette chu a paih a, a savun boot sen chu a phelh a. Peugeot chung atanga fence chunga a zuang chu Nick-a angin a hla lo mai thei, mahse a mawi zawk. A chhuk thla nghal zat bawk. A boots chu a bun leh a, thing lam pan chuan a kal ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu kawngpui dungah chuan yard za tam tak a kal a. A bula thlai tawi leh thuk tak chu engmah hnutchhiah loh nan a kal kual a. Kawngpui chuan ramngaw a paltlangna hmun bend thui takah chuan a thleng ta a. Nick chuan kawng inhawng chu zawh loh a tum a, chu chu parallel takin ramngaw chhungah chuan a kal ta a.
  
  
  Trail chuan thing kawngpui rustic tak, kar tin linseed oil hmanga hnawih ang maia lui chu a paltlang a. Thingkung chu a eng chhuak vek mai. Chu lui kam chu ramngaw chhunga thingte ang bawkin a enkawl tha hle niin a lang a, a luang thuk tak chuan sangha man tha tak a tichiang niin a lang. Tlâng pakhat a thleng a, chutah chuan a chhehvêl a hmuh theih nân thingkung zawng zawng an lo hrual vek tawh a.
  
  
  Panorama chu a mak khawp mai. Postcard ang mai a ni tak zet a, chutah chuan: "Dutch landscape" tih ziak a ni. Ramngaw chu kilometre khat vel zeta zau a ni a, a chhehvêla thing chhûngte pawh chu a chhe vek ang maiin a lang. An hnungah chuan loneih theihna ram felfai tak tak a awm a. Nick chuan binocular te te hmangin a zir chiang a. Lote chu buh, pangpar leh thlai chi hrang hrang khawlkhawmna mak tak mai a ni. Pakhatah chuan mipa pakhat chuan tractor sen a thawk a, pakhatah chuan hmeichhe pahnih chu lei hmanga thil tih tumin an bawkkhup a. Heng field piah lamah hian in lian tak mawi tak, pawn lam in engemaw zat awmna leh greenhouse row sei tak tak, ni chhuahna hmuna eng mawi tak tak awmna a awm a.
  
  
  Vawilehkhatah Nick chuan a binoculars chu a dah thla a, a hnim a. Mi pakhatin cigar a zuk a. Rang takin tlângah chuan a chhuk a, thing karah chuan a inthup ta a. Tlang sir lehlamah chuan Daf 44 Comfort chu bush inkar ah a ding tih a hmu a. Wheel track-ah chuan ramngaw chhungah a zigzag tih a lang.
  
  
  Lei chu a zir chiang a. He carpet awmna hmunah hian kawng engmah zawh theih a ni lo. Mahse ramngaw a a kal lai chuan a rim chu a zual sauh sauh a. Mi pakhat chu a hnunglam hawi chungin, binoculars hmanga ramngaw a zir lai chu a hmu a. A kekawr ipte chu a chet deuh a, a holster chhunga Wilhelmina chu a thlah a, a khuh ta a. Chu pa chu a hawi let nghal vat a, Nick chuan, "Hi," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chu lungawi takin a nui suk a. Hawk-a thusawi chu a ngaihtuah a: "Mi dum, hmul nei kum sawmnga leh panga vel zawng rawh." Ropui! Nicolaas E. de Groot chuan a nui let a, hmangaihna nen a lu a bu nghat a. 'Chibai. Hetah hian view ropui tak a awm."
  
  
  Nui hmel leh friendly nod chu a lang chiang mai. Mahse Nick chu a bum lo. “He pa hi thir ang maia khauh a ni,” a ti a, “Mak tak mai. Hei hi ka hmuh hmasak ber a ni. Chutah chuan kawng i hre tawh ang mai a ni” Dafa thup lam chu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  Hetah hian ka lo kal tawh a, kea kal fo ni mahse. Mahse, kawngkhar a awm. Castle pangngai tak a ni. De Groot chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt.
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan kan pahnih hian intruder kan ni ngei ang?"
  
  
  Hetiang hian han sawi ila: scouts. Hei hi tu in nge tih i hria em?
  
  
  "Pieter-Jan van Rijn" tih a ni.
  
  
  ‘A dik chiah.’ De Groot chuan ngun takin a zir chiang a. "Diamond ka hralh thin, Mr. Kent, khawpuiah chuan i lei tih ka hre tawh."
  
  
  "Chuvang pawh a ni mai thei, Van Rijn-a in kan en reng pawh a ni mai thei. Oh, leh nang pawhin i hralh mai thei, a nih loh leh ka lei mai thei bawk."
  
  
  - Dik taka chhinchhiah a ni, Mr. Kent. Tin, tunah hian kan inngaizawng tawh avangin mediator kan mamawh tawh lo mai thei bawk."
  
  
  Nick chuan a ngaihtuah vat a. Chu putar chuan hei hi a hrethiam nghal a. Zawi zawiin a lu a thing nghut a. "Diamond specialist ka ni lo, Mr. De Groot. Mr. Van Rijn hi ka lakah ka hawitir a nih chuan hun rei tak chhung chu ka hlawkpui dawn em tih ka hre lo."
  
  
  De Groot chuan binoculars chu a kekawr ipte chunga innghat savun case chhungah chuan a thun lut a. Nick chuan a kut che vel chu uluk takin a en reng a. "Hei hi thumal khat pawh ka hrethiam lo. Nangni American ho hi sumdawnna lamah in fing hle an ti. He deal-ah hian Van Rijn-a commission sang zia hi in hre chiang em?"
  
  
  ‘Pawisa tam tak. Mahse ka tan chuan guarantee a ni thei."
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan he product hi i ngaihtuah em em a nih chuan nakinah kan inhmu thei maithei.I expert nen - rintlak a nih chuan.
  
  
  "Van Rijn hi expert a ni. A chungah ka lawm hle." Mipa naupang chu chak takin a kal leh a, formal grey suit ha lovin breeches leh combat boots ha ang maiin a che a.
  
  
  A lu a thing nghut a. "He dinhmun thara i advantage hi i hrethiam lo niin ka hria."
  
  
  'Tha. Mahse, heng Yenisei diamond te hi min hmuhtir thei ang em?
  
  
  'Maithei. An inhnaih hle mai.
  
  
  'Car-ah chuan?'
  
  
  'Ngei ngei.'
  
  
  Nick chuan a ti tens a. He pa te tak te hi a inrintawk lutuk a. Mit khap chhungin Wilhelmina chu a rawn phawrh chhuak ta a. De Groot chuan a trunk sei tak blue chu casual takin a en a. A danglamna awm chhun chu a mitmeng inrintawk tak, hrual hrual chu a rawn meng chhuak ta a ni. "I car en tur hian ramhnuaiah midang an awm ngei ang," Nick chuan a ti a. - “Hetah hian amah emaw, amah emaw ko rawh.
  
  
  Tin, prank pawh a awm lo, khawngaihin. Chutiang pistol atanga silai mu chuan eng nge a tih theih tih i hre ngei ang."
  
  
  De Groot hian a hmui tih loh chu taksa ruh pakhat mah a ti che lo. "Luger hi ka hre chiang khawp mai, Mr. Kent. Mahse English Webley pistol lian tak hi i hre chiang hle ka beisei. Tunah hian i hnungzang lam hawi pakhat a awm a, kut tha takah a awm bawk."
  
  
  "Amah chu rawn chhuakin i rawn zawm turin hrilh rawh."
  
  
  ‘Aw ni lo. I duh chuan min that thei ang. Engtikah emaw chuan kan thi vek a ngai a ni. Chuvangin ka bula thih i duh chuan tunah hian min that thei ang." De Groot chuan a aw a ti sang a. "Lo hnai rawh, Harry, vuak tum rawh. A kap a nih chuan that nghal mai rawh. Tichuan diamond te chu la la, nangmah ngeiin hralh rawh. "Auf Wiedersehen chuan a ti a."
  
  
  "I bluff em?" - Nick chuan ngawi rengin a zawt a.
  
  
  "Eng emaw sawi rawh Harry."
  
  
  Nick hnungah chuan aw a ri nghal a: “Thupek chu ka hlen chhuak ang. A dik chiah. Tin, i huaisen em em bawk...
  
  
  
  Bung 6-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  - Nick chu che lovin a ding a. Ni chuan a kawr a hal a. Ramngaw khawi emaw laiah chuan savate chu an ri chhuak ta hlawm a. A tawpah chuan De Groot-a chuan, "Old West-ah chuan Mexican poker an ti a ni lawm ni?" "Inkhel i hriat avangin ka lawm e." "Ah, Mr. Kent. Gambling hi ka hobby a ni. Wild West hlui ka hmangaihna nen pawh a ni mai thei. Dutch leh German ho hian chutih hunlai hmasawnna kawngah chuan rin dan pangngai aia nasa zawkin an thawhhlawk hle. Entirnan, mi thenkhat chuan i hria em." of the cavalry regiments, fought the Indians, received orders direct from Germany?‘Ni lo. A chhan chu hei hi ka tan chuan a rinawm loh hlein a lang.‘Chuti chung pawh chuan a ni. Vawikhat chu 5th Cavalry hian German tawng chauh hmang sipai band an nei a." A nui suk a, mahse Nick-a'n, "Chu chuan Germany atanga direct order i sawi kha engmah min hrilh lo. ". De Groot chuan a en a straight at him for a moment. "He pa hi a hlauhawm hle mai," Nick chuan a ti a. Hobby bullshit tak a ni - Wild West hobby hi a ni. German order, German chapel chungchanga he thu bengchheng tak hi. He pa hi a mak khawp mai. De Groot chu a hahdam leh a, a hmelah chuan thu awih nuihzat hmel a rawn lang leh ta. 'Tha. Tunah chuan thil chungchang. Heng diamond te hi ka hnen atangin direct in i lei dawn em ni?
  
  
  "A ni mai thei, dinhmun hrang hrang ngaihtuah chuan. Mahse, engvangin nge i hnen atanga direct-a ka lei loh leh Van Rijn kaltlangin ka lei loh hi i ngaihsak? A man atan ka duh a ni. A nih loh leh Van der Laan emaw Mrs. J. emaw dil man - Mrs . J. ? "Heng diamond te hi min hralh duh vek niin a lang." Car lian takah chuan hmeichhe pakhatin a offer nghak turin min ti a ni." De Groot-a hmel chu a ti hup a. He thuthang hian a ti lungngai deuh hlek a. Nick chuan chu pa chuan detective emaw Hawk emaw a koh chuan engtin nge a tih ang tih a ngaihtuah a. "Chu chuan thil a ti buai hle a tlem," De Groot chuan a ti a. “Appointment kan siam nghal tur a ni mai thei.” “Chuvangin diamond i nei a, mahse i man erawh ka hre lo.” ‘Ka hrethiam e. I lei duh chuan inthlengna tur - diamond-a pawisa - chu kan inrem thei ang berin kan ruahman thei ang." Nick chuan chu pa chu academic English thiam a ni tih a rel ta a. Ṭawng awlsam taka zir thei, mahse mi ngaithla tawk lo mi a ni . "Zawhna pakhat zawh leh che ka duh chauh a ni," Nick chuan a ti a, 'Ni e?' “Ka thianpa hian heng diamond te hi advance a siam tih min hrilh a. Nang tan pawh a ni mai thei - midang tan pawh a ni mai thei." De Groot te tak te chu a tense up ang maiin a lang. Kei atan pawh nise. Advance ka lak chuan ka deliver ve bawk ang." A rukrute chawimawina a tihbawlhhlawh theih avangin a thinrim hle. -Tunge a nih pawh min hrilh thei ang em? "Herbert Whitlock chuan a rawn ti a." De Groot chu a ngaihtuah hmel hle. "Tun hnaiah a thi lo maw?" 'Takzet.' Amah chu ka hre lo. Cent khat pawh ka charge lo." Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a, chu chu a beisei chhanna a nih ang mai hian a ti a. Smooth motion chuan Wilhelmina chu a holster-ah a kir leh ta a. "Kan en ve ve chuan khawiah mah kan thleng dawn lo midangte chu an thinrim deuh. Tunah hian heng diamond-te hi kan pan dawn em ni? De Groot chu a nui suk a. A nuih chu ice ang maiin a vawt hle. 'Ngei ngei. Kan en reng theih nan Harry hi i thlen theih lohna hmunah kan dah chuan min ngaidam ngei ang? A tawp berah chuan hei hi zawhna hlu tak a ni. Tin, hetah hian a reh khawp mai, kan inhriat pawh a harsa khawp mai. Harry, min zui rawh! " Mipa dang lam pan chuan a aw chu a ti sang a, chutah a hawi let a, Dafu lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Nick chuan a hnunglam dinglam hnunglam chu a kekawr te tak te, artificial taka tla thlain a zui a. He tlangval hi mahni inngaihsakna thlalak a ni a, mahse amah hi ngaihthah lutuk suh. A ni." not much fun to go armed man behind his back.A mipa chungchang hi engmah sawi theih loh a ni tih loh chu a fanatical hle niin a lang.Harry?Aw, Harry?Thing zung i tawk palh a nih chuan eng nge thleng ang tih min hrilh teh.I neih chuan of those old army ones" Webley", chutah chuan safety pawh a awm lo. Daph chu model railroad-a naupang infiamna hnutchhiah ang maiin a lang a. Rei lo te chhung chu thinghnah a ri a, chutah aw a ri ta a: "Silai chu thlak rawh." !" Nick chuan thil awmdan chu a hrethiam nghal vek. Vei lamah a dive a, a axis chu a hawi kual a, De Groot hnenah chuan: “Harry chu thu awih turin hrilh rawh. He nula hi ka bulah a awm. Webley lian tak nei mipa te tak te hnunglam feet tlemteah chuan Mata Nasut chu thing atanga a tlak lai a a tlakna hmunah chuan a zuang thla a. A automatic pistol te tak te blue chu Harry hnungzang lam hawiin a kawhhmuh a. “A nih leh mi zawng zawng ti thlamuang rawh,” Mata chuan a ti a. Harry chuan a ringhlel a. Khawthlang lamah chuan kamikaze pilot khelh chi a ni a, a lehlamah chuan a rilru chuan thutlukna siam rang thei lo ang maiin a lang. “Ni e, muangchangin,” De Groot chuan a ti a. "Silai dah turin hrilh rawh," Nick hnenah chuan a ti a. "Kan silai hi i paih vek ang u," Nick chuan thlamuang zet hian a ti a. “Kei hi a hmasa ber ka ni a, Harry hnenah hrilh rawh... - Ni lo,” De Groot chuan a ti a, “Ka duh danin kan ti ang. Lo kal rawh... Nick chu a rawn inbeng kang a. Webley chu a lu chungah chuan a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Thla khat lek chhungin Webley hnuaiah a awm a, a vawi hnihna chu a kap leh ta a ni. Tichuan a thlawk chhuak a, a tlan chakna nen chuan Harry chu a keng tel bawk. Nick chuan Harry hnen atangin revolver chu nausen rattle ang maiin a la a. Chutah a keah a zuang thla a, Mata chuan De Groot chu a rawn ti nghut a: "Leave it - let it..." De Groot kut chu a jacket chhungah a bo ta a. A lo vawt ta hlawm a. Nick chuan Webley chu barrel atang chuan a chelh tlat a. "Thlamuang takin awm rawh, De Groot. Eng pawh nise, tlem tal i thlamuang vek ang." A mitmeng atang chuan Harry chu a en chhuak a. Mipa naupang chu a ding chhuak ta ringawt a, a khuh a, a rilru a buai hle bawk. Mahse ralthuam dang a neih chuan lak a tum lo. “I jacket atang hian i kut kha la chhuak rawh,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Tunah hian hei hi kan nghak reng em? Engkim hi a la awm reng a ni." De Groot-a mitmeng vur tak chuan a mitmeng dum pahnih, a vawt lo zawk, mahse che thei lo, granite mit ang mai chu a tawk ta a. Thlalak chu second engemaw zat chu a danglam lo va, Harry hnen atanga khuh thenkhat tih loh chu, chutah De Groot chuan zawi zawiin a kut chu a han thlah a. "Kan ngaihthah che tih ka hmu a, Mr. Kent. Strategic mistake lian tak a ni." Nick chuan a nui suk a. De Groot chu a buai hmel hle. “Thing karah mi tam zawk ding kan neih chuan eng nge thleng ang tih han ngaihtuah teh. Hetiang hian darkar tam tak kan kal thei ang. Midang i nei ve palh em?”“Ni lo,” De Groot chuan a ti a. "A dik ni se ka ti khawp mai." Nick chuan Harry lam chu a hawi a. ‘Eng thil thleng kha pawi ka ti khawp mai. Mahse, ka hnungzang lama silai lian tak keng tlangval te hi ka duh lo chauh a ni. Tichuan ka reflexes chuan a rawn luah ta a." Harry chu a nui suk a, mahse a chhang lo. "Sumdawng tan chuan reflexes tha tak i nei a ni," De Groot chuan a comment dry. "Chu cowboy aia tam i ni lo a ni lawm ni?" "Kei hi ka ni ralthuam khawih thiam American zinga mi a ni. Comment awm lo tak a ni a, mahse khelh leh Wild West hlui hmangaih em em leh engmah lo tak nia inchhal mi pakhat tan chuan a ri chhuak mai thei. Heng American primitive-te hian thil awmdan inthlak danglam hun an nghak mai mai niin a ngai ngei ang. American mad tak hian De Groot chu a ti buai zo vek a, mahse a rang lutuk a, a parry thei lo. Nick chu a bulah chuan a kal phei a, Webley chu a belt-ah a thun lut a, chak takin vawi khatah chuan savun holster khauh tak atang chuan short-barreled .38 caliber revolver a la chhuak ta a. De Groot chuan a kut zungtang pakhat pawh a sawn chuan he American chak tak hian reflex dang a nei thei tih a hre chiang hle. A ha chu a chhing a, a nghak ta a. "Tunah chuan kan inhmelhriat leh ta," Nick chuan a ti a. "Kan inthen hunah dik takin ka rawn pe kir leh ang che. Ka lawm e, Mata..." A rawn kal a, a bulah chuan a ding a, a hmel mawi tak chu a thunun vek tawh. t hian Van Rijn hi a hre chiang hle. A policy hi eng nge a nih ka hre lo - thumal dik tak a ni em? Ni e, chu chu a tan chuan thumal ropui tak a ni. Mahse tunah chuan kan mamawh tawh lo mai thei, a ni lawm ni, De Groot? Tunah chuan heng diamond te hi han en ila. Harry chuan a boss chu a en a. De Groot chuan, "La rawh, Harry," a ti a, Harry chuan chabi chu a phawrh chhuak a, car chhungah chuan a han chhui kual a, chutah chuan bag te tak te brown kengin a rawn lang leh ta a. Nick chuan tlangval hmel zet hian, "Damn it, an lian zawk dawn niin ka hria." “Pound nga hnuai lam chauh,” De Groot chuan a ti a. "Hetiang bag te tak teah hian he capital zawng zawng hi." Bag chu car chung lamah a dah a, wallet ang maia khar rengtu drawstring chu a fiddle a. “Hetiang orange zawng zawng hi bottle te tak te pakhatah dah vek a ni,” Nick chuan a ti muangchang a. 'Ka tihpalh?' - Yankee thusawi hlui pakhat. St. Joseph, Missouri-a lemonade factory siamna tur thupui, kum 1873. “Aw, chu chu ka la hre lo. Ka hre reng tur a ni. Heng orange zawng zawng hi ... De Groot chuan uluk takin chu thumal chu a sawi nawn leh a, a hrui chu a hrual a. “Mi an chuang a ni,” Mata chuan a ti ta ringawt a, “Sakawr chungah chuan ... Nick chuan a ti a : “De Groot, bag chu Harry hnenah pe la, dah bo turin hrilh rawh." De Groot chuan Harry hnenah chuan package chu a toss a, rang takin car chhungah chuan a thup leh ta a. Nick chuan amah leh a ruala Mata en reng ramngaw hmun chu a en reng a. Heng putar pahnih hi ngaihthah suh. I hriat hmain i thi tawh ang. Sakawr pali chu thing hnung lam atang chuan an rawn chuang chhuak a. Daph-a kekawrte hnunglam hriat theih loh khawpin an zui ta a. A hmaah chuan Van Rijn-a pa, Hotel-a Nick-a lo tawn tawh, an pahnih zinga naupang zawk, ralthuam nei lo chu a awm a. Sakawr sen chu thiam tak leh zalen takin a chuang a - chu bakah chuan a saruak vek a ni. Nick-a chuan chutiang sakawr chung chuan mak a tih theih nan hun rei vak lo chauh a nei a, a chhan chu a hnungah chuan hmeichhe naupang pahnih leh mipa dang an chuang a. Mi dang pawh chu sakawr chungah a chuang a, mahse hruaitu angin tawnhriat ngah a nei lo niin a lang. Hmeichhe pahnih chu sakawr khalhtu khawngaihthlak tak tak an ni mai a, mahse hei hian Nick-a chu a tithinur lo zawk a, mipa te ang bawkin thawmhnaw thread engmah an ha lo. "I hria em?" - tiin Nick De Groot chuan a zawt a. 'Aih. Tlangval â mak tak tak. De Groot chuan a hmui chungah a lei a tlanpui a, hmeichhe naupangte chu a zir chiang hle. "A bul hnaiah nudist camp a awm em?" "A nih ka ring."
  
  
  - Van Rijn ta an ni em? 'Ka hre lo. Kan ralthuam te min pe let leh rawh." "Kan inhmuhna hunah." "Ka ngaihtuah... He tlangval hi ka hre tawh niin ka hria," De Groot chuan a ti a. "Van Rijn tan a thawk a ni." 'Awle. Hei hi ka tan chuan thang a ni em? ‘Engtin nge sawi ang. Trap a awm thei a, a awm lo thei bawk. Sakawr chung chuang mi palite chu an ding ta a. Nick chuan a tlem berah chuan heng hmeichhe pahnih hi an fantastic hle tih a sawi chhuak ta a ni. Sakawr chunga saruaka awm chu thil ngaihnawm tak a awm a. Hmeichhe centaur hnute mawi tak tak nei, chutiang chuan mit chu duh loh takin chu lam hawiin a inher ta a ni. Awle - duh loh zawngin? Nick chuan a ti a. Nick-a’n a lo tawn tawh pa chuan: “Welcome, intruders.I take it mimal thil i luhchilh tih in hria em?
  
  
  Nick chuan nula sam sen chu a en a. A vun rawng dum takah chuan milky white stripes a awm a. Chuvangin professional ni lo. Hmeichhe dang, a raven sam chu a kekawrte thlenga thleng chu a sen vek tawh. “Mr Van Rijn hian min lo nghak reng a ni,” de Groot chuan a ti a, “Kawngkhar hnunglam atang chuan? Tin, chutiang chuan a hma em? 'Awh. Chuvang chuan ka lo kal dawn tih a hrilh lo che a ni. "Nang leh midang thenkhat. Tunah hian kan va hmu dawn em ni? " "Ka remti lo a nih chuan engtin nge ni ang? " De Groot chuan Mata-a'n thil awmdan a tihdanglam hmaa Nick-a nena an hman dun tak tak tone lum leh chiang tak mai chu a rawn rawt a. "Nang duhthlan tur dang nei lo." "Ni lo, a awm mai thei." De Groot chuan Nick chu a en a. "Car ah chuan lut ila, i nghak ang u. Lo kal rawh, Harry. De Groot leh a thlalak chu car lam pan chuan an kal a, Nick leh Mata te chuan an zui ve bawk. Nick chuan a ngaihtuah nghal vat - second tin hian thil chu a buaithlak zual zel a. Van der Laan nena an inzawmna tihtawp chu a hlauhawm ngai lo tur a ni a, chu chuan a mission hmasa ber, spy route leh a tawpah Whitlock-a thattute a thlen dawn avangin. A lehlamah chuan De Groot leh a diamond te hi inzawmna pawimawh tak a ni tih a chiang thei. De Groot-Geyser chungchangah rinhlelhna engemaw zat a nei ve tho. De Groot chu car te tak te bulah chuan a ding a. Sakawr chung chuang pawl pakhat chuan an rawn zui a. "Khawngaihin, Mr. Kent - i ralthuam." "I kap lo ang u," Nick chuan a ti a. "He thilah hian i lut duh em?" Hmeichhe pahnih hnute mawi taka inher chu a kawhhmuh a, pahnih chuan a neitupa chuan nuihzatthlak tak a lantir a.
  
  
  "I khalh duh em?"
  
  
  'Ngei ngei.' De Groot hian diamonds risk turin Nick emaw Mata emaw chu a hnung lamah a duh dan a awm lo. Nick chuan engtin nge De Groot chuan he thil hi Van Rijn zuitute mit hrual hrual atang hian a thup ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Mahse chu chu a thil tih tur a ni lo. An zinga pali chu car te tak te pakhatah chuan an inkhung ta a. Sakawr khalhtu, Nick-a hriat chian tak chu a bulah chuan a kal hnai a. Nick chuan window chu a hawng a. Chu pa chuan, “Tlâng vêl la, in lam panna kawng chu zawh rawh,” a ti a. "Kawng dangah ka kal dawn ti ila," Nick chuan a rawn rawt a. Rider chu a nui suk a. "I pistol thiamna rang tak kha ka hre reng a, Mr. Kent, tunah pawh hian pistol i keng tih ka ring, mahse en teh..." Thingkung hla tak tak pawl pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a, Nick chuan sakawr chunga chuang mipa dang, kawr dum ha leh turtleneck dum a ni. A kut ah chuan submachine gun ang chi thil a nei a. Nick chuan a rawn ei ta a. He thilah hian barrel chhunga sardine ang maiin an thu a—can chhunga sardines chu a lantir tha ber a ni. “In zinga ṭhenkhat chuan thawmhnaw in ha tak tak tih ka hmu a,” a ti a. 'Ngei ngei.' "Mahse nang... uh... ni hi i duh zawk em?" Nick chuan rider kal pelin hmeichhe naupang kum hnih mi chu a en a. "A duh zawng a ni. Mr. Van Rijn hian artist pawl a nei a, nudist camp leh mi pangngai tan hmun a nei bawk. Hei hi i tan thil a ni mai thei. " Hotel kha i la chau lo, eh? "Ni lo. Keini 'd take you there if you want to, a dik em? Tunah chuan kawngpuiah kal la, in lamah chuan ding rawh." Nick chuan engine chu a start a, gas pedal chu pawmpui takin a hmet a. Engine ri chu a duh hle a, rang takin instrument leh instrument te nen a bearing chu a la ta a. AX lama a training rengnaah hian lirthei awm zawng zawng deuhthaw chu a khalh a, mahse engtin emaw tak chuan Dafa an thleng ngai lo. He car hian transmission mode danglam tak a nei tih a hrechhuak a. Mahse, engvangin nge ni lo?
  
  
  Chu Harley Davidson hluiah chuan a thawk dawn a ni. Thingkung karah chuan zawi zawiin a zigzag a. He car hi a hre tan tawh a. A enkawl tha hle. Kawngpui a thlen hnu chuan tumruh takin kawng dangah a hawi a, a assistant-te chuan an rawn man leh ta a, speed tha takin a khalh ta a ni. "Hey - a lehlamah!" Nick chu a ding ta a. 'Awle. Hetiang hian in lam pan theih a ni tih ka ngaihtuah a. “A dik a ni, mahse he kawng hi a sei zawk.Ka kir leh dawn” “Okay” Nick chuan a ti a. Car chu reverse-ah dahin a inher theihna hmunah chuan a tlan let leh ta a.
  
  
  Hetiang hian rei vak lo an khalh chhunzawm a, Nick-a chuan, “Ngawi teh,” a ti thut a. A tlan chak hle a, hun rei vak lo chhungin car chuan speed tha tak a nei ta a, uiin fox khur a lai ang maiin lung leh lunghlu a paih chhuak ta a ni. Turn hmasa ber an thlen chuan darkar khatah mel sawmruk vel zetin an tlan a ni. Daph chu zawi zawiin a glide a, a inher lo tluk a ni. “Hetah hian car tha tak tak an siam thin” Nick chuan a ti a. ” Nick chuan awlsam takin a ti a , gas pedal chu a theih ang angin a hmet a.
  
  
  A hnungah chuan Harry aw a hre ta a: "Ramngaw atang chuan an rawn chhuak chauh a ni. An hmaiah chuan lungpui (gravel) chuan a tikhawtlai deuh a. Tunah chuan an lam panin kan lo kal ta a ni."
  
  
  "He pa machine gun keng pawh hi?"
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  "A kap dawn tih i ring em?"
  
  
  'Aih.'
  
  
  "A rawn kawhhmuh a nih chuan min hriattir ang che, mahse a kawhhmuh ka ring lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan brake chu a han hmet a, Daph chu felfai takin veilam turn-ah chuan a tlan lut ta a. Kawngpui chuan ran vulhna hmun hrang hrangah a hruai a. Car hnunglam chu a tlan chhuak tan a, a hawi let a, a tlan zawh rual chuan skid chu a tawp fel hle tih a hria.
  
  
  Building pahnih inkarah chuan an kal a, tiled courtyard zau takah chuan an lut a, a laiah chuan thir tuikhuah lian tak a awm a.
  
  
  Yard sir lehlamah chuan kawngpui zau tak a awm a, chu chuan garage sawmhnih vel kal tlangin in lian tak a pan a. Chuta tang chuan vantlang kawngpuiah chuan a kal chhunzawm ta ngei ang. Harsatna awm chhun chu, Nick-a chuan, he bawng phur truck lian tak leh kawngpui sir lama ding truck hi tlan pelh theih a nih loh vang a ni tih a ngaihtuah a. Garage atanga a hmaa lung bang thlenga kawngpui chu champagne cork felfai tak ang maiin an dang a.
  
  
  Nick chuan circular yard-ah chuan car chu vawi thum a her kual a, roulette ball-a awm ang maiin a inhria a, chutah chuan rider hmasa ber an rawn hnaih leh chu a hmu leh ta a. Building inkar ah chuan a hmu chiang hle. “Naupangte u, inpeih rawh u,” Nick chuan a ti a. 'Anmahni hi ngaihven rawh.'
  
  
  A brake nghal vat a. Car hnar chuan building pahnih inkar gap zau tak lam a hawi a, chuta tang chuan sakawr chung chuang mite chuan an kal tlang a. Van Rijn leh a foal fawp tu chu truck hnung atang chuan hmeichhia nen chuan an rawn chhuak a, tunah chuan yard chhunga thil thleng chu an en reng tawh a ni. Mak an tih hmel hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu chu window atang chuan a rawn chhuah tir a, Van Rijn chu a nuih suk a. Van Rijn chuan a han hawi a, in pahnih inkar kawngpui zau tak atanga sakawr khalhtute an rawn chhuah rual chuan hreh takin a kut chu a han phar a. Nick chuan ring takin a chhiar a: “Pakhat - pahnih - pathum - pali. Tlem lutuk. Nula hnuhnung ber chuan rei vak lo a nghak ang.”
  
  
  Sakawr khalhtute tlan chak lai chuan kawngpui zau takah chuan car chu a khalh a, an sakawrte chu vuan tumin a bei a. Sakawr kekawrte chuan square tiles chu a rawn nam a, a tla thla ta a ni. Hmeichhe naupang sam dum sei tak a rawn lang - rider chhe ber. Nick chuan horn chu a hmet a, a ke chu brake pedal-ah a dah reng a, a hlauhawm palh hlauh chuan.
  
  
  Amah vuak tumna a nei lo va, dinglamah chuan a rawn tlan pel ta a ni. A lu-ah chuan a hawi lo ang tih a bet a, mahse sakawr chuan a hawi ta a ni. Clumsy rider emaw ni lo emaw, chu sakawr chungah chuan bare-assed takin a lang tha hle.
  
  
  Trail-ah chuan chak takin an tlan thla a, show jumping course chu an paltlang a, ramngaw chhungah chuan an lut leh ta a ni.
  
  
  “Car kan nei a, Mr. De Groot,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Fence atang chuan tlan nghal kan tum dawn em ni, a nih loh leh chu back gate i khalh kha kan enchhin dawn em ni?”
  
  
  De Groot chuan pakhatin strategic mistake a tarlan angin hlim takin a chhang let a. “I car an tichhe thei a ni. Chu chu ka en phawt ang. Ni lo, chhuah tum ila.Kawng ka kawhhmuh ang che.”
  
  
  Nick chuan a thinrim hle tih a hria. Dik tak chuan De Groot-a chuan a sawi dik a ni. Gate chu an thlawk liam a, Peugeot chu an hmu a, ramngaw chhungah chuan kawng zawi zawiin an pil leh ta a.
  
  
  “Kal nghal mai rawh,” De Groot chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a ti hniam a, veilamah a hawi a, kawngkhar lian takin kawng a lo dang a. A ding a, De Groot chu a zuang chhuak a, gate lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Chabi chu lock chhungah a thun a, a herh leh a tum - a tum leh a, a ti chhuak a, lock chu a beih nasa hle a, a rilru hahdamna a hloh ta a ni.
  
  
  An hnungah chuan car engine thawm a rawn ri a. An hnunglam bumper atanga inches tlemte leka hlaah Mercedes pakhat a rawn lang a, gate leh an car inkarah chuan a ding ta a. Mipa te chu chakna hlawh chhuaktu slot machine atanga guilder ang maiin an roll out a. Nick chu Dafa atang chuan a rawn chhuak a, De Groot hnenah chuan: "He gate hi hmang tangkai rawh. Mahse hei hi a ngai tawh lo." Chutah chuan mi thar pawl chu hmu turin a hawi let a.
  
  
  
  
  Bung 7-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Philip van der Laan chuan office a chhuahsan hma hle a, kar tawp rei tak chu pawnah a hmang a. Hahdam hmel zet hian a thaw halh a, kawngkhar chu a khar a, a Lotus Europa sen chhungah chuan a lut ta a. Harsatna a nei a. A chang chuan long drive hian a pui thin. Tuna a bialnu, chhungkaw hausa tak atanga lo piang, movie star nih tumtu fanu nen chuan an hlim hle. Hetih lai hian Paris-ah a awm a, Spain rama a film siam tur film-a chanvo pe thei tur film producer nen an inhmu a ni.
  
  
  Harsatna a awm. United States atanga intelligence man to tu pawh hnena thawn chhuah tura a siam smuggling service hlauhawm tak, mahse hlawkna nei tak chu De Groot-a hnathawh chhunzawm duh loh avangin kawng khatah chuan kawng thim takah a thleng tawh a ni. Rei vak lo chu Helmy-a chuan a system hnathawh dan chu a hrechhuak tawh niin a ngai a, mahse a dik lo tih finfiah a ni. Pathian hnenah lawmthu awm rawh se Paul chuan a shot bengchheng tak hmangin a ngai a ni. Hei bakah hian De Groot pawh thlak theih a ni bawk. Europe ram chu mi tlemte duhâm tak, an him tawk a, hlawh ṭha tak an neih phawt chuan courier service pe duhtute nen an lo inrawlh a.
  
  
  De Groot-a Yenisei diamonds chu ruahpui tawp lama rangkachak bêl a ni. Guilder maktaduai chanve aia tam hlawkna hmuh theih a ni ngei ang. A contact-te chuan Amsterdam business boss tam tak - an hnung lama capital tak tak nei te chuan a man hi an chhui chhuak tih an hrilh a ni. Hei hian Norman Kent-a thil tawn danglam tak takte chu a hrilhfiah thei a ni. An biak duh a, mahse ani - Philip - chuan he inzawmna hi a nei tawh a ni. Bard’s Gallery atan heng diamond te hi a hmu thei a nih chuan kum tam tak chhung chu client a nei thei ang.
  
  
  A hun a lo thlen hunah chuan Van Rijn-a ang bawka "street" venue lian zawk a lei thei dawn a ni. A mit a chhing a. He putar lakah hian thikna nasa tak a nei a. An pahnih hian lawng neitu chhungkua atanga lo kal an ni. Van der Laan chuan a share zawng zawng chu profit channel chak zawk lam ngaihtuah turin a hralh vek a, Van Rijn erawh chuan a share bakah a diamond industry pawh a la nei tho thung.
  
  
  Highway hmun thim tak a thleng a, speed limit aia chak zawkin a tlan tan ta a ni. Chakna rilru a pe a ni. Naktuk hian De Groot, Kent leh Yenisei diamond te chu a ram inah an awm dawn a ni. He case hian a hlawkpui bawk ang; thilthlengte chu a duhzâwng anga bend tûrin Paula, Beppo leh Marka te chu a hmang a ngai a nih pawhin. A hmain nun a duh ang, Pieter-Jan van Rijn-a pi leh pute hun lai khan, Indonesia rama indigenous population-te rukbo mai mai a ni. Khatih hunlai khan hnunglam i hawi lo va, i kut veilam hmangin i hnute i hrufai a, i kut dinglamin Governor chu chibai i buk thin.
  
  
  Pieter-Jan van Rijn-a chuan Van der Laan-a inhuatna chu a hre chiang hle. Thil dang tam tak nen a thluak hermetically sealed-ah a dah reng a ni. Mahse Van der Laan-a ngaihdan kalh takin, Van Rijn-a pi leh pu chuan Java leh Sumatra-a indigenous mite chu chutiang chuan a ti na lo hle. A hangers-on te hian mi pariat an kap chauh a, chu mi hnuah chuan pawisa tlemte chawiin an thawhhona tha tak an nei ta a ni.
  
  
  Van Rijn chuan Dafu tang chu a rawn hnaih chuan a hmelah chuan nuihzatna hmel a lang. "Zing tha rawh, Mr. Kent. Vawiin chu i la hma deuh tawh."
  
  
  ‘Ka bo tawh. I thil neih chu ka en a. Hetah hian a mawi khawp mai."
  
  
  'Ka lawm e. I road trip thenkhat chu ka zui thei ta a ni. I escort atang chuan i tlanbo ta a ni."
  
  
  "Police badge pakhat mah ka hmu lo."
  
  
  "Ni lo, kan nudist colony te tak te zinga mi an ni. An hnathawh that zia i hriat chuan mak i ti hle ang. Heta mite hian an lungawi lohna leh an insum theihna zawng zawng chhuahsan theihna hun an neih vang niin ka hria.
  
  
  'Maithei. Thil an thlahthlam mai mai niin a lang." An inbiak lai chuan Nick chuan thil awmdan chu a en a. Van Rijn nen chuan mi pali an awm a, car atanga an rawn inher chhuak a, tunah chuan zah takin an boss hnungah an ding a. Jacket leh tie an ha a, an all had a purposeful look on their faces expression which Nick was now beginning to consider typically Dutch.Mata, Harry leh De Groot te chu Dafa atang chuan an chhuak tawh a, tunah chuan eng nge thleng dawn tih chu hreh takin an nghak ta a ni.Nick chuan a thaw halh a.A solution logical awmchhun chu a ni simply continue to be polite to Van Rijn and hope that he and his the people were mistook a wasp for a fly.
  
  
  -He thil hi De Groot nen in sawi dun tawh em?
  
  
  'Awle. Kan inhmu ta mai mai a. Kan pahnih chuan kan bo a, i hnunglam kawngka atang chuan kan lut ta a. Kan sawiho dun case-ah pawh a tel ve tih min hrilh a ni."
  
  
  Van Rijn chuan De Groot chu a en a. A nui suk chu a bansan ta a. Tunah chuan Lal George III hunlaia roreltu zahawm, nghet tak ang maiin a lang ta zawk a ni. Naupang kum sawm mite chu chhangphut phek khata rukbo avanga thi tura hremna court thutlukna siam laiin felfai leh fimkhur taka an awm tih sawi tlattu chi. A hmel lan dan chuan engtikah nge ngilnei tur leh thutlukna siam hun tur a hre chiang hle tih a tilang chiang hle.
  
  
  "Mr. Kent chu i entir tawh em?" De Groot chuan Nick chu a sir lam hawiin a melh a. Nick chuan thing chung lam chu a han en a, thinghnah chu a ngaisang hle. “Ni lo,” tiin De Groot chuan a chhang a. "Kan duhzawng inang kan nei vek tih kan hre ta chauh a ni."
  
  
  'Dik.' Van Rijn chuan a mi pakhat lam chu a hawi a. “Anton, gate kha hawng la, Mr. Kent chu Peugeot-a in lamah hruai rawh.A bak zawng chu Dafe-ah an kir leh dawn a ni.” Nick leh a bialnu lam chu a kawhhmuh a. ‘Min lo kal ve duh em? Car lian tak chu a nuam deuh deuh."
  
  
  Nick chuan Mata chu Van Rijn hnenah a inhmelhriattir a, ani chuan pawm hmel zet hian a lu a bu nghat a. Vawi khat chu an inhmuh tawh tih an inrem a, mahse party chu an hrechhuak thei lo. Nick chuan an pahnih hian an hre reng tih a bet duh a. He mi phlegmatic tak emaw, he hmeichhe hmeltha tak, almond ang maia mitmeng mawi tak hian a hmel emaw, a thudik emaw chu a theihnghilh ang tih i ngaihtuah ngai em, i tisual a ni. Mata chu a fimkhur reng avangin a damchhuak ta a ni. Tin, Pieter-Jannen van Rijn, passionate thlah tam tak chuan he estate hi an mit leh beng zau takin an siam tih pawh i ring thei bawk.
  
  
  “Chuvang pawh a ni mai thei hetah hian nudist camp a awm a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Thil tha zawk tih tur i neih loh chuan a tlem berah chuan i mit khap reng chu i practice thei ang.
  
  
  Chu pa, Anton tia koh chuan gate lock chungchangah harsatna a nei lo. Peugeot a hnaih chuan Van Rijn chuan De Groot hnenah, “Heng lock hi kan thlak fo thin,” a ti.
  
  
  "Smart tactics," De Groot chuan Mercedes kawngkhar chu Mata tan a hawng a. A hnungah chuan a thu a, Nick leh Van Rijn te chuan folding chair-ah chuan an hmun an luah ta a. Harry chuan a en a, driver bulah chuan a thu ta a.
  
  
  “Daf...” De Groot chuan a ti a.
  
  
  “Ka hria e,” Van Rijn chuan muangchangin a chhang a. "Ka mi pakhat Adrian-a chuan in lamah a hruai a, a lo en reng a ni. Lirthei hlu tak a ni. Thumal hnuhnung ber chu a chhunga thil awm chu a hriat chianzia lantir nan a sawi uar tawk a. They slid majestically back into the." house.Transport truck pakhat chuan bawng leh truck chu a awm tawh lo.Driveway-ah chuan an inher a, kum tin paint ang maia lang, zing tin window pawh silfai thin ang maia in lian tak mai chu an kal kual a.
  
  
  A hnung lamah chuan parking lot dum lian tak a awm a, chutah chuan car sawmli vel an ding a. A hmun chu a chanve pawh a khat lo. An thar vek a, tam tak chu an man to hle. Nick hian limousine-ah hian number lian zawk engemaw zat a hre chiang hle. Van Rijn hian mikhual leh thian tam tak a nei a. An pahnih hian a ni mai thei.
  
  
  An pawl chu Mercedes atang chuan an chhuk a, Van Rijn chuan a hnung lama in hual vel huanah chuan ngawi rengin a hruai a. Garden-ah hian covered terrace carpet-a siam, green grass nêm tak leh tulips chi hrang hrang mak tak tak awmna, wrought iron furniture hmanga thuam, sun loungers foam cushion nei, sun loungers leh parasol nei table te a awm a ni. Van Rijn chuan chutiang terrace pakhatah chuan a kal a, chutah chuan a sir lehlama mite chuan bridge an khel a. Lung stairs-ah chuan an chho a, pool lian tak pakhatah chuan an chhuak ta a. Mi sawmhnih chuang zet chu patio-ah chuan an chawl hahdam a, ṭhenkhat chu tuiah an inhnim pil bawk. A mitmeng atang chuan Nick chuan he scene-ah hian Van Rijn-a hmelah chuan hlimna nuihzatthlak tak a hmu a. Mi mak tak a ni a, a la ni reng bawk. Hlauhawm thei ang maiin i inhria a, mahse a chhe lo. Thupek a pek lai chu i mitthla thei ang: he tlangval â hi vuak sawmhnih pe rawh. I inngaitlawm a nih chuan a mitmeng dum mawi tak chu a han chawi sang ang a, “Mahse, practical kan nih a ngai a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  An neitupa chuan: "Miss Nasut... Mr. Hasebroek, he pool hmasa ber hi ka ta a ni. Chutah chuan zu, ice cream leh inbualna kawrte i hmu ang. Ni leh tui nuam ti takin Mr issues. If you Sorry, sawihona hi rei tak kan chhunzawm dawn lo."
  
  
  Chhanna nghak lovin in lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Nick chuan rang zetin Mata chu a lu a bu nghat a, Van Rijn chu a zui ta a. In chhunga a luh hma lawk chuan Nick chuan car pahnih parking lot chhunga an rawn tlan lut chu a hre ta a. Peugeot leh Dafa metallic sound mak tak mai chu a hre chiang hle tih a chiang hle. Van Rijn-a pa Mercedes khalhtu, wiry guy, hmel tumruh tak chu an hnungah yard tlemte a kal a. Office zau tak, bungrua mawi tak tak awmnaah an luh chuan a bulah chuan a thu a. “Effective, mahse chutih rual chuan modest tak a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Chu pindan bang pakhatah chuan lawng model eng emaw zat an dah a. Shelf-ah emaw, table-a glass cover hnuaiah emaw. Van Rijn chuan pakhat a kawhhmuh a. 'I zir dawn em ni?'
  
  
  Nick chuan Dutch sign chu a chhiar thei lo.
  
  
  'Aih.'
  
  
  "Hei hi tuna New York-a lawng siam hmasak ber a ni. Manhattan Indian-te puihnaa siam a ni. New York Yacht Club-in he model atan hian sum tam tak min pe a. Ka hralh lo - mahse a hnutchhiah a ni." ka thih hnuah pawh an ni."
  
  
  “Chu chu i thilphal tak zet a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Van Rijn chu thing dum dum hring dup, eng mawi tak ang maia siam dawhkan lian takah chuan a thu a. 'Awle. Mr De Groot, ralthuam i keng em?
  
  
  De Groot chu a rawn hlim tak zet a ni. Nick chu a en a. Nick chuan a pocket atang chuan .38 caliber pistol tawi tak a la chhuak a, table sir lamah chuan a rawn hrual a. Van Rijn chuan comment awm lovin box chhungah a paih lut.
  
  
  "I take it car chhungah emaw ka estate hmun dangah emaw thil zawrh tur i nei em?"
  
  
  “Ni e,” De Groot chuan nghet takin a ti a.
  
  
  "Tun hi terms kan sawiho theih nan anmahni en hun tha tak a ni ang tih i ring lo em ni?"
  
  
  'Awle.' De Groot chu kawngka lam pan chuan a kal ta a.
  
  
  Willem chu rei vak lo i bulah a awm dawn a, chuvang chuan i bo lo ang." De Groot chu a chhuak a, mipa wiry tak pakhatin a zui bawk.
  
  
  “De Groot hi a... evasive lutuk,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  ‘Ka hre chiang khawp mai. Willem hi a rintlak khawp mai. An lo kir leh loh chuan a thi tawh niin ka ngai ang. Tunah chuan, Mr. Kent, kan sumdawnna chungchangah - hetah hian i deposit i siam zawh chuan a bak chu Switzerland-ah emaw, i ramah emaw pawisa faiin i pe thei ang em?
  
  
  Nick chu savun chair lian takah chuan ngawi rengin a thu a. "A ni mai thei - America rama hruai luh hi i mawhphurhnaah i la a nih chuan. Smuggling chungchang hi ka hre vak lo."
  
  
  - Ka kutah dah rawh. Tichuan a man... -
  
  
  Tin, product chu en bawk ang che.
  
  
  'Ngei ngei. Tunah hian kan ti dawn nia."
  
  
  Intercom chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Van Rijn chuan a hmui a ti hup a. 'Awle?'
  
  
  Speaker atang chuan nula aw a rawn ri a. "Mr. Jaap Ballegauer chu a thiante pahnih nen. A pawimawh hle niin a sawi."
  
  
  Nick chuan a ti tens a. A rilruah chuan a hmui khauh tak, glass mit lum tak, expressionless artificial skin leh veil dum hnuaia hmeichhe awm hriatrengna chu a rawn lang chhuak ta vek a. Rei vak lo chhung chu Van Rijn hmelah chuan rilru natna thunun theih loh hmel a rawn lang chhuak a. Mak tihna, tumruhna leh thinrimna. Chumi awmzia chu a neitupa hian he mikhual hi a beisei lo tihna a ni. A ngaihtuah vat a. Van Rijn-a chu a thunun theih loh chuan mikhual chhuah hun a ni ta. Nick chu a ding chhuak a. "Tunah hian ngaihdam ka dil a ngai tawh."
  
  
  'Thu rawh.'
  
  
  "Kei pawh ka ralthuam a ni." Vawikhatmah Wilhelmina chuan Van Rijn chu hmêlma hmel zet hian a en a, mitmeng chu cyclopean mitmeng nei lo tak hian a en a. Dawhkan chungah chuan a kut a nghat a. "I ke hnuaiah button tam tak i nei mai thei. Mahse, i hriselna atan hmang lo turin ka fuih ang che. A nihna takah chuan tharum thawhna i duh loh chuan."
  
  
  Van Rijn chuan a hmai chu a ti thlamuang leh a, hei hi a hriatthiam leh a tuar theih thil ni ang mai hian.
  
  
  "Thawhrimna a ngai lo. Thu leh mai rawh. Khawngaihin." Thupek khauh tak ang maiin a ri.
  
  
  Kawngkhar atang chuan Nick-a chuan, “Maintenance chu hun tiam nei lovin tihtawp a ni tawh,” a ti a. Tichuan a chhuak ta a. Ballegoyer, Van Rijn leh sipai pum pui. Tunah chuan a lo chhuak vek tawh. Agent AH hi a tough a, muscular tak a ni thei a, mahse chutiang frayed part zawng zawng chu reattaching leh chu hna tam tak a ni thei.
  
  
  An lo kalna kawngah chuan a tlan let leh a, living room lian tak atang chuan leh pool lam panna French kawngkhar inhawng tak atang chuan a kal ta a. Harry Hasebruck nen pool hmaa ṭhu Mata chuan lung stairs-a tlan chhoh lai chuan a rawn hnaih lai chu a hmu a. Thu engmah sawi lovin a ding chhuak a, a lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Nick chuan a ruala lo kal turin a kut a phar a, chutah a hawi let a, property chu parking lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  Willem leh De Groot te chu Dafa bulah chuan an ding a. Willem chuan car chu a nghat a, De Groot-a hnute te tak te chu a en a, hmalam seat hnung lama car chhungah chuan a rawn chhui kual vel a. Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a thup a, Willem chu a nui suk a, Willem chu a hawi let nghal vat a. 'Hetah hian eng nge i tih?'
  
  
  Muscular guy hian a jacket hnuai lam button hnuai lam chiah super-fast right hand a rawn nam tih loh chu eng attack pawh atan a inpeih tawh. Chu vuakna chuan centimetre thum zeta thuk board chu a tikehsawm ang a, Willem pawh chu lehkhabu hrual ang maiin a let hnih zetin a rawn inher chhuak ang. Leia a awm kim hma pawhin Nick-a kut zungtang chuan a kawr ruhte chu a rawn nawr a, a kutpui chuan a ruhro (spinal nerve) chu a rawn nawr bawk.
  
  
  Minute nga vel zet chu Willem - Dutch ni hlim tak pangngaiah a tough ang bawkin - chu knockout a ni. Nick chuan chu tlangval belt atang chuan automatic pistol te tak te chu a la chhuak a, De Groot car atanga a chhuah lai chu en turin a ding leh a. A hawi let chuan Nick chuan a kutah chuan bag dum te tak te a hmu a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut a phar a. De Groot chuan robot ang maiin bag chu a pe ta a. Nick chuan Asphalt chunga Mata ke click rang tak chu a hre ta a. Rei vak lo chu a hawi let leh a. Anni hi zawn chhuah an la ni lo. "De Groot, kan deal chungchang hi a hnuah kan sawi dun thei ang. Ka thil neih chu ka dah bo ang. Chuti a nih chuan a tlem berah chuan an man che a nih chuan i nei lo ang."
  
  
  De Groot chuan a ding nghet sauh sauh a. "A nih chuan engtin nge ka hmuh leh theih ang che ka en a ngai dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Duhthlan tur ka hnutchhiah lo che."
  
  
  "Khawiah nge Harry chu?"
  
  
  "Ka hmuh hnuhnun ber chu pool bulah a ni. A tha. An tibuai ka ring lo. Tunah chuan hetah hian i chhuak a tha zawk."
  
  
  Nick chuan Mata chu a kut a phar a, Dafa atanga hmun li vela hlaa ding Peugeot lam chu a tlan phei ta a. Chabi chu a la awm reng a. Nick chuan Mata a rawn luh chuan engine chu a start a. Thâwk la chhuak lovin, “Ka tlawh nghal vat a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  “Khualzin tam lutuk,” Nick chuan a ti a. Car chu a hnunglam hawiin, parking lot-ah chuan rang takin a inher a, highway lam pan chuan a kal ta a. In atanga a tlan chhuah rual chuan rei vak lo chu a hawi let leh a. Daph chu a che a, Harry chu in atang chuan a tlan chhuak a, a hnungah chuan Willem, Anton, Adrian, Balleguier leh mipa pakhat chu garage chhunga hmeichhe puan inthuam nen an awm a. An zinga pakhat mah hian ralthuam an nei lo. Nick chu lirthei khalh lamah a kir leh a, thing sang tak tak, felfai taka phun inkar double turn kilte chu a tikehsawm a, a tawpah chuan highway panna line dik tak chu a thleng ta a ni.
  
  
  Highway atanga yard sawm emaw, yard sawm leh pahnih emaw a hlaah chuan lung in tawi pahnih a awm a, pakhat chu porter in nen a inzawm a ni. Gas pedal chu leiah a hmet a, thir gate lian leh zau tak chu a inkhar tan ta a. Tank hmang pawhin rubble chhungah an tlan lut thei lo. Zawi zawiin kawngkhar inkar hlat zawng chu a teh a, zawi zawiin an inher a.
  
  
  Meter li leh a chanve vel a ni em? Pali ti ila. Tunah chuan kum thum leh a chanve a ni tawh. Tunah chuan fences te chu a inkhar chak zawk ta. Anni chu thir daltu ropui tak tak an ni a, an rit lutuk a, an hnuai lam chu kekawrte chungah a inher chhuak a ni. Anmahni rawn tlak chuan car eng pawh chu a scrap vek ang.
  
  
  Full throttle-in a khalh chhunzawm ta a. Thingkung chu a sir lehlamah chuan a rawn tlan lut nghal zat bawk. A mitmeng atang chuan Mata chu a hmai hmaah chuan a kut a cross tih a hmu a. Hei hi naupang a hmai hliam ai chuan a hnungzang emaw, a kawr emaw a tliak duh zawk a ni. Amah chu a dem lo.
  
  
  Gap la awm chu a estimate a, center lam panna tur kawng chu vawng reng turin a bei a.
  
  
  Klang - click - krang! Metallic screech a awm a, khur zim deuh atang chuan an thlawk chhuak ta a. Gate chanve pakhat emaw, a chanve pahnih emaw chuan Peugeot chu a rawn hrual zo vek a, shark ha ang maiin sangha thlawk a bei ang maiin. An tlan chakna leh pawn lam hawia kawngkhar a inhawng avangin an kal pel thei ta a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan highway chu a hnai tawh hle. Nick chuan brake a rawn hmet a. Risk chu a la ngam lo. Kawngpui chu a hrual a, a vawt bawk a, acceleration atan a tha em em a, mahse vanram tan chuan a chungah slide lo turin bei rawh, chuti lo chuan oil slick-in a tawp mai thei. Mahse engmah a hmu lo.
  
  
  Highway hian Van Rijn-a luhna kawngpui nen angle dik tak a siam a. Bus kal lai hnung lawkah kawng an zawh a, vanneihthlak takin a sir lehlamah engmah a thleng lo. Steering wheel a jerk chuan Nick chuan car chu a sir lehlama ditch atang chuan a hlat tir thei ta a ni. Gravel chu a paih a, Peugeot wheel chu ditch atanga inches engemaw zat a inher a ni mai thei, mahse chutah chuan car chuan traction a nei leh a, Nick chuan a tlan chak ta hle. Car chu kawngpuiah a hawi let leh a, two-lane kawngpuiah chuan an tlan chak hle.
  
  
  Mata chuan a lu a han chawi leh a. “Oh my God...” Nick chuan Van Rijn-a driveway lam chu a hawi let leh a. Gatehouse atang chuan mi pakhat a rawn chhuak a, a kut a vawrh lai chu a hmu a. Tha. Chu kawngkhar chu a hawng leh thei lo a nih chuan tun dinhmunah chuan a tlem berah chuan a hnungzuitu turte chu a ti buai thei ang.
  
  
  tiin a zawt a. - "He kawng hi i hria em?"
  
  
  'Aih.' - Glove compartment-ah card chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  "Chutah chuan eng thil nge thleng tak tak? Chutiang whisky tha lo chu an rawn pe em?"
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. Hei hian a tan thil tha a ti hle. Amah leh Mata chu lung leh thir omelette-ah an insiam tih a hmu tawh a. "In tur pawh min pe lo."
  
  
  "Awle, a tlem berah chuan ka in thei ta. Heng Harry Hasebruck leh De Groot te hi engtin nge an tih ang tih ka ngaihtuah. An vai hian tlangval te tak te mak tak tak an ni."
  
  
  'Atchilh? Heng rul rimchhia te hi?
  
  
  "Hetiang diamond te hi rukbo ka duh a ni."
  
  
  - De Groot-a chhia leh tha hriatnaah a awm. Harry chu a thlalak a ni. Van Rijn hian anmahni a tichhe mai mai niin ka mitthla. Tunah hian a tan eng nge an awmzia? Balleguire-a’n anmahni a hmuh hi a duh lo tak zet a ni mai thei. Hei hi British diplomat ang maia lang tlangval hi a ni a, he hmeichhe puan inthuam nen hian min inhmelhriattir a ni."
  
  
  "Ani pawh kha a awm em?"
  
  
  ‘A lo thleng chauh a ni. Chuvang chuan ke chu tih a tha zawk ang tih ka ngaihtuah a. Vawi khata ngaihven tur thil a tam lutuk. Kut tam lutuk hian duhâm takin heng Yenisei diamond-te hi an rawn thleng ta a ni. De Groot-a’n min bum em tih hriat tumin bag chhungah en la, rang takin diamond chu a inthleng ta a ni. Chutiang tur chuan hun a nei lo niin ka hria, mahse ngaihtuahna mai mai a ni."
  
  
  Mata chuan bag chu a hawng a, “Lung hrual chungchang hi ka hre vak lo;mahse, a lian hle mai,” a ti a.
  
  
  - Ka hriat dan chuan record size an nei a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Mata kawr chhunga diamond awmte chu a en a, candy cane lian tak tak ang maiin a en a. "Awle, kan nei niin ka hria. dah leh la, map hi en rawh, duhtak."
  
  
  Van Rijn hian a hnung zui hi a bansan thei dawn em ni? Ni lo, mi dik lo a ni. A hnunglam hla takah chuan darthlalangah Volkswagen pakhat a hmu a, mahse a rawn man lo, “Kan tlanbo ta a ni,” a ti a, “Map-ah hian kawng i hmu thei em tih hi en teh, tunah chuan khawthlang lam kan la pan zel a ni .”
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan khawiah nge i kal duh?"
  
  
  "Hmarchhak lamah."
  
  
  Mata chu rei vak lo chu a ngawi reng a. "Kal nghâl a țha. Vei lam kan hawi chuan Vanroy kan paltlang ang a, min zui a nih chuan kan inhmuh leh theihna chance a awm. Gemert lam pan nghal a ngai a, tichuan khawchhak lam kan hawi thei ang." Chutah chuan kawng hrang hrang zinga pakhat kan thlang thei a ni."
  
  
  "Tha.
  
  
  He map hi en turin ka ding lo."
  
  
  Intersection chuan kawngpui tha zawkah a hruai lut a, mahse car pawh a tam zawk a, car te tak te, polished tak takte procession tenau tak an awm bawk. “Tualchhung mite,” Nick chuan a ti a. Heng mite hian engkim hi a eng thlengin an polish vek a ngai em? " "
  
  
  "Kan hnung lama thil thleng hi han en teh," Nick chuan a ti a. "He mirror hi a te lutuk. Min en tumna neia car eng emaw zat min paltlang em tih en rawh."
  
  
  Mata chu chair-ah chuan a bawkkhup a, a hawi kual a. Minute tlemte hnuah chuan, "Mi zawng zawng chu line-ah an awm vek. Car pakhatin min zui a nih chuan a paltlang tur a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  “Fucking fun,” Nick chuan a ti nghut a.
  
  
  Khawpui kan hnaih deuh deuh chuan fence chu a den zual sauh sauh a. Chu in dum mawi tak takte chu a lo lang tam tial tial a, chutah chuan bawng eng mawi tak tak, inchei tha tak takte chu ran vulhna hmun mawi tak takah chuan an vak kual a. “Heng rannungte hi an sil tak tak em ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  “Tunah chuan veilamah kan kal a ngai a, chutah veilamah kan kal leh a ngai a ni,” Mata chuan a ti a. Kawngpui inkar an thleng ta a. Helicopter pakhat chu a chung lamah a drone ta a. Checkpoint a zawng a. Van Rijn hi chutiang chuan a inzawm tha ang em? Hei hi Balleguire hian a hria a, mahse chutih hunah chuan an thawhho a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  Zawi zawiin khawpui lirthei tlan lai chu a rawn hrual a, veilam hawiin vawi hnih a hawi a, khawpui pawnah an chhuak leh ta. Checkpoint pakhat mah ni lo, chase pakhat mah a awm lo.
  
  
  Mata chuan, “Car pakhat mah kan la nei lo,” a ti a. "Ka la ngaihven a ngai em?"
  
  
  'Aih. Thut mai rawh. Kan tlan chak tawk a, kan hnungzuitu tur zawng zawng kan hmu thei. Mahse, ka hrethiam lo. Chu Mercedes-ah chuan min rawn um zui thei a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  - Helicopter a ni em? - Mata chuan ngawi rengin a zawt a. "Kan chungah a thlawk leh ta."
  
  
  “Khawiah nge hetiang hian a hmuh vat ang?”
  
  
  ‘I idea ka nei lo. Traffic police officer zinga mi a ni mai thei." A lu chu window atang chuan a chhuah tir a. "Hmun hla takah a bo ta a ni."
  
  
  "He kawng hi i chhuk ang u. Kawng dik lam la pan thei tur i hmu thei ang em?"
  
  
  Map chu a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. "Dinglama pahnihna kha han en teh. Heta tang hian kilometer sarih vel a hla a ni. Ramngaw pawh a paltlang a, Meuse lui kan pelh meuh chuan Nijmegen panna kawngpui lian chu kan zawm thei ta a ni."
  
  
  Exit chu a beisei awm hmel hle. Lane pahnih nei kawng dang.Mil tlemte kan kal hnu chuan Nick-a chuan a ti hniam a, “Kan zui ka ring lo,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Thlawhna pakhat chu kan chungah a thlawk a."
  
  
  ‘Ka hre chiang khawp mai. Thil tenawmte chu ngaihven rawh, Mata.
  
  
  A chair-ah chuan a lam pan chuan a tlan phei a. "Chuvang chuan ka la dam a ni," zawi sap hian a ti a.
  
  
  A taksa nem tak chu a kuah a. Soft yet strong, a taksa ruh, ruh leh thluak te chu a sawi angin nung thei tura siam a ni. An inlaichinna chu thil mak tak a ni. Amah ang bawka mizia tam tak a neih avangin a ngaisang hle a - a langsar ber chu a fimkhur leh a reflexes rang tak a ni.
  
  
  Jakarta-a zan lum takah chuan, "Ka hmangaih che," tiin a hrilh fo thin. Tin, chutiang bawk chuan a chhang bawk.
  
  
  Tin, he thu an sawi hian eng nge an sawi tum, eng chen nge a nih theih, zan khat, kar chanve, thla khat, tuin nge hria ang...
  
  
  "Tun hma ang bawkin i la mawi reng a, Mata," zawi sap hian a ti a.
  
  
  A kawr chu a fawp a, a beng hnuaiah chiah. "Awle," a ti a. "Hey, chutah chuan en rawh."
  
  
  Car chu a ti hniam a, a tlan phei ta a. Lui kam, a chanve thing mawi tak tak hnuaia inthup, rectangular campsite te tak te a awm a. Chumi hnuah chuan campsite pathum dang hmuh tur a awm bawk.
  
  
  Car hmasa ber chu Rover lian tak a ni a, a pahnihna chu Volkswagen a ni a, a hnung lamah canvas camper a awm a, a pahnihna chu bungalow puan in aluminum frame bula Triumph dented a ni. Bungalow puan in chu a hlui tawh a, a rawng pawh a faded, light green colour a ni.
  
  
  "Chu chu kan mamawh chiah a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. Campground chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, Triumph bula awm turin a ding ta a. Kum li emaw kum nga emaw vela upa TR5 a ni. A hnaih ber chuan a dented ai chuan a chhe tawh zawkin a lang. Ni, ruah, flying sand leh gravel te chuan a chungah chhinchhiahna a hnutchhiah a. Tire chu a la tha hle.
  
  
  Mipa hring, tanned tak, faded khaki shorts ha, welt aiah fringe nei chu mei te tak te hnung atang chuan Nick chu a rawn pan hnai a, Nick chuan a kut a phar a. 'Chibai. Ka hming chu Norman Kent a ni. American a ni."
  
  
  "Buffer," tlangval chuan a ti a. "Australia mi ka ni." A kut inthlakna chu a nghetin a inngaitlawm hle.
  
  
  "Chu chu chutah chuan car chhunga ka nupui chu a ni." Nick chuan Volkswagen chu a en a. An nupa hian beng bulah tarp hnuaiah an thu a. Tlem chuan ngawi rengin a ti a, “Kan inbe thei lo em ni? I ngaihven theih tur offer ka nei a ni” a ti a.
  
  
  Buffer chuan: "Tea no khat ka pe thei che a, mahse hralh tur i neih chuan address dik lo i dawng a ni," tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a wallet chu a phawrh chhuak a, dollar bill za nga leh sawmhnih panga a la chhuak a. A ruang hnaihah a dah a, riahbuk chhunga tumahin an hmuh theih loh nan. "I zuar lo. Rent ka duh. I bulah tu emaw an awm em?"
  
  
  "Ka thianpa. Puan inah a mu thin."
  
  
  "Kan innei chauh a ni. Tunah chuan ka thiante intite hian min zawng ta a ni. I hria em, ka ngaihtuah lo tlangpui a, mahse chutah chuan i sawi ang khan heng tlangval thenkhat hi misual tenawm tak tak an ni."
  
  
  Australian chuan pawisa chu a en a, a thaw halh a. "Norman, kan bulah i awm thei mai ni lovin, i duh chuan Calais-ah pawh kan bulah i lo kal thei bawk."
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan a harsa lo. Nang leh i thianpa hi khaw hnai ber pan la, chutah chuan hotel emaw motel tha tak zawng turin ka ngen duh che a ni. Dik tak chuan, sawi lovin, hetah hian i camping hmanrua i hnutchhiah a ni. I chhuahsan tur awm chhun chu a." puan in, tarpaulin phek khat leh mutna bag leh blanket thenkhat. Hemi atana pawisa ka pek tur che hi heng zawng zawng aiin a hlu zawk hle." Buffer chuan pawisa chu a la a. "I rintlak hmel hle mai, thianpa. Heng buaina zawng zawng hi in tan kan hnutchhiah vek ang, kan mimal thil tih loh chu, a dik e...
  
  
  "I thenawmte chu engtin nge an awm?"
  
  
  Tih tur ka hre chiang khawp mai. America atanga lo kal ka cousin i nih thu ka hrilh ang a, ka puan in chu zan khat chhung i hmang a ni.
  
  
  'Tha. A remti ta. Ka car thup turin min pui thei ang em?
  
  
  Puan in sir lamah hian dah rawh. Engtin emaw chuan kan disguise ang.
  
  
  Minute sawm leh panga chhungin Buffer chuan Peugeot hnunglam chu kawngpui atanga thup thei awning patched a hmu a, campsite dang pahnih-a nupa te hnenah Norman Kent chu a "American cousin" angin a rawn inhriattir ta a ni. Chutah a bialnu sam dum mawi tak nen chuan a Triumph car-ah chuan an tlanbo ta a ni.
  
  
  Puan in chhung chu a nuam hle a, folding table, ṭhutphah tlemte leh air mattress awmna sleeping bag a awm bawk. A hnung lamah chuan puan in te tak te, thil dahna hmun atana hman tur a awm a. Bag leh bawm hrang hrangah chuan dish, cutlery leh canned food tlemte a khat a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a Peugeot car trunk chu a dap a, a suitcase atang chuan Jim Beam bottle khat chu a la a, dawhkanah chuan a dah a, “Honey, ka han en kual dawn a, chutih lai chuan in tur engemaw zat min siamsak thei ang em? ?
  
  
  "Tha." A fawp a, a hmui chu a fawp a, a beng chu seh a tum bawk. Mahse, a tih hma chuan puan in chu a chhuahsan tawh a ni.
  
  
  “Hetah hian, hei hi hmeichhia a ni,” tiin a ngaihtuah a, lui chu a pan hnai a. A tih tur dik tak, a hun takah, hmun dik takah leh kawng dik takah a hre chiang hle. Drawbridge tawi tak chu a pel a, campsite lam chu a hawi ta a. a Peugeot chu hmuh tur a awm lo. Lawng te tak te, sen hring dup, outboard motor nei chuan zawi zawiin kawngpui chu a rawn pan hnai a. Nick chu rang takin bridge chu a paltlang leh a, a kal lai chu en turin a ding ta a. Skipper chu tuipuiah a kal a, ke lian tak chu a han her kual a, chu chuan kawngpui chu a sir lamah a her kual a, gate ang maiin a herh kual a. Lawngah chuan a kir leh a, lawng chu a hnungzang chungah pangpar vuah rulhut ang maiin a rawn tlan pel ta a. Chu pa chuan a kut a phar a.
  
  
  Nick chuan step khat zet a rawn hnaih a. - "He bridge hi i khar tur a ni lo maw?"
  
  
  "Ni lo ni lo ni lo." Chu pa chu a nui suk a. Thumal tin chu meringue-a khuh ang maiin accent hmangin English a hmang a. 'Darkar a nei a. Minute hnih hnuah a khar leh ang. Nghak mai rawh.' A receiver chu Nick-a chu a kawhhmuh a, ngilnei takin a nui suk a, “Electric.” Awle. Tulip leh cigar hi kan neih zawng zawng a ni lo. Ho-ho-ho-ho tih a ni."
  
  
  "I ho-ho-ho-ho lutuk," Nick chuan a chhang a. Mahse a nuih chu a hlimawm hle. "Anih chuan engvangin nge he wheel hi herh ai chuan hetiang hian i hawn loh?"
  
  
  Skipper chuan ram thim tak chu a han en kual a, mak ti tak ang mai hian. "Shhht." Barrel pakhat atang chuan pangpar lian tak a la a, tuipuiah chuan a zuang thla a, Nick hnenah chuan a rawn hruai ta a. “Hetiang tourist hi i awm dan en turin an lo kal tawh lo ang. Hetah hian thilpek a awm” Nick chuan a mitmeng dum hring dup chu rei vak lo a en a, a kutah pangpar hnah a dawng a, chutah chu pa chu a lawng te tak teah chuan a zuang lut leh ta a.
  
  
  'Ka lawm lutuk e. Ka nupui hian a duh takzet ang.
  
  
  'Pathianin awmpui che rawh se.' Chu pa chuan a kut a phar a, zawi zawiin Nick chu a rawn tlan pel ta a. Camp-ah chuan a vak kual leh a, bridge chu a awmna hmuna a kir leh rual chuan a ri ta hlawm a. Volkswagen car neitu chuan kawngpui zim tak a zawh lai chuan a lo dang a. "Bonjour, Mr. Kent. Wine glass khat i in duh em?"
  
  
  "Hlimna nen. Mahse zanin hian a ni lo mai thei. Ka nupui nen chuan kan chau tawh. Ni hahthlak tak a ni."
  
  
  "I duh hun hunah lo kal rawh. Engkim ka hrethiam vek" Chu pa chuan a kun deuh a.A hming chu Perrault a ni.Chu "Ka hrethiam" tih chu Buffer-a'n a nupui bula awm "American cousin, Norman Kent" a nih thu a hrilh vang a ni.Nick chuan a nei ngei ang hming dang sawi a duh zawk a, mahse a passport emaw, document dang emaw a lantir a ngai a nih chuan buaina a siam ang.Tente chhungah chuan a lut a, pangpar chu Mata hnenah a pe a, a beam a, ‘An mawi hle mai. Chutiang tlemte atang chuan i hmu em? lawng a kal pelh mai mai em ni?' "
  
  
  'Awle. Kan puan inah anmahni nen chuan ka hmuh tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan pindan mawi ber kan nei ta.
  
  
  "Thil hi chutiang chuan mimal takin la suh."
  
  
  A ngaihtuah a, a sawi ang chuan tui chungah pangpar a awm. Pangpar rawng hrang hranga siam chunga a lu te tak te, dum chu a en a. A ngaihven hle a, hei hi a nunah a nghahhlelh em em hun lai ang mai a ni. Indonesia rama a lo hriat tawh angin khawvel pahnih atanga lo piang he hmeichhe naupang hian thuk tak tak a nei a. Hun i neih chuan a hnen atangin engkim i zir thei a, khawvel pum hian a kut zungtang sei tak takte chu i lakah a hlat vek ang.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Glass pakhat a pe a, camping chair nuam takah chuan lui luang thlamuang tak, thlamuang taka luang chhuak, violet dusk sky hnuaia ran vulhna hmun dum hring hringte chu en turin an thu a. Nick chu a muhil deuh niin a hria. Kawngpui chu a reh hle a, a chang chuan motor a kal pelh thin tih loh chu. Tin, puan in dang atanga thawm thenkhat leh a bula sava tlemte ri te pawh a awm bawk. Hemi tih loh chu engmah hriat tur a awm lo. A in tur chu a in a. - "Bucket chhungah chuan tui hring bottle khat a awm a. I in tur chu a vawt tawk em?
  
  
  'A tui khawp mai.'
  
  
  "Cigarette a ni em?
  
  
  "Thil tha tak a ni." - A zuk leh zuk loh pawh a ngaihven lo. Tun hnaiah a slow deuh tawh. Engati nge? A hre lo. Mahse tunah chuan a tlem berah chuan filter cigarette a halsak chu a duh ta hle mai. Fimkhur takin a hmuiah filter chu a dah a, a hmaa lighter meialh chu uluk takin a vawn a, a rawngbawl chu chawimawina ang maiin uluk takin cigarette chu a pe a.
  
  
  Engtin emaw tak chuan chu brown bag chhunga thil awm chu rukbo a tum dawn lo tih a hria a. Hei hi a chhan chu heng thilte hian market-a inzawmna dik tak nei lote tan chhiatna tawp nei lo a thlen dawn vang a ni thei. Hemi chungchangah hian a huatna chu a lo sang chho ta niin a hria a, chutah chuan tumah rin lohna chauhvin i nung thei a ni.
  
  
  A ding chhuak a, rangkachak dum bra ha chunga a inlan theih nan a kawr a phelh lai chu mumang ang maiin a en a. Puan in chung lai takah chuan hook-ah chuan kawr chu a khai a. Ni e, hei hi hmeichhe chhuanawm tak a ni. Hmeichhia i hmangaih theih. Chutiang hmeichhia hmangaihna tam tak khawlkhawm thei chu nun tha tak i nei ngei ang.
  
  
  Hmeichhe rilru na leh passion nei ber berte chu Scottish an ni a, finna lama hmasawn ber chu Japanese an ni tih a thutlukna a siam hnuah. Chutiang thil tum neia zir chianna atân chuan a tehkhin thute chu mi pakhatin a duh angin a zau lo tih chu pawm a ni a, mahse i neih chu i hlim a ngai a ni. Zan khat chu Washington-ah chuan Bill Rhodes-a hnenah zu tlem a in hnuah a hrilh a. Junior AX Agent chuan hei hi rei vak lo a ngaihtuah a, chutah chuan, “Heng Scotland mite hian kum zabi tam tak chhung chu Japan an tlawh tawh a. Lawng khalhtu angin emaw, sumdawng angin emaw. Chuvangin Nick, chutah chuan hmeichhe tha ber i zawng tur a ni: Japanese-Scottish hnam. Maybe , you chutiang ad chu chutah chuan dah tur a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. He Rhodes hi chu practical tak a ni. Herb Whitlock-a hna thawh zawh loh chu la turin Amsterdam-ah tirh a ni a, amah ni lovin Nick a ni tih hi thil thleng mai a ni. Bill-a chuan New York leh Bard Gallery-ah hna a thawk tan a.
  
  
  Mata chuan a lu te tak te, dum chu a kawngah a nghat a.
  
  
  A kuah a. "I ril a tam lo em ni?" tiin a zawt a. 'Tlemtein. Kan inbuatsaih theih dan tur chu nakinah kan la hmu ang.
  
  
  Bean thenkhat leh stew can engemaw zat a awm bawk. Salad atan thlai tling tawk, chubakah oil leh vinegar pawh a awm bawk. Tin, tea atan biscuit pawh a awm bawk."
  
  
  "A ropui khawp mai." Hmeichhe hmeltha tak. Pantry chhunga thil awmte chu a lo enfiah tawh a.
  
  
  "Min hmuh loh ka beisei," zawi sap hian a ti a. "Helicopter leh thlawhtheihna hian min ti buai deuh a."
  
  
  'Ka hria. Mahse kawngpui an siam chuan chawhnu lamah an chau ang a, kan paltlang thei a ni. Naktuk zing khawvar hmain kan chhuak ang. Mahse, i ngaihtuah chuan Mata, dik tak, a hma ang bawkin.
  
  
  "Van Rijn hi mi fing tak niin ka hria."
  
  
  ‘Ka pawm e. Mahse Van der Lahn ai pawhin mize nghet zawk a nei niin ka hria. Mahse, a chhan chu Mata, Herbert Whitlock hi i tawng tawh em?
  
  
  'Ngei ngei. Ni khat chu zanriah ei turin min sawm a. Nick chuan a kut chu thunun a tum a. Involuntary reflex angin a tens deuh mai.
  
  
  "Khawiah nge i hmuh hmasak ber?"
  
  
  "Kaufman Street-ah chuan min rawn tlan nghal a, chutah chuan thlalaktu a awm a. Chu chu, paltlang taka ka chhungah a tlan lut nghal niin a inlan a ni. Engtin emaw tak chuan hei hi a sawi tum a ni ngei ang, a chhan chu min zawng a nih a rinawm, ka ring. A duh a ni." engemaw."
  
  
  'Engnge?'
  
  
  'Ka hre lo. Hei hi thla hnih vel kalta khan a thleng a ni. De Boerderij-ah kan ei a, chutah chuan Blue Note-ah kan kal leh ta a. Chutah chuan a nuam hle mai. Herb hi dancer ropui tak a nih bakah.
  
  
  "Nang pawh i mutpui ve em?"
  
  
  ‘Ni lo, chutiang chu a ni lo. Kan thlah lai khan fawh mai mai. Nakinah chuan hetiang hian ka ti leh ngei ang tih ka ring. Mahse, ka thiannu Paula nen vawi eng emaw zat a kal a. Tin, chutah chuan chu thil thleng chu a awm bawk. Ka duh khawp mai. Min sawm leh ngei ka ring."
  
  
  Zawhna eng pawh a zawt che a. Eng nge a chhui chhuah tum tih hi i hrethiam em?
  
  
  "Nangmah ang chiah a ni tih ka ngaihtuah a. American agent emaw eng emaw. Thlalak chungchang leh modeling khawvel chungchang kan sawi tam ber a."
  
  
  Tin, eng thil nge thleng? Ads a awm em?'
  
  
  'Awle. Thlalak lam sumdawnna lama branch a ni. Nakinah chuan rinawm takin ka ruahman a, ka puih theih chuan engtin nge ni ang.
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a lu a thing a. Herbert rethei tak chu. Fimkhur tak leh methodical taka hnathawh a ngai a ni. In tur lo turin. Agent tam takin an tih thin angin hmeichhe naupang leh sumdawnna hi tibuai suh. Mata lakah hian rinawm zawk ni ta se, a la dam mai thei.
  
  
  "A in nasa em?"
  
  
  ‘Engmah lo tluk a ni. A chanchin ka duh ber pakhat.
  
  
  "Thih a nih i ring em?"
  
  
  "He thil hi ka ngaihtuah a. Paula hian thil a hre maithei. Amsterdam kan thlen leh hunah ka biak tur em ni?"
  
  
  'Hmangaihna. A connection te ngaihtuah khan i dik a ni. American agent a ni a. A thihna hi accident a ni tak tak em tih hriat ka duh tak zet a ni. Ka sawi tum chu Dutch police te hi an efficient a ni ngei ang, mahse... -"
  
  
  A kut chu a rawn hmet a. - 'Ka hrethiam che.' Eng emaw ka hmu maithei. Paula hi hmeichhe sensitive tak a ni.
  
  
  "A nih leh nangmah ang bawka hmeltha?"
  
  
  "Chu chu nangmah ngeiin i rel a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  Amah lam hawiin a hawi a, ngawi rengin a hmui chu a hmuiah a hmet a, sawi ang maiin, mahse i thlang lo vang, ka enkawl ang.
  
  
  A hmui nem tak chu a fawp a, Nick chuan engvangin nge Whitlock-a’n Mata a thlan tih a ngaihtuah a. Ruatlawk loha thil thleng kawp? Maithei. Amsterdam khawpui sumdawnna khawvel chu mi zawng zawng inhriat tawnna khua anga hriat a ni. Mahse, AX computer hmanga tihfel a nih a rinawm zawk.
  
  
  A thaw halh a. Engkim chu a kal zawi lutuk a. Mata fawh leh fawhna chuan i harsatna chu rei lo te chhung chu a theihnghilh tir thei khawp mai. A kut chu a rawn tla thla a, a belt chu a phelh nghal zat bawk. Belt pakhat, trick thup zawng zawng leh AX laboratory atanga powder hman dan: cyanide poison, suicide powder leh poison dang hmanna dozen nei. Hei bakah hian pawisa leh file flexible tak a awm bawk. Eden huanah chuan mikhual ang maiin a inhria a. Guest chuan dagger a keng a.
  
  
  A insawn a. “Mati, ka thawmhnaw pawh ka phelhsak ang che.”
  
  
  Lai takin a ding a, a hmui kil khatah chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a khel a, a jacket chu lak tumin a kut a phar a. Hanger-ah uluk takin a dah a, a tie leh kawr pawh chutiang bawk chuan a ti a, mutna bag hnuaia a suitcase inhawng chhunga stiletto chu a thup lai chu ngawi rengin a en reng bawk.
  
  
  "Thil tui chawi hi ka nghakhlel tak zet a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Rang takin a pants chu a phelh a. "Still, chu chu Javanese a ni lawm ni? Ni khatah vawi nga tui chawi i la duh em?"
  
  
  'Awle. Tui chu a nuamin a friendly hle. A tithianghlim che a ni..."
  
  
  A han hawi chhuak a. A thim zo ta vek mai. A dinhmun atang chuan tumah hmuh tur a awm lo. "Ka underpants hi ka vawng thei ang." Mi hlauhawm tak tak, a ti a; Hei hi Eden huanah chuan min la phatsan reng a, a bag thup chhunga Pierre thihna thlen thei chu a dah tel bawk.
  
  
  “He puan hian tui a tuar thei a ni,” a ti bawk. "Lui chung lam kan pan chuan saruakin kan inbual thei ang. Ka inbual a, ka fai vek duh khawp mai."
  
  
  Bag dum chhunga towel pahnih khuh a hmu a, pakhatah chuan Wilhelmina leh a wallet te chu a awm a, "I inbual ang u," a ti a.
  
  
  Kawng felfai tak, dik tak chuan lui lam pan chuan a zui a. Campground an hmuh loh hma lawk chuan Nick chuan a hawi let leh a. Tuman an en dawn lo niin a lang. Rovers hian an chaw chu primus stove-ah an siam a. Camping hmun a te em em chhan chu a hrethiam a. Vawikhat chu thinghnah atanga an chhuah chuan thingte chu a hun takah tuipui kam atanga hla zawkah an awm ta a ni. Lo neihna hmun chu tuipui kamah a thleng tawh mai. Kawng chu kawngpui ang mai a ni a, sakawrte chuan thlah engemaw zat kal ta khan barge te emaw, lawng te emaw an rawn phur chhuak ang mai a ni. Chutiang chu a ni mai thei. Rei tak an kal a. Ran vulhna hmun hnua ran vulhna hmun. Mi tam tak awmna ram tan chuan thil mak tak a ni. Mite... He planet-a hripui hi. Agriculture machine leh agriculture lama hnathawkte...
  
  
  Thingkung sang tak pakhat hnuaiah chuan thim zinga gazebo ang maia venhimna hmun a hmu a. Tlang zim tak, hnah hring hring, bung ang maia khat. Mata chuan rei tak a en a, mak ti zet hian a en a. tiin a zawt a. - “Hetah hian eng emaw i duh em?”
  
  
  "He hmun hi. He lui kam hi engtiang chiahin nge a felfai tih i hmu em? Bawlhhlawh emaw, hnah emaw, hnah emaw a awm lo. Mahse hetah hian. Hetah hian hnah tak tak, a vawt vek tawh, hmul khum ang maiin a la awm. Hmangaihtute hi hetah hian an lo kal niin ka hria." Kum tam tak chhung a zawnin in a awm mai thei.
  
  
  Towel chu thingkung chungah chuan a dah a. ‘I sawi dik ka ring. Mahse, hetah hian miten chawhnu lama mutna hmun nuam tak an neih theih nan hnah an rake mai thei.
  
  
  A bra leh panty chu a phelh a. "Awle, mahse he hmun hian hmangaihna a hre nasa hle. Engtin emaw tak chuan a thianghlim a ni. A boruak a nei ve tho a ni. I hre thei bawk. Hetah hian tumahin thing an tan lo va, bawlhhlawh an hnutchhiah ngai lo. Chu chu finfiahna a awm lo em ni?"
  
  
  "A ni mai thei," ngaihtuahna sengin a ti a, a underpants chu a sir khatah a vawrh chhuak a. Hma la rawh, Carter, chu chu finfiah turin, a dik lo mai thei.
  
  
  Mata chu a hawi let a, luiah chuan a lut ta a. A dive a, metre tlemte a hlaah a surface a. 'Hetah pawh hian dive rawh.A nuam khawp mai.'
  
  
  Lui hriat loha pil duh zinga mi a ni lo va, lungpui darh zau tak takte chu ngaihthah mai mai tur khawpin i â thei lo. Nick Carter-a, a chang chuan metre sawmthum atanga tuiah a pil thin chu tiang tla ang maiin tuiah chuan a lut a. Silent strokes chungin hmeichhe naupang lam pan chuan a inbual a. He hmun hian remna leh zahna a phu niin a hria a, hetah hian hmangaihna hmasa ber hretu hmangaihtu zawng zawngte chawimawina a phu hle. A nih loh leh ka genius tha tak a ni tih Mata bulah chuan a inbual chho a, a ngaihtuah ta a.
  
  
  "I rilru a nuam lo em ni?" a ti sap sap a.
  
  
  Awle.' Tui hi a thlamuang a, tlai lamah boruak a lum bawk. Tui chung reh tak hnaih taka a thawk pawh chuan a lung chu thil thar, thil thar leh thil thar leh chakna pe thei takin a khat ang maiin a lang. Mata chuan a rawn nawr a, a then chu a rawn inphah a, a lu chu a lu nen a inmil hle. A sam chu a sei khawp mai a, a hrual hnim hring chu a kawngah a rawn tla thla a, a nêmna nem tak chuan a rawn fawp a. Mata mizia tha dang pakhat chu salon tlawh loh hi a ni tih a ngaihtuah a. Self-care awlsam deuhin towel, comb, brush leh oil rimtui bottle khat hmangin a sam chu a lo piang leh ta.
  
  
  A en a, a lu sir lehlamah a kut a nghat a, a fawp zauh zauh a, lawng pahnih, a hnim hring dup dup dup dup dup dup dup dup chuan an taksa chu a khar khawm ta a.
  
  
  Zawi zawiin a kaitho a, a hnute pahnih chu a fawp a, chu thiltih chuan tribute leh passion a lantir vek a ni. A tihhniam leh chuan a erection hian a then a thlawp a ni. Thlarau lama lawmawm em em rilru put hmang a ni a, chatuan atan vawn reng i duh a, mahse, chu chuan hmalam pan tawh lo tura a fuih avangin a tibuai bawk.
  
  
  A thaw halh a, a kut chak tak chu a hnung lamah tlem a khar a. A kutphah chu a inhawng leh inkhar tih a hria a, naupang hrisel takin a nu hnute a in laiin a nu hnute a hrual lai thil tenawm tak takte chu a hria a.
  
  
  A tawpah chuan ... a kut chu a rawn tla thla a, a lo dang a, a rawn ti sap a: “Ni lo, kut a awm lo. Engkim hi Javanese a ni, i hre reng em?
  
  
  Hlauhna leh beiseina inzawmkhawm nen, chu hriatrengna chu a rawn lang chhuak tih chu a la hre reng a ni. Tlem a rei deuh a, mahse chu chu nuam tihna zinga mi a ni. "Ni e," a ti muangchang a, a thawk chho a, a chungah a inhnukdawk a. 'Awle. Ka hre reng a ni.'
  
  
  A nawmna chu dawhtheihna man a ni. Vawi za zet chu a taksa chu a chungah lumnain a oversaturated tih a hriat avangin an inkarah tui lum tlem a dah pawimawh hle niin a ring. Nun thlamuang leh lawmawm tak anga lang chu a ngaihtuah a, tuiah chuan fuck hi nuam a ti lo tih sawitute chu a khawngaih hle. An lungawi lohna leh an insum theihnate chu rilru lamah an vawng tlat a ni. Mi rethei tak takte. A tha zawk hle mai. A chung berah chuan in inthen a, fluid connection a awm lo. Mata chuan a hnung lamah a ke a khar a, zawi zawiin chunglam pan leh a bulah a inphah chhuak tih a hria. 'Ka hria. Ka hria," a ti sap a, chutah a hmui chu a hmuiah a hmet a.
  
  
  A hre chiang khawp mai.
  
  
  Tui chhungah chuan thimah khuh chungin camp lam panin an kal leh ta a. Mata chuan gas stove friendly hum nen chuan chaw a buatsaih a. Curry a hmu a, sa chu a stew a, bean atan chili a hmu a, salad dressing atan thyme leh garlic a hmu bawk. Nick chuan a hnah hnuhnung ber thlengin a ei a, tea nen biscuit sawm a ei avangin a zak lo hle. A chhan chu Australian pakhat chuan tunah chuan cookies tam tak a lei thei tawh a ni.
  
  
  Dish sil leh bawlhhlawh tihfai nan a pui bawk. An mutna bag phurh loh chhunga an inhnim luh rual chuan rei vak lo chu an infiam a. Mut nghal mai ai chuan an ti leh ta vek a.
  
  
  Awle, tlem tal chu? Sex nuam tihna, sex chi hrang hrang, wild sex, sex tui tak.
  
  
  Darkar khat hnuah a tawpah chuan an bu nêm leh hring dup takah chuan an inkuah khawm ta a ni. “Ka lawm e, duhtak,” Mata chuan a ti sap a. "Kan la hlim thei tho."
  
  
  "Eng nge lawmthu i sawi? Ka lawm e. I tui hle mai."
  
  
  "Ni e," muthilh hmel zet hian a ti a. "Hmangaihna hi ka hmangaih. Hmangaihna leh ngilneihna chauh hi a tak tak a ni. Guru pakhat hian vawi khat chu hetiang hian min hrilh a. Mi thenkhat chu a pui thei lo. An naupan lai atang tawhin nu leh pa dawt sawiah an tang tlat a. Zirna dik lo."
  
  
  A mitmeng khar chu languid takin a fawp a. "Muhil rawh, Miss Guru Freud. I sawi dik ngei ang. Mahse, ka chau lutuk..." A aw hnuhnung ber chu a thaw halh rei hle.
  
  
  Nick chu ui ang maiin a muhil tlangpui. A hun takah a muhil thei a, a ngaihtuahna a seng tha hle a, thawm tlemte pawh a fimkhur reng a, mahse tun zan hian, leh ngaihdam theih a nih avangin thingpui huan ang maiin a muhil ta a ni. A muthilh hma chuan kawngpuiah thil danglam tak a lo thlen veleh a rilru chu kaihthawh tir a tum a, mahse chumi zan chuan thinrim takin a rilru chu a hawisan ta niin a lang. Mata nena heng hun hlimawm tak takte hi a hlim lo zawk vang pawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  Camp atanga kilometer chanve vel a hlaah Mercedes lian pahnih an ding a. Mi pangate chuan mutna puan in pathum chu step êng tak, ngawi rengin an pan hnai a. Pakhatnaah chuan an flashlight chu Rover leh Volkswagen-ah an eng a. A bak zawng chu a awlsam khawp mai. Peugeot chu rang taka en mai mai pawh a tawk lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan a mitmenga êng chak tak a rawn thlen hma loh chuan a hre lo. A harh a, a zuang chhuak ta a. Rang takin a mit a chhing leh a. A mitmeng chungah a kut a nghat a. Naupang te tak te ang maia man. Wilhelmina chu a suitcase bulah chuan sweater hnuaiah a mu a. Throw rang takin a man thei mai thei, mahse a rilru a hahdam tir ta a ni. Dawhthei takin awm la, card shuffle hun nghak mai rawh. Mata chu a khel fing zawk. Che thei lovin a muhil a. Tunah chuan a harh tawh niin a lang a, uluk takin thil thleng tur a nghak mek a ni.
  
  
  Lantern êng chu a hawisan a, lei lam a hawi ta a. Chu chu a mitmeng chunga eng chhuak bo atang chuan a hrechhuak ta a ni. "Ka lawm e," a ti a. "Pathian vangin ka hmaiah êng ti eng tawh suh."
  
  
  'Tihpalh.' - Jaap Balleguier aw a ni. “Mi ngaihven mi engemaw zat kan ni a, Mr. Kent. Chuvangin thawhpui rawh.Diamond te hi i hlan turin kan duh a ni.
  
  
  'Tha. Ka thup ta a. Nick chu a ding chhuak a, mahse a mit chu a la chhip reng a. "Chu êng râpthlâk tak hmang chuan min mit min tidel a." Hmalam pan chuan a ding chhuak a, a hriat aia ṭanpui thei lo ang maiin a lang. Thim zingah chuan a mit a meng a.
  
  
  "Khawiah nge an awm, Mr. Kent?"
  
  
  "Ka thup tih ka hrilh tawh che a ni."
  
  
  'Ngei ngei. Mahse, i lak ka phal lovang. Puan in chhungah emaw, car chhungah emaw, pawn lam hmun dangah emaw. A tul chuan kan tiam thei che a ni. I duhthlanna chu siam vat rawh.
  
  
  Eng duhthlanna nge? Thim zingah midang pawh a hre thei. Ballegoyer chu a hnunglam atangin a khuh tha hle. Chuvangin trick hman a hun tawh.
  
  
  A hmel mawi lo tak, tuna khauh tak chu a en let leh tih a mitthla a. Balleguier kha mize nghet tak a ni a, mahse Van der Lahn ang mi chak lo angin i hlau tur a ni lo. Hei hi mi hlauthawng tak a ni a, a that che a, chutah a ti duh lo.
  
  
  'Engtin nge min hmuh?'
  
  
  ‘Helicopter a ni. Pakhat ka call a. Engkim hi a awlsam khawp mai. Diamonds khawngaihin.
  
  
  "Van Rijn nen in thawk dun em?"
  
  
  ‘A ni lo tak zet. Tunah chuan Mr. Kent, ngawi rawh..."
  
  
  Bluff a ni lo. - “He suitcase-ah hian mutna bag bulah i hmu ang. Vei lamah.Kawr hnuaiah.
  
  
  'Ka lawm e.'
  
  
  Mi pakhat chu puan in chhungah a lut a, a lo haw leh ta a. Ballegoyer hnena a pek lai chuan bag chu a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. Tlem chuan a hmu thei deuh a. Minute khat dang a nghak leh a. He khawnvar hi a kick thei a, mahse midang pawhin lamp an nei ve mai thei. Chubakah, Mati chu silai kah tan tirh khan line of fire lai takah a awm a. Balleguire chuan hmusit hmel zet hian a ti a. "Heng lungte hi souvenir atan i dah thei ang, Mr. Kent. Fake an ni."
  
  
  Nick chu thim zingah chuan a lawm hle a. A rawn sen chhuak tih a hria. Sikul naupang ang maiin bum a ni. "De Groot-a'n a thlak danglam a ni..."
  
  
  “A dik e. Bag lem a rawn keng a. A tak tak ang chiah chiah, chanchinbuah an thlalak i hmuh chuan.
  
  
  "A tlanbo thei em?"
  
  
  'Awle. Ani leh Hasebroeck chuan gate chu an hawng leh a, Van Rijn nen chuan police helicopter chu nangmah en reng turin kan ruat bawk.
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan Dutch special agent i ni. Chu chu tu nge ni...."
  
  
  ‘Engtin nge De Groot nen hian in inzawm?
  
  
  "Ka lo lut lo. Van Rijn hian he meeting hi a buaipui a. Tichuan a mediate ang. Chuti a nih chuan engtin nge i hmachhawn ang?
  
  
  "De Groot nen hian in inzawm thei ang em?"
  
  
  "A chenna hmun pawh ka hre lo. Mahse, ka chanchin a lo hre tawh - diamond lei duhtu ka nih angin. Min mamawh a nih chuan khawiah nge min zawn dawn tih a hria ang."
  
  
  "A hmain i lo hre tawh em?"
  
  
  'Aih. Van Rijn-a in hnung lama thingtlang hmunah chuan ka hmu ta a. Yenisei diamond zuar tu chu a ni em tih ka zawt a. Intermediary tel lova tih theihna hun remchang a hmu niin ka hria. Min hmuhtir a. Heng fake te nen hian an danglam ka ti. Original an ni ngei ang, a chhan chu lei duhtu rintlak tak ka ni mai thei tih a ngaihtuah vang a ni."
  
  
  "Engvangin nge i chhuah vat?"
  
  
  "I puan tirh khan attack a ni mai thei tih ka ngaihtuah a. De Groot hi ka man a, he bag hi ka keng a. Min biak turin ka hrilh a, engti kawng pawhin deal hi a kal zel dawn tih ka hrilh bawk."
  
  
  Car chak zawk nei naupang zawk chuan an nei tur niin ka hria."
  
  
  Balleguire-a chhanna chu sardonic tone a awm a.
  
  
  "Chuvangin thil thleng nghal mai victim i ni ta a ni."
  
  
  'Chu chu a chiang khawp mai.'
  
  
  - De Groot-a chuan i ruksak a tih chuan engtin nge ni ang?
  
  
  
  
  Bung 8-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘Eng nge i ruk? Jewel rukbo tak tak hnen atanga fakes bag khat?
  
  
  “Chuvangin heng diamond te hi lei tura an rawn hlan che khan rukbo a ni tih i hria a ni.” Police ang maiin a sawi a: Tunah chuan thiam loh chantir rawh an ti.
  
  
  "Ka hriat dan chuan neitu ta an ni lo. Soviet mine-ah an lai chhuak a, chuta tang chuan lak chhuah an ni..."
  
  
  “Huh?Chuti a nih chuan Russian ho atanga lo thleng a nih chuan rukrukna a ni lo em ni?”
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan i sawi. Veil dum ha nula chuan a ta an nih thu a sawi."
  
  
  Nick hian he Balleguire hi feint leh diplomacy lama thiam tak a nihzia chu a hmu chiang leh ta a ni. Mahse hei hian eng nge a thlen a, engvangin nge? " "
  
  
  Mi dang pakhat chuan card a pe a. - De Groot hian a rawn biak che a nih chuan min rawn call thei ang em?
  
  
  "Mrs J tan i la thawk em?"
  
  
  Balleguier chu rei vak lo a inhnial a. Nick chuan veil chu chawi chhuah a tum tih hriatna a nei a, mahse a tawpah chuan a dodal ta a ni.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “Ni e,” a ti a, “Mahse, i rawn call ngei ka beisei.”
  
  
  "Ka hriat dan atang chuan chu diamond te chu a hmu hmasa thei ang," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  'Maithei. Mahse, i hmuh angin tunah chuan thil a buaithlak tawh hle a ni." Thim zingah chuan a kal a, a kalna tur en turin a chang chuan khawnvar chu a on a. Mipaho chuan puan in sir lehlamah chuan an zui ve bawk a. Thim dang a awm leh bawk figure appeared from behind the Peugeot. , and the fourth - from the side of the stream.Nick chuan thlamuang takin a thaw halh a.An zinga engzat nge awm dun ang?A vannei star te chu Wilhelmina a man nghal loh avangin lawmthu a sawi tur a ni.
  
  
  Puan in leh a mutna bag-ah chuan a kir leh a, diamond lem chu trunk chhungah chuan a paih lut ta a. Chutah chuan Wilhelmina chu a awm tih leh magazine chu a hnen atanga lak chhuah a nih loh nan a enkawl a. Tichuan a mu a, Mata chu a khawih a. Thu engmah sawi lovin a kuah a.
  
  
  A hnungzang nem tak chu a fawp a. "Engkim i hre vek em?"
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  "Tunlai hian Van Rijn leh Balleguier te hi an thawk dun tawh a. Chuti chung chuan an pahnih hian diamond hralh turin min rawn pe a. Tin, eng pawh nise, heng mite hi eng ang mi nge an nih? Dutch mafia te hi?
  
  
  “Ni lo,” tiin thim zingah chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a chhang a. A thaw chuan a hmui chu a rawn brush zawi zawi a. "An pahnih hian citizen tha tak an ni."
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu ngawi rengin a awm a, chutah an pahnih chuan an nui ta a. “Sumdawng zahawm tak tak,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Van Rijn a ni mai thei, mahse Balleguier hi khawvela sumdawng hmeichhia pawimawh ber agent a ni. An vai hian hlawkna felfai tak an nei vek a, a theih ang angin an man loh theihna chance a awm a nih chuan." Hawk-a'n, "Tunge chak ang?"
  
  
  A thlalak memory-ah chuan tun hnaia AX headquarters-a a zir chianna thuruk file-te chu a zawng a. International relations chungchang an ni. Soviet Union leh Netherlands te chu an inrem tha hle a. Eng emaw chen chu a hlimthla a ni tak zet a ni, a chhan chu Dutch-ho chuan China-hoin mak tak maia hmasawnna an neihna nuclear zirchianna kawng ṭhenkhatah Chinese-ho nen an thawkdun a ni. Yenisei diamonds te hi he scheme ah hian a in fit tha vak lo a, mahse chuti chung chuan...
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu muthilh chungin a ngaihtuah a, a dar ruk leh kua vel a nih thlengin a darthlalang a. Tichuan a harh a, De Groot leh Hasebruck-a te chu a ngaihtuah ta a. Tunah chuan engtin nge an tih ang? Diamond siam nan hian pawisa an mamawh a, Van der Laan nen pawh an la inzawm reng a ni. Chuvângin, buainaah an inhmu ta a ni. Mata harh chu a fawp a. "Hnathawh hun a ni."
  
  
  Khawchhak lam pan chuan zing khawvar hnaih lam pan chuan an tlan ta a. Chhum khuh chu a thim hle a, mahse a lumna chu a hniam a, a nuam hle. Khawpui tenau felfai tak an tlan pelh lai leh rel kawng an pelh lai chuan Nick-a chuan, “Khawpui hi America an ti a,” tiin a au chhuak ta a.
  
  
  "Hetah hian American influence tam zawk i hmu ang. Motel, supermarket. Hetah hian ramngaw zawng zawng a tichhe vek a ni. A bik takin kawngpui lian leh khawpui bulah."
  
  
  Ohio-a awm thei motel café-ah chawhmeh an ei a. Map a zir chuan hmar lam panna kawngpui lian tak a hmuchhuak a, chu chuan Nijmegen leh Arnhem thlengin a pan a. Parking atanga an chhuah rual chuan Nick chuan rang takin car chu a check a. A hnungzang hnuaiah chuan a hmu a, chu chu plastic box inches li zeta sei te tak te a ni. Flexible wire clamps leh a khawih tak tak loh frequency control knob nen. Chu chu Mate hnenah a entir a. “Chutiang Balleguire tlangval pakhat chu thim zingah chuan a buai hle a.” He transmitter te tak te hian kan awmna hmun a hrilh a.
  
  
  Mata chuan bawm dum te tak te chu a en a. "A te hle mai".
  
  
  "Heng thilte hi peanuts ang maia lianin i siam thei. Hemi hi a man tlawm zawk emaw, battery lian zawk bakah range rei zawk vangin a dam rei zawk emaw a ni mai thei...''
  
  
  Highway-ah hmar lam ni lovin khawthlang lam panin a tlan a, Shell gas station an thlen thlengin, chutah chuan motor eng emaw zat chu pump-ah line-a nghah turin an ding a ni. Nick-a chu line-ah a lut a, “Minute khat hun la la, pump-ah hruai rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  Hma lam pan chuan a kal a, Belgian license plate nei car pakhat a hmu ta a. A tlu a, car hnunglam hnuaiah chuan handle chu a thlak a, hmalam a pan a, driver hnenah chuan French tawngin thlum takin: “I car hnuaiah handle ka thlak a, minute khat tal i nghak thei ang em?
  
  
  Wheel hnung lama mipa stocky tak chu duhawm takin a nui a, a lu a bu nghat a. Nick chuan a handle chu a hmu a, Belgian car hnuaiah chuan transmitter chu a dah ta a ni. Pen chu a la a, chu pa chu lawmthu a sawi a, friendly nods tlemte an inthleng a. Peugeot tank an khat hnu chuan hmar lam an hawi ta a.
  
  
  "Chu transmitter chu kha car dang hnuaiah khan i tape em?" Mata chuan a zawt a. 'Awle. I paih chuan thil dik lo a awm tih an hre nghal mai ang. Mahse, chu car dang chu rei lo te chhung chu an lo um ve mai thei. Thil dang a la awm. Tunah chuan kawngpuiah car dang atang pawhin min enthla thei tawh ang."
  
  
  An hnung lama tlan hla tak car pakhat chu a zawng a, Zutphen-a chu U-turn a siam a, thingtlang kawngpuiah chuan Twente canal thlengin a kal leh chhuak a, motor pakhat mah an zui lo. A kekawrte chu a han chawi sang a. "Kan hloh tawh niin a lang a, mahse a pawimawh lo. Van Rijn hian Van der Laan nen hian sumdawnna kan nei tih a hria a. Mahse, tlem kan tibuaitu pawh a ni mai thei."
  
  
  Hengelo-ah chawhmeh an ei a, dar hnih hnu lawkah Gesteren an thleng ta a. Pawn lama Van der Laan-a estate lam panna kawng an hmu ta a. Thingtlang hmun zau tak a ni a - Germany ramri hnaih tak a ni ngei ang - station area a awm a, chuta tang chuan thing phun hnuaiah leh fence nghet tak inkarah thingtlang kawngpuiah yard za nga vel zet an tlan a ni. Van Rijn-a chenna in mawi tak chu pale version a ni. An pahnih man chu tehkhin a har hle a, mahse mi hausa ta chauh an ni thei. Estate pakhatah chuan kum zabi tam tak liam tawh thing a awm a, in chu a lian hle a, tui tam tak a awm bawk a, chu chu aristocracy hluiten an zawn chu a nih avangin. A dang - Van der Laan - chuan ram a nei tam hle a, mahse in sak a tlem a, luite pawh hmuh theih loh tluk a ni. Nick chuan Peugeot chu zawi zawiin kawngpui hrual takah chuan a khalh a, lungpui parking lot-ah a dah a; car dang sawmhnih vel inkar a ni. Daf hi khawiah mah a hmu lo va, Van Rijn leh Ball-Guyer-a te duh ber limousine lian tak tak pawh a hmu lo. Mahse a hnung lamah chuan car pawh dah theihna tur driveway a la awm tho. Parking atanga khawi emaw laiah chuan tunlai swimming pool, tennis court pahnih leh bowling alley pathum a awm a. Tennis court pahnih hi hman a ni a, mahse pool chhehvelah hian mi paruk vel chauh an awm. A la thim hle mai.
  
  
  Nick chuan Peugeot chu a lock a. "I kal kual ang u, Mata. Party tan hmain i han en kual ang u."
  
  
  Terrace leh sports field te chu an paltlang a, in chhung chu an fang kual a. Gravel kawngpui pakhat chuan garage, stables leh thinga siam outbuilding-te a pan a. Nick chu a kal zel a. Barn dinglama field-ah chuan ball lian tak tak pahnih a rawn inphah a, chu chu mi pakhatin a chhungah thil a pump lut a, a veng a ni. Nick chuan helium nge hydrogen tih a ngaihtuah a. A mitmeng luhchilh tak chuan a chipchiar zawng zawng chu a hmu vek a. Garage chungah hian residential emaw staff quarter emaw, parking space paruk awmna a awm a. A hmaah chuan car te tak te pathum chu a kiangah felfai takin an ding a, in sir lama lirthei tlanna kawngpui chuan thlai inkar rise chu a paltlang a, ramngaw chhungah a lut ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan Mata chu garage chhungah a hruai lut a, an hnunglam atang chuan Van der Laan aw a rawn ri a. "Hello, Mr. Kent."
  
  
  Nick chu a hawi let a, nui chung hian a kut a phar a. 'Chibai.'
  
  
  Van der Laan chu thaw chhuak lo deuhin a rawn thleng a. An chanchin chu a hriattir nghal vat a. Sports kawr dum leh kawrfual dum a ha a, chu chuan sumdawng, hmel ṭha lo tak vawng reng tura theihtawp chhuah ṭhin ang maiin a la lang reng a ni. A pheikhawk chu a eng chhuak a.
  
  
  Nick-a lo thlen thuthang chuan Van der Laan chu a lungawi lo tih a chiang hle. Mak tihna chu hnehin thil awmdan chu thunun tumin a bei nasa hle. "I en ang, min en teh. I lo kal dawn tih ka chiang lo...."
  
  
  Hetah hian hmun ropui tak i nei a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Mata chu a inhmelhriattir a. Van der Laan chu a ngilnei hle. "Engvangin nge ka lo kal lo ang tih i ngaihtuah?" Nick chuan balloon te chu a en a. Pakhat chu pattern mak tak tak, swirl leh line of fantastic colors, rippling flash of glee-a sexual symbol chi hrang hrangin a khuh a.
  
  
  "Kei... ka hre tawh...
  
  
  - De Groot a lo thleng tawh em?
  
  
  'Awle. Kan frank chho zel tih ka hmuchhuak. Thil awmdan mak tak mai. Nangni pahnih hian min kalsan i tum a, mahse thil awmdan chuan ka hnenah kir leh turin a nawr che u a ni. Hei hi destiny a ni.
  
  
  - De Groot hian min thinrim em? A package chu a hnen atangin ka la a."
  
  
  Van der Laan mitmeng eng mawi tak chuan De Groot-a'n "Norman Kent" a bum thu a hrilh tih a tilang a - De Groot-a chu a thinrim tak zet tih a tilang bawk. Van der Laan chuan a kut a phar a.
  
  
  "Ah, tak tak ni lo. A nihna takah chuan De Groot hi sumdawng a ni. A pawisa a hmuh theih nan leh heng diamond te hi a paih chhuah theih nan a duh chauh a ni. Amah hi ka va hmu tur em ni?"
  
  
  'Tha. Mahse, naktuk zing thlengin sumdawnna ka nei thei lo. Chu chu cash a mamawh a nih chuan tihna a ni. Messenger kaltlangin sum tam tak ka dawng thin."
  
  
  "Messenger?"
  
  
  "Ṭhian pakhat, a dik e."
  
  
  - Van der Laan chuan a ti a. A chak lohna lai zawn a tum a. Kent-a Van Rijn-a bula a awm lai khan khawiah nge he palai hi a awm? A sawi dan chuan Norman Kent hian Netherlands-ah ṭhian a nei lo - a tlem berah chuan a tan sum tam tak rawn hruai thei tur thuruk a nei lo. "I phone la, a lo kal hma thei ang em tih i zawt thei ang em?"
  
  
  'Aih. Hei hi thil theih a ni lo. I mite lakah ka fimkhur hle ang... -
  
  
  Mi thenkhat chu i fimkhur a ngai a ni,” Van der Laan chuan a ti a. "Hemi chungchang hi Van Rijn nen in sawiho hmasak ber kha ka lawm vak lo. Tin, tunah chuan a hnua thil thleng tur chu i hmu ta. Heng diamond te hi rukbo a ni tih an sawi atang khan mi zawng zawngin an kut zungtang duhâm tak an kawhhmuh vek a ni. Tin, he Balleguier hian? Tu nge a thawh tih i hria em?" ?
  
  
  'Aih. Diamond zuar thei tur mai a ni ngei ang,” Nick chuan sual nei lovin a chhang a.
  
  
  A neitupa hruaiin pool lam hawi terrace curve chu an thleng ta a. Nick chuan Van der Laan chuan garage leh outbuilding atang chuan a rang thei ang bera a hruai bo tih a hmu a. "Chuvangin kan nghah mai a ngai dawn a ni. Tin, De Groot pawh a awm reng a ngai dawn a ni a chhan chu pawisa tel lovin a chhuak dawn lo tih chu a chiang."
  
  
  "Hei hi a â i ti em?"
  
  
  'Aw ni lo.'
  
  
  Nick chuan chu lu felfai taka hrual chhungah chuan eng ruahmanna leh ngaihtuahna nge lo awm tih hriat a duh a ni. Van der Laan hian De Groot leh Hasebroeck te chhuahsan tumna chu a ngaihtuah nasa hle tih a hre thei mai. Thil tum lian tak tak nei te te hi an hlauhawm hle. Hei hi duhâmna hi thil ṭha lo a ni thei lo tih rinna thuk taka invest species chu a ni. Van der Laan chuan balustrade-a button inbun chu a hmet a, jacket dum ha Javanese pakhat chuan an rawn pan hnai a. “Car atang chuan i bungrua te chu i la chhuak ang u,” a neitupa chuan a ti a. "Fritz hi in room te entir turin a rawn kal a ni."
  
  
  Peugeot-ah Nick chuan, "De Groot-a bag hi ka keng a. Tunah hian ka pe let thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Zanriah ei hun i nghak ang u. Tichuan hun kan nei tling tawh ang."
  
  
  Van der Laan chuan main building hall-a grand staircase hnuaiah a hnutchhiah a, tui chawi, tennis, sakawr khalh leh thil dang nuam tak tak hmang turin a fuih a ni. Resort tenau lutuk neitu buai lutuk ang maiin a ri a. Fritz chuan pindan inhnaih pahnihah chuan a hruai lut ta a. Fritz-a’n a bungrua a dah lai chuan Nick-a chuan Mata hnenah chuan: “Whisky pahnih leh soda pakhat chu chung lamah rawn keng turin hrilh rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  Fritz a chhuah chuan Nick chu Mata room lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A room nena inzawm, room tlemte, inthiarna insem tak a ni. "Engtin nge inbualna chu min share ve ang, ma'am?"
  
  
  A kuah ah chuan a rawn tlan lut ta a. "Engkim hi i hnenah ka share duh a ni."
  
  
  - Fritz hi Indonesian a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  ‘Hei hi a dik a ni. Minute khat tal chu biak ka duh khawp mai..."
  
  
  "Lo kal rawh. Tunah chuan ka chhuak dawn. Amah nen hian ṭhian nih tum rawh."
  
  
  "Hei hian hna a thawk dawn niin ka hria."
  
  
  'Kei pawhin ka ngaihtuah ve tho.' Mahse, thlamuang rawh. He ram i lo thleng chauh a, i tan chuan chen a harsat thu hrilh rawh. I theihna zawng zawng hmang la, ka hmangaih. Hei hi mi tumahin an tuar thei lo. Amah chauh a ni ngei ang. Engtin pawhin room hrang hrangah kan awm avangin engti kawng mahin a tibuai tur a ni lo. Amah chu ti â mai rawh."
  
  
  "Okay, honey, i sawi ang khan." A hmai chu a rawn phar a, ani chuan a hnar thlum tak chu a fawp a.
  
  
  Nick chuan "Finland" atanga tune chu a unpack lai chuan a hum a. Chhan pakhat chauh a mamawh a, chu chu a ni thei. Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan mihring thil siam chhuah mawi ber pakhat chu sex, sex mak tak a ni. Dutch hmeltha tak takte nen sex hmanpui. I ti zo tawh mai dawn a ni. A thawmhnaw a khai a, a inbualna bungrua chu a la chhuak a, typewriter chu tukverh bula dawhkanah chuan a dah a. He thawmhnaw mawi tak tak pawh hi hmeichhe hmeltha, fing tak nen khaikhin chuan engmah a ni lo. Knock a awm a. Kawngkhar chu hawngin De Groot-a chu a en a. Mipa naupang chu a hma ang bawkin a khauh a, a formal hle bawk. Nui hmel a la awm lo.
  
  
  “Hi,” Nick chuan lawm takin a ti a. ‘Kan ti a. Min man thei lo. He gate atanga luh kawngah hian harsatna i nei em? Chutah chuan keimah ngei pawhin paint engemaw zat ka hloh a ni."
  
  
  De Groot chuan chilh leh chhut chhuak zet hian a en a. "Harry nen kan chhuah chuan in chhungah an tlan lut leh a. Kawngkhar vengtu chu chu gate hawn leh turin harsatna kan nei lo."
  
  
  "Harsatna engemaw zat kan nei a. Helicopter chunglam leh chutiang zawng zawng chu" Nick chuan bag dum a pe a, De Groot chuan a han en mai mai a, "An tha vek." Ka la en pawh ka la en lo. Hemi atan hian hun ka nei lo."
  
  
  De Groot chu a buai hmel hle. - Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan i lo kal... hetah hian?
  
  
  "Hetah hian kan inhmuh tur a ni lawm ni? Khawiah nge ka kal leh ang?"
  
  
  "Kei - ka hrethiam."
  
  
  Nick chuan fuih zet hian a nui suk a. "Ni e, engvangin nge Amsterdam lam ka pan nghal loh tih i ngaihtuah a ni lawm ni? Chutah chuan i call kha lo nghak rawh. Mahse, engvangin nge intermediary i mamawh ang? I ti lo ang, mahse ka hria. Ka ti thei maithei." business with Van der Laan for a long time .He ram hi ka hre lo.Ka duhna hmun thlenga ramri kaltlanga diamond thlen chu harsatna a ni.Ni lo, nangmah ang chauha engkim mahni chauha ti thin zinga mi ka ni lo.Kei hi ka ni sumdawng pakhat leh ka hnung lama lawng zawng zawng halral thei lo.Chuvangin hun engemaw chen i chawlh hahdam a ngai chauh a ni, Van der Laan nen hian inremna tha zawk i siam thei tih ka hrethiam nachungin.A tan chuan a thawhrim a ngai lo pawisa.Ka bulah direct-in sumdawnna i nei thei tih i tilang thei bawk a, mahse - kan zingah chuan - nangmah ni ila chutiang chu ka ti lo ang, chawhmeh ei kham hnuah sumdawnna kan sawi dun thei tih a sawi bawk.
  
  
  De Groot chuan duhthlan tur a nei lo. A rin ai chuan a buai zawk. 'Sum. Van der Laan chuan palai i nei a ti a. Van Rijn-ah a la kal lo em ni?
  
  
  ‘A dik e, a ni lo. Schedule kan nei a. Ka titawp a. Zing hma takah ka call ang. Tichuan a lo kal ang a, a nih loh leh inremna kan siam loh chuan a chhuak mai ang."
  
  
  'Ka hrethiam.' De Groot chuan a hrethiam lo tih a chiang a, mahse a nghak ang. "A nih leh thil dang a awm..."
  
  
  "Awle?"
  
  
  - I revolver kha. Dik tak chuan Van der Laan-a hnenah kan inhmuh laia thil thleng chu ka hrilh a. Keini... i chhuah hma loh chuan a kutah i dah mai tur niin a ngai. Dik tak chuan, chu American ngaihdan chu he mawina hi ka revolver atanga hla takah an dah tih ka hria a, mahse he thil thlengah hian inrintawkna lantirna a ni mai thei."
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Tuna De Groot awm dan ang hian fimkhur takin a ke a pen a tha zawk. "Hetiang tih hi ka duh lo. Van Rijn leh midangte hian hetah hian min hmu mai thei."
  
  
  “Van der Laan hian mi thiam tling tak tak a la lut thin.
  
  
  Kawngpui zawng zawng a en vek a ni."
  
  
  'Aw li.' Nick chuan a lu a thing a, a nui suk bawk. Chutah Wilhelmina chu a hmu ta a, a jacket pakhatah chuan coat rack-ah a thup a ni. Magazine chu a pop a, bolt chu a la let leh a, bullet chu chamber atang chuan a rawn pop chhuak a, boruakah a man ta a ni. - 'Van der Laan ngaihdan hi kan hrethiam theiin ka ring. Boss hi a inah a awm a. Khawngaihin.'
  
  
  De Groot chu a belt-ah pistol kengin a chhuak ta a. Nick chu a nui suk a. A bungrua chu a rang thei ang bera an dap ang. Awle, vannei rawh. Hugo-a scabbard sei tak aṭanga strap-te chu a la chhuak a, stiletto chu a letter case-a lehkha hawnna kawngkhar hawnna kawngkhar tawi danglam tak a lo ni ta a ni. Hun engemaw chen chu microphone thup a zawng a, mahse a hmu thei lo. Chu chuan engmah awmzia a la nei lo, a chhan chu nangmah ngei pawhin chutiang thil chu bang chhungah thup theihna hun leh remchang zawng zawng i nei a ni. Mata chu a bula bathroom atang chuan a lut ta a. A nui suk a.
  
  
  "Kan inrem tha hle. Amah chauh hi a rapthlak hle. Van der Laan nen hian kum thum chhung zet an inkawp tawh a, sum tha tak a hlawh chhuak a, mahse ... -
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmuiah kut zungtang a nghat a, bathroom chhungah chuan a hruai lut a, chutah chuan shower chu a on ta a. Tui luang chhuak bulah chuan: “Heng pindan te hi bug theih a ni a, nakin lawkah chuan hetah hian thil pawimawh zawng zawng kan sawiho ang,” a ti a. A lu a bu nghat a, Nick chuan a sawi chhunzawm a, "Lungngai suh, i hmu tam ang, honey. Hun remchang i neih chuan Van der Laan leh a bik takin chu mi lian tak kawr nei lo chu i hlauh thu i hrilh tur a ni." works for him.A hmel chu sakeibaknei chi khat ang mai a ni.He mipa hian hmeichhe naupangte tihnat a thiam em tih Fritz zawt la, a thusawi chu en rawh.I theih chuan a hming hriat tum ang che.
  
  
  ‘OK, darling. A awlsam hmel hle.
  
  
  "Hei hi i tan chuan a harsa thei lo, ka hmangaih."
  
  
  Tap chu a off a, Mata room-ah chuan an lut a, chutah chuan whisky leh soda an in a, built-in speaker atanga jazz music nem tak lo chhuak chu an ngaithla a. Nick chuan ngun takin a zir a. “Hei hi microphone ngaihthlakna hmun tha tak a ni thei ang,” tiin a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Chhum chu bo vek lo mah se, pool-ah hian rei vak lo an inbual a, Nick-a’n Mata hnehna a chantir mai maina hmunah tennis an khel a, Van der Laan-a’n vawi khat a kaihhruaina estate chu an entir bawk. De Groot chu a rawn lang leh ta lo va, mahse nilengin Helmy leh mikhual dang sawm vel chu pool chhungah a hmu a. Nick chuan Van der Laan leh Van Rijn te danglamna chu eng nge ni tih a ngaihtuah a. Hei hi thrills zawng fo thin thlah a ni - Van Rijn hi real estate lamah a awm a.
  
  
  Van der Laan chuan balloon te chu a chhuang hle a. Gas chu a then a chhuak a, manila rope rit tak takin an moored a ni. “Hengte hi ball thar an ni,” tiin chhuang takin a sawifiah. "Leak an awm leh awm loh kan enfiah mai mai a ni. An tha hle mai. Zing lamah hot air balloon ride kan nei ang. I lo en ve duh em, Mr. Kent? Norman, ka sawi tum chu."
  
  
  “Yeah,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Hetah hian high voltage line te hi engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "Aw, hmalam i ngaihtuah tawh a. Fing hle mai. Hei hi kan hlauhawm ber pakhat a ni. Pakhat chu khawchhak lamah a tlan a, mahse min tibuai vak lo. Flight tawi chauh kan siam a, chumi hnuah gas chu kan thlah a,." truck pakhatin a rawn pickup ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick ngei pawhin glider a duh zawk a, mahse he ngaihtuahna hi a rilruah a dah tlat thung. Ball lian tak tak pahnih? Status symbol ngaihnawm tak a ni. Nge thil dang a awm em? Psychiatrist chuan engtin nge a sawi ang? Eng pawh ni se, Mata hi kan zawt tur a ni... Van der Laan chuan garage-te chu enfiah a rawt lo va, mahse, hun rei lote chhung chu thlai hmun chu en phalsak an ni a, chutah chuan chestnut sakawr pathum chu thing hnuaiah hmun tlemte inkharkhip takah an ding a ni. Heng status symbol te hi a tam zawk em? Mata chu a la buai hle ang. In lam pan chuan zawi zawiin an kal leh ta a.
  
  
  Zan lam puan inbel lo mah se, dawhkanah chuan inthuam chungin rawn lang tura beisei an ni. Mata chuan Fritz hnen atangin hint a dawng a. Nick hnenah chuan Fritz nen an inrem tha hle tih a hrilh a. Tunah chuan thil awmdan chu zawhna zawh turin a inpeih tawh mai.
  
  
  Nick chuan Helmy chu rei vak lo a hruai bo a, aperitif an in lai chuan. Mata chu a khuh patio sir lehlamah chuan ngaihven hlawh ber a ni. “Tlemte hlim taka awm i duh em, ka hmeichhe hmeltha danglam tak?”
  
  
  ‘Awle, a dik e; natural takin a ni.' Tun hma angin a ri tak tak lo. Van der Laan-a ang bawkin a chhungah chuan lungawi lohna a awm a. Tlem a hlauthawng leh tan tih a hmuchhuak. Engati nge? "Hun nuam tak i hmang tih ka hmu. A hmel a tha hle."
  
  
  “Ka thian hlui nen hian kan inhmu a.”
  
  
  “Awle, ani pawh chutiang chuan a upa lo.Chubakah, hei hi taksa hi accident-a i tawk thei a ni lo’m ni.”
  
  
  Nick pawhin Mata chu a en a, mi phur tak takte nen chuan hlim takin an nui dun a. Zan lam kawr dum creamy tak a ha a, a kekawr ipte pakhatah chuan precariously fit a ni a, rangkachak pin hmanga inbun sari ang mai a ni. A sam dum leh a vun dum nen chuan a effect chu a mak hle. Helmi hi model classy tak, stylish blue dress ha a ni a, mahse chuti chung chuan - engtin nge hmeichhe mawina dik tak chu i teh ang? " "
  
  
  "Ka sumdawnna pui ang chi a ni," a ti. - Nakinah engkim ka hrilh ang che. Eng ang room nge i nih?
  
  
  Helmi chuan a en a, nuihzat hmel zet hian a nui a, chutah a nuihzatthlak tak chu thinlung tak leh lawm hmel tak a ni tih a rel ta a. "North wing. Kawngkhar pahnihna chu dinglamah."
  
  
  Rice table chu a tha hle mai. Dawhkan pahnihah hian mikhual 28 an thu a. De Groot leh Hasebroek te hian Mata leh Nick te nen hian formal greeting tawi te te an inthleng a. Wine, beer leh cognac te chu box chhungah an rawn keng lut a. Mipui buai tak takte chu patio-ah an lut a, an zai a, an infawp emaw, library-a roulette table bulah an inkhawm emaw a, chu chu a tlai tawh hle. Les craps hi mipa polite, burly tak, Las Vegas croupier ni thei tur chuan a enkawl a. A tha hle mai. A tha em em a, Nick-a chuan hnehna changtu, zu ruih chanve nei tlangval pakhat nen bet an khel tih a hriat theih nan minute sawmli vel a ngai a, chu chuan pawisa note stack a stak a, guilder 20,000 a bet phalsak a ni. Chu tlangval chuan six a beisei a, mahse five a ni ta. Nick chuan a lu a thing a. Van der Laan ang mi hi a hrethiam ngai lovang.
  
  
  A chhuak a, Mata chu verandah hmun thim takah chuan a hmu ta a. A hnaih deuh deuh chuan jacket var chu a thlawk bo ta a.
  
  
  “Fritz a ni,” Mata chuan a ti sap a. "Tunah chuan ṭhian hnai tak kan ni tawh. Tin, fighter pawh kan ni tawh bawk. Mi lian hming chu Paul Meyer a ni. A hnung lama apartment pakhatah a inthup a, mi dang pahnih Fritz-a'n Beppo leh Mark tia a koh te nen. Hmeichhe naupang pakhat ti na thei an ni ngei ang." , leh Fritz-a chuan min venghim tur leh "an lakah ka inthiarfihlim ngei ngei tur a ni maithei, mahse ka lubricate a ngai dawn a ni. Honey, a thlum hle mai. Ti na suh. Chu Paul—or Eddie, a chang chuan a tih thin angin a hre ta a ni," a tiam bawk a ti a—Helmy chu tihnat a tum a."
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a lu a bu nghat a. "Thih a tum a. Phil-a'n a call off niin ka hria a, chutah chuan an chawlhsan ta a ni. Paul-a'n amah chauhin a kal thui lutuk pawh a ni maithei. Mahse, a la miss tho. Ka chungah pressure siam a tum bawk a, mahse a hlawhtling lo." " "
  
  
  "Eng emaw a thleng mek. Van der Laan chu a office chhunga a lut leh chhuak vawi tam tak ka hmu a. Tichuan De Groot leh Hasebroeck te chu in chhungah an awm leh a, chutah pawnah an awm leh bawk. Zanlai lama ngawi renga thu thin angin an awm lo.
  
  
  'Ka lawm e. I mit chu an chungah nghat la, mahse an hriat loh nan fimkhur rawh. I duh chuan mu rawh, mahse min zawng suh."
  
  
  Mata chuan ngilnei takin a fawp a. "Business a nih a, blonde a nih loh chuan."
  
  
  “Darling, he blonde hi sumdawng hmeichhia a ni.Kei ang bawkin i hriat chian em em chu i bulah chauh ka lo haw thin, puan in chhungah pawh nise” Helmy nen hian mipa sam dum, zu rui hmel tak nen an inhmu a.
  
  
  "Paul Mayer, Beppo leh Mark te khan kahhlum an tum che a ni. Heng mite hi ka hotel-a min zawtfiah tumtute kha an ni. Van der Laan hian a tir chuan kan thawk dun niin a ngai mai thei a, mahse a ngaihdan a thlak leh ta a ni.
  
  
  A kut a mannequin ang maiin a nghet ta hle mai. 'Awh.'
  
  
  "Chu chu i hre tawh a ni lawm ni. Huanah hian kan leng kual dawn em ni?"
  
  
  'Awle. Ni e ka tihna a ni.'
  
  
  "Ni e, chu chu i hre tawh a, a ni e, kea kal i duh em?"
  
  
  Verandah atanga a hruai chhuah lai chuan stairs-ah chuan a tlu ta a, kawngpuiah chuan light te tak te, rawng hrang hranga rawng hrang hrangin a eng lo hle. “I la hlauhawm hle mai thei,” a ti a, mahse amah ngei pawhin a ring lo. "Anih chuan engvangin nge hetah hian i lo kal, an duh chuan an hmuh theihna chance tha tak an neihna hmunah?"
  
  
  Gazebo chhunga bench pakhatah chuan a thu a, ngawi rengin a tap a. A hnaih a, a rilru tih hahdam tumin a bei a. "Engtin nge ka tih tur ka hriat ang?" - mak ti zet hian a ti a. "Ka khawvel zawng zawng hi a chhe vek. Phil... -
  
  
  I ngaihtuah duh lo chauh a ni. Chutiang chu ti ta la, i thil hmuhchhuah chu a tihchhiatna a ni thei tih i hrechhuak ngei ang. Chuvangin thil i hmuchhuak tih pawh an rinhlelh chuan sakeibaknei khur chhungah chuan i lut nghal a ni."
  
  
  "An hria em tih ka chiang lo. Kelly-i office-ah minute tlemte chauh ka awm a, engkim chu a awm dan ang takin ka rawn thawn let leh a. Mahse, a rawn luh chuan a nuihzatthlak em em a min en a, rei tak chhung chu, 'Ani' tiin ka ngaihtuah a ni," a ti a hria.’ - a hre lo - a hria.”
  
  
  A mitmeng chu a hnim vek a.
  
  
  "Thil thleng atang hian thil i hmu tih a hre chiang hle tih kan hre thei a, a tlem berah chuan a ngaihtuah a ni. Tunah chuan eng nge i hmuh tak tak kha min hrilh teh."
  
  
  "A drawing board-ah chuan vawi sawmhnih leh panga emaw vawi sawmthum emaw a ti lian a. Mathematical formula leh note tam tak awmna drawing inthup tak a ni. Us Mark-Martin 108g. hawkeye tih chauh ka hre reng. Egglayer RE.
  
  
  "Hriatrengna tha tak i nei a. Tin, he print hi i ken tel proof leh detailed card thenkhat tihpunna a ni em?"
  
  
  'Awle. Thlalak grid atang ngei pawhin engmah hriat chhuah tur a awm lo, khawi lam pan tur nge tih pawh i hre lo. I tihpun tam phawt chuan. Tichuan spy business chi khata courier ka ni tih ka hrechhuak ta a." A handkerchief chu a pe a, a mit a hrufai a. "Phil hian he thil hi engmah a ti lo niin ka hria."
  
  
  - Tunah chuan i hre ta. Kelly hian a phone a, i chhuah dawna i chanchin a hriat nia a hriat chu a hrilh ngei ang.
  
  
  - Norman Kent - engtin pawh nise tu nge i nih?
  
  
  "Tunah chuan a pawimawh lo, darling."
  
  
  "He dot grid hian eng nge a awmzia?"
  
  
  A thusawi chu ngun takin a thlang a. "Universe chungchang leh rocket chungchang technical magazine zawng zawng leh New York Times-a thumal zawng zawng i chhiar chuan nangmah ngeiin i chhui chhuak thei ang."
  
  
  "Mahse hei hi a ni lo. Hetiang thil hi tuin nge ti thei ang?"
  
  
  "Ka theihtawp ka chhuah mek a, kar engemaw zat hnungtawlh tawh mah ila. Egglayer RE hi kan satellite thar polyatomic head nei, Robot Eagle tih a ni. Holland Moscow emaw Beijing emaw i thlen laia i hnena information i neih kha ka ring." emaw, hlawh sang tak nei client dang tu pawhin telemetry details-ah a pui thei ang.
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan hei hian hna a thawk em?"
  
  
  ‘A pawi zawk. A rawngbawlna chu eng nge ni a, engtin nge a tum thlenga hruai a nih; radio frequency-te chuan a kaihruai a, nuclear bomb cluster pakhat thlak turin thupek a pe a ni. Tin, hei hi a nuam lo tak zet a ni, a chhan chu chutih hunah chuan i lu chungah nangmah ngeiin bomb i neih theihna chance zawng zawng i nei vek a ni. Hei hi international politics-ah chantir tum ang che."
  
  
  A tap leh ta a. ‘Aw ka Pathian. Ka hre lo.'
  
  
  A kuah a. "Hei aia hla zawk hi kan kal thei ang." A theih ang anga sawifiah a tum a, chutih rual chuan a thinrimna tiharh tumin a bei bawk. "Information channel tangkai tak a ni a, chuta tang chuan United States atanga data lakchhuah a ni. Kum eng emaw zat tal chu. Sipai information, industrial secrets te chu rukbo a ni a, khawvel hmun hrang hrangah mail-a thawn chhuah chauh ang maiin a lang chhuak a ni. I I." he channel hi i tlu tawh tih ring rawh.
  
  
  Handkerchief chu a hmang leh ta a. A hmel mawi tak chu a en chuan a thinrim hle.
  
  
  "An thi mai thei. Heng zawng zawng hi New York Times atanga i hmuh ka ring lo. Thil engemaw ah ka pui thei ang che?"
  
  
  'Maithei. Hetih lai hian i thil tih thin kha i tih chhunzawm zel mai hi a tha berin ka hria. He tension nen hian ni engemaw zat i awm tawh a, chuvang chuan i dam tha ang. Kan rinhlelhnate US sorkar hnena thlen theihna tur kawng ka zawng ang.
  
  
  Manson-ah i hna i vawng reng tur nge chawlh i neih tur tih an hrilh ang che.
  
  
  A mitmeng dum hring dup chuan a mitmeng chu a tawk ta a. A thunun leh ta tih a hmuh chuan a chhuang hle. "Engkim min hrilh vek lo," a ti a. "Mahse, i theih chuan min hrilh belh turin ka ring che."
  
  
  A fawp a. Kuah rei tak a ni lo, mahse a lum hle. American-Dutch damsel harsatna tawk chu i ring thei ang. A ti muangchang a, "I room i thlen leh hunah i kawngkhar hnuaiah chair dah rawh. Just in case. Phil ti thinrim lovin i theih ang tawkin Amsterdam-ah kir leh rawh. Chutah chuan ka rawn biak ang che."
  
  
  Patio-ah chuan a kalsan a, a room-ah a kir leh a, chutah chuan a jacket dum chu kawr dum nen a hralh ta a ni. A typewriter chu a tifai a, a part atang chuan non-automatic pistol siamna tur trigger mechanism a siam hmasa ber a ni. Tichuan, five-round pistol ngei pawh a awm a, a lian hle a, mahse rintlak tak, dik tak leh inch 12-a sei barrel atanga kah chak tak a ni. Hugo chu a kut hmawr lamah a secure bawk.
  
  
  Darkar nga dang chu a hahthlak hle a, mahse thu hriatna a tam hle. Side door atang chuan a tlan chhuak a, party chu a tawp dawn tih a hmu a. Inchhungah chuan mikhualte chu an bo a, hlimna thup takin pindan hrang hranga êng a thim chu a en reng a.
  
  
  Nick chu pangpar huanah chuan thlalak thim ang maiin a kal kual a. Stables, garage leh outbuilding te chu a fang kual a. Mi pahnih chu driveway atanga sentry lam pan chuan a zui a, official residence lam pana kal lehte chu a zui ta a. Ram kawngpui pakhatah chuan mi dang pakhat tal chu a zui a, fence a pelh thlengin a zui a. Hei hi luhna leh chhuahna dang a ni. Chu pa chuan flashlight te tak te hmangin a zawng a, Philip-a chuan zanah himna a duh niin a lang.
  
  
  In lama a kir leh chuan office garage-ah Paul Meyer, Beppo leh midang pathum te chu a hmu ta a. Van der Lahn chu zanlai pelh hnuah an rawn tlawh a. Zing dar thum velah chuan Cadillac dum pakhat chu in hnung lam kawngpuiah chuan a tlan thla a, rei vak lo hnuah a rawn let leh ta a. Nick chuan on-board radio mur ri chiang lo tak chu a hre ta a. Cadillac a lo kir leh chuan outbuilding lian tak pakhatah chuan a ding a, Nick chuan mipa dum pathum a hmu a, an chhungah chuan an lut ta a ni. Bush zingah chuan a muhil a, a then chu engmah a hmu thei lo va, a lam hawiin car lian tak light a rawn eng chhuak a.
  
  
  Car chu a ding leh a, a hnung lama driveway kaltlangin mi pahnih an chhuak ta a. Nick chu building chhungah chuan a rawn tlan kual a, kawngkhar hnunglam chu a nawr thla a, chutah a hnungtawlh a, alarm a siam em tih en turin a inthup leh ta a. Mahse zan chu a ngawi reng a, a hrethiam a, mahse a hmu lo, building chu a rawn tlan pel a, minute khat kalta a a tih ang khan a enfiah a, mahse a kalna tur hriatna nasa zawk nen, a kalna tur a hre chiang hle. Mihring dum chuan chu kawngkhar chu a hmu a, a nghak ta a. Nick chu a mutna pangpar khum atang chuan a tho a, chu lem hnung lamah chuan a ding a, revolver rit tak chu a han chawi sang a. - "Chibai, Fritz."
  
  
  Indonesian chuan mak a ti lo. Zawi zawiin a hawi let a. "Ni e, Mr. Kent."
  
  
  Nick chuan ngawi rengin, “De Groot i en em?”
  
  
  Hun rei tak chhung ngawi renga awm. Tichuan Fritz chuan ngawi rengin: “A room-ah a awm lo.
  
  
  "I mikhualte kha hetiang taka i enkawl hi a nuam khawp mai." Fritz chuan a chhang lo. "In chheh vela mi an tam em avangin hmuh a awlsam vak lo. I that a ngai a nih chuan i that dawn em ni?"
  
  
  'Tunge i nih?'
  
  
  "I hnathawh aia hna awlsam zawk nei mipa. De Groot chu man a, diamond te chu lak i duh a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  Nick chuan Fritz-a chhanna chu a hre ta a. - 'Awle.'
  
  
  "Hetah hian tang pathum an nei a. Chung zinga pakhat chu i thawhpui a ni mai thei tih i ring em?"
  
  
  ‘Ka ring lo. Ka kal a, ka en ve tur niin ka hria.
  
  
  "Heng diamond te hi engmah pe lo turin ka hrilh che hian min ring rawh?"
  
  
  'Maithei. .
  
  
  "I ralthuam i keng em?"
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  'Keipawh. Tunah hian kan kal ang em, kan en dawn em ni?
  
  
  Building chhungah hian gym a awm a. Shower room atang chuan an lut a, sauna leh badminton an hmu a. Tichuan, pindan eng lo tak maiah chuan an rawn thleng ta a.
  
  
  "An security a ni," Nick chuan a ti sap a.
  
  
  Hallway-ah chuan pa thau tak pakhat chu a muhil a. “Van der Lahn-a mi pakhat,” Fritz chuan a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  Ngawi reng leh tha takin an thawk dun a. Nick chuan hrui pakhat a hmu a, chu chu Fritz nen chuan rang takin an khih ta a. A hmui chu a kutkawr ngeiin an khuh a, Nick chuan a Beretta chu a enkawl ta a.
  
  
  Gymnasium lian takah chuan Ballegoyer, van Rijn leh Nick-a ṭhian hlui, detective chu bang chhunga steel ring-a kutkawr bun chu an hmu a. Detective mitmeng chu a sen a, a puak darh bawk.
  
  
  “Fritz,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Kawngka bula tlangval thau tak hian heng kutkawr chabi hi a nei em tih en rawh.” Detective chu a en a. "Engtin nge an man che?"
  
  
  "Gas. Hun engemaw chen chu min mit a tidel."
  
  
  Fritz a rawn let leh ta. "Chabi a awm lo." - Steel ring chu a enfiah a. "Hmanraw kan mamawh a ni."
  
  
  "Hei hi kan straighten out hmasa zawk a tha ang," Nick chuan a ti a. "Mr. van Rijn, heng diamond te hi min la hralh duh em?"
  
  
  "He thil hi ka hre ngai lo se ka duh khawp mai. Mahse, ka tan chuan hlawkna chauh a ni lo."
  
  
  "Ni lo, side effect mai a ni fo thin a ni lawm ni? De Groot hi man i tum em?"
  
  
  "Ka unaupa hi a that niin ka hria."
  
  
  "Ka khawngaih che." Nick chuan Balleguire chu a en a. "Mrs. J, deal hi a la ngaihven em?"
  
  
  Balleguier chu a rilru hahdam leh hmasa ber a ni. A vawt hmel hle. “De Groot hi man a, diamond te hi a neitu dik tak hnena pek let leh hi kan duh a ni.
  
  
  "Aw, ni e, diplomatic thil a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. "Hei hi ultra-centrifuge problem-a Chinese-te i puih tih an thinrimna tihziaawmna tur a ni em?"
  
  
  "Hmun thum tal chu edge-ah kan awm avangin thil kan mamawh a ni."
  
  
  "Diamond lei thiam tak i ni a, Mr. Kent," detective chuan a ti a. Tunah hian Mr. Balleguire nen hian kan thawk dun mek a ni. He mi hian eng nge a tih che i hria em?
  
  
  "Fritz? A dik e. Team dang atanga lo kal a ni. Van der Lahn-a courier hnathawh enkawl turin a rawn kal a ni." Beretta chu Balleguier kutah a pe a, detective hnenah chuan, "Ngaidam rawh, mahse i mit a hmuh thiam hma loh chuan silai a hmang tha zawkin ka ring. Fritz, hmanraw engemaw zat i zawng duh ang em?"
  
  
  'Ngei ngei.'
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan thlah la, Van der Laan-a office-ah ka hnenah lo kal rawh. Diamond leh ka thil zawn pawh a ni mai thei. Chuvang chuan amah leh De Groot hi an hlat hle thei lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan chhuahna chu a chhuahsan a, hmun zau tak chu a tlan pel ta a. Patio-a flat tiles a thlen chuan, verandah atanga eng eng hnuaiah chuan thim zingah mi pakhat a ding a.
  
  
  'Tawp!'
  
  
  "Hei hi Norman Kent a ni," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Paul Meyer chuan thim atang chuan a chhang a. A kut pakhat chu a hnung lamah a vuan a. 'Pawn lama awm hun mak tak a ni.Khawiah nge i kal tawh?'
  
  
  ‘Eng zawhna nge ni? Thil thup tur i nei ngei ang, by the way?
  
  
  "Mr. Van der Lahn hmu turin kan kal a tha zawkin ka hria."
  
  
  A hnunglam atang chuan a kut chu a phawrh chhuak a. Amah ah hian thil engemaw a awm a.
  
  
  'A ngai lo!' - Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Mahse, a dik e, Mr. Meyer chuan a ngaithla lo. Nick chuan a ralthuam chu a tum a, a kap a, second tlemte chhungin rang takin a sir lamah a ding ta a. Kum tam tak training hmanga tih theih chauh thiltih.
  
  
  A inher a, a ding chhuak a, yard tlemte zet chu a sir lamah a tlan a, a mit a chhing a.
  
  
  Shot zawhah chuan hissing sound chu a hre lo mai thei, Paul Meyer-a au thawm chuan a tam emaw a tlem emaw chuan a pil bo ta a ni. Fog chu thlarau var ang maiin a darh a, gas chuan effect a nei ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu pawn lam courtyard chu a tlan pel a, patio-ah chuan a zuang lut ta a.
  
  
  Mi pakhatin main switch a han flip a, in chhungah chuan light leh spotlight rawng hrang hrang a rawn eng chhuak ta a. Nick chu main room chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, sofa hnungah chuan a inthup a, a hla lam kawngka atang chuan silai a rawn ri ta a. Beppo chu a hmu ta a, a phur hle mai thei a, a pianphungah chuan pistol kengin zan atanga rawn chhuak nghal mipa pakhat chu a kap ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu leiah chuan a pil ta a. Buangin Beppo chuan: ‘Tu nge ni?I inlan rawh,’ tiin a au chhuak a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar a ri a, mipui an au a, ke pen ri chu corridor-ah chuan a ri ta hlawm a. Nick chuan in chu shooting gallery-a chantir chu a duh lo. Ballpoint pen dum hring dup danglam tak mai chu a rawn phawrh chhuak a. Meikhu grenade a ni. Khualzin zinga pakhat mah hi accident-in an tuar thei lo. Nick chuan igniter chu a phawrh chhuak a, Beppo chu a vawm ta a.
  
  
  "Lo chhuak rawh," Beppo chuan a ti a. Orange projectile chu bang lam pan chuan a rawn tla leh a, Nick hnungah chuan a tla thla ta a.
  
  
  He Beppo hi a hloh lo. A hnungtawlh ngamna a nei a. Bwooammm!
  
  
  Nick chuan boruak pressure pawm turin a hmui hawn hun a nei tlem hle. Vanneihthlak takin frag grenade a hmang lo. A keah a tho a, meikhu dum hring dup karah a inhmu ta a. Pindan chu a pel a, artificial cloud atang chuan a hmaah revolver kengin a rawn chhuak a.
  
  
  Beppo chu leiah chuan bêl chhe tawh takin a khuh a. Mata chu a chungah chuan oriental vase hnuai lam chu a kutah kengin a ding a. A mit dum mawi tak chu Nick lam a hawi a, thlamuannain a eng chhuak ta a.
  
  
  “A mak khawp mai,” Nick chuan a ti a, ka fakna chu. “Quick job. Mahse tunah chuan Peugeot kha va lum la, min lo nghak rawh.”
  
  
  Kawngpuiah chuan a tlan chhuak ta a. Hmeichhe huaisen, Mata chu a tanpui thei hle a, mahse heng tlangvalte hi game an khel lo. A tih tur chu car start mai ni lovin, him taka a thlen theihna tur a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu Van der Lahn office chhungah chuan a rawn lut nghal zat a. De Groot leh a neitupa chu open safe bulah chuan an ding a... Van der Lan chu briefcase lian takah lehkha dahin a buai hle a. De Groot chuan Nick chu a hmu hmasa ber a.
  
  
  A kutah chuan automatic pistol te tak te a awm a. Rei vak lo kalta a Nick dinna kawngka atang chuan a tum tha takin shot a thawn a. Nick chuan a dodge hmain pistol te tak te chuan silai a rawn chhuah chhuak a, Vae der Lan bathroom-ah chuan a tlan lut ta a. De Groot hian shooting practice a neih tlem lutuk avangin instinctive takin a hit thei lo tih hi thil tha tak a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan khup sang takin kawngka atang chuan a rawn melh chhuak a. Bullet chu a lu chungah a thlawk nghal a. A dove leh ta a. Chu damn silai chuan engzat nge kah? Paruk a chhiar tawh.
  
  
  Rang takin a hawi kual a, towel pakhat chu a man a, ball angin a roll a, chutah head level-ah kawngkaah chuan a nawr lut ta a. Wam! Towel chuan a kut chu a rawn hrual a. Aim lakna hun remchang nei ta se, De Groot hi chutiang shot chhe tak chu a ni lo. Towel chu a titawp leh a. Reh. Chhawng hnihnaah chuan kawngkhar chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Tu emaw chuan a rawn au chhuak a. Feet chuan corridor-ah chuan a rawn tlan thla leh ta a. De Groot-a chuan pistol chhungah magazine thar a thun lut em tih pawh a hre thei lo. Nick chuan a ti a. Tunah chuan risk lak a ngai hun a lo thleng ta. Pindan chhungah chuan a zuang lut a, dawhkan leh safe lam chu a hawi a, a hmaah chuan silai barrel chu a dah a. Courtyard lam hawi window chu a rawn inkhar nghal vek a. Curtain chu rei vak lo a che a.
  
  
  Nick chu windowsill-ah chuan a zuang lut a, a kekawrte hmangin window chu a hawng a. Zing êng dum hring dup karah chuan De Groot chu in hnung lama verandah atang chuan a tlan chhuak tih hmuh tur a awm. Nick chuan a hnungah a tlan phei a, corner chu a thleng a, chutah chuan thil mak tak mai a hmu a.
  
  
  Van der Laan leh De Groot te chu an inthen ta a. Van der Lan chuan suitcase a keng a, dinglamah a tlan phei a, De Groot-a chuan a bag hman thin chu a kuta kengin garage lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Van Rijn, Ballegoyer leh detective te chuan gym an chhuahsan a. Detective chuan Nick-a’n Ballegoyer hnena a pek Beretta chu a nei a. De Groot-a hnenah chuan: “Titawp rawh!” leh chu mi hnuah chuan a kap nghal vek mai. De Groot chu a tlu a, mahse a tlu lo. Ballegoyer chuan detective kut ah chuan a kut a nghat a, "Khawngaihin," a ti a.
  
  
  'Val rawh.' Chu ralthuam chu Ballegoyer hnenah a pe ta a.
  
  
  Ballegoyer chuan rang mahse fimkhur takin a aim a, trigger chu a han hmet a. De Groot chu garage kil khatah chuan a bawkkhup a. A tan chuan game a tawp tawh. Daf chu garage atang chuan a tire ri chhuak chungin a thlawk chhuak ta a. Harry Hasebruck chuan a khalh a. Ballegoyer chuan pistol chu a han chawi sang leh a, uluk takin a aim a, mahse a tawpah chuan kah loh a tum ta a ni. "Kan man ang," a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  Nick chuan heng zawng zawng hi stairs atanga a chhuk lai chuan a hmu a, Van der Lan chu a zui ta a. An hmu lo va, Philip Van der Lahn-a chu ran vulhna hmuna tlan pelh lai pawh an hmu lo.
  
  
  Van der Lahn hi khawiah nge a kal theih ang? Gym atanga mi pathumte chuan car garage atang chuan an hlat tir a, mahse hmun dangah car thup a la nei pawh a ni mai thei. A tlan lai chuan Nick chuan grenade pakhat chu hmang se a ti a. Pistol kengin, relay race-a tlantu baton ang maiin Nick chu barn kil khatah chuan a tlan kual a. Chutah chuan Van der Lan chu balloon pahnih zinga pakhata thu chu a hmu a, chutih lai chuan tuipui chungah ballast paih a buai hle a, balloon chu rang takin a sang chho zel a ni. Balloon pink lian tak chu metre sawmhnih zeta sangah a awm tawh a. Nick chuan aim a la a, Van der Lan chuan a hnungzang a nghat a, mahse Nick chuan silai chu a rawn thlak leh a. Mi a that tawk tawh a, mahse chutiang ti turin a insiam ngai lo. Thli chuan rang takin ball chu a ralthuam thlen theih lohna hmunah a sawn chhuak a. Ni a la chhuak lo va, balloon chu zing van boruak dum chungah chuan lunghlu dum hring hring, hring hring ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  Nick chu balloon rawng hring dang lam pan chuan a tlan phei a. Attachment point paliah a inbun a, mahse disconnector erawh a hre lo. Plastic bawm te tak te chhungah chuan a zuang lut a, stiletto hmangin hrui te chu a tan a. Zawi zawiin chunglam pan chuan a inbual a, Van der Lan chu a zui a. Mahse, a tho zawi lutuk. Eng thilin nge titawp che? Ballast a ni em?
  
  
  Basket sir lamah chuan sandbag a innghat a. Nick chuan stiletto hmangin strap te chu a cut a, basket chu a sang chho a, rang takin a sang chho a, minute tlemte chhungin Van der Lan nen an in level tawh. Mahse, an inkar hlat zawng chu yard za tal a ni. Nick chuan a sandbag hnuhnung ber chu a tikehsawm a.
  
  
  Vawikhatmah a reh hle a, a reh hle bawk a, hrui chhunga thli ri zawi zawia ri tih loh chu. A hnuai lam atanga thawm lo chhuak chu a reh ta hle mai. Nick chuan a kut a phar a, Van der Lahn chu leia chhuk turin a entir a.
  
  
  Van der Lahn chuan a chhang let a, briefcase chu tuipuiah a paih ta a - mahse Nick chuan briefcase hrui hring a nih a ring tlat thung.
  
  
  Mahse, Nick-a round ball chu Van der Lahn-a ball pek aiin a hnaih zawk a, a sang zawk a ni. Engati nge? Nick chuan hei hi a balloon chu feet khata lian a nih avangin thliin a man thei a ni, tiin a theorized a. Van der Lan chuan a balloon thar chu a thlang a, mahse a te zawk. Nick chuan a pheikhawk, silai leh kawr chu tuipuiah a paih thla a. Van der Lahn chuan a chhang let a, a thawmhnaw leh thil dang zawng zawng chu a paih chhuak a. Tunah chuan Nick chu midang hnuaiah chuan a rawn inphah zo tawh mai. An in en a, hetiang hian an in en a: anmahni tih loh chu tuipuiah paih tur a awm tawh lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn rawt a. - "Inhnuai lamah kal rawh".
  
  
  Van der Lan chuan, “Hremhmunah kal rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  Thinrim zet hian Nick chuan a hmalam chu a melh nghal zat a. Eng dinhmun nge. Thliin min rawn nuai thuai dawn niin a lang a, chu mi hnuah chuan leiah a tla thla mai thei a, a bo mai mai thei. Kei pawhin lo chhuk theihna hun remchang ka neih hma chuan a chhuak rei tawh ang. Nick chuan a basket chu a enfiah a, chu chu ball vawn tlatna net-a inhmu turin rope pariat zeta sangah a inbun a. Nick chuan hrui pali a tan a, a phuar khawm a. Test zawng zawng an paltlang vek tawh avangin an chak tawk a beisei a, a chhan chu mi rit tak a nih vang a ni. Tichuan, hrui pali chungah chuan a chho a, hrui pali zinga hrui hmasa berah chuan rulhut ang maiin a innghat a, bawmin a la vawn reng kil hrui chu a tan ta a. Basket chu leiah a tla thla a, Nick chuan hnuai lam hawi a tum ta a.
  
  
  A balloon chu a rawn tho chhuak a. A balloon chu Van der Lan thutna nen a inzawm tih a hriat chuan a hnuaiah chuan au thawm a ri ta a. Van der Lahn-a chu a hnaih em em a, a sangha mantu chuan a khawih thei a ni. Van der Lan chuan mitmeng rapthlak takin a en a. "Khawiah nge i cart chu a awm"?
  
  
  ‘Leiah chuan. Hetiang hian nuam i ti zawk."
  
  
  Nick chu a kal chho leh ta a, a balloon chuan balloon dang a ti nghing a, a khingpui chu a kut pahnihin basket chu a chelh tlat a, a thu bawk. Ball dang lam pana a tlan lai chuan stiletto chu ball tissue chhungah a thun a, a tan ta a. Ball chu gas chhuakin rei vak lo a nghing a, chutah a tla thla ta a. A lu chung lam vak lovah Nick chuan valve chu a hmu ta a. Fimkhur takin a hmang a, a balloon chu a rawn chhuk tan ta a.
  
  
  A hnuaiah chuan ball hrual atanga puan chu hrui web-ah a inzawm khawm a, parachute chi khat a siam tih a hmu a. Hei hi thil thleng fo a ni tih a hrechhuak a. Balloonist za tam tak nunna a chhanhim a ni. Gas a chhuah belh leh ta zawk a ni. A tawpah chuan open field-a a tlak chuan Peugeot pakhat, Mati-a wheel-a awm chu country lane-ah a tlan lai a hmu a.
  
  
  Car lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, a kut a phar a. "Timing leh location tha tak. Chu hot air balloon chu khawiah nge a tlak tih i hmu em?
  
  
  'Awle. Ka rualin lo kal rawh.'
  
  
  An kal lai chuan heti hian a sawi: “Hmeichhe naupang chu i ti hlauhawm a, chu balloon chu engtin nge a tlak tih ka hmu thei lo.
  
  
  "A rawn chhuk i hmu em?"
  
  
  ‘A ni lo tak zet. Mahse, thil i hmu em?’ a ti a.
  
  
  'Aih. Thingkungte chuan a tlak lai chuan hmuh theih lohvin an thup a.
  
  
  Van der Lan chu puan leh hrui tam takah a inzawm tlat a.
  
  
  Van Rijn, Ballegeuer, Fritz leh detective te chuan chhui chhuah an tum a, mahse an tawp ta a ni. "A hliam a ni," detective chuan a ti a. A tlem berah chuan a ke a tliak ngei ang. Ambulance lo thlen hun nghak mai ila. Nick chu a en a. "I thlahthlam em?"
  
  
  "Ka ngaidam che," Nick chuan dik takin a ti a. ‘Ka tih a ngai a ni. Amah pawh ka kap ve mai thei. De Groot-a inah khan diamond te kha i hmu em?
  
  
  'Awle.' Nick-a chu cardboard folder pakhat, chutiang balloon eng mawi tak hnuhma lungchhiatthlak tak chhunga an hmuh ribbon pahnih hmanga khih khawm chu a pe a. "Hei hi i zawn kha a ni em?"
  
  
  Chutah chuan lehkha phek, engraving chipchiar tak tak, photocopy leh film roll pakhat a awm a. Nick chuan magnification pakhata dots awm dan mumal lo tak chu a zirchiang a.
  
  
  "Chu chu ka duh ber chu a ni. A kut atanga thil lo lut zawng zawng chu copy a siam vek ang tih a lang tan ta. Chu chu eng nge a awmzia i hria em?
  
  
  "Ka hriat ka ring. Thla tam tak chhung chu kan lo en tawh a. Spy tam tak hnenah information a supply a. Eng nge a hmuh emaw, khawi atanga a hmuh nge, tu hnen atanga a dawn nge tih kan hre lo. Tunah chuan kan hre ta."
  
  
  "Eng ngai lo aiin tlai a tha zawk," Nick chuan a ti a. "Tunah tal chu kan hloh tawhte hi kan hrethiam thei a, a tulna hmunah thil kan thlak danglam thei tawh ang. Kan khingpuite hriat hi hriat a tha hle."
  
  
  Fritz chuan a rawn zawm ve ta a. Nick-a hmel chu hriatthiam theih loh khawpin a lang. Fritz chuan hei hi a hmu ta a. De Groot-a bag dum chu a la a, "Kan duh zawng kan hmu vek a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan hmuh i duh chuan," Nick chuan a ti a. "Mahse, Mister Ballegoyer hian he thil chungchangah hian ngaihdan dang a nei mai thei..."
  
  
  "Ni lo," Ballegoyer chuan a ti a. “Chutiang thil sual tih chungchangah chuan international cooperation hi kan ring a ni” Nick chuan Mrs. J-i sawi duh chu a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Fritz chuan khawngaih takin tanpui ngai lo Van der Lan chu a en a. "A duhâm lutuk a ni. De Groot hi a thunun zawk tur a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "He spy channel hi khar a ni. Heng diamond dang hmuhna hmunah hian a awm em?"
  
  
  “Alas, channel dang a awm dawn a ni. An awm reng a, an awm zel bawk ang. Diamond chungchang erawh chu ka ngaidam che a, mahse hei hi classified information a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. I khingpui fing tak chu i ngaihsan a ngai fo thin. Mahse microfilm hmang tawh lo. Hemi lam hawia smuggling hi ngun zawka endik a ni ang. Fritz chuan a aw chu a ti hniam a. "Information hnuhnung ber pakhat la thleng lo a awm. Hausakna tlemte ka pe thei che a ni."
  
  
  "Mark-Martin 108G plan te kha i sawina em ni?"
  
  
  'Awle.'
  
  
  "Ka ngaidam che Fritz. I hmuh loh avangin ka lawm hle mai. Chu chu ka hna hlutna siamtu chu a ni - chanchin hlui khawlkhawm mai mai i ni lo tih i hriat chuan."
  
  
  Fritz chuan a lu a thing a, a nui suk bawk. Car lam pan chuan an kal dun a.
  
  
  A tuk Thawhlehni khan Nick chuan Helmy chu thlawhna hmangin New York pan turin a hruai a. Nakin hun atana thutiam nena inhmuhna lum tak a ni. Mathie apartment-ah chaw ei turin a kir leh a, "Carter, i fickle a, mahse a nuam khawp mai," tiin a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Kawngpuiah rukbo tumtute chu tute nge an nih a hriat leh hriat loh a zawt a. Van Rijn-a chuan hetiang hi a ti leh tawh ngai lovang tih hriain rukru an nih thu a tiam a.
  
  
  Mata thianpa Paula chu vantirhkoh hmeltha tak, rang tak, sual nei lo nuihzatthlak leh mitmeng lian tak a ni. Vawi thum an in hnu chuan an level khatah an awm vek.
  
  
  "Ni e, Herbie hi kan hmangaih vek a ni," Paula chuan a ti a. Red Pheasant Club-ah a tel ve ta a ni.
  
  
  Eng nge a nih i hria - nuam tihna te, inbiakpawhna te, music te, zai te leh a dangte nen. Zu leh ruihhlo a thiam lo hle a, mahse a la tum tlat.
  
  
  Kan zinga mi nih a duh a, thil thleng chu ka hria. Mipuiin an dem hle a, "Ka haw ang a, ka chawl ang," a ti. Chumi hnuah chuan kan hmu leh tawh ngai lo. Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Engtin nge thil thleng i hriat?"
  
  
  "Ah, chutiang chu a thleng fo thin, police-te'n chhanna atan an hmang fo nachungin," Paula chuan lungngai takin a ti a, a lu mawi tak chu a thing a. “Druihhlo avanga a rilru a buai em em a, thlawhna hmanga thlawh theih niin a inngai a, canal paltlang a duh thu an sawi a, mahse thudik chu i hre ngai lovang.
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan tu emaw chuan tuiah a nawr lut thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Okay, engmah kan hmu lo. Dik tak chuan engmah kan hre lo. A tlai lutuk...."
  
  
  Nick chuan serious takin a lu a bu nghat a, phone lam pan chuan a kut a phar chhuak a, “Ka thianpa pakhat nen in inbia tur a ni.Hun a neih hunah a hmu che chuan a lawm hle ang tih hriatna ka nei a.
  
  
  A mitmeng eng mawi tak chu a rawn eng chhuak vek. "Nangmah Norman ang a nih chuan kei pawhin ka duh ve ngei ka ring."
  
  
  Nick chuan a nui suk a, chutah Hawk chu a ko ta a.
  
  
  
  
  Carter Nick-a chuan a rawn ti a
  Hlauhna Temple
  
  
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Hlauhna Temple
  
  
  
  
  United States of America-a secret services mipuite tana inhlan a ni
  
  
  
  
  Bung 1-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hei hi Nick Carter-a'n sex a chau vawi khatna a ni.
  
  
  A theih a ring lo. A bik takin April thla chawhnu lamah, thing leh mau zingah sap chu a kal kual a, cuckoo ri chuan, a tlem berah chuan, Washington traffic hrehawmna chu a tichhe vek a ni.
  
  
  Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan he pulpit-a dowdy lady hian sex chu a ti hahdam hle. Nick chuan a taksa sei tak chu study chair nuam lo takah chuan a thuk zawk deuh a, a kutchhuak English pheikhawk ke ruhte chu a en reng a, ngaithla lo turin a bei a. A awlsam lo hle mai. Dr. Murial Milholland-a chuan aw êng tak, mahse hriatthiamna nei tak a nei a. Nick hian a hriat theih chinah chuan Murial tih hming pu hmeichhe naupang nen hian an inngaizawng ngai lo. "a" hmanga ziah a ni. A chair kut bula mimeograph chu a mitmeng chu a ru a. Awle. "a" hmanga ziah a ni. Cigar chu engtin nge ni ang? Tin, nula thusawi chu cigar ang maia sexy tak a ni bawk...
  
  
  "Russian-ho hian, a dik e, hun engemaw chen chu an spy establishment-te nen tangkawpin sex school an kalpui tawh a ni. Chinese-ho hian kan hriat angin an la entawn lo a, a chhan chu Russian-ho an ngaih vang pawh a ni mai thei, chutiang bawkin keimahni pawh hi West, to be a decadent people.be that as it may, however, Russian ho hian an espionage operation-ah hian sex, heterosexual leh homosexual te hi an hmanraw pawimawh ber atan an hmang ve tho a ni.Hriamhrei mai a ni a, a finfiah tha hle bawk. Mali Khan chu teenage amateur anga lang thei tur technique thar an siam chhuak a, an rawn siam chhuak bawk.
  
  
  "Sex hmanga information hmuh theihna tur factual source pawimawh ber pahnih chu, hun lam hawi chuan, foreplay ngaihnawm tak neih lai leh orgasm hnu lawka lulling, listless leh beisei loh tak tak moments-a lei slips hmanga information hmuh te hi a ni. Kinsey-a basic figure te lak a, a inzawm khawm a ni with Sykes-a'n a hnathawh pawimawh tak, "The Relation of Foreplay to Successful Coitus Leading to Double Orgasm"-a a sawi dan chuan, foreplay chu minute sawm leh panga aia rei lo chauh a ni tih kan hmu a, active coitus-a hun hman zat chu minute thum vel a ni a, a vaiin a ni time or duration of the effects of sexual euphoria a little over five minutes Tunah chuan balance hi han dah khawm ila, mi pakhat tal chu a kawppui hnen atanga information zawngtu agent a nih chuan - a minute sawm leh kua leh second nga vel hun chhung chu "the seeker" tia kan sawi tur teltu, a tam zawk chu mak tih hmel takin, chutih chhung chuan advantage leh opportunity zawng zawng chu "seker" lamah a awm vek a ni. " "
  
  
  Nick Carter-a mitmeng chu a lo inhawng rei tawh hle. Blackboard-a chalk hrual ri te, pointer tap ri te chu a hre ta a, mahse a en lo. A ngam lo. Chu beidawnna chu tuar thei tawhin a inring tawh lo. Sex hi nuam a ti fo thin! Engti kawng pawhin, damn Hawk. Putar chuan a tawpah chuan a chelhna chu a hloh ta ngei ang, eng ang pawhin a rinawm loh hmel viau nachungin. Nick chuan a mit chu nghet takin a chhing a, a mit a chhing a, "zirtirna" ri leh he seminar an tih mai, sex hi ralthuam anga tel tura a tuarpuite ri bengchheng, khuh, hrual leh beng tifai ri chu a pil bo ta a ni. An tam hle - CIA, FBI, CIC, T-men, Army, Navy leh Air-a thawkte an ni. Post office official sang tak AXEman tan pawh mak tihna thuk tak a ni! Nick hian he pa hi a hre tlem a, ZP-a a thil tih chu a hre chiang hle a, a buaina chu a zual sauh sauh a ni. Hmelma hian mipat hmeichhiatna hmanna atana mail hman dan tur ruahmanna a rawn siam chhuak em? Lust awlsam tak? Hemi hnuhnung zawkah hian police officer chu a beidawng hle ang. Nick chu a muhil ta a, a ngaihtuahnaah chuan a pil thuk zual sauh sauh a...
  
  
  AX-a a boss David Hawk chuan chu zing chuan Dupont Circle-a office tenau bawlhhlawh takah chuan he ngaihtuahna hi a rawn pitch a. Indiana-a a farm-a kar khat chawlh aṭanga lo haw Nick-a chu pindan chhunga chair khauh awmchhunah chuan rilru hah takin a mu a, Hawk-a linoleum-ah chuan vut a paih a, waiting room aṭanga Delia Stokes-i typewriter ri ri chu a ngaithla a. Nick Carter chuan a ti tha hle mai. Kar tam zawk chu farm-ah thing phun, sawh leh stringing-ah a hmang a, tlem a in a, Indiana atanga lo kal a bialnu hlui nen pawh an inngaizawng deuh bawk. Tunah chuan tweed suit light tak a ha a, discreetly cheeky Sulka tie a ha a, a oats chu a feel bawk. Thiltih turin a inpeih tawh a ni.
  
  
  Hawk chuan, "Sex school-ah ka tir che a ni, tlangval."
  
  
  Nick chuan a cigarette chu a paih thla a, a boss chu a melh nghal rawm rawm a. "Eng lamah nge min tirh?"
  
  
  Hawk chuan a hmui hrual hrual takah chuan cigar vawt, eng lo chu a han herh kual a, "Sex school-ah ka tir che a ni. Seminar on sexual whatever-you-call-it, chutiang thil chu an ti a, mahse keini chuan kan ko ang," tiin a sawi nawn leh a it school." . Chawhnu dar hnih ah awm rawh. Room number ka hre lo, mahse Treasury building hlui basement chhung hmun khatah a awm a. I hmu ok ngei ang tih ka ring. A nih loh chuan , guard chu zawt rawh.Aw, ni e, lecture chu Dr. Murial Milholland-a’n a pe a, a tha hle tih min hrilh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a cigarette tla chu a en a, linoleum chungah chuan a la mei chhuak reng a. A rilru a buai lutuk a, a ke chu a thleng a, a tikehsawm lo. A tawpah chuan chak lo takin a khawlkhawm theih awmchhun chu... "Min nuihzat em ni, ka pu?"
  
  
  A boss chuan basilisk mitmeng chuan a en a, a ha dik lo chu a cigar vel chu a rawn hrual a. "I nuihzat em? No way son, a takah chuan ka tirh hma loh vangin thil dik lo ka ti niin ka hria. Keimah ang bawkin he thil awmzia chu tlangval dang nena inmil tur a ni tih i hre chiang hle. In AX that's supposed." to be more than that. Tlangval dang aiin kan hmachhawn a ngai a ni - a nih loh leh kan thi tawh. Tun hnaiah Russian ho hian sex chungchangah thil ngaihnawm tak tak an ti mek a ni."
  
  
  “I bet,” Nick chuan a ti muangchang a.Putar chuan a nuihzat lo.Nick chuan Hawke-a mood chu a hre chiang hle a, a pawi hle bawk. Khawi emaw laiah chuan needle soup sual tak chauh a awm a: Hawke hian a duh hunah deadpan takin a play thei a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan trick danglam tak a tum a. “Ka hmaah kar khat chhung chawlh ka la nei.”
  
  
  Hawk chu sual nei lo ang maiin a lang. "A dik e. Chu chu ka hria. Chuti a nih chuan? Ni khata darkar hnih khat vel chuan engti kawng mahin i chawlh chu a tibuai lovang. Chutah chuan awm rawh. Tin, ngaihven rawh. Thil engemaw i zir mai thei."
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a rawn meng a. A thusawi hma chuan Hawk chuan, "Chu chu thupek a ni, Nick," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a khar a, chutah, “Ni e, ka pu!”
  
  
  Hawk chu a swivel chair ri bengchheng takah chuan a innghat leh a. Ceiling lam chu a en reng a, a cigar chu a seh a. Nick chuan ngun takin a en a. Chu mipa upa fing tak chuan thil engemaw a ti thei! Mahse, engtin nge? Hawk hian a inpeih hma loh chuan engmah a hrilh ngai lo che.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a loneitu upa hring, cross-hatched chu a hrual a, chutah a tlangval number one chu a en a. Tun ṭumah chuan a crushed tones-ah chuan ngilneihna a lang a, a mitmeng frosty takah chuan sparkle a lang bawk.
  
  
  "Kan zavaiin kan ni." a ti a, sententiously, "Limes hi kan zui zel a ngai dawn a ni, ka fapa. Kan tih loh chuan kan hnutchhiah ang a, hetah AX-a kan hnathawhnaah hian chu chu a tlangpuiin thihna a ni. I hria. Ka hria." it. Kan hmelma zawng zawngin an hre vek." hei. Pa angin ka hmangaih che Nick, i chungah engmah thleng ka duh lo. I fimkhur a, technique thar ber berte zawm zel turin ka duh che, phal suh cobwebs te chu an inkhawm a,..."
  
  
  Nick chu a ding chhuak a. A kut a phar a. "I lo lawm e, ka pu. He linoleum mawi tak hi ka paih chhuah hi i duh lo ang. Tunah chuan ka kal ang. I phalna la in?"
  
  
  Hawk chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Ka malsawmna nen, fapa. Vawiin chawhnu hian chu seminar-ah chuan lo kal kha hre reng ang che. Order a la ni reng."
  
  
  Nick chu kawngka lam pan chuan a ding nghal zat a. "Ni e, ka pu. Thupek a pe a, ka pu. Sex school kal rawh, sir. Kindergarten-ah kir leh rawh."
  
  
  "Nick!"
  
  
  Kawngka bulah chuan a ding a, a hawi let leh a. Hawk nuihza chu fiah lo takin a danglam ta - chi hrang hrang atanga thuruk takah. "Ni e, mass hlui?"
  
  
  "He school, seminar hi darkar riat chhung a ni. Ni li. Nitin darkar hnih. Hun inang. Vawiin hi Monday a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Chu chu ka luh lai kha a ni. Tunah chuan ka chiang tak tak lo. Chu kawngka ka luh atang chuan thil tam tak a thleng tawh."
  
  
  "Vawiin hi Monday a ni. Friday zing dar kua sharp-ah hetah hian lo kal ka duh a, kal turin inpeih rawh. Kan hmaah hian case ngaihnawm tak kan nei a. Hei hi mi tough tak a ni thei a, killer tak tak a ni thei bawk."
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a boss chu a melh nghal rawm rawm a. "Chu chu ka hriat chuan ka lawm hle. Ni khat chhunga sex school ka kal hnu chuan hei hi a nuam ngei ang. Goodbye, sir."
  
  
  “Goodbye, Nicholas,” Hawk chuan duhawm takin a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chu reception area a kal lai chuan Delia Stokes chuan a desk atang chuan a han hawi chho a. "Bye, Nick. Sikul-a i hun hman chu nuam ti takin hmang rawh."
  
  
  A kut chu a han phar a. "Kei... ka ti ang! Tin, bawnghnute pawisa pawh voucher ka dah bawk ang."
  
  
  Kawngkhar a khar lai chuan a nuihzatthlak hle tih a hre ta.
  
  
  Office te tak te, thim tak, reh takah chuan David Hawk chuan one-time pad-ah doodled a siam a, Western Union darkar hlui pakhat chu a melh kual a. Kum sawm leh pakhat vel a ni tawh. Limey-ho chu dar sawm leh pahnih leh a chanve velah an inpe tur a ni. Hawk chuan cigar chew chu bawlhhlawh bawm chhungah a paih a, cellophane chu a thar atang chuan a phelh a. Nick nena an inkhelh dun tak scene chu a ngaihtuah a. Light entertainment a ni - a mipa ṭha ber chu a hun hunah nuihzat a duh ṭhin - a tul hunah Carter chu a awm ngei tih a tichiang bawk. Nick-a chu a bik takin chawlh hmanga a kal laiin, chutiang ti lo tura thupek chiang tak pek a nih loh chuan boruak thianghlim takah a bo dan a nei a. Tunah chuan order a dawng ta. Friday zing khan a awm dawn a, kal turin a inpeih tawh ang. Tin, thil a thim tak zet bawk...
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  "Mr. Carter-a chuan!"
  
  
  Miin a rawn call em? Nick chuan a rawn ti a. Tin, khawiah nge a awm?
  
  
  "Mr. Carter! Harh rawh, khawngaihin!"
  
  
  Nick chu bul tanna nen a harh a, Luger emaw stiletto emaw chu a duh loh zawnga kut phar duhna chu a dodal ta a ni. Khual bawlhhlawh, a pheikhawk, midi kawr hnuaia ke ruh te tak te pahnih chu a hmu a. Mi pakhatin a khawih a, a kekawrte chu a ti nghing a. Damn, a muhil ta!
  
  
  A bulah a ding hnai hle a, sahbawn, tui leh hmeichhe sa hrisel tak a rawn chhuah chhuak a. Linen thuk tak a ha a, amah ngeiin a iron a ni ngei ang. Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan chu ke ruhte chu! Basement-ah pawh nylon hi a man a to hle.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding chhuak a, a nuihzatthlak ber chu a pe a, chu chuan khawvel hmun hrang hranga hmeichhe duhthusam sang tam tak chu a hip tawh a ni.
  
  
  “Ka ngaidam tak zet a ni,” a ti a.A sawi tum chu a ni.A zakzum a, a rilru a na lo a, mi fel tak a ni lo tak zet a ni.Tin, tunah chuan, hliam chunga sawichhiatna belhchhah tur chuan, a yawn pakhat chu tihtawp tumin a bei a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  A thunun thei a, mahse Dr. Murial Milholland-a chu a bum lo. A hnungtawlh a, horn rimmed glasses thuk tak hmangin a en a.
  
  
  "Ka lecture kha chutiang chuan a boring tak zet em ni, Mr. Carter?"
  
  
  A hawi kual a, a mualphona tak tak chu a zual sauh sauh a. Tin, Nick Carter pawh chu mualpho a harsa hle bawk. Amah leh, accident-in amah chu mi â takah a siam a ni. Hnathawktu upa rethei, hlauhawm lo tak, a eizawnna tur a mamawh ngei ang, a sualna awm chhun chu thupui pawimawh tak chu ditch tui ang maia dull a siam theihna kha a ni.
  
  
  Anmahni chauh an awm a. Pindan chu a thim vek tawh. Ka Pathian! Class-ah a bengchheng em? Kawng khat emaw kawng dangah emaw chuan a siam that a ngai a ni. Amah chu boorish tak a ni lo tih finfiah rawh.
  
  
  "I pawi lutuk," a ti leh a. "Ka ngaidam tak zet a ni, Dr. Milholland. Eng thil nge thleng tih ka hre lo. Mahse, i lecture kha a ni lo. Ka hmuh dan chuan a ngaihnawm ber a,..."
  
  
  "I hriat ang zat zat?" A glass rit tak atang chuan speculative takin a en a. Paper folded chu—a hming a chhinchhiahna class list-ah chuan—a ha, mak tak maia var leh inthlau tak takte chu a tap a. A hmui chu a zau deuh a, mahse a insiam tha hle a, a hmuiah chuan lipstick engmah a awm lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan nuih a tum leh a. Sakawr hnute zawng zawng cum turin sakawr hnute ang maiin a inhria. A lu a bu nghat a. “Ka hriat dan atang chuan,” zak takin a pawm a, “Ka hrethiam thei lo, Dr. Milholland. Ka thei lo tak zet a ni. Zan rei tak ka hmang ve tho a, thlasik a ni a, hun rei tak chhunga a vawi khat nan sikul ka kal leh a, mahse heng zawng zawng hi a dik lo. Tihpalh. Hei hi ka tan chuan a zah lo hle a, a zah lo hle bawk. Indulgent takin ka zawt thei che chauh a ni, Doctor." Tichuan a nui suk a, a nui suk a, nuih a duh tak zet a, a ti a: "Chutiang mi â chu ka ni ngai lo va, chu chu i hnenah min finfiah tir se ka duh khawp mai," a ti a.
  
  
  Pure inspiration, a lu chhunga khawi atanga lo chhuak impulse.
  
  
  A hmai dum chu a hmui a ti hup a. A vun chu a thianghlim a, milky white a ni a, a sam chu jet black a ni a, chignon-ah a comb a, nghet takin a hnungtawlh a, a kawr hring hring nape-ah bun-ah a khih bawk.
  
  
  "Min finfiah rawh, Mr. Carter? Engtin nge?"
  
  
  "Ka bulah in tur in chhuah. Tunah hian? Tin, chutah chuan zanriah ei tur? Tin, chutah, i hria em, i tih duh apiang."
  
  
  A theih ang anga a ngaih chhung chuan a hreh lo. Nui hmel tlemte pawhin a remti a, a ha tha tak takte chu a rawn pholang leh a, mahse, "I bula in tur leh zanriah ei dun hian ka lecture te hi a boring lo tih a finfiah dan tur chu ka hmu chiang lo," a ti bawk.
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Chu chu a awmzia a ni lo Doctor. Ruihhlo ngawlvei ka ni lo tih finfiah ka tum a ni."
  
  
  A vawikhatna atan a nui suk a. Tlemte thawhrimna, mahse nuihzatthlak.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a kut chu a rawn vuan a. "Kan kal dawn em ni, Dr. Milholland? Mall bulah hian pawn lam hmun tlemte ka hria a, chutah chuan martini te chu khawvel atanga chhuak a ni."
  
  
  Martini pahnihnaah chuan inzawmna chi khat an siam tawh a, an pahnih hian an hlim zawkin an inhria. Nick chuan martinis hian a ti thei ang tih a ngaihtuah a. A tam zawkah chuan hetiang hi a ni. Thudik mak tak a ni. chu Dr. Murial Milholland tui lo tak chu a ngaihven tak zet a ni. Ni khat chu a glasses chu tihfai tumin a phelh a, a mit chu wide-set grey flecks with green leh amber flecks a ni. A hnar chu a pangngai a, a hmui te te a nei a, mahse a hmui ruh chu a sang tawk a, a hmai flatness chu a ti nem a, a hmai chu triangular cast a pe bawk. Hmel awlsam tak niin a ngai a, mahse ngaihnawm tak a ni ngei ang. Nick Carter hi hmeichhe hmeltha lam thiam tak a ni a, heihi TLC tlem leh fashion tips thenkhat nen chuan...
  
  
  "Ni lo. Nick. Ni lo. I ngaihdan ang kha a ni lo tak zet."
  
  
  Mak tih hmel zet hian a en a. "Eng nge ka ngaihtuah a, Murial?" Martini hmasa ber hnuah chuan hming hmasa ber a rawn lang ta a.
  
  
  Lens thuk tak hnung lama mitmeng dum chuan a martini glass rim chungah chuan a zir chiang a.
  
  
  "Chu chu ka hmel angin dowdy tak ka ni lo. Ka hmel ang maiin. Mahse ka ni. Ka tiam che a ni. Kawng engkimah a inang vek. Plain Jane tak tak ka ni, Nick, chuvang chuan chu thutlukna chu pawm mai rawh. .
  
  
  A lu a thing nghut a. "Ka la ring lo. Inthuamna vek a ni tih ka bet tlat. Mipain an rawn beih loh nan i ti a ni mai thei."
  
  
  A martini chhunga olives chu a fiddling a. Zu in a thiam tawh em tih a ngaihtuah a, zu chu a thleng lo mai thei. A rilru a fim hle niin a lang.
  
  
  "I hria em?" .Me too bad.I ngaihtuah aiin a tam zawk.Ka duh viau ka ring.Mahse ka duh lo.Sexology lama specialise PhD clumsy mai mai ka ni a, Sawrkar hna ka thawk a, lecture boring tak tak ka pe thin.Lecture pawimawh tak tak pawh a ni mai thei , mahse boring "A dik e, Nick?"
  
  
  Chutah chuan genie chuan a rawn thleng tan ta tih a hrechhuak ta. A duh tak zet tih a chiang lo a, a chhan chu a hlim tak zet a ni. AX-a top assassin Nick Carter chuan hmeichhe hmeltha tak tak a nei a, a dime a dozen. Nizan khan keimah chauhin ka awm a; naktuk hian a awm leh ngei ang. He nula, he hmeichhia, he Murial hi a danglam a. A thluak chhungah chuan khur tlem, hriatna shock tlem chu a rawn inher chhuak a. A tar tan tawh em?
  
  
  "A dik lo maw Nick?"
  
  
  "I ni lo maw, Murial?"
  
  
  "Lecture boring tak tak ka pe thin."
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a cigarette rangkachak tip pakhat chu a hal a—Murial chuan a zu lo—a hawi kual a. Sidewalk-a cafe te tak teah chuan mipui an tam hle. April thla tawp ni, Monet-a ang bawka nem, impressionistic tak chu transparent twilight-ah a chang ta a ni. Shopping centre bula cherry thingte chu rawng eng mawi tak takin a rawn eng chhuak a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a cigarette chu cherry thingte chu a kawhhmuh a. "Min hmu a, honey. Cherry thing leh Washington - engtin nge ka dawt sawi theih ang? Hell, ni e, i lecture te hi a boring! Mahse, a ni lo. Ni lo. Tin, hre reng ang che - heng dinhmun hnuaiah hian ka dawt sawi thei lo."
  
  
  Murial chuan a glass thuk tak chu a phelh a, dawhkan te tak te chungah chuan a dah ta a. A kut te tak te chu a kut lian takah chuan a dah a, a nui suk bawk. "I tan chuan fakna lian tak angin a lang lo mai thei," a ti a, "mahse ka tan chuan fakna lian tak a ni. Fakna lian tak a ni. Damn? Chutiang chu ka sawi em ni?"
  
  
  "I ti a ni."
  
  
  Murial chuan a nui suk a. "Kum tam tak chhung chu thutiam ka la lo. A nih loh leh kum tam tak chhung chu nuam ka ti tawh a, vawiin chawhnu ang hian. Mi tha tak i ni, Mr. Nick Carter. Mi tha tak i ni."
  
  
  "A nih leh i buai deuh bawk a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. "Zanin hian khawpui kan tackle dawn a nih chuan booze kha i la off a tha zawk. Nightclub-a kal leh haw tur che hi ka hruai ngai lo che."
  
  
  Murial chuan a glasses chu napkin hmangin a tifai a. "I hria em, heng thil damlote hi ka mamawh tak zet a ni. Chutiang tel lo chuan yard khat pawh ka hmu thei lo." A glasses chu a bun a. "In tur dang ka in thei ang em, Nick?"
  
  
  A ding chhuak a, pawisa chu dawhkanah chuan a dah a. "Ni lo. Tunah chuan ni lo. In lamah kan hruai ang che a, chu zan lam kawr i pholang thin kha kan inthlak ang."
  
  
  "Ka inchhuang lo. Pakhat ka nei. Pakhat chauh. Tin, thla 9 chhung zet chu ka ha lo. Ka mamawh lo. Zanin thleng khan."
  
  
  Maryland ramri bula apartment pakhatah a awm a. Taxi chhungah chuan a lu a nghat a, a tawng thiam vak lo. Ngaihtuahna thuk takah a awm niin a lang. Nick chuan fawh a tum lo, a beisei pawh a beisei lo niin a lang.
  
  
  A apartment chu a te hle a, mahse a tui zawngin a hausa hle a, hmun man to takah a awm bawk. Sum tlakchhamna a nei lo niin a hria a.
  
  
  Rei vak lo hnuah living room-ah a kalsan a, a bo ta a ni. Cigarette a hal chauh a, a mit a chhing a, a rilru a buai hle bawk - anmahni avang hian a inhuat hle - mahse he damn stupid seminar session thum a la awm a, tel turin thupek a ni a, a tense leh awkward mai mai pawh a ni thei. Eng thil nge a luhchilh?
  
  
  A han hawi chho a. Kawngkhar bulah chuan a ding a, saruak a ni. Tin, a sawi dik bawk. Hetiang hun chhung zawnga thawmhnaw tlemte hnuaiah hian he taksa dum ropui tak, a kawrfual te tak te leh a curve nem tak, a rilru sang tak hi a awm a.
  
  
  A nui suk a. Lipstick a vuah tih a hmuchhuak a. Tin, ka chhungah chauh ni lovin; a hnute te te pawh a paint bawk.
  
  
  "Ka thutlukna siam tawh," a ti a. "To hell with the evening dress! Vawiin pawh hian ka mamawh dawn lo. Nightclub fan ka ni ngai lo."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan a mit laksak lovin a cigarette chu a timit a, a jacket chu a phelh ta a.
  
  
  A rawn hnaih a, hlauthawng takin, a kal lutuk lo va, a thawmhnaw hlihsak chungah chuan a tlan phei ta a ni. A hnen atanga feet ruk vel zeta hlaah chuan a ding ta a.
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan min duh em ni Nick?"
  
  
  Engvangin nge a beng chu a vawt lutuk tih a hrethiam thei lo. A hmeichhe hmasa ber nen tleirawl lai ang a ni lo. Nick Carter a ni! AX-a thawktu sang ber a ni. Professional agent, a ram hmelma thattu licensed, boudoir fight sangkhat veteran.
  
  
  A kut chu a hip sei takah chuan a dah a, a hmaah chuan mawi takin a pirouette a. Lamp pakhat atanga êng lo chhuak chu a kawr chhung lam chu a rawn eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Sa chu translucent marble hmanga siam a ni.
  
  
  "Chutiang chuan ka duh tak zet che, Nick?"
  
  
  "Ka hmangaih lutuk che". A thawmhnaw chu a phelh tan ta a.
  
  
  "I chiang em? Mipa thenkhat chuan hmeichhe saruak an duh lo. I duh chuan stocking ka ha thei. Black stockings? Garter belt? Bra?"
  
  
  Kekawr hnuhnung ber chu living room sir zawng zawngah a kick a. A nunah hian hetiang hian a inbuatsaih ngai lo va, a tisa chu he tawdry little sex teacher, a tawpah rangkachak hmeichhe naupang lo ni nghal mai nen hian inzawm tir mai loh chu engmah a duh lo.
  
  
  A kut a phar a. Duhthusam takin a kut ah chuan a lut a, a hmui chuan a hmui a zawng a, a lei chuan a lei chu a hrual a. A taksa chu a vawt a, a kang bawk a, a sei zawng zawngah chuan a khur vek bawk.
  
  
  Rei vak lo hnuah chuan a inhnukdawk ta a, a thusawi chu a sawi chhuak ta a. "He lecture chhung hian i muhil lo ang tih ka bet tlat, Mr. Carter!"
  
  
  Amah chu kai a, mutna pindan lam pan chuan phurh a tum a.
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Dr. Murial Milholland chuan a ti a, “Bedroom-ah ni lovin. Hetah ngei hian leiah hian."
  
  
  
  Bung 2-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Dar sawm leh pakhat leh sawmthum velah chuan Delia Stokes chuan English mi pahnih chu Hawk-a office chhungah chuan a hruai lut ta a. Hawk chuan Cecil Aubrey chu a hun takah a lo thleng ngei a beisei. Hmeichhia hlui an ni a, British lian tak chu engmah a tlai lo tih a hria. Aubrey hi mipa kekawr zau tak, kum sawmruk vel zeta upa a ni a, tunah chauh hian a pum na tak a awm tan chauh a ni. Indonaah chuan mi chak tak a la ni reng dawn a ni.
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey hi Britain rama MI6 hotu a ni a, chu counterintelligence pawl hmingthang tak, Hawke-a’n professional-a a zah em em chu a ni.
  
  
  Amah ngeiin AX-a pindan thim takah chuan dil ang maia a lo kal avangin Hawke-a chu - a rinhlelh loh chuan - he thil hi a pawimawh ber tih a ring tlat a ni. British tan chuan a tlem berah chuan Hawke hian sakawr sumdawnna fing deuh deuh chu a ti duh a ni.
  
  
  Aubrey-a chuan Hawk-a awmna hmun zau tak chu mak a tih thu a hriat chuan a thup tha hle. Hawke-a chuan Whitehall emaw Langley emaw ropuinaah a cheng lo tih a hria a, a ngaihsak lo. A budget chu a tight hle a, hnathawhna dollar tin chu actual operations-ah invest a duh zawk a, a tul chuan façade chu tihchhiat tir a duh zawk bawk. Thil awmzia chu, AX hian tun dinhmunah sum lama harsatna a nei mai lo. A chang chuan an tih ang bawkin tlakchhiatna nasa tak a awm a, Hawke hian thla khat chhungin top agent pathum a hloh. Thi. Istanbul-ah chuan rilru a tikehsawm a; Paris-ah chuan a hnung lamah chemte a keng a; pakhat chu Hong Kong lawng chawlhna hmuna hmuh a ni a, a puak nasa lutuk a, sanghain a ei a, a thih chhan hriat a harsa hle. Tunah hian Hawk hian Killmaster pahnih chiah a la nei. Number 5, mission harsa tak a risk duh loh tlangval pakhat leh Nick Carter. Mipa tha ber ber. He mission lo awm tur atan hian Nick hi a hman a ngai a ni. Chu chu he sikul rilru na takah hian a tirh chhan pakhat a ni a, a bula awm reng turin.
  
  
  A awlsamna chu rei lo te chhung chauh a ni. Cecil Aubrey chuan a thianpa chu Henry Terence tiin a inhmelhriattir a. Terence hi MI5 operative a nih thu an sawi chhuak a, Aubrey leh MI6 te nen an thawk dun nasa hle. Mipa hring tak, Scottish hmel khauh tak leh a mit veilam ah tic a awm a. Pipe rimtui tak a in a, chuta tang chuan Hawk hian mahni invenna atan cigar a hal tak tak a ni.
  
  
  Hawk chuan Aubrey hnenah a knight nihna tur chungchang a hrilh a. Nick Carter-a a boss chungchanga mak tih ber pakhat chu chu putar chuan award list a chhiarsak kha a ni.
  
  
  Aubrey chu a nui suk a, a kut a phar chhuak ta a. "A nasty nuisance, i hria em. Rather puts one with the Beatles. Mahse, hnawl a harsa khawp mai. Eng pawh nise, David, Atlantic tuipui kamah chuan thisen chhuak chivalry thenkhat sawi turin ka thlawk lo."
  
  
  Hawk chuan ceiling chhungah meikhu dum a rawn vawm lut a. Cigar zuk hi a duh lo tak zet a ni.
  
  
  "I tih ka ring lo Cecil. Ka hnen atangin thil i duh a. AX atang hian. I ti fo thin. Chu chu i buai tihna a ni. Chu chu min hrilh la, kan tih theih tur chu kan en ang."
  
  
  Delia Stokes chuan Terence hnenah chair dang a rawn hruai leh a. Corner-ah chuan a thu a, lungpui chunga savawm ang maiin a thu a, engmah a sawi lo.
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey chuan, “Hei hi Richard Philston a ni a, a tawpah chuan Russia a chhuahsan dawn tih rinna chhan ṭha tak kan nei a ni. Kan duh a ni, David. Kan duh tak em! Tin, hei hi kan chance awmchhun a ni mai thei bawk."
  
  
  Hawk pawh chu a mangang hle. Aubrey, lukhum kenga a rawn lan chuan thil lian tak a ni tih a hria - mahse a lian em em! Richard Philston-a chuan! A ngaihtuahna pahnihna chu British-ho chuan Philston-a an hmuh theihna tura puihna atan thil tam tak an pe duh tih a ni. Mahse, a hmel chu a reh reng thung. Wrinkle pakhat mah hian a phurna chu a betray lo.
  
  
  "Hei hi a dik lo tur a ni," a ti. "Eng emaw chhan vang pawh a ni mai thei he phatsantu hi. Philston hian Russia atang hian a chhuak ngai lovang. He mipa hi mi â a ni lo, Cecil. Kan pahnih hian kan hre vek. Kan tih a ngai a ni. Kum sawmthum chhung zet chu min bum vek tawh a ni."
  
  
  Corner vel atang chuan Terence chuan Scotsman chibai bukna chu a rilru chhungril takah chuan a rawn ti nghut a. Hawk chuan a khawngaih thei hle. Richard Philston chuan Yankees chu mi â tak angin a lantir a - hun engemaw chen chu Washington-ah British intelligence chief hna a thawk tak tak a, FBI leh CIA aṭanga thu hriatte hlawhtling takin a la chhuak a - mahse a mite ngei, British-te chu absolute moron ang maiin a siam a ni. Vawikhat chu rinhlelh a ni a, thubuai siamsak a ni a, thiam loh chantir a ni a, Russian-ho tan spy hna thawk turin a kir leh nghal a ni.
  
  
  Awle. British-hoin Richard Philston-a an duh zia chu Hawke-a chuan a hrethiam a.
  
  
  Aubrey chuan a lu a thing a. "Ni lo, David. Hei hi dawt emaw, setup emaw a nih ka ring lo. A chhan chu thil dang tih theih kan neih vang a ni - Kremlin leh Beijing inkarah hian deal eng emaw zat a awm a. Thil lian tak, lian tak mai! Hei hi a ni." what we sure.Tun dinhmunah chuan Kremlin-ah hian mi tha tak kan nei a, Penkovsky-a aiin kawng engkimah a tha zawk a ni.A tisual ngai lo va, tunah chuan Kremlin leh Beijing-in thil pawimawh tak an buatsaih mek tih min hrilh mek a ni.A ni thei , damn it , blow the lid off. Mahse hetiang ti tur hian anmahni, Russian ho hian an agent an hmang a ngai dawn a ni. Philston tih loh chu tu dang nge awm ang? "
  
  
  David Hawk chuan a cigar thar atang chuan cellophane chu a phelh a. Aubrey chu ngun takin a en a, a hmel hring dup mai chu scarecrow ang maia langsar lo tak a ni.
  
  
  Ani chuan: “Mahse, Kremlin-a in mi lian tak hian Chinese leh Russian-ho ruahmanna chu a hre lo em ni? Chu chu a ni em?”
  
  
  Aubrey chu a hlim lo deuh niin a lang. "Ni e. Chu chu a ni mai. Mahse khawiah nge tih kan hria. Japan."
  
  
  Hawk chu a nui suk a. "Japan ramah hian connection tha tak in nei a. Chu chu ka hria. Engvangin nge an tuar theih loh?"
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey chu a thutna atang chuan a tho a, pindan zim tak chu a fang kual tan ta a. Hetih lai hian Hawke chu thil awm lo takin Basil Rathbone-a film Holmes-a Watson changtu character actor chu a hriat nawn tir ta a ni. Hawk chuan chu pa hming chu a hre thei ngai lo. Mahse, Cecil Aubrey chu a ngaihthah lo. Ngai lo. Chu pa chu a tha hle mai. Hawk ngei aia na zawk pawh a ni lo mai thei.
  
  
  Aubrey chu a ding a, Hawk-a desk chungah chuan a tower a. “A chhan ṭha tak a awm,” tiin a puak darh a, “Philston chu Philston a ni!”tiin a zir a
  
  
  kum tam tak chhung ka department chu, mipa! Code zawng zawng a hre vek emaw, a hre vek emaw. A pawimawh lo. Hei hi code emaw chutiang thu bengchheng emaw a ni lo. Mahse kan trick te, kan inruahman dan te, kan MO - hell te, kan chanchin zawng zawng a hre vek. Kan mipa tam tak pawh a hre chiang hle a, a tlem berah chuan hmanlai mite pawh a hre chiang hle. Tin, a dossier chu a update reng tih ka sawi ngam bawk - Kremlin hian eizawnna tur a siam tir ngei ang - chuvang chuan kan mi tharte pawh hi a hre tam hle. Ni lo, David. Hei hi kan ti thei lo. Pawn lam mi, mi dang a mamawh a ni. Min pui dawn em ni? " "
  
  
  Hawk hian a thian hlui chu rei tak a zir a. A tawpah chuan, "AX chungchang hi i hria em, Cecil. Official takin i hre tur a ni lo, mahse i hre ve tho. Tin, ka hnenah i lo kal bawk. AX hnenah. Philston thah i duh em?"
  
  
  Terence chuan ngawi reng chu a titawp rei hle a, a rawn ti chhuak ta hlawl mai. "Yeah, buddy. Chu chu kan duh chu a ni."
  
  
  Aubrey chuan a hnuaia mi chu a ngaihven lo. A thu leh a, a kut zungtang chuan cigarette a hal a, chu chu Hawke chuan mak tihna engemaw zat nen a khur deuh tih a hmuchhuak a. A buai hle a. Aubrey rilru ti na tur chuan thil tam tak a ngai a ni. Chutih lai tak chuan Hawk chuan wheel chhunga gear click ri chu chiang takin a hre hmasa ber a - chu chu a ngaithla ta a ni.
  
  
  Aubrey chuan cigarette chu meizuk stick ang maiin a kawhhmuh a. "Kan beng atan, David. He pindan chhungah hian leh kan beng paruk tan chauh - ni e, Richard Philston hi thah ka duh."
  
  
  Hawk thluak thuk takah chuan thil eng emaw a rawn inher chhuak a. Thlalak-a innghat leh ênga thlawk chhuak lo thil. Hun rei tak kal ta khan thu bengchheng takah? Hriatthiamna nei em? Press-ah thawnthu a awm em? Mipa room chungchang fiamthu? Eng thil nge ni ta? A rawn call thei lo. Chuvang chuan a subconscious-a dah turin a nawr let leh ta a ni. A inpeih hunah a rawn lang ang.
  
  
  Chutih lai chuan a langsar em em chu thuin a sawi chhuak ta a. "A thih hi i duh a ni, Cecil. Mahse, i sorkar, Powers ho hian an ti lo em ni? Nung rengin an duh a ni. An man a, England-a hruai kir leh turin an duh a, chu chu rorelna leh khaihlum dan tur dik tak a ni. Chu chu a dik lo em ni." , Cecil-a chu maw?"
  
  
  Aubrey chuan Hawk-a mitmeng chu a hmu nghal a. "Ni e, David. Chu chu a ni mai. Prime Minister - thil hi a sang em em a ni - Philston hi lak a ngai a, a theih chuan England-ah thubuai siamsak turin hruai a ngai tih a pawm a ni. He thutlukna hi hun rei tak kalta khan siam a ni. Ka ruat a ni." hruaitu. Tun thleng hian Philston-a chu Russia ramah a him tawh avangin thunun tur a awm tawh lo. Mahse tunah chuan Pathian zarah a rawn chhuak dawn a, a nih loh leh a chhuak niin kan ngai a, ka hmu duh a ni. Pathian, David, engtin nge ka duh ang!"
  
  
  "Thi?"
  
  
  "Yes. Killed. Prime Minister, Parliament, ka boss thenkhat phei chu keini ang professional an ni lo, David. Philston ang mi hnim hring man a, England-a hruai kir leh mai mai hi an ngaihtuah a. Harsatna a tam lutuk ang, There's." too much chance of a miss, too much opportunity for him to escape again.Amah chauh hi a ni lo, i hria em, Russian ho hian an ding mai mai lovang a, kan man a, England-ah kan hruai kir leh mai ang.An that hmasa ber ang! An chanchin a hre lutuk a, inremna siam a tum ang a, an hre vek bawk. Ni lo, David. Hei hi straight murder a ni tur a ni a, nangmah chauh hi ka pan thei ang."
  
  
  Hawk hian a ngaihsak vang ai chuan a sawi theihna tur boruak tihfai nan a sawi zawk. AX a tlangzarh ta a ni. Tin, engvangin nge he ngaihtuahna hmuh theih loh, a thluaka inthup he thlalak hi a rawn chhuah loh vang? Amah leh amah a phum a ngai ta em em a, a zahthlak tak zet em ni?
  
  
  Ani chuan, "He thil hi ka pawm a nih chuan Cecil, hei hi kan pathum inkarah a awm reng tur a ni. One hint that AX hi midang hna bawlhhlawh thawh nan ka hmang a, Congress chuan platter-ah ka lu hi a phut ang a, a nei hial ang," a ti , an finfiah theih chuan."
  
  
  "I ti dawn em ni, David?"
  
  
  Hawk chuan a thian hlui chu a melh reng a. "Ka la hre lo tak zet. Ka tan eng nge ni ang? AX tan chuan? Chutiang thila kan fee hi a sang hle mai, Cecil. Service man to tak tak a awm dawn - a sang hle ang. Chu chu i hrethiam em?"
  
  
  Aubrey chu a hlim lo hmel leh ta. Hrehawm tak, mahse tumruh tak. "Chu chu ka hrethiam. Ka beisei a ni, David. Amateur ka ni lo, mipa. Ka pek ka beisei."
  
  
  Hawk chuan dawhkan chunga bawm atang chuan cigar thar a la a. Aubrey chu a la en lo. Debugging crew - ni hnih danah AX headquarters uluk takin an enfiah thin - te chuan an hna an thawk tha hle tih thinlung takin a beisei tih a hmu a, a chhan chu Aubrey hian a condition a tlin chuan Hawk hian hna chu a la ta a ni. MI6 hna bawlhhlawh tak tak chu an tan ti rawh. Hei hi assassination mission a ni dawn a, Aubrey-a ngaihtuah angin tihfel harsa a ni lo mai thei. Nick Carter tan chuan a ni lo. Mahse Aubrey hian a man a pek a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  "Cecil," Hawk chuan zawi sap hian a ti a, "Inremna kan siam thei maithei niin ka hria. Mahse, chu mi Kremlin-a i neih hming chu ka mamawh a ni. Biak ka tum lo ang tih ka tiam a, mahse ka hriat a ngai." him." hming. Tin, a thawn zawng zawngah hian chanvo inang, a tling tawk ka duh bawk. Phên dangin sawi ila, Cecil, Kremlin-a i mipa pawh hi Kremlin-a ka mi a ni bawk ang! Hei hi i pawm em?"
  
  
  A corner-ah chuan Terence chuan strangled sound a rawn ti a. Pipe chu a ei zo tawh niin a lang.
  
  
  Office te tak te chu a reh hle mai. Western Union darkar chu sakei thawm ri chuan a ti ri a. Hawk chuan a lo nghak a. Cecil Aubrey-a thil tawn chu a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Agent sang tak, Kremlin-a circle sang ber ber zingah tumahin an rinhlelh loh mi pakhat chu khawvela rangkachak leh jewelry zawng zawng aiin a hlu zawk a ni.
  
  
  Platinum vek a ni. Uranium zawng zawng. Chutiang inzawmna siam tur chuan kum tam tak chhung thawhrimna leh vanneihna zawng zawng a ngai a, chutiang chuan rah chhuah leh tihchhiat theih lohvin a awm reng thei a ni. Chutiang chu a ni, a hmasa berah chuan. theihloh. Mahse ni khat chu tihfel a ni ta. Penkovsky chuan a rawn ti a. A tawpah chuan a tlu a, kahhlum a nih thlengin. Tunah chuan Aubrey chuan - Hawke pawhin a ring ta a ni - MI6 hian Kremlin-ah Penkovsky dang an nei leh ta a ni. A thlen dan ang chuan Hoke chuan United States chu a hre lo tih a hria a. CIA hian kum tam tak chhung chu hetiang hi tih tumin an bei a, mahse an hlawhtling ngai lo. Hawk chuan dawhthei takin a lo nghak a. Hei hi deal tak tak chu a ni. Aubrey-a pawhin a remti ang tih a ring thei lo.
  
  
  Aubrey chu a chil a chhak hnai a, mahse thu chu a chhuah chhuak ta. "Okay, David. Deal a ni. Hard bargain i khalh a, mipa."
  
  
  Terence chuan Hawk chu mak tihna leh zahna hnaih tak thil nen a enkawl a. Terence hi Scotland mi a ni a, Scotsman dang a hmuh chuan a duhna avang pawh ni se, thisen vang pawh ni se, a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Aubrey-a chuan, “Richard Philston-a chu a thi tawh tih finfiahna hnial rual loh ka neih a ngai tih i hrethiam a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a nui suk a. "Chu chu ruahman theih niin ka hria, Cecil. Times Square-ah hian ka that thei ang tih ka ringhlel nachungin, chutah chuan kan hruai thei a nih pawhin. A beng, felfai taka inthup, London-a i office-a thawn chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "Serious takin, David."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Thlalak la turin?"
  
  
  "An tha a nih chuan. A theih chuan fingerprint hi ka duh zawk ang. Chutiang chuan absolute certainty a awm ang."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a lu a bu nghat leh a. Nick Carter hian hetiang souvenir hi a rawn hruai haw hmasak ber a ni lo.
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey chuan corner-a mipa ngawi reng chu a kawhhmuh a. "Okay, Terence. Tunah chuan i charge thei tawh ang. Tun thlenga kan neih leh Philston-a chu a kal dawn nia kan ngaih chhan sawi rawh."
  
  
  Hawke hnenah chuan, "Terence hi MI5 atanga lo kal a ni a, ka sawi tawh ang khan, he Beijing-Kremlin buaina hi a chunglam lam a buaipui a ni. A chunglam ka tih chhan chu cover, thil lian zawk cover a nih kan rin vang a ni. Terence.
  
  
  Scotsman chuan a ha dum lian tak tak atang chuan pipe chu a la chhuak a. "Chu chu Mr. Aubrey-a sawi chu a ni, ka pu. Tunah hian thu kan nei tlem hle a, mahse Russian-ho hian Philston-a chu Chinese-te chu Japan ram pumah sabotage campaign lian tak buatsaih tura pui turin an tir tih kan ring tlat a ni. A bik takin Tokyo-ah chuan. Chutah chuan an ruahmanna a ni massive blackout like you had in New York not too long ago.Chicoms hian allmighty force khelh an tum a, in hria em, Japan ramah hian engkim hi tihtawp emaw, hal emaw an tum a ni.A tam zawkah chuan.Eng pawh nise.Story pakhat kan neih chu Beijing hian a insist tih kha a ni that Philston chuan "work or deal" a kaihruai a, chuvang chuan Russia a chhuahsan a ngai a,..."
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey chuan a rawn inrawlh ta a. "Thu dang a awm - Moscow hian Philston hi hlawhchhamna tur venna atan sabotage enkawl turin an nawr mek a ni. Chinese-te hi an hlawhtling tur chuan an ring vak lo. Chu chu Philston-a'n a kawr a risk a, a chhuah a ngaih chhan dang a ni.
  
  
  Hawk chuan mi pakhat atanga mi dang a en a. "Eng emaw chuan thawnthu pahnih hi i lei dawn lo tih min hrilh."
  
  
  "Ni lo," Aubrey chuan a ti a. "Chutiang chu kan ti lo. A tlem berah chuan ka hre lo. He hna hi Philston tan chuan a lian tawk lo! Sabotage, ni e. Tokyo hal leh chu zawng zawng chu nghawng lian tak a nei ang a, Chicoms tan chuan pathian thilpek a ni ang. Ka pawm." .Mahse, a takah chuan Filston-a line of work a ni lo.Tin, a lian tawk lo chauh ni lovin, Russia atanga hruai chhuah tur khawpa pawimawh a ni lo - Richard Filston chungchang hi mi tlemte chauhin an hriat thil pakhat ka hria.Amah hi ka hre chiang a, Remember, worked with him in MI6 when "A career sang ber lai a ni. Chutih lai chuan assistant chauh ka ni a, mahse chu damn bastard chungchang chu engmah ka theihnghilh lo. Killer a ni! Expert a ni."
  
  
  “I’ll be damned,” Hawk chuan a ti a, “Nun la, zir rawh. Chu chu ka hre lo. Philston hi conventional spy chi khat angin ka ngai fo thin. Damn effective, thihna thlen thei, mahse striped pants-ah chuan."
  
  
  “Ni lo tak zet,” Aubrey chuan lungngai takin a ti a. "Tualthahna tam tak a ruahman a. Tin, a hlen chhuak tha hle bawk. Chuvang chuan a tawpah Russia a chhuahsan dawn a nih chuan sabotage aiin thil pawimawh zawk a ni tih ka chiang. Sabotage lian tak pawh. Ka rilru put hmang ka nei a, David, leh." chu chu eng nge a awmzia i hre tur a ni. He sumdawnna hi kei aiin i thawk rei tawh zawk."
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey chu a chair lam pan chuan a kal a, chutah chuan a pil ta a. "Kal zel rawh Terence. I ball. Ka hmui ka hup reng ang."
  
  
  Terence chuan receiver chu a recharge leh ta a. Hawk-a rilru hahdamna tur chuan "a eng lo" a ti a, Terence chuan, "Thil awmzia chu, Chicom-ho hian an hna bawlhhlawh zawng zawng an thawk vek lo, ka pu," a ti a. Dik tak chuan, a tam lutuk lo. Planning an ti a, mahse midangte chu hna bawlhhlawh leh thisen chhuak tak tak thawk turin an nawr lui a ni. Dik tak chuan hlauhna an hmang thin."
  
  
  Hawk chu a buai hmel hle a ni ngei ang, a chhan chu Terence chu rei vak lo a ding a, a mit a chhing a, a sawi chhunzawm ta a ni. "Eta chungchang hi i hria em, ka pu? Ṭhenkhatin Burakumin an ti a. Japan rama class hniam ber, khawih theih lohte an ni. Hnam hnawhchhuahte an ni. Mi maktaduai hnih chuang an awm a, tlemte chauh, Japanese-ho pawhin an hre chiang hle Japan Sawrkar chuan ghetto-ah a dah a, khualzinte lakah a thup a, a dikna chu tun thlengin sorkarin he harsatna hi ngaihthah a tum a, official policy chu fure-noi - khawih suh.Eta tam zawk chu sorkar puihnaah an awm a, hei hi a ni harsatna lian tak a ni a, .
  
  
  Dik tak chuan Chinese ho hian hei hi a tam thei ang berin an hmang a ni. Hetiang mi minority lungawi lo tak hian tih loh chu a âwm lo ang."
  
  
  Heng zawng zawng hi Hawk-a chuan a hre chiang hle. Tun hnaiah ghetto hi chanchinbuah a lang nasa hle. Tin, communist chi khat emaw chi dang emaw chuan States-a hnam tlem zawkte chu tlem an hmang nasa hle bawk.
  
  
  Chicoms tan chuan setup tha tak a ni,” tiin a pawm. "A bik takin Sabotage hi buaina inthuamna hnuaia tih a ni. Hei hi classic technique a ni - communist-te hian an ruahman a, he Eta pawl hian mawhphurhna zawng zawng hi an hlen chhuak vek a ni. Mahse, Japanese-te hi an ni lo em ni? Ram dang ang bawkin." ? Ka sawi tum chu, kan rawng ang chiah hian harsatna a awm loh chuan, leh..."
  
  
  A nihna takah chuan Cecil Aubrey chuan a hmui lian tak chu a hup thei lo. A titawp a.
  
  
  "Japanese an ni. Za zela za. A tak takah chuan traditional caste prejudice chungchang a ni, David, anthropological deviation atan pawh hun kan nei lo. Mahse, hengte hi Japanese an ni a, midang zawng zawng ang bawka hmel leh tawng an ni tih hian a pui a ni." Shikam hi a mak khawp mai.Hei hi khawi hmunah pawh kal theiin engkim a ti thei.Chutiang chuan harsatna a awm lo.Mi tam tak chuan hetah States-a i sawi ang hian "go through" an ni.A dikna chu Chinese agent tlemte chauh, inbuatsaih tha tak tak te hian huge an control thei a ni amount of It leh anmahni thil tum atan an hmang thin. A bik takin sabotage leh murder. Tunah chuan, he big..."
  
  
  - Hawk chuan a rawn inrawlh ta a. “Chicom ho hian hlauhna hmangin Eta hi an thunun tih i sawi em?”
  
  
  "Ni e. Thil dang dang zingah chuan machine an hmang bawk. Device chi khat, "Death of a Thousand Cuts" hlui version siam that. Chu chu Bloody Buddha an ti a. Eta mi tu pawh an thu awih loh emaw, phatsan emaw chu a chhungah dah a ni machine. leh... "
  
  
  Mahse tun ṭumah erawh Hawk chuan a ngaihven vak lo. A hnenah a lo thleng ta chauh a ni. Kum tam tak chhunga vur tla atang chuan. Richard Philston hi ladies’ man pakhat hell a ni. Tunah chuan Hawk chuan a hrechhuak ta. Chutih lai chuan a hush up tha hle.
  
  
  Philston-a chuan Cecil Aubrey-a nupui naupang tak chu a laksak a, chutah chuan a kalsan ta a ni. Kar tlemte hnuah a intihlum ta a ni.
  
  
  A ṭhian hlui Cecil Aubrey chuan Hawk leh AX hmangin private vendetta a settled a!
  
  
  
  Bung 3-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Zing dar riat leh minute engemaw zat a ni tawh. Nick Carter chuan darkar khat kalta khan Murial Milholland-a apartment chu a chhuahsan a, milkman leh newsboy-te mitmeng mak tak chu ngaihsak lovin, Mayflower Hotel-a a room-ah chuan a tlan leh ta a ni. A tan chuan tlem a tha zawk. Murial nen chuan brandy lam an pan a, an inhmangaihna inkar - a tawpah chuan mutna pindan chhungah an insawn lut ta a - a in nasa hle. Nick hian zu a rui ngai lo va, Falstaff-a theihna a nei bawk; hangover a nei ngai lo. Mahse, chu zing chuan a fuh deuh niin a hria.
  
  
  A hnua ngaihtuah kir leh chuan Dr. Murial Milholland-a’n tlem a tihbuai aia tam a tihbuai avangin a mawhphurtu a ni bawk. Jane pangngai tak, taksa mawi tak nei, khumah chutiang ramhuai ang maia awm chu. Zawi zawiin a bengchheng a, zing êngah chuan a la hmeltha hle a, apartment a chhuahsan rual chuan a lo kir leh dawn tih a hria. Nick chuan a hrethiam thei lo. A type a ni lo chauh! Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan... chuti chung chuan...
  
  
  Zawi zawiin, ngaihtuahna sengin, a chanve chuan hmeichhe fing tak, puitling tak, sex lama mithiam tak, pulpit-ah chauh ni lovin a chungah pawh innei chu eng ang nge ni ang tih a ngaihtuah a, chutih lai chuan kawngkhar chu a ri ta a. . Nick chuan kawrfual chauh a ha a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar hawn tumin mutna pindan chhunga a kal lai chuan khum lian tak chu a melh zauh a. Luger, Wilhelmina leh Hugo, mattress zipper chhunga stiletto thup chu a ngaihtuah tak zet a ni. An chawlh lai chuan. Nick-a chuan Washington khawpui chhunga bungraw rit tak phur chunga kal chu a duh lo hle. Tin, Hawk chuan hei hi a pawm lo bawk. A châng chuan Nick hian Beretta Cougar te tak te, .380 caliber a keng tak tak a, hnai tak aṭangin a chak hle. Ni hnih hnuhnung ber chu a shoulder brace siam that a nih avangin a bun pawh a la ha lo.
  
  
  Kawngkhar buzzer chu a ri leh ta a. Tumruh. Nick chu a inhnial a, Luger thupna khum chu a en a, chutah a ngaihtuah a, to hell with it. Thawhlehni pangngaiah zing dar riat velah? Eng pawh ni se, a in enkawl thei a, safety chain a nei a, kawngka hnaih dan pawh a hre chiang hle. Hawk chauh hi special messenger hmanga information material tam tak thawntu a ni ngei ang. Putar chuan hetiang hian a ti fo thin.
  
  
  Buzz - buzz - buzz a ni
  
  
  Nick chuan kawngka chu a sir atang chuan a rawn pan hnai a, bang bulah chuan a rawn hnaih a. Tupawh kawngka atanga kah chuan an hre lovang.
  
  
  Buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz chu a rawn chhuak leh ta
  
  
  “Okay,” thinrim zet hian a ti a. "Awle. Tu nge ni?"
  
  
  Reh.
  
  
  Tichuan: "Kyoto Girl Scouts. Cookie hi in lei lawk em?"
  
  
  "TUNGE?" A hriatna chu a fiah reng a. Mahse, a tiam thei...
  
  
  "Japan atanga lo kal Girl Scouts. Hetah hian Cherry Blossom Festival-ah. Cookie lei rawh. I lei em, a hmain?"
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a lu a thing a, a tifai a. Tha. Brandy a in nasa lutuk! Mahse hei hi amah ngeiin a hmuh a ngai a ni. Chain chu a latch a. Kawngkhar chu tlem a hawng a, a hlat zawng chu vawng rengin fimkhur takin corridor lam chu a han hawi chhuak a. "Girl Scout te i ni em?"
  
  
  "Yeah. Cookie tha tak tak hralh tur a awm. I lei em?"
  
  
  A kun a.
  
  
  Pathum dang chuan an kun bawk. Nick chu a bawkkhup ta mai. A chhan chu damn it, Girl Scout an ni. Japanese Girl Scout te an ni.
  
  
  Pali an awm a. Chutiang khawpa mawi, silk thlalak atanga lo chhuak ang maiin. Zahawm. Girl Scout uniform ha, Japanese doll te tak te curvy tak tak, an lu dum mawi takah chuan bungees cheeky tak tak, miniskirt leh khup thlenga sei socks te nen. Mitmeng êng chhuak pali chuan duhthusamin an lo en reng a. Ha famkim pali chu Eastern aphorism hlui ang maiin a hmaah a rawn eng chhuak a. Kan cookies te hi lei rawh. Anni chu speckled puppies litter ang maia cute an ni.
  
  
  Nick Carter chu a nui suk a. A insum thei lo. Hemi chungchang hi Hawk-a a hrilh hma chu nghak rawh - a nih loh leh putar hnenah a hrilh tur em ni? AX-a main man Nick Carter, Killmaster ngei pawh hi a fimkhur hle a, fimkhur takin kawngka bulah a hnaih a, hmachhawn turin a kal a - Girl Scouts pawl khat, cookies zuarte. Nick chuan nuih titawp a, hmel dinglam nei turin huaisen takin a bei a, mahse a tam lutuk. A nui leh a.
  
  
  Hmeichhe naupang thusawi - kawngka bulah a ding hnai ber a, a hmui hnuaia a vawn chaw siamna hmanrua bawm tam tak a keng a - mak ti zet hian AXman chu a melh reng a. Hmeichhe dang pathum, cookies bawm kengte pawh chuan mak tih hmel zet hian an en ve bawk.
  
  
  Nula chuan: “Kan hrethiam lo, ka pu. Thil hlimawm tak tak kan ti em? Chutiang a nih chuan keimahni chauh kan ni tihna a ni. Fiamthu sawi turin kan lo kal lo - Japan rama kan kalna tur cookies hralh turin lo kal rawh.I lei la, a hmain. Ṭanpui rawh u. Kan hmangaih tak zet che u i United States, Cherry Festival hmang turin hetah hian kan awm a, mahse tunah chuan pawi ti takin kan ramah kan kir leh ngei tur a ni. Cookie i lei em?
  
  
  A zakzum leh ta. Murial Milholland nena an awm dun ang bawkin. Nick chuan a kawrfual kawrfual chuan a mit a hrufai a, chain chu a phelh ta a. "Hmeichhe ho u, ka ngaidam lutuk. Ka ngaidam lutuk. Nangni in ni lo. Keimah hi ka ni. Hei hi ka zing rilru na tak zinga mi a ni."
  
  
  Japanese tawng pakhat a zawng a, a kut zungtang chu a hmuiah a rawn tap a. "Kichigai. Keimah ka ni. Kichigai!"
  
  
  Hmeichhe naupangte chu an in en a, chutah amah chu an rawn en leh ta a. An zinga pakhat mah an tawng lo. Nick chuan kawngka chu a rawn nawr a. "A pawi lo, ka tiam e. Ka harmless. Lo lut rawh. Cookie chu rawn keng rawh. Ka lei vek ang. Engzat nge an sen?" Hawk chu box dozen zet a pe a. Putar hian ngaihtuah rawh se.
  
  
  "Dollar khat box pakhat."
  
  
  "A man tlawm tawk khawp mai." An luh rual chuan a hnungtawlh a, cherry par rimtui rimtui tak chu a rawn keng tel bawk. Sawm leh pali emaw sawm leh panga vel chauh an nih a ring a. Duhawm tak tak te. Tleirawl tan chuan an insiam tha vek a, an hnute te te leh an hnute te chu an uniform green thianghlim tak hnuaiah a rawn intlansiak vek a ni. Skirt-te chu, coffee table-a cookies an dahkhawm lai a en lai chuan a ngaihtuah a, Girl Scout miniature te tak te ang mai a ni. Mahse Japan ramah pawh a ni mai thei...
  
  
  An lawm hle mai. Chutiang bawkin Nambu pistol te tak te, thusawi lai hmeichhe naupang kut a rawn lang nghal chu. Nick Carter-a pum zau tak, khauh tak chu a tum nghal a.
  
  
  "I kut phar la, khawngaihin. Ngawi reng rawh. I tihnat ka tum lo. Kato chu kawngka a ni!"
  
  
  Hmeichhe pakhat chu Nick-a bulah chuan a rawn tlan kual a, a bulah chuan a inhlat hle. Kawngkhar chu ngawi rengin a inkhar a, lock chu a click a, fuse chu groove chhungah a tlan lut ta a.
  
  
  “Awle, bum tak zet a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Laksak. A professional admiration chu a dik tak zet a ni. Hna thiam tak a ni.
  
  
  "Mato - curtain zawng zawng kha khar vek rawh. Sato - apartment dang zawng zawng chu zawng rawh. A bik takin mutna pindan chu. Hetah hian nula a nei mai thei."
  
  
  “Vawiin zing khan ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Mahse engtin pawhin fakna min pek avangin lawmthu ka sawi e."
  
  
  Nambu chuan a mit a chhing a. Mit sual tak a ni. Hruaitu chuan, “Thu rawh,” a ti a. "Khawngaihin thu la, thu sawi tura thupek a nih hma loh chuan ngawi reng rawh. Tin, engmah tih tum suh, Mr. Nick Carter. I chanchin zawng zawng ka hre vek. I chanchin tam tak."
  
  
  Nick chu chair tarlanna lam pan chuan a kal phei a. "Girl Scout cookies ka ei duhna rilru tihreh loh vang pawh khan - zing dar riat velah?"
  
  
  "Ngawi rengin ka ti a! I duh ang zat thu sawi phalsak i ni ang - ka sawi tur i hriat hnuah."
  
  
  Nick chu a thu a. A thaw hnuaiah chuan a ti muangchang a: "Banzai!" A ke sei tak chu a cross a, a kawrfual chu a inhawng tih a hrechhuak a, hmanhmawh takin a button chu a han hmet a. Silai keng nula chuan chu chu a hrechhuak a, a nui suk a. "Fulse modesty kan mamawh lo, Mr. Carter. Girl Scout kan ni tak tak lo."
  
  
  "Thu sawi phalsak ka nih chuan min hrethiam tan tih ka sawi ang."
  
  
  "Reh!"
  
  
  A ngawi ta a. Cigarette pack khat leh camp hnai ber lighter pakhat lam chu ngaihtuah chungin a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  "Aih!"
  
  
  Ngawi rengin a en reng a. Hei hi pawl tenau zingah chuan a hlawhtling ber a ni. Kawngkhar chu an check leh a, curtain te chu an check a, pindan chu engin a chim vek a. Kato chu a lo let leh a, hnunglam kawngkhar a awm loh thu a sawi a. Tin, hei hian Nick-a chuan thinrimna engemaw zat nen a ngaihtuah a, himna dang a pe tur a ni. Awle, i hneh vek thei lo. Mahse he thil atang hian nung takin a siam chhuak a nih chuan a harsatna lian ber chu thuruk vawn hi a ni ang. Nick Carter chu a apartment-ah Girl Scout pawl pakhatin an hruai a!
  
  
  Tunah chuan engkim a reh ta. Nambu atanga lo kal hmeichhia chu Nick hmaah sofa-ah chuan a thu a, midang pathum chu a bulah chuan decorous takin an thu bawk. Mi zawng zawng chuan serious takin an en a. School naupang pali. Hei hi Mikado mak tak mai a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Tea, tu emaw?"
  
  
  A sawi lo
  
  
  a ngawi reng tur a ni a, ani chuan a kap lo. A ke a cross a, a miniskirt hnuaia a pink panty fringe chu a rawn lang ta. A ke, a ke zawng zawng - tunah chuan a hriat tak tak tawh avangin - Girl Scout-a hmuh thin aiin a lo thanglian deuh a, a sei deuh bawk. Bras tight deuh an ha bawk niin a ring.
  
  
  “Tonaka ka ni,” silai keng nula chuan Nambu chu a ti a.
  
  
  Serious takin a lu a bu nghat a. "Lungawi."
  
  
  “Tin, hei hi,” midangte chu a kawhhmuh a, “...”
  
  
  "Ka hria. Matou, Sato leh Kato. Cherry Blossom Sisters. Hmeichhia te nen kan inhmu hi ka lawm hle."
  
  
  An pathum chuan an nui suk a. Kato chuan a nui suk a.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Fiamthu hi ka duh ber a ni, Mr. Carter. Chutiang chu ti lo se ka duh khawp mai. Hei hi thil pawi tak a ni."
  
  
  Hei hi Nick chuan a hre chiang hle. Pistol te tak te a vawn dan atang chuan a hre thei. Professional ber a ni. Mahse hun a mamawh a ni. A chang chuan Badinage hian hun a nei thin. Angle te chu chhut chhuah a tum a. Tute nge an nih? A lakah eng nge an duh? Kum khat chuang zet chu Japan ramah a kal tawh lo a, a hriat dan chuan a thianghlim hle. Chuti a nih chuan engtin nge ni ang? Blanks a draw chhunzawm zel a.
  
  
  "Ka hria e," a ti a. "A pawi hle tih ka hria. Min ring rawh, ka hria. Thihna chiang tak karah pawh chutiang huaisenna chu ka nei mai a, leh..."
  
  
  Hmeichhe naupang Tonaka tih hming pu chuan savawm ui ang maiin a chil a chhak a. A mitmeng a zim a, a hmeltha lo tak zet. Namba chu puhtu kut zungtang ang maiin a rawn kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  "Khawngaihin ngawi leh rawh! Fiamthu sawi turin ka lo kal lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan a ti a. Hlawhchham leh rawh. Eng thil nge thleng tih a ngaihtuah a?
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a Girl Scout blouse pocket chhungah chuan sangha a man a. Hei hian AX-a hmuh theih chu a thup a, tunah chuan a hmu thei ta a, chu chu hnute veilam lo thanglian tha tak a ni.
  
  
  Pawisa ang mai chu a lam hawiin a hawi a: “Hei hi i hre chiang em, Mr. Carter?”
  
  
  A ti ta a ni. Instant takin. A ti tur a ni. London-ah hetiang hian a ti a ni. East End-a thilpek dawr pakhata hnathawk tawnhriat ngah tak siam a ni. Chu chu East End vek a kawngpui sirah a nunna chhanhimtu hnenah a pe a ni. Carter chu chu zan chuan Limehouse-ah thih hnaih tak a ni.
  
  
  A kuta medallion rit tak chu a la a. Rangkachak, tangkarua dollar hlui ang vela lian, jade inlay hmanga siam a ni. Jade chu lehkhabuah a chang a, chu hatchet dum te tak te hnuaiah chuan lehkhabu zial a siam ta a ni. AXE a ni.
  
  
  Lehkhate chu: Esto Perpetua a ni. Chatuan ni rawh se. A ṭhian hlui leh hun rei tak chhung judo-karate zirtirtu ni tawh Kunizo Matu nena an inṭhianṭhatna a ni. Nick chuan locket chu a melh a. Hun rei tak kal ta a ni. Kunizo hi Japan ramah a lo kir leh tawh a. Tunah chuan putar a ni tawh ang.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a melh nghal rawm rawm a. Nambu pawhin chutiang bawk chuan a ti ve bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan medallion chu a vawrh a, a man ta a. "Hei hi khawi atanga i hmuh nge?"
  
  
  "Ka pa hian hei hi min pe a ni."
  
  
  "Kunizo Matu hi i pa a ni em?"
  
  
  "Ni e, Mr. Carter. I chanchin a sawi fo thin. Naupan lai atang tawhin Nick Carter ropui hming hi ka lo hre tawh a. Tunah chuan tanpuina dil turin i hnenah ka lo kal a ni. A nih loh leh, ka pa hian tanpuina a rawn tir thin. Rinna nasa tak a nei a ni." leh ring rawh u. Kan tanpui turin i lo kal ngei ang tih a ring tlat a ni."
  
  
  Vawilehkhatah chuan cigarette a mamawh ta a. Hei hi ka mamawh takzet a ni. Nula chuan meizuk a phalsak a. Midang pathum, tunah chuan owl ang maia solemne tawhte chuan mit dum hring dup lo takin an en a.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "I pa lakah ka bat a ni. Tin, ṭhian kan ni bawk. Dik tak chuan ka pui ang. Ka tih theih apiang ka ti ang. Mahse engtin nge? Engtikah nge? I pa hi States-ah a awm em?"
  
  
  "Japan-ah a awm. Tokyo-ah. Tunah chuan a tar tawh a, a damlo tawh a, a zin thei tawh lo. Chuvang chuan kan hnenah i rawn kal nghal tur a ni."
  
  
  A mit a chhing a, meikhu karah chuan a mit a chhing a, chu thil chu a lu chu khuh tumin a bei a. Hun kal tawha thlarau lo awmte hi a buaithlak thei hle. Mahse leiba hi leiba a ni. A nunna chu Kunizo Mata lakah a bat a ni. A tih theih zawng zawng a tih a ngai dawn a ni. Mahse a hmasa berin...
  
  
  "Awle, Tonaka. Mahse thil hmasa ber chu. Pakhat khatin. I tih hmasak ber chu silai chu dah bo mai tur a ni. Kunizo fanu i nih chuan i mamawh lo...."
  
  
  Silai chu a chungah a dah reng a. "A ni mai thei ka ti, Mr. Carter. Kan en ang. Ka pa pui turin Japan rama lo kal tura i thutiam ka neih veleh ka sawn mai ang. Tin, Japan pawh."
  
  
  "Mahse ka hrilh tawh che! Ka pui ang. Thutiam ropui tak a ni. Tunah chuan police leh rukru khelh hi i bansan ang u. Silai kha dah bo la, i pa chunga thil thleng zawng zawng kha min hrilh vek rawh. Ka theih ang tawkin ti rawh. Ka... " "
  
  
  Silai chu a pum chungah a awm reng a. Tonaka chu a hmel a mawi lo leh ta. Tin, dawhthei lo tak a ni bawk.
  
  
  "I la hrethiam lo, Mr. Carter. Tunah hian Japan-ah i kal dawn a ni. Tun minute - a nih loh leh a tlem berah chuan rei lo teah. Ka pa buaina hi a rei lo ang. Channel emaw official emaw tan thil chi hrang hrang chungchang confer hun a awm lo." services-ah te, hmalak ngaiteah thurawn zawng rawh.Heng thil chungchangah hian eng emaw ka hrethiam tih i hmu a.Ka pa pawhin a hrethiam ve bawk.Ka ram secret service-ah hian hun rei tak a thawk tawh a, red tape pawh chutiang bawk chu a ni tih a hre chiang hle hmun tinah. Chuvang chuan medallion chu min pe a, zawng rawh min ti a. Lo kal nghal turin min ngen a. Chutiang chu tih ka tum a ni."
  
  
  Nambu naupang chuan Nick chu a mit a chhing leh a. Flirt chu a chau tan ta. Thil sual tak chu chutiang chuan a sawi tum a ni. Thumal damn zawng zawng a sawina a ni! Tun dinhmunah!
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihtuahna a nei a. Ani leh Hawk chuan aw an nei a
  
  
  code an hmang fo thin. Putar chu a vaukhân thei maithei. Tichuan, heng Japanese scout-te hi an thunun thei a, an thusawi leh ngaihtuahna an siamsak thei a, a ṭhianpa ṭanpui turin hna an thawk ṭan thei bawk. Nick chuan thaw a la a. Hawk hnenah chuan Girl Scout rilru na tak tak rualin an man tih a pawm mai a ngai a, AX-a a ram mipuite chu chuta tang chuan chhuah tir turin a ngen mai a ngai a ni. An ti thei lo pawh a ni mai thei. CIA hian a mamawh mai thei. A nih loh leh FBI te pawhin. Army, Navy leh Marines te pawh a ni mai thei. A hre lo chauh a ni...
  
  
  Ani chuan, "Awle, Tonaka. I duh danin ti rawh. Tunah chuan. Ka inchei theih veleh ka suitcase ka pack fel veleh. Tin, phone call rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  "Phone call a awm lo."
  
  
  A vawikhatna atan silai chu laksak a ngaihtuah ta a. A hlimawm chho ta hle mai. Killmaster hian Girl Scout hnen atangin silai chu a la chhuak thei ngei ang! Hetah hian buaina chu a awm - Girl Scout a ni lo. An zinga pakhat mah an ni lo. A chhan chu tunah chuan midang zawng zawng, Kato, Sato leh Mato te chuan chu cropped skirt hnuaiah chuan an kut an phar a, Nambu pistol an la chhuak ta a ni. Mi zawng zawng chuan Carter chu nghet takin an kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  "In squad hming chu eng nge ni, nula? Angels of Death?"
  
  
  Tonaka chuan silai chu a rawn kap ta a. "Ka pa chuan trick tam tak i nei dawn tih min hrilh a, Mr. Carter. I thutiam leh amah nena in inṭhianṭhatna chu i hlen chhuak ngei ang tih a ring tlat a, mahse i duh dan anga tih i tum tlat tur thu min vaukhân a ni. Hei hi a ni thei lo." tih a ni. Kan duh angin tih a ngai - thuruk takin."
  
  
  “Mahse, a ni thei tho,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka kutah hian pawl ropui tak ka nei a. Ka mamawh a nih chuan tam tak an ni. Kunizo hi in secret service-ah a awm tih ka hre lo - thuruk vawn ṭhat avangin lawmthu ka sawi e - mahse chutih hunah chuan pawl hlutna chu a hre chiang tur a ni." leh thawhhona a ni.Mi sang tam tak hna an thawk thei - himna pawh harsatna a ni lo va,..."
  
  
  Silai chuan a lo dang ta a. "I tawng thiam hle mai, Mr. Carter... Tin, i dik lo hle bawk. Ka pa hian a pianphungah chuan heng zawng zawng hi a hrethiam vek a, chu chu a duh loh tak chu a ni. A nih loh leh a mamawh chu a ni. Channel-te chungchang erawh chu - nang pawhin keimah ang bawkin i hria." chu i pawl ang bawkin, regular pawh ni se, enkawl reng reng i ni tih.Miin a hriat loh leh a pass loh chuan step khat mah i la thei lo.Ni lo, Mr. Carter.Phone call a awm lo.Official tanpuina a awm lo.Hei hi mi pakhat a ni hna, Ka pa zawh ang leh ti thei tur ṭhian, zawhna zawh ngai lo. Tih tur awm tur atan chuan mi ṭha famkim i ni - ka pa hnenah i nunna i bat bawk. Locket chu ka pe kir leh thei ang em , Khawngaihin.
  
  
  Medallion chu a toss a. "Okay," a ti a. "In tumruh ang maiin a lang a, silai pawh in nei bawk. Silai in nei vek a ni. In rualin Japan-ah ka kal dawn niin a lang. Tunah tak hian. Engkim ka kalsan a, chutiang chiah chuan ka thlawk bo ta a ni. I hrethiam e, a dik e." , chu ka bo mai mai a nih chuan, Darkar tlemte hnuah khawvel pumah alert a awm dawn em ni?"
  
  
  Tonaka chuan nuihzat hmel te tak te chu a phalsak a. A nuih lai chuan a hmeltha tawh hle tih a hmuchhuak a. "Chu chu nakinah kan ngaihtuah ang, Mr. Carter."
  
  
  "Pasport chu engtin nge ni ang? Customs?"
  
  
  “Buaina a awm lo, Mr. Carter. Kan passport te hi a inrem tawk hle.Pasport tam tak i nei tih ka chiang a ni, ka pa chuan a tiam a. Eng nge i neih ang? Diplomatic passport i nei ngei ang, chu chu hei atan hian a tawk ang. Eng pawh nise dodalnate chu?”
  
  
  "Transportation? Ticket leh reservation ang chi hi a awm."
  
  
  "Engkim enkawl fel vek a ni tawh, Mr. Carter. Engkim hi ruahman fel vek a ni. Darkar tlemte hnuah Tokyo-ah kan thleng dawn a ni."
  
  
  A ring tan ta a. Hei hi ka ring tak zet a ni. Mall-ah hian spaceship an lo nghak a ni mai thei. Aw unaupa! Hawk hian hei hi a duh ngei ang. Mission lian tak a awm dawn a - Nick chuan chhinchhiahna chu a hre chiang hle a - Hawk chuan thil chu a puitlin thlengin a inpeih reng a, tunah chuan hei hi a ni. Chu nula, Muriel Milholland-i thil tenawm tak pawh a awm bawk. Zanin khan date a nei a. Mi fel pakhatin a tih theih tlem ber chu call leh...
  
  
  Nick chuan Tonaka chu ngenna hmel zet hian a en a. "Phone call pakhat chauh? Nula hnenah? A tho ka duh lo."
  
  
  Little Nambu chu a nghet tlat a. "Aih."
  
  
  NICK CARTER CHU KAN LO AWM VE ANG - DESCENDANT CHU LOCK A NI...
  
  
  Tonaka chu a ding chhuak a. Kato, Mato leh Sato te chu an ding chhuak a. Silai te te zawng zawng chuan Nick Carter chu an rawn melh nghal vek.
  
  
  "Tunah chuan keini," Tonaka chuan a ti a, "mutna pindan lamah kan kal ang u, Mr. Carter."
  
  
  Nick chuan a mit a chhing a. "ANI?"
  
  
  "Bedroom lam pan rawh, khawngaihin. Vawi nghal rawh!"
  
  
  Nick chu a ding chhuak a, a kawrfual chu a rawn hrual kual a. "I sawi chuan."
  
  
  "I kut kha han phar rawh khawngaihin."
  
  
  Wild West lam hi a chau deuh a ni. "Ngaithla teh, Tonaka! Ka thawhpui a ni. I pa ṭhian ka ni a, ka pui ang, kan thil tih dan hi ka duh lo a nih pawhin. Mahse, heng rilru natna zawng zawng hi i paih bo ang u...."
  
  
  "Kut phar rawh! Thliah sang takin dah rawh! Bedroom lam pan chuan March rawh."
  
  
  A kal ta a. Kut sang tak chu boruakah. Tonaka chuan professional distance a vawng reng a, room chhungah chuan a zui lut ta a. Kato, Mato leh Sato chu hnunglam atangin an rawn lut a.
  
  
  Thupui dang a mitthla leh a: "Carter chu Girl Scout-te'n an pawngsual..."
  
  
  Tonaka chuan silai chu khum lam pan chuan a sawn a. "Khawngaihin khumah hian mu rawh, Mr. Carter. I kawrfual kha phelh rawh. I hmai chungin i mu ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lo en reng a. Nizan maia Hawk hnena a thusawi chu a rawn let leh a, a sawi nawn leh ta a. "I fiamthu a ni ngei ang!"
  
  
  An hmel lemon dum hring dup takah chuan nuihzatna a awm lo.
  
  
  mitmeng hrual vek chuan amah leh a taksa lian tak chu ngun takin an en vek a.
  
  
  "No kidding, Mr. Carter. Khumah chuan. Tunah chuan!" A kut te tak teah chuan silai chu a che a. A trigger finger chu a knuckle vel chu a var vek a. Nick hian he hlimhlawp leh game zawng zawngah hian a vawi khat nan a hrilh ang chiah a tih loh chuan a kap dawn tih a hrechhuak ta a ni. Chiah.
  
  
  A kawrfual chu a thlak thla a. Kato chuan a ti a. Mato chu a nui suk a. Sato chuan a nui suk a. Tonaka chuan a melh reng a, sumdawnna lamah an kir leh ta a. Mahse, a mitmeng thim takah chuan remtihna a awm a, rei vak lo chhung chu a pound za hnih zeta sei tak chu a rawn tlan chho leh a. A lu a bu nghat a. "Taksa ropui tak, Mr. Carter. Ka pa sawi ang khan chutiang chu a ni ang. A zirtirna che zia leh a buatsaih dan che kha a hre chiang hle. Hun dang pawh a ni mai thei, mahse tunah tak hi chuan a pawimawh lo. Khumah. Hmêlah." chunglam. . "
  
  
  Nick Carter chu a buai a, a buai hle bawk. A bik takin amah tan chuan dawthei a ni lo va, a pawm bawk. Girl Scout pali mitmeng hrual hrual tak hmaa inhawng vek chunga muhil chu thil pianphung lo tak, tlemte pawh ni se, thil tenawm tak a awm a ni. Engmah hmu lo epicanthoid mit pahnih pali.
  
  
  A lawmthu sawina awm chhun chu mipat hmeichhiatna lam thil a ni lo tak zet a, taksa lam thil tih hlauhawmna pawh a tawk lo. A chhungril lamah chuan a khur nghal zat. Chu mit zawng zawng hmaa chunglam pan zawi zawi chu. Ngaihtuah theih loh a ni. Sato chuan a nui suk a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Tonaka chu a melh reng a. Silai chu a pum, tunah chuan a lang chhuak vek tawhah chuan a vawn tlat a, a hmui chu a tir lamah chuan nuihzatna ang maiin a rawn inher chhuak ta a. Hlawhtling takin a dodal ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick Carter-a chuan, “Ka pawi tih ber chu ka ram tana thil neih pakhat chauh ka neih hi a ni,” a ti.
  
  
  Kato chuan a hlimthla chu a titawp ta. Tonaka chuan a melh nghal rawm rawm a. Reh. Tonaka chuan Nick chu a melh nghal rawm rawm a. "Nang, Mr. Carter, mi â i ni!"
  
  
  "Sans doute" tih a ni.
  
  
  A hnute veilam hnuaiah chuan mattress zipper metal khauh tak chu a hre ta. Chutah chuan Luger, chu hot rod tenawm tak, 9mm murder pistol stripped down chu a mu a. Tin, stiletto heels nen pawh. Hugo tuihal tak a ni. Thihna zungbun tip. Nick chuan a thaw halh a, a theihnghilh ta a. An hnenah a thleng thei mai thei, chuti a nih chuan engtin nge? Chuti a nih chuan engtin nge ni ang? Japan atanga lo kal girl scout te pali te chu that em? Tin, engvangin nge Girl Scout anga a ngaih reng? Uniform chu authentic tak a ni a, mahse chu chu a ni. Hengte hi Tokyo yo-yo academy thenkhat atanga lo kal maniac pali an ni. Tin, a laiah a awm bawk. Nui la, hrehawm tuar rawh.
  
  
  Tonaka chu a awm a. thupek hmanhmawhthlak tak a ni. "Kato - kitchen ah en rawh. Sato, toilet ah. Mato - oh, chu chu a ni. Heng ties te hi a dik chiah ang."
  
  
  Mato hian Nick-a tie ṭha ber leh man to ber ber eng emaw zat a nei a, chung zingah chuan Sulka pawh a tel a, vawi khat chauh a ha a ni. Dodalna lantirin a thu a. "Hey! Tie i hman a ngai a nih chuan a hlui hmang rawh. I just..."
  
  
  Tonaka chuan rang takin pistol hmangin a hmaiah a rawn vawm a. A tlan chak hle mai. Silai a man hmain in leh out.
  
  
  “Chhuk rawh,” na zet hian a ti a. - “Ngawi reng. Thusawi tawh lo. Kan hna hi kan chhunzawm zel a ngai. Thu bengchheng lutuk a awm tawh - kan thlawhna chu darkar khat hnuah a chhuak leh thin.”
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a ti sang a. "A âtna chungchang hi ka pawm. I...."
  
  
  Hmaiah vuakna dang a rawn thleng leh ta. Khum bulah a inbun lai chuan lungngai takin a mu a. Knot siam thiam tak an ni. Engtik lai pawhin inzawmna chu a titawp thei a, mahse eng thil atan nge? He thil â zawng zawngah hian a tel ve a ni - anmahni tihnat a hreh zual sauh sauh a ni. Tin, Goofyville-ah a thuk em em tawh avangin an thil tih chu hriat duhna tak tak a nei bawk.
  
  
  Hei hi a thlan thlenga a thlalak lak duh chu a ni. Nick Carter chuan a tie chu a khih a, khumah chuan a inphah a, a nu chu a saruak a, Khawchhak lam atanga hmeichhe naupang pali mitmeng thim takah chuan a lang a. Hla hlui duh ber aṭanga thu lak chhuah pakhat chu a lu-ah a rawn lang chhuak a: Min ring ngai lo vang.
  
  
  A hnua a thil hmuh chu a ring thei lo. Feathers a awm. Miniskirt hnuai hmun atang chuan hmul sen sei tak pali a rawn chhuak a.
  
  
  Tonaka leh Kato chu khum sir khatah an thu a, Mato leh Sato chu a sir lehlamah chuan an thu a. “An inhnaih tawk vek a nih chuan,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Heng inzawmnate hi ka titawp thei a, an lu te tak te â tak takte chu ka tikehsawm thei a,...
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a hmul chu a thlak a, a hnungtawlh a, nambu chu a pum flat takah chuan a kir leh ta a. Professionalism chu a lang leh ta. Sato chu rei vak lo a lu a bu nghat a. "A hmui kha khar rawh."
  
  
  “Tunah hian hetah hi han en teh,” Nick Carter chuan a ti a, “I... gul... mmm... fummm...” Handkerchief fai tak leh tie dang pakhat chuan a ti a.
  
  
  “Tan tan rawh,” Tonaka chuan a ti a. "Kato, a ke la rawh. Mato, a armpits la rawh. Sato, a genitals."
  
  
  Tonaka chuan step tlemte a hnungtawlh leh a, silai chu Nick lam chu a kawhhmuh a. A nuih a phal ta a. "Ka pawi ka ti hle mai, Mr. Carter, hetiang hian kan tih a ngai a ni. Zahawm lo leh nuihzatthlak tak a ni tih ka hria."
  
  
  Nick chuan chak zet hian a lu a bu nghat a. "Hmmmmmmfj... guuuuuuuuuuuuu...."
  
  
  "Chutah chuan inkhung hram tum rawh, Mr. Carter. Hun rei tak a daih dawn lo. Ruihhlo kan chawm dawn che a ni. I hmu em, he damdawi hian a thil neih pakhat chu a pek mipa rilru put hmang a vawng reng a, a tichak bawk a ni." to. Hlim taka awm turin kan duh che a ni." "Mr. Carter. Japan thlenga nui turin kan duh che!"
  
  
  He rilru natna hi method a awm tih a tir atang khan a hre chiang hle. Perception lama inthlak danglamna hnuhnung ber
  
  
  A dodal chuan an la that ngei ang. He Tonaka tlangval hi a â lutuk a, hetiang hi a ti thei lo. Tin, tunah chuan dodalna point chu hneh a ni ta. Heng hmul te hi! Chinese hrehawm tawrhna hlui a ni a, a hlawkpui zia chu a hre ngai lo. Khawvela hrehawmna thlum ber a ni.
  
  
  Sato chuan zawi zawiin a hmul chu a rilruah a tlanpui a. Nick chu a khur nghal ringawt. Mato chuan a armpits chu a thawkrim hle a. Ooooooooo...
  
  
  Kato chuan a ke ruhroah chuan kick rei tak, thiam tak a hmang a. Nick-a ke ruh chu a curl leh cramp tan ta. A fucking take thei tawh lo. Be that as it may, he crazy quartet nen hian hun rei tak an khel dun a ni. В любую секунду ему просто придется - ахххоооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооо® ооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооо
  
  
  A timing chu a ṭha famkim hle. A ngaihtuahna chu a buai rei tawk chauh a, thil tak takah chuan a kal zel thei ta a ni. Needle a ni. Needle sei tak eng chhuak. Nick chuan a hmu a, chutah a hmu lo. A chhan chu a hnute dinglam tissue nem deuhah chuan a innghat tlat a ni.
  
  
  Needle chu a lut thuk hle. Thuk zawkin. Tonaka chuan a kawng zawng zawngah plunger a thun lai chuan a en a. A nui suk a. Nick chuan a hnungzang a arch a, a nui a, a nui a, a nui bawk.
  
  
  Ruihhlo chuan nasa takin a rawn deng a, a rawn deng nghal mai mai. A thisen chuan a la a, a thluak leh motor center-ah a tlan nghal a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan an tickling tawh lo. Tonaka chu a nui suk a, zawi te hian a hmai chu a fawp a. Pistol te tak te chu a dah bo ta a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian,” a ti a, “Tunah engtin nge i awm? Mi zawng zawng an hlim em?"
  
  
  Nick Carter chu a nui suk a. "Ka nunah hian engtikah mah a tha zawk." A nui a... “Eng emaw in hria - ka in duh. Like, in tam.Engtin nge in sawi nula?
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a kut a rawn beng a. “A va inngaitlawm em em a, a thlum em em bawk a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.A va thlum em em a ni.A hlim tir duh a ni.A duh duh chu a ti vek ang—engpawh.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan, “A nuam hle dawn niin ka hria,” a ti. "A dik lo em ni, nula te?"
  
  
  Kato, Sato leh Mato te chuan a ropui dawn niin an ngai. An kut an beng a, an nui suk a, mi zawng zawng, pakhat zel chuan Nick chu fawh an tum tlat a. Chutah an hnungtawlh a, an nui suk a, an nui suk a, an inbia a. Tonaka chuan a fawp lo.
  
  
  "I inchei a tha zawk Nick. Rang takin. Japan kan kal a ngai tih i hria."
  
  
  Nick chu an phelh lai chuan a thu a. A nui suk a. "A dik e. Ka theihnghilh. Japan. Mahse, kal i duh tak zet tih i chiang em Tonaka? Hetah hian Washington-ah hian nuam kan ti hle thei ang."
  
  
  Tonaka chu a rawn hnaih a. A inbeng kang a, a fawp a, a hmui chu a hmuiah rei tak a nawr a. A hmui chu a fawp a. "Japan kal ka duh tak zet a ni, Nick, honey. Hmanhmawh rawh. I inchei dan tur leh i thil dahkhawmnaah kan pui ang che. Mi zawng zawng awmna hmun min hrilh mai rawh."
  
  
  Lal ang maiin a inhria a, khumah chuan saruak takin a thu a, an tlan kual vel chu a en reng a. Japan chu a nuam dawn khawp mai. Hetianga chawlh tak tak a neih loh hi a rei tawh hle a, hun rei tak a liam tawh bawk. Mawhphurhna engmah nei lovin. Thli angin zalen. Hawk-a hnenah postcard pawh a thawn mai thei. A nih loh leh a ni lo mai thei. Fuck Hawk a ni.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a dresser drawer chu a rawn zawng kual vel a. "Khawiah nge i diplomatic passport kha Nick dear?"
  
  
  "Closet chhungah, duhtak, Knox-a hatbox lining chhungah. Hmanhmawh takin i awm ang! Japan chuan a nghak reng a ni."
  
  
  Tin, chutah rang takin he in tur hi a duh leh ta a ni. Ka nunah ka in duh tawh zawng zawng aiin ka duh zawk. A suitcase a pack lai chuan Sato hnen atangin boxer dum pahnih a la a, living room chhungah chuan a lut a, portable bar atang chuan whisky bottle khat a la a.
  
  
  
  Bung 4-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Hawk hian Nick hi thutlukna sang tak siam tura inrawnkhawm turin a ko fo thin. Killmaster hi top-level thutlukna siam turin pawisa pek a ni lo. Anmahni kalpui turin pawisa a dawng a - chu chu sakeibaknei fing tak leh a tul hunah a thinrimna hmangin a ti tlangpui. Hawk hian Nick-a theihna chu agent angin a zah a, a tul chuan assassin a ni bawk. Carter hi tunlai khawvela a tha ber ber a ni tawh mai; thutlukna siamna hmun, he hmun thim, thim, thisen chhuak leh thuruk fo thin, a tawpah chuan thupekte chu silai mu leh chemte, rulhut leh hruiah a chantirna hmuna mipa ber a ni. Tin, thihna pawh.
  
  
  Hawk hian zan a nei tha lo hle mai. A muhil tlem hle a, chu chu a tan chuan thil mak tak a ni. Zing dar thum velah chuan Georgetown-a a living room hlim lo deuhah chuan a kal kual a, he thutluknaah hian Nick-a tel tir theihna tur dikna a nei em tih a ngaihtuah a. Nick-a hnathawh tur a ni tak tak lo. Hawk a ni. Hawk chu AX hotu ber a ni. Hawk hi thutlukna siam tur leh tihsual phurrit phur turin hlawh pek a ni - a tawk lo. Kum sawmsarih chuang zet chu a kekawr ipte chungah chuan phurrit a awm a, chu phurrit thenkhat chu a dang lama sawn theihna tur dikna a nei lo tak zet a ni.
  
  
  Engvangin nge Cecil Aubrey game khelh tur leh khelh loh tur chu i rel mai loh vang? Game chhe tak a ni tih chu pawm a ni a, mahse Hawk erawh a khel chhe zawk. Tin, hlawkna chu hriatthiam harsa tak a ni - Kremlin-a mi ngei pawh. Hawk hi professional lam atanga thlir chuan mi duhâm tak a ni. Tin, zahngaihna nei lo. Hun a lo kal zel a - tunah chuan hla takah ngaihtuah chhunzawm mah se - chu chu eng pawh ni se, a hmanrua a hmu dawn tih a hrechhuak ta a ni
  
  
  zawi zawiin Kremlin mi chu Aubrey-a lakah a rilru a tihbuai belh zel theih nan. Mahse chu chu nakin lawkah a ni vek.
  
  
  A dam chhunga mi thah ngai lo Nick Carter-a hruai luh theihna tur dikna a nei em, a ram chhungah leh jury-a a hna a thawhnaah chauh lo chuan? A chhan chu tualthahna tak tak chu Nick Carter-a tih a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Hei hi moral issue harsa tak a ni. Slippery tak a ni. Aspect maktaduai khat zet a awm a, chu chu i rationalize thei a, i duh zawng zawng deuhthaw chhanna i rawn siam thei bawk.
  
  
  David Hawk hi nungchang lama zawhna harsa tak tak lakah chuan mi thar a ni lo. Kum sawmli chhung zet chu thi thei khawpa beihpui thlakna a nei a, amah leh a ram hmelma za tam tak a titawp a ni. Hawk-a sawi dan chuan pakhat leh pakhat an ni. A hmelma leh a ram hmelma te chu pakhat leh thuhmun an ni.
  
  
  A hmasa berah chuan a awlsam khawp mai. Amah leh khawthlang ram zawng zawng chu an him zawk ang a, Richard Philston thi tawh nen chuan an muhil tha zawk ang. Filston hi phatsantu rilru pu tak a ni a, chhiatna tawp nei lo a thlen thin. Hemi chungchangah hian inhnialna a awm tak tak lo.
  
  
  Chuvang chuan zing dar thum velah Hawk chuan in tur chak lo tak mai a rawn leih a, chu chu a inhnial ta a.
  
  
  Aubrey chu thupek kalh zawngin a kal ta a. Chu chu Hawk-a office-ah a pawm a, mahse a thupek kalh zawnga kal chhan ṭha tak a sawi a ni. A chunga hotute chuan Philston-a chu man a, thubuai ngaihtuah dan tur dik tak pek an phut a, chu chu tihhlum a nih rin a ni.
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey-a chuan ramsa sakawrte chuan an hruai bo lo ang, mahse engtin emaw tak Philston-a chuan khaihlumtu knot chu a phelh mai ang tih a hlau hle. Aubrey-a chuan a duty chungchang a ngaihtuah ang bawkin a nupui naupang thi tawh chu a ngaihtuah nasa hle. A phatsantu chu open court-a hrem a nih tur thu a ngaihtuah lo. Richard Philston-a chu a tawi ber, a rang ber leh a mawi lo berin a thih mai a duh a ni. Chutianga tih tur leh phuba lakna tura AX puihna a hmuh theih nan Aubrey hian a ram thil hlu ber pakhat - Kremlin-a beisei loh thil hmuh chhuah chu chhuahsan a duh a ni.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a in tur chu a in a, a kawrfual hring tawh chu a kawr chungah a khuh a, nitin a hring zual zel bawk. Mantelpiece-a antique clock chu a han melh a. Pali dawn lai a ni. Chumi ni chuan office a thlen hma pawhin thutlukna siam turin a intiam a. Cecil Aubrey pawhin a tiam bawk.
  
  
  Aubrey chuan thil pakhatah a sawi dik a ni,” Hawk chuan a ti a, a kal zel a. AX, Yankee service zawng zawng deuhthaw hian British aiin hna tha zawk an thawk a ni. Philston hian MI6-in a hman tawh emaw, hman a tum tawh emaw move leh trap zawng zawng chu a hre vek ang. AX hian chance a nei mai thei. Dik tak chuan Nick Carter a hmang a nih chuan. Nick-a'n a tih theih loh chuan a thleng thei lo.
  
  
  Nick hi mi dang tana private vendetta-ah a hmang thei ang em? Buaina chu bo emaw, chinfel emaw a tum lo. A tawpah Hawk chuan pillow chu a hmu leh ta a, chu chu a la awm reng a ni. In tur chuan tlem a pui a, tukverh pawna forsythia-a sava awmte a hmuh hmasak ber chuan muhil hahdam lo takin a muhil ta a ni.
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey leh MIS mi, Terence te hi Thawhlehni khan Hawke-a office-ah dar sawm leh pakhatah an inlan leh dawn a - Hawke hi quarter leh 8-ah office-ah a awm a ni. Delia Stokes chu a la awm lo. Hawk chuan a raincoat light tak chu a dah a—pawnah chuan ruah a sur tan ta—telephone-ah chuan a kal nghal a, Mayflower apartment-a Nick chu a ko ta a.
  
  
  Hawk hian Georgetown atanga office pan tura a tlan laiin thutlukna hi a siam a ni. Tlem a inhmang a, phurrit chu a sawn tlem tih a hria a, mahse tunah chuan chhia leh tha hriatna thianghlim tawk takin a ti thei ta. British hmaah hian Nick-a hnenah thil dik zawng zawng hrilh la, Nick-a chu a thutlukna siam turin phalsak rawh. A duhâmna leh thlemna ngaihtuah chuan Hawk-a tih theih ṭha ber a ni. A rinawm ang. Hei hi a rilruah a tiam ta a ni. Nick hian mission a bansan chuan chu chu a tawpna a ni ang. Cecil Aubrey hian hmun dangah executioner chu zawng rawh se.
  
  
  Nick chuan a chhang lo. Hawk chuan chibai a buk a, phone chu a dah ta a. Zing lama a cigar hmasa ber chu a phelh a, a hmuiah a dah ta a. Nick-a apartment lam pan leh chu a tum leh a, call chu chhunzawm zel turin a phal ta a. Chhanna a awm lo.
  
  
  Hawk chuan phone chu a dah leh a, a en reng a. “Fucking again,” a ti a. Tang. In the hay with a pretty doll, a damn tha leh inpeih hunah a report leh ang. Hawk chuan a hmui a ti hup a, chutah a nui suk mai. Tlangval chu a theih laiin rosebuds a seng avangin i dem thei lo. Pathian chuan rei a daih lo tih a hria. Rei tawk lo. Rosebuds a seng thei tawh lohna chu a rei tawh hle. Ah, rangkachak hmeichhe naupang leh tlangvalte chu leivutah an tlu lut ngei ang...
  
  
  Fuck hei hi! Third try-a Nick-a'n a chhan loh chuan Hawk chu Delia desk-a logbook en turin a chhuak ta a. Zan duty officer chuan a hriattir reng tur a ni. Hawk chuan a kut zungtang chu note felfai taka ziah list chu a tlan thla a. Carter hi senior executive zawng zawng ang bawkin ni khatah darkar sawmhnih leh pali on call a ni a, darkar sawm leh pahnih danah call leh check in a ngai thin. Tin, anmahni biak theihna tur address emaw phone number emaw dah la.
  
  
  Hawk-a kut zungtang chu kawtah a ding a: N3 - 2204 hours. - 914-528-6177... Hei hi Maryland prefix a ni. Hawk chuan lehkha pakhatah number a ziak a, a office-ah a kir leh ta a. Number chu a dial a.
  
  
  Hun rei tak a rawn call hnu chuan hmeichhia chuan, "Hello?" Mumang ang maiin a ri a, hangover ang maiin a ri bawk.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a rawn beng nghal zat a. Romeo hi bag atang hian i chhuah tir ang u.
  
  
  "Mr. Carter nen hian kan inbia ang che, khawngaihin."
  
  
  Rei tak chawlh hahdamna. Tichuan chiwlh takin: “Tunge biak i duh?”
  
  
  Hawk chuan thinrim zet hian a cigar chu a seh a. "Carter. Nick Carter! Hei hi a pawimawh hle mai. Urgent. A awm em?"
  
  
  Ngawih zawk. Chutah a rawn nuih ri chu a hre ta a. A aw chu a la vawt hle a, "Ka ngaidam lutuk. Mr. Carter-a chu rei vak lo kalta khan a chhuak a. Engtikah nge tih ka hre lo tak zet. Mahse engtin nge chu number chu i hmuh theih? I..." a ti a.
  
  
  "Ngaidam rawh, lady." Hawk chuan phone chu a dah leh a. Chhe tak! A thu a, dawhkan chungah chuan a ke a nghat a, bilious red walls chu a en reng a. Western Union darkar chu Nick Carter defense-ah a rawn inher chhuak a. Call a tlai lo. Minute sawmli leh a dang vel a la awm. Hawk chuan a thaw hnuaiah chibai a buk a, amah ngei pawhin a lungkhamna chu a hrethiam thei lo.
  
  
  Minute tlemte hnuah Delia Stokes a rawn lut leh a. Hawk chuan a lungkhamna chu khuh bovin—chu chu chhan ṭha tak a sawi thei lo—minute sawm danah Mayflower chu a ko tir ṭhin. Line a thlak a, uluk takin zawhna a zawt tan ta a. Nick Carter hi Hawk-a hriat chian angin swinger a ni a, a hriatna circle pawh a sei a, Catholic a ni. Turkish bath-ah senator nen an awm thei a, diplomatic representative tu emaw nupui leh/ emaw fanu nen chawhmeh an ei dun thei bawk - Goat Hill-ah pawh a awm thei bawk.
  
  
  Hun a liam a, a hlawhtling lo. Hawk chuan wall clock chu a melh chhunzawm ta a. Vawiin khan Aubrey hnenah solution a tiam a, damn boy! Tunah chuan official takin call a tlai ta hle mai. Chutiang thil tenawm Hawk-a chu a ngaihsak lo tihna a ni lo - mahse he thil hi, kawng khat emaw kawng dangah emaw, chinfel a duh a, Nick tel lo chuan a ti thei lo. Richard Philston thah leh thah loh chungchangah Nick hian thu hnuhnung ber a nei ang tih chu a hma ang bawkin a tum tlat a ni.
  
  
  Dar sawm leh pakhat velah chuan Delia Stokes chu a office chhungah chuan a hmelah chuan mak tihna hmel pu chungin a lut ta a. Hawk chuan a cigar half-chewed chu a paih thla chauh a ni. A hmel chu a hmu a, "Eng nge?"
  
  
  Delia chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Eng nge a nih ka hre lo, ka pu. Mahse, ka ring lo - nang pawhin i ring lo ang."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Min test rawh."
  
  
  Delia chuan a beng a tifai a. "A tawpah chuan Mayflower-a bell captain hnenah ka thleng ta a. Ka hmuh harsa hle a, chutah chuan a sawi duh lo - Nick hi a duh a, amah venhim a tum niin ka ring - mahse a tawpah chuan Nick thil pakhat ka ru ta a ni." vawiin zing dar kua hnu rei vak lovah hotel a chhuahsan. A rui a. A rui hle. Tin - hei hi i rin loh tur part chu a ni - Girl Scout pali nen an awm dun a ni."
  
  
  Cigar chu a tla thla ta a. Hawk chuan a melh reng a. "Tu nen nge a awm?"
  
  
  "Ka hrilh tawh che—Girl Scout pali nen an awm dun a. Japanese Girl Scouts te nen. A ruih em avangin Scouts, Japanese Girl Scouts te chuan hall chhungah an puih a ngai a ni."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a mit a chhing nghal zat. Vawi thum lai. Tichuan, "Tunge hmuna kan neih?"
  
  
  "Tom Ames a awm. Tin...."
  
  
  "Ames chuan a ti ngei ang. Tunah hian Mayflower-ah tirh nghal rawh. Captain chanchin hi nemnghet emaw, hnial emaw rawh. Ngawi rawh, Delia, operative bo zawn dan pangngai chu tan rawh. Chu chu a ni. Oh, Cecil Aubrey leh Terence an rawn lan lai khan, an lut rawh se " .
  
  
  "Ni e, ka pu." A chhuak a, kawngkhar chu a khar ta a. Delia chuan David Hawk chu a ngaihtuahna khauh tak nen chuan engtikah nge a chhuahsan ang tih a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Tom Ames chu mi tha tak a ni. Fimkhur takin, fimkhur takin, engmah dah bo lovin. Darkar khat vel a ni tawh a, Hawk-a hnenah a report a. Chutih lai chuan Hawk chuan Aubrey chu a titawp leh ta a - wire te chu a lum reng bawk. Engmah a la awm lo.
  
  
  Ames chu nimin zing khan Nick Carter-a thutna hard chair-ah chuan a thu a. Ames hi mi lungngai deuh a ni a, a hmel chuan Hawke-a chu bloodhound pakhat chauh a hriatchhuah tir a ni.
  
  
  "Girl Scout chungchang hi a dik a ni, ka pu. Pali an awm a. Japan atanga lo kal Girl Scout an ni. Hotel-ah hian cookies an zuar a. A tlangpuiin chutiang chu phal a ni lo, mahse assistant manager chuan a luh tir a. Neighbor tha tak tak leh chutiang zawng zawng chu. Tin, anni pawhin." cookies hralh a ni.I ... "
  
  
  Hawk chuan a insum thei lo. "Cookies kha bansan rawh, Ames. Carter nen hian inzawm tlat rawh. Chu Girl Scouts te nen chuan an kal dun em ni? Lobby chhunga an kal dun lai hmuh a ni em? A rui em ni?"
  
  
  Ames chuan a rawn ei ta a. "Awle, ni e, ka pu. Hmuh a ni ngei ang, ka pu. Lobby-a a kal lai chuan vawi thum a tlu a. Amah hi Girl Scout-te puih a ngai a, uh. Mr. Carter-a chuan hla a sa a, a zai bawk a, ka pu, a au chhuak bawk. a." little. Cookie a nei tam hle tih a lang bawk, ​​sorry sir, mahse ka hrethiam - cookies tam tak a nei a, hall-ah hralh a tum a ni."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a mit a chhing a. He profession hi nitin a rilru a buai zual zel a. "Chhunzawm."
  
  
  "Chu chauh chu a ni, sir. Chu chu a ni. Well confirmed. Captain, assistant manager, maid pahnih leh Indianapolis atanga rawn check in thar Mr. leh Mrs. Meredith Hunt te hnen atangin statement ka dawng a. Ka...."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a kut chu a rawn phar chhuak a. - Hei pawh hi skip rawh. Chumi hnuah chuan Carter leh a... a entourage te chu khawiah nge an kal? Hot air balloon emaw eng emaw hmangin an thlawk chhuak lo niin ka ring?
  
  
  Ames chuan statement stack chu a inside pocket-ah a thun leh ta a.
  
  
  "Ni lo, sir. Taxi an chuang a."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a mit a meng a, beisei hmel zet hian a en a. "Tha?"
  
  
  
  "Engmah lo, ka pu. Routine pangngai chuan engmah a ti lo. Girl Scout-hoin Mr. Carter-a taxi chhunga a luh pui lai chu manager chuan a lo en reng a, mahse driver-ah chuan thil danglam bik a hre lo a, car ta lak pawh a ngaihtuah lo." license plate.Driver dangte nen kan inbia a, a dik e. Vanneihthlak a ni lo.Chutih lai chuan chutah chuan taxi dang pakhat chauh a awm a, driver chu a muhil a, mahse a hre chiang hle a, a chhan chu Mr. Carter-a chuan thawm a siam nasa hle a, , well, Girl Scouts zu rui lai hmuh chu thil mak deuh a ni."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a ti a. "Tlemte, yeah. Chuti a nih chuan?"
  
  
  "Taxi mak tak a ni, ka pu. Chu pa chuan line-ah a la hmu ngai lo tih a sawi a. Driver chu a en tha lo hle a ni."
  
  
  "A tha khawp mai," Hawk chuan a ti a. "Japanese Sandman kha a ni ngei ang."
  
  
  "Ka pu?"
  
  
  Hawk chuan a kut a phar a. "Engmah. Okay, Ames. Tunah chuan chu chu a ni mai. Order thar tur chuan inbuatsaih rawh."
  
  
  Ames chu a chhuak ta a. Hawk chu a thu a, bang dum dum chu a en a. A langsar berah chuan Nick Carter hian tunah hian juvenile delinquency-ah a thawhhlawk hle a ni. Kum tling lo pali. Hmeichhe Scout te!
  
  
  Hawk chuan phone chu a rawn phar a, special AX APB chu tihchhuah a tum a, chutah a kut chu a hnunglam a hrual a. Aih. Tlemte chuan chhum rawh se *. Eng thil nge thleng tih hi han en teh.
  
  
  Thil pakhat a ring tlat a ni. A lan dan nen chuan a inpersan tak zet a ni. Heng Girl Scout te hian engtin emaw takin Nick Carter thiltih hi an thawhhlawk hle a ni.
  
  
  
  Bung 5-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Hammer keng mipa te tak te chu zahngaihna nei lo a ni. Dwarf a ni a, kawr dum bawlhhlawh tak a ha a, hammer a vawrh chhuak bawk. Gong chu mipa te aiin a let hnih zetin a lian a, mahse chu mipa te chuan taksa ruh lian tak tak a nei a, sumdawnna a sawi tum a ni. Vawi tam tak chu dar ri ri chu hammer hmangin a vawm a - boingg - boingg - boingg - boinggg...
  
  
  Thil hlimawm tak. Gong chu a pianzia a danglam ta. Nick Carter-a lu ang maiin a lang tan ta.
  
  
  BOINGGGGG - BOINGGGGGGG
  
  
  Nick chuan a mit a meng a, a rang thei ang berin a khar a. Gong chu a rawn ri leh ta. A mit a meng a, gong chu a reh ta a. Futon chungah chuan blanket vuah chungin leiah a mu a. A lu bulah chuan enamel bêl dum a ding a. Mi pakhat lam atanga hmalam hun thlirna. Nick chuan a lu chu pot chungah chuan a han chawi sang a, a na hle tih a hriat. Natna nasa tak a ni. Hun rei tak chhung chu. A luak chhuah chuan floor cushion-ah chuan a mu a, ceiling-ah chuan a rilru a pe ta a. Ceiling pangngai tak a ni. Zawi zawiin a inher chu a chawlhsan a, a rilru a hahdam ta hle mai. Music a hre tan ta a. Thinrim tak, hla tak, trampling go-go music. A ni, a lu a tihfai rual chuan a ti a, riah ni lovin, vibration-ah pawh a ni.
  
  
  Kawngkhar a rawn inhawng a, Tonaka chu a rawn lut ta a. Girl Scout uniform a awm lo. Silk blouse dum chungah suede jacket dum a ha a - a hnuaiah bra a awm lo niin a lang - a ke sei tak chu hmangaihna nena kuahtu kawr dum tight tak a ha bawk. Makeup light tak, lipstick leh blush engemaw zat a ha a, a sam dum eng mawi tak chu a lu chungah mock casualness nen a inkhuh bawk. Nick chuan a deal tak tak chu a ni tih a pawm a.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan ngawi rengin a nui suk a. "Good evening, Nick. Engtin nge i awm?"
  
  
  Zawi zawiin a lu chu a kut zungtang hmangin a khawih a. A tlu lo.
  
  
  “Chutiang chuan ka nung mai thei,” a ti a. "Ni lo lawmthu ka sawi e".
  
  
  A nui suk a. "I pawi ka ti, Nick. Ka ni tak zet. Mahse a lang" ka pa duhzawng tihhlawhtlinna awmchhun a ni. Damdawi kan pek che hian mi chu a thu awih hle mai ni lovin. Tin, tuihalna nasa tak a pe bawk a, zu duhna a pe bawk a, thlawhnaah pawh kan dah hma che khan i rui hle tak zet a ni.”
  
  
  A en reng a. Tunah chuan engkim a chiang ta. Zawi zawiin a kawr hnunglam chu a rawn fawp a. "Hei hi zawhna bengchheng tak a ni tih ka hria - mahse khawiah nge ka awm?"
  
  
  A nui hmel chu a bo ta. "Tokyo-ah chuan, a dik e."
  
  
  "A dik e. Khawiah nge. Khawiah nge threesome rapthlak tak - Mato, Kato leh Sato te chu?"
  
  
  "Hna an nei a. Hetiang hian an ti a. I hmu leh ngei ang tih ka ringhlel."
  
  
  “Hei hi ka tuar theiin ka hria,” a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  Tonaka chu a bula futon-ah chuan a thu a. A hmai chungah a kut a tlanpui a, a sam chu a fawp bawk. A kut chu Fuji Creek ang maiin a lum hle. A hmui nem tak chuan a hmui chu a khawih a, chutah a inhnukdawk ta a.
  
  
  "Tunah hian kan tan hun a awm lo, mahse ka sawi ang. Ka tiam e. Ka pa hi i puih dawn tih ka hriat angin i puih chuan, leh he thil hi kan pahnih hian kan dam khawchhuah phawt chuan ka thil tih hi i phuhruk nan engkim ka ti ang." did. What "Eng pawh nise! Chu chu a chiang em, Nick?"
  
  
  A rilru a hahdam hle. A taksa sei tak chu a bulah nawr duhna chu a dodal ta a ni. A lu a bu nghat a. "Ka hmu e, Tonaka. Chu thutiam chu ka chelh tlat ang che. Tunah chuan khawiah nge i pa chu?"
  
  
  A ding chhuak a, a bulah chuan a kal bo ta a. "Sanya area-ah a awm a. Chu chu i hria em?"
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a. Tokyo khawpui chhunga slum area chhe ber pawl a ni. Mahse, a hrethiam lo. Hetiang hmunah hian Kunizo Matu upa tawh khan eng nge a tih?
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a ngaihtuahna chu a lo guess ta a. Cigarette a hal a. Casual takin match chu tatami chungah chuan a paih ta a.
  
  
  "Ka pa chu a thi dawn tih ka hrilh tawh che a. Cancer a vei a. A mite nen thi turin a lo kir leh ta, Eta. Hengte hi Burakumin an ni tih i hria em?"
  
  
  A lu a thing nghut a. "I idea ka nei lo. A pawimawh em?"
  
  
  A hmeltha hle niin a ngai a. A hmui a meng a, a hmeltha chu a bo ta vek mai. "A pawimawh hle niin a ngai. Hun rei tak kal ta atang khan a mite a kalsan a, Et thlawptu a nihna a bansan ta a ni."
  
  
  a tar tawh a, a thih dawn tawh avangin siamthat a duh a ni." Thinrim zet hian a lu a thing nghal ringawt." A tlai lutuk lo mai thei - hei hi a hun a ni ngei ang. Mahse heng zawng zawng hi a hrilhfiah ang che. Tichuan kan en ang - tunah chuan inbual la, i inthiarfihlim a tha zawkin ka hria. Hei hian i natna a pui ang. Hun kan nei tlem hle. Zing thleng darkar tlemte chhung."
  
  
  Nick chu a ding chhuak a. A pheikhawk chu a bo a, chuti lo chu a inthuam kim vek a ni. Savile Row suiting hi a awm tawh ngai lovang. A bawlhhlawh tak zet a, thinghnah a khat bawk. A lei chu eng ang nge a nih tur tih a hria a, mitmengah a in en duh lo. Ka hmuiah chuan meikhu thlum chiang tak a awm a.
  
  
  "Inbual hian ka nunna a chhanhim mai thei a ni," tiin a pawm.
  
  
  A suit hrual chu a kawhhmuh a. "I la inthlak a ngai dawn a ni. Chu chu i paih chhuah a ngai dawn a ni. Engkim a insiam fel vek tawh. I tan thawmhnaw dang kan rawn dah a. Papers. Cover thar tak tak. Ka pawlin an sort out tawh a, ni chiah e."
  
  
  "Pa chu a buai hle niin a lang. Tute nge 'keini'?"
  
  
  Japanese tawngkam pakhat, a hriatthiam loh chu a rawn thlak a. A mitmeng dum sei tak chu a zim ta hle mai. "Eta hmeichhe helho tihna a ni. Nupui, fanu, nu kan nih vang a ni. Kan mipa te hian an insual dawn lo, a nih loh leh an tlem hle a, chuvang chuan hmeichhiate hian an insual ngei tur a ni. Mahse, a chanchin zawng zawng a hrilh vek ang che. I inbual chungchang chu hmeichhe naupang ka tir ang."
  
  
  "Minute khat tal nghak rawh Tonaka." Music chu a hre leh ta a. Music leh vibrations a chak lo hle.
  
  
  "Khawiah nge kan awm? Khawiah nge Tokyo ah?"
  
  
  Tatami chungah chuan vut chu a paih ta a. "On Ginza. More like under it. Kan safe hideout tlemte zinga mi a ni. Electric Palace cabaret hnuaia basement-ah kan awm a. Chu chu music i hriat chu a ni. Zanlai a ni tawh. Tunah chuan ka kal a ngai tak zet a ni, Nick. Eng pawh nise." Duh ... "
  
  
  "Cigarettes, beer tha tak bottle khat leh i English i hmuhna hmun hre rawh. 'Prease' hi ka hre rei tawh lo."
  
  
  A nui suk thei lo. A hmeltha leh ta. "Radcliffe. Class of '63. Pa chuan a fanu hi hetiang ni hi a duh lo, i hria em. Kei chauhin ka insist. Mahse, chu lam pawh chu a hrilh ang che. Thil ka rawn thawn ang. Tin, bass. nula pawh. Kan inhmu leh dawn nia." rei lo teah, Nick."
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu a khar ta a. Midang nena danglamna nei lo Nick chu Eastern fashion-ah a squat down a, a ngaihtuah tan ta a. Washington-ah chuan pawisa pek chu hremhmun a ni ngei ang. Hawk hian torture chamber chu a buatsaih ang. Card chu an sem dan ang zelin khelh a tum a, tun dinhmunah pawh nise. Putar hnenah chuan a fapa vakvai tak chu Tokyo khawpui chhungah a vakvai tih hrilh lovin Hawk chu a biak nghal thei lo. Aih. Boss chu apoplectic ni rawh se. Hawk chu sava upa tough, wiry tak a ni a, a that lo ang.
  
  
  Chutih lai chuan Nick chuan Kunizo Mata chu a hmu a, thil awmdan chu a hrechhuak ta a ni. Putar laka a leiba chu a rul ang a, he hremhmun buaina zawng zawng hi a settled ang. Tichuan Hawk-a biak a, sawifiah tumna hun a awm tawh ang.
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu a rawn kik a.
  
  
  "Ohari nasai." Vanneihthlak takin Shanghai-a a awm lai khan chu tawng chu a thiam hle.
  
  
  Kum chanve vel a ni tawh a, a hmel chu a hlim hmel hle. Straw hems a ha a, housedress checkered a ha bawk. Whisky bottle khat leh cigarette pack khat awmna tray a keng a. A kut ah chuan towel lian tak fluffy tak a keng a. Nick chu aluminium toothy smile a pe a.
  
  
  "Konbanwa, Carter-san. Hetah hian i tan thil a awm. Bassu chu a inpeih tawh. Hubba-hubba i kal dawn em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a nui suk a. "Hubba-hubba ti suh. In hmasa phawt ang che. Meizial zu hmasa phawt ang che. Chuti a nih chuan ka thi lo ang a, bassu chu nuam ka ti thei maithei. O namae wa?"
  
  
  Aluminium ha chu a rawn eng chhuak ta. "Kei hi Susie ka ni."
  
  
  Tray atang chuan whisky bottle khat a la a, a mit a chhing a. White whale hlui tawh tak! Electric Palace an tih hmun atanga i beisei theih tur chungchang.
  
  
  "Susie, huh? Glass i rawn keng dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "No grass a awm lo."
  
  
  . Bottle cap chu a phelh a. Thil chu a rimchhia a. Mahse, a chhuah chhuah a, hei hi a tan theih nan sip khat, vawi khat chauh a mamawh a ni - mission chu eng pawh ni se. Bottle chu a pe a, Susie chu a kun a. "I hriselna, i mawina. Shuku Shimasu-a Gokenko!" “Ka ta pawh,” a thaw hnuaiah chuan a ti muangchang a. Hlim leh infiamna chu a tawp tawh tih a hre nghal a. Tun atang chuan game hi chatuan atan a la awm reng dawn a, ball zawng zawng chu chak zawk hnenah a awm vek dawn a ni.
  
  
  Susie chuan a nui suk a, chutah a mit a chhing a. "Bassu chu a inpeih tawh. A lum tawh. Lo kal vat la, a nih loh leh vawt rawh." Tin, awmze nei takin towel lian tak chu boruakah a rawn vawm a.
  
  
  Susie hnenah chuan a hnungzang a hrufai thei tih hrilhfiah chu a hlawk lo. Susie chu a boss a ni. Steaming tank chhungah chuan a thun lut a, hna a thawk ta a, a duh angin bass chu a pe a, a duh angin a pe lo. Engmah a tlai lo.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan pindan te tak te lam pan chuan a lo nghak a. Khum bula rug chungah chuan thawmhnaw phum khat a awm a. Nick chuan huat hmel zet hian thawmhnaw chu a en a. "Eng nge ka nih tur? Tramp?"
  
  
  "Kawng khatah chuan, a ni." Wallet chhe tawh tak chu a pe a. Yen thar thar thick wad leh card tam tak a awm a, a tam zawk chu a chhe vek a ni. Nick chuan rang zetin an rawn tlan pel a.
  
  
  “I hming chu Pete Fremont a ni,” Tonaka chuan a hrilhfiah a. "Slacker deuh i nih ka ring. Freelance newspaperman leh writer leh zu ruih hmang i ni."
  
  
  East Beach-ah hian kum tam tak i awm a. Vawi khat khat chu States-ah thawnthu emaw article emaw i hralh a, check a lo thlen chuan binge-ah i kal thin. Chutah chuan tunah chuan Pete Fremont tak tak chu a awm ta - bender-ah. Chuvangin lungkham tur i nei lo. In pahnih hian Japan ramah in tlan kual dawn lo. Tunah chuan i inchei a tha zawk. " "
  
  
  Shorts leh kawr dum, man tlawm leh thar, an plastic bag chhunga la awm chu a pe a. "Hmeichhe pakhat chu lei turin ka ngen a. Pete thil chu a bawlhhlawh khawp mai. A in enkawl tha vak lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan Susie-i kawr tawi a pek chu a phelh a, a shorts chu a ha a. Tonaka chuan ngaihsak lo zet hian a en reng a. Heng zawng zawng hi a lo hmu tawh tih a hrechhuak ta a. He naupang hnen atang hian thuruk engmah a awm lo.
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan Pete Fremont a awm tak tak a ni lawm ni? Tin, ka hnathawh chhung hian a darh dawn lo tih i tiam bawk em? Chu chu a tha a, mahse aspect dang a awm. Tokyo-a mi zawng zawng hian he character hi kan hre vek tur a ni."
  
  
  Cigarette a hal a. "Mi hmuh theih loha dah chu thil harsa a ni lo ang. A rui thi tawh. Sum a neih chhung chuan hetiang hian ni tam tak a awm ang. Engtin pawhin khawiah mah a kal thei lo - hengte hi a thawmhnaw awmchhun a ni."
  
  
  Nick chu a ngawi reng a, a kawr thar atang chuan pin a la chhuak a. "Tlangval thawmhnaw i ru tihna em ni? A thawmhnaw awmchhun chu?"
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Engvangin nge kan mamawh loh? Kan mamawh. Chutiang chu a ti lo. Pete hi mipa fel tak a ni a, keini chanchin te, Eta nula te chanchin te a hria a, a chang chuan min pui thin. Mahse, beiseina nei lo zu in mi a ni. A ti lo." thawmhnaw engmah a mamawh. A nei a, chutah chuan a bottle leh a nula chu a awm a, chu chu a ngaihtuah ber a ni. Hmanhmawh rawh, Nick. Thil pakhat ka entir duh che."
  
  
  "Ni e, mem sahib."
  
  
  Fimkhur takin suit chu a han chawi kang a. Hei hi vawi khat chu suit tha tak a ni. Hong Kong-a siam a ni - Nick hian puan siamtu chu a hre tawh - hun rei tak kal ta atang khan. Chutah chuan a lut a, thawmhnaw leh kum rim danglam tak a hmu a. A fit tha hle. "I thianpa Pete hi mi lian tak a ni."
  
  
  "Tun ah chuan a bak zawng chu."
  
  
  Nick chuan pheikhawk kekawr hak leh kekawr ipte chu a ha a. Tie chu a chhe vek a, a bawlhhlawh bawk. Raincoat a pek chu Ice Age laia Abercrombie leh Fitch te ta a ni. A bawlhhlawh a, belt pawh a nei lo.
  
  
  “He pa hi,” Nick chuan a raincoat ha chungin a ti muangchang a, “zu rui tak tak a ni. Pathian, engtin nge a rim chu a tuar theih ang?”
  
  
  Tonaka chu a nui suk lo. "Ka hria. Pete rethei tak. Mahse UP, AP, Hong Kong Times leh Singapore Times te, leh Asahi, Yomiuri leh Osaka te'n an ban che khan i ngaihtuah tawh lo niin ka ring. Hetah hian... hat."
  
  
  Nick chuan mak ti zet hian hei hi a en a. Masterpiece ropui tak a ni. Hei hi khawvel a naupan lai khan thil thar a ni. Dirty, wrinkled, torn, sweat-stained leh shapeless, a la sported a tattered scarlet feather in a salt-stained stripe. Defiance gesture hnuhnung ber, fate-a challenge hnuhnung ber.
  
  
  “Hei zawng zawng hi a tawp hunah chuan he Pete Fremont hi ka hmu duh khawp mai,” tiin hmeichhe naupang chu a hrilh a. "Dan dam khawchhuahna dan kalpui dan tur entawn tlak tak a ni tur a ni." Thil pakhat Nick hian a inhriatthiamna tha tak a nei a.
  
  
  “A ni mai thei,” a ti nghal zat. "Ding la, ka han en teh ang che. Hmmmmm - hla tak atangin Pete tan i pass ang. A hnai lo, a chhan chu amah ang i nih loh vang a ni. A pawimawh vak lo. A paper te hi a pawimawh a, i cover ang leh." Tumah i tawng dawn tih ka ringhlel-" Pete hre chiang tu pawh. Pa chuan an hrechhuak lovang a ti. Hriat reng rawh, hei hi a ruahmanna zawng zawng a ni. Ka thupek ka zawm mai mai a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a mit a chhing a. "I putar kha i duh tak tak lo a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  A hmel chu kabuki mask ang maiin a khauh ta hle mai. "Ka pa hi ka zah em em a. Hmangaih ka ngai lo. Tunah hian lo kal rawh. I hmuh ngei ngei tur thil a awm. A hnuhnung ber thlengin ka chhanhim a ni a chhan chu... a chhan chu he hmun hi rilru dik taka i chhuahsan ka duh vang a ni. Tin." tichuan i security."
  
  
  "Ka hria e," Nick chuan kawngka lam pan chuan a zui a. "Psychologist te tak te ropui tak i ni."
  
  
  Corridor atang chuan stairs tawi tak pakhatah chuan a hruai thla a. A lu chunglam khawi emaw lai atang chuan music chu a la rawn chhuak reng a. Beatles imitation a ni. Clyde-san leh a Silk Worm Pali te chu. Nick Carter chuan Tonaka chu stairs atanga a chhuk lai chuan ngawi rengin duh lohna lantirin a lu a thing a. Fashionable music chuan ngaihsak lo takin a awmtir ta a ni. Mi fel upa tak a ni hauh lo, mahse chutiang chuan a naupang lo bawk. Chutiang chuan tumah an la naupang lo!
  
  
  An chhuk a, an tlu ta a. A vawt zual sauh sauh a, tui thawm ri a hre ta a. Tunah chuan Tonaka chuan flashlight te tak te a hmang ta a.
  
  
  "He hmun hian cellar engzat nge a neih?"
  
  
  "Mi tam tak. Tokyo khawpui hmun hi a hlui tawh hle. Tûn hmaa tangkarua siamna hmun hlui hnuaiah kan awm chiang hle. Gin. Heng lung inah hian bar leh pawisa fai dahna atan an hmang ṭhin."
  
  
  A hnuai lam an thleng a, chutah chuan transverse corridor-ah chuan cabin thim takah chuan an kal ta a. Hmeichhia chuan switch chu a han hmet a, light bulb dum hring dup chuan ceiling chu a ti eng a. Room lai takah chuan regular table chunga ruang pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  "Pa chuan hei hi i hmuh a duh a. A hmasa berin. Irrevocable commitment i siam hmain." Flashlight pakhat chu a pe a. "Hetah hian. Ngun takin en rawh. Hei hi kan chak loh chuan kan chungah a thleng dawn a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan flashlight chu a la a. "Ka phatsan niin ka hria."
  
  
  "A ni lo tak zet. Pa chuan a ti lo. Hetih lai hian hnungtawlh i duh a nih chuan States lam pan leh tur thlawhna dangah kan dah tur che a ni."
  
  
  Carter chuan a hmui a ti hup a, chutah a nui suk a.
  
  
  Putar Kunizo chuan a thil tih tur chu a hre chiang hle. Carter hi thil tam tak a ni thei tih a hria a, mahse ar chu chutiang zinga mi a ni lo.
  
  
  Flashlight chu ruang lam chu a kawhhmuh a, uluk takin a enfiah a. Ruang leh thihna chu a hre chiang hle a, he mi hi hrehawm tawrhna nasa tak tuar chungin a thi tih a hrethiam nghal vek a ni.
  
  
  Ruang hi Japanese mipa kum chanve vel ta a ni a, a mit a chhing a. Nick chuan chu pa chu a kawr atanga a kekawrte thlenga khuh hliam tenau tam tak chu a enfiah a. Sangkhat an awm ngei ang! Tisa chhunga hmui te tak te, thisen chhuak, inhawng tak tak. Mahni intihhlum theihna tur thuk tak pakhat mah a ni lo. Hmun pawimawh takah chuan pakhat mah a awm lo. Mahse, an vaia han belhkhawm chuan, chu mi chu zawi zawiin thisen a chhuak ang a, a thi ang. Hei hian darkar tam tak a la ngai dawn a ni. Tin, horror, shock...
  
  
  Tonaka chu hla takah chuan light bulb sen te tak te thlalak hnuaiah chuan a ding a. A cigarette rimtui chuan a rawn thleng a, pindan chhunga rimtui leh thihna thlen thei khawpa rimtui karah chuan a nalh leh na hle.
  
  
  Ani chuan, "Tattoo i hmu em?"
  
  
  A han en a. Hei hian a ti buai hle. Buddha lem dum te tak te - a chhungah chuan chemte dahin. A kut veilam, a chhungah, elbow chungah a awm a.
  
  
  “Chu chu ka hmu thei a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Hei hi eng nge a awmzia?"
  
  
  "The Society of the Bloody Buddha. A hming chu Sadanaga a ni. Ani chu Eta, Burakumin a ni. Kei ang - leh ka pa ang bawkin. Keini mi maktaduai tam tak ang bawkin. Mahse, Chinese, Chicom-ho chuan Society-a zawm a, an tan hna thawk turin an nawr lui a. Mahse." Sadanaga hi mi huaisen tak a ni - a hel a, kan tan pawh a thawk bawk. Chicom-ho chungchang a report thin."
  
  
  Tonaka chuan cigarette hnim hring dup chu a paih chhuak ta a. "An hrechhuak ta. A rah chhuah chu i hmu a ni. Chu chu, Mr. Carter, min puih chuan i hmachhawn tur chu a ni. Chu chu a then chauh a ni."
  
  
  Nick chu a hnungtawlh a, flashlight chu taksa chungah chuan a tlanpui leh a. A bulah chuan hliam tenau ngawi rengin a rawn inhawng a. Light a off a, nula lam chu a hawi let leh a. "Cut sangkhatin thihna ang maiin a ri - mahse chutiang chu Ronin-a chungah a thleng niin ka hria."
  
  
  "Chinese ho chuan an rawn keng kir leh ta. Updated, modern form-in. I hmu ang. Ka pa hian anmahni dodaltu hremna atana an hman machine model a nei a. Lo kal rawh. Hetah hian a vawt hle.
  
  
  Nick-a harhchhuahna pindan te tak teah chuan an kir leh ta a. Music chu a la ri reng a, a la strumming a, a vibrate bawk. Engtin emaw tak chuan a kutkawr chu a hloh ta a.
  
  
  Chu chu, Tonaka chuan a hrilh a, quarter leh quarter a ni.
  
  
  “Ka mu duh lo,” a ti a, “Tunah hian ka chhuak mai thei a, i pa hnenah ka kal mai thei bawk. Call la, ka kal dawn tih hrilh rawh."
  
  
  "Phone a nei lo. A fing lo. Mahse, a hun takah message ka rawn thawn ang. I sawi dik maithei - heng darkar te hian Tokyo khawpui vel chu a awlsam zawk. Mahse, nghak rawh - tunah i kal dawn a nih chuan kei." have to give you this. "I hman dan ang kha a ni lo tih ka hria," ka pa chuan a sawi nawn leh a, "mahse chu chu kan neih zawng zawng a ni. Kan tan chuan ralthuam hi hmuh a harsa khawp mai, Eta."
  
  
  Room kil khata cabinet te tak te pakhat lam pan chuan a kal phei a, a hmaah chuan a bawkkhup ta a. Pants chuan a hip leh buttocks line smooth tak chu a kuah a, a sa tight tak chu a tikhawtlai ta a ni.
  
  
  Pistol rit tak, hriak dum hring hring hring hring hring nen a rawn kir leh a. Spare clip pahnih nen chuan a pe ta a. "A rit hle. Keimah ngei pawhin ka hmang thei lo. An luah tirh atang khan thup a ni tawh. A dinhmun a tha ka ti. YANKE thenkhat chuan cigarette leh beer emaw hmeichhe naupang emaw nen an hralh niin ka ring.
  
  
  Colt .45 hlui, 1911-a siam a ni. Nick hian hun rei tak chhung chu pakhat mah a la kap lo a, mahse a hre chiang hle. Hriamhrei hi yard sawmnga aia hlaah a dik lo tih hriat a ni a, mahse chutiang hmun chhungah chuan bawngpa pakhat a titawp thei a ni. Dik tak chuan Philippines rama thil tih tam lutuk tihtawp nan ruahman a ni.
  
  
  Clip kimchang chu a thlah a, safety devices te chu a check a, chutah rounds chu bed pillow-ah a toss ta a. An mu a, a hrual hrual a, a thihpui thei hle a, êngah chuan dar chu a eng chhuak vek a. Nick chuan clip zawng zawngah magazine springs chu a check vek a. An ti ngei ang. .45 caliber hlui ang bawkin - Wilhelmina a ni lo tih chu a chiang a, mahse pistol dang a awm lo. Tin, Hugo stiletto chu a titawp thei a, chu chu a kut dinglam chu a suede spring sheath-ah a hmet tlat a, mahse chutiang chu a ni lo. Improvised means a hmang a ngai ta a ni. Colt chu a belt-ah a thun a, a coat chu a button-ah a dah a. A hring a, mahse a tam lutuk lo.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan ngun takin a en reng a. A mitmeng thim takah chuan a remtihna a hre ta. Dik tak chuan nula chu a beisei ber a ni. Professional pakhat a hmuh chuan a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Savun keychain te tak te chu a pe a. "San-ai Department Store hnung lama parking lot ah Datsun a awm a. I hria em?"
  
  
  "Ka hre chiang khawp mai." Ginza bula tubular building a ni a, a pad-a rocket lian tak ang mai a ni.
  
  
  "Okay. Hetah hian license number chu a awm." Paper pakhat chu a pe a. "Car chu zui theih a ni. Ka ngaihtuah lo, mahse a ni mai thei. He chance hi i hman tangkai a ngai chauh a ni. Sanya area pan dan tur i hre em?"
  
  
  "Ka ngaihdan chuan. Freeway hmangin Shawa Dori lam pan la, chutah chuan chhuk la, baseball stadium lam pan rawh. Meiji Dori thlengin cut nghal la, chu chuan Namidabashi Bridge bulah khawi emaw laiah min hruai tur a ni. A dik em?"
  
  
  A bulah chuan a rawn hnaih zual sauh a. "Chiah.
  
  
  Tokyo hi i hre chiang hle."
  
  
  "A nih tur angin a tha lo a, mahse ka siam chhuak thei. New York ang mai a ni - engkim an tichhia a, an siam thar leh thin."
  
  
  Tunah chuan Tonaka chu a hnaih tawh hle a, a khawih hnai tawh hle. A nui hmel chu a lungngai hle. "Sanya area-ah ni lo - slum a la ni reng. Bridge bulah i park a, i luh a ngai mai thei. Kawngpui a tam lo."
  
  
  "Ka hria." Khawvel hmun hrang hrangah slum a hmu a. Ka hmu a, ka rim bawk - manure, muck leh mihring bawlhhlawh. Ui mahni bawlhhlawh ei thin. Chance nei ngai lo tur naute leh zahawmna nei lova thih nghaktu tarte. Kunizo Matu, Eta, Burakumin ni thin kha Sanya ang hmuna thi tura kir leh tur chuan a mite chu a rilru a na hle ngei ang.
  
  
  A kut ah chuan a awm a. A taksa sei tak chu a taksa khauh tak lian takah chuan a nawr a. A mitmeng sei tak almond ang maia a mittui tla chu mak a ti hle a.
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan kal rawh,” a ti a. "Pathianin awmpui rawh se. Ka tih theih zawng zawng ka ti a, ka pa ropui tak thu chu chipchiar takin ka zawm a. Ka—ka zahnate chu a hnenah i thlen dawn em ni?"
  
  
  Nick chuan ngilnei takin a kuah a. A khur a, a sam ah chuan sandalwood rimtui tlem a awm bawk.
  
  
  "I zahna chauh? I hmangaihna ni lo?"
  
  
  Amah chu a en lo. A lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Ni lo. Ka sawi ang chiah hian. Mahse ngaihtuah suh - hei hi ka pa leh kei inkar a ni. Nang leh kei hi kan danglam a ni." A hnen atangin tlem a inher chhuak ta a. "Tiam ka nei a ni Nick. Min tih tir ngei ka beisei."
  
  
  "Ka ti ang."
  
  
  A fawp a. A hmui chu a rimtui, a nem, a hnim leh a pliable a, rosebud ang mai a ni. A rinhlelh ang ngeiin bra a ha lo a, a hnute chu a rawn nawr tlat tih a hria. Rei vak lo chu khup atanga khup thlengin an awm a, a khur chu a zual sauh sauh a, a thawk pawh a buai ta hle mai. Tichuan a nawr chhuak ta a. “Ni lo! I thei lo. Chu chauh chu - rawn lut rawh, he hmun hi chhuahsan dan tur ka rawn entir ang che.Hei hi hre rengin buai suh - hetah hian i rawn let leh tawh lovang.”
  
  
  Pindan an chhuahsan rual chuan a mit a lo lang ta. "He ruang hi engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  "Chu chu kan ngaihtuahna a ni. Kan tihbo hmasak ber a ni lo - a hun a thlen chuan lawng chawlhna hmunah kan paih ang."
  
  
  Minute nga hnuah Nick Carter chuan April thla ruah sur chu a hmelah a khawih deuh tih a hria a. Dik tak chuan, vur tla aia tam a awm lo va, basement boruak zau tak hnuah chuan a lum a, a thlamuang hle bawk. Thliah chuan chill a awm a, a kawngah chuan puan hlui chu a button a.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan kawngpui pakhatah a hruai a. A chunga van thim leh thim tak chuan block chanve vel a hla Ginza khawpui neon light chu a rawn pholang a. A tlai tawh hle a, mahse kawngpui chu a la inher chhuak reng a. A kal lai chuan Nick chuan Tokyo nena a inzawm rim pahnih - noodles lum leh concrete leih thar chu a rim a. A dinglamah chuan hmun zau tak, chhuahsan tawh, basement thar an laih lai a awm a. Concrete rim chu a na zawk. Chu khur chhunga crane te chu ruah sur kara muhil stork ang mai an ni.
  
  
  Alley chhungah chuan a chhuak a, Ginza lam ngei chu a hawi leh ta a. Nichigeki Theatre atanga block khat vel a hlaah a chhuk a. Corner-ah chuan a ding a, cigarette a hal a, a mitmeng chu a vak kual tir a, frentic scene chu a la lut ta a, drag thuk tak a la a. Zing dar thum vel khan Ginza chu a lo lum deuh tawh a, mahse a la vawt lo. Traffic flow chu a tlahniam a, mahse a pungkhawm ta a ni. mipui chu he kawngpui ropui takah hian an la luang chho leh zel a. Noodle zuarte chuan an tawtawrawt an la ham reng a. Bar sang tam tak atang chuan cheeky music a luang chhuak a. Khawi emaw laiah chuan samisen pakhat chu ngawi rengin a rawn ri a. Tram tlai tak mai chu a rawn thlawk liam ta a. Chu zawng zawng chungah chuan van boruak chu lui chi hrang hrangin a luang chhuak ang maiin, neon tuipui lian takin a silfai a ni. Tokyo khawpui a ni. Insolent, rowdy, khawthlang lam misual. Khawchhak hmeichhe naupang tling tak pawngsual atanga piang.
  
  
  Rickshaw pakhat chu a rawn kal pel a;coolie pakhat chu a lu nghat chungin chau takin a tlan a. Yankee lawng khalhtu leh Japanese hmeichhe duhawm tak chu an inkuah nghet hle a. Nick chu a nui suk a. Chutiang chu i hmu leh tawh ngai lo. Rickshaw te chu a ni. Clog emaw kimona leh obi ang maia hlui tawh tak an ni. Japan tlangval chu fashion a ni - hippies pawh an tam hle.
  
  
  Dinglamah sang takah, chhum hnuaiah chiah chuan Shiba Park-a Tokyo Tower-ah chuan warning light a rawn eng a. Kawngpui sir lehlamah chuan Chase Manhattan branch pakhat neon light eng tak chuan Japanese leh English tawngin thian a nei tih a hrilh a. Nick-a nuih chu a hmin deuh a. Tuna a dinhmunah hian S-M hian nasa takin a pui dawn tih a ringhlel. Cigarette thar a hal a, a kal ta a. A peripheral vision chu a tha hle a, police te tak te felfai tak tak pahnih, uniform dum leh kutkawr dum ha chu a vei lamah an rawn hnaih tih a hmu a. Zawi zawiin an kal a, an club an vawrh a, an inbia a, casual leh harmless takin an kal deuh a, mahse risk lak hian awmzia a nei lo.
  
  
  Nick chu block hnih khat vel zet a kal a, a hnunglam chu a vawng reng a. Engmah. A ril a tam hle tih a hria a, tempura bar eng mawi takah chuan a ding a, thlai leh shrimp batter-a hmin dish lian tak mai chu a ei ta a. Lung stile-ah chuan yen chu a dah a, a chhuak ta a. Tumahin an ngaihsak lo.
  
  
  Ginza chu a chhuahsan a, kawtthler pakhatah a kal a, hnunglam atang chuan San-ai parking lot ah chuan a lut ta a. Sodium lamp hian car sawmhnih chuang chungah blue-green haze a paih chhuak a.
  
  
  Hetah. Datsun dum chu Tonaka sawina hmun chu a ni. A license chu a check a, cigarette dang zawng turin paper chu a roll up a, chutah a lut a, lot atang chuan a tlan chhuak ta a. Light a awm lo, a hnung zuitu car thlalak pawh a awm lo. Tun thleng hian a dam tawh niin a lang.
  
  
  A thut lai chuan .45 rit tak chuan a kawrfual chu a rawn chhuah ta a. A bula seat-ah chuan a dah a.
  
  
  Fimkhur takin a khalh a, mel 20 speed limit chu a zawm a, expressway thara a inzawm khawm a, hmar lam a pan ta a ni. Tichuan darkar khata kilometre 50-ah a tlan chakna chu a tisang a, chu chu zan chhungin a la awm. Kawngpui chhinchhiahna leh chhinchhiahna zawng zawng a zawm vek a. Ruah a sur nasa hle a, driver window chu a roll chho vek tawh mai. Car te tak te chu a khuh deuh deuh chuan Pete Fremont-a suit atanga thawmhnaw leh bawlhhlawh chu a hre ta a. He darkar hian Tokyo khawpuiah hian lirthei â (crazy traffic) a tlem hle a, police car pawh a hmu lo. A lawm hle mai. Cops-te hian lo dang ta se, routine check atan pawh nise, a hmel leh rim hriat chu a harsa deuh ang. Tin, .45 caliber pistol hmang chuan sawifiahna pawh a harsa dawn hle bawk. Nick hian Tokyo police te hi tun hmaa thil tawn atang khan a hre chiang hle. An tough a, an efficient hle bawk - mi pakhat chu lung bag chhunga paih a, awlsam taka ni tam tak chhung theihnghilh thei tura hriat an ni bawk.
  
  
  A vei lamah Ueno Park chu a paltlang a. Tunah chuan Beisubooru stadium pawh a hnai tawh hle. Joban Line-a Minowa Station-a parking lot-ah car dahin Namidabashi Bridge kaltlangin Sanya area-ah kal a tum a - hmanlai chuan hetah hian misualte chu tihhlum an ni ṭhin.
  
  
  Khawpui pawn lama station te tak te chu ruah sur zan hrehawm tak karah chuan a thim a, a thim hle bawk. Parking lot-ah chuan car pakhat a awm a - jalopy hlui, tire nei lo. Nick chuan Datsun chu a lock a, .45 chu a check leh a, a belt chhungah chuan a thun lut ta a. A kawrfual chhe tawh tak chu a phelh thla a, a kawrfual chu a han ti sang a, ruah thim takah chuan a kal ta a. Khawi emaw laiah chuan ui pakhat chu chau takin a au chhuak a - chu zing hma darkar thim takah chuan mahni chauhna leh beidawnna au thawm a ni. Nick chu a kal zel a. Tonaka chuan flashlight a pe a, a chang chuan a hmang thin. Kawngpui chhinchhiahna chu random takin a awm a, a bo fo bawk a, mahse a awmna hmun erawh chu a ngaihdan tlangpui a nei a ni. tin, a kaihhruaina hriatna pawh a fiah hle bawk.
  
  
  Namidabashi Bridge a pelh hnu chuan Sanya-ah ngei a inhmu ta a ni. Sumida lui atanga thli tleh nêm tak chuan a chhehvela factory-te industrial rimchhia chu a phur a. Thli hnim takah chuan rim rit leh rimtui tak dang a rawn innghat leh a - thisen hring hlui leh intestines ro rimtui. Talhna hmun te. Sanya-ah chuan an tam hle a, eta tam tak, Burakumin-ho chu rannung thah leh vun hnawih kawngah an buai hle tih a hrechhuak a. Class anga an hnathawh tenawm tlemte zinga pakhat.
  
  
  Corner lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Tunah hian hetah hian a awm tur a ni. Hetah hian zan riahna tur hmun engemaw zat a awm a. Paper sign, khaw lum leh khaw vawt laka inven theih loh leh oil lantern hmanga eng chuan yen 20-in khum a pe a. Cheng nga vel a ni.
  
  
  He lungngaihnaah hian amah chauh hi a ni. Ruah dum chuan zawi zawiin a rawn ti chhuak a, a puan hlui chu a rawn tla thla ta a. Nick chuan a kalna tur hmun atanga block khat vel a hlaah a awm ngei ang tih a rilruah a dah ta a. Tunah chuan a bo tih a pawm a ngai tawh avangin a pawimawh vak lo. Tonaka hian contact a siam loh chuan boss chu a tiam ang ngeiin a awm.
  
  
  "Carter-san?"
  
  
  Ruah sur au thawm chungah chuan thaw halh, thusawi ri, suangtuahnaa aw ri? Nick chu a tens a, .45 caliber-a cold butt-ah chuan a kut a nghat a, a hawi kual a. Engmah. Tumah an awm lo. Tumah.
  
  
  "Carter-san?"
  
  
  Aw chu a sang zual sauh sauh a, a ri ta hle mai, thlipui nen chuan. Nick chuan zankhuain a rawn ti a. "Ni e. Carter-san ka ni. Khawiah nge i awm?"
  
  
  "Hetiang hian, Carter-san, building inkar ah. Lamp kengtu hnenah chuan kal rawh."
  
  
  Nick chuan Colt chu a belt atang chuan a la chhuak a, safety chu a la chhuak ta a. Paper sign hnung lama oil lamp alh lai lam chu a pan phei a.
  
  
  "Hetah hian Carter-san. Hnuai lam hawi rawh. I hnuaiah."
  
  
  Building inkarah chuan hmun zau tak, step thum hnuai lam panna a awm a. Mi pakhat chu step hnuaiah chuan straw raincoat hnuaiah a thu a.
  
  
  Nick chu stairs chung berah chuan a ding a. "Eng chu ka hmang thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Second khat chauh, Carter-san. A hlauhawm khawp mai."
  
  
  "Engtin nge Carter-san ka nih i hriat?" - Nick chuan a ti sap a.
  
  
  Mat hnuaia a kekawr hlui inhnim hrual chu a hmu thei lo a, mahse a lo chhut chhuak ta a ni. "Hei hi chance ka lak a ni a, mahse i lo kal dawn tih a sawi bawk. Tin, Carter-san i nih chuan Kunizo Matu hnenah ka hruai tur che a ni. Carter-san i nih loh chuan chutiang zinga mi i ni a, chu chu." min that ang ".
  
  
  "Carter-san ka ni. Khawnge Kunizo Matu a awm?"
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu stairs-ah chuan light chu a ti eng a. Mitmeng eng tak, beady ang maia lang chuan a eng mawi tak chu a rawn pholang a. Sam dum hring hring, hmel hlui, hun leh harsatnain a kang. Mat hnuaiah chuan a bawkkhup a, Hun ngei ang maiin. Khum atan yen sawmhnih a nei lo. Mahse a nung a, a tawng a, a mite a tanpui thin.
  
  
  Nick chuan light chu a off a. "Khawnge?"
  
  
  "Ka bulah chuan stairs atang chuan chhuk la, hallway-ah chuan ding nghal rawh. A theih ang angin. Ui te hi fimkhur rawh. Hetah hian an mu a, an ramsa leh riltam an ni. He kalkawng tawp lamah hian kawng dang a awm bawk. Dinglamah." - i theih ang tawkin kal rawh.In lian tak, i ngaihtuah aia lian zawk , a ni a, kawngka pawnah chuan light sen a awm bawk.Kal rawh, Carter-san.
  
  
  Nick chuan Pete Fremont-a wallet bawlhhlawh atang chuan bill crisp tak a la chhuak a. A rawn dah a
  
  
  a kal pelh lai chuan mat hnuaiah a awm. "Ka lawm e, Papa-san. Hetah hian pawisa chu a awm. I ruh hlui te chu khumah mut a awlsam zawk ang."
  
  
  "Arigato, Carter-san chuan a rawn ti a."
  
  
  "Itashimashite chu!"
  
  
  Nick chu fimkhur takin corridor-ah chuan a kal a, a sir lehlama in chhe tak takte chu a kut zungtang hmangin a khawih a. A rim chu a rapthlak hle a, leilung hnim hring zingah chuan a ke a pen lut ta a. Ui chu a vawm palh a, mahse chu thilsiam chu a bengchheng mai a, a tlanbo ta mai a ni.
  
  
  A inher a, a chhut dan chuan block chanve vel zet chu a on chhunzawm ta a. Hut-te chuan a sir lehlamah an line a, tin, paper leh packing crate hlui phum khawm - chhanchhuah emaw rukbo emaw theih leh in siamna atana hman theih thil eng pawh. A chang chuan êng thim tak a hmu emaw, naupang tap ri a hre emaw. Ruah sur chuan a chhunga chengte, batai buraku te, nunna rags leh ruh tichhetute chu a lungngai hle. Ui vun hring chuan Nick chu a chil a chhak a, zan lamah chuan a tlanbo ta a.
  
  
  Chutah chuan a hmu ta a. Paper kawngkhar hnung lamah chuan light sen thim tak a awm. I zawn a nih chauhvin hmuh theih. A nui suk a, Midwestern khawpui pakhata Real Silk factory-a hmeichhe naupangte’n an window-a light sen an dah tak takna hmuna a tleirawl lai chu tawi te tein a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Ruah sur, thliin a rawn man nghal chuan paper kawngkaa tattoo chu a rawn deng ta a. Nick chuan a rawn kik zauh a. Step khat hnunglam a pan a, dinglamah step khat a kal a, Colt chuan zanah hmahruaitu thlak turin an inbuatsaih ta a ni. Ruihhlo a hman aṭanga a lo tihbuai tawh, fantasy, thil tak tak lo tih hriatna mak tak chu tunah chuan a bo ta. Tunah chuan AX-Man a ni ta. Killmaster a ni a. Tin, a thawk chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Paper kawngkhar chu thaw halh chungin a kal sawn a, mipa lian tak, thim tak chuan a rawn luah ta a.
  
  
  "Nick?"
  
  
  Kunizo Mato aw a ni a, mahse a ni lo. Kum tam tak kalta a Nick-a hriatrengna aw ang kha a ni lo. Aw hlui, aw na tak a ni a, a sawi nawn leh a: “Nick?”
  
  
  "Ni e, Kunizo. Nick Carter. Min hmuh i duh tih ka hrethiam."
  
  
  Thil zawng zawng ngaihtuah chuan, Nick-a chuan chu chu kum zabi chhunga sawi tlem ber a ni ngei ang, tiin Nick-a chuan a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  
  Bung 6-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  In chu paper lantern-in a ti eng lo hle. “Kan nunphung hlui ka zawm vang a ni lo,” Kunizo chuan Mata chu a hrilh a, pindan chhungah chuan a hruai lut a, “He hmunah hian lighting tha lo hi advantage a ni. A bik takin tunah chuan Chinese communist-te lakah ka indona tlemte ka puang ta a ni. Ka fanu khan he thu hi a hrilh che em ni?"
  
  
  "Tlemte chu," Nick chuan a ti a. "A tam lutuk lo. Engkim i tifai vek dawn tih a sawi. I tihfai ka duh. Ka ti buaithlak tam tak a awm."
  
  
  Room chu a proportion tha hle a, Japanese style-a furnished a ni. Straw mat, tatami chunga dawhkan hniam tak, bang chunga pangpar, rice paper hmanga siam, dawhkan chhehvela pillow nem tak te. Dawhkan chungah chuan no te te leh saki bottle khat a awm a.
  
  
  Mathu chuan pillow lam chu a kawhhmuh a. "Ka thian hlui, khumah i thu a ngai dawn a ni. Mahse, a hmasa berin - ka locket hi i rawn keng em? Ka hlut em em a, ka thih hunah ka bulah awm se ka duh a ni." Sentimentality tel lova thudik sawina awlsam tak a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan a pocket atang chuan locket chu a la chhuak a, a pe ta a. Tonaka ni lo se chuan a theihnghilh ngei ang. Ani chuan: "Putar chuan a dil ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Matu chuan rangkachak leh jade disk chu a la a, desk drawer-ah a dah a. Nick bulah chuan dawhkan sir lehlamah a thu a, saki bottle khat chu a kut a phar a. "Ceremony-ah kan ding dawn lo, ka thian hlui, mahse nizan zawng zawng hriatrengna tur in tur tlem hun a awm. I lo kal kha a tha hle."
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Duhthlan tur ka nei tlem hle a, Kunizo. Amah leh a scout puite nen he hmuna min rawn hruai dan kha a hrilh che em?"
  
  
  "Min hrilh a. Fanu thu awih tak a ni a, mahse chutiang khawpa extreme-a kal chu ka duh tak tak lo. Ka thupekte hi ka thahnemngai lutuk deuh mai thei. A rilru a hneh theih che ka beisei chauh a ni. Eggshell cup-ah saki chu a leih lut a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Min rintlak tir a. Theihnghilh rawh. Kunizo. Engtin pawhin thil pawizia ka hriat veleh ka lo kal ngei ang. Ka boss hnena thil hrilhfiah kawngah harsatna tlem ka nei mai thei chauh a ni."
  
  
  "David Hawk?" Matu chuan saki no khat chu a pe a.
  
  
  "Chu chu i hria em?"
  
  
  Matu chuan a lu a bu nghat a, saki a in a. Sumo wrestler ang maiin a la insiam a, mahse tunah chuan kum chuan kawrfual flabby takin a khuh a, a hmel pawh a na lutuk. A mitmeng chu a thuk hle a, a hnuaiah chuan bag lian tak tak a awm a, khawsik leh thil dangin a ei zo vek a, a kang bawk.
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat leh a. "I rinhlelh aia tam ka hre fo thin Nick. Nang leh AX chungchang. I thian angin min hre a, i karate leh judo zirtirtu angin. Japanese Intelligence-ah ka thawk a ni."
  
  
  "Chu chu Tonaka chuan min hrilh a ni."
  
  
  "Ni e. A tawpah chuan chu chu ka hrilh ta a ni. A hrilh theih loh che chu, a chhan chu a hriat loh vang - mi tlemte chauhin an hria - heng kum zawng zawngah hian double agent ka ni tih hi a ni. British tan pawh ka thawk a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan saki chu a sip a. A tan chuan thuthang ni mahse mak a ti bik lo. Matu-a rawn ken Swedish machine gun tawi "K" - dawhkan chunga mu - atang chuan a mit a la lo va, engmah a sawi lo. Matu chuan a biak tumin mel sang tam tak a zin a. A inpeih hunah chuan a ti ngei ang. Nick chuan a lo nghak a.
  
  
  Matu chu thubuai ngaihtuah tan turin a la inpeih lo. Saki bottle chu a en reng a. Ruah sur chuan inchungah metallic ragtime a play a. In chhung khawi emaw laiah tu emaw chuan a khuh a. Nick a ni
  
  
  a beng chu a tilt a, mi lian chu a en a.
  
  
  "Chhiahhlawh. Tlangval tha. Kan ring thei."
  
  
  Nick chuan a cup chu saki a rawn khat leh a, cigarette a hal a. Matu chuan a duh lo. "Ka doctor chuan a phal dawn lo. Dawt sawitu a ni a, rei tak ka dam dawn tih a sawi." A pum lian tak chu a fawp a. "Ka hre chiang zawk. He cancer hian nung chungin min ei a. Ka fanu khan a sawi em?"
  
  
  "Hei atang hian thil engemaw". Doctor chu dawthei a ni. Killmaster-a chuan thihna chu mipa hmaiah a inziak lai khan a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Kunizo Matu chu a thaw halh a. "Thla ruk chhung hi ka inpe a. Ka tih duh ang ti turin hun ka nei tam lo. A zahthlak hle. Mahse, chutih lai chuan, ka rin dan chuan, chutiang chu a thleng fo thin - mi pakhatin a tikhawtlai a, a tikhawtlai a, a tikhawtlai a, chu chu." tichuan ni khat chu Thihna a lo thleng ang a, hun a liam tawh ang. I..."
  
  
  Zawi zawiin, zawi te hian Nick chuan a rawn nudge a. "Thil thenkhat chu ka hrethiam a, Kunizo. Thil thenkhat chu ka hrethiam lo. I mite chungchang leh an hnena i lo let leh dan te, Burakumin te chungchang te, nang leh i fanu tan thil a kal that loh dan te. Correct i tum tih ka hria." i thih hmain.Ka lainatna zawng zawng i nei vek a, Kunizo, kan hnathawhnaah hian lainatna hi hmuh a awlsam lo va, hmuh harsa a ni lo tih i hria a ni.Mahse, kan inhriatthiam tawnna leh kan inhriatthiamna dik tak leh dik tak kan ni fo tawh - i sumdawnna lamah i chhuk a ngai Kunizo!Eng nge i duh em from min mamawh em?"
  
  
  Matu chuan a thaw halh a. A rim mak tak mai a, Nick chuan cancer rim tak tak niin a ngai a. Ṭhenkhat chu an rimchhia tak zet tih a chhiar a.
  
  
  “I sawi dik alawm,” Mathu chuan a ti a, “Hmanlai ang bawk khan i sawi dik tlangpui. Chuvangin ngun takin ngaithla rawh. Kan intelligence service leh British MI5-ah te pawh double agent ka ni tih ka hrilh tawh che u a. Awle, MI5 ah khan Cecil Aubrey tih hming pu mipa pakhat ka hmu a. Chutih lai chuan junior officer chauh a ni. Tunah chuan knight a ni tawh a, a nih loh leh a ni thuai dawn... Sir Cecil Aubrey! Tunah chuan kum tam tak hnuah pawh hian contact ka la nei tam hle. Ka dah tha hle tih i hre thei. Putar tan Nick, thi tur tan chuan khawvela thil thleng hi ka hre chiang hle. Kan khawvelah hian. Spionage hnuaia leilung awmte. Thla tam tak kal ta khan ... "
  
  
  Kunizo Matu chuan darkar chanve vel zet chu nghet takin a tawng a. Nick Carter chuan ngun takin a ngaithla a, zawhna zawh tumin a thusawi chu a titawp fo thin. A tam zawk chu saki a in a, cigarette pakhat hnu pakhat a in a, Swedish machine gun K chu a fawp a, machine mawi tak a ni.
  
  
  Kunizo Matu chuan, “I hmu e, thian hlui, hei hi zawhna harsa tak a ni.Official connection ka neih tawh loh avangin Eta hmeichhiate hi ka buatsaih a, ka theihtawp ka chhuah a, a chang chuan a lungchhiatthlak hle.A bik takin tunah hian kan hmachhawn ta a ni a double conspiracy. "Richard Philston hi sabotage campaign leh blackout buatsaih tur chauha Tokyo-a lo kal a ni lo tih ka chiang. Chutiang chauh chu a ni lo. A dang tam tak a awm. Ka ngaihdan inngaitlawm tak chu Russian ho hian an kal dawn tih hi a ni." engtin emaw takin Chinese ho chu bum la, bum la, soup-ah paih rawh ".
  
  
  Nick chuan a nui hak hak a. "Hmanlai Chinese recipe duck soup siam dan - duck chu man hmasa phawt ang che!"
  
  
  Richard Philston tih hming an sawi hmasak ber khan a let hnih zetin a fimkhur ta a ni. Philston-a man, thah pawh hi kum zabi chhunga sorkar paihthlakna a ni ang. He mipa hian Russia ram himna chu eng ang pawhin lian mah se, sabotage ploy a zawm mai mai ang tih chu rin harsa tak a ni. Chu chu Kunizo chuan a sawi dik a ni. Thil dang a ni ngei ang.
  
  
  A cup chu saki nen a rawn khat leh a. "Philston hi Tokyo-ah a awm tih i chiang em? Tunah tak hian?"
  
  
  Putar chuan a kekawr bul lian tak chu a han beng a, taksa thau tak chu a khur ta hlawm a. "He sumdawnnaah hian i positive thei ang berin. Ni e. Hetah hian a awm. Ka lo zawn chhuak a, chutah chuan ka hloh ta a ni. Trick zawng zawng a hre vek. Local Chinese agent hotupa Johnny Chow pawhin khawiah nge a hre lo tih ka ring." he is at the moment." Philston. Tin, an thawhhona tha tak a ngai bawk."
  
  
  - Chuvangin Philston hian a mite a nei ve tho. Nangmahni pawl, Chicom te chhiar tel lovin?
  
  
  A lu a thing leh ta. "Ka ring. Pawl tenau tak a ni. Ngaihtuah loh nan a te a ni tur a ni. Philston hian amah chauhin a che ang. Hetah hian Russia embassy nen hian inzawmna engmah a nei lo ang. Hetianga a tih lai hian man a nih chuan - eng thil pawh ti se - an ti ang." amah chu phatsan rawh."
  
  
  Nick chuan rei vak lo a ngaihtuah a. “An hmun chu Azabu Mamiana 1-ah a la awm em?”
  
  
  “Chutiang bawk.Mahse an embassy en chu a hlawk lo.Tunah ni eng emaw zat chu ka nula te chu round-the-clock watch-ah an awm tawh a. Engmah a awm lo.”
  
  
  Kawngkhar hma lam chu a rawn inhawng tan ta. Zawitein. Inch khat vel a ni. Grooves te chu lubricate tha tak a ni a, kawngkhar pawh a ri lo.
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan, hetah hian i awm e,” Kunizo chuan Matu chu a ti a. "Sabotage plot ka handle thei. Evidence ka khawn khawm a, hun hnuhnung berah police kutah ka hlan thei. Min ngaithla ang a, a chhan chu active tawh lo mah ila pressure engemaw zat ka la apply thei tho. Mahse ka ti thei lo." Richard Philston chungchang eng pawh, a hlauhawm tak tak chu a ni.He game hi ka tan chuan a lian lutuk a ni.Chuvang chuan nangmah ka rawn thawn che a, medallion ka thawn chhan, engvangin nge tunah hian ka dil ngai lovang ka tih chu ka zawt ta a ni.Leiba i pek tur thu hi ." .
  
  
  Table sir lam chu Nick lam pan chuan a rawn inbeng kang nghal a. "Leiba / never demanded, mind you! Nangmah kha i ni, Nick, i nunna atana min bat thu i sawi tlat thin kha."
  
  
  "A dik alawm. Leiba hi ka duh lo. Ka theih chuan ka pe ang. Richard Philston hi zawng chhuakin ka that mai i duh em?"
  
  
  
  Matu mitmeng chu a eng chhuak a. "I tih dan tur hi ka ngaihtuah lo. That rawh. Kan police kutah hlan la, States-ah hruai kir leh rawh. British hnenah pe rawh. Ka tan chuan a inang vek."
  
  
  Tunah chuan hmalam kawngkhar chu a inhawng ta. Ruah sur nasa tak chuan hall chhunga mat chu a hnim vek tawh. Chu pa chu zawi zawiin pindan chhung lam chu a pan ta a. A kuta pistol chu a rawn eng chhuak nghal zat.
  
  
  "MI5 hian Philston hi Tokyo-ah a awm tih a hria a," Mathu chuan a ti a, "Ka lo buaipui tawh a ni," a ti a. Hemi chungchang hi Cecil Aubry hnenah rei vak lo kalta khan ka sawi tawh a. A hria. A tih tur chu a hre ngei ang."
  
  
  Nick chu a lawm vak lo. "Hei hian British agent zawng zawng tan ka thawk thei tihna a ni. CIA pawhin official takin min dil a nih chuan. Thil a buaithlak thei. A theih ang anga mahni chauha hnathawh hi ka duh ber a ni."
  
  
  Chu pa chu corridor atanga a chanve vel a lo kal tawh a. Fimkhur takin pistol atang chuan safety chu a la chhuak a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chu a ding chhuak a, a inbeng kang a. A ruh a chau thut mai. "Awle, Kunizo. Chutiang chuan kan dah mai ang. Philston hi zawn ka tum ang. Heta ka chhuah hunah chuan keimah chauh ka awm ang. A buai lutuk loh nan he Johnny Chow thil hi ka theihnghilh ang, the Chinese, leh sabotage plot te. He angle hi i handle thei ang." "Philston hi ka ngaihtuah ber ang. Ka hmuh hunah chuan ka hmuh chuan engtin nge ka tih ang tih ka rel ang. Okay?"
  
  
  Matu pawh a ding chhuak a. A lu a bu nghat a, a hmui chu a khur tan ta. "I sawi ang khan Nick. Awle. Ka ngaihtuah chuan concentrate la, narrow down hi a tha berin ka hria. Mahse tunah chuan thil pakhat ka hmuhtir che a ngai a ni. Tonaka hian i hruai hmasakna hmuna ruang kha hmuh a phal em?"
  
  
  Hall chhunga mipa, thim zinga ding chuan pindan chhunga mi pahnih silhouette thim tak chu a hmu thei a. Dawhkan atang chuan an tho mai a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "A ti a ni. Mi fel, Sadanaga hming vuah rawh. Engtik lai pawhin lawng chawlhna hmunah a rawn lut tur a ni."
  
  
  Mathu chu corner-a lacquered cabinet te tak te pakhat lam pan chuan a kal phei a. A bengchheng hle a, a pum lian tak chu a rawn inher chhuak bawk. "I hriatrengna chu a hma ang bawkin a tha tawh Nick. Mahse a hming erawh a pawimawh lo. A thihna pawh a pawimawh lo. A hmasa ber a ni lova, a hnuhnung ber pawh a ni dawn lo. Mahse, a ruang i hmuh kha ka lawm hle. Hei leh hei hi." Johnny Chow leh a Chinese te inkhelh harsat zia a sawifiah ang."
  
  
  Buddha te tak te chu dawhkan chungah chuan a dah a. Dar hmanga siam a ni a, feet khat vel zeta sang a ni. Matu chuan a khawih a, a hmalam chanve chu hinge te te hmangin a inhawng ta a. Milem chhunga blade te tak te tam tak inthun chungah chuan êng a rawn eng chhuak a.
  
  
  “Thisen Buddha an ti a ni,” Mathu chuan a ti a. "Ngaihtuahna hlui tak chuan tunlai hunah a rawn thlen a. Tin, oriental tak tak pawh a ni lo, i hria em, a chhan chu Europe-a medieval hunlaia an hman thin Iron Maiden version a nih vang a ni. Inthawina chu Buddha-ah an dah a, a chungah an khar a. Dik tak chuan an awm tak zet a ni." a thousand knives, but what is it Does it matter? A thisen a chhuak zawi hle a, a chhan chu a blade te chu fing takin an dah a, pakhat mah hian a thuk lutuk lo va, hmun pawimawh tak a khawih lo bawk. Thihna nuam tak a ni lo.
  
  
  Pindan kawngkhar chu inch khatna a rawn inhawng a.
  
  
  Nick chuan thlalak chu a nei a. "Chicom ho hian Eta mite hi Bloody Buddha Society zawm turin an nawr em ni?"
  
  
  "Awle." Mathu chuan lungngai takin a lu a thing a. "Eta thenkhatin an dodal. An tam lo. Eta, Burakumin te hi minority an ni a, do let dan tur an nei tam lo. Chicom ho hian hna, political pressure, sum leh pai - mahse a tam zawk chu terror an hmang. An fing hle a ni." . Dawhkan chunga Buddha te tak te, thihna thlen thei tak chu a kawhhmuh a. "Chuvangin hmeichhiate ka pan a, hlawhtlinna engemaw zat nen, a chhan chu Chicom-a te hian hmeichhiate enkawl dan tur an la ngaihtuah chhuak lo a ni. Hmeichhia te hi an man a nih chuan an chunga thil thleng tur entir nan he model hi ka siam a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a belt chhunga Colt .45 chu a thlah a, chu chuan a pum chhungah a hliam a ni. "Nang hi i lungngai ber a ni, Kunizo. Mahse i sawi tum chu ka hria - Chicom-ho hian Tokyo hi an tikehsawm ang a, an halral ang a, i mite chungah an puh ang, Eta."
  
  
  Tunah chuan an hnunglam kawngkhar chu a chanve a inhawng tawh.
  
  
  "Thudik lungchhiatthlak tak chu Nick, ka mi tam tak hi an hel tak zet a ni. Retheihna leh inthliarna dodalna lantir nan an rawk a, an hal bawk. Chicom-ho tan chuan hmanraw pangngai tak an ni. Anmahni nen hian inrem ka tum a, mahse ka nei tam lo." hlawhtlinna. Ka mite hi an thinrim hle a ni." .
  
  
  Nick chuan raincoat hlui a ha a. "Ni e. Mahse chu chu i buaina a ni, Kunizo. Ka ta chu Richard Philston zawn a ni. Chuvang chuan hna ka thawk ang a, a hma poh leh a tha zawk. Thil pakhat ka ngaihtuah chu min pui mai thei tih hi a ni. Eng nge Philston hi a tho tak tak i rin." to?" "Tokyo-a a awm chhan dik tak chu? Hei hian bul tanna min pe mai thei."
  
  
  Reh. An hnung lama kawngkhar chu a che tawh lo.
  
  
  Mathu chuan, "A rin dan mai mai a ni, Nick. Mi â. Chu chu i hriatthiam a ngai. I duh chuan nui rawh, mahse Philston hi Tokyo-ah a awm ka ring a,..." a ti a.
  
  
  An hnung lama ngawi rengah chuan thinrim zet hian pistol a khuh a. Luger hlui tak a ni a, silencer a nei a, a muzzle velocity pawh a hniam hle. 9mm bullet rapthlak tak chuan Kunizo Mata hmai tam zawk chu a tikehsawm a ni. A lu chu a rawn beng let leh a. A taksa thau phur chu a che lo.
  
  
  Chutah hmalam a pan a, dawhkan chu a tikehsawm a, totami chungah thisen a theh a, Buddha model chu a tikehsawm ta a ni.
  
  
  Chutih lai chuan Nick Carter chuan deck chu a rawn nam a, dinglamah a rawn inher chhuak ta a ni. Colt chu a kutah kengin a ding chhuak a. Kawngkhar atang chuan mipa fiah lo tak, thlalak hlim lo tak mai chu a hmu a. Nick chuan khur atang chuan a kap ta a.
  
  
  BLA M-BLAM-BLA M-BLAM
  
  
  Colt chu ngawi rengah chuan canon ang maiin a rawn au chhuak ta a. Chu thlalak chu a bo ta a, Nick chuan hali chu ke pen ri chu a hre ta a. A thawm chu a zui ve ta a.
  
  
  Thlarau chu kawngka atang chuan a chhuak mai mai a. BLAM BLAM a ni. .45 rit tak chuan echo chu a tiharh ta a. Tin, a chhehvel pawh. Carter chuan chuta tang chuan hell chhuah tir turin minute tlemte chauh a nei tih a hria a, second tlemte pawh a ni mai thei. A thian hlui chu a hawi let leh tawh lo. Tunah chuan a tawp tawh.
  
  
  Ruah sur leh zing khawvar hmaa thu dik lo hriatnaah chuan a tlan chhuak ta a. Nick-a nen an lo kalna kawngpuiah chuan mi thattu chu veilamah a inher tih hmuh theih khawpin êng a awm. Hei hi chu chu kal leh haw theihna awmchhun a ni ngei ang. Nick chuan a rawn zui nghal vat a. A kap leh tawh lo. A awmzia a awm lo va, hlawhchhamna rilru na tak a nei tawh bawk. Bastard chu a tlanchhuak dawn ta a.
  
  
  Turn a thlen chuan tumah hmuh tur a awm lo. Nick chu bunkhouses lam panna kawngpui zau tak atang chuan a tlan thla a, a ke hnuaia leivut chhungah chuan a tlan thla a, a tlan lut ta a. Tunah chuan a chhehvelah chuan aw a lo awm ta. Naute an tap thin. Hmeichhiain zawhna an zawt thin. Mipaho chu an che a, mak an ti hle.
  
  
  Stairs-ah chuan diltu putar chu ruah sur avanga rug hnuaiah a la inthup reng a. Nick chuan a kekawrte chu a khawih a. "Papa-san! I hmu tawh em...."
  
  
  Putar chu doll chhe tawh ang maiin a tlu ta a. A kawr hliam tenawm tak chuan Nick chu a hmui ngawi reng leh sawisel hmel zet hian a en a. A hnuai rug chu a sen vek a. Kut hrual pakhatah chuan Nick-a bill crisp tak chu a la chelh reng a.
  
  
  "Ngaidam rawh, Papa-san." Nick chu step atang chuan a zuang chho a. Ruah sur chung pawhin minute tin a eng zual zel a. Chuta tang chuan a chhuah a ngai ta a ni. Chak! Hetah hian inkhung reng hian awmzia a nei lo. Mi thattu chu a tlanchhuak a, slum maze-ah a bo ta a, Kunizo Matu chu a thi tawh a, cancer chu bum a ni tawh. Chuta tang chuan la rawh.
  
  
  Police car-te chu a sir lehlamah kawngpuiah an tlan chhuak a, pahnih chuan uluk takin tlanchhuahna kawng an dang a ni. Spotlight pahnih chuan traffic jam-a rulhut ang maiin a titawp a.
  
  
  "Tomarinasai!"
  
  
  Nick chu a ding ta a. Setup ang maiin a rim a nam a, chu zawng zawng karah chuan a awm ta a ni. Mi pakhatin phone a hmang a, a timing pawh a tha hle. Colt chu a thlak thla a, stairs atang chuan a paih thla ta a. An ngaihvenna a la thei a nih chuan an hmuh loh theihna chance a awm. A nih loh leh diltu thi tawh zawng rawh. Ngaihtuah vat teh, Carter! A ngaihtuah vat tak zet a, sumdawnna lamah a lut ta a ni. A kut a phar a, zawi zawiin police car hnai ber lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A chhuak thei a ni. A rim hriat theih tur khawpin saki a in a.
  
  
  Car pahnih inkarah chuan a kal a. Tunah chuan an titawp ta a, engine te chu a purring zawi zawi a, turret light te chu a chhehvel leh a chhehvel zawng zawngah a eng vek bawk. Nick chuan headlights ah chuan a mit a chhing a. A hmui a ti hup a, tlem chuan a inher thei ta. Tunah chuan Pete Fremont a ni tawh a, a theihnghilh loh a tha zawk. Sneezer-ah an paih chuan a ti zo tawh. Cage chhunga hawk chuan rabbit a man lo.
  
  
  "Eng nge he thil zawng zawng hi? Eng thil nge thleng? Mite chuan in chhung zawng zawng an rawn deng a, police te pawhin min lo dang a! Eng thil nge ni ta?" Pete Fremont chu a thinrim zual sauh sauh a.
  
  
  Car tin atang chuan police pakhat chu a chhuk a, bath of light ah chuan a lut ta a. An pahnih hian an te a, an felfai hle bawk. An pahnih hian Nambu pistol, lian tak tak an nei a, Nick-a chu an kawhhmuh a. Pete chuan.
  
  
  Lieutenant chuan American lian tak chu a en a, a bawkkhup deuh a. Lieutenant a ni ta! A ziak ta a. Lieutenant-te hian marching lirthei an khalh lo tlangpui.
  
  
  “Aw namae wa?
  
  
  "Pete Fremont. Tunah hian ka kut ka dah thei ang em, officer?" Sarcasm nen a rit hle.
  
  
  Cop dang, mipa taksa lian tak, ha hrual nei chuan rang takin Nick chu a zawng ta a. Lieutenant chu a lu a bu nghat a. Nick chuan a saki thaw chu cop hmaiah a rawn luang lut a, a chet dan chu a en reng a.
  
  
  “Awle,” lieutenant chuan a ti a, “Kut hnuai lam. Kokuseki wa?"
  
  
  Nick chu a rawn inher deuh a. "America-gin a ni." Chhuang takin, hnehna changin, "The Star-Spangled Banner" tih hla sa tur ang maiin a sawi a ni.
  
  
  A hiccup a. "American Gin, Pathian zarah, leh theihnghilh suh. Nangni savate hian min vuak dawn nia in ngaih chuan..."
  
  
  Lieutenant chu a bo hmel hle mai. Drunk Yankees hi a tan chuan thil thar a ni lo. A kut chu a han phar a. "Papers, khawngaihin."
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan Pete Fremont-a wallet chu a pe a, tawngtaina tlem a ti a.
  
  
  Lieutenant chuan a wallet chu a han chhui kual a, headlight pakhat hmaah chuan a vawn tlat a. Tunah chuan police dang chu light atanga hla takah a ding a, a silai chu Nick-a chungah a keng a. An thil neihte chu an hre vek a, heng Tokyo police te hi.
  
  
  Lieutenant chuan Nick chu a melh a. "Tokyo no jusho wa?"
  
  
  Krista chu! A address chu Tokyo-ah a ni em? Tokyo-a Pete Fremont-a thusawi. Ngaihtuahna a nei lo. A tih theih awmchhun chu dawt sawi leh beiseina chauh a ni. A thluak chu computer ang maiin a click a, hna thawk thei tur thil a rawn ngaihtuah chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  "Tokyo-ah hian ka awm lo," a ti a. "Sumdawnna avangin Japan-ah ka awm a. Nizan khan ka rawn tlawh a. Seoul-ah ka awm a. Korea." Seoul-a address pakhat tur chuan a thluak chu khawsik takin a rack a. Tawh! Sally Su te inah chuan.
  
  
  "Seoul khawiah nge?"
  
  
  Lieutenant chu a rawn hnaih a, a lu atanga a ke thlengin uluk takin a enfiah a, a thawmhnaw leh a rim atang chuan a rel a. A nuih chanve chu a chapo hle. Tu nge i bum tum, saki-head?
  
  
  "19 Dongjadong, Jeongku tih hi a ni." Nick chuan a nui suk a, lieutenant chu a thaw chhuak nghal zat bawk. "En teh, Buster. Thudik ka sawi tih i hmu ang." A aw ah chuan rûmna a rawn lut a, "Ngaithla teh u, hei zawng zawng hian eng nge a awmzia? Engmah ka ti lo. Nula hmu turin hetah hian ka lo kal mai a ni. Tichuan, ka chhuah dawn lai chuan kahhlumna chu a intan ta a. Tin, tunah chuan nangni ho hi." .."
  
  
  Lieutenant chuan mak tih hmel deuh hian a en a. Nick chuan a perk up a. Cop chuan thawnthu chu a lei dawn ta a. Pathian hnenah lawmthu awm rawh se Colt chu a chhuah tir ta a ni. Mahse, an snooping kual tan chuan harsatna a la tawk thei tho.
  
  
  "I ruih em?" Zawhna rhetorical tak a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a inher a, a hiccup leh ta a. "Yeah. Tlemte ka in a. Ka bialnu bula kan awm lai hian ka in fo thin. Engtin nge?"
  
  
  "I kah ri i hre em? ? Khawiah nge?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Khawi hmun chiah nge ka hre lo. Ka chhui lo tih i bet thei! Ka hriat chhuah chu ka bialnu in atanga ka chhuahsan chauh a ni a, ka thil tih tur ka ngaihtuah a, rang takin bam bam!" A ding a, rinhlelh hmel zet hian lieutenant chu a en a. "Hey! Engvangin nge nangni mite hian hetah hian in lo thleng thuai? Buaina in beisei a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  Lieutenant chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Zawhna ka zawt a ni, Mr. Fremont. Mahse hetah hian buaina report kan dawng ve tho. I ngaihtuah angin he hmun hi hmun tha tak a ni lo." Nick chu a en leh a, suit chhe tak, lukhum hrual leh coat chu a hmu ta a. A hmel lan dan chuan Mr. Pete Fremont hi he hmuna mi a nih a rinna chu a nemnghet a ni. Phone call chu a takah chuan hming hriat loh leh sparse tak a ni. Darkar chanve hnuah chuan Sanya area-ah harsatna a awm dawn a, shelter bulah hian harsatna a awm dawn a ni. Shooting lama harsatna a awm. Caller chu dan zawm thiam Japanese mi a nih avangin police ten an hriat a ngai tih a rel ta a ni. Chu chu a ni - leh phone thlak danglam zawi zawia click ri pawh.
  
  
  Lieutenant chuan a hmui a hrual a, a hawi kual a. Eng chu a lo lian ta hle mai. Shanties leh hovels buaina chu kawng tinrengah mel khat zet a inzar pharh a. Labyrinth a ni a, a chhungah chuan engmah a hmu dawn lo tih a hria. A thil zawn chu hria pawh ni se, uluk taka zawn tur mi a nei lo. Tin, police-te chuan Sanya ramngaw-a an luhchilh tak tak chuan pali leh panga-in an kal ta a ni. American zu rui lian tak chu a en a. Fremont-ah hian? Pete Fremont-a chuan? A hming chu a hriat chian loh hmel hle a, mahse a dah thei lo. A pawimawh em? Yankees hi tuipui kamah an broke dawn tih a chiang a, Tokyo leh Khawchhak khawpui lian zawng zawngah pawh amah ang hi an tam hle. Nawhchizuar thenkhat Sanya nen an khawsa dun a. Tin, eng nge? Hei hi dan bawhchhiatna a ni lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan dawhthei takin a lo nghak a. Ka hmui ka hup reng a hun ta. Lieutenant ngaihtuahna chu a zui ve ta a. Officer chuan a thlah dawn ta a.
  
  
  Lieutenant chuan Nick-a wallet chu a rawn pe let leh dawn a, car pakhata radio chu a ri tan ta a. Mi pakhatin ngawi rengin lieutenant chu a ko a. A hawi let a, a wallet chu a la keng reng a. "Minute khat, khawngaihin". Tokyo police te hi an zahawm fo thin. Nick chuan a thaw hnuaiah chuan chibai a buk a. A rawn eng chhuak ta! Diltu thi chu an hmu dawn a, chutih hunah chuan thil chuan fans te chu a ti mak ngei ang.
  
  
  Lieutenant chu a rawn let leh a. Nick chuan chu pa hmel lan dan chu a hriat chuan a rilru a buai deuh hlek a. Hei hi a lo hmu tawh a ni. Ui chuan canary thau mawi tak awmna chu a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Lieutenant chuan a wallet chu a hawng leh a. "I hming chu Pete Fremont a ni i ti em?"
  
  
  Nick chu a buai hmel hle. Chutih rual chuan lieutenant bulah chuan step tlemte a rawn hnaih ta a. Thil engemaw a kal sual a. Thil dik lo tak a ni. Ruahmanna thar a siam tan ta a.
  
  
  Wallet chu a kawhhmuh a, thinrim zet hian, "Ni e, Pete Fremont. Pathian vangin. En teh, hei hi eng nge ni! Third degree hlui kha? Chu chuan hna a thawk dawn lo. Ka dikna chanvo ka hria. A nih loh leh min thlah rawh. Tin, i charge a nih chuan." me, ka phone chu American ambassador hnenah ka pe nghal ang a,..."
  
  
  Lieutenant chu a nui suk a, a zuang thla ta a. "Ambassador-in i thusawi a hriat chuan a lawm hle ang tih ka ring, ka pu. Kan rualin station-ah i rawn kal a ngai dawnin ka hria. Thil mak tak maiin mix-up a awm niin a lang. Mi pakhat chu a apartment-ah thiin an hmu a." .. Mipa pakhat pawh Pete Fremont a ni a, a bialnu chuan Pete Fremont a ni tih a sawi."
  
  
  Nick chuan puak chhuah a tum a. Chu pa bulah chuan inches tlemte chauh a inher leh a.
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan eng nge? Khawvela Pete Fremont awmchhun ka ni ka ti lo. Chu chu tihsual mai mai a ni."
  
  
  Lieutenant te tak te chuan tun tum chu a kun lo. Zahawm takin a lu a bu nghat a, “Chutiang chu a ni tih ka chiang.Mahse, he buaina kan chinfel hma loh chuan khawngaihin station-ah min zui rawh,” a ti a. Cop dang, Nick-a namba la khuh reng chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chu lieutenant bulah chuan a kal nghal vat a, rang zet hian a ti a. Cop hian mak ti hle mah se, training tha tak a nei a, defensive judo pose a la a, a chawlh hahdam a, Nick-a’n a lunge hun a nghak a ni. Kunizo Matu hian kum khat kalta khan Nick hi he thil hi a zirtir a.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding ta a. A kut dinglam chu a hlan a
  
  
  bait, leh officer chuan a kutphah chu over-the-shoulder throw atan a hrual a tum chuan Nick chuan a kut chu a la chhuak a, a kut chu vei lamah na takin chu pa solar plexus chhungah chuan a han vawrh lut ta a. Police dangte’n an kap hmain a hnaih a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Lieutenant mak tak mai chu hmalam pan chuan a tla nghal zung zung a, Nick chuan a rawn man a, thinlung thawk ang zat speed in a hnungah a kal ta a. Full nelson a hmu a, chu pa chu lei atang chuan a kai chhuak ta a. A rit zawng hi pound 120-130 aia tam lo a ni. Chu pa chuan a groin-ah a kick theih loh nan a ke chu a phar zau hle a, Nick chu bunkhouse hnung lama kalna tur step lam pan chuan a hnungtawlh ta a. Tunah chuan hei chauh hi chhuahna kawng awmchhun a ni ta. Police te tak te chu a hmaah chuan a innghat a, bulletproof shield tangkai tak a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan police pathum chuan an dodal ta a ni. Spotlight te chu zing khawvar laia êng thi êng hlim lo tak a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan fimkhur takin step lam pan chuan a hnungtawlh a. “Hmun hla takah awm rawh u,” tiin a vaukhân a. "Min rawn bei la, a kawr ka tikeh ang!"
  
  
  Lieutenant chuan kick a tum a, Nick chuan pressure engemaw zat a pe bawk. Lieutenant-a kawr hring dup ruh chu a rawn inher chhuak ta. A tap a, a kick chu a chawlhsan ta a.
  
  
  "A tha e," Nick chuan an hnenah, "Ka la ti na lo. Chutiang chuan i dah mai ang," a ti a.
  
  
  Khawiah nge chu step hmasa ber chu?
  
  
  Police pathumte chuan a hnung an zui ta lo. Pakhat chu car lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, radio microphone chhungah chuan rang takin a sawi tan ta a. Ṭanpuina dil turin call rawh. Nick chuan pawi a ti lo. Chutah chuan awm a tum lo.
  
  
  A ke chuan step hmasa ber chu a khawih a. Tha. Tunah chuan tihsual a neih loh chuan chance a nei ta.
  
  
  Police te chu a hmui a ti hup a. An hlat zawng chu an vawng reng a.
  
  
  "Ka hruai ve dawn nia" Nick chuan a ti a. "He ka hnung lama hallway hnuaiah hian. Min zui tum la, a hliam ang. Hetah hian police te tak te tha tak angin awm la, a dam tha ang. Nangmah ah a innghat. Sayonara!"
  
  
  Step atang chuan a chhuk thla a. A hnuaiah chuan police-te hmuh theih lohvin a awm a. A ke bulah chuan diltu upa tak ruang chu a hre ta a. A rawn nawr thla nghal a, lieutenant lu chu hmalam hawiin a tilt a, a kawngah karate-chop a. A kutpui chu a nghet hle a, a kut sa calloused blade chuan a kawr vun hring takah chuan a rawn nam lut a, a rilru a buai deuh hlek a. Chu pa chu a thlak thla ta a.
  
  
  Colt chu a then chu diltu thi hnuaiah chuan a muhil a. Nick chuan a la a - a hnute chu putar thisen nen a inzawm tlat a - corridor-ah chuan a tlan thla ta a. Colt chu a kut dinglamah a chelh a, hmalam a pan ta a. Helai hmuna mi tumahin silai kengtu hi an tibuai dawn lo.
  
  
  Tunah chuan second tlemte chauh a awm tawh. Sanya ramngaw a chhuahsan lova, a lut a, police ten an hmu tawh lovang. Chu khumte chu lehkha emaw, thing emaw, tin emaw, meikhu hrual hrual (flmsy fire traps) a ni vek a, i kalna tur chu bulldozer hmanga i chhuah mai a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Dinglam hawi lehin Matu te in lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Kawngkhar hma lam atang chuan a tlan lut a, a la inhawng reng a, pindan chhung lam chu a pan chhunzawm ta a. Kunizo chu ama thisenah a muhil a. Nick chu a kal chhunzawm ta a.
  
  
  Paper kawngkhar chu a rawn tichhia a. Hmel dum pakhat chu hlauthawng takin leiah rug hnuai atang chuan a rawn lang chhuak a. Chhiahhlawh. Ka hlau lutuk a, tho chhuakin a chhui chhuak thei lo. Nick chu a kal chhunzawm ta a.
  
  
  A hmai hmaah a kut a dah a, bang chu a rawn beng ta a. Paper leh thing chhe thei tak takte chu complaint tlemte nen an phelh chhuak thin. Nick chu tank ang maiin a inhria tan ta.
  
  
  Yard inhawng te tak te, bawlhhlawh paihna hmun chu a paltlang a. Thing leh lehkhaa siam bang dang a awm bawk. A chhungah chuan a pil lut a, a taksa lian tak outline chu gaping cleavage-ah chuan a dah ta a. Room chu a khar vek a. Hma lam pan chuan a tla thla a, bang dang kal tlangin pindan dangah - a nih loh leh in dang a ni emaw - chu mipa leh hmeichhia chuan mak ti takin leia khum chu an en reng a. An inkarah chuan naupang pakhat a mu a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut zungtang chuan a lukhum chu a khawih a. "Inchhir." A tlan phei a.
  
  
  In paruk a tlan pel a, ui pathum a hnawtchhuak a, nupa pakhat chu an inpawl lai a man a, chutah chuan khawi emaw lam panna kawngpui zau tak, hrual hrual takah a rawn chhuak ta a ni. Hei hi a tan chuan a inhmeh hle. Khawi emaw laiah chuan a hnung lama police vak kual leh inhnial thinte nen chuan hla takah. A trail chu a chiang tawk a, mahse police te chu an zahawmin an zahawm a, engkim chu Japanese dan angin an ti vek a ngai a ni. An man ngai lovang.
  
  
  Darkar khat hnuah chuan Namidabashi Bridge chu a pel a, Datsun a dahna hmun Minowa Station chu a hnaih ta hle mai. Station chhungah chuan hnathawk hmasa berte chuan an luah khat hle a. Parking lot-ah chuan car tam tak a awm a, ticket counter-ah pawh line a lo awm tawh bawk.
  
  
  Nick chu station tualah chuan a kal nghal lo. Kawngpui sir lamah buffet te tak te chu a inhawng tawh a, cocacora chu a ei a, thil chak zawk ni se a duh hle. Zan khirh tak a ni.
  
  
  Datsun chung lam chu a hmu thei a. Hemi hi tumahin an ngaihven bik lo niin a lang. Coke chungah chuan a awm rei hle a, mipui chungah chuan a mit a vak kual a, a sifting a, a assess bawk. Cops an awm lo. A tiam thei a ni.
  
  
  Chu chu a luhchilh tawh lo tihna a ni lo. In chu a thlawna hman theih a ni. A lungkham ber chu police-te an nih tur thu a pawm a ni. Cops te chu an predictable khawp mai. Police te chu a buaipui ta a ni.
  
  
  Mi pakhatin Tokyo-ah a awm tih a hria a. Tu emaw chuan Kunizo thlengin a zui a, a fimkhur zawng zawng pawh nise. Mi pakhatin Kunizo chu a that a, Nick chu a frame bawk. Accident a ni thei a, accident a ni thei bawk. Cops-te chu an duh duh chu pek an duh mai thei a, chu chuan an hnung zui chu tihtawp a, zawhnate chu tihtawp an tum mai thei.
  
  
  An ti thei. Ani chuan chutiang chuan a ngaihtuah lo.
  
  
  A nih loh leh Sano thlengin tu emaw chuan a zui em? Hei hi a tir atang khan setup a ni em? A nih loh leh, setup a nih loh chuan engtin nge Kunizo te inah a awm dawn tih tu emaw chuan an hriat theih? Nick hian he zawhna hi chhanna a rawn siam thei a, a duh lo hle bawk. Hei hian a na deuh hlek a. Tonaka chu a hmangaih ta hle mai.
  
  
  Parking lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Khawpui pawn lama Coke bar pakhat chungah a thluak a racking a, engmah thutlukna a siam dawn lo. Hnathawh tur a kal a ngai a ni. Kunizo chu a thi tawh a, hetih lai hian contact a nei lo. Khawi emaw laiah chuan Tokyo-a buh hmun pakhatah chuan Richard Philston tih hming pu needle a awm a, Nick-a chuan a zawn a ngai dawn a ni. Chak.
  
  
  Datsun lam pan chuan a kal phei a, a han hawi thla a. Kalkawng kalte chuan lainatna lantirin an ti chhuak ta hlawm a. Nick chuan a ngaihsak lo. Tyre palite chu ribbon-ah an cut vek a ni.
  
  
  Rel chu a rawn thleng a. Nick chuan cash register lam chu a pan a, a hip pocket chu a rawn ban a. Chuvang chuan car a nei lo! Ueno Park-ah rel hmangin a kal thei a, Tokyo khawpui laihawl panna rel-ah a transfer thei bawk. Dik tak chuan a tha zawk. Car chhunga mipa chu a tlem a, target tha tak a ni a, zui a awlsam bawk.
  
  
  A kut chu a pocket atang chuan a rawn chhuak ruak a. Wallet a nei lo. Pete Fremont-a wallet chu a rawn lut ta a. Police te tak te chuan a nei a.
  
  
  
  Bung 7-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Garden chhunga tlan chak taka roller skate-a bull moose ang maia lang trail.
  
  
  Hawk-a sawi dan chuan hei hi Nick Carter-a’n a hnutchhiah trail sawifiahna dik tak a ni. A office-ah chuan amah chauhvin a awm a, Aubrey leh Terence te chu an chhuak ve chauh a, paper sen tam tak a en zawh chuan intercom hmangin Delia Stokes chu a bia a.
  
  
  "Nick-a APB sen chu la chhuak rawh, Delia. Yellow-ah siam rawh. A dil chuan tanpuina eng pawh pe turin ding la, mahse inrawlh suh. Hriat theih a ni lo va, zui theih a ni lo va, report theih a ni lo. Absolutely no interference unless he will disk for." tanpui.
  
  
  "A hrethiam e, ka pu."
  
  
  "A dik e. Tunah chuan dah bo rawh."
  
  
  Hawk chuan intercom chu a off a, a hnunglam a hawi a, a cigar chu a la chhuak a, a en lo. Guess-ah a khel a. Nick Carter chuan thil engemaw a hrechhuak a - Pathianin a hre mai thei, mahse Hawk chuan a hre lo tih a chiang - chu chu a chhuahsan ta a ni. Nick hian engkim hi a duh angin thutlukna siam rawh se. Khawvela tu pawhin mahni in enkawl thei ta se, chu chu Killmaster a ni.
  
  
  Hawk chuan lehkha pakhat chu a la a, a enfiah leh a. A hmui te tak te, Nick-a chu sakeibaknei hmui hriat nawn tir fo thin chu nuihzatthlak takin a rawn inher chhuak ta a. Ames-a chuan a hna chu a thawk tha hle. Hetah hian a awm vek - Tokyo International Airport hma khan.
  
  
  Nick hi Japanese Girl Scout pali nen Washington-ah Northwest Airlines thlawhnaah a chuang a. A hlim hmel hle a, stewardess chu fawh leh captain kut chu vawn chu a tum tlat a. A nuam lo tak tak ngai lo va, a rilru na takin a awm ngai lo va, aisle-a zai a tum tlat lai chauh khan co-captain chu a rilru tih hahdam turin an ko lut a ni. A hnuah chuan thlawhna chhunga chuang zawng zawngte tan champagne a order leh ta a ni. Passenger dangte chu hla hmangin a hruai a, pangpar fa a nih thu leh hmangaihna chu a thil tih a nih thu a puang chhuak a.
  
  
  Dik tak chuan Girl Scouts te hian an thunun thei hle a, Ames-a’n hla tak atanga a interview-naah chuan thlawhna chu a rawng hrang hrang leh a danglam bik hle tih an pawm a ni. An tih leh duh dawn tihna a ni lo.
  
  
  Nick chu dodalna awm lovin Tokyo International-ah an theh lut a, Girl Scout-te’n custom-a an car-a an hruai lai chu an en reng a ni. Chu bâkah, an hre lo.
  
  
  Ames, phone-a la awm reng chuan Nick leh Girl Scout-te chu taxi-ah an chuang a, Tokyo lirthei tlan chhuahna hmun mak tak takah chuan an bo ta tih a hre chiang hle. Chu chu a ni mai.
  
  
  Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan chu chu a ni lo. Hawk chuan a note ziakna lehkha dum hring hring dang lam chu a hawi a.
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey chuan duh lo deuhin a tawpah chuan Richard Philston chungchanga a thurawn chu tuna Tokyo-a awm karate zirtirtu pension tawh Kunizo Matu hnen atanga lo chhuak a nih thu a pawm ta a ni. Aubrey chuan Tokyo khawpui chhung hmun dik tak chu a hre lo.
  
  
  Mathu hi London-ah kum tam tak a khawsa a, MI5-ah a thawk bawk.
  
  
  Aubrey chuan, "Doppelgänger a nih kan ringhlel fo a ni," a ti. "Jap Intelligence-ah pawh a thawk niin kan ngai a, mahse kan finfiah thei ngai lo. Tunah chuan kan ngaihsak lo. Kan, uh, ngaihvenna chu a inmil a, kan tan hna tha tak a thawk a ni.
  
  
  Hawk chuan file hlui thenkhat a la chhuak a, a zawng tan ta a. A hriatrengna chu a famkim tawh mai mai a, mahse a nemnghet chu a duh hle.
  
  
  Nick Carter hian London-ah Kunizo Mata hi a hre chiang hle a, a takah chuan hna engemaw zatah a hmang a ni. Report rah chhuah lo tak tak atang chuan thil dang hmuh tur a awm tawh lo. Nick Carter hian a mimal thil tih dan chu chutiang chiah chuan a vawn reng theih dan a nei a - mimal thil.
  
  
  Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan - Hawk chuan a thaw halh a, lehkha dahkhawm chu a nawr chhuak ta a. A Western Union darthlalang chu a en reng a. Hna bumna a ni a, kut veilam hian kut dinglam thil tih hi a hre tlem hle.
  
  
  Ames chuan apartment chu a dap a, Nick-a Luger leh stiletto heel chu mattress chhungah a hmu a. "A mak khawp mai," Hawk chuan a pawm a, an tel lo chuan saruak ang maiin a inhria ngei ang.
  
  
  Mahse, Girl Scouts te an ni! Engtin nge hell hian an inrawlh theih? Hawk chu a nui ta ringawt a, chu chu a tih ngai loh thil a ni. Zawi zawiin a thunun thei lo va, tanpui theih lohvin chair-ah a thu a, a mit a tui a, a pectoral muscle te chu na takin a inzawm tan thlengin a nui ta a.
  
  
  Delia Stokes chuan a tirah chuan a ring lo. Kawngkaah chuan a han en a. Ni chiah e. Putar chu a thu a, mi â ang maiin a nui a.
  
  
  
  Bung 8-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Engkim hi a vawi khatna atan a thleng vek a ni. Hei hi Nick-a'n a dil hmasak ber a ni. A victim chu a thlang tha hle - mipa kum chanve vel, inchei tha tak, briefcase man to tak ang maia lang. Chu pa chu yen sawmnga zet chu a tikehsawm a, Nick chu a han en chho leh a, a hnar a ti hrual a, a pocket chhungah chuan a kut a han luh tir a. Note chu Carter kutah a pe a, a kun deuh a, a Homburg dum chu a tilt a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kun let leh a. "Arigato, kandai na-sen."
  
  
  "Yoroshii desu a ti a." Chu pa chu a hawi let a.
  
  
  Nick chu Tokyo Station-ah a chhuk a, chhim lamah lal in lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Tokyo khawpui chhunga lirthei tlan dan mak tak chu taxi, truck, clanging tram leh private car tam tak awmna hmun a lo ni tawh a ni. Motor khalhtu pakhat chuan crash helmet ha chungin hmeichhe naupang pakhat chu a hnung seat-ah a innghat a, a rawn tlan pel ta a. Kaminariyoku chuan a rawn ti a. Lungpui ri nasa tak.
  
  
  Tunah chuan engtin nge ni ang, Carter? Paper pawh a awm lo, pawisa pawh a awm lo. Police zawhna chhangin zawn a ni. Hun engemaw chen lei hnuaia kal a hun ta - kalna tur a neih chuan. Electric Palace-a kir leh chuan a tan thil tha tam tak a thlen dawn tih a ringhlel a ni. Engtin pawhin chutiang chuan a la hma lo.
  
  
  A bula taxi chu a ding tih a hria a, a kut chu a kawr hnuaiah chuan a belt-a Colt-a hnenah chuan a rawn tlan lut ta a. "Sssttttt - Carter-san! Hetah hian!"
  
  
  Unaunu mak pathum zinga pakhat Kato a ni. Nick chuan a hawi kual nghal vat a. Taxi pangngai tak a ni a, zuitu pawh a nei lo niin a lang. A rawn lut a. Yen tlemte a lo borrow mai thei.
  
  
  Kato chu a corner ah chuan a inthup a. Casual takin a nuih a, driver hnenah chuan thupek chu a chhiarsak a. Taxi chu Tokyo taxi-a a tih dan pangngai angin a thlawk chhuak ta a, tire a ri chhuak a, driver chuan mi pakhatin a rawn tibuai ngam ang tih a hlau lo.
  
  
  “Mak tak mai,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka hmuh leh ka beisei lo Kato. Kato i ni em?"
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a. "Ka hmu leh thei che hi ka vannei hle mai Carter-san. Mahse hei hi ka zawng lo. Harsatna tam tak. Tonaka a bo."
  
  
  A pum chhungah chuan rulhut tenawm tak a rawn inher a. Hei hi a lo nghak reng a.
  
  
  "Phone a chhang lo. Sato nen chuan a apartment-ah kan kal a, insualna a awm - engkim a chhe vek. Tin, a chhuak ta a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan driver lam chu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  "A tha. Kan zinga pakhat."
  
  
  "Tonaka chungah eng thil nge thleng i rin?"
  
  
  Ngaihsak lo zet hian a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Tunge sawi thei ang? Mahse, ka hlau - kan zavaiin. Tonaka hi kan hruaitu a ni. Johnny Chow pawhin a nei ve maithei. Chutiang a nih chuan a hrehawm tuar ang a, a pa hnena hruai turin a nawr luih ang. Kunizo Matu. Chicom ho hian an duh a ni." anmahni dodaltu a nih avangin that rawh u."
  
  
  Matu a thi tih a hrilh lo. Mahse Matu thih chhan leh thangah a tlu hnai tawh chhan chu a hrethiam tan ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut chu a rawn fawp a. "Ka theihtawp ka chhuah ang. Mahse, ruahmanna ka siam hma chu pawisa leh darkar tlemte chhung inthupna tur hmun ka mamawh a ni. Chu chu i ruahman thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Tunah chuan kan kal dawn a ni. Shimbashi-a geisha inah. Mato leh Sato pawh an awm ve tho ang. An hmuh loh veleh."
  
  
  A ngaihtuah a. A mualphona chu a hmu a, a nui suk a. "Kan zawng vek che a ni. Sato, Mato leh kei. Taxi hrang hrangah kan chuang vek a. Station zawng zawngah kan kal a, kan en vek a. Tonaka hian thil tam tak min hrilh lo - a pa hnenah i kal tih chauh a ni. A tha zawk, i hmu em, pakhat theuh." of us doesn't knows too much about what others are doing.Mahse Tonaka a bo lai chuan tanpui turin kan zawn a ngai tih kan hria.Chuvangin taxi kan la a, kan zawng tan ta a, chu chu kan hriat zawng zawng a ni a, a thawk tha hle.Ka hmu ta nangmah."
  
  
  Nick chuan a thusawi lai chuan a zir chiang a. Hei hi Washington atanga lo kal Girl Scout a ni lo va, Geisha a ni zawk! A lo guess tur a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan a sam siam dan mawi tak tih loh chu geisha engmah a awm lo. Chumi zan leh zing hma takah chuan hna a thawk niin a ngai. Geisha chuan an patron hrang hrangte duhdanin darkar mak tak tak a dictated a. Tunah chuan a hmai chu a chalky makeup tihbo nan cold cream a hman atang chuan a la eng chhuak reng a. Pullover dum, miniskirt leh Korean boots dum te tak te a ha a.
  
  
  Nick chuan geisha in chu engtiang chiahin nge a him ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Mahse, chu chu a neih chhun a ni. A cigarette hnuhnung ber chu a hal a, zawhna a zawt tan ta a. A sawi tur aia tam a hrilh dawn lo. Amah ngeiin a sawi angin a tha ber a ni.
  
  
  "Hemi chungchang hi Pete Fremont, Kato. Tonaka chuan a thawmhnaw i lak thu min hrilh a? Heng thawmhnaw te hi?"
  
  
  "A dik khawp mai. Thil tenawm tak a ni." A buai tih a chiang hle.
  
  
  "He thil i tih lai khan khawiah nge Fremont kha a awm?"
  
  
  "Khumah. Muhil. Chu chu kan ngaihtuah dan a ni."
  
  
  "Chu chu ka ngaihtuah a ni maw? A muhil em ni?" Hetah hian thil pakhat chu a fishy khawp mai.
  
  
  Kato chuan serious takin a en a. Hma lam ha pakhat eng mawi takah chuan lipstick hnawih a awm a.
  
  
  "Chu chu kan ngaihtuah dan a ni ka ti. A thawmhnaw kan la a ni. A awlsam, a chhan chu chutih lai chuan a bialnu chu a awm lo. A hnuah Pete a thi tih kan hrechhuak. A muthilh laiin a thi a ni."
  
  
  Krista chu! Nick chuan zawi zawiin panga thlengin a chhiar a.
  
  
  "Anih chuan enge i tih?"
  
  
  A lu a thing leh a. "Eng nge kan tih theih ang? I tan thawmhnaw kan mamawh a. Kan la a. Pete chu whisky vangin a thi tih kan hria a, a in a, a in reng a, tumahin an that lo tih kan hria. Kan kalsan ta a. Tichuan kan rawn let leh a, ruang chu kan la ta a ni." leh thup rawh, police-te'n an hriat loh nan."
  
  
  Zawi te hian: “An hrechhuak ta, Kato,” a ti a.
  
  
  Kunizo Matu pawh a thi tih sawi lovin police nena an inhmachhawn dan chu a sawifiah nghal vat a
  
  
  Kato chu a ngaihven vak lo. "Ni e. Ka ngaidam e. Mahse eng thil nge thleng tih ka hria, ka ring. Tonaka te inah thawmhnaw phur turin kan chhuak dawn a ni. A bialnu chu a lo kal a. Zu vangin Pete a thi tih a hmu a, police a ko a. An rawn kal a. Tichuan mi zawng zawng an chhuak vek a." hre rengin, police leh hmeichhia chu an awm tih hriain, ruang chu kan la a, kan thup a. Okay? "
  
  
  Nick chu a rawn inbeng kang a. "Okay, ka ring," chak lo zet hian a ti a. Hei hi tih a ngai a ni. Mak tak mai a ni a, mahse a tlem berah chuan thil awmdan chu a hrilhfiah a ni. Tin, chu chuan a pui thei bawk - Tokyo police-te hian ruang an hloh tawh a, an mualpho deuh mai thei bawk. Anni chuan play down an tum mai thei a, rei vak lo chu ngawi renga awm an tum mai thei a, a tlem berah chuan ruang an hmuh hma emaw, an bânsan emaw thlengin. Chumi awmzia chu a sawifiahna chu chanchinbuah te, radio-ah te, television-ah te a lang dawn lo tihna a ni. La ni lo. Chuvangin Pete Fremont angin a cover chu a la tha hle - point khat thleng. Wallet nen chuan a tha zawk ang, mahse chutiang chu chatuan atan a ni lo.
  
  
  Shiba Park Hotel an paltlang a, ding lamah Hikawa Shrine lam panin an inher a. Mi chenna hmun a ni a, villa tlemte huanin a hual vel a ni. Hei hi geisha district tha ber pawl a ni a, ethics khauh tak leh nungchang khauh tak a ni. Hmeichhe naupangte chu mizu shobai boruak, beyond the pale-a an awm a ngaih hun kha a liam ta. Inthlauhna hi a tithinur fo thin - a bik takin he thu-ah hian - mahse Nick hian geisha-te chu New York-a call girl class sang ber berte nen an inthlau hle niin a ngai fo. Geisha te hi finna leh talent lamah an tha zawk hle.
  
  
  Taxi chu driveway-ah a inher a, chu chuan huante kal tlangin a let leh a, swimming pool leh bridge te tak te a paltlang ta a ni. Nick chuan puan rimchhia chu a hnaih zawkah a rawn hruai a. Amah ang bum chu geisha in sang takah chuan a langsar deuh dawn a ni.
  
  
  Kato chuan a khup chu a rawn fawp a. "Mimal hmunah kan kal dawn nia. Mato leh Sato an lo thleng thuai ang a, kan inbe thei tawh ang. Ruahmanna siam rawh. Kan tih a ngai a ni, a chhan chu tuna i puih loh chuan i pui thei lo a nih chuan mi zawng zawng tan a pawi hle dawn a ni." Eta hmeichhe naupangte chu."
  
  
  Taxi chu receptionist hnuaiah chuan a ding ta a. In chu a lianin blocky, Western style, lung leh brick a ni. Kato chuan driver hnenah pawisa a pe a, Nick chu a chhungah leh chung lamah a hruai lut a, Swedish style-a furnished living room reh takah chuan a hruai lut ta a.
  
  
  Kato chu chair-ah a thu a, a miniskirt chu a phelh a, Nick chu a en a. Tunah hian corner-a bar te tak te atang chuan in tlemte in turin a in pui mek a ni.
  
  
  "Inbual i duh em, Carter-san?"
  
  
  Nick chuan tape chu a la a, amber chhung chu a han en kual a. Hmangaihna rawng. "Bassu chu number 1 a ni ang. Hun ka nei em?" American cigarette pack khat a hmu a, a hawng a. Nun chu a sang chho zel a.
  
  
  Kato chuan a kutphah te tak te chunga darkar chu a melh a. "Ka ngaihdan chuan. Hun tam tak. Matou leh Sato te chuan an hmu lo che a nih chuan Electric Palace-ah kal in chutah chuan thuchah a awm em tih an en ang tih an sawi."
  
  
  "Tunge message nge?"
  
  
  Sweater hnuaiah chuan shoulder te tak te chu a che a. "Tunge hria? Nang pawh ni mai thei. Tonaka pawh ni mai thei. Johnny Chow hian a nei a nih chuan min ti hlauhawm turin min hriattir mai thei."
  
  
  "Chutiang chu a ni mai thei."
  
  
  A whisky chu a in a, a en a. A hlauthawng hle mai. Lutuk. Lunghlu te tak te hrui pakhat a ha a, chu chu a ei chhunzawm zel a, lipstick hmangin a hnawih bawk. Chair-ah chuan a fidget chhunzawm zel a, a ke chu a cross leh recross a, pants dum tawi tak a rawn lang chhuak a.
  
  
  "Carter-san?"
  
  
  "Awle?"
  
  
  A kut zungtang te tak te chu a chew a. "Thil zawh che hi ka duh khawp mai. Yo'u, thinrim suh?"
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "A ni lo mai thei. Chu chu ka tiam thei lo Kato. Eng nge ni?"
  
  
  Oscillations a awm thin. Hnuah; "Min duh em, Carter-san? Ka hmeltha i ti em?"
  
  
  A ti ta a ni. Ani chu a ni. A mawi hle mai. Lemon rawng doll te tak te mawi tak ang maiin. Chutiang chuan a hrilh a.
  
  
  Kato chuan a darthlalang chu a en leh a. "I huaisen hle mai, Carter-san. Mahse, ka ngaihsak lo. Hun rei tak chhung chu ka duh che - cookies hralh kan tum che atang khan. Ka duh tak zet che a ni. Tunah chuan hun kan nei tawh a, mipa ho chuan an don." 't tlai thlengin lo kal a, Mato leh Sato pawh hetah hian an la awm lo. I bulah inbual a, chutah hmangaihna siam ka duh. I duh em?"
  
  
  A khawih tak zet a ni. Tin, zah a hlawh tih a hria bawk. Hun hmasa berah chuan a duh lo va, a hnu lawkah chuan a duh tih a hrechhuak ta a ni. Anih lohvin? A tawpah chuan chu chu a ni ta vek mai. Hmangaihna leh thihna.
  
  
  A inhnialna chu a hrethiam lo. A bulah chuan a kal phei a, a kut zungtang chu a hmaiah chuan a tlanpui nghal zat bawk. A mitmeng chu a sei a, a dum dum a, amber sparkles nen a khat.
  
  
  “I hrethiam,” zawi sap hian a ti a, “hei hi sumdawnna a ni lo. Tunah chuan geisha ka ni lo. Ka pe. I la. I lo kal dawn em ni?”
  
  
  A mamawh chu a nasa hle tih a hrethiam a. A hlauthawng a, rei vak lo chu amah chauhvin a awm ta a ni. Thlamuanna a mamawh a, chu chu a hrethiam bawk.
  
  
  A fawp a. "Ka la ang," a ti a. "Mahse, a hmasa berin bassa chu ka la ang."
  
  
  Bathroom-ah chuan a hruai ta a. Rei vak lo hnuah shower-ah chuan a rawn zawm ve a, hmun nuam leh mimal zawng zawngah chuan sahbawn an insiam a, an in vawt ta vek a. Lily rim a nam a, hmeichhe naupang hnute a nei bawk.
  
  
  American khum tak tak awmna a bula mutna pindanah chuan a hruai ta a. A hnungzang chungah chuan a rawn phar chhuak ta a. A fawp a, a ti rilru a, "Ngawi rawh, Carter-san. Ka tih tur ka ti a ni."
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan, “Engkim chiah a ni lo,” a ti.
  
  
  Pindan hmaah ngawi rengin an thu a, meizuk an in a, hmangaihna lungawi takin an in en a, kawngkhar chu a rawn inhawng a, Mato leh Sato chu an rawn lut ta a. An tlan ta a. Sato chu a tap a. Mato chuan bungrua pakhat, brown paper-a khuh chu a keng a. Nick hnenah chuan a pe ta a.
  
  
  "Hei hi Electric Palace-ah a lo thleng a ni. Nangmah tan. Note nen. Kan... note chu kan chhiar a. Kei... kei..." A hawi let a, a tap a, thawk a la lo, makeup chu a hmui smooth takah chuan a rawn tlan thla a.
  
  
  Nick chuan package chu chair-ah a dah a, envelope hawn atang chuan note chu a la a.
  
  
  Pete Fremont - Tonaka kan nei a. Evidence chu box chhungah a awm. Midang a hloh i duh loh chuan Electric Palace club-ah lo kal nghal rawh. Pawnah kawngpui sirah nghak rawh. Raincoat ha rawh.
  
  
  Signature a awm lo, ink sen hmanga siam thing chop stencil zungbun mai mai a ni. Nick chuan Kato hnenah chuan a entir a.
  
  
  "Johnny Chow" a rawn ti a.
  
  
  Bundle atang chuan cord chu deft thumbs hmangin a la chhuak a. Hmeichhe pathumte chu an vawt a, tunah chuan an ngawi reng a, an mangang hle a, hlauhawm thar an nghak a. Sato chuan a tap chu a chawlhsan a, a kut zungtang chuan a hmui chu a khuh ta a.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan thil a chhe hle ang tih a ringhlel a. Hei hi a pawi zawk.
  
  
  Box chhungah chuan cotton pad chungah chuan thisen chhuak sa zungbun, a hnute leh aura intact nei chu dah la. Hmeichhe hnute. Chu chemte chu a hriam hle a, thiam takin a hmang a ni.
  
  
  
  
  Bung 9-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Killmaster chu thinrimna lum zawk, thisen chhuak zawkah a awm tam lo hle. Hmeichhe naupangte chu aw icy takin order tawi a pe a, chutah geisha in chu chhuahsanin Shimbashi dori lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A kut zungtang chuan Colt-a hnute lum tak chu a fawp a. Tunah hian ka duh khawp mai. khawvela hlimna zawng zawng nen clip chu Johnny Chow-a pum chhungah a paih lut ta a ni. Tonaka hnute thawn chhuah tak tak ni ta se - hmeichhe pathumte chuan an ring tlat a, a chhan chu Johnny Chow-a khelh dan a nih vang a ni - Nick chuan chu misual hnen aṭanga sa zat zat chu lak chhuah a tum a ni. A thil hmuh thar avang chuan a pum chu a rawn chhuak ta hlawm a. He Johnny Chow hi sadist zawng zawng tihtawp nan sadist a ni ngei ang - Chicom tan pawh.
  
  
  Taxi hmuh tur a awm lo va, a kal chhunzawm zel a, hla takah chuan thinrim taka ke pen chungin a ei a. Kal loh tur zawhna a awm lo. Tonaka chhanchhuahna hun remchang a la awm mai thei. Hliam a dam a, a na ber pawh a dam a, hnute siam (artificial breast) ang chi thil a awm bawk. Solution hmuhnawm tak ni lo mahse thihna aiin a tha zawk. Nula naupang leh hmeltha tak tan chuan engkim, engkim deuhthaw chu thihna aiin a tha zawk ang tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Taxi a la awm lo. Vei lamah a hawi a, Ginza-dori lam chu a pan ta a. Tuna a awmna atang chuan Electric Palace club chu mel khat leh a chanve vel a hla a ni. Kato chuan address dik tak chu a pe a. Kawng lakah chuan a rilruah a chhui chhuak tan ta a. Top-level professional agent rilru cool, tawnhriat ngah, fing leh calculating tak.
  
  
  Nick Carter ni lovin Pete Fremont koh a ni. Hei hian Tonaka chu hrehawm tawrhna nasa tak karah pawh a khuh bo thei tihna a ni. Thil engemaw, hming a pek a ngai a, chuvang chuan Pete Fremont tih hming a vuah ta a ni. Mahse, Fremont-a chu zu ruih vangin a thi tih a hria a. Hmeichhe pathum Kato, Mato leh Sato te chuan hei hi an tiam vek a ni. Tonaka chuan Fremont chu a thi tih a hria a, chu pa thawmhnaw chu a pe a.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan Fremont a thi tih a hre lo! Chiangtakin. Chumi awmzia chu Pete Fremont-a chu a hre lo emaw, a hriatna tlemte chauh a ni emaw, a hmingthanna avang pawh a ni mai thei. Fremont hi a mit atanga a hriat leh hriat loh chu hmaichhana an inhmachhawn hunah a chiang thuai ang. Nick chuan a belt-a Colt chu a khawih leh a. Hei hi a nghakhlel hle a ni.
  
  
  Taxi a la awm lo. Cigarette hal turin a ding chawt a. Traffic a rit hle mai. Police car pakhat chuan amah chu engmah ngaihsak lovin a rawn tlan pel a. Mak pawh a ni lo. Tokyo hi khawvela khawpui lian ber pahnihna a ni a, police-te hian Fremont-a ruang an hmuh leh hma loh chuan a ruang chungah an thu a nih chuan an thiltih hi an inzawm khawm theih nan hun rei vak lo a la ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  Khawiah nge damn taxi te kha an kal? New York khawpuia ruah sur zan ang maiin a chhe hle.
  
  
  Ginza hnuai lam hla takah, mel khat dang a hlaah chuan San-ai department store bunker structure eng mawi tak chu a awm a. Nick hian Colt chu hmun nuam zawkah a sawn a, a kal leh ta a ni. A ngaihsak tawh loh avangin a rollback chu a check lo. Johnny Chow chuan a lo kal ngei ang tih a ring tlat a ni ngei ang.
  
  
  Tonaka-a’n a fimkhur tawk hunah Pete Fremont-a’n Eta hmeichhe naupangte chu a pui ṭhin tih a sawi kha a hrechhuak ta a ni. Chance a awm a, Johnny Chow hian hei hi a hre chiang hle a, Fremont hi mimal takin a hre lo a nih pawhin. Chow hian eng emaw zat deal siam a tum ngei ang. Pete Fremont hi slacker leh zu ruih hmang ni mahse chanchinbu mi ang deuh a la ni a, inzawmna pawh a nei ve tho mai thei.
  
  
  A nih loh leh Johnny Chow hian Fremont hi lak mai mai a duh mai thei - Kunizo Mata-a enkawlna ang kha pe rawh. Chutiang khawpa awlsam chu a ni thei. Fremont chu hmelma a ni a, Eta chu a pui a, Johnny Chow chuan chu hmeichhe naupang chu bait atan a hmang a, Fremont chu a chhuahsan ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kekawr lian tak chu a thing a, a kal zel a. Thil pakhat a hre chiang hle - Tonaka chuan a hnungzang a nei a. Nick Carter - AXEman tia a nihna chu a la him hle.
  
  
  , A hnungah chuan mitthi pakhat a lo chhuak a.
  
  
  Mercedes dum chu a tlai lutuk hma loh chuan a hre lo. Kawngpui whirlpool atang chuan a thlawk chhuak a, a bulah chuan a ding ta a. Japanese mipa pahnih inchei mawi tak takte chu an zuang chhuak a, Nick bulah chuan an kal a, pakhat chu a sir lehlamah a awm a. Mercedes chu an hnungah chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu Nick chuan detective te an ni mai thei tih a ngaihtuah a. He ngaihdan hi a kalsan nghal a ni. Mi pahnih hian coat light tak an ha a, an kut dinglam chu an pocket-ah an dah a. A sang zawk, glass thuk tak vuah chuan Carter chu a pocket-ah pistol kengin a nawr a. A nui suk a.
  
  
  "Anata no onamae wa?"
  
  
  Kut lum tak tak. Tunah chuan police an ni lo tih a hria. Chicago style dik takah chuan ride an pe a ni. Fimkhur takin a kut chu a belt atanga hla takah a dah a.
  
  
  "Fremont. Pete Fremont. Eng nge i chungchang?"
  
  
  Mipaho chuan mitmeng an inthlak a. Glass vuah pa chuan a lu a bu nghat a, “Ka lawm e. Hei hi mi dik tak a ni tih chian kan duh a, khawngaihin car ah chuan lut rawh” a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Hetiang hi ka tih loh chuan engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  Mipa dang, tawi leh taksa ruh nei chu a nui lo. Pistol thup hmangin Nick chu a rawn beng a. "Chu chu a vanduaithlak hle ang. Kan that ang che."
  
  
  Kawngpuiah chuan mipui an tam hle. Mite chu an rawn inher kual a, an buai hle bawk. Tuman an ngaihsak lo. Hei hi professional murder tam tak tih a nih dan chu a ni. An kap ang a, Mercedes-in an chhuak ang a, tumahin engmah an hmu lovang.
  
  
  Chu pa tawi chuan kawng sirah chuan a nawr lui a. "Car chhungah. Ngawi rengin i kal a, tumahin an tichhe lovang che."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Chuvang chuan ngawi rengin ka lo kal ang." Car chhungah chuan a lut a, venhim loh hun laia man turin a inpeih reng a, mahse chance chu a thleng ngai lo. A tawi zawk chuan a zui a, mahse a hnaih lutuk lo. A sang zawk chu a kal kual a, a lehlamah chuan a chho ta a. An pin thla a, pistol a rawn lang ta. Nambu. Tunlai hian namba chu a hmu fo thin.
  
  
  Mercedes chu kawngpui sir atang chuan a inhnukdawk a, thiam takin traffic-ah a lut leh ta a ni. Driver hian chauffeur livery a ha a, kawr dum a ha bawk. A thil neihte hre reng ang maiin a khalh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan chawlh hahdam turin a in nawr lui a. A chance a lo thleng ang. "Eng nge hmanhmawh? Electric Palace lam panin ka kal a. Engvangin nge Johnny Chow chu a dawhtheih loh em em?"
  
  
  Chu pa sang chuan Nick chu a zawng a. Chow tih hming a hriat chuan a hiss a, a comrade chu a en reng a, a comrade chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt.
  
  
  "Shizuki ni!"
  
  
  Nick chuan a ngawi ta a. Chuvangin Johnny Chow hnen atanga lo kal an ni lo. Chuti a nih chuan tu nge ni ang?
  
  
  Amah zawngtu pa chuan Colt chu a hmu a, a belt atang chuan a la chhuak ta a. A comrade hnenah chuan a entir a, Nick chuan chilh zet hian a en a. Chu pa chuan Colt chu a kawr hnuaiah a thup a.
  
  
  A rilru hahdamna hnuaiah chuan Nick Carter chu a thinrim hle a, a lungkham hle bawk. Tute nge an nih, khawiah nge an hruai tih leh engvangin nge an hruai tih pawh a hre lo. Hei hi beisei loh thil thleng, sawi lawk theih loh a ni. Mahse Electric Palace-a a inlan loh chuan Johnny Chow chu Tonaka hna thawk turin a kir leh ta a ni. Beidawnna chuan a rawn tuam ta a. Hetih lai hian nausen ang maiin tanpui theih loh a ni. Engmah a ti thei lo.
  
  
  Rei tak kan khalh a. An tumna hmun chu eng pawh ni se, thup tumna an nei lo. Driver chuan a tawng ngai lo. Mi pahnih chuan Nick chu ngun takin an en a, an pistol chu an kawrfual chuan a thup zo lo hle.
  
  
  Mercedes hian Tokyo Tower chu a paltlang a, hmar lam panin rei vak lo a hawi a, Sakurada lam chu a hawi a, chutah chuan meiji Dori lam pan chuan na takin dinglam a hawi ta a ni. Ruah a sur tawh a, ni thianghlim lo tak chuan chhum dum hniam tak chu a rawn tikehsawm ta a. Traffic buai leh thawm ri nasa tak karah pawh hun nuam tak an hmang a. Driver chu a genius hle mai.
  
  
  Arisugawa Park chu an vel a, rei vak lo hnuah Nick chuan veilamah Shibuya Station chu a hmu ta a. A hma lamah chuan Olympic Village a awm a, hmarchhak lam chiah chuan National Stadium a awm bawk.
  
  
  Shinjuku Gardens piah lamah chuan Meiji Shrine kal pelin vei lamah nasa takin an inher a. Tunah chuan khawpui pawn lamah an lut ta a, ram chu a inhawng ta hle mai. Kawngpui zau tak takte chuan kawng hrang hrangah a kal a, Nick-a chuan kawngpui aṭanga hnunglam hawia in lian tak takte chu kulh mawi tak tak leh plum leh cherry thing huan te tak te hnung lamah a hmu fo bawk.
  
  
  Kawngpui lian chu an phelh a, veilamah chuan black-topped lane-ah an inher a. Mel khat hnuah kawngpui dang, zim zawkah an inher a, chu chu thir kawngkhar sang takah, lichen-a khuh lungpuiin a hual vel a ni. Column pakhata plaque pakhatah chuan heti hian a inziak a: Msumpto. Hei hian AXEman tan chuan engmah awmzia a nei lo.
  
  
  Mi tawi tak pakhat a rawn chhuak a, a pillar pakhatah chuan button pakhat a hmet a. Rei vak lo hnuah gate chu a rawn inhawng ta a. Kawngpui hrual, lung chi hrang hranga siam, park-in a hual vel chu an tlan pel a. Nick chuan a veilam a che vel chu a hmu a, thing squat, umbrella ang maia lian tak tak zingah chuan sakeibaknei te tak te, white-tailed deer rual te tak te an tlan chhuah lai chu a en reng a. Peonie la par lo row khat chu an fang kual a, in pakhat chu a rawn lang ta a. A lian hle a, ngawi rengin sum chungchang a sawi thin. Pawisa hlui.
  
  
  Kawngpui chu terrace panna staircase zau tak hmaah chuan crescent ang maiin a hliam a. Ding leh vei lamah chuan tuikhuah a khel a, a sir lamah chuan swimming pool lian tak, thlasik atan chuan a la khat lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan mipa sang tak chu a en a. "Mitsubishi-san hian min lo nghak reng em?"
  
  
  Chu pa chuan pistol hmangin a rawn beng a. "Lo chhuak rawh. Thusawi a awm lo."
  
  
  Long story short, chu pa chuan a hlimawm hle niin a ngai.
  
  
  
  Nick chu a en a, a nui suk a. "Mitsubishi-san? Haha."
  
  
  In chhunga central block chu a lian hle a, lung dressed tak hmanga sak a ni a, chu chu mica leh quartz vein-in a la eng reng a ni. A hnuai lam wing pahnih chu main block atanga angle hnunglam hawiin, terrace balustrade nen a inmil a, hetah leh khawiah pawh amphora ang maia urn lian tak tak awmna a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu kawngkhar arch tak atang chuan mosaic-tiled foyer lian takah chuan an hruai lut a. Chu pa tawi chuan dinglama kawngkhar inhawng chu a rawn kik a. Chhûng lam aṭangin British aw, mi chungnungte hmingchhiatna sâng tak chuan, “Lo kal rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  Chu pa sang tak chuan a namba chu Nick-a hnungzang hnuai lamah a thun a, a rawn beng ta a. Nick chu a kal ta a. Tunah chuan a duh takzet. Filston chuan a rawn ti a. Richard Philston-a chuan! Hetiang hian a nih a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Kawngkhar pawnah chuan an ding nghal a. Room chu a lian hle a, library study ang mai a ni a, a bang chu a chanve vel a ni a, a ceiling pawh a thim hle. Lehkhabu battalion hrang hrangte chu bang bulah chuan an kal a. Dawhkan kil hla takah chuan khawnvar pakhat chauh a kang a. Mipa pakhat chu a lo ṭhu a, a thlamuannaah chuan a lo ṭhu a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, "Nangni pahnih in kal thei ang. Kawngka bulah lo nghak rawh u. In i duh em, Mr. Fremont?"
  
  
  Japan fighter pahnih chu an chhuak ta a. An hnungah chuan kawngkhar lian tak a rawn inhawng a. Dawhkan bulah chuan tea cart hlui tak, bottle, siphon leh thermos lian tak phur chu a ding a. Nick chuan a rawn pan hnai a. “A tawp thlengin khel rawh,” a ti a. Pete Fremont hi han ngaihtuah teh. Pete Fremont ni rawh.
  
  
  Whisky bottle khat a kut a han phar rual chuan, "Tunge i nih? Tin, chutiang chuan kawngpuiah min hruai bo a ni tih i sawi tum chu! Ka thubuai siamsak theih che i hre lo em ni?"
  
  
  Desk hnung lama mipa chu a nui suk a. "Sue me, Mr. Fremont? Serious takin! Nangni American-ho hian rilru natna mak tak in nei a. Hei hi kum tam tak kalta khan Washington-ah ka zir chhuak a. In tur pakhat, Mr. Fremont! Pakhat. Kan sawi chiang vek ang a, in hmuh angin, I tihsual kha ka hria. Sum tam tak hlawh chhuah theihna hun ka pe dawn che a, mahse chu chu hlawh chhuah tur chuan i fimkhur vek a ngai a ni."
  
  
  Pete chuan. Fremont - Nick Carter thi tawh leh Fremont nung kha a ni - Pete Fremont chuan glass sang takah ice a paih a, whisky bottle pakhat a tikehsawm a, a leih nasa hle a, a dodal hle bawk. A in a, chutah dawhkan bula savun ṭhutphah bulah chuan a kal phei a, a thu ta a. A kawr bawlhhlawh chu a phelh a - Philston-a chuan suit chhe tak chu hmu se a duh a - a kawr hlui chu a phelh lo.
  
  
  "Okay," a rawn ti nghal zat. "Chuti a nih chuan, zu ruih hmang ka ni tih i hria. Chuti a nih chuan? Tunge i nih a, ka lakah eng nge i duh?" A rui a ni. "And chu damn light chu ka mit atang chuan la chhuak rawh. Trick hlui tak a ni."
  
  
  Chu pa chuan lamp chu a sir lamah a tilt a. Tunah chuan an inkarah penumbra a lo piang ta.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “Ka hming chu Richard Philston a ni,” a ti a, “Ka chanchin i hre tawh maithei?”
  
  
  Fremont chuan a lu a bu nghat nghat a. "I chanchin ka hre tawh."
  
  
  “Ni e,” chu pa chuan zawi te hian a ti a. "Ka duh zawkin ka ring, uh...infamous."
  
  
  Pete chuan a lu a bu nghat leh a. "I thu a ni a, ka thu a ni lo."
  
  
  "A dik khawp mai. Mahse tunah chuan a thupuiah chuan, Mr. Fremont. Thudik tak sawi ila, ka sawi tawh ang khan. Kan pahnih hian tu nge kan nih kan hre vek a, invenna tur emaw, inngaihsak tawnna tur emaw chhan tur ka hmu lo. I pawm em?".. tiin a sawi.
  
  
  Pete chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Ka pawm. Chuvangin damn fencing kha titawp la, sumdawnna lamah lut rawh. Sum engzat nge? Tin, chu chu hlawh chhuah nan eng nge ka tih a ngai?"
  
  
  Eng êng tak aṭanga insawn chuan dawhkan bulah chuan mipa pakhat a hmu a. Suit chu light, glove-salted tweed, impeccably cut, tunah chuan tlem a ha tawh a ni. Moscow tailor pakhat mah hian an ti leh ngai lovang.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “American dollar nuai sawmnga vel ka sawi a ni,” a ti a. "Tun dinhmunah chuan a chanve - ka terms i pawm chuan."
  
  
  “I sawi zawm zel rawh,” Pete chuan a ti a, “I thusawi hi ka duh khawp mai.”
  
  
  Kawr chu blue stripe a ni a, stand-up collar a awm bawk. Tie chu knot te tak te hmangin an khih a. Royal Marines te an ni. Pete Fremont changtu pa chuan a rilruah file awmte chu a tlan pel a: Philston. Vawikhat chu Royal Marines-ah a thawk a. Hei hi Cambridge atanga a lo thlen hnu lawkah a ni.
  
  
  Desk hnung lama mipa chuan cloisonné box cheimawi tak atang chuan cigarette a la a. Pete chuan a duh lo va, Pall Malls pack crumpled tak chu a fumble ta a. Meikhu chu chunglam hawiin coffered ceiling lam pan chuan a rawn chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “A hmasa berin,” a ti a, “Paul Jacobi tih hming pu hi i hre reng em?”
  
  
  "Awle." Tin, a ti ta a ni. Nick Carter chuan a ti ve bawk. A châng chuan darkar tam tak, ni tam tak thlalak leh file-a hnathawh chuan rah a chhuah ṭhin. Paul Jacobi chuan a rawn ti a. Dutch communist a ni. Agent tenau zawk. Hun engemaw chen chu Malaya leh Indonesia ramah a thawk tih hriat a ni. Hmuh theih lohvin a tla thla. Japan ramah report hnuhnung ber a ni.
  
  
  Pete Fremont chuan chu mipa hmahruaitu tur chu a nghak a. Jacobi hi he thil ah hian engtin nge a in fit ang.
  
  
  Philston chuan box chu a rawn hawng a. A awm a. lehkha a rawn ri chhuak. "Kum thum kalta khan Paul Jacobi khan hna lak che a tum a. Kan tan hna thawk turin a rawn sawm che a. I duh lo. Engvangin nge?"
  
  
  Pete chuan a hmui a ti hup a, a in ta a. "Chutih lai chuan ka inpeih lo."
  
  
  "Mahse, Jacobi hi i report ngai lo, Russian agent a nih thu hi tumah i hrilh ngai lo. Engvangin nge?"
  
  
  "Ka damn concern a ni lo. Jacobi nen hian khelh ka duh lo mai thei, mahse chu chuan ka rat out a ngai tihna erawh a ni lo. Ka duh ber chu, tuna ka duh ber chu zu ruih mai maia awm mai mai hi a ni." A nui suk a. "I ngaihtuah angin a awlsam lo."
  
  
  Reh. Tunah chuan Philston hmel chu a hmu thei tawh.
  
  
  Soft beauty kum sawmruk zeta blurred. Chin ang deuh, hnar hring, mit zau tak, half-light-a rawng nei lo. A hmui chu phatsantu a ni - zalen, a hnim deuh, hmeichhe nihna sawi ri a ni. Bisexual tolerant lutuk hmui limp tak. AXEman thluak ah files a click a. Philston hi hmeichhe thattu a ni. Mi thattu pawh, kawng tam takah.
  
  
  Philston-a chuan, "Tun hnaiah Paul Jacoby hi i hmu tawh em?"
  
  
  "Aih."
  
  
  A nuihzat hmel hle mai. “Hei hi hriatthiam theih a ni. Kan bulah a awm tawh lo. Moscow-ah accident a thleng a, a pawi hle mai.”
  
  
  Pete Fremont chuan a in a. "Ni e. A zahthlak khawp mai. Jacobi kha i theihnghilh ang u. Nuai sawmnga man chu engtin nge ka tih i duh?"
  
  
  Richard Philston chuan a pace a siam a. A cigarette chu a timit a, pakhat dang a rawn ban leh a. "Jacobi i hnawl lai khan kan tan i thawk lo ang. Tunah chuan ka tan i thawk dawn a ni, i sawi ang khan. Engvangin nge he thinlung inthlak danglamna hi ka zawt thei ang em? Jacobi ang bawka client te hi ka aiawh a ni. I hriat tur angin
  
  
  Philston chu hmalam a pan a, Pete chuan a mitmeng chu a en a. Pale, washed out greys a ni.
  
  
  Pete Fremont chuan, "Ngaithla teh, Philston! Tu nge chak tih hi ka pe lo. Thil dang pawh a ni lo! Tin, chuta ṭang chuan thil a danglam ta" Jacobi chu ka hre chiang hle. Chumi hnuah chuan whisky tam tak a kal tawh a ni. Ka upa tawh. Broker ka ni a. Tunah hian ka account-ah yen za hnih vel ka nei a. Hei hi i zawhna chhanna a ni em? " "
  
  
  "Hmmm - eng emaw chen chu, a ni. Okay." Paper chu a rawn ri leh ta. "States-ah chanchinbu mi i ni em?"
  
  
  Hei hi huaisenna engemaw chen lantir theihna hun remchang a ni a, Nick Carter chuan Pete chu a man tir ta a ni. Nui duhawm lo zet hian a rawn puak darh ta a. A kut chu tlem a ti nghing a, duhthusam takin whisky bottle chu a en a.
  
  
  "Isua Krista, mipa! Reference i duh em? Okay. Hming ka pe thei che a, mahse thil tha i hriat ka ringhlel."
  
  
  Philston chu a nui suk lo. "Ni e, ka hrethiam". Chanchinbu chu a en a. "Hun khat chu Chicago Tribune-ah i thawk a. New York Mirror leh St. Louis Post-Dispatch-ah te pawh i thawk a, a dangte pawh i thawk bawk. Associated Press leh Hearst International Service-ah te pawh i thawk a. Chu hna zawng zawng atang chuan hnawhchhuah i ni a, chuvang chuan." zu in. ? " .
  
  
  Pete chu a nui suk a. Tlemte rilru na tak chungin aw chu siamrem a tum a. "Tlemte i hmu lo. Indianapolis News leh ram chhung hmun hrang hranga tlemte." Tonaka thusawi chu a hrechhuak a, a sawi chhunzawm a: "Hong Kong Times leh Singapore Times te pawh a awm a. Hetah hian Japan-ah hian Asahi, Osaka leh a dang tlemte an awm a. Chanchinbu hming hi Philston tiin i vuah a, chuta tang chuan hnawhchhuah ka ni ngei ang," a ti.
  
  
  "Hmmm. A dik chiah. Mahse, chanchinbu mite zingah hian inzawmna, ṭhiante, in la nei em?"
  
  
  He misual hi khawiah nge a kal? Tunnel tawp lamah chuan eng a la awm lo.
  
  
  "Ṭhian ka ti lo ang," Pete chuan a ti a. "A hriatte pawh a ni mai thei. Zu ruih hmang hian ṭhian a nei lo. Mahse, ka beidawng tawk lai pawhin dollar khat ka la loan thei tur tlangval tlemte ka hria."
  
  
  "And you can still create a story? A big story? Kum zabi khat chhunga thawnthu, sensation mak tak tak, nangni ho in sawi angin ka rin dan chuan pek i ni ta ang u, chu chu nangmahni tan chauh a ni. Nangmah chauh hian! arrange such a thawnthu chu khawvel pumah coverage kimchang a dawng nghal em?
  
  
  Hei hi an hnaih tan ta a ni.
  
  
  Pete Fremont chuan a kawr chhe tawh tak chu a paih let a, Philston chu a melh zauh a, “Ka ti thei ang, a ni. Mahse, a dik tak a nih a ngai. Fully verified. Chu chu thawnthu min rawn hlan hi a ni em?”
  
  
  "Ka thei ang," Philston chuan a ti a. "Ka ti thei chauh. Tin, ka tih chuan Fremont, a nemnghet vek ang. Chu chu lungngai suh!" Establishment-a nuihzatthlak tak tak, raucous tak takte chu private joke chi khat a ni. Pete chuan a lo nghak reng a.
  
  
  Reh. Philston chuan a swivel chair-ah chuan a shift a, ceiling chu a melh reng a. A kut inchei tha tak chu a sam tangkarua dum karah chuan a fawp a. Chu chu a thupui ber a ni. A fapa chuan thutlukna a siam dawn ta.
  
  
  A nghah lai chuan AXEman chuan a hnathawhna hmuna thil awm lo, inthlak danglamna leh accident te chu a ngaihtuah let a. Entirnan, hun. Cops leh Pete-a bialnu chu stage atanga an chhuah lai hun tlemte chhunga Pete Fremont ruang tak tak man a, thup thin hmeichhe naupangte kha. Hei hi chance maktaduai khat zinga pakhat a ni. Tin, tunah chuan Fremont thihna thudik chu khandaih ang maiin a lu chungah a innghat ta a ni. Filston emaw Johnny Chow emaw chuan thudik an hriat chhuah minute khatah chuan Pete Fremont lem chu he thubuaiah hian a inrawlh ta a ni. Johnny Chow a ni em? Thil dangin a ngaihtuah tan ta a. Hei hi Tonaka tan chuan chhuahna kawng a ni mai thei...
  
  
  Chhanna dik. Richard Philston chuan drawer dang a hawng leh a. Dawhkan bulah chuan a kal kual a. A kut ah chuan green bill tam tak a awm a. Pawisa chu Pete-a kawngah chuan a paih thla a. He kut zungtang-ah hian hmuhsitna a awm a, chu chu Philston-a chuan a thup lo. A bulah chuan a ding a, a kekawrteah chuan a inher deuh hlek a. A tweed jacket hnuaiah chuan a paunch te tak te thup lo, brown sweater te tak te a ha a.
  
  
  "Fremont rin che ka tum tlat. Duhthlan tur ka nei tak tak lo, mahse chutiang risk lian chu a ni lo maithei. Ka thil tawn danah chuan mipa tin hian mahni inenkawl hmasa phawt a ni. Kan zavaiin mahni hmasial kan ni vek. Dollar nuai sawmnga." Japan atang hian a hruai bo ang che. A bul tanna thar tihna a ni, ka thianpa, nun thar. Rock bottom i hit tawh - kan pahnih hian kan hre vek - ka pui thei bawk."
  
  
  He ditch atanga chhuah theihna hun hi i pass up dawn lo tih ka ring. Mi rilru fim tak, mi logical tak ka ni a, nang pawh i ni ve tho niin ka hria. Hei hi i chance hnuhnung ber a ni tak zet. Hei hi i hrethiam ka ring. Ka khelh a ni i ti thei ang. Hna chu tha takin i thawk ang a, hna i thawh zawh hma loh chuan i fimkhur ang tih bet."
  
  
  Chair-a mi lian tak chuan a mit a chhing reng a. A kut zungtang hmangin note chiang tak tak a tlanpui a, duhâmna chu a hmu ta a ni. A lu a bu nghat a. "Chutiang pawisa avang chuan ka fimkhur thei. I ring thei ang, Philston. Chutiang pawisa avang chuan min ring thei pawh a ni."
  
  
  Philston chuan step tlemte a la ta a. A kal danah chuan thil elegant leh refined tak a awm a. AXeman chuan he tlangval hi a mak tak tak em tih a ngaihtuah a. A thusawiah hian finfiahna a awm lo. Hints chauh a ni.
  
  
  "Rinna thil a ni tak tak lo," Philston chuan a ti a, "I hrethiam tih ka chiang. A hmasa berin ka lungawi tawk tawka hna i thawh zawh loh chuan a bak sang sawmnga chu i hlawh dawn lo a ni," a ti a dollars. Hun engemaw chen a awm ang, naturally. Engkim a nih chuan If it works out, you'll get paid."
  
  
  Pete Fremont chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Kei hi ka ring tur che ka ni tih a lang."
  
  
  "Kawng khatah chuan, a ni. Thil dang pawh ka kawhhmuh mai thei - min phatsan emaw, engti kawng pawha bum che i tum emaw chuan thah i ni ngei ang. KGB hian min zah hle. An kut sei tak chungchang hi i hre tawh ngei ang." . ? " .
  
  
  "Ka hria." Nguai. "Hna ka tih zawh loh chuan min that ang."
  
  
  Philston chuan a mitmeng dum silfai tawh chuan a en a. "Ni e. A rei emaw a rei emaw chuan an that ang che."
  
  
  Pete chuan whisky bottle chu a rawn ban a. "Okay, okay! In tur dang ka in leh thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Tunah hian ka hnathawhnaah i awm tawh. Hna a zawh hma chuan zu in suh."
  
  
  A chair-ah chuan a inbeng kang a. "A dik. Ka theihnghilh. Min lei chauh a ni."
  
  
  Philston chu dawhkan bulah chuan a kir leh a, a thu ta a. "Deal kha i inchhir tawh em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Ka hrilh tawh che, damn it, tu nge chak tih ka ngaihtuah lo. Ram ka nei tawh lo. Loyalty ka nei tawh lo. Min hmu ta chauh a ni! Tunah chuan inbiakna chu kan titawp ta ang u, ka tih tur min hrilh ang che
  
  
  "Ka hrilh tawh che. Khawvel press-ah thawnthu hi dah turin ka duh che a ni. Thuziak bik. Nangmah emaw chanchinbu mi dang emaw pawhin i neih tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan thawnthu lian ber a ni."
  
  
  "Khawvel Indopui III-na?"
  
  
  Philston chu a nui suk lo. Cloisonne pack khat atang chuan cigarette thar a la a. "A ni mai thei. Ka ngaihtuah lo. Ka...."
  
  
  Pete Fremont chuan a nghak a, a mitmeng chu a ti hup a. Chu misual chuan a sawi chu a titawp thei lo. Tui lum takah chuan ka ke chu a la fiddling reng. Lo kir leh lohna tur point a thlen veleh thutiam siam a hreh.
  
  
  "Thil chipchiar tak tak ngaihtuah tur a tam hle a ni," a ti. "I hriatthiam theih nan backstory tam tak. I..."
  
  
  Fremont chu a ding chhuak a, in tur tuihal mipa thinrimna nasa tak nen chuan a rawn ti chhuak ta hlawl mai. Sum tam tak chu a kutphahah chuan a rawn beng a. "He pawisa hi ka duh, damn it. Ka hlawh chhuak ang. Mahse, he pawisa avang hian mitdel engmah ah ka lut dawn lo. Eng nge ni?"
  
  
  "Japan Emperor hi thah a ni dawn a. I hna chu Chinese ho hi he thila mawhphurtu an nih tur thu rin tir hi a ni."
  
  
  
  Bung 10-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Killmaster chuan mak a ti bik lo. Pete Fremont a awm a, a lantir a ngai a ni. Mak tihna, buaina leh rin lohna ka lantir a ngai a ni. A ngawi reng a, cigarette chu a hmuiah a han chawi sang a, a hmui chu a tlak tir ta a.
  
  
  "Isua Krista! I rilru atanga i chhuak tur a ni."
  
  
  Richard Philston-a chuan tunah chuan a tawpah a sawi ta a, chu chuan a tihbuai chu nuam a ti hle a ni.
  
  
  "A ni lo. A kalh chiah chiah. Kan ruahmanna, thla tam tak chhunga kan lo thawh tawhna ruahmanna hi logic leh sanity bulpui ber a ni. Chinese ho hi kan hmelma an ni. A rei emaw a rei lo emaw, vaukhân an nih loh chuan a Russia nen indona. Khawthlang lam An duh ang. An thutkhawm ang a, hlawkna an hmu ang. A thleng lo mai mai ang. Chuvang chuan Japan-ah ka awm a, mimal risk nasa takah ka awm a ni."
  
  
  Philston-a file fragment thenkhat chu AXEman rilruah chuan montage ang maiin a rawn eng chhuak a. Tualthahna chungchanga Specialist!
  
  
  Pete Fremont chuan rinhlelhna awm reng nen a inhmeh hle. "I serious tak zetin ka hria, Pathian hnenah ka tiam e. Tin, i that dawn a ni!"
  
  
  "I thil tih a ni lo. I awm lo ang a, mawhphurhna leh mawhphurhna pawh i lu chungah dah a ni lo vang."
  
  
  Pete chu a nui suk a. "Lo kal rawh, Philston! Kei chu ka tel ve a. Tunah chuan ka chhungah ka awm. Min man anih chuan ka lu ka nei lovang. Cabbage ang maiin an tan ang, mahse keimah ang zu rui pawh nise." ka lu chu vawng reng a duh."
  
  
  "Ka tiam a che," Filston chuan a ti a, "I inrawlh lo vang. A nih loh leh a ngai lo ang, i lu hmanga i kekawr iptea i vawn chuan. A nihna takah chuan, dollar maktaduai sawmnga man pawhin finna engemaw chen i lantir ka beisei a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan Pete Fremont chu rilru na tak leh rintlak lo takin a thut tir a, a rilru ngei pawh zalen tak leh rang takin a tlan tir thung. A vawikhatna atan pindan kil khata darkar sang tak ri chu a hre ta a. Philston-a dawhkan chunga telephone chu a lian zawng aiin a let hnih zetin a lian zawk a ni. An pahnih hian a huat em em a ni. Hun leh tunlai inbiakpawhna chuan a lakah hna a thawk thei lo. Philston hian Fremont tak tak chu a thi tawh tih hria se, ani, Nick Carter pawh chutiang bawk chuan a thi tawh tih hre rawh se.
  
  
  Ka ringhlel ngai lo. Kawngkhar pawn lama misual pahnih kha tualthattu an ni. Filston hian a desk-ah silai a keng tih rinhlelh rual a ni lo. A hmaiah chuan thawmhnaw tlem a lo chhuak a, kutkawr bawlhhlawh tak chu a man chhuak ta a. Hei hi awlsam takin thunun theih lohvin a chhuak thei a ni. Philston chu a fuih a ngai a, a ruahmannaah pressure a siam a ngai a, hetah hian hell hi a chhuah tir a ngai bawk. Mahse, rang lutuk lo. Lungngai lutuk suh.
  
  
  "I hrethiam a ni," Philston chuan silk takin a ti a, "tunah chuan i hnungtawlh thei lo. I hre lutuk. I lam atanga inhnialna eng pawh hian ka that ngei ngei tur che tihna mai a ni."
  
  
  "I hnungtawlh lo, damn it. Ngaihtuahna hi hman thiam ka tum a ni. Pathian! Emperor kha that rawh. Chumi avang chuan Chinese ho hi mawhpuh an nih ngei ngei tur a ni. Squats game tak tak a ni lo, i hria em. Tin, nang pawh." a hnuah tlan thei.
  
  
  "Saxony? Ka ring lo...."
  
  
  "A pawimawh lo. Hriat chhuah theihna hun min pe rawh. He tualthahna hi engtikah nge a thlen ang?"
  
  
  "Naktuk tlaiah. Buaina leh mipui tam tak tihchhiatna a awm ang. Sabotage lian tak a awm ang. Tokyo khawpuiah pawh power cut a awm ang a, khawpui lian dang tam takah pawh. Hei hi cover a ni, in hriatthiam dan chuan. The Emperor is currently in residence in the." Palace a ni."
  
  
  Pete chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Ka hrethiam tan tawh. Chinese ho nen hian in thawk dun a - hmun khatah. Sabotage chungchang. Mahse thah chungchang engmah an hre lo. A dik em?"
  
  
  Philston chuan, “A nih a rinawm loh,” an ti a nih chuan sorkar paihthlakna nasa tak a ni lo ang. Ka hrilhfiah a - Moscow leh Beijing chu an indo mek a ni. Hei hi indona thiltih a ni. Logic thianghlim tak a ni. Chinese-ho tan hian kum tam tak chhung min tibuai thei tawh lo tur khawpa buaina siam kan tum a ni."
  
  
  Hun a lo thleng dawn ta. Pressure hman a hun tawh. Chuta tang chuan chhuakin Johnny Chow hnena thlen hun a ni tawh. Philston-a chhân lêt dân chu a pawimawh hle. Nunna emaw thihna emaw a pawimawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  La ni lo. A la chiang lo hle.
  
  
  Pete chuan cigarette dang a hal leh a. “He thil hi ka ruahman fel a ngai dawn a ni,” tiin dawhkan bula mipa chu a hrilh a. "Chu chu i hrethiam em? Ka sawi tum chu, hemi hnu hian khawsik karah ka tlan chhuak mai mai thei lo va, scoop ka nei tih ka au chhuak mai mai thei lo. Min ngaithla lo ang. I hriat angin ka hmingthatna hi chutiang chuan a tha lo, period." - he thawnthu hi ka finfiah dawn ang maiin? Confirm leh document rawh? I ngaihtuah tawh ngei ka beisei."
  
  
  “Ka hmangaih!Amateur kan ni lo.Naktuk hian a hma thei ang berin Chase Manhattan-a Ginza branch-ah i kal ang. Safe chabi i nei ang. Chutah chuan i mamawh tur documentation zawng zawng i hmu vek ang .Plan, order, signatures, payment receipt, engkim.I chanchin an nemnghet ang.Hei hi wire services leh chanchinbu-a i thiante hnena i entir tur paper te chu a ni.Ka tiam a che, flawless tak tak an ni.I chanchin hi tumahin an ringhlel lovang a chhiar hnuah."
  
  
  Philston chu a nui suk a. "Mao dodaltu Chinese ṭhenkhat pawhin an ring mai thei."
  
  
  Pete chu a chair-ah chuan a fidget a. "Hei hi thil dang a ni - Chicoms te hi ka vun atan an lo kal dawn a ni. Ka dawt sawi tih an hrechhuak ang. Min that an tum dawn a ni."
  
  
  “Ni e,” Philston chuan a ti a. "A ni ngei ang. Ka ngaihtuah tir che ka hlau. Mahse, hetiang hun rei tak hi harsatna zawng zawng karah i dam khawchhuak a, tunah chuan pawisa fai dollar maktaduai sawmhnih leh panga i nei tawh a ni. I tuar theiin ka hria.
  
  
  “Hei hi ka tih zawh chuan engtikah nge a bak sanghnih leh panga chu ka dawn ang?”
  
  
  "I hnathawh kan lungawi hunah Hong Kong-a account pakhatah transfer a ni ang. Hei hi i tan incentive a ni ngei ang tih ka ring."
  
  
  Philston-a dawhkan chunga telephone chu a rawn ri ta a. AX-Man chuan a puan chhungah chuan a kut a phar a, Colt chu a awm tawh lo tih chu rei lo te chhung atan a theihnghilh ta a. A thaw hnuaiah chuan chibai a buk a. Engmah a nei lo. A taksa ruh leh a thluak tih loh chu engmah a awm lo.
  
  
  Philston chuan instrument chhungah chuan thu a sawi a. "Ni e... ni e. Ka nei tawh. Tunah chuan a awm tawh. Ka rawn call dawn che chauh a ni."
  
  
  Carter chuan a ngaithla a, a pheikhawk hrual, chhe tawh chu a en a. Tu nge biak ang? A theih em ni...
  
  
  Philston-a aw chu a khauh ta hle mai. A hmui a ti hup a. "Ngaithla teh, Johnny, thupek ka pe a ni! Tin, hetih lai hian min rawn biak avangin i thu awih lo a ni. Chutiang chu ti leh tawh suh. Ni lo, i tan chuan a pawimawh em em, a hmanhmawh em em tih pawh ka hre lo. Eng pawh nise, kei." 'm done with him and will send him with me. A hmun pangngai. A tha hle. Eng nge? Ni e, a thupek zawng zawng ka pe a, a pawimawh zawk chu ka pe bawk."
  
  
  Phone-ah chuan thinrim taka thutiam a awm a. Philston chuan a hmui a ti hup a.
  
  
  "Chu chu a ni, Jay! I hna chu i hria - he hna hi a thawh zawh hma chuan enkawlna hnuaiah a awm reng tur a ni. Mawhphurtuah ka ngai che a ni. Ni e, engkim hi a hun takah leh ruahmanna angin a awm vek a ni. Hang up rawh. Ni lo. Ka awm lo ang." connection chu he thil hi a tawp thlengin.I hna chu i thawk a, kei pawhin ka hna ka thawk ang." Filston chuan bang zet hian a phone chu a dah ta a.
  
  
  Pete Fremont chuan cigarette a hal a, a nghak ta a. Johnny a ni em? Johnny Chow a ni em? Beiseina a nei tan ta a. A hlawhtling a nih chuan a ruahmanna half-full chu a hmang a ngai lovang. Philston chu fimkhur takin a en reng a. Fremont-a khuhna chu puak ta se, thil chu khawthlang lam panin a kal ang.
  
  
  A kal a ngai a nih chuan Philston-a chu hruai ve a duh a ni.
  
  
  Richard Philston chuan a en a. "Fremont?"
  
  
  AX-Man chuan a thaw halh leh a. "Awle?"
  
  
  "Mipa pakhat Johnny Chow tih hming i hria em, i hre tawh em?"
  
  
  Pete chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "A chanchin ka hre tawh. Ka hmu ngai lo. Local Chicoms hotu a ni an ti. Chu chu engtiang chiahin nge a dik ka hre lo."
  
  
  Philston chu dawhkanah chuan a kal kual a. Mi lian hnaih lutuk lo. A kut zungtang lian tak chuan a hmui chu a hrual a.
  
  
  "Ngun takin ngaithla rawh Fremont. Tun atang chuan razor sir ah i kal dawn a ni. Chu chu Chow a ni a, phone-ah chauh a ni. A duh che. A duh chhan che chu hun engemaw chen kalta khan amah nen hian hman kan tum che vang a ni." . chanchinbu mi pakhatin thawnthu a paih luh ang maiin."
  
  
  Pete chuan ngun takin a en a. Jelly ang maiin a lo awm tan ta.
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a. "Sure. Mahse thawnthu ni lo? He Johnny Chow tlangval hian thawnthu dang ka paih luh a duh em?"
  
  
  "A dik chiah. Chow hian thil thleng tur zawng zawngah Eta mawhphurtu thawnthu siam turin a duh che a ni. Chu chu ka pawm a, a nihna takah chuan. Chuta tang chuan Eta chu i hruai a, chutiang chuan i play a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  "Ka hmu. Chuvang chuan kawngpui atang chuan min man a - min biak hmasak tur a ni."
  
  
  "True again. Harsatna tak tak a awm lo - ka sawi tawh ang khan keimah ngeiin thupek pek che ka duh tih sawiin ka thup thei a ni. Chow hian a pianphungah chuan thupek chu eng nge a nih a hre lo ang. A rinhlelh tur a ni lo, a nih loh leh chutiang aia nasa zawk chu." usual "Kan inrin tawn tak tak lo a, pawl hrang hrang kan nei ve ve bawk. A hnena ka hlan che hian tlem ka ti thlamuang ang. Engpawh nise tih ka tum a ni. Mipa tam tak ka nei lo." , leh nangmah en turin ka nawr thei lo ".
  
  
  Pete chu a nui suk a. "Min en a ngai ang tih i hria em?"
  
  
  Philston chu a desk lam pan chuan a kir leh a. "Mi â ni suh, Fremont. Tun kum zabi chhunga thawnthu ropui ber pakhatah i thu a, ka pawisa dollar singhnih leh panga i nei a, i hna pawh i la thawk lo. I ti lo ngei ang." zalen taka tlan tir che ka beisei em?"
  
  
  Philston chuan a desk-a button pakhat chu a hmet a. "Harsatna i nei tur a ni lo. I tih tur tak chu fimkhur taka awm a, i hmui khap tlat mai a ni. Tin, Chow chuan Eta chungchang thawnthu siam tura lak i nih a rin avangin nangmah i sawi angin i siam tan thei a ni, just as usual.A danglamna chu Chow hian a tlai hma chuan eng thawnthu nge i ziah dawn tih a hre lovang. Minute khat hnuah mi pakhat chu hetah hian a lo thleng dawn a ni - zawhna hnuhnung ber eng emaw tal?"
  
  
  "Ni e. A lian hle mai. En reng reng ka nih chuan engtin nge Chow leh a tlangvalte lakah hian he thawnthu hi chhuah tur hian ka inthiarfihlim theih ang? Emperor thah a nih thu a hriat veleh min that mai ang. Chu chu a ni ang." thil hmasa ber a tih ang."
  
  
  Philston chuan a hmui chu a fawp leh a. "Harsatna a ni tih ka hria. Nangmah i innghahna nasa tak a ngai tih chu a chiang a, mahse ka theih ang ang chu ka pui ang. I rualin mipa ka tir a ni. Mipa pakhat chauh hi ka tih theih awmchhun a ni a, Chow-a'n a tih theih zawng zawng chu a ni." is Ka inbiak reng theih nan ka nawr luih luih a ni.
  
  
  "Naktuk hian Palace ground-a buaina awmna hmunah an hruai ang che. Dmitry-a chu i bulah a kal dawn a, veng tura pui turin a lang ang. Dik tak chuan, i tana a remchang ber lai hian, ani chuan chhuahsan turin a pui ang che u. In pahnih hian." an thawk dun a ngai dawn a ni. Dmitry hi mi tha tak a ni a, a cool hle a, a tumruh hle bawk a, rei lo te chhung chu a chhuah zalen thei ang che. Chumi hnuah chuan nangmah chauhin i awm tawh ang."
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu a rawn kik a. "Kal ila," Philston chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Chu pa rawn lut chu professional basketball team atanga lo kal tlangval a ni. AXEman chuan a san zawng hi feet ruk leh inches riat vel a ni tha hle niin a chhut. Plank ang maia cher a ni a, a luruh sei tak chu mirror bald a ni. Acromegalic features leh mit te tak te, dum tak tak a nei a, a suit chu puan in in fit tha lo ang maiin a innghat a ni. A jacket kawrfual chu a tawi lutuk a, cuff bawlhhlawh tak tak a lang bawk.
  
  
  “Hei hi Dimitri a ni,” Philston chuan a ti a, “A theih ang tawkin nang leh nangmah hi a lo en reng ang che. A hmel lan dan hian bum che suh, Fremont. A tlan chak hle a, a â lo tak zet a ni."
  
  
  Scarecrow sang tak chuan Nick chu a en reng a, a lu a bu nghat a. Filston nen chuan pindan kil hla takah chuan an kal a, rei vak lo an inbia a. Dmitry chuan a lu a bu nghat chhunzawm a, a sawi nawn leh a: “Ni e... Ni e...”
  
  
  Dmitry chu kawngka bulah chuan a kal a, a nghak tan ta a. Philston chuan Pete Fremont nia a rin mipa hnenah chuan a kut a phar a. "Good luck. Ka hmu leh tawh lovang che. Ni e, ni lo, engkim ruahmanna anga a kal chuan. Mahse, ka rawn be ang che, nangni Yankees-te sawi angin bungrua i rawn deliver chuan i tiam angin pawisa i dawng ang. Chu chu vawng reng mai rawh." in mind." ., Fremont. Hong Kong-ah sanghnih leh panga dang. Goodbye.
  
  
  Worms can khata kut inthlak ang mai a ni. "Goodbye," Pete Fremont chuan a ti a. Carter-a chuan, "In hmu leh ang, son of a bitch!"
  
  
  Kawngkhar atanga an chhuah rual chuan Dmitry chu a khawih thei ta a ni. A ke veilam hnuaiah chuan ralthuam rit tak shoulder clip a awm a.
  
  
  Lobby-ah chuan Japanese fighter pahnih an lo nghak a. Dimitri chuan a rawn ti nghal zat a, an lu an bu nghat bawk. Mi zawng zawng chu an chhuak a, Mercedes dum pakhatah chuan an chuang ta a. Ni chuan chhum chu a rawn tikehsawm a, lawn chu greenery tharin a rawn eng chhuak ta a. Thli lum takah chuan cherry par rimtui fiah lo tak a awm a.
  
  
  Comic opera ram chi khat, Nick Carter chuan mi lian nen chuan hnunglam seat-ah an chhoh lai chuan a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  California aia hmun tenau zawkah mi maktaduai za chuang zet an awm. Damn picturesque tak a ni. Paper umbrella leh motor te pawh a awm bawk. Thla entu leh thattu te. Insect ngaithlatute leh helho. Geisha leh go-go hmeichhia te. Chu zawng zawng chu fuse tawi takah bomb a hiss a, a chungah chuan a thu ta a ni.
  
  
  Japanese pa sang tak leh a driver chu an tlan pel a. Japanese pa tawi tak chu jump seat hnung lamah a thu a, Nick-a chu a en a. Dmitry chuan a corner atang chuan Nick chu a lo en reng a. Mercedes chu vei lamah a inher a, Tokyo khawpui laihawl lam pan chuan a kal leh ta a. Nick chu pillow-ah chuan a innghat a, engkim chu ngaihtuah chhuah a tum a.
  
  
  Tonaka chu a ngaihtuah leh a, a nuam lo hle. Thil engemaw tih theihna chance a la awm mai thei tih chu a chiang. Tlem a tlai deuh pawh nise Johnny Chow kutah an hlan ta a ni. Hei hi Chow-a duh ber a ni - tunah chuan Nick-a chuan a chhan a hre ta a, chu hmeichhe naupang chu hrehawm tawrhna dang lakah chhanchhuah theih a ni tur a ni. Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a, car hnuai lam chu a en a. He leiba hi a hun a lo thlen hunah a rulh ang.
  
  
  Breakthrough lian tak pakhat a hmu a ni. Chicom leh Philston te inkara inrintawk lohna avanga hlawkna hmutu a ni. An ṭhian awlsam lo tak an ni a, an inzawmna chu a dik lo va, a hnuah pawh hman tangkai theih an ni.
  
  
  An pahnih hian Pete Fremont nen an inzawm niin an ngai a, hei hi Tonaka instinct leh thluak vang a ni. Tuman hrehawm tawrhna hi rei tak tak an tuar thei tak tak lo, mithiamin a pek pawh ni se, mahse Tonaka chuan a au chhuak a, thu dik lo a pe ta a ni.
  
  
  Chutah ngaihtuahna pakhat Killmaster-a rilruah a lo lang a, a âtna chu chibai a buk ta a ni. Johnny Chow-a’n Fremont chu mit hmuha a hriat avangin a lungngai hle. A ti lo. A ti thei lo - chuti lo chuan Tonaka chuan chu hming chu a pe ngai lovang. Chuvang chuan Chow nena an cover chu a puak lo. Filston-a sawi angin a theih ang tawkin a khel thei a, chutih lai chuan hmeichhe naupang chhanchhuah dan tur a zawng vek a ni.
  
  
  A hming a au chhuah lai khan a sawi tum a ni ngei ang. A beiseina awmchhun a ni a, chu chu a hre chiang hle. Tunah chuan beiseina a nei tawh ang. Thisen chhuak leh khur engemaw zat chhunga tap chhuak leh a rawn hruai chhuah hun nghak.
  
  
  A guts chu a na deuh hlek a. Amah chu tanpui theih loh a ni. Hriamhrei a awm lo. Minute tin ka en reng a. Tonaka chuan thinghnah hring hringte chu a vawng tlat a. Killmaster hian hei aia hniam zawkah a inngai ngai lo.
  
  
  Mercedes hian Central Wholesale Market chu a vel a, Tsukishimi panna causeway leh lawng siamna lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Ni chak lo tak chu lawng chawlhna chunga copper haze innghat hnuaiah a bo ta a ni. Car chhunga boruak luang chhuak chuan industrial stench brazen tak a rawn chhuah chhuak ta a. Bungraw phur lawng sawmhnih chuang zet chu bay-ah hian an innghat a. Supertanker ruhro rawn lang chhuak dry dock chu an paltlang a. Nick chuan a hming - Naess Maru chu a rawn lang chhuak ta.
  
  
  Mercedes hian dump truck-te'n tuiah bawlhhlawh an paihna hmun chu a tlan pel a. Tokyo hian ram thar a siam fo thin.
  
  
  Tui kam panna tuikhuah dang lam pan chuan an inher leh ta a. Hetah hian tlem a inhlat deuh a, warehouse hlui ro tawh tak a awm a. Khualzin tawp ber, Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a.Chutah chuan Tonaka an nei a ni.Headquarters tha tak chu fing takin an thlang a ni.Production hustle and bustle zawng zawng karah chiah, chu chu tumahin an ngaihven lo.An lo kal chhan tha tak an nei ang a kal.
  
  
  Car chu gate chhe tawh tak, inhawng tak atang chuan a tlan lut ta a. Driver chuan oil barrel rusty tak tak awmna yard chu a paltlang chhunzawm ta a. Loading dock bulah chuan Mercedes chu a tiding ta a.
  
  
  Dmitry chuan a sir lamah kawngkhar chu a hawng a, a chhuak ta a. Japanese pa tawi chuan Nick-a chu a Nambu chu a entir a. "Nang pawh i chhuak dawn."
  
  
  Nick chu a chhuak ta a. Mercedes chu a hawi let a, gate atang chuan a tlan chhuak ta a. Dmitry-a kut pakhat chu a jacket hnuaiah a awm a. Dock tawp ber a thing staircase te tak te lam chu a bu nghat a. "Kan kal dawn a ni. Nang kal hmasa rawh. Tlan tum suh." A English chu a tha lo hle a, Slavic tawng pawhin vowel a khawih thiam lo hle.
  
  
  Tlanchhuahna chu a rilru atangin a la hla hle. Tunah chuan tum pakhat a nei ta a, pakhat chauh a nei ta a ni. Hmeichhe naupang hnenah chuan kal la, chemte atang chuan chhanchhuak rawh. Engtin tin emawni. Engpawhnise. Bumna emaw, tharum thawhna emaw hmangin.
  
  
  Stairs-ah chuan an chho a, Dmitry chu a hnungtawlh deuh a, a jacket-ah chuan a kut chu a vawng tlat a.
  
  
  Vei lamah chuan kawngkhar pakhat chuan office te tak te, chhe tak, tunah chuan chhuahsan tawh takah a lut a. Office chhungah mipa pakhat hian a lo nghak reng a. Nick chu ngun takin a en a.
  
  
  "Pete Fremont i ni em?"
  
  
  "Ni e. Khawiah nge Tonaka chu?"
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a chhang lo. Nick chu a fang kual a, a belt atang chuan Walter pistol a phawrh chhuak a, Dmitry chu a lu ah a kap ta a. Professional head shot tha tak a ni.
  
  
  Mi lian chu zawi zawiin a chim ta a, van sang tak an tihchhiat ang mai hian a chim ta a ni. A tlu ta ang maiin a lang. Tichuan office chhuat hrual hrual takah chuan a inhmu ta a, a lu tliak atang chuan thisen chu a luang chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Mi thattu chuan Walter chu Nick lam chu a kawhhmuh a. “Tunah chuan dawt sawi i bansan thei tawh ang,” a ti a. "Tunge i nih ka hria. Nick Carter i ni. AH atanga lo kal i ni. Johnny Chow ka ni."
  
  
  Japanese tan chuan a sang hle a, vun a hring lutuk a, Nick chuan Chinese thisen a nei tih a ring. Chow chu hippie ang maiin a inchei a - skinny chinos, psychedelic shirt pawnah a innghat a, a kawngah hmangaihna zungbun hrui a inbel a.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan a nuihzat lo. A nih loh leh bluff. A hre chiang khawp mai. Nick chuan, "Awle."
  
  
  . Tunah hian khawiah nge Tonaka chu a awm? " "
  
  
  "Walter" chu a rawn inher a. "I hnunglam chiah kawngka atang chuan. Zawi zawiin kal rawh."
  
  
  Corridor bawlhhlawh tam tak awmnaah chuan an kal a, skylight inhawng takin a ti eng a. AX agent chuan chhuahna tur awm thei angin a mark nghal vek a.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan brass handle hmangin kawngkhar awlsam tak chu a nawr hawng a. Room chu mak tak maiin a inchei tha hle. Nula chu sofa-ah chuan a ke sei tak chu a hrual a, a thu a. A kekawr ipte thlenga hrual sen a nei a, a sam dum chu a lu chungah a inzawm khawm bawk. A make up nasa hle a, a ha dum chu a crimson hnung lamah a eng chhuak a, Nick chu a nuih suk bawk.
  
  
  "Hey Carter-san. Hetah hian i thleng ngai lovang tih ka ngaihtuah a. Ka ngai che a ni."
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan ngaihsak lo zet hian a en a. A nui suk lo. A tawpah chuan, "Hello, Tonaka," a ti ta a.
  
  
  A fing vak loh chang a awm a, a inhriat tir a.
  
  
  
  Bung 11-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan kawngkhar chu a khar a, a innghat a, Walter chuan Nick chu a la khuh reng a.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan Nick kal pelin Chow lam chu a en a. "Russian a ni em?"
  
  
  "Office-ah. Ka that a. Thawmhnaw a awm lo."
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Chutah chuan ruang chu i hnutchhiah em?"
  
  
  A lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Tun dinhmunah. I...."
  
  
  "I idiot i ni. Mipa tlemte hruai la, chhuah nghal rawh. Khaw thim hmain midangte nen dah thla rawh. Nghak rawh—Carter kha cuff la, silai chu min pe rawh."
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a ke a phar a, a ding chhuak ta a. Panties chu a kang ta hle mai. Tun ṭumah chuan a sen a ni. Washington-ah chuan an Girl Scout uniform hnuaiah chuan pink an ni. Washington hunlai atang khan thil tam tak a danglam tawh a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a kal kual a, a hlat zawng chu vawng rengin, Johnny Chow-a silai chu a la ta a. "I kut chu i hnungah dah la, Nick."
  
  
  Nick chuan a thu a awih a, a kutphah ruh te chu a tensing a, a theih ang tawkin vein leh arteries te chu a tizau ta a. I hre ngai lo. Inch sawma ṭhena hmun khat chu a ṭangkai thei.
  
  
  Cuffs chu a hmunah a vawt vek. Chow chuan a rawn nawr a. "Chutah chuan, chu chair corner-ah chuan."
  
  
  Nick chu chair pakhat bulah chuan a kal phei a, a kut chu a hnung lamah cuff in a thu a. A lu chu a nghat tlat a, a mit a chhing a. Tonaka chu hnehna a chan avang chuan a hlim hle a, a lu a buai hle bawk. A chhinchhiahnate chu a hre chiang hle. A sawi dawn a ni. Ngaithla turin a inpeih a. Chu aia tih theih dang a awm tawh lo. A hmuiah chuan sour vinegar a awm a.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chu a chhuak a, kawngka chu a khar a. Tonaka chuan a khar ta a. Sofa lam pan chuan a kal leh a, a thu a, a ke chu a cross leh ta a. Walther chu a kawngah a dah a, mit thim takin a en a.
  
  
  Hnehna changin a nui suk a. "Engvangin nge i pawm loh Nick? Mak i ti tak zet. I mangang hle. I mumang pawh a ni ngai lo."
  
  
  Kutkawrte chu a check kual a. Game tlemte chauh a ni. Tunah chuan pui turin a tawk lo. Mahse a kutphah lian tak, ruh nei tak nen chuan an in fit lo.
  
  
  "I sawi dik alawm," a ti a. "Min bum a, Tonaka. Min bum tha khawp mai. He ngaihtuahna hi a takah chuan i pa thah a nih hnu lawkah ka rilruah a lo lang a, mahse ka kir leh ngai lo. Kunizo chungchang hi ka ngaihtuah lutuk a, nangmah hi ka ngaihtuah tawk lo. A chang chuan ka â thin." ." ". tiin a sawi.
  
  
  "Ni e. I â hle mai. A nih loh leh ni lo pawh a ni mai thei. Engtin nge i lo rin lawk theih? Ka tan chuan engkim hi a hmunah a tla thla vek - engkim hi a inmil em em a ni. Ka pa pawhin i tan min tir a. Ka tan chuan vanneihna ropui tak a ni. kan tan." "
  
  
  "I pa kha mi fing tak a ni. A hriatthiam loh hi mak ka ti hle."
  
  
  A nui hmel chu a bo ta. "Ka pa chunga thil thleng hi ka lawm lo. Mahse, chutiang chu a nih tur a ni. Buaina a siam nasa lutuk. Eta mipa te hi kan buatsaih tha hle a - Bloody Buddha Society hian line-ah a dah reng a - mahse Eta hmeichhiate hi a ni." different matter. They came out - under control. Kei pawhin an hruaitu anga inlan hian hei hi ka tuar thei lo. Pa chuan min bypass tan a, hmeichhe dang thenkhat nen direct in hna an thawk tan a. Amah chu thah a ngai a, chu chu ka pawi ka ti hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan mitmeng zim zet hian a zir chiang a. "Tunah hian cigarette ka in thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo. Chutiang chuan ka hnaih dawn lo che." A nui hmel chu a rawn lang leh ta. "Chu chu ka pawi tih dang a ni a, chu thutiam chu ka hlen thei ngai lo. Chu chu thil tha tak niin ka hria."
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a. "Heiah hian a awm thei." Philston-a’n Emperor thah a tum dan chu amah emaw Chow emaw hian engmah an hre lo tih hriatna tlemte pawh a la awm lo. A kutah trump card a keng a; tun dinhmunah chuan a khelh dan tur leh a khelh tur pawh a hre lo.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a ke a cross leh a. Cheongsam chu a tho chhuak a, a hnute curve chu a rawn lang ta.
  
  
  "Johnny Chow a lo haw hma hian ka vaukhân hmasa phawt ang che, Nick. Thinrim tir suh. A â deuh niin ka hria. Tin, sadist a ni bawk. Package kha i hmu em?"
  
  
  A en reng a. "Ka hmu ta. I ta niin ka hria." A mit chu a hnute khat chu a hawi a. "A chiang e hei hi a ni lo."
  
  
  Amah chu a en lo. A chhungah chuan lungawi lohna a nei a. "Ni lo. A... tenawm tak a ni. Mahse, ka dang thei lo. Johnny-a hi eng emaw chen chu ka thunun thei chauh a ni. Hei hi... he nunduhdahna duhna hi a nei a ni. A chang chuan a duh ang ti turin ka phalsak a ngai thin." Chumi hnuah chuan thu awih tak leh hun engemaw chen chu enkawl awlsam tak a ni.Hei hi a sa a thawn chu hmeichhe naupang Eta atanga lak a ni a, kan thah a ngai a ni."
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a. - Chuti a nih chuan he hmun hi tualthahna hmun a ni em?
  
  
  "Ni e. Tin, hrehawm tawrhna pawh. Ka duh lo, mahse a tul a ni."
  
  
  "A remchang hle mai. Harbor hnaih takah."
  
  
  A nui hmel chu a makeup vangin a chau hle. "Walter" chu a kut ah chuan a rawn innghat a. A rawn la leh a, a kut pahnih chuan a chelh a. "Ni e. Mahse indonaah kan awm a, indonaah chuan thil rapthlak tak tak i tih a ngai a ni. Mahse, chu chu a tawk tawh. I chanchin kan sawi a ngai a ni, Nick Carter. Beijing-ah him taka thlen che ka duh a ni. Chuvang chuan ka vaukhân a ni." Johnny chungchang i sawi."
  
  
  A tone chu sardonic a ni. "Beijing, huh? Vawi hnih khat chu ka kal tawh a. Incognito, a dik e. He hmun hi ka duh lo. A boring hle. A boring hle."
  
  
  "Tun ṭumah hian i bo ngei ang tih ka ringhlel. I tan party tak tak an ruahman a ni. Kei atan pawh. I lo chhut thiam loh chuan Nick, Hi-Wai ka ni."
  
  
  Kutkawrte chu a check leh a. Hun remchang pek a nih chuan a kut a tihchhiat a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  Hi-Wai Tio Pu. Chinese intelligence te an ni.
  
  
  “Ka rilruah a lo lang ta chauh a ni,” a ti. "Eng rank leh hming nge, Tonaka?" A hrilh a.
  
  
  Mak a ti hle mai. "Colonel ka ni. Chinese tawngin ka hming chu Mei Foy a ni. Chu chu ka pa lak atanga ka inhlat em em chhan pakhat a ni - inbiak pawhna tam tak a la nei a, a hma emaw a rei lo emaw chuan a hrechhuak ngei ang." .Chuvangin a naupan laia a mite, Eta a kalsan avangin huat angin ka inlan a ngai ta a ni.Ani hi Eta a ni.Kei pawh chutiang bawk chu ka ni.Mahse, a kalsan a, a mite a theihnghilh a, imperialist establishment rawng a bawl ta a ni.A tar leh damlo thlengin . Tichuan siamthat a tum ta a! "
  
  
  Nick chuan nuihzat hmel chu a do thei lo. "Eta-ho bula i awm lai khan? I mite chunga rinawm - chutiang chuan anmahni i rawn luhchilh thei a, i phatsan thei ang. Hman la. Tichhe rawh."
  
  
  Nuihzatna chu a chhang lo. "I hrethiam lo ang.
  
  
  Massacre-ah hruaiin. Philston hian Emperor thah a hlawhtlin chuan Chinese ho chungah mawhphurhna a nghat a nih chuan Burakumin te hi scapegoat hnai ber an ni ang. Japanese thinrim tak takte hian Beijing an thleng thei lo mai thei - Eta mipa, hmeichhia leh naupang an hmuh theih apiang an that thei a, an that vek bawk ang. An lu tan la, disembowel la, khai la, kap rawh. Chutiang a nih chuan Sanya area hi crypt a ni tak zet dawn a ni.
  
  
  Hun engemaw chen chu Agent AX chuan a chhia leh tha hriatna leh a ngaihtuahnaah a buai hle a. Philston-a ruahmanna chungchang a hrilh a nih chuan chu pa chu ngaihven belh zel turin an ring tawk mai thei. A nih loh leh an ring lo pawh a ni thei. Engtin emaw tak chuan an tichhe mai thei. Tin, Philston hian rinhlelh a nih a rinhlelh chuan a ruahmanna chu a cancel mai ang a, hun remchang thar a nghak mai ang. Nick chuan a hmui chu a chhing a, a mit chu a ti hniam a, Tonaka kea high heels sen te tak te chu a rawn inher chhuak chu a en reng a. A kekawr dum hring dup chungah chuan êng chu a rawn eng chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu a rawn kik a. Tonaka chuan Johnny Chow chu a hre chiang hle. "Russian chu enkawl a ni ang. Kan thianpa hi engtin nge a awm? Nick Carter ropui tak! Master of Assassination! A hming an hriat chuan enthlatu te tak te rethei zawng zawng ti khur vek tu mipa chu."
  
  
  Chow chu chair bulah chuan a kal phei a, Nick Carter chu a melh reng a. A sam dum chu a sei a, a inzawm khawm a, a kawr thlengin a tla hniam hle. A mitmeng sei tak chuan a hnar chungah slash dum a siam a. A ha chu a lian a, vur ang maia var a ni a, a laiah chuan gap a awm bawk. AX-Man chu a chil a chhak a, a hmaiah nasa takin a vuak bawk.
  
  
  "Engtin nge i awm, cheap killer? Engtin nge lo dawnsawn i duh?"
  
  
  Nick chuan vuak thar a hmuh chuan a mit a chhing a. A hmui hrual atanga thisen chu a tem thei a. Tonaka chuan vaukhânna atan a lu a thing tih a hmu a. A sawi dik a ni. Chow hi maniacal killer a ni a, huatnain a tichak a, tunah chuan a fuih hun a ni tawh lo. Nick chu a ngawi reng a.
  
  
  Chow chuan a rawn deng leh a, chutah a rawn vaw leh leh a. "Eng nge ni ta, mi lian? Engmah sawi tur a awm lo?"
  
  
  Tonaka chuan, "Chu chu a tawk tawh ang, Johnny," a ti a.
  
  
  A rawn beng a, a rawn nui suk a. "Tunge hei hi a tawk ang tih sawi!"
  
  
  "Hetiang hian ka sawi a ni. Tin, hetah hian command ka ni bawk. Beijing hian nung leh dinhmun tha takah a duh a ni. Ruang emaw, piangsual emaw hian an tan thil \ha vak a ti lo ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihven takin a lo en reng a. Chhungkaw inhnialna. Tonaka chuan walter chu a han herh deuh a, Johnny Chow bakah Nick pawh a khuh vek a. Rei vak lo chu ngawi rengin a awm a.
  
  
  Chow chuan a tawp berah chuan a rawn ti chhuak ta a. "I say screw you and Beijing too. Khawvel hmun hrang hranga kan comrade engzat nge he misual hian a that tih i hria em?"
  
  
  "Hei hi a pe ang. A hun takah. Mahse, a hmasa berin Beijing hian thu zawhfiah a duh a - chu chuan a lawmawm ang tih ring rawh! Chuvang chuan lo kal rawh, Johnny. Thlamuang rawh. Hei hi dik taka tih a ngai a ni. Thupek kan nei a, an tihhlum a ngai a ni." " "
  
  
  "Okay. Okay! Mahse, ka duh dan ka neih chuan chu misual rimchhia chu engtin nge ka tih ang tih ka hria. A balls te chu ka tan a, ka ei tir ang...."
  
  
  A lungawi lohna chu a reh ta. Sofa lam pan chuan a kal phei a, a rilru a buai hle a, a hmui sen hring dup chu naupang hmui ang maiin a rawn pout a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a ruhroah chuan chill a rawn tlan lut tih a hria. Tonaka chuan a sawi dik a. Johnny Chow hi sadist leh homicidal maniac a ni a. Tun thlenga Chinese apparatus-in an tuar tawh chu a ngaihven hle. Chow ang mi hi liability an ni thei a, mahse Chinese ho erawh chu mi â an ni lo. Mahse hei hi a lam dang a awm bawk - Chow hi mi thattu rintlak leh zahngaihna nei lo tak a ni ngei ang. He thudik hian a sualte chu a titawp mai thei.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chu sofa-ah chuan a thu nghal a. A nui suk a, a ha a lantir.
  
  
  "A tlem berah chuan chu fapa chu hmeichhe naupang kan hnathawh lai en turin kan ti thei ang. Chu pa chuan a rawn hruai lut mai a ni. A ti na lovang a, thil engemaw takah pawh a rilru a hneh thei bawk - a dam tha mai thei tih ang chi." a tawp ta ."
  
  
  A hawi let a, Tonaka chu a en a. "And there's no use to stop me! He lousy operation-ah hian hna tam zawk hi ka thawk a, ka hlim dawn a ni."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan Tonaka chu ngun takin a lo en reng tawh a, a bânsan tih a hmu a. Zawi zawiin a lu a bu nghat a. "Okay. Johnny. I duh chuan. Mahse fimkhur hle ang che - a fing a, a hnim a, eel ang mai a ni."
  
  
  "Ha!" Chow chu Nick bulah chuan a kal phei a, a hmaiah a vuak leh a. "Trick a tum tak tak ngei ka beisei. Chu chu ka mamawh chauh a ni - a that theihna tur chhanna. Chhanna tha tak - chuti a nih chuan Beijing chu kite thlawh tir turin ka hrilh thei ang."
  
  
  Nick chu a keah a ding a, kawngka lam pan chuan a nawr a. "Kal rawh, Mr. Killmaster. Treat i dawng dawn a ni. Kan thusawi duh lote chunga thil thleng hi ka entir dawn che a ni."
  
  
  Tonaka hnen atangin Walther chu a chhuhsak ta a. Thuhnuairawlh takin a inpe a, Nick mitmeng chu a en lo. Hriatna duhawm lo tak a nei a. Hmeichhe naupang? A rawn keng mai mai em ni? Geisha in chhunga hmeichhe naupangte hnena thupek a pekte chu a hrechhuak ta a. Mato, Sato leh Kato te an ni. Pathian! Thil engemaw a kal sual a nih chuan a sualna a ni. A sualna chu...
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan corridor thui takah chuan a nawr thla a, chutah chuan staircase hrual hrual, ro leh ri bengchheng tak takah chuan a chho a, basement bawlhhlawh takah chuan an rawn hnaih rual chuan rulhut an rawn lut ta a. Tonaka chuan an hnung a zui a, Nick chuan a ke pennaah hian dodalna a nei ta a. Buaina hi a duh lo tak zet a ni, a ti rilru na hle. Mahse, chutianga a tih chhan chu a communist thil thianghlim lo tak tana a inpek vang a ni. A hrethiam ngai lovang. A tih theih awmchhun chu anmahni beih mai a ni.
  
  
  Corridor dang, tawi tak leh mihring bawlhhlawh rimchhia tak mai chu an kal ta a. A bulah chuan kawngkhar a awm a, chung kawngkhar tinah chuan kawngkhar te tak te, a sang takah chuan bar a awm a. Kawngkhar pawn lama che vel hriat ai chuan a hre zawk. Hei hi an tan in, an tihhlumna hmun a ni. Pawn lam hmun atang chuan, heng thuk tak thim tak takte pawh hi luhchilh chungin, lawng chawlhna hmunah chuan tugboat ri thuk tak chu a ri ta a. Tuipui zalenna chi (salty freedom) hnaih lutuk - leh hla tak tak.
  
  
  Vawikhatmah a thil hmuh tur chu chiang takin a hre ta a.
  
  
  Corridor chu kawngkhar dangin a tawp ta a. Japanese mipa inchei hrual, rubber kekawr ha chuan a veng a. A kekawr ipteah chuan Chicago Tommy silai hlui a lo hrual a. AX-Man hian eng ang pawhin buai mahse, a mitmeng zungbun leh thinghnah rit tak takte chu a la hmu reng a ni. Ainu. Hokkaido khawpuia sam nei te hi aborigine an ni a, Japanese an ni lo tak zet a ni. Chicoms hian Japan-ah net zau tak an thlak.
  
  
  Chu pa chu a kun a, a kalsan ta a. Johnny Chow chuan kawngkhar chu a hawng a, Nick chu watt 350-a chak light bulb pakhat atanga chhuak light eng mawi takah chuan a nawr lut ta a. Thim hnu chuan a mit chu a hel a, rei vak lo chu a mit a chhing a. Zawi zawiin stainless steel Buddha eng mawi tak hnuaia inkhuh hmeichhe hmel chu a siam chhuak ta a. Buddha chuan lu a nei lo va, a kawr hrual, a inzar pharh leh a ke ruh, a mit khap, a hnar leh hmui atanga thisen luang chhuak atang chuan hmeichhe hmel dum chu a rawn lang chhuak a.
  
  
  Kato!
  
  
  
  Bung 12-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan Nick chu a nawr a, chutah kawngkhar chu a khar a, a khar ta a. Buddha eng mawi tak chu a pan hnai a. Nick chuan a thinrimna chu a tih theih awmchhun a chhuah tir - a vun a inthen tih a hriat thlengin kutkawr chu a hrual a.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a ti sap a. "I pawi lutuk Nick. A puih theih loh. Thil pawimawh tak ka theihnghilh a, ka apartment lam pan leh a ngai ta a ni. Kato pawh a awm a. A chhan pawh ka hre lo. Johnny Chow pawh ka bulah a awm a, ani chuan a hmu ta a." .Chutih lai chuan kan rawn hruai a ngai ta - ka tih theih dang a awm tawh lo."
  
  
  Savage tak a ni. "Chuti a nih chuan i hruai bo a ngai a ni. I tihduhdah a ngai em?"
  
  
  A hmui chu a seh a, Johnny Chow chu a lu a bu nghat a. "A hria. Ka hrilh tawh che a, chutiang chuan a hlimna chu a hmu thin. Ka tum tak zet a ni Nick, ka tum tak zet a ni. rang tak leh hrehawm lo takin ka that duh a ni."
  
  
  "Khawngaihna vantirhkoh i ni."
  
  
  Chow chuan, "Engtin nge chutiang chu i duh, Killmaster lian tak? Tunah chuan a hmel a tha lo a ni lawm ni? Vawiin zing i fuck lai ang kha a tha lo, ka bet a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Hei hi chu mipa perversion-a tel ve a ni ngei ang. Hrehawm tawrhna hnuaiah intihhlimna (intimate questions) zawh a ni. Nick chuan a nuihzatthlak leh a rilru natna chu a mitthla thei...
  
  
  Risk chu a la hre reng a ni. khawvela vau zawng zawng chuan a sawi chu a titawp thei lo. Hetianga a sawi loh chu a mizia atanga chhuak a ni. A sawi tur a ni.
  
  
  He thu hi muangchangin leh chilh takin a sawi a, a aw atang chuan vur a rawn tla thla a. "Nang hi pathetic, vile, perverted son of a bitch i ni, Chow. Nangmah thah hi ka nun nuam ber pakhat a ni."
  
  
  Tonaka chuan a ti a. "Ni lo ni lo...."
  
  
  Heng thute hi Johnny Chow-a’n a hriat chuan a rilru a buai lutuk a, a ngaihven lo hle a ni. A lawmna chu a lang chiang hle. Kato sam dum sei tak karah chuan a kut chu a tlanpui a, a lu chu a hnunglam a hawitir a. A hmel chu thisen chhuak lo, geisha makeup vuah ang maia var a ni. A hmui thisen chhuak atang chuan a lei dum chu a rawn lang chhuak ta. Chow chuan a rawn vuak tan a, a thinrim hle.
  
  
  "A fake a ni, little bitch. A la thi lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan a thinlung zawng zawngin thi turin a duh a. Chu chu a tih theih awmchhun a ni. Buddha bul vela siam, curved trough-a thisen chhuak zawi zawi, tuna a rilru hah tak chu a en reng a.
  
  
  ;. Car hming chu a dik hle - Bloody Buddha.
  
  
  A sual a ni. Kato chu Tonaka apartment-ah nghak turin a tir a. Geisha in atanga chhuak turin a duh a, chu chu him lo nia a ngaih a ni a, kawngpui atanga hla taka awm tur leh a mamawh palh hlauh chuan a phone bulah dah turin a duh bawk. Damn it! Thinrim zet hian kutkawr chu a tikehsawm a. A kutphah leh a kut hmawr atang chuan natna chuan a shot a. Kato chu thang chhungah a tir nghal a. A sualna a ni lo, a tak takah chuan, mahse phurrit chu lung ang maiin a thinlungah a thu a.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan hmeichhe naupang nikhaw hre lo chu a vuak chu a bansan ta a. A hmui a ti hup a. “A thi tawh mai thei,” rinhlelh hmel zet hian a ti a. "Hetiang slut te te zingah hian tumahin thiltihtheihna an nei lo."
  
  
  Chutih lai tak chuan Kato chuan a mit a meng a. A thi dawn ta. Thisen hnuhnung ber thlengin a awm a. Mahse, room sir lam chu a han hawi a, Nick chu a hmu ta a. Engtin emaw tak chuan, chutiang chiang taka thih hma lawka lo thleng nia sawi chu a hre ta mai thei. Khawngaihthlak takin nuih a tum a. A thusawi ri, aw thlarau ang mai chu pindan chhung zawngah a ri chhuak vek.
  
  
  "I pawi lutuk Nick. Ka... so... ka ngaidam...."
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan Chow chu a melh lo. Tunah chuan a rilru a fim leh tawh a, chu pa chuan a mitmenga thil awm chu a chhiar duh tawh lo. He pa hi ramhuai a ni. Tonaka chuan a sawi dik a. Strike back theihna hun a nei a nih chuan rilru hahdam takin a che a ngai a ni. A cool hle mai. Tunah chuan a tuar a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Johnny Go chuan Kato chu a hnen atangin a nawr chhuak a, wild move in a kawr a ti na hle. Chu pindan chhungah chuan crack chu a ri chiang hle. Nick chuan Tonaka chu a rawn inher chhuak tih a hmu a. A rilru hahdamna chu a hloh ta em ni? Angle awm thei a awm.
  
  
  Chow chuan nula thi tawh chu a melh reng a. A aw chu khawngaihthlak tak a ni a, naupang tê tê, a infiamna duh ber tichhia ang mai a ni. "A thi hma lutuk. Engvangin nge? He thil ah hian dikna a nei lo." Zan lama rulhut hrual ang maiin a nui a.
  
  
  "Nang pawh i awm ve tho, AXEman lian tak. Buddha ah hian rei tak i awm dawn tih ka bet tlat."
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Tonaka chuan a ti a. "Ni lo tak zet, Johnny. Lo kal rawh, hetah hian i chhuak ang u. Tih tur tam tak kan nei."
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu cobra mitmeng ang maia hrual leh thihna thlen thei tak nen chuan defiant takin a en a. A sam sei tak chu a mit atang chuan a brush chhuak a. Beads loop a siam a, a hmaah chuan a khai a. A kuta "Walter" chu a en a.
  
  
  "Silai ka nei a ni," a ti a. "Chu chuan boss min siam ta. Honcho! Ka duh duh ka ti thei."
  
  
  Tonaka chu a nui suk a. Try tha tak a ni a, mahse Nick chuan tension chu spring ang maiin a unwind tih a hre ta.
  
  
  "Johnny, Johnny! Hei hi eng nge ni? Mi â ang maiin i che a, i ni lo tih ka hria. Kan zavaia thah vek i duh em? Thupek kan zawm loh chuan eng nge thleng dawn tih i hria. Lo kal rawh, Johnny. Mi tha tak ni rawh." boy." leh mom-san thusawi ngaithla rawh."
  
  
  Naute ang maiin a coaxed a. Nick chuan a lo ngaithla a. A nun chu line-ah a awm ta.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan Johnny Chow chu a rawn hnaih a. A kut chu a kawngah a nghat a, a beng lam pan chuan a innghat a. A ti sap sap a. AXeman chuan a thusawi chu a ngaihtuah thei hle. A taksa hmangin a bribe a. Hetiang hian vawi engzat nge a tih tawh tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chu a nui suk a. A kut thisen chhuak chu a chinos chungah a hrufai a. "I ti ang? I tiam tak tak em?"
  
  
  "Ka ti ang, ka tiam e." Zawi zawiin a kut chu a rilruah a tlanpui a. "Kawng atanga him taka kan chhuah tir veleh. Okay?"
  
  
  A nui suk a, a ha var chhunga gap awm chu a lantir a. "Okay. Hei hi ti ila. Hetah hian, silai chu la la, min khuh rawh."
  
  
  Tonaka chuan Walther chu a la a, a kalsan ta a. Makeup thick tak hnuaiah chuan a hmel chu a impassive, hriatthiam theih loh, Noh mask ang mai a ni. Silai chu Nick lam chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a do thei lo. "A man to hle mai," a ti a. "Chutiang thil tenawm tak nena mut chu."
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan a hmaiah a vuak a. Nick chu a tlu a, khup khatah a tlu ta a. Chow chuan biak in chhungah chuan a kick a, rei vak lo chhung chu AX agent bulah chuan thim a rawn inher chhuak ta a. A khup chungah chuan a inbeng kang a, a hnung lama kutkawr awmte chuan a balance lo hle a, a lu a thing a, chu chu a tifai ta a ni. A thluaka êng chu magnesium flare ang maiin a eng chhuak a.
  
  
  "Ni tawh lo!" - Tonaka chuan a rawn ti nghal zat. "Ka thutiam hlen turin min duh em, Johnny?"
  
  
  "Okay! A hliam lo." Chow chuan Nick chu a kawrfual atang chuan a rawn man a, a keah a rawn ding ta a.
  
  
  Office bula pindan khar te tak teah chuan chung lamah an hruai leh ta a. Thir kawngkhar a nei a, a pawn lamah thir rit tak tak a awm a. Chu pindan chhungah chuan khum puan bawlhhlawh tak tak, a hnuai atanga ceiling thlenga inzar pipe bulah chuan engmah a awm lo. Bang chungah chuan sang takah, chimney bulah chuan barred window a awm a, glass a awm lo va, dwarf pawhin a luh theih loh khawpa te a ni.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan Nick chu khum lam pan chuan a nawr a. "First class hotel, big guy. Khaw dang lamah kal kual la, khuh la, Tonaka, ka cuffs ka switch lai hian."
  
  
  Nula chuan a awih a. "Hetah hian i awm ang, Carter, naktuk tlai lama sumdawnna a tawp thlengin. Tichuan tuipuiah kan hruai ang che a, Chinese bungraw phur lawngah kan dah ang che. Ni thum hnuah Beijing-ah i awm tawh ang. An hmuh che chuan an lawm hle ang - tunah hian reception an buatsaih mek a ni."
  
  
  Chow chuan a pocket atang chuan chabi a la a, a kutkawr chu a phelh a. Killmaster chuan enchhin a duh a. Mahse Tonaka chu feet sawm vela hlaah a awm a, a lehlam bang bulah chuan Walter-a chu a pum chungah a mu a. Chow chu man a, phaw atan hman a tangkai lo. An pahnih hian a that ang. Chuvang chuan a hnial ta a ni
  
  
  mahni intihhlum a, Chow-a’n kutkawr pakhat chu vertical pipe-a a han thlak lai chu a en reng a ni.
  
  
  “Chu chuan mi thattu ropui tak pawh a titawp tur a ni,” Chow chuan a ti a. "A pocket-ah magic kit a neih loh chuan - chu chu a neih ka ring lo." Nick-a hmaiah chuan na takin a vawm a. "I misual, thu la, ngawi rawh. Igloo chu i buatsaih tawh em, Tonaka?"
  
  
  Nick chu thutnaah chuan a tlan lut a, a kut dinglam chu a tizau a, tube nen chuan a inzawm ta a. Tonaka chuan Johnny Chow hnenah hypodermic needle eng mawi tak a pe a. A kut pakhat chuan Nick chu a nawr thla a, a kawr chhungah, a kawr chungah chiah chuan a zung chu a thun lut a. Nat a tum a, a ti ta a ni. Chow-a’n piston a rawn nam lai chuan needle chu dagger ang maiin a hria.
  
  
  Tonaka chuan, "Rei vak lo mut tir thei tur thil mai mai. Ngawi reng rawh. A ti na lovang che."
  
  
  Johnny Chow chuan needle chu a rawn phawrh chhuak a. "Amah tihnat ka duh khawp ang. Ka duh dan ka neih chuan..."
  
  
  “Ni lo,” nula chuan na takin a ti a, “Tuna kan tih tur chu chu chauh chu a ni. A awm reng ang. Lo kal rawh, Johnny."
  
  
  Chow chu a la inhnial reng tih a hmuh chuan Nick chu a en thla a, aw nem takin a ti leh a. "Khawngaihin. Johnny. Ka thutiam kha i hria - kan hmanhmawh loh chuan hun a awm dawn lo."
  
  
  Chow chuan Nick chu a ribs ah good-bye kick a pe a. "Sayonara, big guy. Ka fuck lai hian ka ngaihtuah ang che. I hnaih leh tawhna tur hnaih ber a ni."
  
  
  Thir kawngkhar chu a khar ta a. Bar rit tak chu a hmunah a tla tih a hre ta. Amah chauhvin a awm a, a thisen zam chhungah ruihhlo a rawn tlan lut a, chu chuan second eng pawhah a knock out dawn a ni - eng chen nge, a hre lo.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding chhuak ta ringawt a. A woozy deuh tawh a, a lu a buai deuh tawh bawk a, mahse chu chu vuak vang pawh a ni thei. A chunga sang tak window te tak te chu a melh a, a hawi let leh a. Hetah hian a khar tawh. Khawiah mah engmah a awm lo. Engmah a awm lo. Pipe, kutkawr, khum bawlhhlawh.
  
  
  A kut veilam zalen tak chuan a raincoat pocket hrual atang chuan a jacket pocket chhungah chuan a kut a han luh tir a. Match leh cigarette nen a awm ta a ni. Tin, pawisa tam tak a awm bawk. Johnny Chow chuan rang takin a zawng a, casual deuh maiin a zawng a, pawisa chu a finger a, a khawih a, chutah a theihnghilh ta niin a lang. Hemi chungchang hi Tonaka hnenah a hrilh lo. Nick chuan a hrechhuak ta - fing taka tih a ni. He pawisa atan hian Chow hian a ruahmanna a nei ngei ang.
  
  
  Eng thil nge ni ta? Tunah chuan dollar sanghnih leh panga chuan engmah a ti tha lo. Handcuff chabi i lei thei lo.
  
  
  Tunah chuan ruihhlo chuan a nghawng tih a hre ta. A inher a, a lu chu free flight-a thlawh chhuah tum balloon ang mai a ni. A do a, thaw thûk tak chu a tum a, a mitmengah thawmhnaw a rawn luang chhuak a.
  
  
  Duhthusam chauhvin a keah a ding reng a ni. Pipe atanga hla thei ang berin a ding a, a kut dinglam chu a phar a. A sir lamah a innghat a, a pound za hnih zet chu a hmang a, a kut dinglam kutpuiah chuan a kutpui chu a cup a, taksa ruh leh ruh chu a hrual a. Deal tinah hian trick a awm vek a, a chang chuan kutkawr atanga tlanchhuah theih a ni tih a hria. Trick chu cuff leh ruh inkar ah gap te tak te, play te tak te dah a ni. Tisa chu a pawimawh lo. A hlihsak thei bawk.
  
  
  Clearance tlemte a nei a, mahse a tawk lo. A thawk lo. A rawn ti nghal zat bawk. Natna leh thisen. Hei hi a ni vek. Cuff chu a tla thla a, a kutpui bul lamah chuan a lock ta a. Amah lubricate tur thil nei se...
  
  
  Tunah chuan a lu chu balloon-ah a chang ta. Balloon pakhat, a chungah chuan hmai an chei a. A kekawr ipte aṭangin a thlawk a, hrui sei tak, sei takah chuan vanah a thlawk ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Bung 13-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Thim takah chuan a harh ta a. Lu na na tak a nei a, a taksaah hian hliam lian tak pakhat a awm bawk. A kut dinglam tan chuan natna nasa tak nen a rawn thawk chhuak ta. Lu chunga tukverh te tak te atang chuan lawng chawlhna ri chu a chang chuan hriat theih a ni.
  
  
  Darkar kua chhung zet chu thimah a mu a, a ngaihtuahna buai tak takte chu mosaic-a thil chi hrang hrangte chu thil tak tak thlalak chiang takah a inzawm tir theih nan a inzawm khawm a tum a. Cuff leh tube chu a check leh a. Engmah a danglam lo. A la tang reng a, tanpui theih loh, che thei lo. Hun rei tak chhung chu hriat lohvin a awm tawh niin a lang. A tuihalna chu a nung a, a rilruah a innghat tlat mai.
  
  
  Natna avangin a bawkkhup a. A jacket pocket atang chuan match te chu a la chhuak a, vawi hnih a hlawhchham hnuah paper match pakhat chu a eng chhuak thei ta a ni. Tlawhtu a nei a.
  
  
  A bulah chuan leiah chuan tray a awm a. A chungah chuan eng emaw a awm a. Thil pakhat napkin hmanga khuh. Match chu a kang ta vek mai. A dang a hal a, a khup chungin tray chu a rawn ban a. Tonaka hian tui rawn keng turin a ngaihtuah mai thei. Napkin pakhat chu a rawn man a.
  
  
  A mitmeng chu a meng a, a melh reng bawk. Match êng te tak te chu mitthi thite zingah chuan a lang chhuak ta a. Kato lu chu a sir lamah plate chungah a mu a. Sam dum chu a kawr hrual thlengin a tla thla nghal vek a.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chu a hlim hle mai.
  
  
  Nick Carter-a chu mualpho lovin a damlo a. Tray bula leiah chuan a luak chhuak a, a luak chhuak a, a hring vek thlengin a chhuak leh ta a ni. Huatna tih loh chu engkim a hring vek. Thim rimchhia takah chuan a professionalism chu a bo lo va, Johnny Chow chu zawng chhuakin a hrehawm thei ang bera tihhlum a duh chauh a ni.
  
  
  Rei vak lo hnuah match dang a hal leh a. Napkin in a lu a khuh lai chuan a kut chuan a sam a rawn khawih a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Geisha sam inthup tak chu a chhe vek a, a darh zau a, a tla chhe vek a, oil-in a khuh a ni. Tel!
  
  
  Match a chhuak ta a. Nick chuan a kut chu sam sei tak chhungah chuan thuk takin a thun a, a siam tha tan ta a. A khawih chuan lu chu a hawi let a, a tlu hnai a, a thlen theih lohna hmunah chuan a rawn inher chhuak ta. Tray chu a hnaih zawk a, a kein a wedge a. Vawikhat chu a kut veilam chu sam hriak in a khuh a, a kut dinglam ah a transfer a, a chunglam, a hnuai lam leh steel cuff chhung lam chu a hnawih kual vel a. Chutiang chuan vawi sawm vel a ti a, chutah tray chu a hnaih a, a ding nghet ta a.
  
  
  Thâwk thûk tak dozen zet a la a. Window atanga boruak luang chhuak chu lawng siamna meikhu chuan a khuh vek a. Room pawn lam corridor atang chuan mi pakhat a lo kal a, ani chuan a lo ngaithla a. Rei vak lo hnuah chuan aw ri te chuan pattern a siam ta a. Corridor chhungah security guard a awm a. Rubber pheikhawk ha guard chu a post-ah chuan a kal a. Chu pa chu corridor-ah chuan a kal chho leh chho zel a.
  
  
  A vei lamah a theih ang tawkin a kal a, pipe-a a inbuntu kutkawr chu nghet takin a hrual a. A chakna nasa tak ounce khat pawh chu a beihnaah chuan a rawn theh lut a, thawmhnaw chuan a ti bead a. Cuff chu a kut greased atang chuan a tla thla a, tlem a hrual leh a, chutah a knuckles lian tak takah chuan a innghat ta a ni. Killmaster chu a tens leh ta. Tunah chuan agony a ni ta. A tha lo. A thawk lo.
  
  
  Ropui. Hei hian ruh tliak a thlen dawn tih a pawm a ni. Chuvangin hei hi i titawp ang u.
  
  
  Pipe bulah chuan a hnaih thei ang berin a kal a, cuff chu a kekawrte nena a inmil thlengin pipe chungah chuan a hruai chho ta a. A kutphah, a kut leh a kutkawrte chu thisen chhuak sam hriak in a khuh a. Hei hi a ti thei tur a ni. A mamawh chu phalna chauh a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan thawk khat chu a la a, a chelh a, pipe atang chuan a tlan bo nghal a. A chhunga huatna leh thinrimna lo chhuak zawng zawng chu beihnaah chuan a lut ta vek a ni. Vawikhat chu All-American linebacker a ni a, miten an khingpui line a tihchhiat dan chu mak ti takin an la sawi reng a ni. Tuna a puak dan chu.
  
  
  A natna chu rei lo te chhung chauh a ni a, a rapthlak hle bawk. Steel chuan a taksaah gouges tenawm tak tak a tikehsawm a, a ruhte chu a chhe vek tih a hria. Kawngkhar bula bang lam pan chuan a inher a, thlawpna atan a innghat a, a kut dinglam chu a sir lamah thisen chhuak bawlhhlawh zingah a innghat a. A zalen ta a ni.
  
  
  Zalen? Thir kawngkhar leh crossbar rit tak chu a la awm reng a. Tunah chuan hei hi trick a ni tawh ang. Huaisenna leh chakna rapthlak tak chuan an theih ang tawkin an phur a.
  
  
  Nick chu bang bulah chuan a innghat a, thawk a la a, ngun takin a ngaithla bawk. Hallway chhunga guard chu a la tlan chho leh chho a, a rubber pheikhawk chu board hrual hrual chungah chuan a hiss ri a.
  
  
  Thim zingah a ding a, a thutlukna chu a rit a. Chance vawi khat chiah a nei. A khar chuan engkim a bo vek.
  
  
  Nick chuan tukverh atang chuan a han en a. Thim. Mahse, eng niah nge? Eng zan nge? Darkar vel nge a mut tam zawk? Hetiang rilru put hmang hi a nei a ni. Chutiang a nih chuan buaina leh sabotage neihna tur zan a ni. Chumi awmzia chu Tonaka leh Johnny Chow te an awm dawn lo tihna a ni. Tokyo khawpui laihawl hmun khatah an awm dawn a, an tualthah tumna kawngah an buai hle ang. Tin, Philston pawh? Philston hian a epic upper-class smile chu a nuihzat ang a, Japan Emperor thah tumin a inbuatsaih ang.
  
  
  AXEman chuan mamawhna nasa tak a nei nghal tih a hrechhuak ta. A ngaihdan chu a dik a nih chuan a tlai tawh mai thei. Eng pawh ni se, hun khawhralna tur a awm lo - dice throw khatah engkim a bet vek tur a ni. Tunah chuan khelh thianghlim tak a ni ta. Chou leh Tonaka hi la awm se chuan a thi tawh ngei ang. Thluak leh ralthuam an nei a, a fimkhurte chuan a bum lo.
  
  
  Match a hal a, pathum chauh a la neih thu a hmuchhuak. Hei hi a tawk tur a ni. Kawngkhar bulah chuan rug chu a hrual a, a chungah chuan a ding a, a kut veilam chuan a tikehsawm tan ta a. A dikna chu a tangkai lo.
  
  
  Lining te tak te chuan cotton a khawlkhawm tling tawh chuan kawngka hnuaia crack bulah chuan pile-ah a thun lut ta a. A tawk lo. Pillow atang chuan cotton wool tam zawk a la chhuak a. Tichuan, a match-te chu a eng nghal loh palh hlauh chuan chhanchhuah tumin, pawisa chu a pocket-ah a kut a phar a, bill chu roll up a, hman a tum a ni. Pawisa pawh a awm lo. Match a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan zawi te hian a tiam a. Johnny Chow chuan pawisa chu a la lut a, Kato lu chu tray chungah a dah a.
  
  
  Match thum chiah a la awm. A thawk a hah leh a, fimkhur taka match dang a hal a, pop-a a rawn thlen lai chuan a kut zungtangte chu a khur chu a dang thei lo. Meialh te tak te chu a rawn chhuak a, a inher a, a thi ta mai a, a eng leh a, a lo thang lian tan ta a ni. Meikhu chu chunglam hawiin a rawn ri chhuak tan ta.
  
  
  Nick chu a raincoat hlui atang chuan a chhuak a, meikhu a chhuah tan a, kawngka hnuaiah chuan a direct ta a. Tunah chuan cotton chu a kang ta vek mai. Chu chuan a tihlawhtling lo a nih chuan, a rilru a hah lutuk chuan a intihlum mai thei. Tih a awlsam hle. A thaw chu a vawng tlat a, a kawrfual chu a han vawrh chhunzawm ta a. kawngka hnuaia meikhu chu a hrufai vek. Chu chu a tawk tawh. Nick chu a aw chung berah chuan a au chhuak tan a. "Mei! Mei! Ṭanpui rawh - pui rawh - Mei! Min pui rawh - min kang tir suh. Mei!"
  
  
  Tunah chuan a hre tawh ang.
  
  
  Kawngkhar atanga hla takah chuan a ding a, bang sir lam chu a hmet tlat a. Kawngkhar chu pawn lamah a inhawng a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan cotton wool chu hlim takin a eng chhuak tawh a, pindan chu meikhu chhuakin a khat ta vek a. A khuh fake a ngai lo. A au leh a: “Mei!Tanpui rawh - tasukete!
  
  
  Tasuketel Chibai - Chibai! "Guard chu corridor atang chuan a tlan thla a. Nick chuan hlauthawng zet hian a au chhuak a. "Tasuketel".
  
  
  Barbell rit tak chu a tla thla a. Kawngkhar chu inches tlemte a inhawng a. Meikhu a rawn chhuak a. Nick chuan a kut dinglam hmantlak lo chu a jacket pocket-ah chuan a luhchilh a, chu chu kawngpuiah a chhuah loh nan. Tunah chuan a rilruah a rawn ri chhuak a, a kekawrte lian tak chu kawngkaah chuan a rawn thun lut ta a. Spring lian tak mai, rei lutuk coiled tawh ang mai a ni a, a tawpah chuan chhuah ta a ni.
  
  
  Kawngkhar chu pawn lam hawiin a rawn tlan phei a, guard chu hnunglam leh off balance-ah a paih thla ta a. Hengte hi a hmaa a hmuh tawh Ainu te kha an ni. A hmaah chuan Tommy silai a lo inpeih tawh a, Nick-a chu a hnuaia a duck lai chuan chu pa chuan reflexive takin a puak ta a. Meialh chuan AXEman hmai chu a kang ta vek a. A neih zawng zawng chu a kut veilam hmangin chu pa pum chhungah chuan jab tawi takah a dah vek a. Bang lamah a pin a, a groin leh a hmaiah a khup a. Guard chuan gurgling groan a chhuah a, a tlu ta a. Nick chuan a Adam apple chu a kut chuan a rawn vawm a, a rawn vaw leh ta a. Ha a tliak a, chu pa hmui chhia atang chuan thisen a chhuak bawk. Tommy silai chu a thlah a. Nick chuan leiah a tlak hmain a rawn man ta a.
  
  
  Vengtu chu a la hahdam hle a, zu rui chungin bangah chuan a innghat a. Nick chuan a ke chu a knock out a, a tlu ta a.
  
  
  Machine gun chu a kut tha awmchhun nei Nick tan pawh a rit hle a, a balance theih nan second khat a ngai a ni. Vengtu chuan tho a tum a. Nick chuan a hmaiah a rawn vawm a.
  
  
  Chu pa chungah chuan a ding a, Tommy-a silai hmui chu a lu atanga inch khata hlaah a dah a. Guard chu a la fimkhur tawk hle a, a hmui leh barrel hnuai lam atanga clip chu a han en a, chutah chuan .45 rit tak chuan a hrual chhuah theih nan dawhtheihna thihpui tak nen a nghak a ni.
  
  
  "Khawiah nge Johnny Chow? Khawiah nge hmeichhia chu? Second khat leh ka that ang che!"
  
  
  Vengtu chuan rinhlelhna a nei lo. A ngawi reng a, thisen chhuak foam in thu a sawi muangchang bawk.
  
  
  "Toyo-ah an rawn kal dawn - Toyo-ah an kal dawn! Buaina, kangmei, ka tiam e. Ka ti - that suh!"
  
  
  Toyo tih hian Tokyo khawpui lairil tihna a ni ngei ang. Khawpui laihawl. A lo guess dik khawp mai. Ni khat chuang zet a awm lo.
  
  
  Chu pa rilruah chuan a ke a nghat a. "Hetah hian tu dang nge awm? Mipa dang? Hetah hian? Keimah chauha veng turin an kalsan lo che?"
  
  
  "Mi pakhat. Mi pakhat chauh. Tin, tunah chuan office-ah a muhil tawh a ni, ka tiam e." Chu zawng zawng kal tlangin? Nick chuan a Tommy silai butt hmangin guard chu a luruh chhungah a rawn deng a. A hawi let a, hallway-ah chuan Johnny Chow-a’n Russian Dmitry-a a kah hlumna office lam pan chuan a tlan thla a.
  
  
  Office kawngka atang chuan meialh lui a rawn puak chhuak a, silai mu pakhat hian Nick-a beng veilam chu thawm duhawm lo tak nen a rawn tlan pel ta a. Mut chu, damn it! Bastard chu a harh a, Nick chu yard atang chuan a titawp ta a. Chhiar chhuah hun a awm lo, chhuahna tur kawng dang zawn tumna hun a awm lo.
  
  
  Blam-blam a ni...
  
  
  Bullet chu a rawn thlawk hnai lutuk. Bullet chu a bula bang chu a paltlang ta a. Nick chu a hawi let a, corridor chhunga light thim lo awmchhun chu a off a, dungeon lam panna stairs lam pan chuan a tlan leh ta a. Ni lo vengtu ruang chu a zuang thla a, a tlan chhunzawm ta a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan ngawi rengin a awm ta. Ngawi reng leh thim. Office chhunga mipa chu a load up a, a lo nghak a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a tlan chu a chawlhsan ta a. A pum chungah a tlu a, a han hawi chhuak thei a, a chunga skylight inhawng rectangle lighter zawk chu hmu lovin a hmu thei thlengin a rawn tlan phei ta a. Thli lum tak a rawn thawk lut a, arsi pakhat, arsi thim tak pakhat, square lai takah chuan a rawn eng chhuak a. Skylights sang zia chu hriat reng a tum a. Nizan khan an rawn hruai lai khan a lo hmuchhuak a. A hrechhuak thei lo va, a pawimawh lo tih a hria. Engti kawng pawhin a tum a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Tommy silai chu skylight atang chuan a vawrh lut a. A hit a, a bounce a, hell ang maiin a ri bawk. Office chhunga mipa chuan chu chu a hre ta a, silai a hmet puak leh a, kawngpui zau takah chuan lead a luang thla ta a. Nick chuan khum chu a kuah a. Bullet pakhat chuan a lu vun khawih lovin a sam chu a rawn beng a. Ngawi rengin a thaw halh a. Krista chu! A hnai hle mai.
  
  
  Office-a mipa chuan a dawr chu a khar ta vek a. Ngawi leh rawh. Nick chu a ding chhuak a, a ke chu a tense a, a zuang thla a, a kut veilam tha tak chuan a kut a phar a. Sunroof coaming-ah chuan a kut zungtang chu a khar a, chutah chuan a innghat a, rei vak lo a inher a, chutah a inhnukdawk tan ta a. A kut chhunga tendon te chu a chhe vek a, a phunnawi bawk. Thim zingah chuan na takin a nui suk a. Chutiang kut khata pull-up sang tam tak chu tunah chuan a hlawkpui vek tawh.
  
  
  A elbow chu coaming chungah a nghat a, a ke chu a dangl bawk. Warehouse chung lamah chuan a awm a. A chhehvelah chuan lawng siamna hmunte chu a reh a, a thim hle a, mahse hetah leh khawiah emaw chuan warehouse leh lawng chawlhna hmunah chuan light a eng a. A bik takin êng êng tak pakhat chu crane chungah chuan arsi rual ang maiin a eng chhuak a.
  
  
  Blackout a la awm lo. Tokyo chung van chu neon light in a eng chhuak a. Tokyo Tower chung lamah chuan warning sen a rawn eng a, khawthlang lam hla tak international airport chungah floodlight a eng bawk. Chhim lam mel hnih vel chu Imperial Palace a awm a. Hetih lai hian khawiah nge Richard Philston chu a awm?
  
  
  Tommy silai chu a hmu a, a kut tha tak crook-ah chuan a nawr lut ta a. Tichuan, bungraw phur motor tlan pelh ang maia zawi zawiin a tlan a, warehouse chu a kal ta a. Tunah chuan a hmu tha tawk tawh
  
  
  a hnaih rual chuan skylight tin hmangin.
  
  
  Skylight hnuhnung ber a hmuh hnu chuan building chu a zau ta hle a, office chung leh loading dock bulah a awm tih a hrechhuak ta a. Kekawr bul hmangin a kal a, tarmac-ah chuan thawm a nei lo tluk a ni. Courtyard-a standard-ah chuan êng thim lo awmchhun chu a eng a, chutah chuan oil barrel rusty tak takte chu thlarau zungbun ang maiin an che a. Gate bula thil pakhatin êng chu a man a, a rawn reflect a, jeep a ni tih a hmu ta a. Painted dum a ni. A thinlung chu a zuang thla a, beiseina tak tak bul tanna chu a hre ta. Philston hi tihtawp theihna hun a la awm mai thei. Jeep chuan khawpui lam panna kawng a kawk a ni. Mahse a hmasa berin yard a pelh a ngai a ni. A awlsam dawn lo. Flashlight awmchhun chuan office chhunga misual chuan a hmu thei tur khawpin êng a pe a. Light off a tum ngam lo. A business card pawh i thawn thei bawk.
  
  
  Ngaihtuah hun a awm lo. Hma sawn a, chance lak a ngai chauh a ni. Loading dock khuh tu roof extension chu a tlan pel a, office atanga hla thei ang bera kal a tum a. Inchung tawp a thleng a, a han hawi thla a. A hnuaiah chiah chuan oil barrel dahkhawmna hmun a awm a. An nghing hmel hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan Tommy-a machine gun chu a kekawr ipte chungah a paih a, a kut dinglam hmantlak loh chu chibai bukin fimkhur takin inchung sir chu a chho ta a. A kut zungtang chuan gutter chu a chelh tlat a. A sag tan a, a rawn chhuak ta bawk. A ke ruhte chuan oil drums chu a khawih a. Nick chuan thlamuang takin a thaw halh a - a kut atangin gutter chu a phelh vek a, a rit zawng zawng chu drum-ah a tla vek. Drain pipe chu hlauhawm takin a inher a, a tlahniam a, a laiah a ben a, boiler factory hnathawk thawm ri chuan a chim ta a ni.
  
  
  Agent AX chu a vannei hle a, a hmunah thah a ni lo. Be that as it may, a chhuahsan a, jeep lam pana a tlan theih hmain chakna nasa tak a hloh a ni. Tunah chuan engmah dang a awm tawh lo. Hei hi khawpui chhunga awm theihna hun remchang awmchhun a ni. A tlan chak lo hle a, drum chanve khata khat chuan a ke ruh a hliam avangin a ke ruh a ti na hle. Tommy silai chu a sir lamah a chelh a, a pum chu a butt a, a hmui chuan office kawngka bula loading dock chu a kawhhmuh a. A clip-ah hian bullet engzat nge a la awm tih ka ngaihtuah thin?
  
  
  Office-a mipa chu mi hlauhawm tak a ni lo. Office atang chuan a tlan chhuak a, Nick chu yard sir zawng zawngah zigzag a rawn kal lai chu a hmu a, pistol bullet chu a kap ta a. Nick-a ke bulah chuan bawlhhlawh chu a lo tho chhuak a, silai mu chuan a fawp ta a. Firing back lovin a tlan a, tunah chuan clip chungchangah a buai tak zet a ni. A enfiah a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Shooter chuan loading dock chu chhuahsanin jeep lam pan chuan a tlan a, Nick chu cut off tumin a bei a. A tlan lai chuan Nick chu a kap chhunzawm zel a, mahse a mei chu a muang lo va, a hla hle bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan jeep an thlen hnaih hma chuan a la kap let lo. Shooting chu point blank a ni. Chu pa chu a hawi let a, tun tum chu a aim a, silai chu a kut pahnihin a chelh a, a nghet thei ang bera siam turin. Nick chu khup khatah a tla thla a, Tommy khup chungah silai chu a dah a, clip chu a thlah ta a.
  
  
  Bullet tam zawk chuan chu pa pum chu a kap a, Jeep hood chungah a thlawk let leh ta a ni. A pistol chu leiah a rawn ri ta hlawm a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Tommy silai chu a thlak a, jeep lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Chu pa chu a thi tawh a, a chhungril chu a lo hrual chhuak tawh bawk. Nick chuan jeep atang chuan a la chhuak a, a pocket chhungah chuan a rawn chhui chhuak ta a. Spare clip pathum leh hunting knife pakhat, inch li zeta sei blade nei a hmu a. A nui hmel chu a vawt hle mai. Chutiang chu a ni zawk. Tommy silai hi Tokyo khawpui chhunga phurh theih a ni lo.
  
  
  Mithi silai chu a la a. Old Browning .380 - Heng Chicks te hian ralthuam chi hrang hrang mak tak tak an nei a. China ramah an khawn khawm a, ram hrang hrangah an phurh luh a ni. Buaina tak tak chu ammo kha a ni ang, mahse chu chuan engtin emaw takin a chinfel sak niin a lang.
  
  
  Browning chu a belt-ah a dah a, hunting knife chu a jacket pocket-ah a dah a, jeep-ah chuan a chho ta a. Chabi chu ignition ah a awm a. A crank a, starter chu a jam a, car hlui chu exhaust gas ri nasa takin a rawn nung ta a. Muffler pawh a awm lo!
  
  
  Kawngkharte chu a inhawng a.
  
  
  Dam lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Tokyo chu zan khaw vawt takah chuan iridescent bauble lian tak ang maiin a eng a. Blackout a la awm lo. Tun tum chu eng thil nge ni ta?
  
  
  Kawngpui tawp a thleng a, a chhanna chu a hmu ta a. Window chhunga darkar chuan: 9.33 a rawn tarlang a. Darkar hnung lamah chuan telephone kiosk a awm a. Killmaster chu a inhnial a, chutah brake chu a han hmet a, jeep atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, kiosk lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Hetiang hi a ti duh lo tak zet a ni - hna thawh zawh a, a buaina chu amah ngeiin tihfai a duh a ni. Mahse, hetiang thil hi tih loh chu a tan a tha zawk. Risk a tam lutuk. Thil a kal thui lutuk. American embassy a phone a, tanpuina a dil a ngai dawn a ni. A thluak chu rei vak lo a rack a, week recognition code chu hriat reng tumin a bei a, a la a, booth chhungah chuan a lut ta a.
  
  
  A hmingah chuan pawisa fai a awm lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan phone chu a melh reng a, thinrim leh lungawi lo zet hian. Damn it! Japanese operator hnenah embassy-a hruai tura a fuih theih nan a hrilhfiah theih hunah chuan a tlai tawh hle ang. A tlai tawh lutuk pawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  Chutih lai tak chuan kiosk chhunga light chu a thim ta a. A chhehvel zawng zawng, kawngpui chho leh chhuk, dawr, dawr, in leh tavern-ah te chuan light a thim vek a.
  
  
  Nick chuan phone chu a la a, second khat chhung chu a froze ta a.
  
  
  
  A tlai lutuk. Amah chauhin a awm leh ta. Jeep lam pan chuan a tlan let leh a.
  
  
  Khawpui ropui chu Tokyo Station bula êng awmna hmunpui tih loh chu thimah a awm a. Nick chuan jeep headlight chu a on a, a chak thei ang berin thim zinga he êng pakhat chauh lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Tokyo Station hian a power source a nei ngei tur a ni. Trip lo lut leh chhuak nena inzawm thil.
  
  
  Jeep horn ri na tak - mipuiin kawngpuiah an rawn chhuah tan tawh angin - a tlan lai chuan a beisei angin blackout chu a famkim lo tih a hmu ta a. Tokyo khawpui laihawl chu rel station tih loh chu a awm lo va, mahse khawpui chhehvelah chuan êng chi hrang hrang a la awm tho. Hengte hi individual transformer leh substation an ni a, Johnny Chow-a hote chuan vawi khatah an knock out vek thei lo. Hei hian hun a mamawh dawn a ni.
  
  
  Horizon-a spot pakhat chu a mit a chhing a, a chhuak ta a. An hnaih tawh hle mai!
  
  
  Traffic-ah a inhnamhnawih a, a tlan chak loh phah ta a ni. Driver tam tak chu an ding a, eng nge thleng dawn tih an nghak a. Electric tram tang chuan kawngpui inkar chu a dang a ni. Nick chu a kal kual a, mipui zingah chuan jeep chu zawi zawiin a khalh chhunzawm ta a.
  
  
  In chhungah chuan meipui lian tak tak ang maiin candle leh lamp te chu a rawn eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Corner-a naupang nuihzatthlak tak tak rual chu a paltlang a. An tan chuan ball tak tak a ni.
  
  
  Ginza Dori lam chu vei lamah a hawi a. Sotobori-dori lam pan chuan dinglamah a hawi thei a, block hnih khat vel a kal thei a, chutah chuan lal in tual lam pan nghal thei tur kawngpuiah hmar lam a hawi thei bawk. Chutah chuan moat chunga kawngpui siamna tur poster pakhat a hria a. Chu hmun chu police leh sipaihoin an khat tih chu a chiang a, mahse chu chu thil pangngai a ni. A thusawi ngaihthlak tir thei tur leh Emperor chu khuh leh himna lam pan tir thei tur thuneihna nei tling tak a zawn a ngai chauh a ni.
  
  
  Sotobori-ah a lut ta a. A hma lawkah, hmar lam hawi a tumna hmun piah lamah chuan American Embassy building zau tak chu a awm a. Killmaster chu a thlem nasa hle mai. Ṭanpuina a mamawh! He thil hi a tan chuan a lian lutuk ta. Mahse hengte hi second tlemte chauh a ni a, second hlu tak tak a ni a, second khat pawh a khawhral thei lo. Jeep a nawr lai chuan corner vel atang chuan tyre a rawn ri a, embassy light pawh a rawn eng leh ta. Emergency generator hmanga siam a ni. Tichuan a rilruah chuan Palace-ah hian emergency generator pawh a nei dawn a, chu chu a hmang thei dawn a, Philston-a chuan he thil hi a hre ngei ang. Nick chuan a kekawrte lian tak chu a thing a, gas chu nasa takin a hmet a, floorboards atang chuan nawr tumin a bei a. Chutah chuan kal mai rawh. Laiin.
  
  
  Tunah chuan mipui mur mur ri chu a hre ta. Tenawm. Mipui tam tak a lo hre tawh a, thil dang ang lo takin tlem an ti hlauhawm fo thin. Mipui chu sawi lawk theih loh, engkim ti thei sakawlh rilru na tak an ni.
  
  
  Silai ri a hre ta. Thim zingah chuan shot ragged scattering, hmalam pan nghal mai. Mei, hrual leh nasa tak chuan a dum chu a rawng a rawn khuh ta a. Kawngpui inkar a rawn thleng ta a. Tunah chuan lal in chu block thum chauh a hla tawh a. Police car kang chu a sir lamah a mu a. A puak a, rocket te tak te ang maia meialh chi hrang hrang a thlawk chho leh chho ta a ni. Mipui chu an hnungtawlh a, an au chhuak a, inkhuh tumin an tlan ta a ni. Kawngpui hnuai lamah chuan police car pathum dang chuan kawngpui an dang a, an spotlight che vel chu mipui pungkhawm chungah chuan a inkhel ta a ni. An hnungah chuan kangmei venna truck pakhat chu hydrant bulah a kal a, Nick-a chuan tui meipui pakhat chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  Police officer line te tak te chu kawngpuiah chuan an kal ta a. Special forces helmet, baton leh pistol te an ha a ni. An hnungah hian police eng emaw zatin line chungah leh mipui zingah tear gas an kap leh bawk. Nick chuan gas shell te chu typical wet thuuckk-thuuckk nen a inthen darh leh darh chu a hre ta a. Mipui zingah chuan lacriminators rim chuan a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. Gas a lo chhuah rual chuan hmeichhia leh mipa chu an thaw halh a, an khuh bawk. Retreat chu thlawhnaah a chang tan ta. Nick, tanpui theih loh chuan jeep chu kawngpui sir lamah a hawitir a, a nghak ta a. Mipui chu tuifinriat ang maiin jeep lam pan chuan cape chungah chuan an tlan phei a, an rawn vel a.
  
  
  Nick chu jeep chhungah chuan a ding chhuak a. Mipui zingah chuan a han en a, police zuitute leh kulh sang tak chu a paltlang a, lal in leh a tual chhungah chuan êng a hmu thei a. Generator an hmang a. Hei hian Philston-a hna chu a ti harsa zawk ngei ang. Nge a ni em? Lungkhamna chuan AXEman chu a tibuai hle. Philston hian generator chungchang hi a hre tawh ang a, a chhuahsan mai ang. Engtin nge Lalber hnena a thlen theih a beisei?
  
  
  Chutah a hnungah Johnny Chow chu a hmu ta a. Mi pakhat chu car chung lamah a ding a, a kal pelh mipuite chu a au chhuak ta a. Police car spotlight pakhat chuan a man a, êng êng hnuaiah chuan a rawn man ta a ni. Chow chuan a kut a phar chhunzawm zel a, a thaw halh a, zawi zawiin mipui luang chu a tlahniam tan ta a. Tunah chuan an lo ngaithla ta a. An tlan chu an chawlhsan ta a.
  
  
  Car dinglamah ding Tonaka chu spotlight-in a ti eng a. A dum, kawrfual, sweater a ha a, a sam chu scarf-ah a khih bawk. Johnny Chow au chhuak chu a en a, a mit a chhing a, rilru hahdamna mak tak mai a nei a, car chhunga mipui nawr leh nawr kual vel chu a hre lo.
  
  
  Johnny Chow-a thusawi chu hriat theih a ni lo. A hmui a meng a, a chhehvel a kawhhmuh chhunzawm zel chuan thu a rawn chhuak ta a.
  
  
  An ngaithla leh ta a. Police rank atang chuan whistle ri a ri a, police rank te chu an hnungtawlh tan ta a. “Thil tihsual a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.Kan dah belh zel tur a ni.Mahse police officer an tlem hle a, him takin an khel a ni.
  
  
  Gas mask vuah mipa a hmu a, a tlem berah za chuang zet an awm. Chow-a thuhrilna car chu an vel a, an vai hian ralthuam chi khat - tiang, khandaih, pistol leh chemte an nei vek a. Nick chuan Stan silai flash chu a rawn man ta a. Hei hi a bulpui ber, buaina siamtu tak tak a ni a, silai leh gas mask hmangin mipui chu police line kaltlangin Palace ground chhungah an hruai lut a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Johnny Chow chu a la au chhuak a, lal in lam chu a la kawhhmuh a. Tonaka chuan a hnuai atang chuan a en reng a. Gas mask ha mipa te chuan hmatawng rough tak an siam tan a, rank hrang hrangah an insawn ta a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a han en kual vel a. Jeep chu mipui zingah chuan a nawr lut a, thinrim hmel tuipui kam chu Johnny Chow-a ngaihven hlawh berna hmun chu a en a. Police te chuan insumtheihna an lantir a, mahse chu misual chu an en tha hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan Browning chu a belt atang chuan a la chhuak a. A han melh thla a. Mi sang tam tak zinga pakhat mahin an ngaihven lo. Hmuh theih loh mi a ni. Johnny Chow chu a lawm hle mai. A tawpah chuan ngaihven hlawh ber a ni ta a ni. Killmaster chu rei vak lo a nui suk a. Chu chance chu a nei leh tawh ngai lovang.
  
  
  A rang tur a ni. He mipui pungkhawm hi engkim ti thei an ni. Thisen chhuakin an tikehsawm ang.
  
  
  A lo chhut a (yard sawmthum vel a hla a ni. A kah ngai loh ralthuam mak tak atanga yard sawmthum vel a hla a ni.
  
  
  Police-te ngaihtuahna chu Johnny Chow-a chungah a la awm reng a ni. A larna chu halo ang maiin a ha a, hlau lovin, a hlim hle a, a huatna chu a chil a chhak a, a au chhuak bawk. Gas mask ha silai keng line-te chuan wedge an siam a, police line lam pan chuan an kal ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan Browning chu a la a, a level ta a ni. Thâwk a la nghal vat a, a chanve chu a puak chhuak a, trigger chu vawi thum a la chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Mipui thawm ri chungah chuan silai ri chu a hre thei lo. Car chung lamah chuan Johnny Chow chu a rawn inher kual a, a rilru a rawn man a, a tlu ta a. Nick chu jeep atang chuan mipui zingah a hla thei ang berin a zuang chhuak a. Ruang hrual hrual hrual zingah chuan a chhuk thla a, a kut tha tak hmangin a rawn chhuah a, chu hmun chu a rawn punch chhuak a, mipui zingah chuan a kal ta a. Mi pakhat chauhin a dang a tum a. Nick chuan a hunting knife inch khat chu a chhungah a thun a, a kal zel a.
  
  
  Palace lawn lu lama hedge pakhata inkhuarna hmun thenkhatah chuan a lut a, chutih lai chuan "mipui zinga note thar" a hmuchhuak ta a ni. Hedge-ah a inthup a, a disheveled leh thisen chhuak a, mipuiin police an beih leh lai chu a en reng a. Van chhungah chuan Tonaka kaihhruai ralthuam keng mi an awm a. Chinese flag te tak te chu a han vawrh a—tunah chuan a khuhna zawng zawng chu a bo vek tawh—chu wave chhe tawh tak, inrual lo tak lu lamah chuan au chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Police lam aṭangin silai a hmetpuak a ni. Tumah an tlu lo. An lu chungah chuan an la kap reng a. Mipui chu, thahnemngai lehin, ngaihtuahna nei lovin, ralthuam kengte fei lu, solid core hnungah chuan hma an sawn ta a. Chu thawm chu a rapthlak a, thisen a chhuak nasa hle a, chu mi lian rilru na tak chuan tualthah duhna chu a au chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Police line te tak te chu an darh a, sakawr chung chuangte chu an rawn chhuak ta a. Mounted police, a tlem berah za hnih tal chu mipui pungkhawm lam pan chuan an chuang a. Sabre an hmang a, mipui tihtlem an tum a ni. Police te dawhtheihna chu a tawp ta. Nick chuan a chhan a hre chiang hle - Chinese flag chuan a ti ta a ni.
  
  
  Sakawrte chu mipui zingah chuan an rawn tla thla ta a. Mite chu an tlu a, an chhuk ta a. Au thawm chu a intan ta. Sabre te chu an tho va, an tla a, searchlight atanga meialh an man a, thisen chhuak leivut ang maiin an paih ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a hnaih tawk hle a, chiang takin a hmu thei. Tonaka chu a hawi let a, attack pumpelh nan a sir lamah tlan a tum a. A hnuai lama awm tawh mipa pakhat chungah chuan a tlu ta a. Sakawr chu a tho a, a dive a, mihring ang maiin a hlauthawng a, a sakawr chu a tikehsawm ta mai mai a ni. Tonaka chu a chanve vel a ni tawh a, a nunna chhanhim turin a tlan leh ta a, chutih lai chuan thir kephah pakhat a rawn tla thla a, a lu ruh chu a rawn tikehsawm ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu lawn piah lama ding lal in bang lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, a ramri chu hedge in a ni. Tunah hi poster siam hun a ni lo. Slacker ang maiin a lang a, amah ngei pawh hel ang mai a ni a, luh phal a ni ngai lo.
  
  
  Bang chu hmanlai leh hnim hring a ni a, lichen-in a khuh a, ke ruh leh ke ruh tam tak a awm bawk. A kut pakhat hmang pawhin a hneh thei lo. Chu hmunah chuan a zuang lut a, ditch bula mei lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Permanent bridge pakhatah hian asphalt access road a awm a, barricade pawh siam a ni tawh bawk. Barricade hnungah chuan car an ding a, mipui an pungkhawm a, sipai leh police officer-te ngawi rengin an au ri te pawh a awm bawk.
  
  
  Japan sipai pakhat chuan a hmaiah carbine a thun a.
  
  
  “Tomodachi,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Tomodachi hi ṭhian a ni! Commander-san hnenah min hruai rawh. Hubba! Haai!"
  
  
  Sipai chuan car pakhat bula mipa pawl pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a. Nick chu a rifle hmangin an lam pan chuan a nawr a. Killmaster chuan, Chu chu thil harsa ber tur a ni ang, keimah ang deuhin a ngaihtuah a.A tawng thiam vak lo pawh a ni mai thei.A hlauthawng a, a rilru a buai a, a vuak a, hneh loh tluk a ni bawk.Mahse, chu chu a tak tak chu an hriatthiam tir a ngai a ni
  
  
  buaina chu a intan chauh a ni. Engtin emaw tak chuan a tih a ngai ta...
  
  
  Sipai chuan, “Khawngaihin i lu chungah kut nghat rawh,” a ti a. Pawl chhunga mipa pakhat chu a bia a. Hmêl hriat duh tak tak half dozen zet chuan Nick lam chu an hawi a. An zinga pakhat chu a hrechiang ta a. Bill Talbot-a chuan a rawn ti a. Embassy attache a ni. Pathianin malsawm rawh se!
  
  
  Chumi hma chuan Nick-a chuan vuakna a tawh avang hian a aw hian eng chen nge chhiatna a tawh tih a hre lo. Raven ang maiin a rawn croak a.
  
  
  "Bill! Bill Talbot. Hetah hian lo kal rawh. Carter a ni. Nick Carter!"
  
  
  Chu pa chuan zawi zawiin a rawn pan hnai a. A mitmengah chuan hriatna a awm lo.
  
  
  "Tunge? Tunge i nih buddy? Engtin nge ka hming i hriat?"
  
  
  Nick chuan thunun tumin a bei a. Tunah chuan puak darh pawh a hlawk lo. Thâwk a la a. "Ka thusawi hi ngaithla mai rawh Bill. Tuin nge ka lavender hi lei ang?"
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a mit a chhing a. A rawn hnaih a, Nick-a chu a en a. “Kuminah hian Lavender hi a bo a ni,” a ti. "Clams leh mussels ka duh. Sweet Jesus, nangmah hi i ni tak tak em, Nick?"
  
  
  “A dik e. Tunah chuan ngaithla la, titawp suh. Hun a awm lo...”
  
  
  A chanchin a sawi a. Sipai chuan step tlemte a hnungtawlh a, mahse a rifle chu Nick lam hawiin a dah tlat thung. Car bula mipa pawl pakhat chuan ngawi rengin an en a.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a ti zo ta. “Tunah hian la rawh,” a ti a. "A ti rang hle. Philston hi khawi emaw laiah a awm ngei ang."
  
  
  Bill Talbot chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Thu dik lo i dawng a ni, Nick. Emperor hi hetah hian a awm lo. Kar khat chhung zet chu a awm lo. A inthiarfihlim a. A ngaihtuah a. Satori. Fujiyoshida bula a mimal temple-ah a awm a ni."
  
  
  Richard Philston-a chuan a bum vek a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chu a rawn inher a, mahse a rawn man ta a ni. I tih tur chu i ti ta a ni.
  
  
  “Okay,” a ti a. "Motor chak tak min rawn hruai rawh. Hubba! Chance a la awm maithei. Fujiyoshida hi mel sawmthum chauh a hla a ni a, thlawhna pawh a tha lo. Ka kal zel ang. Hetah hian thil i buatsaih ang. An hre chiang che a, an ngaithla ang che." Fujiyoshida chu call rawh. leh..."
  
  
  "Ka thei lo. Inbiakpawhna line te chu a bo tawh. Damn, engkim mai chu a bo vek tawh, Nick, ruang ang maiin i lang - ka tha zawk i ti lo em ni...."
  
  
  “Chu car chu min rawn pe a tha zawkin ka hria,” Nick chuan lungngai takin a ti a. "He minute dam takah hian."
  
  
  
  Bung 14-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Embassy lian Lincoln chu zankhuain a bo a, khawthlang lam pan chuan kawngpui tawi te tan a tha a, a tam zawk chu a chhe hle. A zawh hunah chuan super-highway a ni tawh ang - tunah chuan bypass mass a ni tawh. Tokyo atanga mel sawm a kal hmain vawi thum a kal a.
  
  
  Mahse, hei hi Fujiyoshida-a hmun thianghlim te tak te panna kawng tawi ber a ni ngei ang, chutih lai chuan Emperor chu ngaihtuahna thuk takah a awm a, cosmic mysteries a ngaihtuah a, rinhlelh rual lohvin hriat theih loh hriat a zawng a ni. Hemi hnuhnung zawk hi Japanese mizia a ni.
  
  
  Lincoln-a kekawr chunga innghat, mahni intihhlum lovin speedometer chu a sang thei ang bera vawng rengtu Nick Carter-a tan chuan Emperor hian thih hnua nunna thurukte chu a luhchilh theih a rinawm hle niin a lang. Richard Philston hian head start a nei a, hun a nei tam hle a, tun thlengin Nick leh Chicoms te chu lal in chhungah mawi takin a hruai lut thei a ni.
  
  
  Hei hian Nick chu a ti hlauhawm hle. Eng ang taka â nge a nih check loh. Check pawh ngaihtuah suh. Philston-a chuan emperor chu lal in chhungah a awm tih a thlak palh a - chuvangin! Zawhna awm lovin a pawm ta a ni. He thubuai hi Johnny Chow leh Tonaka-a te chungah a lo chhuak lo a, Emperor thah tumna chungchang engmah an hriat loh avangin. Chanchinbu, radio leh television pawh hmu thei lo Killmaster-a chu awlsam takin bum a ni. Tunah chuan detour sign dang a hnaih lai chuan, “Hei hi a ni,” tiin a ngaihtuah a, “Philston tan chuan hei hi thil thleng fo a ni. Pete Fremont-a hna a thawhnaah hian danglamna a awm lo ang a, Philston-a chuan minute hnuhnung bera a thinlung inthlak danglamna, phatsan emaw, a ruahmanna tihbuai emaw a nih loh nan a hedging a ni. Theatre pakhata entu tirh a, i play chu theatre danga stage-a dah chu a mawi em em a ni. Kutbeng pawh a awm lo, inrawlhna pawh a awm lo, thuhretu pawh a awm lo.
  
  
  Khaw chhunga a kal lai chuan Lincoln chu a ti hniam a, chutah chuan candle chuan thim zingah saffron polka dot sangkhat zet a hnutchhiah a. Hetah hian Tokyo electric hmangin an awm a, a la out reng bawk. Khaw piah lamah chuan detour chu a chhunzawm zel a, tun hnaia ruah surin a hnim a, a hnim a, a low-slung position-a a hnathawh ai chuan oxcart-te tan a inhmeh zawk. Gas pedal chu a hmet a, a chunga leivut innghahna hnuaiah chuan a khalh ta a. A tang a nih chuan a tawpna a ni ang.
  
  
  Nick-a kut dinglam chu a jacket pocket-ah chuan tangkai lo takin a la inkhung reng a. Browning leh hunting knife chu seat-ah chuan a bulah an awm a. A kut veilam leh kut veilam, steering wheel lian tak hrual avanga ruh thlenga rilru hah tak chu natna reh thei loah a pil ta vek a.
  
  
  Bill Talbot chuan Lincoln-a a tlan lai chuan Nick-a hnenah thil engemaw a au chhuak a. Helicopter chungchang thil engemaw. Hei hian hna a thawk thei ang. Ni lo mai thei. Thil an tihfel meuh chuan eng nge Tokyo khawpui buaina zawng zawng leh engkim chu knock out a ni tawh a, airfield-a an chhuah theih meuh chuan a tlai tawh hle. Tin, an zawn tur pawh an hre lo. Philston-a chu a mit hmuhin a hre chiang hle. An ti lo.
  
  
  Temple thlamuang takah helicopter thlawk lut chuan Philston chu a ti hlauhawm hle ang. Killmaster chuan hei hi a duh lo. Tunah lo. Hetiang khawpa a lo thlen hnuah pawh ni lo. Emperor chhanchhuah chu number one a ni a, mahse Richard Philston vawi khat atan hmuh chu a hnai hle. He pa hian khawvelah hian chhiatna a ti lutuk a ni.
  
  
  Kawngpui fork pakhatah chuan a rawn thleng a. Sign chu a miss a, brake a hmet a, a headlight-a sign chu man turin a back up a. A tih duh ber chu bo mai mai a ni. Vei lama chhinchhiahna chuan Fijiyoshida tih a inziak a, chu chu a rin a ngai a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan kawngpui chu section tan a tha tawh a, Lincoln chu sawmkua thlengin a ti chak ta a ni. Window atang chuan a rawn inher thla a, thli lum tak chu a hre ta a. Tunah chuan a rilru a hahdam a, a rilru a lo harh tan ta a, reserve chakna wave pahnihna a nei ta a ni. Khaw dang chu a awm tih a hriat hmain a paltlang a, a hnungah chuan ri bengchheng tak ri a hre niin a ngai a. A nui suk a. Chu chu police thinrim tak pakhat a ni ang.
  
  
  A hmaah chuan veilam hawi nalh tak a nei a. A hnung lamah chuan car pakhat tan chuan arched bridge tawi tak a awm a. Nick chuan a hun takah turn chu a hmu a, brake a rawn nam a, car chu tires ri chhuak chungin dinglam hawia tlan rei takah a lut ta a. Wheel chuan a rawn vawm a, a kut zungtang hring dup atang chuan inthen a tum a. Skid atang chuan a la chhuak a, springs leh impacts agonized scream nen corner ah a lut a, bridge a rawn tawk chauh a, rear fender dinglam chu a tichhia bawk.
  
  
  Bridge piah lamah chuan kawngpui chu hremhmunah a chang leh ta a. S turn na tak a siam a, Fujisanroku Electric Railway nen parallel-in a tlan a ni. Car lian tak sen, thim leh tanpui ngai lo, track-a ding chu a paltlang a, mipuiin an kut an thlak lai chu a hmu nghal a. Zanin hian mi tam takin dinhmun harsa takah an inhmu dawn a ni.
  
  
  He hmun thianghlim hi mel sawm pawh tling lo a ni. Kawng chu a chhe zual sauh a, a tlan hniam a ngai ta a ni. A rilru hahdam turin a nawr lui a, a thinrimna leh dawhtheihna nei lo, a rilru natna chu a do ta a ni. Khawchhak lam mi a ni lo va, nerve tin hian hmalakna nghal leh a tawp ber a phut a, mahse kawng tha lo chu dawhtheihna nena hmachhawn ngai thil dik tak a ni. A rilru thlamuang turin a kalna kawng buaithlak tak chu hre reng turin a phal ta a. A nih loh leh, a hnunglam panna kawng chu a ni zawk.
  
  
  Labyrinth lian tak, labyrinthine ang mai a ni a, mi pali hlimthla ang maia lang, anmahni agenda zawm vek an awm. Counterpoint leh double cross hmanga siam black symphony a ni.
  
  
  Tonaka - a rilru a buai hle. A pa chu a hmangaih em em a. Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan communist thianghlim tak a ni a, a tawpah chuan Nick chu a pa nen thih ruala thi turin a siam ta a ni. Chutiang chu a ni ngei ang, a thattu chauh hian engkim a tichhe vek a, Kunizo Mata chu a that hmasa a, Nick chu chance a pe ta a ni. Cops te hi thil thleng mai mai an ni mai thei, mahse chutiang chuan a la ngaihtuah lo. Johnny a ni mai thei. Chow hian Tonaka rorelna tha zawk lakah tualthahna hi a orchestrate a, police te chu secondary measure atan a ko bawk. Chu chu a hlawhtlin loh chuan Tonaka chuan a insiamrem a, Nick chu online-a hruai kir leh a tum ta a ni. Beijing atanga order dawn chu a nghak thei. Tin, Chow ang maniac nena thawh dun hi a awlsam thei ngai lo. Chuvangin kidnapping lem leh hnute chu note nen chuan a hnenah an thawn ta a ni. Chumi awmzia chu a hun zawng zawng chu en reng a ni tihna a ni a, a rulhut pawh a hre ngai lo. Nick chu a mit a chhing a, chu khur lian tak chu hmu turin a ding ta mai. Hei hi a thleng ta a ni. Vawi tam lo mah se, a thleng ta a ni. A chang chuan i vannei a, chu rulhut chuan a that lo che.
  
  
  Richard Philston chu Nick-a hriat reng angin a tha hle. A ngaihtuahna chu Pete Fremont hmangin khawvel press-ah thawnthu hi a thlen dawn a ni. Chutih lai chuan Pete Fremont tak tak hman an tum a ni ngei ang. A ti ngei ang. Pete changtu Nick hian he hun chhung hian whisky tam tak a bo tih a sawi lai khan thudik a sawi a ni mai thei. Mahse Pete hian hralh a duh a nih chuan Kunizo Matu hian a hre lo - Nick-a khuh nan Pete hman a tum chuan an kutah a tla nghal a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a. A luhchilh tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan web tangled ber a ni. Cigarette tel lovin a thi a, mahse chance nei lovin a thi ta a ni. Detour dang a zawh leh a, hmân lai buh hmun ni ngei tur swamp pakhat chu a skirt ṭan ta a. Thingte chu an dah thla a, lunghluin an khuh a. Swamp piah lama buh hmun atang chuan thli chuan mihring bawlhhlawh ro rim a phur a.
  
  
  Philston chuan Chinese ho chu a en reng a, fimkhur dan pangngai ang mai a ni mai thei, a hote chuan harsatna awm lovin Nick chu an rawn phur ta a. Filston chuan Pete Fremont niin a ngai a, Tonaka chuan a hrilh lo. Philston-a hnar hnuai aṭanga Nick Carter an lak chhuah nghal avangin Johnny Chow nen hian kick na tak an nei ngei ang. Killmaster a ni! Russian-ho huat em em leh Philston-a ngei ang bawka khawthlang lam tan chuan an huat em em tu chu.
  
  
  Hetih lai hian Philston pawhin a sumdawnna chu a hmu ve bawk. Pete Fremont tia a rin mi pakhat - Chicom-ho hriatna leh phalna la hmasain - hlawkna tak tak atan a din a ni. Japan Emperor thah phurrit phur chunga Chinese-ho hmingchhiatna tur.
  
  
  Labyrinth chhunga lemte; mahni ruahmanna an nei theuh a, pakhat zawk bum dan tur ngaihtuah chhuah an tum ṭheuh a. Hlauhawmna hmanga, sum hmanga, board lian tak chunga pawn ang maia mi te te sawn kual.
  
  
  Tunah chuan kawngpui chu a zau tawh a, a chungah chuan a ke a pen ta a. Vawikhat chu Fujiyoshida-ah a kal tawh a - hmeichhe naupang pakhat nen an kal dun a, hlimhlawp atan saki engemaw zat an nei bawk - tunah chuan chu chu a lawm hle ta a ni. Chumi ni chuan sanctuary chu khar a ni a, mahse Nick chuan a hrechhuak ta
  
  
  guidebook-a map chu a chhiar a, tunah chuan hriat reng a tum ta a ni. A rilru a pek chuan engkim mai chu a hrechhuak thei tawh a, tunah chuan a rilru a pe ta a ni.
  
  
  Hmun thianghlim chu a hmalam pan nghal a. Mel chanve vel pawh a ni mai thei. Nick chuan headlight chu a off a, a tlan chak lo hle. Chance a la nei mai thei; a hre thei lo, mahse a hriat chuan tunah chuan a screw up tur a ni lo.
  
  
  Lane chuan veilam a pan a. Chumi ṭum chuan heti hian an kal tawh a, a hre chiang hle. Kawngpui chuan khawchhak lam chu a rawn vel a. Hmanlai kulh, hniam leh chim, kut pakhat keng tan pawh harsatna a thlen lo ang. A nih loh leh Richard Philston-a pawh a ni thei.
  
  
  Lane chu a bawlhhlawh hle a, track pahnih aia tlem lo a ni. Nick chuan Lincoln chu feet za engemaw zat a khalh a, engine chu a off ta a. Hrehawm tak, rilru hah tak, ngawi rengin chibai bukin, thawm pawh siam lovin a chhuak ta a. Hunting knife chu a jacket veilam pocket-ah a dah a, a kut veilam hmangin awkward takin hna a thawk a, Browning chhungah chuan clip thar a dah lut a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan a bo tawh a, thla (crescent moon) chuan chhum zingah chuan a rawn inher chhuak ta a. Alley atanga a kalna tur, ditch chhungah leh a sir lehlamah a chhoh theihna tur khawpa êng a pe a ni. Thing hnim hring, sang tawh tak karah chuan zawi zawiin bang hlui lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Chutah chuan a ding a, a ngaithla a, .
  
  
  Wisteria thing lian tak thimah chuan a awm a. Khawi emaw laiah chuan green cage pakhatah chuan sava pakhat chu muhil ang maiin a rawn ri chhuak a. A bulah chuan tits engemaw zatin an rhythmic song chu an sa tan ta a. Peonies rimtui na tak chu thlipui tleh chuan a titawp ta a ni. Nick chuan a kut tha tak chu bang hniam takah chuan a dah a, a zuang thla ta a.
  
  
  Dik tak chuan guard an awm ngei ang. Police te pawh an ni mai thei, sipai lam pawh an ni mai thei, mahse an tlem hle ang a, an fimkhur lo ang. Japan mi pangngai chuan Emperor chu a tichhe thei tih an ngaihtuah thei lo. An rilruah a lo lang lo mai mai ang. Talbot-a’n Tokyo-ah thilmak a tih a, engtin emaw tak a damchhuah loh chuan ni lo.
  
  
  Ngawi renga awm, thim reh tak chuan chu chu a hnial ta a ni. Nick chu a la awm ve tho.
  
  
  Wisteria thing lian tak hnuaiah chuan minute khat chhung chu a awm a, vawi khat a hmuh tawh angin chu hmun map chu a mitthlaah hmuh tumin a bei a. Khawchhak lam atanga lo kal a ni - chu chu Emperor chauh kal phalna hmun thianghlim te tak te, qisai chu a vei lamah khawi emaw laiah a awm tihna a ni. A hmaah chuan biak in lian tak, a luhna bulpui chungah torii curved tak a awm a. Ni e, chu chu a dik tur a ni. Kawngkhar lian ber chu ram chhim lamah a awm a, khawchhak lam a\angin a lut a.
  
  
  A vei lam bang chu a zui tan a, uluk takin a che a, a kal lai chuan a inbeng kang deuh bawk. Turf chu springy leh wet a ni a, thawm pawh a siam lo. Tin, Philston pawh.
  
  
  Nick Carter-a chu a vawi khatna atan a rawn deng a, a tlai a, hmun thianghlim te tak te chhungah chuan a kal a, Emperor chu a hnungzang ah chemte emaw, a lu-ah silai mu emaw a keng a hmuh chuan AH leh Carter te chu hremhmun hmun khatah an awm dawn tih a ni. Hei hi damn messy a ni thei a, thleng lo se a tha zawk ang. Hawk hi straitjacket-a dah a ngai a ni. Nick chuan a lu a thing a, a nui suk mai. Darkar tam tak chhung chu putar chu a ngaihtuah lo.
  
  
  Thla chu a rawn lang leh a, dinglamah chuan tui dum eng mawi tak chu a hmu ta a. Lake ah hian carps te a awm. Sangha chu amah aiin a dam rei zawk ang. A sawi chhunzawm a, tunah chuan zawi zawiin, aw leh êng chu a ngaihven hle.
  
  
  Kawng dik tak panna lungpui kawngpuiah chuan a thleng ta a. A ri nasa lutuk a, rei vak lo hnuah a kalsan a, kawngpui sirah chuan a kal ta a. A pocket atang chuan ramsa mantu chemte chu a man a, a ha inkarah a thun a. Browning-a chamber-ah chuan cartridge a awm a, safety pawh a off tawh bawk. A hma zawng aiin a inpeih tawh zawk.
  
  
  Kawngpui chu maple lian tak tak leh keaki thing huanah a inzawm a, chu chu grep hrui thuk takin a inzawm a, natural gazebo a siam a ni. Chumi piah lamah chuan pagoda te tak te a awm a, a tiles te chuan thla eng mawi lo tak chu a lantir a. A bulah chuan thir bench pakhat, a dum hring hring a ding a. Bench bulah chuan rinhlelh rual lohvin mipa ruang chu a mu a. Brass buttons chu a rawn eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Taksa te tak te, uniform dum ha.
  
  
  Policepa rilru chu a lo hrual tawh a, a hnuaia thlai chu a dum vek tawh bawk. Taksa chu a la lum hle mai. Hun rei vak lo kal ta a ni lo. Tunah chuan Killmaster chu kekawr bul hmangin lawn zau tak leh pangpar thing hual vel chu a tlan kual a, hla takah chuan êng hlim lo tak a hmu ta a ni. Shrine te tak te.
  
  
  Eng chu a thim hle a, a thim hle a, will-o’-the-wisp ang mai a ni. Maicham chungah a awm ang a, chu chu êng chhuahna awmchhun a ni ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Eng chu a ni hauh lo. Tin, khawi emaw lai thimah chuan taksa dang a awm thei bawk. Nick chu a tlan chak zawk.
  
  
  Hmun thianghlim te tak te luhnaah hian kawngpui zau tak pahnih, paved pahnih chu a inzawm khawm a. Nick chu thlai chu zawi zawiin a tlan pel a, kawngpui siam triangle chung lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Hetah hian thinghnah thim tak takte chuan maicham kawngka a\angin an then hrang a. Kawngkhar atang chuan light a leak a, sidewalk ah chuan a rawn lang a, striped amber light a rawn lang bawk. A ri lo. Movement a awm lo. AXeman chuan a rilru a buai hle. A tlai tawh hle mai. He building te tak teah hian thihna a awm a. Thil hriatna a nei a, dawt a ni lo tih a hria.
  
  
  Thinghnah zingah chuan a kal ta a, tunah chuan thawm ri chu a ngaihtuah tawh lo. Thihna a lo thleng a, a bo ta. Maicham kawngkhar chu a chanve vel a inhawng a. A rawn lut a. Kawngkhar leh maicham inkar a chanve velah an mu a.
  
  
  
  Ṭhenkhat chu Nick a luh chuan an che a, an tap chhuak bawk.
  
  
  Kawngpui atanga rawn chhuhsaktu chu Japan mi pahnih an ni. Shorty chu a thi tawh a. A sang zawk chu a la dam a. A pum chungah a mu a, a glasses chu a bulah a mu a, maicham chunga khawnvar te tak te eng chhuak atang chuan double reflection a rawn thlak a.
  
  
  Philston hian thuhretu a hnutchhiah dawn lo tih hi ring rawh. Tin, chuti chung chuan thil engemaw a kal sual ta a ni. Nick chuan Japanese sang tak chu a hawi let a, a bulah chuan a bawkkhup a. Chu pa chu vawi hnih kah a ni a, a pum leh a lu-ah kah a ni a, a thi mai mai a ni. Hei hian Philston hian suppressor a hmang tihna a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmai chu thi mai tur chu a hnaih tir a. "Khawiah nge Philston-a chu?"
  
  
  Japanese ho chu phatsantu a ni a, Russian-ho hnenah a hralh chhuak tawh a - a nih loh leh a dam chhung zawnga communist leh rinawm tak a ni mai thei - mahse hrehawm rapthlak takin a thi mek a, tuin nge a zawtfiah tih pawh a hre lo. A nih loh leh engvangin nge. Mahse a thluak thim tak chuan zawhna chu a hria a, chhanna a pe ta a ni.
  
  
  "Kal rawh... hmun thianghlim ropui takah. Tihsual - Lalber chu hetah hian a awm lo. Tidanglam - ani - hmun thianghlim ropui takah kal rawh. Kei..." A thi ta a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster chu kawngka atang chuan a tlan chhuak a, a tlan chhuak a, kawngpui zau takah chuan veilamah a hawi a. A hun a ni maithei. Krista engkimtitheia - hun a la awm maithei!
  
  
  Eng quirk nge Emperor chu chu zan chuan hmun thianghlim lian tak chu a te zawk hmang lovin a hmang ta tih a hre lo. A nih loh leh ngaihsakna. Hei hian chance hnuhnung ber a pe ta a ni. Hei hian Philston-a pawh a ti lungngai dawn hle a, uluk taka ruahmanna fel tak siama hna a thawk a ni.
  
  
  Hei hian thisen lum tak chu a tithinur lo va, a thawhpui pahnih chhuahsan theihna hun remchang a hloh phah lo. Tunah chuan Philston chu amah chauh a ni tawh ang. Lalber nen chauhvin, engkim chu a ruahman ang chiah chiah a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu peonies-in a hual vel tiled kawngpui zau takah chuan a chhuak ta a. Kawngpui sir lamah chuan tuikhuah dang a awm a, a piah lamah chuan huan sei tak, hring dup, lung dumte chu mak tak maia inher chhuak a awm bawk. Thla chu tunah chuan a eng zawk a, a eng em em a, Nick-a chuan puithiam ruang chu a hun takah a hmu a, a chungah chuan a zuang thla ta a ni. Mitmengah chuan a han en a, thisen chhuak kawrfual dum a ha a. Philston chu chutiang chu a ni.
  
  
  Philston-a chuan a hmu lo. Mahni hna a ngaihtuah a, a kal a, ui ang maiin a kal a, Nick atanga yard sawmnga vel a hlaah a kal a. Kawrfual a ha a, puithiam kawr dum a ha a, a lu sam chu thla eng a rawn lang chhuak a. Fapa chuan engkim a ngaihtuah vek a.
  
  
  Killmaster chu bang bulah chuan a kal hnai zawk a, chu chu hmun thianghlim hualtu arcade hnuaiah chuan a kal ta a. Hetah hian bench a awm a, an inkarah chuan a hrual a, Philston chu hmuh theihin a awmtir a, an inkarah pawh a hlat zawng chu a inang reng a ni. Tin, thutlukna ka siam bawk. Philston chu that emaw, hruai emaw rawh. Inelna a ni lo. Amah chu that rawh. Tunah. Amah hnaih la, hetah leh tunah hian that rawh. Shot khatin a ti thei ang. Tichuan Lincoln-ah chuan kir leh la, chuta tang chuan hell chu chhuah tir rawh.
  
  
  Philston chu vei lamah a hawi a, a bo ta a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a tlan chakna chu a ti sang nghal a. He indonaah hian a la chak lo thei tho. He ngaihtuahna hi a tan chuan thir lum ang maiin a lang. He mipa hian Emperor a thah hnuah chuan Philston-a thah hi nuam a ti tlem hle ang.
  
  
  Philston-a inherna hmun a hmuh chuan a rilru a lo harh ta a. Tunah chuan chu pa chu yard sawmthum chauh a hla tawh a, rukru takin corridor thui takah chuan a kal ta a. Zawi zawiin a che a, a kekawr bul lamah a che bawk. Corridor tawp lamah chuan kawngkhar pakhat a awm a. Hmun thianghlim ropui tak pakhatah a hruai ang a, Lalber pawh a awm ang.
  
  
  Corridor tawp lama kawngkhar pakhat atang chuan êng hlim lo tak a rawn chhuak a, chu kawngkhar bulah chuan Filston chu a silhouette a. Shot tha tak a ni. Nick chuan Browning chu a chawi sang a, Filston hnungzang chu uluk takin a kap ta a. Thil chiang lo takah chuan lu-ah kah a nih theihna tur risk a la duh lo va, chu pa chu a hnuah a titawp thei reng a ni. Pistol chu arm’s length-ah a chelh a, uluk takin a aim a, shot chu a squeeze chhuak ta a. Browning chuan a click dull a. Cartridge tha lo tak a ni. Odds chu million to one a ni a, ammo hlui nunna nei lo chuan zero lian tak a pe bawk.
  
  
  Philston chu kawngka bulah a awm a, hun a awm tawh lo. A hun takah chuan a kut pakhatin silai chu a reload thei lo. Nick chu a tlan phei a.
  
  
  Kawngka bulah chuan a lo awm a. A hnunglam pindan chu a zau hle a. Maicham chungah chuan meialh pakhat chauh a rawn chhuak a. A hmaah chuan mi pakhat chu ke hrual chungin a thu a, a lu a nghat a, a ngaihtuahnaah a bo a, Thihnain a rawn zui tih pawh a hre lo.
  
  
  Filston hian Nick Carter hi a la hmu lo va, a la hre lo bawk. Room chhung chu a kekawr bul a hawi kual a, a kut a silai chu a sei a, a muzzle-a silencer screw chuan a ti muffle bawk. Nick chuan ngawi rengin Browning chu leiah a dah a, ramsa mantu chemte chu a la a. pocket atang chuan. Chu stiletto te tak te atan chuan eng pawh a pe vek ang. Hunting knife chauh a nei a. Tin, second hnih vel a ni bawk.
  
  
  Philston chu room sir lam chanve vel a ni tawh. Maicham hmaa mipa chuan eng emaw a hriat chuan, a bula pindan chhunga thil awm chu a hriat chuan chhinchhiahna engmah a pe lo. A lu chu a beng bulah a dah thla a, a thaw thûk hle.
  
  
  Philston chuan a pistol chu a han chawi sang a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan zawi te hian, "Philston!"
  
  
  Philston chu grace takin a hawi let a. Mak tihna, thinrimna, thinrimna chu a hmeichhe hmel chunglam sensitive lutuk nen chuan a inhmeh hle. Tun ṭumah chuan nuihzatna a awm lo. A lu sam chu torchlight-ah chuan a eng chhuak ta hlawm a. A cobra mitmeng chu a meng chhuak ta.
  
  
  "Fremont!" A kap ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a sir lamah ke a pen a, target tawi tak present turin a hawi let a, chemte chu a vawm ta a. A thei lo, a nghak thei tawh lo. .
  
  
  Pistol chu lungpui chungah chuan a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. Philston chuan a thinlunga chemte chu a en reng a. Nick chu a en a, chutah chemte chu a en leh a, a tlu ta a. Dying reflex-ah chuan a kut chuan silai chu a rawn phar a. Nick chuan a hnawt chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Maicham hmaa mipa naupang chu a ding chhuak a. Rei vak lo chu a ding a, muangchangin Nick Carter atanga leia ruang awm chu a en a. Philston-a chu thisen a chhuak vak lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kun a. Thu tawi te te in a sawi a. Chu pa chuan titawp lovin a ngaithla a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a kawrfual dum hring hring, a kawrfual hring dup mai, a kawrfual hring dup mai mai chu a ha lo hle. A sam chu a sei a, a dum a, a hmuiah chuan a dum hring hring a awm. A ke chu a hlim hle mai. A hmui chu felfai takin a tifai a.
  
  
  Nick-a thusawi zawh chuan chu pa te chuan a robe pocket atang chuan tangkarua rim nei glasses a la a, a ha a. Nick-a chu rei vak lo a en a, chutah Richard Philston-a ruang chu a en leh a. Tichuan, zawi zawiin a hiss a, Nick lam chu a hawi a, a kun hniam hle.
  
  
  "Arigato chuan."
  
  
  Nick chu a kun hniam hle. A hnungzang a na a, mahse a ti ve tho.
  
  
  "Itashimashite siam rawh."
  
  
  Emperor chuan, "I rawtna angin i kal thei ang. I dik a ni, a dik e. Hei hi thup a ngai a ni. Ka ruahman theiin ka hria. Engkim hi ka kutah i dah vek ang, khawngaihin," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kun leh a. "Chuti a nih chuan ka kal ang. Hun kan nei tam lo."
  
  
  “Minute khat chauh, khawngaihin,” a kawr atanga bejeweled golden sunburst chu a la chhuak a, rangkachak chain-ah Nick hnenah chuan a pe a.
  
  
  "Hei hi i pawm ang, khawngaihin. Hei hi ka duh khawp mai."
  
  
  Nick chuan medal a la ta a. Rangkachak leh lunghlu te chu êng hlim lo takah chuan a eng chhuak vek a. "Ka lawm e."
  
  
  Chutah camera a hmuh chuan he pa hi shutter bug lar tak a ni tih a hrechhuak ta a. Camera chu pindan kil khata dawhkan te tak te chungah a mu a, ngaihtuahna fim lo takin an rawn hruai a ni ngei ang. Nick chu dawhkan lam pan chuan a kal phei a, camera chu a la a. Outlet ah chuan flash cube a lo awm a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kun leh a. "Hei hi ka hmang thei ang em. Recording, i hriatthiam angin. A pawimawh."
  
  
  Chu pa te chuan a kun thuk hle a. "A dik e. Mahse, hmanhmawh turin ka rawt a ni. Tunah chuan thlawhna ri ka hre tawh niin ka hria."
  
  
  Helicopter a ni a, mahse Nick chuan chutiang chuan a sawi lo. Philston chu a straddle a, mitthi hmel chu a la a. Vawi khat dang tih chian nan, chutah a kun leh ta a.
  
  
  "Camera ka chhuahsan a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  "A dik e. Itaskimashite. Tin, tunah chuan - sayonara!"
  
  
  "Sayonara!"
  
  
  An in chibai a.
  
  
  Helicopter hmasa ber a lo thlen rual chuan Lincoln chu a thleng a, lei chungah a thlawk chhuak ta a ni. Landing light, blue-white light streaks te chu zan boruak hnim takah chuan a meikhu a.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan Lincoln chu gear-ah a dah a, lane atang chuan a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  Bung 15-na
  
  
  
  
  
  Hawk chuan Friday zing dar kua chiah khan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chu minute hnih vel a tlai a. Chu chu a hrehawm lo hle. Engkim ngaihtuah chuan minute tlemte chawlh hahdam a phu hle niin a ngai a. Hetah hian a awm a. International Dateline chungah lawmthu kan sawi e.
  
  
  A suit thar zawk pakhat, light spring flannel a ha a, a kut dinglam chu a elbow thlenga cast-ah a awm bawk. Glue streaks chuan a hmel hring takah chuan tic-tac-toe pattern a siam a. Waiting room chhunga a luh lai chuan a la keh nasa hle. Delia Stokes chu a typewriter bulah chuan a thu a.
  
  
  A lu atanga a ke thlengin a en a, a nui suk bawk. "Ka lawm lutuk Nick. Kan buai deuh a."
  
  
  "Keimah ngei pawh hian rei vak lo chu ka buai deuh a. An awm em?"
  
  
  “Ni e. Tun hma hun chanve atang khan an lo nghak reng che a ni.”
  
  
  "Hmmm, Hawk hian an hnenah eng emaw a sawi em tih i hria em?"
  
  
  "A ti lo. A nghak reng che a ni. Tun dinhmunah chuan kan pathum chauh hian kan hre thei."
  
  
  Nick chuan a tie chu a tidik a. "Ka lawm e, honey. A hnuah in tur lei turin min hriat nawn tir ang che. Lawmna tlem."
  
  
  Delia chu a nui suk a. "Hmeichhe upa zawk nen hun hman dun tur niin i ngai. A nihna takah chuan Girl Scout ka ni tawh lo."
  
  
  "Titawp rawh Delia. Chutiang crack khat dang la leh la, min puak darh ang."
  
  
  Intercom chungah chuan dawhthei lo thawm ri a ri a. "Delia! Nick hi luh tir rawh, khawngaihin."
  
  
  Delia chuan a lu a thing a. "Ui ang maia beng a nei."
  
  
  "Sonar siam chhuah a ni." Office chhung lam chu a lut ta a.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a hmuiah cigar a rawn keng a. Cellophane chu a chungah a la awm reng a. Chumi awmzia chu a phur hle a, lantir loh a tum tihna a ni. Phone-ah Hawk nen hian rei tak an inbia a, putar chuan he scene te tak te hi lemchan a tum tlat a ni. Nick chuan a hrethiam lo, Hawk hian dramatic effect chi khat siam a tum tih loh chu. Mahse, eng thil atan nge?
  
  
  Hawke chuan Cecil Aubrey leh mipa pakhat Terence, Scot mi lungngai tak, hlim lo tak, a lu a bu nghat mai mai a, pipe tenawm tak a puff chu a rawn inhmelhriattir a.
  
  
  Extra chair an rawn keng tel bawk. Mi zawng zawng an thut chuan Hawk chuan, "Awle, Cecil. I duh chu hrilh rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan mak tihna leh buaina nasa tak nen a ngaithla a. Hawk chuan a mitmeng chu a pumpelh a. Diabola hlui hian eng nge a tih?
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey chuan a hneh nghal vat a. Nick-a chu Japan-a kal a, Nick-a Japan-a a kal thar leh a tih ang kha ti turin a duh tih a chiang ta.
  
  
  A tawpah chuan Aubrey chuan, "Richard Philston hi a hlauhawm hle. Man tum ai chuan a hmunah that mai turin ka rawt a ni," a ti.
  
  
  Nick chuan Hawk chu a melh a. Putar chuan sual nei lo zet hian ceiling chu a en a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a chhungril pocket atang chuan thlalak eng mawi tak a la chhuak a.
  
  
  tiin English mi lian tak hnenah chuan a pe ta a. "Hei hi i mipa Philston a ni em?"
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey chuan mitthi hmel chu a melh reng a, lu sam chu a melh reng bawk. A hmui a meng a, a hmui chu a tla thla ta.
  
  
  "Damn me! Similar - mahse sam tel lo chuan a harsa deuh - ka chiang lo."
  
  
  Scotsman chu en turin a rawn kal phei a. Vawikhat mitmeng. A superior chu a kawngah a fawp a, chutah Hawk chu a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  "Philston a ni. Ringhlelhawm a awm lo. Engtin nge i tih ka hre lo, buddy, mahse ka lawmpui che."
  
  
  Aubrey-a hnenah chuan ngawi rengin, "Hei hi Richard Philston, Cecil a ni a, i hre chiang hle mai," a ti leh a.
  
  
  Cecil Aubrey chuan thlalak chu Hawk-a dawhkanah chuan a dah a. "Ni e. Hei hi Dick Philston a ni. Hei hi ka nghah rei tawh hle."
  
  
  Hawk chuan Nick chu ngun takin a en a. "Tun atan chuan engkim a tha vek ang, Nick. Chawhmeh ei kham hnuah kan inhmu leh ang."
  
  
  Aubrey chuan a kut a phar a. "Mahse nghak rawh - details thenkhat hriat ka duh. Hei hi a mak a,..."
  
  
  "Nakinah," Hawk chuan a ti a. "A hnuah, Cecil, kan private business tak tak kan sawiho hnuah."
  
  
  Aubrey chuan a hmui a ti hup a. A khuh a. Tichuan: "Aw, ni e. Ni e, David. I lungkham a ngai lo. Ka thu ka zawm a ni." Kawngka bulah chuan Nick chuan a hawi let a. Hetiang ênga Hawk hi a la hmu ngai lo. Vawikhatmah a boss chu ui upa sly ang mai a ni - a hmuiah cream hnawih ui ang mai a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Carter Nick-a chuan a rawn ti a
  Second 14 chhung hremhmun a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Second 14 chhung hremhmun a ni
  
  
  
  
  Lev Shklovsky-a lehlin a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 1-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chu pa chuan bar-a hmeichhe naupang pahnih chuan a kutah glass kengin terrace te tak te pakhata a kal lai chu a en reng tih a hmu a. A sang zawk chu Curasian a ni tih a chiang hle: a taksa sei tak, hmel ropui tak nei; pakhat zawk chu Chinese chi thianghlim, te tak te leh inthlauhna famkim tak a ni. An ngaihvenna inthup lo chuan a nuih a za hle. A sang hle a, athlete taksa peng tha takah chuan awlsam leh control theih chakna nen a che thei a ni. Terrace a thlen chuan Hong Kong Royal Colony leh Victoria Harbour light chu a thlir chhuak a. Hmeichhe naupangte chuan an la en reng niin a hria a, a nui suk bawk. Thil tam lutuk a awm a, hun pawh a la tlem hle.
  
  
  
  Agent N3, Killmaster, AX-a top agent chuan nimin tlai Hong Kong-a boruak hnim, tihduhdahna nasa tak karah chuan a lungawi lo hle. Hengte hi bar pakhata hmeichhe pahnih chauh an ni lo, hmeichhia mamawh ang maiin a inhria nachungin. Boxing champion pakhatin a career-a inhnek harsa ber a hmachhawn hmaa a rilru hahdam lohna kha a ni.
  
  
  
  Harbor chu mit blue-gray hmangin a scan a, Kowloon leh Victoria inzawmkhawmtu green leh white ferry-te chuan bungraw phur lawng, sampan, water taxi leh junks zingah thiam taka an tlan lai chu a en reng a. Kowloon khaw eng piah lamah chuan Kai Tak Airport atanga thlawhna rawn thlawk chhuak sen leh var eng mawi tak tak te chu a hmu ta a. Communist-hoin khawthlang lam an pan chhoh zel avangin khawthlang lam khualzin tlemte chauhvin Canton-Kowloon rel kawng hi an hmang ta a ni. Tunah chuan Kai Tak Airport a ni ta a, chu chuan mihring tamna khawpui hi khawthlang ramte nen a thlunzawm a, tuipui kawngpui bakah hian a inzawm khawm a ni. Heta a awm ni thum chhung hian he mipui tam tak awmna, mi â tak maia mipui tam tak awmna madhouse hi Manhattan of the Far East tia koh a nih fo chhan chu a hrethiam ta a ni. I duh zawng zawng leh i duh loh tam tak i hmu thei. Industrial city pawimawh tak a ni a, chutih rual chuan bawlhhlawh paihna hmun lian tak a ni bawk. A hum a, a rim bawk. Do theih loh leh hlauhawm tak a ni. He hming hi a inmil hle a ni, Nick chuan a glass chu a drain a, hall chhungah chuan a kal leh ta a. Pianist chuan languid melody a play a. In tur thar a order a, chair dum nuam tak, dum hring dup lam pan chuan a kal phei ta a. Nula ho chu an la awm reng a. Chair-ah chuan a thu a, a lu chu a hnung lamah a nghat a. Zan hmasa pahnih ang bawkin hall chu a khat tan ta a. Room chu semi-dark a ni a, bang bulah chuan bench a awm bawk. Hetah leh khawiah pawh hian coffee table lian tak tak leh company nei lo mikhualte tan armchair nuam tak tak a awm a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a mit a chhing a, nuihzat hmel zet hian ni thum kalta a Hawk hnen atanga a dawn package chu a ngaihtuah a. A thlen meuh chuan thil danglam tak a thleng dawn tih a hre ta. Hawk hian tun hmain inhmuhkhawmna hmun mak tak tak tam tak a lo siam tawh a - uluk taka enkawl ang maia a inhriat lai te, emaw, thuruk tak tak neih a duh lai te - mahse tun ṭumah chuan amah leh amah a phak lo hle. Nick chuan cardboard packaging a phelh a, construction worker-te kawrfual - a size, a nihna takah chuan - cotton kawr dum, helmet sen hring dup leh lunchbox dum a rawn lang chhuak a, a nuih a za hle. A hnena note thawnah chuan heti hian a inziak mai a ni: Thawhlehni, chawhnu dar 12, 48 park. Khawchhak lam corner a ni.
  
  
  
  A nuihzatthlak deuh hlek a, kawrfual dum, kawr dum, helmet sen ha leh chawhmeh bawm kengin Manhattan-a Forty-eighth Street leh Park Avenue inkar, khawchhak lam kil khata sak skyscraper thar frame-a a thlen chuan a nuihzatthlak deuh hlek a ni. sak a ni. Helmet rawng hrang hrang ha, in sak hnathawkte nen an khat a, thing lian tak chhehvela sava rual thu ang mai a ni. Chutah chuan milem pakhat, amah ang bawka hnathawk ang maia inchei rawn hnaih chu a hmu ta a. Kal dan dik lo leh inrintawkna nei tak shoulder posture. Chu lem chuan Nick chu a lu a thing a, a bulah thing slats stack chungah thu turin a sawm a.
  
  
  
  “Hey, Chief,” Nick chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti a. Ka pawm a ngai, a fing hle.
  
  
  
  Hawk chuan a lunchbox chu a hawng a, roast beef sandwich thick tak chu a la chhuak a, chu chu hlim takin a chew a. Nick chu a en a.
  
  
  
  “Chhang rawn ken ka theihnghilh a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Hawk-a mitmeng chu neutral takin a awm a, mahse Nick-a chuan a aw-ah chuan duh lohna chu a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  
  "Typical construction worker kan ni tur a ni," Hawk chuan chaw ei inkar ah a ti a. "A chiang tawkin ka hria."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Ni e, ka pu,” tiin a chhang a. "Ka ngaihtuah chian tawk lo a ni mai thei."
  
  
  
  Hawk chuan pan atang chuan chhangphut pakhat dang a la a, Nick hnenah chuan a pe leh a. 'Peanut butter a ni em?' - Nick chuan hlauthawng zet hian a ti a. “A danglamna a awm ngei ang,” Hawk chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a chhang a. "A chhan chu, nakin lawkah i ngaihtuah leh ngei ka beisei."
  
  
  
  Nick-a’n a sandwich a ei lai chuan Hawk chuan a tawng tan a, baseball game thar ber emaw, car thar man sang lutuk emaw a sawi loh thu chu a thup lo.
  
  
  
  “Beijing-ah chuan,” Hawk-a chuan uluk takin a sawi a, “plan leh schedule an nei a, hemi chungchangah hian thu chiang tak tak kan dawng a, ruahmannaah hian America leh free world pumpui chu a atomic bomb ralthuam nen beih a ni a, schedule chu a ni kum hnih chhung.Dik tak chuan a hmasa berin nuclear blackmail an ti dawn a ni.An charge insane amount.Beijing ngaihtuahna chu a awlsam hle.Kan mipuite chunga nuclear indona a thlen theih dan tur kan ngaihtuah a, Chinese hruaitute erawh chu an buai hle ang. An overpopulation problem pawh a chinfel sak dawn a ni. Political leh technical lamah kum hnih chhungin an ti thei niin an ngai ".
  
  
  
  “Kum hnih,” Nick chuan a ti muangchang a. "Chutiang chuan a rei lo a, mahse kum hnih chhungin thil tam tak a thleng thei a ni. Sorkar a tlu thei a, revolution thar a thleng thei a, chutih lai chuan ngaihtuahna thar nei hruaitu tharte chu thuneihna an chang thei a ni."
  
  
  
  “Tin, hei hi Dr. Hu Can-a hlauh tak chu a ni,” Hawk-a chuan a chhang a.
  
  
  
  "Tu nge Dr. Hu Can chu?"
  
  
  
  "Atomic bomb leh missile chungchanga an scientist hmahruaitu ber a ni. Chinese tan chuan a hlu em em a, practically chuan control lohvin hna a thawk thei a ni. Hei hi China-a Wernher von Braun a ni. Tin, chu chu mild takin sawi ila. Hemi kawngah hian an thil tih zawng zawng hi a thunun vek a ni." A nei ngei ang "Chinese-ho ngeiin an ngaihtuah aiin thuneihna a nei tam zawk. Chu bakah, mi rilru na tak, khawthlang ram huatna lama innghat tlat a ni tih rinna chhan tha tak kan nei a ni. Tin, kum hnih nghah pawh a risk duh lo ang.
  
  
  
  “I sawi tum chu, ka hriatthiam dik chuan he tlangval Hu Can hian meipui alh hma a duh a ni.” Engtikah nge i hria em?
  
  
  
  'Kar hnih hnuah.'
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a peanut butter chhang hnuhnung ber chu a chok a.
  
  
  
  “I hre dik a ni,” Hawk chuan uluk takin sandwich paper chu a fold a, jar chhungah chuan a dah ta a. "Kar hnih, ni sawm leh pali. Beijing schedule chu a nghak lovang. International climate change emaw domestic problem eng schedule tibuai thei tur pawh a risk dawn lo. Tin, a chung ber chu N3 a ni a, Beijing hian a ruahmanna engmah a hre lo. Mahse a nei tawh." means.A mamawh hmanrua leh raw material zawng zawng a nei vek.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Hei hi thu rintlak tak a nih ka ring,” tiin a comment.
  
  
  
  "A rintlak tawk hle. Chutah chuan informant tha tak kan nei a. Chu bakah chuan Russian ho pawhin an hre ve tho. Kan hman thin informant atang tho hian an dawng a ni mai thei. He profession ethics hi in hre chiang hle. A chhan chu keini ang bawkin an mangang hle a ni." , tin, kan tirh mi nen hna thawk tur agent tirh an remti ta a ni.He thil thlengah hian thawhhona a ngai niin an ngai niin a lang, an tan chuan thil sual tul tak ni mahse, tirh che pawh an rawn ti a ni. Ka tir tak zet a ni. t want you talk. I chapo mai thei."
  
  
  
  “Awle, a tha e,” Nick chuan a nui suk a. "Ka khawih tawh hle mai. Chuvangin he idiotic helmet leh he lunchbox hi kan Moscow thawhpui te bum tumna a ni lo."
  
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Hawk chuan serious takin a ti a. "Kan sumdawnna-ah hian thuruk vawn ṭhat tam tak a awm lo tih i hria. Chinese-ho chuan thil dik lo a awm tih an hmuchhuak a, hei hi Russian-ho leh kan agent-te zingah pawh thiltih a pun chhoh vang pawh a ni mai thei. Mahse, thiltih hian anmahni lam hawi a ni tih chauh an ringhlel thei a ni. Anni chuan." eng thil nge a nih tih chiang takin an hre lo." "Engvangin nge Hu Can ruahmanna hi Beijing-ah kan hriattir mai loh ang, a nih loh leh ka naive em?"
  
  
  
  “Kei pawh hi naive ka ni,” Hawk chuan a ti a. "A hmasa berah chuan a kut atangin an ei chhuak a ni. Hnialna leh dikna eng pawh chu an ei nghal vek ang. Chubakah, hei hi kan lam atanga an scientist tha ber ber leh nuclear expert-te hmingchhiatna tura ruahmanna siam niin an ngai mai thei. Chubakah, kan puang chhuak ang." eng chen nge an hun rei tak chhunga an ruahmanna te leh kan secret services te hian an system a luhchilh tawh zia kan hriat chian em em a ni."
  
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan zirlai angin ka naive a ni,” Nick chuan a helmet chu a paih let leh a. Mahse, ka lakah eng nge i beisei - min ngaidam rawh, ka Russian thianpa nen hian kar hnih chhungin kan ti thei ang em?
  
  
  
  “A hnuaia thudikte hi kan hre chiang hle a ni,” tiin Hawk chuan a sawi chhunzawm a, Kwantung Province khawi emaw laiah Hu Tsang hian atom bomb pasarih leh missile kahchhuahna hmun pasarih a nei a, laboratory zau tak a nei bawk a, ralthuam thar siam tumin nasa takin a thawk a nih hmel hle.I hna chu hengte hi puak darh a ni launch pad leh rocket pasarih.Naktuk hian Washington-ah an lo nghak reng che a ni.Special Effects chuan hmanraw mamawh a pe ang che.Ni hnih hnuah Hong Kong-ah i awm tur a ni a, chutah chuan Russian agent nen meeting i nei ang.Mi an nei niin a lang very good assistant in this area.Special Effects hian Hong Kong-a kalphung chungchang pawh a pe che a ni.Beisei lutuk suh, mahse he hun rei lote chhung hian engkim a tha thei ang bera buatsaih turin theihtawp kan chhuah a ni.Russian ho chuan an sawi chutiang a nih chuan an agent hnen atangin tanpuina tam zawk i dawng dawn tih a sawi."
  
  
  
  “Loan min pek avangin lawmthu ka sawi e, Chief,” Nick chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti a. “He hna hi ka zo thei a nih chuan chawlh ka mamawh dawn a ni.”
  
  
  
  “Chutiang i tih theih chuan,” Hawk chuan a chhang a, “a dawt lehah chuan chhang chungah roast beef i ei ang.”
  
  
  
  
  
  Chumi ni chuan chutiang chuan an inhmu a, tunah chuan hetah hian a awm tawh a, Hong Kong-a hotel pakhatah. A lo nghak a. Chu pindan chhunga mite chu a en reng a—mi tam tak chu thim zingah chuan a hmu thei lo—rang takin a taksa ruhte chu a inzawm khawm ta a ni. Pianist hian "In the Silence of the Night" tih a sa a. Nick chuan hla a tawp thlengin a nghak a, chutah ngawi rengin pianist chu a pan hnai a, oriental mi tawi tak, Korean mi pawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  
  "A nuam khawp mai," Nick chuan zawi te hian a ti a. ‘Ka hla duh ber pakhat. I play mai mai em ni nge request a ni em? ' .
  
  
  
  “Chu nula ngenna a ni,” tiin pianist chuan a chhang a, intermediate chord tlemte a play a. A chiam! Nick chu a nui suk a. Chutiang thil thleng mai mai zinga pakhat pawh a ni mai thei. Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan a luh a ngai ta a ni. Engtikah nge ruahmanna a inthlak nghal mai theih tih i hre ngai lo. Pianist chuan a lu a bu nghatna lam chu a han en a, chair pakhat thlalak hnuaiah chuan hmeichhe naupang pakhat a hmu a. Blonde a ni a, dress dum simple tak a ha a, a hmalam chu low cut a ni. Nick chu a rawn pan hnai a, a hnute perky chu a dress chuan a thunun zo lo hle tih a hmu a. Hmel te tak te mahse tumruh tak a nei a, mitmeng lian tak tak sen dup chungin a en a.
  
  
  
  “Number tha tak a ni,” a ti a. "I zawh avangin lawmthu ka sawi e." A nghak a, mak a tih em em chuan chhanna dik tak a dawng ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Zanah thil tam tak a thleng thei." Accent faint tak a nei a, Nick chuan a hmui a nuihzatthlak tak atang chuan mak a tih thu a hre thei. Nick chu armrest zau takah chuan a thu a.
  
  
  
  “Hello, N3,” hmangaihna zet hian a ti a. "Hong Kong-ah hian kan lo lawm a che. Ka hming chu Alexi Love a ni. Hnathawh dun tura ruat kan ni tih a lang."
  
  
  
  “Hello,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Okay, tlang takin ka pawm. Mak ka ti hle mai. He hna thawk tur hian hmeichhia an tirh ka ring lo."
  
  
  
  "Mak mai mai i ni em?" - hmeichhe naupang chuan a mitmengah hmeichhe fing tak tak pu chungin a zawt a. 'A nih loh leh beidawng?'
  
  
  
  “Chu chu ka la judge thei lo,” Killmaster chuan laconical takin a comment a.
  
  
  
  “Ka ti beidawng lovang che,” Alexi Lyubov chuan rei vak lo a ti a. A ding chhuak a, a kawr chu a han phawrh a. Nick chuan a lu atanga a ke thlengin a en a. A kekawrte zau tak leh hip chak tak, a kekawrte chu a khat a, a ke pawh a mawi hle. A hip chu hmalam pan deuhin a nawr a, chu chu Nick tan chuan a harsa khawp mai. Alexi Lyubov chu Russia tan chuan publicity stunt tha tak a nih thu a sawi chhuak.
  
  
  
  A ti a. - “Khawiah nge kan inbiak theih ang?”
  
  
  
  "Ka room chung lamah," Nick chuan a rawn rawt a. A lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Hei hi tihsual a ni mai thei. A tlangpuiin hetiang hi midang room-ah thil ngaihnawm tak man beiseina nen an ti thin."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu atanga a ke thlengin microprocessor dahna tur electronic hmanrua hmangin room chu a check tih a hrilh lo. A chhan chu darkar eng emaw zat chu a room-ah a awm lova, kei pawh ka awm a, hemi chhung hian microphone thar an dah leh thei ta a ni.
  
  
  
  “A nih leh an ni,” Nick chuan a ti fiamthu a. "A nih loh leh i mite hian an ti tihna em ni?" Hei hi puan in atanga hruai chhuah tumna a ni. Mitmeng dum hring dup chungin a en a.
  
  
  
  "Chinese an ni," a ti bawk. "Kan agent te pawh an lo thlir reng a ni."
  
  
  
  "Chutiang mite zinga mi i ni lo tih ka ring," Nick chuan a remark a. “Ni lo, ka ring lo,” tiin nula chuan a chhang a. "Cover tha tak ka nei a. Wai Chan area-ah ka cheng a, thla 9 dawn lai Albanian art history ka zir tawh a. Lo kal rawh, ka inah kal ila, kan inbia ang. Eng pawh ni se khawpui hi a mawi hle ang.
  
  
  
  Wai Chan area, Nick chuan a ngaihtuah chhuak ringawt. "Hei hi slum a ni lo maw?" He colony hmingthang tak hi a hre chiang hle a, chu chu thinghnah leh oil barrel chhe tawh atanga siam slum-te a ni a, chu chu in dang chung lamah dah a ni. Hetah hian mi sangsarih vel an awm a.
  
  
  
  “Ni e,” tiin a chhang a. "Chuvang chuan nang ai hian kan hlawhtling zawk a ni, N3. Nangni agent te hi hetah hian khawthlang lam in emaw hotel ah emaw in cheng a, a tlem berah chuan shack chhungah in tlan lut lo. An hna an thawk a, mahse keimahni ang hian mi nitin nunah an lut thei ngai lo. Kan zingah hian kan cheng a ni." anmahni, an harsatna leh an nun kan insem a. Kan mite hi agent mai ni lovin missionary an ni. Hei hi Soviet Union tactics a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a en a, a mit a chhing a, a hmui hnuaiah kut zungtang pakhat dahin a han chawi kang a. A takah chuan hmel hmuhnawm tak, hnar inher leh cocky expression nei a ni tih a hmu leh ta.
  
  
  
  “En teh, honey,” a ti a. He shack-ah hian i thu a, a chhan chu cover tha tak niin i ngai a, quibble a ngai tawh lo. He ideological bullshit hi min hralh tum hi i mamawh tak tak lo. Ka hre chiang zawk. Dik tak chuan heng Chinese diltu i hmangaih vang ni lovin, i tih a ngai vang a ni. Chuvangin bush chhungah hian i beat lo ang u, okay?
  
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu a hmui a furrow a, a pout bawk. Tichuan thinlung takin a nui ta a.
  
  
  
  “Ka duh che niin ka hria, Nick Carter,” a ti a, a kut a hlan tih a hmuchhuak a. "I hnen atangin thil tam tak ka hre tawh a, ka bias a, ka hlauthawng deuh pawh a ni mai thei. Mahse tunah chuan a tawp vek tawh. Okay, Nick Carter, tun atang chuan propaganda a awm tawh lo. Deal a ni—chu chu i tih chu niin ka hria, isn." 't it?
  
  
  
  Nick chuan hmeichhe hlim tak, nuihzatthlak tak chu Hennessey Street-a kut inthlak a kal lai chu a en a, Elyria, Ohio-a zan lama zin chhuak nupa ang maiin an lang ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Mahse Ohio-ah an awm lo va, tum nei lova vakvai nupa thar an ni lo bawk. Hei hi Hong Kong a ni a, training sang tak nei, thiamna sang tak nei senior agent a ni a, a tul chuan nunna leh thihna chungchanga thutlukna siam thei a ni. Tin, hmeichhe sual nei lo hmel pawh chu a danglam bik lo. A tlem berah chuan chutiang chu a beisei. Mahse, a chang chuan Elyria, Ohio-a a bialnu nen he tlangval ngaihtuahna fim lo tak tan hian nun chu eng ang nge a nih dawn tih ngaihtuah a ngaihna hun a nei mai thin. Amah leh Alexi-i chuan thihna hmachhawn tura ruahmanna an siam laiin nun atan ruahmanna an siam thei a ni. Mahse hey, Alexi leh amah te tel lo chuan heng Ohio suitors te tan hian hmalam hun a tam lo hle. Nakin lawkah chuan hna bawlhhlawh tak chu midang thawh a hun tawh mai thei. Mahse, a la ni lo. Alexi kut chu a lam pan chuan a rawn hrual a, an kal zel a.
  
  
  
  Hong Kong khawpui Wai Chan sector hian Victoria Harbour a thlir a, bawlhhlawh paihna hmun atanga lui thianghlim mawi tak a thlir ang mai a ni. Mipui tamna, dawr, in leh kawngpui sira thil zuar tam tak awmna Wai Chan sector hi Hong Kong a ni a, a chhe ber leh a ṭha ber lai a ni. Alexie chuan Nick chu inchungah chuan a hruai lut a, Harlem khawpui chhunga in eng pawh Waldorf Astoria ang maia lang thei tur building innghah takah chuan a hruai lut ta a.
  
  
  
  Inchung an thlen chuan Nick-a chuan khawvel dangah a inngaihtuah ta a. A hmaah chuan inchung atanga inchung thlengin in sang tam tak a inzar pharh a, literally a sea of shacks. Mi an rawn luang chhuak a, an luang khat ta vek a ni. Alexi chuan an zinga pakhat, feet sawm vel zeta zau leh feet li vel zeta sei chu a pan hnai a, kawngkhar chu a hawng a, slat pahnih chu nail-in an khih khawm a, wire-ah an innghat bawk.
  
  
  
  “Ka ṭhenawm tam zawk chuan luxurious niin an la ngai reng a ni,” Alexie chuan an luh rual chuan a ti a. "A tlangpuiin hetiang room ah hian mi paruk an awm thin."
  
  
  
  Nick chu folding bed pahnih zinga pakhatah chuan a thu a, a hawi kual a. Stove te tak te leh dressing table chhe tawh tak chuan room pum pui deuhthaw a luah khat vek a. Mahse, a primitiveness ni mah se, a nih loh leh a vang pawh ni se, chu shack chuan a theih loh anga a ngaih âtna a rawn pholang a ni.
  
  
  
  “Tunah chuan,” Alexi chuan a ti tan a, “Kan hriat chu ka hrilh ang che, chutah chuan tih tur nia i ngaih chu min hrilh thei ang. Okay?
  
  
  
  Tlem a che a, a kawr thenkhat chu a lang chhuak bawk. Nick-a en reng chu hmu ta se, a tlem berah chuan thup a buaipui lo ang.
  
  
  
  “Hei hi ka hria, N3. Dr. Hu Can hian sumdawnna lamah full power of attorney a nei a, chuvang chuan heng installation te hi amah chauhin a siam thei a ni. Science lama general ang mai a ni tih i sawi thei ang.Amah ngeiin security service a nei a ni , consisting only of people who report only to him.Kwantung-ah chuan Shilung chhim lam hmun khatah hian he complex hi missile leh bomb pasarih awmna a nei a, hmun dik tak kan hmuh veleh luh tum in tum tih ka hria a, pakhatah puak thei emaw detonator emaw dah rawh launch site and blow it up.Thudik tak sawi ila., ka beisei lo, Nick Carter.
  
  
  
  'I hlau em?' Nick chu a nui suk a.
  
  
  
  - Ni lo, a tlem berah chuan a awmzia pangngaiah chuan a ni lo. Chutiang a nih chuan he hna hi ka nei lo ang. Mahse nangmah Nick Carter tan pawh hian engkim hi a theih vek lo niin ka hria."
  
  
  
  'Maithei.' Nick chuan nui chungin a en a, a mitmeng chuan a rawn kuah nghet sauh sauh a. A provocative hle a, a provocative deuh mai a, a hnute chu a dress dum low cut vangin a lang tam ber. Fiahnaah a dah thei ang em, hmun dangah a huaisenna a test thei ang em tih a ngaihtuah a. “Lalpa, chu chu a tha ang,” tiin a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  
  “I hnathawh kha i ngaihtuah lo, N3,” a hmuiah chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti nghal zat.
  
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan eng nge i ngaihtuah a, eng nge ka ngaihtuah?" Nick chuan mak tih hmel zet hian a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Ka bula mut dun chu eng ang nge ni ang,” Alexi Love chuan a ti deadpanned. Nick chu a nui suk a.
  
  
  
  tiin a zawt a. - “Chutiang taksa thil thleng hriatchhuah tir turin an zirtir bawk che em?”
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, hmeichhe thiltih chauh a ni,” tiin Alexi chuan a chhang a. "I mitthlaah a lang chiang hle mai."
  
  
  
  "I hnial chuan ka beidawng ang."
  
  
  
  Instant determination a chhungril takah chuan Nick chuan a hmui hmangin a chhang let a. Rei tak leh languid takin phur takin a fawp a, a lei chu a hmuiah a thun lut a. A dodal lo va, Nick chuan uluk taka thawhpui nghal a tum ta a ni. A kawr chu a hrual a, a hnute chu a nawr chhuak a, a kut zungtang chuan a hnute chu a khawih a. Nick chuan an rit hle niin a hria. A kut pakhat chuan kawr zipper chu a phelh a, a kut pakhat chuan a hnute khauh tak chu a fawp a. Tunah chuan rilru natna au thawm a chhuah a, mahse hneh nghal mai tur a ni lo. Playful takin a dodal tan a, chu chuan Nick chu a ti phur zual hle. A hnute hnuaiah chuan a man a, a hrual nasat avangin a tlu a, khumah chuan a inkhung ta a. Chutah a kawr chu a hnuai lam hawiin a pum hlim tak chu a hmu thei ta a. A hnute inkarah chuan passion takin a fawh tan chuan a do thei lo. Nick chuan a kawr dum chu a phelh vek a, lightning speed-in a inbel tan ta a. A thawmhnaw chu kil khatah a paih a, a chungah chuan a mu ta a. A ke chu nasa takin a tikehsawm tan a, a pum hnuai lam chu a ti hrual bawk. Nick chuan a rawn nawr lut a, tunah chuan a inlu tan ta a, a tir lamah chuan zawi zawiin a thuk lo hle a, chu chuan a ti phur zual sauh sauh a ni. Tichuan rhythmic takin a che tan ta a, rang zawkin a che a, a kut chuan a taksa chu a khawih ta a. A chhungril thuk takah a luh chuan: “Ya want” leh “Yes... Yes” tiin a au chhuak ta a. Chutih rual chuan orgasm a thleng ta bawk. Alexi chuan a mit a meng a, mitmeng kang tak nen a en a. “Ni e,” ngaihtuahna sengin a ti a, “a tawpah chuan i tan engkim a theih tawh mai thei!”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 2-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Tunah chuan a inchei leh ta a, Nick chuan a hmangaih tak tak thilsiam sensual tak chu a en a. Tunah chuan blouse orange leh kawr dum tight tak a ha tawh a.
  
  
  
  “He thu inthleng hi ka duh khawp mai,” a nui suk a. "Mahse hnathawh hi kan theihnghilh tur a ni lo."
  
  
  
  “Chutiang chu kan ti tur a ni lo,” Alexie chuan a hmaiah kut a tlanpui a. "Mahse, ka... Tin, thil engemaw i nei a, Nick Carter, ka insum thei lo."
  
  
  
  "I inchhir em?" - Nick chuan zawi te hian a zawt a.
  
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Alexi chuan a nui suk a, a sam dum chu a rawn hlip leh a. “A thleng a, chu chu ka lawm hle. Mahse, i sawi dik a, thu dang kan inthleng a ngai a ni. khawiah nge i thup tih leh an hnathawh dan,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Awle” Nick chuan a ti a, “Mahse hei atan hian ka room lamah kan kir leh a ngai a ni. A chhan chu, a hmasa berah chuan chutah chuan listening device thup a awm em tih kan enfiah a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  
  “It’s a deal, Nick,” Alexi chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti a, “Inhnuaiah chhuk la, minute nga hun min pe la, tlem tal fresh leh turin min pe rawh.”
  
  
  
  A tih zawh chuan hotel lam pan chuan an kal a, chutah chuan uluk takin room chu an enfiah a. Chip thar dah a ni lo. Nick chu bathroom-ah a lut a, aerosol shaving cream kengin a rawn let leh a. A hnuai lam hmun khatah uluk takin a hmet a, a kut atanga can thenkhat a chhuah thlengin thil pakhat a phelh a. Chu thiltih chu a ti leh a, dawhkan chungah chuan disc ang maia thir bawm pasarih a awm thlengin a ti leh a.
  
  
  
  'Sawmi?' - Alexi chuan mak ti zet hian a zawt a.
  
  
  
  “Ni e, honey,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Hengte hi microtechnology masterpiece an ni a, he field-a hmasawnna thar ber berte an ni. Heng metal box te tak te hi nuclear energy center tenau tak vel a printed electronic circuit inzawmkhawm ropui tak a ni. Hetah hian atom bomb te tak te pasarih tarlan a ni a, chu chu a puak chuan a chhunga thil awm zawng zawng a tichhia a ni radius of fifty meters.An thatna lian ber pahnih an nei a, an thianghlim a, radioactivity tlem ber an siam a, puak thei power sang ber an nei bawk.Tin, radioactivity tlemte an siam chhuah chu boruak hian a tichhia vek a ni.Lei hnuaiah dah theih an ni a;chutiang pawh chuan activation signal an dawng thin.
  
  
  
  Bomb tin hian launch pad leh rocket zawng zawng a tichhia vek thei a ni."
  
  
  
  Engtin nge ignition hian hna a thawh?
  
  
  
  “Voice signal,” Nick chuan a chhang a, aerosol hmun hrang hrang chu a attached a. "Ka aw, chiang taka sawi chuan," a ti leh a. ‘Thumal pahnih inzawmkhawm. A chhan chu, kar khat chhung ka sam ka sam theih nan shaving cream pawh a pai tawk tih i hria em? Thil pakhat ka la chiang lo,” nula chuan a ti a. "He ignition hian mechanism hmangin hna a thawk a, chu chuan voice sound chu electronic signal-ah a chantir a, heng signal te hi power unit-ah a thawn chhuak thin. He mechanism hi khawiah nge a awm?
  
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. A hrilh mai thei a, mahse theatre chu a duh zawk mai. A pants chu a phelh a, chair-ah chuan a paih ta a. A underpants pawh chutiang bawk chuan a ti ve bawk. Alexi chuan phurna nasa tak nen a en reng tih a hmu a. A kut chu a man a, a kekawr ipteah chuan a dah a, a hip nen a inmil hle.
  
  
  
  Mechanism a ni, Alexi, a ti a. "A part tam zawk hi plastic a siam a ni a, mahse metal a awm bawk. Kan technician te chuan ka vunah an embedded a ni." Nula chuan a hmui a ti hup a. “Thil tha tak a ni a, mahse a tha tawk lo,” a ti bawk. "I man a nih chuan an tunlai investigative technique hmangin an hre nghal mai ang."
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, an ti lo vang,” Nick chuan a hrilhfiah a. "He hmun bikah hian mechanism hi chhan bik vangin dah a ni. Chutah chuan shrapnel engemaw zat a awm bawk a, hei hi ka mission hmasa pakhat hriatrengna a ni. Chuvangin, buhfai leh buhfai chu an thliar hrang thei dawn lo a ni.
  
  
  
  Alexi hmel mawi takah chuan nuihzatna a rawn lang a, ngaihsan hmel zet hian a lu a bu nghat a. "A hmuhnawm hle mai," a ti bawk. "Insanely ngaihtuahna seng tak!"
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Hawk hnena fakna chu thlen turin mental note a siam a. Inelna lama fuihna chu a ngaisang fo thin. Mahse tunah chuan nula chu a han en thla leh ta tih a hmu ta. A hmui chu a inthen a, a rilru chu thawk hahdam takin a tho a, a tla bawk. A kut chu a kawrfual chungah a la awm reng a, a khur ta hlawm a. Russian ho hian a thawhpui turin nymphomaniac an tir thei ang em? Chutiang chu an ti thei tih a hre chiang hle a; A chhan chu a hriat case a awm... Mahse tum an nei reng a ni. Mahse he hna thawh nen hian thil a danglam ta. A rilruin a ti a, super sexy mai mai a ni a, sexual stimuli chu a takin a chhang let thin. Hei hi a hrethiam thei hle a; amah ngei pawhin rannungte chu a pianphungah a chhân lêt fo ṭhîn. Nula chuan a en chuan a mitmengah chuan beidawnna ang maiin a chhiar a.
  
  
  
  tiin a zawt a. - “I duh leh em?” A lu a thing nghal ringawt. Hei hian ngaihsak lohna a kawk lo va, tanpui ngai lova inpekna a ni zawk. Nick chuan a blouse orange button chu a phelh a, a pants chu a phelhsak a. He taksa lian tak hi a kut hmangin a hre leh ta a. Tunah chuan dodalna engmah a lantir tawh lo. Duh lo zet hian a thlah ta a. A khawih mai mai a duh a, a hruai mai mai a duh a ni. Tun ṭumah hian Nick chuan foreplay chu a ti rei lehzual a, Alexi mitmenga duhthusam kang chu a tipung zual sauh sauh a ni. . A tawpah chuan savawm leh passion takin a la ta a. He hmeichhiaah hian a thunun theih loh thil a awm a, a rannung instinct zawng zawng chu a rawn chhuah chhuak vek a ni. A duh aia hma deuh deuh, thuk taka a luh chuan lawm takin a au chhuak ta a. Alexi,” Nick chuan a ti zawi sap a. "He adventure hi kan damchhuak a nih chuan US leh Russia thawhhona tihpun turin ka sorkar ka ngen ang."
  
  
  
  A bulah chuan a mu a, a chau hle a, a rilru a hah hle bawk a, a hnute mawi tak pakhat chu a rilruah a nawr a. Tichuan a khur a, a thu ta a. Nick chu a nui suk a, a inchei tan ta a. Nick chuan hetianga a tih lai hian a lo en reng a. A hmeltha em em a, en mai mai a ni a, hmeichhe tlemte chungchangah pawh chutiang bawk chu sawi theih a ni.
  
  
  
  “Spokonoi notchi, Nick,” a inchei lai chuan a ti a. “Zingah ka lo kal ang. China thlen dan tur kan zawn a ngai. Tin, hun kan nei tam lo bawk.”
  
  
  
  “Naktuk hian he thu hi kan sawi dawn nia, honey,” Nick chuan a hruai chhuah rual chuan a ti a. "Mangtha".
  
  
  
  Elevator chhunga a luh thlengin a en reng a; tichuan kawngkhar chu a khar a, khumah chuan a tlu ta a. Hmeichhia ang hi tension tihziaawmna tur a awm lo. Tlai a ni tawh a, Hong Kong-a thawm pawh chu hum hniam tak a lo ni tawh. A chang chuan Nick-a mut lai chuan zanah chuan lawng chawlhna thim tak takte chu a ri chauh a.
  
  
  
  Eng chen nge a mut tawh tih pawh a hre lova, thil pakhatin a tiharh a. Warning mechanism thenkhat chuan a hna an thawk ta a ni. A thunun theih thil a ni lo va, alarm system zung thuk tak, a thawk reng tawh leh tunah chuan a tiharh tawh a ni. A che lo va, amah chauh a ni lo tih a hre nghal a. Luger chu thawmhnaw bulah chuan leiah a mu a; a thleng thei lo chauh a ni. Hugo, a stiletto chu Alexi nen an inngaizawng hmain a phelh a. A damn careless hle mai. Hawke-a thurawn fing tak chu a ngaihtuah nghal a. A mit a meng a, a tlawhtu, mipa te tak te a hmu a. Fimkhur takin pindan chhungah chuan a fang kual a, a briefcase chu a hawng a, flashlight pakhat chu a phawrh chhuak a. Nick chuan a rawn inrawlh nghal thei ang tih a ngaihtuah a; a tawpah chuan chu pa chuan suitcase chhunga thil awmte chu a ngaihtuah ber a ni. Nick chu khum atang chuan chakna lian tak pu chungin a zuang chhuak ta a. Attacker chu a hawi let chuan Nick-a vuakna chak tak chu tuar turin hun a nei chauh a ni. Bang chu a rawn deng ta a. Nick hian a vawi hnihna atan a swing leh a, a thil hmuh chu Eastern hmel a ni a, mahse chu pa chu defensive motion-in a khup thlengin a tlu ta a ni. Nick chuan a miss a, a rashness chu a chibai buk bawk. Hei hi chhan tha tak a nei a, a chhan chu a attacker chuan a aia lian leh a let hnih a khingpui a hmachhawn tih a hmuh chuan Nick-a ke ruh lian tak chu a flashlight hmangin nasa takin a vawm ta a ni. Nick chuan a natna nasa tak avang chuan a ke chu a han chawi kang a, chu mipa naupang chuan a bulah chuan window inhawng leh a piah lam balcony lam chu a pan ta a. Nick chu rang zetin a hawi let a, chu pa chu a kai tho a, window frame chhungah chuan a rawn nam lut ta a. Chu pa chu a rit lo hle a, a te hle nachungin, chu pa chuan cornered cat thinurna nen a bei a.
  
  
  
  Nick-a chuan a lu chu leiah a rawn deng a, a khingpui chuan a kut a phar ngam a, dawhkan te tak te chunga ding lamp chu a rawn man ngam a. Nick-a temple-ah chuan a tikehsawm a, Nick-a chuan mipa naupang chu a chhuahsan rual chuan thisen a luang tih a hria.
  
  
  
  Chu pa chu balcony lam pan chuan a tlan let leh a, a ke chu a sir lamah a paih tawh a, Nick chuan a rilruah a rawn man a, room chhungah chuan a hruai lut leh ta a. Eel ang maiin a rawn inher a, Nick kut atang chuan a tlanchhuak leh thei ta a ni. Mahse tunah chuan Nick chuan a kawrfual chu a rawn man a, a lam pan chuan a rawn hruai a, a chakna zawng zawngin a hmui chu a rawn beng ta a. Chu pa chu Cape Kennedy-a paih ang maiin a thlawk let leh a, a ruhro bulpui hmangin railing chu a rawn nam a, a sir atang chuan a tla thla ta a ni. Nick chuan a au thawm chu a hre ta a, rang takin an tawp ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a pants a ha a, a hmui hliam chu a silfai a, a nghak ta a. Chu pa chu eng room atanga lo kal nge tih a chiang hle a, dik tak chuan police leh hotel neitu chu minute engemaw zat hnuah chuan hriat tumin an rawn kal a. Nick chuan chu mipa naupang tlawh dan chu a sawi a, police-te chu an lo thlen thuai avangin lawmthu a sawi bawk. Casual takin a rawn luttu chu an hriat leh hriat loh a zawt a.
  
  
  
  Police officer pakhat chuan, "Tunge a nih min hrilh thei tur thil engmah a rawn keng lo a ni," a ti. "Rukruk hmang tlanglawn tak a ni mai thei."
  
  
  
  An chhuak a, Nick chuan a ken tel filter cigarette sei tlemte zinga pakhat chu a hal ta a. Chu pa chu second-rate rukru tenau tak mai a ni mai thei, mahse chutiang ni lo se engtin nge ni ang? Tichuan hei hian thil pahnih chauh a kawk thei a ni. Beijing atanga agent a ni emaw, Hu Can-a special security service member a ni emaw. Nick chuan Beijing agent a nih a beisei. Hei hi fimkhurna pangngai lu hnuaiah a tla ang. Mahse Hu Can-a mite zinga mi ni ta se, a lungkham tihna a ni ang a, a hna chu a harsa zawk ang a, thil theih loh tluk a nih loh pawhin a harsa zawk ang. A bula blanket hnuaiah chuan Wilhelmina-i Luger chu a dah a, stiletto chu a kut hmawr lamah a khih a.
  
  
  
  Minute khat hnuah a muhil leh ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 3-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a inbual a, a sam a sam a, a tuk zingah Alexi chu a rawn lang ta a. A temple-a hliam awm chu a hmu a, thil thleng chu a hrilh ta a ni. Ngun takin a ngaithla a, Nick-a chuan a rilrua ngaihtuahna lo kal chu a hmu thei bawk: Hei hi rukru pangngai a ni em, ni lo? Tichuan, a hmaa a ding lai chuan a taksa saruak - a la inchei lo - ni êng a rawn lang chhuak a, a mitmeng chu a danglam ta a ni. Tunah chuan thupui dang a ngaihtuah ta a. Nick chu chu zing chuan a tha zawkin a hria a, a tha zawk a ni. A muhil tha tawh a, a taksa pawh hmanhmawhthlak takin a rawn ri chhuak bawk. Alexi chu a en a, a ngaihtuahna chu a chhiar a, a man a, a hnaih hnaih a. A kut chu a rilruah a dah tih a hria. An nêm a, an khur deuh bawk.
  
  
  
  A nui suk a. - “Zingah hetiang hian i ti fo em?” "Hei hi hun tha ber a ni, chu chu i hria em?"
  
  
  
  “Nick, khawngaihin... Alex chuan a ti a. Amah chu nawr luih a tum a, “Khawngaihin... khawngaihin Nick, ni lo!”
  
  
  
  "Hei hi engnge?" - sual nei lovin a zawt a. "Vawiin zing khan eng emaw hian a tibuai che em?" A rawn hnaih lehzual a. A taksa saruak lumna chuan a hnenah a thleng dawn tih a hria a, a tiharh dawn tih a hria. Amah chu nuihzat mai a tum a, an inhmuh tan tirh a a lantir duh angin thil awmdan chu a thunun thei lo tih lantir a tum a ni. A thlah chuan a hnungtawlh lo va, nghet takin a kuah a. Nick chuan a mitmenga duhthusam kang chu a hmu a, a kuah leh a, a hnaih lehzual a. A kawngah chuan a fawp tan ta a.
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, Nick,” Alexi chuan a ti sap a. 'Hetah hian i kal ang.' Mahse a thusawi chu chutiang aia tam a ni lo—thu ril, awmze nei lo—a kut chuan a taksa saruak chu a khawih tan a, a taksa chuan a tawng a hmang ta a ni. Naupang ang maiin mutna pindan chhungah chuan a phur lut a, khumah chuan a muttir a. Chutah chuan tukverh inhawng atanga an taksa ti lumtu zing ni hnuaiah chuan an inhmangaih tan ta a. An tih zawh chuan khumah chuan a sir lehlamah an mu a, Nick chuan a mitmengah chuan puhna ngawi rengin a hmu a, chu chuan a khawih mai mai a ni.
  
  
  
  "A pawi lutuk, Alexi," a ti a. "Chutiang hlaa kal chu ka tum lo tak zet a ni. Vawiin zing khan tlem ka nuihzat che chauh ka duh a, mahse thil a chhuak ta niin ka hria. Thinrim suh. I sawi ang khan a tha hle a ni. a tha hle mai, a dik em?
  
  
  
  “Ni e,” tiin nui chungin a chhang a. "A tha hle mai, Nick, kei pawh ka thinrim lo, keimah ka beidawn mai mai a ni. Chutah chuan ka mu a, agent trained sang tak, fiahna awm thei zawng zawng tuar chhuak tur a ni. Nang nen chuan ka duhthlanna zawng zawng ka hloh vek a ni. A ni." a buaithlak hle mai."
  
  
  
  "Ka duh em em confusion chi khat a ni, honey," Nick chuan nui chung hian a ti a. An tho va, rang takin an inchei ta a. "China luh tur hian eng nge i ruahmanna tak tak, Nick?" - Alexi chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  "AX hian lawnga kalna tur min ruahman sak a. Canton atanga Kowloon panna rel kawng hi a tlan chak ber dawn a, mahse uluk taka an enkawl tur kawng hmasa ber a ni bawk."
  
  
  
  “Mahse, min hriattir tawh a ni,” Alexi chuan a chhang a, “Hong Kong lehlam lehlamah tuipui kam hi Chinese patrol lawng ten kilometre za tal chu uluk takin an veng a, chu lawng chu an hre nghal mai ang tih i ring lo em ni? Anmahni chuan min man la, chhuahna tur a awm lo vang” .
  
  
  
  "A theih a, mahse Tankas ang maiin kan kal dawn a ni."
  
  
  
  “Aw, tankas,” Alexi chuan a ti ringawt a. "Hong Kong-a lawng khalhtute".
  
  
  
  'Chiah. Mi sang za tam tak chu junks chauh hmanga khawsa an ni. I hriat angin hei hi hnam hran a ni. Kum zabi tam tak chhûng chu ram luah tûr te, ram neitute nupui pasal neih te, civil sorkar zawm emaw khap an ni. Khapna ṭhenkhat chu tihziaawm ni mah se, mi hran angin an la khawsa a, anmahni ṭanpuina zawngin an la nung reng a ni. Port patrol-te chuan an zui ngai lo tluk a ni. Tuipui kama junk tanka lo inphah chuan ngaihven a hlawh lo tluk a ni."
  
  
  
  “Chu chu ka tan chuan a tha tawkin a lang,” tiin nula chuan a chhang a. "Khawi hmunah nge tuipui kamah kan kal ang?"
  
  
  
  Nick chu a suitcase pakhat bulah chuan a kal phei a, a thir clasp chu a man a, rang takin vawi ruk zet a kal leh a, a phelh thlengin a kal leh a. A hnuai lama pipe ang maia khur atang chuan Kwantung Province map chipchiar tak a la chhuak a.
  
  
  
  “Hetah hian,” a ti a, map chu a han phelh a. - Kan theih ang tawkin bawlhhlawh chu kan la ang a, Hu Canal kan chho ang a, Gumenchai kan paltlang ang. Chumi hnuah chuan rel kawng kan thlen thlengin leiah kan kal thei ta a ni. Ka thu hriat dan chuan Hu Tsang complex hi Shilung khaw chhak lam khawi emaw laiah a awm a. Kowloon atanga Canton panna rel kawng kan thlen chuan kawng kan hmu thei ang."
  
  
  
  'Engtin nge ni ang?'
  
  
  
  “Kan sawi dik a nih chuan, leh Hu Can-a headquarters hi Shilung chhak lam khawi emaw laiah a awm tak tak a nih chuan, Canton-ah a ei leh in leh bungrua la turin a kal lo ang tih ka bet tlat a, he lai hmuna khawi emaw laiah rel a tiding ang a, bungrua order chu a rawn thawn ang tih ka bet tlat a ni .
  
  
  
  “N3 pawh a ni mai thei,” Alexi chuan ngaihtuahna fim takin a ti a. "Chu chu a tha ang. Contact kan nei a, loneitu kan nei a, Taijiao hnuai chiahah. Chutah chuan sampan emaw raft emaw kan hmang thei."
  
  
  
  “A mak khawp mai,” Nick chuan a ti a. Card chu a hmunah a dah kir leh a, Alexi lam chu a hawi a, a hnute te tak te nghet tak chu friendly takin a fawp a. “Kan Tankas chhungkua hnenah i kal ang u,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  Nula chuan, “Harbor-ah kan inhmu leh ang,” tiin a chhang a. "Ka chunga hotute hnenah report ka la thawn lo. Minute sawm min pe rawh."
  
  
  
  "Okay, honey," Nick chuan a ti a. 'A tam zawk chu Yau Ma Tai typhoon shelter-ah hmuh tur an awm a, chutah chuan kan inhmu ang.' Nick chu balcony te tak te lam pan chuan a kal phei a, a hnuaia lirthei ri nasa tak chu a han en a, hotel atanga a chhuah rual chuan Alexi lemon yellow shirt chu a hmu a, kawngpui a zawh tan a, mahse Mercedes dum parked a hmu bawk a, chu chu a tlangpuiin a awm fo thin used as a taxi in Hong Kong.A mitmeng chu a inzawm khawm a, mipa pahnih rang taka rawn chhuakin Alexi chu an lo dang a, an pahnih hian khawthlang lam thawmhnaw ha mahse Chinese an ni.Hmeichhe naupang chu thil engemaw an zawt a, a bag chhungah chuan a zawng tan ta a , leh Nick chuan passport ang maia lang chu a rawn phawrh chhuak tih a hmu a, Nick chuan ring takin thu a tiam a, hei hi man leh police station-a hren a nih theihna hun remchang a ni lo.Routine inspection a ni mai thei, mahse Nick erawh chu a ni lo convinced.Balcony sir atang chuan a thlawk a, building sir lama drainpipe tlan chu a man a - chu chu kawng chak ber a ni.
  
  
  
  A ke chuan kawngpui sirah a khawih zo lo hle a, mipa zinga pakhat chuan Alexie chu a elbow-ah a man a, Mercedes lam pan turin a nawr luih tir tih a hmu a. Thinrim zet hian a lu a thing a, chutah hruai bo a phal ta a ni. Kawngpui sir lamah chuan a tlan tan a, leilung bêl phur rit tak phur hmeichhe upa tak chu pumpelh tumin rei vak lo chu a tlan chak lo hle.
  
  
  
  Car chu an pan hnai a, mi pakhat chuan kawngka chu a rawn hawng a. Chutianga a tih lai chuan Nick chuan Alexi kut chu rang zetin a rawn kap chho tih a hmu a. Precision famkim takin chu pa rilru chu a kutphah hmangin a khawih a. Axe hmanga lu tansak ang maiin a tlu ta a. Chutiang bawka che chuan a khingpui dang chu a pum chhungah a elbow hmangin a rawn vawm ta a. A hlauthawng a, a gurgling lai chuan a mitmeng chu a kut zungtang pahnih phar chhuakin a rawn beng a. A natna au thawm chu a beng bulah karate chop hmangin a titawp a, cobblestones a rawn nam hmain a tlan ta a. Nick hnen atanga chhinchhiahna a dawn chuan kawngpui pakhatah chuan a ding ta a.
  
  
  
  “Nicky,” ngilnei takin a ti a, a mit a chhing a. 'Min chhanchhuak tura lo kal i duh a, i va lawmawm tak em!' A kuah a, a fawp bawk.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a thuruk te tak te chu a nuihzat tih a hrechhuak ta. “Awle,” a nui suk a, “hna ropui tak a ni. I in enkawl thei hi ka lawm hle mai. Police station-ah darkar tlemte chhung chu chuta chhuak turin i awm ka duh lo ang.”
  
  
  
  “Ka ngaihtuahna,” tiin a chhang a. "Mahse, dik tak chuan Nick, ka lungngai deuh a ni. An inlan ang kha an nih ka ring lo. Hetah hian Detective-te hian foreigner-te passport check an ti tam zawk a, mahse hei hi a mak lutuk. Ka chhuah dawn lai chuan ka hmu ta a." car atang chuan an chhuak "Kei hi an man tur a ni a, midang tumah an man tur a ni lo."
  
  
  
  “Chu chu kan en reng tihna a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. “Hengte hi Chinese agent pangngai emaw Hu Can atanga lo kal tlangval emaw pawh an ni thei. Eng pawh nise tunah chuan hma kan lak vat a ngai dawn a ni. I cover pawh a chhe tawh bawk. A tir chuan naktuk hian chhuah ka tum a, mahse zanin hian lawngin kan kal a tha zawkin ka hria.”.
  
  
  
  Alexi chuan, “Chu report chu ka la thlen a ngai a ni,” a ti. "Minute sawm hnuah kan inhmu leh ang."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan rang taka a tlanbo lai chuan a en a. A quality chu a finfiah tawh a ni. Hetiang dinhmuna ding hmeichhia nen hian thawh dun a ngai tih a tir lama dodalna chu a bo nghal vat a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  Yau Ma Tai typhoon shelter hi dome lian tak a ni a, a sir lehlamah kawngkhar zau tak a awm bawk. Embankment-te hi nu kut phar ang mai a ni a, tuiah cheng za tam tak leh za tam tak a humhim a ni. Nick chuan bawlhhlawh bawm, water taxi, sampan leh floating store buai tak takte chu a han en kual a. A thil zawn junk-ah chuan stern-ah sangha pathum a awm a, chu chu identification atan a ni. Lu Shi chhungkaw junk a ni.
  
  
  
  AX hian pawisa pek dan tur ruahmanna zawng zawng a siam vek tawh a ni. Nick-a tih tur awm chhun chu password sawi a, zin tur order pek chauh a ni. A bula junks hnunglam chu a enfiah tan chauh a, Alexi chu a rawn hnaih a. Hei hi hnathawk tam tak a ni a, bawlhhlawh tam tak chu sampan inkarah a tang a, an lawng hnunglam chu lawng chawlhna atang chuan hmuh theih loh khawpin a awm a ni. Alexi chuan junk chu a hmu hmasa ber a. Taksa dum leh hnar dum hring hring a nei bawk. Nga pathum chu stern lai takah chiah chiah an draw a.
  
  
  
  An hnaih deuh deuh chuan Nick chuan a chhunga chengte chu a en a. Mi pakhat hian sangha mantu ran a siam tha a. A hnung lamah chuan hmeichhe pakhat chu tlangval pahnih kum sawm leh pali vel mi nen an thu a. Patriarch tar hmul nei chu ngawi rengin thutthlengah a thu a, pipe a zuk a. Nick chuan junk chhunga canvas-a khuh lai tak hmaah chuan rangkachak sen chhungkaw maicham chu a hmu a. Altar hi Tankas Jonk tinte tana thil pawimawh tak a ni. A bulah chuan rimtui hrui pakhat chu a kang a, rimtui na tak leh thlum tak a rawn chhuak a. Hmeichhe pakhat chuan leilung brazier te tak teah sangha a vawm a, a hnuaiah chuan lungalhthei a lo chhuak a. Chu pa chuan lawng lam panna ladder atanga an chhoh lai chuan sangha mantu chu a dah thla a.
  
  
  
  Nick-a chuan a kun a, “Hei hi Lu Shi chhungkaw lawng a ni em?”
  
  
  
  Lawng hnung lama mipa chuan a chhang a. “Hei hi Lu Shi chhungkaw lawng a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  Hemi ni hian Lu Shi chhungte chu vawi hnih malsawmna an dawng a ni, tiin Nick chuan a sawi.
  
  
  
  Chu pa chuan zawi zawiin a chhang a, a mit leh a hmel chu a thim reng a. "Engvangin nge chutiang chu i sawi?"
  
  
  
  “A chhan chu an puih a, tanpuina an dawng bawk a ni,” tiin Nick chuan a chhang a.
  
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “Chuti a nih chuan malsâwmna a let hnih zetin an awm tak zet a ni,” tiin a chhâng a. ‘Welcome aboard ah chuan a rawn chuang a. Kan lo nghak tawh che a ni."
  
  
  
  "Tunah chuan mi zawng zawng an chuang tawh em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. “Chu chu a ni,” Lu Shi chuan a chhang a. "I tumna hmuna kan rawn thlen veleh chenna hmuna kal nghal turin thupek kan dawng ang. Chubakah, hren kan nih chuan lawnga hmeichhia leh naupang an awm loh chuan rinhlelhna a siam ang. Tank-te hian an chhungte an hruai fo thin." an kal lohna hmun apiangah an awmtir thin."
  
  
  
  "Kan man a nih chuan engtin nge kan chungah thleng ang?" - Alexi chuan a zawt a. Lu Shi chuan an pahnih chuan junk hmun khar takah chuan a kut a phar a, chutah chuan hold te tak te pakhata luh theihna tur hatch a hawng a. Reed mat pile khat a awm a.
  
  
  
  Lu Shi chuan, “Heng mats te hi phurh chhuah hi kan nunah a tel ve a ni,” a ti. "Hlauhawm a awm phawt chuan pile hnuaiah i inthup thei. An rit hle a, mahse an hrual a, chuvang chuan boruak chu awlsam takin a kal tlang thei a ni. Nick chuan a han hawi kual vel a. Tlangval pahnih chu brazier bulah chuan thuin sangha an ei a. Pi putar chu a pitarah chuan a la thu a." chair.A pipe atanga meikhu chhuak atang chauh chuan Chinese sculpture a ni lo tih i hre thei.
  
  
  
  - Vawiin hian lawngah i kal thei dawn em ni? - Nick chuan a zawt a. “A theih a ni,” Lu Shi chuan a ti a. Mahse junk tam zawk chuan zan lamah zin rei tak tak an nei lo. Sailor tawnhriat ngah tak kan ni lo a, mahse tuipui kam kan zawh chuan kan tha ang."
  
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, “Ni lama lawnga kal chu kan duh zawk ang, mahse ruahmanna a danglam tawh a, ni tlak dawnah kan lo kir leh dawn a ni,” a ti.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Alexi chu gangplank-ah chuan a hruai chho a, an chhuak ta a. Junk chu a han hawi let leh a. Lu Shi chu tlangvalte nen chaw ei turin a thu a. Putar chu lawng hnung lamah chuan milem ang maiin a la thu a. A pipe atanga meikhu chu zawi zawiin a rawn chhuak ta a. Chinese hnam dan anga tarte zahna danah chuan rinhlelh rual lohvin ei tur an rawn keng a ni. Nick chuan Lu Shi hian mimal ngaihvenna avanga che a ni tih a hria a.
  
  
  
  AX hian a chhungte tan hmalam hun tha tak a tichiang ngei ang. Amaherawhchu, hmalam hun tha zawk atan a nunna hlauhthawn tur suangtuahna leh huaisenna nei mi pakhat chu a ngaisang hle a ni. Chutih lai chuan Alexie pawhin chutiang bawk chu a ngaihtuah a ni mai thei, a rilruah thil dang a nei a ni mai thei. Ngawi rengin hotel lam pan chuan an kir leh ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 4-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hotel room an luh chuan Alexi chu a rawn au chhuak a.
  
  
  
  "Hei hi engnge?" a ti chhuak a, “Hei hi eng nge ni?” Nick chuan a zawhna chu a chhang a. “He room hi, honey, facelift a ngai a ni.”
  
  
  
  Hei hi a dik a, a chhan chu pindan chu a chhe vek tawh a ni. Furniture zawng zawng chu a phelh vek a, dawhkan te chu a phelh a, suitcase tin chhunga thil awm zawng zawng chu leiah a darh vek a. Seat upholstery chu a cut a. Bedroom ah chuan mattress chu leiah a awm a. A hawng bawk. Nick chu bathroom lam pan chuan a tlan phei a. Aerosol shaving cream chu a la awm reng a, mahse sink-ah chuan lather thuk tak a awm a.
  
  
  
  “Shaving cream a ni tak tak em tih hriat an duh a ni,” Nick chu a nui nasa hle. "Pathian hnenah lawmthu awm rawh se an thleng ta. Tunah chuan thil pakhat ka chiang ta."
  
  
  
  “Ka hria e,” Alexi chuan a ti a. "Hei hi professional mite hnathawh a ni lo. Horribly sloppy! Beijing agent te pawh hi kan training vangin an tha zawk. Spy i nih an ringhlel che a nih chuan hmun langsar zawng zawngah hian hetiang hian an en hauh lo ang. An hriat chian zawk tur a ni." ."
  
  
  
  “A dik chiah,” Nick chuan lungngai takin a ti a. “Hei awmzia chu Hu Can-a’n thil a hrechhuak a, chutah chuan a hote a tir ta tihna a ni.”
  
  
  
  “Engtin nge hei hi a hriat theih ang,” Alexi chuan a ti ringawt a.
  
  
  
  “Kan informant a hmu a ni mai thei. A nih loh leh informant dang hnen atangin thil a hre palh a ni mai thei. Eng pawh ni se, chu aia tam chu a hre thei lo: AH chuan mi a tir a. Mahse, a fimkhur hle ang a, hei hian min ti awlsam lo ang.”
  
  
  
  "Zanin kan chhuah dawn hi ka lawm e," Alexie chuan a ti a. “Darkar thum kan la nei a,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Hetah hian nghah hi a tha berin ka hria. I duh chuan hetah hian i awm thei bawk. Tichuan lawng panna kawngah i thil ken duhte chu kan la thei ang."
  
  
  
  "Ni lo, tunah hian chhuahsan ila, nakinah kan inhmu leh ang che. Kan kal hmain tihchhiat ka duh tlemte ka nei. Mahse, ka ngaihtuah a, hun kan la nei mai thei...
  
  
  
  A sentence chu a ti zo lo va, a mitmeng, rang taka a hawi let chu anmahni tawngin a sawi ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Eng thil atan nge hun?" - a chhanna chu hre tawh Nick chuan a zawt a. Mahse Alexi chu a hawi let a.
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, engmah a ni lo,” a ti a. "Chutiang ngaihtuahna tha tak chu a ni lo."
  
  
  
  A man a, rough takin a rawn hawi let leh a.
  
  
  
  “Min hrilh teh,” a ti a. "Eng nge chutiang ngaihtuahna tha lo chu? A nih loh leh chhanna ka pe ang em?"
  
  
  
  A hmui chu a hmuiah chuan na takin a hmet nghet sauh sauh a. A taksa chuan rei vak lo a taksa chu a rawn nawr a, chutah a inhnukdawk ta a. A mitmeng chuan a zawng ta a.
  
  
  
  "Vawikhat chu hei hi kan vawikhatna a ni mai thei tih ka ngaihtuah a..."
  
  
  
  '...hmangaihna siam mai thei?' a sentence chu a ti zo ta a. Dik tak chuan a sawi dik a ni. Tun atang chuan hemi atana hun leh hmun an hmuh a rinawm loh. A kut zungtang chuan a blouse chu a rawn phawrh chhuak a, a tawpah chuan a chhang ta a. Lei chunga khum bulah chuan a phur a, a hma ni ang mai a ni a, chutih lai chuan a dodalna ramhuai chuan a duhthusam tum ngawi reng leh chak tak chu a rawn pe ta a ni. Darkar tlemte kaltaa zing lama a awm dan nen chuan a va danglam tak êm! A tawpah chuan an tih zawh chuan ngaihsan hmel zet hian a en a. A tawpah chuan hmeichhe naupang, a mipat hmeichhiatna lama thiamna chuan amah a phak lo thei emaw, a phak lo thei emaw pawh a hmu ta em ni tih a ngaihtuah tan ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Hmeichhe thil hriat duh tak i ni, Alexi Love," Nick chuan a ding chhuak a. Alexi chuan a en a, nuihzatthlak tak, thuruk tak mai chu a hmu leh ta a. A hmui chu a furrow a. A nuihzat hmel hle a, thil engemaw a thup tih hriatna mumal lo tak a nei leh ta. A darthlalang chu a en a. "Kan chhuah hun a ni tawh," a ti a.
  
  
  
  Lei chunga thawmhnaw theh darh atang chuan jumpsuit pakhat chu a fish chhuak a, a ha ta a. A hmel pangngai angin a lang a, mahse tui a la lut lo vek a, sam ang maia sei wire hmanga khuh a ni a, chu chuan electric blanket chi khatah a chantir thei a ni. Kum khat chhunga khaw lum leh vawt tak a nih avangin a tul ang tih a ngaihtuah lo. Alexi pawh chuan a inchei ve bawk a, aerosol shaving cream chu razor nen chuan a overalls kawrfual kawrfual chhunga a bun savun pouch te tak te chhungah a dah lai chu a en reng a. Wilhelmina, a Luger chu a enfiah a, Hugo leh a stiletto chu a kut ah savun kawr hmangin a khih a, savun bawm chhungah puak thei packet te tak te a dah bawk.
  
  
  
  “I hmel danglam tak zet a ni, Nick Carter,” hmeichhe naupang thusawi chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  
  'Eng thu nge i sawi?' tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  
  “Nangmah chungchang,” Alexi chuan a ti a. “Mi danglam tak i lo ni ta thut ang mai a ni. Thil mak tak i radiate nghal a. Ka hre nghal vek a ni.”
  
  
  
  Nick chuan thawk a la a, a nui suk a. A sawi tum chu a hria a, a dik tih pawh a hre chiang hle. A pianphungah chuan. Hetiang hian a awm fo thin. A hre tawh lo. Hei hi mission tinah a chungah a thleng thin. Nick Carter hian Agent N3 tan thil a kuta a luh theihna tur hmun a siam a ngai fo thin. Killmaster chu a thil tum tihhlawhtlin tumin a bei a, mi dik tak, ngaihtuahna tibuaitu lo, thihna lama tui tak a ni. Thiltih tinreng, ngaihtuahna tinreng, chetna tinreng, a hmaa a nungchang nen eng ang pawhin inang mah se, thil tum ber: a mission hlen chhuah chu a rawng a bawl vek a ni. Nêmna a hriat chuan a mission kalh lo, ngilneihna a nih a ngai a ni. Khawngaihna a neih chuan khawngaihna hian a hnathawhnaah a thawhhlawk hle. A mihring rilru put hmang pangngai zawng zawng chu a ruahmanna nena inmil lo chuan paih vek a ni. Taksa leh rilru lama fimkhurna tihpunna thlentu chhungril lama inthlak danglamna a ni.
  
  
  
  "I sawi dik maithei," thlamuang zet hian a ti a. "Mahse, kan duh hun hunah Nick Carter hlui hi kan hre reng thei. OKAY? Tin, tunah chuan nang pawh kal ve a tha zawk."
  
  
  
  “Lo kal rawh,” a ti a, a ding nghet a, a fawp zauh zauh bawk.
  
  
  
  "Vawiin zing khan he report hi i rawn deliver em?" - kawngka bulah a ding tawh lai chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  'Engnge?' - nula chuan a ti a. Nick chu a en a, rei vak lo chu a buai hle a, mahse rang takin a dam leh ta. "Aw, chu chu... yeah, chu chu enkawl a ni tawh."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a en a, a mit a chhing a. Thil engemaw a kal sual ta! A chhanna chu a lungawithlak vek lo va, a hma aia fimkhur zawk a ni. A taksa ruhte chu a inthlau a, a thluak chuan a theihna zawng zawngin hna a thawk ta a ni. He nula hian a hruai bo thei ang em? An inhmuh chuan code dik tak a pe a, mahse chu chuan thil dang a awm thei lo. A inlanna contact ang kha ni tak tak angin lang mah se, hmelma agent tha tak chuan chutiang chu an ti thei ang. Double agent a ni mai thei. Thil pakhat a hriat chian chu a tluk chhanna chu tun dinhmunah chuan a ti hlauhawm hle a ni. Surgery a tih hmain a chiang a ngai a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chu stairs atang chuan a tlan thla nghal vat a, Hennessey Street atanga a kal lai chu a hmu mai mai a. Hennessey Street nena inmil kawngpui te tak te pakhatah chuan rang takin a kal a, Wai Chan area-a kawngpui pahnih tawpna hmunah chuan a nghak a. Building chhunga a luh thlengin a nghak a, chutah a zui ta a. Inchung a thlen chuan khum te tak te pakhata a kal lai chu a hmu mai a. Fimkhur takin kawngkhar rickety lam chu a pan a, a hawng ta a. Nula chu lightning speed-in a hawi let a, Nick-a chuan a tirah chuan khawi emaw laia a lei full-length mirror hmaah a ding niin a ngai a. Mahse, chu reflection chu a che tan chuan a thawk a hloh ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a tiam a. - “Damn it, pahnih in awm!”
  
  
  
  Hmeichhe pahnih chu an in en a, an nui ta ringawt a. Pakhat chu a rawn chho a, a kut chu a kawngah a nghat a.
  
  
  
  “Alexi ka ni, Nick,” a ti a, “Hei hi ka unaunu phir Anya a ni. Twin inang kan ni a, mahse chu chu nangmah ngeiin i lo chhui chhuak a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a. Hei hian thil tam tak a hrilhfiah a ni. “Ka sawi tur ka hre lo,” Nick chuan a ti a, a mitmeng chu a meng chhuak vek. Pathian, an inthen theih loh tak zet a ni.
  
  
  
  “Kan hrilh tur che a ni,” Alexi chuan a ti a. Tunah chuan Anya chu a bulah a ding a, Nick chu a en a. "Chu chu a dik a ni," tiin a pawm a, "mahse, nangmah chauhin i chhui chhuak thei ang em tih chu ngaihnawm kan ti hle ang. Tun hmain tumahin chutiang chu an la ti thei lo. Mission tam tak kan thawk dun tawh a, mahse, tumahin kan pahnih kan awm tih an hre ngai lo." .Min inthen dan tur i hriat duh chuan ka beng dinglam hnung lamah chuan mole ka nei a ni.
  
  
  
  “Awle, i hlim hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a. "He fiamthu hi i tih zawh hunah chuan hna a awm dawn a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan an thil neihte an khawn khawm lai chu a en reng a. Amah ang bawkin thil pawimawh tak tak chauh an keng tel a ni. Anmahni, heng hmeichhe mawina hriatrengna lungphun pahnih hi a en lai chuan eng ang chiah nge an in ang tih a ngaihtuah chiang hle. A rilruah chuan chu fiamthu chu za zela za zetin a duh tak zet tih a ngaihtuah ta a ni. Tin, honey,” Anya hnenah chuan, “Thil pakhat ka hre leh a, chu chu ka hriat chian theihna che a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 5-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Tlai lam chuan Yau Ma Tai shelter embankment-te chu a hma aia buai zawkin a lang. Semi-darkness-ah chuan sampan leh junks te chu heap-ah an rawn lang a, mahse mast leh spars te chu a lang chiang zawk a, tui atanga ramngaw hring lo chhuak ang maiin a lang chiang zawk. Embankment-ah chuan tlai lam a lo tla nghal vat a, Nick chuan a bula twins awmte chu a melh a. Beretta te te chu an blouse hlim tak hnuaia awlsam taka thup theih tur shoulder holster-ah an dah lut tih a hmu a. An kawr chhungah savun bawm te tak te, razor ang maia hrual hrual leh thil tul dangte dahna tur hmun an bun dan chuan a rilru a hahdam hle. Anmahni an in enkawl tha thei tih a ring tlat a.
  
  
  
  “Hei hi a ni,” Alexi chuan Lu Shi chhungkaw junk blue hull chu a rawn lang ta a. "En teh, putar chu a hnunglam seat-ah a la thu reng a. Kan lawnga kan chhuah hunah pawh a la awm dawn em tih ka ngaihtuah."
  
  
  
  Vawilehkhatah Nick chu a ding a, Alexi kut chu a khawih a. Zawhna nei zet hian a en a.
  
  
  
  “Ngawi teh,” zawi sap hian a ti a, a mit a chhing a. - Anya chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  "Ka chiang tawk lo," Nick chuan a ti a, "mahse thil dik lo a awm."
  
  
  
  'Engtin nge ni ang?' - Anya chuan a ti nghet sauh sauh a. "Lawm chhungah hian midang ka hmu lo. Lu Shi chauh, tlangval pahnih leh putar pakhat chauh."
  
  
  
  “Putar chu a thu tak zet a ni,” Nick chuan a chhang a, “Mahse, hetiang atang hian midangte hi chiang takin i hmu thei lo. Thil engemaw hian min duh lo. Ngaithla teh, Alexi, hmalam i pan zel a. Dock-ah chuan chho la, i thlen hma loh chuan junk level leh kan chungah tlem i awm angin inlan rawh” en rawh.
  
  
  
  'Eng nge kan tih ang?' - Anya chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  “Ka rualin lo kal rawh,” Nick chuan a ti a, rang takin lawng chawlhna atanga lawng chawlhna hmuna kalna kawngpui za tam tak zinga pakhatah chuan a kal chho ta a. Ladder tawp lamah chuan hriat lohvin tuiah chuan a tlu lut a, Anya pawh chutiang bawka ti turin a kut a phar a. Tui taxi, sampan leh junks kiangah uluk takin an thlawk kual a. Tui chu a bawlhhlawh a, a hnim bawk. A chhungah chuan thil chhe leh oil a lo tla thla a. Ngawi rengin an inphah a, mi hriat loh an tum tlat a, Lu Shi taksa sen hring hring chu an hmaah a rawn lang ta a. Nick chuan Anya chu nghah turin a kut a phar a, seat-a thu putar chu en turin stern lam pan chuan a inbual a.
  
  
  
  Chu pa mitmeng chuan thihna mitmeng dull, hmuh theih loh hmel chu a en nghal zat a. Nick chuan a rilru chak lo takah chuan hrui te tak te in a khuh a, ruang chu chair-ah chuan a ding nghet tlat a.
  
  
  
  Anna hnena a tui chawi lai chuan eng nge a hriat chhuah tih zawh a ngai lo. A mitmeng, êng dum hring dup hring dup mai chuan thutiam thihna thlen thei tak a rawn pholang a, a chhanna pawh a pe tawh bawk.
  
  
  
  Anya chu lawng chhungah chuan a kal kual a, chutih rual chuan railing thlengin a inbual bawk. Nick chuan junk round, canvas-a khuh chu a lu a bu nghat a. A hnung lamah chuan puan hrual (loose fabric) a awm a. Chu lam chu an tippui dun a, a hmasa berah chuan board tin chu uluk takin thawm a chhuah loh nan an test hmasa a. Nick chuan uluk takin puan chu a han chawi a, mi pahnih lungngai taka lo nghak chu a hmu a. An hmai chu bow lam hawiin an hawi a, chutah chuan mi dang pathum Lu Shi inchei leh tlangval pahnih pawh an lo nghak a. Nick chuan Anya chuan a blouse hnuai atang chuan wire te tak te a rawn phawrh chhuak tih a hmu a, chu chu tunah chuan semicircle ang maiin a chelh ta a ni. Hugo hman a tum a, mahse deck-ah chuan thir zungbun zungbun a hmu a, a thawk thei dawn tih a rel ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Anya chu a en a, rei vak lo a lu a bu nghat a, a rualin an rawn puak lut ta a. A mitmeng atang chuan Nick chuan hmeichhe naupang chuan amah ngeiin a target-a thir tiang chu chakna hmanga a vawm lai chu lightning-fast leh inrintawkna nei taka a che lai chu a en reng a. Anya-i victim-i gurgle ri chu a hre ta a. Chu pa chu a tlu a, a thi ta a. Mahse, thir grate ri chuan hlauthawng takin, foredeck-a mi pathumte chu an hawi let a. Nick hian an attack chu flying tackle hmangin a chhang let a, an zinga lian ber chu a tikehsawm a, a dang pahnih chu a tidarh ta a ni. A lu hnung lamah kut pahnih a awm tih a hria a, chu chu chutiang bawk chuan a chhuak nghal vek bawk. A hnung lama hrehawm au thawm chuan a chhan a hrethiam ta. "The girl was damn good," a nui suk a, a rawn inher a, a vuak loh nan. Mi sang tak chu a ding chhuak a, awkward takin Nick chu a rawn tlan phei a, a miss ta a. Nick chuan a lu chu deck-ah a rawn thun a, a rilruah na takin a rawn vawm a. Thil pakhat a rawn hrual tih a hre a, a lu chu a sir lamah a tla thla nghal vek. A kut a han chhoh rual chuan a bula thingphel chungah ruang ri nasa tak ri chu a hre ta a. Hei hi an hmelma hnuhnung ber a ni a, puan ang maiin a mu a
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Alexi chu Anya bula ding chu a hmu a. “Eng thil thleng ka hmuh veleh chuan lawngah ka zuang lut ta a,” a ti a. Nick chu a ding chhuak a. Chu putar lem chu quarterdeck-ah chuan hnathawh bawlhhlawh tak chu ngawi renga hriatpuitu atan che lovin a la thu reng a.
  
  
  
  "Engtin nge chu chu i hriat theih, Nick?" Alexi chuan a zawt a. "Engtin nge thil dik lo a awm tih i hriat?"
  
  
  “Putar,” Nick chuan a chhang a. "A awm a, mahse vawiin chawhnu aiin stern hnaih zawkin, a tha ber chu a pipe atang hian meikhu a chhuak lo. Chu chu vawiin chawhnu lama a chanchin ka hriat chhuah awmchhun chu a ni, chu meikhu puff chu a pipe atanga chhuak chu a ni." . A pangngai mai mai a ni." a tan chuan.
  
  
  
  "Tunah enge kan tih ang?" - Anya chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  "Heng pathum hi hold-ah kan dah ang a, putar chu a awmna hmunah kan dah ang," Nick chuan a ti a. "Heng mite hian an report lo a nih chuan check turin mi an tir thuai ang. Chu putar, bait chu a la awm tih a hmuh chuan an pathum hian an khuh vek niin a ngai ang a, chu chu a lo en reng ang." a while. Chutiang chuan darkar khat dang kan hlawkpui leh ang." tiin kan hmang thei ang."
  
  
  
  “Mahse tunah chuan kan ruahmanna hmasa ber chu kan hlen chhuak thei tawh lo,” Anya chuan a ti a, Nick chuan mipa sang tak chu hold chhungah chuan a hruai lut ta a. “Lu Shi hi an tiduhdah a, kan kalna tur pawh an hre chiang hle a ni. Hetah hian kan chhuahsan tih an hriatchhuah chuan Gumenchai-ah hian min lo nghak reng dawn tih chu a chiang.”
  
  
  
  "Kan thleng dawn lo chauh a ni, honey. Thil dik lo a awm palh hlauh chuan ruahmanna dang siam a ni tawh. Canton-Kowloon rel kawng panna kawng thui zawk a ngai dawn a, mahse kan tih theih tur a awm lo. Kan lawngin kan kal ang." to the other side , Taya Van-ah, Nimshan hnuaiah chiah kan tla thla ang."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Hu channel-a Lu Shi a lan loh chuan AX hian ruahmanna dang a zawm niin a ngai dawn tih a hria a. Duhthusamin thil a kal lo tih pawh an hre thei bawk. Hei pawh hian Hawk-a chu mut theih lohna zan engemaw zat a pe dawn tih a hriat chuan hlimna rapthlak tak a nei a. Nick pawhin Hu Can chu a rilru a buai dawn tih a hria a, hei hian an hna chu a ti awlsam dawn lo. A mit chuan mast ramngaw chu a melh chhuak a.
  
  
  
  “Junk dang kan lak a ngai a, rang takin,” a ti a, bay lai takah chuan junk lian tak chu a en tan ta a. “Hei ang hian,” a ti ringawt a. 'Sawisel bo!'
  
  
  
  "Lian?" - Alexi chuan ring lo zet hian a zawt a, junk chu a hmu a; lawng lian tak, dragon motif hmanga chei, paint thar. "Chu chu midang aiin a let hnih zetin a tam zawk, a nih loh leh a aia tam pawh!"
  
  
  
  "Hei hi kan paltlang dawn a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. "Chu bakah, a lawng chak zawk ang. Mahse a thatna lian ber chu tank bawlhhlawh a nih loh vang a ni. Tin, min zawng a nih chuan an tih hmasak ber tur chu tank bawlhhlawh te enkawl a ni ang. Hei hi Phu Kien atanga Fuzhou junk a ni." province, like times from where we're going. Thing leh oil barrel an phur tlangpui. Chutiang lawng chu hmar lam tuipui kama i kal lai chuan i hmu lo." Nick chu deck sir lam pan chuan a kal a, tuiah chuan a tlan lut ta a. “Lo kal rawh u,” tiin hmeichhe naupangte chu a fuih a. "Hei hi chhungkaw bawlhhlawh a ni lo. Crew an nei a, rinhlelh rual lohin lawngah an chuang lo. A tha berah chuan guard an hnutchhiah a ni."
  
  
  
  Tunah chuan nula te pawh tuiah an chhuk a, lawng lian tak lam pan chuan an inbual dun ta a. An hnaih chuan Nick chu wide circle-a tui chawi hmasa ber a ni. Lawng chhungah chuan mi pakhat chauh a awm a, chu chu Chinese lawng khalhtu thau tak, sam sei tak a ni. Wheelhouse te tak te bula mast bulah chuan a thu a, a muhil ang maiin a lang. Junk sir khatah chuan rope ladder a innghat a, chu chu rinhlelh rual lohvin crew-te chu tuipuiah an awm tih chhinchhiahna dang a ni. Nick chu a rawn inbual a, mahse Anya chuan a bulah a thleng hmasa a, a inhnukdawk ta a. Nick chuan a ke pakhat chu railing chungah a vawrh chuan Anya chu deck-ah a awm tawh a, guard lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a, a chanve zetin a beng a.
  
  
  
  Amah atanga feet ruk vel a hlaah chuan chu pa chu beng tichhe thei khawpa au chhuak chungin a lo nung ta a, Nick chuan a taksa thuk tak leh a mast inkar a thup, kut sei tak axe a keng tih a hmu a. Anya chu a khup khatah a tlu a, ralthuam chu a lu a rawn pel a.
  
  
  
  Chu pa chu a rawn vuak leh theih hma chuan a kut chu man tumin sakeibaknei ang maiin hmalam a pan ta a. A lu chu a pum chhungah a thun a, mast hnuaiah chuan a paih thla ta a. Chutih rual chuan whistle ri a hre ta a, chu chu suppressed thud a rawn zui a, chu mipa taksa chu a kutah chuan a relax ta a. A kut chu nghet takin a vuan a, a sir lamah a han hawi a, lawng khalhtu mit inkarah chuan stiletto hilt chu a hmu ta a. Nick chu a bulah a ding a, a khur a, a hnungtawlh lai chuan blade chu a la chhuak a.
  
  
  
  “A hnai lutuk a ni,” tiin a phunnawi a. "Inch khat fraction hnuai lam leh chu thil chu ka thluak chhungah i thawn lut ang."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan duh lo zet hian a chhang let a. - “Awle, pahnih in awm a ni lawm ni?” A mitmenga mei leh a kekawr ipte inher rang tak chu a rawn vawm tan lai chuan a hmu a. Tichuan chu steel-blue mitmengah chuan irony tlem a hmu niin a ngai a, pouting zet hian a kal ta a. Nick chu a kut ah chuan a nui suk a. A sawi tum leh tum loh chu a hre ngai lovang. “I hmanhmawh ang u,” a ti a, “Khaw thim hma chuan Nimshan chungah hian awm ka duh” Rang takin lawng pathum an han chawi chho a, rei lo teah Victoria Harbor an chhuahsan a, Tung Lung Island chu an rawn kual ta a, Alexi chuan an zinga pakhat zel tan thawmhnaw hring a zawng a, an thawmhnaw hnim chu a khai ta a on Nick chuan hmeichhe naupangte chu arsi hmanga kalna tur hriat dan tur a hrilhfiah a, darkar hnih chhung zet chu helm-ah an inthlak a, a bak zawng chu cabin-ah an mu bawk.
  
  
  
  Zing dar li a ri tawh a, Nick-a chu a kalh lai chuan patrol lawng pakhat a rawn lang ta a. Nick chuan a hre hmasa ber a, engine chak tak tak ri chu tuiah chuan a ri ta hlawm a. Chutah thim zingah chuan êng eng tak tak a hmu a, chu chu lawng a hnaih deuh deuh chuan a lang chiang zual sauh sauh a ni. Zan thim tak, chhum zing tak a ni a, thla pawh a awm lo, mahse, chu bawlhhlawh lian tak takte hull thim tak chu hriat lohvin a awm dawn lo tih a hria. Wheel chungah chuan a beng reng a, course chu a steer ta a. Patrol lawng a rawn hnaih meuh chuan searchlight chak tak a rawn eng a, bawlhhlawh bawm chu a ti eng ta a. Lawng chuan junk chu vawi khat a rawn vel a, chutah spotlight a thim a, lawng chuan a kal chhunzawm ta a ni. Anya leh Alexi chu deck-ah an inhmu nghal a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Hna pangngai mai a ni,” tiin a hrilh a. "Mahse chutiang khawpa rilru na lo chu ka nei a, an lo kir leh ang."
  
  
  
  “Hu Can-a mite hian kan tang lo tih hi an lo chhut tawh ngei ang,” tiin Anya chuan a sawi.
  
  
  
  - Ni e, leh he lawnga thawktute hian port police te hi an biak tawh ngei ang. Tin, Hu Can-a hote chuan he thu hi an hriat veleh chu lai hmuna patrol lawng zawng zawng chu radio-in an ti vek thin. Hei hian darkar engemaw zat a daih thei a, mahse minute tlemte chauh a ni thei. A chhe ber tur atan kan inbuatsaih a ngai chauh a ni. He lal in tui chunga awm hi chhuahsan kan ngai thuai mai thei. Hetiang lawng tuipuiah hian raft emaw lifeboat emaw a nei tlangpui. Eng emaw i hmu thei em tih i en ang."
  
  
  
  Minute khat hnuah tank atanga au thawm chuan Nick hnenah thil an hmu tih a hrilh a. “Amah chu phelh la, railing chungah chuan hniam rawh,” tiin a au let leh a. "Oars zawng rawh. Tin, kan thawmhnaw chu inchungah rawn hruai rawh." An lo haw chuan Nick chuan helm chu a secure a, rang takin a thawmhnaw chu a thlak ta a. Alexi leh Anya chu a en a, an figure absolute symmetry chuan a rawn ti leh ta a, pants leh blouse an hak ang chiah kha a ni. Mahse, chutih lai chuan tuifinriat lam a hawi ta a. Thla eng tam zawk titawptu chhum khuh chu a lawm hle a ni. Chu chuan lawng kal chu a ti harsa hle a, mahse tuipui kam hmuhnawm lo takah chuan a rilru a pe thei reng a ni. Tide chuan tuipui kamah a phur ang. A hlawkthlak hle mai. Raft-ah chuan nawr luih an nih chuan tuipui chuan tuipuiah a phur ang. Alexi leh Anya chu deck-ah ngawi rengin an inbia a, Nick-a chuan a kut chu a rawn phar nghal a. A beng chuan darkar chanve chhung zet chu he aw chauh hi a nghak tawh a, tunah chuan a hre ta. A chhinchhiahna a hriat chuan twins te chu an ngawi ta a.
  
  
  
  “Patrol lawng pakhat,” Anya chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Full power,” Nick chuan a ti leh a. “Minute nga emaw ruk emaw hnuah min hmu thei tawh ang. Pakhatin helm chu la la, pakhat zawk chuan tuipui chungah raft chu control rawh. Ka chhuk dawn a ni. Chutah chuan oil litre sawmnga zeta sei barrel pahnih ka hmu a. I don' t kan hnungzuitute tan mak tih tur hnutchhiah lovin chhuah kan duh a ni.” .
  
  
  
  Starboard lam a oil barrel pahnih inbun lam pan chuan a tlan phei a. A savun bawm atang chuan barrel pakhatah chuan puak thei powder dum a leih a.
  
  
  
  “Kan tan minute nga” Nick chuan a ti ringawt a. A bula chho a, luh theih nan minute khat a la awm. An fimkhur ang a, hun an hmang ang. Minute khat dang. Minute chanve vel chu lawnga chuang an awm lo tih thutlukna siam nan, minute chanve dang chu patrol lawng captain hnenah report a, eng nge tih leh tur tih ngaihtuah turin. Kan en ang, minute nga, paruk, pasarih, sarih leh a chanve, minute riat vel a ni. Junk hnuai atang chuan rattan hrui pakhat a la chhuak a, second khat chhung chu a mit hmangin a teh a, chutah chuan a phel pakhat chu a tikehsawm ta a ni. A tawp pakhat chu lighter hmangin a hal a, a kang em tih a enfiah a, chutah chuan in lama siam fuse chu oil drum-a puak thei powder chu a kawhhmuh a. “Chu chu a thawk tur a ni,” lungngai takin a ti a, “minute chanve chhungin ka ring,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  Alexi leh Anya chu raft-ah chuan an chuang tawh a, Nick-a chu a rawn zuang lut ta a. Patrol lawng searchlight chuan tuiah chuan thim zingah Fuzhou bawlhhlawh thlalak chu a zawng tih an hmu thei a. Nick chuan Anya hnen atangin lawng chu a la a, hlauthawng takin tuipui kamah chuan a rawn tlan ta a. Patrol lawng chuan bawlhhlawh a hmuh hmain tuipui kama thlen theihna chance an nei lo tih a hria a, mahse anmahni leh bawlhhlawh awmte inkarah chuan a theih ang anga hlat zawng dah a duh a ni. Tunah chuan patrol lawng outline chu chiang takin a lang tawh a, Nick chuan a inher lai chu a en reng a, engine te chuan bawlhhlawh an hmuh rualin an thih ri chu a hre ta a. Spotlight chuan junk deck chu light eng mawi takin a ti eng a. Nick chuan a oar chu a dah thla a.
  
  
  
  "Muhil la, che reng reng lo!" - a ti a. Patrol lawng chet dan chu a lu hawi lovin a en theih nan a lu chu a kut ah a nghat a. Patrol lawng chuan bawlhhlawh bawm chu a rawn hnaih tih a hmu a. Aw ri chu chiang takin a hre ta a; a hmasa berin junk-a thawkte tâna thupekte a teh a, chutah patrol lawnga thawkte tâna thupêk tawi te a pe a, chutah minute khat zet an ngawih hnu chuan phurna au thawm a ri ta a ni. Tichuan a lo thleng ta a. Metre khata sang meialh leh puak chu junk-ah a awm a, chu chu deck-a silai mu leh a hnu rei vak lovah patrol lawng engine room-a awm angin a puak nghal vek mai. Raft-a chuang mi pathumte hian lawng pahnih aṭanga thil chhe thlawk chhuak lakah an lu an humhim a ngai a ni. Nick-a’n a han han en leh chuan junk leh patrol boat chu an glue khawm ang maiin a lang a, thawm awm chhun chu tui a meipui ri bengchheng ri a ni. Oar chu a man leh a, chu lai hmun ti engtu orange glow chuan tuipui kam lam chu a pan ta a. Tuipui thim tak chu an hnaih a, chutih lai chuan, rimtui tlanchhuak ri bengchheng tak nen chuan meialh chu a thi a, thlamuanna chu a lo let leh ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan raft chu sand-ah a hrual tih a hria a, a ke ruh thlenga thuk tuiah a tla thla ta a ni. Zing ênga lo piang tlang semi-circle atang chuan hmun dik takah, Nimshan hnuai lawka Taya Van-ah an awm tih a sawi chhuak ta a ni. Harsatna zawng zawng ngaihtuah chuan a chhe lo. Tuipui atanga yard sawmnga vela hlaa bush chhungah chuan raft chu an hruai lut a, Nick chuan AX headquarters-a map leh thupek an pekte chu hriat reng a tum a. Taya Wang a nih a ngai a ni. He tlâng hmun hi Kai Lung tlang hnuaiah a awm a, chu chu hmar lam pan chuan a inzar pharh a ni. Hei hian khawthlang lam pan a, Canton atanga Kowloon rel kawng zawh a kawk a ni. A hmunhma chu Ohio nen a inang hle ang a, tlang sang tak tak nei lo tlang hring dup a ni ang.
  
  
  
  Anya leh Aleksi te hian Albanian art history zirlai an nihzia tilangtu document an nei a, Nick-a passport lem a neih dan chuan British chanchinbu pakhata journalist niin left-wing sympathies a nei a ni. Mahse heng document dik lote hi an himna tur tichiangtu tak a ni lo vang. Tualchhûng police-te chu an tithinur mai thei a, mahse an hmelma tak takte chu an bum lo vang. An man loh beisei a tha zawk. Hun a la awm tlem hle. Darkar leh ni hlu tak takte chu a liam tawh a, rel kawng thleng tur chuan ni dang an mamawh dawn a ni.
  
  
  
  "Cover tha tak kan hmu thei a nih chuan," Nick chuan twins te hnenah chuan ni khat atan kan kal zel dawn a ni. Chuti a nih loh chuan chhun lamah kan mut a ngai dawn a, zanah kan zin a ngai dawn a ni. I kal ang a, a tha ber kan beisei ang."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 6-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chu speed running leh jogging technique a zir lai a a siam chhuah stride chak leh fluid tak nen a kal a. A hawi kual vel chuan hmeichhe naupang pahnih chu awlsam takin a rhythm nen an insiamrem thei tih a hmu a.
  
  
  
  Ni chu rang takin a lum zual sauh sauh a, phurrit rit tak a lo ni ta a ni. Nick chuan a pace a tlahniam tih a hria a, mahse a kal zel thung. Ramngaw chu tlang leh hnim hring a lo ni chho ta zel a. A hnunglam a thlir chuan Alexy leh Anya te chuan tlang lawn chu an ti harsa hle tih a hmu a, chu chu an lantir lo nain. Chawlh hahdam a tum a: “An kalna tur hmun hla tak tak an la nei a, an kalna tur hmun chu chau taka thlen chu awmzia a nei a, ramngaw sang tak leh thuk tak awmna ruam te tak teah chuan a ding a, thu sawi lovin, mahse lawmthu sawina nen an mitmengah chuan twins te chu thlai nem takah an tla thla a.Nick chuan a hawi kual a, ruam chhehvel chu a survey a, chutah an bulah chuan a mu ta a.
  
  
  
  “Tunah hian i chawlh hahdam tur a ni,” a ti a. "I tih rei poh leh a awlsam zawk tih i hmu ang. I taksa ruhte hian an thiam tawh tur a ni."
  
  
  
  “Yeah,” Anya chuan a ti a. A rintlak hmel lo hle. Nick chuan a mit a chhing a, built-in alarm chu minute sawmhnih chhung zet a set a. Thlipui tleh karah chuan thlai chu zawi zawiin a che a, ni chuan an chungah a rawn eng thla ta a. Nick-a chuan eng chen nge a mut tawh tih a hre lo, mahse minute sawmhnih pawh a la liam lo tih a hria a, a harh thut. A alarm clock built-in a ni lo va, a hlauhawm hriatna parukna khan a tiharh a ni. A thu nghal a, a hmaah feet ruk vel zeta sei mi te tak te, ngaihven takin a lo en reng a. Nick chuan tlangval kum sawm leh kum sawm leh pathum inkar a nih a ring. Nick a rawn ding chhuak chuan tlangval chu a tlan ta a.
  
  
  
  'A chiam!' Nick chuan chibai a buk a, a keah a zuang thla a.
  
  
  
  'Naupang!' nula pahnih a ko va. "Hmanhmawh rawh, thlawh bo rawh! A tlanchhuak thei lo."
  
  
  
  An zawng tan ta a, mahse a tlai tawh hle mai. Tlangval chu a bo ta a.
  
  
  
  “He naupang hi khawi emaw laiah a awm ngei ang, kan zawng chhuak tur a ni,” Nick chuan thinrim zet hian a ti a. "Ridge sir lehlamah a awm ngei ang."
  
  
  
  Nick chu ridge chungah chuan a tlan phei a, a hawi kual vel a. A mit chuan underbrush leh thingte chu a scan a, hnah che leh rang taka thil dang emaw a awm leh awm loh a enfiah a, mahse engmah a hmu lo. He naupang hi khawi atanga lo chhuak nge, khawiah nge hetiang taka a bo thut? He diabola te tak te hian chu hmun chu a hre chiang hle a, chu chu a chiang a, chuti lo chuan hetiang hian a tlanchhuak rang ngai lovang. Alexi chuan ridge veilam chu a thleng a, hmuh theih loh khawpin a awm tawh a, Nick chuan a whistle nem tak chu a hre ta a. Ridge-ah chuan a inkhung a, Nick-a chu a bulah a rawn kal a, Chinese elm thing lian tak bula farm te tak te pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a. In hnungah chuan vawk in lian tak mai, vawk dum te tak te rual awmna a awm a.
  
  
  
  “Chu chu a ni ngei ang,” Nick chuan a ti a. "I ti ang u."
  
  
  
  Nghak rawh,” Anya chuan a ti a. - Min hmu a, chuti a nih chuan engtin nge? Keini ang bawkin a mangang ve ngei ang. Engvangin nge kan kal zel mai loh? ' .
  
  
  
  “Ni lo tak zet,” Nick chuan a mit a chhing a. "He rama mi zawng zawng hi potential snitch an ni. Tualchhung thuneitute hnenah mi hriat loh pathum a hmuh thu a hrilh chuan, naupang hian kum khat chhungin chu farm-a a pain sum a hmuh zat zat chu a hmu ngei ang.
  
  
  
  "Khawthlang ramah chuan chutiang paranoid in ni vek tak tak em?" - Anya chuan thinrim deuh hian a zawt a. "Naupang kum 12 emaw a hnuai lam emaw chu snitch tia sawi hi thil tih uarna a ni lo em ni? Chu bakah, American naupang pakhatin Pentagon pawnah rinhlelh ruala Chinese mi pathum an loiter lai a hmuh chuan engtin nge a tih ang? Tunah chuan i kal thui lutuk tak zet a ni!".. tiin a sawi.
  
  
  
  “Tun dinhmunah chuan politics hi dah bo ila,” tiin Nick chuan a comment a. "He naupang hian kan mission leh kan nunna a tichhe thei a, chu chu ka phal thei lo. Mi maktaduai tam tak nunna a hlauhawm hle!"
  
  
  
  Thu belhchian dawl zawk nghak lovin Nick chu farm lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Anya leh Alexi te chuan an rawn zui tih a hre ta. Workaround engmah nei lovin in chhungah chuan a rawn lut ta a, room lian takah chuan a rualin living room, bedroom leh kitchen atan hman theih a ni. Hmeichhia pakhat chauh a awm a, a mitmengah engmah lang lovin a en reng a.
  
  
  
  "Amah hi en teh," Nick chuan hmeichhe pahnih chu a rawn ti a, hmeichhia chu a rawn tlan pel a, in chhung zawng zawng chu a dap kual a. Pindan lian zawk panna pindan te tak te chu a khar vek a, mahse pakhatah chuan pawn lam kawngkhar a awm a, chuta tang chuan Nick chuan ran in chu a hmu thei a ni. Minute khat hnuah living room lamah a let leh a. A hmaa tlangval rilru na tak chu a nawr a.
  
  
  
  "Hetah hian tu dang nge awm?" tiin Cantonese tawngin a zawt a.
  
  
  
  “Tumah an awm lo,” naupang chuan a rawn ti nghal zat a. Nick chuan a thumbs up a.
  
  
  
  "I dawthei deuh a ni," a ti a. "Room dangah mipa thawmhnaw ka hmu a. Min chhang la, chuti lo chuan vuakna dang i hmu leh ang!"
  
  
  
  'Amah chu thlah rawh.'
  
  
  
  Hmeichhia chu a ni a, a tawng tan ta a. Nick chuan naupang chu a thlah ta a.
  
  
  
  “Ka pasal pawh hetah hian a awm a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  'Khawiah nge a awm?' - Nick chuan a zawt nghal zat.
  
  
  
  “Hrilh suh,” tiin naupang chuan a au chhuak a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a sam chu a hrual a, naupang chu na takin a au chhuak ta a. Anya chuan a ringhlel a. “A chhuak ta,” tiin hmeichhia chuan zak takin a chhang a. 'Khua lam pan chuan.'
  
  
  
  'Engtikah?' - Nick chuan a zawt a, naupang chu a thlah leh ta a.
  
  
  
  “Minute tlemte kalta khan,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  "Tlangval khan min hmu tih a hrilh che a, i pasal pawh report turin a kal a ni lawm ni?" - Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Mi tha tak a ni,” hmeichhia chuan a ti a. "Naupang hi public school-ah a kal a. A thil hmuh zawng zawng a report vek tur thu an hrilh a. Ka pasal hian a kal duh lo a, mahse naupang chuan a zirtirtu te hnenah hrilh turin a vau a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Naupang entawn tlak tak,” tiin a comment a. Chu hmeichhia chu a ring chiah lo. Naupang ngaihtuahna chu a dik mai thei, mahse chu pa chuan tip tlemte pawh a ngaihtuah lo ang tih chu rinhlelhna a nei lo. "Khua hi eng chen nge a hla?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  
  "Kawngpui atanga kilometer thum vel a hlaah."
  
  
  
  “Anmahni en rawh u,” Nick chuan Alexi leh Anya hnenah chuan a ti a, khawngaihin.
  
  
  
  Mel hnih vel zet chu Nick-a chuan kawngpuiah a tlan thla a, a ngaihtuah a. Chu pa chu man theihna hun tling. A hnung zui a ni tih pawh a hre lo va, a hmanhmawh lo bawk. Kawngpui chu a leivut a, Nick chuan a lungphu a khat tih a hria. Kawngpui sirah chuan a tlan phei a. Tlem chuan a zawi deuh a, mahse a tih tur atan chuan a lung chu a thianghlim reng a duh a ni. A hmaa yard za nga vel zeta hlaa rise te tak te pakhat bulah chuan loneitu pakhat a kal pel tih a hmu a. Chu pa chuan a hnunglam ke pen ri a hriat chuan a hawi let a, Nick chuan a taksa a rit hle a, a kekawr pawh a zau hle tih a hmu a. Tin, a pawimawh zawk chu, razor ang maia hrual lian tak a nei bawk.
  
  
  
  Loneitu chuan a scythe chu chawi sangin Nick chu a pan hnai a. Cantonese tawng a hriatna tlemte hmangin Nick chuan chu pa chu biak a tum a. Thusawi a duh thu leh chu mi chu tihnat a duh loh thu chiang takin a sawi thei ta a ni. Mahse, loneitu hmel flat (impassive flat face) chuan hmalam a pan chhunzawm zel chuan a hmel a tidanglam lo. Nick-a tan chuan rei lo teah chu pa chuan mi hriat loh pakhat, thi emaw, dam emaw pawh ni se, thuneitute hnena a hlan chuan lawmman a dawn tur chungchang chauh a ngaihtuah tih a chiang ta a ni. Tunah chuan loneitu chu mak tak maiin chak takin hmalam a pan a, a scythe chu boruakah a whistle tir ta a. Nick chu a hnungtawlh a, mahse scythe chuan a kawngah a rawn deng ta mai. Cat ang maia chakna nen chuan a dodge ta a. Chu pa chuan rilru na takin hma a sawn a, Nick chu hnungtawlh turin a nawr ta a ni. A Luger chu a hmang ngam lo. Silai kah a nih chuan eng nge thleng dawn tih chu Pathian chauhin a hria. Scythe chu boruakah chuan a rawn whizz leh ta a, tun ṭumah chuan razor ang maia hrual hrual chuan Nick hmai chu a hmaiah a rawn deng a, a hnen aṭanga millimeter vela hlaah a rawn deng ta a ni. Tunah chuan loneitu chuan he ralthuam rapthlak tak hmang hian thlai a tikehsawm reng a, thlai a tikehsawm ang mai hian Nick-a chu a hnungtawlhna chu a chhuahsan ta a ni. Hriamhrei sei zawng chuan a lunge phal lo. Nick chuan a hnunglam a hawi chuan kawngpui sira underbrush chhungah chuan a tlan lut dawn tih a hrechhuak a, chutah chuan awlsam taka ei tur a ni ang. A hnuaia dive theih nan scythe-a inher chhuak chhunzawm zel chu tihtawp dan tur a zawng a ngai a ni.
  
  
  
  Vawilehkhatah khup khatah a tlu a, kawngpui atanga leivut hlim tak kut zungtang khat chu a rawn man ta a. Chu pa chu hmalam pan chuan Nick chuan a mitmengah leivut a rawn vawrh lut a. Rei vak lo chhung chu loneitu chuan a mit a chhing a, hruihrual che vel chu a reh ta a. Chu chu Nick mamawh zawng zawng chu a ni. Panther ang maiin a zungpui hrual hnuaiah chuan a zuang thla a, chu pa chu a khup aṭangin a man a, hnunglam hawia tlu turin a hrual a. Scythe chu leiah a tla a, tunah chuan Nick chuan a rawn bei ta a. Chu pa chu a chak a, kum tam tak lovah a thawhrimna avanga rope ang maia ruh a nei a, mahse a scythe tel lo chuan Nick-a’n a nunah vawi tam tak a hneh tawh ang chi mi lian leh chak tak mai a ni. Chu pa chuan nasa takin a bei a, a tho thei ta a, mahse Nick chuan a kut dinglam a pe a, a axis-ah vawi thum a roll ta a ni. Nick chuan loneitu chu a chhuak tawh niin a ngai a, chu pa chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt a, a ke pakhatah a ding nghet a, a braid chu a rawn man leh ta a, mak a ti hle. “A rilru a khauh lutuk a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Chu pa chu a din hma chuan Nick chuan a ke dinglam hmangin a scythe kutkawr chu a vawm a. Metal blade chu mousetrap hrual ang maiin a tho a, a tla bawk. Tunah chauh chuan mouse a awm tawh lo va, loneitu kawr leh scythe chauh a lut ta a ni. Rei vak lo chu chu pa chuan muffled gurgling sound tlemte a siam a, chutah chuan a tawp ta. “A tha ber tur a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a, ruang nunna nei lo chu thingtlang chhungah a thup a. A la thah a la ngai a ni. A hawi let a, lo lam pan chuan a kal leh ta a.
  
  
  
  Alexi leh Anya chuan hmeichhe kut chu a hnung lamah an khih a, tlangval kut leh ke chu an khih a. A luh chuan zawhna an zawt lo, a hmel zau tak chuan kawngka a luah khat lai chuan hmeichhia chauh chuan zawhna nei takin a en a.
  
  
  
  "Hetiang hi kan ti leh thei tawh lo ang," a ti vek a.
  
  
  
  'Nick!' a rawn ti leh a. Alexi a ni a, mahse chutiang ngaihtuahna chu Anya mitmengah chuan a rawn lang chhuak tih a hmu a. Tlangval atang chuan Nick lam chu an en a, ani chuan an ngaihtuahna chu a hre chiang hle. A tlem berah chuan tlangval nunna chhanhim rawh. Naupang mai a ni. Nunna maktaduai za chuang zet chu an mission hlawhtlinnaah a innghat a, he tlangval te tak te hian an chance a tichhe hnai hle. An nu nihna (maternal instinct) chu a rawn lang chhuak ta a. Damn nu thinlung, Nick chuan a chibai buk a. Hmeichhia tan pawh amah lak bo vek theih a ni lo tih a hria a, mahse hmachhawn tur dinhmun dik tak a ni. Ani pawh hian he hmeichhia leh naupang chu pui turin a awm tih hi a ngaihven lo hle. He loneitu hi nung turin a phal zawk ang. Khawthlang khawvel hi leilung atanga tihboral ngai mi â pakhat chauh sualna a ni vek. Tin, chutiang mi â chu a ram ngeiah pawh an awm a, chu chu Nick-a chuan a hre chiang lutuk. Beijing leh Kremlin-a delusional ideologues pawl nen misual taima rethei tak takte inzawmkhawmtu fanatics tenawm tak takte. Hengte hi a mawhphurtu tak tak an ni. Heng career leh dogmatist damlote hi hetah chauh ni lovin Washington leh Pentagon-ah pawh an awm a ni. He loneitu hi Hu Can kut tuar a lo ni ta a ni. A thihna hian mi maktaduai tam tak nunna a chhanhim thei a ni. Nick hian hei hi a ngaihtuah a ngai a ni. A hnathawhna hmun bawlhhlawh tak takte chu a hua a, mahse a chinfelna dang a hmu lo. Mahse he hmeichhia leh he naupang hi... Nick-a thluak chuan a chinfel dan tur a zawng a. A hmu thei a nih chuan nung turin a phalsak mai ang.
  
  
  
  Hmeichhe naupangte chu a ko va, an nu hnenah zawhna tlemte zawt turin a ti a. Chutah naupang chu a man a, pawnah a phur chhuak ta a. Naupang chu a mitmeng dik tak a en theih nan a han chawi kang a, rinhlelhna tur awm lo khawpin a bia a.
  
  
  
  “I nu hian i zawhna ang chiah hi a chhang thin,” tiin naupang chu a hrilh a. 'I nu chhanna nen a danglam a nih chuan minute hnih chhungin in pahnih hian in thi ang. Min hrethiam em?'
  
  
  
  Tlangval chuan a lu a bu nghat a, a mitmeng chu a hlim tawh lo. A mitmengah chuan hlauhna chauh a awm. School politics hour chhung khan American zirtirtu thenkhatin Russian leh Chinese chungchang an sawi thin ang chiah khan American chungchang thu bengchheng tak tak an hrilh a ni ngei ang. Naupang hnenah chuan American zawng zawng hi thilsiam chak lo leh chhe tawh tak tak an ni tih an hrilh ang. He mi lian thisen vawt tak entawn tur hmang hian naupang chuan sikul a haw hunah a zirtirtute hnenah sawi tur a nei ang.
  
  
  
  “Ngaithla uluk rawh, thudik chauh hian a chhanchhuak thei che a ni,” Nick chuan a ti nghal zat. "Tunge hetah hian rawn tlawh ang che?"
  
  
  
  Tlangval chuan, “A zuartu chu khua a mi a ni,” tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  
  'Engtikah nge a lo kal ang?'
  
  
  
  "Ni thum chhungin vawk lei tur."
  
  
  
  "A hmaa lo kal thei tur dang an awm em? I thiante nge eng nge?"
  
  
  
  'Ni lo, ka thiante hi Zirtawpni thleng an lo kal dawn lo. Ka tiam e.'
  
  
  
  "I nu leh pa ṭhiante chu engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  
  "Ninganiah an rawn thleng dawn a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan naupang chu leiah a dah a, in chhungah chuan a hruai lut ta a. Anya leh Alexey chuan an lo nghak a.
  
  
  
  "Hmeichhia chuan customer pakhat chauh lo kal tur a ti a ni," Alexie chuan a ti a. "Khua atanga market trader pakhat."
  
  
  
  'Engtikah?'
  
  
  
  ‘Ni thum chhungin. Zirtawp leh Pathianniah chuan tlangval thiante pawhin mikhual an nghak reng bawk. Tin, in chhungah hian basement a awm bawk."
  
  
  
  Chuvangin, chhanna chu a inang vek a ni. Nick chuan rei vak lo a ngaihtuah a, chutah a rilru a siam ta a. “Okay,” a ti a, “Chance kan lak mai a ngai a ni. Tight takin khih la, i hmuiah gag dah rawh. Basement-ah kan lock ang. Ni thum hnuah chuan min tichhe thei tawh lovang. Kar khat chhung chauh pawh ni se, a tam berah chuan an riltam ang."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan hmeichhe naupangte chuan a thupek an zawm lai chu a en reng a. A chang chuan a hnathawh chu a huat phah thin.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Nick chu a thinrim a, a buai hle bawk. Tun thlengin hlawhchhamna tam tak an tawk tawh a ni. A duh angin a liam tawh lo va, eng chen nge hetiang hian an chhunzawm theih ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Thil tha lo tak a ni em - heng hlawhchhamna leh hmasawnna zawng zawng hi a hnaih ber a ni em? Rinna dik lo nei lo mah se, thil chhe lam panna operation te chu a hmu tam zawk a ni. Thil a chhe zual thei tihna a ni lo. Thil awmdan a awm tawh loh lai hian engtin nge a chhe zual theih ang? Mahse thil pakhatin a tibuai ber. Hun bituk an hnufual hle mai ni lovin, Hu Can hian a hlauthawng a nih chuan eng nge thleng thei lo ang? Tunah chuan thil dik lo a awm tih a hre tawh ngei ang. A ruahmanna chu tihhlawhtlin a tum ta se han ngaihtuah teh? A rocket te chu kahchhuah theih turin a inpeih tawh a. A duh chuan zalenna khawvel hian a chanchin belhchhah turin minute tlemte chauh a nei a ni. Nick chu a kal chak zawk. A hun taka a lo thlen theih beiseina tih loh chu a tih theih awmchhun a ni. Thingtlang hmuna hun nena a intlansiaknaah chuan a hriat hmain kawngpui a thleng tawh mai. Hun hnuhnung berah chuan thinghnah hnung lamah a kal ta a. A hmaah chuan building hniam tak bulah chuan Chinese sipai truck-te column a awm a. Building chu supply station ang chi a ni a; sipaite chu an kutah thil flat, pancake ang maia kengin an lo kal a. “Bean cake hring a ni mai thei,” Nick chuan a ti a. Truck tin hian sipai pahnih, driver pakhat leh navigator pakhat an nei a. Sipaiho chu an zui a ni mai thei, a nih loh leh khawi emaw laiah tirh mai mai an ni. Car hmasa berte chu an tlan chhuak tan tawh a ni.
  
  
  
  “Hei hi car hnuhnung ber a ni,” Nick chuan a ti sap a. "A kal dawn chuan chu tlang chu truck dangin an rawn vel tawh ang. A tricky deuh a, mahse a thawk thei mai thei. Chu bakah fimkhur lutuk tur hun kan nei tam lo."
  
  
  
  Hmeichhe pahnih chuan an lu an bu nghat a, mitmeng chu a eng chhuak vek. “Hlauhawm atanga infuih an ni,” tiin Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Mahse hei vang chauh ni lovin, chu mi hnuah chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a ngaihtuah nghal a. Hemi atang hian engmah a la chhuak dawn lo. Engine ri chuan truck hnuhnung berte an tlanbo lai chuan thawm zawng zawng chu a tichhe vek a. Hemi hnuhnung zawk hi a thawk lo tawh a, sipai pahnih chu building atang chuan an kut chu cake hring hring nen an rawn chhuak a. Nick leh Alexi chuan underbrush atang chuan ngawi rengin an rawn vawm a. Mipa chuan an chunga thil thleng chu an sawi thei ngai lo vang. Anya chu building chhungah chuan midang an awm leh awm loh en turin a lut a.
  
  
  
  Hei hi a ni lo va, cake hring phurin a rawn chhuak leh ta a. Nick chuan sipai pahnih ruang chu truck hnung lamah a roll lut a. An man loh nan Anya chu hnung lamah a thu a, Alexi chu Nick bula driver compartment-ah chuan a chho ta a.
  
  
  
  "Eng chen nge column-ah hian kan awm ang?" - Alexi chuan Anya-a’n hatch kaltlanga a pek flatbread pakhat chu a ei a, a ti a.
  
  
  
  "Kan tan kawng dik an zawh chhung chuan. Hetiang hi an tih rei tawk a nih chuan kan vannei hle ang."
  
  
  
  Ni tam zawk chu column chu khawthlang lam pan chhunzawm zel a ni. Chawhnu lamah Nick chuan chhinchhiahna a hmu a: "Tintongwai." Chumi awmzia chu rel kawng atanga mel tlemte chauh an awm tihna a ni. Vawikhat chu kawngpui fork pakhatah chuan column chu dinglamah a inher a, hmar lam a pan ta a.
  
  
  
  “Kan chhuah hun a ni tawh,” Nick chuan a ti a. Nick chuan hmalam a han en a, kawngpui chu a chhoh zauh zauh a, chutah chuan a chhuk leh ta a. Ruam chhungah chuan dil zim tak a awm a.
  
  
  
  'Hetah!' - Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka slow dawn a. Chutiang ka sawi chuan nangni ho hian in zuang chhuak a ngai a ni. Attention... Okay, now! " Hmeichhe naupangte chu car atanga an zuang chhuah rual chuan Nick chuan steering wheel chu dinglamah a her a, a nghak a a hmalam ke chu car atang chuan a thlawk chhuak tih a hria a. embankment, chutah truck atang chuan a zuang chhuak ta a.Tluck tuiah chuan a rawn tla thla a, tlangdungah chuan column chu a ding ta a.Mahse Nick leh twins te chu an tlan chhuak a, an zuang thla a narrow ditch leh rei lo teah hmuh theih lohvin an awm ta a, tlang hniam tak bulah chuan an chawl a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, “He hmun thleng tur hian ni hnih kan la ngai dawn a ni,” a ti. "Hun kan ngah tawh a, mahse kan fimkhur lohna hian i tichhe lo ang u. Tlâng lehlamah hian rel kawng a awm niin ka ring. Ni khatah vawi hnih bungraw phur rel a tlan a; zing leh tlai hma takah. Kan fimkhur a nih chuan." calculation a dik a nih chuan rel chu a bul hnaiah khawi emaw laiah a ding ang a, Hu Zan-a hote resupply turin.
  
  
  
  Tlang chhip lam pan chuan an tlan phei a, Nick chuan rel eng mawi tak pahnih row-ah chuan thlamuanna leh lungawina a nei lo thei lo. Tlâng aṭanga chhuk chuan lungpui lian tak, khuhna ṭha tak leh en theihna hmun pe theituah chuan an kal a.
  
  
  
  Engine ri ri an hriat chuan an inthup zo lo hle. Tlâng kara kawngpui dungah motor khalhtu pathum chu an tlan phei a, leivut chhum zingah chuan an ding ta a ni. Chinese sipai kawr pangngai ang deuh, mahse rawng danglam tak, blue-gray trousers leh milky white shirt an ha a ni. An uniform jacket leh motorcycle helmet-ah hian orange rocket motif hi an dah a ni. “Hu Can’s special forces te,” Nick chuan a rawn rawt a. A hmui chu a hrual a, an chhuk lai a en lai chuan, metal detector an la chhuak a, kawngpuiah puak thei thil a awm leh awm loh a enfiah tan ta a.
  
  
  
  “Ehto mne nie nrahvista,” tiin Anya Alexi chu a rawn ti ri a.
  
  
  
  “Kei pawhin ka duh lo,” tiin an thusawi chu a pawm ta a. “Hei hian Hu Can hian a mite ka hneh tawh tih a ring tlat tihna a ni. Risk engmah lak a duh lo ang. An inpeih thuai dawn niin ka ngai a, sabotage awm lo turin hma an la dawn tih ka ring.”.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a kutphah chu a hnim tih a hria a, a pants chungah chuan a hrufai a. Chutih laia tension awm chu ni lovin, hmalam hun tur ngaihtuah a ni. A tih dan pangngaiin, casual observer-in a hmuh tawh aia tam a hmu a, a hmaa hlauhawm awm thei turte chu a ngaihtuah a. Motor khalhtute chuan Hu Zan a fimkhur hle tih chhinchhiahna an ni. Hei hian Nick hian inkhelh chhunga a chakna pakhat - mak tihna element chu a hloh tihna a ni. Thil thleng dang a awm chuan a puitu ropui tak pakhat chu a hawisan mai thei niin a ngai bawk. ni lo, a pahnih pawh a ni mai thei. A tul a nih chuan a thutlukna chu eng nge ni tur tih a hre chiang hle. An miss thei a ni. Amah ngei pawh hi a tlai thei hle. Khawvel hriat loh dam khawchhuahna chu he thudik duhawm lo takah hian a innghat a ni.
  
  
  
  Motor khalhtute’n an endik zawh meuh chuan khua a thim tawh a. An zinga pahnih chuan kawngpui dungah meichher an dah tan a, a pathumna chuan radio-ah thu a sawi a. Khaw hla takah chuan Nick-a chuan engine start thawm a hre ta a, minute engemaw zat hnuah chuan M9T trailer nei truck paruk an rawn lang ta a. An hawi let a, rel kawng bulah chuan an ding ta a. An engine a thih rual chuan Nick chuan thawm dang a hre ta a, chu chuan zan ngawi reng chu a titawp ta a. Zawi zawiin locomotive rawn hnaih ri rit tak chu a ni. Nick a hnaih deuh deuh chuan flare êng thim takah chuan locomotive chu 2-10-2 Sante Fe lian tak Chinese version a nih thu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  
  Machine lian tak chu a ding ta a, leivut chhum lian tak tak chu a rawn thawn chhuak a, chu chuan torchlight eng mawi tak karah chuan a pianzia mak tak tak, hazy tak tak a nei ta a ni. Tunah chuan box, carton leh bag te chu rang takin truck nghaktute hnenah an sawn ta a ni. Nick chuan chhangphut, buhfai, bean leh thlai chi hrang hrangte chu a hmuchhuak a. Rel hnaih ber truck chu bawngsa leh vawk sain a khat a, a dawtah chuan lard package te a awm bawk. Hu Can-a sipai elite te chuan an ei tha hle a, chu chu a chiang hle. Beijing hian ei tur tlakchhamna lian tak chinfelna kawngah harsatna lian ber a tawk mai thei a, mahse mipui sorkara mi ropui tak takte chuan ei tur an nei tling fo thin. Nick hian a ruahmanna a hlawhtlin chuan he harsatna chinfelna kawngah hian mihring punna tlemte tihhniamna kawngah hian a la thawhhlawk thei tho ang. Lawmthu sawina dawng turin a awm thei lo mai mai. Hu Can-a hote chuan rang tak leh tha takin hna an thawk a, operation zawng zawng chu minute sawm leh panga aia rei lo a ni. Locomotive chu a rawn tlan phei a, truck te chu an inher leh ta a, an tlan bo ta a, warning light te chu an la chhuak ta a. Motor khalhtute chuan truck te chu an rawn zui tan ta a. Anya chuan Nick chu a sir lamah a rawn beng a.
  
  
  
  “Knife kan nei a ni,” a ti rilru a. "Nang angin kan thiam lo mai thei Nick, mahse kan agile khawp mai. Kan kal pelh motor khalhtu pakhat zel kan that thei vek a. Tichuan an motor chu kan hmang thei tawh ang! "
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. “A dik e, an lo haw hunah an report tur a ni,” a ti bawk. “An rawn lang lo a nih chuan eng nge thleng dawn nia i hriat?Hu Can hnenah hian a hnunglam huanah kan inthup tih telegram thawn i duh em?
  
  
  
  Anya hmuiah chuan a mitmeng chu a hmu a, thim tak karah pawh. Chutiang khawpa khauh chu a tum lo. Assistant hlu tak a ni a, mahse tunah chuan amah ah chuan communist agent zawng zawnga langsar em em training lama gap chu a hmuchhuak ta a ni. Thiltih leh mahni inthununna lamah chuan an tha hle. Huaisenna leh chhelna an nei a. Mahse hmalam hun thlirna chuan hun rei lote chhung pawh nise, ei duhnaah a hruai lo tak zet a ni. A kawngah chuan thlamuang takin a fawp a.
  
  
  
  “Lo kal rawh, a chang chuan kan tisual vek thin,” zawi sap hian a ti a. "An hnung kan zui dawn a ni."
  
  
  
  Truck tyre rit tak takte hnutchhiah track te chu kawngpui hrual leh leivut tam takah chuan chiang takin a lang a. Chu bâkah, kawngpuiah chuan kawngpui inkar emaw, fork emaw pawh an tawk lo tluk a ni. An kal chak hle a, chawlh hahdam tlem thei ang ber an la bawk. Nick chuan darkar khatah mel ruk vel zet an tlan niin a chhut a, chu chu tlan chakna tha tak a ni. Zing dar li velah chuan mel 40 vel an tlan zawh chuan Nick-a chuan a tlan chak lo tan ta a. A ke chu engtiang taka thau leh training nei pawh ni se, a chau tan a, Alexi leh Anya hmel chau tak chu a hmu ta a. Mahse thil dang, a pawimawh zawk avangin a tlan chak lo bawk. Chu Agent N3-a tel ve, omnipresent hypersensitive sense chuan signal a thawn tan ta a ni. Nick-a chhut dan chu a dik a nih chuan Hu Can-a domain an hnaih tawh ngei ang, tunah chuan rimtui hnung lama bloodhound concentration nen track-te chu a enfiah ta a ni. Vawilehkhatah a ding a, khup khatah a tlu ta a. Alexi leh Anya chu a bula leiah chuan an tlu ta hlawm a.
  
  
  
  “Ka ke,” Alexi chuan a ti a. "Hei hi ka la thei tawh lo, hetiang hian ka kal rei thei tawh lo, Nick."
  
  
  
  “Chu pawh chu a ngai dawn lo,” tiin kawngpui lam chu a kawhhmuh a. Car track chu a ding nghal vek a. Chiang takin an boral ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Eng nge a awmzia?" Alex chuan a zawt a. "An bo mai mai thei lo."
  
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Nick chuan a chhang a, “mahse hetah hian an ding a, an track te chu an khuh ta a ni.” Hei hian awmzia pakhat chauh a nei thei. He lai vel hian khawi emaw laiah checkpoint a awm ngei ang! Nick chu kawngpui sir lam pan chuan a kal a, a tlu a, leiah chuan a inkhung a, hmeichhe naupangte pawh chutiang bawka ti turin a kut a phar a. Decimeter khat hnu decimeter khatin hmalam a pan a, a mit chuan kawngpui sir lehlama thingte chu a scan a, a thil zawn chu a zawng a. A tawpah chuan a hmu ta. Thingkung te tak te pahnih, an inhmachhawn nghal vek. A mitmeng chu a hnai ber trunk atang chuan a tla thla a, feet thum vel zeta sang, thir hmanrua te tak te, zungbun tak mai chu a hmu ta a. A hmaa thing chungah chuan thil pakhat, a san zawng inang chiah chiah a awm a. Tunah chuan Alexi leh Anya pawhin electronic mit chu an hmu ve ta a. Thingkung a hnaih lai chuan a bul lam pan chuan thread te tak te a lo chhuk chu a hmu ta a. Rinhlelhna a awm tawh lo. Hei hi Hu Can area pawn lam defensive belt a ni.
  
  
  
  Electronic mit chu a tha a, guard ralthuam keng, hriat theih leh hneh theih loh tur aiin a tha zawk. Kawngpui chhunga lut a, schedule pawna tlu apiang chuan alarm an tichhuak ta a ni. Electric eye chu tihbuai lohvin an paltlang thei a, chu hmunah chuan an lut leh thei a, mahse rinhlelh rual lohvin line hnuai lamah checkpoint tam zawk a awm a, a tawpah chuan ralthuam keng guard emaw, patrol emaw pawh a awm mai thei. Chu bâkah, ni a lo chhuak thuai dâwn a, chumi ni atân chuan inhumhimna an zawng a ngai dâwn a ni.
  
  
  
  An zinkawng chu an chhunzawm thei tawh lo va, ramngaw chhungah chuan an lut ta a. Ramngaw chu a lo lian hle a, Nick-a pawh chu a lawm hle. Chumi awmzia chu an che thuai dawn lo tihna a ni a, mahse a lehlamah chuan khuh tha tak a pe a ni. A tawpah chuan tlang sang tak chhip an thlen chuan zing khawvar êng êng lo tak lo chhuak karah chuan an hmaa Hu Can-a complex chu an hmu ta a.
  
  
  
  Tlâng hniam takin a hual vel, tlangram takah a awm a, a hmasa berah chuan football field lian tak ang mai a ni. He football field chauh hi barbed wire row hnih in a hual vel a ni. A laiah chuan, leia pil tawh, launcher te chu chiang takin a lang a. Underbrush-a an inthupna atang chuan missile lu hrual hrual hrual te chu an hmu thei a, chu chu khawvela thiltihtheihna inthlauhna chu vawi khata tidanglam thei nuclear missile thihna thlen thei pasarih a ni. Nick, thingtlang hmuna mu chuan êng sang tak karah chuan chu hmun chu a enfiah a. Launcher-te chu concrete a ni ngei ang, mahse concrete bang chu khawiah mah metre sawmhnih aia sei a ni lo tih a hmu ta a ni. A sir velah bomb a phum thei a nih chuan chu chu a tawk mai ang. Mahse, launcher-te inkar hlat zawng chu metre za tal a ni a, chu chu puak thei thil dah tur chuan hun leh vanneihna tam tak a mamawh dawn tihna a ni. Tin, Nick hian chutiang hun leh vanneihna chu a ring lo. Ruahmanna hrang hrang a ngaihtuah tawh zingah chuan a tam zawk chu a ziak chhuak thei ta a ni. Chu hmun chu a zir rei poh leh he thudik duhawm lo tak hi a hmu chiang zual sauh sauh a ni.
  
  
  
  Zanlai pelh hnuah camp chhungah chuan a rawn lut thei ang tih a ngaihtuah a, uniform loan ha pawh a ni mai thei a, detonators te chu a hmang thei ang. Mahse, a theihnghilh a tha zawk. Launcher pakhatah hian sipai ralthuam keng pathum an awm a, barbed wire-a guard post awmte chu chhiar tel lovin.
  
  
  
  Chu hmun sir lehlamah chuan thinga siam main entrance zau tak a awm a, a hnuai chiahah chuan barbed wire-a khur te zawk a awm bawk. Sipai pakhat chu feet thum vel zeta zau kawngpui pakhatah chuan veng turin a ding a. Mahse, ani chu buaina a ni lo; buaina chu fence chhunga security a ni. Dinglamah launch pad hmaah chuan thinga siam building sei tak a awm a, security personnel tan pawh a ni mai thei. Chumi lehlamah chuan concrete leh lung in eng emaw zat a awm a, a chung lamah chuan antenna, radar, meteorological measuring equipment leh transmitter te a awm bawk. Hei hi headquarters ni tur a ni. Ni êng hmasa ber pakhat chu a rawn inher chhuak nasa hle a, Nick chuan kawngpui sir lehlamah chuan an hmaa tlangte chu a en a, chu chu cordoned off area sir lehlamah chuan a ni. Tlâng chung lamah chuan in lian tak, glass window lian tak, spherical glass window nei, a hmalam zawng zawnga tlan chhuak, ni êng rawn lang chhuak chu a ding a. In hnuai lam chu tunlai villa ang mai a ni a, mahse a chhawng hnihna leh a chung chu Chinese architecture hlui ang chi pagoda style-a sak a ni. “A nihna takah chuan, he in atang hian complex pumpui chu chiang takin a hmu thei a, chuvang chuan an dah a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan rilru lamah chuan detail zawng zawng chu a thlir kual vek a. Film sensitive takah ang maiin a thluaka thil chipchiar zawng zawng chu a ṭhenin a inziak lut vek a: a luh zat, sipaite awmna, barbed wire aṭanga launcher row hmasa ber thlenga hlat zawng leh thil chipchiar dang za chuang zet a ni. Complex setup zawng zawng chu Nick tan chuan a chiang a, a logical bawk. Pakhat tih loh chu. Leiah chuan flat metal disc te chu barbed wire sei zawng zawngah a lang vek a. . Complex pumpui vel chu ring an siam a, an inkar hlat zawng chu metre hnih vel a ni. Alexi leh Anya te pawhin heng thil mak tak takte hi an hre thei lo.
  
  
  
  “Hetiang hi ka la hmu ngai lo,” Anya chuan Nick chu a ti a. 'Engtin nge i ngaih?'
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Ka hre lo,” a ti a. "An stick out lo niin a lang a, metal an ni."
  
  
  
  “Eng pawh a ni thei,” tiin Alexi chuan a sawi. Drainage system pawh a ni mai thei. A nih loh leh lei hnuaia hmun kan hmuh theih loh a awm mai thei a, chu chu thir pillar chunglam a ni."
  
  
  
  “Ni e, duhthlan tur tam tak a awm a, mahse thil pakhat tal ka hmuchhuak a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Tuman an paltlang lo. Mi zawng zawng chu an hlat vek a ni. Hei hi kan tan chuan a tawk. Keini pawhin chutiang bawk chuan kan tih a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  
  "Alarm a ni maithei?" - Anya chuan a rawn rawt a. "I ke i pen chuan alarm an siam mai thei."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a theih thu a pawm a, mahse thil engemaw chuan chutiang chuan a awlsam lo ang tih a hriattir a. Engpawh ni se, hripui ang thil hi an pumpelh tur a ni.
  
  
  
  Khua a thim a, an pathumin mut an mamawh hma loh chuan engmah tih theih a awm lo. Chu bâkah, kawngpui sir lama in thlalak tukverh chuan Nick-a chu a tibuai hle bawk. Thing hnuai thim tak karah chuan hmuh theih loh an ni tih hria mahse, in chhung atang chuan binocular hmangin ridge chu uluk taka en a nih thu rinhlelhna nasa tak a nei a ni. Fimkhur takin tlang chhip atang chuan an tlan thla leh ta a. Thlamuang taka mut theihna tur hmun an zawn a ngai a ni. Tlâng chanve velah chuan Nick-a chuan lungpui te tak te, mi pakhatin a luh theihna tur kawngkhar te tak te a hmu a. An luh chuan inhumhimna chu a zau khawp mai. A hnim a, ran zun rim a nam a, mahse a him hle. Alexi leh Anya te chu an chau lutuk a, hrehawmna an ngaihtuah lo tih a chiang a, Pathian hnenah lawmthu awm rawh se a la mak hle. Vawikhat an luh chuan nula te chu an inthen nghal a. Nick chuan a hnungzang chu a phar chhuak a, a kut chu a lu hnuaiah a dah a.
  
  
  
  Mak a tih em em chu a rilruah lu pahnih leh a ruhroah taksa nêm leh lum pahnih a awm tih a hre nghal a. Alexi chuan a ke pakhat chu a ke chungah a cross a, Anya chu a kekawr bul hrual chhungah chuan a in phum ta a. Anya chu a muhil nghal mai mai. Nick chuan Alexi chu a la harh tih a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  
  "Min hrilh teh, Nick?" muthilh chungin a ti muangchang a.
  
  
  
  "Eng nge ka hrilh ang che?"
  
  
  
  "Greenwich Village-a nun chu eng ang nge?" - mumang ang maiin a ri. "America-a awm chu eng ang nge? Chutah chuan hmeichhe naupang an tam em? Zai tam tak a awm em?"
  
  
  
  A chhanna tur chu a la ngaihtuah reng a, a muhil tih a hmu a. Nula pahnih chu a kut pahnihin a kuah a. An hnute chu puan lum leh nem tak ang maiin a lang. Chutiang khawpa an chau loh chuan eng nge thleng thei ang tih ngaihtuah chuan a nui suk a. Mahse naktuk chu a harsa ngei ang. Thutlukna tam tak a siam a ngai dawn a, chung zinga pakhat mah chu a nuam vak lovang.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Nick chu a harh hmasa a. Darkar tlemte kalta khan a beng sensitive tak chuan hla tak atanga patrol ri a rawn lak chuan ani pawh chu a harh tawh a ni. A inthup a, a ri chu a thi ta vek a, a muhil leh ta a. Mahse tunah chuan a inher a, twins te pawh chuan a rilru chungah an lu an chawi sang ta a.
  
  
  
  Chawhnu lam hnuah pawh a tha tawh hle nachungin Nick chuan, “Good morning,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Good morning,” Alexie chuan a chhang a, a sam dum tawi tak chu tui chawi hnua tui atanga ui hnim hring chhuak ang maiin a ti nghing a.
  
  
  
  “Pawnah ka chhuak dawn a, ka lo en ve dawn a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Minute nga chhunga engmah i hriat loh chuan lo kal ve bawk ang che."
  
  
  
  Nick chu khur zim tak atang chuan a chhuk chhuak a. Ni eng mawi takah chuan a mit chu siamrem tumin a bei a. Ramngaw thawm chauh a hria a, a ding chhuak ta a. Zan rei tak thlengin ridge-ah an awm thei.
  
  
  
  Tunah chauh chuan Nick-a chuan ramngaw chu a mawi tak zet tih a hre ta. Honeysuckle chu a en a, hibiscus pangpar sen mawi tak takte chu a en a, thing hnuaia thing mawi tak tak kara rangkachak forsythia tlan chakna kawng chu a en a. “What a contrast,” Nick chuan a ti a.He hmun hi hmun reh tak, idyllic tak a ni a, tlang sir lehlamah chuan ralthuam tha lo pasarih a awm a, mi maktaduai tam tak nunna tichhe thei tura inpeih a ni.
  
  
  
  Tui luang thawm chu a hria a, puk hnung lamah chuan lui te tak te a hmu a. Tui lum takah sil leh sam a tum ta a. A sam a sam lai hian a rilru a hahdam hle fo thin. A thawmhnaw a phelh a, tui lum takah chuan a inbual ta a. A sam a sam hnu lawkah chuan Anya leh Alexi te chu uluk takin thingtlang zingah chuan a zawngin an kal a. An hnenah chuan a kut a phar a, an rawn tlan phei a, hahdamna au thawm (suppressed squeals of relief) nen. Nick-a chuan tuiah an inbual lai chuan an taksa saruak chu a enfiah nghal a. An mawina thianghlim leh sual nei lo chu nuam ti takin thlai chungah chuan a muhil a. Tuna a tih nuam ber chu ti ta se engtin nge an tih ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Hei hi an hmang tangkai ngei ang tih a ringhlel.
  
  
  
  Mahse, a hmaa thutlukna pawimawh a siam tur ngaihtuah tel lo chuan a ti dawn lo tih a hre bawk. He hun lai leh an tana a awmzia tur chu an sawi lo va, tih a ngai lo. A tul chuan a hlan hreh dawn lo tih an hria a. Chuvang chuan he hna thawk tur hian ruat a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan hmeichhe naupangte chu a en tawh lo va, a ngaihtuahna chu a hmaa thil lo thleng tur ah a dah ta a. Darkar tlemte kalta chauha uluk taka a zir chianna hmun chu a hrechhuak ta a. Tuna kan dinhmunah hian a hman a beisei ruahmanna zawng zawng chu a tangkai lo vek tih a chiang zual sauh sauh a ni. A improvise leh a ngai dawn a ni. Damn, complex chhehvelah hian lung bang mawi tak pawh a awm lo. Chutiang chu ni ta se, hriat lohvin a tlem berah an hnaih thei ang. Anya leh Alexi chu sal tan tir a ngaihtuah a. A hnuah chuan amah ngei pawhin chu ram chu rawn luhchilh a duh ang a, Hu Zan chu a fimkhur lo zawk ang tih a bet ang. Mahse tunah chuan leia thil awmdan, launcher tina vengtute a hmuh chuan hei hian a puih vak dawn lo tih a hre ta a ni. Buaina chu a buaithlak zawk hle. A hmasa berin barbed wire fence an hnaih a ngai a. Tichuan he fence hi an hneh a ngai a, chutah chuan bomb phum nan hun rei tak an hmang a ni. Tunah chuan launcher tin chu a hranin control a nih tawh avangin option pakhat chauh a awm tawh. Sipai zawng zawng ngaihvenna chu a rualin an tihbuai vek tur a ni.
  
  
  
  Anya leh Alexey chu an inthiarfihlim a, an inchei a, a bulah chuan an thu ta a. Thu sawi lovin tlang hnung lama ni bo chu an en reng a. Thiltih a hun tawh. Nick chu uluk takin tlang chungah chuan a tlan chho tan a, a sir lehlamah thlalak window lian tak awmna in chu a ngaihtuah a. Tlang chhip lamah chuan base chu an survey a, chu chu thil tih theihna hmun zau tak a lo ni ta a ni. Khawi hmunah pawh technician, mechanic leh sipai an awm a. Missile pahnih an enfiah a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan an hna awlsam zawk tur thil hmuh a beisei a. Mahse engmah a awm lo, engmah a awm lo. A harsa dawn a, damn harsa pawh a ni. 'A chiam!' a ti ringawt a. Nula ho chuan mak ti zet hian an han hawi chho a. "Chu damn round discs te chu eng atan nge an nih ka hriat ka duh khawp mai." Engtiang taka rei pawh en mah se, an chunglam hrual, polish tak chuan engmah a pe lo. Anya-a’n a sawi angin alarm system-ah hian an tel thei tak zet a ni. Mahse, chuti chung pawh chuan thil pakhatin a tibuai a, a lungkham hle. Mahse, rinhlelhna chu pawm a, heng thilte aṭanga inthiarfihlim an tum mai a ngai dawn a ni, tiin a rilruah a dah ta a ni.
  
  
  
  “An ngaihtuahna kan tihbuai a ngai dawn a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a, “In zinga pakhat chuan installations lehlamah kal a, ngaihven a hlawh a ngai a ni. Hei hi kan luh theihna awmchhun a ni a, bomb kan phun theihna awmchhun a ni bawk. Hna thawh zawh theih nan hun rei tak chhung an ngaihtuahna kan tihbuai a ngai a ni."
  
  
  
  “Ka kal ang,” an ti rual rual chuan. Mahse Anya chu a fraction hmasa zawk a ni. Nick chuan an pathumin an hriat tawh chu a sawi nawn leh a ngai tawh lo. Amah lam hawia ngaihventu apiang chuan a thihna chu an ring tlat a ni. A nih loh leh, a tlem berah chuan man ngei ngei tur a ni a, chu chuan tihhlum tihtawp (stay of execution) tihna chauh a ni ang. Engkim a kal tha a nih chuan ani leh Alexi te hian tlanchhuahna hun an nei dawn a ni. Anya chu a en a. A hmelah chuan engmah a lang lo va, a mitmeng chu chilh leh ngaihsak lo hmel pu chungin a rawn let leh a. A thaw hnuaiah chibai a buk a, kawng dang awm se a duh hle. Mahse, a awm lo.
  
  
  
  "I hman theih tur explosive powder ka nei a ni," a ti a. "I Beretta nen hian duhthusam angin nghawng a nei tur a ni."
  
  
  
  “Meipui tam zawk ka siam thei ang,” tiin nui chungin a chhang a. "An tibuai thei tur thil ka nei."
  
  
  
  A blouse chu a han phawrh a, savun belt chu a kawrfual chhungah chuan a khuh a. Ball round te te box khat chu a la chhuak a. A sen leh a var. Bullet tin hian pin te tak te a chhuak vek a. Chutiang chu ni lo se chuan Nick hian tranquilizer emaw lu natna damdawi emaw an nih thu a tiam ngei ang. thil a ni.
  
  
  
  “Heng pellet pakhat zel hi hand grenade pahnih nen a inang vek a ni,” tiin Anya chuan a sawi. "Pin hi ignition a ni. Hand grenade ang chiah chiah hian an thawk a, mahse compressed transuranic elements atanga siam an ni. I hmu em, Nick Carter, microchemistry toys dang mawi tak tak kan nei bawk."
  
  
  
  “He thil hi ka lawm hle mai, ring rawh,” Nick chuan a nui suk a, “Tun atang chuan mimal takin kan che dawn a ni. A tawp vek hunah hetah hian kan inkhawm ang. Kan pathum hian kan awm vek ka beisei."
  
  
  
  Anya chu a ding chhuak a. “A lehlamah ka thlen theih nan darkar khat vel ka la ngai dawn a ni,” a ti bawk. "Chutih hunah chuan a thim tawh ang."
  
  
  
  Twins te chuan mitmeng an inthlak a, rei vak lo an inkuah a, chutah Anya chu a hawi let a, a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  
  “Good luck, Anya,” Nick chuan zawi te hian a rawn ti a. “Ka lawm e, Nick Carter,” tiin hnunglam hawi lovin a chhang a.
  
  
  
  Nick leh Alexi chuan a hnah chuan a ei zo vek thlengin an en reng a, chutah chuan thinghnah zingah chuan an insiamrem ta a ni. Nick chuan fence chhunga thing kawngkhar te tak te pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a. A chhungah chuan thingpui dawr a awm a. Sipai pakhat chauh chu luhna hmaah chuan veng turin a ding a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Kan target hmasa ber chu amah hi a ni,” a ti. "Kan hneh ang a, chutah chuan gate atang chuan kan lut ang a, Anya meipui chu kan nghak ang."
  
  
  
  Khua a thim nghal vat a, Nick chuan fimkhur takin tlang atang chuan gate lam pan chuan a kal tan ta a. Vanneihthlak takin tlang chu a lo lian vek tawh a, an chhuk chuan vengtu chu metre nga chauh a hla a ni. Nick chuan a kutphahah chuan stiletto chu a nei tawh a, chu thir lum leh hriat loh chuan a ti thlamuang a, tunah chuan a blade chu mihring extension mai mai a ni tawh ngei ang tih a hriat nawn tir ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Vanneihthlak takin sipai hian a rifle chu a chetsualna avanga leia a tlak loh nan case-ah a phur a. Nick chuan camp chu a hun hmaa tihbuai a duh lo. A kut ah chuan stiletto chu zawi zawiin a chelh a, a rilru hah lutuk loh nan a bei a. Sipai chu a vawikhatna atan a vuak a ngai dawn a ni. He hun remchang hi a hloh a nih chuan a ruahmanna zawng zawng chu hetah hian a hmunah ngei hian meikhuah a chhuak vek ang. Sipai chu thingpui kawngkhar dinglamah chuan a kal a, thingpui dawr hmaah chiah chuan a ding a, a hawi let a, lehlamah a kal a, a turn siam leh turin a ding ta a. Chutah stiletto chu boruakah a thlawk chhuak ta a. Sipai chu a beng a beng a, gate thingah chuan a pin a.
  
  
  
  Second chanve pawh tling lovah Nick leh Alexi chu a bulah an awm ta a. Nick chuan a stiletto chu la chhuakin chu pa chu leiah chuan a muttir a, chutih lai chuan nula chuan rifle chu a rawn ban a.
  
  
  
  “I coat leh helmet kha ha rawh,” Nick chuan rei vak lo a ti a. "Hei hian buainaah hian i langsar lutuk lo ang. Rifle pawh keng la. Tin, hre reng ang che, chutiang damned round discs atang chuan hla takah awm rawh."
  
  
  
  Alexi chu chutih lai tak chuan a inpeih tawh a, Nick chuan ruang chu thingtlang chhungah a thup ta a. Fence sir lehlamah, warehouse thlalak hnuaiah chuan a ding tawh a. Nick chuan shaving cream tube a la chhuak a, a disassemble tan ta a. Alexi chu thin round disk pathum a pe a, pali chu a tan a dah bawk.
  
  
  
  “A bulah hian installation pathum i mine ang,” a ti a. "I thawmhnaw hian a ti langsar lo ang che. Lei hnuaiah i nawr mai a ngai tih hre reng ang che. Lei hi a nem tawk a, khur tlem laih la, he thil hi i dah thei a ni."
  
  
  
  A tih dan avang chuan Nick chu a duck a, puak hmasa ber chu hmun pum puiah a ri ta a. Dinglam atangin field sir lehlamah a rawn kal a. Rei lo teah puak vawi hnihna a awm leh a, chutah chuan a pathumna chu hmun lai takah a awm ta mai. Anya chu bomb thlak chungin a tlan leh chhuak a nih hmel a, a sawi dik bawk, an chak khawp mai. Tunah chuan vei lamah puakruk a awm ta. Engkim a ti dik a, mortar attack ang maiin a ri a, a rah chhuah chu Nick-a beisei ang chiah a ni. Barrack atang hian sipai ralthuam kengte an rawn luang chhuak a, launch site guard-te chu barbed wire fence lam pan chuan an tlan phei a, hmêlma lam pan nia an rinna lam chu thliar hran lovin an kap ṭan ta a ni.
  
  
  
  I che ang u!' - Nick chuan a ti a. A ding a, Alexi chu gate lam pan leh theih nan landing-ah a lu nghatin thil hla ber lam pan a tlan lai chu a en reng a. Tunah chuan Nick chu a kut dinglamah Wilhelmina nen chuan a enkawl ngai installation pali zinga a hmasa ber lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Luger chu a bulah leiah a dah a, detonator hmasa ber chu a phum ta a ni. Tunah chuan pahnihna tur a ni ta a, rang takin pathumnain a zui ta a ni. Engkim chu a kal tluang hle a, awlsam takin a rilru a buai hle mai, Anya chuan a diabola mini-bomb hmangin complex chhim lam chu a rawn bomb chhunzawm zel a. Nick chuan tunah chuan sipai pawl pakhat chu main gate atang chuan beitute man tumin an tlan chhuak ta tih a hmu a. Nick-a’n installation palina a thlen chuan main gate-a sipai pahnih chu an hawi let a, launcher concrete sir-ah chuan mi hriat loh pakhat khup chungin an hmu a. An beih hma chuan Wilhelmina chuan vawi hnih a kap tawh a, sipai pahnih chu leiah an tla thla a. An chhehvela sipai engemaw zat, a nihna takah chuan, silai chu ramngaw lam atanga lo chhuak a ni lo tih hre thei lote chu leiah an tla thla ta a ni. Nick chuan detonator hnuhnung ber chu a set a, gate lam pan chuan a tlan leh ta a. Uniform ha running figure-te tangle-ah chuan Alexi chu zawn a tum a, mahse a theih loh. Vawilehkhatah loudspeaker atang chuan aw a rawn chhuak a, Nick chuan Chinese hovin gas mask vuah tura an tih chu a hre ta a. Nui chhuak ringawt lo turin theihtawp a chhuah a. A beihna chuan a ti hlauhawm tak zet a ni. A nih loh leh Hu Can kha risk la lo chi a ni. Chutih lai tak chuan Nick-a chuan metal disc mak tak takte awmzia chu a hmuchhuak ta a ni. A hmela nuihzatna chu a bo nghal vat a.
  
  
  
  A hmasa berin electric motor ri bengchheng tak chu a hre a, chutah chuan disk-te chu thir pipe-a boruakah an chho nghal tih a hmu leh a. Meter thum emaw, metre li emaw vel zeta sangah an ding a, Nick-a chuan disk-te chuan tank lian tak, a hnuai lam atanga kawng hrang hrang pali-a nozzle engemaw zat chhuak chunglam chu a siam tih a hmu a. Nozzle tin atang chuan Nick chuan chhum dum te tak te a hmu a, a ri chhuak chhunzawm zel a, complex chhung zawng zawng chu blanket thihpui thei takin a khuh vek a ni. Nick chuan gas chu fence piah lamah a darh zau zel tih a hmu a, circle zau zel angin.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a tlan lai chuan kutkawr hmanga a hmui khuh a tum a, mahse a tangkai lo. Gas chu a luang chak lutuk a. A rim hriatna chuan i lungah hna thawktu gas a nih thu a hrilh a, rei lo te chhung chauh a ruih che a, phosgene atanga lo chhuak a ni mai thei. A lu chu a rawn inher tan a, a lung chu a puak dawn ang maiin a hria. "Damn wise gas thihna thlen thei an hmang lo," a ti a. Thliah hian rei tak an awm fo thin a, a tuartu te chu zawhna zawh theih loh khawpin an awm fo thin. Tunah chuan a mit chu a thim tawh a, hmalam pan a tum lai chuan a hmaa a hmuh zawng zawng chu thlalak hring, fuzzy tak tak a ni: uniform dum leh cigarette holder mak tak tak. Thlalak lam pan chuan tlan a duh a, a kut a phar a, mahse a taksa chu leaden ang maiin a lang a, a rilruah chuan kang na tak a awm tih a hria. A thlalak leh rawngte chu a bo vek a, engkim a silfai vek a, a tlu ta vek a ni.
  
  
  
  Alexi chuan Nick chu a tlu tih a hmu a, a kalna tur thlak a tum a, mahse gas chu boruakah a lut zual sauh sauh a. Helmet-a plastic hmui chuan tlem a pui a, a lungah tension a nei tan a, mahse a taksa chu a la thawk reng a ni. Nick chu chhanchhuah nge tlanbo dawn tih chu a rel a, a ngawi reng a. Fence hnung lam atanga a chhuak thei a nih chuan a hnuah a rawn let leh thei ang a, Nick tlanchhuahna tur puih a tum mai thei a ni, tiin a ngaihtuah a. Tunah chuan a chhehvelah sipai an tam lutuk a, a ruang, dodalna engmah pe tawh lo chu an chawi sang a, an phur ta a ni. Alexi chu rei vak lo a ding a, thawk thuk lo turin a bei a, chutah thing kawngkhar lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Sipai dang zawng zawng ang bawka inchei chungin, field sir lama tlan leh tlan chhuak mi dangte zingah chuan a langsar lo hle. Gate thlengin a thleng a, mahse tunah chuan a helmet atang chuan gas a rawn lut a, a thawk pawh a na zual sauh sauh a ni. Gate sir lamah chuan a tlu a, a khup thlengin a tlu ta a. Tunah chuan helmet chu straitjacket ang maiin a hria a, a thawk thei tawh lo. A lu atang chuan a la chhuak a, a paih chhuak ta a. A tho chhuak thei a, a thawk a la thei lo. Mahse a khuh a ngai a, chu chuan gas a ei nasa lehzual a ni. A inbeng kang a, gateway-ah chuan a mu ta a.
  
  
  
  Kawng lehlamah chuan fence hnung lamah chuan Anya chuan gas rawn chhuak chu a hmu a. A bomb zawng zawng chu a hmang zo vek a, gas mask vuah mi an rawn tlan chhuak tih a hmuh chuan ramngaw chhungah a inhumhim ta a ni. Sipaite chuan an hual vel a, gas nghawng chu a hre tan ta a ni. Sipai pakhat chu a hneh thei a, a gas mask chu a phelh thei a nih chuan tlanchhuahna hun a nei ang. Anya chuan lungngai takin a nghak a, sipaite’n ramngaw chhunga systematic taka an zawn ri chu a ngaithla a. Metre nga vela hlaah an inthen a, a sir lehlamah chuan a bulah an rawn hnaih zual sauh sauh a. Hma lam a pan lai chuan Nick leh Alexi te chu engtin nge car atang hian an chhuah ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Gas leh syringe an chhuah hma khan an tlanchhuak thei ang em? Tichuan sipai pakhatin a rawn hnaih chu a hmu a, uluk takin underbrush chu rifle hmangin a tikehsawm a. A kawrfual aṭanga chemte chu a la chhuak a, a kutkawr rit tak chu a chelh nghet sauh sauh a. Tunah chuan a thlen theihna hmunah a awm ta. A chemte vawi khat rang taka vuak - leh gas mask chu a kutah a awm ang. Gas mask vuah ni ta se, ramngaw sir lamah a kir leh thei ang, chutah chuan gas thawk chhuak thei chu a thim zawk a, underbrush pawh a dense lo zawk bawk. Chumi hnuah chuan rang takin complex sir lehlamah a tlan thei a, chutah chuan tlang chungah chuan a chho thei a, chutah chuan khuhna tha zawk a hmu thei a ni.
  
  
  
  Anya chuan a lung a. Tlai lutuk chuan a kekawr bul velah thing zung a awm tih a hria a, a rawn khuh a, leiah a tla thla ta a ni. Chutih lai tak chuan sipai pakhatin a rifle barrel rit tak chu a han vawrh lai chu a hmu ta a. Ka muthilh lai chuan arsi sen leh var sang tam tak a puak darh a. Meipui ang maiin an chhuak a, a hriatna a hloh ta a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick-a hriat hmasak ber chu a vunah a tingling, cold tingling sensation a ni. Tichuan, êng kang chhuak avanga mitmeng kang chhuak chu a rawn lang ta a. Mak tak mai a ni, he êng êng tak hi, a mit a la meng lo. Harsa takin a hawng a, a mitmeng atanga tui awm chu a hrufai a. A elbow-a a innghah theih chuan pindan zau tak chu a outline chiang zawkin a rawn lang ta a. Eng mawi tak a lo awm a, figure te chu a rawn lang tan ta a. A mit atanga tui awm chu a hrufai leh a ngai ta a, tunah chuan a vun chu a hrual tih a hre ta. A saruak vek a, khum chungah a mu a. A hmaah chuan khum pahnih dang a hmu leh a, chutah chuan Anya leh Alexi ruang saruak chu a mu a. An hre chiang hle a, Nick-a’n khum sir atanga a ke a han vawrh a, a thut lai chu an en reng a.
  
  
  
  A kawr leh a ke ruhte chu a ti na hle. A rilru chu a rit a, a rilru a buai hle a, mahse a rilru chu a reh zauh zauh dawn tih a hria. Vengtu pali a hmu tawh a, mahse a ngaihven vak lo. Nick chu a hawi let a, kawngkhar a inhawng a, technician pakhat chu portable x-ray machine kengin room chhungah chuan a lut ta a.
  
  
  
  Technician hnungah chuan Chinese pa sang tak, cher tak pakhat chu pindan chhungah chuan a rawn lut a, ke pen êng tak leh inrintawkna nei tak chungin a rawn lut a. Lab coat dum sei tak chuan a taksa thianghlim tak chu a khuh a.
  
  
  
  A ding a, Nick chu a nui suk a. Nick chu a hmel ascetic character fiah lo tak chuan a tithinur hle. Mithianghlim hmel ang mai a ni a, mak tak maiin Nick-a chu hmân lai Greek lemziak-a hmân lai pathiante lem, khawchhak lam version-ah a hriat nawn tir a ni. Chu pa chuan a kut chu a rilruah a cross a - kut sei tak, sensitive, nem tak - Nick chu uluk takin a en a.
  
  
  
  Mahse Nick chuan chu mitmeng chu a rawn let leh chuan a mit chu a hmel dang nen a inmil lo tak zet tih a hmu ta a ni. Mitmeh hian asceticism tlemte pawh a awm lo va, ngilneihna pawh a awm lo va, ngilneihna pawh a awm lo va, thal lum, rimchhia, cobra mit chauh a awm. Nick chuan chutiang mitmeng diabola tak tak chu a hmu ngai lo. An rilru a hahdam lo hle a, chu pa chuan hmun bik pakhat a en a nih pawhin an insawn reng ang. Rul mit ang maiin leilung ni lo êng thim tak nen an rawn inher chhuak chhunzawm zel a. Mihringin an hlauh ber he mipa hlauhawmzia hi Nick-a chuan a hre nghal a. Mi rilru na tak, politician fing tak, emaw, mumang neitu rilru dik lo tak mai ni lovin, mi inpe tak, thil tihsual pakhata inhmang vek, chu bâkah, ropuina thlentu finna leh rilru lam mizia zawng zawng nei a ni. Asceticism, finna leh sensitivity touch a nei a. Mahse, huatna rawngbawlnaah hian chhan a ni a, sensitivity chu tihduhdahna leh zahngaihna nei loah a chang a, rilru chu manic illusions-ah a inpe vek a ni. Dr. Hu Zan chuan Nick-a chu nuihzat hmel tak, zahna ang maia nuihzat hmel zet hian a en a.
  
  
  
  "Minute khat chhungin i inchei thei ang, Mr. Carter," a ti a. English famkim takin. - Nang hi, a dik e, Mr. Carter i ni. Vawikhat chu i thlalak ka hmu a, a blurry deuh a, mahse a tha khawp mai. Chutiang awm lo pawhin nangmah i ni tih ka hre tur a ni.
  
  
  
  'Engati nge?' - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  "A chhan chu ka mite i tihbo mai bakah mimal mizia eng emaw zat i lantir bawk. Agent pangngai nen kan inzawm lo tih ka hre nghal tih hi sawi mai ila. Lu Shi chhungkaw bawlhhlawh bawm chhunga chuangte i hneh khan putar pakhat i hnutchhiah a ni." on the forecastle in the same position to deceive my men. Entirna dang chu patrol boat bo hi a ni. Ka project tenau tak atan AX hian theihtawp a chhuah avangin ka lawm hle a ni.
  
  
  
  ‘A tam zawk ka beisei, ‘I lu lamah a kal ang,’ Nick-a chuan aw ring tak hian a chhang a.
  
  
  
  “Ni e, a tir lamah chuan pathum in awm tih ka hre thei lo va, pahnih chu khawthlang lam hmeichhe chi hrang hrang aiawh ropui tak tak an ni tih ka hre thei lo.”
  
  
  
  Hu Can chu a hawi let a, an khumah hmeichhe pahnih inzar pharh chu a en a. Nick-a chuan hmeichhe naupangte taksa saruak a enfiah lai chuan chu pa mitmengah chuan mei a hmu nghal a. Mipat hmeichhiatna lama duhna pung zel mei chu a ni mai lo va, thil dang, thil hlauhawm tak, Nick-a duh loh tak tak a awm a ni.
  
  
  
  “Hetiang hmeichhe pahnih hi i hruai ve mai mai hi i tan chuan thil tha tak a ni,” Hu Zan chuan Nick lam chu a hawi let leh a. "An paper-a a lan dan chuan Hong Kong-a Albanian art history zirlai te. In mite tan duhthlanna chiang tak a ni. Mahse, i hmuhchhuah thuai tur angin, hei hi ka tan chuan vanneihna stroke nuam tak a ni. Mahse, a hmasa berin, Mr. Carter, ka ti ang." X-ray machine hmang tura thut tir che ang khan.I hriat loh laiin technology awlsam tak hmangin kan enfiah che a, metal detector chuan positive reaction a pe a, AX mite hnathawh dan hmasawnna lam ka hriat avangin ka nawr luih a ni engkim chhui chian belh zel turin."
  
  
  
  Technician chuan portable x-ray machine hmangin uluk takin a enfiah a, a tih zawh chuan Nick-a hnenah a coveralls chu a pe ta a ni. Nick chuan thawmhnaw chu uluk taka enfiah a nih thu a hmu a. Luger emaw stiletto emaw a awm lo tih chu a chiang. A inchei lai chuan technician chuan Hu Can chu X-ray a entir a. "Shrapnel a ni mai thei," a ti a. "Hetah hian, thigh-ah, kan hriat tawhna hmunah."
  
  
  
  "Min zawt ta la, buaina tam tak i chhanchhuak thei ang," Nick chuan a comment a.
  
  
  
  “Buaina a ni lo,” Hu Zan chuan a chhang a, a nui leh a. “Inbuatsaih rawh,” tiin technician hnenah chuan a kut sei tak leh tawi tak chu Anya leh Alexi te chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa chuan hmeichhe naupangte kutphah leh kekawrte chu khum sir lamah savun kawr hmangin a khih tih a hmuh chuan mitmeng tichhe lo turin a bei a. Chutah chuan square device chu pindan lai takah chuan a rawn hruai ta a. Box hmalam atang chuan rubber tube leh hose te chu a innghat a, Nick chuan a hre nghal thei lo. Chu pa chuan electrode ang maia lang, curved metal plate pahnih a la a, Anya hnuteah chuan a dah ta a. Alexi pawh chutiang bawk chuan a ti a, chutah chuan dot te chu machine-ah chuan wire te tak te hmangin a thlunzawm ta a ni. Nick chuan a hmai chu a hrual tih a hria a, chu pa chuan rubber thil sei tak chu a man a, Alexi lam chu a pan ta a. Clinical indifference ang maiin chu thil chu a chhungah a thun lut a, tunah chuan Nick chuan eng nge a nih a hmu ta. Rubber phallus a ni! A hmuna awm reng turin regular garter ang maia lang hmangin a khih a. He hmanrua hi pindan lai takah machine pakhatah cord hmangin an thlunzawm bawk. Anya pawh chutiang bawka enkawl a ni a, Nick chuan thinrimna sang tak a nei a, chu chuan a pum chhungah hliam na tak a rawn thawn ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Eng nge a awmzia?" tiin a zawt a. "A zahthlak a ni lawm ni?" Hu Can chuan twins te chu en chungin a chhang a. "An hmeltha tak zet a ni."
  
  
  
  'Eng pawi nge a nih?' - Nick chuan thinrim zet hian a zawt a. "Eng nge i tih?"
  
  
  
  "I ṭhiante hian hetah hian i thil tih leh i tih tawh mai thei chungchang engmah min hrilh duh lo a ni. Tunah chuan he thu hi an zingah hian squeeze chhuah ka tum ang. Ka method hi a improvement tih loh chu engmah a ni lo tih i sawi thei ang." Chinese principle hlui tak, hrehawm tawrhna chungchang."
  
  
  
  A nui leh a. Chu damn well-mannered nuihzatna chu. Living room-ah chuan zahawm takin an inbia ang mai a ni. Nick-a thiltih dan chu uluk takin a en reng a, a inbiakna chu a chhunzawm ta a. Kum sang tam tak kalta khan Chinese torture practitioner-te chuan nuam tihna tichaktu chu awlsam takin irritants-ah a chantir thei tih an hmuchhuak a, he natna hi natna pangngai nen a danglam tih an hmuchhuak bawk. Entirna ropui tak chu hmân lai Chinese-hoin tickling an tih hi a ni. A tirah chuan nuihzatthlak leh rilru nuam tak a siam thin. Chhunzawm a nih chuan nuam tihna chu rang takin lungawi lohnaah a chang a, chutah chuan thinrimna leh dodalnaah a chang a, a tawpah chuan hrehawmna nasa takah a chang a, a tawpah chuan a tuartu chu a ti â ta hle a ni. I hmu em, Mr. Carter, hrehawmna pangngai lakah i inveng thei a ni. Vawi tam tak chu a tuartu chuan a rilru lama a dodalna hmangin taksa lama tihduhdahna chauh a do thei a ni. Mahse, sawi chhuah ka ngai tak tak lo; rinhlelh rual lohvin nang pawh keimah ang bawka hriatna nei i ni.
  
  
  
  Kan hman hrehawm tawrhna lakah hian invenna a awm lo, a chhan chu principle hi mihring taksaa chutiang supersensitive psychic elements thunun theih lohte khelhnaah a innghat a ni. A dik taka tihchak a nih chuan, mipat hmeichhiatna lama tihchakna lama sensitive organ-te chu duhthlannain a thunun thei lo. Tin, i bialnute hnena kir leh ila, heng device te hian chutiang thil chu an ti chiang hle bawk. Chu button te tak te chu ka hmet apiangin an orgasm thin. Vibration leh movement system ngaihtuah tha tak chuan orgasm a thlen ngei ang. A hmasa ber chu, rintlak takin ka sawi thei a, mipa kawppui tu pawh nena an orgasm an neih theih aia nuam zawk a ni ang. Tichuan, chu phurna chu lungngaihnaah a chang ang a, chutah chuan ka sawi tak che u hrehawmna nasa takah a chang leh ang. Stimulation rate ka tihsan chuan an natna chu diabolical torture sang ber a thleng ang a, chu natna dodal emaw, tlanchhuahna emaw tur engmah an ti thei tawh lo ang."
  
  
  
  "A thawk lo a nih chuan engtin nge ni ang?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. "An inbiak tan loh chuan?"
  
  
  
  “A thawk ang a, an inbia ang,” Hu Zan chuan inringtawk takin a nui a. An nghah rei lutuk chauh chuan mipat hmeichhiatna hman nuam an ti leh thei tawh lovang. An â hial mai thei. Orgasm series kal zel hian hmeichhiate chu an limit an thlen chuan a nghawng danglam a ni."
  
  
  
  "Hei hi i experiment nasa hle niin a lang," Nick chuan a comment a.
  
  
  
  “Thil siam that i duh chuan i experiment a ngai a ni,” tiin Hu Zan chuan a chhang a. “Thudik tak sawi ila, heng zawng zawng hi ka hrilh che u hi ka lawm hle a, he thupui chungchang hi ka sawipui thei tur hi ka tlem em em a, in hmingthatna atanga thlir chuan zawhna zawh danah pawh expert in ni” vengtute lam chu a kawhhmuh a, “Ani chu a ni kan ruala lo kal” , - a ti a, kawngka chu a rawn pan hnai a. “Basement lamah kan kal dawn a ni.”
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Hu Can chu a zui a ngai ta a, chu chu basement zau tak, eng eng mawi tak awmna lam panna staircase te tak te atanga a chhuk lai chuan a ni. Var-a chei bangte hian cell engemaw zat a nei a, pakhat chu metre thum leh metre thum vel a lian a ni. Chûngte chu compartment te tak te, a sir thum-a bar awmna, pakhatah sink te tak te leh crib awmna a ni. Cell tinah chuan mipa underpants ha hmeichhe naupang emaw hmeichhia emaw an awm a. Hmeichhia pahnih tih loh chu khawthlang lam an ni vek.
  
  
  
  Heng hmeichhia pakhat zel hian ka hnathawhnaah hian tibuai an tum a ni,” tiin Hu Zan chuan a sawi a, “Second-rate agent leh chenna nei lo mi pangngai an awm a. Hetah hian ka lock a. Uluk takin en rawh."
  
  
  
  Cage an paltlang lai chuan Nick chuan thil rapthlak tak takte chu a en reng a. Cage hmasa bera hmeichhia chu kum sawmli leh panga mi niin a chhut a. A figure chu a vawn tha hle niin a lang a, mak tak maiin a hnute a nghet a, a ke pawh a mawi a, a pum pawh a sei hle bawk. Mahse a hmel, rapthlak leh ngaihsak loh hmel tak, grey spot tenawm tak tak nei chuan rilru lama harsatna a nei tih a tilang chiang hle. Nick-a ngaihtuahna chu Hu Zan hian a lo chhut ve ngei ang.
  
  
  
  "Kum sawmthum leh pakhat a ni tawh," a ti a. "She simply exists and vegetates. Mipa sawmhnih thleng a zawnin an inpawl thei a. A nghawng lo. A ngaihsak lo vek a ni."
  
  
  
  A dawtah chuan hmeichhe sang tak, sam dum straw blond nei a ni. An thlen chuan a ding chhuak a, bar lam pan chuan a kal phei a, Nick chu a melh reng a. A saruakna chu a hre lo tih a chiang hle. "Nymphomaniac a ni tih i sawi thei a, mahse a vawi khatna atana a ruang hmuchhuaktu hmeichhe naupang kum ruk mi lem angin a nung a ni," tiin Hu Zan chuan a sawi. "A tawng harsa hle a, a gurg leh au a, a taksa chauh a ngaihven. A rilru chu kum sawm tam tak chhung chu a thim tawh a ni."
  
  
  
  A hnuaia cage-ah chuan Chinese hmeichhe naupang pakhat chu a khum sir lamah chuan a inher a, a kut a beng a, ceiling lam chu a han hawi chho a. An kal pelh lai chuan a inher chhunzawm zel a, a hre lo ang maiin.
  
  
  
  “Chutiang chu a tawk tawh” Hu Zan chuan hlim takin a ti a, “Tun ah chuan ka thianpa hian a hrethiam tawhin ka hria” Nick chu a nuih a za hle a, ani chuan polite interest in a lantir a, mahse a chhungah chuan thinrimna vur tak a awm a, a pum chu a rawn hrual vek mai a ni.Hei hi information lakchhuahna atana tihduhdahna mai a ni lo .Amah ngei pawh hi vuak leh tihduhdah a tawk fo tawh a, hei hi a hre thei khawp mai.
  
  
  
  Sadism a ni a, a thianghlim ber angin sadism a ni. Executioner zawng zawng hi a awmziaah chuan sadist an ni vek a, mahse data lak chhuah hna thawktu mi tam tak chuan hrehawm tawrhna rilru put hmang aiin a tawp ber tur an ngaihtuah zawk a ni. Professional interrogator-te tan chuan tihduhdahna chu an ralthuam dahna hmuna ralthuam mai a ni a, hlimna dik lo thlentu a ni lo. Tin, Hu Zan, tunah chuan a hre ta, sadist mai ni lovin. Mimal thil tum a nei a, tun hmaa thil thleng, a mimal nunah thil engemaw a nei a, Hu Can chuan Nick chu nula pahnih awmna pindan lamah a hruai let leh a.
  
  
  
  “Min hrilh teh,” Nick chuan muangchangin rehearsal chungin a ti a. "Engvangin nge kha nula leh kei hi i that loh?"
  
  
  
  Hu Zan chuan, "Hun rei lo te chauh a ni," a ti. "Dodalna hmanruaah hian in zirtir tha hle a ni. Heng hmeichhiate pawh hi zirtir an ni tawh mai thei, mahse hmeichhia chauh an ni a, chutiang lamah chuan khawthlang hmeichhia an ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan chu comment hnuhnung ber chu a hre reng a. Hu Can-a dinhmun hi hmân lai khawthlang lam nunphung, hmeichhiate chu second-class leh subordinate being anga an ngaihna a ni tih rinhlelh rual a ni lo. Mahse, chu chauh chu a ni lo. He mipa hrehawm tawrhna hmanrua te hi hmeichhiate tan a bik taka siam a ni. Anmahni, a nih loh leh khawthlang hmeichhiate lam hawi a ni! Nick chuan target a kah dawn em tih en turin random shoot a tum ta a. He satanic ascetic hnena thlen theihna tur kawng a zawng a ngai a, a thluak bawlhhlawh tak nena inmil tur chabi a zawng a ngai a ni.
  
  
  
  "Tunge a nih?" - ngaihsak lo zet hian a zawt a. Hu Zan chuan chhanna pe turin second khat chauh a nghak a.
  
  
  
  "Eng nge i sawi tum, Mr. Carter?" - a ti a.
  
  
  
  'Ka ti a, tu nge ni?' - Nick chuan a ti leh a. "American a ni em? Ni lo, English hmeichhia a ni ka ti."
  
  
  
  Hu Can mitmeng chu ngaihtuahna senga slit-ah a chang ta.
  
  
  
  “I chiang tawk lo, Mr. Carter,” a ti vek a. "I sawi tum chu ka hrethiam lo."
  
  
  
  “Ka ngaihtuah chuan,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Eng thil nge thleng.I bulah a inkhelh hnuah a kalsan che em? A nih loh leh i hmaiah a nuih a za em ni? Ni e, chu chu a ni ngei ang.A en che niin i ngai a, chutah chuan ani a hawi let a, a nuih a za che.
  
  
  
  Hu Can chuan Nick lam chu a hawi a, a melh nghal a. Nick chuan rei vak lo chhung chu a hmui a rawn inher chhuak tih a hmu a. A tlai lutuk a, Hu Zan-a’n a kut a a vawn, wire hring hring chu a hmu ta a. A hmaiah chuan thread chuan a rawn vawm a, natna na tak, cutting na tak a nei a. A hmuiah thisen a luang chhuak tih a hria.
  
  
  
  "Ngawi rawh, vawk!" - Hu Can chuan a au a, a thinrimna chu a thunun thei lo. Mahse Nick chuan tlem tal nawr leh a tum ta a. A hloh aiin hlawkna tur a nei tam zawk.
  
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan chu chu a ni,” a ti a. "Khawvel zalenna i huatna, mimal vendetta. Mimal takin i tisual a ni. Chu naupang tihlawhtlingtu che leh nuihzat che kha Pathianin eng chen nge a lo awm tawh tih chu phuba lakna a la ni reng a ni. A nih loh leh a aia tam zawk an awm em? Chu vawk sawmhnih vel chu i vanduai a ni maithei." Nitin deodorant i hmang tak tak em?
  
  
  
  Wire chu Nick hmaiah chuan a tlan leh ta a. Hu Zan chu a thaw halh a, step khat a hnungtawlh a, a insum theih nan a bei ta a. Mahse Nick chuan a hriat duh chu a hre chiang hle. He mipa thil tum hi mimal thil a ni vek. A thiltih hi politics rinna engmah atanga lo chhuak a ni lo va, philosophical conclusion hmanga siam anti-Western ideology a ni lo va, mimal phuba lak duhna a ni zawk. Chu pa chuan a huatna thilte chu leivutah a chantir a duh a ni. A ke bulah chuan a duh a ni. Hei hi hriat reng a pawimawh. Nick hian he mizia hi a hmang tangkai thei mai thei, he hriatna hi hmangin he mipa hi a manipulate thuai thei mai thei.
  
  
  
  Tunah chuan Hu Zan chu pindan lai takah machine hnung lamah a ding ta a. A hmui a rawn purse a, button chu a hmet nghal zat bawk. Nick chuan - engmah thleng lo ang maiin, spellbound ang maiin - device chuan a hna a thawh tan lai chu a en reng a. Alexi leh Anya te chuan an duh loh zawngin an chhang let a. An taksa chu a che tan a, a rawn inher chhuak a, an lu chu hnial rual loha lawmnain a nghing ta a. Chu damn machine chu a efficient tak zet a ni. Nick chuan Hu Can chu a melh a. A nui suk - nuihzatthlak tia sawi theih a nih chuan - hmui hnunglam hawiin a thaw halh a, a en reng bawk.
  
  
  
  A zawh chuan Hu Zan chuan minute hnih chiah a nghak a, chutah chuan button chu a hmet leh a. Nick-a chuan Alexi thaw halh leh a au ri chu a hre ta a, “Ni lo, a la ni lo, a la ni lo.” Mahse machine chu a rawn ri leh ta a, diabolical precision takin a hna chu a thawk ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Anya leh Alexi-i te ecstasy-a an tlukna chu ecstasy tak tak a ni tawh lo tih a chiang a, lungngaihna ri an siam tan ta a ni. An muffled moans leh half-screams chuan an climax leh tawh tih a tilang a, tunah chuan Hu Zan chuan device chu a activate nghal ta a ni. Anya chu a au chhuak ta ringawt a, Alexi chu a tap tan a, a tir lamah chuan a thunun a, mahse a ri nasa lehzual a, a na zual sauh bawk.
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, ni lo, ni tawh lo, khawngaihin, ni tawh lo,” Anya chuan a taksa chu khum chungah a rawn inher chhuak a. Alexi-i bengchheng chhunzawm zel chu tanpuina dilna au thawm chuan a titawp ta a. Tunah chuan engtikah nge orgasm a neih tih hriat theih a ni tawh lo. An taksa chu a inher leh inher chhuak zel a, an au thawm ri nasa tak leh hysterical outbursts te chu room chhung zawngah a ri chhuak vek a. Anya chu Nick-a chuan a hmu a, a hlim hmel hle a, a au thawm chuan hlim hmel tak a nei a, chu chuan a chhungril thlengin a rawn deng ta a ni. Alexi chuan a abs chu a retract chhunzawm zel a, phallus chetna chu pumpelh tumin a bei a, mahse a chanvo pumpelh tum ang maiin a hlawk lo. A ke chu a rawn inher chhuak ta. Hu Zan hian a sawi dik tak tak a ni. Chhanchhuah theih loh hrehawm tak a ni a, an nghing thei lo tih hriatna rapthlak tak a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a hawi kual a. Vengtu pali, Hu Zan leh technician pakhat an awm a. Hmeichhe saruak tanpui ngai lote chu an ngaihtuah em em a, theihtawp chhuah vak lovin a that vek mai thei. Mahse, pawnah sipai engzat nge awm ang? Tin, chutah chuan hna pakhat hlawhtling taka tihfel ngai a awm bawk. Mahse, hmalak vat a ngai tih a chiang ta. Alexi mitmengah chuan savawm, semi-hysterical expression a hmu a, chu chuan a ti hlauhawm hle. An inbia dawn lo tih a chiang a nih chuan a tawp thlengin a insum a ngai dawn a, hmeichhe naupangte chu lawng chhe tawh, a chanve rilru na takah an chang mai thei. Cage chhunga a hmuh mi vanduai te chu a ngaihtuah a. Inthawina rapthlak tak a ni dawn a, mahse a inpekna chu a hlan a ngai a, operation hlawhtlinna chu a pawimawh ber a ni. Hei hi an pathumte nun dan tur code a ni.
  
  
  
  Mahse, a hlauhthawn tur dang a awm. Nula te chu an dam rei dawn lo tih hriatna rapthlak tak a nei a. Engkim an pe chhuak vek ang. Engkim an sawi vek ang a, khawthlang ram tawp tihna a ni thei bawk. A inrawlh a ngai ta a ni. Anya chuan hriatthiam theih loh au thawm a chhuah a; Nick chauh chuan thu tlemte a man. A au thawm chu a danglam a, chu chu eng nge a awmzia a hre ta. Hu Zan aiin a chhinchhiahnate a hrethiam zawk Pathian hnenah lawmthu awm rawh se.
  
  
  
  Hei hian a bânsan dawn tihna a ni. Thil tih a duh chuan a tih vat a ngai a ni. A tum a ngai ta a ni. Hetiang thil hi ti lo se chuan Hu Zan hian heng ruang mawi tak takte hi hrehawm tuar, tihchhiat, hruihrual hring hring atang hian thu a dawng ngei ang. Tin, he mi hnena thlen theihna kawng khat chauh a awm a, chu chu a duhzawng pek a, phuba lak duhna hrehawm tak chu tihlim a ni. Nick hian a ti thei a nih chuan, Hu Can hi hyped story chi khat nen a chang thei a nih chuan, mission chu tihfel theih a la ni thei a, an vun chhanchhuah theih a la ni mai thei. Nick chuan pinch khat chhungin chu thumal inzawmkhawm chu sawiin detonators te chu a activate thei reng tih a hria a, chu chuan van lam hawiin a thawn vek thei a ni. Mahse a chhanchhuahna hnuhnung ber atan chuan a la inpeih lo. Mahni intihhlum hi a theih reng a, mahse a hmuhnawm ngai lo.
  
  
  
  Nick chu a inbuatsaih ta a. A ti tha tur a ni a, a lemchan thiamna chu a sang ber a ni. A taksa ruhte chu a flex a, chutah rilru na takin Hu Can chu a rawn tlan phei a, console atang chuan a nawr chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  A ti a. - 'Tawp!' "Titawp rawh, min hre thei ang em?" A do zo lo hle a, vengtute chuan a lam pan chuan an rawn tlan phei a, Hu Can hnen atangin an hruai bo ta a ni.
  
  
  
  “I hriat duh zawng zawng ka hrilh vek ang che,” Nick chuan aw bengchheng zet hian a ti a. 'Mahse, hei hi i tawp mai ang... ka tuar thei tawh lo! Amah nen ni lovin. Ka hmangaih a ni.' Guard ho kut atang chuan a chhuak a, Alexi mutna khum ah chuan a tlu ta a, tunah chuan a che thei tawh lo.A mit chu a chhing a, a hnute chauh chu nasa takin a la inher chho leh chho a, a lu chu a hnute inkar ah a phum a, zawi zawiin a sam chu a fawp a .
  
  
  
  "A tawp tawh, honey," a ti muangchang a. "An kalsan mai ang che. Engkim ka hrilh vek ang."
  
  
  
  Hu Can lam chu a hawi a, puh hmel zet hian a en a. Aw rilru na tak hian: "I duh a ni lawm ni? Hetiang hi a thleng dawn tih i beisei lo. Okay, tunah chuan i hre tawh. Kei hi mihring ka ni a, ni e... mihring ka ni, midang zawng zawng ang bawkin." A aw chu a chhe vek a, a lu chu a kut chuan a khuh a. "Aw ka Pathian, aw Isu, eng nge ka tih? Ka chungah eng thil nge thleng?"
  
  
  
  Hu Can chu lungawi hmel zet hian a nui suk a. A aw chu a rilru a na hle a, “Ni e, hun pawimawh tak a ni. Nick Carter ropui tak—Killmaster, koh i nih ka ring—hmangaihna vangin hetiang thleng hian a lo kal a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a ti sang a. "Striking resemblance tih hi eng nge i sawi tum?" - thinrim zet hian a zawt a. "Hetiang khawpa rilru na taka ka hmangaih loh chuan hetiang hian ka ti lo ang."
  
  
  
  “Ka sawi tum chu, i social system nena inmilna langsar tak a ni,” tiin Hu Zan chuan chilh takin a chhang a. "Chuvang chuan in boral vek tawh a ni. Hmangaihna in tihah hian in nunphung zawng zawng in insiam a ni. Kristian rochan chuan nungchang i tih chu a pe che u a, thutak, rinawmna, ngaihdamna, chawimawina, passion, thatna leh sual tih ang chi tawngkam te nen in inkhelh lai hian." khawvelah hian thil pahnih chauh a awm: chakna leh chak lohna.Thuneihna, Mr. Carter.I hrethiam em?Ni lo, i hrethiam lo ang. these crazy delusions , which you invented.Ni e, an ti a, Mr. Carter.Chutih lai chuan i chanchin chu taima takin ka zir chiang a, i nunphung hian heng chhinchhiahna zawng zawng, heng ngaihdan dik lo zawng zawng hi duhthusam, chawimawina leh dikna nen a siam chhuak tih ka hre chiang ta a ni , i chak lohna khuh nan! New the culture will not need these justifications. Culture thar hi a tak tak a ni. A awm tak takah a innghat a ni. Mi chak lo leh chak takah inthenna chauh a awm tih hriatna.
  
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick chu khum sir lamah chuan â zet hian a thu a. A mit chuan space lam chu a melh reng a, engmah a hmu lo. “Ka chak lo,” a ti muangchang a. "A hlawhchham... a hlawhchham."
  
  
  
  A hmaiah vuakna nasa tak atang chuan a lu chu a hawi let leh a. Hu Zan chu a hmaah a ding a, hmusit takin a en a.
  
  
  
  “I whining kha a tawk tawh,” a ti a. 'Min hrilh rawh. I sawi tur chu hriat ka duh khawp mai. Nick-a lu chu a sir lehlamah a vawm a. Nick chuan khum chu a en a, flat, reserved tone in a sawi a.
  
  
  
  "In missile chungchang thuthang kan hre tawh a. A dik em tih hriat tumin min tir a. Operational missile kan hmuh veleh chuan a awmna hmun leh data chu headquarters-ah kan thawn a ngai a, hetah hian bomber te hi launch complex tichhia turin kan tir a ngai a ni. Khawi emaw laiah hian kan nei a ni," a ti Tlângah hian transmitter inthup a awm a, khawiah nge ka sawi thei lo, chutah chuan ka hruai thei che a ni.
  
  
  
  “A pawimawh lo,” Hu Can chuan a ti tawp a. - Chutah chuan transmitter awm rawh se. Engvangin nge hmun hi i rawn luhchilh? Hei hi i zawnna hmun dik tak chu a ni tih i hmu thei tak tak em?
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a ngaihtuah vat a. He zawhna hi a lo chhiar tawh lo. “Kan tih chian a ngai a ni,” tiin a chhang a. "Tlang atang chuan live missile nge training atana dummmy hrui hring an nih tih kan hre thei lo. Kan chiang a ngai a ni."
  
  
  
  Hu Can chu a lawm hmel hle. A hawi let a, pindan tawp lehlamah chuan a kal a, a hmui hnuaiah chuan kut sei leh sei tak a dah a.
  
  
  
  Risk ka la leh tawh lo," a ti darkar tam tak, mahse, vuakna chu hmalam panin ka phur ang.Naktuk zing hian inbuatsaihna kan zo ang a, chutah chuan i khawvel tawp tur chu i hmu ang.Ka bulah ding la, ka homing pigeon te te an thlawh chhuah lai pawh en turin ka duh che a ni.Ka hmuh duh a ni the look on your face.Main free agent khawvelin a khawvel meikhuah a chhoh lai en chu a lawmawm hle ang.A entirna ang mai a ni, Mr. Carter, i free khawvel tia sawi hi tihchhiat a hmachhawn tawh niin i ngai lo em ni by the revelation that their key agent is nothing more than a weak, ineffective, lovelorn plum pudding . Mahse, symbolism hriatna i nei tam lo mai thei."
  
  
  
  Hu Zan chuan Nick-a sam chu a vuan a, a lu a han chawi sang a. Nick chuan a mitmenga thinrimna chu lantir lo turin theihtawp a chhuah a, a tih tur harsa ber pawh a ni mai thei. Mahse a tawp thlengin a khelh a ngai dawn a ni. Hu Can chu dull, stunned hmel zet hian a en a.
  
  
  
  “Launch zawhah hetah hian ka kalsan mai thei che,” Hu Can chuan a ti a. "Propaganda hlutna pawh i nei a: khawthlang khawvel hlui tlahniam dan entir nan. Mahse, a hmasa berah chuan chakna leh chak lohna inthlauhna i hriatthiam theih nan chauh, a bul tan tan tan zirlai ka pe ang che.
  
  
  
  Vengtute hnenah chuan eng emaw a sawi a. Nick chuan hrethiam lo mahse rei lo teah mipa hovin an rawn hnaih chuan eng nge thleng dawn tih a hrechhuak ta. A hmasa ber chuan leiah a vawm thla a. Tichuan boot rit tak chuan a ruh chu a rawn nam ta a. Hu Zan chuan chakna hian chawimawina leh khawngaihna ang chi chak lohna nen inzawmna a nei lo tih lantir a duh a. Mahse Nick chuan a duh ber chu a hmêlma ke bulah a inhnim hrual a, khawngaihna a dil lai en nuam tih chu a ni tih a hria. Tun thlengin a chanvo a che tha hle a, a la chelh chhunzawm zel dawn a ni. Boot a vuak apiangin natna au thawm a chhuah a, a tawpah chuan a au chhuak a, khawngaihna a dil bawk. “A tawk tawh,” Hu Can chuan a ti chhuak a. "Pawn lam layer i tihchhiat hnu chuan chak lohna tih loh chu engmah a awm tawh lo. In chhungah hruai lut la, cell-ah dah rawh. Chutah chuan ka awm ang."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Anya leh Alexi taksa saruak chu a en a. An la dawt a
  
  
  tanpui theih loh, chau vek. Shock nasa tak an tawk a, rilru lamah pawh an chau hle a ni mai thei. A perform an hmuh loh chu a lawm hle. A chanvo chu tihtawp tumin an tichhe thei a ni. Anmahni pawh a bum mai thei. Hu Can a bum thei a, hun hlu tak a hlawh chhuak thei a; a tuk zingah darkar tlemte chauh a awm a, mahse chu chu a tawk tur a ni. Guard-te chuan hmeichhe saruak tak takte chu pindan atanga an hruai chhuah lai chuan Nick-a chuan Hu Can-a mitmeng lungkham tak chuan a lo en reng tih a hmu a, Nick-a chuan chu mitmeng nuihzatthlak tak maiah chuan ngaihtuahna chu a chhiar thei niin a ngai a. Anmahni nen chuan a la zo lo, chu perverted bastard chu. Heng specimen pahnih chungah hian hmeichhia a huatzia lantir nan hmanraw thar a lo siam chhuak tawh a ni. Nick chuan pawi ti takin hun a la awm lo tih a hre nghal a. A chet thuai a ngai a, Hu Can-a hneh hun a nei lovang, a kut chu a na hle nachungin. Guard-te chuan hall chhungah an nawr lut a, stairs-ah chuan an chhuk a, chumi hnuah chuan kawngkhar sir atang chuan an hruai chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Hmeichhe naupangte chu truck te tak teah an chuang tawh a, a sir lehlamah vengtu an ding a. An hnathawh tur chu an lawm hle tih a chiang hle. An nui a, fiamthu tenawm tak tak an siam a, hmeichhe naupang hriat lohna taksa saruak chu an kut hmangin an hre reng a. Nick chu an hmaa thing bench-ah chuan vengtu pahnih inkarah a thu a, car chu kawngpui zim leh hnim hring takah chuan a tlan thla ta a. Drive chu a tawi a, kawngpui zau takah an inher lai chuan Nick chuan a hmaa tlang atanga an hmuh in thlalak window lian tak chu a hmu ta a. Column dum thuk tak, eng mawi tak takte chuan pagoda ang maia superstructure mawi tak tak siam chu a thlawp a ni. Ground floor hi teak, bamboo leh lung hmanga siam niin, Chinese traditional architecture a pholang a ni. Guard-te chuan Nick chu an rifle butt hmangin car atang chuan an nawr chhuak a, in chhungah chuan an lut a, chu chu a awlsam leh tunlai ang taka chei a ni. Staircase zau tak chuan second floor chu a pan ta a. Stairs atang chuan an kal thla a, staircase te zawk, basement lam panna tur nia lang chu an pan ta a. A tawpah chuan pindan te tak te, eng eng mawi tak mai chu an thleng ta a. A hnuteah a kick a, leiah a tla thla ta a ni. A hnunglam kawngkhar chu a khar a. A mu a, a ngaithla a. Second tlemte hnuah kawngkhar dang a rawn inkhar tih a hre ta a. Chuvang chuan Alexi leh Anya chu a hnen atanga hla vak lo cell khatah an khung ta a. Nick chu a thu a, corridor chhunga duty officer step ri chu a hre ta a. Kawngkhar chu glass te tak te, convex lens a ni ngei ang tih a hmu a, a en reng tih a hria. Corner pakhatah chuan a rawn tlan lut a, chutah chuan a thu ta a. Tunah pawh hian hneh loh tluantling leh hloh tawh angin a chang ta a ni. Thil tihsual a nei thei tawh lo va, mahse a mit chuan pindan square inch tin chu a scan vek a. Lungngai takin chhuahna tur a awm lo tih a hmuchhuak ta a ni. Window leh ventilation hole a awm lo. Chu êng êng tak chu ceiling-a lamp hring pakhat aṭangin a lo chhuak a. A hneh loh leh thuhnuai rawlhna chu a vawng reng thei chu a lawm hle a, a chhan chu minute tlemte hnuah Hu Can chu vaukhânna tel lovin cell chhungah a lut ta a ni. Amah chauhin a awm a, mahse Nick chuan kawngka chhunga glass round te tak te atang chuan guard chuan ngun takin a lo en reng niin a hria.
  
  
  
  “Kan guest room te hi i hmu mai thei, kan ti ang em, a khauh deuh a ni,” Hu Zan chuan a ti tan a. "Mahse a tlem berah chuan i che thei ang. I thawhpui te kha eng emaw chen khauh zawka inkhunghran an nih ka hlau. An pahnih hian kut pakhat leh ke pakhat chu thir chain-ah leiah an inbun a. Keimah chauh hian heng chain-te chabi hi ka nei a ni. A chhan chu." ka mipa te hi uluk taka thlan leh zirtir an ni tih i hria a, mahse hmeichhiate hi mipa tin tan bane an ni tih pawh ka hria.An rintlak loh.Nang, entirnan, ralthuam i neih chuan i hlauhawm thei a, chu bakah, i kutphah, i chakna , i ke hi ralthuam chi khat a ni.Mahse hmeichhiate hian ralthuam hi an mamawh lo a, hlauhawm tak an nih theih nan chuan ralthuam an mamawh lo.Anmahniah chuan ralthuam an ni.In inkharkhip, veng nasa tak leh tanpui ngai lo i ni.Mahse hmeichhiate hi tanpui theih loh an ni ngai lo.An hmeichhe nihna an hmansual theih phawt chuan , hlauhawm takin an la awm reng a ni. Chuvang chuan fimkhur zawkna atan ka chain-in ka dah ta a ni."
  
  
  
  Chhuak leh a tum a, mahse kawngka bulah chuan a ding a, Nick-a chu a en a.
  
  
  
  “Aw, i sawi dik ngei ang,” a ti a, “He nula chungchang hi. Hei hi kum tam tak kal ta a ni. Sap nu a ni. London-ah ka hmu a. Kan pahnih chuan kan zir a. Ngaihtuah teh, i civilization-ah hian ka thawkrim dawn a ni. Mahse naktuk hian he civilization hi ka tichhia ang."
  
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick-a chu a kalsan ta a. Zanah chuan tlanchhuah theih a ni lo. Zing thleng kan nghah a ngai dawn a, kan chakna kan khawlkhawm a ngai dawn a ni. Anya leh Alexi te chu an muhil tha ngei ang tih rinhlelh rual a ni lo va, an dinhmun hian naktuk hian a tan hlawkna a thlen dawn em tih pawh rinhlelh rual a ni lo. An thil tawn rapthlak tak chuan, a tlem berah chuan, chau leh chak lo takin a awmtir ang a, rilru lama chhiatna siam\hat theih loh an tawk mai thei bawk. A tuk zingah chuan tih tur chu a hre ta a, amah chauhin a tih a ngai a ni. Ngaihtuahna thlamuanthlak tak pakhat a awm a. Hu Zan hian a ruahmanna chu a ti chak hle a, manpower awm apiang chu missile-te chakna pe turin emaw, stand guard-ah emaw a thawk dawn a ni. Hei hian detonators hmuh theihna chance a ti tlem a, chu chu extra day ngaihtuah chuan a theih reng a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a ke a cross a, yoga pose a la a, a taksa leh rilru chu a rilru a hahdam vek tawh. A chhungril mechanism chuan a taksa leh rilru chu rilru leh taksa chaknain a charge zauh zauh tih a hria a. Eng pawh ni se, hmeichhe naupangte chu pindan chhungah an awm tawh loh nan a enkawl a. Missile te chu a chhuah zalen hmain a tipuak tir a nih chuan a tlem berah chuan an damchhuak ngei ang. Chhungril thlamuanna leh muanna hriatna a nei chho zel a, zawi zawiin a rilruah ruahmanna a lo piang ta a ni. A tawpah chuan a dinhmun a thlak a, leiah chuan a inbeng kang a, a muhil nghal mai mai.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 9-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Tukverh lian tak chuan in chhung zawng zawng chu a luah khat vek a. Nick-a beisei ang ngeiin complex pumpui leh a chhehvel tlangte chu a chhungah chuan hmuh theih a ni. Nick-a’n guard-in a chhunga a nawr luh laia a hmuh chu thawk hahthlak leh thawk hahthlak tak a ni. Thuawih takin hruai a phal a, mahse kawng lakah chuan thil awmdan chu a mit a la lo. A cell, Anya leh Alexi te awmna corridor-ah chuan vengtu pakhat chauh a awm tih a hmuchhuak a. Hei bakah hian in chu veng a ni lo. Chhawng khatna kawngkaah chuan vengtu pali emaw panga emaw chauh a hmu a, staircase zau tak hmaah chuan pahnih an ding bawk.
  
  
  
  Inchung lama rawn hruaitu sipai chu pindan chhungah a awm reng a, pawn lam hawi Hu Zan chu a rawn hawi let a. Nick chuan a hmelah chuan nuihzatthlak tak a rawn lang leh tih a hmuchhuak a. Facade sei zawng zawnga inzar pharh room chu room pangngai aiin observation post ang deuhin a lang. Window lai takah chuan control panel zau tak, switch tam tak, meter leh microphone engemaw zat awmna a awm a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan tukverh atang chuan a han en a. Missile te hi chhuanawm takin an launcher-ah an ding a, an hmun chu an tifai ta a ni. Missile velah chuan sipai leh technician an awm tawh lo. Chuvang chuan hun a la tam lo hle.
  
  
  
  Hu Can chuan, “Ka rocket-te hian keimah ngeiin ka siam chhuah device thar an nei a ni,” a ti. "Nuclear warhead chu missile boruakah a awm hma chuan a puak thei lo. Chuvangin hetah base-a nuclear warhead te hi technical error vangin a puak thei lo."
  
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick-a nuih tur a ni ta. "He thil hian ka tan eng nge a awmzia i hrethiam ngai lovang," a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Darkar tlemte kalta khan i rilru put hmang chu ka tan chuan a danglam hle niin a lang,” Hu Zan chuan Nick a zir lai chuan a ti a. "Hêng missile-te hian khawthlang ram hmunpui lian ber berte tichhe tura an kal lai hian eng chen nge a rei dawn tih kan en ang. Hetiang hi a lo thleng a nih chuan Beijing-in an hnena hun remchang ka pek hi a hmu ang a, Red Armies-te'n hma an la nghal ang. Ka mite." inbuatsaihna hnuhnung ber an zo tawh mai.
  
  
  
  Hu Zan chu pawn lam hawi leh turin a hawi let a, Nick chuan rang takin a chhut a. Tunah hian a che tur a ni. A kawr chhunga transmitter chuan second khat chhungin detonator tin hnenah signal a thawn ang a, second khat dang chu detonator chuan signal a dawng ang a, electronic action-ah a chantir ang. Missile pasarih, second hnih ve ve. Second 14 chhungin zalen khawvel chu hremhmun a\angin a inthen ta a ni. Beiseina hmalam hun leh hrehawmna leh hlauhawmna hmalam hun inkarah second 14 a ding a. Second 14 hian kum sang tam tak chhunga history kal dan tur a hril dawn a ni. Hu Can a neihpui a ngai a ni. Guard inrawlhna chu a risk thei lo. Nick chu ngawi rengin chu pa lam chu a pan a, chutah lightning speed in a hawi let leh a. A thinrimna thup zawng zawng chu a hmuiah vuakna nasa tak thlen turin a theh lut a, chu chuan a rilru a hahdam nghal a ni. Chu pa chu puan ang maiin a tlu ta a. Nick chu a nui ringawt a, mak ti zet hian Hu Zan chu a rawn hawi let a. A mit a chhing a, Nick chu naupang nalh tak ang maiin a en a.
  
  
  
  tiin a zawt a. - "Eng nge i tih i rin?" 'Hei hi engnge? I idiotic principles spasm hnuhnung ber, i chawimawina chhanchhuah tumna? Alarm ka tih chuan second tlemte hnuah ka bodyguard-te chu hetah hian an lo thleng tawh ang. Tin, an lo kal lo a nih pawhin missile tihtawp nan engmah tih theih a awm lo. A tlai tawh hle mai.'
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, nang crazy idiot,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Missile pasarih i nei a, i hlawhchham chhan pasarih ka hrilh ang che."
  
  
  
  Hu Zan chuan hlimna nei lo nuihzat hmel zet hian a nui a, hollow, inhuman nui hmel zet hian a nui a. "I â" Nick-a hnenah chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  'Number khatna chu!' - Nick chuan a au chhuak a, detonator hmasa ber tichhuak thei tur thu chu sawi ngei ngei tur a ni. “Number one,” a ti leh a, transmitter-in signal a lak lai chuan a kawrfual vun hnuaiah chuan a khur deuh hlek a. “Thudik, khawngaihna leh hmangaihna hi ngaihdan hring (empty concept) a ni lo,” tiin a sawi chhunzawm a. "Chakna leh chak lohna ang bawkin an tak tak an ni."
  
  
  
  A thawk a la thei chauh a, detonator hmasa ber puak chu a hre ta a. Chu puak chu a rawn ri nghal mai mai a, rocket chu a mah chauhin a thlawk chhuak ang maiin boruakah a zuang thla a, chutah a inthen darh ta a ni. Installation hmasa ber chu barracks bulah a ni a, Nick-a chuan a puak avang hian thinga sak in te chu leiah a level ta tih a hmu a. Concrete, thir chi hrang hrang leh mihring taksa peng thenkhat chu boruakah a thlawk a, metre tlemte vela hlaah leiah a tla thla ta a ni. Hu Can chuan tukverh atang chuan mitmeng zau takin a han en a. Control panel-a microphone pakhat bulah chuan a tlan phei a, switch chu a han hmet a.
  
  
  
  'Eng thil nge thleng?' a ti a. "Central, Central, hei hi Doctor Hu Can a ni. Eng thil nge thleng? Ni e, a dik e, ka nghak reng a ni. Hrechiang rawh. Min hre nghal thei ang em?"
  
  
  
  'Number pahnihna!' Nick chuan chiang takin a rawn ti a. "Tyrants te hian mi zalente chu salah an siam thei ngai lo."
  
  
  
  Detonator pahnihna chu nasa takin a puak a, Hu Can hmel chu a var vek. Thusawitu chu a au chhunzawm zel a, chiang zawka hriat a phut.
  
  
  
  “Number thum” Nick chuan a ti a. "State aiin mimal hi a pawimawh zawk."
  
  
  
  In chhunga puak vawi thumna a thlen chuan Nick chuan Hu Can chuan window-ah a kut a beng tan tih a hmu a. Chutah Nick-a chu a han en a. A mitmengah chuan hlauhna thianghlim leh hlauthawng tak a awm a. A hriatthiam phak loh thil a thleng a. A tlan leh chhuak tan a, a hnuaia buaina chu a buai zual zel avangin microphone hrang hrangah order a au chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  “I la ngaithla reng em, Hu Can?” Nick chuan diabola nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti a. Hu Can chuan mitmeng zau tak leh hmui inhawng chungin a en a. “Number pali,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Hmangaihna hi huatna aiin a chak zawk a, thil tha chu sual aiin a chak zawk."
  
  
  
  Rocket palina chu boruakah a thlawk a, Hu Zan chu a khup thlengin a tlu a, control panel chu a rawn kik tan ta a ni. A au chhuak a, a nui bawk a. Nick chuan darkar tlemte kalta a Alexi mitmenga a hmuh tanpui theih loh, hlauhna rapthlak tak chu a hrechhuak a, aw na tak leh chiang takin a au chhuak a: "Number panga! Hot chick ang hi a awm lo."
  
  
  
  A puak vawi nganaah chuan Hu Can chu control panel-ah a tla a, hriatthiam theih loh khawpa intermittent hysterical screams-ah a puak darh ta a ni. Tunah chuan complex pumpui chu meikhu leh meialh column lian tak pakhatah a chang ta a ni. Nick chuan Hu Can chu a rawn man a, a hmai chu tukverh lamah a rawn nawr a.
  
  
  
  “Ngaihtuah zel rawh, idiot,” a ti a. "Number paruk! Mite inpumkhatna chu an inthen darhtu aiin a chak zawk!"
  
  
  
  Hu Can chu Nick kut atangin a tlanchhuak a, missile parukna chu meialh, thir leh concrete spiral-ah a puak ta a ni. A hmel chu mask khauh tak a lo ni ta a, a thluak mangang tak chuan hriatthiamna hnuhma a hmu leh ta thut mai.
  
  
  
  “Nang i ni,” a thaw halh a. - Engtin emaw tak chuan i ti thin. Thu dik lo a ni vek. He hmeichhia hi i hmangaih ngai lo. Ka ding a, ka chhanchhuak theitu ploy a ni! " "
  
  
  
  “A dik chiah,” Nick chuan a ti a. "A nih leh hre reng ang che, neutralize tura puitu hmeichhia a ni."
  
  
  
  Hu Can chu Nick ke bulah chuan a bawkkhup a, mahse, Nick-a erawh chu ngawi rengin a kal a, chu pa chuan control panel-a a lu a rawn nam lai chu a en reng a.
  
  
  
  “Number sarih, Hu Can,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Number pasarih hian i ruahmanna chu a hlawhchham tihna a ni a, a chhan chu mihringte hi a hlat tawk a, nangmah ang mi â te chu a hun takah a pholang thei a ni!"
  
  
  
  "Rocket pasarih a ni!" - Hu Can chu microphone chhungah chuan a rawn au chhuak a. "Rocket pasarihna chu thlawh tir rawh!" Chumi chhanna atan chuan puak hnuhnung ber a awm a, chu chuan window chu a ti nghing ta a ni. A hawi let a, au thawm ri zet hian Nick chu a rawn bei ta a. Nick chuan a ke a rawn chhuah a, Hu Can chuan kawngka chu a rawn nam ta a. Mi â chakna danglam tak nen chuan Hu Zan chu rang takin a ding chhuak a, Nick-a’n a dang hma chuan a tlan chhuak ta a. Nick chuan a rawn tlan phei a, a kawr dum chu stairs hnuai lamah a bo tih a hmu a. Chumi hnu chuan stairs hnuai lamah chuan vengtu pali an rawn lang ta a. An automatic ralthuam chuan silai a rawn kap a, Nick chu leiah a tla thla ta a. Stairs-ah chuan ke pen chak tak tak a hre ta a. A hmasa berin top step a thlen chuan chu pa chu a kekawrte chu a man a, stairs atang chuan a paih thla a, a dang pathum chu a hruai ta a. Nick chu automatic rifle bulah chuan a bawkkhup a, a puak darh ta a. Sipai pali chu stairs hnuaiah chuan nunna nei lovin an mu a. Machine gun kengin Nick chuan an chungah chuan a zuang thla a, first floor-ah chuan a tlan phei ta a. Guard pahnih dang an rawn lang leh a, Nick chuan short burst chu a rawn kap nghal a. Hu Can chu khawiah mah hmuh tur a awm lo va, Nick-a chu a ngaihtuah thiam ta hle mai. Scientist chu in atangin a tlanbo thei ang em? Mahse Nick chuan he mipa hi hmun dangah a kal tawh tih ngaihtuahna obsessive tak a nei a, basement-ah chuan step thum khatin a chhuk ta a ni. Cell a hnaih rual chuan Alexi au thawm chuan a rinhlelhna hlauhna chu a nemnghet ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Chu pindan chhungah chuan a tlan lut nghal a, chutah chuan twins, saruak la awmte chu chain-a khin an ni. Hu Can chu Shinto puithiam upa tak, kawr sei tak, baggy tak ha ang maiin an chungah a ding a. A kut ah chuan hmân lai Chinese saber lian tak a awm a. A kut pahnih hmangin ralthuam rit tak chu a lu chungah a chelh a, vawi khatah hmeichhe naupang pahnih lu a tan dawn ta a ni. Nick chuan a kut zungtang chu trigger atang chuan a la chhuak thei ta a. A kap a nih chuan Hu Can hian blade rit tak chu a thlak ang a, a result pawh chutiang bawk chuan a rapthlak ang. Nick chuan silai chu leiah a thlak a, a duck ta a. Hu Can-a kawr chu a man a, an pahnih chuan chamber chhungah chuan an thlawk chhuak a, meter hnih vel zeta hlaah leiah chuan an tla thla ta a ni.
  
  
  
  A tlangpuiin he mipa hi Nick Carter-a kut chak takah chuan a chhe vek ang a, mahse Hu Can chu mi â thinrim tak chakna mihring ni lo tak chuan a tithinur a, saber rit tak chu a la chelh nghet tlat bawk. Blade zau tak chu a han vawrh thla a, Nick lu-ah vuak tumin a bei a, mahse N3 chu a hun takah a roll chhuak a, a vuakna chakna zawng zawng chu a dodge ta a ni. Mahse, saber tip chuan a kawngah a rawn deng a, a kut chu a tichak lo hle mai. Mahse, a keah a zuang nghal a, chu mi â chuan a rawn beih leh tur chu dodge a tum ta a ni. Mahse, a hnuhnung zawk hian a khandaih phar chungin Alexy leh Anya lam chu a pan leh ta a, hmeichhe chi chunga phuba lak zawh a tumna chu a hlau lo niin a lang.
  
  
  
  Chu pa chuan saber chu a han vawrh thla lai chuan Nick chuan a hilt chu a man a, a chakna zawng zawngin a sir lamah a han hrual a. A kekawr ipte thisen chhuakah chuan kah na tak a nei a, mahse a hun takah a thleng ta a ni. Tunah chuan blade rit tak chuan Anya lu atanga inch khat vel zeta hlaah lei a rawn deng ta a. Nick chuan saber hilt chu a la chelh reng a, tunah chuan Hu Can chu chakna nasa takin a hawi let a, bang chu a rawn tla thla ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick-a chuan saber a nei tawh a, chu scientist chuan phuba lak duhna a neih chu theihnghilh duh lo ang maiin a lang. Kawngkhar a thlen dawn hnaih chuan Nick chuan a kawng a lo dang ta a. Hu Can chu a hawi let a, Nick chuan blade a tihhniam rual chuan a tlan let leh ta a. Razor ang maia ralthuam chuan mi â hnungzang chu a rawn hliam a, a rilru a buai hle a, leiah chuan a tla thla ta a ni. Nick chu rang takin scientist thi tur bulah chuan a bawkkhup a, a coat pocket atang chuan chain chabi chu a la a. A kuah a hmeichhe naupang khur vel chu a thlah ta a. Hlauhna leh hrehawmna chu an mitmengah a la lang reng a, mahse an rilru hahdamna vawng reng turin theihtawp an chhuah a.
  
  
  
  Alexie chuan, "Bomb puak ri kan hre ta a ni," a ti. "Hei hi a thleng em ni Nick?"
  
  
  
  "A thleng a ni," a ti a. "Kan thupek chu tihhlawhtlin a ni ta. Khawthlang ramte hian thawk an hahdam leh thei tawh ang. I kal thei ang em?"
  
  
  
  “Ka ngaihdan chuan,” Anya chuan chiang lo tak, inhnialna rilru pu chung hian a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Hetah hian min lo nghak rawh,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Thawmhnaw ka rawn pe ang che." Hall chhungah chuan a chhuk a, rei vak lo hnuah vengtu pahnih thawmhnaw kengin a rawn let leh a. Hmeichhe naupangte chuan an inchei tan rual chuan Nick chuan a thisen chhuak chu a kekawr ipte chu guard hnen atanga a lak chhuah pawh kawr atanga a tan ribbon hmangin a bandage a. Hmeichhe naupang pakhat zel chu machine gun a pe a, inchungah chuan an chho ta a. Anya leh Alexi te chuan kal harsa an ti hle tih a chiang a, mahse nghet takin an kal chhunzawm zel a, Nick chuan an thir insumtheihna chu a ngaisang hle. Mahse, chhelna hi thil pakhat a ni a, rilru lam chhiatna chu thil dang a ni. Doctor tawnhriat ngah tak takte kutah a rang thei ang bera an luh theih nan a enkawl a ngai a ni.
  
  
  
  In chu a thim ang maiin a lang a, eerie, ominous silence a awm bawk. Pawnah chuan meialh ri an hre a, kerosene kang rimtui tak chu an hre bawk. Hu Can-a inah hian vengtu engzat pawh awm se, an tlanchhuak vek tih a chiang hle. Tuipui kam panna kawng chak ber chu tlangram a ni a, chutiang ti tur chuan nangmah ngeiin kawng i siam a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  
  "Chance la ila," Nick chuan a ti a. "A damchhuak an awm a nih chuan anmahni vun chhanchhuah kawngah an buai em em ang a, min kalsan mai ang."
  
  
  
  Mahse, chhut dik lo a ni. Chu hmun chu awlsam takin an thleng a, meikhu chhuak chu an rawn chhuhsak dawn ta a, Nick chuan concrete building pakhat bang chanve chhe tawh hnung lamah chuan a inkhuh nghal a. Kawngpui dungah chuan sipai puan dum leh sen inbel te chu zawi zawiin an rawn hnaih a. Chu hmun chu fimkhur tak leh hriat duh takin an pan hnai a, hla takah chuan sipai lirthei tam tak thawm chu an hre thei a. “Chinese sipai pangngai,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Chu chu ka hre thei ang. Hetah hian meipui alh hi kilometre sawmthum tal radius chhungah chiang taka hmuh theih leh hriat tur a ni. Tin, a dik e, electronic measuring equipment hmangin kilometre za tam takah pawh an hmuchhuak bawk.
  
  
  
  Hei hi beisei loh leh lungchhiatthlak tak a ni. Ramngaw chhungah an tlan let leh thei a, an inthup thei a, mahse heng Beijing sipaite hian engkim ti dik vek se chuan kar tlemte chhungin hetah hian an awm tawh ang a, bawlhhlawh an la khawm ang a, ruang an phum ang. Tin, Hu Can hi an hmu a nih chuan hei hi technical glitch chi khat ni lovin, sabotage a ni tih an hre mai ang. An area zawng zawng chu inch khat hnu inch khatin an comb vek ang. Nick chuan Anya leh Alexi chu a melh a. An tlanchhuak thei dawn a, hla vak lo pawh nise, mahse indonaah chuan an ding lo tih a hmu ta a ni. Tichuan ei leh in lama harsatna a lo chhuak ta a. Inhumhimna tha tak an hmu thei a, sipaite chuan kar tam tak chhung an zawn chuan anni pawh chu riltam hlauhawm takah an awm dawn a ni. Dik tak chuan nula te kha an daih rei lo. Chu hmel mak tak chu an la nei reng a, hlauhna leh nausen mipat hmeichhiatna duhna inzawmkhawm chu an la nei reng a ni. “A tlangpuiin,” Nick chuan a ti a, “a nuam lo khawp mai.” Mission chu hlawhtling takin an zo a, mahse missionary-te chuan ram mipuite ei an hlauhawm hle.
  
  
  
  Thutlukna dik a la ngaihtuah lai chuan Anya chuan he thutlukna hi a siam ta thut mai a. Eng thilin nge a tihbuai tih a hre lo, a hlauhthawn thut mai emaw, a rilru hrehawm tawrhna avanga a la mitdel nerve chauh emaw pawh a ni thei. Eng pawh ni se, a automatic rifle chu an hnaih ber sipaite lam hawiin a kap tan ta a.
  
  
  
  "Damn it!" - a ti a. Hau a duh a, mahse a en chuan a tangkai lo tih a hre nghal a. Hysterically chuan a en a, a mit a meng a, engmah a hrethiam lo. Tunah chuan sipaite chu, thupek angin, complex chhe vek tawh sir lamah chuan an hnukkir ta a ni. Volley hi khawi atanga lo chhuak nge tih an la hre chiang lo niin a lang.
  
  
  
  “Lo kal rawh,” Nick chuan a ti chhuak nghal zat. "And cover hnuaiah awm rawh. Ramngaw lam pan leh rawh!"
  
  
  
  Ramngaw lam pana an tlan lai chuan Nick-a lu-ah chuan ngaihtuahna ramhuai tak a lo piang ta a. Eng vanneihna pawh awm se, a thawk thei mai thei. A tlem berah chuan he hmun leh he hmun hi tlanchhuahna hun remchang a pe ang. Ramngaw sir lamah chuan thing sang tak tak te, oak thing te, leh Chinese elm te a awm a. Nick chuan inhnaih tak tak pathum a thlang a.
  
  
  
  "Hetah hian lo nghak rawh," tiin twins te chu a ti a. 'Ka rawn let leh thuai ang.' Lightning speed-in a hawi let a, chu hmunah chuan a tlan let leh a, bang leh twisted metal chi hrang hrang la awmte chu chelh tlat a tum a. Hu Can sipai tenau sipai thi pathumte belt atang chuan rang takin thil pakhat a la a, ramngaw kam lamah chuan a tlan let leh ta a. Tunah chuan Chinese officer-te chuan an sipaite chu circle-in an kaihruai a, anmahni kaptu apiang chu corner-ah an dah ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, “Thil ṭha tak a ni,” tiin a ngaihtuah a, “a ruahmanna tihlawhtling thei tûr thil dang pawh a ni,” tiin a ngaihtuah a. Thingkung pathum a thlen hnu chuan Alexi leh Anya chu gas mask hmangin a paih ta a. Kalkawngah chuan gas mask pathumna chu a hmuiah a lo bun tawh a.
  
  
  
  “Tûnah chuan ngun takin ngaithla rawh u, in pahnih hian,” thupek chiang takin a ti a, kan zavaiin heng thing pathum zinga pakhatah hian a sang thei ang berin kan chho a, chu hmuna khawih loh awm chhun chu tank-te awmna ring chauh hi a ni the poison are sunk into the ground.An control tu electrical system chu rinhlelh rual lohvin a chhiat tawh a, mahse tank chhungah poison gas a la awm ka ring.Thingah hian i sang tawk a nih chuan metal disc tin hi chiang takin i hmu thei ang.The three of us will shoot all of these things ". Tin, hre reng ang che, sipai chungah bullet hmang ral suh, gas tank-ah chauh, okay? Alexi, dinglamah i aim a, Anya chu vei lamah, kei chuan center chu ka enkawl ang. Okay, tunah hian act rawh! "
  
  
  
  Nick chu a ngawi reng a, hmeichhe naupangte an chhoh lai chu a en reng a. An ralthuam chu an kekawrte chungah nghatin tluang tak leh rang takin an kal a, a tawpah chuan thinghnah chunglam ah chuan an bo ta a ni. Amah ngei pawhin a thing chhip a thleng tawh a, an ralthuam atanga salvo hmasa ber a hre ta a. Amah ngei pawhin rang takin a kap tan a, round disk tin lai takah. Gas chu nawr chhuak tur chuan air pressure a awm lo, mahse a beisei ang chu a thleng ta a ni. Reservoir tin hian natural pressure sang tak an nei a, impact disk tin atang hian gas chhum a luang chhuak tan a, chu chu a lian zual sauh sauh a ni. Silai hmehpuah a nih tan chuan Chinese sipaite chu leiah an tla thla a, thliar hran lovin an kap tan ta a ni. Nick-a hmuh tawh angin gas mask chu an hmanruaah a tel lo va, gas chu a thawk tan tawh tih a hmu bawk. Officer-te thupek an au ri chu a hre ta a, chu chu a tlai lutuk tih chu a chiang. Nick-a chuan sipaite chu an tlu leh tlu a hmuh chuan: “Anya!Alexi! Down. Heta tang hian kan chhuah a ngai a ni,” tiin a au chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  Leia ding hmasa ber a ni a, anmahni chu a nghak tan ta a. Hmeichhe naupangte chuan an hmai atanga an gas mask an phelh loh thu a hmuh chuan a lawm hle. An la nghet kim lo tih a hria.
  
  
  
  "Tuna i tih tur awm chhun chu min zui mai a ni," a ti a. "Site chu kan pel dawn a ni." Sipaite supply tu sipai lirthei te chu hmun lehlamah an awm tih a hria a, launcher, missile leh building chim zingah chuan rang takin a kal a. Gas chu boruakah chuan vur thim tak ang maiin a innghat a, leia sipai gurgling leh khur chhuak chu an ngaihven lo. Nick chuan sipai thenkhat chu tawlailir bulah an awm mai thei tih a ringhlel a, a sawi dik bawk. Lirthei hnai ber an hnaih rual chuan sipai pali chu an lam panin an tlan phei a, Alexi-a ralthuam atanga volley-in an thi nghal a ni. Tunah chuan gas chhum atang chuan an chhuak tawh a, Nick chuan a gas mask chu a phelh ta a. Van chhungah chuan a zuang lut a, hmeichhe naupangte chu a hruai lut ta a, a hmai chu a lum a, a thawmhnaw a chhuak bawk. Van chu a start nghal a, main gate hmaa van ding row chu full circle a siam a. Kawngpui sira motor ding line chu rang takin an paltlang a. Tunah chuan sipai dangte chu an zuang chhuak a, anmahni chu an kap ta a, Nick-a chuan Anya leh Alexi-i hnenah chuan: “Thu leh rawh,” a ti a. Driver cab leh cargo platform inkar gap te tak te chu an tlan pel a, a hnuaiah chuan an mu ta a. "Kap suh," Nick chuan thu a pe a. "A nih leh muhil rawh."
  
  
  
  Sipai lirthei hnuhnung ber chu an pan hnai a, chuta tang chuan sipai paruk an zuang chhuak a, rang takin kawngpui zau takah an inzar pharh a, silai hmetpuak turin an inbuatsaih ta a ni. Nick chu car hnuai lamah a tlu a, a kut veilam chuan steering wheel chu a chelh a, a kut dinglam hmangin shelf-a gas pedal chu a hmet a. Bullet-te chuan windshield a tikehsawm a, hood-a thir chu a rawn hliam chhunzawm zel a, a ri chhuak nghal zat bawk. Mahse, locomotive ang maia ri chhuak machine momentum chu a chhe lo va, Nick-a chuan sipaite mihring bang an rawn tichhia chu a hmu ta a. Rang takin a keah a ding a, kawngpuiah chuan a kekawrte chu a herh theih hun takah chuan kawngpui bend rawn hnaih chak tak hmaah chuan.
  
  
  
  “Kan ti ta a ni,” a nui suk a. "Tun dinhmunah chuan a tlem berah".
  
  
  
  'Tunah engtin nge kan tih ang?' - Alexi a ni a, a lu chu driver’s cab hawnna chhungah a thun lut a.
  
  
  
  "Anmahni outsmart kan tum ang," Nick chuan a ti a. "Tunah chuan kawngkhar siam turin thupek an pe ang a, search party pawh buatsaih turin an ti ang. Mahse, tuipui kamah kan kal nghal dawn niin an ngai ang. Hu Canal-ah, kan tlakna hmunah; chu chu thil awmze nei ber a ni ang. Mahse chu ai chuan kan ni." kan lo chhuahna lam hawiin, Taya Van-ah kan kir leh a, kan thlen meuh chuan an tihsual tih leh chhim lam tuipui kamah kan kal dawn lo tih an hre thei ang.
  
  
  
  Chu ngaihtuahna chu Nick-a chuan a rilruah vawng ta se, a tlem berah chuan thil dang sing khat pawh a kalsual thei lo ang! Nick chuan gas gauge chu a en a. Tank chu a khat tawh hle a, kan tumna hmun thleng tur chuan a tawk tawh. A rilru a hahdam a, kawngpui hrual leh tlangram takah chuan machine rit tak chu a rang thei ang bera kalpui chu a rilru a pe ta a ni. A hawi let leh a. Alexi leh Anya chu a hnuai lamah machine gun kengin an mu a, an kuah teddy bear ang maiin an mu a. Nick chuan lungawina thuk tak a nei a, hahdamna a ni tawh mai. Hna chu an thawk zo tawh a, an dam tawh a, inthlak danglamna tur chuan engkim a kal tluang hle. A hun a ni maithei. General Ku awmna hi hre ta se chutiang chuan a thlamuang lo mai thei.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 10-na
  
  
  
  
  
  General chu an hriattir nghal a, a lo thlen chuan Nick-a chu darkar hnih dawn lai a zin tawh a. People’s Republic Third Army hotu General Koo chuan lawng chhe laiah hian a kal a. Ngaihtuahna leh ngaihtuahna fim tak neiin, engkim chu a te ber thlengin a hip lut vek a ni. Tawng khat mah a sawi lo, mahse a mitmeng chuan a lungawi lohna chu a lang chiang hle a, sipai damlo indawrna karah chuan a kal kual vel a. General Ku hi a thinlungah chuan professional sipai a ni. Tun hmaa sipai langsar tam tak lo piang chhuak tawh a chhungte chu a chhuang hle a ni. People’s Revolutionary Army thar political wing-te campaign reng reng chu a lamah hling ang mai a ni fo tawh. Politics lam a ngaihven lo tak zet a ni. Sipai chu specialist, master a ni tur a ni a, ideological movement chhunzawm zel tur a ni lo tih a ring. Dr. Hu Can leh a hote chu technically chuan a thupek hnuaiah an awm a. Mahse Hu Zan hian chunglam atanga full power of attorney nen hna a thawk fo thin. A elite troupe chu a duh danin a kaihruai a, a show pawh a dah tel bawk. Tin, tunah chuan show chu meikhuah a lo chhuak nghal a, a buaina chu tifai turin an ko lut ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Junior officer pakhat chuan sipai pangngai an luh laia thil thleng chu a hrilh a. General Ku chuan ngawi rengin a lo ngaithla a. Tlâng chunga inah hian tu emaw an kal tawh em? Hetiang thil hi a la thleng lo tih an hrilh chuan thaw a la a. Junior officer sawm tal chu promotion dawng tura line-a awm tur a ni lo tih chu mental note-ah a ziak a. General chuan a hnungzuitu tlemte nen chuan amah ngeiin in lian lam pan chuan a chuang a, Hu Can-a ruang chu a hnungzang-ah saber la awm reng chungin a hmu ta a ni.
  
  
  
  General Ku chu in stairs atang chuan a chhuk thla a, a hnuai step-ah chuan a thu ta a. Professional, trained brain neiin engkim a piece khawm tan a, Kwantung Province-a a thununna hnuaia thil thleng zawng zawng chu nghet taka chelh a duh a ni. Thil thleng chu accident a ni lo tih a chiang hle. Hei hi specialist thiam tak, amah ang mi, mahse theihna danglam tak nei hnathawh a nih a ngai tih pawh a chiang ve tho. Dik tak chuan General Ku hian he mi hi a ngaisang hle a ni. Tunah chuan thil thleng dang a rawn lang ta a, chu chu sawifiah theih loh khawpa patrol lawng chu a hnuhma awm lovin a bo ta a, ni engemaw zat kalta a a convoy pakhat nena sawifiah theih loh thil thleng kha a ni.
  
  
  
  Tu pawh ni se, darkar tlemte kalta chauh khan hetah hian a awm ngei ang, amah ngeiin Shilung hmar lama khawvel a tawp ang maia a lan chhan hriat tumin hetah hian a sipaite a tir a ni! Gas tank-a kah chu fantastic strategy, improvisational thinking entir nan a ni a, chu chu superintelligence chauhvin a siam thei a ni. Hmelma agent tam tak an awm a, mahse an zinga tlemte chauhvin chutiang thil ropui tak chu an ti thei a ni. General Ku hian chutiang agent sang tak tak hming zawng zawng chu a hriatrengnaah a ziak vek lo a nih chuan Chinese sipaiah hian hmun sang ber luahtu, purebred specialist a ni lo ang.
  
  
  
  Russian agent Korvetsky kha a tha hle a, mahse chutiang intelligence chu a strong point a ni lo. English ho hian mi tha tak tak an nei ve tho a, mahse engtin emaw tak chuan hei hi an pattern nen a inmil lo. British-ho chuan fair play duhna an la nei reng a, General Koo-a tan chuan chutiang approach chu an civilized lutuk niin a lang. A chhan chu Koo-a sawi dan chuan hei hi tih dan tibuaitu a ni a, chuvang chuan chance an hloh fo thin. Ni lo, hetah hian mi pakhat chauh kawhhmuh thei diabolical, dark, powerful efficiency a man a: American Agent N3. General Ku chuan rei vak lo a ngaihtuah a, chutah hming a hmu ta a: Nick Carter! General Ku chu a ding chhuak a, a driver chu a sipaite’n radio station an siamna compound-ah hruai kir leh turin a ti a. Nick Carter a nih a ngai a, China ramah a la awm reng a ni. General chuan Hu Can hi high command pawhin an hriat loh thil a ti thei ngei ang tih a hrechhuak ta a ni. American chu Hu Can-a base chu tichhia turin thupek a ni. Tunah chuan a tlanchhuak ta. General Ku chuan a lo dang a ngai chu a pawi a ti hle mai. A kutchhuak chu a ngaisang hle a ni. Mahse, amah ngei pawh hi a pu a ni. General Ku chuan radio contact a siam a. “Headquarters min pe rawh,” muangchangin a ti a. "Battalion pahnih awm nghal ka duh. Hu Strait dungah Gumenchai atanga tuipui kam hi cordon off se. Ni e, battalion pahnih chuan an ti thei ang. Hei hi ka dik lo palh hlauh chuan fimkhurna mai a ni. Chu pa chuan kawng dang a thlang ngei ang. Kei m not waiting from him this, chu chu a chiang em em a ni."
  
  
  
  Chumi hnuah General Koo chuan Air Force nena inzawmna nei turin a dil a, tunah chuan a tone chu a teh tawh a, a hrual tawh bawk. “Ni e, ka sipai truck pangngai zinga pakhat. Kungtu bulah a awm tawh ngei ang, khawchhak lam tuipui lam pan tur a ni. Dik tak chuan hei hi thil pawimawh ber a ni. Ni lo, thlawhna ni lo tih a chiang a, an tlan chak lutuk a, pakhat mah an hmu lo ang car on the hills.Okay.” , thu belhchian dawl zawk ka nghak a.
  
  
  
  General Koo chu a car lamah a kir leh ta a. American chu nung taka hruai ni ta se a tha ang. He pa hi hmuh a duh khawp mai. Mahse chance chu a tlem hle tih a hria. Tun atang chuan High Command hian a special project hrang hrangah fimkhur lehzual a, missile zawng zawng leh a himna hmanrua zawng zawng chu sipai pangngai kutah a dah vek ka beisei.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 11-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Anya leh Alexi chu an harh ta a. An mitmeng chu a eng a, Nick chuan a hmuh chuan a lawm hle. Lirthei rit tak chu kawngpui sir lamah a ri a, tun thleng hian hma an sawn tha hle. Hmeichhe naupangte chu engtin nge an tih ang tih hriat tumin tlem a test a tum ta a. Hu Can-a tihduhdahna hian eng chen nge chhiatna a thlen tih chu a la hre chiang lo.
  
  
  
  “Alexie,” tiin a chhang a. A hmel chu cargo platform leh driver compartment inkar hatch-ah chuan a lang a. "America ramah eng ang nge tih min zawh lai kha i hre reng em? Puk chhunga kan mut lai kha?
  
  
  
  Alexi chuan a hmui a ti hup a. - 'Engnge?' Hriat reng a tum tih a chiang hle.
  
  
  
  “Greenwich Village chungchang i zawt a,” a ti nghet sauh sauh a. "Chutah chuan awm chu eng ang nge a nih."
  
  
  
  “Aw ni e,” zawi zawiin a chhang a, “Ni e, tunah chuan ka hrechhuak leh ta.”
  
  
  
  "America-ah awm i duh em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a, rearview mirror-a a hmel chu uluk takin a en a. A hmel chu a eng a, mumang ang maiin a nui suk bawk.
  
  
  
  “Ka ngaihdan chuan Nick,” a ti a. "Ka ngaihtuah a. Ni e, a nihna takah chuan a nuam ka ti."
  
  
  
  “Chuti a nih chuan nakinah kan sawi leh ang,” tiin a chhang a. Tunah chuan a thlamuang ta. A dam leh ta a, rilru lamah pawh nise. Thil a hrechhuak thei a, inzawmna pawh a hmu thei bawk. Tin, an inang em em avangin Nick chuan Anya pawh a dam tha ang tih a ringhlel bawk. A tlem berah chuan chu hmanrua tenawm tak chuan an thluak chu nasa takin a tichhe lo. Mahse, basement-a Polish nula rethei tak chu a theihnghilh thei lo. A ngaihtuah dan pangngaiin a ngaihtuah mai thei, mahse rilru lamah chuan a chak lo a, siamthat theih loh khawpa chhiatna nasa tak a ni. Hriat dan kawng khat chauh a awm tih a hria. Mahse tunah chuan hun dik lo leh hmun dik lo a ni ta. Tin, heng dinhmunah hian thil awmdan chu a tichhe zual thei chauh a ni.
  
  
  
  A rilru chu twins te chu a ngaihtuah em em a, helicopter chu a lu chungah direct deuh maia a thlawh hma loh chuan pulsing sound chu a hre lo. A han hawi chho a, a chungah chuan Chinese Air Force star chu a hmu ta a. Helicopter chu a chhuk nghal vat a, Nick chuan a hun takah machine gun hmui chu a hmu ta a. Steering wheel chu a han her a, a zigzag ta a, kawngpui zau takah chuan hetiang atan hian hmun a awm lo tluk zet a ni. Machine gun atang chuan volley ri a ri a. Alexi leh Anya chu leiah an mu tih a hria a, an zinga pakhat chu kah a ni tih tilang thei tur thawm a hre lo. Tûnah chuan motor chuan thing tlâng khat chu a paltlang a, a hnah chung lam chuan kawngkhar ang maiin kawng chu a lo dang a, mahse an hnuai aṭanga an rawn chhuah meuh chuan helicopter chu an chungah a lo awm leh ta a ni. Nick chuan cabin chu a melh a. Silai hmehpuah a tawp a, crew member chuan radio hmangin thu a sawi ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan hmel thim zet hian a khalh a. Car chu a rei thei ang berin a khalh ang. Tunah chuan tuipui kamah an hnaih tawh tur a ni. Engtin nge hetah hian a tlanbo dawn tih an hriat chu a ngaihtuah a. Tunah chuan diabola ang maiin a khalh ta a, throttle chu a tawp thlengin a tlan a, ke pahnih a inher bawk. Helicopter aia chak zawka kal a tum lo. Chutiang a nih theihna chance a awm lo. Mahse motor chhuahsan tura nawr an nih hma chuan a hla thei ang bera thlen a duh a ni. Tin, Nick chuan he hun hi a lo thleng thuai dawn tih a chiang hle bawk. Chu hun chu a ngaihtuah aiin a lo thleng hma zawk a, a mitmeng atang chuan vanah hian dot half dozen zet a rawn lang ta a. An lian chho zel a, helicopter pawh an ni. Belh! A nih loh leh rocket nen pawh a ni mai thei!
  
  
  
  "Jump turin inbuatsaih rawh!" - a rawn call let a, Alexi leh Anya chu an kea an zuang chhuak chu a hre ta.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan car chu a tiding a, an zuang chhuak ta a. Embankment pakhatah an pil lut a, chu chu vanneihthlak takin thingin a khuh a, an tlan ta a ni. Thing hnuaia thing lian tak tak leh thing lian tak takte thlazar hnuaiah awm ta se, helicopter-te hmuh theih lohvin an awm mai thei. Sipai lirthei chuan a hlutna a tichiang tawh a, mahse tunah chuan liability a lo ni ta zawk a ni.
  
  
  
  Ui mantute’n an rawn um zui, hare ang maiin an tlan a. Alexi leh Anya chuan rei tak chu an tlan chak thei lo. An thawk pawh a mumal lo tawh a, an thawk a tlachham tih a chiang hle. Thinghnah feet ngaa sangna hmunah chuan depression tawi takah an tla thla a. Hmeichhe naupangte chu a theih ang tawkin an khur a, an lu chu an kut chuan an khuh a. Nick-a chuan helicopter-te sipai truck pakhat an vel lai a hmu a, chung zinga pathum atang chuan parachute chhum dum inhawng chu a hmu a. Tlemin a ding nghet leh a, a hawi kual a. Helicopter dang aṭangin paratrooper-te pawh an zuang thla bawk.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan hetiang hian an hmuhchhuah a ngai tih a hrechhuak ta. An tlan chak lutuk chuan helicopter te hian an pin nghal mai ang. Nick chuan thlai sang tak karah chuan paratrooper zawi zawiin rawn chhuk chu uluk takin a en a. He lungngaihna mak tak, a sir lehlama tlang awm hi a hriat chian hmel hle niin a hria a, rang takin an awmna chu chiang takin a hre ta a ni. Hetah hian naupang chuan a hmu ta a ni. Lo te tak te chu a bulah a awm ngei ang. Nick chuan rei lo te chhung chu farm lama tlan chu awmzia a nei em tih a ngaihtuah a, mahse chu chu stay of execution chauh a ni ang. Ringhlelhawm lohvin hei hi paratrooper-te’n an zawn hmasak berna hmun pakhat a ni. A kawrfual chungah kut a awm tih a hria. Alexi a ni.
  
  
  
  “Hetah hian kan awm ang a, kan hnenah kan hip ang,” a ti bawk. "Hei hi nang chauh hian i ti thei ang Nick. Tuipui kamah a hnai tawh. Kan lakah hian engmah beisei suh. Kan hna kan thawk zo tawh."
  
  
  
  Hetah hian kalsan rawh! Nick chuan a sawi dik tih a hria. Amah chauhin a ti thei a, a bik takin Marines-te ngaihven an hlawh a nih chuan. Tin, a mission chu a zo lo a nih chuan rinhlelh rual lohvin a ti ngei ang. A tul chuan a hlan ngei ang. Ani chuan a hria a, anni pawhin an hre ve bawk. Mahse tunah chuan thil awmdan chu a danglam ta. Hna chu an zo ta a, an pahnih chuan hlawhtling takin an thawk zo ta a ni. An tanpui a, tunah chuan a beidawng tawh lovang. Alexi lam chu a rawn hawi a, a hmui chu a han chawi kang a. “Ni lo, darling,” a mitmeng rilru na tak chu a chhang a. Nick Carter chuan paratrooper lo chhuk mekte chu lungngai takin a en a. Depression vel chu ring an siam a, rei lo te chhungin an hual vek ang. Tin, tuipui kamah chuan yard za nga tal a la awm bawk. An dinglamah thlai rawn inher chu a hmuh chuan a rifle chu a man a. Movement fiah lo tak a ni a, mahse hnial theih loh a ni. Tunah chuan thlai chu chiang takin a rawn ri ta a, second khat hnuah chuan mak a tih em em chu lo neitu naupang te hmel chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  
  “Kap suh,” naupang chuan a ti a. - 'Khawngaihin.' Nick chuan a silai hmui chu a ti hniam a, naupang chu an lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  
  “Tlanbo i duh tih ka hria,” a ti mai mai a. "Kawng ka kawhhmuh ang che. Tlâng sir lamah chuan lei hnuaia tunnel bul ṭanna a awm a, chuta ṭang chuan lui a luang chhuak a. A zau tawk a, a kal tlang thei a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan rinhlelh hmel zet hian tlangval chu a en a. Hmel te tak te chuan engmah a lantir lo, phurna, huatna, engmah a lantir lo. Paratrooper-te kutah chuan a khalh lut thei a ni. Nick chuan a han en a. Hun a kal zel a, paratrooper zawng zawng chu an lo chhuk vek tawh. Tlanchhuahna tur a awm tawh lo.
  
  
  
  "Kan zui ang che," Nick chuan a ti a. Naupangin an phatsan duh a nih pawhin hetah hian ṭhu mai mai a, nghah mai ai chuan a ṭha zawk ang. An kalna tur kawng chu beih an tum thei a, mahse Nick chuan paratrooper-te chu sipai training sang tak nei an ni tih a hria a. Hengte hi Hu Can-a thlan amateur an ni lo va, Chinese sipai pangngai an ni. Tlangval chu a hawi let a, a tlan phei a, Nick leh twins te chuan an zui ta a. Tlangval chuan thinghnah tam tak awmna tlang sir lamah chuan a hruai ta a. Pine thing hring hring bulah chuan a ding a, a kut zungtang chu a han entir a.
  
  
  
  “Pine thing piah lamah chuan luipui leh tlângah khur i hmu ang,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Kal rawh,” Nick chuan hmeichhe naupangte chu a ti a, “Ka lo awm ang.”
  
  
  
  Tlangval lam chu a hawi a, a mitmeng chuan engmah a la lang lo tih a hmu a. A hnung lama thil awm chu chhiar a duh a.
  
  
  
  'Engati nge?' - a zawt mai mai a.
  
  
  
  Tlangval hmel chu a danglam lo va, "Dunin min kalsan a. Tunah chuan ka leiba ka pe tawh," tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut a phar a. Tlangval chuan rei vak lo a en a, a nunna thai bo thei kut lian tak chu a zir chiang a, chutah a hawi let a, a tlan ta a. Tlangval chuan a kut a vawn duh lo. Hmelma ni turin a lo seilian ang a, Nick-a mite chu a huat phah mai thei; a ni lo mai thei.
  
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick-a tan hmanhmawh tur a ni ta. Bush chhunga a tlan lut nghal chuan pine needle nalh tak takte chu a hmai a hawng a. Lui leh tunnel tawi tak a awm tak zet a ni. A kekawrte chu a chhungah chuan a fit thei lo hle. Tunnel hi naupang leh hmeichhe slim tak tak tan pawha ruahman a ni. Mahse, a kut zungtang chauh hmanga a laih belh a ngai a nih chuan a tuar chhuak ang. Tunnel chhunga hmeichhe naupang rawn tlan lut tawhte chu a hre ta a. Lungpui nalh tak tak chhuak chunga a inhnim hrual lai chuan a hnungzang chu thisen a chhuak tan a, rei vak lo hnuah a mit atanga bawlhhlawh leh thisen awm chu phihfai turin a ding a ngai ta a ni. Thli chu a bawlhhlawh a, a khuh a, mahse tui lum chu malsawmna a ni. A chakna a chak lo tih a hriat apianga tihharh leh turin a lu a thun lut thin. A ruh chu a na a, a keah pawh a hrual a, chu chu tui lum takah chuan a inhnim pil reng a ni. A chakna tawp lamah chuan thli lum tak a tleh tih a hria a, a kal lai chuan tunnel hrual chu a eng leh zau zel tih a hmu a. Tunnel atanga a rawn chhuah rual chuan ni êng leh boruak thianghlim chuan a hmai a rawn deng a, mak a tih em em chuan a hmaa tuipui kam chu a hmu ta a ni. Alexi leh Anya chu tunnel luhna bula thlaiah chuan chau takin an mu a, thawk lak tumin an bei a.
  
  
  
  “Aw, Nick,” Alexi chuan a elbow-ah ding chungin a ti a. "Engtin pawhin a tangkai lo mai thei. Tui chawi chakna kan nei tawh lo. Hetah hian zan riah tur hian inthupna tur hmun kan hmu thei a nih chuan. Naktuk zing hian kan...
  
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Nick chuan zawi te hian mahse nghet takin a ti a. "Kan tlanchhuah tawh tih an hriat hunah chuan tuipui kam inch khat vel chu an zawng chhuak vek dawn a ni. Mahse, mak tihna nuam tak tak tlemte min lo nghak reng ka beisei. A hmasa berah chuan hetah hian lawng te tak te kan nei lo em ni." bushes, nge chu chu i theihnghilh tawh em?"
  
  
  
  Tlâng aṭanga an tlan thla lai chuan Alexi chuan, “Yeah, ka theihnghilh tawh,” a ti a. "Mahse, he lawng hi bo ta se engtin nge ni ang? Miin a hmu a, a la ta a nih chuan?"
  
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan tui chawi a ngai dawn a ni, honey, i duh emaw duh lo emaw," Nick chuan a ti a. Mahse, tunah chauh hian lungngai suh. A tul chuan kan pathum tan ka inbual ang."
  
  
  
  Mahse lawng chu a la awm reng a, an pahnih chuan tuiah chuan an nawr lut ta a. Khua a thim tawh a, mahse paratrooper-te chuan an hual vel chu an pumpelh thei tih an hre tawh a ni. Hei hian helicopter-te chuan an zawng leh dawn tihna a ni a, tuipui kamah an rawn lang thuai dawn tihna a ni. Nick chuan a thim thuai a beisei tur nge, a eng reng ang a, an hmuh a awlsam zawk ang tih pawh a ring lo. Mahse helicopter hmang erawh chuan a ni lo.
  
  
  
  Tuipui kam atanga hla thei ang bera kal tumin beidawng takin a lawng a khalh ta a. Ni chu ball sen hring dup ang maiin vanah a tla zawi zawi a, Nick chuan tuipui kamah chuan speck dum hmasa ber chu a hmu ta a. An kal hla hle tawh nachungin Nick chuan hei hi a tawk lo ang tih a hlau hle. Heng black bitches te hi rei lo te chhung chu kawng dik takah thlawk ta se, rei tak hriat loha awm an ring thei lo. Helicopter pahnih chu tuipui kamah chuan hniam taka an tlan tan lai chu a en reng a, an theih ang tawka hniam takah chuan, rotor blade-te chu che thei lo ang maia an lan thlengin a en reng a. Tichuan pakhat chu a thlawk chhuak a, tui chungah chuan a rawn inher chhuak ta a. Half turn a siam a, an lam pan chuan a thlawk ta a. Tui chungah eng emaw an hmu a.
  
  
  
  “Min hmu ngei ang,” Nick chuan lungngai takin a ti a. "A hniam lutuk ang.
  
  
  
  Nick-a sawi lawk angin helicopter chu an hnaih deuh deuh chuan a chhuk tan a, a tawpah chuan a hnar a tla thla ta a ni. An lawng chungah direct-a a thlawh chuan silai an hmetpuak ta a ni. An hlat zawng chu a hnai em em a, thlawhna pum chhunga khur tha lo tak tak rawn chhuak chu an hmu thei ta a ni. Yard za dang a thlawk leh a, a inher tan a, beng tichhe thei khawpin a puak ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Helicopter hi meikhu leh kangmei chhuakin tuiah a tla a, a chhe lai chu a tlakbuak tu thlipui avang hian a nghing a ni. Mahse tunah chuan thlipui dang a lo awm ta. Kawng lehlamah an rawn kal a, lawng chu hlauhawm takin an tilt a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmu hmasa ber a, thuk tak atang chuan rul dum hlauhawm tak ang maiin colossus dum a lo chhuak a. Mahse he rul hian US Navy badge dum a keng a, lawng khalhtute chu open hatch atang chuan an zuang chhuak a, hrui an vawm a. Nick chuan hrui pakhat chu a man a, tuihnuai lawng lam pan chuan a hruai ta a. Commander chu deck-ah a awm laiin Nick chuan twins te chu a zui ta a.
  
  
  
  "Kan zawn chhuah che i phal loh ka hlau a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. "And ka hmu che hi ka lawm hle mai!"
  
  
  
  “Welcome aboard,” officer chuan a ti a. Commander Johnson, USS Barracuda." Helicopter rual lo thleng tur chu a melh a. "Tui hnuaiah kan lut vat a tha zawk," a ti a. "Hetah hian a rang thei ang bera leh thil thleng dang awm lovin chhuah kan duh a ni." Vawikhat chu deck hnuaiah , Nick chuan conning tower khar ri leh engine ri nasa tak chu a hre ta a, submarine chu rang takin tui thuk takah a lut ta a.
  
  
  
  "Kan tehna hmanrua hmang hian puakrukte chu chipchiar takin kan record thei a ni," tiin Commander Johnson chuan a sawifiah. "Chu chu show tha tak a ni ngei ang."
  
  
  
  “Hmun hla zawka awm ka duh viau ang,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  "Lu Shi chhungkua an rawn inlan loh khan thil a kal dik lo tih kan hria a, a dik e, mahse kan nghakhlel hle a, kan hmu thei chauh a ni. Bomb puak chungchang kan hmachhawn zawh hnu chuan tuihnuai lawngte chu kan beisei theihna hmun pahnih ah kan tir a, chungte chu Hu te an ni." Canal and here , in Taya Van. Chhun leh zan hian tuipui kam kan en a, lawng rawn hnaih kan hmuh chuan nangmah i ni tih a la chiang tawk lo a, a chhan chu kan che ngam lo.Chinese ho hi an fing hle thei a ni.It would be something for them "Sort of like sending a decoy to get us to show our noses such. Mahse, helicopter i kah thlak kan hmuh chuan kan chiang tawh a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chu a hahdam a, thawk a la nghal vat bawk. Alexi leh Anya chu a en a. An chau hle a, an hmaiah chuan stress nasa tak a awm a, mahse an mitmengah pawh hahdamna a awm bawk. An cabin-a hruai turin ruahmanna a siam a, chutah chuan commander nen an inbiakna chu a chhunzawm ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Taiwan-ah kan kal dawn" officer chuan a ti a. "Tin, chuta tang chuan United States-ah thlawhna hmangin i kal thei bawk. I Russian thawhpui te hi engtin nge an awm ang? An duhna hmunah hruai an ni ang tih kan tiam thei bawk."
  
  
  
  "Naktuk hian kan sawi dawn nia, Commander," Nick chuan a chhang a. "Tunah chuan khum an tih phenomenon hi nuam ka ti ang, he thu-ah hian tuihnuai lawnga cabin ni mah se. Good evening, commander."
  
  
  
  “Hna tha tak i thawk a ni, N3,” commander chuan a ti a. Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a, chibai a buk a, a hawi let leh a. A chau tawh a, a chau tawh hle. American lawngah chuan hlauhna nei lovin a mu thei a nih chuan a tan a tha ang.
  
  
  
  Khawi emaw laiah chuan field command post pakhatah chuan People’s Republic of China 3rd Army commander General Ku chuan cigar atanga meikhu chu zawi zawiin a thawk chhuak a. A hmaa dawhkan chungah chuan a hote, air command leh special landing unit te report a awm a. General Ku chuan thawk a la a, Beijing hruaitute hian he thil hi an hre chhuak ang em tih a ngaihtuah a. An propaganda machine machinery-ah an inhnamhnawih em avangin an ngaihtuah chiang thei lo tak zet pawh a ni mai thei. A room chhunga mimal takah chuan a nui suk a. Nuih chhan tur awm tak tak lo mahse, a insum thei lo. Puitlingte chu a ngaisang fo thin. N3 laka chak lo chu a nuam hle.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Formosa airport chu nunnain a khat hle a. Alexi leh Anya te chu Taiwan rama kawr thar lei an ha a, tunah chuan reception area tenau takah Nick nen an inhmu a, a hahdam leh hmeltha hle. Darkar khat chuang zet an inbia a, tunah chuan Nick chuan zawhna chu a zawt leh ta a. Inhriatthiam lohna engmah a duh lo. tiin a zawt a. - “Chuti a nih chuan kan inhriatthiam tawn em?” "Alexie hi ka rualin America-ah lo kal se ka duh a, a rawn kal dawn tih a sawi bawk. Chu chu a chiang em?
  
  
  
  “A chiang e,” Anya chuan a ti a. “Tin, Russia rama kir leh ka duh bawk. Alexi hian America hi hmuh a duh reng a. Hetiang duhna hi ka nei ngai lo.”
  
  
  
  "Moscow-a mipuite chuan a rawn kir lehna tur chu an phut thei ngai lovang, a chhan chu, Washington-a tu pawhin an hriat dan chuan agent pakhat chauh an tir a, kei chuan pakhat ka thawn let leh a ni: - nangmah."
  
  
  
  “Ni e,” Anya chuan a ti a. ‘Ka chau tawh khawp mai. Tin, he hna hi ka nei tling tawh lo, Nick Carter. Tin, Alexi ngaihdan pawh ka hrilhfiah bawk ang."
  
  
  
  “Khawngaihin Anya,” Alexi chuan a ti a, “Ka phatsantu ka ni lo tih i hriattir a ngai a ni. Anmahni ka spy loh tur thu. America rama kal a, ka nun hman tum mai ka duh a ni. Greenwich Village-ah kal ka duh a, Buffalo leh Indian-te hmuh ka duh bawk."
  
  
  
  Loudspeaker hmanga thuchhuah chuan an inbiakna chu a titawp nghal a.
  
  
  
  “Hei hi i thlawhna a ni, Anya,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  A kut chu a vuan a, a mitmenga thil awm chu chhiar a tum a. Za zela zain an la okay lo. A vawi khatna atana a hmuh ang kha an la ni lo, an zingah hian lungngaihna thil a awm. Hriat theih loh khawpin a lang a, mahse a tlai lo. Moscow a thlen hunah uluk takin an zirchiang dawn tih a hria a, New York an thlen hunah pawh Alexi nen pawh chutiang bawk chuan a ti ve dawn tih a rel ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Anya chu marines pahnih nen an chhuak a. Vanlawng luhna bulah chuan a ding a, a hawi let leh a. Rei vak lo a kut a phar a, chutah a chhungah a bo ta a. Nick chuan Alexi kut chu a vuan a, mahse a rilru a buai tih a hre nghal a, a kut chu a hrual a. A thlah nghal a.
  
  
  
  “Lo kal rawh, Alexi,” a ti a, “Kan pawh thlawhnain min lo nghak reng a ni.”
  
  
  
  New York panna thlawhna chu thil thleng lo tak a ni. Alexi chu a buai hle niin a lang a, a tawng nasa hle a, mahse chuti chung chuan a hre thei tho, engtin emaw tak chuan amah a ni lo. A chhan chu eng nge ni tih a hre chiang hle a, chutih rual chuan a lungngai a, a thinrim hle bawk. Telegram a thawn lawk a, Hawk chuan airport-ah a rawn la ta a. JFK Airport a thlen chuan Alexie chu naupang ang maiin a phur hle a, New York khawpui chhunga in sang tak takte chu a ngaihven hle niin a lang. AX building-ah chuan room pakhatah an hruai a, chutah chuan specialist team-in a enfiah tur an nghak a ni. Nick chuan Hawk chu a room lam pan chuan a hruai a, chutah chuan lehkhaa thil folded pakhat chuan dawhkan chungah a lo nghak reng a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a hawng a, nui chung hian roast beef sandwich a rawn phawrh chhuak a. Hawk chuan laconical takin a en a, a pipe chu a ti eng a.
  
  
  
  “Ka lawm e,” Nick chuan a ti a, a ei a. "Kechup kha i theihnghilh mai mai a ni."
  
  
  
  Second khat lek chhung chu Hawk-a mitmeng chu a hmu ta a. “Ka ngaidam tak zet a ni,” upa zawk chuan muangchangin a ti a. "Nakinah ka ngaihtuah leh ang. Nula chu engtin nge a awm ang?"
  
  
  
  “Mi thenkhat hmu turin ka ti ang” “New York-a ka hriat Russian thenkhat chu,” Nick chuan a ti a, “A insiamrem thuai ang. A fing tawk khawp mai. Tin, theihna dang tam tak a nei bawk."
  
  
  
  “Russian-ho nen phone-ah kan inbia a,” Hawk chuan a phone chu ashtray-ah a vawm a, a mit a chhing a. "A chang chuan mak ka ti lo thei lo. A tir lamah chuan an ngilnei a, an tanpui thei vek bawk. Tin, tunah chuan thil zawng zawng a tawp tawh a, a hma ang bawka an awm leh tawh a, chilh, sumdawng leh reserved takin an awm leh ta a ni. Ka lo ti tawh bawk." given them plenty of opportunities to say everything." an duh chu an sawi a, mahse a tul tak tak aia thumal khat pawh an sawi lo. Hmeichhe naupang chungchang hi an sawi ngai lo."
  
  
  
  “Thaw kha hun eng emaw chen atan a ni, Chief,” Nick chuan a ti a, “A awm reng theih nan thil tam tak a ngai dawn a ni.”
  
  
  
  Kawngkhar a rawn inhawng a, doctor pakhat chu a rawn lut ta a. Hawk-a hnenah chuan eng emaw a sawi a.
  
  
  
  “Ka lawm e,” Hawk chuan a ti a. ‘Chu zawng chu a ni. Tin, khawngaihin Ms. Lyubov hnenah Mr. Carter-a chuan front desk-ah a rawn hruai dawn tih hrilh rawh.
  
  
  
  Nick lam chu a hawi a. “Plaza-ah hian apartment ka reserve che a, a chung ber pakhatah park lam hawi a awm a, hetah hian chabi te chu a awm a, kan senso hmangin tlem in i chawlh hahdam a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a, chabi chu a la a, room atang chuan a chhuak ta a. Hu Can-a infiamna chipchiar tak chu Hawk emaw midang hnenah emaw a hrilh lo. Hawk ang bawka inrintawkna nei thei se a duh a, kar leh lamah Alexi nen Plaza-ah an chawlh hahdam thei ang.
  
  
  
  Front desk atang chuan Alexi chu a rawn kai a, building atang chuan a sir lehlamah an chhuak a, mahse Nick chuan a kut a rawn vuan ngam lo. A tan chuan a hlimin a phur hle niin a lang a, a bulah chaw ei hmasak a tha ber ang tih a rilruah a lo lang ta a ni. Forum-ah an kal ta a. Chawhnu eikham chuan taxi-in Central Park kaltlangin Plaza Hotel lam panin an kal a.
  
  
  
  Hawk-a’n room a book chu a zau zawk a, Alexi pawhin a ngaihven hle.
  
  
  
  “Kar khat chhung atan i ta a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. - Thilpek ang chi thu i sawi thei. Mahse tunah hian hetiang hian America ramah hian i dam chhung zawng i hmang thei ang tih hi ngaihtuah suh."
  
  
  
  Alexi chu mitmeng eng mawi tak nen a rawn pan hnai a. “Chu chu kei pawhin ka hria,” a ti a, “Aw, Nick, ka lawm lutuk. Nang ni lo se chuan tunah hian ka dam lo ang. Engtin nge lawmthu ka sawi theih ang? ' .
  
  
  
  A zawhna direct a nih avangin a mangang deuh a, mahse risk lak a tum ta a ni. “Hmangaihna siam che ka duh a ni,” a ti a. "Min hruai tir che ka duh."
  
  
  
  Amah chu a hawisan a, Nick chuan a blouse hnuaiah chuan a hnute tui tak chu thinrim takin a lo sang chho leh a tla chu a hmu thei ta a ni. A kut chu muangchangin a ti che tih a hmu a.
  
  
  
  "Ka hlau hle mai, Nick," a mitmeng chu a meng zauh zauh a. 'Hlau.'
  
  
  
  A rawn pan hnai a, khawih a duh a. A khur a, a hnen atangin a inher chhuak ta a. A tih tur chu a hre chiang khawp mai. Hei chauh hi a chhuahna kawng awmchhun a ni a, a la phur hle a, mi rilru na tak a la ni reng a, a tlem berah chuan hei hian Hu Zan laka a rilru put hmang chu a tidanglam lo. Hong Kong-a an zan hmasa ber chu a hrechhuak a, chutih lai chuan mipat hmeichhiatna lama tihchakna tlemte pawh hian a ti harh zual sauh sauh tih a hmuchhuak a. Tunah chuan a nawr luih lo ang. A dawhtheih a ngai dawn a, a duhthusam ngeiin thuneihna a chan hun chu a nghah a ngai dawn a ni. Nick hi a tul hunah chuan partner ngilnei tak a ni thei. A tul hunah chuan tunlai thil phut leh harsatnate chu a insiamrem thei a, a kawppui mamawh pawh a phuhruk kim thei bawk. A dam chhungin hmeichhe tam tak a nei a. Ṭhenkhat chuan an khawih hmasak ber aṭang khan an duh a, ṭhenkhat chuan an dodal a, ṭhenkhat chuan an mumang pawha an la ngaihtuah ngai loh game thar an hmuchhuak bawk. Mahse zanin hian harsatna bik a awm a, chu chu chinfel a tum tlat a ni. Amah vang ni lovin, a bik takin Alexi duhzawng vangin.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan room chu a paltlang a, room chu a eng nêm tilangtu desk lamp te tak te tih loh chu light zawng zawng chu a off vek a. Window lian tak chuan thla êng leh khawpui lian êng pumpelh theih loh chu a luhtir a. Nick chuan Alexi hmuh theih turin êng a awm tawk tih a hria a, mahse chutih rual chuan êng thim tak chuan boruak hlimawm tak, mahse thlamuang tak a siam bawk.
  
  
  
  Alexi chu sofa-ah a thu a, tukverh atang chuan a han en a. Nick chu a hmaah a ding a, hrehawm takin a thawmhnaw chu zawi zawiin a phelh tan ta a. A kawr a phelh a, a rilru zau tak chak tak chu thla êngah a eng chhuak a, a bulah chuan a kal hnai ta a. A hmaah chuan a inbeng kang a, a taksa saruak chu zakzum takin a en dan chu a hmu ta a. A kawngah chuan a kut a nghat a, a lu chu a lam hawiin a hawitir a. A thaw halh a, a hnute chu a blouse puan te tak te chu a hmet nghet sauh sauh a. Mahse, a rilru a buai lo va, tunah chuan a mit chu direct leh inhawng tak a ni ta.
  
  
  
  Zawi zawiin a pants chu a phelh a, a kut chu a beng bulah a dah a. Chutah a lu chu a abs ah a hmet a. A beng chunga a kut chu zawi zawiin a hnunglam hawiin a kal tih a hria a, chu chuan a hnaih tir thei ta a ni. Chutah zawi zawiin zawi zawiin a thawmhnaw chu a phelh tan a, a lu chu a pumah a nawr a. A muhil a, awlsam taka a kawrfual chu a phelh theih nan a ke chu a phar a. Chutah a bra chu a phelh a, a hnute mawi tak pakhat chu nghet takin, fuih takin a squeeze a. Rei vak lo chhung chu Nick chuan a taksaah chuan a hliam a, mahse a kut chu a hnute nem tak hnuaiah chuan a thun a, a kut zungtang chu a hnute chungah chuan a tlanpui ta a. A mitmeng chu a chanve zetin a chhing a, mahse Nick chuan a hmui chanve zeta meng chungin a en tih a hmu a. Chutah a ding chhuak a, a underpants chu a phelh a, chutiang chuan a hmaah chuan saruakin a ding ta a ni. A kut a rawn phar a hmuh chuan a nui suk a. A kut chu a khur a, mahse a passion chuan a dodalna chu a hneh ta a ni. Tichuan rang takin a beih a phal ta a, nghet takin a kuah a, a khup thlenga a tlu lai chuan a rilru chu a taksaah a rawn nawr a.
  
  
  
  “Aw, Nick, Nick,” a ti chhuak a, “Ni e, a ni tih ka ring... mahse tlem ka khawih hmasa phawt ang che” Nick chuan a taksa chu a kut, a hmui leh lei hmanga a chhui lai chuan a chelh nghet sauh sauh a It was hun rei tak kal ta a thil hloh tawh chu a hmuchhuak tawh ang maiin, tunah chuan a hrechhuak zauh zauh ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chu a bawkkhup a, a kut chu a kawr inkar ah a dah a, sofa lam pan chuan a phur ta a. Tunah chuan a do tawh lo va, a mitmengah pawh hlauhna engmah a awm tawh lo. A chakna a san chhoh zel chuan hmangaihnaah a inhnamhnawih ta a, phurna au thawm a chhuah ta a ni. Nick-a chuan ngilnei takin a la enkawl reng a, a hmaa a la tawn ngai loh khawpa ṭhatna leh hlimna a nei bawk.
  
  
  
  Alexi chu a rawn kal a, a taksa nêm leh lum tak chu a rawn khuh rual chuan a sam dum chu zawi zawiin a fawp a, a rilru a hahdam a, a lungawi bawk.
  
  
  
  "Ka tha e, Nick," a beng bulah chuan ngawi rengin a ti a, a nui leh tap rual chuan a tap bawk. "Ka la hrisel vek tawh."
  
  
  
  "I tha zawk a ni, honey," a nui suk a. 'I mak khawp mai.' Anya chu a ngaihtuah a. An pahnih chuan Anya chu an ngaihtuah a, a hma ang bawkin engkim a tha vek tih a hria. A hma emaw a hnu emaw chuan a hrechhuak ang.
  
  
  
  “Aw, Nicky,” Alexi chuan a beng bulah chuan a rawn ti a. "Ya lublu vas, Nick Carter. Ka hmangaih che."
  
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. Chuvangin Plaza-ah hian kar tha tak a la ni reng dawn a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehkhabu chungchang:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hu Can hi China rama nuclear energy scientist lar ber a ni. China ramah hian hetiang dinhmun hi a luah tawh a, a thunun theih loh khawp mai. kan chhunzawm thei ang.
  
  
  
  Chutiang chuan a chhe lo, Nick. A pawi ber chu Hu Zan hi scientist pangngai ni lovin, a chung berah chuan khawthlang lam thil zawng zawng ngaihtuah phak loh huatna nei mi a ni. USA tan chauh ni lovin, Russia tan pawh a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan amah chauhin hma a la thuai dawn tih kan hre chiang ta, Nick. China-ah i kal a, chutah chuan Russian agent pahnih hnen atangin tanpuina i la a, he mi hi i chhuah tir a ngai a ni. Hei hi i hna harsa ber tur niin ka hria, Nick...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Shklovsky Lev chuan a rawn ti a
  Defector a ni
  
  
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Defector a ni
  
  
  Bung khatna.
  
  
  Acapulco-ah hian ni a eng fo thin. Hotel room te tak te, white sand beach thlir theihna hmunah chuan AX-a number one assassin Nick Carter chuan ni tlak ball sen chu tuipui chungah a rawn inher chhuak chu a en a. Chu hmuhnawm chu nuam a ti hle a, a hmu lo hle a, mahse Acapulco-ah thla khat zet a awm tawh a, a chhungah chuan lungawi lohna a lo lian chho zel niin a hria.
  
  
  Hawk chuan tun ṭumah hian chawlh la turin a nawr a, Nick chu a tir lamah chuan a duh vek a ni. Mahse thla khat chu idle life atan chuan a rei lutuk. Hnathawh tur a mamawh a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster chu window atang chuan a hawi let a, tlai lam chu a thim tawh a, nightstand-a phone dum mawi lo tak chu a en a. A ring mai mai a duh khawp mai.
  
  
  A hnungah chuan sheet ri thawm a awm a. Nick chuan khum lam hawiin a turn chu a zo ta a. Laura Best chuan a kut sei tak, tanned tak chu a rawn phar a.
  
  
  “Again, darling,” a ti a, muthilh avanga a aw chu a ri chhuak ta hlawm a.
  
  
  Nick chu a kuah a, a rilru chak tak chuan a hnute hlim tak, a siam ṭhat em em chu a tikehsawm a. A hmui chu a hmui chungah a brush a, a thawk chunga mut chu a tem ta a. Laura chuan dawhthei lo zet hian a hmui chu a ti che a. A ke ruh hmangin an inkarah chuan sheet chu a hrual a. He movement hian an pahnih hian a ti phur hle. Laura Best chuan hmangaihna siam dan a hre chiang hle. A ke, a hnute ang bawkin - dik tak chuan, a dangte ang bawkin - chu a insiam ṭha famkim a ni. A hmelah chuan naupang ang maia mawina a awm a, sualna leh finna inzawmkhawm a, a chang chuan duhna zau tak a awm bawk. Nick Carter hian hmeichhe famkim hi a la hre ngai lo. Mipa zawng zawng tan chuan engkim a ni. Mawina a nei a. A pain oil hausakna a hnutchhiah avangin a hausa hle. Thluak a nei a. Khawvel hmun hrang hrang atanga lo kal, a nih loh leh Nick duh dan angin Jetset ruang atanga mi hmeltha ber pawl a ni. Hmangaihna siam chu a infiamna, a hobby, a kohna a ni. Kar thum kalta atang khan a international friends te hnenah sorkar thil tam zawk lei leh hralhtu Arthur Porges chu a hmangaih em em tih a sawi thin. Arthur Porges chu Nick Carter hmatawng tak tak a ni ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick Carter pawhin hmangaihna kawngah a tlukpui a nei tlem hle. Hmeichhe hmeltha tak nena inngaizawng ai chuan a lungawina tur thil a tlem hle. Laura Best nena inngaizawngna chuan a ti lungawi zo vek. Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan-
  
  
  "Awh!" - Laura chuan a ti a. "A nih leh tunah, duhtak! Tunah chuan!" A lam pan chuan a arch a, a nail chu a hnungzang thau takah chuan a tlanpui a.
  
  
  Tin, an hmangaihna thiltih an tih zawh chuan a limp a, thawk hah chungin a hnen atangin a tla thla ta a ni.
  
  
  A mitmeng dum lian tak chu a meng a, a en a. "Pathian, chu chu a tha khawp mai! Hei hi a tha zawk daih." A mitmeng chu a rilruah a rawn inher chhuak a. "I chau ngai lo tiraw?"
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Ka chau tawh hle mai." A bulah chuan a mu a, a rangkachak tip cigarette pakhat chu nightstand atang chuan a la chhuak a, a hal a, a pe ta a.
  
  
  Laura chuan a hmel chu a en tha zawk theih nan a elbow-ah a innghah a. A lu a thing a, cigarette chu a en a. "I bore tu hmeichhia hi kei aiin hmeichhia a ni zawk ngei ang."
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti a, a chhan pakhat chu a rin vang leh a then chu a hriat duh vang a ni.
  
  
  A nui hmel chu a rawn let leh a. A sawi dik a ni.
  
  
  “Chu chu i smart tak a ni,” a ti a, a kut zungtang chu a hnar bulah a tlanpui a. "A hun takah thu dik i sawi fo thin a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a cigarette chu a drag thuk hle. "Hmeichhia mipa hre chiang tak i ni a, hei hi ka pe ang che." Tin, hmeichhiate hre chiang tak a ni bawk.
  
  
  Laura Best chuan a zir chiang a, a mitmeng lian tak chu hla tak atanga eng mawi tak nen a rawn eng chhuak a. A sam dum chu a ke veilam chungah a tla a, a rilru chu a khuh vek mai. Index finger chu a hmui, a rilruah chuan zawi zawiin a rawn tlan phei a; a kutphah chu a rilru lian takah chuan a dah a. A tawpah chuan, “Ka hmangaih che tih i hria a ni lawm ni?”
  
  
  Nick chuan inbiakna chu a kalna tur lam hawia kal chu a duh lo. Laura a hmuh hmasak ber ṭum khan beisei lutuk lo turin a hrilh a. An inzawmna chu nuihzatna tur chauh a ni ang. An inhmangaih tawn hle a, chu chu a reh chuan ṭhian ṭha tak angin an inṭhen ta a ni. Emotional entanglements a awm lo va, sticky theatrics pawh a awm lo. Ani chuan a zui a, ani pawhin a zui ve bawk. Hmangaihna an nei a, nuam an ti hle. Hunbi. Hei hi mi mak tak takte philosophy a ni. Tin, Nick chuan a remti zawk bawk. Task inkar ah chawlh a nei a. Laura chu hmeichhe hmeltha ber zinga mi a ni. Fun tih chu game hming a ni.
  
  
  Mahse tun hnaiah chuan a moody ta hle mai. Kum sawmhnih leh pahnih a nih laiin nupui a nei tawh a, vawi thum a inthen tawh bawk. Hunter-in a trophy a sawi dan ang bawkin a pasal hlui chanchin a sawi thin. Laura hmangaih tur chuan Laura hian a neih a ngai a ni. Tin, Nick tan chuan hei chauh hi a famkimnaah chuan a tlin lohna awmchhun a ni.
  
  
  "A ni lo maw?" - Laura chuan a ti leh a. A mitmeng chuan a zawng ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan nightstand chunga ashtray chhunga cigarette pakhat chu a tikehsawm a. "Thla eng kara tui chawi ang maiin a awm em?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Laura chu a bula khumah chuan a tlu ta a. "Damn! Engtikah nge propose ka tum che tih i hre thei lo em ni?"
  
  
  "Eng nge ka hlan theih ang?"
  
  
  "Inneihna, a dik e. Min neih ka duh a, heng zawng zawng atanga min chhuah tir turin."
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Thla eng hnuaiah chuan inbual ila."
  
  
  Laura chuan a nui let lo. "Chhanna ka hmuh hma loh chuan ni lo."
  
  
  Telephone a rawn ri a.
  
  
  Nick chu thlamuang takin a lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Laura chuan a kut chu a rawn vuan a, a vuan a.
  
  
  "Chhanna ka hmuh hma chuan phone i la lovang."
  
  
  A kut zalen tak hmang chuan Nick chu awlsam takin a thlah ta a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  a kut chu a chelh nghet sauh sauh a. Hawk aw hriat beiseiin phone chu a la a.
  
  
  “Art, dear,” hmeichhe aw pakhat chuan German accent tlem a nei a. "Khawngaihin Laura hi ka be thei ang em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan chu aw chu Sonny a ni tih a hre chiang hle a, Jet-Set la awm dang a ni. Phone chu Laura hnenah chuan a pe a. "Hei hi Sonny a ni."
  
  
  Thinrim zet hian Laura chu khum atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, a lei mawi tak chu Nick-a chungah a rawn chhuah a, phone chu a beng bulah a dah a. "Damn you, Sonny. Call tur hian hell of a time i thlang a."
  
  
  Nick chu tukverh bulah chuan a ding a, a en a, mahse tuifinriat thim chungah chuan a kawr dum, a lang tlem hle chu a hmu lo. Hei hi Laura bula a awm hnuhnun ber tur zan a ni dawn tih a hria a. Hawk-a'n a rawn call emaw phone lo emaw, an inkar chu a tawp tawh. Nick chuan a tih ang zat zat a thlah avangin a thinrim deuh a.
  
  
  Laura chuan phone chu a dah ta a. "Zingah chuan lawngin Puerta Vallarta kan pan thin." A sawi awlsam hle a, natural takin. Ruahmanna a siam a. "Ka packing tan tur niin ka hria." A panty chu a ha a, a bra chu a han chawi kang a. A hmelah chuan concentrated expression a lang a, thil tam tak a ngaihtuah ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  Nick chu a cigarette bulah chuan a kal a, pakhat dang a hal leh a. Tun tum chu a rawn hlan lo.
  
  
  "Tha?" - Laura chuan a zawt a. A bra chu a ti nghet sauh sauh a.
  
  
  "Good that?"
  
  
  "Kan inneih hunah?"
  
  
  Nick chuan cigarette meikhu a thaw chhuah chuan a chil a chhak hnai hle.
  
  
  “Puerta Vallarta hi hmun tha tak a ni ang,” tiin a sawi chhunzawm a. Ruahmanna a la siam reng a.
  
  
  Phone chu a rawn ri leh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn la a. "Awle?"
  
  
  Hawk aw chu a hre nghal a. "Mr. Porges-a maw?
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  “Hei hi Thompson a ni a, vawk thir ton sawmli vel hralh tur i nei tih ka hrethiam.
  
  
  "Hei hi a dik a ni."
  
  
  "A man a dik a nih chuan he thil hi ton sawm lei ka duh mai thei. Ka office awmna i hria em?"
  
  
  “Ni e,” Nick chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a chhang a. Hawk chuan dar sawm velah a duh a. Mahse vawiin dar sawmah nge naktuk zing? "Naktuk zingah a tawk dawn em ni?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  “Awle,” Hawk chuan a ti hreh hle. "Naktuk hian meeting eng emaw zat ka nei dawn a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan sawi belh a ngai tawh lo. Chief-in a tana a buatsaih apiang chu a hmanhmawhthlak hle. Killmaster chuan Laura chu a melh nghal zat a. A hmel mawi tak chu a tenawm hle. Lungngai takin a en reng a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian thlawhna lo awm tur chu ka hruai chhuak ang,” a ti a.
  
  
  "A ropui dawn khawp mai."
  
  
  An phone chu an dah dun ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Laura lam chu a hawi a. Georgette emaw, Sui Ching emaw, Nick-a bialnu zinga pakhat emaw ni ta se, a pout ang a, a buai deuh ang. Mahse ṭhian angin an inṭhen a, a dawt leh hunah chuan rei zawk a daih dawn tih an tiam ta a ni. Mahse Laura nen chuan chutiang chuan a kal lo. Amah ang hi a la hre ngai lo. A bulah chuan engkim emaw engmah emaw a nih a ngai a ni. Hausa leh chhe tawh tak a ni a, a duh dan tur a nei thin.
  
  
  Laura chu a bra leh panty ha chungin a ding a, a kut chu a hip-ah a dah a, a hmeltha hle.
  
  
  "Chuvangin?" - a mitmeng a ti sang a. A hmelah chuan naupang te tak te hmel a pu a, a hnen atanga laksak a duh chu a en reng a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a natna nei lo leh tawi thei ang bera siam a duh a. "Puerta Vallarta i kal dawn a nih chuan i packing tan a tha zawk. Goodbye, Laura."
  
  
  A kut chu a sir lamah a tla thla a. A hmui hnuai lam chu a khur deuh tan a. "Anih chuan a tawp tawh em?"
  
  
  "Awle."
  
  
  "Full takin?"
  
  
  "A dik chiah," Nick chuan a fanu dang a ni thei ngai lo tih a hria. Amah nena kan chawlh kha final a ni tur a ni. Cigarette a in tawh chu a timit a, a nghak ta a. A puak dawn a nih chuan a inpeih tawh.
  
  
  Laura chuan a lu a thing a, chak lo zet hian a nuih a, a bra chu a phelh tan ta a. “Chuti a nih chuan he a vawi hnuhnung ber hi a tha ber atan i siam ang u,” a ti bawk.
  
  
  Hmangaihna an siam a, a hmasa berah chuan ngilnei takin, chutah chuan nasa takin, pakhat zel hnen atangin pek theih zawng zawng chu an la vek a ni. Hei hi an inkawp hnuhnun ber a ni a; an pahnih chuan an hre vek. Tin, Laura chu a tap reng a, a mittui chu a hmuiah a luang a, a hnuaia pillow chu a hnim vek bawk. Mahse, a sawi dik a ni. Hei hi a tha ber a ni.
  
  
  Minute sawm leh sawm velah Nick Carter chu Dupont Circle-a Amalgamated Press and Wire Services building-a office te tak te pakhatah chuan a lut ta a. Washington-ah chuan vur a tla a, a kawrfual kekawrte chu a hnim vek bawk. Office chu cigar meikhu rimtui tak rim a nam a, mahse Hawk-a ha inkar a cigarette dum tawi tak a inkhung chu a kang ngai lo.
  
  
  Hawk chu dawhkan eng lo takah chuan a thu a, a mitmeng vur tla chuan Nick chu ngun takin a zir chiang a. Nick-a’n a kawr a khai a, a hmaa a thut lai chu a en reng a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Laura Best chu a Arthur Porges cover nen chuan a rilru memory bank-ah a dah tawh a. He hriatrengna hi a duh hun hunah a hrechhuak thei a, mahse a tam zawkah chuan chutah chuan a awm mai mai ang. Tunah chuan Nick Carter, N3, AX tan Killmaster a ni ta. Pierre, a gas bomb te tak te chu a ke inkar a a duh ber hmunah a innghat a, a testicle pathumna ang maiin a innghat a. Hugo-a stiletto te tak te chu a kut ah chuan nghet takin a inbun a, a mamawh hunah a kutah a in fit theih nan a inpeih reng a ni. Tin, Wilhelmina, a 9mm Luger chu a ke veilam hnuaiah chuan a inkhung a. A rilru chu Hawk-a chungah a tuned a, a taksa thau tak chuan action a nghak reng a ni. Hriamhrei a keng a, kal turin a inpeih tawh bawk.
  
  
  Hawk chuan folder chu a khar a, a chair-ah chuan a innghat leh ta a. A hmui atang chuan cigarette dum mawi lo tak chu a la chhuak a, huat hmel zet hian a enfiah a, a desk bula bawlhhlawh bawm chhungah chuan a paih lut ta a. Chutah tak mai chuan a ha inkarah cigar dang a rawn clamp leh a, meikhu chuan a savun hmel chu a khuh vek a.
  
  
  “Nick, i tan hna harsa tak ka nei a ni,” a ti thut a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a nui hmel chu thup pawh a tum lo. An pahnih hian N3 hian hna cool ber ber a nei fo tih an hria.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a ti chhunzawm a. “Thu” melanoma hian “i tan eng emaw awmzia a nei em?”
  
  
  Nick chuan vawi khat chu he thumal hi a lo chhiar tawh tih a hrechhuak a. "Skin pigment nena inzawmna nei thil a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  Hawk-a hmel tha takah chuan lungawi hmel zet hian a rawn lang a. "Close enough," a ti a, a hmaa folder awm chu a hawng a, "Chu dollar sawm man thumalte chuan bum che suh se" a chhiar tan ta a. "Kum 1966 khan electron microscope hmangin Professor John Lu chuan a vun natna chi hrang hrang, melanoma, cellular blue nevus, albinism leh a dangte isolate leh characterize dan tur. He thil hmuhchhuah hi a nihna takah chuan a pawimawh hle laiin, he thil hmuhchhuah hlutna dik tak chu heng natnate hi hriat leh thliar hran a nih chuan natna khirh zawk hmuhchhuah a awlsam phah ta a ni." Hawk chuan file atang chuan Nick chu a en a. "Chu chu kum 1966 khan a ni."
  
  
  Nick chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn inbeng kang a, a nghak reng a. Hruaituin thil a ruahman tih a hria a. Hawk-a thusawi zawng zawng hi a pawimawh tih a hre bawk. Office te tak te chhungah chuan cigar meikhu chu blue mist ang maiin a innghat a.
  
  
  "Nizan thleng khan," Hawk chuan, "Professor Lu hi NASA Venus program-a dermatologist a ni a. Ultraviolet leh radiation chi dang hmanga thawkin, benzophenones aiin vun hi ray tha lo laka venhimna atana tha zawk compound a ti famkim a ni. A hlawhtling a nih chuan , niin a tihchhiat, blisters, lumna leh radiation atanga vun venhimna tur formulation a nei dawn a ni." Hawk chuan folder chu a khar a. "Chutiang connection hlutna chu hrilh che ka ngai lo."
  
  
  Nick thluak chuan information chu a absorb ta a. Ni lo, thu sawi a ngai lo. NASA tan a hlutna chu a chiang hle. Spacecraft cabin te tak teah chuan astronaut-te chu a chang chuan ray hlauhawm tak tak an tawk thin. Composition thar hmang hian rays te chu neutralized theih a ni. Damdawi lamah chuan a hmanna hian blisters leh burns thlengin a huam thei. Thil awm thei chu tawp chin nei lo ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  Mahse Hawk chuan nimin thleng khan a ti a. "Nizan khan eng thil nge thleng?" - Killmaster chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Hawk chu a ding chhuak a, tukverh thim tak lam chu a pan ta a. Snow tla leh thim zingah chuan a taksa wiry tak, suit hrual, hrual hrual ha chunga a incheina chauh lo chu hmuh tur a awm lo. A cigar chu deep drag a la a, reflection chu meikhu a rawn vawm ta a. "Nizan khan Professor John Lu chu Hong Kong a thleng a." Chief chuan Nick lam chu a hawi a. “Nizan khan Professor John Lu chuan Chi Corns-ah a insawn dawn tih a puang a!”
  
  
  Nick chuan a cigarette rangkachak tip pakhat chu a hal a. Chutiang rinna kalsan chu a pawizia chu a hrethiam a ni. China ramah hian compound hi tih famkim ni ta se, a hlutna langsar ber chu nuclear radiation laka vun venhimna a ni ang. China chuan hydrogen bomb a nei tawh a. He venhimna hi an bomb hmanna tur green light a ni thei. "Professor hian chhuah a tum chhan hi tuin nge hria em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Tumah - NASA ni lo, FBI ni lo, CIA ni lo - tumahin chhan an rawn ngaihtuah chhuak thei lo. Nizan khan hna a thawk a, ni chu a kal tha hle. Nizan khan Hong Kong-ah a inhnukdawk tur thu a puang a ni." A awmna chu kan hria a, mahse tumah hmuh a duh lo ".
  
  
  "A hun kal tawh chu engtin nge ni ang?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. "Communist thil eng emaw?"
  
  
  Cigar chu a thim ta a. Hawk chuan a thusawi lai chuan a chew a. "Engmah. Chinese-American a ni a, San Francisco-a Chinatown-ah a piang. Berkeley-ah degree a nei a, chutah chuan hmeichhe naupang a hmuh chu nupuiah a nei a, kum 1967 khan NASA-ah hna a thawk a. Fapa kum sawm leh pahnih mi a nei a. Scientist tam zawk ang bawkin ani." political interest a nei lo. Thil pahnih ah a inpe a: a hna leh a chhungte. A fapa hian Little League-ah a khel thin. Chawlh hahdamnaah chuan a chhungte chu tuipui thuk takah an hruai a, an feet sawm leh pariat zeta sei outboard motor boat-ah bay-ah sangha man turin a hruai thin. Hruaitu chu a chair-ah chuan a innghat leh a. "Ni lo, a hun kal tawhah hian engmah a awm lo."
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a cigarette chu a ti chhuak ta a. Office tenau takah chuan meikhu thim tak a rawn chhuak a. Radiator chuan lumna hnim a siam a, Nick chuan a thawk a hah deuh niin a hria. “A chhan chu hnathawh emaw chhungkua emaw a ni tur a ni,” a ti bawk.
  
  
  Hawk chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Ka hrethiam. Amaherawhchu, buaina tenau tak kan nei. CIA hian China rama he complex-a hna thawk tura phalsak an tum loh thu min hriattir a. Chi Corn ho hian an kut an thlak a nih chuan CIA hian agent a tir dawn a ni." that rawh."
  
  
  Nick pawhin chutiang bawk chu a rawn ngaihtuah chhuak a. Hei hi thil mak a ni lo. AX pawhin hetiang hian a ti fo thin. Mi zawng zawngin defector chu an hruai kir leh theih loh lai leh a pawimawh tawk a nih chuan a hnuhnung ber chu thah a ni. Agent a lo kir loh chuan a chhe hle mai. Agent te chu duhthlan tur an ni.
  
  
  "Thil awmzia chu," Hawk chuan, "NASA chuan an duh leh a ni. Scientist thiam tak leh naupang tak a ni a, tuna a hnathawh mek hi a bul tanna chauh a ni ang," a ti. Nick chu nuihzat hmel zet hian a nui suk a. "Hei hi i mission a ni, N3. Kidnapping tih loh chu thil dang hmang la, mahse rawn let leh rawh!"
  
  
  "Ni e, ka pu."
  
  
  Hawk chuan a hmui atang chuan cigar butt chu a la chhuak a. Bawlhhlawh bawm chhungah chuan pakhat zawk chu a rawn zawm ve ta a. "Professor Lu hian NASA-ah a thawhpui dermatologist a nei a. Hnathawh lama ṭhian ṭha tak an ni a, mahse security vangin an inkawp ngai lo. A hming chu Chris Wilson a ni. Hei hi i khuhna tur a ni ang. Hei hian Hong Kong-ah kawng a hawnsak thei che a ni." ."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Professor chhungte chu engtin nge ni ang?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Kan hriat chinah chuan a nupui chu Orlando-ah a la awm a. A address chu kan pe ang che. Amaherawhchu interview a lo nei tawh a, thil tangkai tak tak min pe thei lo."
  
  
  "Thil tum chu a pawi thei lo."
  
  
  Hawk-a icy gaze-ah chuan pawmpuina a awm. N3 chuan midang thusawi chu a la vak lo. Amah ngeiin a lo enchhin hma loh chuan engmah a chau lo. Chu chu Nick Carter-a AX agent number 1 a nih chhan pakhat chauh a ni. “Kan department te hi i kutah a awm kim vek a ni,” Hawk chuan a ti a, “I mamawh zawng zawng la rawh. Vanneihthlak takin awm rawh, Nick."
  
  
  Nick chu a lo ding tawh a. "Ka theihtawp ka chhuah ang, ka pu." Chief chuan a theih aia tam leh tlem a beisei ngai lo tih a hria a.
  
  
  AX-a special effects leh editing department aṭangin Nick hian a mamawh tur nia a ngaih disguise pahnih a dawng a. Chumi zinga pakhat chu Chris Wilson a ni a, chu chu thawmhnaw chungchang chauh a ni a, a then chu hetah leh khawiah pawh padding a ni a, thenkhat chu mannerisms tihdanglam a ni bawk. A dang, a hnua hman tur chu a buaithlak deuh hlek a. A mamawh zawng zawng - thawmhnaw leh cosmetics - chu a bungrua dahna hmun thup takah a dah vek a.
  
  
  Documents-ah chuan NASA-a Chris Wilson-a hnathawh chungchang darkar hnih chhung zet taped lecture a neih chu a memorize vek a, chubakah mimal AX-a’n he mipa chungchanga a hriat zawng zawng pawh a memorize vek bawk. A tul anga passport leh document te a dawng a.
  
  
  Chawhnu lamah chuan Chris Wilson thar, chubby deuh, mottled deuh chu Orlando, Florida-ah Boeing 707 Flight 27-ah a chuang ta a ni.
  
  
  BUNG hnihna
  
  
  Vanlawng chuan khawthlang lam a hawi hmaa Washington a rawn vel lai chuan Nick chuan vur chu a reh deuh tawh tih a hmu ta a. Chhum hnunglam atang chuan van dum chi hrang hrang a rawn lang chhuak a, thlawhna a chhoh lai chuan a tukverh chu ni êngin a ti eng a. A thutnaah chuan a thu a, No Smoking light a thim chuan a cigarette pakhat chu a hal ta a.
  
  
  Professor Lu-a a inhnuhdawh chungchangah hian thil engemaw chu mak tak maiin a lang. A hmasa berin engvangin nge professor hian a chhungte a hruai loh? Chi Corns te hian nun tha zawk an pe a nih chuan a nupui leh a fapain nunpui ve se a duh ang tih chu thil awmze nei tak niin a lang. A nupui chu a tlanchhuah chhan a nih loh chuan, a dik e.
  
  
  Thil mak dang chu Chi Corns te hian professor hian he vun compound hi a siam mek tih an hriat dan kha a ni. NASA chuan security system khauh tak an nei a. An tana thawktu zawng zawngte chu uluk takin an enfiah vek a. Mahse, Chi Corn-ho chuan compound chungchang hi an hre chiang hle a, Professor Lu chu an tan a ti famkim turin an rilru an hneh ta a ni. Engtin? American-hoin an tluk loh tur eng nge an hlan theih ang?
  
  
  Nick chuan chhanna zawng turin a insiam ta a. Professor chu hruai kir leh a tum bawk. He mipa that tur hian CIA hian agent tirh ta se, Nick-a chu a hlawhchham tihna a ni ang - Nick-a pawhin hlawhchham tumna a nei lo.
  
  
  Nick hian defector-te a lo buaipui tawh bawk. Duham vangin an tlanchhia tih a hmuchhuak a, a nih loh leh thil pakhat atanga tlanchhia an nih thu emaw, thil pakhat lam pana an tlanchhiat vang emaw a ni tih a hmuchhuak ta a ni. Professor Lu chungchangah hian chhan hrang hrang a awm thei. Number khatna chu pawisa a ni ngei ang. Chi Corns hian complex atan hian vawi khat deal an tiam pawh a ni mai thei. Dik tak chuan NASA hi hlawh hnem ber pawl an ni lo. Tin, mi zawng zawng hian extra scratch an hmang thei reng bawk.
  
  
  Tichuan chhungkaw buaina a lo awm ta a. Nick chuan nupui pasal nei tawh zawng zawng hian engtik lai pawhin nupa inkara buaina an nei vek tih a rawt a. A nupui chu a hmangaih bulah a mutpui pawh a ni mai thei. Chi Corns te hian a tan mi tha zawk an nei mai thei. A inneihna chu a duh lo mai mai pawh a ni mai thei a, hei hi chhuahna awlsam tak niin a lang. A tan chuan thil pahnih a pawimawh - a chhungte leh a hnathawh. A chhungte chu an inthen darh niin a hria a nih chuan chu chu a hnawhchhuahna tur a tawk mai thei. A nih loh chuan chu chu a hna a ni. Scientist a nih angin a hnathawhnaah zalenna engemaw chen a mamawh ngei ang. Chi Corns hian zalenna tawp nei lo, hun remchang tawp nei lo a pe mai thei. Hei hi scientist tu pawh tan chuan incentive a ni ang.
  
  
  Killmaster hian a ngaihtuah tam poh leh thil awm thei a inhawng tam zawk. Mipa leh a fapa inlaichinna; account hun tiam tawh leh lak let leh tura vau; American politics huatna a ni. Engkim hi a theih, thil theih leh awm thei a ni.
  
  
  Dik tak chuan Chi Corns te hian professor chu eng emaw ti taka vauin tlanbo tir thei tak zet a ni. “To hell with all this,” Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a, a hma ang bawkin beng hmangin a khel a, a talent, ralthuam leh finna hmangin a khel a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan window hnuai lam hla takah chuan zawi zawiin a kal lai chu a en a. Darkar sawmli leh pariat zet chu a muhil lo. Yoga hmangin Nick chuan a taksa tih hahdam vek chu a ngaihtuah ber a ni. A rilru chu a chhehvêl lam chu a nghak reng a, mahse a taksa chu a hahdam tir ta tlat mai. Muscle tin, fiber tin, cell tin hi a relax vek a ni. Entu tu tan chuan muthilh thûk tak ang maiin a lang a, mahse a mit a meng a, a thluak pawh a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  Mahse a chawlh hahdamna chu a thleng tur a ni lo. Flight attendant chuan a rawn titawp a.
  
  
  "I tha em, Mr. Wilson?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  “Yeah, okay,” Nick chuan a ti a, a taksa ruh chu a ti nghet leh ta.
  
  
  "I muhil niin ka hria. Eng emaw ka rawn pe ang che em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo lawmthu."
  
  
  Thilsiam mawi tak, mitmeng almond ang maia lian, hmui ruh sang tak leh hmui mawi tak, khat tak a ni. Airline liberal uniform policy chuan a blouse chu a hnute lian tak, a rawn lang chhuak chu a in fit tha hle. Airline zawng zawngin an mamawh avangin belt a vuah a ni. Mahse, Nick chuan chu chu a ringhlel hle
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  hnathawh lai tih loh chu pakhat a ha thin. Dik tak chuan a mamawh lo.
  
  
  Flight attendant chu a mitmeng hnuaiah chuan a mualpho ta hle mai. Nick-a ego chuan glass thuk tak leh middle thuk tak nei pawhin hmeichhiate a la nghawng reng tih hriat nan a tawk.
  
  
  “Orlando-ah kan thleng thuai dawn a ni,” a ti a, a hmui chu a sen vek a.
  
  
  A hmaa aisle-a a kal lai chuan a kawr tawi tak chuan a ke sei tak, mawi tak tak, a hring hring chu a rawn lang a, Nick chuan a kawrfual tawi te chu a malsawmna a pe ta a ni. Rei vak lo chu zanriah ei tura sawm a ngaihtuah a. Mahse, hun a awm dawn lo tih a hria. Mrs. Lu nena an interview a zawh chuan Hong Kong pan tur thlawhnaah a chuang a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Orlando airport tenau takah chuan Nick-a chuan a bungrua chu locker-ah a thup a, taxi driver hnenah chuan professor in address chu a pe a. Taxi hnunglam seat-a a thut lai chuan a rilru a buai deuh hlek a. Thli chu a muggy a, a lum bawk a, Nick chuan a coat chu a paih chhuak tawh nachungin a suit rit tak chu a la ha reng a ni. Tin, chu a kawrfual padding zawng zawng pawh chuan a pui vak lo bawk.
  
  
  In chu in dang inkarah a sandwich a, block sir lehlama awm ang bawkin. Khua a lum avangin mi zawng zawng deuhthaw chuan sprinkler an bun vek a. Lawn te chu a inchei tha hle a, green dense takin a lang bawk. Gutter tui chu kawngpui sir lehlamah a luang thla a, a tlangpuiin concrete dum deuha siam kawngpui sirah te chu sprinkler atanga tui lo chhuak chuan a ti thim ta a ni. Verandah atanga kawngpui sirah chuan kawngpui tawi tak a awm a. Nick-a'n taxi driver hnena pawisa a pek meuh chuan an en reng ang maiin a hria. A kawr chunga sam sei tak tak ding chhuak atang khan a intan vek a ni. A taksaah chuan chill tlemte, hnim hring hring chuan a rawn paltlang a, chutah rang takin a bo ta a. Nick chuan a hun takah in lam chu a hawi a, curtain chu a hmunah a tlan let leh tih a hmu ta a. Killmaster chuan an nghak reng tih a hria a.
  
  
  Nick hian he interview hi a ngaihven vak lo a, a bik takin in neitute nen hian a ngaihven hle. Hawk-a’n a sawi angin interview a lo nei tawh a, thil tangkai tak tak a nei lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan kawngka a hnaih rual chuan a hmel chu a en reng a, a tlangval nuihzatna zau ber chu a rawn lang ta. Vawikhat chu bell button chu a hmet a. Kawngkhar chu a inhawng nghal a, Mrs. John Lu nen an inhmachhawn ta a.
  
  
  "Ms. Lou?"Killmaster chuan a ti a. Hun rei vak lo nod a dawn chuan, "Ka hming chu Chris Wilson a ni. I pasal nen kan thawk dun a. Tlem tal ka biak theih che em tih ka ngaihtuah a ni," a ti.
  
  
  "Engnge?" A mitmeng chu a rawn ti hrual a.
  
  
  Nick-a nuihzat hmel chu a vawt ta hle mai. "Ni e. John nen hian kan inhmelhriat tha hle. Hetiang thil a tih chhan hi ka hrethiam thei lo."
  
  
  "NASA atanga lo kal mi pakhat nen kan inbia tawh." Kawngkhar chu zau zawka hawn emaw, chhunga luh tir emaw turin engmah a che lo.
  
  
  "Ni e," Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka hre chiang khawp mai." A hmêlma chu a hrethiam thei a ni. A pasal chhuah chu a tan chuan fiahna harsa tak a ni a, CIA, FBI, NASA leh tunah chuan amah ngei pawhin an tihbuai loh avangin. Killmaster chuan a inlanna hnute ang maiin a hria. "Ka biak mai mai thei che a nih chuan..." Thu chu a trail off ta a.
  
  
  Mrs. Lu chuan thaw a la a. "A ropui hle mai. Lo lut rawh." Kawngkhar chu a hawng a, tlem a hnungtawlh a.
  
  
  Vawikhat a luh chuan Nick chu hallway-ah chuan awkward zet hian a ding ta a. In chu a vawt deuh a. Mrs. Lu a en tak tak hmasak ber a ni.
  
  
  A tawi a, feet nga hnuai lam a ni. Nick chuan a kum chu kum sawmthum lai vel a ni tih a chhut a. A raven sam chu a lu chungah chuan curl thuk takin a mu a, a puak darh vek lovin a lo thang lian tih ang chi chu siam tumin a bei a. A taksa curve te chu awlsam takin roundness ah a chang a, a thim bik lo, mahse a tlangpui aia rit zawk. A thau lutuk chu pound sawmhnih leh panga vel a ni. A hmar lam mit chu a langsar ber a ni a, chu chu a hre chiang hle. Liner leh shadow dik tak hmanga uluk taka siam an ni. Mrs Lu hian lipstick leh makeup dang a hmang lo. A beng chu a hrual a, mahse a beng bulah chuan bengbeh a innghat lo.
  
  
  “Khawngaihin living room-ah lo lut rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  Living room chu tunlai furniture hmanga chei a ni a, foyer ang bawkin carpet thuk tak tak a awm bawk. Carpet chungah chuan oriental pattern a rawn inher chhuak a, mahse Nick chuan carpet pattern chu room chhunga oriental pattern awmchhun a nih thu a hmu ta a ni.
  
  
  Mrs. Lu chuan Killmaster chu sofa chhe tak ang maia lang chu a kawhhmuh a, a hmaa chair-ah chuan a thu ta a. "Ka hriat zawng zawng midangte hnenah ka hrilh vek tawhin ka hria."
  
  
  "I tih ngei ka ring," Nick chuan a vawi khat nan a nuihzatthlak chu a titawp a. "Mahse ka chhia leh tha hriatna atan a ni. John nen hian kan thawk dun hle a. Ka thusawi emaw ka tih emaw avanga a tih hi ka ngaihtuah duh lo ang."
  
  
  “Ka ring lo,” Mrs. Lu chuan a ti a.
  
  
  In neitu tam zawk ang bawkin Mrs. Lu chuan pants a ha a. A chungah chuan mipa kawr a ha a, a tan chuan a lian lutuk. Nick hian hmeichhe kawr baggy tak tak chu a duh hle a, a bik takin hmalam button nei te chu a duh hle. Hmeichhe kawrfual chu a duh lo. Dress emaw skirt emaw a mi an ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan a serious tawh a, a nuihza chu a bo vek tawh a, "John-a chhuah duhna chhan tur i ngaihtuah thei em?"
  
  
  “Ni lo,” a ti a. "Mahse, i rilru a ti hahdam a nih chuan nang nen hian inzawmna a nei tih ka ringhlel."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan hetah hian in lamah thil a ni ngei ang."
  
  
  "Ka hre thei lo tak zet." Mrs. Lu chu a hlauthawng ta hle mai. A ke hnuaiah chuan a thu a, a kut zungtangah chuan inneih zungbun chu a rawn hrual chhunzawm ta a.
  
  
  Nick-a glasses hak chu a hnar bridge-ah chuan a rit hle niin a hria. Mahse, tu nge a inlan tih an hriat nawn tir a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chutiang dinhmunah chuan Nick Carter ang zawhna zawh tan chu a awlsam lutuk ang. A ke chu a cross a, a hmui chu a fawp a. "Heng zawng zawng hi engtin emaw tak ka thlentir a ni tih ka hre lo thei lo. John-a'n a hna chu a duh khawp mai. Nang leh naupang tan chuan a inpekna a ni. Hemi atan hian eng chhan nge a neih theih ang, Mrs. Lu chuan dawhthei lo zet hian a ti a: "A chhan eng pawh awm se, kei." 'm sure an ni tih hi mimal tak an ni."
  
  
  “A dik e,” Nick chuan he inbiakna hi tihtawp a tum tih a hria. Mahse, a la inpeih chiah lo. "Hetah hian in lamah hian ni engemaw zat kalta chhung khan thil thleng a awm em?"
  
  
  "Eng nge i rilruah i neih?" A mit a chhing a, ngun takin a zir chiang ta a. Amah chu a lo veng reng a.
  
  
  “Inneihna buaina,” Nick chuan chiang takin a ti a.
  
  
  A hmui chu a rawn purse. "Mr. Wilson, i thil tih hi ka ring lo. Ka pasal hian a chhuah duh chhan chu eng pawh ni se, hetah ni lovin NASA-ah hmuh theih a ni."
  
  
  A thinrim hle mai. Nick chu a tha khawp mai. Mi thinrimte chuan a tlangpuiin an sawi loh tur thu an sawi fo thin. "NASA-ah eng thil nge a thawh tih i hria em?"
  
  
  "A ni lo. A hnathawh chungchang hi a sawi ngai lo."
  
  
  A hnathawh chungchang engmah a hriat loh chuan engvangin nge NASA chu a chhuah duhna chhanah a puh? An inneihna chu a tha em em a, a hna a ni tur a ni tih a ngaihtuah vang em ni? Nick chuan line dang chhunzawm leh a tum ta a. "John a tlanbo chuan nang leh tlangval hian i rawn zawm ve dawn em ni?"
  
  
  Mrs. Lu chuan a ke a ding nghet a, chair-ah chuan che thei lovin a thu a. A kutphah chu a thawmhnaw a hrual vek a. A kut chu a inthlak a, ring chu a herh kual bawk. A thinrimna chu a thunun a, mahse a la hlauthawng tho. “Ni lo,” tiin muangchangin a chhang a. "American ka ni. Hetah hian ka awm."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan eng nge i tih ang?"
  
  
  "Amah chu inthen rawh. Kei leh tlangval tan nun dang zawng tum rawh."
  
  
  "Ka hmu." Hawk chuan a sawi dik khawp mai. Nick hian hetah hian engmah a zir lo. Eng emaw chhan vangin Mrs. Lu chu a lo veng reng a.
  
  
  "Awle, i hun ka khawhral tawh lo ang." Hun remchang a neih avangin lawmthu sawiin a ding chhuak a. "I phone hmangin taxi ka call thei ang em?"
  
  
  "Ngei ngei." Mrs. Lu chu a hahdam deuh niin a lang. Nick chuan a hmai atanga tension a chhuah chu a hmu thei tawh mai.
  
  
  Killmaster-a’n phone a lak dawn lai chuan in hnunglam khawi emaw laiah kawngkhar ri chu a hre ta a. Second tlemte hnuah chuan tlangval pakhat chu living room chhungah chuan a rawn thlawk lut a.
  
  
  “Mom, kei...” Tlangval chuan Nick chu a hmu a, a rilru a buai hle. A nu chu a melh nghal vat a.
  
  
  “Mike,” Mrs. Lu chuan a ti a, a hlauthawng leh a. "Hei hi Mr. Wilson a ni. I pa nen an thawk dun a. I pa chungchang zawhna zawt turin a rawn kal a ni. I hrethiam em Mike? I pa chungchang zawhna zawt turin a rawn kal a ni" Chu thu hnuhnung ber chu a sawi uar hle.
  
  
  "Ka hrethiam e," Mike chuan a ti a, Nick-a chu a en a, a mitmeng chu a nu mit ang maiin a fimkhur hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan tlangval chu friendly takin a nui suk a. "Hello, Mike".
  
  
  "Chibai." A hmaiah chuan thawmhnaw hring te te te a lo piang ta a. A belt atang chuan baseball glove a innghat a. A nu nena an inanna chu a lang chiang hle.
  
  
  "Practice tlem i duh em?" - Nick chuan glove chu a entir a.
  
  
  "Ni e, ka pu."
  
  
  Nick chuan chance a la a. Step hnih a kal a, tlangval leh a nu inkarah chuan a ding ta a. “Min hrilh teh, Mike,” a ti a, “I pa kal chhan i hria em?”
  
  
  Tlangval chuan a mit a chhing a. "Ka pa chu a hnathawh vangin a chhuak ta a ni." Rehearsed tha takin a ri a.
  
  
  "I pa nen in inrem em?"
  
  
  "Ni e, ka pu."
  
  
  Pi Lu chu a ding chhuak a. Nick-a hnenah chuan, “I chhuak tur niin ka hria,” a ti a.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a lu a bu nghat a. Phone chu a la a, taxi a call a. A phone a dah chuan nupa lam chu a hawi a. Hetah hian thil dik lo a awm a. An pahnih hian an sawi aiin an hre tam zawk. Nick chuan thil pahnih zinga pakhat a nih a ring. An pahnih hian professor zawm an tum emaw, a tlanchhuah chhan pawh an ni emaw. Thil pakhat chu a chiang hle: an hnen atangin engmah a zir dawn lo. An ring lo va, an ring lo bawk. An hrilh vek chu an pre-rehearsed speeches chauh a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan anmahni chu mild shock in kalsan a tum ta a. "Ms. Lu, John-a biak tumin Hong Kong-ah thlawhnain ka kal dawn a ni. Any messages?"
  
  
  A mit a chhing a, rei vak lo chhung chu a hmel chu a danglam ta. Mahse, rei vak lo a liam a, fimkhur hmel chu a rawn let leh ta a. “Message a awm lo,” a ti a.
  
  
  Taxi chu kawngpuiah a ding a, a horn a rawn ri ta a. Nick chuan kawngka lam chu a pan ta a. "Chhuakna tur kawng min hrilh a ngai lo." Kawngkhar a khar hma loh chuan an en reng tih a hria. Pawnah chuan khaw lum karah pawh chuan puan in chu tukverh atanga a inher chhuah lai hmuh ai chuan a hre ta zawk a ni. Taxi chu curb atanga a tlan chhuah lai chu an en reng a.
  
  
  Nick chu khaw lum nasa tak karah chuan airport lam pan chuan a rawn inher leh a, a glasses thick horn-rimmed chu a phelh leh ta a. Glass a hmang thiam lo. A kawrfual vel gelatinous lining, a vun thenkhat ang maia siam chu plastic bag ang maiin a rawn vel a. A vun thleng boruak a awm lo va, a thawmhnaw a chhuak nasa hle tih a hmuchhuak. Florida khaw lum chu Mexico khaw lum nen a inang lo hle.
  
  
  Nick-a ngaihtuahna chu chhan loh zawhnain a khat a. Heng pahnih hi nupa danglam tak an ni. Tlawhna chhung hian vawi khat mah Mrs. Lu hian a pasal chu a duh leh tih a sawi lo. Tin, a tan thuchah a nei lo bawk. Hei hian a hnuah a rawn zawm ve mai thei tihna a ni. Mahse chu pawh chu a dik lo niin a lang. An rilru put hmang chuan an ngaihdan chuan a awm tawh lo tih a tilang a, chatuan atan pawh a awm tawh lo.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Ni lo, hetah hian thil dang, a hriatthiam theih loh thil a awm a.
  
  
  BUNG THUMNA-AH
  
  
  Killmaster hian Hong Kong pan tur direct flight a man hmain vawi hnih thlawhna a thlak a ngai a, vawi khat chu Miami-ah a thlak a, chumi hnuah Los Angeles-ah a thlak leh a ngai a ni. Pacific tuipui a pelh hnu chuan chawlh hahdam leh mut a tum a. Mahse, hetah pawh hian hetiang hi a thleng lo; a kawr hnunglam sam te tak te chu a ding leh ta tih a hria. A chhungah chuan chill a la rawn tlan chhuak reng a. Amah chu an lo en reng a.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding chhuak a, zawi zawiin aisle atang chuan restroom lam pan chuan a kal a, a sir lehlamah chuan uluk takin a scan a. Vanlawng chu a chanve aia tam chu oriental-te nen an khat a ni. Ṭhenkhat chu an muhil a, ṭhenkhat chuan an tukverh thim tak aṭangin an thlir a, ṭhenkhat chuan a kal pelh lai chuan rilru hah takin an melh reng bawk. A kal pelh hnuah pawh tumah en turin an hawi lo va, tumahin entu hmel an nei lo. Vawikhat chu toilet-ah Nick-a chuan a hmaiah tui lum a rawn theh a. Darthlalangah chuan a hmel mawi tak, Mexican niin a rawn sen thuk tak chu a en a. A suangtuahna a ni em? A hre chiang zawk. Vanlawng chhunga mi pakhatin a lo en reng a. Orlando-ah hian a bulah hian entu a awm em? Miami-ah hian? Los Angeles-ah hian a awm em? Khawiah nge Nick hian a lak? Darthlalang a a hmel enin a chhanna chu a hmu dawn lo.
  
  
  Nick chu a thutna lamah a kir leh a, lu hnunglam chu a en a. Tuman an ngai lo niin a lang.
  
  
  Flight attendant chuan a rangkachak tip cigarette pakhat a hal lai tak chuan a rawn pan hnai a.
  
  
  "Engkim a tha em, Mr. Wilson?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  “A tha zawk thei lo,” Nick chuan a chhang a, nuihzat hmel zet hian a nuih a za hle.
  
  
  English a ni a, a hnute te tak te leh ke sei tak a nei bawk. A vun dum chu hriselna rim a nam hle. Mitmeng eng leh hmui rosy tak a nei a, a thil hriat zawng zawng, a ngaihtuah leh duh zawng zawng chu a hmelah a lang vek. Tin, tuna a hmelah hian rinhlelhna a awm lo.
  
  
  "Ka hmuh theihna tur che a awm em?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Zawhna hmahruaitu a ni a, awmzia eng pawh a nei a, zawt mai rawh: coffee, tea emaw kei emaw. Nick chuan a ngaihtuah chiang hle. Vanlawng mipui tam tak, darkar sawmli leh pariat chuang zet muhil lo, tam lutuk chu a dodal a ni. Hahchawlhna a mamawh a, romance a mamawh lo. Mahse, kawngkhar chu khar vek a duh lo.
  
  
  “Nakinah pawh a ni mai thei,” a tawpah chuan a ti ta a.
  
  
  "Ngei ngei." A mitmengah chuan beidawnna a lang a, mahse a nuihzat hmel hle a, a kal zel a.
  
  
  Nick chu a chair-ah chuan a innghat leh a. Mak tak maiin a kawrfual chhunga gelatin belt chu a hmang thiam ta hle mai. Mahse, glasses chuan a la tibuai reng a, lens tifai turin a phelh a.
  
  
  Stewardess chu a khawngaih deuh hlek a. A hming pawh a nei lo. "Nakinah" a lo thleng a nih chuan engtin nge a hmuh ang? Vanlawng atanga a chhuah hmain a hming leh thla leha a awmna tur hmun chu a zawng chhuak thin.
  
  
  Khua a vawt chuan a rawn deng leh ta a. Damn it, a ngaihtuah a, tuin nge a en reng tih hriat theihna tur kawng a awm ngei ang. A duh tak tak a nih chuan a hriat theih dan tur a awm tih a hria a. Chu pa chuan thlawhnaah chuan eng thil pawh a lo tum dawn tih a ringhlel a. Professor hnena hruai nghal mai an beisei pawh a ni mai thei. Awle, Hong Kong an thlen chuan mi zawng zawng tan mak tih tur tlemte a buatsaih a. Tunah tak hian chawlh hahdam a mamawh a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan Mrs. Lu leh naupang chunga a rilru mak tak chu sawifiah a duh a ni. Thudik an hrilh chuan Professor Lu chu buaina a tawk a ni. Hei hian a hna avang chauha a chhuahsan tak tak tihna a ni. Tin, engtin emaw tak chuan hei hi a dik lo mai mai a ni, a bik takin professor hian dermatology lama a hnathawh tawh dan ngaihtuah chuan. A thil hmuhchhuah, a thil enchhin tak takte chuan chu pa chu a hnathawhnaah a lungawi lo tih a tilang lo. Tin, Mrs. Lu hnen atanga Nick-a lo dawnsawn dan chu a chhan pakhat atan inneihna lam hawiin a innghat ta a ni. Professor chuan a nupui hnenah Chris Wilson chungchang a hrilh ngei ang. Tin, Nick-a chuan a biak laiin a cover a puak a nih chuan a chunga a hmelma tur chhan tur a awm lo. Mrs Lu chu eng emaw vangin dawt a sawi a. In chhungah “eng emaw a dik lo” tih hriatna a nei a.
  
  
  Mahse tunah chuan Nick-a chuan chawlh hahdam a mamawh a, chawlh hahdamna pawh a hmu dawn ta. Mr. Whatsit hian a mut lai en reng a duh chuan phalsak rawh. Nick-a chu en reng turin a hrilh apiang hnenah a report chuan mi muhil en thiam tak a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster chu a relax nghal vek. Engtik lai pawha a chhehvel hre rengtu compartment pakhat tih loh chu a rilru chu a blank ta vek a ni. He a thluak hmun hi life insurance a ni. A chawl ngai lo, a switch off ngai lo. Hei hian vawi tam tak a nunna a chhanhim a ni. A mit a chhing a, a muhil nghal a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chu second khatah a harh nghal a, a kut pakhatin a kekawr a khawih hmain a harh nghal a. A mit a meng hmain kut pakhatin a khawih tir a. Chutah a kut lian tak chu hmeichhe cher tak kutphah chungah chuan a dah ta a. Sap stewardess mitmeng eng takah chuan a han en a.
  
  
  "I seat belt kha khih rawh, Mr. Wilson. Kan tla dawn ta." Chak lo zet hian a kut chu lakchhuah a tum a, mahse Nick chuan a kawngah a nawr a.
  
  
  "Mr Wilson ni lo," a ti a. "Chris."
  
  
  A kut chu lak chhuah tum chu a chawlhsan ta a. "Chris," a ti leh a.
  
  
  “And you...” Thumal chu a dah ta a.
  
  
  "Sharon. Sharon Russell-i chuan a rawn ti a."
  
  
  "Hong Kong-ah eng chen nge i awm dawn, Sharon?"
  
  
  A mitmengah chuan beidawnna hnuhma a rawn lang leh ta. "Darkar khat chauh."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  , ka hlau hle mai. Flight lo awm tur chu ka man a ngai."
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut zungtang chu a kut chungah chuan a tlanpui a. "Darkar khat chu hun a tawk lo a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "A innghat a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan darkar khat aia tam a bulah awm a duh a, chu aia nasa zawk. “Ka rilrua ka neih chu kar khat tal a la ngai dawn a ni,” a ti.
  
  
  "Kar khat chhung!" Tunah chuan hriat duhna a nei tawh a, a mitmengah chuan a lang chiang hle. Thil dang a awm bawk. Hlim.
  
  
  "Kar leh lamah khawiah nge i awm dawn Sharon?"
  
  
  A hmel chu a rawn eng chhuak ta. "Kar leh lamah chuan ka chawlh ka tan dawn."
  
  
  "A nih leh khawiah nge a awm ang?"
  
  
  "Spain. Barcelona, chutah Madrid."
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Barcelona-ah min nghak dawn em? Madrid-ah hian kan khel dun thei ang."
  
  
  "Chu chu a ropui khawp ang." A kutphahah chuan lehkha pakhat chu a hmet a. "Hei hi Barcelona-a ka awmna tur hmun a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan nuihzatthlak tak chu a titawp harsa hle. Hei hi a beisei a ni. “A nih leh karleh lamah kan inhmu leh ang,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Kar leh thlengin." A kut chu a hmet a, passenger dangte lam chu a pan ta a.
  
  
  Tin, an tlak chuan, leh Nick-a chu thlawhna atanga a chhuk rual chuan a kut chu a rawn hmet leh a, zawi te hian, "Ole," a ti a.
  
  
  Airport atang chuan Killmaster chuan taxi hmangin lawng chawlhna lam pan chuan a kal nghal a. Taxi chhungah chuan a suitcase chu a ke inkar ah leiah a dah a, Nick chuan time zone inthlak dan chu a hre chiang a, darkar a set ta a. Zan dar sawm sawmthum leh panga, Inrinni a ni tawh.
  
  
  Pawnah chuan Killmaster-a a tlawh hnuhnun ber aṭang khan Victoria khawpui kawtthlerte chu a danglam lo. A driver chuan khawngaihthlak takin Mercedes chu traffic jam-ah a khalh a, horn-ah a innghat nasa hle. Thlipuiah chuan icy chill a awm a. Ruah sur liam hnu lawkah chuan kawngpui leh car te chu a eng chhuak vek a. Curb atanga building thlengin mipui chu tum nei lovin an inzawm khawm a, kawngpui sirah square inch tin chu an khuh vek a ni. An slouch a, lu an bawkkhup a, an pum chungah kut an inthlak a, zawi zawiin hmalam an pan ta a. Ṭhenkhat chu kawngpui sirah an thu a, chopstick hmangin thing bawm aṭanga chaw chu an hmuiah an sawn lut ṭhin. An ei lai chuan an mit chu rinhlelh hmel takin a sir lehlamah a tlan kual a, midang tam takin ei loh laiin ei an zak ang mai hian.
  
  
  Nick chu a thutnaah chuan a inbeng kang a, a nui suk bawk. Victoria a ni. Harbour tawp lamah chuan Kowloon chu a awm a, chutiang bawk chuan mipui tam tak leh exotic tak a ni. Hei hi Hong Kong a ni a, thuruk, mawi tak leh a chang chuan thihna thlen thei a ni. Black market chhiar sen loh a lo thang lian hle. Contact leh pawisa dik tak i neih chuan engmah a hlu lo ang. Rangkachak, tangkarua, jade, cigarette, hmeichhe naupang; engkim chu stock-ah a awm vek a, engkim hi man a awm chuan hralh tur a ni.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan khawpui eng pawh kawtthler chu a ngaihven hle a; Hong Kong khawpui kawtthlerte chuan a hip hle. A taxi atanga kawngpui sira mipui tam tak awmte a en lai chuan lawng khalhtute chu mipui zingah rang takin an kal tih a hmu a. A châng chuan group-in an insawn a, a châng chuan pahnih-in an insawn a, mahse anmahni chauhin an insawn ngai lo. Tin, Nick-a chuan eng nge an tlan chak tih pawh a hre chiang hle bawk; hmeichhe naupang, bottle, piece of tail. Lawng khalhtute chu hmun tinah lawng khalhtu an ni. Zanin hian Hong Kong khawpui kawtthlerah action a tam hle dawn a ni. American fleet an rawn thleng ta. Nick chuan entu chu a bulah a la awm niin a ngai a.
  
  
  Taxi chuan lawng chawlhna hmun a hnaih rual chuan Nick chuan lawng chawlhna hmuna sardine ang maia sampan phum chu a hmu a. Za tam tak chu an inzawm khawm a, tui chunga colony tenau tak an siam a ni. Khaw lum chuan cabin chhunga crude pipe cut atang chuan meikhu dum mawi lo tak a rawn chhuak ta a ni. Mite chuan an dam chhung zawng chu heng lawng te tak teah hian an khawsa a; an ei a, an mu a, an thi bawk a, Nick-a’n a hmuh hnuhnun ber aṭang khan za chuang zet an awm tawh niin a lang. An zingah hian bawlhhlawh lian zawk chu hetah leh khawiah pawh a darh zau hle. Tin, chutah chuan American lawng lian tak tak, rapthlak tak tak ang maia langte chu anchor-ah an ding ta a. “What a contrast,” Nick chuan a ti a.Sampans te chu an te a, an zim a, mipui an tam fo thin.Lantern te chuan an hmel chu mak tak mai, inthlak danglam thei ang maiin a pe a, American lawng lian tak tak te erawh chuan light generator hmangin an eng chhuak nasa hle a, an awm tawh lo mai mai a ni.An thu a, che thei lovin an thu a , lungpui ang mai, lawng chawlhna hmunah
  
  
  Hotel hmaah chuan Nick chuan taxi driver hnenah pawisa a pe a, hnunglam hawi lovin rang takin building chhungah chuan a lut ta a. Vawikhat a luh chuan hnathawktu hnenah chuan pindan mawi tak, thlir nalh tak tak a dil a.
  
  
  Harbour lam hawi pakhat a hmu a. A hnuai chiahah chuan lu thlipui chu zigzag-in a luang a, hmanhmawh lo ant ang maiin a luang chhuak a. Nick chu tukverh atanga hla deuhah a ding a, tui chunga thla eng rawn ri chu a en reng a. Tip a pek a, messenger chu a ban hnu chuan pindan chhunga light zawng zawng chu a off vek a, tukverh lam chu a pan leh ta a. Thli tui tak chuan a hnar a thleng a, sangha siam rim nen a inhmeh hle. Kawngpui sirah chuan aw za tam tak a hre ta a. Hmelte chu uluk takin a zir chiang a, a duh chu a hmu lo va, a theih ang anga target tenawm tak ni turin window chu a pel nghal vat a. Khaw dang atanga thlir chuan a langsar zawkin a lang.
  
  
  Mi pakhat chu mipui rualin a che lo. Tin, a cut chhuak lo bawk. Lantern hnuaiah chuan chanchinbu kengin a ding a.
  
  
  Pathian! - Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Mahse chanchinbu chu! Zanah, mipui karah, khawnvar chhia hnuaiah, chanchinbu i chhiar em?
  
  
  Zawhna tam lutuk chu chhan lohvin a awm ta a ni. Killmaster chuan he hmangaih langsar tak hi a duh hun leh duh chuan a hloh thei tih a hria a. Mahse chhanna a duh a ni. Tin, a hnung zuitu Mr. Whatsit chuan he hna a thawh tan tirh atanga a hmalakna hmasa ber a ni. Nick-a a en lai chuan mipa pahnihna, taksa chak tak, coolie ang maia inchei chu a rawn pan hnai a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  t. A kut veilam chuan lehkhabu dum hmanga khuh bungrua chu a chelh tlat a. Thu an inthleng a. Mi hmasa ber chuan bungrua chu a kawhhmuh a, a lu a thing nghal ringawt. Thu a tam zawk a, a lum ta hle mai. A pahnihna chuan a hmasa ber hnenah chuan package chu a pe ta a. A hnial tan a, mahse duh lo chungin a la ta a ni. Mi pahnihna lam chu a hawi a, mipui zingah chuan a bo ta a. Tunah chuan hotel chu mi pahnihnain a lo en reng tawh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Mr. Whatsit chu coolie costume-ah a inthlak dawn niin a ngai a. Hei hi kit-a telh kha a ni ngei ang. Killmaster lu chhungah ruahmanna siam a ni. Ngaihtuahna tha tak takte chu ruahmannaa tel ve turin digested, shaped, processed, slotted a ni. Mahse, a la rough hle. Mi lu atanga ruahmanna eng pawh lak chhuah chu a crude hle. Hei hi Nick chuan a hre chiang hle. Plan zawh a nih angin polishing hi stage hrang hrangah a awm ang. Tunah pawh hian a tlem berah chhanna a hmu tan dawn a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu tukverh atang chuan a inher chhuak ta a. Suitcase chu a phelh a, a khar tawh chuan drawer thup chu a la chhuak a. He bawm atang hian bungrua te tak te a la chhuak a, chu chu mi pahnihnain a ken nen chuan a danglam vak lo. Bundle puan chu a phelh a, a sei zawngin a hrual leh a. Thim zingah a la awm reng a, a thawmhnaw chu a phelh vek a, a ralthuam chu a phelh a, khumah chuan a dah ta a. Vawikhat chu a saruak a, a kawrfual aṭanga gelatin, nêm tak, sa rawng hring hring chu uluk takin a la chhuak a. A chhuah lai chuan a pum atanga sam thenkhatah chuan nghet takin a innghat a. Darkar chanve chhung zet chu a thawk a, a sam a chhuah nasat avangin a thawmhnaw a chhuak nasa hle tih a hmuchhuak. A tawpah chuan a phelh ta a. A ke bulah chuan leiah a tla thla a, a pum chu a hrual leh a hrual theihna luxury chu a phalsak ta a ni. A lungawi chuan Hugo, a stiletto leh a thil siamte chu bathroom-ah a phur lut ta a. Gelatin chelhtu membrane chu a tikehsawm a, goo chu toilet chhungah a tla thla ta a. A chhuah vek theih nan vawi li silfai a ngai a ni. Membrane ngei nen chuan a zui ta a. Chutah Nick chu window lam pan chuan a kir leh ta a.
  
  
  Mr. Wotzit chu mi pahnihna hnenah chuan a kir leh ta a. Tunah chuan coolie ang maiin a lang bawk. Anmahni en reng chungin Nick chuan a thawmhnaw vawt tak avang chuan a bawlhhlawh hle tih a hria. Mahse, a nui suk a. A bul tanna an ni. A zawhna chhanna êngah a luh chuan thlalak pahnih a nei dawn tih a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  BUNG LINNA
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan window-a curtain chu a han siam a, pindan chhunga light chu a on ta a. Bathroom chhungah chuan a kal a, chawlh hahdam takin a inbual a, chutah a sam a sam tha hle. Pawn lama nghaktu mi pahnih tan chuan fiahna harsa ber tur chu hun a ni dawn tih a hria a. A thil tih hun nghah chu a har khawp mai. Hei hi a hriat chhan chu amah ngei pawh vawi khat emaw vawi hnih emaw a lo kal tawh vang a ni. Tin, a nghah rei poh leh an fimkhur lo zual sauh sauh bawk.
  
  
  Bathroom-a a zawh hnu chuan Nick chu kekawr bul loin khum lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Puan hrual chu a la a, a kawr chhungah a khih a. A rilru a hah chuan a gas bomb te tak te chu a ke pahnih inkarah a dah a, chutah a shorts chu a ha a, waistband chu pad chungah chuan a hrual ta a. Bathroom darthlalang a a profile chu a en a. A folded fabric chu gelatin angin a tak tak angin a lang lo a, mahse a tih theih tha ber a ni. Khumah chuan a kir leh a, Nick chuan a inchei zo ta a, Hugo chu a kut ah a bun a, Wilhelmina, Luger chu a pants kawr ah a bun bawk. Thil ei a hun tawh.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a room chhunga light zawng zawng chu a dah vek a. Mi pahnih zinga pakhat chuan a dap duh ngei ang tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  An tan harsatna siam pawh awmzia a awm lo. A ei zawh meuh chuan an inpeih tawh tur a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan hotel cafeteria-ah snack a ei a. Buaina a beisei a, a lo thlen meuh chuan a pum a khat a duh lo. Dish hnuhnung ber chu an tihfai chuan hahdam takin cigarette a in a. Pindan a chhuahsan atanga minute sawmli leh panga a liam tawh. Cigarette a zuk hnu chuan check chu a pe a, zan boruak vawt takah chuan a chhuak leh ta a.
  
  
  A hnungzuitu pahnih chu kawtthler khawnvar hnuaiah an awm tawh lo. Khua a thiam theih nan minute engemaw zat a hmang a, chutah rang takin lawng chawlhna lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Darkar tlai lutuk avang chuan kawngpui sira mipui pungkhawm chu a tlem deuh tawh a ni. Nick chuan hnunglam hawi lovin an chhungah chuan a kal ta a. Mahse lawng a thlen meuh chuan a lungngai tawh hle. Mi pahnih hi amateur an ni tih a chiang hle. A hloh tawh a ni thei ang em?
  
  
  Pawl tlemte chuan site-ah chuan an lo nghak a. Tui kamah deuhah chuan car paruk an ding a. Nick-a chuan group a hnaih rual chuan lawng chawlhna lam pan tur lawng eng chu a hmu ta a. Midangte chu a zawm ve a, a kut chu a kawr chhungah a dah a, khaw lum avang chuan a khur ta a.
  
  
  Eng chu a rawn hnaih a, lawng lian tak ang maiin a rawn lang ta a. Engine ri hniam tak chuan thawm ri chu a tidanglam ta a. Landing chhehvel tui chu a lum var a, propeller te chu an inher chhuak a. Nick bula mite chu zawi zawiin ramhuai rawn hnaih ber lam pan chuan an kal ta a. Nick chu anmahni nen chuan a insawn ve ta a. A chuang a, rang takin ladder-ah chuan second deck-ah chuan a chho ta a. Railing bulah chuan a mit fim tak chuan pier chu a scan a. Car pahnih an chuang tawh a. Mahse a thlalak pahnih chu a hmu thei lo. Killmaster chuan cigarette a hal a, a hnuaia deck atang chuan a mit a la chhuak lo.
  
  
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  car chu a phur a, Nick chuan lawng atanga chhuakin a hnungzuitu pahnih chu zawng turin a rilru a siam ta a. An bo mai mai pawh a ni mai thei. Railing atanga stairs lam pana a kal lai chuan pier-a landing lam pana tlan coolies pahnih chu a hmu ta a. Mipa te zawk chu awlsam takin lawngah chuan a zuang lut a, mahse a rit zawk leh a slow zawk erawh chuan a zuang lo. Hun rei tak chhung chu engmah a la ti lo a nih hmel. Board hnaih chuan a tlu a, a tlu ta mai. Pa te zawk chuan harsa takin a pui a.
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. “Welcome aboard, mi felte u,” a ti a. Tunah chuan, chu bathtub hlui chuan tuiah pil lovin lawng chawlhna hmun a paltlang mai thei a nih chuan, an insawn chhuah an tum hma loh chuan hlim takin a rawn um zui ang.
  
  
  Ferry lian tak chu lawng chawlhna atang chuan a chug chhuak a, tui zau takah a chhuah rual chuan a rawn inher deuh hlek a. Nick chu second deck-ah chuan a awm reng a, rel bulah chuan a awm ta a. Coolie pahnih chu a hmu thei tawh lova, mahse an mit chuan a lo en reng niin a hria. Thlipui na tak chu a hnim a. Ruahsur dang a rawn sur leh ta. Nick chuan passenger dangte chu khaw lum karah an inkhung khawm lai chu a en reng a. Thli lakah a hnungzang chu a vawng tlat a. Ferry chu a ri a, a nghing a, mahse a pil lo.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan second deck-a a perch-ah chuan a nghak a, Kowloon lam atanga car hnuhnung ber chu lawng chawlhna lam pan chuan a rawn inher chhuak ta a. Ferry atanga lo chhuk chuan a chhehvela mite hmel chu uluk takin a zir chiang a. A thlalak pahnih chu an zingah chuan a awm lo.
  
  
  Landing-ah chuan Nick-a chuan rickshaw a hire a, naupang hnenah chuan a hmaa a tlawh tawh establishment tenau tak Lovely Bar address chu a pe a. Professor hnena kal nghal tumna a nei lo. A hnungzuitu pahnihte chuan professor awmna hmun an hre lo va, a hnenah a hruai ngei an beisei a ni mai thei. A awmzia a awm lo, mahse thil awm thei zawng zawng a ngaihtuah a ngai a ni. Professor awmna hmun a hriat leh hriat loh en turin an zui a nih a rinawm ber. Kowloon-a a rawn kal nghal mai hian an hriat duh zawng zawng a hrilh thei a ni. Chutiang a nih chuan Nick hi rang tak leh buaina awm lovin tihbo a ngai a ni. Buaina a lo thleng ta. Nick chuan a hre ve tho. A inpeih reng tur a ni.
  
  
  Rickshaw hrual tlangval chuan Kowloon khawpui kawngpuiah chuan theihtawp chhuah lovin a tlan chak hle a, a ke te tak te, thau tak tak te chuan hnathawhna atana chakna mamawh chu a lantir a ni. Passenger entu zawng zawng tan chuan American tourist pangngai tak a ni. A thutnaah chuan a inbeng kang a, rangkachak tip cigarette a in a, a glass thuk tak chu kawngpui sir khatah a en hmasa a, chutah chuan a sir lehlamah a en leh bawk.
  
  
  Kawngpui te chu lawng chawlhna hmun aiin a lum deuh hlek a. Hmanlai in leh in chhe thei ang maia langte chuan thli tam zawk chu a tikhawlo a ni. Mahse, chu tui chu chhum hniam leh thuk takah chuan a la innghat reng a, chhuah a nghak reng a ni. Traffic a rit deuh avangin rickshaw chu rang takin kawngkhar thim tak hmaah chuan a ding a, a chungah chuan neon sign lian tak a rawn eng a. Nick chuan naupang chu Hong Kong dollar nga a pe a, nghah turin a kut a phar a. Bar chhungah chuan a lut ta a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar atanga bar chhung ngeia chhuk tur step 9 a awm a. He hmun hi a te hle a. Bar bakah hian dawhkan pali a awm a, a khat vek. Table te chuan hmun zau tak te tak te chu an hual vel a, chutah chuan hmeichhe duhawm tak pakhat chu aw thuk tak sexy takin a zai a. Cart wheel rawng hrang hrang chu spotlight hmaah chuan zawi zawiin a inher a, zawi zawiin hmeichhe naupang chu blue, chutah sen, chutah yellow, chutah green-in a inbual ta a. Hei hi a hla sak chi hrang hrangah a danglam niin a lang. Red ha chungin a lang tha ber.
  
  
  A chang chuan khawnvar bawlhhlawh tih loh chu a thim hle. Bar chhungah chuan mipui an tam hle a, a mitmeng hmasa berah chuan Nick-a chuan a chhungah chuan non-Oriental awmchhun a ni tih a hre ta a ni. Bar tawp lamah chuan kawngkaa lut emaw, chhuak emaw a hmuh theihna tur hmun a luah a. Bar chhungah chuan hmeichhe naupang pathum an awm a, pahnih chuan an mark an hmu tawh a, a pathumna chu a inthen a, a khup pakhatah a thu hmasa a, a khup dangah a thu leh a, a infawh phalsak a ni. Nick chuan bartender ngaihven a hlawh dawn lai chuan a hnungzuitu taksa lian tak chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  Mi pakhat chu private table te tak te atang chuan beaded curtain atang chuan a rawn chhuak a. Coolie suit ai chuan business suit a ha a. Mahse hmanhmawh takin a thawmhnaw a thlak a. A tie chu a hrual a, a kawr hmalam thenkhat chu a kawrfual atang chuan a innghat bawk. A thaw hawk hawk a. A hmai leh a hmui chu kutkawr dum hmangin a hrufai zel a. Room chhung chu casual takin a han melh kual a, chutah a mit chu Nick-a chungah a innghat ta a. A hmui hring dup chu nuihzatthlak takin a rawn insiam a, Killmaster lam pan chuan a kal nghal a.
  
  
  Hugo chu Nick-a kutah chuan a tla thla a. Rang takin bar chu a han hawi kual a, mipa te zawk chu a zawng a. Hmeichhia chuan hla chu a ti zo a, kutbengna hmuh tur awm lo tak hnuaiah chuan a kun a. Chinese tawngin mipui hmaah thu a sawi tan ta a ni. Bartender chu Nick dinglamah a kal lai chuan blue light chuan a rawn tuam ta a. A hmaah chuan mipa lian tak mai chu step li vela hlaah a awm a. Bartender chuan Chinese tawngin eng nge a in tih a zawt a. Nick chuan chhanna chu a tikhawtlai a, a rawn hnaih mipa chu a mit a la lo. Combo chu a play tan a, nula chuan hla dang a sa leh ta a. A nung zawk a ni. Wheel chu a inher chak zawk a, a chungah chuan rawng a rawn eng a, hmun eng takah chuan a inzawm khawm ta a. Nick chu eng thil pawh ti turin a inpeih tawh. Bartender chuan a lu a thing a, a hawi let ta a. Chu aia te zawk chu an awm lo. Pakhat zawk chuan step hnuhnung ber a la a, Nick nen an inhmachhawn ta a ni. Polite takin a nuih a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  a hmaiah a awm reng a. A kut dinglam thau tak chu ṭhian angin a han phar chhuak a.
  
  
  “Mr. Wilson, ka sawi dik e,” a ti a, “Ka inhmelhriattir ang. Kei hi Chin Ossa ka ni. Ka be thei ang em?
  
  
  “I thei ang,” Nick chuan zawi te hian a chhang a, rang takin Hugo chu a thlak a, a kut phar chu a la ta a.
  
  
  Chin Ossa chuan beaded curtain chu a kawhhmuh a. "Chutah chuan thuruk zawk a ni."
  
  
  “I hnuah” Nick chuan a ti a, a kun deuh a.
  
  
  Ossa chu curtain atang chuan dawhkan leh ṭhutphah pahnih lam pan chuan a kal a. Mipa hring, wiry tak mai chu bang hla takah chuan a innghat a.
  
  
  Nick-a hnung zuitu mipa te tak te kha a ni lo. Killmaster a hmuh chuan bang atang chuan a insawn chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Ossa chuan, “Khawngaihin, Mr. Wilson, ka thianpa hian dap che rawh se,” a ti a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan Nick chu a pan hnai a, thutlukna siam lo ang mai hian a ding ta a. Nick-a beng bulah chuan a kut a phar a. Nick chuan fimkhur takin a kut chu a la chhuak a.
  
  
  “Khawngaihin, Mr. Wilson,” Ossa chuan a ti a. "Kan zawn chhuah che a ngai."
  
  
  “Vawiin ni lo,” Nick chuan nui chungin a chhang a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan Nick-a beng bulah chuan thlen a tum leh a.
  
  
  Nui chungin Nick chuan, "I thianpa hnenah min khawih chuan a kutphah ka tikehsawm dawn tih hrilh rawh."
  
  
  "Aw ni lo!" - Ossa chuan a ti a. "Thil tharum thawhna hi kan duh lo." A hmai a thawmhnaw chu handkerchief hmangin a hrufai a. Cantonese tawngin chu pa chu chhuak turin a hrilh a.
  
  
  Room chhung zawngah chuan êng rawng hrang hrang a rawn inher chhuak ta. Table lai takah chuan wax-a khat, purple vase-ah chuan candle a kang a. Chu pa chuan ngawi rengin pindan atang chuan a chhuak a, nula chuan a hla a rawn tan ta a.
  
  
  Chin Ossa chu thing ṭhutphah ri bengchheng tak pakhatah chuan nasa takin a thu a. Handkerchief chuan a hmai a hrufai leh a, Nick chu chair dang lam pan chuan a kut a phar a.
  
  
  He ruahmanna hi Killmaster chuan a duh lo hle. Chair an hlan chu a hnunglam chu beaded curtain lam hawiin a ding a. A hnungzang ngei pawh hi target tha tak a ni ang. Chu ai chuan a thutna chu dawhkan atang chuan a sir lam bang lamah a sawn a, chutah chuan curtain leh Chin Ossu pahnih chu a hmu thei a; tichuan a thu a.
  
  
  Ossa chuan hlauthawng tak, zahawm takin a nuih a. "Nangni American ho hi fimkhur leh tharum thawhnain in khat reng a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a glasses chu a phelh a, a tifai tan ta a. "Min biak i duh tih i sawi a."
  
  
  Ossa chu dawhkanah chuan a innghat a. A aw chu inrawlhna ang maiin a ri a. "Mr. Wilson, bush-ah chuan kan tlan kual a ngai lo a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  "A dik alawm," Nick chuan a chhang a. A glasses a bun a, a cigarette pakhat chu a hal a. Ossa hnenah pakhat mah a offer lo. Hei hi inpawh taka sawihona a nih a rinawm loh.
  
  
  “Kan pahnih hian kan hria,” Ossa chuan a ti chhunzawm a, “I thianpa Professor Lu hmu turin Hong Kong-ah i awm tih hi,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Maithei."
  
  
  Ossa hnar atang chuan thawmhnaw a rawn luang thla a, dawhkan chungah chuan a rawn luang thla ta a. A hmai chu a hrufai leh a. "Chutiang lam chu a ni thei lo. Kan lo zui tawh che a, tu nge i nih kan hria."
  
  
  Nick chuan a mitmeng a ti sang a. "Nangmah?"
  
  
  "Ngei ngei." Ossa chu a chair-ah chuan a innghat leh a, amah leh amah a lungawi hmel hle. “Professor Lu nen project khatah capitalist-te tan i thawk a ni.”
  
  
  "A dik e," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Ossa chuan a ei nasa hle. “Ka duty lungchhiatthlak ber chu Professor Lu chu Hong Kong-ah a awm tawh lo tih hriattir che hi a ni.”
  
  
  "Chuvang tak chuan?" Nick chuan mild shock a ti a. Chu pa sawi chu engmah a ring lo.
  
  
  "Ni e. Professor Lu chu nizan khan China lam panin a kal a." Ossa chuan he thusawi hi a pil luh hun a nghak a. Chutah, "Hetah hian i zinkawng i tihral hi a pawi hle a, mahse Hong Kong-ah hian i awm a ngai tawh lo. I lo kalna atana i senso zawng zawng chu kan pe let leh vek ang che tih chu a chiang a ni," a ti.
  
  
  “Chu chu a ropui hle ang” Nick chuan a ti a, cigarette chu leiah a paih thla a, a chil chhak a.
  
  
  Ossa chuan a hmui a ti hup a. A mitmeng chu a zim a, rinhlelh hmel zet hian Nick chu a en a. "Hei hi fiamthu sawi tur a ni lo. Min ring lo tih ka ngaihtuah thei ang em?"
  
  
  Nick chu a ding chhuak a. “A dik e, ka ring che. I ka en atang hian mi tha leh rinawm tak i nih ka hre thei.Mahse, nang tan pawh chutiang bawk chu a nih chuan Hong Kong-ah hian ka awm reng ang a, keimah chauhin tlem ka zawng ang tih ka ring.
  
  
  Ossa hmel chu a sen vek a. A hmui a rawn purse. Dawhkan chu a kut zungtang chuan a rawn vawm a. "I buai lo ang!"
  
  
  Nick chu room chhuahsan tumin a hawi let a.
  
  
  "Nghak!" - Ossa chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Curtain bulah chuan Killmaster chu a ding a, a hawi let a.
  
  
  Mi rit tak chu a nui suk a, thinrim zet hian handkerchief chu a hmai leh a kawngah a rawn hnawih a. “Khawngaihin ka puakruk hi ngaidam rawh, ka dam lo.Khawngaihin thu la, thu rawh.” A kut lian tak chuan bang bula ṭhutphah pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  "Ka chhuak dawn" Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  “Khawngaihin,” Ossa chuan a ti a. "Offer ka nei a, chu chu ka rawn pe duh che a ni."
  
  
  "Eng ang proposal nge?" Nick chu chair lam pan chuan a che lo. Chu ai chuan a sir lamah step khat a la a, a hnungzang chu bang lamah a nawr ta zawk a.
  
  
  Ossa chuan Nick chu chair-ah a hruai kir leh duh lo. “Professor Lu chu hmuna thawk turin i pui a ni lawm ni?”
  
  
  Nick chuan inbiakna chu a ngaihven ta thut mai. "Eng nge i hlan?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Ossa chuan a mit a ti zim leh a. "Chhungkaw i nei lo em ni?"
  
  
  "Aih." Hei hi Nick-a chuan headquarters-a file awm atang chuan a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  "Pawisa a nih chuan?" - tiin Ossa chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Eng atan nge?" Killmaster chuan sawi turin a duh a.
  
  
  “Professor Lu nen thawk dun leh turin.”
  
  
  "Thu dangin sawi ila, amah hi zawm ve rawh."
  
  
  "Chiah."
  
  
  "Thu dangin sawi ila, Motherland chu hralh rawh."
  
  
  Ossa chu a nui suk a. A thawmhnaw chu a thaw hauh lo. "Thudik tak sawi ila, a ni."
  
  
  Nick chu a thu a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  dawhkan lam pan chuan, a kut pahnih chu a chungah a dah a. "Message chu i dawng lo a ni lawm ni? John-a chu in lama lo haw turin ka lo hruai a, a zawm tur a ni lo." Dawhkan bula i hnungzang chu curtain lam hawia ding chu thil tihsual a ni. Chu chu Nick-a chuan beads ri thawm a hriat veleh a hre nghal a.
  
  
  A hnunglam atang chuan mi wiry pakhat chuan a rawn pan hnai a. Nick chu a hawi let a, a kut dinglam kut zungtang chu chu pa kawchhung lam chu a kawhhmuh a. Chu pa chuan dagger chu a thlak a, bang bulah chuan a tlu leh a, a beng chu a chelh tlat a. Vawi tam tak a hmui a hawng a, bang atang chuan leiah chuan a tla thla ta a.
  
  
  "Chhuak rawh!" Ossa chuan a rawn ti a. A hmel thau tak chu thinrimnain a sen vek a.
  
  
  “Keini American ho hi kan ni,” Nick chuan zawi sap hian a ti a, “Fimkhur leh tharum thawhnain kan khat chauh a ni.”
  
  
  Ossa chuan a mit a ti zim a, a kut lian tak takte chu a kut zungtang ang maiin a inzawm khawm a. Cantonese tawngin, "Thawkna ka entir ang che. I hriat ngai loh tharum thawhna ka entir ang che," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chu a chau hle tih a hria. A hawi let a, dawhkan chu a chhuahsan a, curtain a paltlang lai chuan beads hrui pahnih a tikehsawm a. Bar-ah chuan nula chu a sen in a khuh a, hla a sak zawh chauh a ni. Nick chu step lam pan chuan a kal a, pahnih khatin a hruai a, a chanve chuan silai ri emaw, chemte emaw a chunga an vawrh ri hriat a beisei. Nula chuan a hla a sak zawh chuan top step chu a thleng ta a. Kawngkhar atanga a luh rual chuan mipuiin kut an thlak a.
  
  
  Pawn lama a chhuah chuan thlipui vur tla chuan a hmaiah a rawn deng ta a. Thli a tleh a, kawngpui sirah leh kawngpui te chu hnim hring in a rawn eng chhuak vek bawk. Nick chuan kawngka bulah chuan a lo nghak a, a tension chu zawi zawiin a chhuahsan tir a. A chunga chhinchhiahna chu a rawn eng chhuak nghal zat a. Thli hnim chuan bar chhunga meikhu lum tak hnuah a hmai a ti lum ta hle mai.
  
  
  Rickshaw pakhat isolated chu kawngpui sirah a ding a, a hmaah chuan naupang pakhat chu a bawkkhup a. Mahse Nick-a chuan chu mipa khur chu a zir chian rual chuan tlangval a ni lo tak zet tih a hrechhuak ta a ni. Ossa-a kawppui a ni a, a hnung zuitu mi pahnih zinga a te zawk a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan thaw a la a. Tunah chuan tharum thawhna a awm dawn a ni.
  
  
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  Killmaster chu kawngka atang chuan a kal sawn a. Rei vak lo chu rickshaw hnaih ai chuan kawngpui sira kal chu a ngaihtuah ta zawk a. Mahse, a tikhawtlai chauh a ni. Harsatna ka hmachhawn a ngai a, a hma emaw, a hma emaw chuan.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a rawn hnaih chu a hmu a, a keah a zuang thla ta a. A coolie costume chu a la ha reng a.
  
  
  "Rrickshaw, mister?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "Khawiah nge tlangval lo nghak tura ka tih che kha?"
  
  
  "A awm tawh lo. Rickshaw puller tha tak ka ni. I hmu em."
  
  
  Nick chu seat ah chuan a lawn a. "Dragon Club awmna i hria em?"
  
  
  "I bet tih ka hria. Hmun nuam tak. Ka la ang." Kawngpuiah chuan a insawn tan ta a.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a ngaihsak lo. A hnungzuitute chu an awm khawm tawh lo. Tunah chuan hma lamah pakhat leh hnung lamah pakhat a nei tawh a, a laiah a dah nghal a ni. A lan dan chuan kawngkhar hma lam bakah hian bar chhunga luh leh chhuahna kawng dang a awm bawk. Chuvang chuan Ossa chuan Nick a lo thlen hmain a thawmhnaw chu a thlak ta a. Ossa hian he hmun hi a chhuahsan tawh tur a ni a, a thianpain Nick a rawn thlen hun chu a nghak tawh tur a ni. Tunah chuan duhthlan tur an nei tawh lo. Chris Wilson chu inhnukdawk turin an nawr thei lo; Hong Kong atang chuan an zuk chhuak thei lo. Tin, Professor Lu chu in lama kir leh tura rilru hneh turin a lo kal tih an hria bawk. Kawng dang a awm lo. An that a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  Fog chu a thim zual sauh sauh a, Nick-a kawr chu a hnim tan ta a. A glasses chu tuiin a rawn hnawih a. Nick chuan a phelh a, a suit chhung pocket chhungah chuan a dah ta a. A mitmeng chuan kawngpui sir lehlamah a dap kual a. A taksa ruh zawng zawng chu a relax vek. A thutna leh kawngpui inkar hlat zawng chu rang takin a teh a, a kea a tlak theih dan tur tha ber chu a ngaihtuah chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Engtin nge an lo enchhin ang? Ossa hian hmalam khawi emaw laiah a nghak tih a hria a. Silai chu a ri nasa lutuk ang. A nihna takah chuan Hong Kong hian police force a nei ve tho. Knife hian hna a thawk tha zawk ang. An that mai ang a, a neih zawng zawng an rukbo ang a, khawi emaw laiah an paih ang. Fast, neat leh efficient tak a ni. Police tan chuan tourist rukbo leh thah dang mai a ni ang. Hei hi Hong Kong-ah a thleng fo thin. Dik tak chuan Nick hian chutiang chu a phal dawn lo. Mahse amateur ang bawka professional street fighter an nih tur thu a rel ta a ni.
  
  
  Chu pa te chu Kowloon khawpui êng nei lo leh rethei takah chuan a tlan lut ta a. Nick-a hriat theih chinah chuan chu pa chu Dragon Club lam pan chuan a la kal zel a. Mahse Nick chuan club an thleng ngai dawn lo tih a hria.
  
  
  Rickshaw chu kawngpui zau takah a chhuak a, a sir lehlamah chuan in chhawng li, eng awm lo tak tak a ding a. Chu pa ke chu asphalt hnim chunga a beng reng bakah chuan thawm dang awm chhun chu in chung atanga ruahtui rawn ri chhuak (spasmodic pounding) a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster-a chuan beisei mah se, beisei loh takin movement chu a thleng a, a balance a hloh deuh a ni. Chu pa chuan rickshaw hmalam chu sang takin a han chawi sang a. Nick chu a inher a, wheel chungah chuan a zuang thla ta a. A ke veilam chuan kawngpui a rawn deng hmasa a, a balance lo lehzual. A tlu a, a roll ta a. A hnungzang ah chuan mipa te zawk pakhat chu boruakah sang takah dagger tenawm tak kengin a lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a. Chu pa chu au chhuak nghal zat a. Nick chuan a khup chu a beng bulah a hrual a, a ke ball te chuan chu pa pum chu a rawn deng ta a. Dagger chu a kutphah atang chuan a man a, Killmaster chuan chu pa chu a lam pan chuan a hruai a, chutah a vawt ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  a ke a han chawi sang a, chu pa chu a lu chungah chuan a paih ta a. A rawn tla thla nghal zat a.
  
  
  Nick chu a ke ding tura a roll lai chuan Ossa chuan a rawn kick a, force chuan a thlawk let leh ta a ni. Chutih rual chuan Ossa chuan a dagger chu a han vawm ta a. Killmaster chuan a hmaiah chuan a zungpui na tak chuan a rawn hliam niin a hria. A roll a, a roll chhunzawm zel a, a hnungzang chuan rickshaw tlu tawh wheel chu a rawn tawk ta a ni. Hmuh theih loh khawpin a thim tawh. A hmai atang chuan thisen a rawn luang lut ta a. Nick chuan a khup a nghat a, a tho chhuak ta a. Ossa ke rit tak chu a hmuiah a rawn tlan lut a, a vun chu a tikehsawm ta a. A chakna chuan a hnawtchhuak thei khawp mai. A hnungzang chungah an paih a; tichuan Ossa khup chuan a rit zawng zawng chu Nick-a pum chhungah a hruai lut ta vek a. Ossa chuan a groin chu a tum a, mahse Nick chuan a khup a han chawi sang a, a vuakna chu a block ta a ni. Mahse, chuti chung pawh chuan chakna chuan Nick-a thawk a laksak thei khawp mai.
  
  
  Chutah dagger chu a rilruah a kal tih a hmu ta a. Nick chuan a kut veilam chuan a kutphah thuk tak chu a man a. A kut dinglam chuan Ossa chu a groin-ah a rawn vawm a. Ossa chu a nui suk a. Nick chuan a rawn vawm leh a, a hniam deuh hlek bawk. Tun tum chu Ossa chu hrehawm takin a au chhuak ta a. A tlu ta a. Nick-a thaw chu a la a, rickshaw-ah chuan a innghat a, a ding chhuak ta a. A mit atanga thisen chhuak chu a hrufai a. Chutah a vei lamah chuan mipa te zawk a rawn lang ta a. Nick chuan a kut veilam ruh chhunga blade a cut tih a hriat hma lawk chuan a hmu ta a. Chu pa hmaiah chuan a vawm a, rickshaw chhungah chuan a rawn inher lut ta a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan Hugo chu assassin master kut dinglamah a awm ta. Building pakhat lam pan chuan a hnungtawlh a, thlalak pahnih a rawn hnaih lai chu a en reng a. “Awle, mi felte u,” a ti a, “tunah chuan lo kal ula, min rawn hruai rawh u,” a ti a. An tha a, a ngaihtuah aiin an tha zawk. Thinrim takin an bei a, an tum ber chu thah a ni tih rinhlelhna an hnutchhiah a ni. Nick chuan building lam hawiin a lo nghak a. A hmai a hliam chu a pawi lo niin a lang. Thisen chhuah pawh a tlahniam tawh. A kut veilam chu a na a, mahse a hliam na zawk a nei. Mi pahnih chuan an awmna hmun chu an tizau a, a sir lehlamah an rawn bei ve ve a. An bawkkhup a, an hmaiah chuan tumruhna a lang a, daggers chuan Nick-a rilru chu chunglam hawiin a kawhhmuh a. An zungbun hnuaiah chuan an zungbun chu phum an tum dawn tih a hria a, a hrual chu a thinlung ti na thei khawpa sang a ni. Kawngpuiah chuan khaw lum a awm lo. An pathum hian an thawmhnaw hak a, thaw pawh a la chhuak deuh bawk. Chu ngawi reng chu inchung atanga ruahtui tla chauhvin a titawp ta a ni. Nick-a hmuh tawh angin zan thim tak a ni. Mi pahnih chu thlalak mai mai an ni a, an dagger chauh chu a chang chuan a eng chhuak thin.
  
  
  Mipa te zawk chuan a lungawi hmasa ber. Nick dinglamah a rawn chhuk a, a lian em avangin a che nghal vat bawk. Hugo-a’n dagger a deflect lai chuan metallic clang a awm a. Mipa te zawk chu a hnungtawlh hmain Ossa chu vei lamah a kal a, tlem a zawi zawk chauh. Vawi khat chu Hugo chuan blade chu a deflect leh ta a. Mi pahnih chu an hnungtawlh ta a. Nick chu a hahdam deuh tan chuan mipa te tak te chuan a lung leh a, a hniam zawk. Nick chu a hnungtawlh a, a blade chu a sir lamah a hlip a. Mahse Ossa chu sang takin a lut a, a rilru chu a tum ber a ni. Nick chuan a lu a thing a, a tip chuan a beng a tikehsawm tih a hria. Mi pahnih chu an hnungtawlh leh ta a. Thâwk chu a rit zual sauh sauh a.
  
  
  Chutiang insualah chuan pathumna a rawn chhuak dawn tih Killmaster chuan a hria a. An pahnih hian an tihchak loh thlengin lunge an inthlak danglam thei a ni. A chau hunah chuan a tisual ang a, chutah chuan an man ang. He thil kalphung hi a thlak danglam a ngai a, a tan kawng tha ber chu striker nih hi a ni ang. Mi te zawk chu enkawl a awlsam zawk ang. Hei hian a hmasa ber a siam ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan Ossa chu lunge ang maiin a inlan a, chu chuan a hnungtawlh deuh ta a ni. Mipa te zawk chuan a hlawkpui hle a, hmalam a pan ta a. Nick chu a hnungtawlh a, blade chuan a pum a rawn ei a. A kut veilam chuan chu pa kut chu a man a, a chakna zawng zawngin Ossa chu a vawm ta a. He pa hi Ossa-a blade-ah chuan paih a nih a beisei. Mahse Ossa chuan a lo kal chu a hmu a, a sir lamah a hawi let a. Mi pahnih hi an insu a, an tlu a, an tlu ta a ni. Nick chuan semicircle ang maiin an rawn kual vel a. Mipa te zawk chuan a ding hmain dagger chu a hnungah a han vawrh a, Nick chu a awm niin a ngai mai thei. Mahse Nick chu a bulah a awm a. Kut chu a hmaah a ding a.
  
  
  Mit hmuh theih aia chak zawk deuh maiin Nick chuan Hugo chu chu pa kut chu a slice ta a. A au chhuak a, dagger chu a thlak a, a kutphah chu a rawn man ta a. Ossa chu a khup a khup a. Dagger chu arc sei takah a han vawrh a. Nick chu a tip chuan a pum a tikehsawm loh nan a zuang leh a ngai ta a ni. Mahse, rei lo te chhung, second khat rei lo te chhung chu Ossa hmalam zawng zawng chu a inhawng vek a. A kut veilam chu kawngpuiah a awm a, a thlawp tlat a, a kut dinglam chu a swing tawp lamah a hnungah a awm tawh mai. Taksa peng eng pawh tumna hun a awm lo va, a pahnihna chu a liam thuai dawn a ni. Rul hring hring ang maiin. Nick chu a rawn kal phei a, Hugo chu a rawn beng a, blade chu a hilt thlengin chu pa rilruah chuan a nawr lut a, chutah rang takin a kal bo ta a. Ossa chuan au thawm a ti chhuak a. Dagger chu paih let tumin a bei hlawhtling lo a, mahse a sir lamah chauh a lut ta a ni. Amah thlawptu kut veilam chu a tlu a, a elbow-ah a tlu ta a ni. Nick chuan a han en a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  up to see, mipa te tak te pakhat chu kawngpui atanga tlan chhuak, a kutphah a la vawn tlat lai a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan fimkhur takin Ossa kut atang chuan dagger chu a phelh chhuak a, feet engemaw zat a hlaah a paih ta a. Ossa supporting elbow chuan kawng a pe ta. A lu chu a kut zungtang hrual chhungah chuan a tla ta a. Nick chuan chu pa kut chu a hre ta a. A pulse chu a slow a, a nghet lo hle. A thi dawn ta. A thawk chu a hrual a, a eng chhuak ta vek mai. Thisen chuan a hmui a ti bawlhhlawh a, hliam atang chuan zalen takin a luang chhuak a. Hugo chuan artery pakhat a tikehsawm a, a tip chuan a lung a ti na a.
  
  
  “Ossa,” Nick chuan zawi te hian a ti a. "Tuin nge hna chelh che tih min hrilh dawn em ni?" An pahnih hian anmahni chauhin an bei lo tih a hria a. Thupek angin hna an thawk a. “Ossa,” a ti leh a.
  
  
  Mahse Chin Ossa chuan tumah engmah a hrilh lo. Tharum thawhna nasa tak chu a reh ta. A thi tawh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Ossa pant kea Hugo-a scarlet blade chu a hrufai a. Chu pa rit tak chu thah a ngai tih chu a pawi a ti hle. Mahse, aim lak hun a awm lo. A ding chhuak a, a hliamte chu a enfiah a. Ka hmai a hliam chu thisen a chhuak tawh lo. Ruah sur karah chuan a kutkawr chu a hnim thlengin a phawrh chhuak a, a mit atanga thisen chu a hrufai ta a. A kut veilam chu a na hle a, mahse a hmui a hrual leh a pum a hrual chu a pawi lo hle. Ossa aiin a chhuak tha zawk a, a hnuaia mipa aiin a tha zawk pawh a ni mai thei. Ruah a sur zual sauh sauh a. A jacket chu a hnim tawh.
  
  
  Building pakhatah chuan innghatin Nick chuan Hugo chu a thlak ta a. Wilhelmina chu a la chhuak a, clip leh Luger chu a check a. Indona hmun emaw, hmân lai Chin Ossa ni ṭhin ruang emaw chu hawi kir lovin Killmaster chu kawngpui aṭang chuan a chhuak ta a. Tunah chuan professor a hmuh theih loh chhan tur a awm lo.
  
  
  Alley atang chuan Nick chuan block li zet a kal hmain taxi a hmu ta a. Washington-a a hriatreng tawh address chu driver hnenah a pe a. Professor tlanchhuahna chu thuruk a nih loh avangin a dinna tur hmun a awm lo. Nick chu a thutnaah chuan a inbeng kang a, a coat pocket atang chuan glass thuk tak tak a la a, a hrufai a, a ha ta a.
  
  
  Taxi chu Kowloon khawpui hmun pakhat, alley ang maia seedy awmna hmunah chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a. Nick chuan driver hnenah pawisa a pe a, zan boruak lum takah chuan a chhuak leh ta a. Taxi a tlan chhuah hnu chuan kawngpui thim zia chu a hrechhuak ta a ni. Inte chu a hlui tawh a, a chhe tawh bawk a; ruah sur hnuaiah chuan an tlu ang maiin an lang. Mahse Nick hian hmar lam philosophy of construction a hre chiang hle. Hêng inte hian chakna chhe thei lo tak an nei a, tuipui kama lung lian tak, thlipui tleh reng reng tuar thei ang ni lovin, thlipui tleh laia rulhut hrui ang deuh a ni. Eng pakhat mah hian tukverh a ti eng lo va, kawngpuiah chuan mipui an kal lo. Chu hmun chu a thim ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  Nick chuan professor chu a venhimna atan chauh pawh ni se, a veng tha hle ang tih chu rinhlelhna a nei lo. Chi Corns te chuan mi tu emaw chuan biak an tum mai thei tih an beisei. Mm chu thlaler lo turin an rilru hneh tur nge tihhlum tur pawh an hre lo. Killmaster chuan hriat chhuah an buaipui ang tih a ring lo.
  
  
  Kawngkhar tukverh chu a lai tak chungah a awm nghal a. Window chu puan dum in a khuh a, mahse chutiang chuan êng zawng zawng a titawp thei lo. Kawngpui atanga en chuan in chu a dang zawng zawng ang bawkin a thim leh thim hmel hle. Mahse Nick chu kawngka lam angle-a a din lai chuan êng dum (yellow beam of light) a rawn lang chhuak zo lo. Kawngkhar chu a kik a, a nghak a. A chhungah chuan chetna engmah a awm lo. Nick chuan kawngka chu a rawn kik a. Chair ri chu a hre ta a, chutah ke pen rit tak takte chu a ring zual sauh sauh a. Kawngkhar chu a rawn inhawng a, Nick chuan mipa lian tak a hmachhawn ta a. A kekawrte lian tak chuan kawngka sir lehlamah a khawih a. A undershirt ha chuan a kut lian tak tak, sam nei, thing hnah ang maia thuk, a khup thlenga sava ang maia innghat chu a rawn lang chhuak a. A hmel zau tak, flat tak chu a mawi lo hle a, a hnar pawh a hliam nawn fo avangin a tichhe vek bawk. A mit chu marshmallow sa layer hnih-a razor piece-ah a chang ta a. A hmai lai takah sam dum tawi tak chu a comb a, a trim bawk. Kawr a nei lo va; a hmui chu a rilruin a thlawp ang maiin a lang. “Neanderthal,” Nick chuan a ti a. He tlangval hian evolution-ah step engemaw zat a miss a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan "Eng nge i duh?"
  
  
  “Chris Wilson chuan Professor Lu hmu turin,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian a awm lo. Kal rawh,” ramhuai chuan a rawn ti nghut a, Nick hmaiah chuan kawngkhar chu a rawn nam nghal zat bawk.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan kawngkhar hawn duhna chu a dodal a, a nih loh leh glass chu a tlem berah chuan a tichhia a ni. Second engemaw zat chu a ding a, thinrimna chu a chhung atangin a luang chhuak ta a. Hetiang thil hi a beisei tur a ni. Sawm pawh a awlsam lutuk ang. Neanderthal thaw rit tak chu kawngka hnung lam atang chuan a rawn chhuak a. Nick hian thil mawi tak tak a lo tum a nih chuan a lawm ngei ang. Killmaster chuan Jack and the Beanstalk hnen atanga line: “Keimah chhang siam turin in ruhte ka chil ang,” tih chu a hrechhuak ta a. “Vawiin ni lo, thianpa,” Nick-a chuan a ngaihtuah a, Professor chu a hmu ngei ang, a ti ngei ang.Mahse, kawng dang awm lo se chuan he tlang hi paltlang loh a duh zawk ang.
  
  
  Nick-a chu building atanga a rawn inher chhuah rual chuan ruahtui tla chu kawngpui sirah tui bullet ang maiin a tla a. Building inkarah chuan hmun sei tak, feet li vel zeta zau, can leh bottle-a khat a awm a. Nick chuan awlsam takin thing kawngkhar khar chu a lawn ta a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  leh building hnung lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Kawng chanve velah chuan kawngkhar dang a hmu leh ta a. Fimkhur takin "Locked" knob chu a han her kual a. Ngawi rengin a kalna tur chu a thlang chhunzawm zel a. Corridor tawp lamah chuan gate dang khar loh a awm bawk. Nick chuan a hawng a, tiled patio-ah a inhmu ta a.
  
  
  Building chungah chuan light sen pakhat chauh a awm a, a reflection chu tiles hnim chungah a lang chhuak a. A laiah chuan courtyard te tak te a awm a. tuikhuah chu a rawn luang chhuak ta a. Mango thing chu a sir velah chuan a darh zau hle a. Pakhat chu building bulah, a chung berah, chu lam hawia window awmchhun hnuaiah direct-in an phun a.
  
  
  Yellow light hnuaiah chuan kawngkhar dang a lo awm leh a. A awlsam viau ang, mahse kawngkhar chu a khar tlat mai. A hnunglam a ding a, a kut chu a hip-ah a nghat a, thing chak lo hmel tak chu a han en a. A thawmhnaw chu a hnim a, a hmaiah hliam a awm a, a kut veilam chu a na bawk. Tunah chuan kawngkhar khar a nih hmel hle a thlen theih nan thing pakhat, a chelh thei lo mai thei chu a lawn dawn ta a ni. Tin, zanah pawh ruah a la sur reng bawk. Chutiang hunah chuan pheikhawk siam that hmanga eizawnna tur ngaihtuahna tenau te a nei thin.
  
  
  A la awm chhun chu tih mai mai a ni. Thingkung chu a la naupang hle mai. Mango hi a chang chuan feet sawmkua vel a nih avangin a hnah chu a hring (brittle) ai chuan a hmin (flexible) a ngai a ni. A chelh thei khawpin a lang lo. Nick chu a tho tan ta a. A hnah hnuai lam chu a nghet a, awlsam takin a rit chu a phur thei a ni. Rang takin a chanve vel zet chu a hmasawn ta a. Tichuan a hnah te chu a hring ta a, a ke a pen lai chuan hlauhawm takin a inbeng kang ta a. A ke chu a taksa peng hnaih taka dahin, a ben chu a ti tlem hle. Mahse, tukverh a hnaih chuan trunk pawh a thim chhuak ta. Tin, building atanga feet ruk vela hla tha tak a ni bawk. Nick chu window bulah pawh a awm lai chuan branch te chuan yellow bulb atanga light zawng zawng chu an block vek a. Thim zingah a khung ta a. Tukverh a hmuh theihna awmchhun chu building sir lama square thim tak a ni. Thingkung atang chuan a la thei lo.
  
  
  A rit chu a han swing leh ta a. Mango chu duh lohna lantir nan a tap chhuak a, mahse duh lo chungin a che a. Nick chuan a lung leh a. Window kha a khar a nih chuan a tichhia a ni. Chu thawm chuan Neanderthal pakhat a rawn hruai a nih chuan. ani pawhin a hmachhawn ve ngei ang. Thingkung chu a rawn inher tan tak zet a ni. He deal hi vawi khata tih tur a ni. Chutah chuan engmah man tur a awm loh chuan a lu hmasa berin building sir lamah a tlan thla thin. Tlem a buaithlak deuh ang. Thingkung chu square thim lam pan chuan a innghat a. Nick chuan a ke hmangin na takin a kick a, a kut hmangin boruak chu a hre thei hle. Building atanga thing chu a thlawk bo a, engmah chungah a innghat lo tih a awm lai tak chuan a kut zungtang chuan thil na tak tak a khawih a. Kut pahnih kut zungtang hmanga kal chuan thing chuan a kalsan vek tawh avangin eng pawh chu a man tha hle. Nick-a khup chuan building sir lamah a rawn deng a. Box eng emaw sir ah chuan a innghat a. A ke chu a cross a, a ding chhuak ta a. A khup chu leiah chuan a pil ta a. Pangpar bawm! Windowsill-ah chuan a inzawm tlat a.
  
  
  Thingkung chu a rawn inher let a, a hnah chuan a hmai a khawih a. Killmaster chuan tukverh lam pan chuan a kut a phar a, leia thil tha zawng zawng chungah lawmthu a sawi nghal a. Window chu a khar lo mai ni lovin, a inhawng bawk! Kawngpui zawng zawng chu a hawng a, chutah a chho ta a. A kut chuan carpet chu a khawih a. A ke chu a phawrh chhuak a, tukverh hnuaiah chuan a khur reng a. Nick hmaah leh a dinglamah chuan thawk thuk tak thawm a ri a. In chu a sei a, a sang a, a pianzia chu a square hle bawk. Nick chuan main room leh kitchen chu a hnuai lamah a awm dawn tih a rel ta a. A la awm chu a chung lama bathroom leh bedroom a ni. A glasses thim tak, ruah surin a rawn hnawih chu a phelh a. Ni e, hei hi mutna pindan a ni ang. In chu a reh hle mai. Khum atanga thawk chhuak tih loh chu thawm dang awm chhun chu window inhawng pawn lama ruah sur nasa tak kha a ni.
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick-a mit chu pindan thim takah chuan a insiamrem tawh a. Khum pianzia leh a chunga bump awm chu a hre thei. Hugo kutah chuan khum lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A thawmhnaw hnim hring chhuak chu carpet-ah chuan a ri lo va, mahse a ke pen apiangin a boot chu a rawn hnim hrual vek thung. Khum kephah dinglamah chuan a kal kual a. Chu pa chu a sir lamah a mu a, Nick lam chu a hawi hla hle. Khum bulah chuan nightstand-ah chuan lamp a awm a. Nick chuan Hugo-a zungbun na tak chu chu pa rilruah chuan a khawih a, chutih rual chuan lamp chu a han hmet bawk. Room chu êngin a puak darh ta a. Killmaster chuan a mit chu êng êng tak nena a insiamrem thlengin lamp lam hawiin a hnunglam a nghat a. Chu pa chuan a lu a hawi a, a mit a chhing a, mittui a tla zawih zawih a. A mit venghim turin a kut a phar a. Nick-a chuan a hmel a hmuh rual chuan Hugo-a chu chu pa kawr atang chuan tlem a sawn hlat a.
  
  
  “Eng nge ni ta...” chu pa chuan a hmui atanga inches tlemte vela hlaa stiletto chu a en a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Professor Lu, ka ring."
  
  
  BUNG rukna
  
  
  Professor John Lu chuan a beng bula blade hriam tak chu a enfiah a, chutah Nick-a chu a en a.
  
  
  “He thil hi i lak bo chuan khum atangin ka tho ang,” zawi te hian a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Hugo chu a hruai bo a, mahse a kutah a chelh tlat thung. “Professor Lu i ni em?” tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  "John. A hnuai lama kan ṭhian hlim tak takte tih loh chu tumahin professor min ti lo" a ke chu a sir lamah a han nghat a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  a kawrfual chu a han phar a. "Engtin nge coffee in tur chu?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. He pa rilru put hmang hian a ti buai deuh a. Chu pa chu a hmaa a kal lai chuan a hnungtawlh a, room sir lam chu sink leh coffee pot lam pan chuan a kal ta a.
  
  
  Professor John Lu hi mipa tawi, taksa tha tak, sam dum, a sir lam hawia inthen a ni. Coffee a siam lai chuan a kut chu a nem deuh mai niin a lang. A che vel chu a muang a, a dik bawk. Taksa pianphung tha takah a awm tih a chiang. A mit chu oriental slant tlem tak nen a thim a, a en zawng zawng chu a luhchilh vek ang maiin a lang. A hmai chu a zau a, a hmui ruh sang tak leh hnar mawi tak a ni. Mi fing tak a ni. Nick chuan kum sawmthum vel a nih a ring. A chakna leh a chak lohna hre vek ang maiin a lang. Tunah tak hian stove a on lai chuan a mitmeng dum chuan hlauthawng takin mutna pindan kawngka chu a en a.
  
  
  “Kal zel rawh” Nick chuan a ti a, “Professor Lu, ka duh...” Professor chuan a lo dang a, a kut a phar a, a lu chu a sir lamah a nghat a, a ngaithla a, Nick chuan stairs atanga ke pen rit tak tak rawn chho chu a hre ta a .Mi pahnih chu step in kawngka mutna pindan a thlen chuan an vawt vek a, Nick chuan Hugo chu a kut veilam lamah a sawn a, a kut dinglam chu coat hnuaiah a lut a, Wilhelmina hnute chungah chuan a tla ta a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar lock ah chuan chabi chu a click a. Kawngkhar chu a rawn inhawng a, Neanderthal mi pakhat chu pindan chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, a hnungah chuan mipa te zawk, thawmhnaw hring hring ha chu a rawn tlan lut a. Monster lian tak chuan Nick chu a kawhhmuh a, a nui suk bawk. Hma lam panin a kal ta a. Mipa te zawk chuan a lian zawkah chuan a kut a nghat a, a titawp ta a. Chutah professor chu zahawm takin a nuih a.
  
  
  "Tunge i thianpa chu, professor?"
  
  
  - Nick chuan a ti vat a. "Chris Wilson. John-a thianpa ka ni" Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a belt atang chuan a la chhuak tan ta a.Professor hian he thil hi a pe chhuak a nih chuan pindan atanga chhuah a harsat dawn tih a hria a.
  
  
  John Lu chuan rinhlelh hmel zet hian Nick chu a en a. Chutah chuan mipa naupang nuihzatthlak chu a rawn let leh ta a. “A dik alawm” a ti a, “He pa hi ka be dawn nia. A malin!"
  
  
  “A dik e, a dik e,” mipa naupang chuan a ti a, a kun deuh a. "I duh angin." Chu ramhuai chu a kut a phar a, chutah, a hnung lama kawngkhar a khar hma lawk chuan, "I thusawiah i fimkhur hle ang, a ni lawm ni, Professor?"
  
  
  "Chhuak rawh!" - Professor Lu chuan a rawn ti a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan zawi zawiin kawngkhar chu a khar a, a khar a.
  
  
  John Lu chuan Nick lam chu a hawi a, a mitmeng chu lungkham vangin a hrual a. "Bastard ho hian min bum tih an hria."
  
  
  An thilphal hi an phur thei a ni." Nick chu a vawi khatna atana hmuh ang maiin a zir chiang a. "Eng thil nge i chungah thleng?"
  
  
  Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a kut chu a thlahthlam a. Hugo chu a kut dinglam lamah a sawn leh ta a. Hetih lai hian hriatthiam theih loh lehzual a ni ta. Professor Lu chu tlanbo duh ang chi kha a ni lo tih a chiang. Nick chu Chris Wilson a ni lo tih a hria a, mahse a chhanhim. Tin, he friendly cordiality hian Nick chu a beisei tawh hle tih a tilang bawk. Mahse chhanna hmuh theihna awmchhun chu zawhna zawh hi a ni.
  
  
  "I sawi dawn nia," Killmaster chuan a ti a.
  
  
  "La ni lo." Professor chuan no pahnih a dah thla a. "I coffee ah eng nge i dah?"
  
  
  "Engmah. Black."
  
  
  John Lu chuan coffee a rawn leih a. "Hei hi ka thil man to tak tak tam tak zinga pakhat a ni - sink leh stove. A bul hnaia hmun nuam tak takte puan chhuahna. Hei hi Chinese-te tana hnathawhna atana ka rintlak ber a ni."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan engvangin nge hetiang hian tih?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Professor Lu chuan hmelma ang maiin a en a. “Tih tak zetin, engvangin nge,” hrehawm nei lovin a ti a. Chutah bedroom kawngkhar khar chu a en a, Nick lam chu a en leh a. "A chhan chu engtin nge hetah hian i lo thlen theih?"
  
  
  Nick chuan window inhawng lam pan chuan a lu a bu nghat a. “Thing pakhatah ka lawn a,” a ti a.
  
  
  Professor chu a nui ringawt a. “Mawi.. Mawi mai mai. Naktuk hian chu thing chu an tikeh ang tih i bet thei ang” Hugo chu a kawhhmuh a, “Chu thil chuan min vuak dawn nge i laksak dawn?”
  
  
  "Ka la rel lo".
  
  
  "Awle, i thutlukna siam lai hian i coffee kha in rawh." Nick-a hnenah chuan no chu a pe a, chutah nightstand lam pan chuan a kal phei a, chutah chuan lamp bakah chuan transistor radio te tak te leh glasses pahnih a awm bawk. Radio a on a, British all-night station chu a dial a, a volume a ti sang a. A glasses a bun chuan a scholarly hmel hle. Nick chu a kut zungtang (index finger) chuan stove lam chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a zui ve bawk a, a ngai a nih chuan chu pa chu a la thei mai thei tih a rilruah a dah a, Hugo tel lo chuan. Stiletto chu a dah sawn a.
  
  
  Stove bulah chuan professor chuan: “I fimkhur a ni lawm ni?”
  
  
  "Room chu a bugged a ni lawm ni?" - Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Professor chuan a mitmeng a ti sang a. "And smart too. I hmel ang bawka fing i nih ka beisei chauh. Mahse i sawi dik. Microphone chu lamp chhungah a awm. Darkar hnih chhung zet ka zawng a ni."
  
  
  "Mahse, engvangin nge, hetah hian nangmah chauh i awm a nih chuan?"
  
  
  A lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Ka muthilh lai pawhin ka tawng mai thei."
  
  
  Nick chuan coffee a in a, a kawr hnim chhungah chuan cigarette pakhat chu a rawn ban a. An hnim a, mahse engtin pawhin pakhat a hal a. Professor chuan a hnar a ni.
  
  
  “Professor,” Nick chuan a ti a. "He thil zawng zawng hi ka tan chuan a buaithlak deuh."
  
  
  "Khawngaihin! John min ko rawh."
  
  
  "Okay, John. I chhuah duh tih ka hria. Mahse, he pindan chhunga ka thil hmuh leh hriat atang hian chutiang ti tura nawr luih che i ni tih ngaihdan ka nei."
  
  
  John chuan coffee la awm chu sink chhungah a paih a, chutah a innghat a, a lu chu a ti nghing a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  t. “Ka fimkhur a ngai a ni,” a ti a. "Mutted caution. Chris i ni lo tih ka hria. Chu chu kan sorkar atanga lo kal i ni mai thei tihna a ni. Ka dik em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a coffee chu a in a. "Maithei."
  
  
  "He room-ah hian ka ngaihtuah nasa hle. Tin, agent pakhatin min biak a tum a nih chuan ka kalsan chhan dik tak chu ka hrilh ang a, min pui turin ka bei ang. Ka ti thei bawk. t handle this alone." A ding nghet a, Nick chu a en nghal zat a. A mittui a tla zawih zawih a. “Pathianin a hria, ka kal duh lo” a aw chu a khur nghal vek.
  
  
  "Anih chuan engvangin nge i?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  John chuan thaw a la a. "A chhan chu China ramah ka nupui leh ka fapa an nei a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan coffee chu a dah thla a. A cigarette chu a drag hnuhnung ber pakhat a la a, sink chhungah chuan a paih lut ta a. Mahse a che vel chu zawi zawiin tumruh tak ni mahse, a thluak chuan hna a thawk a, a ei a, a paih a, a dahkhawm a, zawhnate chu neon chhinchhiahna eng tak ang maiin a langsar hle. Hei hi a thleng thei lo. Mahse a dik a nih chuan thil tam tak a hrilhfiah thei ang. John Lu chu tlanchhiat tir a ni em? A nih loh leh Nick-a chu snow work tha tak tak a pe em ni? A rilruah thil thleng a lo awm tan ta. An pianzia chu an nei a, puzzle lian tak ang maiin an inzawm khawm tan a, thlalak engemaw zat an siam ta a ni.
  
  
  John Lu chuan Nick hmel chu a zir chiang a, a mitmeng dum chu a buai hle a, sawi loh zawhna a zawt a. Hlauthawng zet hian a kut a beng a. Chutah, "I nihna anga ka ngaih i nih loh chuan ka chhungte ka that mai a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "Engtin nge ni ang?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. Chu pa mitmeng chu a han en a. A mitmeng chuan thu sawi aia tam a hre thei reng a ni.
  
  
  John chuan Nick hmaah chuan a kal leh ta a. "Tu hnenah pawh ka hrilh chuan ka nupui leh ka fapa hi an that dawn tih min hriattir a. Ka ngaihdan ang kha i nih chuan min pui turin ka rilru ka hneh thei maithei. Chutiang a nih loh chuan ka that mai mai a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan a coffee chu a la a, a in a, a hmelah chuan ngaihvenna tlemte chauh a lang. “I nupui leh i fapa nen kan inbia chauh a ni,” a ti thut a.
  
  
  John Lu chu a ding a, Nick lam chu a hawi a. "Khawiah nge i biak?"
  
  
  "Orlando" a rawn ti a.
  
  
  Professor chuan a robe pocket chhungah a kut a phar a, thlalak a la chhuak a. "Tunge i biak a?"
  
  
  Nick chuan thlalak chu a en a. Florida-a a nupui leh fapa a inhmu thlalak a ni. "Ni e," a ti a. Thlalak chu a pe let tan a, mahse a tawp ta a. He thlalak ah hian thil pakhat a awm a.
  
  
  John chuan, “Fimkhur takin en rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan thlalak chu ngun zawkin a zir chiang a. Ngei ngei! A ropui khawp mai! Dik tak chuan danglamna a awm. Thlalak a hmeichhia chu a hmel a tha deuh hlek a. Eye makeup a hmang tlem hle a, a awm a nih pawhin a hmang tlem hle. A hnar leh hmui chu a pianzia a inang lo hle a, chu chuan a hmel a ti mawi zual hle. Tin, naupang mit chu a inhnaih zawk a, John-a mitmeng ang bawkin penetrating quality a nei bawk. Hmeichhe hmui a nei a. Ni e, danglamna a awm a, okay. Thlalak a hmeichhia leh tlangval chu Orlando-a a biak tawh pahnih nen chuan an inang lo hle. Thlalak a zir rei poh leh a danglamna a hre thei zawk. Pakhatnaah chuan nuihzatna leh beng pianzia thlengin.
  
  
  "Tha?" - John chuan lungkham zet hian a zawt a.
  
  
  "Minute khat chhung." Nick chu window inhawng lam pan chuan a kal phei a. A hnuai lamah, huang chhungah chuan Neanderthal mi pakhat chu a kal a. Ruah pawh a reh tawh. Zing lamah chuan a tawp vek tawh mai thei. Nick chuan window chu a khar a, a kawr hnim chu a phelh a. Professor chuan Wilhelmina chu a belt-ah a inkhung tih a hmu a, mahse chu chu tunah chuan a pawimawh tawh lo. He mission chungchang zawng zawng hi a danglam vek tawh. A zawhnate chhanna chu a hnungzuiin a hnenah a rawn thleng a.
  
  
  Hawk-a chu a hriattir hmasa tur a ni. Orlando-a hmeichhia leh tlangval chu pretender an nih avangin Chi Corn-ah an thawk a. Hawk hian anmahni hmachhawn dan tur a hre chiang hle. A lu chhungah chuan puzzle chu a rawn inzawm khawm a, thlalak chu a chiang zual sauh sauh a. John Lu tlanchhiat tir a nih thu hian engkim mai chu a hrilhfiah vek mai. A tir atanga a hnung zui chhan ang mai khan. Tin, Mrs. Lu lem hmelma chu. Chi Corns te chuan professor hnena a thlen ngai loh nan an duh a. Chris Wilson ang bawkin a thianpa John pawh a chhungte hlan turin a rilru a hneh thei mai thei. Nick chuan a ringhlel hle a, mahse Reds tan chuan a dik hmel hle ang. An tan a ni lo.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan thil thleng, a thlen laia thil pawimawh vak lo ang maia lang chu a hre ta a. Ossa-a’n lei a tum lai ang kha. Nick hian chhungkua a nei em tih an zawt a. Chutih lai chuan Killmaster hian engmah inbun a nei lo. Mahse tunah chuan - a chhungte chu nei ta se an rukbo dawn em ni? Dik tak chuan an ti ngei ang. Professor Lu man turin engmah ah an ding lo ang. Chu inzawmna John-a’n a thawh mek chuan an tân awmzia a nei hle ngei ang. Thil thleng dang a chungah a thleng leh a - nizan khan, a ngaihtuah angin Mrs. Lu a hmuh hmasak ber ṭum khan. Biak turin a ngen a. Tin, he thu hi a ringhlel bawk. Chatter, hmanlai, overloaded, hman ngai lo tluk zet, mahse American zawng zawng hriat lar thumal. Chu chu eng nge a awmzia a hre lo. A nihna takah chuan hetiang hi a ti lo a, a chhan chu American red a nih vang a ni a, American a nih loh vang a ni. A mawi a, professional tak a ni a, John Lou-a sawi dan chuan a mawi mai mai a ni.
  
  
  Professor chu sink hmaah chuan a ding a, a hmaah chuan a kut a nghat a. A mitmeng dum chuan Nick-a lu chu a rawn luah lut a, beisei hmel zet, hlauthawng tak mai.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "Awle, John. I ngaihdan ang ka ni. Ka ti thei lo."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Tunah hian engkim ka hrilh vek ang che, kan sorkar intelligence branch pakhat agent ka nih tih loh chu."
  
  
  Chu pa chu a caved lut ta niin a lang. A kut chu a sir lamah a tla thla a, a hmui chu a rilruah a nghat a. Rei tak, thuk tak, khur chhuak zet hian a thaw halh a. “Pathian hnenah lawmthu awm rawh se,” a ti a, a thusawi chu a bengchheng hle.
  
  
  Nick chu a rawn pan hnai a, thlalak chu a rawn pe let leh a. “Tunah chuan min rin tlat a ngai dawn a, ka pui ang che, mahse engkim min hrilh vek tur a ni.
  
  
  Professor chuan a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  "I nupui leh i fapa an rukbo dan atang hian tan ila."
  
  
  John chu a perk up deuh niin a lang. "He thil hi mi pakhat ka biak avangin ka lawm zia hi i hre lo. He thil hi ka chhungah hian ka phur rei tawh hle." A kut chu a rawn fawp a. "Coffee tam zawk?"
  
  
  “Ni lo, ka lawm e,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  John Lu chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a hmui chu a hrual a. "Thla ruk vel kalta atang khan a intan vek a. Hna atanga ka haw chuan ka in hmaah van a ding a. Mi pahnih chuan ka furniture zawng zawng an nei vek a. Katie leh Mike te chu khawiah mah hmuh tur an awm lo. Mi pahnih te hnenah eng nge ka zawh chuan." the hell they thought it was they do, an zinga pakhat chuan thupek min pe a, ka nupui leh ka fapa chu China ramah an kal dawn tih a sawi.
  
  
  "A tirah chuan gag niin ka hria. Orlando-ah address min pe a, chutah chuan kal turin min ti a. Orlando-a in ka thlen thlengin ka kal ve a. Chutah chuan a awm. Tin, tlangval pawh. Min hrilh ngai lo." a hming dik tak, Katie leh tlangval Mike ka ti mai mai a, furniture an sawn hnu leh tlangval pahnih an chhuah hnu chuan tlangval chu khumah a muttir a, chutah ka hmaah ngei chuan a thawmhnaw a phelh leh a, rei vak lo chu ka nupui a ni dawn tih a sawi , and she might as well "We can make it convincing. A bula mut ka duh loh khan ka thawhpui a tha zawk tih min hrilh a, chuti lo chuan Kathy leh Mike te chu rapthlak takin an thi ang."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "Thla ruk chhung nupa angin in awm dun tawh em?"
  
  
  John chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Eng dang nge ka tih theih ang?"
  
  
  "Instruction engmah a pe lo che a, a hnua thil thleng tur pawh a hrilh lo che em ni?"
  
  
  "Ni e, a tuk zingah. Ṭhian thar kan siam dun dawn tih min hrilh a. Ka hna chu ṭhian hluite pumpelh nan chhanna atan ka hmang a. Compound ka siam lai khan China-ah ka hruai a, Reds-te kutah ka hlan a, chu chu." then saw him again." nupui leh tlangval. Dik tak chuan Katie leh Mike vangin thihpui khawpin ka hlau a. Reds hnenah report a pe tih ka hmu a, chuvang chuan a thusawi zawng zawng ka tih vek a ngai a ni. Tin, engzat nge tih pawh ka hrethiam thei lo Katie ang bawkin a ni.
  
  
  “Chuvangin tunah chuan formula chu i zo ta,” Nick chuan a ti a. "An nei em?"
  
  
  "Chu chu a ni. Ka zo lo. Ka la zo lo, ka hnathawhnaah ka rilru ka pe thei lo. Tin, thla ruk hnuah thil a harsa deuh deuh bawk. Ka thiante chuan an insist a, chhanna pawh ka tlachham ta hle mai. She gotten a ni ngei ang." the word from above because she suddenly told me that I would be working in a territory in China. Ka inhnuhdawh thu puang turin min ti a. Kar khat emaw kar hnih emaw chhung chu a awm ang a, chutah chuan a bo ang. Mi zawng zawng chuan min rawn zawm ve niin an ngai vek ang.
  
  
  "Chris Wilson kha engtin nge ni ang? Chu hmeichhia chu fake a ni tih a hre lo em ni?"
  
  
  John chu a nui suk a. "Ah, Chris. Bachelor a ni a, i hria em. Hnathawh atanga hla takah chuan NASA security vangin kan inkawp ngai lo, mahse a tam zawk chu Chris nen social circle inangah kan zin loh vang a ni. Chris hi girl hunter a ni. Oh , I." 'm sure a hna hi nuam a ti hle a, mahse a ngaih pawimawh ber chu hmeichhe naupang lam a ni tlangpui.
  
  
  "Ka hmu." Nick chuan coffee no khat dang a rawn leih leh a. "He compound i thawh mek hi Chi Korn tan chuan a pawimawh hle a ni ngei ang. Technical details-ah lut lovin eng nge a nih min hrilh thei ang em?"
  
  
  "A dik e. Mahse, formula chu a la zo lo. Engtikah nge ka tih zawh chuan, hriak te tak te, hand cream ang chi a ni ang. I theh darh: i vunah, ka sawi dik chuan." , vun hi ni êng, lumna leh radiation laka him lo turin a siam tur a ni.Vun-ah hian cooling effect chi khat a nei ang a, chu chuan astronaut-te chu êng chhiatna laka a humhim ang.Tuin nge hria ang?Ka thawh rei tawk chuan ka thawk thei pawh a ni mai thei to perfect it to the point where they wont need spacers suits. Reds hian nuclear kang leh radiation laka a venhimna atan an duh a ni. An nei a nih chuan khawvel chunga nuclear indona puan chhuahna tur khap thei tur a awm lo ang.
  
  
  Nick chuan a coffee chu a in a. "Hei hi kum 1966-a i thil hmuhchhuah nen hian inzawmna a nei em?"
  
  
  Professor chuan a sam ah chuan a kut chu a tlanpui a. "Ni lo, hei hi thil dang vek a ni. Electron microscope hmanga ka tinkering hnuah vun natna chi hrang hrang, anmahniah pawh na tak ni lo, isolate dan tur ka hmu thei a, mahse an characterized takah chuan tanpuina tlem ka rawn pe a ni." natna khirh zawk ulcer ang chi hriatchhuah." , tumor leh cancer pawh a awm thei."
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "I inngaitlawm lutuk. Ka ngaihdan chuan tanpuina tlemte chauh ni lovin. Hmasawnna lian tak a ni."
  
  
  John chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Chu chu an sawi a ni. Tlem an sawi uar deuh pawh a ni mai thei."
  
  
  Nick chuan mi fing tak a biak tih chu rinhlelhna a nei lo. John Lu hi NASA tan chauh ni lovin, a ram tan pawh asset a ni. Killmaster chuan Reds-in an hmuh theih lohna tur a tihtawp a ngai tih a hria. A coffee chu a zo ta a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  leh heti hian a zawt a: “Reds-in complex chungchang an hriat dan hi i hre em?”
  
  
  John chuan a lu a thing a. "Aih."
  
  
  "He thil hi eng chen nge i thawh tawh?"
  
  
  "A nihna takah chuan college ka kal lai khan he ngaihtuahna hi ka nei a. Hun engemaw chen chu ka lu-ah ka toss kual vel a, note engemaw zat pawh ka la tel bawk. Mahse kum khat kalta khan he ngaihtuahna hi ka hmang tan tak tak a ni.
  
  
  "He thil hi tu hnenah mah i hrilh tawh em?"
  
  
  "Aw, college-ah khan ka thiante tlemte hnenah he thu hi ka sawi tawh mai thei. Mahse NASA-a ka awm lai khan tumah ka hrilh lo, Katie pawh ka hrilh lo."
  
  
  Nick chu tukverh lam pan chuan a kal leh a. Transistor radio te tak te pakhat chuan British marching hla a play a. Tukverh pawnah chuan chu pa lian tak chu huang chhungah chuan a la inthup reng a. Killmaster chuan cigarette hnim, rangkachak tip chu a hal a. A thawmhnaw hnim lutuk avang chuan a vun chu a vawt ta hle mai. “He thil zawng zawng hi a lo chhuk ber chu,” tiin John-a aiin amah leh amah chauhvin a sawi a, “Chinese Reds-te thiltihtheihna tihchhiat hi a ni,” a ti.
  
  
  John chu zah takin a ngawi reng a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "I nupui leh i tlangval hi China atanga ka chhuah tir a ngai a ni," a ti a. A awlsam tih sawi a, mahse Nick chuan tihhlum chu thil dang a ni leh dawn tih a hria. Professor lam chu a hawi a. "China ramah hian khawiah nge an awm theih ang tih ngaihtuahna i nei em?"
  
  
  John chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Aih."
  
  
  "An zingah hian clue pe thei tur thil an sawi em?"
  
  
  Professor chuan rei vak lo a ngaihtuah a, a hmui chu a fawp a. Tichuan a lu a thing a, chak lo zet hian a nui suk a. "Ka tanpui vak lo ang tih ka hlau a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Engkim a tha vek." Nick chuan khumah kawr hnim chu a rawn phar a, a kekawr zau tak chu a chhungah chuan a rawn luh tir a. “China ramah engtikah nge an hruai ang che tih ngaihtuahna i nei em?” tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  John-a hmel chu a eng deuh niin a lang. - Ka pui thei chein ka hria. Inhnuaiah chuan infiammi pahnih chuan nakkum Thawhlehni zanlai pelh hnua an inrem tawh nia ka hriat thu an sawi ka hre ta.
  
  
  Nick chuan a darthlalang chu a en a. Zing dar thum sawm, Inrinni a ni tawh. Kar khat pawh a tling lova, a nupui leh a fapa chu China ram atanga zawng chhuak tur, thlen tur leh hruai chhuah tur a ni. A hmel a tha vak lo. Mahse thil hmasa ber chu. Thil pathum tih a ngai a ni. Pakhatnaah chuan a hnuaia mi pahnih te thinrim loh nan microphone hmangin John nen statement an fake a ngai a ni. Pahnihnaah chuan he in atang hian hliam tuar lovin a chhuah a ngai a ni. Tin, pathumnaah chuan scrambler-ah chuan a lut a ngai dawn a, Orlando-a nupui leh tlangval lem chungchang chu Hawk-a hnenah a hrilh a ngai dawn bawk. Chumi hnuah chuan random takin a khelh a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan John chu lamp lam chu a entir a. "He radio hi static ang maiin i beep tir thei ang em?" a ti sap sap a.
  
  
  John chu a buai hmel hle. "A ni.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "John, ka bula lo kal leh turin ka rilru ka hneh thei lo che tih i chiang em?"
  
  
  "Ni lo, Chris. Chutiang chu ka duh a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan corny deuh niin a ngai a, mahse a hnuai lama mi pahnih chuan an lei ngei a beisei.
  
  
  “Okay” Nick chuan a ti a, “An duh lo ang, mahse ka hrilh ang. Engtin nge he hmun atang hian ka chhuah theih ang? " "
  
  
  John chuan nightstand chhunga button te tak te siam chu a hmet a.
  
  
  Mi pahnih chuan ngawi rengin kut an inthlak a. Nick chu tukverh lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Neanderthal ho chu patio-ah an awm tawh lo. Stairs-ah chuan ke pen ri a awm a.
  
  
  "I kal hmain," John chuan a ti sap a. "Min puitu hming dik tak hriat ka duh a ni."
  
  
  "Nick Carter. Agent AX ka ni."
  
  
  Key chu lock ah a click a. Kawngkhar chu zawi zawiin mipa te zawkin a rawn hawng a. Chu ramhuai chu a bulah a awm lo.
  
  
  “Ka thianpa chu a chhuak dawn a ni,” John chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Mipa inchei mawi tak chuan zahawm takin a nui suk a. "A dik e, Professor." Cologne man tlawm rim chu pindan chhungah chuan a rawn luhtir a.
  
  
  "Goodbye, John," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  "Chawlh rawh, Chris."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan pindan a chhuahsan chuan chu pa chuan kawngkhar chu a khar a, a khar a. A belt atang chuan .45-caliber military-style assault rifle a la chhuak a. Nick-a pum lam chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  "Hei hi engnge?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Chu pa slick chuan nuihzatthlak tak a la nei tho. "Insurance chu i chhuahsan nastiho."
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a, a hnung lama mipa awm chu stairs atang chuan a chhuk tan ta a. Eng thil pawh a tum a nih chuan professor chu hlauhawmah a dah mai thei. Mipa dang an la awm lo.
  
  
  Kawngkhar hmaah chuan mi fing tak pakhat chuan, “Tunge i nih tak tak ka hre lo. Mahse, nang leh professor hian i awm lai khan British music i ngaithla a ni tih ngaihtuah tur khawpin kan â lo.Eng pawh i tho la to, don't try it. Tunah chuan keini I hmel kan hre tawh. Tin, uluk takin an lo en reng ang che. Heng mite hi hlauhawm takah i dah tawh a ni." Kawngkhar chu a hawng a. "Goodbye, Mr. Wilson, chu chu i hming dik tak a nih chuan."
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa chuan "interested parties" a tih hian a nupui leh a fapa tihna a ni tih a hria. Agent a ni tih an hria em? Zan boruakah chuan a chhuak ta a. Ruah chu vurah a chang leh ta a. Kawngkhar chu a khar a, a hnungah chuan a khar a.
  
  
  Nick chuan zan boruak thianghlim chu a thaw halh a. A kal ta a. He darkar hian chu lai hmunah chuan taxi a luh theihna chance a nei tlem hle. Tuna a hmelma ber chu hun a ni. Darkar hnih emaw darkar thum emaw hnuah a eng tawh ang. Tin, a nupui leh a fapa chu khawiah nge a zawn dawn tih pawh a hre lo. Hawk chu a biak a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan kawngpui a zawh dawn lai chuan kawngka atang chuan ape-man lian tak pakhat a rawn chhuak a, a kawng chu a tikhawlo ta a ni. Nick-a kawngah chuan sam chu a ding vek a. Chuvangin a deal a ngai dawn a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  he thilsiam nen hian an la awm reng a ni. Thu engmah sawi lovin ramhuai chu Nick bulah chuan a kal phei a, a beng bulah chuan a kut a phar a. Nick chuan a duck a, monster chu a dodge ta a. Chu pa lian zia chu mak a ti hle a, mahse chu chuan zawi zawiin a ti che a. Nick chuan a beng bulah chuan a kutphah inhawng takin a rawn vawm a. A tibuai lo. Ape pa chuan Nick chu a kut chu a man a, rag doll ang maiin building chhungah chuan a paih lut ta a. Killmaster lu chuan structure khauh tak chu a rawn deng ta a. A lu a buai hle tih a hria.
  
  
  Chuta tang chuan a chhuah meuh chuan chu ramhuai chuan a kut sam lian tak takah chuan a rilru a lo nei tawh a. Nick chu a ke atang chuan a han chawi kang a. Nick chuan a lu chhungah thisen a rawn pump chhuak tih a hria. Chu pa beng chu a tikehsawm a, mahse a che vel chu hrehawm takin a zawi zawih zawih niin a lang. A vuakna chuan a chhinchhiahna a hmu tih a hria a, a groin-ah a beng a. Mahse, chu pa chuan a hre lo niin a lang. A kut chuan Nick-a beng bulah chuan an chelh nghet sauh sauh a. Nick-a vuak apiang hian mi pangngai a that vek ang. Mahse he Neanderthal hian a mit a chhing lo. A ke pahnih inthen chungin a ding mai a, Nick chu a beng bulah a chelh a, a chakna zawng zawng chu chu kut lian tak takah chuan a dah a. Nick chuan rawng chi hrang hrang a hmu tan ta. A chakna chu a bo tawh a;a vuaknaah chuan chakna engmah a hre lo. A thihna lo thleng tur chungchanga hlauhthawnna chuan a thinlung a hneh hle. A hriatna a hloh ta hle mai. Thil engemaw a tih vat a ngai a ni! Hugo chuan hna a thawk zawi lutuk ang. Mi pakhat chu a thah hmain vawi sawmhnih a vuak thei ngei ang. Chutih hunah chuan a tan chuan a tlai tawh dawn a ni.
  
  
  Wilhelmina chuan! Zawi zawiin a che ang maiin a lang. A kut chuan Luger chu a thleng fo thin. Trigger hrual theihna chakna a nei ang em? Wilhelmina chu a belt pawnah a awm a. Silai chu chu pa rilruah chuan a thun a, a theih ang tawkin trigger chu a han hmet a. Recoil chuan Luger chu a kut atangin a paih chhuak hnai hle. Chu pa chu a hmui leh a hnar chu a lu atang chuan a rawn knoak chhuak nghal a. Kawngpui thim tak takah chuan puak chu a ri ta hlawm a. Chu pa chuan thunun theih loh khawpin a mit a chhing a. A khup chu a nghing tan ta. Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan thiltihtheihna chu a kutah a awm reng a ni. Nick chuan barrel chu monster mit veilam tisa tak takah chuan a thun a, trigger chu a han hmet leh ta a. Chu kah chuan chu pa hmai chu a tikehsawm a. A ke chu a buckle tan ta. Nick-a kut zungtang chuan kawngpui chu a rawn khawih a. Kut chuan a beng bulah an chelh chu an thlahthlam niin a hria. Mahse nunna chuan a kalsan ta a ni. Minute li chhung zet chu a thawk a la thei a, mahse chu chu a bo tawh. Chu pa chuan a thlah rang tawk lo. Nick chuan vawi hnih a kap leh a, ape-man lu chu a tikehsawm vek. A kut chu a beng atang chuan a tla thla a. Monster chu a tlan let leh a, a lu a hloh ta a ni. A kut chu a hmai awmna tur hmunah chuan a chho ta a. A khup thlengin a tlu a, chutah thing phun thar ang maiin a rawn inher chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu a khuh a, a khup thlengin a tlu ta a. A thawk a la a, silai meikhu rimtui tak chu a hre ta a. Chu hmun pum puiah chuan window-ah light a eng chhuak vek a. Chu hmun chu a nung chho ta hle mai. Police an awm dawn a, mahse Nick hian police tan hun a nei lo. A insawn luih luih luih a. Thâwk a la harsa hle a, block tawp lamah a tlan phei a, rang takin chu hmun aṭang chuan a chhuak ta a. Khaw hla tak atang chuan British police siren ri danglam tak chu a hre ta a. Chutah Wilhelmina chu a kutah a la vuan reng tih a hrechhuak ta a. Rang takin Luger chu a belt chhungah a thun lut ta a. AX tana killmaster hna a thawh chhung hian vawi tam tak thihna hnaih tak a ni. Mahse hetiang hian a hnaih ngai lo.
  
  
  Reds hian a hnutchhiah tak buaina hi an hmuhchhuah veleh Ossa thihna nen an inzawm nghal dawn a ni. Ossa bula awm mipa te zawk kha a la dam a nih chuan anmahni chu a biak tawh ngei ang. Heng thihna pahnih hi Professor Lu a tlawhna nen hian an dah khawm a, agent a ni tih an hre chiang hle. Tunah chuan a khuhna chu a puak tawh niin a ngai mai thei. Hawk chu a biak a ngai ta a ni. Professor bakah a chhungte pawh an hlauhawm hle. Nick chuan a kal lai chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. He mission hi a kal sual vek a ni.
  
  
  BUNG SARIHNA
  
  
  Hawk aw hriat sual theih loh chuan scrambler atang chuan Nick chu a thleng ta a. "Awle, Carter. I thusawi atang chuan i mission chu a danglam tawh niin a lang."
  
  
  “Ni e, ka pu,” Nick chuan a ti a. Hawk chu a hriattir mai mai a. Hong Kong khawpui Victoria lam a a hotel room-ah a awm a. Tukverh pawnah chuan zan thim chu a thim deuh tan ta.
  
  
  Hawk-a chuan, “Kei aiin chutah chuan thil awmdan chu i hre chiang zawk a, hmeichhia leh tlangval nen hian hemi chungchangah hian ka buaipui dawn a, tih ngai chu i hre chiang hle a ni,” a ti.
  
  
  "Ni e," Nick chuan a ti a. "Professor nupui leh fapa zawng chhuakin China atanga chhuah tir dan tur ka zawn a ngai a ni."
  
  
  "Hei hi engti kawng pawhin enkawl rawh. Thawhlehni chawhnu hian Hong Kong ka thleng ang."
  
  
  "Ni e, ka pu." A hma ang bawkin Nick chuan Hawk hian result a ngaihven a, method a ngaihven lo. Killmaster hian result a thlen phawt chuan a mamawh ang method a hmang thei.
  
  
  “Good luck,” Hawk chuan a ti a, inbiakna chu a titawp ta a.
  
  
  Killmaster chu dry business suit-ah a inthlak ta a. A kawr vel a padding chu a hnim loh avangin chutah chuan a dah ta a ni. A la ha reng chu a nuihzatthlak deuh niin a lang, a bik takin a cover a puak tih a chiang khawp mai. Mahse China rama kalna tur a hriat veleh thawmhnaw thlak a tum a. Tin, a kawr vel chu a hak nuam hle bawk. Thawmhnaw chu a hre chiang khawp mai
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A bun dawn lai chuan a pum chhunga dagger cut vangin a inbel tur chuan a chhe deuh hlek a. Padding nei lo se chuan a pum chu sangha man thar ang maiin a hrual chhuak ngei ang.
  
  
  Nick chuan Hawk hian Orlando hmeichhia atang hian engmah a zir dawn em tih a ringhlel a. A ngaihtuah angin training tha tak ni ta se, engmah a sawi hmain amah leh tlangval chu a that vek ang.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a rilru a hliam chu a rawn hrual a. A rawng a danglam tan tawh bawk. Khawiah nge professor nupui leh fapa chu a zawn tan ang? In lamah a kir leh thei a, mipa inchei mawi tak chu thusawi tir thei a ni. Mahse, John Lu chu hlauhawm tawk takah a dah tawh a ni. In ni lo a nih chuan khawiah nge? A bul tanna tur hmun a mamawh a ni. Nick chu tukverh bulah chuan a ding a, kawngpui lam chu a melh chhuak a. Tunah chuan kawngpui sirah chuan mi an tlem tawh hle.
  
  
  A riltam ta thut mai. Hotel a a check-in atang khan chaw a la ei lo. Hla thluk chuan a tibuai hle a, hla thenkhat ang bawkin. Hei hi hmeichhe naupangin number a sak zinga pakhat a ni. Nick chuan a beng a rawn hrual chu a titawp a. Straw a ni a, engmah awmzia a nei lo mai thei. Mahse a tlem berah chuan hei hi a bul tanna a ni. Eng emaw a ei a, Lovely Bar-ah a kir leh ang.
  
  
  Chutah chuan Ossa chuan a thawmhnaw a thlak a, chu chuan mi a hre tihna a ni thei. Chuti chung pawh chuan tumahin an puih ngei ang tih rinna a awm lo. Mahse, hetah pawh hian hei hi bul tanna tur hmun a ni.
  
  
  Hotel dining room-ah chuan Nick chuan orange juice glass khat a in a, chutah chuan scrambled egg plate khat chu crispy bacon, toast leh black coffee cup thum nen a in a. Coffee hnuhnung ber a in lai chuan a rei deuh a, ei tur chu a insiamrem theih nan hun a pe a, chutah a chair-ah chuan a innghat leh a, pack thar atang chuan cigarette a hal ta a. Chutah chuan amah en rengtu chu a hmu ta a ni.
  
  
  Pawnah a awm a, hotel tukverh pakhat sir lamah chuan a awm a. A chang chuan Nick chu a la awm tih chian tumin a han en chhuak thin. Killmaster chuan Wonderful bar-a Ossa bula awm tawh wiry mi a ni tih a hre chiang hle. Hun an khawhral lo tih a chiang.
  
  
  Nick chuan check chu a pe a, pawnah a chhuak ta a. Zan thim chu dark grey ah a chang ta a. Building te chu a dum lian tak tak a ni tawh lo. An pianzia a ni a, kawngkhar leh tukverh atang pawhin hmuh theih a ni. Kawngpuiah chuan car tam zawk chu taxi a ni a, headlight eng a la ngai a ni. Tunah chuan wet curb leh street te chu hriat a awlsam tawh hle. Chhum rit tak chu a la innghat hniam hle a, mahse ruah erawh a reh tawh.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan lawng chawlhna lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Tunah chuan an zui leh ta tih a hriat tawh avangin Lovely Bar-a kal a ngai tawh lo. Tunah chuan a tlem berah chuan. He mi wiry tak hian thu sawi tir theih a nih chuan thil tam tak a hrilh thei ang. A hmasa berin dinhmun thlak danglam a ngai a ni. Chu pa chu a zui theih nan rei lo te chhung chu a hloh a ngai a ni. Gamble a ni. Nick hian wiry man hi midang pahnih angin amateur suitor a ni lo tih hunch a nei a.
  
  
  Ferry a thlen hma chuan Nick chu kawngpui pakhatah a tlan thla a. A tawp thlengin a tlan a, a nghak ta a. Wiry pa chu a tlan kual vel a. Nick chu a kal nghal vat a, chu pa chuan an inkar a khar lai chu a hre ta a. Kawngpui sir lehlamah chuan Nick-a pawhin chutiang bawk chuan a ti ve a: kil khat chu a hawi a, rang takin block tawp thlengin a tlan a, chutah chuan chak takin a kal ta a. Chu pa chu a bulah a awm ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan rei lo teah Victoria area chu a thleng ta a, chu chu lawng khalhtute inkhelhna hmun tia koh a duh hle. Kawngpui zau tak, a sir lamah bar eng mawi tak tak awmna a ni. Chu hmun chu a ri nasa tlangpui a, jukebox music a play a, kil tinah nawhchizuarte an awm bawk. Mahse, zan chu a tawp dawn ta. Light chu a la eng reng a, mahse jukebox te chu a reh hle. Street prostitute te hian an grade an hmu tawh emaw, an bânsan tawh emaw a ni. Nick chuan bar pakhat a zawng a, a hriat chian ni lovin a thil tum nena inmil tur a zawng a ni. Khawvel khawpui lian zawng zawngah heng section te hi a inang vek a ni. Building te hi chhawng hnih a ni fo tawh. Ground floor-ah chuan bar, jukebox leh dance floor te a awm a. Hmeichhe naupangte chu hetah hian an inbual a, hmuh an phalsak a ni. Lawng khalhtu pakhatin ngaihven a neih chuan zai turin a ti a, in tur tlemte a leisak a, a man chu a insumdawn tawn ta a ni. Vawikhat chu a man tur leh pek a nih hnu chuan nula chuan lawng khalhtu chu a hruai chho ta a. A chhawng hnihna chu hotel lobby ang mai a ni a, a sir lehlamah chuan room hrang hrang a inthlau hle. Nula hian a chenna leh hnathawhna pindan a nei tlangpui. A nei tam lo - khum, a dik e, a knick-knacks leh thil tlemte dahna tur closet leh chest of drawer a awm bawk. Building tinte layout chu a inang vek a. Nick chuan a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  A ruahmanna chu a hlawhtling dawn a nih chuan amah leh a hnungzuitu inkara inthlauhna chu a tizau a ngai a ni. Section hian square block pali vel a luah a, chu chuan hnathawhna tur hmun a pe tam lo hle. A bul tan hun a ni ta.
  
  
  Nick chuan corner chu a hawi let a, full speed in a tlan ta a. Block chanve velah chuan a tawp lehlamah thinga siam fence-in a khuh kawngpui tawi takah chuan a thleng ta a. Alley sir lehlamah chuan bawlhhlawh bawm a awm a. Killmaster chuan thim puan a nei tawh lo tih a hria a. A tlan chakna chu a hmang ngei tur a ni. Rang takin fence lam pan chuan a tlan a, a san zawng chu feet sawm vel a nih a chhut a. Bawlhhlawh bawm pakhat chu a sir lamah a hrual a, a chungah chuan a chho a, fence chungah chuan a chho ta a. A lehlamah chuan block tawp thlengin a thlawk chhuak a, corner a hawi a,...
  
  
  
  
  
  Building ka zawn chu ka hmu ta a. Triangular shaped block tip-ah chuan a thu a. Kawngpui sir atang chuan awlsam takin mi pakhat chhuak emaw, lut emaw i hmu thei. Bang bulah chuan canopy shed a awm a, a chung chu second floor window pakhat hnuaiah chiah a awm a. Nick chuan bar lam pana a tlan lai chuan room chu khawiah nge a awm dawn tih chu mental note-ah a ziak a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar hma lam chunga neon sign-ah chuan "Club Delight" tih a inziak a. A eng hle a, mahse a mit a chhing lo. Kawngkhar chu a inhawng a. Nick chu a rawn lut a. Pindan chu a thim hle mai. A vei lamah chuan bar counter pakhat, angle hrang hranga ṭhutphah ben awmna chu room sei zawng chanve vel zeta sei a ni. Sailor chuan stool pakhat chu a la a, a lu chu crossbar-ah a nghat a. Nick dinglamah chuan jukebox ngawi reng, êng dum hring dup maia inbual chu a thu a. Bar leh jukebox inkar hmun chu zai nan an hmang a. Hei bakah hian booth-te chu a khar vek a, a hnuhnung ber tih loh chu.
  
  
  Hmeichhe thau tak pakhat chu lehkha chungah a bawkkhup a. Glass te tak te, rim nei lo chu a hnar bulbous tip ah chuan a innghat a. A hmui chhunga cigarette sei tak, a inthuam chu a in a. Nick a rawn luh chuan a lu hawi lovin a en a, a mit chunglam lam hawiin a mit a chhing a, a glasses chungah chuan a en mai mai a. Heng zawng zawng hi Nick-a’n kawngkhar hma lam atanga a veilam, bar tawp lama awm stairs thlenga a kal hun chhung khan a lang chiang hle. Nick chuan a hreh lo. Hmeichhia chuan eng emaw sawi tumin a hmui a hawng a, mahse chu thu a rawn chhuah chuan Nick chu step linaah a kal tawh a. A chho chhunzawm zel a, step hnih khatin a kal zel a. A chung lam a thlen chuan corridor-ah a awm a. A zim a, a chanve velah lantern pakhat a awm a, carpet thuk takin a khuh a, mut, sex leh rimtui man tlawm rim a nam bawk. Room te chu room tak tak ni lo mahse a sir lehlamah chuan inthenna an nei vek a. A bangte chu feet riat vel zeta sang a ni a, in ceiling pawh feet sawm chuang zeta sei a ni. Nick chuan a duhzawng window chu a dinglama pindan pathumna a nih tur thu a rel ta a. Chutianga a tih tan lai chuan hall leh pindan inthenna kawngkhar chu plywood man tlawm tak, rawng hring hring, tinsel star-a inthuam a ni tih a hmu a. Arsi te hian hmeichhe hming an nei a, an hming a inang lo vek. Margot leh Lila kawngka bulah chuan a kal pel a. Vicky chu a duh a. Killmaster chuan hun a neih ang tawka zahawm taka awm a tum a, mahse sawifiah a nghakhlel hle. Vicky kawngkhar hawn a tum a, a khar a hmuh chuan a hnungtawlh a, vawi khat chak takin lock chu a tikehsawm ta a ni. Kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, ri nasa takin bang chu a rawn nam a, a chunglam hinge chu a chhe vek a, angle-in a tla ta a.
  
  
  Vicky chu a buai hle a. Khum te tak teah chuan a mu a, a ke lian tak, hrual hrual chu a zau zawngin a inzar pharh a, a chunga mipa sam sen lian tak chuan a nawr dan nen a inmil hle. A kut chu a kawngah nghet takin a inkhuh a. Chu pa hnute hring dup ruh chu a hrual a, a hnungzang chu thawmhnaw in a rawn eng chhuak bawk. A kut lian tak tak chuan a hnute zau tak chu a khuh vek a. Vicky kawr leh panty chu khum bulah chuan ball hrual hrual takah chuan a mu a. Sailor uniform chu uluk takin chest of drawer chungah chuan a khuh a.
  
  
  Nick chu tukverh lam pan chuan a kal tawh a, hawn a tum a, lawng khalhtu chuan a hriat hmain.
  
  
  A lu a han chawi sang a. "Chibai!" a ti a. "Tunge i nih?"
  
  
  Muscular, lian leh hmeltha tak a ni. Tunah chuan a elbow-ah a ding ta a. A rilru a sam chu a thim a, a sen hring dup bawk.
  
  
  Window chu a jam ang maiin a lang. Nick chuan a hawng thei lo.
  
  
  Sailor mitmeng dum chu thinrimnain a rawn eng chhuak a. “Zawhna ka zawt che a, sport,” a ti a. A khup chu a rawn tho chhuak a. Vicki chu a chhuahsan dawn ta a.
  
  
  Vicky chuan: "Mac! Mac!"
  
  
  "Mac hi bouncer a ni ngei ang," Nick chuan a ti a. A tawpah chuan window chu a tifai ta a. Nupa lam chu a hawi a, a tlangval ang maia nuihzatna zau ber chu a pe a. “Ka paltlang mai mai, guys,” a ti a.
  
  
  Thinrimna chuan lawng khalhtu mit chu a chhuahsan ta a. A nui suk tan a, chutah a nui suk a, a tawpah chuan a nui chhuak ta ringawt mai. Thinlung tak, nuihzatthlak tak a ni. "I ngaihtuah chuan a hlimawm khawp mai," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a ke dinglam chu window inhawng atang chuan a rawn thun lut a. A ding a, a pocket chhungah a kut a han phar a, Hong Kong dollar sawm a rawn phawrh chhuak a. A hrual a, uluk takin lawng khalhtu hnenah chuan a paih ta a. “Hlim takin awm rawh,” a ti leh a, chutah: “Hei hi a tha em?”
  
  
  Sailor chuan Vicky chu nui chungin a en a, chutah Nick chu a en leh a. "A chhe zawk ka nei tawh."
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut a phar a, chutah feet li zetin barn chung lamah chuan a tla thla ta a. A tawpah chuan a khup thlengin a tlu a, a sir lam chu a rawn roll ta a. Kawngpuiah chuan feet riat zeta chhuk a ni. Building kil khat chu a hawi kual a, tukverh atang chuan hmuh theih lohvin a bo a, chutah kawngpui sir lamah chuan a tlan phei nghal a, a kir leh ta a ni. Thlalak zingah chuan a awm reng a, window lam a a kir leh thlengin bar bulah chuan a awm reng a. Tunah chuan bar atanga kawngpui sir lehlamah a awm tawh a, chutah chuan building sir thum chu a hmu thei ta a ni. Tukverh atanga a mit la chhuak lovin thlalak chhungah chuan a ke a pen lut a, a hmaa fence-ah chuan a hnungzang a nghat a, a ding ta a.
  
  
  Tukverh chu chiang takin a hmu thei khawp mai. Nick chuan chuta tang chuan mi wiry lu leh kekawrte chu a rawn chhuak chhuak tih a hmu a. A kut dinglamah chuan sipai .45 a keng a. “He pawl hian sipai .45s hi an ngaina tak zet a ni,” tiin Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Chu pa chuan a hun a hmang a, kawtthler chu a han en kual vel a.
  
  
  Chutah Nick chuan lawng khalhtu aw chu a hre ta a. "Tunah chuan engkim a tha vek tawh."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hei hi a tam lutuk. Fun hi a nuam - tlangval pakhat chu a tha a, mahse pahnih chu a damn lutuk." Nick chuan sailor kut chuan chu pa rilru chu a rawn khuh a, room chhungah a hruai lut leh tih a hmu a. "Damn you, clown. Ka biak lai hian min en teh.
  
  
  "Mac! Mac! " Vicki chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Tichuan lawng khalhtu chuan, "Silai hi min rawn kawhhmuh suh, buddy. I rilruah ka thun thla ang a, i ei tir ang che," a ti a.
  
  
  Inhnialna a awm a, thing hrual thawm, hmaiah kut zungtang hrual ri chu a awm a. Glass chu a chhe vek a, thil rit tak takte chu leiah a tla thla a. Tin, Vicki chu a au chhuak ta a: "Mac! Mac!"
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a, fence-ah chuan a innghat a. A lu a thing a, a coat pocket chhungah chuan a kut a phar a, a rangkachak tip cigarette pakhat chu a hal a. Tukverh atanga thawm ri chu a reh lo. Nick chuan muangchangin cigarette a zuk a. Window atang chuan aw pathumna a rawn ri a, a hniam a, a phut hle bawk. Army .45 chu tukverh chunglam atang chuan a lut a, barn chung lamah chuan a tla thla ta a. Mac a ni mai thei, Nick chuan a ti a.Meikhu ring chu boruakah a vawrh lut a, chu mi wiry chuan building atanga a chhuah meuh chuan a zui nghal a.Mahse, hun rei tak a la ngai dawn niin a lang.
  
  
  BUNG RIATNA
  
  
  Ni tel lovin zing a lo thleng a; chhum thim hnuaiah chuan a thup reng a ni. Thlipuiah chuan a la vawt reng a. Zingkar hma takah Hong Kong khawpui kawngpuiah mipui an rawn lang tan ta a.
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan fence-ah chuan a innghat a, a ngaithla a. Hong Kong chuan a mit a meng a, a inher a, ni thar atan a inbuatsaih ta a. Khawpui zawng zawng chu a ri nasa hle a, mahse zan lama thawm chu eng emaw ti takin zing khawvar hmaa thawm ri nen chuan a danglam hle. Inchung atang chuan meikhu a rawn chhuak a, chhum hniam tak nen chuan a inhmeh hle. Chaw siam rim chuan boruak a rawn luah khat a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a cigarette pasarihna butt chu a rawn ke a. Darkar khat chuang zet chu tukverh atang chuan thawm a awm lo. Nick chuan lawng khalhtu leh Mac chuan chu mi wiry tak chu a hnung zui thei tur khawpin an kalsan tawh tih a beisei. He pa hi Nick-a’n a man straw kha a ni. Pawisa pe lo se chuan hun tam tak a khawhral ngei ang. Tin, hun chu Nick-a neih loh thil a ni bawk.
  
  
  He mi hi khawiah nge a kal ang? Nick chuan a zui tur chu a hloh tih a hriat veleh a chunga hotute hnenah report a pe ngei a beisei. Chu chuan Nick chu straw pahnih a pe ang.
  
  
  Vawikhatmah mipa pakhat a rawn lang a. Kawngkhar hma lam atang chuan a rawn pop chhuak nghal zat a, a hmel a tha lo tak zet. A ke pen chu a ding ta a, a tlu ta hlawm a. A suit coat chu a kekawr ipte chungah chuan a hrual a. A hmai chu hliam vangin a sen vek a, a mit pahnih chu a hring tan ta. Hun engemaw chen chu tum nei lovin a vakvai a, kalna tur pawh a hre lo. Tichuan zawi zawiin lawng chawlhna lam pan chuan a kal ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa chu hmuh theih loh khawpa a awm hma chu a nghak a, a zui ta a. Chu pa chu a che zauh zauh a, hrehawm takin. Step tin hian thawhrimna nasa tak a mamawh niin a lang. Killmaster chuan he mipa hi man a duh a, pulp thlenga vuak a duh lo. Mahse, lawng khalhtu rilru put hmang chu a ngaihlu thei a ni. Tuman tihbuai hi an duh lo. A bik takin vawi hnih. Tin, he mi wiry tak hi hlimthla nei lo tak tak a ni tih a ngaihtuah bawk. A aggressive brandishing chu .45 a ni ngei ang. Mahse, Nick-a chuan chu pa chu a khawngaih hle a, mahse lawng khalhtu chuan a thil tih ang a tih chhan chu a hrethiam thei a ni.
  
  
  Sailors te inkhelhna hmun atanga rawn chhuak chuan chu pa chu a perk up deuh niin a lang. A ke pen chu a hlim zawk a, a rang zawk bawk. A kalna tur chu a lo rel fel chauh niin a lang. Nick chu block hnih velin a hnungtawlh a. Tun thleng hian chu pa chuan a hawi kir ngai lo.
  
  
  Harbor bula lawng chawlhna hmun an thlen meuh chuan Nick chuan chu pa kalna tur chu a hre ta a ni. Ferry a ni. Kowloon lama kir leh a tum a. Nge chuta mi a ni em? Chu pa chuan landing-a zing mipui chu a hnaih a, a sir lamah chuan a ding ta a. Nick chu building bulah chuan a awm a, hmuh loh a tum a. Chu pa chuan a tih duh chu a hre lo niin a lang. Vawi hnih lai chu hmun atang chuan a hnungtawlh a, a kir leh ta a ni. Chu vuakna chuan a rilru a nghawng niin a lang. A chhehvela mite chu a en a, chutah lawng chawlhna tur lawng chawlhna hmun chu a en a. Dock-ah chuan a kal leh a, a ding a, tumruh takin lawng chawlhna atang chuan a kal bo ta a. Nick chuan buai zet hian a hmui a ti hup a, chu pa chu hmuh theih loh khawpa a awm hma chu a nghak a, chutah a zui ta a.
  
  
  Chu pa chak tak chuan Nick chu a hotel lam pan chuan a hruai nghal a. Pawnah chuan Ossa leh chu pa inhmuhna street lamp ang chiah hnuaiah chuan a ding a, Nick-a tukverh chu a han en a.
  
  
  He tlangval hian a beidawng lo chauh a ni. Chutah Nick chuan lawng chhunga chu pa thiltih chu a hrethiam ta a. Hetiang hian hna a thawk tur a ni. A chunga hotute chungah thil thleng tak tak chu report ta se, an that ngei ang. Kowloon-a insawn a tum tak tak em? A nih loh leh khawi emaw lai pier lam pan tur a ni em? Harbour sir lam chu a hawi a, pier lam chu a pan ta a. Nick-a chuan a lo man tawh tih a hria a, tlem chuan thil inzawmkhawm a tum ang tih a ngaihtuah pawh a ni mai thei.
  
  
  Nick chuan thil pakhat a ring tlat a, chu chu chu pa chu a che tawh lo. Tin, khawiah mah hruai lo che chu i zui thei lo bawk. Inbiak hun a ni tawh.
  
  
  Mi chak tak chu khawnvar ban atang chuan a che lo. Nick-a room chu Killmaster-a awm turin a tawngtai ang maiin a en a.
  
  
  Sidewalk-ah chuan mipui an tam ta hle mai. Mite chu an kal tlang nghal vat a, an in dodge a. Nick chuan fimkhur a ngai tih a hria. Hmelma a hmachhawn lai hian a chhehvela mipui awm chu a duh lo.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hotel atanga kawngpui sir building kawngkaah chuan Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a belt atang chuan a coat pocket dinglamah a sawn a. A kut chu a pocket-ah a dah a, a kut zungtang chu trigger-ah a dah a, gangster movie hlui ang bawkin. Tichuan kawngpui sir lamah a insawn ta a.
  
  
  He mipa wiry tak hian a ngaihtuahna leh hotel kawngka atanga thlir chuan a inhnim pil em em a, Nika rawn hnaih pawh a hre lo. Nick chu a hnungah chuan a rawn kal chho a, a kut veilam chu chu pa kawngah chuan a nghat a, Wilhelmina barrel chu a hnungzang hnuai lamah a thun lut ta a.
  
  
  "Room lam hawi ai chuan a lam pan leh ila," a ti a.
  
  
  Chu pa chu a tenawm ta hle mai. A mit chu a boot ke ruh thlengin a kal ta a. Nick chuan a kawr ruh chu a rawn inher chhuak tih a hmu a.
  
  
  “Move,” Nick chuan ngawi rengin a ti a, Luger chu a hnungzang hnaih zawkah a hmet a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan ngawi rengin thu a awih a. Hotel chhungah chuan an lut a, ṭhian hlui ang maiin stairs-ah chuan an kal chho a, Killmaster chuan an kal pelh apiang chu ṭhian takin a nuih a za hle. Kawngkhar an pan hnaih chuan Nick-a chuan a kut veilam chuan chabi chu a lo chelh tawh a.
  
  
  “I kut chu i hnung lamah dah la, bang ah chuan innghat rawh,” Nick chuan thu a pe a.
  
  
  Chu pa chuan a awih a. A mitmeng chuan Killmaster che vel chu uluk takin a zui a.
  
  
  Nick chuan kawngka chu a hawng a, a hnungtawlh ta a. "Okay. A chhungah."
  
  
  Chu pa chu bang atang chuan a insawn a, pindan chhungah chuan a lut ta a. Nick chuan a zui a, kawngkhar chu a khar a, a khar nghal bawk. Wilhelmina chu a pocket atang chuan a la chhuak a, barrel chu chu pa pum lam chu a kap ta a.
  
  
  “I kut hnung lamah dah la, hawi let rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  Vawikhat chu chu pa chuan ngawi rengin a awih leh ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa rilru chu a fawp a, a kawrfual pocket leh a ke pahnih chhung chu a fawp a. Chu pa chuan .45 a nei tawh lo tih a hria a, mahse thil dang a nei pawh a ni mai thei. Engmah a hmu lo. “English i hrethiam e,” a tih zawh chuan a ti a. "I sawi em?"
  
  
  Chu pa chu a ngawi reng a.
  
  
  "Okay," Nick chuan a ti a, "I kut dah la, hawi let rawh" Sailor leh Mac te chuan hna tha tak an thawk a, a lungngai hmel hle.
  
  
  Chu pa mitmeng chuan Nick chu a ti hahdam deuh hlek a. Chu pa chu a lam hawia a hawi lai chuan a ke dinglam chu Nick-a ke pahnih inkarah chuan a rawn chhuak ta a. Hrehawmna chuan thinghnah ang maiin a rawn tlan lut ta a. A double over a, hnunglam hawiin a tlan phei ta a. Chu pa chuan hmalam a pan a, a ke veilam hmangin Wilhelmina chu Nick kut atang chuan a hnawtchhuak ta a. Kein Luger a rawn nam chuan metal on metal click a awm a. A rilru natnain a khat Nick chu bang bulah chuan a tlu ta a. Chu pa pheikhawk thir tip chu a hriat loh avangin ngawi rengin a inchhir a. Chu pa chuan Wilhelmina chu a zui ve ta a. Nick chuan thawk hnih a la a, chutah bang atang chuan a kal bo ta a, thinrim zet hian a ha a ti hrual a. Thinrimna chu a hahdam theih nan amah a hawi a, hei hi tih tur ni lo mah se. Chu pa chu a hmel angin a dinhmun a chhe lo tih a chiang.
  
  
  Chu pa chu a inbeng kang a, a kut zungtang chuan Luger chu a khawih a. Nick chuan a kick a, a tlu ta a. A sir lamah a inher a, chu steel-tipped boots hlauhawm tak takte chu a rawn bei ta a. Chu vuakna chuan Nick chu a pum a rawn deng a, khumah chuan a paih leh ta a ni. Chu pa chuan Luger chu a thlang leh ta a. Nick chu rang zetin khum atang chuan a inher a, Wilhelmina chu corner pakhatah a nawr lut a, a thlen theih lohna hmunah chuan a nawr lut ta a. Chu pa chak tak chu a khup a khup a. Nick chuan a kutphah inhawng sir lehlamah chuan a kawngah a rawn beng a, chutah rang takin chu pa hnar chu a kutphah inhawng hmangin a rawn vawm a, a hnar kawngkhar chu a tikehsawm ta a ni. Chu pa chu hrehawm takin a au chhuak a, chutah a sam hrual chhungah chuan a tlu a, a kut pahnih chuan a hmai a khuh ta a ni. Nick chuan room chu a rawn pel a, Wilhelmina chu a rawn kai a.
  
  
  Ha hrual chungin: “Tunah chuan engvangin nge min zui tih leh tu tan nge i thawh tih min hrilh ang,” a ti a.
  
  
  Movement chu a rang lutuk a, Nick chuan a hre lo. Chu pa kut chu a kawr kawr chhungah a lut a, pill zungbun te tak te chu a phawrh chhuak a, a hmuiah a dah lut a.
  
  
  “Cyanide,” Nick chuan a ti a. Wilhelmina chu a coat pocket-ah a dah a, rang zetin chu pa bulah chuan a kal phei ta a. Kut pahnih kut zungtang hmangin chu pa hmui chu a hain tablet chu a tikehsawm loh nan nawr hran a tum a. Mahse, a tlai tawh hle. Chu tui thihpui thei chu mihring taksaah a kal tlang tawh a ni. Second ruk hnuah chuan a thi ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick chu a ding a, ruang chu a en reng a. A tlu leh a, khumah chuan a plop thla ta a. Ka ke pahnih inkarah hian natna a awm a, chu chu la reh loh tur a ni. A kut chu chu pa hmai atang chuan thisenin a khuh a. Khumah chuan a mu leh a, a kut dinglam chuan a mit a khuh a. Hei hi a straw, a khelhna awmchhun a ni a, a hloh ta a ni. A kalna apiangah chuan bang ruak a awm a. He hna a thawh tirh atang khan break decent pakhat mah a la nei lo. Nick chuan a mit a chhing a. A chau a, a rilru a buai hle tih a hria.
  
  
  Nick chuan eng chen nge a mut tih pawh a hre lo. Minute tlemte aia rei pawh a ni thei lo. Vawilehkhatah a thu chhuak nghal a. Eng thil nge i tihsual, Carter? tiin a ngaihtuah a. Mahni inkhawngaihnaa wallow hun a awm lo. Chuvangin break tha lo engemaw zat i nei tawh a ni. Hnathawh zinga mi a ni. Thil awm thei chu a la inhawng reng a ni. Hna harsa zawk i nei a. Amah nen chuan inrem rawh.
  
  
  A rilruin a duhthlan tur la awmte a ngaihtuah laiin showering leh shaving hmangin a tan a. Thil dang a ngaihtuah thei lo a nih chuan Wonderful Bar chu a awm a.
  
  
  Bathroom atanga a rawn chhuah chuan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  a rilru a hahdam hle. A kawrfual vel padding chu a ti nghet sauh sauh a. Pierre, gas bomb te tak te chu a ke pahnih inkarah dah lovin, a ke veilam hnung chiaha indentation te tak teah duct-tape hmangin a dah ta zawk a ni. Sock a han hrual chuan bump te tak te a lang a, mahse ke ruh hring ang maiin a lang. Business suit ang chiah chu a ha zo ta a. Wilhelmina atanga clip chu a la chhuak a, cartridge pali bo chu a thlak leh ta a ni. Wilhelmina chu a hmaa a awm tawhna hmunah chuan a kawr ah a pin a. Tichuan Nick Carter chu a hnaah a kir leh ta a.
  
  
  Mithi pakhat a\angin a \an a. Chu pa pocket chu uluk takin a han en a. Wallet chu tun hnaia lei ang mai a ni. A tam zawk chu lawng khalhtu a ni. Nick hian Chinese hmeichhe thlalak pahnih, laundromat ticket, Hong Kong dollar sawmkua pawisa fai leh Wonderful bar atanga business card a hmu a. He hmun hi a hawi kualna apiangah a rawn lang chhuak a. Card hnunglam chu a han en a. Victoria-Kwangchou tih thumal, pencil hmanga ziah.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan a taksa chu chhuahsanin tukverh lam pan chuan zawi muangin a kal ta a. Pawn lam a hawi a, engmah a hmu lo. Guangzhou hi China canton a ni a, Guangdong Province khawpui a ni. Canton hi Hong Kong atanga mel za chuang tlemtea hlaah a awm a, Red China-ah a awm a ni. Chutah chuan nupui leh tlangval an awm em? Khawpui lian tak a ni. Pearl lui chhim lam kamah a awm a, chu lui chu khawthlang lamah Hong Kong Harbour-ah a luang lut a ni. Chutah chuan nupui leh tlangval an awm maithei.
  
  
  Mahse Nick chuan hei hi card awmzia a ni em tih chu a ringhlel hle. Hei hi bar-a calling card a ni. Victoria-Guangzhou-in a ngaihtuah zawng zawng chu hetah Hong Kong-ah hian a awm vek niin a hria a. Mahse, engtin nge? Hmun? Thil? Mi pakhat? Tin, engvangin nge he mi hian chutiang card chu a neih? Nick chuan dining room tukverh atanga mipa lo hawi chhuak a hmuh atanga thil thleng zawng zawng chu a hrechhuak vek a. Thil pakhat chuan ka mit a la hle - he mipa hian lawng chawlhna hmuna a thiltih mak tak mai hi. Either lawng khalh a tum a, mahse a chunga hotute hnena a hlawhchham thu hrilh a hlau emaw, Nick a awm tih a hria a, a boss hnenah a kalna tur a hrilh duh lo emaw pawh nise. Tin, lawng chawlhna hmunah chuan a insawn ta a.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan tukverh atang chuan lawng chawlhna chu a hmu thei a, mahse lawng chawlhna hmun erawh a hmu lo. Chu lai hmun chu a rilruah a rawn pe ta a. Ferry dock chu a sir lehlamah chuan sampan leh bawlhhlawh chi hrang hrang, tui chunga awmte chuan an hual vel a ni. Platform thleng zawng zawng deuhthaw chu an ding dun a. Katie Lou leh Mike te Canton thleng tur chuan States atanga Hong Kong thleng thlawhna hmanga an kal a ngai a, chutah chuan...
  
  
  Mahse, a dik e! A chiang em em mai! Hong Kong atang chuan Pearl luiah lawngin Canton thlengin an hruai thla a! Chutah chuan chu pa chuan lawng chawlhna hmun a chhuahsan lai chu a pan ta a ni - he lawng khawtlang zinga khawi emaw laiah lawng pakhat lam pan chuan. Mahse, chu lai hmunah chuan an tam em em a ni. Canton thlenga mel za vel kal thei tur khawpa lian a ngai a ni. Sampan chu a damchhuak ngei ang, mahse chu chu a rinawm loh. Ni lo, sampan aiin a lian zawk a ngai a ni. Hei hian a takin zawhna chu a tizau hle a, lawng chawlhna hmuna lawng zaa sawmkua chu sampan an nih avangin. Risk dang a ni a, straw, gamble, eng pawh ni se. Mahse, thil pakhat a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan window atang chuan curtain chu a rawn hrual a. Thawmhnaw dang chu a suitcase-ah a dah a, light off in room atang chuan a chhuak a, kawngkhar chu a khar a. A awmna tur hmun dang a zawn a ngai dawn a ni. Check out ni ta se, room tifai tur mi an hmu nghal mai ang. A ruang hi tlai lamah hmuh chhuah a nih a ring. Tun ṭum hi a tawk mai thei. Hallway-ah chuan Nick-a chuan a suitcase chu laundry tray-ah chuan a paih lut a. Corridor tawp lama tukverh atang chuan a chhuk a, kangmei chhuahna hmunah chuan a chhuk ta a. A hnuai lamah chuan feet ruk zeta thui zeta tla thlain kawngpui sirah a tawp ta a ni. A brush off a, rang takin kawngpuiah chuan a kal ta a, tunah chuan mipuiin an khat tawh a, lirthei tlan tam tak an awm tawh bawk. Mailbox hmasa ber Nick-a kal pelh takah chuan a hotel room chabi chu a thlak ta a. Hawk hian Hong Kong a thlen hunah police leh hotel te nen thil a buaipui ang. Nick chu kawngpui sira mipui zingah chuan a inhmeh hle.
  
  
  Thli chu a la thianghlim hle. Mahse, chhum rit tak takte chu a bo vek a, an chhunga hrual hrual karah chuan ni chu a eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Kawngpui leh kawngpui sirah te chu a lo vawt tan ta. Mite chu an tlan kual vel a, Nick a kal lai chuan an paltlang ta a. A chang chuan lawng khalhtute chuan hangover leh uniform hrual hrual hrual chungin lawng chawlhna hmun chu an chhuahsan thin. Nick-a chuan sam sen sailor chu a ngaihtuah a, he darkar hian eng nge a tih tih a ngaihtuah a; Vicky nen an la insual reng mai thei. A nui suk a, pindan chhunga a rawn puak chhuah lai chu a hrechhuak leh ta.
  
  
  Nick chuan lawng chawlhna hmun chu a thleng a, lawng chawlhna lam chu a pan nghal a, a mit tawnhriat nei tak chuan lawng chawlhna hmuna chain link ang maia inzawm sampan leh bawlhhlawh tam tak chu a scan a. Lawng hi he compartment-ah hian a awm dawn lo va, pier sir lehlamah a awm dawn a ni. Lawng awm tak tak ni ta se. Engtin nge a thlan ang tih pawh a hre lo.
  
  
  Nick a rawn hnaih rual chuan lawng lian tak chu lawng chawlhna atang chuan a chug chhuak ta a. Pier chu a pel a, a sir lehlama lawng chawlhna hmunah chuan a kal ta a. Nick chuan fimkhur a ngai tih a hria. Reds hian an lawng chhunga a chhui lai an man a nih chuan an that hmasa ang a, chutah chuan tu nge a nih an hre chhuak ang.
  
  
  Killmaster chu a bulah a awm reng a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  building, a mit chuan lawng tin, sampan aia lian zawka lang chu uluk takin a enfiah a. Zingkar pum leh chawhnu lam hun engemaw chen chu result nei lovin a hmang a. Lawngte thlengin lawng chawlhna hmunah chuan a kal a. Mahse khawvel hmun hrang hrang atanga lawng lian tak takin bungrua an phurh emaw, an chhuhsak emawna hmun a thlen chuan a hawi let leh ta a ni. Mel khat dawn lai a tuam a. Lawng tam lutuk chu a zahthlak hle. Sampan lakchhuah a nih hnuah pawh a tam zawk chu a la awm reng a ni. Hei hi a paltlang tawh mai thei; a hriat chian theihna tur engmah a nei lo. Vawi khat chu business card hian lawng a kawk lo thei lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan lawng chawlhna lam pan leh tur chuan sampan aia lian lawng zawng zawng chu a enfiah leh vek a. Chhum chu a lo thianghlim tawh a; vanah chuan sang takin an innghat a, dawhkan puan dum dum chunga popcorn luang chhuak ang maiin an innghat a. Tin, chawhnu ni chuan lawng chawlhna hmunte chu a ti lum a, asphalt atanga tui lo chhuak chu a vawt chhuak ta a ni. Lawng thenkhat chu sampan-ah an thlunzawm a; mi dangte chu tlem a hla deuhah an anchor bawk. Nick-a chuan American lawng lian tak takte chu tui taxi-te chu an kal leh haw fo tih a hmu a. Chawhnu lam tuipui tleh chuan lawng lian tak takte chu an anchor chain chu an on tir a, chutiang chuan lawng chawlhna sir lamah chuan a sir lamah an thu ta a ni. Sampans te chu lawng vel chu leeches ang maiin an pungkhawm a, an passenger te chuan lawng khalhtute’n nickel an paih chu an dive a.
  
  
  Nick chuan landing a thlen hma lawk chuan barge chu a hmu ta a. A hnar chu dock lam a hawi avangin a miss hma hle. Sampan row khat hnaihah anchor a ni a, chawhnu lama tui a tleh avangin a sir lamah pawh a thu tihna a ni. Nick dinna atang chuan lawng chawlhna lam leh lawng hnung lam chu a hmu thei a. A hnung lamah chuan letter dum dum tak takin heti hian a inziak a: Kwangchow!
  
  
  Nick chu warehouse thlalak hnuaiah chuan a hnungtawlh ta a. Mi pakhat chu lawng pakhat deck-ah chuan a ding a, pier lam chu binocular hmangin a en a. A kut dinglam chu bandage var in a khuh a.
  
  
  Warehouse thlalak hnuaiah chuan Nick chu a nui suk a. Lungawina nen chuan thaw chhuak thuk tak chu a phal ta a. Barge chhunga mipa chu, a nihna takah chuan, Ossa-i hnute ṭhian a ni. Nick chu warehouse-ah chuan a innghat a, a thu ta a. Nui chungin a cigarette pakhat chu a phawrh chhuak a, a hal ta a. Tichuan a nui suk a. A lu mawi tak chu a sir lamah a nghat a, a nui suk bawk. A break hmasa ber a hmu chauh a ni.
  
  
  Killmaster hian he luxury mak tak hi minute khat chiah a phalsak a ni. Binoculars keng mipa chu a ngaihsak lo; chu pa hmelah chuan ni chu a lo eng ta a. Nick chu thlalak hnuaia a awm chhung chuan chuta tang chuan hmuh theih loh tluk a ni. Ni lo, Nick hian ngaihtuah tur a nei a. Police-te chuan rinhlelh rual lohvin a room-ah ruang hi an hmu a, tunah chuan an zawng mek a ni mai thei. American tourist Chris Wilson an zawng dawn a ni. Nick tan chuan midang a nih hun a ni ta.
  
  
  A ding chhuak a, a cigarette chu a timit a, landing lam pan chuan a kal ta a, thlalak hnuaiah chuan a awm ta a ni. Ni ênga thil chhe lai hnaih theihna hun a nei lo ang, a tlem berah chuan deck-a binoculars a neih lai pawhin. Tunah tak hian thawmhnaw thlakna tur hmun a mamawh a.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan lawng a thlen chuan mipui an tam hle. Mipuite chu fimkhur takin a kal pel a, police lam chu a en reng a.
  
  
  A pelh chuan lawng chawlhna hmuna kut zungtang hmasa ber chu a ke a, lawng chawlhna lam chu a kawhhmuh a. Sampan tlar vel chu zawi zawiin a kal pel a, uluk takin a en reng a. Corn ang maiin an rawn kal a, Nick chuan a duh ber a hmuh hma loh chuan a kal zel a.
  
  
  Harbor atanga row hnihna pier bulah chuan a ding a. Nick-a chuan hreh lovin a chungah chuan a ke a pen a, khum te tak te chung hnuaiah chuan a pil ta a. A chhuahsan tawhna chhinchhiahna te, thawmhnaw engmah awm lohna te, inchung ruah surna hmun, bunk leh stove te tak te, tin can-a hmuiah hnim hring hring awmte chu tuiin a chim tih a hmu nghal a. Tuin nge a luahtute an chhuah chhan leh engtikah nge an chhuah tih hria? Thlipui a tleh hma loh chuan ram ro takah awmna tur hmun an hmu mai thei. An thi tawh pawh a ni mai thei. Sampan chu a rim a nam hle mai. Hun engemaw chen chu an chhuahsan ta a ni. Nick chuan nooks and crannies chu a zawng a, buhfai kut khat leh green beans can hawn loh pakhat a hmu a.
  
  
  Sampan barge chu a hmu lo. Darkar hnih vel ni êng a la awm. Chance a ni a, mahse barge dik tak a nih ngei a ngai a ni. A thawmhnaw a phelh a, a kawr chhunga padding chu a la chhuak a. Minute li chhungin sampan row hmasa ber hnuaiah lawngin a kal thei ang a, boruak a lak hmain lawng chawlhna hmunah a awm thei ang tih a ring. Binoculars chu deck-ah a la awm a nih chuan bow emaw starboard lam atang chuan junk chu a hnaih a ngai dawn a ni.
  
  
  Hugo tih loh chu saruak chungin Nick chu sampan sir atang chuan tui lum takah chuan a tlan lut ta a. Second engemaw zat a nghak a, khaw lum rawn beihna hmasa ber chuan a chhuahsan ta a; tichuan tui hnuaiah a pil a, a inbual tan ta a. Sampan row hmasa ber hnuaiah chuan a kal pel a, dinglamah chuan lawng tui lam pan chuan a inher a. Tichuan boruak thianghlim thawk thuk tak vawi hnih chiah a rawn chhuak ta a. Barge chu a hnuai lama a luh leh chuan a hmu ta a. A hnar chu a lam hawi a. Chu lam pan chuan a inbual a, a hnuaiah feet ruk vel zet awm chu a tum a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  R. A rilru a hah lutuk. A kut chuan lawng hnuai thuk tak chu a khawih hmain boruak a la leh a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  Keel lam pan chuan a kal a, zawi zawiin starboard lam, hnung lam deuhah chuan a chhoh a phal ta a ni. Barge thlazar hnuaiah chuan a awm a, mahse thlawpna a awm lo, chelh tur engmah a awm lo. Anchor chain chu bow chungah a mu a. Nick chuan a ke chu keel-ah a nghat a, hei hian a insiamrem theih nan a puih ngei a beisei. Mahse keel atanga lei chung thlenga hlat zawng chu a lian lutuk. A lu chu tuiah a dah thei lo. Basket-wicker rudder starboard lam a stem lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Rudder chu a vawn tlat chuan hmun khatah a awm thei a ni. Barge thlazar hnuaiah chuan a la awm reng a.
  
  
  Tichuan lawng pakhat chu lawng chawlhna lam atanga lo chhuk thla chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  Mipa pakhat, a kutphah bandage vuah chu a chhungah chuan a lut a, clumsi takin pier lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Wrist preference a nei a, oars pawh a inang tlang thei lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan khaw lum avanga khur chhuak chungin minute sawmhnih vel zet a nghak a. Lawng chu a lo kir leh ta. Tun ṭumah chuan chu mipa bulah chuan hmeichhe pakhat a awm a. A hmel chu a mawi hle a, professional whore ang maiin a mawi hle. A hmui chu a khat a, a sen hring dup bawk. A hmui chu a vun chu ruh nena inzawm tlat hmunah chuan a sen vek a. A sam chu a dum a, rulhut ang mai a ni a, a tight hle a, a lu hnung lamah bun-ah a inkhawm a. Mit chu emerald mawi tak a ni a, chutiang bawk chuan a khauh bawk. Lavender dress tight tak, pangpar lem a ha a, a sir lehlamah slit a awm a, a hip thlengin a tla thla a ni. Lawng chhungah chuan a khup inzawmin a thu a, a kut chu a inzawm khawm a. Nick lam atang chuan panty a ha lo tih a hmu a. Dik tak chuan chu silk êng tak hnuaiah chuan eng emaw a ha em tih chu a ringhlel a ni.
  
  
  Bawlhhlawh bawm kil an thlen chuan chu pa chu lawngah chuan a zuang lut a, chutah a kut chu a han phar a, a puih a.
  
  
  Cantonese tawngin hmeichhia chuan, “Yong hnen atangin thu i la hre tawh em?”
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “Ni lo,” tiin chutiang bawk chuan a chhang a. "Naktuk hian a mission chu a zo mai thei."
  
  
  “Engmah a ni lo mai thei,” hmeichhia chuan a ti nghal zat. "Ossa kawng zawh a ni mai thei."
  
  
  “Ossa...” chu pa chuan a ti tan a.
  
  
  "Ossa chu mi â a ni. Nang, Ling hi mi â i ni. Mi âin an hual vel operation ka kaihruai hmain ka hre chiang zawk tur a ni."
  
  
  "Mahse, kan inpekna chu!" - Ling chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Hmeichhia chuan: “A ring zawkin, Victoria-ah hian an hre thei lo che.I idiot i ni.Naute piang thar hian chaw ei tur atan a inpe a, mahse engmah tih dan tur a hre lo.Naute piang thar i ni a, kebai i ni bawk at that.
  
  
  "Hei hi ka hmu ngai a nih chuan..."
  
  
  "I tlanbo ang emaw, i thi ang. Mipa pakhat chauh a ni. Mipa pakhat chauh a ni! Tin, rabbit hlauthawng ang mai in ni vek bawk. Tunah hian hmeichhia leh tlangval lam pan chuan a kal mai thei. Rei a nghak thei lo."
  
  
  "Ani ang..."
  
  
  "Yong hi a that ngei ang. Nangni zawng zawng zingah hian a tlem berah Yong hi a hlawhtling ngei ang tih ka ngaihtuah a."
  
  
  "Sheila, kei...."
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan ka chungah kut nghah i duh em? Naktuk thlengin Yonggu hi kan nghak reng a ni. Naktuk zan thlenga a rawn let leh loh chuan kan load up ang a, kan chhuak ang. He mipa in zavaia hlauhthawn tu hi ka hmu duh khawp mai. Ling! Puppy ang maiin min pawng a.A ropui hle mai.Cabin chhungah lut la, mihring chanve tal ka siam ang che.
  
  
  Nick hian a hnua thil thleng tur chu vawi tam tak a lo hre tawh a. A hriat leh theih nan tui lum takah a vawt a ngai tawh lo. A dove a, barge hnuai lam chu a bow a thlen thlengin a kal ta a. Tichuan a lung chu boruakin a khat a, sampan lam pan chuan a insawn leh ta a.
  
  
  Ni a tla dawn tawh a, boruak thawk leh turin a rawn kal chho ta a. Minute li hnuah sampan row hmasa ber hnuaiah a kal leh a, a loan lakah a kir leh ta a ni. A chuang a, a business suit nen chuan a in vawt a, a vun chu chak takin a hrual a. A vawt hnu pawhin a nghing tawh loh nan hun rei tak a la ngai a ni. Lawng chu a sei zawng zawng deuhthaw thlengin a la chhuak a, a mit a chhing a. Mut a mamawh a ni. Nick-a pindan chhunga mi thi chu Yong a nih avangin naktukah a rawn inlan a rinawm loh. Chu chuan Nick chu naktuk tlai thleng tal chu a pe ta a ni. He barge-a chuan dan tur a ngaihtuah chhuah a ngai a ni. Mahse tunah chuan a chau tawh. He tui lum hian a chakna chu a titawp ta a ni. Amah atang chuan a inhnukdawk a, rocking sampan chuan a phur bo tir ta a ni. Naktuk atangin a tan ang. A chawl tha ang a, eng thil pawh ti turin a inpeih reng ang. Naktuk. Naktuk chu Thawhlehni a ni. Thawhlehni thleng a nei. Hun chu a liam nghal vat a.
  
  
  Nick chu bul tanna nen a harh a. Rei lo te chhung chu a awmna a hre lo. Sampan bang chungah chuan tui êng thawm ri chu a hre ta a. Barge a ni! Barge chu lawng chawlhna hmunah a la awm em? Chu hmeichhia, Sheila-i chuan a rilru a thlak a ni mai thei. Tunah chuan police te chuan Yuna chungchang an hre ta. A hrechhuak mai thei.
  
  
  A khum khauh tak atang chuan nghet takin a thu a, lawng chawlhna hmun sir chu a han en a. Navy lawng lian tak takte chuan lawng chawlhna hmunah hian an dinhmun an thlak leh ta a. Sei zawngin an thu a, an hnar chu Victoria lam hawiin an kawhhmuh a. Ni chu a thu sang hle a, tuiah chuan a eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Nick chuan barge chu a hmu a, a hnunglam chu lawng chawlhna lam hawiin a inher a. Lawng chhungah chuan nunna chhinchhiahna a awm lo.
  
  
  Nick chuan buhfai kut khat a siam a. Buhfai leh green beans can khat chu a kut zungtang hmangin a ei a. A tih zawh chuan a suit a phelhsak Hong Kong dollar sawmkua chu bawm ruak chhungah a dah a, chutah chuan bawm chu a hmuhna hmunah a dah leh ta a. A tam zawkah chuan passenger te an ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Sampan chu a lo haw lo a, mahse an lo haw a nih chuan a room leh board man tal chu a pe ang.
  
  
  Nick chu sampan chhungah chuan a thu leh a, a cigarette pakhat chu a hal ta a. Ni chu a tawp dawn ta. A tih tur awm chhun chu zanlai thleng nghah mai a ni.
  
  
  BUNG KUNA
  
  
  Nick chuan sampan chhungah chuan a thim thlengin a nghak a. Harbour dungah chuan êng a eng chhuak a, chu piah lamah chuan Kowloon khaw eng chu a hmu thei bawk. Tunah chuan junk chu a hmuh theih lohvin a awm tawh. Nilengin a chungah chuan chetna engmah a hmu lo. Mahse, a dik e, zanlai pelh hnu rei takah a nghak a ni.
  
  
  Wilhelmina leh Hugo te chu coolie thawmhnaw in a khuh a, chu chu a kawrfual ah a khih a. Plastic bag a neih loh avangin a thawmhnaw chu tui atanga chhuah tir a ngai ta a ni. Pierre, gas bomb te tak te chu a kut veilam hnung lamah tape-in an vuah a.
  
  
  A chhehvela sampan te chu an thim a, an ngawi reng bawk. Nick chu tui lum takah chuan a pil leh ta a. Zawi zawiin a sir lam hawiin a che a, a lu chungah chuan bundle chu a chelh tlat a. Thla hmasa lama sampan pahnih inkarah chuan a kal a, chutah tui inhawng lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Movement chu a slow hle a, splashing awm lo turin a enfiah bawk. Vawikhat chu lawng pawnah chuan dinglam a hawi a. Tunah chuan barge silhouette thim tak chu a hmu thei ta. Eng pawh a awm lo. Ferry dock a paltlang hnu chuan barge hmalam pan chuan a kal nghal a. A thlen hnu chuan anchor chain-ah chuan a innghat a, a chawl ta a. Tunah chuan a fimkhur hle a ngai ta.
  
  
  Nick chu chain chungah chuan a chho a, a ke chu tui atanga a chhuah thlengin. Tichuan, bundle chu towel atan hmangin a ke leh ke chu a vawt ta a. Deck-ah kephah hnim i hnutchhiah tur a ni lo. Bow rail chungah chuan a chho a, ngawi rengin deck-ah chuan a tla thla ta a. A lu a bu nghat a, a ngaithla a. Engmah hre lovin ngawi rengin a inchei a, Wilhelmina chu a pants kawrfual chhungah a thun a, Hugo chu a kutah a vuan a. Khup chungin cabin veilam sir kawngpuiah chuan a kal ta a. Lawng chu a bo tih a hmuchhuak a. Aft deck a thlen chuan ruang pathum muhil a hmu a. Sheila leh Ling te hi lawngah chuan chuang ta se, Nick chuan cabin chhungah an awm ngei ang, tiin Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Heng pathumte hi team khat an ni tur a ni. Nick chuan awlsam takin an inkarah a rawn ding ta a. Cabin hmalam khuh tu tur kawngkhar a awm lo va, arched space te tak te chauh a ni. Nick chuan a lu a rawn thun lut a, a ngaithla a, a en bawk. A hnung lama mi pathumte tih loh chu thawk ri engmah a hre lo; engmah a hmu lo. A lut ta a.
  
  
  A vei lamah chuan khum pathum a awm a, pakhat chu a chungah a awm a. A dinglamah chuan washbasin leh stove a awm a. A hnungah chuan dawhkan sei tak, a sir lehlamah bench awmna a ding a. Mast chu dawhkan lai takah chuan a kal tlang a. Cabin sir lehlamah window pahnih a awm a. Dawhkan hnung lamah chuan kawngkhar a awm a, lu a ni ngei ang. Buk chhungah chuan a inthupna tur hmun a awm lo. Storage locker te chu a te lutuk a. Bulkhead bula hmun zau zawng zawng chu cockpit atang chuan chiang takin a lang vek a. Nick chuan a han en thla a. Main deck hnuaiah hian hmun a awm dawn a ni. Storage atan an hmang mai thei. Nick chuan hatch chu headboard bulah khawi emaw laiah a awm dawn tih a rel ta a. Fimkhur takin dawhkan sir lam chu a pan a, a lu lam panna kawngkhar chu a hawng a.
  
  
  Toilet hi Eastern style-a deck nena inmil taka dah a ni a, a hnuaia hatch tan chuan a te lutuk. Nick chu main cabin lam pan chuan a hnungtawlh a, a mit chuan deck chu a scan a.
  
  
  Thla eng a awm tawk a, silhouette te chu a lang chhuak thei. A hnungtawlh lai chuan hmalam a pan a, a kut zungtang chu deck-ah chuan a rawn inher chhuak zauh zauh a. Bunk leh washbasin inkarah chuan crack a hmu a. A kut chu a tlan kual vel a, finger lift chu a hmu a, zawi zawiin a ding chhuak ta a. Hatch chu hinged a ni a, hman tangkai a ni bawk. A hawn chuan a hrual deuh chauh a ni. A hawnna chu feet thum vel square a ni. A hnuaiah chuan thim tak chuan a lo nghak reng a. Nick chuan bawlhhlawh hnuai lam chu feet li aia hniam a ni thei lo tih a hria. A ke chu a sir lamah a han vawrh a, a inhnukdawk ta a. A kein a hnuai lam a rawn nam hmain chest level thlengin a chhuk chauh a ni. Nick chu a bawkkhup a, a chunga hatch chu a khar a. Tuna a hriat theih awmchhun chu bawlhhlawh sir lama tui zawi zawiin a rawn tla chhuak ta chauh a ni. An insawn theih hunah chuan lawngah supply an phur dawn tih a hria a. Tin, he hmunah hian an dah khawm mai thei bawk.
  
  
  A kut hmangin a kaihruai a, Nick chu stern lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Thim chu a absolute hle a; khawih hmangin khauh takin a che a ngai a ni. Furled spare sail chauh a hmu a. A rawn let leh a. Hatch hmaah engmah awm lo se chuan lawng chhungah chuan a chho thei ang. Mahse dawr chhungah chuan sawn an duh ngei ang. Thil tha zawk a zawng chhuak tur a ni.
  
  
  Hatch hmaah chuan box panga inzawm a hmu a. A theih ang anga ngawi rengin hna thawkin Nick chuan drawer te chu a phelh a, a hnung lamah hmun chiang tak leh a chung atanga ceiling thlenga a tlan luh theihna tur hmun remchang a awm theih nan a dah a. Tichuan nghet takin a khih leh ta a. Box te chu a rit lutuk lo va, a thim em avangin a chhunga thil awm chu a chhiar thei lo. Chaw ei tur pawh a ni mai thei. Nick chu an chungah chuan a hmun tlemteah chuan a rawn tlan lut ta a. A khup chu a rilruah nghatin a thut a ngai ta a ni. Hugo chu a thlen theihna tur drawer pakhatah chuan a thun lut a, Wilhelmina chu a ke pahnih inkarah chuan a dah ta a. A inbeng kang a, a beng chuan a tum a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  thawm zawng zawng chu man vek rawh. A hriat theih awmchhun chu tuiin bawlhhlawh sir lam a rawn deng mai a ni. Chutah thil dang a hre ta a. A hrual ri deuh a ni. A taksaah chuan chill a rawn tlan lut a.
  
  
  Rats te chu!
  
  
  Damlo, bawlhhlawh, lian zawkte hian mipa an bei tih hriat a ni tawh. Nick chuan engzat nge an awm tih pawh a hre lo. Scratching chuan a hual vel niin a lang. Tin, thim zingah a khung ta a. A hmu thei a nih chuan! Chutah an thil tih chu a hrechhuak ta a. A chhehvela bawm awmte chu an hrual a, a chung lam pan an tum a. An um zui lai chuan riltam takin an awm ngei ang. Nick chuan Hugo chu a kutah a lo keng a. Risk a la tih a hria a, mahse a tang tlat niin a hria. Lighter a la chhuak a, meialh chu a ti eng a. Rei vak lo chu êng chuan a mit a tidel a, chutah chuan box chungah chuan pahnih chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  An lian hle a, kawngpui sira ui ang mai an ni. An hnar sei tak, hrual hrual hrual hrual chu a sir lehlamah a khur a. Mit dum hrual, lighter meialh karah chuan an en thla a. Lighter chu a lum lutuk ta. Deck-ah a tla a, a chhuak ta a. Nick chuan a kawngah thil fluffy tak a tla tih a hria. Hugo lam chu a han vawrh a, blade-a ha click ri chu a hre ta. Tichuan he thil hi a ke pahnih inkarah a tawp ta a ni. A kut zalen chuan a lighter chu a zawng lai chuan Hugo chu a rawn beng chhunzawm zel a. Thil pakhatin a kawrfual ke chu a rawn hrual a. Nick chuan lighter a hmu a, rang takin a ti eng a. Rat ha hring hring chuan a pant ke chu a rawn man ta a. A lu chu a han thing leh a, a hmui a ti hrual a. Nick chuan a sir lamah stiletto hmangin a rawn nam a. A rawn deng leh ta a. Tin, hetah pawh hian. Ha chu a zalen a, rat chuan blade chu a snap ta a. Nick chuan stiletto chu a pum chhungah a thun lut a, chutah chuan rulhut dang, zuang chhuak tur hmaiah chuan a nawr lut ta a. Rat pahnih hian box chu an pel a, a sir lehlamah chuan an chhuk ta a. Scratching chu a reh tawh. Nick chuan midangte chu rat thi lam pan chuan an tlan phei a, chutah chu chu an inhnial tih a hre ta. Nick chu a nui suk a. Indonaah hian pakhat emaw pahnih emaw an thi leh thei a, mahse hei hi rei tak daih tur chuan a tawk lo. An rawn let leh ang.
  
  
  Lighter chu a khar a, a kawr chunga Hugo blade atanga thisen chhuak chu a hrufai a. Hatch hrual atang chuan zing khawvar chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  Darkar hnih a liam hnuah Nick chuan deck-a che vel chu a hre ta a. A ke chu a muhil ta a; a hre thei tawh lo. A chungah chuan an ke an pen a, chaw siam rim chu a bo ta vek mai. A dinhmun thlak danglam a tum a, mahse a che thei lo niin a lang.
  
  
  Zingkar tam zawk chu muthilh chungin a hmang a. A rilru a khawih theihna mak tak avangin a ruhro natna chu a tlahniam ta a ni. A muhil thei lo a, a chhan chu, ngawi reng mah se, rulhut te chu a bulah an la awm reng a ni. A chang chuan pakhat chu box pakhat hmaah chuan a tlan kual vel tih a hre thin. Anmahni bula zan khat dang amah chauha riah tum chu a huat em em a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan chawhnu lam vel a ni tawh niin a ngai a, lawng chuan bawlhhlawh sir lam a rawn nam tih a hre ta a. A chungah chuan ke pahnih dang chu deck-ah chuan a kal leh ta a. Aw muang tak tak a awm a, mahse a thusawi chu a hrethiam thei lo. Bawlhhlawh bulah chuan diesel engine a inher zawi zawi tih a hre ta a. Props chu a rawn inher a, deck-ah chuan thawm ri a hre ta. Lawng dang a rawn kal leh a. A chunga deck-ah chuan ke a fumble a. Thawm ri nasa tak a awm a, board tla ang mai hian. Tichuan, a chang chuan vuakna ri a ri ta a. Nick chuan eng nge a nih a hre chiang hle. Supply an dah mek a ni. Junk chu insawn turin a inpeih ta hle mai. Ani leh rats te hian company an nei thuai dawn a ni.
  
  
  Lawng chhunga thil awm zawng zawng phurh chhuah nan darkar khat vel a ngai a ni. Tichuan diesel chu a start leh a, speed a sang chho a, a thawm chu zawi zawiin a reh ta a. Vawikhatmah hatch chu a rawn inhawng a, Nick-a inthupna chu êng mawi takin a rawn tuam ta a. Rat inkhuh tumin an tlan ri a hre ta. Thli chu a lum a, a rawn luang lut chuan a hahdamthlak hle. Chu hmeichhia chuan Chinese tawng a sawi chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  “Hmanhmawh rawh,” a ti a. "Kan kawngah hian thim hmain kan awm ka duh."
  
  
  "Police te hian an nei mai thei." Ling ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  "Thlamuang takin awm rawh, mi â. Police te hian an nei lo. Hmeichhia leh tlangval hnenah a kal dawn a ni. A thlen hmain kan thlen hmasak phawt a ngai."
  
  
  Crew member pakhat chu Nick atanga feet tlemte a hlaah a awm a. Mi dang pakhat chu hatch pawnah a awm a, pathumna aṭangin box a la khawm a, a pe bawk. Tin, eng box nge! A te zawkte chu awlsam taka thlen theihna tur hatch chhehvelah an dah a. Chaw leh a dangte an keng tel a. Mahse an tlem hle. Box tam zawk chu Chinese tawnga ziak a ni a, Nick-a chuan Chinese tawng a chhiar tling a, a chhunga thil awmte chu a hrethiam thei ang. Ṭhenkhat chu grenade phur an ni a, a tam zawk chuan ralthuam an nei thung. Katie Lou leh naupang vengtu sipai an nei ngei ang, Nick chuan a ti a.Sheila leh Ling te chuan khum chu an chhuahsan tawh ngei ang;an aw chu a reh leh ta.
  
  
  Crew-te’n box zawng zawng an thlak vek meuh chuan light chu a thim tawh mai. Engkim chu hatch hnung lamah chuan a inzawm khawm vek a. Nick-a inthupna pawh an thleng lo. A tawpah chuan engkim tihfel vek a ni ta. Crew member hnuhnung ber chu a rawn chhuk chhuak a, hatch chu a rawn beng ta a. Nick chuan thim takah a inhmu leh ta a.
  
  
  Thli thim tak chuan box thar rim a nam hle mai. Nick chuan deck-a ke ri ri chu a hre ta. Pulley chu a rawn ri nghal zat.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Sail an han chawi sang a ni ngei ang,” a ti a.Chutah chuan anchor chain ri ri chu a hre ta a, thing bulkhead te chu a ri ta hlawm a.Barge chu tui chungah a leng ang maiin a lang a, an che ta a.
  
  
  A tam zawk chuan Gwangzhou lam an pan dawn a ni. Chutah emaw, Canton lui kama khawi emaw laiah emaw chuan professor nupui leh fapa an nei a. Nick chuan Canton lui kama awm chu suangtuah a tum a. Hmun zau tak, tropical forest awmna hmun a ni. Engmah a hrilh lo. A hriatreng angin Guangzhou hi Xi Chiang lui hmarchhak lam delta-ah a awm a. He hmunah hian buh hmun te tak te inkarah hian lui leh canal maze a luang a. Khaw hrang hrangin an khuh vek a.
  
  
  Barge chu ngawi rengin lawng chawlhna hmunah chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a. Nick chuan Canton lui an chhoh lai khan a hre ta a. Hma lam panna chu a zawi deuh niin a lang a, mahse tui chu barge sir lama tlan chhuak ang maiin a ri a. Pitching chu a rang deuh deuh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a awmna hmunah chuan rei zawk a awm thei tawh dawn lo tih a hria. Mahni thawmhnaw tuikhuah chhungah chuan a thu a. A tuihal a, a pum chu riltam vangin a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Rat te pawh an ril a tam hle a, an theihnghilh lo.
  
  
  Darkar khat chuang zet an hrual ri chu a hre ta a. A hmasa berin box thar enfiah tur leh chew tur a awm a. Mahse a chhunga chaw ei tur thleng chu a harsa lutuk. A awm reng a, a kawrfual chunga thisen rim avang chuan a lum hle. Chutichuan a tan an lo kal a.
  
  
  Nick chuan box-a an scratch chu a sang chho zel a, a ngaithla a. An lawn chhoh dan chu a hre chiang thei hle. Tin, lighter fluid pawh a khawhral duh lo bawk. A mamawh dawn tih a hria. Tichuan bawm chungah chuan a hre ta a, a hmasa berin pakhat, a hnuah pakhat zawk. Hugo chu a kutah vuanin meialh chu lighter chhungah chuan a kawhhmuh a. A lighter chu a la a, an mit dum leh eng mawi tak hmaah chuan an hnar hrual, hmul hring dup chu a hmu ta a. Panga a chhiar a, chutah pasarih a chhiar a, box tam zawk chuan chunglam a thleng ta a ni. A thinlung chu a na zual sauh a. Pakhat chu midang aiin a huaisen zawk ang a, a hmasa ber tur a ni ang. Hei hi a en reng ang. A nghah hun chu a rei lo hle.
  
  
  Pakhat chuan hmalam a pan a, a ke chu box sir lamah a dah a. Nick chuan a hmui hmul neiah chuan lighter meialh chu a rawn keng a, a tip chu Hugo lam chu a kawhhmuh a. Stiletto chuan rat mit dinglam chu a tikehsawm a, a tla ta a ni. Midangte chuan box sir lehlamah a chhuk hma deuh mai chuan an rawn zuang thla ta a. Chumi chungchangah chuan an insual lai chu a hre thei. Nick-a lighter chhunga meialh chu a thim ta a. Liquid a awm tawh lo.
  
  
  Killmaster hian he hna hi a chhuahsan a ngai ta a ni. Tunah chuan lighter fluid a tlakchham tawh avangin venhimna engmah nei lovin a tang ta a ni. Ka keah chuan hriatna a awm lo; a tho thei lo. Rat te chu an thianpa nen an tih zawh chuan a rawn lang leh ang. Chance pakhat a awm. Wilhelmina chu a belt-ah a dah leh a, Hugo-a bulah chuan a ha chu a rawn hrual a. Stiletto chu a kutah awm se a duh a. A kut zungtang chu top box chhungah chuan a hook a, a chakna zawng zawngin a rawn chhuah ta a. Chunglam atang chuan a elbows chu a han chawi sang a, chutah a beng chu a han chawi sang leh a. A ke chu circulation tihchangtlun nan kick a tum a, mahse a che lo. A kut leh kekawrte hmangin box chunglam chu a rawn tlan phei a, a sir lehlamah chuan a rawn chhuk thla ta a. A bula rat te chu an chei leh an hrual ri chu a hre ta a. Tunah chuan Nick chu lawng hnuai lam atang chuan ei tur bawm pakhatah chuan a tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  Hugo chu crowbar atan hmangin box pakhat chu a tichhia a, a chhungah chuan a kut a han phar a. Thlai chi hrang hrang. Peaches leh banana te pawh a awm. Nick chuan banana bunch khat leh peach pathum a rawn phawrh chhuak a. A rah la awmte chu grenade leh ammunition box inkar hatch hnung leh a chhehvelah chuan a theh darh a, a vawrh chhuak ta a. A hnungah chuan rulhut tlan ri a hre ta. riltam takin a ei a, mahse zawi zawiin; damloin awmzia a nei lo. A sawi zawh chuan a ke chu a hrual tan ta a. A tirah chuan an tingled a, chutah chuan natna an nei leh ta. Chu hriatna chu a rawn let leh ta zauh zauh a. A strain a, a flex a, rei lo teah a rit phur thei khawpin an chak ta a ni.
  
  
  Chutah lawng dang engine chak tak chu a hre ta a; PT lawng hlui ang mai a ni. A thawm chu a hnaih thleng chuan a rawn hnaih ta hle mai. Nick chu hatch lam pan chuan a kal phei a. A beng chu a nghat a, hriat tumin a bei a. Mahse aw chu a reh a, idling engine chuan a pil bo ta a ni. Hatch chu tlem han chawi sang a ngaihtuah a, mahse crew member pakhat chu cabin chhungah a awm mai thei. “Hei hi patrol lawng a ni mai thei,” a ti a.
  
  
  Hei hi a hriat reng a ngai a, a chhan chu hetiang lam hawia kir leh a tum vang a ni. Patrol lawng chu darkar khat chuang zet a kiangah a ding a. Nick chuan barge chu an dap dawn em tih a ngaihtuah a. Ni chiah e. A chunga deck-ah chuan ke pen ri rit tak tak a ri a. Tunah chuan Nick chuan a ke chu a hmang tangkai tawh hle. Hmun zau takah kir leh mai tur ngaihtuahna chu a hlau hle a, mahse a tih a ngai dawn niin a lang. Aft deck-ah chuan ke rit tak tak a awm a. Nick chu ralthuam bawm pakhatah chuan a thlamuang a, chutah chuan bawm chungah chuan a inkhuarna te tak teah chuan a chho ta a. Hugo chu a hmaa box chhungah chuan a thun lut ta a. Wilhelmina chuan a ke pahnih inkarah a inhmu leh ta a. Sam a sam a ngai a, a taksa pawh a rimchhia hle a, mahse a rilru a hahdam hle.
  
  
  An zawn lai chuan sawi a tam hle a, mahse Nick chuan a thu chu a hre lo. Nui ri ang maia ri chu a hre ta. Hmeichhe Sheila hian bum a tum a ni mai thei
  
  
  
  
  
  
  customs officer-te chu grenade leh ralthuam an hmuh loh nan. Barge chu anchor-ah a awm a, patrol boat engine te chu a off ta a ni.
  
  
  Nick-a inthupna chu hatch a inhawng rual chuan zing khawvar chuan a rawn tuam nghal vek a. Flashlight beam chuan a rawn ti eng a.
  
  
  "Hetah hian eng nge awm?" - mipa aw pakhat chuan Chinese tawngin a zawt a.
  
  
  Sheila chuan, “Supply chauh,” tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  Ke pahnih chu hatch atang chuan a tla thla a. Chinese sipai uniform pangngai an ha a. Chutah rifle chu a rawn lut a, sipai dangte chuan an rawn zui ve bawk a. Nick-a chungah flashlight a eng a, a hnunglam a hawi a. Beam chu thil lei tur box inhawng takah a tla a. Engin a rawn deng chuan rat pathum chu cage atang chuan an thlawk chhuak a.
  
  
  “Rat i nei a ni,” sipai chuan a ti a. Hemi hnu hian beam hian grenade leh ammunition casing te a kap a ni. “Aha!Hetah hian eng nge kan neih?”
  
  
  Open hatch chung atang chuan Sheila chuan, "Hengte hi khaw chhunga sipai te tan a ni. An chanchin ka hrilh tawh che a ni..." a ti a.
  
  
  Sipai chu a kekawrte chungah chuan a che a. "Mahse, engvangin nge hetiang zat?" tiin a zawt a. "Chutah chuan sipai an tam lo."
  
  
  Sheila chuan, “Buaina kan beisei a ni,” tiin a chhang a.
  
  
  "Hei hi ka report a ngai dawn a ni." Hatch inhawng atang chuan a rawn tlan let leh ta a. “Rat-te chuan i ei tur bawm pakhat chu an hawng a,” hatch chu a khar leh hma lawk chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan aw-te thusawi chu a hre thei tawh lo. A ke chu a muhil leh tan ta. Minute tlemte chhung chu muffled takin inbiakna a awm leh a, chutah pulley chu a creak a, anchor chain chu a ri leh ta a. Junk chu mast chu a strain ang maiin a lang. Engine chak tak takte chuan an kap a, patrol lawng chu a inthen ta a ni. Bawlhhlawh sir lehlamah tui a rawn luang chhuak a. Kawngpuiah an kal leh ta a.
  
  
  Chumi awmzia chu khaw eng emaw laiah an lo nghak reng tihna a ni. Thu chiang tak tak te chu a chungah an paih ang maiin a hria. Barge a chuan tirh atang khan thil tam tak a zir chhuak tawh a. Mahse, “khawiah nge” pawimawh ber chu a la tlanchhiatsan reng a ni. Nick chuan a ke dinglam nghet turin a beng chu box-ah chuan a nawr a. Chu rilru put hmang a lo let leh hma loh chuan anmahni nen chuan a thawk dun ta a ni. Tichuan a thu leh ta a. Hetiang hian a chang chuan a ti thei a nih chuan a ke chu a muhil lo thei a ni. Tunah chuan rulhut te chu ei tur bawm hawn mai maiin an lungawi hmel hle.
  
  
  Hatch bulah chuan ke pen ri a hre ta a. Kawngkhar a rawn inhawng a, ni eng a rawn luang lut a. Nick chuan Hugo chu a kutah a lo keng a. Crew member pakhat chu a rawn chhuk lut a. A kut pakhatah chuan machete a keng a, a kut pakhatah chuan flashlight a keng bawk. Khup chungin ei tur bawm inhawng lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. A êng chuan rat pahnih a rawn deng ta a. Tlanchhuah an tum lai chuan chu pa chuan vuakna rang pahnih hmangin a chanveah a tikehsawm a. Rat zawngin a hawi kual a. Engmah hmu lovin thei chu bawm chhungah chuan a thun leh ta a. Vawikhat chu a chhehvel hmun a tihfai hnu chuan Nick-a’n box atanga a lo phelh chhuah board chhe tak chu a rawn ban a. A thlak tan a, chutah a tawp ta.
  
  
  Board sir lamah chuan êng zungbun a tlanpui a. A hmelah chuan mitmeng thuk tak a lang a. A kutpui chu a sir lamah chuan a tlanpui a, chutah chuan rulhut thi pahnih chu a en a. Rat te chuan bawm chu an hawng lo tih a hria a. Khawi hmunah pawh êng zungbun a rawn eng chhuak vek. Thil chu ralthuam bawm bulah chuan a tawp ta a, chuta tang chuan Nick chu a rilru a hahdam ta hle mai. Chu pa chuan box te chu a check tan ta a. A hmasa berin grenade leh ralthuam bawm chhungah chuan a han hawi kual a. Engmah hmu loin ei tur bawmte chu a phelh a, a hnaih deuh deuh a, a khih leh ta a. Tin, chutah Nick-a bawm lam chu a hawi ta a. Rang takin hna a thawk a, a kut zungtang chuan box-te chu a vawn khawmna knot chu a phelh a. Nick chuan Hugo chu a buatsaih a. Chu pa chuan bawm chhung atang chuan hrui te chu a la chhuak a, chutah chuan bawm chunglam chu a chhuk thla ta a. Nick a hmuh chuan mak ti zet hian a mitmeng chu a rawn sang chho ta a.
  
  
  "Awle!" - a au a, machete chu a han herh leh a.
  
  
  Nick chuan hmalam a pan nghal a, stiletto tip chu chu pa rilruah chuan a thun lut ta a. Chu pa chuan a rawn gurg a, a flashlight leh machete chu a thlak a, a hnungtawlh a, hliam inhawng atang chuan thisen a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan box atang chuan a tan ta a. Junk chu a sir lamah a roll a, box te chu a tla thla a, bulkhead-ah a tla thla ta a ni. A han hawi chho a, hmeichhe pakhat kut chuan caliber te tak te machine gun kengin hatch hawnna atang chuan a rawn kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  American tawng famkim takin Sheila chuan, “Welcome aboard, honey. Kan lo nghak reng che a ni.
  
  
  BUNG SAWMNA
  
  
  Nick hian a ke a hriat kim theih nan hun rei vak lo a hmang a. Aft deck-ah chuan a kal a, boruak thianghlim a thawk chhuak a, Sheila chuan a machine gun te tak te hmangin a chetna apiang chu a en reng bawk. Ling chu hmeichhe bulah chuan a ding a. Ani pawhin sipai hlui .45 a nei bawk. Nick chuan chawhnu lam vel a ni dawn tih a ngaihtuah a. Crew member dang pahnih chuan an comrade chu hatch atang chuan an hruai lut a, ruang chu tuipuiah an paih thla chu a en reng a. A nui suk a. Rat te chuan an ei tha hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan hmeichhia lam chu a hawi ta a. "Ka inthiarfihlim a, ka sam pawh ka sam duh khawp mai," a ti a.
  
  
  A mitmeng emerald lum takah chuan eng mawi tak nen a en a. “A dik e,” a nui hmel chu a chhang a. "Eng emaw i ei duh em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  Ling chuan, “Kan that,” a ti a, English famkim aia tlem zawkin. A mitmengah chuan huatna a awm a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Ling hian a duh vak lo niin a ngai a. Cabin chhungah chuan a lut a, washbasin-ah tui a leih lut a. An nupa chu an hnungah an ding a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  pistol pahnih hi a hnungzang lam hawiin a awm. Table-ah chuan Hugo leh Wilhelmina te chu an awm a. Barge chu luiah chuan a rawn zuang chho leh a.
  
  
  Nick-a'n a sam a sam tan tirh chuan Sheila chuan, "Formalities kan zo tur a ni ngei ang. Kei hi Sheila Kwan ka ni. Ka thian â hming chu Ling a ni. Nang hi, a nihna takah chuan, Mr. Wilson hmingthang tak kha i ni. Eng nge i hming?"
  
  
  “Chris,” Nick chuan a ti a, a sam a tihfai lai chuan anmahni lam hawiin a hnunglam a nghat a.
  
  
  "Aw ni e. Professor Loo thianpa. Mahse, chu chu i hming dik tak a ni lo tih kan pahnih hian kan hria a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  "Anih nang?"
  
  
  "A pawi lo. Engpawh nise kan that a ngai dawn che a ni. I hmu em, Chris, naupang nalh tak i ni tawh. A hmasa berin Ossa, a hnuah lian zawk, a hnuah Yong. Tin, Ling rethei tak hian a hmang tangkai thei ngai lovang." a kut lehlamah.I hria em, mi hlauhawm tak i ni em ? "
  
  
  “Kan that a ni,” Ling chuan rilru na takin a ti a.
  
  
  "A hnuah, pet. Nakinah."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan: “Khawiah nge chutianga American tawng i zir?”
  
  
  “I hre chiang hle mai,” Sheila chuan a ti a. "Engtiang khawpa thlum nge. Ni e, States-ah zirna ka zir a. Mahse, ka awm tawh lo rei lutuk a, thumal thenkhat ka theihnghilh niin ka hria. Fabulous, cool leh dig tih ang chi thumal an la sawi reng em?"
  
  
  Nick chuan sink chu a ti zo ta a. Nupa hmachhawn turin a hawi let a, a lu a bu nghat a. "West coast a ni lawm ni?" tiin a zawt a. "California a ni em?"
  
  
  A mitmeng dum ah chuan hlim takin a nui suk a. "Tha lutuk!" A ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn hmet a. - Hei hi Berkeley a ni lo maw? tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  A nui hmel chu nuihzatnaah a chang ta. "Sawisel bo!" A ti a. “An tirh che chhan hi ka hrethiam tak zet a ni. I fing hle mai” A mitmeng chu pawm hmel zet hian a rawn nuai a, “And very nice to look at.” American lian tak ka neih loh pawh a rei tawh hle.
  
  
  Ling chuan, “Kan that, kan that!”
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa chu a lu a bu nghat a. "Engmah a hre lo em ni?"
  
  
  Chinese tawngin Sheila chuan Ling chu khum chhuahsan turin a hrilh a. Tlem chuan a inhnial a, mahse thupek a nih thu a hrilh chuan duh lo chungin a chhuak ta a ni. Lawng khalhtu pakhat chuan buhfai lum bawm khat chu dawhkan chungah a dah a. Sheila chuan Hugo leh Wilhelmina te chu a ko khawm a, khum pawnah Ling hnenah chuan a pe ta a. Chutah Nick chu thu turin a kut a phar a, chaw ei turin a ti a.
  
  
  Nick-a ei lai chuan zawhna dang chu chhan a ni thuai dawn tih a hria a. Sheila chu a hmaa bench-ah chuan a thu a.
  
  
  "Nang leh John inkarah eng thil nge thleng?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  A lu a thing nghal ringawt. Machine gun chu a la kawhhmuh reng a. "A type ka ni lo tih i sawi thei ngei ang. College hi ka ngaina hle a, American mipa hi ka hmangaih tak zet a ni. A tan chuan ka mutpui lutuk a. Permanent zawk mi a duh a. A duh ang chu a hmu niin ka hria."
  
  
  "Katie i tihna em ni?"
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a. "A type a ni zawk - quiet, reserved. An innei lai khan virgin a ni tih ka bet tlat. Ka zawt a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "Eng chen nge a bulah i awm?"
  
  
  “Ka hre lo, thla khat emaw thla hnih emaw vel a ni mai thei.”
  
  
  "Complex siam tumna nen a inkhelh tih a hriat theih nan rei tak."
  
  
  A nui leh a. "Awle, chutah chuan lehkha zir turin min tir a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan a buhfai chu a zo a, bawm chu a nawr chhuak ta a. A rangkachak tip cigarette pakhat chu a hal a. Sheila chuan a thilpek chu a la a, a cigarette a hal dawn lai chuan a kut atanga machine gun te tak te chu a vawm chhuak ta a. Table atang chuan a tlan chhuak a, lei atang chuan a rawn tlan thla ta a. Nick chuan la turin a kut a phar a, mahse a kut chuan a khawih hmain a ding ta a. Ling chu cabin kawngka bulah chuan .45 kengin a ding a.
  
  
  “I that,” a ti a, silai chu a cock a.
  
  
  "Aih!" - Sheila chuan a ti a. "La ni lo." Nick leh Ling inkarah chuan rang takin a rawn ding ta a. Nick hnenah chuan, “Chu chu a fing vak lo, baby. Kan khin tir dawn lo che a ni lawm ni?” Ling chu a machine gun te tak te chu a toss a, Chinese tawngin pawnah chiah nghak turin a hrilh a hut.Rei lo teah Nick-a thah phalsak a nih tur thu a tiam a.
  
  
  Ling chu a nui suk a, hmuh theih lohvin a bo ta.
  
  
  Sheila chu Nick hmaah chuan a ding a, a lavender dress tight tak chu a siamrem a. A ke chu a inzar pharh deuh a, silk chu a taksaah chuan hnim ang maiin a innghat a. Tunah chuan Nick chuan a hnuaiah engmah a awm lo tih a hre ta. Hoarsely she said, "Ka tih zawh hma loh chuan a hruai che ka duh lo." A kutphah chu a rilru hnuaiah direct-in a hrual a. "Ka tha khawp mai tur a ni."
  
  
  “I bet a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "I tlangval chu engtin nge ni ang? Thi tawk tawh min hmuh a duh tawh."
  
  
  Nick chu khum pakhat bulah chuan a ding a. Sheila chu a hnaih deuh a, a taksa chu a taksaah a nawr a. A chhungrilah chuan mei a kang tih a hria a.
  
  
  "Ka tuar thei a ni," aw ring zet hian a ti a. A kawr hnuaiah chuan a kut chu a rilruah a sawn a. “American pakhatin min fawp pawh a rei tawh khawp mai.”
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui chu a hmuiah chuan a hmet a. A hmui chu a hmuiah chuan a hmet a. A kut chu a hnungzang chungah a nghat a, chutah zawi zawiin a rawn tlan thla ta a. A bulah chuan a rawn hnaih zual sauh a.
  
  
  "Agent dang engzat nge thawhpui che?" a beng bulah chuan a ti sap sap a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kawngah a fawp a, a beng chu a fawp a. A kut chu a hnute lam pan chuan a kal ta a. “Zawhna chu ka hre lo,” chutiang bawka ngawi rengin a chhang a.
  
  
  A tens a, chak lo takin nawr chhuah a tum ta a. A thaw chu a rit hle mai. "I... hriat a ngai a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn hnaih a. A kut chu a kawr hnuaiah chuan a rawn tlan lut a, a sa hring hring chu a khawih a. Zawi zawiin shift chu a la tan ta a.
  
  
  “Nakinah chuan,” a ti nghal zat. "Nang I."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Ka thiam zia i hriat hunah nakinah ka hrilh ang che."
  
  
  "I en ang u." Nick chuan uluk takin khumah chuan a muttir a, a kawr chu a phelh zo ta a.
  
  
  A tha, a tha hle. A taksa chu a bawlhhlawh lo va, ruh te tak te a nei bawk. Amah chu a rawn nawr a, a beng bulah chuan a rawn tap nghal zat bawk. Amah nen chuan a inhnim hrual a, a hnute nghet leh mawi tak chu a rilruah a nawr a. Tin, lungawina sang ber a thlen chuan a nail sei tak tak hmangin a hnungzang chu a hrual a, khum atang chuan a tho chhuak ta mai a, a ha hmangin a beng chu a seh ta a ni. Tichuan a hnuaiah chuan a tlu nghal zat a, a mit a chhing a, a kut chu a sir lamah a dah a. Nick chu a bunk atanga a chhuk dawn lai chuan Ling chu cabin chhungah chuan a lut a, thinrimnain a hmai a sen vek bawk.
  
  
  Thumal pakhat mah a sawi lo, mahse hna a thawk nghal a. .45 chu Nick-a pum lam a hawi a. Chinese tawngin Nick chu a hau a.
  
  
  Chinese tawng pawhin Sheila chuan salon atangin a order a. A nung leh a, a kawr chu a lu chungah a rawn hrual a.
  
  
  "Tunge ka nih i rin?" Ling chuan a Cantonese tawngin a chhang let a.
  
  
  "Ka sawi ang kha i ni. Min nei lo va, min thunun lo bawk. Chhuak rawh."
  
  
  "Mahse hei nen hian... spy, he foreign agent hi."
  
  
  "Atangin!" a ti a. "Chhuak rawh! I that theih hun tur ka hrilh ang che."
  
  
  Ling chuan a ha a ti hrual a, cabin atang chuan a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Sheila chuan Nick chu a en a, a nui suk a. A hmui chu a sen vek a. A mitmeng emerald-ah chuan lungawina eng a la awm reng. A silk kawr chu a tifai a, a sam chu a tifai bawk.
  
  
  Nick chu dawhkan bulah chuan a thu a, cigarette a hal a. Sheila chu a rawn kal a, a hmaah chuan a thu a.
  
  
  “Ka duh khawp mai,” a ti a, “Kan thah che hi a zahthlak hle mai.” Awlsam takin ka thiam thei che a ni. Mahse, game ka khelhpui thei tawh lo che. Hetah pawh hian agent engzat nge i thawhpui? " "
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Keimah chauh hi ka ni."
  
  
  Sheila chu a nui suk a, a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "I neih zawng zawng chu mi pakhatin a ti vek tih hi rin harsa tak a ni. Mahse, thudik i sawi ta ang u. Lawng chhunga rûk taka i luh chuan eng nge i tihhlawhtlin beisei?
  
  
  Barge chu a rawn inher chhuak ta lo. Tui thianghlim tak chu a tlan pel ta a. Nick chuan khum pawn lam chu a hmu thei lo va, mahse Whampoa emaw Huangpu emaw-a lawng chawlhna te tak te pakhatah chuan an lut dawn tih a ngaihtuah a. Hetah hian lawng lian tak tak an kal tlang ang. Hei hi lawng lian tak takte kal theihna tur lui chungah a ni. Guangzhou atanga mel sawm leh pahnih vel an hlaah a chhut a.
  
  
  "Ka nghak reng e," Sheila chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Ka lawnga ka luh ruk chhan chu i hria em. Keimah chauhin hna ka thawk tih ka hrilh che a. Min ring lo a nih chuan min ring suh," a ti a.
  
  
  "I sorkarin John-a nupui leh a fapa chhanchhuak turin mi pakhat a tir dawn tih hi ka ring thei lo tak zet a ni."
  
  
  "I duh duh i ring thei." Nick chuan deck-ah chhuah a duh a. Whampoa atanga khawi lam pan nge an nih tih hriat a duh a. "Ka ke ka hrual tum chuan i tlangval hian min kap mai ang tih i ring em?"
  
  
  Sheila chuan a nail chu a hmalam ha ah a tap a. Amah chu a zir chiang ta a. “A ni mai thei,” a ti a. Kan kalna tur hmun kan thlen hunah chuan a nuam dawn lo."
  
  
  Chawhnu lam ni chu ruah sur chhum thim tak atang chuan a tla thla a, Nick chu deck-ah a chhuak ta a. Crew member pahnih chu hmalam pan chuan an kal a, lui thukzia chu an enfiah a. Ling mitmeng mawi lo tak .45 chuan Nick chu ngun takin a lo en reng a. Steering wheel-ah a thu a.
  
  
  Nick chu port lam pan chuan a kal a, luiah chuan cigarette a paih a, a kal pelh lai bank chu a en a.
  
  
  Whampoa leh lawng lian tak tak atang chuan an insawn chhuak ta a. Chhungkaw pum pui phur sampan te te an paltlang a, mipa te chu tuifinriat kalh zawnga hna an thawh laiin an thawkrim hle. Nick chuan hetiang rate hian Gwangzhou thleng tur chuan ni khat dang a la ngai dawn tih a ngaihtuah a, chu chu an kalna tur hmun a nih chuan. Naktuk a ni ang. Naktuk khan eng thil nge thleng? Chawlhni! Katie Lu leh Mike te zawng chhuakin Hong Kong-ah hruai kir leh turin darkar sawmli leh pariat chuang chauh hun a nei a. Chumi awmzia chu a zin hun chu a chanveah a tihtlem a ngai dawn tihna a ni.
  
  
  Sheila chu a bulah ding chungin a kut zungtang chu zawi zawiin a tlanpui tih a hria. A tan ruahmanna dang a nei bawk. Ling chu a melh zauh a. Ling chuan a tan ruahmanna dang a nei a. Thil a lang tha lo hle.
  
  
  Sheila chuan a kut chu a khuh a, a rilru chu a hmet tlat a. “I’m bored,” ngawi rengin a ti a, “Min ti lawm rawh.”
  
  
  Ling-a hnar .45-caliber chuan Nick-a hnungzang chu a zui a, Sheila nen cabin chhungah an kal dun a. Vawikhat a luh chuan Nick-a chuan, "He tlangval tihduhdah hi i duh em?"
  
  
  Linga? " A kawr button chu a phelh tan ta a. "A hmun a hre chiang hle." A kut chu a rilru a sam chu a tlanpui a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "A silai a kah tan theih nan hun rei tak a la ngai dawn lo," a ti a.
  
  
  A en a, a nui suk a, a lei hnim chu a hmui chungah a tlanpui a. "Chuti a nih chuan ka sawi ang hian i tih a tha zawk."
  
  
  Nick chuan a tul chuan Ling hi a hruai thei ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Crew member pahnih awm chu a buaithlak dawn lo. Mahse, khawi lam nge an pan dawn tih erawh a la hre lo. He hmeichhia nen hian an tumna hmun an thlen hma loh chuan kal ve ta se a awlsam zawk ang.
  
  
  "Eng thil ti turin min duh?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Sheila chu a kawr a phelh hma loh chuan a bulah a ding hlat a. A lu hnung lama bun chu a phelh a, a sam chu a kekawr ipte chungah a tla thla ta a. A thleng zo tawh mai
  
  
  
  
  
  
  a kawrfual chu. Chutah a pants button chu a phelh a, a kekawrte thlengin a tla thla ta a.
  
  
  "Ling!" a ti a.
  
  
  Ling chu khum kawtah chuan a rawn lang nghal a.
  
  
  Chinese tawngin Sheila chuan, "Amah hi en rawh. Thil i zir mai thei. Mahse ka sawi angin a tih loh chuan kap rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan Ling-a hmui kil khatah chuan nuihzatna hnuhma a hmu niin a ngai a.
  
  
  Sheila chu khum lam pan chuan a kal phei a, a ke pahnih chu a inzar pharh a, a sir lamah chuan a thu a. “I khup chungah, American,” a ti a.
  
  
  Nick-a kawr hnunglam sam chu a ding nghet hle. Ha a hrual a, a khup thlengin a tlu ta a.
  
  
  “Tunah chuan ka hnenah lo kal rawh, baby,” Sheila chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Vei lam a hawi chuan Ling kut atangin silai chu a knock chhuak thei a ni. Mahse, chuti a nih chuan engtin nge ni ang? An zinga tu mahin an kalna tur chu an hrilh ang tih a ringhlel a, chu chu nawr luih tir tum pawh ni se. He hmeichhia hi a pawm a ngai a ni.
  
  
  "Ling!" - Sheila chuan vau zet hian a ti a.
  
  
  Ling chuan hmalam a pan a, silai chu Nick-a lu lam chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  Nick chu hmeichhia lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a. A bulah chuan a kal phei a, a thupek a tih lai chuan Lin chu ngawi rengin a nui ri chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  Sheila thaw chu a hrual ta vek mai. Chinese tawngin heti hian a sawi: “I hmu teh, Lin, duhtak?A thil tih hi i hmu em?I tan min buatsaih mek a ni,” a ti. Tichuan khumah chuan a mu ta a. "Rai takin, Ling," a thaw halh a. "Mast-ah khin rawh."
  
  
  Silai kengin Ling chuan Nick chu dawhkan lam pan chuan a entir a. Lawm takin a awih a. Dawhkan chungah ngei chuan a thu a, a ke chu bench-ah a dah a. Mast chu a kuah a. Ling chuan .45 chu a dah thla a, rang tak leh nghet takin Nick-a kut chu a khih ta a.
  
  
  “Hmanhmawh rawh, honey,” Sheila chuan a ti a. "Ka hnai tawh."
  
  
  Ling chuan silai chu khum hnuaiah a dah a, hmanhmawh takin a inbel a. Chutah Sheila chu cot-ah chuan a rawn zawm ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmuiah chuan thlum na tak nen a en a. Ling chuan thing phuntuin thing a tihchhiat tumna lungchhiatthlak tak nen a ti a ni. A duh chuan a entir lo. Sheila chuan a beng bulah chuan a rawn kuah hnai a, a beng bulah chuan a rawn ti sap sap a. Ni tlak rual chuan cabin chu a thim ta hle mai. Nick chuan boruakah chuan tui rim a nam a. A vawt hle mai. Pants ha se a duh khawp mai.
  
  
  An tih zawh chuan an muhil ta a. Nick chu a muhil lo va, crew member pakhatin stern-ah a bengchheng tih a hriat hma chuan a muhil lo. A dang chu tiller bulah a awm a, rudder nen hna a thawk a. Nick chuan cabin luhna kawngkhar atang chuan a hmu thei lo. Ani pawh chuan a muthilh lai chuan a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  Nick chu darkar khat vel zet a muhil a. Chutah Sheila chuan Ling chu tum leh turin a kaitho tih a hre ta a. Ling chuan duh lohna lantir nan a tap chhuak a, mahse hmeichhia duhdan chu a zawm ta a ni. A vawi khatna aiin a rei zawk a, a zawh chuan literal takin a muhil ta a ni. Tunah chuan khum chu thimah a pil ta vek tawh. Nick chuan an thusawi chu a hre thei chauh a ni. Barge chuan lui chu a rawn bob ta a.
  
  
  Nick-a a harh leh chuan zing khawvar chu a thim hle. Thil fuzzy takin a hmui a khawih tih a hria. A kut ah chuan hriatna a awm lo. A kutphah a hrui nghet taka a inthuam chuan circulation a titawp a, mahse a taksa hmun dangah chuan sensation a awm thung. Tin, Sheila kut chu a chungah a awm tih a hria. A raven sam sei tak chu a hmaiah chuan a rawn inher leh chhuak a.
  
  
  "Team zinga pakhat ka tiharh a ngai dawn tih ka hlau a ni," a mit a meng a, a ti rilru a.
  
  
  Nick chuan engmah a sawi lo. Hmeichhe naupang, a hmel hlim lo tak chungah sam sei tak tla ang mai a ni. A taksa saruak chu a chak a, a insiam tha hle bawk. Mahse a mitmeng dum nghet tak chuan a pe chhuak fo thin. Hmeichhe khauh tak a ni.
  
  
  Table-bench-ah chuan a ding a, a hmaiah chuan a hnute chu zawi zawiin a tlanpui a. “I sam i sam a ngai a ni,” a ti a. "Ka phelh thei che hi ka duh khawp mai, mahse Ling hian silai a chelh theihna tur chakna a nei ka ring lo."
  
  
  A kut chu a chungah a dah a, a hnute chuan a hmui chu a khawih zauh zauh bawk. Nick chuan a chhunga mei chu a thunun thei lo.
  
  
  “Chu chu a tha zawk,” nui chung hian a ti a. "I kut khih lai hian a awlai lo deuh mai thei, mahse kan tuar thei ang, a dik em, darling?"
  
  
  Tin, amah leh a duh loh lai pawhin a duh hle bawk. Hmeichhia chu a satiable hle a, mahse mipa a hre chiang hle. An duhzawng chu a hria a, a pe bawk.
  
  
  Amah nen an inkawp zawh chuan a hnungtawlh a, a mit chuan a mit chu a la lut vek ta a ni. A pum te tak te chu a thawk nasat em avangin a kal leh zel a. A mit atang chuan a sam chu a brush chhuak a, "Kan thah che a ngai hunah ka tap mai ang tih ka ring," a ti a. Chutah .45 chu a la a, Ling chu a kaitho ta a ni. Bunk atang chuan a roll off a, tlu chungin cabin atang chuan aft deck ah chuan a zui chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Zingkar zawng zawng chu chutah chuan an hmang a, Nick chu mast-ah khian an dah ta a ni. Cabin luhna atanga Nick-a hmuh theih atang chuan Guangzhou khawthlang lam delta-ah chuan an lut tawh a. Chu hmun chu buh hmun leh lui atanga kalna canal-in a khat a ni. Sheila leh Ling te chuan diagram an nei a. Chu leh bank dik tak chu an zir dun a. Junk tam tak leh sampan tam zawk an paltlang bawk. Ni chu a thim hle a, boruak lum tak chu a ti lum thei lo.
  
  
  Funk chuan delta chu a pel a, channel pakhat chu a hawng ta a. Sheila chuan course chu a lawm hmel hle a, chart chu tube-ah a roll ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu a phelh a, a kawr button leh a pants a hak phalsak a. Buhfai bawm khat leh banana pahnih an pe a. Ling hian engtik lai pawhin .45-caliber pistol a keng reng a. A tih zawh chuan a chhuak ta a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  aft deck a ni. Ling chu a hnungah feet hnih a awm ta a. Nick hian starboard lamah ni khat chu a hmang a, cigarette a in a, action a en bawk. A chang chuan Chinese sipai pangngai mit a la thin. An lo kal dawn tih a hria. Chawhnu eikham chuan Sheila chu khum chhungah chuan a mu ta a. Ni khatah sex mamawh zawng zawng chu a nei vek niin a lang.
  
  
  Barge chuan khaw pahnih, bamboo khum hring hring tak takte nen a khat chu a paltlang a. Mipui kal tlangte chuan an ngaihven lo. Tlai lam a ni tawh a, Nick-a chuan tuipui kama sipai tam zawk a hmu tan ta a. Barge chu ngaihven takin an en a, hei hi beisei ang mai hian.
  
  
  Khua a thim chuan Nick chuan a hmaah light a rawn eng tih a hmu a. Sheila chuan deck-ah chuan a rawn zawm ve ta a. An hnaih deuh deuh chuan Nick chuan lawng chawlhna hmuna light eng chhuak chu a hmu ta a. Khawi hmunah pawh sipai an awm a. Hei hi khaw dang an hmuh tawhte nena danglam tak a ni a, a chhan chu he khua hian electric lighting a nei a ni. Nick-a hmuh theih chinah chuan lawng chawlhna hmun an hnaih rual chuan bamboo khumte chu lantern-in a ti eng a. Dock sir lehlamah electric light pahnih a awm a, khum inkar kawngpui chu light line-in a ti eng a.
  
  
  Barge chuan pier a hnaih rual chuan kut duhâm tak takte chuan cable kalsan tawh chu an rawn man ta a. Sail chu a tla a, anchor chu a tla thla ta a. Sheila chuan Nick chu a machine gun te tak te hmangin silai hmet puak chungin a chelh a, chutih lai chuan Ling chu a kut chu a hnung lamah khin turin a ti a. Barge leh pier thlunzawmna bar an dah a. Sipaite chu khum chhungah chuan an pungkhawm a, ṭhenkhat chu lawng chawlhna bulah ding chungin an en reng a ni. An vai hian ralthuam tha tak an nei vek a. Nick-a chu lawng atanga a chhuk chuan sipai pahnih chuan an zui ve ta a. Sheila chuan sipai pakhat nen an inbia a. Ling hmaa a awm lai chuan Nick hnung lama sipaite chuan zawi zawiin an nawr a, a che tir ta a ni. Ling chu a zui ve ta a.
  
  
  Light hrang hrang a paltlang lai chuan khum panga a hmu a, veilamah pathum leh dinglamah pahnih. Center atanga light line rawn tlan chu khum tawp lama generator chi khat nen a inzawm ang maiin a lang. A hum ri chu a hre ta. A vei lama khum pathumte chu sipai rualin an khat a. A dinglama mi pahnih chu an thim a, an ruak ang maiin an lang. Sipai pathum chu pahnihna kawngka bulah chuan veng turin an ding a. Hei hi Katie Lou leh tlangval awmna hmun a ni thei ang em? Hei hi Nick chuan a hre reng a. Hei hi bait a ni thei bawk tih chu a chiang. An lo nghak reng a. Bung zawng zawng chu a kal pel vek a. Nick hian hei hi structure an thlen tak tak khan a hrechhuak chauh a ni. Hut hnung lamah a awm a, concrete building hniam tak, rectangular tak a ni. Thim zingah hmuh a har dawn a ni. Ling chuan cement step sarih zetin a hruai chho a, thir kawngkhar ang maia lang chu a pan ta a. Nick chuan a hnungah generator a rawn ri nghal zat mai. Ling chuan a pocket atang chuan chabi set khat a la chhuak a, kawngkhar chu a hawng a. A creak open a, group chu building chhungah chuan an lut ta a. Nick chuan sa ro rimtui leh hnim hring rim chu a hre ta a. Corridor zim tak, eng awm lo takah chuan a hruai a. A sir lehlamah chuan thir kawngkhar a awm a. Kawngkhar pakhat hmaah chuan Ling chu a ding a. Ring atanga chabi dang chu hmangin kawngkhar chu a hawng ta a. Nick-a kut chu phelh a, cell chhungah chuan an nawr lut ta a. Kawngkhar chu a rawn inkhar ta a, thim takah a inhmu ta a.
  
  
  BUNG SAWM leh pakhat
  
  
  Nick chuan a booth chu a fang kual a, bang chu a khawih a.
  
  
  Crack awm lo, crack awm lo, solid concrete chauh a ni. Tin, a hnuai lam chu a bang nen a inang vek bawk. Steel kawngkaa hinge te chu pawnah a awm a, concrete-in a khat a. Cell atang chuan tlanchhuahna a awm lo. A ngawih rengna chu a famkim em em a, a thaw ri pawh a hre thei. Corner-ah chuan a thu a, a cigarette pakhat chu a hal a. A lighter fuel a tlakchham avangin barge atang chuan match box khat a la a. Cigarette pahnih chauh a la awm.
  
  
  A zu a, a cigarette ember chu a drag apiangin a eng chhuak chu a en reng a. “Ningani tlai a ni a, Thawhlehni zanlai thleng chauh a awm,” tiin a ngaihtuah a. Katie Lou emaw, naupang Mike emaw chu a la hmu lo.
  
  
  Chutah Sheila Kwan aw nem tak chu a hre ta a, bang atanga lo chhuak ang maiin a ri a.
  
  
  "Nick Carter," a ti a. "Nangmah chauhin hna i thawk lo. Midang engzat nge i thawhpui? Engtikah nge hetah hian an awm ang?"
  
  
  Reh. Nick chuan a cigarette la awm chu a timit a. Vawikhatmah cell chu êngin a rawn eng ta a. Nick chuan a mit a chhing a, a mit a tui hle. Ceiling lai takah chuan light bulb eng a awm a, chu chu wire grill te tak te hmanga ven a ni. Nick-a mitmeng chu eng eng mawi tak nen chuan a insiamrem rual chuan light chu a thim ta a. Second sawmhnih vel a ni tih a chhut. Tunah chuan thim ah a awm leh ta. A mit a chhing a. Bang atang chuan thawm chu a rawn ri leh ta a. Rel ri ri ang maiin a ri a. Zawi zawiin a ring zual sauh sauh a, rel pakhatin camera a rawn hnaih ang mai hian. Chu thawm chu a ri nasa zual sauh sauh a, a ri chu a ri chhuak ta a ni. Nick-a’n a bo dawn nia a ngaih lai tak chuan a ri chu a cut chhuak ta a. Chu chu second sawmthum vel chhungin a chhut chhuak ta a ni. Chutah Sheila chuan a rawn be leh ta a.
  
  
  “Professor Lu hian min zawm duh a ni,” a ti bawk. "A venna tur engmah i tih theih loh." A click a. Tichuan "Nick Carter. Nangmah chauhin hna i thawk lo. Midang engzat nge i thawhpui? Engtikah nge hetah hian an awm ang?"
  
  
  Recording a ni. Nick chuan light a rawn eng hun chu a nghak a. Mahse chu ai chuan rel whistle a dawng ta zawk a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  leh tihchakna a ni. Tun ṭumah chuan a ri nasa lehzual. Tin, ka beng chu a ri ta ringawt avang chuan a na tan ta. An chunga a kut a nghah chuan thawm chu a reh ta. A thaw hawk hawk a. An thil tum chu a hre chiang hle. Chinese torture trick hlui tak a ni. Korea rama sipaite lakah a variant an hmang a. Rilru lama harsatna thlentu a ni. Thluak chu porridge angin siam la, chutah chuan i duh angin sculpt rawh. Buh seng hmaa amah chauh a awm thu a hrilh thei a, mahse an ring lo. Thil mak tak chu hetiang hrehawm tawrhna lakah hian venhimna a awm lo tak zet a ni. Natna tuar thiamna chu a tangkai lo. Ruang chu an bypass a, thluak lam chu an kap nghal a ni.
  
  
  Light chu a rawn eng leh ta. Nick-a mitmeng chu êng êng tak aṭang chuan a tui a. Tun ṭumah chuan second sawm chauh light chu a eng a. A chhuak ta a. Nick-a kawr chu thawmhnaw in a hnim a. Defense chi khat a rawn chhuah a ngai a ni. A lo nghak tawh a, a lo nghak tawh a, a lo nghak tawh bawk. Eng a ni dawn em ni?
  
  
  Faifuk? A nih loh leh Sheila aw? Eng thil nge lo thleng dawn tih leh eng chen nge a daih dawn tih rel dan tur a awm lo. Mahse thil tih a ngai tih a hria.
  
  
  Whistle chu a hla tawh lo. A sang chho nghal a, a aw a ring nghal bawk. Nick chuan hna a thawk ta a. A thluak chu mush ah a la chang lo. A kawr atang chuan strip lian tak a phelh a. Light a rawn eng a, a mit a chhing nghal a. A thawk leh chuan a kawr chhe lai chu a la a, a phelh leh a, a te zawk pangaah a siam leh a. Strip pahnih chu a chanveah a phelh leh a, ball te tak te tight takah a rawn hrual leh ta a. A beng bulah ball pali a thun a, pahnih ve ve a thun a.
  
  
  Whistle a ri chuan a hre zo lo. Strip dang pathum zingah chuan pahnih chu loose pad-ah a fold a, a mit chungah a dah a. Pads te chu a hmuna awm reng turin a lu chungah strip pathumna chu a khih a. Mitdel leh bengchheng tak a ni. A concrete corner-ah chuan a inbeng kang leh a, a nui suk bawk. A kawng chu a hre ta a, cigarette dang a hal leh ta a. A thawmhnaw zawng zawng an phelh vek thei tih a hria a, mahse tunah tak hian hun atan a ding reng a ni.
  
  
  Whistle ri chu an ti sang a, mahse a ri chu a tibuai lo khawp mai. Sheila aw a lo thleng a nih chuan a hre lo. A cigarette chu a ei zo tawh dawn a, a tan an rawn kal a.
  
  
  Kawngkhar inhawng chu a hre lo nain boruak thianghlim rim a nam a. Tin, a bula cell chhunga midang awm chu a hre bawk. A mit khuhna chu a lu atang chuan a phelh ta a. A mit a chhing a, a mit a chhing a. Light chu a eng a. A chungah chuan sipai pahnih an ding a, pakhat zawk chu kawngka bulah an ding a. Rifles pahnih hi Nick-a chu an kap vek a. Nick chunga ding sipai chuan a beng chu a kawhhmuh a, chutah Nick beng chu a kawhhmuh leh a. Killmaster chuan a duh chu a hre chiang hle. A beng khuhna chu a phelh a. Sipai chuan silai kengin a rawn kai chho a. Nick chu a ding chhuak a, a rifle barrel chu a nawr a, cell atang chuan a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Building a chhuahsan rual chuan generator a tlan ri a hre nghal a. Sipai pahnih chu a hnungah an ding a, an silai chu a hnungzangah an nawr a. Khum inkar light bulb hring hring hnuaiah chuan an kal nghal a, concrete building hnaih ber khum tawp lam thlengin an kal nghal a. An luh rual chuan Nick-a chuan hmun thum-ah a inthen tih a hmu a. A hmasa ber chu foyer chi khat a ni. A dinglamah chuan kawngkhar pakhat chuan pindan dang a pan a. Nick chuan hmu thei lo mah se, shortwave radio ri sang tak leh au thawm ri chu a hre ta a. A hma lawkah chuan kawngkhar khar chuan pindan dang a pan ta a. Eng thil nge awm tih hriat theihna tur kawng a nei lo. A chungah chuan meikhu chhuak lantern pahnih chu bamboo beam-ah a innghat a. Radio room chu light thar atang chuan a eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Chutah Nick chuan generator current tam zawk chu radio, khum inkar light leh concrete building chhunga hmanraw zawng zawng kalpui nan an hmang tih a hre ta a. Khumte ngei pawh chu lantern-in a ti eng a. Foyer-a sipai pahnih an lo nghah lai chuan khum bangah chuan a innghat a. A rit hnuaiah chuan a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. A kut zungtang chu lei hring hring chungah chuan a tlanpui a. A hnawih na hmunah chuan bamboo chi hrang hrang a rawn chhuak ta. Nick chu a nui suk a. Hut te chu tinder piles niin kangmei chhuah nghaktu an ni.
  
  
  Nick-a sir lehlamah sipai pahnih an ding a. Pindan pathumna panna kawngkhar bulah chuan sipai pahnih dang chu bench-ah an thu leh a, an silai chu an ke inkarah an dah a, an lu an thing a, mut do tumin an bei a. Bench tawp lamah chuan bawm pali chu a chungah an dah khawm a. Nick chuan junk hold atang chuan a hrechhuak ta a. An chunga Chinese chhinchhiahna an ziah chuan grenade an nih thu a sawi a. A chung lam drawer chu a inhawng a. Grenade chanve chu a bo a ni.
  
  
  Radio atang chuan aw a rawn ri a. Nick-a hriatthiam loh dialect-in Chinese tawng a hmang a. Radio operator chuan chutiang bawk chuan a chhang let ve bawk. Thumal khat chu a hrethiam tih a sawi a. Lou hming a ni. Radio-a aw chu Professor Lu-a an chenna in atanga lo chhuak a ni ngei ang, Nick-a chuan a ngaihtuah a.A rilru chu a hip lut a, a digested a, a paih chhuak ta a ni.Tin, computer-in card a chhuah chhuah ang maiin ruahmanna a lo thleng a, a rough hle a, mahse a ruahmanna zawng zawng chu a inthlak danglam thei ang bawkin.
  
  
  Tichuan room pathumna kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, Ling chu a rintlak .45 nen a rawn lang ta a. Sipai pahnih chu a lu a bu nghat a, chutah Nick chu room chhunga lut turin a kut a phar a. Sheila chuan a lo nghak reng a. Ling ang bawkin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chu a zui a, kawngkhar chu a khar a, Sheila chu Nick bulah chuan a tlan phei a, a kawngah a kuah a. A hmuiah chuan passion takin a fawp a.
  
  
  “Aw, darling,” a ti sap a. "A vawikhatna atan ka neih che chauh ka mamawh a ni." Barge-a a silk chemise a hak ang kha a la ha reng bawk.
  
  
  Room chu a dang pahnih aiin a te zawk a. Hemi chhungah hian window a awm a. Chutah chuan crib, dawhkan leh basket ang maia wicker chair a awm a. Lantern pathum a awm a, pahnih chu rafters-ah a innghat a, pakhat chu dawhkan chungah a awm bawk. Hugo leh Wilhelmina chu chair bulah chuan leiah chuan an lo mu a. Tommy silai pahnih an keng a. Dawhkan chu khum bulah chuan a ding a, kawngka dinglamah chuan bang bulah thutthleng a awm a. Nick chu engtik lai pawhin a inpeih reng a.
  
  
  “Ka that a ni,” Ling chuan a ti a. Chair-ah chuan a thu a, .45 hmui mawi lo tak chuan Nick chu a tum a.
  
  
  “Ni e, pet a ni,” Sheila chuan a ti a. "Hun kal zelah." Nick-a kawr button chu a phelh sak a. "I nihna dik tak kan hriatchhuah kha mak i ti em?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  “A ni lo tak zet,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Hei hi John hnen atangin i dawng a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  A nui suk a. "Coaxing tlem a ngai a, mahse kawng kan nei."
  
  
  "I that em?"
  
  
  "A dik lo. Kan mamawh a ni."
  
  
  “Ka that a ni,” Ling chuan a ti leh a.
  
  
  Sheila chuan a kawr chu a lu chungah a rawn hrual a. Nick kut chu a la a, a rilru hlim takah chuan a dah a. “Kan hmanhmawh a ngai a ni,” a ti bawk. "Ling chu a buai hle mai." Nick-a pants chu a phelh a. Chutah cot lam pan chuan a hnungtawlh a, a hruai ve bawk.
  
  
  Nick chhungah chuan mei hriat lar tak mai chu a lo kang tawh a. A kut chuan a hnute sa lum tak chu a khawih atang khan a intan a. A lu hnung lama bun chu a thlah a, a sam dum sei tak chu a kekawr ipte chungah a tla thla ta a. Chutah zawi zawiin khumah chuan a nawr lut ta a.
  
  
  "Oh baby," a hmel chu a hmel nen a inhnaih em avangin a ti chhuak a. "I thihna hi ka duh lo tak zet."
  
  
  Nick taksa chuan a taksa chu a rawn nawr nghal zat a. A ke chuan a rawn khuh a. A thawhpui lai chuan a passion chu a lo lian chho zel niin a hria. A tan chuan a nuam vak lo. He thiltih a hmangaih em em hi a chungah a hman chu a lungngai deuh hlek a ni. A kut dinglam chu a kawngah a khuh a. A kut chu a kut hnuaiah a dah a, Pierre-a hmuna vawn tlat tape chu a han hrual a. Gas thihna thlen thei chu vawi khat a chhuah tawh chuan pindan atanga a chhuah theih hma loh chuan a thaw a vawn tlat a ngai dawn tih a hria a. Hei hian minute li chuang chauh hun a pe a ni. Pierre chu a kutah a vuan a. Sheila chuan a mit a chhing a. Mahse, a jerk siam, gas thihpui thei tak chu a chhuah tir chuan a mit a tivar a. A hmui a ti hup a, ball te tak te a hmu a. A kut veilam chuan Nick chuan bunk hnuaia gas bomb chu Ling lam pan chuan a roll a.
  
  
  "Eng nge i tih?" - Sheila chuan a ti a. Chutah a mitmeng chu a rawn meng ta hlawm a. "Ling!" a ti a. "Thih rawh, Ling!"
  
  
  Ling chu a keah a zuang thla a.
  
  
  Nick chu a sir lamah a rawn inher a, Sheila chu a hruai ve bawk a, a taksa chu shield atan a hmang a. Ling hian Sheila hi a hnungzang ah kap ta se chuan Nick hi a hmu ngei ang. Mahse .45 chu a sir lehlamah a sawn a, aim lak tumin a bei a. Tin, he tihkhawtlai hian a that ta a ni. Nick chuan a thaw chu a titawp a. Gas rimtui lo chuan pindan a luah khat theih nan second tlemte chauh a la ngai dawn tih a hria. Ling kut chuan a beng a khawih a. .45 chu a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. Ling khup chu a buck a, a tlu ta a. Chutah hmaiah a tlu hmasa ber a.
  
  
  Sheila chuan Nick nen an inhmachhawn a, mahse ani chuan a chelh tlat thung. Hlauhnain a mit chu a meng zau ta hle mai. Mittui a tla a, hei hi a rin loh ang maiin a lu a thing nghal ringawt. Nick chuan a hmui chu a hmuiah chuan a hmet a. A thawk chu a pants chhungah a inher a, chutah rang takin a tawp ta a. A kuah chuan a kal limp ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu a che vat a ngai a. Ka lu chu oxygen tlakchham vangin a eng tawh hle. Khum atang chuan a inher a, rang takin Hugo, Wilhelmina, Tommy-a machine gun pakhat leh a pants chu a rawn khawm a, chutah window inhawng atang chuan a tlan chhuak nghal a. Khum atanga step sawm vel zeta hlaah chuan a tlu a, a lung a na a, a lu chu a dum hring dup bawk. Chutah a khup thlengin a bawkkhup a, a duh ang boruak chu a thaw chhuak ta a. Hun engemaw chen chu khup chungah a awm a, thawk a la thûk hle. A lu a thianghlim chuan a ke chu a pants chhungah a thun a, Wilhelmina leh Hugo chu a belt chhungah a thun a, Tommy silai chu a la a, cabin lam pan chuan a bawkkhup leh ta a.
  
  
  Tukverh inhawng a thlen hma lawk hian a lung chu boruakin a khat a. Sipai ho chu pindan chhungah an la lut lo. Window pawnah chiah ding chungin Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a belt atang chuan a la chhuak a, uluk takin rafters-a lantern innghat pakhat chu a kap a, a kap ta a. Lantern chu a rawn chhuak a, kerosene kang chu bang sir zawng zawngah a rawn luang chhuak ta a. Nick chuan a dang chu a kap leh a, chutah dawhkan chunga awm chu a kap leh ta a. Meialh chuan lei chu a chil a, bang pahnih chungah chuan a chho ta a. Kawngkhar a rawn inhawng a. Nick chu a bawkkhup a, khur chungin khum chhungah chuan a kal kual a. Buk hmaah chuan eng a tam lutuk a. Tommy silai chu a dah thla a, a kawr chu a phelh a. Button pathum a button a, chutah a kawrfual chu a kawrfual chhungah a khih a. A shape a, a thawhpui avang chuan a sir lamah pouch te tak te mawi tak a nei ta a ni.
  
  
  Tommy silai chu a la a, kawngka hma lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Buk hnunglam chu a kang ta vek mai. Nick chuan second tlemte chauh a la nei tih a hria a, chutah chuan sipai dangte chu mei lam pan chuan an tlan ta a. Kawngka lam pan chuan a kal a, a ding ta a. Light bulb hring hring inzawmkhawmah chuan sipai pawl hrang hrangte chu khum kang mek lam pan chuan an kal tih a hmu a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  a hmasa berin zawi zawiin, chutah rang zawkin, an silai chu an inpeih tawh. Second engemaw zat a liam ta. Nick-a chuan a ke dinglam hmangin kawngkhar chu a nawr hawng a; a machine gun atang chuan Tommy hnenah puakruk a thawn a, a hmasa berin dinglam atangin a thawn a, chutah veilam atang chuan a rawn thawn leh a. Sipai pahnih chu bench bulah chuan an ding a, an mit chu mut a rit hle. Bullet luang chhuakin an ha chu an pholang a, an lu chuan an hnung lama bang chu vawi hnih a rawn deng a. An taksa chu a che ang maiin a lang a, chutah an lu chu a inhnim hrual a, an silai chu leiah a rawn ri chhuak a, an kuta block pahnih inzawm ang maiin an silai chungah chuan an tla thla ta a ni.
  
  
  Pindan pathumna kawngkhar chu a inhawng a. Meialh chu bang zawng zawngah a awm vek tawh a, rafters chu a dum vek tawh. Room chu a kang a, a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. Sipai pahnih dang chu Sheila leh Ling-a te bulah an awm a, anni hi poison gas-in a thi a ni. Nick chuan Sheila vun chu khaw lum avang chuan a warp tih a hmu a. A sam chu a kang tawh. Tin, second te chu minute khatah a inthlak a, a chhunzawm ta a ni. Nick chu grenade box awmna lam chu a pan hnai a. Makeshift bag pakhat chu grenade hmangin a khat tan ta a. Tichuan thil pakhat a hrechhuak ta - a tlai tawh hle mai. Bullet chuan a kawrfual a tihchhiat rual chuan a hawi let a. Radio operator chuan a kap leh dawn a, Nick chuan Tommy silai puak ri chuan a kawr atanga a lu thlengin a tikehsawm a. Chu pa chuan a kut chu a rawn phar chhuak nghal a, kawngka sir lehlamah a rawn deng ta a. A tlu a, a tlu lai chuan an ding nghet tlat a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a thaw hnuaiah chuan chibai a buk a. Radio hi a enkawl hmasa tur a ni. He mipa hi radio-ah a la awm avangin, a tam zawkah chuan patrol lawng chu a biak tawh a nih a rinawm a, chubakah professor awmna in pawh a biak tawh bawk. Minute hnih a liam ta. Nick hian grenade sawm a nei a. Hei hi a tawk tur a ni. Tunah chuan second eng pawhah sipai rual hmasa ber chu kawngka atang chuan a rawn puak darh ang. Tunah chuan gas rimchhia chuan nghawng a neih theihna chance a tlem tawh hle a, mahse thawk chhuah thuk tak a tum lo. Kawngkhar hma lam chu kawngka hnung lamah a awm a. Radio room pawh a ni mai thei. Kawngkaah chuan a tlan lut a.
  
  
  Vanneihna chu a bulah a awm a. Radio room chhungah chuan tukverh a awm a. Ke rit tak tak chuan khum hmaah chuan a rawn ke a pen a, sipaite’n kawngkhar hma lam an hnaih rual chuan a ri nasa zual sauh sauh a. Nick chu tukverh atang chuan a rawn chhuk chhuak a. A hnuaiah chiah chuan a bawkkhup a, a pouch atang chuan grenade pakhat chu a la chhuak ta a. Sipaite chuan foyer chu an mill vel a;tuman thupek an pe lo. Nick chuan pin pakhat a la chhuak a, zawi zawiin a chhiar tan ta a. Kum riat a tlin chuan tukverh inhawng atang chuan grenade a vawrh chhuak a, khum atang chuan a inkhung hrang ta a. Step sawm aia tam a la kal loh lai chuan puak chakna chuan a khup thlengin a tikehsawm ta a ni. A hawi let a, khum chung chu a lo sang deuh tawh tih a hmu a, chutah chuan a kang lo lam chu a lo hring chhuak ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  Puak thawm chuan a hnena a thlen chuan khum bang chu a chanveah a inthen ta a. Orange light leh meialh chu window inhawng leh crack atang chuan a rawn luang lut a. Inchung chu a pil a, a inbeng kang deuh bawk. Nick chu a tho a, a tlan chhunzawm ta a. Tunah chuan silai ri a hre ta. Bullet chuan a chhehvela bawlhhlawh la hnim chu a ei zo vek a. Concrete building lam pan chuan chak takin a tlan a, a chhehvel chu a rawn vel leh ta a. Tichuan a ding ta a. A sawi dik a ni. Generator chu box ang maia bamboo hut te tak teah chuan nunnain a rawn chug lut ta a. Kawngka bula ding sipai chuan a rifle chu a rawn phar tawh a. Nick chuan Tommy silai hmangin a kap a. Chutah bag atang chuan grenade pahnihna a la chhuak leh a. Zawhna awm lovin pin chu a la chhuak a, a chhiar tan ta a. Generator panna kawngkhar inhawng takah chuan grenade a vawm lut a. Chu puak chuan a chhehvel zawng zawng chu a ti thim nghal vek a. Just in case, grenade dang a la chhuak a, a chhungah a paih lut ta a ni.
  
  
  Puak tur nghak lovin, khum hnung lama thing hnuai lama lo thang lian zingah chuan a thlawk lut ta a. Bung kang hmasa ber chu a paltlang a, a pahnihna lam chu a pan ta a. A thaw halh halh a, thingbuk kamah chuan a bawkkhup a. Bung pahnihna hnung lama window inhawng lam pan chuan hmun zau tak a awm a. A silai ri chu a la hre reng a. An inthlum em ni? Au thawm a awm a; mi pakhatin thupek pek a tum a. Nick chuan vawi khat mi pakhatin thupek a lak tawh chuan buaina chu a hlawkna a ni tawh dawn lo tih a hria a. A che chak tawk lo! Grenade palina chu a kutah a awm a, pin chu a lo la chhuak tawh bawk. A tlan a, a bawkkhup a, tukverh inhawng tak bulah chuan grenade a vawm ta a. Canal bula ding khum pathumna lam pan chuan a tlan chhunzawm ta a. Tunah chuan êng awmchhun chu khum dang pathum tukverh leh kawngka atang chuan lantern eng mawi tak tak atang chuan a lo chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  Grenade pangana chu a kutah a lo nei tawh a. A hmaah chuan sipai pakhat a rawn lang a. Nick-a chuan ding lovin Tommy-a pistol atang chuan bullet chu circle-in a spray a. Sipai chu lei thlengin a rawn inher chhuak leh ta a. Nick chu khum pahnihna puak leh pathumna inkar ah chuan a kal ta a. Khawi hmunah pawh mei a chhuak vek niin a lang. Mipa aw chu a au chhuak a, chibai an buk a, thenkhat chuan thupek pek an tum bawk. Zankhuain silai ri chu a ri chhuak a, bamboo kang ri bengchheng tak nen chuan a inhmeh hle. Pin chu a rawn phawrh chhuak a. Hut pathumna open side window chu a kal pel a, Nick chuan a chhungah grenade a vawrh lut a. Sipai pakhat lu-ah a vawm a. Sipai chu la turin a bawkkhup a. Hei hi a nunah a chetna hnuhnung ber a ni. Nick chu light bulb thim tawh garland hnuaiah chuan a awm tawh a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  khum chu a kang ta vek a, khum dang pahnih lam pan chuan a kal ta a ni. Inchung chu hmalam atang chuan a tla thla ta a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick chu sipaite nen an inhmachhawn ta a. Khawi hmunah pawh an awm ang maiin, tum nei lovin an tlan a, tih tur hre lovin, thlalak hnuaiah an kap ta a. A lehlama khum pahnih chu a hnuhnung pathumte angin an enkawl thei lo. An zinga pakhat chu Katie Lou leh Mike te an ni mai thei. Heng khum chhungah hian lantern a kang lo. Nick chuan pakhatna chu a thleng a, a luh hmain a pahnihna chu a melh kual a. Sipai pathumte chu kawngka bulah chuan an la ding reng a. An buai lo. Ramsa bullet chuan a ke bulah lei chu a han chawi kang a. Nick chu khum chhungah chuan a lut ta a. But dang pathum meialh chuan a chhunga thil awmte hmuh theih turin êng tling tawk chauh a pe a ni. Hemi hi ralthuam leh ralthuam dahna atan hman a ni. Case eng emaw zat hawn a ni tawh bawk. Nick chuan a Tommy silai atana clip thar a hmuh hma loh chuan a han en kual vel a.
  
  
  A makeshift bag chhungah hian grenade panga a la nei a. He khum atan hian pakhat chauh a mamawh dawn a ni. Thil pakhat chiang tak chu: he mi hi a thlawh chhuah lai hian a hla hle ngei ang. Nakin hun atan dah khawm a tum ta a. Kawngpuiah chuan a kir leh ta a. Sipaiho chu an rawn pungkhawm tan ta a. Mi pakhatin thunun a la ta. Canal-ah hian pump dah a ni a, hose-te chuan a tlakna khum hnuhnung pahnihah tui an theh a ni. A hmasa ber chu a kang ta mai mai. Nick chuan heng sipai pathumte hi a paltlang a ngai tih a hria a. Tin, tunlai ang hian tan hun a awm lo bawk.
  
  
  Lei hnaihah a awm a, a che nghal vat a. Tommy-a machine gun chu a kut vei lamah a sawn a, Wilhelmina chu a belt atang chuan a la chhuak ta a. Khum pathumna kil khatah chuan a ding ta a. Sipai pathum chu silai kengin ready-ah an ding a, an ke chu a inhlat deuh hlek a. Nick-a kah lai chuan Luger chu a rawn bounce ta a. Sipai hmasa ber chu a hawi let a, a rifle chu a thlak a, a pum chu a man a, a tlu ta a. Hut tawp ber atang chuan silai a la ri reng a. Mahse buaina chuan sipaite chu a chhuahsan ta a ni. An ngaithla tan ta a. Tin, Nick chauh hi Tommy silai hmangtu niin a lang bawk. Hei hi an nghah lai tak chu a ni. Sipai dang pahnih chuan a lam an hawi a. Nick chuan rang takin vawi hnih a kap a. Sipaiho chu an rawn inher a, an inhmachhawn a, an tlu ta a. Nick chuan tuiin meialh a tihmit ri ri chu a hre ta. Hun a tlem hle. Cabin hma lam pan chuan corner chu a round a, kawngkhar chu a hawng a, Tommy gun at the ready. Vawikhat a luh chuan a ha a hrual a, chibai a buk a. Bait a ni - khum chu a khar vek.
  
  
  Rifle atang chuan silai ri a hre tawh lo. Sipaiho chu an inkhawm tan ta a. Nick-a ngaihtuahna chu a rawn intlansiak ta a. Khawiah nge an awm theih ang? Khawi emaw laiah an hruai em ni? A hlawhtling lo vek em ni? Tichuan a hre ta a. Chance a ni a, mahse a tha hle. Bung atang chuan a chhuak a, a vuak hmasa ber hnenah chuan a kal nghal a. Meialh chu a thim a, hetah leh khawiah pawh a rawn inher chhuak ta. Chu khum atanga a la awm chhun chu ruhro kang vek mai a ni. Mei chu a hmasawn em avangin sipaite chuan tihmit pawh an tum lo. Nick chu Ling tlu tawh nia a ngaihna hmunah chuan a kal nghal a. Thlan chhungah hian mummy ang maia lang ruang charred panga a awm a. Khual atang chuan meikhu a la ri chhuak a, chu chuan Nick chu sipaite lakah a thup thei ta a ni.
  
  
  A zawnna chu a rei lo hle. Thawmhnaw zawng zawng chu, a dik e, Ling ruang chu a kang vek a ni. Ling ruang bulah chuan .45 caliber shotgun a lo mu a. Nick chuan a ke ruh hmangin taksa chu a rawn nawr a. A ke bulah chuan a tlu ta vek mai. Mahse, a sawn chuan a thil zawn chu a hmu ta a - ash-colored keychain. A han lak chuan a khawih pawh a la lum hle. Chabi thenkhat chu a hmin vek. Sipai tam zawk chu lawng chawlhna hmunah an pungkhawm ta a ni. Pakhat chuan thupek a pe a, midangte chu pawl chhungah a ko lut a. Nick chu zawi zawiin khum atang chuan a kal sawn a. Lantern kang tawh line-ah chuan a tlan chhuak a, an chhuah thlengin. Chutah dinglamah a hawi a, concrete building hniam tak a thlen chuan a tlan chak lo hle.
  
  
  Cement step atang chuan a chhuk thla a. Chabi palina chuan steel kawngkhar chu a hawng ta a. Creak ri zet hian a inhawng ta a. Nick a luh hma lawk chuan lawng chawlhna lam chu a melh a. Sipaiho chu an fan chhuak ta a. An zawng tan ta a. Nick chu corridor thim takah chuan a lut ta a. Kawngkhar hmasa berah chuan kawngkhar hawntu a hmuh thlengin chabi chu a fumble a. A nawr a, Tommy silai chu a inpeih tawh. Tisa thi rimtui chu a hre thei. A ruang pakhat chu a sir lamah chuan a mu a, a vun chu ruhroah chuan a inzawm tlat a. Hun rei tak kal ta a ni ngei ang. A dawta cell pathum chu a khar vek tawh. A awmna chu a kal pel a, chutah corridor chhunga kawngkhar pakhat chu a inhawng tih a hmu ta a. A bulah chuan a kal phei a, a ding ta a. Tommy silai chu a inpeih tawh em tih a enfiah a, chutah chuan a lut ta a. Sipai chu kawngka bulah chiah chuan a beng a tikehsawm a, a muhil a. Nick-a mitmeng chuan cell dang zawng zawng chu a scan a. A tirah chuan a ngai mai mai a; tichuan, a form pahnih chu a hriat chian ta a ni.
  
  
  Corner pakhatah chuan an inkhung khawm a. Nick chuan an lam pan chuan step hnih a pen a, a ding ta a. Hmeichhia chuan dagger chu tlangval rilruah chuan a vawn a, a tip chuan a vun chu a rawn chhuah tir a. Tlangval mitmengah chuan hmeichhe hlauhna leh hlauhna chu a lang chiang hle. Sheila-i hak ang lo takin nightgown a ha a. Mahse a hmalam leh a rilruah a hrual a. Nick chuan sipai thi tawh chu a en a. A tum ngei ang
  
  
  
  
  
  pawngsual turin, tunah chuan Nick pawh chutiang bawka ti turin a awm niin a ngai ta a ni. Chutah Nick-a chuan cell thim takah chuan Chinese hmel a ni tih a hre ta a, sipai ang maiin a lang. A kawr ha lo, a kekawr ipte chu a thisen a chhuak deuh a, a kutah Tommy silai a keng a, a kawrfual kawr chhungah Luger leh stiletto a keng a, a sir atang chuan hand grenade bag khat a innghat bawk. Ni lo, United States Army chhanchhuak tura lo kal angin a lang lo. A fimkhur hle a ngai a ni. Thil dik lo a tih chuan, thil dik lo a sawi a nih chuan, chu tlangval rilruah chuan dagger chu a cut ang a, chutah chuan a thinlungah a thun lut ang tih a hria. An hnen atanga feet li vel a hlaah a awm a. Fimkhur takin a bawkkhup a, Tommy-a silai chu leiah a dah a. Hmeichhia chuan a lu a thing a, dagger tip chu tlangval rilruah chuan a nawr na zawk a.
  
  
  “Katie,” Nick chuan zawi te hian a ti a. "Katie, ka pui ang che."
  
  
  A che lo. A mitmeng chuan a en a, hlauhna a la khat reng bawk.
  
  
  Nick chuan a thusawi chu uluk takin a thlang a. “Katie,” a ti leh a, a ti leh bawk. "John a lo nghak a. I chhuak dawn em ni?"
  
  
  "Tunge... tu nge i nih?" tiin a zawt a. Hlauhna hnuhma chuan a mitmeng chu a chhuahsan ta. Dagger tip hmangin chutiang chuan a press lo.
  
  
  "I tanpui turin ka lo kal a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. "John hian nang leh Mike nen min hruai turin min tir a. A lo nghak reng che a ni."
  
  
  "Khawnge?"
  
  
  "Hong Kong-ah. Tunah chuan ngun takin ngaithla rawh. Sipai ho hi hetah hian an rawn kal dawn a ni. Min hmu a nih chuan an pathum hian an that vek ang. Kan hmalak vat a ngai. I tanpui che i phal ang em?"
  
  
  Hlauhna nasa zawk chuan a mit chu a chhuahsan ta a ni. Tlangval rilru atang chuan dagger chu a la chhuak a. "Kei... ka hre lo," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Hetianga nawr che hi ka huat ber a ni, mahse rei zawk i awm chuan i thutlukna a ni lo ang."
  
  
  "Engtin nge ka rin theih che tih ka hriat?"
  
  
  "Ka thu chauh i nei. Tunah chuan khawngaihin." A kut chu a rawn phar chhuak a.
  
  
  Katie chuan second hlu tak tak chu a inhnial leh a. Tichuan a rilru a siam fel ta niin a lang. Dagger chu a pe ta a.
  
  
  “Awle” Nick chuan a ti a, tlangval lam chu a hawi a, “Mike, i inbual thei em?”
  
  
  “Ni e, ka pu,” tiin naupang chuan a chhang a.
  
  
  "Great; hei hi i tih ka duh chu a ni. Building atang chuan min zui chhuak rawh. Vawikhat chu pawn kan chhuah veleh in pahnih hian hnunglam lam pan nghal rawh u. Hnung lam in thlen chuan brush chhungah lut rawh. Canal awmna chu i hria em." heta tang hian?"
  
  
  Katie chuan a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan bush-ah hian awm rawh. I inlan tir suh. Heta tang hian lui hnuai lam pan tur chuan canal lam angle-in kal rawh. Inthup la, canal atanga bawlhhlawh rawn chhuk i hmuh hma chu nghak rawh. Tichuan bawlhhlawh hnung zuiin inbual rawh. A awm ngei ang." a sir lamah line a awm a, chu chu i man thei ang.Chu chu i hre reng em, Mike?
  
  
  "Ni e, ka pu."
  
  
  - Tunah chuan i nu hi i enkawl tha hle mai. A tih ngei ngei tur a ni.
  
  
  “Ni e ka pu, ka ti ang,” Mike chuan a chhang a. A hmui kil khatah chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a rawn lang a.
  
  
  "Good boy," Nick chuan a ti a, "Awle, kal ila."
  
  
  Corridor thim takah chuan cell atang chuan a hruai chhuak ta a. Chhuahna kawngka a thlen chuan an ding turin a kut a phar a. Amah chauhin kawtthlerah a chhuak ta a. Sipaiho chu khum inkar step line-ah an dah a. Concrete building pakhat lam pan chuan an kal a, tunah chuan yard sawmhnih pawh a tling lo. Nick chuan Katie leh Mike chu a kut a phar a.
  
  
  “In hmanhmawh a ngai a ni,” tiin an hnenah chuan a ti sap sap a. "Hriat reng tur chu, canal i thlen hma loh chuan ramngaw chhung thuk takah awm rawh. Puak tlemte i hre mai ang, mahse engmah ah chuan tawp suh."
  
  
  Katie chuan a lu a bu nghat a, chutah Mike chu bang bulah leh hnunglam pan chuan a zui ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan second sawmthum a pe a. Sipai rawn hnaih chu a hre ta a. Buk hnuhnung pahniha mei chu a kang ta vek a, chhum vangin thla a awm lo. Thim chu a sir lamah a awm a. Bag atang chuan grenade dang a la chhuak a, tlan rei vak lovah clearing sir lamah a thlawk chhuak ta a ni. Kawng chanve velah chuan pin pakhat a la chhuak a, grenade chu a lu chungah chuan sipaite lam chu a vawm ta a.
  
  
  Grenade dang a lo la chhuak tawh a, a hmasa ber chu a puak ta a ni. Flash-ah chuan Nick-a chuan sipaite chu a ngaihtuah aiin an inhnaih zawk tih a hre ta a. Bomb puak hian pathum a tichhia a, line lai takah hian gap a awm ta a ni. Nick chuan khum hmasa ber ruhro chu a thleng ta a. Grenade pahnihna pin chu a la a, a hmasa ber a paihna hmunah chuan a paih ta a. Sipaiho chu an au chhuak a, thlalak hnuaiah chuan an kap leh ta a. Line tawp hnaihah grenade pahnihna a puak a, pahnih dang a tichhia bawk. Sipai la awmte chu inkhuh tumin an tlan ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu khum kang tawh sir lehlamah chuan a kal kual a, chutah chuan clearing chu a paltlang a, ammunition hut lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A kutah chuan grenade dang a nei leh a. A lian dawn khawp mai. Hut kawngka bulah chuan Nick chuan pin a la chhuak a, grenade chu hut chhungah chuan a vawrh lut ta a. Tichuan a vei lamah chuan chetna a nei ta a. Sipai chu khum kil sir velah chuan a kal kual a, tum nei lovin a kap ta a. Bullet chuan Nick-a beng dinglam chu a then a. Sipai chuan chibai a buk a, a hnute chu Nick lu lam hawiin a hawitir a. Nick chu a sir lamah a inher a, sipai chu a ke veilam hmangin a pum chhungah a rawn vawm a. Sipai ruhroah chuan a kut zungtang chanve khar chungin a vuakna chu a titawp ta a ni. A tlak hnuaiah chuan a crack ta a ni.
  
  
  Second engemaw zat a liam ta. Nick chuan che a harsa hle. Clearing chu a tlan pel leh ta a. Sipai pakhat hian a kawng a lo dang a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  rifle chu a lam nghal a. Nick chuan lei a rawn deng a, a roll ta a. A taksa chuan sipai kekawrte a rawn deng tih a hriat chuan a groin-ah a inher a. Thil pathum chu a rualin a thleng ve mai mai. Sipai chu a rawn nui suk a, Nick-a chungah chuan a tla thla a, rifle chu boruakah a kap a, bunker chhunga grenade chu a puak ta a ni. Puak hmasa ber hian puak lian zawk a tichhuak ta a ni. Buk sir lam chu a puak darh ta a. Meialh chu beach ball lian tak, orange bouncing ang maiin a rawn inher chhuak a, a hmun zawng zawng chu a ti eng vek a ni. Silai za atanga chhuak ang maia thir leh thing chi hrang hrang theh darh. Tin, puak chu a hnungzuiin a chhunzawm zel bawk. Sipaite chu thil chhein a rawn deng a, na takin an au chhuak a. Van boruak chu a sen hring dup a, khawi hmunah pawh meialh a tla a, mei a tichhe vek bawk.
  
  
  Sipai chu Nick-a chungah chuan a mu nasa hle. A puak tam zawk chu a hip lut a, a kawr leh a hnungzangah chuan bamboo leh thir chi hrang hrang a inthun lut bawk. Tunah chuan puakruk a awm fo tawh lo va, Nick-a chuan sipai hliam tuar te au thawm chu a hre ta a. Sipai chu a hnawtchhuak a, Tommy-a machine gun chu a la a. Dock lam pana a kal lai chuan a dang tu mah an awm lo niin a lang. Barge a thlen chuan board bulah chuan grenade box pakhat a awm tih a hmu a. A rawn la a, lawngah chuan a phur ta a. Chutah chuan board chu a thlak a, a hrui zawng zawng chu a thlak vek bawk.
  
  
  Vawikhat chu lawngah chuan lawng chu a han chawi sang a. Junk chu a creak a, zawi zawiin pier atang chuan a inhnukdawk ta a. A hnungah chuan khaw te tak te chu mei te te in a hual vel a. Silai kang chu a chang chuan an kap chhuak thin. Meialh êng dum hring dup karah chuan khum thliarkarte chu a rawn inher chhuak ta mai a, khua chu thlarau ang maiin a lang. Nick-a chuan sipaite chu a khawngaih hle a; an hna thawh tur an nei a, ani pawhin a hna a nei bawk.
  
  
  Tunah chuan tiller bulah chuan Nick chuan channel lai takah chuan junk chu a chelh ta a. Hong Kong atanga mel za chuang chauh a hlaah a awm a ring. A hma aiin lui chhuk chu a rang zawk ang, mahse buaina chu a la tawp lo tih a hria. Tiller chu a whip a, rope chu tuipuiah a paih ta a. Barge chu khaw hmuh theih lohvin a awm a, silai mu tam zawk a puak rual chuan a chang chuan a ri chhuak ringawt chu a hre ta a ni. Bawlhhlawh dinglam lam panna ram chu a hniam a, a zau bawk a, a tam zawk chu buh hmun a ni.
  
  
  Nick chuan veilam bank thim chu a scan a, Katie leh Mike te chu a zawng a. Tichuan, a hma deuh deuh, bawlhhlawh hnung lama inbual lai chu a hmu ta a. Mike chu line-ah a thleng hmasa a, a sang tawk tawh chuan Nick chuan a chuanpui ta a ni. Katie chu a hnungah chuan a kal nghal a. Railing chungah chuan a chho a, a tlu a, Nick chu thlawp turin a man ta a. A kut chuan a kawr chu a rawn man a, a chungah chuan a tla thla ta a. Amah chu a rawn nawr a, a hmai chu a rilruah a phum a. A taksa chu a hnim hring hring nen a hnim hrual vek. Hmeichhe rimtui a chhuah a, chu chu cosmetics emaw perfume emaw pawhin a tibuai lo. Beidawng ang maiin a rawn kuah tlat a. Nick chuan a hnungzang chu a rawn fawp a. Amah nen khaikhin chuan a taksa chu a hring a, a chhe thei bawk. Hremhmun a paltlang tawh ngei ang tih a hrechhuak ta.
  
  
  A tap lo va, a tap lo, a chelh tlat mai. Mike chu an bulah chuan awkward zet hian a ding a. Minute hnih vel hnuah chuan zawi zawiin a kual vel atang chuan a kut chu a la chhuak ta a. A hmai chu a han en a, Nick chuan hmeichhe hmeltha tak a ni tak zet tih a hmu a.
  
  
  “Ka lawm e,” a ti a. A aw chu a nem a, hmeichhe tan chuan a hniam lutuk tawh mai.
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, “Lawmthu min la hrilh suh,” Nick-a chuan, “Kan kalna tur thui tak kan la nei a. Cabin chhungah chuan thawmhnaw leh buhfai a awm mai thei.
  
  
  Katie chuan a lu a bu nghat a, Mike-a kawngah chuan a kut a nghat a, cabin chhungah chuan a lut ta a.
  
  
  Wheel-a kir leh chuan Nick-a chuan a hmalam hun tur chu a ngaihtuah ta a. A hmasa berin delta a awm. Sheila Kwan chuan ni ênga a paltlang theih nan map a mamawh a. Schedule a nei lo va, zanah a tih a ngai a. Tichuan, patrol lawng a awm a, a tawpah chuan ramri ngei pawh a awm ta a ni. A ralthuam chu Tommy gun, Luger, stiletto leh grenade box khat a ni. A sipaite chu hmeichhe hmeltha tak leh naupang kum sawm leh pahnih mi an ni. Tin, tunah chuan ni khat pawh a la tling lo.
  
  
  Channel chu a zau chho tan ta a. Nick chuan delta-ah an awm thuai dawn tih a hria. Hma leh dinglamah chuan êng hmun te te te a hmu a. Chumi ni chuan Sheila thupek chu ngun takin a zawm a; a rilru chuan a turn apiang, a kalna tur inthlak apiang a record vek a. Mahse zanah chuan a che vel chu a tlangpui ang a, a chiang lo ang. Thil pakhat chauh a nei a - lui luang chu. Chu delta hmun khatah chuan channel zawng zawng inzawmkhawmna hmunah a hmu thei a nih chuan kawng dik takah a hruai ang. Tichuan veilam leh dinglam kam chu a tla thla a, tuiin a hual vel ta a ni. Delta chhungah chuan a lut ta a. Nick chuan tiller chu a rawn beng a, cockpit chu a paltlang a, bow lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A hnuai tui thim tak chu a zir chiang a. Delta chhung zawngah hian Sampan leh junk te chu anchor-ah an mu a. Ṭhenkhat chuan light an nei a, a tam zawk erawh chu a thim hle. Barge chu delta sir zawng zawngah chuan a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a.
  
  
  Nick chu main deck-ah chuan a zuang thla a, tiller chu a phelh a. Katie chu cabin atang chuan buhfai hmin bawm khat kengin a rawn chhuak a. A taksa chu a kuah nghet hle a, kawr sen hring dup chu a ha a. A sam chu a hrual thar a.
  
  
  "I rilru a hahdam zawk em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. Buhfai a ei tan ta a.
  
  
  "A tam. Mike chu a muhil nghal vek. A buhfai pawh a ei zo thei lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan a mawina chu a theihnghilh thei lo. John Lu-a thlalak a entir khan a dikna a ti lo.
  
  
  Katie chuan a en a
  
  
  
  
  
  
  bare mast. "Eng emaw a thleng em?"
  
  
  "Curent ka nghak reng a ni." Bowl hrui hring chu a pe ta a. "Heng zawng zawng hi eng nge i hriat?"
  
  
  A khur a, rei vak lo chhung chu cell chhunga hlauhna a neih chu a mitmengah a lang ta. “Engmah lo,” zawi sap hian a ti a. "Ka inah an rawn kal a. Tichuan Mike chu an rawn man ta a. An zinga pakhatin injection min pek thlengin min chelh a. Ka hriatreng leh tur chu, he cell-ah hian ka harh ta a ni. Chutah chuan hlauhawm tak tak chu a intan ta a ni. Sipaiho... - A lu a nghat a, thu a sawi thei lo.
  
  
  "Sawi suh," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  A lu a ti sang a. "John ka bulah a awm thuai dawn tih min hrilh a. A dam tha em?"
  
  
  "Ka hriat dan chuan." Chutah Nick chuan engkim a hrilh vek a, anmahni nena a inhmuhkhawmna chauh chu a dah bo ta a ni. Complex chungchang te, John nena an inbiakna te a hrilh a, a tawpah chuan heti hian a sawi a: “Chuvangin, nang leh Mike hi Hong Kong-a hruai kir leh turin zanlai thleng chauh kan nei a ni. Tin, darkar hnih khat hnuah chuan a eng tawh ang. .”
  
  
  Katie chu rei tak a ngawi reng a. Tichuan, “Buaina nasa tak ka thlen che ka hlau a, i hming pawh ka hre lo.
  
  
  "Hrisel taka ka hmuh theih che kha a phu hle. Ka hming chu Nick Carter a ni. Sorkar agent ka ni."
  
  
  Barge chu a kal chak zawk a. Current chuan a rawn phur a, hmalam a pan tir a, thli tleh chuan a pui bawk. Nick chu tiller lam chu a rawn innghat leh a. Katie chu starboard rail-ah chuan a innghat a, a ngaihtuahnaah a bo ta a ni. “She’s held up well so far,” Nick chuan a ti a.Mahse, a harsa ber chu a la thleng dawn a ni.
  
  
  Delta chu a hnufual hle. Nick chuan hmalam Whampoa light chu a hmu thei a. Lui kam lehlamah lawng lian tak takte chu an nghat a, an inkarah chuan kawngpui zau tak a awm ta a ni. Khawpui hmun tam zawk chu zing khawvar beiseiin a thim vek a, chu chu a hla vak lo. Katie chu mut hahdam tumin cabin lam pan chuan a kal a. Nick chu tiller bulah chuan a awm reng a, a mitin engkim a en reng a.
  
  
  Barge chu a kal zel a, current leh thli chuan Hong Kong lam panin a phur thei ta a ni. Nick chu tiller bulah chuan a muhil a, a chhungril takah chuan lungkhamnain a ti hrehawm hle. Engkim a kal tluang lutuk, awlsam lutuk. Dik tak chuan khuaa sipai zawng zawng chu an thi vek lo. Ṭhenkhat chu alarm ri turin kangmei aṭanga tlanchhuak an ni ngei ang. Tin, radio operator chuan Nick a kah hmain mi a biak pawh a ni ngei ang. Khawiah nge he patrol lawng hi a awm?
  
  
  Nick chu bul tanna nen a harh a, a hmaah Katie ding chu a hmu a. A kut ah chuan coffee lum no khat a keng a. Zan thim tak chu a reh tawh a, lui kam pahniha ruahtui tamna ramngaw zau tak chu a hmu thei ta a ni. Ni a lo chhuak thuai ang.
  
  
  “Hei hi la rawh,” Katie chuan a ti a. "I mamawh ang maiin i lang."
  
  
  Nick chuan coffee chu a la a. A taksa chu a khur ta hlawm a. Dull aching pain kawr leh beng ah a awm. A sam a sam lo va, a bawlhhlawh bawk a, mel sawmruk vel kal tur a nei.
  
  
  "Khawiah nge Mike a awm?" A coffee chu a in a, a tawp thlengin a lumna chu a hre chiang hle.
  
  
  "Bow-ah a awm a, a en reng a ni."
  
  
  Vawikhatmah Mike au thawm a hre ta a.
  
  
  "Nick! Nick! Lawng a lo thleng dawn!"
  
  
  “Tiller chu la rawh,” Nick chuan Katie chu a ti a. Mike chu khup khatah a ding a, bow starboard lam chu a kawhhmuh a.
  
  
  “Hetah hian,” a ti a, “En teh, luiah ka chho dawn chauh a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  Patrol lawng chu a kal chak hle a, tuiah chuan a sang hle. Nick chuan foredeck-a silai bulah sipai pahnih ding chu a hre thei lo. Hun a tam vak lo. Lawng rawn hnaih dan atang chuan Katie leh Mike a nei tih an hria. Radio operator chuan a rawn call a.
  
  
  "Good boy" Nick chuan a ti a, "Tunah chuan ruahmanna engemaw tal siam ila" Cockpit atang chuan main deck ah chuan an zuang lut dun a, Nick chuan grenade box chu a hawng a.
  
  
  "Eng nge a nih?" - Katie chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Nick chuan case khuhna chu a hawng a. "Patrol boat. Nang leh Mike chungchang hi an hre chiang khawp mai. Kan lawng chuanna chu a tawp tawh; tunah chuan land turin kan insawn a ngai dawn a ni." A kawr bag chu grenade-in a khat leh ta a. "Tun dinhmunah hian nang leh Mike hi tuipui kamah in inbual ka duh."
  
  
  "Mahse..."
  
  
  "Tun dinhmunah chuan! Inhnialna hun a awm lo."
  
  
  Mike chuan Nick-a kekawrte chu a khawih a, tuipuiah chuan a zuang thla ta a. Katie chuan a lo nghak a, Nick mitmeng chu a melh a.
  
  
  “I that ang,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Engkim ka duh dan anga a kal vek chuan ni lo. Tunah chuan insawn rawh! Lui kamah khawi emaw laiah ka hmu ang che."
  
  
  Katie chuan a hmuiah a fawp a, a sir lamah chuan a duck a.
  
  
  Tunah chuan Nick chuan patrol lawng engine chak tak takte chu a hre thei ta. Cabin chhungah chuan a chho a, lawng chu a thlah thla a. Tichuan tiller chungah chuan a zuang thla a, vei lamah chuan na takin a paih ta a. Junk chu a tilt a, lui kam chu a sir lamah a inher tan ta. Tunah chuan patrol lawng chu a hnai tawh hle. Nick chuan barrel atang chuan orange flame a rawn puak chhuak tih a hmu a. Shell chu boruakah a whistle a, junk hnar hmaah chiah chuan a puak ta a. Barge chu mak tih hmel zet hian a nghing ta hlawm a. A veilam chuan patrol lawng lam a hawi a. Nick chu cockpit starboard lam hnung lamah a ding a, Tommy-a machine gun chu a chungah a mu a. Patrol lawng chu a la hla lutuk a, silai a hmet puak thei lo.
  
  
  Cannon chu a rawn kap leh ta a. Vawi khat chu boruakah chuan shell chu a rawn whizz leh a, tun ṭum chauh hian puak hian bow hnung chiaha waterline-a cavity pakhat chu a tikehsawm ta a ni. Barge chu a rawn inher nghal zat a, Nick chu a ke aṭangin a tla thla mai mai. tichuan tuiah a pil ta nghal a. Nick chuan a la nghak reng a. Patrol lawng chu a hnai tawh hle. Sipai pathum dang chuan machine gun hmangin an kap leh bawk. Nick chhehvel cabin chu bullet hole-in a khat a. A la nghak reng a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Starboard lam hawiin hole a awm. Rei chu tuiah a awm reng dawn lo. Patrol lawng chu a hnaih tawk hle a, sipaite hmel chu a hmu thei a. Thawm engemaw tak a nghak a. Sipaite chuan silai an kap chu an titawp ta a. Lawng chu a tlai tan ta a. Chutah Nick chuan thawm a hre ta a. Patrol lawng chu a rawn hnaih a. Engine te chu a off tawh a, Nick chuan a lu a han chawi sang a, hmuh tur a awm lo. Tichuan silai a hmet puak ta a. A puak hmasak ber khan bow cannon atanga kah sipai pahnih a thi a ni. Ding lovin crosswise in a kap ta a. Sipai dang pathumte chu an inhmu leh a, an inhmu a. Deck hnathawk leh sipaite chu deck chhungah chuan khuhna zawngin an tlan kual a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Tommy silai chu a dah thla a, grenade hmasa ber chu a rawn phawrh chhuak a. Pin pakhat a phawrh chhuak a, a vawrh chhuak leh a, chutah pin dang a la chhuak a, pin pakhat a phawrh chhuak a, a paih leh a, a pathumna chu a la chhuak a, pin pakhat a phawrh chhuak a, a paih ta a ni. Tommy silai chu a la a, luiah chuan a zuang lut leh ta a. Tui a kah chuan grenade hmasa ber chu a puak a, tui chu a vawt hle. Tommy-a pistol leh grenade la awmte rit tak hnuaiah chuan a ke chak tak chu a beng a. A tho nghal a, lawng bulah chuan a rawn chhuak ta a. A grenade pahnihna chuan patrol boat cabin chu a tikehsawm a. Nick chu barge sir lamah chuan a innghat a, a bag atang chuan grenade dang a la chhuak leh a. A ha hmangin pin chu a la chhuak a, barge rail chungah chuan grenade box inhawng lam hawiin a paih ta a. Chutah chuan a thlah a, a ralthuam rit tak chu lui hnuai lam pan nghal turin a phal ta a ni.
  
  
  A ke chuan slushy mud chu a rawn deng nghal mai mai a; a hnuai lam chu feet riat emaw, feet kua emaw chauh a ni. Tuipui lam pan a a kal tan lai chuan fiah lo takin puakruk tenau tak tak a hre ta a, chu chu puakruk lian tak maiin a zui a, chu chuan a ke atanga a tlakbuak a, a tlu leh ta a ni. A beng chu a thlawk darh ang maiin a lang. Mahse, a concussion chuan tuipui kamah a paih thla ta a ni. Tlem a tam zawk chuan tui chungah a lu a chawi sang thei tawh ang. A thluak chu a chhe vek a, a lung a na a, a kawr hnung lamah na a awm a; mahse a ke chau tak chu a kal chhunzawm zel.
  
  
  A hmasa berin a lu chungah chuan lumna chu a hre ta a, chutah a hnar leh a hmui chu tui atang chuan a la chhuak a, boruak thlum tak chu a thaw chhuak ta a. Step thum dang a kal leh a. A chhuahsan tak stage chu en turin a hawi let a. Barge chu a pil tawh a, patrol lawng chu a hnuai lam panin a kal tawh bawk. Mei chuan hmuh theih tam zawk chu a kang zo vek tawh a, tunah chuan tui line chu main deck-ah chuan a kal ta a ni. A en lai chuan lawng hnunglam chu a pil tan ta. Tui chuan mei a thlen chuan hnim ri nasa tak a lo ri ta a. Lawng chu zawi zawiin a pil a, tui a rawn luang lut a, compartment leh cavities zawng zawng chu a luah khat vek a, mei atang chuan a hiss a, lawng a pil rualin a tlahniam ta a ni. Nick chuan a hnunglam a hawi a, zing ni chhuak chu a mit a chhing a. Hriatthiamna lungchhiatthlak tak nen a lu a bu nghat a. Ni sarih ni zing a ni tawh.
  
  
  BUNG SAWM leh pahnih
  
  
  Katie leh Mike chuan thing zingah Nick-a tuipui kama a rawn kal hun chu an nghak a. Vawikhat chu ram ro takah chuan Nick chuan thawk a la nghal vat a, a lu chhunga ri ri chu tihbo tumin a bei a.
  
  
  "Eng emaw phur turin ka pui thei ang em?" - Mike chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Katie chuan a kut chu a rawn vuan a. "I dam tha hi ka lawm e."
  
  
  Rei vak lo chhung chu an mit chu a inhmu a, Nick chuan a inchhir dawn tih a hriat thu a sawi mai mai. A mawina chu a tuar theih loh tluk a ni. Amah ngaihtuah lo turin a ralthuam te tak te chu a enfiah a. Luiah hian grenade pali tih loh chu a hloh vek a; Tommy silai chuan clip hmun li a\anga hmun khat vel a la nei a, Wilhelmina chuan kah vawi nga a la nei bawk. A tha lo, mahse a thawk tur a ni.
  
  
  "Eng thil nge thleng?" - Katie chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmuiah chuan stubble chu a rawn hrual a. "Khawiah emaw chuan rel kawng a awm a. Lawng dang lei nan hian hun rei tak kan hmang dawn a ni. Chu bakah lui hi a slow lutuk dawn a ni. Heng rel kawng zawn hi kan tum dawn niin ka hria. Chu lam pan chuan i kal ang."
  
  
  Ramngaw leh ramngaw karah chuan hmalam a pan ta a. Thick growth avang hian traffic a slow hle a, Katie leh Mike te chawlh tir turin vawi tam tak an ding a ngai a ni. Ni a lum a, rulhut te chuan an tibuai hle. Zingkhuain an kal a, lui atang chuan an kal zel a, ruam te te leh tlang chhip hniam tak takah te an chhuk a, a tawpah chuan chawhnu lam hnu rei vak lovah rel kawngpuiah an thleng ta a ni. Track te ngei pawh chuan thingtlang hmun zau tak chu a rawn tikehsawm ang maiin a lang. An sir lehlamah chuan feet sawm tal lei chu a thianghlim a. Chawhnu ni chhuahnaah chuan an eng chhuak a, chuvang chuan Nick chuan an hmang tha hle tih a hria.
  
  
  Katie leh Mike chu thinghnah kil khata leiah chuan an tlu thla a. An insiam a, thawk an la nasa hle. Nick chu track-ah chuan tlem a kal a, chu lai hmun chu a zir chiang a. A thawmhnaw chu a hnim vek a. Rel lo kal leh tur chu engtikah nge a lo thlen dawn tih hriat theih a ni lo. Minute eng pawh a ni thei a, darkar engemaw zat pawh a ni thei bawk. Tin, darkar tam tak a la nei lo bawk. Katie leh Mike te zawm turin a kir leh ta a.
  
  
  Katie chu a ke hnuaiah a thun a. Nick chu a en a, a kut chuan ni laka a mit chu a venghim a. "Tha?" A ti a.
  
  
  Nick chu a bawkkhup a, kawngpui sir lehlama lung lian tak tak theh darh eng emaw zat chu a la a. “A hmel a tha hle mai,” a ti a, “Rel kan titawp thei a nih chuan,” a ti a.
  
  
  "Engvangin nge hetiang hi a nih ang."
  
  
  
  
  
  Chung?"
  
  
  Nick chuan rel kawngkhar chu a han en kual a. "Hetah hian a flat hle. Rel a lo kal hun leh a lo kal chuan a kal chak hle ang."
  
  
  Katie chu a ding chhuak a, a kawr nghet tak chu a phelh a, a kut chu a hip-ah a dah a. "Awle, engtin nge he thil hi kan tihtawp ang?"
  
  
  Nick chu a nuih a ngai a. "I inpeih tawh tih i chiang em?"
  
  
  Katie chuan a ke pakhat chu a hmaah tlem a dah a, pose hmuhnawm tak a siam a. "Teapot-a dah tur pangpar te tak te te tak te ka ni lo. Tin, Mike pawh chutiang bawk chu a ni lo. Chhungkaw tha atanga lo piang kan pahnih kan ni. Mi resourceful leh mi ngilnei tak i nihzia min hmuhtir tawh a. Awle, kei hi ka ni lo mi sual keimah ngei pawh.Ka ngaihdan chuan tum inang kan nei - zanlai hmaa Hong Kong thleng tur.Min phur rei tawk tawhin ka hria.Engtin nge i la ding reng, eng ang nge i nih ka hre lo.A hun a ni kan chanvo chu kan phur tan ta a, i pawm em, Mike?
  
  
  Mike chu a ding chhuak ta a. "A hnenah hrilh rawh, mom."
  
  
  Katie chuan Mike chu a mit a chhing a, chutah Nick chu a en a, a mit chu a khuh leh ta a. "Chuti a nih chuan, i tan zawhna pakhat chauh ka nei a, Mr. Nick Carter. Engtin nge he rel hi kan tihtawp ang?"
  
  
  Nick chu ngawi rengin a nui suk a. "Tough as nails, a ni lo maw? Ka tan chuan helna ang mai a ni."
  
  
  Catby chu a sir lamah a kuah chungin a lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A hmel mawi takah chuan ngenna hmel na tak a awm a. Zawi sap hian, "Tualhna ni lovin, ka pu. Kan hruaitu zahna, ngaihsan leh rinawmna avanga tanpuina hlan. Khawte i tichhia a, lawng i tipuak bawk. Tunah chuan rel tihtawp dan tur min entir rawh," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a rilruah natna a nei a, a hrethiam chiah lo. Tin, a chhungah chuan rilru natna a lo thang lian a, a tan chuan rilru natna thuk tak a nei bawk.
  
  
  Mahse thil theih a ni lo, chu chu a hre chiang hle. Nupui pasal nei, chhungkua nei a ni. Ni lo, mut, ei leh in chauh a duh a ni. A thiltihtheihna piah lama a awm lai khan a mawina chuan mak a ti hle.
  
  
  “Okay,” a mitmeng chu a en a. Hugo chu a belt atang chuan a la chhuak a. "Brush leh bush ka tihtlak lai hian rel kawngpuiah i dah khawm ka duh a ni. Hmun hla tak atanga an hmuh theih nan pile lian tak kan mamawh dawn a ni" Brush thuk takah chuan a kal leh a, Kathy leh Mike. "An ding thei lo. " a ti a, a cut tan a. "Mahse, kan zuang thei tur khawpin an slow mai thei."
  
  
  Darkar hnih dawn lai a liam hnuah Nick chuan a san zawngah a lungawi ta a. A hmel chu green, lush mound ang mai a ni a, a sei zawng chu feet li vel a ni a, a san zawng chu feet ruk vel a ni. Hmun hla tak atang chuan rel eng pawh a titawp vek dawn niin a lang.
  
  
  Katie chu a ding chhuak a, a hnah hnuhnung ber chu pile chungah chuan a dah a, a kut hnunglam hmangin a hmai chu a hrufai a. "Tunah eng nge thleng?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Tunah chuan kan nghak tawh."
  
  
  Mike chuan lung lian tak tak a khawl khawm tan a, thingah chuan a paih lut ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hnunglam atang chuan tlangval chu a rawn pan hnai a. "Chutah chuan kut tha tak i nei a ni, Mike. Little League i khel em?"
  
  
  Mike chuan pump a chawlhsan a, a kuta lung lian tak takte chu a han vawm tan ta a. “Nikum khan lockout vawi li ka nei a.”
  
  
  "Pali? Chu chu a tha khawp mai. Engtin nge league-ah i luh theih?"
  
  
  Mike chuan lunghlu chu huat hmel zet hian a paih ta a. "Playoff-ah kan chak lo. Pahnihnaah kan tawp ta a ni."
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. Tlangval chhungah chuan pa chu a hmu thei a, a hmai sir khata sam dum dinglam tak chu a muhil dan te, a mit dum hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring hring dup mai mai te chu a hmu thei bawk. "Okay" a ti a, "Nakkum chu a awm reng a ni" a kalsan tan a, Mike chuan a kut chu vuanin a mitmeng chu a han en a.
  
  
  "Nick, ka nu hi ka ngaihtuah nasa hle."
  
  
  Nick chuan Katie chu a melh a. A ke hnuaiah chuan a thu a, a huana awm ang maiin lungpui inkar ah chuan hnim hring a hrual a. "Engvangin nge i lungkham?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  “Min hrilh nghal rawh,” Mike chuan a ti a. "Chutiang chu kan ti dawn lo a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  "Dik tak chuan kan ti ngei ang. Darkar tlemte ni êng plus zan chanve kan nei tawh bawk. Hong Kong-a kan awm loh chuan lungkham hun chu zanlai thleng minute sawm vel a ni. Mel sawmruk chauh kan la nei." kal rawh. Kan thlen loh chuan ka ngaihtuah ang che. Mahse, chutih hun thleng chuan hei hi kan tuar thei tih sawi zel rawh."
  
  
  "Nu chu engtin nge ni ang? Nang leh kei ang a ni lo—ka sawi tum chu hmeichhia nih leh chutiang zawng zawng chu."
  
  
  “Kan awmpui che a ni, Mike,” Nick chuan rilru na tak hian a ti a. "Kan enkawl ang."
  
  
  Tlangval chu a nui suk a. Nick chu Katie bulah chuan a kal phei a.
  
  
  A en a, a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Mut hahdam tum turin ka duh che."
  
  
  “Rel chu ka tlai duh lo,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Chutah Mike chuan a rawn ti a. "Ngaithla teh, Nick!"
  
  
  Nick chu a rawn hawi let a. Dik tak chuan caterpillar te chu an rawn ri ta hlawm a. Katie kut chu a man a, a keah a ding ta a. "I ti ang."
  
  
  Katie chu a bulah chuan a tlan chhuak tawh a. Mike chuan a rawn zawm ve a, an pathum chuan track-ah chuan an tlan ta a. An pile siam chu an hnungah a bo vek thlengin an tlan a. Chutah Nick chuan Katie leh Mike chu feet nga vel zeta hlaah thingtlang lamah a hruai lut ta a. Tichuan an ding ta a.
  
  
  An thaw pangngaia an thawh theih thlengin rei vak lo chu an thaw halh a. "A hla tawk tur a ni," Nick chuan a ti a, "Ka tih hma loh chuan ti suh."
  
  
  Click ri faint tak chu an hre ta a, a ring zual sauh sauh a. Chutah rel tlan chak tak thawm ri chu an hre ta a. Nick chuan Katie chu a kut dinglam hmangin a kuah a, Mike chuan a kut veilam chuan a kuah bawk. Katie chuan a hmuiah a rawn nawr a. Mike chuan a kut veilam ah Tommy silai a keng a. Thawm chu a zual sauh sauh a; tichuan hmaah chuan locomotive dum lian tak a kal tlang tih an hmu ta a
  
  
  
  
  
  m. Second khat hnuah chuan a paltlang a, bungraw phur motor te chu a rawn lang chhuak ta hlawm a. “Slowed down,” Nick chuan a ti a.A awlsam.
  
  
  Car-te an hmuh theih deuh deuh chuan a ri nasa hle a, a ri nasa zual sauh bawk. Nick chuan mi palina apiangin kawngkhar inhawng an nei tih a hmuchhuak a. Chu au thawm chu a chhunzawm zel a, machine inzawmkhawm rul lian tak chu a ti slow hle. Knock na tak a awm a, chu chu Nick-a chuan engine-in bush tam tak a rawn nam vang niin a ngai. Tichuan, au thawm chu a reh ta. Tunah chuan car te chu an tlan zawi zawih zawih a. Tichuan speed an pickup tan ta a.
  
  
  "An tawp dawn lo," Nick chuan a ti a. "Lo kal rawh. Tunah emaw a ni ngai lo emaw."
  
  
  Katie leh Mike te aiin a hmaa a awm a. Car te chuan rang takin an tlan chak hle. A chakna zawng zawng chu a ke chau takah chuan a dah a, boxcar kawngkhar inhawng lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Car hnuai lamah a kut nghatin a zuang a, a inher kual a, kawngka bulah chuan thutthlengin a tla thla ta a. Katie chu a hnungah chuan a kal nghal a. A kut a phar a, mahse a hnungtawlh tan ta. A thawk a la a, a tlan chak lo hle. Nick chu a bawkkhup a. Kawngkhar chu thlawp turin a chelh a, a rawn inbeng kang a, a kut veilam chu a kawrfual sei takah chuan a khuh a, a ke atang chuan a paih thla a, a hnung lama car chhungah chuan a lut ta a ni. Chutah Mike chu a rawn pan a. Mahse Mike chu a ding nghal vat a. Nick kut chu a vuan a, car chhungah chuan a zuang lut ta a. Tommy-a pistol chu a bulah chuan a rawn ri ta hlawm a. An inbeng kang a, thawk an la nasa hle a, car chu a sir lehlamah a inher tih an hria a, track-a wheel click ri chu an ngaithla a. Car chu stale straw leh bawnghnute hlui rim a nam a, mahse Nick chuan a nui suk thei lo. Darkar khatah mel sawmruk vel zetin an kal a.
  
  
  Rel chuan darkar chanve aia rei lo a awh a. Katie leh Mike chu an muhil a. Nick pawh chu a muhil a. Wilhelmina leh Tommy silai chhunga shell zawng zawng chu a vawt vek a, car nen chuan a rock a, a lu a bu nghat a. A hriat hmasak ber chu kekawrte kik inkar a sei zawk kha a ni. A mit a han meng chuan ramngaw chu a kal zawi zawk hle tih a hmu a. Rang takin a ding chhuak a, kawngkhar inhawng lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Rel chu khuaah a rawn lut a. Sipai sawm leh panga aia tam chuan engine hmaa track-te chu an dang a. Tlai lam a ni tawh a; ni a tla dawn ta. Nick chuan a engine leh engine inkarah chuan car sawm a chhiar a. Engine chu a ding lai chuan a hiss a, a beep bawk.
  
  
  “Mike,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Mike chu a harh nghal a. A mitmeng chu a fawp kual a. "Eng nge a nih?"
  
  
  "Sipai. Rel an titawp a. Mom kha han tho rawh. Kan chhuahsan a ngai dawn a ni."
  
  
  Mike chuan Katie chu a rawn ti nghing a. A kawr chu rel tlanna atanga a kawrfual thlengin a tan tawh mai. Thu engmah sawi lovin a thu a, chutah Mike nen chuan an ding chhuak ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "A bul hnaiah hian ramri khawpui Shench One panna tur highway a awm ka ring. Car chi khat kan ruk a ngai dawn a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  "He khawpui hi eng chen nge a hla?" - Katie chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Mil sawmhnih emaw sawmthum emaw vel a ni mai thei. Car kan hmuh chuan kan la dam thei tho."
  
  
  “En teh,” Mike chuan a ti a. "Locomotive vel sipaite."
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, "Tunah chuan boxcar-te chu an dap tan ang. Hemi lehlamah hian thlalak a awm a. Chu khum chu kan thleng theiin ka ring. Ka kal hmasa ang. Sipai ho chu ka en reng ang a, chumi hnuah zui turin ka kawhhmuh ang che," a ti a pakhat khatin."
  
  
  Nick chuan Tommy silai chu a la a. Car atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, chutah a nghak a, a bawkkhup a, rel hmalam chu a en a. Sipai ho chuan engineer nen an inbia a. Khup chungin feet sawm leh panga vel zet chu way station-a shack hlui lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Corner chu a hawi let a, a ding ta a. Sipaiho chu ngun taka enin Mike leh Katie lam chu a kut a phar a. Katie chu a tlu hmasa a, clearing a pelh rual chuan Mike chu car atang chuan a chhuk ta a. Katie chu Nick bulah chuan a kal phei a, a hnungah Mike chuan a zui ve bawk.
  
  
  Building hnung lamah chuan rel hma lam pan chuan an insawn ta a. Sipaiho hmaa an hlat tawk tawh chuan kawngpui chu an pel ta a.
  
  
  Nick-a’n highway a hmuh chuan a thim tawh hle. A hnungah Katie leh Mike te nen edge-ah a ding a.
  
  
  A vei lamah chuan an lo thlenna khua chu a awm a, a ding lamah chuan Shench’Uan panna kawng a awm bawk.
  
  
  "Kan hitchhiking em?" - Katie chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui rit tak chu a rawn fawp a. “He kawngpuiah hian sipai an tam lutuk a, an tam lutuk hi tihtawp kan duh lo tih kan chiang a, ramri vengtute hian he khuaah hian zan engemaw zat an hmang a, an chhuak mai thei. Dik tak chuan sipai pakhat mah an ding lovang ka tan.”
  
  
  “Ka tan an ni ang,” Katie chuan a ti a. "Sipai te hi hmun tinah an inang vek. Hmeichhia an duh. Tin, sawi chhuak ila, chu chu ka nihna chu a ni."
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Min hralh a ngai lo." Highway-a luang chhuak luipui chu en turin a hawi a, chutah a lam leh ta a. "I tuar thei tih i chiang em?"
  
  
  A nui suk a, chu pose hmuhnawm tak chu a chhunzawm leh ta a. "Engtin nge i ngaih?"
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn nui let leh a. “A ropui hle mai. Hetiang hian kan thawk dun dawn a ni. Mike, hetah hian highway hi zawh rawh." Katie chu a kawhhmuh a. "I thawnthu chu i car chu luipuiah a tla a ni. I fapa chu a hliam a ni. Ṭanpuina i mamawh em. Thu bengchheng tak a ni a, mahse hun rei lote chhunga ka tih theih ṭha ber chu."
  
  
  Katie chu a la nui suk a. "Sipai an nih chuan ka thawnthu sawi hi an ngaihven lutuk dawnin ka ring lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan warning finger a rawn entir a. "Fimkhur mai rawh."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Ni e, ka pu."
  
  
  "A hmalam hun tur kan hmuh hma loh chuan ravine chhungah hian i chho ang."
  
  
  Ravine chhunga an zuang lut lai chuan khaw atang chuan headlight pahnih a rawn lang ta a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Car tan chuan a sang lutuk. Truck ang mai a ni. Stay put."
  
  
  Sipai truck a ni. A kal pelh lai chuan sipaite chuan an zai a. A khalh a, highway-ah chuan a kal chhunzawm ta a. Tichuan headlight pahnihna chu a rawn lang ta a.
  
  
  "Car a ni," Nick chuan a ti a, "Chhuak rawh, Mike."
  
  
  Mike chu ravine atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, a insiamrem ta a. Katie chu a hnungah chuan a kal nghal a. A kawr chu a tidik a, a sam chu a fawp bawk. Tichuan he pose hi a rawn chhunzawm leh ta a. Car a hnaih deuh deuh chuan a kut a vawrh tan a, he dinhmun hi vawng reng turin a bei ta a. Sidewalk-ah chuan tire a ri a, car chu a ding nghal zat bawk. Mahse, Katie chungah feet sarih vel zet a kal a, chutah chuan a ding ta vek a ni.
  
  
  A chhungah chuan sipai pathum an awm a. An rui a. An pahnih chuan an chhuak nghal a, Katie lam pan chuan an kal leh ta a. Driver chu car atang chuan a chhuk a, car hnung lam pan chuan a kal a, a dang pahnih chu a lo en reng a. An nui suk a. Katie chuan a chanchin chu a sawi tan a, mahse a dik a ni. An duh ber chu amah chauh a ni. Pakhat chuan a kut chu a vuan a, a hmel lan dan tur thil engemaw a sawi a. Pakhat zawk chuan a hnute chu a fawp tan a, lawmthu sawina nen. Nick chu rang takin ravine zawh chuan car hma lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A hmaa a kal hnu chuan luipui atang chuan a chhuk chhuak a, driver lam chu a pan ta a. Hugo chu a kut dinglamah a lo awm a. Car dungah chuan a kal a, hnunglam atang chuan sipai chu a rawn pan hnai a. A kut veilam chuan a hmui chu a khuh a, chakna vawi khatah chuan Hugo chu pa rilru chu a tikehsawm a. Sipai chu leia a tlak rual chuan a kut ah thisen lum tak a awm tih a hria a.
  
  
  Katie chuan midang pahnih chu a ngen a. A hip chu a kawr chungah an dah a, pakhatin a khawih leh a chet lai chuan pakhat zawk chuan car lam pan chuan a hruai a. Nick chuan a rawn hruaitu chu a zui ve nghal a. A hnungah a rawn chho a, a sam chu a rawn man a, sipai lu chu a rawn hrual a, Hugo chu a beng bulah a rawn beng a. Sipai hnuhnung ber chuan a hmu a. Katie chu a nawr chhuak a, ominous dagger a rawn phawrh chhuak bawk. Nick chuan rei tak chemte insualna hun a nei lo. Sipai mitmeng beady tak chu zu in avang chuan a thim vek tawh. Nick chuan step li zet a hnungtawlh a, Hugo chu a kut veilam lamah a sawn a, Wilhelmina chu a belt atang chuan a la chhuak a, chu pa hmaiah chuan a kap ta a. Katie chu a au chhuak a. A pum chu a chelh tlat a, car lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Mike chu a ding chhuak ta a. Che thei lovin a ding a, stage lam chu a en reng a. Nick chuan an pahnih hian hetiang thil hi hmu se a duh lo a, mahse a thleng dawn tih a hria. An khawvelah ni lovin a khawvelah an awm a, Nick-a chuan a hnathawhna hmun chu ngaihtuah lo mah se, a pawm ta a ni. An tih ngei a beisei. Nick chuan hreh lovin ruang pathum chu luipui chhungah chuan a rawn roll lut ta a.
  
  
  “Car-ah chuan lut rawh, Mike,” a ti a.
  
  
  Mike chu a che lo. A mitmeng zau takin lei chu a en a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a rawn pan hnai a, a hmaiah vawi hnih a vuak a, car lam pan chuan a nawr ta a. Mike chu a tir lamah chuan duh lo chungin a kal a, chutah chuan a chhuak ta niin a lang a, hnunglam seat-ah chuan a chho ta a. Katie chu a la bawkkhup a, support turin car chu a chelh tlat a. Nick chuan a kawngah a kut a nghat a, hmalam seat-ah chuan a thut tir a. Car hmaah chuan a tlan kual a, a khalh hnungah chuan a lut ta a. Engine chu a start a, highway-ah chuan a tlan thla ta a.
  
  
  Kum 1950-a Austin-a vuak, chau tak a ni. Pressure gauge-ah chuan gasoline tank chanve vel a awm tih a lang. Car chhunga ngawi renga awm chuan beng a tichhe deuh mai. Katie mit chu a hmaiah a boring tih a hria. Car chu wine stale rim a nam a. Nick chuan a cigarette pakhat chu zu in se a duh khawp mai. A tawpah chuan Katie chuan a rawn ti ta a. "I tan chuan hna mai a ni lawm ni? Kei emaw Mike emaw hi i ngaihsak lo. Zanlai hmain Hong Kong-ah min hruai mai rawh, eng pawh ni se. Tin, i kawng daltu zawng zawng chu that vek rawh."
  
  
  "Mom," Mike chuan a ti a, "Pa tan pawh a ti ve tho a ni" Nick-a kawngah chuan a kut a nghat a, "Tunah chuan ka hrethiam ta."
  
  
  Katie chuan a kut zungtang inzawm khawm chu a han en thla a. “Sorry, Nick,” a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan kawngpui lam chu a en reng a. "Kan zavaia tan chuan a rough hle. Tunah chuan in pahnih hian in tha vek tawh. Tunah chuan min kalsan suh u. Chu line chu kan la pel a ngai a ni."
  
  
  A kut chu steering wheel-ah a khawih a. “I team hian an mutiny dawn lo,” a ti bawk.
  
  
  Vawilehkhatah Nick chuan thlawhna engine thawm ri chu a hre ta a. A tirah chuan a nem hmel hle a, zawi zawiin a ri zual sauh sauh bawk. An hnung lam atang chuan a rawn chhuak a. Vawikhatmah Austin khawpui chhehvela highway chu mei chuan a tikehsawm ta a. Nick chuan steering wheel chu dinglamah a her hmasa a, chutah veilamah a her leh a, car chu zigzag pattern-in a sawn a. Vanlawng chu a chungah a kal lai chuan whistle a ri a, chutah veilamah a hawi a, a pass leh tur atan chuan altitude a nei chho ta a ni. Nick chu darkar khatah mel sawmnga zetin a che a. A hmaah chuan sipai truck hnunglam light chu a hre thei lo.
  
  
  "Engtin nge hetiang taka rang taka an hriat chhuah?" - Katie chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Truck dangin ruangte hi a hmuchhuak ngei ang a, radio-in a rawn thawn a ni ngei ang. Propeller thlawhna hlui ang maia ri a nih avangin thlawh theih thil eng pawh an man mai thei. Thil engemaw ka lo tum dawn a ni. Ringhlelna ka nei." that the pilot is headlight angin khauh taka thlawk.
  
  
  Vanlawng chu a la kal pel lo. Nick chuan Austin chhunga light chu a off a, chutah engine chu a off ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  a ti ta a. Hnung seat atang chuan Mike thaw rit tak chu a hre thei. Thingkung emaw, a hnuaia park tur engmah a awm lo. A dik lo a nih chuan sitting duck an ni ngei ang. Chutah thlawhna engine ri chu a hre lo deuh a. Engine thawm chu a ri zual sauh sauh a. Nick chuan a thawk a chhuak tan niin a hria. Vanlawng chu a hniam hle mai. Anmahni chu a pan hnai a, a tlu chhunzawm zel a. Chutah Nick chuan a thla atang chuan meialh a rawn chhuak tih a hmu ta a. Chumi hla tak atang chuan truck chu a hmu thei lo. Mahse, boruakah chuan meipui dum (orange fireball) a rawn inher chhuak chu a hmu a, puakruk ri thuk tak chu a hre ta a ni. Vanlawng chu pass dang siam leh turin a tho chhuak ta a.
  
  
  “Rei vak lo kan thut a tha zawk,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Katie chuan a hmai chu a kut chuan a khuh a. An vai hian van boruak atanga lo chhuak truck kang chu an hmu vek a.
  
  
  Vanlawng chu a sang zawk a, a pass hnuhnung ber a siam ta a ni. Austin chu a paltlang a, chutah truck kang chu a rawn tlan pel a, a tlan chhunzawm ta a ni. Nick chuan zawi zawiin Austin chu hmalam a pan tir a. Sawmthum aia tlem lo a khalh hnuah pawh highway sir lamah a awm reng a ni. Light chu a off lo. Truck kang mek chu an hnaih thlengin hrehawm takin an kal zawi zawi a. Highway-ah leh kawngpui sirah ruang an darh zau hle. Ṭhenkhat chu a dum vek tawh a, ṭhenkhat erawh chu an la kang reng a ni. Katie chuan engmah a hmuh theih loh nan a kut chuan a hmai a khuh a. Mike chu hmalam seat-ah chuan a innghat a, Nick nen chuan windshield atang chuan a en a. Nick chuan Austin chu highway-ah chuan a khalh chho leh chho a, ruang tlan pelh lovin chu hmun chu paltlang tumin a bei a. A pass a, chutah a headlight off lovin speed a pickup ta a. Hma lamah chuan Shench’Uan êng eng chhuak chu a hmu a.
  
  
  Khawpui an hnaih deuh deuh chuan Nick-a chuan ramri chu eng ang nge a nih dawn tih ngaihtuah a tum a. Anmahni bum tum chu awmzia a nei lo ang. China rama sipai zawng zawngin an zawng vek a nih hmel. An luhchilh a ngai dawn a ni. A hriatreng dik chuan he ramri hi fence chhunga kawngkhar lian tak mai a ni. Dik tak chuan daltu a awm dawn a, mahse gate sir lehlamah chuan engmah a awm dawn lo, Hong Kong lam Fan Ling an thlen hma loh chuan a tlem berah chuan. Gate atanga mel ruk emaw, mel sarih emaw vel a ni ang.
  
  
  Tunah chuan Shench'Uan chu an rawn hnaih ta a. Kawngpui lian pakhat a awm a, a tawp lamah chuan Nick-a chuan fence a hmu a. A sir lamah a tlan phei a, a ding ta a. Sipai sawm vel zet chu an kekawr ipteah silai kengin gate chu an rawn tlan kual vel a. Vengtu in hmaah hian machine gun an bun a. Darkar tlai lutuk avang chuan khawpui kal tlanga kawngpui chu a thim a, a thim hle a, mahse gate chhehvel chu a eng tha hle.
  
  
  Nick chuan a mitmeng chau tak chu a rawn fawp a. "Chu chu a ni," a ti a, "Hriamhrei tam tak kan nei lo."
  
  
  "Nick." Mike a ni. “A hnung seat ah chuan rifle pathum a awm a.”
  
  
  Nick chu a thutna ah chuan a rawn hawi let a. "Tlangval tha, Mike. An pui ang." Katie chu a en a. Fence lam chu a la en reng a. "I tha em?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  A lam chu a hawi a. A hmui hnuai lam chu a ha inkarah a inkhung a, a mit chu mittui nen a khat. A lu chu a sir lehlamah a thing a, "Nick, kei... hei hi ka tuar thei lo niin ka hria."
  
  
  Killmaster chuan a kut chu a rawn vuan a. "Ngaithla teh, Katie, a tawp tawh. He gate kan paltlang veleh a tawp tawh ang. John bulah i awm leh ang. I haw thei tawh ang."
  
  
  A mit a chhing a, a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  "I khalh thei em?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat leh a.
  
  
  Nick chu hnunglam seat ah chuan a lawn a. Silai pathum a check a. Russia rama siam an ni a, mahse an dinhmun a tha hle niin a lang. Mike lam chu a hawi a. "Chutah chuan veilam sir windows te chu hnuai lam pan rawh." Mike chuan a ti ta a. Chutih lai chuan Katie chu a hnungah chuan a lut ta a. Nick chuan, "Mike, i hnunglam chu kawngka lam hawiin i thut ka duh a ni." Mike chuan a hrilh ang chuan a ti ta a. "Chu window hnuaiah chuan i lu kha dah la." Killmaster chuan a kawr chu a kawrfual chu a phelh a. Mike-a ke pahnih inkarah chuan grenade pali chu a sir lehlamah a dah a. “Hei hi i tih dan a ni, Mike,” a ti a, “Ka thu ka pek che chuan grenade hmasa ber pin chu i hrual a, panga thlengin i chhiar a, chutah i kekawr ipte chungah leh tukverh atang chuan i paih chhuak a, sawm thlengin i chhiar a, la rawh grenade pahnihna chu ti leh rawh” an ah chhuah thlengin. Engkim i hrethiam em? " "
  
  
  "Ni e, ka pu."
  
  
  Killmaster chuan Katie lam chu a hawi a. Zawi zawiin a kut chu a kawngah a nghat a. "I hmu em," a ti a, "Heta tang hian gate thleng hian line dinglam a ni. Low start la, second lamah kal leh turin ka duh che. Car chu gate lam pan nghal chuan ka hrilh ang che. Tichuan ka duh che a ni," a ti a steering wheel kha nghet taka vawn turin." a hnuaiah chuan gas pedal chu leiah hmet la, i lu chu seat-ah dah rawh. In pahnih hian hun hmang rawh u tih hre reng ang che! "
  
  
  Katie chuan a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  Nick chu Mike hmaa window-ah chuan Tommy silai kengin a ding a. Silai pathum chu a thlen theihna hmunah a awm tih a enfiah a. "Mi zawng zawng an inpeih tawh em?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  An pahnih atang chuan nods a dawng a.
  
  
  "Awle, chuti a nih chuan kal ila!"
  
  
  Katie chuan a tan tirh chuan a rawn ti nghal zat. Kawngpui lai takah chuan a tlan chhuak a, gate lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Tichuan second-ah a inthlak ta a.
  
  
  “I hmel a tha hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Tunah hit!”
  
  
  Katie chuan gas pedal a rawn pen rual chuan Austin chu a rawn tlan chhuak ang maiin a lang a, chutah rang takin speed a ti sang tan ta a. Katie lu chu hmuh theih lohvin a bo ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Gate bula guard-te chuan car a rawn hnaih lai chu hriat duh takin an lo en reng a. Nick chuan tunah chauh hian silai a hmet puak duh lo. Vengtute chuan Austin tlan chak tak an hmuh chuan thil awmdan chu an hre ta a. Rifles chu an kekawr ipte atang chuan a tla thla a. An zinga pahnih chu rang takin machine gun lam pan chuan an tlan phei nghal a. Pakhat chuan a rifle atang chuan a kap a, bullet chuan windshield-ah arsi a ziak a. Nick chu window atang chuan a inbeng kang a, Tommy-a pistol atanga luang chhuak tawi tak nen chuan machine gun bula guard pakhat chu a tikehsawm ta a. Shot tam zawk a ri a, windshield chu a ti chhe vek. Nick chuan short burst vawi hnih a kap leh a, bullet te chuan an target an hmu ta a ni. Chutah Tommy-a silai chu silaimu a tlachham ta a. "Tunah chuan Mike!" a ti a.
  
  
  Mike chuan second engemaw zat grenade chu a fiddle a, chutah a thawk tan ta a. Crossbar atanga yard tlemte leka hlaah an awm a. Grenade hmasa ber chu a puak a, guard pakhat a thi. Machine gun chu a ri a, a silai mu chu rial ang maiin car chhungah a tla thla a. Front side window chu a chanveah a tan a, a tla chhuak ta a. Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a la chhuak a. A kap a, a miss a, a kap leh a, guard pakhat a thlak bawk. Grenade pahnihna hi machine gun bulah a puak a, mahse a hmangtute hliam tuar tur khawpin a puak lo. Car chu a chek lai chuan a chat a. Windshield chu a chhe vek a, chutah glass hnuhnung ber a thlawh chhuah rual chuan a inhawng ta a. Nick chuan a kap chhunzawm zel a, a chang chuan a hit a, a chang chuan a bo bawk a, a tawpah chuan a hmuh chhuah zawng zawng chu trigger a han hmet lai chuan click khat chauh a ni. Grenade pathumna chu guard-te booth bulah a puak a, leiah a level ta a ni. Machine gunner zinga pakhat chu thilin a rawn deng a, a tlu ta a ni. Tire chu a puak ta a, machine gun ri chhuak chuan a rawn che chhuak ta a. Austin chu veilamah a rawn hawi tan ta a. "Wheel chu dinglamah hrual rawh!" - Nick chuan Katie chu a ti a. A tlan chhuak a, car chu a ding nghet a, fence chu a tichhia a, a khur a, a kal chhunzawm ta a. Grenade palina chuan fence tam zawk chu a tifai vek a. Nick chuan Russian rifle pakhat chu a kap ta a. A dikna chuan duhthusam tam tak a hnutchhiah a ni. Vengtute chuan car chu an rawn pan hnai a. Rifles chu a kekawrte lam hawiin a kawhhmuh a; car hnung lam chu an kap ta a. Back window chu an silai mu atang chuan arsiin a khuh vek a. An silai muin car a rawn deng tawh loh hnuah pawh an kap chhunzawm zel a ni.
  
  
  "Kan zo tawh em?" - Katie chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan Russian rifle chu tukverh atang chuan a vawrh chhuak ta a. "I thu thei a, mahse gas pedal chu leiah dah rawh."
  
  
  Katie chu a thu a. Austin chu a misfire tan a, chutah a khuh ta a. A tawpah chuan engine chu a thi mai a, car chu a ding ta a ni.
  
  
  Mike chuan a hmaiah green tint a nei a. “Min chhuah tir rawh,” a ti a. "Ka damlo ang tih ka ring!" Car atang chuan a chhuk a, kawngpui dunga bush zingah chuan a bo ta a.
  
  
  Khawi hmunah pawh glass a awm vek. Nick chu hmalam seat ah chuan a rawn tlan lut ta a. Katie chuan tukverh awm lo chu a han hawi chhuak a. A kekawrte chu a khur tan ta a; tichuan a tap ta a. A mittui chu thup a tum lo va, a chhungril thuk tak atang chuan a rawn chhuah tir ta a ni. A hmuiah chuan an rawn inher thla a, a hmui atang chuan an tla thla ta a. A taksa pum chu a khur vek a. Nick chuan a kuah a, a lam pan chuan a rawn hruai a.
  
  
  A hmel chu a beng bulah a rawn nawr a. Aw bengchheng zet hian a tap chhuak a, “Can... tunah hian ka inthen thei ang em?”
  
  
  Nick chuan a sam chu a fawp a. “Lo kal rawh se, Katie,” zawi sap hian a ti a. A riltam, tuihal, mut tlakchhamna a ni lo tih a hria. A chunga a rilru put hmang chuan a chhungah a luhchilh thuk hle a, a duh aia thuk zawkin a lut ta a ni. A tap chu tap chungin a chang ta. A lu chu a rilru atang chuan a inher deuh a, a kut zungtang hrual chungah chuan a innghat ta a. A en lai chuan a tap a, a mitmeng a hnim a, a hmui pawh a inthen deuh bawk. Nick chuan a hmai atanga sam zung pakhat chu uluk takin a brush a. A hmui chu zawi te hian a khawih a. A fawp let leh a, chutah a lu chu a lu atang chuan a sawn hla ta a.
  
  
  "Chutiang chu i ti tur a ni lo," a ti sap a.
  
  
  "Ka hria," Nick chuan a ti a, "Ka ngaidam che."
  
  
  Amah chu chak lo zet hian a nui suk a. "Ka ti lo."
  
  
  Nick chuan car atang chuan a rawn chhuahpui a. Mike chuan a rawn zawm ve ta a.
  
  
  “I rilru hahdam rawh,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  A lu a bu nghat a, chutah car lam pan chuan a kut a phar a. "Tunah enge kan tih ang?"
  
  
  Nick chu a che tan ta a. "Fan Ling hnenah kan kal dawn a ni."
  
  
  An kal hla lo hle a, Nick chuan helicopter blade ri bengchheng ri chu a hre ta a. A han hawi chho a, helicopter pakhatin an rawn hnaih chu a hmu a. "Bushes chhungah chuan!" a ti a.
  
  
  Thinghnah karah chuan an thu ta a. An chungah chuan helicopter pakhat a rawn vel a. Tlem chuan a inhnukdawk a, thil thleng palh ang maiin a inhnukdawk a, chutah a lo chhuahna lam pan chuan a thlawk chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  "Min hmu em?" - Katie chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  "Maithei." Nick-a ha chu a hup nghet sauh sauh a.
  
  
  Katie chuan a ti a. "Tunah chuan kan him tawh ang tih ka ring."
  
  
  "I him e," Nick chuan ha hrual chungin a ti a. "Ka chhuah tir che a, ka ta i ni." A sawi hnu lawkah chuan a pawi a ti hle. A rilru chu oatmeal ang mai a ni. Ruahmanna, ngaihtuahna te pawh a chau hle a; a mut hnuhnun ber pawh a hre thei lo. Katie chuan mak tak maiin a en reng tih a hmuchhuak a. A dam chhunga vawi hnih chauh a hmuh tawh hmeichhe mitmeng thup a ni. Thumal khata tihhniam fo, “a nih chuan,” sawi loh thu tam tak a sawi a. Ani chu a nihna ang ni lo se, ani chu a nihna ang ni lo se, chutiang khawvel danglam tak atanga lo kal lo ni ta se, a hnathawhnaah a inpe lo a, ani chu a chhungte tan a inpe lo a nih chuan - if, chuan. Chutiang thil chu thil theih loh a ni fo
  
  
  
  
  
  
  An pahnih hian an hre ve ve a ni mai thei.
  
  
  Highway-ah chuan headlight pahnih a rawn lang a. Wilhelmina chu a ruak a; Nick hian Hugo chauh a nei a. A belt atang chuan pin chu a la chhuak a. Car te chuan an rawn hnaih a, a ding chhuak ta a. Jaguar sedan an ni a, hmalam car chu Hawk-a khalh a ni. Car te chu an ding ta a. A pahnihna hnunglam kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, John Lu chu a kut dinglam chu bandage vuah chungin a rawn chhuak a.
  
  
  "Pa!" Mike chu a au chhuak a, a lam pan chuan a tlan tan ta a.
  
  
  “John,” Katie chuan a ti sap a. "John!" A bulah chuan a tlan phei bawk a.
  
  
  An inkuah a, an pathum chuan an tap vek a. Nick chuan Hugo chu a la chhuak ta a. Hawk chu lead car atang chuan a chhuak a, cigar butt dum chu a ha inkar ah a inkhung tlat a. Nick chuan a rawn pan hnai a. Suit hrual, a hmai hrual, savun ang mai chu a hmu thei.
  
  
  “I hmel a hlauhawm hle mai, Carter,” Hawk chuan a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Cigarette pack khat i rawn ken palh em?"
  
  
  Hawk chuan a coat pocket chhungah a kut a rawn phar a, Nick chu pack khat a toss a. “Police hnen atangin phalna i hmu a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan cigarette a hal a. John Lou chu an bulah chuan a kal phei a, Katie leh Mike te chu a flanking a. A kut veilam chu a han phar a. "Ka lawm e, Nick," a ti a. A mittui a tla zawih zawih a.
  
  
  Nick chuan a kut chu a rawn vuan a. "Anmahni hi enkawl rawh."
  
  
  Mike chuan a pa chu a inhnukdawk a, Nick-a kawngah chuan a kut chu a nghat a. Ani pawh a tap ve bawk.
  
  
  Killmaster chuan naupang sam ah chuan a kut chu a tlanpui a. "Spring training hun a ni tawh a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  Mike chuan a lu a bu nghat a, a pa chu a rawn zawm ve ta a. Katie chuan professor chu a kuah a; Nick chu a ngaihsak lo. Car pahnihna lam pan chuan an kir leh ta a. Kawngkhar chu an tan a inhawng a. Mike chu a rawn chhuk lut a, chutah John. Katie chuan a tan a mahse a ding ta a, a ke chu a chhungah a lut tawh mai. John hnenah thil a sawi a, Nick hnenah chuan a kir leh ta a. A kekawr ipte chungah chuan knitted sweater dum a ha a. Tunah chuan eng emaw chhan vangin in neitu ang deuhin a lang ta. Nick hmaah chuan a ding a, a melh reng bawk. "Kan inhmu leh tawh lo ang tih ka ring."
  
  
  "Chu chu hun rei tak a ni," a ti.
  
  
  A kekawr bul ah chuan a ding a, a hmuiah chuan a fawp a. "Ka duh khawp mai..."
  
  
  "I chhungte chuan an lo nghak reng a ni."
  
  
  A hmui hnuai lam chu a ha hmangin a seh a, car lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Kawngkhar chu a khar a, car chu a start a, Loo chhungkua chu hmuh theih lohvin an bo ta a.
  
  
  Nick chu Hawk nen chuan an awm dun a. "Professor kut chu eng thil nge thleng?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  Hawk chuan, "Chutiang chuan i hming an chhuah tir a. Nail thenkhat an la chhuak a, ruh pahnih khat an tikehsawm. A awlsam lo hle mai," a ti a.
  
  
  Nick chuan Loo car hnunglam light chu a la en reng a.
  
  
  Hawk chuan kawngka chu a hawng a. "Kar hnih khat vel i nei a. Acapulco-ah i kir leh dawn niin ka hria."
  
  
  Killmaster chuan Hawk lam chu a hawi a. "Tun dinhmunah chuan ka mamawh chu darkar tam tak chhunga mut theih lohna tur chauh a ni." Laura Best leh Acapulco-a thil awm dan chu a ngaihtuah a, chutah chuan Sharon Russell, airline stewardess hmeltha tak chu a ngaihtuah leh a. "Tun ṭumah hian Barcelona hi ka enchhin ka ring," tiin a sawi.
  
  
  “Nakinah chuan,” Hawk chuan a ti a. "I muhil ang. Tichuan zanriah atan steak tha tak ka lei ang che, kan ruih lai hian thil thleng min hrilh thei ang. Barcelona hi nakinah an rawn kal ang."
  
  
  Nick chuan mak ti zet hian a mitmeng a ti sang a, mahse a chiang lo hle a, mahse car chhunga a luh rual chuan Hawk chuan a hnungzang a fawp tih a hria niin a hria.
  
  
  Tawp
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rawn ti a
  Tualthahna Carnival neih a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  
  
  Lev Shklovsky-a lehlin a ni
  
  
  
  
  Tualthahna Carnival neih a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 1-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Kum 1976 February thla zan khat chu mi chi hrang hrang pathum, hmun hrang hrang pathum-a awmte chuan an hriat loh pawhin thu inang an sawi a. Pakhatna chuan thihna chungchang a sawi a, a pahnihna chuan tanpuina chungchang a sawi a, pathumna chuan passion chungchang a sawi bawk. An thusawi hian hmuh theih loh thang mak tak ang maiin an pathum hian a hruai khawm vek dawn tih chu tumahin an hre thei lo. Brazil tlangah, Rio de Janeiro atanga kilometer 250 vel a hla, Cerro do Mar khawpui sir takah chuan thihna sawitu pa chuan zawi zawiin a kut zungtang inkarah cigar chewed chu a rawn herh kual a. Meikhu hrual chu a en a, ngaihtuah chungin a mit a chhing ta mai. A hnunglam dinglam chair-ah chuan a inbeng kang a, dawhkan sir lehlamah chuan a lo nghaktu pa chu a en a. A hmui chu a purse a, zawi zawiin a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  
  “Tunah chuan,” aw lum tak hian a ti a, “tunah hian tih a ngai a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  Mipa dang chu a hawi let a, zanah chuan a bo ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Toll road hmangin tlangval sam dum chuan a rang thei ang berin khawpui chhungah a tlan lut ta a. Chu lehkhathawn zawng zawng, rinhlelhna lungkham tak leh mut theih lohna te, vawiin a lehkha a dawn chungchang pawh a ngaihtuah a. A nghah rei lutuk pawh a ni mai thei. Hlauthawng duh lo mah se tunah chuan a inchhir leh ta. Dik tak chuan, tih tur dik tak chu a la hre ngai lo, mahse a lehkha hnuhnung ber a thawn hnu chuan thil tih a ngai tih a chiang ta a; mi dangin eng anga ngaih pawh ni se. “Tunah chuan,” a ti ringawt a. "Tunah hian tih a ngai a ni." Zawi zawi lovin tunnel atang chuan khawpui chhungah chuan a lut ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Pindan thim takah chuan mipa sang tak, kekawr zau tak chu a thutna atanga lo thlir reng nula hmaah chuan a ding a. Nick Carter hian hun engemaw chen a lo hre tawh a. Party-a an awm laiin martini an in dun a, zanin ang khan. Brunette hmeltha tak, a hnar perky tak leh a hmai mawi takah chuan a hmui a khat hle. Mahse, a chunglam sawi loh tur chhanna a hmuh fo avangin a chunglam sawina aiin an kal ngai lo. Mahse tlai hma deuh khan Holden-a party-ah chuan a ruala kal turin a fuih thei ta a ni. Tumruh takin a fawp zauh zauh a, a lei hmangin a duhzawng chu a tiharh ta a ni. Tin, a chhungah chuan rilru inhnialna a awm tih a hmu leh bawk. Duhnain a khur a, a passion nen chuan a la inhnek reng a ni. A kut pakhat chu a kawngah dahin a blouse chu a kut dang nen a phelh a, a kekawrte nem tak atang chuan a tlanbo tir ta a. A bra chu a phelh a, a hnute naupang thau tak chu lawm takin a en a. Chutah a kawr leh panty, green leh a sir sen hring chu a rawn chhuh thla ta a.
  
  
  
  Paula Rawlins chuan a mitmeng chanve zetin a en a, Nick-a kut tawnhriat ngah tak takte chu an hna thawk turin a phalsak a. Nick chuan puih a tum lo tih a hmuchhuak a. A kekawr ipte chunga a kut khur chhuak chauh chuan a chhungril buaina chu a phatsan a ni. Sofa-ah chuan zawi zawiin a nawr a, chutah a kawr chu a phelh a, chutiang chuan a taksa saruak chu a rilruah a awm tih a hriat theih nan.
  
  
  
  “Tûnah chuan, tûnah tih a ngai a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Ni e,” hmeichhia chuan hriat theih loh khawpin a thaw halh a. ‘A ni lo tak zet. There you go” Nick chuan hmun tinah a fawp a, Paula chuan a pelvis chu hmalam pan chuan a nawr a, rang takin hmun tinah a fawp tan ta a. Tuna a duh ber chu Nick nen inngaizawng mai mai a ni. A nawr chuan rang zawka kal turin a ngen a, mahse Nick erawh a hmanhmawh lo. Paula chuan a hmui chu a hmuiah a hmet a, a kut chu a taksa atanga a hnute thlengin a rawn tlan thla a, a theih ang tawkin a rawn nawr nghet sauh sauh a. A duhzawng hre lo nula chu rannung hmeichhia duhthusam takah a chang ta a.
  
  
  
  "Nick, Nick," Paula chuan a thaw halh a, rang takin a climax a thleng ta. A puak dawn ang maiin a lang a, rei lo te chhung khawvel pahnih inkarah a inphah chhuak ang maiin a lang. A lu chu a hnunglam a thlak a, a rilru leh a pum chu a chungah a nawr a. A mit chu a rawn inher let leh a.
  
  
  
  Khup leh tap chung hian sofa-ah chuan a tla thla a, Nick chu a tlanchhuah theih loh nan a kuah nghet sauh sauh a. A tawpah chuan a thlah a, a bulah chuan a mu ta a, a hnute pink chuan a rilru a khawih ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Tih tlak a ni em?" - Nick chuan zawi te hian a zawt a. “Aw pathian, ni e,” tiin Paula Rawlins chuan a chhang a. 'A hlutna aia tam.'
  
  
  
  "Anih chuan engvangin nge hun rei tak a hman?"
  
  
  
  'Enge i sawi awmzia?' - sual nei lo takin a zawt a. “Ka sawi tum chu i hre chiang hle mai, honey,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Hun remchang tam tak kan nei a, mahse chhanna langtlang tak tak i hmu fo thin. Tunah chuan i duh chu ka hre ta. Chuti a nih chuan engvangin nge buaina zawng zawng hi?
  
  
  
  A ti a. - "I nui lo ang tih min tiam rawh?" "Ka beidawng che kha ka hlau a. Ka hre chiang che Nick Carter. Hmeichhe pangngai suitor i ni lo. Hmeichhia lam thiam tak i ni."
  
  
  
  “I sawi uar lutuk a ni,” Nick chuan a dodal a. "Entrance exam pass ngai ang maiin i che thin." - Nick chu a nui suk a
  
  
  
  keimah ngeiin ka tehkhin dan a\angin.
  
  
  
  “Chu chu sawifiahna chhe tak a ni lo tak zet a ni,” tiin Paula chuan a sawi. "Tuman chak loh hi an duh lo."
  
  
  
  "Awle, i chaklo lo, honey. Class-ah i tha ber em, a nih loh leh khumah ka sawi tur em ni?"
  
  
  
  “Naktuk hian hetiang khawpa boring vacation i hmang dawn tak tak em?” - a ti a, a lu chu a rilruah a nghat a. “Tih tak zetin,” Nick chuan a ke sei tak chu a han phar chhuak a. A zawhna chuan hun rei tak ngawi renga awm theihna tur beiseina a rawn thlen a. A chawlh hahdam a ngai a, a battery a recharge a ngai a, a tawpah chuan Hawk chuan a remti ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Paula Rawlins chuan, “Min thlah rawh,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a taksa nêm, khat, var chu a en a. Hmeichhia chu taksa pianphung siam leh theihna kawng khat a ni a, chu chu a hre chiang hle a, mahse chu pawh chu a tawk lo fo thin. Mipa chu kal bo a, mahni chauha awm a ngaih chang a awm. Engmah ti suh. Chutiang hun lai chu a ni. A nih loh leh, a insiamthat a, naktuk atang hian a ni ang. Mahse zanin chu zanin a ni a, he nula mak tak hi a kuah reng a; nuam tihna tlemte, chhungril lama inhnialna nena khat a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a hnute pum leh nem tak chu a kutah a la a, a kutpui hmangin pink nipple chu a khel ta a. Paula chuan thawk a la nghal vat a, Nick chu a chungah a rawn hruai a. A ke chu a keah a khuh lai chuan Nick chuan phone ri chu a hre ta a. A desk drawer-a phone blue te tak te kha a ni lo va, a desk-a phone pangngai a ni. Chu chu a lawm hle a ni. Vanneihthlak takin Hawk a ni lo va, chhiatna thar a thlen thu hriattir turin a lo kal a ni. Tu pawh ni se, eng thil pawh a chhuak thei. Tunah chuan call a awm tawh lo.
  
  
  
  Dik tak chuan a hriatna parukna atanga signal a dawng lo a nih chuan phone chu a la lo ang: chu sawifiah theih loh subconscious alarm system, vawi tam tak a nunna chhanhimtu chu.
  
  
  
  Paula chuan a lo kuah nghet sauh sauh a. “Chhang suh,” a ti sap a. 'Theihnghilh rawh.' A duh a, mahse a thei lo. Phone chu a chhang vak lo. Mahse tunah chuan a ti ngei dawn tih a hria. A damn subconscious a ni. Hawk aiin a chhe zawk a, a mamawh tam zawk a, a daih rei zawk bawk.
  
  
  
  “I’m so sorry, honey,” a ke bulah chuan a zuang thla a. "Ka dik lo a nih chuan i hawi let hmain ka rawn let leh ang."
  
  
  
  Nick chu pindan chhungah chuan a kal kual a, Paula mit chuan a taksa thau tak, hring dup mai chu a zui tih a hre chiang hle: Roman gladiator lim thawhleh lem a ni. Phone-a aw ri chu a hre lo.
  
  
  
  "Mr. Carter-a?" - aw chuan a zawt a. "Bill Dennison nen in inbia a. Hetiang lutuk hian ka tibuai che a, mahse ka biak che a ngai a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a mit a chhing a, rang takin a nui suk a. "Bill Dennison," a ti a. Todd Dennison-a fapa:
  
  
  
  
  
  'Ni e, ka pu.'
  
  
  
  'Pathian, ka hmuh hnuhnun ber che kha diaper-ah a ni a, khawiah nge i awm?'
  
  
  
  "I in hmaa pay phone-ah ka awm a. Kawngkhar vengtu chuan tibuai lo turin min ti a, mahse ka beih a ngai a ni. Rochester atangin ka lo kal a, ka hmu che a. Hei hi ka pa chungchang case a ni."
  
  
  
  "Todd?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. ‘Eng thil nge thleng? Harsatna a awm em?
  
  
  
  Tlangval chuan, “Ka hre lo,” a ti a. "Chuvang chuan i hnenah ka lo kal a ni."
  
  
  
  - Tichuan rawn lut rawh. Kawngkhar vengtu hnenah chuan luh tir turin ka hrilh ang che.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan phone chu a dah a, kawngka vengtu chu a hriattir a, Paula bulah chuan a kal phei a, ani chu a inchei mek a.
  
  
  
  “Ka hre tawh,” a ti a, a kawr chu a ha a. 'Ka hrethiam. A tlem berah chuan chutiang taka pawimawh lo se chuan min chhuah tir lo ang tih ka ring."
  
  
  
  "I sawi dik. Ka lawm e," Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  ‘Hmeichhe cool tak i nih chhan hrang hrang vangin. Ka lo haw hunah ka rawn call dawn che tih hi ring rawh.
  
  
  
  "Ka nghakhlel tak zet a ni," Paula chuan a ti a. Nick chuan Paula chu kawngka hnunglam atanga a chhuah tir rual chuan bell a ri ta a. Bill Dennison chu a pa ang maia sang a ni a, mahse a sei zawk a, Todd-a taksa rit tak chu a nei lo. A sam dum dang, a mitmeng dum hring dup leh zakzum tak chu Todd-a nuih nen a inang vek. Hun a khawhral lo va, a thupuiah a lut nghal ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Min hmuh i duh hi ka lawm e, Mr. Carter," a ti a. "Ka pa hian i chanchin min hrilh a. Ka pa hi ka ngaihtuah a. Rio de Janeiro atanga kilometre 250 vela hlaah Brazil ramah plantation thar a siam mek tih i hria a ni mai thei. Ka pa hian lehkha complex, chipchiar tak tak min ziak fo thin. Ka hnenah lehkha a thawn thin." about a couple of curious incidents that happened at work.Accident a nih ka ring lo.Thil dang a nih ka ringhlel a, chutah chuan vague vague a dawng a, chu chu a ngai pawimawh lo.Ka ziak a, I was going to visit him "Mahse hei hi ka senior kum a ni. TH-ah ka zir a, chu chu a duh lo. Rio atangin min rawn call a, min hau nasa hle a, tuna ka lo kal chuan min dah let leh dawn tih a sawi bawk." lawngah chuan straitjacket ha chungin a chuang a."
  
  
  
  “I pa tan chuan thil danglam tak a ni tak zet a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Hun kal tawh a ngaihtuah a. Kum tam tak kalta khan Todd Dennison nen an inhmu hmasa ber a, chutih lai chuan spy sumdawnna lama a la thar ber a ni. Chutih lai chuan Todd-a chu Tehran-ah engineer hna thawkin Nick-a nunna vawi eng emaw zat a chhanhim a ni. Chutiang chuan ṭhian ṭha tak an lo ni ta a ni. Todd hian a kawng a zawh a, tunah chuan mi hausa tak a lo ni ta a, ram chhunga industry lama mi ropui ber pawl a ni ta a, a plantation tin sak hna chu mimal takin a enkawl fo thin.
  
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan i pa chungchang i ngaihtuah a ni," Nick chuan a ti ringawt a. "Hlauhawmah a awm mai thei tih i ring. Chutah chuan eng ang plantation nge a siam?"
  
  
  
  "Hemi chungchang hi ka hre vak lo, tlangram hmuna a awm vang chauh a ni a, Father-a ruahmanna chu chu lai hmuna mipuite tanpui a ni. Vader chuan hetiang scheme hian ram hi agitator leh dictator lakah a humhim tha ber ang tih a ring. All of his new." plantation te hi he philosophy atanga siam a ni a, chuvangin hnathawh tur nei lo leh thil siam mamawhna hmuna sak a ni."
  
  
  
  “Chu chu ka pawm vek a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. “Amah chauhin a awm em, a bulah nge staff te tih loh chu midang an awm em?”
  
  
  
  "Awle, i hriat angin nikum khan mom a thi a, rei vak lovah chuan dad chuan nupui a nei leh ta a. Vivian chu a bulah a awm a. Ka hre chiang lo. An inhmuh lai khan sikulah ka awm a, inneihna atan chauh ka lo kal a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick-a chuan, “An innei lai khan Europe-ah ka awm a, ka lo haw chuan sawmna ka hmu a. Chuti a nih chuan, Bill, chutah chuan kal a, thil awmdan en turin min duh em?
  
  
  
  Bill Dennison chu a rawn nui suk a, a zak ta hle mai.
  
  
  
  "Chutiang chu ka zawt thei lo che, Mr. Carter."
  
  
  
  "Khawngaihin Nick min rawn call rawh."
  
  
  
  Tlangval chuan, “I lakah eng nge ka beisei tih ka hre lo tak zet a ni,” a ti a. "Hemi chungchang hi sawipui tur ka mamawh chauh a, ngaihtuahna i nei mai thei tih ka ngaihtuah a." Nick chuan naupang thusawi chu a ngaihtuah a. Bill Dennison-a chuan hei hi a dik nge dik lo tih a ngaihtuah tak zet tih a chiang hle. A rilruah chuan leiba hlui leh ṭhian hluite hriatrengna a rawn lang chhuak ta. Canadian ramngaw-ah intihhlimna atan sangha man turin kal a tum a. Awle, chu sangha te chu an inbual bo dawn lo va, chawlh hahdam hun a ni tawh bawk. Rio khawpui hi khawpui mawi tak a ni a, Carnival hmingthang tak hma lawk a ni. A chhan chu Todd-a zin chu chawlh hahdamna a ni tawh.
  
  
  
  “Bill, i timing hi a tha tawk hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Naktuk hian chawlh hmangin ka chhuak dawn. Rio pan tur thlawhnaah ka chuang a. Sikul lamah i haw leh ang a, thil awmdan ka hmuh veleh ka rawn call ang che. Eng thil nge thleng tih hriatchhuahna kawng awmchhun a ni." chungah."
  
  
  
  “Ka lawm zia hi ka sawi thei lo,” Bill Dennison chuan a ti tan a, mahse Nick chuan chawlhsan turin a ngen a.
  
  
  
  ‘Theihnghilh rawh. Engmah i ngaihtuah thei lo. Mahse, min vaukhânna tur dik tak i ti a ni. I pa hi a rilru a na lutuk a, a tih tur a ti thei lo.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan naupang chu elevator lam pan chuan a hruai a, a apartment lamah a kir leh ta a. Light a off a, a muhil ta a. Hawk a biak a ngaih hma darkar tlemte chu a muhil leh thei ta a ni. Boss chu hetah khawpuiah hian AX office tlawh turin a lo kal a. Nick-a chu engtik lai pawhin darkar tlemte chhung chu biak theih a duh a.
  
  
  
  “Chu chu ka thusawi laia mother hen chu a ni,” tiin vawi khat chu a sawi. “Dragon nu i sawina a ni,” Nick chuan chutih lai chuan a tidik a. .
  
  
  
  Nick-a’n AX-a nondescript New York office a thlen chuan Hawk chu a awm tawh a: taksa vun hring tak, chu desk-a ṭhute ni lo mi dang ta ang maia lang reng chu thingtlang hmunah emaw, entirnan, archaeological research-ah emaw i mitthla mai thei. A tlangpuiin icy blue piercing eyes te chu tunlai hian friendly tak an ni a, mahse tunah chuan Nick chuan friendly interest tih loh thil dang tan mask mai a ni tih a hre ta.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, "Todd Dennison Industries a ni," a ti a. "Rio-ah office an nei tih ka hria."
  
  
  
  "I ruahmanna i thlak danglam avangin ka lawm e," Hawk chuan ngilnei takin a ti a. “A nihna takah chuan Rio-a kal turin rawtna ka siam duh a, mahse i ruahmanna ka tibuai tih i ngaihtuah ka duh lo.” Hawk-a nui hmel chu a friendly in a nuam em em a, Nick-a chuan a rinhlelhna chu a ringhlel tan ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Engvangin nge Rio-a kal turin min ngen?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  “Awle, Rio i duh zawk avangin, N3,” Hawk chuan hlim takin a chhang a. "Chutiang pathian kalsan tawh sangha man hmun aiin i hlim zawk ang. Rio-ah hian boruak tha tak a awm a, tuipui kam mawi tak tak, hmeichhe mawi tak tak leh carnival ang mai a ni. Dik tak chuan chutah chuan i rilru a hahdam zawk hle.
  
  
  
  “Engmah min hralh a ngai lo,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Hei hnungah hian eng nge awm?”
  
  
  
  “Holiday tha tak hmang mai loh chu engmah a awm lo,” Hawk chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  A ngawi reng a, a mit a chhing a, chutah Nick-a hnenah lehkha pakhat a pe a. "Hei hi kan mi pakhat hnen atanga report kan dawn chauh hi a ni. Chutah chuan i kal a nih chuan i en thei mai thei, ngaihvenna thianghlim vang mai mai a ni, chu chu sawi loh theih a ni lo, a dik em?"
  
  
  
  Nick chuan rang takin decrypted message, telegram style-a ziah chu a chhiar a.
  
  
  
  Harsatna lian tak a awm dawn a ni. Hriat loh lam tam tak. Ram dang atanga lo chhuak a ni mai thei. A pum puia finfiah theih a ni lo. Ṭanpuina eng pawh kan lawmawm hle.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan paper chu Hawk hnenah a pe let leh a, Hawk chuan a act chhunzawm zel a.
  
  
  
  "En teh," Killmaster-a chuan, "Ka chawlh a ni. Ka thian hlui pakhat, tanpuina engemaw tal mamawh mai thei ka hmu dawn. Mahse, chawlh a ni, i hria em? VACATION a ni. Chawlh hahdam ka beidawng a, chu chu i hria em?" .
  
  
  
  Dik tak chuan ka fapa. I sawi dik a ni.'
  
  
  
  "A nih leh holiday-ah hna min pe dawn lo a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  
  "Ka ngaihtuah lo ang."
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, ni lo tak zet,” Nick chuan lungngai takin a ti a. - Tin, a dik e, chutiang thil chungchangah chuan ka tih theih tlemte chauh a awm em? Either hei hi a ni em?'
  
  
  
  Hawk chuan lawm takin a nui suk a. "Hetiang hian ka sawi fo thin: sumdawnna tlemte leh hlimhlawp te inzawmkhawm ai chuan thil tha zawk a awm lo a, mahse chutah chuan mi tam tak nen ka danglamna chu a ni. Hlimna tam tak a awm."
  
  
  
  "Eng emaw chuan lawmthu sawi pawh ka ngai lo tih min hrilh a ni," Nick chuan a ding chhuak a.
  
  
  
  “Mi zahawm takin awm reng rawh, N3,” Hawk chuan a ti fiamthu a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a, boruak thianghlim takah chuan a chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  A tang tlat niin a hria. Todd-a hnenah telegram a thawn a: "Surprise, old fart. Flight 47-ah lo kal rawh, 10 a.m., February 10" Telegraph operator chuan fart tih thumal hi paih turin a hrilh a, mahse a bak chu a danglam lo. Todd chuan chu thumal chu a awm tur a ni tih a hria a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 2-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chhum khuh hnuaia an awm lai chuan thlawhna thla dinglam hnuai atang chuan Rio de Janeiro chu an hmu a. Nick chuan rei lo teah granite lung lian tak Sugarloaf an tih chu a hmu ta a, chu chu Corcovado sang zawk, hump lam hawi a ni a, a chung berah chuan Krista Tlantu chu a awm a. Vanlawng chuan khawpui a rawn vel lai chuan Nick chuan khawpui hual vel tuipui kam hrual hrual te chu a hmu fo thin. Ni, sand leh hmeichhe hmeltha tak tak awmna hmun hriat hlawh: Copacabana, Ipanema, Botafogo leh Flamengo. Hei hi awmna hmun nuam tak a ni thei. Todd-a harsatna chu sual nei lo thinrimna avanga lo awm mai pawh a ni mai thei. Mahse, hei hi a nih loh chuan engtin nge ni ang?
  
  
  
  Tichuan Hawk pawh i nei a, ani hi a fing hle. Ni lo, hna thar a pe lo a, mahse Nick chuan hustle tura beisei a nih thu a hria. Tin, a chet a ngai a nih chuan a che a ngai bawk. Kum tam tak chhung Hawk-a nena an thawh dun tawhna chuan thil pawimawh lo tak sawi fo chu hna thawh tur nen a inang tih a zirtir a ni. Eng emaw chhan vangin "vacation" tih thumal hi a fiah lo zual zel niin a hria a. Amaherawhchu, chawlhniah siam a tum dawn a ni.
  
  
  
  A tih dan avang chuan Nick chuan Hugo chu a check a, a kawr dinglamah a savun sheathed stiletto te tak te chu a 9mm Luger Wilhelmina awmna rilru hahdam tak chu a hre chiang hle. A taksa peng pakhat an lo ni ta mai.
  
  
  
  A hnunglam a hawi a, a seat belt chu a bun a, Santos Dumont airport lo thleng tur chu a en a. . Mi chenna hmun lai takah sak a ni a, a laiah deuhthaw a awm a ni. Nick chu thlawhna atang chuan ni êng lum takah chuan a chhuk a, a bungrua chu a la a. Suitcase pakhat chauh a rawn keng a. Suitcase pakhat nen chuan i kal chak zawk hle.
  
  
  
  A suitcase chu a la chhuak chauh a, PA system chuan report tur music chu a titawp ta a. Kawngpui kalte chuan chu mipa kekawr zau tak chu a kuta suitcase kengin a freeze nghal tih an hmu a. A mitmeng chu a vawt ta hle mai.
  
  
  
  “Attention,” tiin thusawitu chuan a puang a. "American industrialist lar tak Señor Dennison chu nimin zing khan Serra do Mar tlang kawngpuiah a car-ah thia hmuh a ni tih puan a ni chauh a. Los Reyes khawpui tenau sheriff Jorge Pilatto chuan industrialist hi a tuartu a nih thu a comment a ni." of a robbery.Senor Dennison hian mi thattu chu ride emaw, puih emaw turin a ding niin an ngai.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Minute engemaw zat hnuah Nick-a chuan a ha a hrual a, khawpui chhungah chuan a rent cream Chevy-in a tlan kual a. A kalna lam chu a hre reng a, Avenido Rio Branco leh Rua Almirante Alexandrino kal tlangna kawng chak ber a thlang ta a ni. Chuta tang chuan kawngpui dungah chuan tlang dum hring dup kara kawngpui lian takah chuan a kal a, khawpui chu a thlir kual a. Estrada do Redentor chuan zawi zawiin Morro Queimado chhehvela bush-a khuh tlangte leh Cerro do Mar tlangram thlengin a hruai a. Speed sang takin a khalh a, a tlan chak lo hle.
  
  
  
  Ni êng êng tak chu a la awm reng a, mahse Nick-a hriat theih awmchhun chu thim leh a kawr chhunga hnah hring a ni. News report kha a dik a ni mai thei. Todd hi tlangah chuan chutiang bandit zinga pakhat chuan a that thei a ni. Hetiang hi a ni thei. Mahse Nick-a thinrimna lum tak chuan hetiang hi a thleng lo tih a hrilh a. Ngaihtuah lo turin a in nawr lui a. A hriat chhun chu thuthang leh Todd-a fapain a pa a ngaihtuah thu a ni. Heng thudik pahnih hi a inzawm tlat lo.
  
  
  
  Mahse chu chu a dik a nih chuan lungngai takin a ngaihtuah a, thudik hriat tumin khawpui chu a tikehsawm ang. A ngaihtuahna chu a thuk em em a, a ngaihven ber chu Bandstand kawngkhar hlauhawm tak tak, kawngpui lian tak, a hrual zual zel chu a ni.
  
  
  
  Mahse, a ngaihtuahna chu a tyre atanga hla lutuk, rearview mirror-a a hmuh leivut chhum chu a la ta thut mai a. Car dang pakhat chu Bandstand dungah chuan Nick-a chakna hlauhawm tak ang bawkin a tlan phei a. Chu aia rang zawk! Car chu a rawn hnaih leh ta a. Nick chuan a tlan chak thei ang berin a khalh a. Any faster leh kawngpui atang chuan a thlawk chhuak ang. Car chu a balance thei reng a ni. Bandstand chu a sang ber a thleng a, rang takin kawngpui hrual, hrual hrual takah a chang ta a ni. Nick chuan corner atanga paih chhuah a nih loh nan a tlan chak loh lai chuan rearview mirror-ah chuan car rawn hnaih chu a hmu ta a. He car hian a rawn pelh chhan chu a hrethiam nghal a. '57 Cadillac lian tak a ni a, chu car chu a let hnih zetin a rit zawk a ni. Chutiang khawpa rit chuan a tlan chak loh avangin corner a siam thei a, tunah chuan a chhuk thui tak, a dinglam tawk leh sang takah chuan Nick chuan rang takin hmun a hloh ta a ni. Car chhungah chuan mi pakhat chauh a awm tih a hmu a. Kawngpui dinglamah a hla thei ang berin car chu a khalh a. Lungpui hring hring chu a hrual zo ta mai. A harsa dawn a, mahse driver tawnhriat ngah tak tan chuan canyon sir lama kal theihna tur hmun a awm tawk ang.
  
  
  
  Cadillac khalhtu chu tawnhriat ngah tak a nih hmel avangin Nick chuan chu pa chu a sir lam hawia a kal hun chu a nghak a. Chu ai chuan Cadillac chu a lam pan chuan a tlan chak hle tih a hmu a, battering ram ang maiin a rawn tlan phei ta zawk a ni. Car chu thawm ri nasa tak nen Nick-a car hnunglam bumper-ah a tla thla a, steering wheel control hloh turin a vau a ni. A cat-like reflexes mawi tak takte chauh hian car chu ravine-ah a tlak loh nan a veng a ni. Sharp turn hma lawk hian car chu a rawn tla leh ta a. Nick chuan car chu hmalam pan chuan a tlan chhuak tih a hria a, chutah chuan luipui chhunga a tlak loh nan a theihtawp chhuah a ngai leh ta a ni. Corner-ah chuan a brake ngam lo, a chhan chu chutih hunah chuan Cadillac rit zawk chuan a rawn ram leh mai thei. Maniac pakhat chuan a rawn um zui ta a.
  
  
  
  Nick chu corner thara lut hmasa ber a ni a, car dang pakhatin a lam pan chuan a rawn tlan leh ta a. Tawngtai rang tak chungin a time a, Nick chuan steering wheel chu dinglamah a her kual a. Hei hian Chevrolet chu a tidanglam nasa hle a, Cadillac chu a tichak hle. Nick chuan chu pa chuan beidawng takin brake a tum lai chu a en reng a. Mahse car chu a tlanchhia a, luipuiah a thlawk lut ta a ni. Hemi hnu hian glass chhe nasa takin a tla a, mahse gas tank chu a puak lo. Driver chu a fimkhur hle a, ignition a off nghal vat bawk. Leh. Nick chu kawngpui sirah a tlan phei a, a sir lamah Cadillac chhe tawh tak a lo muhil chu a hmu a. Chu pa chu car atanga a chhuk a, thinghnah hring hring zingah a tlu lut tih a hmuh chuan a hun takah a lo thleng ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chu tlang chhip angular takah chuan a tlan thla a. Underbrush a thlen chuan a chhungah chuan a zuang lut ta a. A victim chu a hlat thei lo. Tunah chuan engkim a danglam tawh a, stalker a lo ni ta. A beitu thawm chu a ngaithla a, mahse ngawi renga thim tak a awm a. Nick chuan maniac tan chuan mi fing leh fing tak a ni tih a hre chiang hle. A kal zel a, a hnahah chuan wet red color a hmu a. Thisen hnuhma pakhat chu dinglamah a tlan a, rang takin a zui ta a. Vawilehkhatah chuan ngawi rengin thawm a hre ta a. Fimkhur takin a che a, mahse hmaichhana ruang muhil chungah chuan a tlu ta mai. Nick chu a bawkkhup a, chu pa chu a rawn hawi let chuan a hmel chu a rawn nung ta thut mai. Elbow pakhat chuan a beng a khawih a. Thli zawngin a thaw halh a, a tlu ta a. Chu pa chu a ding chhuak a, a hmai chu a hrual a, thisenin a khuh bawk.
  
  
  
  Chu pa chuan Nick chu beih a duh a, mahse a pum chhungah a vawm thei ta a ni. Nick chu a ding leh a, a hmuiah chuan vuakna dang a rawn pe leh a.
  
  
  
  Chu pa chu hmalam pan chuan a tlu a, a che lo. A beitu chu a thi tawh tih chian nan Nick chuan a kein a rawn let leh a. Final blow chu a thihpui khawp mai.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa chu a en a. A sam dum leh vun eng tak a ni. Slavic type nen a inang hle. A taksa chu a square a, a thim bawk. Brazilian a ni lo, Nick chuan a ti a, a chiang lo nachungin. America ang bawkin Brazil pawh hi hnam hrang hrang inzawmkhawm a ni. Nick chu a bawkkhup a, chu pa pocket chu a dap tan ta a. A chhungah chuan engmah a awm lo va, wallet pawh a awm lo, card pawh a awm lo, mimal documents pawh a awm lo, a nihna hriat theihna tur engmah a awm lo. Nick hian lehkha te tak te chauh a hmu a, chutah chuan "Flight 47" tih ziak a awm a, zing dar 10, February 10th. A hmaa mipa chu mi rilru na tak a ni lo.
  
  
  
  Nick chu tumruh tak leh tumruh takin thah a duh a. A lan dan chuan flight number leh thlen hun tur pek a ni a, airport atang chuan a zui ta a ni. Nick chuan he pa hi tualchhung mi thattu a ni lo tih a chiang hle. Hemi atan hian a tha lutuk, professional lutuk. A che vel chuan Nick chu chu pa chu training tha tak a ni tih a hriat tir a. Hei hi identification document a awm loh avangin a lang chiang hle. Chu pa chuan Nick chu an khingpui hlauhawm tak a ni tih a hria a, fimkhur a tum hle. Identification mark a awm lo, engkim hi professional takin a lang. Underbrush atanga rawn chhuak chuan Nick chuan AX office chhunga decrypted message chu a ngaihtuah ta a. Tu emaw chu ngawih tir turin a rawn chhuak a; leh a rang thei ang bera ruahmanna siam leh theihna hun a neih hmain.
  
  
  
  Hei hi Todd-a thihna nen a inzawm thei ang em? A rinawm loh hmel hle a, chuti chung chuan Todd-a chauhvin a thlawhna leh a thlen hun tur chu a hre chiang hle. Mahse telegram pangngai a thawn a, mi zawng zawngin an chhiar thei. Travel agency-ah hian phatsantu a awm mai thei. A nih loh leh America atanga thlawhna lo kal zawng zawng chu uluk takin an check vek a, AX hian mi a tir dawn nia ngaiin an check vek mai thei bawk. Mahse, thilthleng pahnih inkarah hian inzawmna a awm em tih a ngaihtuah a. Chu chu hriat theihna awmchhun chu Todd-a thihna chhui chian hi a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chu a car-ah a kir leh a, Los Reyes lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Bandstand chu a flatter ta hle a, a chhan chu tunah chuan meseta, plateau a thleng tawh a ni. Kawngpui sirah chuan lo te te leh mi dum (gray) te a hmu a. Stucco in dum leh var inzawmkhawm chu a hmaah chuan a rawn lang a, thinga siam chhinchhiahna, boruak chhe tawh tak, "Los Reyes" tih ziak a hmu a. Hmeichhia leh naupang pakhat, thawmhnaw tam tak kengte bulah chuan a tlan phei a.
  
  
  
  “Bom dia,” a ti a. - Onde fica chu policia delegacia a ni em?
  
  
  
  Hmeichhia chuan kawngpui tawp lama square chu a kawhhmuh a, chutah chuan lung in chei thar, a luhna chungah Policia tih ziak a awm a. Lawmthu a sawi hnu chuan a Portuguese tawng chu a la hriatthiam theih avangin a lawm hle a, police station lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. A chhung chu a reh hle a, waiting room atanga a hmuh theih cell tlemte chu a ruak vek bawk. Side room te tak te atang chuan mi pakhat a rawn chhuak a. Kawr dum a ha a, kawr dum a ha a, a hnute pocket-ah Policia tih ziak a awm bawk. Chu pa, Nick tluka sang lo chu sam dum sei tak, mit dum leh olive hmui a nei a. Hmel tumruh leh chhuang tak chuan Nick-a chu muangchangin a en a.
  
  
  
  “Señor Dennison tan ka lo kal a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Hetah hian sheriff i ni em?"
  
  
  
  “Police hotu ber ka ni,” Nick chuan a tidik a. "Chutiang journalist zinga mi i ni leh tawh em? Ka chanchin chu ka sawi tawh."
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, Señor Dennison-a ṭhian ka ni,” Nick-a chuan a chhang a. "Vawiin chu tlawh turin ka lo kal a. Ka hming chu Carter, Nick Carter a ni" a documents te chu chu pa hnenah chuan a pe a, chu pa chuan paper te chu a enfiah a, zawhna nei takin Nick chu a en a.
  
  
  
  tiin a zawt a. - "Nick Carter ka hriat kha i ni em?"
  
  
  
  “I hriat danah a innghat,” Nick chuan nui chung hian a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Ka ngaihdan chuan,” police hotupa chuan taksa chak tak chu a enfiah leh a. "Jorge Pilatto ka ni. Hei hi official visit a ni em?"
  
  
  
  "Ni lo," Nick chuan a ti a. "A tlem berah chuan Brazil-ah hian ka official angin ka lo kal lo. Ka thian hlui tlawh turin ka lo kal a, mahse a danglam a ni. Todd ruang hi hmuh ka duh khawp mai."
  
  
  
  "Engvangin nge, Señor Carter?" - tiin Jorge Pilatto chuan a zawt a. "Hetah hian ka official report chu a awm. I chhiar thei ang."
  
  
  
  “Ruang hmuh ka duh a ni,” Nick chuan a ti leh a.
  
  
  
  A ti a. - Ka sumdawnna hi ka hrethiam lo niin i hria em? Nick chuan chu pa chu a phur hle tih a hmu a. Jorge Pilatto chu a phur nghal vat a, rang lutuk. "Chutiang chu ka sawi lo. Ruang hmuh ka duh ka ti a. I insist chuan Señor Dennison-a hmeithainu hnenah phalna ka dil hmasa ang."
  
  
  
  Jorge Pilatto-a mitmeng chu a eng chhuak ta. Tichuan a hmel chu a hahdam a, inhnukdawk zet hian a lu a thing nghal ringawt. “Hetiang hian,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  "I tih zawh hunah chuan a tlawhna avanga min chawimawitu American lar tak hnen atangin ngaihdam dilna ka dawng thei dawn a ni."
  
  
  
  Nuihzatna langsar tak chu ngaihsak lovin Nick chuan Jorge Pilatto chu a zui lut a, jail hnung lama pindan te tak te pakhatah chuan a lut ta a. Nick chu a inbuatsaih ta a. Chutiang inhmachhawn chu a rapthlak fo thin. Vawi engzat nge i tawn tawh pawh a pawimawh lo, a bik takin thian tha tak a tel a nih chuan. Jorge chuan grey sheet chu a han chawi kang a, Nick chu mitthi hmel bulah chuan a kal phei ta a. Ruang chu taksa, zir chian tur thil nung ang chauha ngaihtuah turin a inhnukdawk ta a ni. A dawhkan sir lama pinn report chu a zir chiang a. "Beng veilam hnung lamah bullet, dinglam temple-ah pawh." Ṭawng awlsam tak a ni. A lu chu a sir lehlamah a her kual a, a taksa chu a kut hmangin a hre ta a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan report chu a en leh a, a hmui a hrual a, Jorge Pilatto lam chu a hawi a, ani chuan ngun takin a lo en reng tih a hria.
  
  
  
  "Darkar li vel kalta khan thah a ni tih i sawi em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. "Engtin nge hetiang khawpa rang hian i thlen theih?"
  
  
  
  "Ka assistant nen chuan a plantation atanga khawpui panna kawngah car-ah kan man a. Darkar chanve kalta khan chutah chuan ka patrolling a, khawpuiah ka kir leh a, final check turin ka assistant chu ka hruai a. Hei hi an chanve chhungin a thleng tur a ni." darkar."
  
  
  
  "Chutih lai chuan hetiang hi thleng lo se chuan."
  
  
  
  Nick-a chuan Jorge Pilatto-a mitmeng chu a rawn melh zauh zauh tih a hmu a. "Dawt min ti em?" - a ti a.
  
  
  
  "Ni lo," Nick chuan a ti a. "Hun dang a thleng tih ka sawi mai mai a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chu a hawi let a, a chhuak ta a. Thil dang a hmuchhuak ta a ni. Jorge Pilatto chuan thil engemaw a nei a. Amah leh amah a inring lo va, a hriat tur chu hre lo ang maiin a inhria. Chuvang chuan a thinrim leh thinrim awlsam em em a ni. Nick chuan he rilru put hmang hi a hneh a ngai tih a hria. A thawhpui duh chuan chu mi chu a tlin lohnate hmuhtir a ngai a ni. Tin, a thawhpui a duh bawk. Police hotupa hian heng thilah hian nghawng a nei thei a ni. Mihring, dinhmun, mimal hmelma leh thu tangkai tak tak a hre chiang hle. Nick chu building atang chuan ni eng hnuaiah chuan a chhuak ta a. Jorge Pilatto chu a hnungah a ding tih a hria a.
  
  
  
  Car kawngka bulah a ding a, a hawi let a. “I thawhrimna avangin lawmthu ka sawi e,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “Ngawi teh,” a ti a. Engvangin nge i thusawiah hian i inrintawk em em, ka pu?
  
  
  
  Nick chuan he zawhna hi a lo nghak reng a. Chumi awmzia chu chu pa chu a thinrim tawh lo tihna a ni a; a then tal pawh nise. Eng pawh ni se, hei hi a bul tanna a ni. Nick chuan a chhang lova, pindan lamah a kir leh ta a.
  
  
  
  “Khawngaihin i lu kha han sawn teh,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  Jorge-a'n hetianga a tih chuan Nick-a chuan, "Tough, huh? Rigor mortis a ni. A taksa peng zawng zawngah a lut vek tawh a, darkar li kalta chauh khan Todd hi thah ni ta se a awm lo ang. A hmain thah a ni a, hmun dangah, tin, chutah i hmuhna hmun chu i thleng ta a. A wallet a bo avangin rukrukna niin i ngai a. Mi thattu chuan chutiang ngaihdan pe turin chauh a ti a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick-a chuan Jorge Pilatto-a chu tlem a ngaihtuah thei a, a fing thei ang tih a beisei. Chu mi chu tihmualpho a duh lo. A tihsual a ni tih hmu se a duh mai a ni. Thudik dik zawng chhuak turin an thawhhona a ngai tih hriattir a duh a ni.
  
  
  
  “Ngaidam diltu chu keimah hi ka ni tur niin ka hria,” Jorge chuan a ti a, Nick chuan thlamuang takin a thaw halh a.
  
  
  
  “A ni hauh lo,” tiin a chhang a. "Hei hi zir theih dan kawng khat chauh a awm a, chu chu thil tawn hmangin a ni. Mahse, kan inhriatthiam tawn a ngai tih ka ring."
  
  
  
  Jorge Pilatto chuan a hmui chu rei vak lo a rawn hrual a, chutah a nui suk a. “I sawi dik e, Señor Carter,” tiin a pawm a. "Hetah hian thla ruk chauh chief of police ka ni a. Hetah hian zalen taka kan inthlan hmasak ber hnuah tlang mipuite'n min thlang a. A vawi khatna atan duhthlanna dikna an nei a, duh loh zawng sal nih ai chuan."
  
  
  
  "He thil atan hian eng nge i tih?"
  
  
  
  "Hun engemaw chen ka zir a, chumi hnuah cocoa huanah hna ka thawk leh a. Kawngpui lam hi ka ngaihven reng a, chutiang bawkin vote neitute pawl din tura fuihtu zinga mi ka ni. Helai hmuna mite hi rethei an ni. Mihring bawng hnathawh bak an ni lo," tiin a sawi on the coffee plantations and cocoa.Cheap slaves.Kan mipui pawl pakhat chuan mi nghawng nei lian tak puihnain mipuite chu anmahni ngeiin sorkar an nghawng theih nan an buatsaih a, anmahni vote hmanga an dinhmun siam that theih dan tur entir kan duh a ni .Helai hmuna official tlemte hi plantation neitu hausa leh loneitu hausa ten an thunun a ni.
  
  
  
  Mite mamawh an ngaihsak lo va, chutiang chuan an hausa ta a ni. Sheriff a thih chuan a vawi khatna atan mipuiin anmahni police hotu tur an thlan theih nan inthlanpui neih ka rawt a. Mipui rawngbawltu tha tak nih ka duh. Min thlangtu mipuite tan thil dik tih ka duh a ni."
  
  
  
  "Chutiang a nih chuan," Nick chuan a ti a, "Dennison thattu hi kan zawn chhuah a ngai a ni. A car chu pawnah a awm niin ka ring. Kan va en ang u."
  
  
  
  Dennison-a car chu building bula yard te tak teah chuan a ding a. Nick chuan hmalam seat-ah thisen a hmu a, tunah chuan a vawt tawh a, a khauh tawh bawk. Nick chuan Jorge-a pocketknife thenkhat chu a handkerchief chhungah a hrual lut a.
  
  
  
  "Hei hi kan lab-ah ka thawn ang," a ti a. “Ka puih duh khawp mai, Señor Carter,” Jorge chuan a ti a. "Ka theihtawp ka chhuah ang."
  
  
  
  “I tih hmasak ber chu Nick min ti mai tur a ni,” N3 chuan a ti a. "Pahnihnaah chuan Todd Dennison thih duhtu chu min hrilh teh."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 3-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Jorge Pilatto chuan Brazilian coffee lum leh chak tak chu stove te tak teah a siam a. Nick chuan a coffee chu a in a, police hotupain tlangram mipuite, ram leh nun chungchang a sawi lai chu a ngaithla a. Bandstand-a beitu chanchin chu Jorge hnenah hrilh a tum a, mahse a ngaithla lai chuan a dodal thu a rel ta a ni. Brazilian hian ngaihdan dik tak a nei a, Nick hian a rilru put hmang hian thil awmdan chu thil tum nei taka a teh theih phah dawn tih a ringhlel a ni. Nick-a’n plantation sak lai a accident chungchang a sawi khan Jorge chuan naive takin a chhang let a.
  
  
  
  "Hnathawktu lungawi lo te?" - a ti leh a. ‘A ni lo tak zet. Señor Todd-a thihna hi mipui pawl pakhat chauhvin an hlawkpui dawn a ni. Planter hausa leh ram neitu hausa. An zinga sawm vel chu thuneihna changin an awm. Thuthlung i tih hi kum engemaw zat an nei tawh a ni. Thuthlung hian an tih theih zawng zawng a thunun a ni.
  
  
  
  Hlawh tlem an nei a, Highlander tam zawk chuan an dam khawchhuah theih nan Thuthlung atangin loan an la a ni. Chumi avang chuan leiba an nei reng a ni. Miin hna a thawh leh thawh loh leh hnathawh avanga a hlawh engzat nge tih thuthlung hi a pawimawh a ni. Senor Dennison chuan engkim a thlak danglam vek ang. Chumi avang chuan Pact member-te chuan hnathawk tur an hmuh theih nan nasa zawkin an thawk a ngai dawn a, chutiang chuan hlawh tihpun a ngai dawn a, mipui enkawl dan pawh a tha zawk dawn a ni. He plantation hi mipui leh ram chunga an thuneihna tichhetu hmasa ber a ni. Chuvangin, huan siam zawh a nih loh chuan an hlawkpui hle ang. Thil tih hun a ni tawh tih an rel tawh ngei ang. Señor Dennison-a'n ram a hmuh theih lohna tura an beih hmasak ber hnuah hit man an la ta a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chu a thu leh a, Jorge-a thusawi zawng zawng chu a list vek a. Brazilian hian a remtihna a nghak reng tih a hria a. Jorge-a chu a rang leh dawhthei lo ang bawkin darkar tam tak a nghah a ngai dawn niin a lang.
  
  
  
  "Tunah hian i ngaihtuah thei em, Señor Nick?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  
  "Log ang maiin a chiang a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  
  “A chiang e,” Nick chuan a ti a. "A chiang lutuk. Thil langsar lutuka rinhlelh hi ka zir fo tawh. I sawi dik mai thei, mahse ka ngaihtuah chian a tha zawk. Police hotu ber inthlan hmaa thlawptu che kha tu nge ni?"
  
  
  
  Jorge hmel chuan zahna hmel a pu a, mi thianghlim chungchang a sawi ang mai hian.
  
  
  
  “Hei hi Rojadas a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Rojadas,” Nick chuan a rilruin a ti a, a thluak hmun bik pakhata hming leh mi dahkhawmte archive chu a enfiah a. Chu hming chuan a tan engmah awmzia a nei lo.
  
  
  
  “Ni e, Rojadas,” Jorge chuan a ti chhunzawm a. "Portugal atanga lo kal a ni a, chanchinbu tenau engemawzat chhuahtu hna a thawk a. Chutah chuan sum khawih dan leh mipui zinga hruaitu tha nih dan a zir a. Thuthlung in a huat leh hlauh em em political party thar a din a. Party a ni," a ti hnathawkte, mi rethei, leh a chhehvelah pawl pakhat a ko khawm a, a buatsaihtute pawh a khawm a, loneitute hnenah vote an thlak chhan an hrilhfiah a, a thleng tak tak em tih an enfiah bawk.Rojadas hian heng zawng zawng hi a enkawl a: hruaitu nihna, hriatna leh sum leh pai.Chutiang sawi mi an awm Rojadas hi extremist a ni a, buaina siamtu a ni a, mahse hengte hi The Alliance-in thluak an tihfai tawhte chu an ni."
  
  
  
  "Tin, Rojadas leh a pawlte hian nangmah thlangtu mipuite chungah mawhphurhna an nei tih pawh."
  
  
  
  “Ni e,” tiin police hotu chuan a pawm a. “Mahse, Rojadas-a mite zinga mi ka ni lo, amigo.Keimah ngei hi ka pu ka ni.Tumah thu ka awih lo, ka ring tlat a ni.”
  
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. Chu pa chu rang takin a kekawr bul ah chuan a ding ta a. A zalenna chu a nghet tlat a, mahse awlsam takin a mimal inchhuanna chu a nghawng theih nan i hmang thei a ni. Nick hian amah ngeiin a ti tawh a ni. Tin, chuti chung chuan Nick chuan a ring thei tih a la ring reng bawk.
  
  
  
  "He band thar hi eng nge a hming Jorge?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. "A nih loh leh hming an nei lo em ni?"
  
  
  
  'Awle. Rojadas chuan Novo Dia, New Day group tiin a sawi. Rojadas, Señor Nick hi mi inpe tak a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Hitler, Stalin leh Genghis Khan te hi mi inpe tak tak an ni vek niin a ngai a. I inpeknaah a innghat chauh a ni.
  
  
  
  “Engtikah emaw chuan Rojadas hi ka hmu duh khawp mai,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  Police hotupa chuan, “Ka ruahman fel ang,” tiin a chhang a. "Hetah hian hla vak lovah, Barra do Piraí bula mission chhuahsan tawhah a awm a. Chutah chuan a hote nen an headquarters an din a ni."
  
  
  
  “Muito obrigado,” Nick chuan a ding chhuak a. "Rio-ah Mrs. Dennison hmu turin ka kir leh dawn. Mahse, ka tan thil pawimawh dang pakhat i tih theih a awm. Nang leh kei hian Todd Dennison-a thihna kha rukrukna pangngai a ni lo tih kan hria. Hemi chungchang hi hetiang leh a hma ang khan message thawn turin ka duh che." . Todd-a mimal ṭhian ka nih angin keimah ngeiin chhui chianna ka nei tih pawh sawi ka duh bawk."
  
  
  
  Jorge chuan mak tak maiin a han en a. “Ngaidam rawh, Señor Nick,” a ti a. "Mahse, chutiang chuan i zui tih i vaukhân ṭhin lo maw?"
  
  
  
  “Ka ngaihtuah chuan,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Mahse hei hi anmahni biak theihna kawng awlsam ber a ni. Todd-a office emaw Mrs. Dennison emaw-ah min biak theih a ni."
  
  
  
  Rio lam pan lehna chu a rangin a awlsam hle. Cadillac chu gorge chhunga a tlak na hmunah chuan rei vak lo a chawl a. Car chu lungpui hnuai lama bush hmun zau takah a awm avangin hmuh tur a awm lo. A hmuh hma hian ni tam tak, kar tam tak, thla tam tak pawh a la ngai thei. Chumi hnuah chuan accident tam tak zinga pakhat anga record a ni ang. Tu pawh thawntu chuan tunah chuan thil thleng chu an hre tawh.
  
  
  
  Thuthlung ram neitute leh Jorge-a thusawi chu a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  
  Rio a thlen chuan Copacabana district-a Dennison-a apartment chu a hmu a, Rua Constant Ramos-ah chuan Praia de Copacabana thlir theihna a ni a, chu tuipui kam mawi tak, khawpui pum pui deuhthaw ramri chu a ni. A tlawh hma hian post office-ah a kal a, telegram pahnih a thawn a. Bill Dennison hnenah pakhat ka thawn a, hriattirna dang a awm hma chu sikulah awm turin lehkha ka thawn a. Telegram dang Hawk hnenah thawn a ni a, Nick chuan code awlsam tak a hmang a. Miin an decipher em tih pawh a ngaihtuah lo. Chumi hnuah Dennison-a apartment 445 Rua Constante Ramos-ah a kal ta a ni.
  
  
  
  A koh hnu chuan kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, Nick chuan mitmeng dum hring dup pahnih flaxen sam tawi zungbun hnuaia meikhu chhuak chu a en a. A taksa chak tak chungah mit a rawn inher nghal zat chu a en reng a. tiin a zawt a. - "Mrs. Dennison?" "Nick Carter ka ni."
  
  
  
  Nula hmel chu a fiah hle mai. "Aw Pathian, hetah i awm hi ka lawm tak zet a ni," a ti a. "Zing atang khan ka lo nghak reng che. I hre tawh ngei ang...?
  
  
  
  A mitmengah chuan thinrimna chak lo tak a awm a. Nick chuan a kut a vawn lai chu a hmu a.
  
  
  
  “Ni e, ka hria,” a ti a. "Los Reyes-ah ka awm tawh a, police hotupa chu ka hmu tawh a. Chuvang chuan a hnuah ka rawn kal a ni."
  
  
  
  Vivian hian orange pajama a ha a, a hmalam chu low cut a ni a, a hnute te tak te, pointed tak chu a lang chiang hle. “A chhe lo,” tiin a ngaihtuah a, a rilru atanga paih chhuah nghal a tum a. A beisei aia danglamin a lang. Tunah chuan eng ang nge a nih dawn tih pawh a hre tawh lo, mahse a tlem berah chuan Todd hian chutiang sultry taste a nei tih chu a hre lo.
  
  
  
  “Hetah i awm hi ka lawm zia hi i hre lo,” a ti a, a kut chu a vuan a, apartment chhungah chuan a hruai lut ta a. "Ka tuar thei tawh lo."
  
  
  
  A kut a a taksa chu a nem a, a lum bawk a, a hmel chu a reh a, a tone pawh a reasonable hle. Living room lian tak, tunlai Swedish style-a chei, tuifinriat thlir theihna window sei tak neiah chuan a hruai lut a. An luh rual chuan hmeichhe dang chu L ang maia sofa atang chuan a rawn ding chhuak a. Vivian Dennison aiin a sang zawk a, a danglam bik hle bawk. Glove ang maia a in fit dress dum simple tak a ha a. Mit dum lian tak tak chuan Nick chu a melh a. A hmui chu a lianin a sensitive hle a, a sam dum sei tak, eng mawi tak chu a kekawrte thlengin a tla thla a. A hnute zungbun, a khat leh Brazil hmeichhe naupang hmel sang leh tawi tak a nei a, chu chu English school naupang dum hring hringte nen chuan a danglam vek a ni. Odd combination a ni a, heng pahnih hi, Nick chuan rei lutuk chu a en reng tih a hmu ta.
  
  
  
  Vivian Dennison chuan, "Hei hi Maria Howes a ni," a ti. "Mary... a nih loh leh ka sawi tur chu... Todd-a secretary a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Maria Hawes chuan Vivian Dennison chu a melh reng tih a hmu a. Chu mit dum mawi tak vel chu Maria Hawes-i chuan rim sen a nei tih a hmu bawk. A thusawi tan chuan a tap tih a chiang hle. A aw, nem leh velvet ang mai chu a chiang lo leh thunun theih loh ang maiin a lang.
  
  
  
  "A ni... ka lawmna a ni, senor," zawi sap hian a ti a. "Ka chhuak dawn chauh a ni."
  
  
  
  Vivian Dennison lam chu a hawi a. "Min mamawh chuan office ah ka awm ang." Hmeichhe pahnih chu an in en a, engmah an sawi lo, mahse an mit chuan thu a sawi nasa hle. Nick chuan rei vak lo an melh a. An inhmachhawn em em a. Engmah a innghat thei lo nain, an inhuatzia a hre chiang hle. Kawngka atanga Maria Hawes rawn chhuak chu a en a, a hip sei tak leh a hnute nghet tak chu a en a.
  
  
  
  "A side attractive tak tak a nei a ni lawm ni?" - Vivian chuan a ti a. "Nu Brazilian a nei a, pa English a nei bawk."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Vivian chu a en a, ani chuan a suitcase chu a pack a, side room pakhatah a dah a. “Hetah hian awm rawh, Nick,” a ti a, “Todd-a chuan chutiang chuan a duh a ni.” Hei hi apartment lian tak a ni a, guest bedroom soundproofed a ni. I mamawh zalenna zawng zawng i nei vek ang."
  
  
  
  Window-a shutters chu a hawng a, ni êng a rawn luang lut ta a. Thil awmdan chu thunun vek chungin a kal a. Mak tak maiin Maria Hawes chu a lungawi lo zawk niin a lang. Mahse, mi ṭhenkhat chuan mi dangte aiin an rilru put hmang chu an thunun thei zawk tih a hre chiang hle. Vivian chu rei vak lo a chhuak a, dark blue dress, stockings leh high heels ha chungin a rawn let leh a. Bench sei takah chuan a thu a, tunah chauh hian hmeithai lungngai tak ang maiin a lang. Nick chuan accident chungchanga a ngaihdan chu hrilh a tum ta a. A sawi zawh chuan Vivian chuan a lu a thing nghut a.
  
  
  
  "Ka ring thei lo," a ti a. "Ngaihtuah pawh a rapthlak lutuk. Rukrukna a ni ngei ang. A nih a ngai chauh a ni. Ka ngaihtuah thei lo. Aw Pathian. I hriat loh thil tam tak a awm a, ka sawipui duh che a ni." .Aw ka Pathian, biak tur ka mamawh.
  
  
  
  Phone chuan an inbiakna chu a titawp a. Hei hi Todd-a thihna avanga thil thleng hmasa ber a ni. Rio atanga sumdawnna lama thawhpui, thawhpui leh thiante chuan an rawn call a. Nick chuan Vivian-i’n a cool efficiency hmanga mi zawng zawng a enkawl dan chu a hmu a. Chutah chuan a awm leh ta a, hetah hian a hmuh beisei hmeichhia nen chuan a danglam vek tih hriatna chu. Engtin emaw tak chuan a nunnem zawk leh in lama awm zawk turin a beisei tawh niin a ngai a. He hmeichhia hi a thunun thei a, a inpeih tawk hle a, a inpeih lutuk bawk. Mi zawng zawng hnenah thu dik tak chu a sawi dik a, mahse thil pakhat chu a nih tur angin a kal tluang lo. Phone-a a inbiakna lai a mitmeng dum hring dup a hmuh kha a ni mai thei. Nick chuan a sawisel lutuk nge rinhlelh lutuk a lo ni tawh em tih a ngaihtuah a. A rilru put hmang zawng zawng bottled up a, amah chauha a awm lai chauha a inhnukdawk thin type kha a ni mai thei.
  
  
  
  A tawpah chuan phone chu a la a, phone bulah chuan a dah ta a.
  
  
  
  “Phone-ah ka be tawh lo,” Vivian chuan a darthlalang chu a en a. "Bank-ah ka kal a ngai. Vawi thum lai an rawn call tawh. Paper eng emaw zat sign tur ka nei a. Mahse, i la biak duh che a ni, Nick. Zanin hian ti ila, engkim a reh fel tawh a, mahni chauha kan awm theih hunah." ."
  
  
  
  "Awle," a ti a. "Thil tih tur ka la nei. Chawhmeh ei kham hnuah ka rawn let leh ang."
  
  
  
  A kut chu a vuan a, a hmaah chiah chuan a ding a, a hnute chu a jacket-ah chuan a nawr a.
  
  
  
  “Hetah hian i awm hi ka lawm e, Nick,” a ti a, “Tunah hian ka thian tha Todd-a ka bula awm hi a nuam zia i hre lo. I chanchin tam tak min hrilh a."
  
  
  
  "Ka puih theih che hi ka lawm e," Nick chuan a ti a, engvangin nge a mitmeng hian a hmui tih loh chu engmah a sawi fo thin tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  
  An chhuk dun a, a chhuah chuan Nick chuan a hmelhriat dang pakhat chu thing hring hnunglam atang chuan a rawn lang leh ta a.
  
  
  
  "Jorge!" Nick chuan a ti a. 'Hetah hian eng nge i tih?'
  
  
  
  Police hotupa chuan, “He message ka thawn hi a mark a miss a, zing dar khat velah Covenant-in min rawn biak khan a rawn thawn a ni. An hmu duh che a, Delmonido Hotel-a cocktail bar-ah an lo nghak reng che a ni,” a ti a , kawngpui sir lamah” . Police hotupa chuan a kawrfual chu a lu chungah a dah a. “I ruahmanna hian result a chhuah thuai ka ring lo, Senor Nick,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  "Lut la, Señor Digrano chu zawt mai rawh. Thuthlung President a ni."
  
  
  
  "Okay," Nick chuan a ti a. "An sawi dan chu kan en ang."
  
  
  
  “Hetah hian ka lo nghak ang,” Jorge chuan a ti a. "Proof nen i rawn let leh dawn lo, mahse ka sawi dik tih i hmu ang."
  
  
  
  Hotel bar chu cocktail bar atan chuan a eng tha hle. Nick chu pindan kil khata dawhkan round hniam takah chuan a hruai a. He dawhkan bulah hian mi panga an thu a. Señor Digrano chu a ding chhuak a. Mi sang tak, mi khauh tak, English thiam tak leh midang aiawhin chiang takin thu sawi thin a ni. An vai hian inchei tha tak, reserved leh official mi an ni vek. Nick chu chapo tak, tihbuai theih loh hmel zet hian an en a.
  
  
  
  "Un coquetel, Señor Carter?" - Digrano chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  “Aguardente, porfavor,” Nick chuan a tana ruahman chiang tak chair khar takah chuan a thu a, a chhang a. Cognac a dawn chu Portuguese cognac quality tha tak a ni.
  
  
  
  "A hmasa berin, Señor Carter," DiGrano chuan a ti tan a, "i thianpa Señor Dennison thihna hi kan tawrhpui tak zet a ni. Engvangin nge hetiang taka kan hmuh thuai duh che hi i ngaihtuah mai thei."
  
  
  
  “Ka lo chhut teh ang,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka autograph hi i duh a ni."
  
  
  
  Digrano chuan zahawm takin a nui suk a. "Kan intelligence hi game hmangin kan sawichhia lovang,
  
  
  
  Señor Carter,” a ti chhunzawm a. "Naupang emaw, diplomat emaw kan ni lo. An duhzawng hrechiang mipa kan ni. I thianpa, Señor Dennison-a thihna rapthlak tak hian rinhlelh rual lohvin a huan chu tihfel lohvin a awmtir ang. Hun a lo kal zel a, heng zawng zawng, huan leh a thah dan hi engmah a awm loh chuan theihnghilh a ni ang." is created from it problem.A.buaina a lo nih tak tak hunah chuan chhui chianna a awm ang a, midangte pawh plantation tihfel turin an lo kal ang.A ngaihven tlem poh leh mi zawng zawng tan a tha zawk tih kan ring.Chu chu i hrethiam em?
  
  
  
  “A tawi zawngin,” Nick chuan a nui suk a, “keimah ka thil tih hi ka ngaihtuah tur niin i ngai.”
  
  
  
  Digrano chuan a lu a bu nghat a, Nick chu a nui suk a.
  
  
  
  "Chutiang chiah chu a ni," a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Awle, amigos,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Chuti a nih chuan hei hi ka hrilh thei ang che; Todd Dennison thattu leh a chhan ka hriat hma loh chuan ka chhuak dawn lo tih."
  
  
  
  Señor Digrano chuan midangte nen chuan thu tlem a inthleng a, nui turin a nawr lui a, Nick chu a hawi let leh a.
  
  
  
  "Rio leh carnival hi nuam ti takin en la, chutah chuan in lamah haw mai rawh, Señor Carter," a ti. "Chutiang chu tih chu a fing hle ang. Dik tak chuan a tam zawkah chuan kan duh dan tur kan siam thiam tawh."
  
  
  
  “Kei pawh, mi felte u,” Nick chuan a ding chhuak a. "He inbiakna awmze nei lo hi titawp turin ka rawt a ni. Brandy min pek avangin lawmthu ka sawi nawn leh e."
  
  
  
  Hotel atanga a chhuah rual chuan an mitmeng chuan a hnungzang a rawn deng tih a hria. Thu bengchheng takah chuan hun an khawhral lo. Zalen takin an vau a, rinhlelh rual lohvin an sawi tum a ni. Plantation chu tihfel loha awm reng an duh a ni. Rinhlelhna a awm lo. Eng chen nge an kal ang a, chawlhsan turin an rilru an hneh ang? A hla hle mai thei. Mahse, Todd Dennison-a thahnaah hian mawhphurtu an ni tak tak em, a nih loh leh an hun remchang hmangin plantation chu tihfel lohvin an chhuahsan mai mai em ni? Hengte hi tharum thawhna laka inthiarfihlim lo, mi khauh tak leh zahngaihna nei lo an ni tih a chiang hle. An thil tum chu open threat hmangin an tihlawhtling thei ang tih an ngaihtuah a. Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan a zawng zawng awlsamna chuan a la ti thinrim hle bawk. Hawke-a’n a telegram a chhanna hian he zawhna hi a êng deuh mai thei. Engtin emaw tak chuan hei hi he mipui pawl tlemte aiin thil tam tak chungchang a ni tih hriatna a nei a. A dik lo tih a beisei a, a chhan chu chutiang khawpa awlsam ni ta se, a tlem berah chuan chawlh a nei ngei ang. Rei vak lo chhung chu Maria Hawes lem chu a rilruah a rawn lang chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  Kawngpui bend-ah chuan Jorge chuan a lo nghak reng a. Jorge-a "Ka hrilh che" tih rilru put hmang hian tu pawh an thinrim hle ang. Mahse Nick hian he mi chhuanawm, rilru lum leh inrintawk lo tak hi a hrethiam a, a lainat hial a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick hian a tirah chuan Cadillac thil thleng leh Hawk hnena telegram a pek chungchang chu hrilh a duh a, mahse a duh loh thu a rel ta a ni. Kum tam tak a lo tawn tawhnain eng emaw a zirtir a nih chuan fimkhur hi a ni. Mahni a inrintawkna famkim a neih hma loh chuan tumah ring lo turin a hrilhtu fimkhurna chi khat. Jorge-a rilru put hmang mak takah hian thil dang a awm thei reng a ni. Chutiang chuan a ngaihtuah lo a, mahse a chiang lo hle a, a chunga vau chungchang chu a hrilh mai a ni. Thutlukna engmah a siam lo tih a sawi chuan Jorge chu a buai hmel hle.
  
  
  
  A thinrim hle mai. - “Señor Todd-a thihna atanga hlawkna hmutute chauh an ni a, an vau che a, i la chiang lo em ni?” ‘A mak khawp mai. Log angin a chiang hle."
  
  
  
  "Ka sawi dik a nih chuan," Nick chuan zawi sap hian a ti a, "Todd hi rukruk tuar niin i ngai a. Ni ang maiin a chiang hle."
  
  
  
  Jorge-a’n a hmui a tihbuai lai leh thinrimna avanga a var lai chu a en reng a. A rilru a na hle tih a hria a, mahse hei chauh hi a lam atanga he nghawng hi a tihbo theihna tur kawng awmchhun a ni
  
  
  
  “Los Reyes-ah ka kir leh dawn a ni,” Jorge chuan hlim takin a ti a. "Min mamawh chuan ka office-ah min rawn pan thei ang."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Jorge chu thinrim takin a tlanbo lai chu a en a, chutah Praia, tuipui kamah chuan a tlan phei ta a. Thim a lo hnaih tawh avangin tuipui kam chu a lo awm tawh lo mai mai. Mahse, boulevard-ah chuan hmeichhe ke sei mawi tak tak, hip te tak te leh hnute round tak tak nei an tam hle. Anmahni a en apiangin Maria Hawes leh a mawina ngaihnawm tak chu a ngaihtuah thin. A sam dum leh a mit dum chuan a tibuai hle. Amah hriat chian lehzual chu eng ang nge ni ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Ngaihvenawm aiin a chiang zawk. Khawi hmunah pawh carnival lo thleng tur chhinchhiahna a awm vek. Hei hi khawpui pum pui chu party mass lian takah a lo chang ta a ni. Khawpui pum pui chu pangpar leh êng rawng hrang hranga chei a ni. Nick chu rei vak lo a chawl a, group chuan Carnival atana a bik takin samba an siam chu an rehearsal a. Carnival neih chhunga zai inelna chhiar sen lohah an tel dawn a ni. Nick chu a kal zel a, Praia de Copacabana tawp a thlen chuan a thim tawh a, hawi let leh a tum ta a ni. Building felfai tak tak, enkawl tha tak takte chu dawr hrang hranga inkharkhip kawngpui zau tak network-ah a tawp ta a ni. A hawi let chuan a kalna tur chu mi thau pathum, beach umbrella 9 kengin an lo dang a. Umbrella chu an kut hnuaiah an chelh a, mahse a chung bera umbrella chu a tla chhuak zel a. Nick-a an kal kual lai chuan mipa pakhat chuan a kawr atang chuan hrui pakhat a la a, umbrella chu khih a tum a.
  
  
  
  Nick-a hnenah chuan, “Help, senor,” a ti a. "Kut i lo pe thei ang em?"
  
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a, an rawn pan hnai a. “Hetah hian i kal ang,” chu pa chuan a knot khih duhna hmun chu a kawhhmuh a. Nick chuan a kut chu a dah a, umbrella chu, beram no lian tak ang maiin, a rawn hnaih a, a temple-ah chuan a rawn tla thla ta a. Nick chu a hawi let a, arsi te chu a hmu ta a. A khup thlengin a tlu a, chutah leiah a tlu ta a. Hriatthiamna nei reng turin a bei a. Mipaho chuan na takin an man a, leiah chuan an paih leh ta a. Che thei lovin a mu a, a duhthlanna nasa tak chu a hriat reng theih nan a hmang a ni.
  
  
  
  “Hetah hian kan that thei a ni,” tiin mi pakhatin a sawi chu a hre ta a. "Hetiang hian kan ti ang a, kan chhuak ang."
  
  
  
  “Ni lo,” a ti leh ta a. "American ṭhian hmasa ber pawh thia hmuh leh rukbo ni ta se rinhlelh awm lutuk a ni ang. Ringhlelna kan siam belh tur a ni lo tih i hria a. Kan hna chu tuipuiah paih a ni. Car-ah i phur ang.
  
  
  
  Nick chu a muhil a, mahse a lu chu a fiah leh ta. A ngaihtuah a. A chiam! Khawvela trick hlui ber a ni a, chu chu newbie angin a tla thla ta a ni. A hmai hmaah chuan ke pahnih pathum a hmu a. A sir lamah a mu a, a kut veilam chu a rawn kuah a. Tile chungah chuan a kut dahin a thigh muscle lian tak takah chuan chakna zawng zawng chu a khawl khawm a, a attackers te kekawrte chu a kick ta a ni. A chungah chuan an tla thla a, mahse ui ang maiin a ding nghal vat a. In bang bulah chuan umbrella rit tak tak an dah a. Nick chuan rang takin pakhat chu a man a, chu chuan mipa pakhat chu a pum chhungah a rawn vawm a. Chu pa chu leiah a tlu a, thisen a chhuak a.
  
  
  
  Midang pahnih zinga pakhat chuan a kut phar chungin a rawn pan nghal a. Nick chuan awlsam takin a dodge a, a kut chu a man a, bang chu a rawn nam nghal zat bawk. Ruh thawm thawm a hria a, chu pa chu leiah a tlu ta a. A pathumna chuan rang takin chemte a rawn phawrh chhuak a. Nick-a stiletto Hugo chu a kawr dinglam hnuaiah chuan nghet takin a la inbun a, chutah chuan dah mai a tum ta a ni. Heng mite hi amateur an ni tih a chiang hle. An clumsy hle mai. Nick chuan a duck a, mi pathumna chuan a vuak a tum a. Chu pa chu rawn hnaih turin a phal a, chutah chuan zuang chhuak ang maiin a insiam ta a. Chu pa chuan a chhang let nghal a, a chil chhak a ni. Chu pa chuan hetianga a tih chuan Nick chuan a kut chu a rawn man a, a tikehsawm ta a. Chu pa chu na takin a au chhuak a. A chiang tak zet chuan karate chop dang a kawr thlengin a pe leh a, a tlu ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Engkim chu rang tak leh awlsam takin a kal vek a. Indona hriatrengna awmchhun chu a biak in a hliam a ni. Cadillac pa nen khaikhin chuan Nick-a chuan a ngaihtuah a, rang takin an pocket-ah a dap nghal vat a.Pakhat chuan wallet pakhat ID nen a nei a, sorkar official a ni a, pakhat zawk chuan document pawimawh lo thenkhat bakah ID a nei bawk.An hming a hria a, an zawn chhuah theih a ni , mahse chutiang ti tur chuan police te a inrawlh a ngai dawn a, Nick pawhin chutiang chu a duh lo.A tlem berah chuan a la duh lo. Chu chuan thil a ti buaithlak mai ang.Mahse, an pathum hian thil pakhat an nei vek a, chu chu card dum te tak te felfai tak a ni.An ni vek blank, a laiah chuan red dot te tak te tih loh chu.Chhinchhiahna chi khat a ni ngei ang.Card pathum chu a pocket-ah dahin a kalna chu a chhunzawm ta a.
  
  
  
  Zawi zawiin Vivian Dennison-i apartment a hnaih lai chuan thil pakhat chauh a ngaihtuah thei a, chu chu mi pakhatin a chhuahsan duh tak zet tih a chiang hle. Heng misual pathumte hi Thuthlung atanga tirh ni ta se, a telte hian an hun an khawhral lo ang. Mahse, Thuthlung chu tihhlum tumna chauh ni lovin, tihhlum tumna a ni tih a ringhlel a, an pathum hian thah an tum a ni. Vivian Dennison hian he tangle mak tak hi a êng deuh mai thei.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 4-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Vivian chuan in lamah Nick chu a lo nghak reng a. Bathroom-a freshen up tura a kal chuan a hliam chu a hmu nghal a. Kawngkhar atang chuan Nick chuan a jacket a phelh a, a kawr button a phelh chu a en reng a. Darthlalangah chuan a taksa chak tak, taksa ruh nei tak chu a melh reng tih a hmu a. Eng thil nge thleng tih a zawt a, a hrilh chuan a hmaiah hlauhna a rawn lang chhuak ta. A hawi let a, living room chhungah chuan a lut ta a. Nick chuan bathroom atanga a rawn chhuah chuan strong drink thenkhat chu a in a.
  
  
  
  “Hei hi i mamawh mai thei tih ka ngaihtuah a,” a ti a. "A dik e ka hria". Tunah chuan kawr dum sei tak, button-a dah chu a ha a. Button te te row khat chu buttonhole chhungah ni lovin, loop te te ah a lut a. Nick chuan sip a la a, bench sei takah chuan a thu ta a. Vivian chu a bulah chuan a thu a, glass chu a kawngah a dah a.
  
  
  
  "Card var, a laiah dot sen awm chu eng nge a awmzia?" tiin a zawt a.
  
  
  
  Vivian chuan rei vak lo a ngaihtuah a. "Hetiang map hi ka la hmu ngai lo," a ti a. Mahse tlang atanga extremist pawl, Novo Dia party chhinchhiahna a ni. An banner leh poster zawng zawngah an hmang vek a ni. Engtin nge ni ang?'
  
  
  
  “Hei hi hmun dangah ka hmu hmasa ber a ni,” Nick chuan laconical takin a chhang a. Chuvangin, Rojadas. Mipui mi, midangte tana thilpek petu ropui, hruaitu ropui Jorge. Engvangin nge a thlawptu pathumte chuan thah an tum? Mi zawng zawngin an che tan ta.
  
  
  
  Vivian chuan glass chu a dah thla a, a thut lai chuan tap lo turin nasa takin a bei niin a lang. Chu mitmeng zungbun, khat leh vawt tak, amah en reng chauh chu engkim nen a inmil lo. Eng ang pawhin zawng mah se, a chhungah chuan lungngaihna engmah a hmu lo.
  
  
  
  "Ni rapthlak tak a ni, i hria em?" A ti a. "Khawvel hi a chim dawn niin ka hria a, titawptu tur an awm lo. Sawi duhna tam tak a awm a, mahse ka ti thei lo. Hetah hian ṭhian ka nei lo, ṭhian tak tak pawh ka nei lo. Hetah hian kan awm rei tawk lo." ṭhian tak tak neih theih nan, leh ka tan chuan inbiak pawh a awlsam lo." thil engemaw sawi rawh. Ka tan thil pawimawh tak, Nick. Ni a lo kal zel a, thil pakhat chu ka tan a chiang ta. Todd-a tualthahna chungchang hi ka hria a, a bulpui ber thleng tura i beih hi ka lawmpui hle. Mahse, thil tangkai lo nia i hriat pawhin ka tan thil tihsak che ka duh a ni. Engkim theihnghilh vek turin ka duh che, Nick. Ni e, a tawpah chuan a tha ber tur niin ka hria. Engkim kalsan rawh. Thil thleng chu a thleng ta a ni. Todd chu a thi tawh a, chu chu tihdanglam theih a ni lo. Tuin nge tih, engvangin nge tih leh engtin nge tih pawh ka ngaihtuah lo. A awm tawh lo a, chu chu ka tan chuan a pawimawh ber a ni."
  
  
  
  Takzet? Nick chuan a zawt hnai a, mahse a che lo. Engkim mai chu theihnghilh mai rawh. He zawhna hi tualchhung top ten-ah pakhatna a ni. Mi zawng zawngin an duh ang maiin a lang. Chu tlangval Cadillac, Covenant, Rojadas leh tuna Vivian Dennison-a misual pathum te chu. Mi zawng zawngin a chawlhsan an duh vek.
  
  
  
  "I mangang khawp mai tiraw?" - Vivian chuan a zawt a. ‘Ka thusawi kha i hrethiam e.
  
  
  
  “Mak tih hi a harsa khawp mai,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  "Ka sawifiah thei ang em tih pawh ka hre lo Nick," Vivian chuan a ti a. "Thil tam tak vang a ni. Vawikhat chu engkim ka settled tawh chuan chhuah ka duh. He hmunah hian a tul aia rei awm hi ka duh lo tak zet a ni. Hriatrengna hrehawm tak tak a tam lutuk. Ka nghak duh lo." an investigation into Todd's death.Tin, Nick, Todd hi eng emaw chhan vangin thah a nih chuan -a chhan vangin, a chhan chu ka hre duh lo.Gambling leiba a nei pawh a ni mai thei.Ringhlelhawm takah a inrawlh thei bawk.A ni mai thei dang... hmeichhia.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan heng zawng zawng hi ideal, logical possibilities a ni vek tih a pawm a, Todd Dennison-a pawhin a ngaihtuah lo ang tih loh chu. Tin, ani pawhin a hre tih a chiang khawp mai, mahse hetah pawh hian ani pawhin a hre tih a hre lo. Chhunzawm turin a phal ta a. A ngaihnawm zual sauh sauh a.
  
  
  
  "I hrethiam em, Nick?" - aw khur chhuak chungin a ti a, a hnute te tak te, a zungpui te tak te chu a khur nghal zat bawk. "Todd-a chu a nihna ang taka hriat reng ka duh chauh a ni. Mittui tam tak chuan a rawn hruai kir leh dawn lo. Mi thattu zawn hian a hruai kir leh dawn lo. Buaina tam tak a thlen mai dawn a ni. Chutianga ngaihtuah chu a dik lo pawh a ni mai thei, mahse ka ngaihsak lo.Ka duh ber chu ka hriatrengna nen he thil atang hian tlanbo mai mai a ni.Aw, Nick, kei... ka lungawi lo lutuk.
  
  
  
  A kawngah chuan tap chungin a thu a, a lu chu a rawn nawr nghet sauh sauh a, a taksa chu a khur nghal vek. A kut chu a kawr chungah a dah a, a pecs lian tak takah chuan a dah bawk. Vawikhatmah a lu a han chawi sang a, passion smacking sound a rawn chhuak ta a. A rinawm tak zet thei hle a, a buai mai mai thei bawk. A theih ang, mahse chutiang chuan a ngaihtuah lo. A zawn chhuah a ngai tih a hria. Amah nen game an khelhpui chuan trump card a nei tih a hre thuai ang. A sawi dik chuan a game chu a hrethiam dawn tih a hria. A dik lo a nih chuan a ṭhian hlui hnenah ngaihdam dil chungin a chau hle ang. Mahse, a zawn chhuah a ngai a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chu hmalam pan in a hmui chu a lei hmangin a trace a. A hmui chu a hmuiah a hmet a, a lei hmangin a hmui chu a chhui chhuak a, a tap a. Vice ang maiin a kut chuan a kawr chu a rawn man a. A kawrfual button chu a phelh a, a hnute nghet tak chu a lum hle tih a hria. A kawr hnuaiah chuan engmah a ha lo va, a hnute chu a kutah a cup a. A nêm a, a ngaihnawm bawk a, a hnute pawh a khauh tawh bawk. A chu a su a, Vivian chu a beih nasat em avangin a kawr chu a tla thla a, a pum nêm tak, a hip te tak te leh triangle dum a rawn lang chhuak ta a ni. Vivian chu a freak out a, a pants chu a rawn hrual thla a.
  
  
  
  “Aw pathian, pathian,” a thaw halh a, a mitmeng chu a hup nghal vek a, a kut pahnih hmanga a taksa chu a hrual a. A kawngah chuan a kut a kuah a, a ke chu a taksaah a khuh a, a hnute chuan a rilru a ti na hle. A rang thei ang bera a fuck a, nuam ti zet hian a thaw halh halh bawk. A tih zawh chuan a au chhuak a, a thlah a, hnunglam hawiin a tlu ta a. Nick chuan a en a. Tunah chuan thil tam tak a hre ta. A mitmeng dum chuan ngun takin a zir chiang a. A hawi let a, a kut chuan a hmai a khuh a.
  
  
  
  “Aw ka Pathian,” a ti ta ringawt a. ‘Eng nge ka tih? Engtin nge min ngaihtuah ang?
  
  
  
  A chiam! a chibai buk a. A mitmeng chu a hmu a, hmeithai lungngai tak anga a chanvo chu rintlak loh niin a ngai tih a hria. A kawr chu a ha leh a, mahse a inbun lohvin a dah a, a rilruah a innghat ta a ni.
  
  
  
  Ka zak lutuk," a ti a, "Ka zak lutuk. Ka sawi duh lo tak zet a, mahse ka sawi a ngai a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan rang takin a hnungtawlh tih a hmu a.
  
  
  
  “Todd-a chu chu plantation-ah chuan a buai em em a ni,” tiin a tap chhuak a. "Thla tam tak chhung chu min khawih lo a, ka dem tihna a ni lo. Harsatna a nei tam lutuk a, a chau lutuk a, a buai hle bawk. Mahse, ka ril a tam hle a, Nick, zanin chu, ka bulah nang nen, I I just couldn'." t help it. I hmu a ni lawm ni, Nick. Ka tan chuan i hmuh hi a pawimawh hle."
  
  
  
  “A dik e, ka hrethiam, honey,” Nick chuan thlamuang takin a ti a. "Heng thil hi a chang chuan a thleng mai mai thin." Carnival Lalnu a nih aia hmeithai lungngai zawk a ni lo tih a inhriat tir a, mahse a aia fing zawk a ni tih a ngaihtuah chhunzawm zel tur a ni. Nick chuan a rilruah a rawn hruai leh a.
  
  
  
  “Chutiang Rojadas thlawptute chu,” Nick chuan fimkhur takin a ti a, a hnute hnute chu a khelhpui a, “Todd hian amah chu a hre chiang em?”
  
  
  
  “Ka hre lo ang, Nick,” lungawi takin a thaw halh a, “Todd hian a sumdawnna atanga min chhuah tir fo thin. Hemi chungchang hi sawi ka duh tawh lo, Nick. Naktuk hian i sawiho ang u. States-a ka kir leh hunah chuan kan awm dun ka duh a ni. Tichuan thil a danglam dawn a, kan inhmu leh dawn tih ka hria."
  
  
  
  Zawhna dang zawh belh chu a pumpelh tih a chiang hle. He thubuai chungchangah hian eng nge a tih tur tih chu a hre chiang lo hle a, mahse Vivian Dennison hming chu list-ah a tel a ngai a, list pawh a sei chho zel bawk.
  
  
  
  “A tlai tawh hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a, a set up a. "Mut hun a liam tawh."
  
  
  
  “Okay, kei pawh ka chau tawh,” a ti a. "A dik e, ka mutpui lo ang che, Nick. Chu chu i hriatthiam ka beisei. Tuna thil thleng kha, a ṭha e... a thleng a, mahse tunah hian kan mu dun a nih chuan a nuam lo ang."
  
  
  
  A game chu a khel leh ta a. A mitmeng chuan a nemnghet ta a ni. Awle, a chanvo chu a tih theih ang bawkin a thawk thei a ni. A ngaihsak lo.
  
  
  
  "A dik e, honey," a ti a, "I sawi dik tak zet a ni."
  
  
  
  A ding chhuak a, a lam pan chuan a hruai a, a bulah chuan a rawn kuah hnai a. Zawi zawiin a khup thau tak chu a ke pahnih inkarah chuan a nawr a. A thawk a rang a, a lungngaihna taksa ruhte chu a buai ta hle. A mitmenga en turin a hmui chu a han chawi kang a. A chanvo chang chhunzawm zel turin theihtawp a chhuah a.
  
  
  
  “Muthilh rawh, honey,” a ti a. A taksa chu thunun tumin a bei nasa hle. A hmui chuan zan ṭha a duhsak a, a mit chuan asshole a ti a. A hawi let a, mutna pindan chhungah chuan a lut ta a. Kawngkhar bulah chuan a hawi leh a.
  
  
  
  "Ka tih tur che kha i ti ve dawn em ni Nick?" - ngenna hmel zet hian a zawt a, hmeichhe naupang ang maiin. "He sumdawnna nuam lo tak hi i bansan a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  
  A ngaihtuah angin a fing lo hle a, mahse a game a khel tha tih a pawm a ngai a ni.
  
  
  
  "A dik e, honey," Nick chuan a chhang a, thudik a sawi tih chian tumin a mitmengin a dap lai chu a en reng a. "Ka dawt sawi thei lo che, Vivian," a ti leh a. Hei hian a ti lungawi hmel hle a, a chhuak ta a ni. A dawt sawi lo. A tawp mai ang. Vawikhat chu engkim a hre vek a. A mut lai chuan a rilruah chuan hmeichhia a la mutpui ngai lo va, chuta tang chuan hlimna tam tak a la tawng lo tih a ngaihtuah a.
  
  
  
  A tuk zingah chuan maid chuan breakfast a rawn pe a. Vivian hian somber black dress a ha a, a kawrfual chu a dum a ni. Khawvel hmun hrang hrang atangin telegram leh lehkha a lo thleng a, chawhmeh ei laiin phone-ah a inbia reng bawk. Nick-a tan telegram pahnih a awm a, an pahnih hian Hawk atanga lo kal an ni a, Todd-a office atanga special courier-in an rawn thawn a, chu chu an thawn a ni. Hawk pawhin code awlsam tak a hman avangin a lawm hle. A chhiar laiin a letling thei a ni. Telegram hmasa ber chu a duh hle a, chu chuan a rinhlelhna a nemnghet a ni.
  
  
  
  'Portugal-a source zawng zawng a check vek. Chanchinbu leh office-a hriat Rodhadian an awm lo. Hetah pawh hian chutiang hming pu file a awm lo. British leh French intelligence te pawhin an zawt bawk. Engmah hriat a ni lo. Chawlhni tha tak i hmang em?
  
  
  
  "A tha hle mai," Nick chuan a ti nghal zat.
  
  
  
  'Eng nge i sawi?' - Vivian chuan phone call chu a titawp a.
  
  
  
  “Engmah lo,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Third-rate joker tu emaw hnen atanga telegram chauh a ni."
  
  
  
  Portuguese journalist hnunglam chu kawng thim tak a ni tih hian engmah a sawi lo a, mahse AX hian chu pa chungah file a nei lo a, chuvang chuan chu chuan thil a sawi a ni. Jorge chuan he ram atanga lo kal a nih loh thu a sawi a, chu chu hnamdang a ni tihna a ni. Nick chuan Jorge hian thawnthu a hrilh tih a ringhlel a. Jorge leh mi dangte chuan chu thawnthu chu rinna ṭha takin an la tih chu a chiang. Nick chuan telegram pahnihna chu a hawng a.
  
  
  
  "Rio lam pan tur lawnga dan loa thawn chhuah rangkachak maktaduai hnih leh a chanve chu man a ni. Chu chuan a pui che em? Holiday weather tha tak?
  
  
  
  Nick chuan telegram te chu a ti hrual a, mei a hal ta a. Ni lo, a pui lo, mahse inzawmna a awm a ngai a, chu chu a chiang. Rodhadas leh pawisa, an inkarah hian line dik tak a awm a. Tlâng khaw pakhata police hotupa chu thamna pe tur chuan chutiang zat chu a ngai lo a, mahse Rojadas-a chuan chu pawisa chu a hmang ral a, mi pakhat hnen atangin a hmu ta a ni. Rangkachak maktaduai hnih leh a chanve, chu chuan mi tam tak emaw thil tam tak emaw a lei thei a ni. Entirnan, ralthuam. Rojadas hi pawn lam atanga finance a nih chuan zawhna awm thei chu tuin nge, engvangin nge? Tin, Todd-a thihna nen hian eng nge inzawmna a neih?
  
  
  
  Vivian chu a thlah a, apartment chu a chhuahsan ta a. Rojadas nen an inhmuh tur a ni a, mahse a hmasa berin Maria Hawes hnenah a kal ang. Secretary hian nupui aiin a hre tam zawk fo. Chu mitmeng dum lian tak vel a sen chu a hrechhuak ta.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 5-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chu mitmeng mawi tak vela rim sen te chu a bo tawh a, mahse an la lungngai reng a ni. Maria Hawes chuan kawr sen a ha a. A hnute kim leh zungbun chu puan chungah chuan a rawn nawr a.
  
  
  
  Todd-a office chu khawpui laihawl pindan te tak te a ni ta a. Maria chu office-ah amah chauhin a awm a. Ngawi rengin a biak theih a duh a, office ri leh buai tak chu a hlau hle bawk. Chau hmel zet hian a lo hmuak a, mahse chuti chung pawh chuan friendly takin a lo hmuak a. Nick chuan a tih duh chu a lo ngaihtuah tawh a. Rough leh khawngaihna nei lo tur a ni a, mahse tunah chuan result hmuh hun a ni ta. An lo kal thuai ang.
  
  
  
  Maria Howes chuan, "Señor Carter," a ti a. 'I dam em? Thil dang i hmuchhuak tawh em?
  
  
  
  “Tlem hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Mahse chu chu ka lo kal chhan a ni lo. I tan ka lo kal a ni."
  
  
  
  “I’m flattered, senor,” hmeichhia chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Nick min ti rawh,” a ti a. "Official thil a nih ka duh lo ang."
  
  
  
  “Okay, senor... Nick,” a insiamthat a. 'Engnge i duh?'
  
  
  
  “Tlem emaw, tam emaw,” a ti a. "I en danah a innghat." Dawhkan bulah chuan a kal kual a, a thutna bulah chuan a ding a.
  
  
  
  “Hetah hian chawlh hmangin ka rawn kal a ni, Maria,” a ti a. "Hlim taka awm ka duh a, thil hmuh ka duh a, ka guide neih ka duh a, carnival-ah hian mi pakhat nen hlim taka awm ka duh a ni."
  
  
  
  A hmaiah chuan wrinkle te tak te a rawn lang a. A chiang lo va, Nick chuan a ti buai deuh bawk. A tawpah chuan hei hi a hrethiam tan ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Ka sawi tum chu, rei vak lo ka bulah i awm a ni," a ti a. "I inchhir lovang, honey. Brazil hmeichhe naupangte hi hmeichhe dang nen an danglam hle tih ka hre tawh. Keimah ngei pawhin tawn ve ka duh a ni."
  
  
  
  A mitmeng chu a thim a, a hmui chu a hmet tlat a. Thinrimna a chhuah hma chuan rei vak lo chauh a la awm dawn tih a hmu a.
  
  
  
  Rang takin a inbeng kang a, a hmui nem tak, a khat chu a fawp a. A rawn man nghet tlat avangin a hawi let thei lo. Maria chu a break free a, a zuang chhuak ta a. Chu mit ngilnei tak chu tunah chuan jet black a ni tawh a, Nick-a chu mei a kap ta a ni. A thawk rang tak rhythm nen chuan a hnute chu a tho leh a.
  
  
  
  "Engtin nge i ngam?" - a ti a. "Señor Todd-a ṭhian ṭha ber i ni tih ka ngaihtuah a, chu chu tunah hian i ngaihtuah theih awmchhun a ni. Amah zahna i nei lo, chawimawina i nei lo, chhungril lam insumna i nei lo? Kei... ka mangang hle. Khawngaihin he office hi chhuahsan nghal rawh."
  
  
  
  “Thlamuang takin awm rawh” Nick chuan a ti chhunzawm a, “I buai deuh chauh a ni. Engkim ka theihnghilh tir thei che."
  
  
  
  "Nang... nang..." a ti muangchang a, a thinrimna sawina tur thumal dik tak a hmu thei lo. "Ka hrilh tur che ka hre lo. Señor Todd-a'n i lo kal dawn tih a hriat khan i chanchin mak tak tak min hrilh a. Tunge i nih tak tak a hriat loh chu thil tha tak a ni. Secret agent tha ber i nih thu a sawi a, chu chu." you were loyal , an honest and true friend. Tin, tunah chuan hetah hian i lo kal a, nizan maia Señor Todd-a a thih khan i bulah hlim deuh turin min ngen a. Scoundrel, min hre em! Fuck off!'
  
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. A zawhna hmasa ber chu chhan a ni. Hei hi trick leh game a ni lo. Thinrimna tak tak, dik tak mai chauh. Tin, chuti chung pawh chuan a lungawi kim lo.
  
  
  
  "Okay," nonchalant zet hian a ti a. "Engtin pawhin chhui chianna hi tihtawp ka tum a ni."
  
  
  
  Thinrimna avang chuan a mit chu a meng zau ta hle mai. Mak ti zet hian a kut a rawn beng a. "Kei...ka hre lo che ka ring," a ti a. 'Engtin nge chutiang chu i sawi theih ang? A dik lo. Señor Todd-a thattu hi i hre duh lo em ni? Hlimna tih loh chu engmah i ngaihven lo em ni?'
  
  
  
  A ngawi reng a, insum tumin a bei a, chu hnute mawi leh khat hmaah chuan a kut chu a cross a. Chiang tak leh rang zet hian a ti a. “Ngaithla teh,” a ti tan a, “Señor Todd hnen atanga ka hriat dan atang chuan thudik thuk ber thleng thei chu nangmah chauh i ni. Okay, ka bulah carnival hman i duh em?Brazil hmeichhe naupangte nen in inhmu duh em? ?Ka ti ang, engkim ka ti ang , Señor Todd thattu zawng tura i tiam chuan deal kan siam ang, okay?
  
  
  
  Nick chu a nui suk a. Nula rilru chu a thuk hle a. A dik nia a rin chu man to tak pek a inhuam a ni. Amah hi chawlhsan tura ngen lo hmasa ber a ni. Hei hian huaisenna a pe a ni. A hriattir hun a ni tawh tih a rel ta a.
  
  
  
  “Awle, Maria Hawes,” a ti a. "Thlamuang takin awm rawh, min buaipui a ngai lo. Ka hriat chhuah a ngai chauh a, hei hi kawng chak ber a ni."
  
  
  
  Thil pakhat i zawn chhuah a ngai em? - zak zet hian a melh a. 'Keimah chungchang?'
  
  
  
  “Ni e, nangmah chungchang,” tiin a chhang a. "Eng emaw ka hre tur a ni. A hmasa berin Todd-a chunga i rinawmna ka test a."
  
  
  
  “Min test a ni,” a ti a, a thinrim deuh hlek a.
  
  
  
  “Ka test che a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. - Tin, i hlawhtling ta a ni. Thudik ka hriat chhuah hma loh chuan chhui ka bansan lo vang, Maria. Mahse tanpuina leh thu rintlak ka mamawh a ni. Min ring em, Mari?
  
  
  
  "Ka ring duh che em, Señor Carter?" A ti a. A mit chu a friendly leh ta a, chiang takin a en a.
  
  
  
  “A theih a ni,” a ti a. “Todd hi i hmangaih em, Maria” Nula chu a hawi let a, office chhunga tukverh te tak te atang chuan a han hawi chhuak a, a chhan let chuan a tawng zawi zawi a, a thusawi chu uluk takin a thlang a, tukverh atang chuan a hawi chhuak a.
  
  
  
  'Hmangaihna?' - lungngai hmel zet hian a ti a. "Chu chu eng nge a awmzia tak tak chu hre se ka duh khawp mai. Señor Todd hi ka hmangaih em tih pawh ka hre lo. Ka tawn tawh zawng zawng zingah chuan mipa hmeltha ber, mipa hmeltha ber a ni tih ka hria. Zahna nasa tak leh ngaihsan thuk tak ka nei a. Eng emaw chu ka hre ve maithei." kind of love for him. A chhan chu ka hmangaih a nih chuan ka thuruk a ni. Adventures kan nei ngai lo. Rorelna dik hriatna thuk tak a nei a. Chuvang chuan chu plantation chu a siam a ni. Kan pahnih hian "engmah kan ti lo ang" ngai lo chu chuan kan zahawmna kan hloh phah dawn a ni. Prude ka ni lo a, mahse Señor Todd-a chunga ka rilru put hmang chu a chak lutuk a, a hlawkpui thei lo."
  
  
  
  Nick lam chu a hawi a. A mitmeng chu a lungngai a, a chhuang hle a, do theih loh khawpin a mawi hle. Thlarau leh taksa mawina.
  
  
  
  “Ka sawi duh chu ka sawi chiang lo mai thei, Señor Carter,” a ti bawk. "Mahse hei hi mimal thil a ni. Hemi chungchang hi nangmah chauh hi i ni."
  
  
  
  “A nih leh i chiang hle bawk, Maria,” Nick chuan a ti a. ‘Ka hrethiam vek. Mi zawng zawngin Todd-a chungchangah nangmah angin an ngai lo tih i hria bawk. Engkim ka theihnghilh mai tur nia ngai mi an awm a, Vivian Dennison ang bawkin. Thil thleng chu a thleng niin a sawi a, mi thattu hmuh chuan chu chu a thlak danglam dawn lo tih a sawi bawk."
  
  
  
  "Chutiang chu a hrilh che em?" Maria chuan thinrim hmel zet hian a ti a. "A ngaihsak loh vang pawh a ni mai thei. Chu chu i ngaihtuah ngai em?
  
  
  
  "Chu chu ka ngaihtuah a," Nick chuan nui lo turin a bei a. "Engvangin nge he thil hi i ngaihtuah?"
  
  
  
  "A chhan chu Señor Todd-a, a hnathawh leh a harsatnate chu a ngaihven ngai lo a ni," tiin Maria Howes-i chuan thinrim zet hian a chhang a. "A tana thil pawimawh tak takte chu a ngaihven lo. A tih ber chu he plantation chungchangah hian a inhnial mai a ni. A sak tawh loh nan a duh a ni."
  
  
  
  "I chiang em, Maria?"
  
  
  
  “Amah ngeiin a sawi ka hria a, an inhnial lai ka hre bawk,” a ti a. Sum chu amah chauha hman a duh zawk. Señor Todd hian a sum chu Europe-a villa lian leh yacht-ah hmang se a duh a ni."
  
  
  
  Mari thusawi lai chuan a mitmeng chu thinrimna leh huatna inpawlhnain a rawn eng a. He hmeichhe rinawm leh thinlung tak takah hian hmeichhe inhuatna danglam tak a ni. Vivian chu a hmusit tak zet a, Nick chuan a remti bawk.
  
  
  
  “I hriat zawng zawng min hrilh turin ka duh che,” Nick chuan a ti a. “Chu Rodhadas chu,” amah leh Todd-a chu an inhriat em?
  
  
  
  Maria mitmeng chu a thim a. "Rojadas hian ni engemaw zat kalta khan Señor Todd hi a pan a, mahse top secret a ni. Engtin nge i hriat?
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Tea hnah ka chhiar a. 'Chhunzawm.'
  
  
  
  "Rojadas chuan Señor Todd-a hnenah plantation atan pawisa tam tak a rawn hlan a, chu chu a chanve vel a zo tawh. Señor Todd-a chuan a duh lo."
  
  
  
  "Rojadas chuan, engvangin nge he plantation siam zawh loh hi a mamawh?"
  
  
  
  "Rojadas chuan a pawlin an tihfel theih nan a duh thu a sawi a. A sawi dan chuan heng mite hi mi rinawm tak tak, mi tanpui duhtu an ni a, hei hian zuitu thar tam tak a rawn thlen dawn a ni. Mahse Señor Todd-a chuan a chhungah hian rinhlelh tur thil a awm niin a ngai a. Min hrilh a ni." Rojadas a rin loh thu te, plantation tihfel leh enkawl tur hriatna, kut hnathawktu leh hmanrua a neih loh thu te. Rojadas chuan Señor Todd chu chhuahsan turin a duh a ni."
  
  
  
  “Yeah,” Nick chuan a ti ringawt a. "Todd-a chu awm reng tur leh plantation zo tura ti ta se chuan awmzia a nei zawk ang. Chuvang chuan a ti lo. Todd-a'n a hnial lai khan Rojadas-a chuan eng nge a sawi?"
  
  
  
  A thinrim hmel hle a, Señor Todd pawh a buai hle bawk. Ram neitu lian tak takte hmêlma chu tlang takin a hmachhawn thei tih a sawi bawk. Mahse Rojadas chu a hlauhawm hle mai."
  
  
  
  'Rojadas hian thubuai tam tak a pe tih i sawi a. Engzat nge?'
  
  
  
  "Dollar maktaduai hnih chuang."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a ha atang chuan ngawi rengin a whistle a. Tunah chuan ani pawh chuan Hawk-a telegram chu a hrethiam thei ta. Rangkachak maktaduai hnih leh a chanve zet an lo man chu Rojadas-a’n Todd-a plantation lei nan a ni. A tawpah chuan coincidence hian chutiang khawpa hmun pawimawh chu a chang lo. Mahse chhanna dik tak, tuin nge sum tam tak pe a, engvangin nge tih ang chite chu a la inhawng reng a ni.
  
  
  
  “Lo neitu rethei tan chuan hun tam tak a mamawh a ni,” Nick chuan Maria hnenah a sawi. "Engtin nge Rojadas hian Todd-a hnenah he pawisa zawng zawng hi a pek ang? Bank account a sawi em?"
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, Señor Todd hian pawisa transfer tur intermediary chu a hmu tur a ni.”
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a thisen a luang chak zawk tih a hria a, chu chu kawng dik a zawh lai chuan a thleng fo thin. Mediator tih hian thil pakhat chauh a sawi tum a ni. Tupawh pawisa petu chuan Rojadas chu pawisa kenga tlanbo tir chu risk a duh lo. Engkim hi a hnung lama mi pakhatin a buatsaih tha hle. Todd-a huan leh thihna hi thil lian zawka thil tenawm tak a ni mai thei. Nula lam chu a hawi let leh a.
  
  
  
  “Hming, Maria,” a ti a. "Hming ka mamawh. Todd hian he middleman hming hi a sawi em?"
  
  
  
  “Ni e, ka ziak a, hetah hian ka hmu a ni,” a ti a, lehkha bawm khat chu a fang kual a, “Hetah hian a awm, Albert Sollimage. Importer a ni a, a sumdawnna hi Pierre Maoua area-ah a awm a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chu a ding chhuak a, a tih dan pangngaiin a shoulder holster chhunga Luger chu a check a. A kut zungtang chuan Maria hmui chu a han chawi kang a.
  
  
  
  "Test a awm tawh lo, Maria. Deal a awm tawh lo," a ti a. 'Hei zawng zawng a tawp hunah chuan kawng dangin kan thawk dun thei maithei.Hmeichhe hmeltha tak i ni.'
  
  
  
  Mit dum hring dup chu ṭhian ang maiin a lang a, Maria chu a nui suk bawk. “Ka lawmna, Nick,” tiam tiam zet hian a ti a. Nick chuan a kal hmain a hmuiah a fawp a.
  
  
  
  
  
  Pier Maua area hi Rio hmar lam biala awm a ni a. Dawr te tak te, chhinchhiahna awlsam tak, "Imported Goods - Albert Sollimage" tih a ni. Store window chu pawn lam atanga hmuh theih loh turin a dum a chei a. Kawngpui zau deuh, warehouse leh building chhe tawh tak takte nen a khat a ni. Nick chuan car chu corner-ah a dah a, a kal chhunzawm ta a. A hloh duh loh trail a ni. Intermediary hi importer pangngai aiin $mtd 2 zetin a tam zawk a ni. Thu \angkai tak tak a nei ang a, Nick-a chuan kawng khat emaw kawng dangah emaw hmuh a tum a ni. Rang takin sumdawnna lian takah a chang tan ta a ni. Todd-a thattu chu zawn chhuah chu a tum tlat a, mahse vur tlang chhip chauh a hmu tih a chiang zual sauh sauh a ni. Todd-a thattu a man chuan thil tam tak a zir dawn a ni. He thil hnung lama tu nge awm tih a lo chhut tan ta a. Russian ho an ni em? Chinese tawng a ni em? Tunlai hian hmun tinah an active hle. Dawr chhunga a luh meuh chuan a la ngaihtuah reng a. Pindan te tak te, a tawp khatah counter tawi tak, vase leh thinga siam milem engemaw zat ding a ni. Leiah leh bawm chhungah chuan leivut bale a awm a. A sir lama window te tak te pahnih chu thir shutter hmanga khuh a ni. Kawngkhar te tak te pakhat hian dawr hnung lam chu a pan a. Nick chuan counter a bell button chu a hmet a. Call chu a friendly hle a, a nghak reng bawk. Tumah an rawn lang lo va, a hmet leh a. A rawn call a, dawr hnung lam atanga thawm ri chu a ngaithla a. Engmah a hre lo. A rilru a buai nghal a, a ngaihsak ngai loh lungawi lohna parukna a ni. Counter chhungah chuan a kal kual a, kawngkhar frame zau takah chuan a lu a thun lut a. Utility room chu ceiling thlengin thing bawm row hrang hrangin a khat a. An inkarah chuan corridor te tak te a awm a.
  
  
  
  "Mr. Sollymage chuan?" Nick chuan a rawn call leh a. Pindan chhungah chuan a lut a, kawngpui zim hmasa ber chu a han en a. A ruang chu leiah a muhil tih a hmuh chuan a duh loh zawngin a taksa ruhte chu a inthlau ta hle mai. Box-te chungah chuan tui sen luang a rawn luang chhuak a, chu pa biak in chhunga khur atang chuan a rawn chhuak a. A mitmeng chu a meng a. Nick chu ruang bulah chuan a bawkkhup a, a chhunga pocket atang chuan a wallet chu a la chhuak a.
  
  
  
  Vawikhatmah a kawrfual sam chu a lo sang chho ta tih a hria a, chu chu a thluak chhunga awm primal instinct a ni. He instinct hian thihna a hnai tawh tih a hrilh a. Experience chuan hawi let hun a awm lo tih a hrilh a. Mithi chungah khup chungin, vawi khat chauh a che thei a, a ti ta a ni. Ruang chungah chuan a dove ta a. He a zuang lai hian a hmui chhunga thil pakhat rawn tlan chhuak avanga natna khirh tak, hliam na tak a nei a. Thihna rapthlak tak vuakna chu a hlawhtling lo va, mahse a biang chhungah thisen chhuak a rawn lang ta a ni. A ding chuan a beitu chu ruang chungah a kal a, a rawn hnaih tih a hmu a. Chu pa chu a sang hle a, suit dum a ha a, Cadillac mipa hmel pianzia ang chiah a ni. A kut dinglamah chuan tiang a keng a, Nick chuan tiang kutkawr chungah chuan inch hnih zeta sei nail a hmu a. Quiet, dirty leh effective tak a ni. Tunah chuan Nick-a tan chuan Sollymage-a chunga thil thleng chu a chiang ta. Chu pa chu a la rawn hnaih a, Nick chu a hnungtawlh ta a. Rei vak lovah bang pakhatah a tla a, a tang ta a ni. Nick chuan Hugo chu a kawrfual atang chuan a kawrfual chhungah a luh tir a, a kuta stiletto thir lum tak chu a thlamuanthlak hle tih a hre ta a.
  
  
  
  Hugo chu a kalsan nghal a. Mahse, attacker chuan a hun takah hei hi a hrechhuak a, box atang chuan a nawr chhuak ta a ni. Stiletto chuan a rilru chu a rawn chhuah ta a. Nick chuan chemte chu zuang takin a zui a, tiang hmangin a rawn deng ta a ni. Chu pa chuan Nick chu a rawn pan leh a. A tiang chu hruihrual ang maiin boruakah a han vawrh a. Nick chuan hmun a nei lo tluk a ni. Thawm a ti duh lova, tihhlum ai chuan thawm chu a la tha zawk. A shoulder holster atang chuan Luger chu a la chhuak a. Mahse, pawikhawihtu chu a fimkhur a, a rang bawk a, Nick-a’n Luger a hrual lai a hmuh chuan Nick-a kutah chuan nail chu a khalh lut ta a ni. Luger chu leiah a tla thla a. Chu pa chuan nail chu Nick-a kuta a han khalh chuan ralthuam chu a paih ta a. “Hei hi Rojadas-a misual zinga mi a ni lo va, professional killer thiam tak a ni,” tiin Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a. Mahse Nick-a kutah nail a khalh chuan chu pa chu a thlen theihna hmunah a awm ta a ni.
  
  
  
  A ha a hrual a, chu pa chu veilam atang chuan a hmuiah a rawn vawm a. Hei hi Nick-a hun engemaw chen pe turin a tawk. Chu pa chu a keah a inher a, Nick chuan a kut chu a chhuah zalen a, corridor zim takah chuan a dive ta a. Chu pa chuan Luger chu box inkar khawi emaw laiah a kick a. Nick chuan silai tel lo chuan thil dang a tih a ngai tih a hria a, rang takin. Chu pa sang tak chu a tiang thihpui thei tak nen chuan a hlauhawm lutuk a. Nick chu corridor dang ah a lut ta a. A hnungah chuan rubber soles ri nem tak chu a hre ta a. Tlai lutuk chuan corridor chu kawngpui thim tak a ni ta. A hawi let a, a khingpui chuan chhuahna awmchhun a block tih a hmu. Chu pa chuan thu pakhat mah a la sawi lo: professional killer chhinchhiahna.
  
  
  
  Box leh crate-a conical wall-te chu trap ṭha tak a ni a, chu pa leh a ralthuam chu a ṭha ber a ni. Mi thattu chuan a rawn hnaih a. Bastard chu a hmanhmawh lo, a victim chu a tlanchhuak dawn lo tih a hria. Nick chu hun leh hmun pe turin hnunglam a la kal zel a. Vawikhatmah a ding chhuak a, bawm sang tak chungah chuan a rawn chhuk ta a. Rei vak lo chu box chu a sir lamah a balance a, chutah leiah a tla thla ta a. Nick chuan box khuhna chu a phelh a, shield atan a hmang ta a ni. A hmaa khuhna chu chelh chungin a theih ang tawkin hmalam a tlan phei a. Chu pa chuan beidawng takin a tiang chu a khuhna sir lamah a rawn beng a, mahse Nick chuan bulldozer ang maiin a rawn sawp thla ta a ni. A khuhna rit tak chu chu pa chungah chuan a dah thla a. Nick chuan a rawn kai leh a, a hmel thisen chhuak chu a hmu ta a. Chu pa sang tak chu a sir lamah a inher a, a ding leh ta a. Lungpui ang maiin a khauh a. A lung leh a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a khup ah a man a, a hmuiah a rawn deng a. Chu pa chu gurgle chungin leiah a tlu a, Nick chuan a coat pocket chhungah a kut a rawn luh tir chu a hmu a.
  
  
  
  Pistol te tak te, Derringer aia lian lo chu a phawrh chhuak a. Nick ke, chiang taka a tum chuan chu pa chuan a kah lai tak chuan silai chu a rawn deng ta a. Chumi rah chhuah chu kah a ni a, pistol aiin a ri nasa vak lo va, chu pa mit dinglam chungah chuan hliam gaping tak a awm bawk. Damn it, Nick chuan a chibai buk a. Hei hi a tum a ni lo. He mi hian thu hriat tur a pe thei a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa pocket chu a dap a. Cadillac khalhtu ang bawkin a hnenah hian identification document a nei lo. Mahse, tunah chuan thil pakhat a chiang ta. Hei hi tualchhung operation a ni lo. Order hi professional miten an pek a ni. Todd plantation lei nan hian Rojadas tan dollar maktaduai eng emaw zat ruahman a ni. Pawisa chu an lo man a, rang taka hma la turin an nawr a ni. A bulpui ber chu inkara palai Sollimaj-a ngawi renga awm hi a ni. Nick chuan a hre ve tho. powder keg chungah a thu a, khawiah nge a puak dawn tih leh engtikah nge a puak dawn tih pawh a hre lo. Risk ai chuan thah an tumna chu puakruk a lo thleng dawn tih hriattirna chiang tak a ni. Hmeichhia te chu a tih tur a hre lo. Tunah chuan chu pawh chu a pawimawh tawh lo. Sollimage chungchang tlem a zir belh theih nan lead pakhat a mamawh belh leh a ni. Jorge hian a pui thei maithei. Nick chuan engkim hrilh vek a tum ta a.
  
  
  
  Tiang chu a la a, ralthuam chu uluk takin a enfiah a. Thingpui lu a herh chuan nail chu a bo tir thei tih a hmuchhuak ta a ni. Kut siam leh fing taka ngaihtuah chhuah thil chu ngaihsan hmel zet hian a en a. “Chutiang thil lo chhuak tur special effects atan thil pakhat,” a ti a. Hei hi loneitu revolutionary-te’n an ngaihtuah chhuah theih tur thil a ni lo tih chu a chiang. Nick chuan tiang chu Albert Sollimage ruang bulah chuan a thlak a. Tualthahna ralthuam tel lo se chuan a biak in chhunga chu khur zungbun te tak te chu thuruk tak a ni thei ang.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Hugo chu a khuh a, Luger chu a la a, dawr atang chuan a chhuak ta a. Kawngpuiah chuan mi eng emaw zat an awm a, zawi zawiin a car lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A chhuak a, Avenida Presidente Vargas lam a hawi a, Los Reyes lam a pan ta a ni. Vawikhat chu stage-ah chuan full throttle a pe a, tlangram chu a tlan pel ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 6-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick-a Los Reyes a thlen chuan Jorge chu a bo a. Uniform ha officer pakhat, deputy nia lang chuan darkar khat vel hnuah chief chu a lo kir leh dawn tih a hrilh a. Nick chuan pawnah ni lum takah chuan nghah a tum ta a. Khawpui chet dan zawi zawia en rengin, chutiang pace-a awm chu a duh ve bawk. Mahse, hmanhmawhthlakna nasa takin a hual vel khawvel a ni: a rang thei ang bera inthah duhtu, thil tum nei chi hrang hrangte egged on. He khawpui hian hei hi a tuar tawh a ni. Lei hnuaia chakna, huatna thup leh phuba lakna thunun thei, hun remchang tlemte pawha lo chhuak thei a awm a. Hêng mi sual lo, remna nei mite hi mi râpthlâk tak, zahngaihna nei lote’n fimkhur takin an hmang a ni. Khawpui reh tak chuan Nick-a dawhtheihna a tizual chauh a, a tawpah Jorge-a a rawn inlan chuan a lawm hle.
  
  
  
  Office-ah chuan Nick-a chuan amah thah tum mi pathum chungchang a sawi a. A tih zawh chuan dawhkan chungah chuan card dum pathum, red dot awmna chu a dah a. Jorge chuan a ha a ti nghet sauh sauh a. Nick chuan a sawi chhunzawm zel a, engmah a sawi lo. Nick chuan a sawi zawh chuan Jorge chu a swivel chair-ah chuan a innghat a, rei tak leh ngaihtuahna sengin Nick chu a en a.
  
  
  
  “I sawi tam hle mai, Señor Nick,” Jorge chuan a ti a. "Hun rei lo te chhungin thil tam tak i zir chhuak tawh a ni. Thil pakhat bak chu chhanna ka pe thei lo che, chu chu nangmah beitu pathumte kha an ni. Thuthlung in tirh an nih ka ring tlat. An neih thu dik tak chu." card pathum zawng zawng Novo Dia hian awmzia a nei lo tak zet."
  
  
  
  “Chu chu hell of a lot tihna niin ka hria,” Nick chuan a chhang let a.
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, amigo,” Brazilian chuan a ti a. "Novo Dia party member an ni mai thei a, chuti chung pawh chuan Association-in a la a ni. Ka thianpa Rojadas-a chuan a bulah mi tam tak a ko khawm a. An vai hian vantirhkoh an ni vek lo. A tam zawk chuan zirna an nei lo tluk a ni, a chhan chu an zawng zawng deuhthaw hi rethei an ni." A dam chhung zawng zawng deuhthaw hian an ti vek tawh. A tih ang khan lawmman sang tak a tiam a nih chuan, chutiang ti thei tur mipa pathum hmuh chu a harsa lo ang." "Rojadas-a'n Señor Todd-a hnena pawisa a pek kha engtin nge ni ang?" Nick chuan a zawt a, "Khawi atanga a lak nge?"
  
  
  
  “Rojadas hian pawisa a loan a ni mai thei,” Jorge chuan rilru na takin a chhang a. "Hei hi a dik lo em ni? Sum a mamawh a ni. Complex i nei niin ka hria. Thil thleng zawng zawng hi Rojadas nen hian a inzawm vek a ni. Amah hi sawichhiat i duh a, hei hian ka ringhlel hle a ni."
  
  
  
  "Hetah hian tu pawhin complex nei se, comrade, nangmah i ni ka ti ang. Thudik hmachhawn i duh lo. Thil tam tak chu i chinfel thei lo."
  
  
  
  Jorge chu a chair-ah a inher kual a, a thinrim hle tih a hmu a. Thinrim zet hian, “Thil dik tak chu ka hmu a ni,” a ti a. "A pawimawh ber chu Rojadas hi mipui mi a ni tih hi a ni. Mipui tanpui a duh a ni. Engvangin nge chutiang mi chuan Señor Todd-a chu a plantation a tih zawh loh nan a tihtawp duh ang? Tunah chuan chu chu chhang rawh!
  
  
  
  “Chutiang mipa chuan plantation chu a titawp lo vang,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  “A tawpah chuan,” Jorge chuan hnehna changin a au chhuak a. "A chiang zawk thei lo a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  
  “Hetah hian i chiang takin i kal leh ta a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Chutiang mipa chuan a ti lovang ka ti a. Chuti a nih chuan Rojadas hi chutiang mipa a nih loh chuan engtin nge ni ang?"
  
  
  
  Jorge chu a hmaiah vuak ang maiin a hnungtawlh ta a. A hmui chu a furrow a. "Eng nge i sawi tum?" - a rawn ti nghal zat.
  
  
  
  "Roadas hi ram pawna mi pakhat atanga thuneihna nei duhtu extremist a nih chuan engtin nge ni ang?" - Nick chuan Jorge chu thinrim takin a puak thei tih a hriat chuan a zawt a. "Chutiang mi chuan eng nge a mamawh ber? Mi lungawi lo tam tak a nei ngei ang. Beiseina nei lo leh beiseina tha nei lo mipui. A thu awih mi a nei tur a ni. Chutiang chuan a hmang thei ang. Señor Todd-a plantation chuan chu chu a thlak danglam ang. Chutiang chiah chuan." nangmah ngei pawhin mite hlawh tha, hna leh chanvo thar a thlen dawn tih i sawi a.Direct emaw indirect emaw pawhin an nun a tichangtlung dawn a ni.Chutiang mipa chuan a phur thei lo.Anmahni hlawkna tur atan chuan mite chu hnungtawlh, rilru hahdam lo leh pawisa nei lova awm reng tur a ni.Beiseina dawngtute leh beiseina hloh tawhte ang maia awlsam taka thil tihchangtlunna te pawh a ni. Plantation chu a zo tawh dawn a nih pawhin mipui thununna a hloh phah ngei ang."
  
  
  
  “He thu bengchheng tak hi ka ngaithla duh tawh lo,” Jorge chuan a ding chhuak a. "Hetah hian hetiang thu bengchheng tak tak sawi tur hian eng dikna nge i neih? Engvangin nge he mipa, heng mi rethei te tanpui tumtu awmchhun hi blackmail i tum? Mi pathumin an rawn bei che a, Rojadas-a mawhpuh turin thil dik tak i twist a. Engvangin nge? " "
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, "The Covenant hian Señor Todd-a huan hi lei an tum lo a ni," a ti. “In sak a tawp a, Todd a thih avangin an lawm hle tih an pawm a.
  
  
  Tin, thil dang ka hrilh che a ngai bawk. Rojadas chungchang zawhna ka siam a. Portugal-ah chuan tumahin an hre lo."
  
  
  
  “Ka ring lo che,” Jorge chuan a ti let a. "Mi hausa tirhkoh mai i ni. He tualthah thubuai chingfel tur hian i lo kal lo a, Rojadas tihchhiat tumin i lo kal a ni. Chu chu i tih tum chu a ni. America rama mi hausa thau tak tak in ni vek. In thei lo." i chhungte hnen atanga mi thah nia puh i nih avangin ding rawh."
  
  
  
  Brazilian hian a kut hmangin a fidget a. A insum thei lo. A ding nghet a, chhuang tak leh dodal takin a lu a ti sang a.
  
  
  
  Jorge-a chuan, “I chhuak vat ka duh a, he hmun a\ang hian buaina siamtu i nih thu hriatna ka nei tih sawiin ka paih thei che a ni. Brazil chhuahsan ka duh che a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan chhunzawm zel chu awmzia a nei lo tih a hre chiang hle. Jorge Pilatto dinhmun chu amahin a thlak danglam thei chauh a ni. Nick-a chuan Jorge-a common sense leh inchhuanna chu a rinchhan a ngai ta a ni. He inchhuanna hi a tawp ber atan nawr a tum ta a ni. "Okay," Nick chuan kawngka bulah a ding a. “Tunah chuan ka hre ta “He khua hi khawvela police hotupa mitdel awmna khua awmchhun a ni.”
  
  
  
  A chhuak a, Jorge-a a puak chuan Portuguese tawng a thiam vak loh avangin a lawm hle.
  
  
  
  Rio a thlen chuan tlai a ni tawh. Vivian Dennison-i apartment-ah chuan a kal ta a. Nick chuan a kut a hliam chu a ngaihtuah hle a. He hliam hi rinhlelh rual lohvin hri kai a ni. Iodine hmangin a douse a ngai ta a ni. Ka suitcase chhungah hian first aid kit te tak te a awm fo thin.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan thil thleng tur hun chu a hnai tawh hle tih a ngaihtuah reng a. Hei hi thil dik takah ni lovin, instinct-ah a hre zawk a ni. Vivian Dennison chuan a game a khel a, zanin hian a enkawl dawn a ni. Thil pawimawh tak a zir chuan zan a tawp hmain a hre mai thin.
  
  
  
  A pajama ha chungin kawngka chu a hawng a, room chhungah chuan a hruai lut a, a hmui chu a hmuiah a hmet a. Step dang a hnungtawlh leh a, a mit a ti hniam a.
  
  
  
  “Sorry, Nick,” a ti a, “Mahse, nilengin i chanchin ka hriat loh avangin ka buai hle. Ka tih mai a ngai a ni."
  
  
  
  “Min rawn en ve mai mai a ngai a ni, honey,” Nick chuan a ti a. A inngaihtuah chungin a kut enkawl turin a room lam chu a pan ta a. A sawi zawh chuan a hnenah a kir leh ta a. Sofa-ah chuan a lo nghak reng a.
  
  
  
  A ti a. - "In tur min siamsak dawn em ni?" "Bar chu a awm tawh, Nick. I in tur ah tui i dah tam lutuk tih i chiang em?"
  
  
  
  Nick chu bar lam pan chuan a kal phei a, a khuhna chu a han chawi kang a. A khuhna hnunglam chu aluminium a ni a, darthlalang ang mai a ni. Vivian chu a rawn peek chhuak tih a hmu a. Pindan chhungah chuan rim a nam a, Nick chuan a hre ta. Nizan emaw nizan emawa awm lo rim. A rim chu a hria a, mahse a hre nghal thei lo.
  
  
  
  "Manhattan chu engtin nge ni ang?" - vermouth bottle khat chu a kut a phar a.
  
  
  
  Vivian chuan, “A ropui hle mai,” a ti a. "Cocktail tha tak tak i siam tih ka chiang."
  
  
  
  “A chak zual zel a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a, a rim chu hriat chian a la tum reng a. Bawlhhlawh bawm te tak te, rangkachak rawng, pedal neiah chuan a innghat a, chutah chuan bottle cap pakhat a paih lut ta a. Chutih rual chuan a hnuai lamah chuan cigar half-smoked a mu tih a hmu bawk. Dik tak chuan tunah chuan a hre ta. Havana tha tak rim a ni.
  
  
  
  'Vawiin khan enge i tih?' - ngilnei takin a zawt a, in tur chu a hrufai a. "Tlawhtu i nei tawh em?"
  
  
  
  Vivian-i chuan, “Hlawhchhetu tih loh chu tumah an awm lo,” tiin a chhang a. "Zing tam zawk chu phone-ah ka hmang a, vawiin chawhnu khan ka thil neihte ka dahkhawm tan a. Ka chhuak duh lo. Keimah chauha awm ka duh a ni."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan coffee table-ah chuan in tur chu a dah a, a tih tur chu a hre chiang hle. A bumna chu rei tak a daih a ni. Eng thil chiah nge a tih, a la hre lo, mahse first-class whore a la ni tho. A Manhattan chu gulp khatah a zo a, Vivian chu mak ti zetin a hmu ta a. Nick chu a bulah chuan sofa-ah chuan a thu a, a nui suk bawk.
  
  
  
  "Awle, Vivian," hlim hmel zet hian a ti a. - 'Game over a ni. Inpuang.'
  
  
  
  A zak hmel hle a, a hmui a ti hup bawk. A ti a. - 'Engnge?' "Ka hrethiam lo che Nick."
  
  
  
  “Tu pawh aiin i hrethiam zawk,” a nui suk a. A nuihzatthlak tak mai chu a ni a, vanduaithlak takin a hre lo. "Inbiak tan rawh. Khawi atanga tan tur nge i hriat loh chuan vawiin chawhnu khan i tlawhtu kha tu nge a nih min hrilh hmasa phawt ang che."
  
  
  
  “Nick,” ngawi rengin a nui a. 'Ka hrethiam lo tak zet che.Eng thil nge thleng?'
  
  
  
  A kut flat tak chuan a hmaiah nasa takin a rawn vawm a. A Manhattan chu room sir zawng zawngah a thlawk a, a tlak chakna chuan leiah a tla thla ta a ni. A kaitho a, a rawn vuak leh a, tun ṭum chauh hi chutiang chuan a na lo. Sofa-ah chuan a tlu ta a. Tunah chuan a mitmengah chuan hlauhna tak tak a awm ta.
  
  
  
  “Hetiang tih hi ka duh lo,” Nick chuan a ti a. ' Ka tih dan a ni lo, mahse ka nu chuan ka duh loh tur thil tam zawk ka tih tur thu a sawi fo thin. Chuvangin, honey, tunah hian thu sawi tan turin ka rawt a che, chuti lo chuan ka ti harsa ang. Vawiin chawhnu khan hetah hian mi pakhat a awm tih ka hria. Bawlhhlawh bawm chhungah chuan cigar a awm a, in chhung zawng zawng chu cigar meikhu rim a nam vek. Keimah ang bawka pawn lam atanga lo kal i nih chuan hei hi i hre nghal mai ang. He thil hi i chhiar lo a ni lawm ni? Awle, tu nge ni?
  
  
  
  Thinrim zet hian a en a, a lu chu a sir lamah a hawi a. A sam dum tawi tak chu a man a, a rualin a rawn hruai ve bawk. Leia a tlu lai chuan hrehawm ti takin a au chhuak ta a. A sam chu a la chelh reng a, a lu a han chawi a, vau hmel zet hian a kut a phar a. 'Leh! Aw ni lo khawngaihin! - a mitmengah chuan hlauhna nen a dil a.
  
  
  
  "Todd vang chauh hian vawi engemaw zat ka rawn vuak leh che chuan ka lawm hle ang," Nick chuan a ti a. "Mahse, ka mimal rilru put hmang sawi chhuak tur hian ka lo kal lo. Thudik ngaithla turin ka lo kal a ni. Awle, i sawi chhuah a ngai em, a nih loh leh i hmaiah chil i hmu dawn em ni?"
  
  
  
  “Ka hrilh ang che,” a ti a. "Khawngaihin min thlah rawh... Min ti na a!"
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a sam chu a rawn man a, a au leh ta a. Sofa-ah chuan a paih ta a. A thu a, zahna leh huatna inzawmkhawm nen a en a.
  
  
  
  “In tur dang min pe hmasa phawt ang che,” a ti a. "Khawngaihin, kei... ka rilru hahdam deuh a ngai."
  
  
  
  "Awle," a ti a. "Ka reckless lo." Bar lamah chuan a kal a, Manhattan dang a mix tan ta a. In tha tak chuan a lei chu a tizau deuh mai thei. A in tur chu a ti nghing a, bar hnunglam aluminium chhungah chuan a han en a. Vivian Dennison chu sofa-ah a awm tawh lo va, rang takin a lu a rawn lang leh ta a. A ding chhuak a, zawi zawiin a lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A kut pakhatah chuan lehkha hawnna hrual na tak, dâr kutkawr, dragon ang maia siam chu a keng a.
  
  
  
  Nick chu a che lo, mixer atanga Manhattan chu glass chhungah a dah lut mai a. Tunah chuan a bulah a awm tawh dawn a, a kut chu a rawn beng turin a rawn ding chhuak tih a hmu a. Lightning movement nen chuan Manhattan awmna glass chu a kekawr ipte chungah chuan a paih a, a hmaiah chuan a paih lut ta a. A duh loh zawngin a mit a chhing a. Lehkha hawnna pakhat chu a man a, a kut chu a tikehsawm a. Vivian chu a au chhuak a, mahse Nick chuan a kut chu a hnung lamah a rawn vuan a.
  
  
  
  “Tunah chuan i sawi ang, dawthei te tak te,” a ti a. "Todd kha i that em?"
  
  
  
  A tir chuan a ngaihtuah lo a, mahse tunah chuan thah a duh tawh avangin a ti thei khawp mai niin a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  
  “Ni lo,” a thaw halh a. "Ni lo, ka tiam e!"
  
  
  
  "Hei hian eng nge a inzawmna i neih?" - a ti a, a kut chu a tikehsawm lehzual.
  
  
  
  “Khawngaihin,” a ti a, “Khawngaihin titawp rawh, min that a ni... titawp rawh!”
  
  
  
  “La ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Mahse, i thusawi loh chuan ka ti ngei ang. Todd-a thah chungchangah hian eng nge inzawmna i neih?"
  
  
  
  "Ka hrilh a... engtikah nge plantation atanga a lo haw dawn tih ka hrilh a, engtikah nge amah chauh a awm dawn tih ka hrilh bawk."
  
  
  
  "Todd i phatsan a ni," Nick chuan a ti a. “I pasal ngei kha i phatsan a ni,” tiin sofa sir lamah chuan a vawm a, a sam chu a vuan a. A vuak loh nan a insum a ngai ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "An that dawn tih ka hre lo," a thaw halh a. "Min rin a ngai a ni, ka hre lo. Kei... Amah tih hlauhawm mai mai an duh niin ka hria."
  
  
  
  “Nick Carter ka ni tih min hrilh pawhin ka ring lo ang che,” a ti a. - 'Tunge an nih?'
  
  
  
  “Chutiang chu ka hrilh thei lo che,” a ti a. "Min that ang."
  
  
  
  A rawn vuak leh a, ha ri ri chu a hre ta. "Vawiin chawhnu khan tu nge lo awm?"
  
  
  
  ‘Mi thar. “Ka sawi thei lo,” a ti a. "Min that ang. Anmahni pawhin chutiang chuan min hrilh a ni."
  
  
  
  “I sumdawnna a chhe hle mai,” Nick chuan a rawn ti nghal zat a. "A chhan chu min hrilh loh chuan ka that dawn che a ni."
  
  
  
  "Hetiang hi i ti lo vang," a hlauhthawn thup thei tawh lo hmel zet hian a ti a. “I ti lo vang,” a ti leh a, “mahse an ti ang.”
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a thaw hnuaiah chuan chibai a buk a. A sawi dik tih a hria. A that lo ang, thil awmdan pangngaiah pawh ni lovin. Pajama chu a man a, rag doll ang maiin a ti nghing a.
  
  
  
  “Ka that lo mai thei che, mahse min dil tir ang che,” a ti a. "Engvangin nge vawiin chawhnu khan hetah hian an rawn kal? Engvangin nge hetah hian an awm?"
  
  
  
  “Pawisa an duh a ni,” a ti a, a rilru a buai hle.
  
  
  
  "Eng pawisa nge?" A kawrfual chu a ti nghet sauh sauh a, a zawt a.
  
  
  
  “Todd-a’n kum khatna atana plantation enkawlna atana a dah pawisa chu,” tiin a au chhuak a. "Nang... min ti suh."
  
  
  
  'Khawiah nge an awm?'
  
  
  
  "Ka hre lo," a ti a. "Operating expense fund a ni. Todd chuan kum khatna tawp lamah chuan plantation hi hlawkna a awm dawn niin a ngai a ni."
  
  
  
  'Tunge an nih?' - a zawt leh a, mahse a remti lo. A rilru a na ta hle mai.
  
  
  
  "Ka hrilh lo ang che," a ti a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a tum leh a. - “Vawiin chawhnu khan eng nge i hrilh?” "Engmah nen an chhuak lo mai thei."
  
  
  
  A mitmeng chu a danglam deuh tih a hmu a, dawt a sawi leh dawn tih a hre nghal a. A ding reng theih nan a rawn hruai chho a. “Dawt vawi khat dang sawi leh la, ka that lo ang che, mahse that turin min ngen dawn che a ni,” tiin rilru na takin a ti a. "Vawiin chawhnu khan enge i hrilh?"
  
  
  
  "Pawisa awmna hmun hretu, hretu awmchhun ka hrilh a: Maria."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Vivian-i kawr vel chu a kut zungtang chu a ti nghet hle tih a hria a, a mitmeng hlauhna hmel chu a hmu leh ta a.
  
  
  
  “Ka that tur che tak tak a ni,” a ti a. “Mahse, i tan ruahmanna dang, tha zawk ka nei a. Nang pawh ka rualin lo kal ve rawh.A hmasain Maria chu kan hruai ang a, chutah chuan police hotu pakhat hnenah kan kal ang a, ani hnenah chuan ka hlan ang che.
  
  
  
  Corridor chhungah chuan a nawr lut a, a kut chu a vuan a. “Ka thlak ang,” tiin a dodal a.
  
  
  
  “Hun a awm lo,” tiin a chhang a. Nick chuan corridor chhungah chuan a nawr chhuak ta a. "Khawi hmunah pawh kal la, kawr thar leh broom thar pek i ni ang."
  
  
  
  Maria Hawes-i chu a ngaihtuah a. He fake selfish witch hian a betray ve bawk. Mahse Maria chu an that dawn lo, a tlem berah chuan an la that lo. A tlem berah chuan tunah chuan a hmui a hup tlat mai. Mahse, a hnena kal a, himna hmuna hruai chu a duh a ni. Sum transfer intercepted chu a pawimawh hle. Hei hian thil dang atana ruahman a ni tihna a ni. Hetah hian Vivian-i chu a apartment-ah dahin a thusawi tir a tha zawk ang em tih a ngaihtuah a. Chutiang ngaihtuahna tha chu a ti lova, mahse a tul chuan a ti thei tho. Ni lo, a ti ta a, a hmasa berin Maria Howes. Vivian chuan Maria awmna chu a hrilh a. Motor-a kal chuan minute sawm vel a ni. Lobby chhunga revolving door an thlen chuan Nick chuan a thutna ang chiah chu a luah ta a. A tlanchhuah tir lovang. Revolving door atang chuan an kal ve chauh a, silai a ri ta hlawm a. Rang takin leiah a tlu a, Vivian chu a hruai ve ta a. Mahse a thihna chu lightning fast a ni. Silai ri chuan a taksa a rawn beng tih a hre ta a.
  
  
  
  Nula chu hmalam pan chuan a tlu a. Luger chu a kutah kengin a rawn hawi let leh a. A thi tawh a, silaimu pathum chuan a rilruah a kap a ni. Engmah a hmu dawn lo tih hria mahse engtin pawhin a en a. Mi thattute chu an bo tawh. An lo nghak reng a, hun remchang hmasa berah an that ta a ni. Tunah chuan midang an rawn tlan phei ta a. Nick chuan lo thleng hmasa ber hnenah chuan, “A bulah awm rawh,” a ti a. "Doctor hnenah ka kal dawn."
  
  
  
  Corner chu a tlan kual a, a car chhungah chuan a zuang lut ta a. Tuna a mamawh loh chu Rio police te kha a ni. Vivian-i thusawi a neih tir loh avangin a â niin a inhria. A hriat zawng zawng chu thlan thlengin a kal dun vek a.
  
  
  
  Khawpui chhungah chuan chakna hlauhawm takin a tlan kual a. Maria Howes-i chenna in chu in te tak te, sawifiah theih loh a lo ni ta a ni. In 2A-ah a khawsa a.
  
  
  
  Bell a ri a, stairs-ah chuan a tlan chho ta a. Apartment kawngkhar chu a inhawng deuh a. Vawilehkhatah rinhlelhna thuk tak a nei a, chu chu kawngka a han nawr chuan a nemnghet ta a ni. Hetah hian a awm tawh loh avangin a au a ngai tawh lo. Apartment chu a buai hle a: drawer a inthlak a, chair leh table a inher a, cabinet a inher bawk. An kutah an lo chelh tawh a. Mahse a hmaa buaina a hmuh chuan thil pakhat a hrilh a: Mari chuan a la tawng lo. An tih chuan a room chu inch khat hnu inch khatin an dap a ngai lovang. Awle, an sawi tir ang, a chiang hle. Mahse a hmui a hup reng chhung chuan a him a ni. A chhuahna tur hun a la awm mai thei, a awmna hmun a hriat chuan.
  
  
  
  Midangte hriat loh tur thil chipchiar tenau zawng tura trained a mitmeng chu a vakvai a. Kawngkhar bulah chuan thil a awm a, hallway-a carpet chungah chuan a awm a. Thick redish mud a ni. A then a la a, a kut zungtang inkarah chuan a rawn roll a. Leilung khauh tha tak a ni a, tlangah pawh a lo hmu tawh bawk. A rawn kentu pheikhawk emaw boot emaw chu tlang atanga lo chhuak nghal a ni. Mahse khawiah nge? Thuthlung lo ropui ber zinga mi a ni mai thei em? A nih loh leh tlangram Rojadas-a headquarters-ah pawh. Nick chuan Rojadas chu hruai a tum ta a.
  
  
  
  Stairs atang chuan a tlan thla a, a rang thei ang berin stage lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Jorge chuan mission hlui chu tlangah, Barra do Piraí bulah neih a nih thu a hrilh a.
  
  
  
  Vivian chu Jorge hnenah hruai a duh a, a rilru hneh turin a duh a, mahse tunah chuan a hma ang bawkin evidence a nei tlem hle. Urde kawngpui dunga a tlan lai chuan Nick chuan thil dik zawng zawng chu a dah khawm vek a. Thutlukna dik a siam a nih chuan Rojadas hian boss lian engemawzat tan hna a thawk tawh a ni. Scoundrel anarchist a hmang a, mahse professional engemawzat a nei bawk a, rinhlelh rual lohvin chutiang bawk chu a sum enkawltu an ni bawk. Boss lian tak takte chuan Todd-a plantation sak hna tihtawp mai ai chuan thil dang tam tak an duh tih a chiang hle. Tin, Thuthlung chu side effect tibuaitu mai mai a ni lo. Tum khata an inzawmkhawm a nih loh chuan. Hei hi a hma pawhin a lo thleng tawh a, hmun tinah leh a lo thleng fo tawh bawk. A theih a, mahse Nick tan chuan a rin loh hmel hle. Rojadas leh Covenant te hian thawhhona tha tak nei ta se, Covenant chan tur chu pawisa a ni ngei ang. Member-te chuan Todd-a hnen aṭangin mimal emaw, pawl emaw pawhin bid pawisa an dawng thei a ni. Mahse, an ti lo. Pawisa chu ram pawn atanga lo kal a ni a, Nick chuan khawi atanga lo chhuak nge tih chu a ngaihtuah leh ta a. Engkim a hre thuai dawn tih hriatna a nei a.
  
  
  
  Los Reyes panna chhuahna chu kan hnungah a awm tawh a. Engvangin nge Jorge hian a huat em em a ngaih? Turn chu chhinchhiahna nen a rawn hnaih a. Arrow pakhat chuan veilam a kawk a, pakhat zawk chuan dinglam a kawhhmuh bawk. Chu chhinchhiahnaah chuan: "Barra do Manca - veilam" leh "Barra do Pirai - dinglamah" tih a inziak a ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chu dinglamah a hawi a, rei vak lo hnuah hmar lam hawia dam chu a hmu ta a. Kawng lakah chuan in pawl khat a thleng a. In pakhat tih loh chu in zawng zawng chu a thim vek a. Thing lem bawlhhlawh tak, "Bar" tih ziak a hmu a. A ding a, a lut ta a. Plastered wall leh round table engemaw zat chuan bar hi a siam a ni. Tap hnung lama ding pa chuan chibai a buk a. Bar chu lung atanga siam a ni a, a primitive hmel hle.
  
  
  
  “Min hrilh teh,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Onde fica a mission velho?"
  
  
  
  Chu pa chu a nui suk a. “Mission hlui,” a ti a. - Rojadas hmunpuiah a awm em? Tlâng kawngpui hlui hmasa ber zawhin veilamah tlan rawh. Kal nghal rawh. A chung i thlen chuan a sir lehlamah mission post hlui i hmu ang."
  
  
  
  “Muito obrigado,” Nick chuan a tlan chhuah rual chuan a ti a. A awlsam lam chu a tawp tawh, a hre chiang hle. Tlâng kawng hlui tak a hmu a, motor chu kawng sâng tak leh zim tak takah a khalh a. A dawtah chuan clearing a awm a, chutah chuan a car chu dah a tum ta a ni. A kal chhunzawm zel a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 7-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Mipa lian tak, kawr dum leh kawr dum ha chuan a hmai atanga thawmhnaw luang chhuak chu a hrufai a, meikhu chhum chu pindan reh takah chuan a rawn vawrh lut ta a. Hlauthawng zet hian a kut veilam chuan dawhkanah chuan a drum a. Havana cigar rim chuan office leh chenna hmun pahnih, pindan tlemte chu a rawn luah khat ta vek a. Chu pa chuan a ke ruh chak tak chu a ti tension a, thawk a la nghal zat bawk. Mut a,...naktuk atan a inbuatsaih tak tak tur a ni tih a hria. A tih tum reng reng chu zan mut hahdam mai mai a ni. A la muhil thei lo tih a hria. Naktuk hi ni ropui tak a ni ang. Naktuk aṭangin Rojadas hming hi history bu-ah Lenin, Mao leh Castro-te nen ziah a ni tawh dawn a ni. A nerve vangin a la muhil thei lo. Inrintawkna leh phurna ai chuan ni hnuhnung berah chuan lungkhamna leh hlauhna tlemte pawh a nei tawh. A tam zawk chu a bo tawh a, mahse a ngaihtuah aiin a rei zawk. Harsatna leh harsatnate chu a hriatrengnaah a la thar lutuk. Harsatna thenkhat phei chu chinfel kim a la ni lo.
  
  
  
  Tun hnai kar chhunga thinrimna chu a la awm reng mai thei. Mi fimkhur tak, fimkhur taka hna thawk leh fimkhurna tul zawng zawng tihfel thin mi a ni. Tih a ngai chauh a ni. A chhe ber a ni. a ruahmannaah inthlak danglamna rang tak leh tul tak a siam a ngai a nih chuan. Chuvang chuan ni engemaw zat kalta atang khan a mood leh nerve tha lo tak a nei a ni. Ke pen sei tak tak, rit tak tak chungin pindan chhungah chuan a kal kual a. A chang chuan a cigar chu in turin a ding a. Thil thleng chu a ngaihtuah a, a thinrimna chu a lum leh ta niin a hria. Engvangin nge nun hi chutiang taka damn unpredictable a nih a ngai? A bul tanna chu Americano hmasa ber atang khan a ni a, chu Dennison chu a plantation ro tawh tak atang khan a ni. Chumi hma chuan Americano hian a ruahmanna "ropui tak tak" a rawn chhuah hma chuan tlanga mipuite chu a thunun fo thin. A tibuai thei a, a tichhia thei bawk. Tin, chutah chuan rang takin, zan khat chhungin boruak zawng zawng chu a danglam ta vek a. Jorge Pilatto, naive madman pawhin Dennison leh a ruahmannate chu a thlawp tlat a ni. A pawimawh tihna a ni lo. Mite chu buaina lian tak an ni.
  
  
  
  A tirah chuan plantation sak chu tihkhawtlai a tum a, Americano chuan a ruahmanna chu a bansan ta a ni. Mahse, a bânsan duh lo va, plantation-ah chuan a lo kal nasa ta hle mai. Chutih rual chuan miten hmalam hun tha zawk leh hmalam hun tha zawk beiseina an hmu tam ta hle a ni. Plantation sak zawh loh main building hmaah zanah an tawngtai lai a hmu a. Chu ngaihtuahna chu a duh lo hle a, mahse a chet a ngai tih a hria. Mipui hian he thil hi ngaihdan dik lo an nei a, an tihbuai leh a ngai ta a ni. A vanneihthlak takin ruahmanna a ṭhen hnihna chu a ṭha zawkin a insiam a ni. A sipai training tha tak takte chu an inpeih tawh a. Plan hmasa ber atan chuan ralthuam tam tak a awm a, reserve army pawh a awm bawk. Plantation an siam zawh dawn chuan Rojadas chuan a ruahmanna chu rang zawka hlen chhuah a tum chauh a ngai a ni.
  
  
  
  A hmasa ber chu Americano lak theihna tur kawng dang zawn a ni. Rio-ah Dennison-a te chhungkua tan maid hna a hmu a. Maid tak tak chu bo tir a, chutah chuan pakhat dang dah chu thil awlsam tak a ni. Hmeichhe naupangin thu a thlen chuan Rojadas-a vanneihna a thlen a, hlu tak a ni ta a ni. Senora Dennison pawhin a duh ang bawkin plantation tihtawp chu a ngaihven hle. Hei hi a chhan a nei a ni. An inkhawm a, thil engemaw an buatsaih a. "Chutiang hmeichhe mahni inrintawkna nei, duhâm, thil hmuhnawm tak, mi â tak tak zinga mi a ni. A hmang duh hle a ni. " Rojadas chuan a nui suk a. A zawng zawng chu a awlsam em em niin a lang.
  
  
  
  Todd-a thah a nih khan chu chu a tawpna tur a ni ang tih a ngaihtuah a, a schedule chu a siam leh ta a ni. Rei vak lovah Americano pahnihna chu a rawn lang ta a. Chumi hnua headquarters atanga direct-a thuchah a dawn chu a hlauhawm hle a, a ngaihnawm hle bawk. A fimkhur hle a ngai a, a strike nghal a ngai bawk. He mipa, Nick Carter pakhat awmna hian buaina a siam nasa hle. A tirah chuan headquarters-ah nasa takin an sawi uar hle niin a ngai a. An sawi dan chuan spionage specialist a ni. Khawvela tha ber ber pawh. Amah nen chuan an risk thei lo. Rojadas chuan a hmui a rawn purse a. Staff te pawh an ngaihtuah lutuk lo. A hmui atanga thawmhnaw chhuak chu a hrufai a. Special agent an tir lo a nih chuan Nick Carter hi buaina nasa zawkah a hruai lut thei a ni. A hun taka Sollymage an thlen chuan a lawm hle.
  
  
  
  Plan chu tihtawp a tlai tawh tih a hria a, mahse damn chance, thil tenawm tak tak kal sual zawng zawng. He Dennison nen hian final settlement hi a tikhawtlai a nih chuan thil a awlsam zawk mai thei. Mahse engtin nge N3 chu Rio-ah a kal dawn tih leh Dennison nen an inhmelhriat tih a hriat theih ang? Ah, thil âwm lo tak a ni fo! Tin, chutah chuan chu rangkachak lawng chu America rama an lo man ta chu. Nick Carter pawhin a hre chiang hle. Guided missile ang mai a ni a, chutiang bawk chuan nghing thei lo leh khawngaihna nei lo a ni. He thil hi a paih chhuak thei a nih chuan a lawmawm hle ang.
  
  
  
  Tin, chutah chuan he hmeichhia hi. A kuah a, mahse a rilru a na hle. A puang chhuak vek thei lo tihna ni lovin, thil danglam tak a ni. Ui bulah chuan a paih duh lo. A hmeltha lutuk. A nupuiah a siam thei a, a hmui rit tak leh thau tak chu a chil chhak tawh bawk. A tawpah chuan extremist pawl tenau tak hruaitu thlalak (shadowy leader) a ni tawh dawn lo va, khawvel huapa mi tha tak a ni tawh dawn a ni. Amah ang hmeichhia chu a inhmeh hle ang. Rojadas chuan cigar chu a paih a, nightstand chunga glass atang chuan tui rei tak a in a. Hmeichhe tam zawk chuan an tana tha ber tur chu an hmu nghal vat thin. Amah chauhvin a hnenah kal a, ṭhian ṭha tak, muangchang taka inbiakna nei ta se, rah chhuah engemaw zat a nei ngei ang.
  
  
  
  A hnuaia cell tenau ber pakhatah darkar li chuang zet a awm a. Hei hian ngaihtuahna hun a pe a ni. A darthlalang chu a en a. Zan khat mut a ngai dawn a, mahse a tum thei reng a ni. Pawisa awmna hmun hrilh tir thei se chuan thil a tha zawk hle ang. Amah nena sumdawnna neih a duh tihna a ni bawk. A chhungril lam chu phur takin a nghing niin a hria. Mahse, a fimkhur a ngai a ni. A kut chu amah chauhva vawn reng pawh a harsat phah dawn a ni. Fawh leh fawh a duh a, mahse tunah chuan chutiang tur chuan hun a nei tawh lo.
  
  
  
  Rojadas chuan a sam sei tak leh thau tak chu a brush leh a, kawngkhar chu a hawng ta a. Lung step atang chuan rang takin a chhuk a, chutiang mi rit tak atanga beisei aia chak zawkin a chhuk a. Tûn hmaa monk hlui crypt ni ṭhin pindan te tak te kawngka chu a khar a. Kawngkhar hawnna te tak te atang chuan Maria chu kil khata thu chu a hmu ta a. Bolt chu a khar a, a ding chhuak ta a, a mit a meng a. A crotch chu a hmu thei mai mai. A bula plate-ah chuan khawih loh empada, sa pie chu a mu a. A lut a, kawngkhar chu a khar a, nula chu a nui suk a.
  
  
  
  “Mary, dear,” zawi sap hian a ti a, aw ngilnei tak, ngilnei tak a nei a, a muang hle chung pawhin a la rintlak hle a ni. Hei hi tih dan tur a ni lo."
  
  
  
  A thaw halh a, lungngai takin a lu a thing a. “Kan inbiak a ngai a ni, nang leh kei,” a ti a. "Hmeichhia i fing lutuk a, ngaihtuahna fim lo tak i ni. Ka hnathawhnaah hian min puitu lian tak i ni ang, Maria. Khawvel hi i ke bulah a awm thei, naute. Ngaihtuah teh, hmeichhe naupang zawng zawngin an ensan tur hmalam hun i nei thei ang." Ka thawhpui loh chhan tur a awm lo "Heng American-te hi engmah bat i nei lo. Ti na che ka duh lo, Maria. Chumi atan chuan i hmeltha lutuk. He hmunah hian ka rawn hruai che a, i rilru hneh turin, ka hmuhtir che a ni." dik tak chu."
  
  
  
  Rojadas chuan a ei a, hmeichhe naupang hnute zungbun, a khat chu a en a.
  
  
  
  "I mite lakah i rinawm tur a ni," a ti a. A mitmeng chuan a hmui sen satin chu a en a. "Kan do tur ni lovin kan tan i ni tur a ni, duhtak."
  
  
  
  A ke sei tak sei tak chu a en a. "I hmalam hun ngaihtuah rawh. Hun kal tawh kha theihnghilh rawh. I damna tur hi ka ngaihven em em a ni, Maria."
  
  
  
  Hlauthawng zet hian a kut chu a fiddle a. A hnute chu cup a duh tak zet a, a taksa chu a hnute nen a inhmachhawn a, mahse chu chuan engkim a tichhe vek ang. Hei hi fing takin a buaipui a ngai a ni. A man a ni. A insum a, muangchangin, duhawm tak leh pa ang maiin a tawng a. “Eng emaw sawi rawh, honey,” a ti a, “I hlauh a ngai lo.”
  
  
  
  Maria chuan, “Thla lamah kal rawh,” tiin a chhang a. Rojadas chuan a hmui a seh a, insum a tum a, mahse a thei lo.
  
  
  
  A puak darh ta a. - "Eng nge i tihsual?" ‘Mi â takin awm suh! Joan of Arc, nangmah hi engtin nge i ngaih? Martar khelh tur chuan i lian tawk lo, i pawimawh tawk lo bawk."
  
  
  
  Thinrim zeta a en reng tih a hmu a, a thusawi ri nasa tak chu a titawp ta a. A nui leh a.
  
  
  
  “Kan pahnih hian kan chau tawh khawp mai, honey,” a ti a, “I tan a tha ber chauh ka duh a ni. Mahse, yeah, naktuk hian kan sawi dawn a ni. Zan khat dang han ngaihtuah leh teh. Rojadas hian a hrethiam a, a ngaidam tih i hmu ang, Maria.
  
  
  
  Cell chu a chhuahsan a, kawngkhar chu a bolt a, a room lam chu a pan ta a. Sakei ang maiin a lang a, a hun a khawhral mai mai a ni. Mahse a kal tha lo a nih chuan a chhe hle. Hmeichhe thenkhat chu an hlauhthawn lai chauhvin an hlut a ni. A tan chuan a tuk zingah a rawn lang tur a ni. Vanneihthlak takin he American agent hi a chhuahsan ta a ni. Chu chu lu na vawi khat tal a tlem zawk a ni. A thawmhnaw a phelh a, a muhil nghal a. Mumang tha chu chhia leh tha hriatna thianghlim nei te tan a lo thleng thuai fo thin... leh chhia leh tha hriatna nei lo tak tak te tan pawh.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 8-na a ni
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chu thlalak chu ledge-ah chuan a rawn tlan phei a, thla êngah chiang taka hmuh theih, lower plateau dinhmun chu a survey a. Mission post hi hmun zau takah sak a ni a, huanin a hual vel a ni. Building lian tak leh outbuilding pahnih awmin, chu chuan kraws ang maia insiam a siam a ni. Building te hi open corridor hmanga inzawmkhawm a ni. Pawn lam bang leh corridor-a kerosene lamp alh lai chuan hun laihawl boruak a lal ta a ni. Nick hian structure hmuhnawm tak a hmuh a beisei deuh ber. Thim zingah phei chuan main building chu an enkawl tha hle tih a hmu thei a. Building lian ber leh outbuilding inzawmna hmunah chuan tower sang deuh, darkar lian tak nei a awm a. Outbuilding pawh a tam lo hle. An pahnih hian an dinhmun a chhe hle. Veilam a building chu shell hrui hring ang mai a ni a, window-ah chuan glass a awm lo. Inchung chu a then a chim tawh a, leiah pawh bawlhhlawh a khat tawh bawk.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan engkim a check leh a. Kerosene light nem tak tih loh chu mission chu a thim tawh ang maiin a lang. Vengtu leh patrol pawh an awm lo: in chu a thim vek ang maiin a lang. Rojadas hian hetah hian him takin a inhria a, Nick chuan a ngaihtuah a, a nih loh leh Maria Howes chu hmun dangah a awm a ni. Jorge-a chu a dik vek tih leh engkim hi accident-a thleng vek a nih theihna chance a awm fo. Rojadas hi a tlanchhuak tawh mai thei em? A nih loh chuan engvangin nge sentries a neih loh? Hmeichhe naupang tan a lo kal dawn tih chu a chiang hle. Chhanna hmuh theihna kawng khat chauh a awm avangin underbrush leh thing sang tak tak kal tlangin mission lam pan chuan a kal ta a ni. A hmaa hmun chu a khar lutuk a, dinglam chu a hawi ta a.
  
  
  
  Main building hnung lamah chuan a hlat zawng chu metre 15-20 aia tam a ni lo. Chutah chuan a thlen chuan school bus pathum, hmel mak deuh mai chu a hmu a. A darthlalang chu a en a. Zanin chu hun a la tam hle a, mahse a luh duh chuan tunah, thimah khuh a nih a ngai tih a hre chiang hle. Ramngaw kamah chuan a ding a, a hawi kual leh a, main building hnung lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. A hawi kual leh a, a chhungah chuan a tlan lut ta a. Building chu a thim hle a, mahse kerosene lamp eng atang chuan chapel hluiah a awm tih a hmu thei a. He pindan lam pan chuan corridor pali a awm a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan nuih ri a hre ta a, mipa leh hmeichhia nuihzatthlak tak chu a hre ta a. Hallway dang enchhin a tum a, phone ri a hriat chuan a chhungah a tlan lut mai a. Chhawng khata sang zawkah a kal a, corridor tawp lama lung staircase pakhatin a thleng a. Mi pakhatin phone a chhang a, aw muang tak a hre ta. A ding nghal a, rei vak lo chu ngawi rengin a awm ta. Chutah chuan hremhmun thawm a rawn ri ta a. A hmasa berin siren ri a awm a, chumi hnuah chuan au thawm tawi te te, chibai bukna te leh ke pen ri te a awm a. Siren thawm ri ri chu a chhunzawm zel a, Nick chuan chapel-ah chuan inhumhim a tum ta a.
  
  
  
  Bang chung lamah chuan tukverh te tak te a awm a, a hnuaiah chuan sofa a awm a. Nick chu a chungah a ding a, tukverh atang chuan a han hawi chhuak a. Tunah chuan courtyard-ah chuan mi sawmthum vel an awm tawh a, a tam zawk chuan shorts tih loh chu engmah an ha lo. Siren chuan an mut a titawp niin a lang, a chhan chu hmeichhe sawmhnih vel zet chu an hnute lang chhuak emaw, tank top te tak te ha chunga kal kual vel pawh a hmu bawk. Nick chuan chu pa chu a rawn chhuak a, thupek a la tih a hmu a. Pa lian tak, insiam nghet tak, sam dum, hmui sei tak lu lian tak leh aw muang leh fiah tak a ni.
  
  
  
  "Ngaihven!" - a ti a. 'Hmanhmawh rawh! Ramngaw chhungah chuan circle siam la, man rawh. Hetah hian a rawn lut ru a nih chuan kan man mai ang."
  
  
  
  Midangte an zawn lai chuan pa lian tak chu a hawi let a, hmeichhia chu a ruala rawn lut turin thu a pe a. A tam zawk chuan an kekawr ipteah rifles emaw pistol emaw leh bandoliers emaw an keng a. Nick chu khumah a rawn let leh a. An zawng a ni tih a chiang hle.
  
  
  
  Hriat loh leh beisei loh hmel takin a rawn tlan lut a, phone call hnuah hremhmun zawng zawng chu a lo chhuak ta vek a ni. Chu phone call chu a trigger a ni a, mahse tuin nge call a, tu nge a lo nghak? Nick chuan ngawi rengin hming chu a rawn ti sap a...Jorge. Jorge a nih a ngai a ni. Police hotupa chuan Nick-a chu ram a chhuahsan lo tih a hriat chuan Rojadas chu a ngaihtuah nghal a, rang takin alarm a tichhuak ta a ni. Beidawnna thlipuiin a rawn luang lut tih a hria. Jorge hian Rojadas nen hian inzawmna a nei em, a nih loh leh hei hi a lam atanga thil âwm lo dang mai mai a ni em? Mahse tunah chuan ngaihtuah hun a nei tawh lo. A inthup a ngai a, rang takin. Pawn lama mite chu an rawn hnaih tawh a, an in koh ri pawh a hre thei. A dinglamah chuan lung staircase dang, L ang maia balcony panna tur a awm bawk. “A hma chuan hetah hian zaipawl an awm ngei ang,” tiin a ngaihtuah a. Fimkhur takin balcony chu a pel a, corridor chhungah chuan a lut ta a. Corridor tawp lamah chuan kawngkhar inhawng deuh a hmu a.
  
  
  
  ROJADAS-PRIVATO - chu chu kawngkaa chhinchhiahna awm chu a ni. Pindan lian tak a ni. Bang pakhatah khum a awm a, side room te tak te, toilet awmna a awm bawk. leh sink a awm bawk. Bang lehlamah chuan oak thing lian tak mai, magazine leh Rio de Janeiro map-a khuh chu a ding a. Mahse a ngaihven ber chu Fidel Castro leh Che Guevara te poster, dawhkan chunga innghat kha a ni. Nick ngaihtuahna chu stairs hnuai lama a ke pen thenkhat chuan a titawp ta a. Building lamah chuan an kir leh ta a.
  
  
  
  “Room tin zawng rawh,” a ti ngawi reng a. 'Hmanhmawh!'
  
  
  
  Nick chu kawngka lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, hall chhung chu a han en a. Hall sir lehlamah chuan lung spiral staircase a awm a. A theih ang tawkin a lam pan chuan a tlan phei a. A chhoh poh leh stairs chu a zim zual sauh sauh a. Tunah chuan khawiah nge a sang tih chu a hre chiang tawh mai... darkar tower! Thil a reh hma loh chuan chutah chuan a inthup thei a, chutah chuan Maria chu a zawng thei ta a ni. Thil pakhat chiang takin a hria: puithiam \hate chu dar ri turin an kal lo vang. Vawilehkhatah pawnah a rawn chhuak leh a, bell rit tak takte outline chu a hmu ta a. Stairs atang chuan bell tower thing platform te tak te pakhat lam chu a pan a. Nick chuan a hniam reng chuan platform atang chuan yard pumpui chu a lang vek ang tih a ngaihtuah a. Ngaihtuahna a nei a. Carbine engemaw zat a khawlkhawm thei a nih chuan he hmun atang hian yard chhunga thil awm zawng zawng chu a rawn deng vek ang. Mipui zahawm tak tak chu a tikhawlo thei dawn a ni. Ngaihtuahna tha lo tak a ni lo.
  
  
  
  Engkim a en chian theih nan a inbeng kang a, a thleng ta a ni. A hmasa berin thing ro hrual hrual na tak a hre ta a. Bell tower shaft dum chhungah chuan lu nghatin a tlu lut tih a hria. Mahni chhanchhuah tumin automatic instinct neiin, beidawng takin chelh tur thil a zawng ta a. A kut chuan bell hrui chu a rawn man niin a hria. Rope hlui hrual hrual chuan a kut chu a ti chaf a, mahse a chelh tlat thung. Chutah chuan ri na tak a rawn ri ta nghal a. Damn it, a chibai buk a, tunah chuan hetah hian a awm tih puan chhuah hun a ni lo, literal leh figurative takin.
  
  
  
  Aw ri leh ke pen hnaih ri chu a hre ta a, rei lo te chhungin kut tam tak chuan hrui atang chuan an chawi chhuak ta a. Stairs zim lutuk chuan pakhat hnu pakhatin an kal a ngai ta a, mahse Nick chu ngun takin a lo en reng a. "Kan hnungah ngawi rengin kal rawh," mi hmasa ber chuan a rifle chu Nick-a pum lam hawiin a kaihruai a. Nick chuan a kekawr ipte chu a han en a, paruk vel an awm niin a chhut. Mi hmasa ber carbine chu veilamah tlem a inher lai chu a hmu a, rei vak lo a hnungtawlh a. Nick chuan rang takin rifle chu bang ah a hmet a. Chutih lai tak chuan chu pa pum chu a chakna zawng zawngin a vawm a. Hnunglam hawiin a tlu a, a dang pahnih chungah chuan a tla thla ta a. Nick-a ke chu kut pahnih chuan a rawn man a, a nawr sawt a, mahse a rawn man leh ta a. Rang takin Wilhelmina chu a man a, Luger hnute chuan chu pa lu chu a rawn vawm ta a. Nick chuan a bei chhunzawm zel a, mahse hmasawnna a nei tawh lo. Mak tihna element chu a bo ta.
  
  
  
  Vawilehkhatah a ke chu a hnunglam atangin an rawn man leh a, hmalam pan chuan a tlu ta a. Mi engemaw zatin a chungah an zuang nghal a, Luger chu an la ta a ni. Corridor chu a zim em avangin a hawi let thei lo. Stairs atang chuan an hruai thla a, an kai chho a, carbine chu a hmai hmaah chiah an chelh a.
  
  
  
  "One move leh i thi tawh Americano," chu pa chuan a ti a. Nick chu a ngawi reng a, ralthuam dang an zawng tan ta a.
  
  
  
  “Engmah aia tam lo,” mi pakhatin a sawi chu a hre ta a, mi dang pakhat chuan Nick-a chu a carbine chu a tap a, hmalam pan turin signal a pe bawk. Nick chu a nui suk a. Hugo chu a kawrfual chhungah chuan nuam takin a thu ta a.
  
  
  
  Office chhungah chuan pot-bellied pa pakhat, a kawngah bandolier vuah a lo nghak a. Hei hi Nick-a’n commander anga a hmuh chu a ni. A hmel thau takah chuan nuihzatthlak tak a rawn lang ta.
  
  
  
  “Chuvangin, Señor Carter,” a ti a, “A tawpah chuan kan inhmu ta a ni. Hetiang taka hmuhnawm taka i inpuan ka beisei lo.
  
  
  
  “Buss lian tak nen lo kal hi ka duh ber a ni,” Nick chuan sual nei lo zet hian a ti a. “Ka tih dan mai mai a ni. Chubakah, ka lo kal tura i beisei kha thil bengchheng tak a ni.Ka rawn call hma loh chuan ka lo kal dawn tih i hre lo.
  
  
  
  “A dik alawm,” Rojadas chuan a nui leh a. “Hmeithai Dennison nen khan thah in ni tih min hrilh a, Awle, i hmu em, hmangaihtu pawl khat chauh ka nei a.
  
  
  
  "A dik alawm," Nick chuan a ti a, a kut ah Hugo chu a rawn keng a. Chuvang chuan a him vek lo. Vivian Dennison-i apartment pawna bandit-te chuan an pahnih chu an tlu tih an hmu a, an tlanbo ta a ni.
  
  
  
  “Rojadas i ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Sim, Rojadas ka ni,” a ti a. "A nih leh nula chhanchhuak turin i lo kal a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  
  “Ka ruahman lawk a ni, a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Zingah kan inhmu leh ang,” Rojadas chuan a ti a. - Zan khat chhung chu i him ang. Mut ka duh takzet. Hei hi ka quirks pakhat a ni i ti thei ang. Chu bakah, engtin pawhin ni engemaw zat chhung chu mut hun ka nei tam dawn lo."
  
  
  
  “Nang pawhin zanlai pelh hnuah phone i la tur a ni lo” “I mut a titawp tir che a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Cafe tenauah pawh kawng zawh tur i zawt tur a ni lo,” Rojadas chuan a dodal a. "Hetah hian loneitute hian engkim min hrilh vek."
  
  
  
  Chu chu a ni mai. A awmna cafe te tak te atanga lo kal pa pakhat. A nihna takah chuan Jorge a ni lo. Eng emaw chhan vangin he thil hi a lawm hle a ni.
  
  
  
  "Amah chu hruai la, cell pakhatah khar rawh. Darkar hnih danah guard chu thlak thin ang che."
  
  
  
  Rojadas chu a hawi let a, Nick chu a hmaa puithiamte tana dah cell pakhatah chuan an dah ta a. Mi pakhat chu kawngka bulah chuan vengtuin a ding a. Nick chu khumah chuan a mu ta a. Vawi tam tak a insiam a, a taksa ruhte chu a tensing leh relax bawk. Hei hi Indian fakir technique a ni a, rilru leh taksa lamah pawh a hahdam vek thei a ni. Minute engemaw zat hnuah chuan a muhil thuk hle.
  
  
  
  
  
  Tukverh te tak te, sang tak atanga ni êng luang chhuak chuan a tihharh meuh chuan kawngkhar chu a inhawng ta a. Vengtu pahnih chuan ding turin thu an pe a, Rojadas office-ah an hruai ta a. Razor chu a dah mai a, a hmaiah chuan sahbawn chu a hrufai mai a.
  
  
  
  “Thil pakhat ka ngaihtuah a ni,” tiin Rojadas chuan Nick hnenah chuan ngaihtuahna sengin a melh a, “Hmeichhe naupang chu thusawi turin i pui thei ang em?Nizan khan proposal engemaw zat ka siamsak a, a ngaihtuah thei ta a ni. Mahse, kan hrechhuak ang minute khatah.A nih loh chuan , kan siamsak mai thei che.'
  
  
  
  "He thil atang hian eng nge ka chhuah theih ang?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. “Ni e, i nun,” tiin Rojadas chuan hlim takin a chhang a.
  
  
  
  - Chuti a nih chuan nula chu engtin nge a awm ang?
  
  
  
  “Kan hriat duh min hrilh chuan a nung ngei ang,” tiin Rojadas chuan a chhang a. "Chuvang chuan hetah hian ka rawn hruai a ni. Ka mite hi amateur ka ti a, a chhan chu chutiang chu an nih vang a ni. Tihsual leh tawh se ka duh tawh lo. Engkim ka hriat hma chuan tihhlum theih a ni lo. Mahse tunah chuan ka hmu ta." her, I'm more a thah ka duh lo."
  
  
  
  Nick hian zawhna tlem a nei leh a, a chhanna chu a hre ngei ang. Mahse, amah Rojadas hnen atangin hriat a duh a ni. Chu pa chu tlem chuan nuihzat a tum ta a.
  
  
  
  "I ṭhiante pawhin chutiang bawk chuan an ngaihtuah che niin a lang... amateur leh mi â," a ti a. "A tlem berah chuan an ring vak lo che niin a lang."
  
  
  
  Chu pa hmel chu a thim tih a hmu a. 'Engvangin nge chutiang chu i sawi?' - Rozhadas chuan thinrim zet hian a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Hna pawimawh tak thawk turin anmahni mi an nei ve tho a ni,” tiin Nick chuan ngaihsak lo takin a chhang a. "Tin, mi maktaduai tam tak chu intermediary kaltlangin transfer an ni bawk. 'Chu chu a tawk tawh,' ka ti a."
  
  
  
  "Castro-a hnaah hian Russian agent pahnih an awm a."
  
  
  
  - Rojadas chuan a ti a. "He operation atan hian ka hnenah loan a ni. Ka hnena direct-a inbiak loh nan pawisa hi intermediary kaltlangin a kal a. President Castro hian he ruahmanna atan hian a bik takin a pe a ni."
  
  
  
  Chuvangin chutiang chu a ni. Hemi hnungah hian Fidel a awm a ni. Chuvang chuan buaina a tawk leh ta a. A tawpah chuan Nick-a tan chuan engkim a chiang ta. Heng specialist pahnih hi an la a ni. Hmangaihtute chu Rojadas ta an ni ngei ang. Tunah chuan rangkachak chunga thil thleng pawh a hre chiang ta. Hei hi Russian emaw Chinese emaw ni ta se, sum lam pawh an buai hle ang. Chutiang sum hloh chu tumahin an duh lo. Chutiang khawpa fanatically chuan an react dawn lo chauh. Sum dang zawngin chutiang chuan an beidawng lovang.
  
  
  
  A sawi chhuah loh chuan Maria damchhuah theihna chance chu a tlêm hle ang tih a hria a. Tunah chuan Rojadas chu beidawng takin a awm ta. Dik tak chuan Nick hian inbiakna neih a ngaihtuah lo. Thu a dawn veleh a thutiam a bawhchhia ang. Mahse a tlem berah chuan he thil hmang hian hun engemaw chen a lei thei ang.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan chu pa hnenah chuan, “Inbiakna chungchang i sawi a ni,” a ti a. “Todd Dennison nen pawh in inrem tawh em?Hetiang hian in inremna te kha a tawp em?
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, daltu rilru na tak mai a ni lo,” tiin Rojadas chuan a chhang a. "Amah hi hmachhawn tur mi a ni lo."
  
  
  
  “A chhan chu a plantation chu beidawnna leh hrehawmna i propaganda nen a inkalhin a lo ni ta a ni,” tiin Nick chuan a sawi chhunzawm a.
  
  
  
  “A dik chiah,” Rojadas chuan a cigar atanga meikhu chu a vawm chhuak a. "Tunlai hian miten kan duh angin an chhang let ta a ni."
  
  
  
  'Eng nge i hna chu?' - Nick chuan a zawt a. Hei hi a chinfelna kawngkhar a ni. Hei hian engkim a chiang vek ang.
  
  
  
  "Mass murder-ah chuan," Rojadas chuan a ti a. Vawiin atang hian carnival hi tan a ni ang. Rio hi party mipui tuipuiah a chang dawn a ni. Party kick off turin sorkar official pawimawh zawng zawng pawh an tel dawn a ni. Hawnna hunah hian President, state hrang hrang governor, cabinet member leh Brazil khawpui lian mayor-te an tel dawn tih min hriattir a. Tin, lawmna hmangtute zingah chuan ka mite leh kei pawh kan tel ve ang. Chawhnu lam velah chuan ruai hawnna tura sorkar hotu zawng zawng an lo pungkhawm hunah chuan kan tho ang. Cover ropui tak neia hun remchang ropui tak a ni lawm ni?
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a chhang lo. An pahnih hian a chhanna an hriat chian lutuk avangin a tul lo. Carnival chu cover ṭha ber a ni ngei ang. Hei hian Rojadas chu vuak leh tlanchhuahna hun remchang a pe ang. Rei vak lo chu chu rilru thuk takah chuan Hugo chu a rawn beng dawn ta a. Massacre awm lo se chuan coup d’etat a awm lo ang, chu chu chiang takin an beisei a ni. Mahse Rojadas thah hian a titawp dawn lo mai thei. Hetiang thil awm thei hi a ngaihtuah a, deputy a ruat a ni mai thei. Ni lo, tuna khelh hian engmah lovah a nunna a hloh mai thei a, ruahmanna pawh a tibuai lo mai thei. A theih ang anga rei game a khelh a ngai a, a tlem berah chuan eng thil pawha hun remchang ber a thlan theih nan. “Mite chhanna i neih tir ngei ka ring,” tiin a sawi tan a.
  
  
  
  “A dik e,” Rojadas chuan nui chung hian a ti a. "Buaina leh buaina chauh a awm dawn lo a, hruaitu tan hmun a awm bawk ang. A theih ang tawkin mipuite kan fuih a, revolution kan tuh a, sawi dan chuan. Stage khatna atan chuan ralthuam kan nei tling. Ka mite tinin kan nei ang." lead an uprising in the city after the murder. Sipai thenkhat pawh kan bribe bawk a, anmahni pawh an la thei ang. Notification leh announcement pangngai pawh a awm ang - chutih hunah chuan kan la ta a ni. Hun kal tawha thil thleng mai a ni.
  
  
  
  “Tin, he sorkar thar hi tlangval pakhat Rojadas-a kaihhruai a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  "Guess dik tak a ni."
  
  
  
  "Hriamhrei leh ralthuam tam zawk lei nan leh beiseina tam zawk i neih theih nan pawisa intercepted kha i mamawh a ni."
  
  
  
  "I hrethiam tan ta, amigo. International arms dealer te hi a awmzia dik takah chuan capitalist an ni. Free entrepreneur an ni a, mi zawng zawng hnenah an hralh a, advance a chanve aia tam an dil thin. Chuvang chuan Senor Dennison-a pawisa hi a pawimawh em em a ni." Pawisa hi US dollar pangngai atanga siam a ni tih kan hre tawh a. Sumdawngte chuan hei hi an tum ber a ni."
  
  
  
  Rojadas chuan vengtu pakhat lam chu a hawi a. “Hetah hian nula hi rawn hruai rawh,” a ti a. "Hmeichhe naupang hian a thawhpui duh loh chuan i thusawi a ngaihthlak loh chuan kawng khauh zawk ka hmang a ngai dawn a ni, amigo."
  
  
  
  Nick chu bang bulah chuan a innghat a, a ngaihtuah vat a. Dar sawm leh pahnih chu a fatal moment a ni. Darkar li chhungin rational modern sorkar chu a chhe vek dawn a ni. Darkar li chhungin United Nations member pawimawh tak, mipui \hatna tur anga lang chu tihduhdahna leh saltanna ramah a chang ang. Darkar li hnuah chuan khawvela carnival lian ber leh lar ber chu tualthahna mask, nuihzatthlak ai chuan tualthah carnival tih loh chu engmah a ni tawh dawn lo. Hlimna ai chuan thihnain ni a awp ang. Fidel Castro chuan bang atang chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a melh reng a. “La ni lo, buddy,” Nick chuan a thawk hnuaiah a ti muangchang a. Hemi chungchangah hian sawi tur ka zawng chhuak ang. Engtin nge ka la hre lo, mahse a thawk dawn a, a thawk tur a ni.
  
  
  
  Maria a luh rual chuan kawngka lam chu a en a. Silk blouse dum leh skirt awlsam leh rit tak a ha a. A mitmeng chuan Nick chu khawngaih takin a en a, mahse a mit a chhing a. A hlauthawng hle a, a hmu thei a, mahse a hmelah chuan tumruhna hmel a lang.
  
  
  
  "Nizana ka sawi kha i ngaihtuah tawh em, honey?" - Rojadas chuan thlum zet hian a zawt a. Maria chuan hmusit takin a en a, a hawi let leh a. Rojadas chuan a lu a thing a, a bulah chuan a kal hnai a. “Chuti a nih chuan zirlai kan pe ang che,” lungngai takin a ti a. "Hei hi a ṭul lo ang tih ka beisei a, mahse ka tan chuan thil theih loh khawpin i siam a ni. He pawisa hi khawiah nge a awm tih ka zawng chhuak ang a, ka nupui atan ka hruai ang che. Chumi hnuah chuan thawhpui i duh ngei ang tih ka ring tlat a ni." ka show te tak te."
  
  
  
  Tumruh takin Maria blouse button chu a phelh a, a sir lamah a hrual a. A kut lian tak chuan a bra chu a phelh a, a hnute khat leh nem tak chu a rawn lang ta. Maria chuan hmalam chu a en nghal mai niin a lang.
  
  
  
  "An hmeltha lutuk a ni lawm ni?" A ti a. "A chungah eng thil pawh thleng se a zahthlak dawn lawm ni, dear?"
  
  
  
  A hnungtawlh a, a blouse a button leh lai chuan a en a. A mitmeng vel rim sen te chu engmah a hriatna a ni. A hmalam chu a en nghal zung zung a, a hmui chu a rawn purse a.
  
  
  
  Nick lam chu a hawi a. "Ka la khawngaih thei se ka la duh khawp mai, i hria em?" A ti a. "Chuvangin hmeichhe naupang pakhat chu ka hlan ang. Ka mipa te exercise zawh hnua tlem an chawlh hahdam theih nan hetah hian ka rawn hruai nawhchizuar vek an ni."
  
  
  
  Vengtu lam chu a hawi a. "A te, a vun hring, a hnute lian tak leh a sam sen chu hruai la. Tih tur chu i hria. Tichuan heng pahnih hi building hluiah chuan hruai la, a hnung lama lung stairs-ah chuan hruai rawh. Chutah chuan ka awm nghal mai ang."
  
  
  
  Nick chu Maria bula a kal lai chuan a kut chuan a kut chu a rawn man tih a hria a. A taksa chu a khur nghal vek a.
  
  
  
  “I in chhanchhuak thei ang, Maria,” zawi te hian a ti a. A ti a. - 'Engati nge?' "Ni e, he vawk hian min tibuai tir a. Thih ka duh zawk. Señor Todd-a hi Brazil mipuite tana thil tih a duh vangin a thi a ni. A thi thei a nih chuan kei pawhin ka thi thei bawk. Rojadas hian mipui a pui dawn lo. A tiduhdah dawn a ni." anmahni leh sal atan an hmang ang. Engmah ka hrilh lo vang."
  
  
  
  Building hlui ber an thleng a, hnunglam kawngka atang chuan an hruai ta a. A hnung lamah chuan lung step pariat a awm a. Hetah hian maicham a awm ngei ang. Vengtu chuan stairs chung berah ding turin a ti a, chutih lai chuan mipaho chu an hnungah an ding a. Nick chuan guard pahnih chuan hmeichhe saruak, beihpui thlak tak, chibai buktu pakhat chu side entrance atang chuan an hruai lut tih a hmu a. An vuak a, leiah an paih thla ta a. Chutah thing tiang chu leiah an khalh lut a, an khih a, a kut leh ke chu an phar a.
  
  
  
  Hmeichhia chu a au chhunzawm zel a, Nick chuan engvangin nge a dik tih a ngen chu a hre thei. A cher a, a hnute sei saggy leh a pum te tak te, flat tak a ni. Vawikhatmah Nick chuan Maria bula ding Rojadas awmna chu a hmu ta a. A signal a, mi pahnih chu hmanhmawh takin building atang chuan an chhuak ta a. Nula chu tap leh chibai bukin a awm ta a. “Ngaithla la, ngun takin en rawh, duhtak,” Rojadas chuan Maria hnenah chuan a ti a, “A hnute leh ke inkarah hian khawizu chu a hnawih a. I chungah pawh chutiang bawk chuan kan ti ang che, darling, thawhpui i tum loh chuan. Tunah chuan ngawi rengin kan nghah a ngai tawh."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan hmeichhe naupang tlanchhuah tumin a beih lai chu a en reng a, chu chuan a rilru a ti sang a, a tla bawk. Mahse, an khin tha hle. Tichuan rang takin a hmaa bang chunga chetna chuan a ngaihvenna chu a rawn la ta a. Maria pawh chuan chu chu a hrechhuak a, hlauthawng zet hian a kut chu a rawn hmet a. Chu chetna chu thlalak-ah a chang a, chu chu rulhut lian tak thlalak-ah a chang a, chu chu uluk takin pindan chhungah chuan a inher chhuak lehzual a. Chutah Nick-a chuan pakhat dang a hmu leh a, pakhat dang a hmu leh a, a rawn lang leh zual sauh bawk. Chhawngah chuan rulhut lian tak tak an awm a, hmun tin atang chuan an la lang chhuak reng a: khur hlui atang te, lungphun atang te leh hall kil hrang hranga khur atang te. An vai chuan hreh zet hian nula chu an pan hnai a, khawizu rim hriat tumin rei vak lo an ding a, an kalna chu an chhunzawm ta a. Nula chuan a lu a han chawi sang a, tunah chuan rulhut rawn hnaih chu a hmu ta. Rojadas hmu turin a theih ang tawkin a lu a hawi a, beidawng zet hian a au chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  “Min thlah rawh, Rojadas,” tiin a ngen a. ‘Eng nge ka tih tawh? Aw pathian, ni lo... Ka ngen a che, Rojadas! Ka ti lo, eng pawh ni se, ka ti lo! " "
  
  
  
  “Thil tha tak avang a ni,” tiin Rojadas chuan a chhang a. "I thil tha tih avang khan hremhmunah!" - a ti a. 'Aw, Pathian vangin min thlah rawh. Chutah chuan i kal ang!' Rat te chuan hla vak lovah an nghak a, tam zawk an lo kal zel a, Maria chuan Nick kut chu a rawn hmet nghet sauh sauh a, rat hmasa ber, sakawlh lian tak, sen hring, bawlhhlawh tak chu a lam pan chuan a rawn kal a, hmeichhe naupang pum chungah chuan a tlu ta a, rat dang ang maiin a au chhuak ta a jumped on her.Nick chuan midang pahnih chu a ke bulah an chhoh lai chu a hmu a.Rat hmasa ber chuan a hnute veilam ah khawizu a hmu a, dawhthei lo zet hian a ha chu tisa chhungah a thun lut ta a.Hmeichhe naupang chu Nick-a hriat ngai loh aia rapthlak zawkin a au ta a.Maria chuan a lu chu a herh duh a , mahse Rojadas chuan a sam chu a chelh tlat a.
  
  
  
  “Ni lo, ni lo, honey,” a ti a, “Engmah i tlakchham ka duh lo.”
  
  
  
  Tunah chuan nula chu a au chhuak chhunzawm zel a. Chu thawm chu bang atang chuan a rawn tla thla a, chu chuan engkim a ti na zual sauh sauh.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a ke bulah chuan rulhut rual a hmu a, a rilru atang chuan thisen a luang chhuak bawk. A au thawm chu au thawm ah a chang ta. Rojadas hian a tawpah chuan guard pahnih hnenah thupek a pe a, guard pahnih hian boruakah silai eng emaw zat an kap ta a ni. Rat te chu kawng tinrengah an tlan a, an awmna hmun him lamah an kir leh ta a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Maria lu chu a kekawr ipteah a nawr a, rang takin a tlu ta a. A keah a innghat a, buhfai ang maiin a khur a, a muhil lo. A hnuaia hmeichhe naupang chu che thei lovin a mu a, a tap deuh chauh a ni. Poor thing, a la thi lo.
  
  
  
  “Pawnah hruai rawh,” Rojadas chuan a chhuah rual chuan thu a pe a. Nick chuan Maria chu a thlawp a, nghet takin a kuah a. Lungngai takin pawnah an chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan, honey?" - Rozhadas chuan a hmui chu a kut zungtang thuk tak hmangin a han chawi kang a. “Tunah hian i sawi dawn em ni?Heng thilsiam bawlhhlawh te hnenah hian zanriah ei vawi hnihna atan ka pe duh lo ang che.” Maria chuan Rojadas square chu a hmaiah a rawn deng a, a ri chu courtyard chhung zawngah a ri chhuak ta vek a.
  
  
  
  "Nang ai chuan ka ke inkar ah hian rat awm ka duh zawk," nasa takin a ti a. Maria mitmeng sual tak chuan Rojadas chu a ti buai hle.
  
  
  
  “Amah chu rawn hruai ula, buatsaih rawh u,” tiin vengtute chu thu a pe a. "Honey tam zawk dah la. A hmui thlum takah pawh tlem tal hnawih bawk ang che."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Hugo chu a kutphahah paih tura a inbuatsaih lai chuan a taksa ruhte chu a na hle tih a hria a. Tunah chuan a che a ngai tawh a, Rojadas hian a thlaktu tur a neih chuan amah pawh a neih theih a beisei. Maria a inhlan lai chu a en thei lo. Hugo chu a kutah a dah dawn lai chuan silai ri a hre ta a. Shot hmasa ber chu guard dinglam a ni. Shot pahnihna chuan dazed guard dang a rawn kap leh a. Courtyard chu kangmei nasa tak hnuaia a awm avangin Rojadas chuan bullet barrel hnungah a inkhuh a. Nick chuan Maria kut chu a rawn vuan a. Kaptu chu ledge sir lamah a mu a, lightning speed-in a kap chhunzawm ta a ni.
  
  
  
  'I kalsan ang u!' Nick chuan a rawn ti a. "Kan khuh tawh!" Nick chuan nula chu a hnungah a hruai a, a theih ang tawkin a tlan chak hle a, bush inhmachhawn lam chu a pan ta a. Kaptu hian window leh kawngkhar a kap chhunzawm zel a, mi zawng zawng chu khuh hnuaiah an awm vek a ngai ta a ni. Rojadas-a hote eng emaw zatin silai an hmetpuak a, mahse an silai chu a tlai lo hle. Nick leh Maria te chuan thingtlang hmun thleng tur chuan hun an nei tling a, tunah chuan lungpuiah chuan an lawn ta a. An vai hian hling leh hlingin a tikehsawm vek a, Nick chuan Maria blouse te chu a hmu a, chu hnute tui tak tak tam zawk chu a rawn pholang ta a ni. Shooting chu a tawp a, Nick chuan a lo nghak ta a. A hriat theih awmchhun chu thawm leh au thawm te chauh a ni. Thingkungte chuan view chu a block ta a. Maria chuan a lu chu a kawngah a nghat a, nghet takin a kuah a.
  
  
  
  “Ka lawm e, Nick, lawmthu ka sawi e,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  “Min lawmthu sawi a ngai lo, dear,” a ti a, “Chu pa chu a silai kengin lawmthu sawi rawh” a ti a, chu mi hriat loh chuan rifle pakhat aia tam a nei ngei ang tih a hria a, chu pa chuan a kap rang lutuk a, a regular lutuk a, reload theih loh khawpin a kap a, a nih loh chuan a malin.
  
  
  
  “Mahse, min zawngin hetah hian i lo kal a ni,” a ti a, nghet takin a kuah a. "Min chhanchhuah tumin i nunna i hlauhthawn a. A ropui hle mai, Nick. Ka hriat lar tumahin chutiang chu an ti lo. Nakinah lawmthu ka sawi dawn che a ni Nick. Chu chu a chiang." Hna tam tak a neih avangin he thil atan hian hun a nei lo tih a hrilh tur em ni ang tih a ngaihtuah a, tih loh tur thu a rel ta a.Tunah chuan a hlim tawh a, chuti a nih chuan engvangin nge a hlimna chu a tihchhiat ang?Lawmthu sawina tlem tal lantir hi a tha a ni a girl , a bik takin hmeltha tak tan.
  
  
  
  “Lo kal rawh,” a ti a, “Rio-ah kan kir leh a ngai a ni. A tawpah chuan chhiatna hi ka titawp thei mai thei."
  
  
  
  Mary chu a puih lai chauh chuan aw a rawn ko ta a.
  
  
  
  "Señor Nick, hetah hian ka awm a ni lawm ni!"
  
  
  
  "Jorge!" - Nick chuan chu pa rawn chhuak a hmuh chuan a au chhuak a. A kut pakhatah chuan silai pahnih a keng a, a kut pakhatah chuan - pakhat a keng bawk. "Ka ngaihtuah... ka beisei."
  
  
  
  Chu pa chuan Nick chu a kuah a. Brazilian chuan, “Amigo,” a ti a. "Ngaidam ka dil nawn leh a ngai. Ka â takzet a ni ngei ang, tiraw?"
  
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Mi â ni lo, rilru na deuh chauh. Tunah hian hetah hian i awm em? Chu chuan a tichiang vek."
  
  
  
  “I thusawi kha ka lu atangin ka la chhuak thei lo,” Jorge chuan a ti a, a lungngai deuh hlek a. "Ka ngaihtuah tan a, tunah chuan thil tam tak a lo chhuak a, a hmaa ka thluak kil hrang hrangah ka lo thun lut tawh a. Engkim ka tan chuan a chiang ta. Ka tibuaitu chu Los Reyes-ah hian mitdel police hotu pakhat a awm tih i sawi kha a ni mai thei. Eng pawh nise, I "Ka pumpelh thei tawh lo. Ka rilru put hmang chu dah bovin police hotupa tih dan angin thil ka en a. Radio-a Vivian Dennison thah a nih thu ka hriat khan thil dik lo a awm tih ka hria. Nang chu i ni tih ka hria'." t ka thupek angin ram chhuahsan rawh.Hei hi i kawng a ni lo, Señor Nick.Chuvang chuan ka inzawt a, chuti a nih chuan khawiah nge i kal ang?Chhanna chu a awlsam tawk hle.Hetah hian ka lo kal a, ka nghak a, ka en tha hle.Ka hmu tling tawh ."
  
  
  
  Vawikhatmah Nick chuan engine rit tak tak ri chu a hre ta a. “School bus te,” a ti a. "Mission hnung lamah bus pathum ding ka hmu a. An chhuak ta a. Min rawn zawng ngei ang."
  
  
  
  “Hetiang hian,” Jorge chuan a ti a. "Hetah hian lungpui hlui pakhat a awm a, chu chuan tlang a tikehsawm a. Naupan lai chuan chutah chuan ka khel thin. Chutah chuan min hmu ngai lovang."
  
  
  
  Jorge chu hmaah a awm a, Maria chu a laiah a awm a, lungpui chungah chuan an kal ta a. Yard za vel an kal hnu lawkah Nick chuan a rawn call a. “Minute khat tal nghak rawh,” a ti a. 'Ngaithla. Khawiah nge an kal dawn!'
  
  
  
  “Engine te chu a reh hle mai,” Jorge chuan a ti a, a mitmeng chu a ti hup a. "An kal zel a. Min zawng lovang!"
  
  
  
  “Ni lo tak zet a ni,” Nick chuan thinrim zet hian a ti a. "Ka va â tak em. Rio-ah an kal dawn a ni. Tunah chuan Rojadas-a'n a tih theih awmchhun chu a ni. Min zui hun a awm tawh lo. Chutah chuan a mite chu a rawn hruai ang a, chutah chuan mipui zingah an tel ve ang a, strike turin an inpeih tawh ang."
  
  
  
  A ding a, Jorge leh Maria hmel buai hmel chu a hmu ta a. An hriat lohzia chu a theihnghilh vek. Nick-a thusawi zawh chuan an hmel chu a sen deuh hlek a. Plan tibuai turin hun remchang apiang a enfiah thin. President emaw, sorkar hotu dang emaw biak pawh hun a la awm tawh lo. Ringhlelhawm lohvin kawngpuiah emaw, lawmna hmuna tel emaw an ni. A biak theih pawhin an la ring lo mai thei. “Rio hi Carnival neih chhung hian party-a kal an tam hle a, call an check meuh chuan, an check nia ngaiin, a tlai tawh hle.
  
  
  
  “Ngaithla teh, ka police car chu kawngpui hnuai lam chauh a ni,” Jorge chuan a ti a. "Khawpuiah kir leh ila, engmah kan tih theih leh theih loh kan en ang."
  
  
  
  Nick leh Maria te chuan an zui ve a, minute engemaw zat chhungin siren ri ri chuan tlang chhip atang chuan Los Reyes lam panin an tlan ta a.
  
  
  
  "Carnival-a an hmel lan dan pawh kan hre lo," thinrim zet hian Nick chuan a ti a, kawngkaah chuan a kut a beng a. Chutiang khawpa thiltihtheihna nei loin a inhriat ngai lo. "An inchei tih i bet thei. Mi dang sang tam tak pawh chutiang bawk chu an ni." Nick chuan Maria lam chu a hawi a. "Eng emaw an sawi i hre tawh em?" - tiin nula chu a zawt a. ‘Carnival chungchang an sawi i hria em, min pui thei tur thil eng pawh?
  
  
  
  “Cel pawnah chuan hmeichhiain mipa an nuihzat ri ka hre a,” tiin a sawi. "Chuck an ti fo a, heti hian an sawi fo thin: Muito prazer, Chuck... ka hmu che hi a lawmawm hle mai, Chuck. An hlim tak zet a ni."
  
  
  
  "Chuck?" - Nick chuan a ti leh a. "Chu chu eng nge a awmzia?"
  
  
  
  Jorge chuan a mit a chhing leh a, car chu highway lam pan chuan a hruai ta a. “A hming hian eng emaw awmzia a nei a ni,” a ti a, “History emaw legend emaw nen pawh inzawmna a nei a ni. Tlem han ngaihtuah teh. History... legend... nghak rawh, ka hmu ta! Chac hi Mayan pathian a ni a. Ruah leh ruah sur Pathian. A hnungzuitute pawh chu hming ang chiaha hriat an ni... Chuck, Reds tia koh an ni.
  
  
  
  “Chu chu a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "An inhriat theih nan leh an thawh dun theih nan Mayan pathian angin an inchei dawn a ni. Plan mumal tak angin eng emaw chen chu an thawk dun mai thei."
  
  
  
  Police car chu station hmaah a ding a, Jorge chuan Nick chu a en a. "Tlangah hian ka sawi ang ti thin mi engemawzat ka hria. Min ring tlat a. Min ring ang. Ka khawm ang a, Rio-ah ka hruai ang. Rojadas hian mipa engzat nge a neihpui, Señor Nick?"
  
  
  
  "Sawmhnih leh panga vel."
  
  
  
  "Sawm aia tam ka rawn keng thei lo. Mahse, Rojadas-a'n a strike hmaa kan thlen chuan a tawk mai thei."
  
  
  
  "I mite i inzawmkhawm hma hian eng chen nge a la awm ang?"
  
  
  
  Jorge chuan a nui suk a. "Hei hi thil pawi ber a ni. A tam zawk chuan phone an nei lo. Pakhat hnu pakhatin i lak a ngai. Hun a duh rei hle."
  
  
  
  “Tin, hun hi kan mamawh em em a ni,” tiin Nick chuan a sawi. "Rojadas chu a kal dawn a, tunah chuan a hote chu mipui zingah a dah ang a, a signal a strike turin a inpeih tawh ang. Hun engemaw chen ka lei dawn a ni, Jorge. Keimah chauhin ka kal dawn."
  
  
  
  Police hotupa chuan mak a ti hle mai. - Nangmah chauh, Senor Nick. Rojadas leh a mite lakah chauh? Nang pawhin i ti thei lo ang tih ka hlau."
  
  
  
  "Sorkar mipui an inpeih tawh a nih chuan ni lo. Mahse, chawhnu hmain Rio-ah ka awm thei ang. Rojadas-a mite chu thah an tan loh nan ka buai tir ang. A tlem berah chuan a hlawhtlin ka beisei. Tin, i theih chuan, "Nang." 'll have just enough time to find your people. An hriat tur chu Mayan pathian ang maia inchei tu pawh man mai hi a ni."
  
  
  
  Brazil mi chuan, “Vawiin i vannei e, amigo,” a ti a, “Ka car kha la rawh. Hetah hian tlemte ka nei leh a.
  
  
  
  "Anmahni chu rei tak i buai tir thei tih i ring tak tak em?" - Maria chuan a bula car chhungah chuan a lut a. "Nangmah chauhin i awm a ni, Nick."
  
  
  
  Siren chu a on a, a inhnukdawk ta a.
  
  
  
  “Darling, ka lo tum ngei ang,” lungngai takin a ti a. "Rojadas leh a che vel vang chauh a ni lo, a nih loh leh chhiatna rapthlak tak avang hian Brazil tan awmzia a nei dawn a ni. A hnungah hian thil tam tak a awm. Tunah chuan a hnung lama mi lian te hian Fidel ang dictator tenau â hian a tuar thei ang em tih en an duh a ni," a ti this.Hei hi a hlawhtlin chuan nakin lawkah khawvel hmun hrang hrangah hetiang ang buaina hi a lo thleng dawn tihna a ni.Hei hi kan phal thei lo.Brazil hian hei hi a phal thei lo ka sawi tum em ni.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan huaisenna, inrintawkna, huaisenna leh nerve of steel nen a khat nuihzat hmel zet hian a rawn pe a. “Amah chauhin a awm ang,” Maria chuan a rilruin a ti leh a, a bula ṭhu mipa hmeltha, chak tak chu a en a. Hetiang hi a la hre ngai lo. Tu pawhin a ti thei a nih chuan a ti thei ngei ang tih a hria. A himna tur chu ngawi rengin a tawngtai a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  "Ka rawn zawm thei ang em?" - Maria chuan a apartment kawngka pawnah chuan a zawt a. Record time chhungin an zinkawng hi an zo ta a ni. "Thil engemaw takah ka pui thei che pawh a ni mai thei."
  
  
  
  "Ni lo," Nick chuan a ti a. "Ka himna tur hi ka buaipui tawh a ni."
  
  
  
  Tlan chhuah a duh a, mahse a kuah a, rang takin a hmui nêm, hnim leh ngaihnawm tak chuan a fawp a. A thlah a, building chhungah chuan a tlan lut ta a. “Ka tawngtai ang che,” a ti a, a tap ta ringawt mai.
  
  
  
  Nick chu Floriano Square lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Jorge chuan chutah chuan opening neih a nih a rinawm thu a sawi. Kawngpui te chu carnival-in a khat tawh a, chutah chuan lirthei khalh theih a ni lo. Mipui zingah chuan motor chei mawi tak tak, a thupui hrang hrang nei vek leh a tlangpuiin hmeichhe incheina tlemte nen an khat vek a ni. A thil tum chu eng ang pawhin pawimawh leh thihna thlentu ni mah se, a chhehvela nula hmeltha tak takte chu a ngaihthah thei lo. Ṭhenkhat chu a var a, a then chu a sen hring, a then chu a dum deuh vek a, mahse mi zawng zawng chu an rilru a sang a, an hlim hle. Nick chuan an pathum chu pumpelh a tum a, mahse a tlai tawh hle. An man a, zai turin an nawr lui a. Bikini ' An bikini chu kum nga mi preschooler hnen atanga loan lak ang maiin an inchei a. “Kan bulah awm rawh, tlangval duh tak,” an zinga pakhat chuan a ti a, nui chungin a beng chu a bulah a rawn nawr a. "I hlim ang, ka tiam e."
  
  
  
  “Ka ring che, baby,” Nick chuan nui chungin a chhang a. "Mahse Pathian nen hian date kan nei a."
  
  
  
  An kut atang chuan a tlan chhuak a, a hnungzang chu a fawp a, a sawi chhunzawm ta a. Square chu a langsar hle. Stage chu a khar vek a, officer tlemte, junior officer pawh a ni mai thei. Hahdam hmel zet hian a thaw halh a. Stage ngei pawh hi a pianzia chu square a ni a, movable steel structure atanga siam a ni. Reveller tlemte chu a dodge leh a, mipui zingah Mayan pathian costume a zawng ta a. A buaithlak hle. Mipui an pungkhawm a, incheina pawh a inang lo vek. A hawi kual leh a, rang takin stage atanga metre sawmhnih vel a hlaah platform pakhat a hmu ta a. Platform chu Mayan biak in te tak te a ni a, papier-mâché hmanga siam a ni. Kawr tawi, kawrfual sei, pheikhawk, hmai tuam leh hmul nei helmet ha mi sawm vel an awm a. Nick chu a nui suk a. Rojadas chu a hmu thei tawh a. A helmet-ah chuan orange feather a nei awmchhun a ni a, platform hma lamah a awm bawk.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan rang zetin a hawi kual a, mipui zinga mipa dangte chu a rawn kai chhuak a. Tichuan a ngaihvenna chu mipahoin an kutphah chunga an belt-a an bun thin thil square te tak te te chu a ni ta a. Walkie-talkies an nei a. Engkim a chibai buk vek a. A tlem berah chuan Rojadas hian he ruahmanna thenkhat hi a lo ngaihtuah chiang tawh a ni. Walkie-talkies te hian a tan thil a ti harsa dawn tih a hria. Platform ang maiin. Rojadas chuan chuta tang chuan engkim a hmu thei a. Nick-a chu a mipa pakhat nena an buai lai a hmuh veleh order a pe nghal vat ang.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan square sir lama in inzawm chu a chhunzawm zel a, a chhan chu chutah chuan mi an tlem zawk a ni. A tih theih awmchhun chu party mipui zingah chuan a tlan lut nghal mai a ni. Engkim a en reng lai chuan thil lum leh khauh tak pakhatin a ruhroah a rawn beng tih a hria. A hawi let a, a bulah mipa pakhat a lo ding a. Chu pa chuan business suit a ha a, a hmui a sang a, a sam pawh a tawi hle.
  
  
  
  “Kal kir leh tan rawh,” a ti a. 'Zawitein. Move dik lo pakhat a awm a, a tawp vek.
  
  
  
  Nick chu building lam pan chuan a kir leh ta a. Chu pa hnenah chuan eng emaw a sawi dawn lai chuan a bengah vuakna na tak a dawng a. Arsi sen leh sen a hmu a, corridor-ah chuan an hruai thla niin a hria a, a hriatna a bo ta...
  
  
  
  A lu chu a na hle a, a mitmeng chanve inhawng takah chuan êng thim tak a hmu a. A hawng vek a, a mit hmuha inher chu tihtawp tumin a bei a. Dim takin bang leh window sir lehlamah business suit ha figure pahnih a siam a. Nick chuan ṭhut a tum a, mahse a kut leh ke chu a inbun a. Mi hmasa ber chuan a rawn pan hnai a, tukverh bula ṭhutphah pakhatah chuan a hruai a. Hotel room man tlawm tak a ni tih a chiang. Window atang chuan square chhunga thil thleng zawng zawng chu a hmu thei vek a. Mi pahnih chu an ngawi reng a, Nick chuan an zinga pakhatin silai a keng a, tukverh atang chuan a kawhhmuh tih a hmu a.
  
  
  
  “Heta tang hian a thlen dan chu i hmu thei ang,” Russian accent chiang tak nen Nick hnenah chuan a ti a. Hengte hi Rojadas-a hote an ni lo va, Nick-a chuan a hmui a seh a. Ama sualna a ni. Rojadas leh a mite chu a ngaihven lutuk a. A chhan chu hel hruaitu ngei pawhin professional pahnih chauh nen an thawk dun tih a hrilh a.
  
  
  
  "Rojadas khan ka rawn um dawn tih a hrilh che a?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  "Rojadas?" Silai kengtu chuan hmusit hmel zet hian a ti a. "Hetah hian kan awm tih pawh a hre lo. Kan mite'n engmah min hrilh loh chhan hriat tumin hetah min tir nghal a ni. Nizan khan kan thlen a, hetah i awm tih kan hriat khan thil awmdan chu kan hre nghal a. Kan hrilh ta a ni." our people about it." tih leh a rang thei ang bera titawp tur che u a ni."
  
  
  
  “Chuvangin, Rojadas chu a helnaah hian i pui a ni,” Nick chuan a titawp a.
  
  
  
  “Chutiang chu a ni,” Russian chuan a pawm a. "Mahse kan tan chuan hei hi hna pahnihna chauh a ni. Dik tak chuan kan mite hian hlawhtlinna an duh a, mahse direct-a inrawlh an duh lo. Kan titawp thei che u kan beisei lo. Beisei loh takin a awlsam hle.
  
  
  
  “Beisei loh takin,” Nick chuan a ti a.Chutiang chuan sawi rawh.Chutiang beisei loh taka inthlak danglamna zinga pakhat, history kalphung tidanglamtu chu. Square-ah chuan dinhmun an luah a, a rawn hnaih lai chu an hmu a, an rawn inrawlh ta a, window atanga a han hawi chuan pakhatah chuan hla takah a inhria a side leh a lehlamah i goal hnaih ber.
  
  
  
  Russia mi pakhat chuan, “Kan kap thei che a, chutah chuan kan haw thei ang che,” a ti leh a. "Mahse keini hi nangmah ang bawk hian professional kan ni. Risk a tlem thei ang bera kan la a. A hnuaiah hian thawm a tam hle a, shot pawh hmuh theihin hriat lohvin a kal mai thei. Mahse engmah kan risk lo. Rojadas leh a mite hma chu i nghak ang u." start shooting.Hei hi N3 hmingthang tak career chu a tawp ang Engtin emaw tak chuan hetiang hi a nih a ngai hi a zahthlak hle mai, hotel room te tak te, buai tak takah, a ni lo maw?
  
  
  
  “Ka pawm vek a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  "Engvangin nge min chhuah zalen loh a, engkim i theihnghilh loh?"
  
  
  
  Russian hmelah chuan nuihzatthlak tak a rawn lang a. A darthlalang chu a en a. "A daih rei dawn lo," a ti a. "Chuti a nih chuan chatuanin kan chhuah zalen ang che."
  
  
  
  Mipa pahnihna chu tukverh lam pan chuan a hnuai lama thil thleng chu a en tan ta a. Nick chuan silai kengin chair-ah a thu a, a ke chu frame-ah a nghat a. Chu pa chuan silai chu Nick lam chu a kawhhmuh chhunzawm ta a. Bikini emaw suit emaw chungchanga comment an tih loh chuan an ngawi reng a ni. Nick chuan a kutphah a hrui chu phelh a tum a, mahse a hlawhtling lo. A kut chu a na a, thisen a rawn chhuak nghal zat bawk. Beidawng takin chhuahna tur kawng a zawng tan ta a. Thiltihtheihna nei lovin mipui thahna chu a en thei lo. Ui ang maia kah ai chuan a hrehawm zawk dawn a ni. Hun a tawp dawn ta. Mahse, ui, corner-a tlan luh chuan mak tak maiin a zuang chhuak a. Nick chuan ruahmanna huaisen tak, beidawng tak a nei a.
  
  
  
  Rope te test nan a ke chu a ti che nasa lutuk a. Russian chuan hei hi a hmu ta a. Chiang zet hian a nui suk a, tukverh atang chuan a han hawi leh a. Nick chu tanpui theih loh a ni tih a chiang a, chu chu Nick-a beisei ang chiah chu a ni. Killmaster mit chu a hlat zawngte ngaihtuah turin a rawn tlan chhuak leh ta a. Chance vawi khat chauh a nei a, hlawhtlin a duh chuan engkim hi a kal dan tur dik taka kal a ngai a ni.
  
  
  
  Silai kengtu chuan a chair hnunglam kea windowsill-ah chuan a ke a la vawrh chhuak reng a. A kuta pistol chu a hmun dik takah leh angle dik takah a kap tlat a. Nick chuan chair-ah chuan uluk takin a rit chu a sawn a, a taksa ruhte chu springs relax dawn ang maiin a tensing a. A hawi kual leh a, thawk a la a, a chakna zawng zawngin a kick a.
  
  
  
  A ke chuan Russian-a chungah chuan chair hnunglam ke chu a khawih a. Chu pa hnuai atang chuan chair chu a rawn tlan chhuak ta a. Russian chuan reflexive takin trigger chu a la a, midang chu a hmaiah a kap nghal zat bawk. Silai kengtu chu leiah a tla thla a. Nick chu chu pa chungah chuan a zuang thla a, a khup chu a kawngah nghatin a tla thla ta a. A taksa atanga boruak zawng zawng chu nawr luih luih a ni tih a hria a, thawm ri chu a hre ta a. Harsa takin leiah a tlu a, Russian chuan beidawng takin a kawr chu a rawn man ta a. A hmelah chuan mitmeng tenawm tak a awm a. Thâwk lak a tum a, a kut chu a che nghal zat bawk. A hmel chu a sen vek tawh. A taksa chu nasa takin a nghing a, a rilru a buai hle a, rang takin a vawt ta a ni. Nick chuan a dang chu a melh nghal vat a, ani chu window atanga a chanve vel zeta chhuak a ni.
  
  
  
  A thawk tha hle a, mahse hun hlu tak a hloh a, a la inkhung tlat a ni. Inch khat hnu inch khat chuan hmanlai thir khum lam pan chuan a kal ta a. A hmun thenkhat chu a inthlau lo va, a hrual deuh bawk. A kutphah vela hrui chu a rawn hnawih a. A tawpah chuan hrui chhunga tension chu a lo reh ta tih a hria a, a kut vawi khat hrual chuan hrui chu a chhuah zalen thei ta a ni. A kekawrte chu a chhuah zalen a, Russian pistol chu a man a, pawnah a tlan chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  Rojadas-a hote hmachhawn turin Hugo leh a kut chak tak takte chu a ring tlat a. Mi an tam lutuk a, naupang an tam lutuk a, misual pawh an tam lutuk a, silai hmehpuah pawh an risk thei lo. Mahse, a tul a ni mai thei. Silai chu a kawr chhungah a dah a, mipui zingah chuan a tlan lut ta a. Party-a kal pawl pakhat chu a pumpelh a, mipui zingah chuan a kal ta a ni. Rojadas-a hote chu an incheina atang chuan hmuh a awlsam hle. Hmun khatah chuan an la ding reng a. Nick-a’n a elbow a thawhrim lai chuan mipui zingah chuan chetna a hmu a. Reveller pawl an siam a, nilengin an zai ang a, mi an hneh a, an hloh bawk. Block hruaitu chu mi thattu inthuam pahnih bulah chuan a ding a. Nick chuan a tawpah chuan group chu a zawm a, mipui zingah polonaise chu an zai tan ta a ni. Nick chu ceremonial takin a rawn hruai kual a. Mayan pathian pahnih an paltlang lai chuan Nick chu rang takin formation atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, thihna palai ngawi reng, hmuh theih loh chu a stiletto hmangin a rawn vawm ta a. Mi â leh vaukhânna tel lova mi tihhlum chu Nick-a style a ni tak tak lo. Mahse, heng pahnih hi a khawngaih lo. Mi sual nei lo bei tura inpeih viper an ni a, reveller ang maia inchei viper an ni.
  
  
  
  Mi pakhat chuan a comrade tlu a hmuh thut chuan a hawi let a, Nick chu a hmu ta a. Silai chu chhuah tir a tum a, mahse stiletto chuan a rawn nam leh ta a. Nick chuan chu pa chu a man a, zu rui thi tawh ang maiin leiah chuan a muttir ta a.
  
  
  
  Mahse Rojadas-a chuan chu chu a hmu a, thil thleng chu a hre chiang hle. Nick chuan platform lam chu a han hawi chho a, hel hruaitu chu radio-a a thusawi lai chu a hmu a. Advantage tlemte a neih, mak tihna element chu a bo tawh tih chu Mayan pathian pathum rawn hnaih lai a hmuh chuan a hrechhuak ta a ni. Hmeichhe pathum lu chungah papier-mâché thei bawm lian tak tak kengin hnungah chuan a duck a, building inzawmkhawm lam chu a pan ta a. Ngaihtuahna a nei a. Kawngkhar hmaah chuan mi pakhat, pirate ang maia inchei chu a ding a. Nick chuan fimkhur takin chu pa chu a pan hnai a, rang takin a rawn man nghal a. Tumruh taka nerve point thenkhat press a, chu pa chuan a hriatna a hloh ta a ni. Nick chuan suit chu a ha a, eye patch a ha bawk.
  
  
  
  “Sorry, buddy,” party-a kal prone tak chu a ti a.
  
  
  
  A kal chhunzawm zel chuan yard tlemte vela hlaah mi thattu pahnih chu a hmu a, mak ti zet hian mipui chu a en reng a. A bulah chuan a kal phei a, an inkarah a ding a, Hugo chu a kut veilam ah a vuan a. A kut pahnih chuan mipaho chu a khawih a. An thaw halh tih a hria a, an tlu tih a hmu bawk.
  
  
  
  “Lung pakhat nen sava pahnih,” Nick chuan a ti a. A kal pelte mak tihzia a hmu a, friendly takin a nui suk a.
  
  
  
  “Thlamuang takin awm rawh, amigo,” hlim takin a au chhuak a. "Zu lutuk lo turin ka hrilh che a ni." Kawngpuia kalte chu an hawi let a, Nick chuan chu pa chu a keah a ding ta a. Chu pa chu a tlu a, Nick chuan building chhungah a paih lut ta a. A hun takah chuan a hawi let a, Mayan pathian pathumna chu ramsa mantu chemte lian tak kengin a lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a.
  
  
  
  Nick chu in chhungah chuan a zuang lut leh a. Chu chemte chuan pirate thawmhnaw chu a tikehsawm a. Chu pa tlan chak lutuk avang chuan Nick-a nen an insu a, an pahnih chuan leiah an tlu ta a ni. Nick chuan a helmet sir khauh tak chu a lu lamah a hmet a. Natna chuan a ti thinrim hle. A beitu lu chu a man a, na takin leiah a vawm lut a. Chu pa chu a convulsion hnuhnung ber a ni. Nick chuan walkie-talkie chu a man a, pawnah a tlan chhuak a, a beng bulah a hmet a. Walkie-talkie atang chuan Rojadas thinrim tak au thawm chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  
  Hruaitu chuan, “Hetah hian a awm,” a ti a. "An chhuah tir a, idiots. He pirate puan sen ha leh mitmeng vuah hi a awm... building lian tak bulah chuan. La rawh! Rang takin!"
  
  
  
  Nick-a chuan radio chu a thlak a, mipui zingah chuan kawng zim takah chuan a tlan ta a. A hnung zui turin mipui zingah feathered assassins pahnih dang an inthen a hmu bawk. Chutih lai tak chuan party-a kal pakhat, kawr sen, cape leh devil mask ha chu Nick-a bulah chuan a kal pel a, kawngpui zau takah chuan a tlan thla a. Nick chuan Diabola chu a zui a, kawtthler lai tak an thlen chuan a rawn man ta a. A zawi thei ang berin a ti a. Nick chuan chu pa chu bang bulah a nghat a, diabola thawmhnaw chu a ha a.
  
  
  
  "Pirate hna ka thawk tan a, tunah chuan diabola-ah ka kaisang ta a ni," a ti muangchang a. "Chu chu nunna a ni, buddy."
  
  
  
  Alley atanga a chhuahsan lai chuan beitute chu an darh a, mipui zingah chuan an zawng tan ta a ni.
  
  
  
  "Mak ti!" - a hmasa ber hnenah chuan a au chhuak a, a pum chhungah na takin a vuak a. Chu pa chu a double over lai chuan Nick chuan a kawngah tawi te te te in a rawn pe leh a, chu pa chu hmalam pan turin a thlah ta a. Midangte chu a tlan phei ta a.
  
  
  
  'Lu emaw, hmui emaw!' Nick chuan hlim takin a nui suk a, mipa pahnihna kut chu a rawn man a, lantern-ah chuan a rawn vawm a. A hnen atangin silai chu a la a, chutiang bawka ti turin a dang hnenah chuan a kir leh ta a. Heng pahnih hian an pistol-ah harsatna an la nei mai thei. Platform-a mipui awmte chu en turin a ding ta a. Rojadas chuan engkim a hmu a, thinrim zet hian Nick chu a kawhhmuh a. Tun thleng hian Nick chu a che tha hle a, mahse kawngpuiah chuan Jorge leh a hote chu duhthusam takin a zawng tan ta a. Engmah hmuh tur a awm lo va, platform lam a han hawi let leh chuan Rojadas-a chuan a lungkham hle tih a chiang a, a mipa zawng zawng chu a hnungah a tir vek tih a hmu ta a ni. Row hnih-ah an ding a, mipui zingah chuan an kal ta a, pincer hmangin an khar ta a ni. Vawikhatmah Nick chuan mass chu hmun hnih ah a inthen tih a hmu ta a. Group hmaah chuan a ding a, platform dangin a rawn paltlang lai chu a hmu ta a.
  
  
  
  Tawlailir chu pangpar leh pangpar lalthutphah chungah chuan pangpar a khuh a. Hmeichhe sam dum hring hring hring chu lalṭhutthlengah chuan a thu a, hmeichhe dang sam sang tak leh kawr sei tak takte chuan an hual vel a. Mipuiin platform an rawn um lai chuan Nick chuan a en leh a. Nula zawng zawng chuan makeup an ha lutuk a, mipui zingah pangpar an paih chuan an che vel chu a uar lutuk. “Damn it,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Transvestite an nih loh chuan idiot ka ni mai thei."
  
  
  
  Ṭhenkhat chu platform hnung lamah an tlan a, “hmeichhia”-te’n an paih chhuah pangpar chu a mawi thei ang bera an man a. Suit feathered row hmasa ber chu mipui hmalam hawi zawngin a thleng a. Diabola chuan platform chu amah leh a khingpuite inkarah a awm reng theih nan a enkawl a. An lakah a inthup tih a hria a, tawlailir chuan mipui kil a thlen chuan a tlan chak ta hle a. Cart clumsy chu kawngpui tawp lamah chuan curve tlemteah a tang ta a. Nick leh midang tlemte chu an la tlan hnai a. Car a rawn inher chuan “blonde” hnenah chuan rose a dil a. Chu lem chuan pangpar chu pe turin hmalam a pan a. Nick chuan a kutphah chu a rawn man a, a rawn chhuah ta a. Mipa pakhat, kawr sen ha, kutkawr sei dum leh wig dum ha chu a kutah a tla a. Chu tlangval chu a kekawr ipte chungah chuan a paih a, kawngpui sirah chuan a tlan thla ta a. Mipui chu an nui chhuak ta ringawt mai.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan an nuih chhan a hriat avangin a nui suk a. A lo nghaktu beidawnna chu an ngaihtuah a. Chu pa chu pawnah a muttir a, Diabola thawmhnaw chu a phelh a. “He suit hi ha rawh, honey,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  Bra chu dah mai mai a tum ta a. A hmel chu a mawi bik lo mai thei, mahse hmeichhe naupang chuan a neih angah a lungawi mai tur a ni. A lo haw chuan suited killer row hnih chu semicircle-a ding chungin a hmu a. Car rawn hnaih ber atanga siren ri chuan a ti mangang hle.
  
  
  
  Jorge-a hote an ni! Rojadas-a platform chu a melh nghal vat a. Radio kaltlangin thupek a pe a, Nick chuan Rojadas-a hote chu mipui nen an inhmeh leh ta a. Vawilehkhatah kawngpui atang chuan kawr dum leh kawrfual rawn lang chu a hmu ta a. Work suit ha, pick leh shovel kenga mi eng emaw zat chu a hnungah an tlan a. Jorge chuan Rojadas-a hote chu a hmu a, a thupek chu a pe ta a. Nick chuan hmalam panin step tlemte a kal a, feathered killer chu a rawn thleng ta a.
  
  
  
  Chu pa chuan, “Desculpe, senhorita,” a ti a. 'Inchhir.'
  
  
  
  "Huplak!" - Nick chuan a au chhuak a, chu pa chu vei lamah a hawitir a. Chu pa chuan a lu chu paving lungte chungah chuan a rawn deng a. Nick chuan silai chu a laksak a, magazine chu a hlip a, ralthuam chu a paih ta a. Pathian dang chuan a hun takah chuan kawr sen ha mi pakhat chu a ṭhianpa chungah a bawkkhup tih a hmu ta a ni.
  
  
  
  “Hey,” Nick chuan aw ring tak hian a ti a. "I thianpa hi a damlo niin ka hria."
  
  
  
  Chu pa chu a rawn tlan nghal vat a. Nick chuan a hnaih hma chu a nghak a, chutah a stiletto heel hmangin tlangval chu a rawn kick ta a. Killer chu automatic in hmalam a pan a, na takin a au chhuak ta a. Nick chuan rang takin a khup hmangin a uppercut a, chu pa chu hmalam pan chuan a tlu ta a. A hawi kual a, Jorge-a hote hian mi thattu dang an that tih a hmu a. Mahse, a hlawhtling dawn lo. Engti kawng pawhin an hlawhchham ang. Rojadas chu platform-ah a la awm a, walkie-talkie hmangin order a pe chhunzawm zel a. Jorge leh a hote chuan mi thattu tlemte an man tawh a, mahse Nick chuan hei hi a tawk lo tih a hmu ta a ni. Rojadas-a chuan mipui zingah mi dang paruk vel a nei bawk. Nick chuan rang takin a dress, wig leh high heels te chu a phelh a. Rojadas chuan a mite chu ruahmanna chu vawng tlat turin a fuih chhunzawm zel tih a hria a. A la thawk thei tih a sawi chhunzawm zel a.
  
  
  
  A pawi ber chu a dik tih hi a ni.
  
  
  
  Mi sang tak takte chu podium-ah an chho a. Rojadas-a tui chunga lawng chu a hla lutuk a, a hun takah a thleng thei lo. Nick chu a tang ta a. Rojadas chu a biak thei tawh lova, a biak leh thei tawh maithei. A tirah chuan luhchilh leh chhuah a tum a, mahse a theih loh chuan a rawn tlan phei ta a ni. Stage chu a lo en tawh a. A ṭhen darh vek thei bawk.
  
  
  
  A tawpah chuan a hmaah chuan steel support sei tak tak, thir bolt sei tak hmanga khin a lo lang ta a. A insiam dan chu a enfiah a, a hlawhtlin theihna tur hmun pathum a hmu a. A bawkkhup a, bar pakhat chu a thlawp a. A ke chu lungpui chhungah chuan a pil ta a. A rit chu a shift a, a tum leh ta a. Bar chu a kawngah a rawn tla thla a, a hnungzang ruh a tihbuai lai chuan a kawr chu a rip ri tih a hre ta. Bolt chuan kawng a pe tlem a, mahse chu chu a tawk. Support chu a la chhuak a, a khup thlengin a tlu a, phur takin a thawk a tan ta a.
  
  
  
  A ngaithla a, opening salvo a tam emaw a tlem emaw a hriat a beisei. Second tlemte a ni tih a hria. Support pahnihna chu a kal awlsam zawk hle. A han hawi chho a, chu hmun chu a pil mek tih a hmu a. Pillar pathumna chu a harsa ber a ni. A chhuah hmasak a ngai a, chutah chuan catwalk hnuai atang chuan a dive leh a, chuti lo chuan a tikehsawm mai ang. Peg pathumna chu stage sir hnaih ber a ni a, leiah a hniam ber bawk. Bar hnuaiah chuan a hnungzang a dah a, a han chawi kang a. A vun a tikehsawm a, a hnungzang ruh te chu a na hle. A theihna zawng zawngin handle chu a han hrual a, mahse a pui lo. A hnungzang chu a arch leh a, a handle chu a han hrual a. Tun ṭumah chuan a thawk tha hle a, a hnuai atang chuan a duck chhuak ta a.
  
  
  
  Stage chu a chim a, au thawm ri nasa tak a ri ta a. Naktuk hian official tam tak, hliam leh hliam nei an awm dawn a ni. Mahse a tlem berah Brazil hian sorkar a la nei a, United Nations chuan member pakhat a la nei reng dawn a ni. Stage a chim hnu lawkah silai ri a hre ta a, thim takin a nui a. A tlai tawh hle mai. A ding chhuak a, beam-te chu a ke a pen a, a hawi kual a. Mipui chuan thattu la awmte chu an that ta a ni. Jorge leh a hote chuan square chu an hual vel a. Mahse platform chu a khar a, Rojadas chu a tlanchhuak ta a ni. Nick chuan square kil hla tak lam pan chuan orange hring dup mai chu a hmu thei mai.
  
  
  
  Bastard chu a la chhuah zalen hle. Nick chu a thutna atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, stage-a buaina awm chu a tlan pel ta a. Square bula kawngpui sirah chuan a kal lai chuan siren ri a hre ta a. Square leh avenue lian zawng zawng chu mipuiin an khat vek tih a hria a, hei hi Rojadas pawhin a hre ve bawk. Amah chu, a dik e, kawngpui hnung lamah a lut dawn a ni. Nick chuan Rio chu a hre chiang tawk lo a, chu misual kawng chu a titawp ta a ni. A hun takah chuan orange hat chu corner-ah a thlawk kual vel tih a hmu a. Intersection chuan avenue dang a pan dawn a, Nick pawh Rojadas ang bawkin first lane-ah a lut ta a ni. Chu pa chu a hawi let a, Nick chuan silai a phawrh chhuak tih a hmu a. Vawikhat chu a kap a, Nick chu a ding a, a inkhuh a ngai ta a ni. Hun rei vak lo chhung chu silai lem chu a ngaihtuah a, mahse a ngaihdan a thlak leh ta a ni. Rojadas chu nung chungin man ta se a tha zawk ang.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a hnungzang ruh chu a na tih a hria. Mi pangngai tu pawhin an titawp mai ang, mahse Nick chuan a ha a hrual a, a tlan chak ta hle mai. Hel hruaituin a helmet a paih lai chu a en reng a. Nick chu a nui suk a. Tunah chuan Rojadas chu a thawmhnaw a chhuak tawh a, thawk a la chhuak tawh lo tih a hria. Nick chuan tlang chhip a thleng a, Rojadas chu square te tak te a paltlang lai chu a hmu a.
  
  
  
  Trolleybus hawn tak a rawn thleng ta chauh a ni. Khawi hmunah pawh mi an inkhung reng a. Tuna suit an ha tih loh chu thil hmuhnawm tak a ni. Rojadas chu bus ah chuan a zuang lut a, Nick chuan a rawn um zui ta a. Trolley bus-a chuang duh dangte chuan suit ha mi pakhatin silai hmanga driver a vau lai an hmuh chuan an ding ta a ni. Rojadas hian free travel a nei a, trolleybus pawh vawi khatah hostage-in a khat bawk.
  
  
  
  Vanneihna chauh a ni lo. He pa hi tumruh takin hetah hian a lo kal a ni. Engkim a buatsaih fel vek a.
  
  
  
  “Bonds, senor,” Nick chuan mi pakhat hnenah chuan a ti a. "He bus hi khawiah nge a kal dawn?"
  
  
  
  “Tlangah a chhuk ang a, chutah chuan hmar lam a pan ang,” tiin naupang chuan a chhang a.
  
  
  
  "Khawiah nge a awm ang?" - Nick chuan a zawt leh a. "Ending station?"
  
  
  
  "Maua Pier area ah chuan."
  
  
  
  Nick chuan a hmui a rawn purse a. Maua Pier vel a ni! Intermediary pakhat, Alberto Sollimage a awm a. Chuvang chuan Rojadas chu a kal ta a ni. Nick chuan a bula mipa lam chu a hawi leh a.
  
  
  
  “Maua Pier area-ah ka kal a ngai a ni,” a ti a. 'Engtin nge ka thlen theih ang, taxi hmang pawh a ni mai thei? Hei hi a pawimawh hle.'
  
  
  
  "Taxi tlemte tih loh chu thil dangin hna a thawk lo," naupang pakhat chuan a ti a. "He pa hi bandit a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  
  “A chhe hle mai,” Nick chuan a ti a. "I president thah a tum mai mai a ni."
  
  
  
  Mipui pawl chu mak an ti hmel hle.
  
  
  
  “A hun taka Maua Pier area ka thlen chuan ka la thei ang,” Nick chuan a ti chhunzawm a. "Eng nge a chak ber? Shortcut i hre mai thei."
  
  
  
  Tlangval pakhat chuan truck ding pakhat chu a kawhhmuh a: “I khalh thei em, senor?”
  
  
  
  “Ka khalh dan ka thiam” Nick chuan a ti a, “Ignition chabi i nei em?”
  
  
  
  “Kan nawr ang,” naupang chuan a ti a. ‘Kawngkhar chu a inhawng a. I chhuak dawn ta. Engtin pawhin a tam zawk chu downhill a ni a, a tlem berah chuan chuta kalna kawng hmasa ber a ni."
  
  
  
  Party-a kalte chuan phur takin truck chu nawr turin an inbuatsaih a. Nick chu a nui suk a, wheel hnungah chuan a lut ta a. Transport mode tha ber a ni lo mai thei, mahse a aia tha zawk erawh a awm lo. Tin, tlan ai pawhin a chak zawk bawk. A la ngaihtuah lo. Rozhadas chu man a duh a, a hmel chau tak chu en lo turin a duh a. A assistant-te chu hnung lamah an zuang lut a, tlangvalte chu side window-ah an ding tih a hmu a.
  
  
  
  An zinga pakhat chuan, “Troleybus hnung zuiin, senor,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  World record an tichhia lova, hma an hruai ta zawk a ni. Kawngpui a sang leh emaw, a level leh emaw chuan a assistant tharte chuan truck chu an nawr lehzual a. An vai deuhthaw chu tlangval an ni a, nuam an ti tak zet a ni. Nick chuan Rojadas chu warehouse chu a thleng tawh tih a chiang tawh hle a, Nick chu square-ah a kalsan tih a ring mai ang. A tawpah chuan Pier Maua pawn lam chu an thleng ta a, Nick chuan car chu a tiding ta a.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan, “Muito abrigado, amigos,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  “I rualin kan lo kal dawn a ni, senor,” tiin naupang chuan a rawn au let leh a.
  
  
  
  “Ni lo,” Nick chuan a chhang nghal vat a. “Ka lawm e, mahse he pa hi ralthuam keng a ni a, a hlauhawm hle bawk.Keimah chauha kal ka duh zawk.”
  
  
  
  An hnena a sawi chu a sawi tum a ni. A chhan chu chutiang tlangval rual chu a langsar lutuk ang. Nick-a chuan Rodjadas-a chu dinhmun khirh takah a ding lo tih ngaihtuah chhunzawm zel se a duh a.
  
  
  
  A kut a phar a, kawngpuiah chuan a tlan phei ta a. Kawngpui hrual leh kawngpui zau tak a paltlang hnu chuan a tawpah chuan dawr pakhat kawngkhar dum-a chei chu a thleng ta a ni. Kawngkhar hma lam chu a inhawng a, lock chu a chhe vek bawk. Nick chu fimkhur takin a rawn lut ta a. A hmaa a tlawhna hriatrengna chu a rilruah a la thar reng a. A chhungah chuan ngawi rengin thim tak a awm a. Box hnung lamah chuan light on a awm a. Silai a phawrh chhuak a, dawrah chuan a lut ta a. Chhuahah chuan bawm inhawng tak a awm a. Leia thing hnah hring dup atang chuan hmanhmawh taka tihchhiat a nih thu a hre thei. A bulah chuan a bawkkhup a. Box flat tawk tak a ni a, dot sen te tak te a awm bawk. A chhung lam chu buhfai in a khat a, Nick chuan uluk takin a kut hmangin a chhungah a rawn lut a. A hmuh chhuah zawng zawng chu lehkha te tak te chauh a ni.
  
  
  
  Hei hi factory-a thupek chu a ni: uluk takin inflate la, zawi zawiin inflate rawh.
  
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihtuahna a thuk hle. Inflate zawi zawiin, vawi tam tak a ti leh a, a ding chhuak ta a. Box ruak chu a han en leh a. A ni... lawng a ni! Maua Pier area hi Guanabara Bay ramri a ni. Rojadas chuan lawnga tlanchhuah a duh a. Dik tak chuan hmun inrem tak a awm a, chu chu tuipui kama thliarkar tenau ber zinga mi a ni mai thei. Nick chu a tlan chak thei ang berin bay lam pan chuan a tlan a. Rojadas hian lawng chu inflating-ah hian hun tam tak a khawhral ngei ang. Nick chuan a khur hnuai atang chuan a ke a rawn chhuah tir a, rei lo teah a hmaah chuan bay tui dum chu a hmu ta a. Rojadas chuan lawng a la kal thei lo. Beach-ah chuan pier line rei tak a awm a. Khawpui laihawl a party-a mi zawng zawng an kal tawh avangin engkim chu a thim vek tawh. Chutah chuan lawng chawlhna sir lamah chuan mi pakhat chu a khup a hmu ta a. Lawng chu lawng chawlhna thingphel chungah chuan a mu a.
  
  
  
  Rojadas-a’n a lawng a check hnu chuan tuiah chuan a nawr lut ta a. Nick chuan silai chu a han phar leh a, uluk takin a aim ta a. Nung chunga hruai chu a la duh reng a ni. Lawng chu vawi khatin a rawn deng ta a. Rojadas chuan mak ti zet hian khur chu a melh reng tih a hmu a. Chu pa chu zawi zawiin a ding chhuak a, Nick-a chu silai kengin a rawn hnaih tih a hmu a. Thuawih takin a kut a phar a.
  
  
  
  "Silai chu holster atang chuan la chhuak la, paih mai rawh. Mahse, zawi zawiin," Nick chuan thu a pe a.
  
  
  
  Rojadas chuan a thu a awih a, Nick chuan silai chu a paih thla ta a. Tuiah chuan a tlu ta a.
  
  
  
  "Nang pawhin i beidawng ngai lo tiraw senor?" Rojadas chuan a ti a. "I chak hmel hle mai."
  
  
  
  “Tih tak zetin,” Nick chuan laconical takin a ti a. - Lawng chu la rawh. Khawi atanga lo chhuak nge tih hriat an duh ngei ang. I ruahmanna hnuhnung ber zawng zawng chu hriat an duh ang.
  
  
  
  Rojadas chuan a thaw halh a, lawng chu sir atang chuan a rawn man a. Thli tel lo chuan rubber sei tak, pianzia nei lo mai mai a ni. A kal tan rual chuan a rawn hruai kual a. Chu pa chu hneh loh vek ang maiin a lang a, a mipa nihna zawng zawng chu a chhuak vek tawh niin a lang. Chuvang chuan Nick chu a hahdam deuh a, chutah chuan a thleng ta!
  
  
  
  Rojadas a kal pelh lai chuan rubber phek pakhat chu boruakah a paih nghal a, chu chuan Nick hmaiah a rawn deng ta a. Chutah Rojadas chuan Nick ke bulah chuan lightning speed in a zuang thla ta a. Nick chu a tlu a, silai chu a thlak ta a. A hawi let a, stairs thlawhna chu dodge a tum a, mahse biak in chhungah chuan a rawn deng ta a ni. Beidawng takin thil pakhat chu man tumin a bei a, mahse a hlawhtling lo. Tuiah chuan a tlu ta a.
  
  
  
  A rawn chhuah rual chuan Rojadas-a chuan pistol a man a, a aim tih a hmu ta a. A duck nghal vat a, bullet chuan a lu a miss ta a. Rang takin lawng chawlhna hnuaiah chuan a inbual a, lungphum hnim hring tak takte inkarah chuan a rawn chhuak ta a. Rojadas chu zawi zawiin a kal leh chhuak tih a hre ta. Vawikhatmah a ding ta a. Nick chuan thawm tlem thei ang ber siam a tum a. Chu pa chu lawng chawlhna dinglamah chuan a ding a. Nick chu a hawi let a, a han en a. Chu pa lu thuk tak chu a sir chungah a innghat chu hmu turin a inpeih tawh. Nick chu a tlanchhia nghal a, Rojadas chuan a kap leh ta a. Rojadas shot hnih leh Nick ngeiin shot pakhat: a vaiin pathum. Nick chuan silai chhungah hian bullet pathum chauh a la awm tih a chhut a. Pier hnuai atang chuan tuiin a chhuak a, thawm ri nasa tak nen tui chungah a tla thla ta a ni. Rojadas chu rang zetin a hawi let a, a kap ta a. Pahnih dang, Nick chuan a ti leh a. A dove leh a, pier hnuaiah chuan a inbual a, a sir lehlamah chuan a rawn chhuak ta a. Ngawi rengin pier sir lamah chuan a inhnukdawk a, Rojadas chu a hnunglam hawia ding chu a hmu a.
  
  
  
  “Rojadas,” a ti a. "Lo hawi kual teh!"
  
  
  
  Chu pa chu a hawi let a, a kap leh ta a. Nick chu rang zetin tuiah a tla thla a. Shot vawi hnih a chhiar a. Tun ṭumah chuan ladder awmna pier hmaah a rawn chhuak ta a ni. A chungah chuan a chho a, tuifinriat ramhuai ang maiin a lang. Rojadas chuan a hmu a, trigger chu a han hmet a, mahse magazine hrui hring chunga firing pin click tih loh chu engmah a hre lo.
  
  
  
  “Chhiar thiam i zir tur a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Hma lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Chu pa chuan beih a duh a, a hmaah chuan beram vuak pahnih ang maiin a kut chu a chelh tlat a.
  
  
  beng. Nick chuan left hook pein a titawp a. Tin, a mitah a rawn deng leh a, thisen a chhuak ta a ni. Vawilehkhatah chuan mission-a kal hmeichhe rethei thisen chu a ngaihtuah ta a. Tunah chuan Nick chuan a rawn vuak reng a. Rojadas chu vuakna avang chuan a sir lehlamah a inthlak kual a. Thingpui pier pakhatah chuan a tlu ta a. Nick chuan a rawn kaitho a, a lu chu a kekawr ipte atang chuan a rawn tikehsawm hnai hle. Chu pa chu a ding leh a, a mitmengah chuan ramhuai, hlauthawng hmel a pu a. Nick-a a rawn hnaih leh chuan a hnungtawlh ta a. Rojadas chu a hawi let a, pier sir lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Nghak lovin a dive ta a.
  
  
  
  'Tawp!' Nick chuan a rawn ti a. "Chutah chuan a shallow lutuk." Rei vak lo hnuah Nick chuan thawm ri nasa tak a hre ta a. Pier sir lam chu a tlan phei a, tui atang chuan lung hrual (jagged stones) rawn chhuak chu a hmu a. Rojadas chu hnim lian tak ang maiin a innghat a, tui chu a sen ta vek mai. Nick chuan ruang chu lungpui atanga tuifinriat atanga a lak chhuah a, a pil lai chu a en reng a. Thâwk a la a, a kal ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bung 10-na
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chuan call button chu a hmet a, a nghak a. Zingkhua chu Jorge bulah a hmang tawh a, tunah chuan a chhuah a ngaih avangin a lungngai deuh tawh.
  
  
  
  Police hotupa chuan, “Ka lawm e, amigo,” a ti a. “Mahse a tam zawk chu keimah vang a ni. Thil tam tak ka mit i tivar a, ka hnenah i lo kal leh ngei ka beisei.”
  
  
  
  “Commissioner Rio i nih chuan,” Nick chuan nui chungin a chhang a.
  
  
  
  “I tih ngei ka beisei, Señor Nick,” Jorge chuan a ti a, a kuah a.
  
  
  
  'Nakinah kan inhmu dawn nia.' - Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  Jorge-a a thlah hnu chuan Bill Dennison-a hnenah chuan plantation pakhatin a lo nghak reng thu telegram a thawn a.
  
  
  
  Maria chuan a hawng a, a kuah a, a hmui nem tak chu a hmuiah chuan a hmet a.
  
  
  
  "Nick, Nick," a ti muangchang a. "Chutiang khawpa rei chu nghah a ni. I bulah hian kal ve thei ila ka ti khawp mai."
  
  
  
  Judo suit sen a ha a. Nick-a chuan a hnungzang a kut a nghah chuan bra a ha lo tih a hmuchhuak a.
  
  
  
  “Chaw tui tak min siamsak a ni,” a ti. "Pato chu abacaxi leh arroz nen."
  
  
  
  “Duck with pineapple leh rice,” Nick chuan a ti leh a. "A ri tha khawp mai."
  
  
  
  "Chaw ei hmasak i duh em...a nih loh leh ei hnuah, Nick?" - a ti a, a mitmeng chu a eng chhuak vek.
  
  
  
  "Tichuan?" - casual takin a zawt a. A hmuiah chuan nuihza sultry tak a rawn lang ta. A kekawr bul chungah chuan a ding a, a fawp a, a hmuiah a lei chu a khelh tir a. Kut pakhat chuan belt chu a phelh a, suit chu a kekawr ipte atang chuan a tla thla ta a. Nick chuan chu hnute mawi tak, nem tak, khat chu a hre ta a.
  
  
  
  Mary chu a ti zawi sap a. "Aw, Nick, Nick," a ti a, "Vawiin chu late lunch kan ei dawn a ni lawm ni?"
  
  
  
  "A hnu deuh poh leh a tha zawk," a ti a.
  
  
  
  Maria chuan bolero ang maiin hmangaihna a siam a. Agonisingly zawi zawiin a tan ta. A vun chu creamy a ni a, a kut chuan a taksa chu a fawp a.
  
  
  
  A hruai chuan ramsaah a chang ta mai a ni. A chanve chu a tap a, a chanve chu nui chungin duhna leh phurna nen a au chhuak ta a. Rang takin a sang ber thlengin a kai chho a, au thawm tawi, thawk hahdam lo chu au thawm rei tak pakhatah a chang ta a, chu chu au thawm ang mai a ni. Tichuan, a lo vawt nghal zat bawk. Dam leh chuan a kuah a.
  
  
  
  “Engtin nge hmeichhia chu mipa dang lakah i lungawi theih ang?” - Maria chuan serious takin a en a.
  
  
  
  “Ka ti thei e,” nui chung hian a ti a. "Mi pakhat chu a nihna ang takin i duh a ni."
  
  
  
  "I lo let leh dawn em ni?" - rinhlelh hmel zet hian a zawt a.
  
  
  
  "Engtikah emaw chuan ka rawn let leh ang," Nick chuan a ti a. "Eng thil pawha lo kir leh chhan pakhat a awm a nih chuan nang hi i ni." Ni tlak thlengin khumah an awm a. Zanriah ei hmain hetiang hian vawi hnih an ti leh a, hriatrengna hmanga nunpui ngai mi pahnih ang maiin. Ni a lo chhuak dawn hnai a, lungngai tak leh duh lo zet hian a chhuak ta a. Hmeichhe naupang tam tak a hre a, mahse an zingah chuan Maria angin inngaitlawmna leh thinlung tak tak an nei lo. A chhungril lama aw te tak te chuan a kal a tha tih a hrilh a. He hmeichhia hi i hmangaih thei a, he sumdawnna lama mi tumahin an lei theih loh thil i hmangaih thei bawk. Hmangaihna, passion, khawngaihna, chawimawina... mahse hmangaihna erawh a ni lo.
  
  
  
  Airport lam pan chuan thlawhna nghaktu lam pan chuan a kal nghal a. Sugar Loaf outline blurry tak chu rei vak lo a en a, chutah a muhil ta a. Mut hi thil mak tak a ni,” a ti a.
  
  
  
  
  
  AX headquarters-a Hawk office kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, Nick chu a rawn lut ta a. Glass hnung lama mit dum chuan hlim tak leh lawm takin a en a.
  
  
  
  Hawk chuan nui chung hian, "Ka hmu leh che a lawmawm khawp mai, N3." "I chawlh hahdam hmel hle."
  
  
  
  'Dik?' - Nick chuan a ti a.
  
  
  
  "Awle, engvangin nge ni lo, ka fapa. He Rio de Janeiro mawi tak atang hian i chawlh atang khan i lo thleng chauh a ni. Carnival kha engtin nge a awm?
  
  
  
  "Tualthahna mai mai a ni."
  
  
  
  Rei vak lo chu Hawke-a mitmengah chuan mitmeng mak tak a hmu niin a ngai a, mahse a chiang thei lo.
  
  
  
  "Chuti a nih chuan hun nuam tak i hmang em?"
  
  
  
  “Khawvel tan hian hei hi ka ngai lo ang.”
  
  
  
  “Harsatna ka hrilh che kha i hre reng em?” - Hawk chuan casual takin a zawt a. "Anmahni ngeiin an chinfel tawh niin a lang."
  
  
  
  'Chu chu ka hria a, ka lawm e.'
  
  
  
  "Awle chuti a nih chuan ka beisei chu i hre tawh ngei ang," Hawk chuan hlim takin a ti a.
  
  
  
  'A nih leh engtin nge?'
  
  
  
  “A dik e, keimah tan hna tha tak ka zawng chhuak ngei ang.”
  
  
  
  "Eng nge ka nghahhlelh tih i hria em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  
  
  
  'Chuti a nih chuan eng nge ni ang?'
  
  
  
  "Nakkum chawlhni".
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lehkhabu chungchang:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A ṭhian hlui Todd Dennison-a fapa ṭanpuina dilna chu ngaihthah thei lovin Carter-a chuan Canada-a chawlh hahdam tum chu a kalsan a, a instinct leh Wilhelmina kaihhruaina hnuaiah Rio de Janeiro-ah a thlawk chhuak ta a ni.
  
  
  
  A thlen meuh chuan darkar li pawh a tling lovah Dennison chu thah a nih thu a hre ta a, amah ngei pawh kawngpui atanga hnawhchhuah a ni tawh a, hmeichhe naupang pakhat, mitmeng dum hring dup mai chu a hmu ta a ni. "Killmaster" chuan mi thattu zawng chu thihna thlen thei khawpa chiang takin a tan ta a ni.
  
  
  Rio-a kum tin carnival neih ṭhin chu thil mak takah a chantir ṭhin insual; Bullets chu confetti-in a thlak a, shot chu incendiary music-in a thlak bawk a, Nick tan chuan tualthahna carnival a lo ni ta a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick Carter chuan a rawn ti a
  
  
  Rhodesia ramah a awm a
  
  
  
  Lev Shklovsky-a lehlin a ni
  
  
  
  United States of America-a secret services mipuite tana inhlan a ni
  
  
  Bung khatna
  
  
  New York khawpui East Side Terminal mezzanine atang chuan Nick chuan a hnuai lam a hawi a, Hawk-a kaihhruaina chiang lo tak chu a zui a. "Column pahnihna veilamah. Stagecoach awmna kha. Mipa chak tak, grey tweed ha hmeichhe pali nen."
  "Ka hmu a ni."
  "Hei hi Gus Boyd a ni. Rei vak lo en rawh. Thil ngaihnawm tak kan hmu mai thei." Green two-seater saloon chhungah chuan an insiam leh ta a, railing lam an hawi a.
  Boyd nen an inbiakna chu hmeichhe sam dum hmeltha tak, yellow knitted suit ha, mawi taka a siam a ni. Nick chuan thlalak leh hming a zir tawhte chu a han en kual a. Amah hi Bootie DeLong a ni dawn a, Texas pawnah thla thum chhung a khawsa tawh a, CIF - Consolidated Intelligence File-in report smug tak a tarlan dan chuan ngaihdan radical tak tak a thlawp duh hle. Nick chuan chutiang data chu a ring lo. Spy network hi a lian em em a, sawiselna a awm lo bawk a, ram chhunga college zirlai zinga a chanve file-ah chuan thu dik lo, thu dik lo, mi hruai sual thei leh hmantlak loh tak tak a awm a ni. Booty-a pa hi H. F. DeLong a ni a, a dam chhung hian dump truck driver atanga construction, oil leh finance lamah maktaduai tam takah high jump a siam a ni. Engtikah emaw chuan H.F. heng thilte hi an hre ang a, puak chu theihnghilh theih loh a ni ang.
  
  
  Hawk-a chuan, "I mitmeng chu a man ta, Nicholas. Eng nge?"
  
  
  "American thalai tha tak tak ang mai an ni vek."
  "Frankfurt-a i rawn zawm tur midang pariat te pawh hi chutiang bawka hlimthla an ni tih ka chiang. I vannei hle. Ni sawmthum chhung zet inhriat tawnna hi inhriat tawnna hun tha tak a ni."
  Nick chuan, “Thil dang ruahmanna ka nei a ni,” tiin a chhang a. "Chawlhkar ang maiin i inlan thei lo." A aw atang chuan phunnawi note a tlanchhuak ta. A inrawlh lai chuan chutiang chu a ni fo thin. A hriatna chu a sang hle a, a reflexes pawh a fimkhur hle a, khandaih hmangtu en garde ang maiin, tih tur leh phatsan a nih thu a inhria.
  Nizan khan David Hawke chuan a card chu fing takin a khel a - zawtin, thupek a pe lo. "Hnathawh lutuk emaw, i rilru a hahdam loh emaw i complain a nih chuan N3, ka pawm ang. Nang chauh hi ka mipa neih i ni lo. Nang hi i tha ber."
  Bard Art Galleries - AX hmalam hnathawhna kawngah Nick-a'n a lu-a nawrh huaihawt nghet tak a siam chu a bo ta vek a ni. A ngaithla a, Hawk chuan a ti chhunzawm a, mit fing tak, ngilnei tak hnuaiah chuan mitmeng dum hring dup chu a khauh hle. "Hei hi Rhodesia a ni. I la kal ngai loh hmun tlemte zinga mi. Sanction chungchang hi i hre chiang khawp mai. A thawk lo. Rhodesia ho hian Beira, Portugal atangin lawng bungrua hmangin copper, chromite, asbestos leh thil dang dang an thawn chhuak a, mak tak maiin an thawn chhuak a ni." bills.Thla hmasa khan Japan ramah hian copper shipment pali an thleng a.Kan nawrh huaihawt a, Japanese ho chuan, “Bill of lading-ah chuan hei hi South Africa a ni tih an sawi a. Hei hi South Africa a ni." Tunah chuan he copper thenkhat hi mainland China-ah a awm tawh a ni.
  "Rhodesia mite hi an fing hle. Huaisen. Kei pawh ka awm ve tho. Mihring dum aiin an tam zawk a, sawmhnih leh pakhatin an tam zawk a, mahse anmahni tana an tih theih aia nasa zawkin native-te tan an ti niin an sawi. Hei hian Britain nen an inkar boruak a titawp a, hrekna pawh a siam ta a ni." "Moral dik leh dik lo chu economist leh sociologist-te kutah ka dah ang. Mahse tunah chuan rangkachak lam kan pan ta a ni - leh China lian lam pawh kan pan ta a ni."
  Nick a nei a, a hre chiang hle. Heti hian a sawi chhunzawm a, "Cecil Rhodes-a'n rangkachak a hmuhchhuah ni aṭang tawhin ram hian rangkachak a siam chhuak tawh mai. Tunah chuan an rangkachak hnim hmingthang ṭhenkhat hnuaiah hian deposit thar lian tak tak a inzar pharh tih kan hre ta. Mines, hmân lai Zimbabwe hnathawhna emaw, thil thar hmuhchhuah emaw pawh a ni mai thei, ka hre lo," a ti ." . I zir dawn ".
  Caught and enchanted, Nick chuan heti hian a sawi: "King Solomon's Mines? Ka hre reng - chu chu Rider Haggard kha a ni em? Khawpui leh mines hloh..."
  "Seba Lalnu sum leh pai? A ni mai thei." Chutah Hawk chuan a hriatna thuk tak chu a rawn pholang ta a ni. "Bible hian eng nge a sawi? 1 Lalte 9:26, 28." Tin, Lal Solomona chuan lawng rual a siam a... Ophir khuaah an lo kal a, chuta tang chuan rangkachak an la a, Lal Solomona hnenah an rawn keng a." African tawng Sabi leh Aufur tih hian hmân lai Seba leh Ofir tihna a ni thei. Chu chu kan hnutchhiah ang the archaeologists. Tun hnaiah he bial atang hian rangkachak a lo chhuak tih kan hria a, rang takin a tam zawk a awm tih kan hre ta a. Tuna khawvel dinhmunah hian eng nge a awmzia. A bik takin China lian tak hian pile tha tak a khawlkhawm thei a nih chuan.
  Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. "Mahse, zalen khawvel hian a laihchhuah theih angin a lei nghal vat ang. Stock exchange kan nei a. Manufacturing economy hian leverage a nei a ni."
  "A tlangpuiin a ni". - Hawk chuan Nick chu file plump tak a pe a, a hook tih a hrechhuak ta. "Mahse, a hmasa berah chuan Chinese maktaduai zariat zeta thil siam chhuah hausakna hi kan discount tur a ni lo. A nih loh leh, reserve a pun zel angin, a man chu ounce khatah dollar sawmthum leh panga atanga a san chhoh theihna tur a ni. A nih loh leh Chinese thuneihnain Rhodesia a hual vel dan hian, banyan thing lian tak zungbun ang maiin. A nih loh leh - Juda."
  "Judas! - A awm em?"
  "A ni mai thei. Mi thattu pawl mak tak mai, kut tana kutphah nei mi pakhat kaihhruaina chungchang sawi a awm tawh. Hun i neih hunah he file hi chhiar la, Nicholas. Tin, i nei tam lo ang. Ka sawi tawh ang khan Rhodesian ho hi an ni." shrewd.British agent tam zawk chu an hnawtchhuak a.James Bond leh chu zawng zawng chu an chhiar chhuak vek a.Mi pali chu sawi belh ngai lovin hnawhchhuah kan ni a, pahnih erawh chu kan hnawtchhuak lo.
  
  
  
  
  Kan company lian tak chu chutah chuan an en reng tih a chiang hle. Chuvangin, buaina hnung lamah Juda a awm a nih chuan buaina kan nei a ni. Chubakah, a comrade-in-arms chu Xi Jiang Kalgan a ni berin a lang."
  "Si Kalgan!" - Nick chuan a ti a. "Chutiang Indonesian kidnapping-a a tel lai khan a thi tawh tih ka chiang" 1.
  "Xi hi Judah nen a awm niin kan ngai a, Heinrich Müller pawh a dam ve mai thei, chu Java Sea-a kahhlum hnua a dam leh a nih chuan. China hian Judah hi a thlawp leh tawh nia sawi a ni a, Rhodesia-ah pawh a web a spin mek bawk. A cover company leh frontmen te chu a tlangpuiin, perfectly organized. He.".. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. must be providing Odessa with finances.Mi pakhat - kan en thin Nazi hlui tam tak chu sum lamah an tho leh ta a ni.A chhan chu an club atanga coppersmith tha engemawzat chu Chile ramah hmuh theih lohvin an tla thla a, Judas an zawm ve mai thei.An chanchin leh thlalak te chu a ni on file, mahse anmahni zawn chu i hna a ni lo. En la, ngaithla mai rawh.Judas hian Rhodesia export flow-ah a chelh nghet tih i theih chuan evidence la la, mahse "Proof i hmu thei lo a nih chuan i thusawi chu a tawk tawh" a nih chuan. Dik tak chuan Nick, chance i neih chuan - Juda chungchanga order chu a la awm reng a ni. I rorelna hmang rawh..."
  
  
  Hawk aw chu a ri ta ringawt mai. Nick-a chuan hliam tuar leh vuak tawh Judas-a chungchang chu a hre chiang hle a, pakhatah nunna sawm a hmang tawh a, thihna a pumpelh tawh bawk. A hming chu hmân laiin Martin Bormann a ni tih thuthang a awm a, hei hi thil theih a ni. Chutiang a nih chuan kum 1944-1945-a a telna Holocaust khan a thir khauh tak chu thir-ah a chantir a, a finthlakna chu a tichak a, hrehawmna leh thihna pawh nasa takin a theihnghilh tir ta a ni. Nick chuan huaisenna chu a hnial lovang. Experience chuan mi huaisen ber berte chu mi ngilnei ber an ni tlangpui tih a lo zirtir tawh a ni. Mi nunrawng leh zahngaihna nei lo chu scum an ni. Juda hruaitu ropui tak, lightning-fast tactical ingenuity leh quick combat skills te chu rinhlelh rual a ni lo.
  Nick-a chuan, "File kha ka chhiar dawn nia. Ka cover chu eng nge ni?"
  Hawk-a hmui khauh leh hrual chu rei vak lo chhung chu a nêm a. A mitmeng hrual kil kil khata wrinkles chu a relax a, deep slits ang maiin a lang lo tan ta. "Ka lawm e, Nicholas. He thil hi ka theihnghilh lovang. I lo haw hunah chawlh kan ruahman sak ang che. Edman Educational Tour-a tour assistant Andrew Grant angin i zin ang. Ramchhunga hmeichhe naupang sawm leh pahnih kaihruai turin i pui ang." Chu chu "Cover story ngaihnawm tak i hmuh tawh zinga mi a ni lo maw? Senior escort chu mi tawnhriat ngah tak Gus Boyd a ni. Ani leh hmeichhe naupangte hian Edman official tour thar check out tur angin an ngai che a ni. Manning Edman chuan a chanchin a hrilh a ni." nangmah."
  "Eng nge a hriat?"
  "CIA atanga lo kal i nih a ring a, mahse a takah chuan engmah i la hrilh lo. Anmahni chu a pui tawh a ni."
  "Boyd hian a man thei ang em?"
  "Thil lian tak a ni dawn lo. Mi mak tak takte chu escort angin an zin fo thin. Organised tour hi tourism business-ah a tel a. Hlawh tlem zawka free trip."
  "Ram chungchang hriat ka mamawh..."
  "Whitney hian zanin dar sarih velah American Express-ah a lo nghak ang che. Darkar hnih khat vel color film a rawn entir ang che a, a brief ang che."
  Rhodesia chanchin film-te chu a hmuhnawm hle. A mawi em em a, Nick chuan a dah lo. Florida-a thing leh mau nung ber ber leh Painted Desert hmun hrang hranga California leh Colorado Grand Canyon-a thil awmte nen chuan ram engmah chu a inzawm thei lo. , leh engkim retouched vek a ni. Whitney chuan thlalak rawng hrang hrang tam tak leh tawngkam hmanga thurawn chipchiar tak tak a pe a.
  Tunah chuan, a khur a, a mit chu fence level hnuaiah chuan a hniam tir a, suit sen ha blonde chu a zir chiang ta a. Engkim a kal vek mai thei. A fimkhur hle a, pindan chhunga hmeichhe hmeltha ber a ni. Boyd chuan ngaihven vek a tum a. He hmunah hian eng thil nge an sawi theih ang? Station aiin a ngaihnawm lo zawk. Sailor’s beret ha brunette chu mak ka ti hle. Hei hi Philadelphia atanga lo kal Teddy Northway a ni ang. Hmeichhe sam dum dang chu Ruth Crossman a ni ang a, a duh dan angin a hmeltha hle ang; mahse, black-framed glasses te kha a ni mai thei. Blonde pahnihna chu thil danglam tak a ni: a sang a, a sam sei a, Bootie angin a hmeltha lo a, chuti chung chuan... Janet Olson a ni ang.
  Hawk-a kut chu a kekawr ipteah chuan a tla zawih zawih a, a assessment nuam tak chu a titawp ta a. Sawtah. Gate hla tak atang chuan mipa dum, a san zawng zatve vel, inchei mawi tak tak a rawn lut a."
  "Ka hmu a ni."
  "Hei hi John J. Johnson a ni. Horn nêm tak aṭangin folk blues a play thei a, chu chuan i tap thei ang. Armstrong ang thoa talent nei artist a ni. Mahse politics lam a ngaihven zawk. Brother X a ni lo, a tam zawk." Malcolm X-a non-aligned fan leh socialist ang maiin. Black Power thlawptu ni lovin. An vai hian an inhmelhriat a, chu chuan anmahni inkara insual thinte aiin a hlauhawm zawk thei a ni.
  "Hei hi engtiang chiahin nge a hlauhawm?" - Nick chuan a zawt a, mipa dum hring hring chuan mipui zingah a kal lai chu a en reng a.
  "A fing hle mai," Hawk chuan rilru na tak hian a ti muangchang a. "Kan khawtlang hian chunglam atanga a hnuai thlengin heng mite hi kan hlau ber a ni. Engkim atanga dik taka hmu thei thluak nei mipa."
  
  
  Nick chuan ngaihsak lo zet hian a lu a bu nghat a.
  
  
  
  
  Hei hi Hawke thusawi pangngai a ni. Chu mipa leh a hnuaia philosophy awm chu i ngaihtuah a, chutah chuan engmah a puang chhuak tak tak lo tih i hrechhuak ta a ni. Chutih lai chuan khawvel nena inzawm mi pakhat thlalak dik tak a siam dan a ni. Johnson-a’n Boyd leh hmeichhe naupang palite a hmuh chuan a ding lai chu a en reng a. An hmuhna tur hmun chu a hre chiang hle. Chu tiang chu amah leh Boyd inkara daltu atan a hmang a.
  Bootie DeLong chuan a hmu a, group atang chuan a kal bo ta a, arrival-departure panel chhiar ang maiin a awm ta a ni. Johnson chu a kal pel a, a hawi let leh a. Rei vak lo chu Bruegel painting-a focal point ang maiin vun dum leh dum chu a inthlau hle. Johnson chuan thil engemaw a pe a, a hawi let nghal a, 38th Street luhna lam pan chuan a kal ta a. Bootie chuan a kekawr iptea savun bag lian tak innghah chhungah chuan thil engemaw a thun a, pawl tenau lam pan chuan a kir leh ta a.
  "Eng nge a nih?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  “Ka hre lo,” Hawk chuan a ti a. "Civil rights group-ah hian an pahnih hian mi kan nei a. College chungchang a ni. File-ah khan a hming i hmu a. Johnson hi hetah hian a lo kal tih a hria a, mahse a chhan erawh a hre lo." A ngawi reng a, chutah chuan rilru na takin a sawi belh leh a: "Johnson hi a fing tak zet a ni. Kan mipa hi a ring lo."
  "Rhodesia rama Unau te tan propaganda?"
  "A ni mai thei. Ka ngaihdan chuan, Nicholas, hriat chhuah i tum tur a ni."
  Nick chuan a darthlalang chu a melh a. Group a zawm hma minute hnih vel a la awm. "Thil dang a thleng dawn em ni?"
  "Chu chu a ni mai, Nick. Ngaidam rawh, chu aia tam chu a awm lo. I hriat tur pawimawh tak tak kan hmuh chuan courier ka rawn thawn ang. Code word 'biltong' hi vawi thum a sawi nawn leh a ni."
  An ding chhuak a, hall lam chu an hawi nghal a. Hawk chuan Nick chu a rawn man a, a kut khauh tak chu a bicep hnuaiah chuan a rawn hmet a. Chutah chuan mipa upa zawk chu office hallway pakhatah chuan a bo ta a. Nick chu escalator atang chuan a chhuk a.
  Nick chuan Boyd chu a inhmelhriattir a, hmeichhe naupangte chu a inhmelhriattir bawk. Kut inthlakna light tak leh zakzum hmel zet hian a hmang a. A hnaih ber chuan Gus Boyd chu a fit hle niin a lang. A tan chu Nick angin a thuk lo hle a, mahse a chungah thau ounce khat pawh a nei lo a, a hmuhnawm hle. “Welcome aboard,” Nick chuan Janet Olson slender tak chu a kut nghet tak atang chuan a chhuah tir a. "Baggage?"
  "Kennedy-a hnenah check a ni."
  "Okay. Hmeichhia te u, second round atan min ngaidam rawh u, Lufthansa counter atang hian vawi hnih lut mai rawh. Limousine te chu pawnah an lo nghak reng a ni."
  Clerk chuan an ticket a thliar hrang lai chuan Boyd-a chuan, “Tour-ah hian i thawk tawh em?”
  "American Express nen. Vawikhat chu. Kum tam tak kalta khan."
  "Engmah a danglam lo. Heng doll-te hi buaina a awm tur a ni lo. Frankfurt-ah hian pariat dang kan nei leh a. Europe-ah pawh an inrawlh a. An chanchin an hrilh che em?"
  "Awle."
  "Manny hi i hre rei tawh em?"
  "Ni lo. Team a zawm chauh a ni."
  "Okay, ka thupek kha zawm mai rawh."
  Cashier chuan ticket stack chu a rawn pe let leh a. "A pawi lo. Hetah hian in register a ngai lo...."
  "Ka hria," Boyd chuan a ti a, "Fimkhur mai rawh."
  Butie DeLong leh Teddy Northway te chuan hmeichhe dang pahnih atang chuan step tlemte an kal a, an lo nghak reng a. Teddy chuan a ti muangchang a, "Wow. Eng nge ni ta, Grant! Chu kekawrte chu i hmu em? Khawiah nge chu swinger hmeltha tak chu an laih chhuah?"
  Booty chuan "Andrew Grant" leh Boyd-a hnungzang zau tak takte chu post lam pana an kal lai chu a en reng a. "An lai thuk hle mai thei." A mitmeng dum chu a khuh deuh a, ngaihtuahna fim tak leh ngaihtuahna seng tak a ni. A hmui sen curve nem tak chu rei lo te chhung chu a khauh hle a, a khauh deuh mai. "Heng pahnih hi ka tan chuan tlangval tak tak angin an lang. A nih loh ka beisei. He Andy Grant hi a tha lutuk a, hnathawk awlsam tak a ni lo. Boyd hi CIA agent ang deuh a ni. A lightweight who likes the easy life. Mahse Grant hi sorkar agent a ni a, if." Ka thiam em em a ni." . . "
  Teddy chu a nui suk a. "An inang vek a ni lawm ni? Peace parade-a FBI mite line-a ding ang khan - i hre reng em? Mahse - ka hre lo, Booty. Grant hi a hmel a danglam deuh hlek a ni."
  “Awle, kan hre chhuak ang,” Buti chuan a tiam a.
  * * *
  First class Lufthansa 707 chu a chanve chauh a khat. Season lian chu a tawp ta. Nick-a chuan United States leh Europe-ah thlasik chu hnaih tawh mah se, Rhodesia-ah a tawp dawn tih a inhriat nawn tir a. Group an inthen darh rual chuan Booty nen an inbia a, a hnung zui a, a bula aisle seat luah chu thil awmdan pangngai a ni. A company chu a lo lawm hle niin a lang. Boyd chuan ngilnei takin mi zawng zawng an hlim em tih a enfiah a, flight attendant ang maiin, chutah Janet Olson-i chu a zawm ta a ni. Teddy Northway leh Ruth Crossman chu an thu dun a.
  Pawl khatna a ni. He zinkawng leg atan chauh hian dollar za li leh sawmsarih leh pariat a ni. An pa te hi an hausa ngei ang. A mitmeng atang chuan Buti hmui rounded curve leh a hnar bold, straight tak chu a en a. A hmuiah chuan naute thau a awm lo. Chutiang khawpa mawi chu a cool hle.
  Beer in chungin, "Andy, Rhodesia i tlawh tawh em?"
  "Ni lo, Gus hi expert a ni." “Hmeichhe mak tak mai,” a ti a.A ruse zawhna chu a kawhhmuh nghal a, engvangin nge ram hre lo assistant tirh?A sawi chhunzawm a: “Bag te hi ka phur a, Gus hi ka thlawp a ngai a ni. Tin, zir bawk ang che. He hmunah hian excursion tam zawk kan ruahman mek a, thenkhat chu ka kaihruai mai thei. Kawng khatah chuan hei hi i group tan bonus a ni. I hriat reng chuan tour-ah hian mi pakhat chauh a zui a ngai a ni."
  Bootie kut chuan glass vawn chu a keah a ding a, a lam pan chuan a inbeng kang a. “Buaina a awm lo, mipa hmeltha pahnih hi pakhat aiin an tha zawk.
  
  
  Edman nen hian eng chen nge in awm tawh? " "
  Damn he hmeichhia hi! "Ni lo. American Express atanga lo kal ka ni." Thutak chu kan vawng tlat tur a ni. Hmeichhe naupangte hian a hnua note an tehkhin theih nan Janet hian Boyd a pump chhuak em ni tih a ngaihtuah a.
  "Khualzin hi ka ngaina hle. Inthiam lohna hlimawm tak nei mahse..."
  "Engati nge?"
  "Kan en teh. Hetah hian, luxury kawngah i awm a ni. Tunah chuan mi sawmnga velin kan hahdamna leh himna an lo thlir reng mai thei. A hnuai lamah..." A thaw halh a, a in a, a kut chu a ke bulah a kal leh ta a. "I hria em - bomb, tualthah, riltam, retheihna. Hetiang rilru put hmang hi in nei ngai lo em ni? Nangni escort te hian nun tha tak in hmang a. Chaw ropui tak tak. Hmeichhe hmeltha tak tak."
  Mitmeng dum ang maiin a nui suk a. A rim a tha a, a hmel a tha a, a hlim hle bawk. Chutiang candy te tak te mawi tak nen chuan hla takah i kal thei a, ni khat chu bill a lo thlen thlengin ride chu nuam i ti thei - "Swing Now" - "Pay Later" - "Cry at Your Leisure. A unaupa alderman nen casual party-a Chicago district attorney ang maia naive tak a ni.
  “He hna hi hna harsa tak a ni,” zahawm takin a ti a. A kut mawi tak atang chuan needle chu la chhuakin a hnute mawi takah chuan thun chu a nuam hle ang.
  "Mipa harsa tak tak tan chuan? I bet che a, nang leh Boyd hian thla tin thinlung in tichhe vek a, Riviera-ah thla eng hnuaiah hmeichhe upa zawk, mahni chauha awmte nen ka hmu che a ni. Los Angeles-a hmeithainu blue chips maktaduai khat nei te chuan nangmah lak tumin an intihlum a. Those those in the Birch inkhawmnaah hmatawngah brochure wave a ni."
  “Game table-ah an lut vek a ni.”
  "Nang leh Gus nen ni lo. Hmeichhia ka ni. Ka hria."
  "Min hriat nawn tir nge i inhriat nawn tir tih ka hre lo Bootie. Mahse, escort chungchang i hriat loh thil tlemte a awm. Hlawh tlem, hnathawh tam lutuk, feverish drifter a ni. Chaw mak tak tak ei avanga dysentery a vei fo thin." A chhan chu infection zawng zawng i pumpelh theih loh vang a ni.Tui in a hlau a, thlai thar emaw ice cream emaw USA ah pawh ei a hlau a, a pumpelh chu conditioned reflex a lo ni ta a ni.A luggage chu a tlangpuiin kawr bawlhhlawh leh suit hmuhnawm tak tak nen a khat thin.A darthlalang chu a ni San Francisco-a repair shop pakhatah chuan a suit thar chu Hong Kong-a tailor pakhat hnen atangin a chhuak a, Rome a thlen thlengin pheikhawk pahnih, a kekawr iptea khur nei hmanga eizawnna a tum a, chutah chuan pair thar pahnih a nei a, chu chu a ni thla ruk kalta khan siam a ni."
  Hun engemaw chen chu an ngawi reng a. Chutah Buti chuan rinhlelh rualin: “Min bum a ni,” a ti a.
  "Ngaithla teh: Calcutta-a thil mak tak a hmuhchhuah atang khan a vun hi a na hle a. Doctor-te chuan antihistamines duhthlan tur pasarih an pe a, kum khat chhung zet allergy test neih tir turin an rawt a, chu chu an buai tihna a ni. Share thenkhat a lei a, a nung reng a ni." State-a a awm laiin diltu ang maiin khualzin hausaten thurawn tha tak tak an pek thin chu a do thei lo a ni.Mahse, ram a chhuahsan fo avangin bazar leh a thil lei zawng zawng a en thei lo.A duhzawng ṭhian zawng zawng nen pawh inzawmna a hloh tawh a ni .Ui neih a duh a, mahse a theih loh zia chu i hmu a, hobby leh interest chungchangah chuan hotel atanga matchbox a lakkhawm loh chuan a theihnghilh thei a, chu chu hremhmun atanga a beisei ngai loh tur a ni a, chutah chuan a lo ni tawh a ni. Badly ".
  "Urrf." Bootie chu a rawn ti nghut a, Nick chu a ding ta a. "Min nuihzat tih ka hria a, mahse hei hi a tam zawk chu a dik mai thei niin a lang. Thla khat chhunga in zin chhung hian nang leh Gus hian hetiang nun chhinchhiahna i lantir a nih chuan he tihduhdahna hi venna tur society ka din ang."
  "En teh..."
  Lufthansa chuan a tlangpuiin zanriah ṭha tak an rawn pe a. Brandy leh coffee in chungah chuan mit dum chu Nick-a chungah a rawn lang leh ta. A kawr sam chu a rimtui hle tih a hria a. “Perfume a ni,” a ti a, “mahse, wary blondes lakah chuan a sensitive fo thin.” Ani chuan, "I tisual a ni,"* a ti a.
  "Engtin?"
  "Escort nun chungchang zawng zawng chu third person-ah min hrilh vek a. 'Kei' emaw 'kan' emaw i ti ngai lo. I guess tam hle a, i siam chhuak nasa hle bawk."
  Nick chuan a thaw halh a, Chicago district attorney ang maiin a hmel chu a lang lo. - “Nangmah ngeiin i hmu ang.”
  Flight attendant chuan cup te chu a la chhuak a, rangkachak sam hrual hrual chuan a hmui chu a rawn ti hrual a. Booty chuan, "A dik anih chuan, mi rethei, ka khawngaih lutuk ang che, ka rilru tihlim che leh hlim taka awm tum che ka mamawh chauh a ni. Ka sawi tum chu, eng thil pawh min dil thei a ni. Tunlai hian a rapthlak ka ti khawp mai," a ti a chutiang mite chu nang leh Gus ang tlangval tha tak takte chu galley sal ang maia khawsa tura nawr an nih thu."
  Emerald sphere hring dup chu a hmu a, a keah kut - tunah chuan glass a awm tawh lo - a awm tih a hria. Cabin chhunga light thenkhat chu a off a, passage chu rei lo te chhung chu a khar vek a... A lu a hawi a, a hmui chu a hmui sen nem tak takah chuan a hmet a. Hemi atan hian a inbuatsaih tih a chiang a, a chanve chu a nuihzat a, a chanve chuan hmeichhe ralthuam a siam a, mahse an hmui an inhmachhawn chuan a lu chu a na deuh - mahse a hnungtawlh lo. Sa siam dan mawi tak, a inhmeh tawk, a thlum leh a pliable tak a ni. Second nga chhunga thil thleng tur a ni tihna a ni. Thlawhna thup neia quicksand nem tak thlum tak chunga ke pen ang mai a ni - emaw, buhfai ei ang mai a ni. A hmasa ber chu trap a ni. A hmui, ha leh lei chhunga thil nêm, tingling sensations rawn chhuak chu nuam ti turin rei vak lo a mit a chhing a...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Mit pakhat a han meng a, a mitmeng chu a tla thla tih a hmu a, second tlemte chhung chauh khawvel chu a khar leh ta a.
  Tu emaw kut chuan a kekawr ipteah a rawn tap a, a fimkhur a, a inhnukdawk ta a. "Janet chu a dam lo hle mai," Gus Boyd chuan zawi te hian a ti a. "A serious lo. Air sick tlem chauh. A prone to tih a sawi. Pill pahnih khat ka pe a. Mahse minute khat tal hmuh che a duh ang, khawngaihin."
  Bootie chu seat atang chuan a chhuk chhuak a, Gus chuan Nick chu a rawn zawm ve ta a. Tlangval chu a rilru a hahdam zawkin a lang a, a rilru put hmang chu a friendly zawk a, a thil hmuh thar hian Nick professional status a tichiang zawk ang maiin a lang. “Hei hi thil mak tak a ni,” a ti a. "Janet hi doll a ni a, mahse Teddy atang hian ka mit ka la thei lo. Bubbly look a nei. I inhriat tawnna ka hmuh hian ka lawm hle. He Booty hi class nei hmeichhia ang mai a ni."
  "Plus brains. Third degree a tan a. Escort nun harsa tak leh ngilneihna mamawhna chanchin lungchhiatthlak tak ka hrilh a."
  Gus chu a nui suk a. - "A kalphung thar a ni. Tin, a thawk thei bawk. Tlangval tam zawk chuan anmahniin an thawk chhuak a, leh, hell, eng sense pawh nei chuan megaphone nei lo Gray Line conductor chauh an ni tih an hria. Janet pawhin min pump up tha khawp mai. Talk about thilmak tih a ni." chu chu Rhodesia ramah hmuh theih a ni."
  "Hei hi tour man tlawm tak a ni lo. An chhungte zawng zawng an dam tha em?"
  "Ruth tih loh chu ka ring. A college-in a funded scholarship emaw gift emaw chi khat a nei a. Accounting atanga Washburn hian loop-ah min dah tlat avangin tips dawng tur hian tu nen nge ka thawhpui ang tih ngaihtuahna ka nei ang. It's not a big deal for this group." "Hmeichhe naupang rilru na tak tak. Selfish bitches."
  Nick-a mitmeng chu thim zingah chuan a rawn sang chho ta a. “Hmeichhe kum upa zawk ka duh zawk thin,” tiin a chhang a.
  "A dik e. Chuck Aforzio hian nikum khan thil ropui tak a ti a. Arizona atanga lo kal hmeichhe upa tak hi a nei a. Hmun dang panga emaw paruk emaw ah in a nei a. A man hi maktaduai sawmli emaw maktaduai sawmnga emaw vel a ni tur a ni. A cool cat a ni. I hre tawh em?"
  "Aih."
  "American Express-ah eng chen nge i awm tawh, Andy?"
  "Kum li, kum nga chhung on and off. FIT tour special tak tak ka nei nual tawh. Mahse, Rhodesia hi ka khawih thei ngai lo, Africa ram dang tam zawkah ka kal tawh nachungin. Chuvangin i ni tih theihnghilh suh." the senior escort, Gus, and I "Ka tibuai lovang che. I mamawhna apiangah line-a khur plug turin min order thei ang. Manning hian free rein ka nei tih a hrilh che a ni mai thei tih ka hria a, kal turin ka inpeih tawh a, ka ti thei bawk." ni engemaw zat kalsan che." . Mahse ka tih chuan hrilh lawk ka tum ang. Chutih lai chuan - nang hi boss i ni."
  Boyd chuan a lu a bu nghat a. - "Ka lawm e. Ka hmuh che minute atang khan i pangngai tih ka hrechiang a. Edman-a i man anih chuan hnathawhna tur mi tha tak i ni ngei ang tih ka ring. Gay tlangval dang ka neih leh ka hlau a. Ka ti lo." mind lovers , mahse hna tak tak thawh tur a awm emaw, box chhunga mipui a tam emaw chuan hell of a nuisance an ni thei.Rhodesia-a harsatna awmte chu i hria em?Mihring dum pawl pakhat chuan Triggs leh a fapa pawl chu market atangin an rawn um chhuak nghal a. Nupa tuak khat of tourists got scratched.A thleng leh dawn lo tih ka ring.Rhodesians methodical and tough.Most likely police pakhat kan thawhpui tur kan hmu dawn a ni.Eng pawh nise contractor chu ka hre chiang khawp mai.Guard pakhat emaw pahnih emaw min pe ang along with the cars chu chu kan mamawh ang maia lang a nih chuan."
  Nick chuan Briefing a neih avangin Boyd hnenah lawmthu a sawi a, chutah casual takin, "Engtin nge pawisa tam zawk awm ang? Sanction leh chutiang zawng zawng nen chuan angle tha tak tak a awm em? Rangkachak tam tak an mining mek a ni," tiin a zawt a.
  Anmahni hre thei tur khawpa hnai lo leh aw hniam takin thu sawi mahse Gus chuan a aw chu a ti hniam lehzual a. "He thil hi i hmachhawn tawh em, Andy?"
  "Ni e. Kawng khatah chuan. Nunnaah ka dil tur awmchhun chu US emaw Europe-ah emaw man tlawm taka thil lei theihna hun remchang leh India ram panna tur pipeline rintlak tak neih theihna hun remchang a ni. Rhodesia atanga India panna pipeline tha tak tak a awm tih ka lo hria a, chuvang chuan ka ngaihven hle a ni." " .." .
  "Thu ka nei. Ka hriat chian lehzual che a ngai."
  "Min hmuh rual khan regular ka nih thu i hre tih i sawi mai a. Tunah chuan eng nge dik lo?"
  Gus chuan dawhthei lo zet hian a ti a. "Regular i nih chuan ka sawi tum chu i hria ang. He Edman hna hi ka ngaihtuah lo. Mahse, gold operation hi chu a danglam vek. Tlangval tam tak an hausa ta. Escort, pilot, steward ka sawina a ni." , airline reps. Mahse a tam zawk chu "Bar awmna room-ah an tawp ta a ni. Tin, an man na ram thenkhatah chuan service an dawn chu a rapthlak tak zet a ni. Gus chu a ngawi reng a, a mit a chhing deuh bawk. "A ṭha lo - kum nga chhung chu rulhut nen. Chu pun chu ka thawkrim hle a, mahse ka sawi tum chu a hrilh che a ni. Mipa hnathawk i neih chuan customs officer hian piece khat a duh tih sawi la, a lum chuan i lo haw ang." operator.Mahse, i hmanhmawh chuan i risk nasa hle.Heng Asian tlangval tam zawk hi cake khatah i lei thei a, mahse an hna an thawh tih lantir nan leh an inrawlhna deal te khuh bo turin victim an mamawh reng a ni . Chuvangin, an nawr luih che chuan , i tlu nasa mai thei."
  “Calcutta-ah hian ṭhian pakhat ka nei a,” Nick chuan a ti a. “Min pui thei tur khawpa rit a nei a, mahse a rim hi siamrem hmasak a ngai a ni.”
  "Chance kan nei maithei," Gus chuan a chhang a. "I theih phawt chuan inpawh takin awm reng rawh. Brake i neih loh chuan gamble a ni. Tlangval thil sawn thin."
  sorkar tlangvalte chu an hna thawk ang maia lang turin automatic-in wastage za zela sawm a chhut a, lubrication atan za zela sawm dang a chhut bawk. Hei hi a rem lo. A chang chuan i kal lut a, a bik takin Amex sign emaw Edman Tours emaw chutiang chi emaw nen i kal a, i kal pel thin. I spare shirt hnuaiah pawh an en lo ang. Vawi dang chu full check i hmu a, chu chu thihna rapthlak tak a ni."
  "Vawikhat chu quarter bar hmangin ka khel a. Vanneihna kan nei nasa hle."
  Gus chuan a ngaihven hle mai. "No sweat, huh? Bar ah khan engzat nge i hlawh?"
  Nick chu rei vak lo a nui suk a. A kawppui thar chuan chu thupha chawina chu a hriatna leh chuvang chuan a dikna fiahna atan a hmang a ni. "Hei hi han ngaihtuah teh. Bar panga kan nei a. ounces 100 ve ve. Profit chu ounce khatah dollar sawmthum leh pakhat a ni a, lubrication man chu zaa sawm leh panga a ni. Mi pahnih kan awm a. Ni thum hnathawh leh darkar hnih chhung lungkhamna inkarah $11,000 vel kan insem a ni.
  "Macau?"
  "Tunah, Gus, Calcutta chungchang hi ka sawi tawh a, i sawi tam vak lo bawk. I sawi ang khan inhriat tawn ila, kan inngaihdan hi i en ang u. A bulpui ber chu hei hi a ni ka ti ang." If you can help create a source in "Rhodesia, India luhna kawngkhar ka nei. Mi pakhat emaw pahnih emaw hian imaginary tour emaw kawngpuiah emaw Delhi emaw eng pawha party-a tel turin kawng hi kan zawh thei a ni. Kan badge mawi tak tak leh ka connection te hi hei hian min pui dawn a ni."
  "Ngaihtuah chiang ila."
  Nick chuan a ngaihtuah dawn tih a hrilh a. Second tin a ngaihtuah ang, a chhan chu Rhodesian mines atanga dan loa rangkachak lo chhuahna pipeline hian Judah leh Sea Kalgan khawvel nena a inzawmna leh inzawmna hmunah khawi emaw laiah a hruai a ngai a ni.
  Booty chu a bula a thutna ah chuan a kir leh a, Gus chuan Janet chu a rawn zawm ve ta a. Flight attendant chuan an thutna chu a dinglam deuh vek thlenga an nghah lai chuan pillow leh blanket a pe a. Nick chuan blanket pakhat a la a, reading lamp kang chu a off ta a.
  Capsule vawt tak maia ngawi renga mak tak maiah chuan an lut ta a. Anmahni awmna taksa, anmahni thir lung ngei, monotonous roar. Bootie hian blanket pakhat chauh a lak lai khan a dodal lo va, chuvang chuan an pahnih chungah ceremony tlem a nei a, chu chu a tucking a ni. Projection-te chu i ngaihthah thei a nih chuan, khum pahnih nuam takah i awm tih i mitthla thei ang.
  Nick chuan ceiling lam chu a han en a, London-a vawi khat chu culture ni engemaw zat a hmanpui Pan Am flight attendant Trixie Skidmore chu a hrechhuak ta a. Trixie chuan, "Ocala, Florida-ah ka seilian a, greyhound-ah Jax-a hnenah ka kal leh chhuak fo thin a, ring rawh, sex khawvela thil awm zawng zawng kha chu hnunglam seat-a tih vek ka hmu vek niin ka hria. I hria em, a sei tak takte kha," a ti that go." right across the bus. Awle, honey, boruak ka hit hma loh chuan zirna ka nei ngai lo chauh a ni. Inngaihzawnna, kut zungtang, blowjob, sidewinder, spoon tuck, down Ys leh whip te ka hmu tawh a ni.
  Nick chu thinlung takin a nui a. "Anmahni i man hunah eng nge i tih?"
  "Vanneihna ka duhsak a che, duhtak. Blanket emaw pillow emaw dang an mamawh a nih chuan, emaw, lamp dang emaw pahnih emaw i thlan chuan ka pui ang che." Trixie-i'n a hmui lian tak, a khat chu a rilru hlim takah a hmet a, "Hmangaihtute hi ka hmangaih, darling, hmangaihna ka hmangaih a, ka mamawh em em a ni," tiin a muangchang tih a hrechhuak.
  Buti thaw nêm tak chu a hmuiah a hre ta. "Andy, i muhil lutuk em?"
  "Ni lo, a bik takin ni lo. Muhil mai mai, Booty. Chaw ei tha - leh vawiin chu ni buaithlak tak a ni. Ka hlim hle."
  "Hlim? Engtin nge?"
  “Ka date che a, company tha tak i siam dawn tih ka hria.Thil ngaihnawm lo leh chapo tak tak te nen hian zinkawng hi engtiang chiahin nge a hlauhawm theih ang tih pawh i hre lo.Hmeichhe fing tak i ni.I ngaihtuahna leh ngaihtuahna i thup thin. ” a ti a.
  Nick chuan thim zinga a hmel lan dan chu a hmu thei lo chu a lawm hle. A sawi chu a sawi tum a, mahse a ngai tam hle. Ngaihtuahna leh ngaihtuahna a thup a, chu chu ngaihnawm leh hlu tak a ni thei - a nih loh leh tihdanglam leh thihna thlen thei a ni. John J. Johnson nen hian eng inzawmna nge an neih tih leh chu mipa dum hian eng nge a pek tih chiang takin hriat a duh a ni.
  "Mi mak tak i ni Andy. Khualzinna tih loh chu sumdawnna dang i nei tawh em? Executive chi khat i nih ka ngaihtuah thei. Insurance emaw finance emaw ni lovin, action nei sumdawnna chi khat i ni."
  "Thil dang ka ti tawh bawk. Midang ang bawkin. Mahse tourism business hi ka duh ber a ni. Ka partner nen hian Edman-a hnathawh thenkhat hi kan lei mai thei." Ruihhlo a hmang em tih leh a hun kal tawh a ngaihven mai mai tih pawh a hre thei lo. "Tunah college a tawp tawh avangin eng nge i beisei?"
  "Thil pakhatah hna thawk rawh. Siam rawh. Live." A thaw halh a, a inbeng kang a, a inher a, a press a, a taksa chhunga a curve nem tak tak, hmun tam takah a inthlauhna chu a siam thar leh a. A hmui chu a fawp a.
  A kut leh a taksa inkarah chuan a kut chu a sawn a. Dodalna a awm lo; a han chawi kai chho a, a hnunglam a han chawi kang a, a hnute nêm tak chuan a rawn nawr lut tih a hria. Zawi zawiin a fawp a, zawi zawiin a vun hring dup chungah chuan braille chu a chhiar a. A tactile fingertips chuan a hnute chu a khauh tawh tih a hriat chuan a concentrate a, chu thumal ngaihnawm tak chu a chhiar nawn leh ta a. A tie clip chu a rawn chhui chhuak a, a kawr button chu a phelh a, a tank top chu a rawn phawrh chhuak a.
  
  
  
  
  
  A kut pads chu a lum mai thei niin a ngai a, mahse a navel chungah chuan hmul lum tak ang mai a ni. Sweater sen a ha a, a vun chu silk lum ang maiin a lang.
  A hmui chu a hmuiah a hmet a, a hma aiin a tha zawk a, an sa chu plastic buttery toffee ang maiin a inzawm khawm a, sweet mass pakhatah a siam ta a ni. A bra thufing tawi tak chu a chinfel sak a, Braille chu a nung leh tak tak ta a, a hriatnate chu hmân lai inzawmna, subconscious memories of wellbeing and nourishment, a hnute nghet tak nawrna lum tak tiharhtuah chuan a lawm ta a ni.
  A manipulations chuan hriatrengna leh beisei chu a ruhroah a rawn tlan lut ta a. A fing a, thil siam chhuah thiam tak, dawhthei tak a ni. Vawikhat chu a kawr sir lama zipper a hmuh chuan, "Eng nge a nih min hrilh teh..." tiin a rawn sawi chhuak a.
  “Hei hi hun rei tak, rei tak chhunga ka chunga thil thleng tha ber a ni,” zawi te hian a chhang a.
  "A tha khawp mai. Mahse chu chu ka sawi tum chu a ni lo."
  A kut chu magnet a ni a, wire tel lo vibrator a ni a, bawnghnute siamtuin a rilru a hneh em em a, a taksa pum pui huamtu mi lian nêm tak a fawp a, hnah hrual hrual chunga hnim hring a chelh a ni. Eng thu nge sawi turin a duh? A thil tih chu a hre chiang hle. "A tui hle mai," a ti a. "Cotton candy-a inbual. Thla eng kara thlawk thei. Mumang tha takah roller coaster khalh. Engtin nge i sawifiah ang..."
  "I kut veilam hnuaia awm kha ka sawi tum a ni," chiang takin a ti muangchang a. "Kan thut atang khan he thil hi ka lakah i thup a. Engvangin nge silai i ken?"
  
  
  Bung hnihna.
  
  
  Chhum pink nuam tak atang chuan a rawn hrual a. Aw Wilhelmina, engvangin nge hetiang taka chiang leh rintlak taka awm tur chuan i thau leh rit lutuk a ngai? AX-a chief weapons engineer Stewart chuan Lugers hi barrel tawi zawk leh plastic grip te tak te hmangin a siam danglam a, mahse armpit holsters fit tha tak takah pawh thup theih tur ralthuam lian tak an la ni tho. Kal leh thut lai chuan uluk takin an inthup a, bulge pakhat mah a awm lo a, mahse Bootie ang kitten nen in inhnek chuan a hma emaw a rei emaw chuan metal a rawn tawk thin.
  “Africa-ah kan kal dawn a ni,” Nick-a chuan a hriat nawn tir a, “kan client-te hian hlauhawm tam tak an tawk a, thil dang zawng zawng bakah hian i security guard ka ni. Chutah chuan harsatna kan tawk ngai lo, he hmun hi civilized tak a ni a, mahse ...” tih a ni.
  "A nih leh sakeibaknei, sakeibaknei leh fei keng native lakah min humhim dawn em ni?"
  "Chu chu ngaihtuahna zah lo tak a ni." A bengchheng hle niin a inhria. Booty hian thil pangngai, nuihzatthlak tak takte chhanchhuah dan tibuaitu ber a nei a. Kut zungtang hlimawm tak takte chuan a tawp ber atan vuakna a siam a, chu chuan a duh loh zawngin a ti hnim a, a inher chhuak ta a ni. Beidawng leh â tak niin a inhria.
  “Thil bengchheng tak i sawi niin ka hria,” Bootie chuan a ti sap a. "FBI atanga lo kal i ni em?"
  "A dik e, a ni lo."
  "An agent ni ta la, dawt i sawi ngei ang tih ka ring."
  "Dawt hi ka huat ber a ni." A dik a ni. District attorney hnaah a kir leh tawh loh a beisei a, sorkar agency dangte chungchang a zawtfiah tawh lo ang. Mi tam zawk chuan AX chungchang hi an hre lo a, mahse Booty hi mi tam zawk a ni lo.
  "Private detective i ni em? Kan pa pakhatin kan zinga pakhat nge kan zavaia en reng turin a ruai che em? A lo ruai che a nih chuan kei..."
  "Chutiang hmeichhe naupang tan chuan suangtuahna tam tak i nei a ni." Hei hian a titawp ta a ni. "I dam chhung hun tam tak chhung chu i khawvel nuam leh him takah i khawsa tawh a, chu chu a ni tih i ngaihtuah a ni. Mexico rama mi rethei te chenna inah i kal tawh em? El Paso khawpui slums te kha i hmu tawh em? Indian shanties on the Navajo Country-a kawngpui hnung lam?
  “Ni e,” tiin hreh zet hian a chhang a.
  A aw chu a hniam reng a, mahse a nghetin a nghet tlat thung. Hei hian hna a thawk thei - rinhlelhna leh press a nih chuan attack. "Kan kalna apiangah heng mite hi high-income suburbanites atan an qualify ang. Rhodesia-ah ngei pawh hian mipa hring hi sawmhnih leh pakhat aia tam an ni. An hmui chunglam chu nghet takin an chelh a, an nuih a za hle a, a chhan chu an vawn loh chuan an ha a ri chhuak ang "Count the revolutionaries looking across ramri-ah te, hmun thenkhatah chuan odds chu sawmsarih leh panga leh pakhat a ni.Eptu pawlin ralthuam an hmuh hunah - an hmuh hunah - Arab legion-te lakah Israel aiin a chhe zawk ang.
  "Mahse tourist te hian an buaipui lo tlangpui - a dik em?"
  "Thil thleng tam tak a awm tawh a, an koh dan angin. Hlauhawm a awm mai thei a, chu chu tihbo hi ka hna a ni. Min nuihzat dawn a nih chuan ka thutna ka thlak ang a, a bak chu kan ti vek ang. A trip as business." ṭhiante. In hlim ngei ang. Ka thawk mai ang ".
  "Mi â suh, Andy. Africa ram dinhmun, kan kalna tur hmun hi engtin nge i ngaih? Ka sawi tum chu - European ho hian ram chhung hmun ṭha ber berte chu native-te hnen aṭangin an la bo a ni lawm ni? Tin, raw pawh." thil hmanrua te..."
  Nick chuan dawt sawiin, “Politics hi ka ngaihven lo a, native-te hian hlawkna engemaw zat an hmu ngei ang tih ka ring. Frankfurt-a min rawn zawmtu hmeichhe naupangte hi i hria em?"
  A chhang lo. Amah chu nghet takin a muhil ta a.
  Group-a mi pariat dah belhte hi mit la tak tak an ni a, anmahni duh dan angin an langsar hle. Nick chuan hausakna hian hmeltha a pui em tih a ngaihtuah a, ei tur tha, vitamin tam zawk, zirna hmanrua leh thawmhnaw man to tak tak a ni em tih a ngaihtuah a. Johannesburg-ah airline an thlak a, a vawi khat nan Africa tlang, ramngaw leh bundu, veld emaw bush emaw tlangram tawp nei lo an hmu a.
  Salisbury chuan Nick chu Tucson, Arizona khawpui a hriat nawn tir a, Atlanta, Georgia, khawpui pawn lam leh thing leh mau te pawh a dah tel bawk. Austin-a Torah ropui tak nen contract siamin khawpui chhunga introductory tour pek an ni.
  
  
  
  
  Nick chuan contractor-in local supplier car, guide leh travel service-te tana a trading firm chuan car keng driver pasarih bakah mipa taksa lian pali an rawn hruai tih a sawi. Sahimna?
  Khawpui changkang tak, kawngpui zau tak tak, pangpar mawi tak tak, park tam tak leh British architecture hmanlai tak takte an hmu a. Nick hian contractor Ian Masters nen an tlan dun a, Booty leh Ruth Crossman te chu car khatah an chuang a, Masters chuan an hun awl neih chhunga tlawh duhna hmunte a kawhhmuh a. Masters hi mi chak tak a ni a, a aw chu a booming a, a curly black mustache Lancer mustache nen a inmil hle. Mi zawng zawng chuan engtik lai pawhin: "Troo-o-p. Kanter. Attack!"
  “Awle, mi tan special visit ruahman rawh,” a ti a. "Zanin zanriah ei hunah checklist ka sem dawn a ni. Museum leh National Gallery of Rhodesia hi i tlawh loh tur a ni. National Archives gallery te hi a tangkai hle a, Robert McLwaine National Park leh a nature reserve hian boost for a pe ang che." Wanka. Evanrigg Park, Mazou leh Balancing Rocks-a aloe leh cycad te hi hmuh i duh ngei ang."
  Booty leh Ruth-i chuan zawhna an zawt a. Nick chuan midangte chu a baritone aw ngaithla tur leh a hmui bob chhoh leh chhoh lai en turin an ngen tih a rel ta a.
  An hotel - Meikles-a private dining room-a zanriah ei chu a hlawhtling hle. Masters-te chuan tlangval lian tak tak pathum, hmeltha tak tak leh tuxedo ha te chu a rawn hruai a, thawnthu te, zu in leh zai te chu zanlai thlengin an chhunzawm ta a ni. Gus Boyd hian a ngaihtuahna chu hmeichhe naupangte inkarah dik takin a sem a, mahse a tam zawk chu Janet Olson nen an zai dun thin. Nick hian escort dik tak a chang a, Germany rama anmahni rawn zawm hmeichhe pariat te nen an inbia tam ber a, Masters leh Booty te inrem danah chuan a thinrimna danglam tak a nei bawk. Ruth Crossman nen an zai dun lai chuan goodnight an ti a, an chhuak ta a.
  A ngaihtuah lo thei lo - nula zawng zawng chuan pindan hran an nei vek a. Ruth nen chuan sofa-ah chuan lungngai takin an thu a, a nightcaps nen chuan whisky leh soda an in dun a. Brunette Teddy Northway chauh chu an bulah a la awm a, Masters mipa zinga pakhat Bruce Todd, tanned youth, tualchhung football star ni bawk nen nuam takin an zai dun a ni.
  "Amah leh amah a enkawl ang. A duh che."
  Nick chuan a mit a chhing a, Ruth chu a en a. Hmeichhe sam dum chu a tawng tlem em em a, i bulah a awm tih i theihnghilh ta a ni. A han en a. Dark-framed glasses tel lo chuan a mitmeng chuan hnai taka hmu thei mite ang maia hazy, unfocused tenderness a nei a - a hmel pawh a mawi khawp mai. Amah hi duhthusam ngawi reng - buaipui ngai lo angin i ngai em?
  "Engnge?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  "Prey, a dik e. Inlan tir suh. I rilruah a awm."
  "Hmeichhe naupang ka ngaihtuah a ni."
  "Awle, Andy."
  Khawchhak lam wing-a a pindan lam pan chuan a hruai a, kawngka bulah chuan a ding ta a. "Zan tha tak i hman ka beisei Ruth. Dancer tha tak i ni."
  "Lo lut la, kawngkhar chu khar rawh."
  A mit a chhing leh a, a awih ta a. Maid-in a hnutchhiah lamp pahnih zinga pakhat chu a off a, khawpui light lang turin curtain a hawng a, Cutty Sark pahnih a leih a, in tur a duh leh duh loh zawt lovin soda a dah belh bawk. Double bed pahnih, pakhatah chuan blanket chu felfai takin a hnunglam hawiin a awm chu a ngaisang hle a, a ding a.
  Glass chu a pe a. "Thu rawh Andy. I jacket kha phelh rawh i lum a nih chuan."
  Zawi zawiin a pearl grey tuxedo chu a phelh a, casual takin closet-ah a dah a, a hmaa ding turin a kal leh ta a. "Zankhuain i ding mai dawn em ni?"
  Zawi zawiin a kuah a, a mitmeng dum hring dup mai chu a en a. “Ka hrilh hmasa tur chein ka ring,” a ti a, “I mit i meng zauh chuan i hmeltha hle mai,” a ti a.
  "Ka lawm e. Mi tam tak chuan he thil hi an en theihnghilh thin."
  A fawp a, a hmui khauh tak hmel chu mak tak maiin a nem leh a hlim hmel hle tih a hmu a, hmeichhe leh zu ruih hmang thaw hlim tak hnuaiah chuan a lei chu a huaisen a, a tithinur hle bawk. A taksa sei tak chu a chungah a nawr a, rang takin a ke ruh pakhat leh khup padded chu puzzle piece pakhat slot dinglamah fit ang maiin a fit ta a ni.
  A hnuah a bra a phelh a, a taksa mawi tak, sheet dum hring dup chungah chuan a inzar pharh chu a en a, "I'm a damn fool, Ruth. And please forgive me," a ti a.
  A beng chhung lam chu a fawp a, a in tlem a, chutah chuan aw ring takin, “Ka ti tur a ni lo’m ni?”
  "En theihnghilh suh."
  A nui suk pah chuan a ti zawi sap a. "Ka ngaidam che." A lei tip chu a jawline-ah chuan a tlanpui a, a beng chunglam chu a rawn tlanpui a, a hmui chu a tickled a, a probe lum, hnim, khur chhuak chu a hre leh ta a. Buti chu a theihnghilh vek.
  * * *
  A tuk zingah Nick chu elevator atanga lobby zau takah a rawn chhuah chuan Gus Boyd chuan a lo nghak reng a. Senior attendant chuan, "Andy, good morning. Chawhmeh kan ei hmain second khat tal nghak rawh. Nula panga an awm tawh. Tough, darling, a ni lo maw? I hawn hnuah engtin nge i awm?"
  "A ropui hle mai, Gus. Darkar hnih khat vel mut pawh ka hmang thei ang."
  Dawhkan bulah chuan an kal pel a. "Kei pawh. Janet hi doll demanding tak a ni. Booty nen khan in ti em ni a, Masters hian a score a ti zo em?"
  "Ruth nen kan tawp ta. A nuam khawp mai."
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick hian tlangvalte inkara he inbiakna hi lo hmu lo se a duh khawp mai. Thudik a sawi a ngai a, Boyd-a rinna famkim a mamawh a ni. Tichuan a inthiam lo hle - chu tlangval chuan friendly nih a tum mai mai a ni. Escorts te hian rinhlelh rual lohvin he inrintawkna inzawmna hi thil awmdan angin an inthleng a ni. Amah ngei pawh, hmuh theih loh daltu hnung lama awm reng ang maia che thin chuan midangte nen pawh inzawmna a hloh ta a ni. Hei hi kan en reng a ngai a ni.
  “Vawiin hian kan zalen dawn tih ka rel tawh a ni,” Gus chuan hlim takin a puang a. "Masters leh a mi hlim tak takte chuan hmeichhe naupangte chu Evanrigg Park-ah an hruai a. An rualin chawhmeh an ei dun ang a, thil hmuhnawm dang pahnih khat an entir bawk ang. Cocktail hun thleng chuan kan la chhuak ngai lovang. Rangkachak chhungah chuan luh ka duh a ni." sumdawnna."
  "Kan inbiak atang khan ka rilruah a awm tawh."
  An kalna tur an thlak a, an chhuak a, Miami-a Flagler Street-a Nick-a hriatrengna tur portico hnuaia kawngpui sirah chuan an kal ta a. Tlangval fimkhur tak pahnih chuan zing boruak an thawk chhuak a. "Ka hriat chian zawk duh che Andy, mahse i straight ka ring. Ka contact hi ka rawn inhmelhriattir ang che. Cash i nei em? Pawisa tak tak ka sawina a ni."
  "US dollar nuai sawm leh paruk".
  "Ka neih aiin a let hnih vel zetin a tam zawk a, mahse ka hmingthatna hi a tha ka ti. Tin, he tlangval hi kan rintlak chuan sumdawnna kan nei thei tak zet a ni."
  Nick chuan casual takin, "I ring thei ang em? A hun kal tawh chungchang eng nge i hriat? Trap chance a awm lo?"
  Gus chu a nui suk a. "I fimkhur hle mai, Andy. Ka duh ka ring. He tlangval hming hi Alan Wilson a ni. A pa hi geologist a ni a, rangkachak hmun thenkhat a hmuchhuak - Africa ramah chuan pinches an ti thin. Alan hi mi tough tak a ni. Chuvang chuan mercenary in a ni." the Congo, tin, a tlan chak hle a, a zalen hle tih ka hria a, lead leh steel a nei bawk.Wilson-a pa a pension thu ka hrilh che pawh kha sawi loh, rangkachak loaded a ni mai thei niin ka hria.Alan hi exporter a ni.Rangkachak, asbestos, chrome.In very large quantities. Pro tak tak a ni. New York-ah ka test a ni."
  Nick chu a nui suk a. Gus hian Wilson hi dik takin a sawifiah a nih chuan, chu tlangval chuan axe hman thiam mipa bulah a kawr chu a chhuah tir a. Accident thihna thlen hnua thi nghal mai thin amateur smuggler leh embezzler te chuan, "Engtin nge i check?"
  "Ka thianpa banker pakhat chuan First Rhodesian Commercial Bank-ah dilna a thawn a. Alan hi mid-seven figures-ah a awm nia chhut a ni."
  "A lian lutuk a, a thusawi pawh a sawi chhuak nasa lutuk niin a lang a, kan deal tenau te hi a ngaihven lo hle."
  "A square lo. I hmu mai ang. I Indian unit hian operation lian tak tak a buaipui thei ang tih i ring em?"
  "Chu chu ka chiang khawp mai."
  "Hei hi kan luhna a ni!" Gus chuan hlim takin kawngka chu a click a, a aw chu a ti hniam nghal a. "Amah ka hmuh hnuhnun ber khan enterprise lian tak tak din a duh thu min hrilh a. Batch tenau tak hmangin i lo enchhin ang u. Assembly line lian tak kan siam thei a nih chuan, kan siam thei tih ka chiang a, vawi khat kan neih tawh chuan." material to operate "Kan vanneihna kan siam ang."
  "Khawvela rangkachak siam chhuah tam zawk hi dan anga hralh a ni Gus. Eng thilin nge Wilson hian tam tak a supply thei nia i ngaih? Mine thar a hawng tawh em?"
  "A thusawi dan atang chuan a ti ngei tih ka chiang."
  * * *
  Zodiac Executive thar deuh mai, Ian Masters-a’n ngaihtuahna senga a pekah chuan Gus chuan Nick chu Goromonzi Road atangin a hnawtchhuak ta a ni. Ramngaw chuan Nick-a chu a ṭha ber laiah Arizona chu a hriat nawn tir leh a, mahse, artificial-a tui pekna hmun tih loh chu thing leh mau chu a vawt ang tih a hmuchhuak a ni. A briefing report-te chu a hrechhuak ta a: Rhodesia-ah ruahtui tlak lohna a lo thleng dawn ta. Mihring varte chu an hrisel a, an hlim hmel hle a, mipa tam tak chuan police telin starched shorts an ha a ni. Black natives te hian an sumdawnna chu ngaihvenna mak tak nen an kalpui a.
  Hetah hian thil mak tak mai a ni. Boulevard-a mipui rolling te chu ngaihtuahna sengin a zir chiang a, tension a ni tih a hre ta a ni. Mihring varte rilru natna leh rilru na tak hnuaiah chuan lungkhamna leh rinhlelhna a awm thei a. Mi pakhat chuan mipa hringte ṭhian ṭha taka thawhrimna hnuaiah hian thinrimna anga inthuam, dawhtheihna nei lo fimkhur tak a awm tih a ring thei.
  Chu chhinchhiahnaah chuan WILSON tih a inziak a. Warehouse ang chi building complex tak hmaah chuan a ding a, chu building hmaah chuan office structure sei tak, chhawng thum nei, United States-a corporation enkawl ṭha ber zinga mi ni thei tur chu a thu a.
  Installation chu a fai a, paint tha tak a ni a, thinghnah mawi tak takte chuan brown-green lawn sir zawng zawngah pattern rawng hrang hrang a siam a ni. Parking lot lian takah chuan driveway an round lai chuan Nick chuan a hnung lama loading ramp-a truck ding chu a hmu a, an lian vek a, a hnaih ber chu International thar lian tak, a hnung lama ke riat nei Leyland Octopus maneuvering dwarfing a ni.
  Alan Wilson-a chu office lian takah chuan mi lian tak a ni. Feet ruk thum leh pound 245-a rit Nick chuan a thau lo hle niin a chhut. A tan a, awlsam takin a che a, Boyd-a’n Nick-a rei vak lo a inhmelhriattir hnua kawngkhar a han hmet a, a desk-a a kir leh dan chuan anmahni hmuh chu a lawm lo tih a tilang chiang hle. A hmai kil tin atang chuan hmêlma nihna a lang chhuak a.
  Gus chuan message chu a dawng a, a thusawi chu a buai ta hle mai. "Alan...Mr. Wilson...kei...kan rawn kal chhunzawm zel...rangkachak chungchang...."
  "Tunge hrilh che?"
  "I sawi hmasak ber khan... kan remti a... ka kal dawn a ni...."
  
  
  
  "I duh chuan rangkachak ka hralh ang che ka ti a. I duh chuan i paper te chu reception desk-ah Mr. Treazzle hnenah entir la, i order kha dah rawh. Thil dang eng emaw?"
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Boyd chu a khawngaih hle a. Gus hian ruhro a nei a, mahse hetiang dinhmunah hian a tichak tur chuan kum engemaw zat a la ngai dawn a ni. I thil tih hriat i rin duh avanga ngaihsak lo khualzin rilru hah tak takte hnena thupek pe tura i hun i khawhral lai khan, mipa lian tak, friendly nia i ngaih chuan a rawn hawi let a, a rawn vuak che tur chuan i inpeih lo hmaiah chuan sangha hnim ang maiin. - sak. Tin, chu chu Wilson-a thil tih chu a ni.
  "Mr. Grant hian India ramah hian connection tha tak a nei a ni," Gus chuan a ti ring lutuk a.
  "Keipawh."
  "Mr. Grant... ah... Andy hi tawnhriat ngah tak a ni. Rangkachak a phurh chhuak a...."
  "I hmui â kha khar rawh. Ka hre duh lo. Tin, hetah hian amah ang mi rawn hruai turin ka ti lo che tih a chiang."
  "Mahse i sawi kha..."
  "Tunge - i sawi. Nangmah ngeiin i sawi a, Boyd. Mi tam lutuk tan chuan a tam lutuk. Yankees ka hmuh tam zawk ang kha i ni. Natna i nei a. Ka atanga riltam reng reng.
  Nick chuan Boyd a lainat avangin a mit a chhing a. Smack - a thlum. Nga pakhat hnu pakhatin hmaiah a vuak chu a damdawi i hriat loh chuan a rapthlak thei hle. A hmasa ber chu i man a, i chhum emaw, a petu chu a let hnih zetin i vuak emaw tur a ni. Gus chu a rawn sen hring dup a. Wilson-a hmel rit tak chu bawnghnute dum upa tawh, deep-frozen atanga solid thlenga phun ang mai a ni. Wilson-a thinrim mitmeng hnuaiah chuan Gus chuan a hmui a han hawng a, mahse engmah a chhuak lo. Nick chu a melh zauh a.
  “Tûnah chuan hetah hian chhuak rawh,” Wilson chuan a ti a. "And lo kir leh tawh suh. Ka chungchang ka duh loh thu i sawi ka hriat chuan ka zawng chhuak ang che a, i lu ka tikehsawm ang."
  Gus chuan Nick chu a en leh a, "Eng thil nge thleng dik lo?" Eng nge ka tih tawh? He pa hi a â a ni.
  Nick chuan zahawm takin a khuh a. Wilson-a mitmeng khauh tak chu a lam a hawi a. Nick chuan inthlau takin, "Gus-a hian harsatna a sawi ka ring lo. I inlan ang kha a ni lo. Thil tha a ti che a ni. Thla khatah rangkachak pound maktaduai sawm thleng market ka nei a. A man to berin. Pawisa eng pawh. Tin." if Could you guarantee more, which of course you cannot, IMF-ah sum dang hmuh belh turin dilna hun remchang ka nei a ni."
  "Awh!" Wilson chuan a bawng kekawrte chu a tidik a, a kut lian tak atang chuan puan in a siam a. Nick chuan hockey mitts nunna nei ang maiin a ngai a. "Chatterbox hian dawthei min rawn hruai a. Engtin nge rangkachak engzat nge ka rawn thawn theih tih i hriat?"
  "I ram pum hian kum khatah chutiang zat chu an siam chhuak thin. Dollar maktaduai sawmthum vel ti ila? Chuvangin i chhum atang hian chhuak la, Wilson, loneitute nen sumdawnna chungchang sawi rawh."
  "Ka thlarau leh taksa malsawm rawh! Rangkachak hring dup thiam! Khawi atanga i lemte kha i lak nge, Yankee?"
  Nick chuan Wilson-a ngaihvenna chu lungawi takin a hmu a. He pa hi mi â a ni lo va, ngaithla leh zir a ring a, mahse a rilru a buai hle niin a inlan a ni.
  “Sumdawnna lama ka thawh lai hian a chanchin zawng zawng hriat hi ka duh ber a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a, “Rangkachak chungchang sawi dawn chuan cake chi khat i ni, Wilson. South Africa ringawt pawh hian Rhodesia aiin a let sawmnga leh panga zetin a tam zawk. Rangkachak thianghlim troy ounce khatah dollar sawmthum leh panga a ni a, khawvel hian kum khatah dollar tluklehdingawn hnih vel a siam chhuak thin. Ka ti mai ang."
  “Thil i sawi tam lutuk a ni,” Wilson chuan a pawm lo.
  "Ni lo, official figure hi ngaihthah a ni. US, China lian zawk, North Korea, Eastern Europe-ah te - leh rukbo emaw report loh zat-ah te pawh a lang lo."
  Wilson chuan Nick chu ngawi rengin a zir chiang a. Gus chuan a hmui a hup thei lo. "I hmu em, Alan? Andy hian a thil neih hi a hre chiang tak zet a ni. A operation on..." tiin a tichhe ta a ni.
  Gauntlet ang maia kut pakhat chuan stop motion hmangin a ti ngawih ngawih a. "Grant-a hi eng chen nge i hriat tawh?"
  "Eh? Awle, rei tak a ni lo. Mahse kan sumdawnna ah hian kan zir thin...."
  "Pi wallet lak dan i zir ang. Ngawi rawh. Grant, India rama i channel te kha min hrilh teh. Engtiang chiahin nge rintlak an nih? Eng ruahmanna nge...."
  Nick chuan a rawn titawp a. "Engmah ka hrilh lovang che Wilson. Ka policy te hi i pawm lo tih ka rel mai mai a ni."
  "Eng policy nge?"
  "Loudmouths, braggarts, bullyes leh mercenaries te nen hian sumdawnna ka nei lo. Engtik niah pawh black gentleman pakhat chu white shit chungah ka hruai ang. Lo kal rawh, Gus, kan chhuak dawn a ni."
  Wilson chu zawi zawiin a san zawng zawng thlengin a ding chhuak a. A hmel chu a lian hle a, show siamtu chuan linen tha tak suit a la a, muscle—size 52. Nick-a chuan a duh lo. Needle hnua an che rang emaw, an hmai a sen emaw chuan. an rilru chu thunun theih lohvin a inher chhuak tih an hrethiam thei. Wilson chu a che zawi zawi a, a thinrimna chu a mitmeng lum leh a hmui khauh tak atang chuan a lo lang ber a ni. "Mi lian tak i ni. Grant," zawi sap hian a ti a.
  "Nang angin a sang lo."
  "Sense of humor. I lian lo hi a zahthlak hle - leh pum te tak te i nei bawk. Exercise tlem tal neih hi ka duh ber a ni."
  Nick chu a nui suk a, a chair-ah chuan nuam takin a insiam ang maiin a lang a, mahse a nihna takah chuan a ke chu a fit tha hle. "Chu chuan titawp suh. I hming chu Windy Wilson a ni em?"
  Mi lian chuan a kein button chu a hmet ngei ang - a kut chu a hun chhung zawng chuan a lang vek. Mi chak tak - sang tak, mahse zau lo tak chuan office lian takah chuan a lu a thun lut a. "Ni e, Mr. Wilson?"
  "Hma la la, kawngkhar kha khar rawh, Maurice. He sava lian tak hi ka paih chhuah hnuah hian Boyd-a chu kawng khat emaw kawng dangah emaw a chhuah ngei ngei ang."
  Maurice chu bang bulah chuan a innghat a. A mitmeng atang chuan Nick chuan a kut a cross tih a hmu a, koh thuai a beisei loh ang mai hian.
  
  
  
  
  Sports entu angin. Wilson chuan dawhkan lian tak chu muangchangin a kal kual a, rang takin Nick-a kut hmawr chu a rawn man a. Kut chu a inher chhuak ta - Nick nen chuan savun chair atang chuan a sir lamah a zuang thla a, Wilson-a kut beng hnuaiah chuan a inher ta a. Nick chuan Maurice chu a paltlang nghal a, bang hla tak lam chu a pan ta a. Ani chuan, "Gus, hetah hian lo kal rawh," a ti a.
  Boyd hian a che thei tih a tichiang tawh. Pindan chu a tlan pel nghal vat a, mak ti zet hian Wilson-a chu a ding ta a.
  Nick chuan tlangval chu ceiling thlenga sang lehkhabu dahna pahnih inkar alcove-ah chuan a nawr lut a, Wilhelmina chu a kutah a thun a, a kut zungtang hmangin safety lock chu a hmet a. "Kap turin a inpeih tawh. Fimkhur rawh."
  Maurice chuan, hreh tak mahse fimkhur takin lei lam hawiin a chelh a, machine gun te tak te a rawn chhuah tir chu a hmu a. Wilson chu office lai takah chuan a ding a, linen ha colossus pakhat chu a ding a: "Kah hi khap a ni, Yankee. He ram chhunga tu pawh bullet i dah chuan i inkhai ang."
  Nick chuan Gus hnen atangin step li zet a kal a. "I thu a ni, bakko. Maurice hian eng nge a ken - spray gun?"
  “Tlangvalte u, kap suh u,” Wilson chuan a ti leh a, Nick chu a rawn zuang thla ta a.
  Hmun a tam hle mai. Nick chuan pedal chu a thlah a, a dodge a, Wilson-a’n efficiency leh poise-a a zui lai chu a en reng a, chutah chuan mipa lian tak chu left zipper hmangin a hnar-ah a vuak a, chu chu strictly experimental a ni.
  A chhanna atana a veilam vuak chu a rang a, a dik a, a tlu lo a nih chuan a ha a chhuah tir ngei ang. A beng veilam vun chu a tikehsawm a, a beng veilam dang chu mi lian tak ruhroah chuan a thun a, a zuang thla ta a ni. Savun zuang sakawr chu a vuak ang maiin a hria a, mahse Wilson-a chu a flinch tih a hmu niin a ngai. Mi lian hian bul a tan dik tih a hmu tak zet - chutah chuan a dangin a balance vawng reng a, advance chhunzawm zel a tum chuan vuakna chu a thlak ta a ni. Wilson-a chu a bulah a awm a. Nick chu a hawi let a, "Queensberry Rules?"
  "A dik e, Yankee. I bum loh chuan. I bum loh a tha zawk. Game zawng zawng ka hre vek."
  Wilson hian hei hi boxing, jab leh left punch-ah a inthlak a, ṭhenkhat chu Nick kut leh kut aṭangin an bounce a, ṭhenkhat chu Nick-a parry emaw block emaw angin an pull bawk. Vawk ang maiin an rawn inher kual a. Lefties passing chuan Gus Boyd-a hmel mak tak chu a ti hlim hle. Maurice-a hmel dum chu a langsar lo hle a, mahse a kut veilam - pistol keng lo chu a vuak apiangin lainatnain a nghet tlat thung.
  Nick chuan chance a nei niin a ngai a, left kick chu a armpit atanga a rawn tla thla a. A ke dinglam aṭanga steam chu dinglam post khauh takah a blast a, giant-a jaw point chu chiang takin a tum a - Wilson-a'n a chhungah, a lu dinglamah a rawn luhchilh avangin a balance a hloh ta a ni. Left leh rights chuan Nika chu slap ang maiin a ribs ah a rawn deng a. A kir ngam lo va, vuakna rapthlak tak laka inven nan a kut chu a chhungah a dah thei lo. A grapple, wrestling, twist leh turn a, a khingpui chu chu hremna kut chu a khih thlengin a nawr a. Leverage a nei a, a nawr a, rang takin a inhnukdawk ta a ni.
  A thil tih chu a veilam a tlak hma pawhin a dik lo tih a hria. A superior vision chuan outgoing blow a paltlang lai chuan dinglam chu a man a, battering ram ang maiin a hmaiah a rawn deng ta a ni. Vei lamah a rawn inher a, bo a tum a, mahse a hmai hnungtawlhna aiin a kut chu a rang zawk hle. A hnungtawlh a, carpet-ah chuan a kekawrte chu a man a, ke dang a tlu a, lehkhabu dahna chu a rawn nam a, pindan chu a ti nghing ta a ni. Shelf chhe tawh tak tak leh lehkhabu tla tawh tam takah chuan a tlu ta a. A roll over a, hmalam leh chunglam a rawn bounce a, wrestler ang maia a lo harh chhuah lai pawhin a volume chu a la ri chhuak reng a.
  Tun dinhmunah! Nick chuan a kut na tak chu thupek a pe a. Hma lam a pan a, mit bulah veilam sei tak a vawrh a, dinglam tawi tak chu a ruh lamah a vawrh a, a half-hook right ngeiin Wilson chu mak a ti hle a, a kekawr ipteah a rawn tlan chho a, a hmuiah nasa takin a rawn deng a, a hlim hle. Wilson chuan a ke dinglam chu a hun takah a chhuah tir thei lo va, a in man thei lo. Milem tlu ang maiin a sir lamah a inher a, tluin step khat a la a, window pahnih inkar dawhkan chungah chuan a tlu ta a. Table ke chu a chhe vek a, pangpar mawi tak tak vase lian tak, squat tak chu feet sawm zetin a thlawk a, dawhkan lian tak chungah chuan a tla thla ta a ni. Magazine, ashtray, tray leh tui decanter chu mi lian taksa hrual hnuaiah chuan a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a.
  A rawn inher a, a hnuaiah a kut a dah a, a zuang ta a.
  Tichuan an insual tan ta a.
  Bung thumna
  Mi lian tha pahnih "fairly" insual i la hmu ngai lo a nih chuan fist fighting chungchangah ngaihdan dik lo tam tak i nei a ni. Television-a stage-a tihduhdahna hi mi tibuaitu a ni. Heng venhim loh vuakna hian mipa hmui a tikehsawm thei a, mahse a takah chuan a tla tlem hle. TV insual hi ballet a ni a, sucky punch a ni.
  Tlangval upa tak tak, kut zungtang hlim lo tak takte chu round sawmnga zet an kal a, darkar li chhung an inbei a, a chhan chu a hmasa berah chuan mahni in enkawl dan i zir a ni. Automatic a lo ni ta a ni. Tin, minute tlemte chhung i dam thei a nih chuan i khingpui chu a mangang ang a, in pahnih hian in kut chu nasa takin in inbeng kang ang. Battering ram pahnih an inthlauhna case a lo ni ta a ni. Unofficial record hi English mi hriat loh leh American sailor pakhatin a siam a, Newfoundland-a St. John’s-a Chinese cafe-ah darkar sarih chhung an inbei a ni. Hun chhuahna a awm lo. Ziak.
  Nick chuan hei hi minute sawmhnih chhung zet chu rei vak lo a hrechhuak a, Wilson nen office tawp khat atanga tawp dang thlengin an inbei a.
  
  
  
  
  An inhnek tawn a. An inthen a, hla tak atanga vuakna an inthleng bawk. An man a, an bei a, an inhnukdawk bawk. Mi tin hian furniture pakhat chu ralthuam atana hman theihna hun remchang sawmhnih chuang an hloh tawh a ni. Ni khat chu Wilson-a chuan Nick-a chu a femur-a belt hnuaiah a vuak a, a ti nghal a, mahse he thu hi a puff chhuak a: “Sorry - I slipped.”
  Window table, light chair pali, treasured sideboard pakhat, end table pahnih, voice recorder, desktop computer leh bar te tak te an siam a. Wilson-a desk chu an lo hrual tawh a, a hnung lama workbench-ah chuan an lo press tawh bawk. Mipa pahnih jacket chu a chhe vek a. Wilson chu a mit veilam chunga hliam vangin thisen a chhuak a, a hmuiah thisen a luang thla a, a chhe laiah chuan a rawn tla thla ta a ni.
  Nick chuan chu mit chu a thawk a, hliam chu glancing leh scraping blow hmangin a hawng a, chu pawh chuan chhiatna dang a thlen belh bawk. A kut dinglam chu thisen sen vek a ni. A thinlung chu a na a, a luruh a vuakna avang chuan a beng chu nuam lo takin a ri ta hlawm a. Wilson-a lu chu a sir lehlamah a inher chu a hmu a, mahse chu kut lian tak tak chu a rawn kal zel - a zawi hle niin a lang a, mahse an thleng ta. Pakhat chu a knock back a, a punch bawk. Mitmengah pawh. Pawl.
  An pahnih hian Wilson thisenah an inhnim lut a, an inbeng kang a, mitmeng atanga mitmeng thlengin an inbeng kang a, an thaw chhuak nasa lutuk a, hmui atanga hmui thlengin an insiamthawh hnai hle. Wilson chuan a mit atanga thisen chhuak chu tihfai tumin a mit a chhing chhunzawm zel a. Nick chuan beidawng takin a lead kut na tak takah chuan chakna a khawlkhawm ta a. An biceps chu an in man a, an in en leh a. Nick chuan Wilson chuan a chakna la awm chu a taksa ruh hring hringte tibuaitu beiseina chau tak ang bawk khan a khawlkhawm niin a hria.
  An mitmeng chuan, “Hetah hian eng thil nge kan tih?
  Nick chuan thawk lak karah, "Chu... chhe... cut."
  Wilson chuan a lu a bu nghat a, a vawi khatna atan a ngaihtuah ang maiin a lang. A thli chu a rawn ri chhuak a, a thi ta vek mai. A thaw halh a, "Yeah...guess...better...fix...it."
  "I...na...na...na...na...na...
  "Yeah... tenawm... koh... drawing?"
  "A nih loh leh... Round... Pakhat."
  Nick kut zungtang chak tak chuan a ti hahdam. A hahdam a, a hnungtawlh a, a ke a ding hmasa ber a ni. Dawhkan chu a thleng ngai lovang tih a ngaihtuah a, a siam a, a chungah chuan a thu a, a lu chu a ti hniam a. Wilson chu a hnungzang chu bang bulah nghatin a tlu ta a.
  Gus leh Maurice chu sikul naupang zakzum pahnih ang maiin an in melh a. Office chu minute khat chuang zet chu a ngawi reng a, mipa vuak tawhte thawk hah leh thawk chhuah hrehawm tak takte tih loh chu.
  Nick chuan a lei chu a ha chungah a tlanpui a. An awm vek a. A hmui chhung chu a cut nasa hle a, rei lo teah a hmui chu a pout ta a. An pahnih hian mit dum an nei ve ve a ni mai thei.
  Wilson chu a ding chhuak a, a ding chhuak a, buaina chu a thlir chhuak a. "Maurice, Mr. Grant-a chu inbualna chu entir rawh."
  Nick chu room atang chuan an hruai chhuak a, corridor atang chuan step tlemte an kal thla a. Basin pakhat chu tui lumin a khat a, a hmai na tak chu a chhungah chuan a thun lut ta a. Kawngkhar a rawn kik a, Gus chu a rawn lut a, Wilhelmina leh Hugo te chu a keng a, Nick-a kut a kawrfual atanga chemte te tak te chu a rawn inher chhuak a. "I tha em?"
  "Ngei ngei."
  "G. Andy, ka hre lo. A danglam tawh."
  "Ka ngaihtuah lo. Engkim a danglam tawh. A rangkachak zawng zawng chhuahna tur main outlet a nei a - tam tak a neih chuan kan ngaihtuah angin - chuvang chuan min mamawh tawh lo."
  Nick chuan tui a khat leh a, a lu a dunk leh a, towel dum thuk tak hmangin a in vawt ta a. Gus chuan ralthuam chu a rawn phar chhuak a. "Ka hre lo che - hei hi ka rawn keng a ni."
  Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a kawr hnuaia kawrfual chhungah chuan a thun lut a, Hugo chu a dah lut ta a. "Ka mamawh mai thei niin a lang. Ram hrual tak a ni."
  "Mahse... customs...."
  "Tun thleng hian kan che tha khawp mai. Wilson chu engtin nge a awm?"
  "Maurice chuan bathroom dang ah a hruai a."
  "Hetah hian i chhuak ang u."
  "Tha." Mahse Gus chuan a insum thei lo. "Andy, ka hrilh tur che. Wilson hian rangkachak a nei tam hle. A hnen atangin ka lei tawh bawk."
  "Chuti a nih chuan chhuahna kawng i nei em?"
  "Quarter bar chauh a ni. Beirut-ah ka hralh a ni."
  "Mahse chutah chuan pawisa tam tak an pe lo."
  "Ounce khatah dollar sawmthum in min hralh a ni."
  "Awh." Nick chu a lu a buai hle. Chutih lai chuan Wilson hian rangkachak a nei tam em em a, man tlawm takin a hralh duh ta a, mahse tunah chuan a chhuahna hmun chu a hloh tawh emaw, market-a a thlen theihna tur kawng lungawithlak tak a siam ta emaw a ni.
  An chhuak a, corridor atang chuan hall leh luhna lam pan chuan an kal ta a. Kawngkhar inhawng pakhat, "Ladies" tih ziak an paltlang lai chuan Wilson chuan, "Ho, Grant," tiin a au chhuak a.
  Nick chu a ding a, fimkhur takin a rawn hawi lut a. "Ni e? Engtin nge mit chu?"
  "Tha." Bandage hnuai atang chuan thisen a la luang chhuak reng a. "I dam tha em?"
  "Ni lo. Bulldozer in min rawn nuai ang maiin ka hria."
  Wilson chu kawngka lam pan chuan a kal a, a hmui hring dup karah chuan a nui suk a. "Dude, Congo ah ka hmang thei ang che. Engtin nge Luger kha a rawn chhuah?"
  "Africa hi a hlauhawm tih min hrilh thin."
  "A ni mai thei."
  Nick chuan chu pa chu ngun takin a en reng a. Ego leh mahni inrinhlelhna a tam hle a, chubakah mi chak tak takte’n an lu nghat thei lo va, mi tlem zawkte thusawi an ngaihthlak theih loh laia anmahni chhehvela mahni chauha awm thin added bit of loneliness pawh a awm bawk. An thliarkarte chu a lian ber atanga hranin an siam a, an inhlat lutuk chu mak an ti hle.
  Nick chuan a thusawi chu uluk takin a thlang a. "No offense. Dollar khat hlawh chhuah ka tum mai mai a ni. Ka lo kal tur a ni lo. Min hre lo a, fimkhur taka i awm avangin ka dem lo che bawk. Gus chuan a dik vek a ti...
  
  
  
  
  
  “Boyd-a chungah cap bengchheng tak dah chu a huat em em a, mahse tunah chuan impression zawng zawng a pawimawh ta.
  "Line i nei tak tak em?"
  "Calcutta a ni."
  "Sahib Sanya?"
  "A ṭhiante chu Goahan leh Freed an ni." Nick hian India rama black market gold operator lar pahnih hming a sawi.
  "Ka hmu. Hint kha la rawh. Hun engemaw chen chu theihnghilh rawh. Engkim a danglam vek."
  "Ni e. Hman man a sang zel. Taylor-Hill-Boreman Mining hi ka biak theih maithei. An buai hle tih ka hria. Min rawn biak thei ang em, inhmelhriattirna i siam thei ang em?"
  Wilson-a mit tha tak chu a meng chhuak ta. "Grant, min lo ngaithla teh. Interpol spy i ni lo. Lugers an nei lo a, an inbei thei lo bawk a, i number ka nei tawh niin ka hria. Rangkachak kha theihnghilh rawh. Rhodesia-ah pawh a tlem berah. Tin, inthiarfihlim rawh." THB."
  "Engvangin nge? An thil siam zawng zawng hi nangmah tan i duh em?"
  Wilson chu a nui suk a, a hmui hrual chuan a ha a rawn hrual lai chuan a mit a chhing a. Nick chuan he chhanna hian "Andy Grant" a tehna chu a nemnghet niin a ngai tih a hria. Wilson-a chuan a nun pum pui chu mipa leh mipa hring aiin khawvel danglam takah a hmang a, kan tan emaw, kan dodal emaw pawh nise. Egoist a ni a, thil pangngai leh ropui takah a ngai a, chuvang chuan tumah a dem lo.
  Mi lian nuih ri chuan kawngka chu a rawn luah khat ta a. "Golden Tusks chungchang hi i hre tawh a, i hre mai mai theiin ka ring. A nih loh leh i hmu mai mai thei lo em ni? Bunda crossing. Chutiang khawpa lian chu pakhat zel phur turin dum paruk a ngai a ni? Pathian thuin, i ngaihtuah a tlem leh nang i tem thei mai mai a ni lawm ni?"
  Nick-a chuan, “Golden Tusks chanchin hi ka la hre ngai lo, mahse, thlalak mawi tak i ziak a, khawiah nge ka hmuh theih ang?”
  “I thei lo. Fairy tale a ni. Rangkachak a thawmhnaw a chhuak - a awm chu an sawi hi a ni. Tunah hian a tlem berah chuan,” Wilson-a hmel chu a pouted a, a hmui chu a hring vek. Mahse, a la nui thei tho a, Nick chuan a nuih a hmuh hmasak ber a ni tih a hre chiang hle.
  "Nang ang chiah ka ni em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  "Ka ngaihtuah chuan. Thil pakhatah i onto tih an hre mai ang. I kawr chhungah panty i vuah a, i sumdawnna chu a zahthlak hle mai, Grant. Hetah hian engmah zawngin i lo kir leh a nih chuan min rawn hmu rawh."
  "Round hnihna atan? Chumi hma chuan ka ti thei lo niin ka hria."
  Wilson chuan implied compliment chu a duh hle. "Ni lo - hmanrua kan hmanna hmunah. Hmanraw kal du-du-du-du-du-brrr-r-r-r-." Caliber lian leh light machine gun chu a entawn tha hle. "Kan hmang tlem a, kan hmang nasa zawk a ngai dawn a ni. First team-ah i tel ve ngei ang."
  "Cash atan? Romantic ka ni lo."
  "A dik e - ka dinhmunah pawh nise -" Nick chu a zir chiang a, a ngawi reng a. "Awle, mipa var i ni. Ram tlemte i hmuh chuan i hrethiam ang."
  "Ka ti ang em tih ka ngaihtuah a?" Nick chuan a chhang a. "Mi zawng zawng chungah lawmthu ka sawi e."
  
  
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  Gus-a chuan Salisbury chu êng êng tak karah a rawn hnaih lai chuan ngaihdam a dil ta a. "Ka hlau hle a ni Andy. Keimah chauhin ka kal tur a ni emaw, phone-ah emaw ka check tur a ni. A hmasa berah chuan thawhhona tha tak leh hmalam hun atana thutiam tam tak nen a khat a ni. Mipa, chu chu bawlhhlawh engemaw zat a ni. Pro i ni em?"
  Nick chuan compliment chu buttery ang mai a ni tih a hria a, mahse chu tlangval chuan a sawi tum tak zet a ni. "No harm done, Gus. Tuna a channel te hi a clogged a nih chuan kan hnenah a rawn let leh thuai dawn a, mahse chu chu a rinawm loh. Tuna kan dinhmun hnuaiah hian a hlim hle. Ni lo, college-ah khan pro ka ni lo."
  "Tlem a tam zawk! Tin, min that ngei ang."
  "Amah hi i buaipui lo vang. Wilson hi naupang lian tak principle nei a ni. Fair takin a bei thin. Principle a dik hunah chauh mi a that thin, a hmuh angin."
  "Kei... ka hrethiam lo...."
  "Mercenary a ni lawm ni? Heng tlangvalte hian native-te kut an thlak hian engtin nge an awm tih i hria em?"
  Gus chuan steering wheel-ah a kut a nghat a, ngaihtuahna sengin, “Ka hre tawh. Engtin emaw tak chuan Alan ang tlangval hian a mow down ang tih i ring lo,” a ti a.
  "I hre chiang zawk. Pattern hlui, hlui tak a ni. Zirtawpniah mom tlawh la, Pathianniah biak in tlawh la, Inrinniah bomb puak rawh. Nangmah ngeiin i work out tum hian tight knots i nei a. I lu chhungah. The connections and relays." there start to smoke and burn out." "Heng Golden Tusks te hi engtin nge ni ang? An chanchin i hre tawh em?"
  Gus chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Hetah hian ka awm hmasak ber khan rangkachak hmul shipment pakhat, rel leh Beirut kaltlanga hrekna paltlang tura thawn chhuah chungchang thawnthu a awm a. The Rhodesia Herald-ah article pakhat a awm a, chu chuan chutianga paih a nih leh var a rawng a nih leh nih loh chungchang a sawi a. or." Zimbabwe ram chhe tawh takah hmuh a ni a, a bo ta a ni. Hei hi Solomona leh Sheba Lalnu chanchin hlui a ni."
  "A thawnthu kha a dik i ti em?"
  "Ni lo. India-a ka awm lai khan tlangval hriat tur te nen kan sawiho a. Rangkachak tam tak chu Rhodesia atanga lo chhuak niin an sawi a, mahse a zawng zawng chu ounce za li bar tha takah a awm vek a ni."
  Meikles Hotel an thlen chuan Nick chu side entrance pakhat atang chuan a tlan lut a, a room lam pan chuan a chho ta a. Inbualna lum leh vawt tak a hmang a, zuin a hnawih zauh zauh a, a muhil a. A ruh chu a na a, mahse a ruh tliak tilangtu natna na tak a hmu lo. Dar ruk velah chuan uluk takin a inchei a, Gus-a’n a rawn biak chuan a mit paint a lei chu a hmang ta a. Mi thenkhat tan chuan a thawk tha hle a, mahse full-length mirror chuan indona nasa tak a neih hnuah pirate inchei tha tak ang mai a nih thu a hrilh a. A lu a thing a, light a off a, Gus chu cocktail bar chhungah chuan a zui lut ta a.
  A tlawhtute an chhuah hnuah Alan Wilson-a chuan Maurice-a office chu a hmang a, a hnathawk zinga mi sawmhnih velin a enkawlna hna an thawk bawk.
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick-a thlalak pathum, camera thup hmanga lak chu a enfiah a.
  "A chhe lo. A hmel chu angle hrang hrang atangin an entir a. Pathian thuin a chak a ni. Engtikah emaw chuan kan hmang thei dawn a ni." Print te chu envelope chhungah a dah a. "Herman-a chu Mike Bohr hnenah thlen tir rawh."
  Maurice chuan envelope chu a la a, office leh warehouse complex chhungah chuan plant hnung lama control room-ah chuan a kal a, Wilson-a thupek chu a relay ta a ni. Front office lam pan chuan zawi zawiin a kir leh a, a hmel dum leh thim takah chuan lungawi hmel a lang. Wilson-a chuan thupek a zawm a; Rangkachak lei duh apiang thlalak nghal la, Bor hnenah thawn rawh. Mike Bor hi Taylor-Hill-Boreman chairman a ni a, hun eng emaw chen harsatna a tawk a, chu chuan Alan Wilson chu a zui a ngai ta a ni. Maurice chu control network-ah a tel ve a. Wilson en turin thla khatah $1,000 a dawng a, chutiang chu chhunzawm zel a tum bawk.
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  Nick-a’n a mit dum chu makeup-a a khuh lai vel khan Herman Dusen-a chuan Taylor-Hill-Boreman Mining airport-ah chuan fimkhur takin a pan tan ta a. He installation lian tak hi sipai zirchianna atana no-go zone-ah dah a ni a, a chungah hian square mile sawmli vel zet chu airspace humhalh a ni. Salisbury atanga a thlawh chhuah hma hian, ni chhuak khaw vawt takah VFR a thlawh hmain Herman hian Rhodesian Air Force Control leh Rhodesian Air Police te a ko a. Restricted area a hnaih chuan a awmna leh a lam hawiin radio hmangin station controller hnen atangin clearance a dawng leh ta a ni.
  Herman chuan a hna chu chiang takin a thawk a. Airline pilot tam zawk aiin hlawh a tam zawk a, Rhodesia leh THB te chungah lainatna a nei tih hriatna mumal lo tak a nei bawk. Mi pakhat chuan khawvel pum puiin anmahni a dodal a ni a ti mai thei a, chutiang bawkin khawvelin Germany a dodal tawh ang bawkin. I thawhrimna leh i duty i hlen chhuah lai khan miten chhan awm lovin an duh lo che niin a lang chu thil mak tak a ni. THB hian rangkachak hmun lian tak tak a hmuchhuak tih a chiang hle. Tha! An tan a tha, Rhodesia tan a tha, Herman tan a tha.
  A tlak hmasak ber chu native-ho khum bawlhhlawh tak tak, an venhimna bang chhunga box-a marble dum ang maia dahkhawmte chungah chuan a thlawk tan a. Mine pakhat atanga native-te ram panna kawngpui sirah rul ang maia post sei tak tak, sakawr leh jeep-a chuangte’n an veng.
  Herman hian a turn hmasa ber chu mark-ah degree sawmkua-ah, airspeed-ah, rpm-ah, rate of descent-ah, heading degree khat chhungah a siam a. Senior pilot Kramkin chuan a lo en reng mai thei, a en lo pawh a ni mai thei. Chu chu a thupui ber a ni lo, i hna chu i inpekna avang leh - eng thil tum atan nge? Herman hian hei hi hmân laiin a pa, strict leh fair a nih thu a ngaihtuah fo ṭhin. Tichuan Air Force - republic reserve-ah a la awm a - chutah chuan Bemex Oil Exploration Company; firm naupang tak chu a bankrupt khan a thinlung a na tak zet a ni. British leh American-te chu an sum leh pai leh inzawmna a hlawhchham avangin a mawhpuh a ni.
  Turn hnuhnung ber a siam a, runway bar sen pathumnaah chiah a tla thla ang a, hmul ang maiin a tla thla dawn tih a hmuh chuan a lawm hle. Chinese ho chu a beisei a. Si Kalgan chu a mawi hle mai. Amah hi hriat chian lehzual ila a lawmawm hle ang, chutiang diabola hmeltha, thluak tak tak nei. Chinese hmel pu lo se chuan German ang maiin i ngai ang - chutiang khawpa ngawi reng, fimkhur leh methodical tak a ni. Dik tak chuan a hnam hi a pawimawh lo - Herman-a chhuang tak tak pakhat a awm a nih chuan a rilru inhawng tak hi a ni. Hei hi Hitler-a chuan a thil fiah lo zawng zawng karah pawh a kal sualna hmun a ni. Chu chu Herman-a chuan amah ngeiin a hre chiang a, a hriatthiamna chu a chhuang hle.
  Crewman chuan cable lam pan chuan a hruai a, tiang sen hring a rawn vawrh a. Herman chu a hmunah a ding a, Si Kalgan leh putar piangsual tak chu field control canopy hnuaia lo nghak chu a hmuh chuan a lawm hle a. Tuna a thutna electric cart-ah a zin tlangpui avangin putar piangsual angin a ngai a, mahse a taksaah hian thil dik lo tam tak a awm lo va, a rilru leh a leiah pawh engmah slow a awm lo tih a chiang. Kut siam (artificial arm) a nei a, mitmeng lian tak a bun a, mahse a kal lai pawhin - a ke ruh - a thusawi ang bawkin thutlukna siamin a che thin. A hming chu Mike Bohr a ni a, mahse Herman-a chuan vawi khat chu hming dang a nei tih a chiang a, Germany-ah pawh a ni mai thei, mahse ngaihtuah loh a tha zawk.
  Herman-a chu mi pahnih hmaah chuan a ding a, envelope chu cart-ah chuan a pe a. "Zanriah ṭha rawh, Mr. Kulgan - Mr. Bor. Mr. Wilson hian hei hi a rawn thawn che a ni."
  Xi chuan Herman chu a nui suk a. "Landing nuam tak, hmuh nuam tak. Mr. Krumkin hnenah report rawh. Zing lamah staff thenkhat nen rawn kir leh a duh che niin ka hria."
  Herman chuan chibai buk lo turin a rilru a siam a, mahse a ngaihven a, a kun a, office chhungah chuan a lut ta a. Bohr chuan ngaihtuahna sengin aluminium armrest-a thlalakte chu a tap a. "Andrew Grant," zawi te hian a ti a. "Mi hming tam tak nei."
  "Heinrich nen in inhmu tawh kha a ni em?"
  "Awle." Bohr chuan thlalakte chu a pe ta a. "He hmel hi theihnghilh ngai suh - kan tihbo hma loh chuan. Wilson hi ko la, vaukhân rawh. Engmah hma la lo turin chiang takin thupek pe rawh. Hei hi kan hmachhawn ang. Tihsual a awm tur a ni lo. Lo kal rawh - Heinrich hi kan biak a ngai a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Room mawi tak takah thuin, bang chu hnunglam hawiin, courtyard zau tak nen a inzawm a, Bor leh Heinrich chu ngawi rengin an inbia a, Kalgan chuan a rawn call a. "Ringhlelna a awm lo. I pawm em?" - tiin Bohr chuan a zawt a.
  Kum sawmnga leh panga vel mi sam dum, foam-cushioned chair thuk takah pawh ngaihven taka thu ang maia lang Heinrich chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "AXman a ni. A tawpah chuan hmun dik lo a tawk niin ka hria. Information kan nei lawk a, chuvang chuan kan ruahman a, chutah chuan kan strike leh a ni." A kut chu a rawn beng khawm a. "Kan tan chuan mak tihna a ni."
  “Kan tihsual dawn lo,” tiin Bohr chuan chief of staff-in strategy a sawina tone tehna hmangin a sawi. "Tour group hi Vanki-ah a zui dawn niin kan ngai. A cover nia a rin chu vawng reng turin hetiang hian a ti tur a ni. Hei hi Italian-hoin an sawi angin kan strike location tha ber a ni. Deep in the bush. Armoured truck kan nei dawn a ni." Helicopter in reserve.Herman hmang la, a thil tum atan a inpe a, Krol pawh gunner angin, shot tha tak a ni - Pole tan chuan.Roadblocks.Tactical plan leh map kimchang siam rawh, Heinrich.Mi thenkhat chuan kan hmang a ni an ti ang hammer to hit a bug, mahse keini angin he bug hi an hre lo, huh?"
  "Wasp sting nei bug leh chameleon ang maia vun nei a ni. Ngaihtuah loh tur a ni." Müller-a hmelah chuan hriatrengna hrehawm tak takte thinrimna tenawm tak chu a lang chiang hle.
  "Kan hmuh theih phawt chuan thu belhchian dawl zawk kan duh a, mahse kan tum ber chu Andrew Grant-a vawi khat atan tihchhiat hi a ni. Operation Kill the Bug ti mai rawh. Ni e, hming tha, kan tum ber chu vawng reng turin min pui ang."
  “Kill the Beetle,” Muller chuan a ti leh a, chu thu chu a hlim hle. "Ka duh"
  "Chuti a nih chuan," Bohr tia koh pa chuan a kut kutchhuak thir projection-ah dots a mark a, a ti chhunzawm a, "engvangin nge Rhodesia-ah a awm? Political assessment? Min zawng leh em ni? Kan nih ang rangkachak luang chhuak zual zel hi an ngaihven em ni so happy to provide?Kan silai siamtu inrual tak takte hlawhtling tih an hre tawh mai thei?A nih loh leh heng zinga pakhat mah hi an hre lo mai thei?Foster hnenah hriattir la, Herman nen zing lamah Salisbury-ah tirh turin ka rawt a che.Wilson-a nen inbia rawh se. Thupek chiang tak pe rawh - find out. Kan thil ei tur tibuaitu tur ni lovin, finna (intelligence) chauh a khawlkhawm tur a ni."
  Heinrich Müller chuan remti takin, “Thupek a zawm a ni,” a ti. "I tactical plan hi a tha hle a, a hma ang bawkin."
  "Ka lawm e." Mit tha tak chuan Müller chu a melh a, mahse fakna lawmthu sawinaah pawh chuan a mitmeng lum tak, khawngaihna nei lo, cobra target en ang mai, plus cold narrowing, selfish reptile ang maiin a lang bawk.
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  Nick hian a hriat loh thil a hmuchhuak ta a - travel agent fing tak tak, tour operator leh travel contractor-te'n an client pawimawh tak takte hlim taka an awmtir dan. Hotel-a cocktail an in zawh chuan Ian Masters leh a mipa zahawm tak tak, hlim tak tak palite chuan hmeichhe naupangte chu South African Club-ah party-ah an hruai a, chu chu tropical-style building mawi tak, greenery mawi tak tak hmanga siam, light rawng hrang hranga eng leh tuikhuah eng mawi tak takte nena tiharh a ni.
  Club-ah chuan hmeichhe naupang, an incheina rawng hrang hranga eng mawi tak takte chu mipa sawmhnih vel nen an inhmelhriattir a. An vai hian an la naupang vek a, a tam zawk chu an hmeltha a, pahnih chu uniform ha an ni a, a tehna tha tak atan chuan khawpui mi upa zawk pahnih, pakhat chuan a tuxedo-ah hian jewelry tam tak a keng tel bawk.
  Chaw eikhawmna pindan lian ber kil khatah chuan dawhkan sei tak chu dah a ni a, chu chu dance floor bulah a awm a, a mah ngeiin wet bar a nei bawk. An inhriattir a, inbiakna nuam tak an neih hnu chuan, hmeichhe naupang tinte chu thiam taka mipa pahnih inkara ṭhutna tur place card an hmu ta a ni. Nick leh Gus te chu table tawp ber lamah chuan an inhmu dun a.
  Senior escort chuan, "Ian hi operator tha tak a ni. Hmeichhia te tan chuan hit tak a ni. Nang leh kei hi an hmu tling tawh a ni," a ti muangchang a.
  "Booty a dahna hmun kha en teh. Sir Humphrey Condon upa bulah. Ian hian VIP a ni tih a hria. Ka hrilh lo."
  "Manny hian a putar credit rating chu thuruk thurawn atan a thawn mai thei."
  "He taksa hi a handle thei lo. A cool hmel hle mai, a lo guess mai thei." Gus chu a nui suk a. "Lungngai suh, a bulah hian hun tam tak i nei dawn a ni."
  "Tun hnaiah hun ka siam lo. Mahse Ruth hi company tha tak a ni. Eng pawh nise Booty hi ka ngaihtuah nasa hle...."
  "Eng nge! Chutiang chuan a rei lo. Ni thum chauh a ni tawh - i thei lo...."
  "I ngaihdan ni lovin. A ropui hle. Thil engemaw a dik lo. Rangkachak sumdawnna lama kan tel dawn a nih chuan kan lo thlir reng turin ka rawt a che."
  "Prey! A hlauhawm tak tak em... spying...."
  "Heng naupangte hian adventure an ngaina dan hi i hria em. CIA hian kindergarten spy hmangin harsatna nasa tak an tawk a. A tlangpuiin pawisa vangin an ti thin a, mahse Bootie ang hmeichhia hian glamour atan a kal thei a ni. Little Miss Jane Bond."
  Gus chuan wine chu rei tak a in a. "Wow, tunah chuan i sawi tawh a, chu chu ka inchei lai thil thleng nen a inmil hle. A rawn call a, naktuk zingah group nen an kal dawn lo tih a sawi a. Engpawh nise, chawhnu lama thil lei tur free time. Car a hire a,." walks on her own.Ka press ka tum a, a rukin a tawng a, Motoroshang area-a mi pakhat tlawh a duh thu a sawi a, chuta tang chuan chhuah tir ka tum a, mahse damn - an neih chuan engkim an ti thei a, eng pawh ni se an duh chuan Selfridge-a Self-Drive Cars aṭangin car a la a.
  
  
  
  "Masters atang hian awlsam takin a hmu thei a ni lawm ni?"
  "Awle." Gus chu hissing sound nen a ding a, a mitmeng chu a ti zim a, ngaihtuahna seng takin, "A chungchang hi i sawi dik mai thei. An zinga thenkhat ang bawka independent nih a duh mai mai niin ka hria. Mahni chauha an che thei tih lantir che a ni.
  "Selfridge's i biak theih ang em, machine leh delivery hun tur i zawt thei ang em?"
  "Zan room an nei a. Minute khat min pe rawh." Minute nga hnuah a rawn kir leh a, a hmelah chuan a rilru a buai deuh hlek a. "Singer car pakhat. Hotel-ah dar riat velah. I sawi dik hmel hle. Loan leh permit chu wire hmangin a dawng a. Engvangin nge he thil hi min hrilh ngai loh?"
  "Intrigue thenkhat, putar. Hun remchang i neih chuan Masters te hnenah dar sarih vela hotel thleng tur self-drive min ruahmansak turin hrilh rawh. Chu Singer ang bawka rang zawk turin fimkhur rawh."
  Chumi tlai lamah chuan roast leh sweets inkar ah Gus chuan Nick hnenah, "Awle. BMW 1800 hi dar sarih ah i tan a ni. Ian chuan tip-top shape ah a awm dawn tih a tiam a ni," a ti a.
  Sawm lehkhat hnu lawkah Nick chuan goodnight a ti a, club chu a chhuahsan ta a. A tlai lovang. Mi zawng zawngin hun nuam tak an hmang vek niin a lang. Chaw ei chu a tha hle a, wine pawh a tam hle a, music pawh a nuam hle a, Ruth Crossman chu a mizia ber, hlimthla, ṭhian ṭhatna leh huaisenna ang maia lang, mi dashing tak nen an awm dun a ni.
  Nick chu Meikles bulah chuan a kir leh a, a taksa na tak chu bath lum leh vawt takah chuan a hnim leh a, a gear chu a check leh ta a. Thil zawng zawng chu a hmuna awm, oil, tihfai, sahbawn emaw, a tul anga polish emaw a nih chuan a rilru a hahdam fo thin. Ringhlelna tenau leh lungkhamna tenau i neih loh lai khan i rilru chu a thawk chak zawk niin a lang.
  A khaki money belt aṭanga note dahkhawmte chu a la chhuak a, a aiah chuan plastic puak thei block pali, Cadbury chocolate bar ang maia pian leh khuh a dah a ni. Chûngte hmang chuan a pipe tifaitu zînga hmuh ṭhin fuse pariat chu a dah a, chu chu wire tawp khata solder tla tê tê chauh hmanga hriat theih a ni. Transmitter beep te tak te chu a on a, chu chuan thil awmdan pangngaiah mel riat emaw, mel sawm emaw vel a hlaah signal a pe a, a wallet ang maia lian transistor radio directional response chu a hmu ta a ni. Transmitter lam hawiin edge, signal chak tak Audio signal lam hawia flat, signal chak lo ber.
  A hawi let a, dar ruk vela an biak hma loh chuan tumahin an tibuai lo chu a lawm hle. A travel alarm chu a phone a tihtawp rual chuan a ri ta hlawm a.
  Kum sarih mi lek a nih laiin a hma zan a party-a tel tawh tlangval thau tak tak zinga pakhat John Patton-a nen an inhmu a. Patton chuan chabi set khat a pe a, zing boruak thianghlim takah BMW blue rawn eng chu a kawhhmuh a. "Fueled leh checked, Mr. Grant. Mr. Masters chuan a bik takin a shape tha famkim i duh thu a sawi a."
  "Ka lawm e John. Nizan khan party tha tak a ni. Hun nuam tak i hmang em?"
  "A ropui hle mai. Group ropui tak i rawn hruai a. Khualzin ropui tak hmang rawh."
  Patton chu hmanhmawh takin a kal ta a. Nick chu a nui suk a. Patton chuan "mak" tih a sawi tum chu mitmeng hlimthla pawhin a pe lo va, mahse Janet Olson bulah chuan a inkuah a, Nick chuan Strong a in tlem hle tih a hmu thei.
  Nick chuan BMW chu a park leh a, control-ah a in check a, trunk chu a enfiah a, engine chu a enfiah bawk. A theih ang tawkin subframe chu a check a, chutah receiver hmangin car chu a bug em tih a en a. Treacherous emissions a awm lo. Car pumpui chu a fang kual a, a special set-in a dawn theih frequency zawng zawng chu a scan vek a, chutah chuan car chu a thianghlim tih a rel ta a ni. Gus-a room lam chu a pan a, senior attendant chu sam sam turin a tlan chak hle tih a hmu a, a mit chu a thim a, bathroom light eng hnuaiah chuan thisen a chhuak bawk. "Zan ropui tak," Gus chuan a ti a. "I duh lo kha i fing hle. Wow! Dar nga ah ka chhuak."
  "Nun hrisel tak i hmang tur a ni. Ka chhuak hma."
  Gus chuan Nick hmel chu a zir chiang a. "Chu mit chu paint hnuaiah pawh a dum vek. Kei ang bawkin i hmel a chhe deuh mai."
  "Sour grapes. Chawhmeh ei zawhah i rilru a hahdam ang. Ṭanpuina tlem ka mamawh ang. Bootie chu a lo thlen hunah a car-ah escort la, tichuan eng emaw chhanin hotel lamah hruai kir leh rawh. Engtin nge chawhmeh ei tur crate an siam ang." tin, chutah chuan la turin hruai kir leh rawh.Eng nge a nih hrilh suh - a dawng lo tur chhan tur engemaw tal a zawng ang, chuti lo chuan pakhat a order tawh mai thei."
  Hmeichhe naupang tam zawk chu chawhmeh ei tlai an ni. Nick chu lobby chhungah chuan a vak kual a, kawngpui lam chu a han hawi a, dar riat chiah velah chuan corner space pakhatah chuan Singer car cream rawng a hmu a. Tlangval pakhat jacket dum ha chu hotel chhungah leh public address system Miss DeLong tia koh chhungah a lut a. Window atang chuan Nick chuan Booty leh Gus te chuan dawhkan bula delivery man chu an hmu a, Singer lam pan chuan an chhuak ta a. An ti a. Jacket dum ha tlangval chuan Booty chu a chhuahsan a, Gus chu hotel lamah a kir leh ta a. Nick chu gallery bula kawngka atang chuan a tlan chhuak a.
  Rang takin car ding hnungah chuan a kal a, Singer bula ding Rover hnung lamah thil pakhat a thlak ang maiin a insiam a. Hmuh theih lohvin a bo ta a. A chhuah chuan beeper emitter chu Singer hnunglam frame hnuaiah an dah a.
  Corner atang chuan Bootie leh Gus te chu box te tak te leh Bootie purse lian tak kengin hotel atanga an chhuah lai chu a en reng a. Portico hnuaiah chuan an ding ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chuan Booty chu Singer-a a chuang a, engine a start thleng chu a en reng a, chutah BMW lam pan chuan a tlan let nghal vat a. Turn a thlen chuan Singer chu block tawp lam chanve vel a ni tawh. Gus chuan a hmu a, chunglam hawiin a kut a phar a. "Good luck" - semaphore ang maiin.
  Buti chu hmar lam a pan ta a. Ni chu a mawi hle a, ni chu Southern California ang maia lang landscape-ah chuan a eng chhuak nasa hle a - thlaler hmun ni lovin, tlangram ang maia thing leh mau tam tak awmna leh lungphun mak tak tak awmna hmun a ni. Nick chuan a zui a, a hnungah chuan a awm tha hle a, a bula seat hnung lama radio beep ri nen chuan inzawmna a nemnghet ta a ni.
  Ram a hmuh tam poh leh a duh zual - boruak, ramngaw leh mipui te. Mihring dumte chu an rilru hahdam takin an lang a, an hausa fo thin a, car leh truck chi hrang hrang an khalh thin. Ram chhunga sumdawnna hmun hmasawn tak a hmuh thu leh a ngaihdan a vawng reng tur thu a inhriat nawn tir a ni.
  Irrigation pump bulah sakeibaknei pakhat a ran vulh lai a hmu a, kawngpui kalte mak tih hmel tak tak atang chuan amah ang bawka mak an tih thu a sawi chhuak ta a ni. He rannung hi ruahtui tlak loh vangin civilization-ah a lo kal a ni mai thei.
  England chhinchhiahna chu hmun tinah a awm a, chu chu a inhmeh hle a, ni chhuahna hmun leh ram lum tak tak, thing leh mau nghet tak takte chu British Isles-a hmun lum leh vawt tawk tak ang maia backdrop tha tak ang maiin a awm a ni. Baobab thingte chuan a rilru a la ta hle mai. Banyan thing emaw Florida fig thing ang maia lang kut mak tak tak chu space-ah an paih a. Thing pakhat, feet sawmthum vel zeta sei chu a paltlang a, kawngpui inkar pakhatah chuan a thleng ta a. Sign-ah hian Ayrshire, Eldorado, Pikanyamba, Sinoya te pawh a tel. Nick chu a ding a, radio chu a la a, a han her kual a. Signal chak ber chu a rawn kal nghal a. A kal nghal a, ba-hip chu a check leh a. Hma lam pan nghal, ring tak leh chiang takin.
  Corner a han hawi a, Booty-a Singer chu kawngpui sira kawtthler bulah a ding a; BMW brake chu a hmet puak a, fing takin truck-te hman nia lang parking lot-ah a thup ta a ni. Car atang chuan a zuang chhuak a, bawlhhlawh bawm inzawmkhawm chu khuh botu thinghnah felfai taka siam hnunglam chu a en a. Kawngpuiah chuan motor a awm lo. Booty car chuan vawi li a beep a. Hun rei tak an nghah hnu chuan mipa dum pakhat khaki shorts ha, kawr leh kawr ha, side road pakhatah a tlan thla a, gate chu a hawng ta a. Car chu a rawn lut a, chu pa chuan gate chu a khar a, car chhungah chuan a lut a, tlang atang chuan a tlan thla a, mi hmuh theih lohvin a tlan thla a. Nick chuan rei vak lo a nghak a, chutah BMW chu gate lam pan chuan a khalh ta a.
  Daltu ngaihnawm tak a ni: mi hmuh theih loh leh hneh theih loh, a flimsy hmel viau nachungin. Inch thum zeta sei steel bar chu counterweighted swing post-ah a inher a. A sen leh var stripe hmanga chei a ni a, thing angin i ngai sual thei bawk. A free end chu chain nghet tak leh English lock fist ang maia lianin a lock a.
  Nick chuan a hack thei emaw, a break thei emaw tih a hria a, mahse strategy lam thil a ni. Post lai tak atang chuan sign sei tak, sei tak, letter dum felfai tak tak - SPARTACUS FARM, PETER VAN PRESE, PRIVATE ROAD tih chu a innghat a.
  Gate sir lehlamah chuan fence a awm lo va, mahse kawngpui lian chuan jeep tan pawh kal theih loh khawpa khur a siam a. Nick chuan fing takin excavator hmanga laih a nih thu a rel ta a.
  BMW-ah chuan a kir leh a, bush chhungah chuan a khalh belh leh a, a lock ta a ni. Walkie-talkie te tak te kengin Bund luipuiah chuan ram kawngpui nena inmil course-ah chuan a kal ta a. Rui hring eng emaw zat a paltlang a, chu chuan ruahtui tlak loh laiin New Mexico a hriatchhuah tir a ni. Thing leh mau tam zawk chuan thlaler mizia an nei niin a lang a, ruahtui tlak loh laiin tui a vawng reng thei a ni. Thingtlang atanga rawn chhuak ri mak tak mai chu a hre ta a, a kal kual a, Wilhelmina hian sakeibaknei chu a titawp thei ang em tih emaw, hetah hian i tawn tur eng pawh a titawp thei ang em tih a ngaihtuah a.
  Kawngpui chu a mitthlaah vawng reng chungin in te tak te pakhat chunglam chu a hmu a, a hmun chu a survey theih thlengin a lam pan chuan a kal ta a. In chu cement emaw, stucco emaw a ni a, bawng dahna tur paddock lian tak leh lo felfai tak tak, chhim lam pan leh hmuh theih loha ruam thlenga zau a ni. Kawngpui chu in chu a paltlang a, thinghnah chhungah chuan a tlan lut a, hmar lam a ni. A dar telescope te tak te chu a la chhuak a, a chipchiar zawng chu a enfiah ta a. Sakawr te tak te pahnih chu Mexican ramada ang maiin inchung hlim tak hnuaiah chuan an lo ei a; window nei lo building te tak te chu garage ang mai a ni. Ui lian pahnih chu an thu a, a lam chu an en a, a lens atanga an kal lai chuan an hmui chu ngaihtuahna fim tak a ni.
  Nick chu a rawn tlan let leh a, in atanga mel khat vel a hlaah chuan kawngpui chu a parallel chhunzawm zel a. Bush te chu a thim zual sauh sauh a. Kawngpui chu a thleng a, a kal pel a, bawng kawngkhar chu a hawng a, a khar bawk. A tube atang chuan Singer chu a hmaah a awm tih a lang. Hma lam pan chuan a kal a, fimkhur takin, mahse lei chu a khuh a.
  Kawngpui vawt chu lungpui a ni a, tui a luang tha hle niin a lang a, mahse he khaw lum lai hian a pawimawh lo. Thingkung hnuaiah chuan bawng tam tak a hmu a, a then chu hla takah a awm a. Rul te tak te pakhat chu a tlan pelh lai chuan lungpui atang chuan a thlawk chhuak a, ni khat chu thing chungah chuan rulhut ang chi thil nung pakhat, thil tenawm tak avanga lawmman eng pawh la thei tur chu a hmu a—inches ruk zeta sei a ni. rawng hrang hrang, hrual hrang hrang, ki hrang hrang, ha eng leh sual hmel tak tak a nei a.
  
  
  
  A ding a, a lu a hrufai a, ani chuan serious takin a en a, che pawh a che lo.
  Nick chuan a darkar chu a en a - 1:06. Darkar hnih zet a kal a; a hlat zawng chhut: mel sarih. Ni zung kang laka a ven theih nan scarf atang chuan pirate kawr a siam a. Pumping station lam pan chuan a kal a, chutah chuan diesel chu a purh tha hle a, pipe te chu bund chhungah a bo ta vek a. Pumping station-ah chuan tap a awm a, tui rim a hriat leh a enfiah hnuah a in a. Lei hnuai thuk tak atanga lo kal a ngai a, a dam tha hle a ni mai thei; a mamawh takzet a ni. Rise-ah chuan a chho a, fimkhur takin hmalam a hawi a. Spyglass a la chhuak a, a tizau a.
  Lens te tak te chak tak chuan California ang deuha ranch in lian tak, thing leh mau leh thing leh mau chi hrang hranga chei tha takin a hual vel chu a entir a. Outbuilding leh kraal engemaw zat a awm bawk. Singer hian Land Rover, MG sports car leh a hriat loh classic car nen circle-in a khalh a, roadster sei tak, kum sawmthum zet upa tawh mahse kum thum mi ang maia lang a ni.
  In sir khata canopy awmna patio zau takah chuan ṭhutphah rawng hring dup chunga mi engemaw zat thu chu a hmu a. Fimkhur takin a ngaihtuah a - Booty, putar vun chhe tawh tak, hetiang hla takah pawh hian master leh hruaitu ang maia lang thei, mipa var dang pathum shorts ha, mipa dum pahnih.
  A han en a. An zinga pakhat chu John J. Johnson - New York-a East Side Terminal-a hmuh hnuhnun ber - a ni a, Hawk chuan pipe lum tak nei mi tlemte niin a sawi. Tichuan Buti chu envelope a pe a. Nick chuan rawn hruai turin a lo kal tih a rel ta a. Fing tak a ni. Tourist group hian an credentials te nen chuan awlsam takin customs an paltlang a, an bungrua hawn loh deuh mai a ni.
  Nick chu tlang atang chuan a tlan thla a, degree 180 zetin a inher a, a hnunglam chu a enfiah ta a. A rilru a hahdam lo hle. A hnungah engmah a hmu tak tak lova, mahse rannung thawm nena inmil lo, au thawm tawi tak a hre niin a ngai. “Intuition,” a ti a. A nih loh leh he ram dangah hian fimkhur lutuk mai mai a ni. Kawngpui leh bunda a zir a - engmah a awm lo.
  Patio atanga thlir theihna laka inven nan leh in lam pan hnaih turin darkar khat chhung zet a rawn inher kual a. Screen hnung lama pawl atanga feet sawmruk zeta hlaah chuan a tlan phei a, thing hrual hrual hrual hnuaiah chuan a inthup a; a bak zawng chu thinghnah enkawl tha tak leh thing phun chi hrang hrang chu a te lutuk a, chu chuan dwarf chu a thup thei lo. A telescope chu thinghnah zinga khur atang chuan a kawhhmuh a. Hetiang angle-ah hian lens atang hian ni zung (sun flare) hmuh tur a awm lovang.
  Inbiakna snatch chauh a hre thei. Inkhawm nuam tak an nei niin a lang. Dawhkan chungah chuan glass, cup leh bottle te a awm a. A chiang e, Booty hi chawhmeh tui tak ei turin hetah hian a lo kal a ni. Hei hi a duh takzet a ni. Host ang maia lang patriarch chuan thu a sawi nasa hle a, John Johnson leh mipa dum, wiry, short guy dang, kawr dum, pants leh boot rit tak ha te pawhin an sawi nasa hle bawk. Darkar chanve tal a en hnu chuan Johnson-a chuan New York-a Bootie-a dawn, a nih loh leh a twin a nih thu a hriat chian em em, dawhkan atanga package pakhat a lak lai chu a hmu ta a. Nick hian thutlukna a siam nghal vat ngai lo. Johnson-a thusawi chu a hre ta a: "...tam lo...sang sawm leh pahnih...kan tan chuan a pawimawh hle...pawisa pek kan duh...engmah a bo lo..." tiin a sawi.
  Tarpa chuan: "... donation hi a hma khan a tha zawk... sanctions... good will..." a ti a, a thusawi chu a inang tlangin, ngawi rengin a sawi a, mahse Nick chuan "golden tusks" tih thumal hi a hre niin a ngai.
  Johnson chuan bag atang chuan lehkha pakhat a phelh a, chu chu Nick chuan a hre ta a: "Thread leh needles... code nuihzatthlak tak, mahse hriatthiam theih..."
  A baritone hausa tak chu aw dang aiin a ri tha zawk. A sawi chhunzawm a, "...ralthuam tha tak a ni a, ammo pawh a rintlak hle. Explosives hian hna a thawk reng a, tunah pawh nise. A16 aiin a tha zawk..." Nick chuan nui chungin a thusawi dang zawng zawng chu a hloh ta a ni.
  A hnungah chuan Nick-a tlanna kawngpui dungah chuan engine pakhat chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Volkswagen leivut tak mai chu a rawn lang a, driveway-ah chuan a ding a. Hmeichhe pakhat kum sawmli mi chu in chhungah a lut a, mipa upa zawk pakhatin a lo hmuak a, Booty chu Martha Ryerson tiin a rawn inhriattir a. Hmeichhia chu a hun tam zawk chu pawnah hmang ang maiin a che a; a kal dan pawh a rang hle a, a coordination pawh a tha hle. Nick chuan a hmeltha tawh mai mai niin a ngai a, a hmel lan dan, a inhawng a, a sam dum thianghlim leh tawi te chu a kawrfual zau tak a phelh lai pawhin a hmunah a awm reng a ni.Tunge...
  Nick hnungah chuan aw rit tak hian, "Hmanhmawh takin che suh," a ti a.
  Rang takin - Nick chu a che lo. An sawi tum chu i hre thei a, back up tur pawh i nei ngei ang. Musical British accent nei aw thuk tak chuan Nick-a hmuh theih loh mi pakhat hnenah chuan, "Zanga, Mr. Prez hnenah hrilh rawh," a ti a. Tichuan, ring zawkin: “Tunah chuan i hawi let thei tawh ang.”
  Nick chu a hawi let a. Mipa dum lian lo tak, shorts dum ha, sports shirt dum hring ha chu a kut hnuaiah double-barreled shotgun kengin a ding a, Nick-a khup veilam chu a hawi a. Chu silai chu a man to hle a, a thir chungah chuan engraving chiang tak leh thuk tak a awm a, gauge sawma sei, short-range portable gun a ni bawk.
  A mantu chu thlamuang taka a en reng lai chuan heng ngaihtuahnate hian a rilruah a kal tlang a. A tir lamah chuan che leh tawng a tum lo - chu chuan mi thenkhat chu a ti hlauthawng hle.
  
  
  
  
  
  Side lam hawia inher chuan a ngaihven hle. Kawngpui bul a in te tak tea a hmuh ui pahnih te chu mipa dum bulah chuan an rawn kal a, Nick-a chu, “Kan zanriah ei?”
  Rhodesian Ridgeback an ni a, a then chuan sakeibaknei ui an ti a, pound za vel zeta rit an ni. Deer ke chu grip leh twist hmangin an tikehsawm thei a, an battering ram hmangin game lian tak tak an rawn hruai thla thei a, an zinga pathum chuan sakeibaknei an chelh thei bawk. Negro chuan, "Thil titawp rawh, Gimba. Titawp rawh, Jane."
  A bulah chuan an thu a, Nick lam pan chuan an lei an hawng a. Mipa dang chuan anmahni chu a en a. Nick chu a hawi let a, a zuang leh a, thing chu a silai leh silai inkar ah dah tumin a bei a.
  Thil eng emaw zat chu a ring tlat a. Ui te chu "stay" turin an hrilh chauh a ni. Hei hian rei lo te chhung chu a tikhawtlai thei a ni. Hetah hian Negro hi hruaitu a ni lo mai thei - "white" Rhodesia-ah pawh a ni lo - kah lo turin an hrilh ngei ang.
  Blam rawh! Barrel pahnih atanga shot ang mai a ni. Nick chuan rei vak lo kalta a a awmna hmun boruak chu au thawm leh êng ri chuan a rawn tikehsawm tih a hre ta. A hnaih mek garage chu a rawn deng a, a dinglamah jagged circle a siam ta a ni. A zuang chhuak a, garage chung lamah a kut a nghat a, a taksa chu bound khatah a sang leh chung lamah a paih a, a roll ta a ni.
  Mi hmuh theih loha a awm lai chuan ui kephah hrual ri leh mipa tlan ri rit zawk ri chu a hre ta a. Ui tin hian, “Hetah hian a lo kal!”
  Nick chuan an hmalam kephah chu garage sir lamah an rawn chhuah tir tih a mitthla thei a, chu hmui lian tak tak, ha inch khata sei, rulhut hriatrengna nei, seh beiseiin. Kut dum pahnih chuan inchung sir chu an rawn man a. Mipa dum thinrim hmel chu a rawn lang ta. Nick chuan Wilhelmina chu a man a, a bawkkhup a, barrel chu chu pa hnar atanga inch khata hlaah a dah a. An pahnih chuan rei vak lo an inhnim a, an mitmengah chuan an in en a. Nick chuan a lu a thing a, "Ni lo," a ti a.
  Hmêl dum chuan a hmel a tidanglam lo. Kut chak tak takte chu a inhawng a, hmuh theih lohvin a bo ta a. 125th Street-ah chuan Nick chuan, ui cool tak tak tia koh a ni ang tih a ngaihtuah a.
  Inchung chu a enfiah a. Compound rawng hring, plaster khauh tak ang maia lang, daltu engmah nei lo hmanga khuh a ni. Tlemte hnunglam hawia tilt loh chuan net i dah thei a, table tennis court atan i hmang thei bawk. Defend tur hmun tha lo. A han hawi chho a. Thingkung sawmhnih zinga eng pawh chu an lawn thei a, chutiang a nih chuan an kap thei bawk.
  Hugo chu a la chhuak a, stucco chu a lai chhuak ta a. Plastic-a khur a tikehsawm thei a, car chu a ru thei mai thei - stall chhunga awm a nih chuan. Hugo chuan a steel chu a chakna zawng zawng nen a rawn tlan lut a, fingernail aia te zawk chips chu a knock out a. Puak thei bawm siam nan darkar khat a la ngai dawn a ni. Hugo chu a sheath a.
  Aw a hre ta a. Chu pa chuan: "Tembo - tu nge chunglam?"
  Tembo chuan a sawifiah a. Bootie chuan, "Andy Grant!"
  Mipa hmasa ber aw, British, Scottish burr touch nei chuan Andy Grant chu tu nge a nih a zawt a. Buti chuan a hrilhfiah a, silai a neih thu a sawi belh bawk.
  Tembo tone thuk tak chuan chu chu a nemnghet a ni. "Hei hi a nei a. Luger."
  Nick chuan a ti a. Tembo chu a bulah a awm a. Scottish accent chu patio-a a hmuh tar ta a ni tih a chhut a. Thuneihna a nei a. Tunah chuan: "In silai kha dah thla rawh u, tlangvalte. In kap tur a ni lo, Tembo."
  “Ka kap tum lo,” Tembo aw chuan a chhang a.
  Nick chuan a ring tih a rel ta a - mahse shot chu a hnai hle.
  Hangnail nei aw chu a ri ring zawk. "Hello, Andy Grant?"
  “Ni e,” Nick chuan a ti a. Engpawh nise an hre chiang khawp mai.
  "Highland hming duhawm tak i nei a. Scottish i ni em?"
  “Kilt tawp ber eng nge ka in fit tur tih ka hriat loh hun a rei tawh hle.”
  "I zir tur a ni, buddy. Shorts aiin an nuam zawk." Interlocutor chuan a nui suk a. "I lo chhuk duh em?"
  "Aih."
  "Awle, min en teh. Kan ti na lovang che."
  Nick chuan chance lak a tum ta a. Accident-in an that ngei ang tih a ringhlel a, Buti hmaah chuan. Tin, chu inchung atang chuan engmah a chak dawn lo - a dinhmun chhe ber zinga mi a ni. Thil awlsam ber pawh hi a hlauhawm ber a ni thei. A khingpui sual zingah chuan chutiang thangah chuan tumahin an hruai lut ngai lo chu a lawm hle a ni. Juda chuan grenade tlemte a paih ang a, chutah chuan insurance atan thing atanga rifle kah hmangin a riddle ang. A lu chu a sir lamah a nghat a, nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti leh a: “Hello, everyone.”
  Mak tak maiin, chutih lai tak chuan public address system chuan drumbeat hmangin chu hmun chu a luah khat ta vek a ni. Mi zawng zawng chu an froze vek. Tichuan band tha tak - Scots Guards Band emaw Grenadiers emaw ang maia ri chu "The Garb of Auld Gaul" opening bar-ah chuan an rawn ri ta hlawm a. A hnuaia pawl lai takah chuan, vun chhe tawh tak, feet ruk chuang zeta sei, plumb line ang maia sei leh dinglam, putar pakhat chuan, "Harry! Khawngaihin kal la, tlem tal tihhniam rawh," a ti a.
  Patio-a group-a Kick-a hmuh mipa var chu a hawi let a, in lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Upa zawk chuan Nick-a chu a melh leh a. "Sorry, music nena inbiakna kan beisei lo a ni. A thluk mawi tak a ni. I hre chiang em?"
  Nick chuan a lu a bu nghat a, a hming a sawi ta a.
  
  
  
  
  Putar chuan a en a. Hmel ngilnei tak, ngaihtuahna seng tak a nei a, muangchangin a ding a. Nick chu a rilru a hah hle. I hriat hma chuan khawvela tlangval hlauhawm ber an ni. Anni chu rinawm tak leh direct - emaw, rulhut thianghlim tak an ni. Sipaiho chu vuakna hmanga hmahruaitu an ni. Trench-ah chuan "Highland Laddie" tih hla sain an kal chho leh chhuk a, an kah thlak a, midangin an thlak thlengin an kal a ni. Aliwal-a silai mu sawmruk leh pasarih kenga Sikh sangli vel an hmuh khan lancer sawm leh parukna angin an chuang a. Dam fools te chuan an rawn bei ta a ni.
  Nick chuan a han en thla a. Thuziak chuan a \angkai hle a; mipa lakah chance a pe che a, i tihsual a ti tlem bawk. Dobie chu putar sang tak hnungah chuan feet sawmhnih zetin a ding a. A bulah hian verandah-a a hmuh mipa var dang pahnih leh hmeichhe pakhat Martha Ryerson tia hriat chu an awm bawk. Kawrfual zau tak a ha a, English garden tea-a matron hmeltha tak ang mai a ni.
  Putar chuan, "Mr. Grant - Peter van Prees ka ni. Miss DeLong hi i hria em. Mrs. Martha Ryerson ka rawn inhmelhriattir ang. Tin, a veilamah Mr. Tommy Howe, leh a dinglamah Mr. Fred Maxwell," a ti a.
  Nick chuan mi zawng zawng chu a lu a bu nghat a, a lawm hle tih a sawi. Ni chu thir lum ang maiin a kawngah a tla a, chutah chuan a pirate kawr chu a thleng lo. Eng ang nge a nih tur tih a hrechhuak a, a kut veilam chuan a la a, a hmai chu a hrufai a, a dah ta a.
  Van Preeze chuan, "Pawnah chuan a lum hle mai. Silai chu thlak a, thil cool zawk ti turin min rawn zawm ve la i duh lo ang em?"
  "Thil cool tak ka duh a, mahse silai hi ka dah duh zawk. Kan sawiho thei tih ka chiang."
  "Sir-re, kan ti thei. Miss DeLong chuan American FBI agent i nih a rin thu a sawi a. Chutiang a nih chuan kan nen in inhnial lo tihna a ni."
  "A dik e, Miss DeLong himna chauh hi ka ngaihtuah lo. Chuvang chuan ka zui ta a ni."
  Buti chu a ngawi thei lo. Ani chuan, "Engtin nge hetah hian ka lo kal tih i hriat? Darthlalangah ka en reng a. Ka hnungah i awm lo," a ti a.
  “Ni e, ka ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. "I hmel khauh tawk lo chauh a ni. Driveway-ah chuan i kal tur a ni. Tichuan i hawi let leh ang. Chuti a nih chuan min man ngei ang."
  Buti chuan a melh nghal rawm rawm a. En mai mai hian rash a siam thei a nih chuan! Tuna a nem zawk "Robes of Old Gaul" chu a tawp ta. Band hian "Road to the Isles" tiin an segued ta a ni. Mipa var chu zawi zawiin in atangin a lo haw a. Nick chuan a thlawptu kut hnuaiah chuan a melh a. Inchung kil khatah, hnung lamah thil pakhat a che a.
  "Ka lo chhuk thei ang em..."
  "I ralthuam kha thlak rawh, buddy." Tone chu chutiang chuan a nem lo.
  Nick chuan a lu a thing a, ngaihtuah ang maiin a awm. Battle music chungah chuan thil engemaw a rawn scrap a, net-in a khuh a, inchung atang chuan a thlawk thla ta a ni. Wilhelmina chu a rawn khawih lai chuan Pieter van Prees ke bulah chuan a tla thla a, a rawn tla thla ta a ni.
  Mipa upa zawk chu a zuang thla a, Wilhelmina chu net hruiah a inhnamhnawih lai chuan Nick-a silai kut chu a kut pahnih hmangin a rawn man a. Rei vak lo hnuah Tommy leh Fred chuan pile chu an rawn nam ta a. Luger chu a rawn tlan bo ta a. Bet crease dangin a khuh leh a, White chuan a rawn bounce back a, Black pahnih hian practiced precision takin net tawp lam an rawn tikehsawm.
  
  
  Bung Palina
  
  
  Nick chu a lu chungah a then a tla thla a. A reflexes te chu normal niin a ngai a, mahse second tlemte chhung chu a slow a, thil thleng zawng zawng chu a hrethiam vek nachungin. TV entu ang maiin a thu rei lutuk a, a rilru a buai em em a, a rilruin screen chhunga thil awmte a hip chhunzawm zel lai pawhin a taksa ruhte chu a thawk duh lo.
  Fucking mualphothlak tak a ni. Mihring dum pahnih chuan net tawp chu an la a, an hnungtawlh ta a ni. Tembo nen an inang hle. An zinga pakhat chu Petera vaukhân tura lo kal Zanga a ni mai thei tih a ngaihtuah a. Garage kil khata John J. Johnson rawn kal chu a hmu a. Netting siamnaah anmahni pui turin a awm a ni.
  Band chuan "Dumbarton's Drums" an play tan a, Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. Mi che leh network ri bengchheng tak takte chu tihbo tumin tumruh takin upbeat music an play a ni. Tin, Pieter van Prees chuan second tlemte chhungin seasoned strategist tactics mumal tak hmangin movement chu a orchestrate bawk. A ṭhiante tana bagpipe tum ṭhin, putar ṭha tak, eccentric tak angin a rawn lang a, sakawr chung chuang sipaite tana sakawr a hloh chu a pawi a ti hle a, a chhan chu active service-a a awm laiin fox man a tibuai a ni. Historic reference pakhat chauh a tawk - putar chuan computer analysis chu random selection hmangin a hrethiam ngei ang.
  Nick chuan thawk a la nghal vat a. A lu a tifai a, mahse game man thar ang maiin â takin a insum tih a hria. Hugo a thleng thei a, darkar khat chhungin a zalen thei a, mahse Tommy Howe chuan Luger hi professional takin a handle a, hetah leh khawiah pawh firepower dang thup a awm tih i bet thei bawk.
  Buti chu a nui suk a. "Tunah hian J. Edgar hian a hmu thei che a nih chuan..."
  Nick chuan a kawngah chuan lumna a rawn chhuak tih a hria. Engvangin nge he chawlh emaw, pension emaw hi a insist loh? Petera hnenah chuan, "He buaina atang hian min chhuah tir thei a nih chuan tunah hian cool drink ka in ang," a ti a.
  "Hriamhrei dang i nei lo niin ka hria," Peter chuan a ti a, chutah Nick-a'n a zawn loh avangin a diplomatic thiamna a lantir ta a ni - a awm theih dan tur a ngaihtuah thu a hrilh hnuah. "Unfasten it, boys. Khawngaihin min ngaidam rawh u, ka zah lutuk hi Mr. Grant. Mahse, in trespass tawh a ni, in hria em. Heng hun hi hun tha lo tak a ni. Engkim in hre ngai lo. Chu chu a dik ka ti lo."
  
  
  
  
  
  Inhnialna chi khat kan nei tih, United States-in nasa taka min nawr a inpeih loh chuan, chu chu awmzia a nei lo. A nih loh leh ni lo? " "
  Tembo chuan net chu a rawn unroll ta a. Nick chu a ding chhuak a, a elbow chu a rawn fawp a. Dik tak chuan nang leh kei hian inrem lohna kan nei tih ka ring lo. Miss DeLong hi ka ngaihtuah ber a ni."
  Petera chuan a lei lo, mahse a hnial lo. "Khaw lum takah chuan lut ila. Hetiang ni ah hian glass i in thei ang."
  Tembo leh Zanga tih loh chu hahdam takin courtyard chhungah chuan an chhuak vek a. Peter-a chuan amah ngeiin whisky chu a buatsaih a, Nick-a hnenah chuan a pe ta a ni. Appeasement gesture fiah lo tak dang. "Grant tia koh mipa tu pawhin whisky leh tui an la thin. Highway atanga an rawn um zui che tih i hria em?"
  "Vawikhat emaw vawi hnih emaw ka ngaihtuah a, mahse engmah ka hmu lo. Engtin nge ka lo kal dawn tih i hriat?"
  "In te tak teah ui te. I hmu tawh em?"
  "Awle."
  Tembo chu a lo lut a. Min rawn call a, chutah chuan a rawn zui ta che a. Ui te chuan ngawi rengin an en reng a. Insum leh vaukhân lo tûra thu a pe tih i hre tawh mai thei. Rannung ri ang maiin a ri a, mahse i beng chuan a ring lo mai thei."
  Nick chuan remtih hmel zet hian a lu a bu nghat a, whisky chu a in a. Ah-ah-ah. Van Pree hian a chang chuan a thusawi hangnail a hloh thin tih a hmu a, English mi lehkhathiam tak ang maiin a tawng thin. Patio mawi taka siam chu a kawhhmuh a. "In nuam tak a ni, Mr. Van Pree."
  "Ka lawm e. Hei hian thawhrimna, sum khawlkhawmna leh rochan tam tak hian eng nge a tih theih tih a tilang chiang hle. Ka hming chu Afrikaans a ni tih hi i ngaihven mai thei, mahse ka thiltih leh ka accent hi Scottish a ni. Ka nu - Duncan - chuan van Prees nen an innei a. Ani hian a thil siam chhuah a ni." South Africa atanga trek hmasa ber leh a tam zawk." Lei zau tak tawp nei lote chu a kut a phar a. "Bawng, zuk leh hmuam, minerals. Mit fing tak a nei a ni."
  A dang zawng chu foam chair leh lounge chair-ah an thu a. Patio chuan chhungkaw resort hotel tenau tak a rawng a bawlsak ang. Buti chu John Johnson, Howe, Maxwell leh Zanga te bulah a awm a. Mrs. Ryerson-i chuan Nick-a hnenah chuan appetizer tray pakhat a rawn keng a—sa leh cheese chu chhang, nut, leh pretzel triangle-a siam a ni. Nick chuan kut zungtang khat a la a. An bulah chuan a thu dun ta a. "I kal thui hle a, hot takin i kal tawh a. Mr. Grant. Ka khalh thei ang che. Chu chu i BMW kha highway bulah a ding em?"
  "Ni e," Nick chuan a ti a. "Gate chak tak chuan min titawp a. Chutiang khawpa hla chu ka hre lo."
  Mrs. Ryerson chuan tray chu a elbow lam pan chuan a nawr a. "Biltong kha han en teh. Hetah hian..." Sauce drizzle nen chhang chunga bawnghnute hmin rolled ang maia lang chu a kawhhmuh a. "Biltong hi sa chi (salted meat) chauh a ni a, mahse a tui tawk a nih chuan a tui hle. Biltong-a pepper sauce tlem a ni."
  Nick chuan a nui suk a, a rilru a click rual chuan canapés pakhat chu a lo en ve ta a. Biltong-biltong-biltong a ni. Rei vak lo chhung chu Hawke-a ngaihtuahna fim tak, ngilnei tak leh fimkhurna hnuhnung ber chu a hrechhuak ta a. A elbow chu a na a, a rub a. Ni e, Papa Hawk duh tak, Junior chu thlawhna kawngka atang chuan skydive turin a nawr chhuak a. A tih tur a ni, ka fapa. I hit hunah ka awm ve mai ang. Ngaihtuah buai suh, thlawhna hi unconditionally guaranteed a ni.
  "Rhodesia hi engtin nge i ngaih, Mr. Grant?" - Van Prees chuan a zawt a.
  "Charming. A ngaihnawm hle mai."
  Martha Ryerson chu a nui suk a. Van Preeze chuan na takin a en a, hlim takin a mitmeng chu a rawn let leh a. "Kan khua leh tui tam tak i tawng tawh em?"
  "Masters, tour contractor. Alan Wilson, sumdawng mi."
  "Oh yes, Wilson. Independence kan duhtu tha ber pawl. Tin, sumdawnna dinhmun hrisel tak pawh."
  "Hemi chungchangah hian thil engemaw a sawi a ni."
  “Mi huaisen tak a ni bawk. A duh danin. Roman legionnaires te hi an duh danin an huaisen. Ram hmangaihna chanve nei chi khat.”
  “Confederate sakawr chung chuang sipai tha tak a siam dawn niin ka hria,” Nick chuan a ti a, a hnung zuiin. "Waring mix-a huaisenna, ideal leh duhâmna te inzawmkhawmin philosophy i hmu a ni."
  "Wareing blendor a ni em?" - Van Prees chuan a zawt a.
  "An vaia inzawmkhawmtu machine chu," Mrs. Ryerson chuan a hrilhfiah a. "Engkim hi soup-ah a mix vek."
  Van Preeze chuan a lu a bu nghat a, a kalphung chu a mitthla a. "A fit. Tin, an inthen leh thei tawh lovang. Heng hi kan nei tam hle."
  “Mahse nang ni lo,” Nick chuan fimkhur takin a ti a. "I ngaihdan hi a dik zawk ka ring." John Johnson-a chu a en a.
  "Reasonable? Ṭhenkhat chuan treason an ti. Record atan chuan ka thutlukna siam thei lo ang u."
  Chu mitmeng hrual hnung lama rilru chu rei tak a chhe tawh ngai lo tih Nick chuan a ringhlel hle. "Hei hi dinhmun harsa tak a ni tih ka hrethiam."
  Van Preeze chuan an glass chhungah whisky tlem a leih lut a. "A dik alawm. Tu zalenna nge pawimawh ber? India mite nen pawh hetiang chiah hian buaina i nei a. I duh danin kan chingfel tur em ni?"
  Nick chuan he thila hip a duh lo. A ngawih reng chuan Mrs. Ryerson-i chuan a rawn inrawlh a: "Tour i pe mai mai em ni, Mr. Grant? A nih loh leh ngaihven dang i nei em?"
  "Rangkachak sumdawnna lama luh hi ka ngaihtuah fo tawh. Wilson-a'n lei ka tum khan min hnar a. Taylor-Hill-Boreman Mining Company-in mine thar an siam tih ka lo hria a."
  “Nangmah ni ila chuan an hnen atangin ka hlat hle ang,” Van Prees chuan a ti nghal vat a.
  "Engati nge?"
  "An thil siam zawng zawngah market an nei vek a. Tin, mipui khauh tak, politics lama inzawmna nghet tak nei an ni bawk... Rangkachak façade hnung lamah thil dang a thleng tih thuthang a awm - mi thattu chungchang thuthang mak tak tak a awm bawk.
  
  
  Kan tih ang khan an man che a nih chuan net chhungah i awm mai mai lovang. I dam khawchhuak lo vang." "Chuti a nih chuan khawiah nge chu chuan Rhodesian ram hmangaihtu angin a hnutchhiah che?" Van Preeze chuan a lu a thing a. "On balance." "Miten Nazi tharte pawh sum an pe tih an sawi tih i hria em? Odessa Foundation-ah thawhlawm an thawh a, dictator half dozen zet an thlawp bawk - ralthuam leh rangkachak hmang pawhin." "Ka hre tawh. Ka ring hauh lo." "Chu chu rintlak a ni em?" "Engvangin nge communist te hnenah an hralh ang a, fascist te hi an fund ang?" "Eng fiamthu nge tha zawk? A hmasa berin socialist-te chu i kalsan a, anmahni sum hmangin i beihna tur sum i hmang a, chutah chuan i hun awl neihah democracy i zawm leh a ni. A tawp vek hunah chuan khawvel khawpui lian tinah Hitler lim an siam dawn a ni. Feet za thum zeta sang a ni. A ti ngei ang. Tlem a tlai deuh chauh, chu chu a ni mai. "Van Preeze leh Mrs. Ryerson-i chuan zawhna nei takin an in en a. Nick chuan he ngaihtuahna hi hetah hian a lo awm tawh tih a lo chhut a. A ri awmchhun chu savate trill leh au thawm a ni. A tawpah chuan Van Preeze chuan, "Chutiang hun chu tea in tur chuan ka ngaihtuah a ngai a ni," a ti a. " A ding chhuak ta a. " Chutah Booty nen chuan kan chhuak thei tawh ang?" "Kal la, inbual rawh. Mrs. Ryerson-i chuan kawng a kawhhmuh ang che. Nang chhuah chungchang erawh chu hetah hian parking lot-ah hian he thil chungchangah hian indaba kan chelh a ngai dawn a ni." A kut a phar a, midang zawng zawng chu a kuah a. Nick chuan a lu a thing a, Mrs. Ryerson chu sliding glass kawngkhar atang chuan in chhungah chuan a zui lut ta a. Ani chuan a hruai ta a kawngkhar thui takah chuan a chhuk thla a, kawngka chu a kawhhmuh a, “Chutiang chuan” Nick chuan a ti sap a, “Biltong chu a tha e. Robert Morris hian Valley Forge-ah hian a thawn tam zawk tur a ni." American ram hmangaihtu hming leh Washington-a thlasik awmna hmun chu AX-a hriat theihna thu a ni. Mrs. Ryerson-i chuan chhanna dik tak a pe a. "Israel Putnam, General from Connecticut. Hun dik lovah i thleng tawh a, Grant. Johnson hi Tanzania kaltlangin an rukbo a ni. Tembo leh Zanga te hi Zambia atanga lo haw chauh an ni. Lui kama ramngaw chhungah hian guerrilla pawl an nei a. Tunah chuan Rhodesian sipaite chu an bei mek a ni. tin, hna tha tak an thawk a, Rhodesia mite chuan South Africa sipai an rawn hruai lut a ngai ta a ni." "Dobie hian pawisa chu a rawn keng em?" "Ni e. Courier mai a ni. Mahse van Prees chuan i hmu tam lutuk niin a ngai mai thei a, a chhuah tir mai thei. Rhodesian police ten Tembo leh Zangi thlalak an rawn entir che a nih chuan i hre thei ang." "Eng nge i recommend?" "Ka hre lo. Kum ruk chhung zet hetah hian ka awm tawh. AX P21 hmunah ka awm ta. An man che chuan a tawpah chuan ka chhuah zalen thei che a ni mai thei." "An ti lo ang," Nick chuan a tiam a. "I cover puak suh, a hlu lutuk." "Ka lawm e. Tin, nangmah..." "N3." Martha Ryerson chuan a ei a, a rilru a hahdam ta hle mai. Nick chuan hmeichhe hmeltha tak a nih thu a rel ta a. A la hmeltha hle bawk. Tin, N3 hian Killmaster a ding tih a hre chiang hle bawk. A ti rilru a, "Good luck " leh left.Bath chu state-of-the-art leh hmanraw tha tak tak a ni.Nick chuan rang takin a hmai a sil a, mipa lotion leh cologne te chu a enchhin a, a sam dum dum chu a comb a, hall sei tak atanga a lo haw chuan Van Pree leh a mikhualte chu an ni dining room lian takah chuan an pungkhawm a.Buffet chu a takah chuan buffet a ni - side table-ah feet sawmhnih leh panga tal a seiah ding a, vur tlain a khuh a, cutlery eng mawi tak takin a chei bawk.Peter chuan khawngaih takin plate lian hmasa berte chu Mrs. Ryerson hnenah a pe a, Booty leh chaw ei tan turin a sawm a, Nick chuan a plate-ah sa leh salad a load a, Howe chuan monopoly Booty a nei a, chu chu Nick tan chuan a hmui tlemte a neih thlengin thil pangngai a ni.A hnunglam atang chuan mipa dum leh uniform var ha hmeichhia an rawn chhuak a of the house to pour tea.Nick chuan kawngkhar inher chhuak chu a hmu a, kitchen chu butler pantry pawnah a awm niin a ngai a. Tlem a rilru a hah lo deuh tih a hriat chuan Nick chuan ngilnei takin van Prees hnenah: "Hei hi chawhmeh ropui tak a ni. England ram min hriatchhuah tir a ni," a ti a. "Ka lawm e." "Ka chan tur i rel tawh em?" "Chutiang chuan melodramatic takin awm suh. Ni e, naktuk thleng tal awm turin kan ngen tur che a ni. I thiante chu kan call ang a, engine lama harsatna i neih thu kan hrilh ang che." Nick chuan a hmui a ti hup a. A vawikhatna atan a pu lakah chuan hmêlma tlem a nei a. Chu putar chuan rulhut hripui ang maia harsatnain a par nghal mai ramah zung a kai ta a ni. A khawngaih thei hle. Mahse hei hi chu arbitrary lutuk a ni. "Engvangin nge kan hren tih ka zawt thei ang em?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. "A nihna takah chuan nang chauh hi i hren a ni. Buti hian ka mikhualna hi a pawm a lawm hle. Thuneitute hnenah i kal dawnin ka ring lo. I thu a ni lo a, mi rilru fim tak ang maiin i lang a, mahse keini chuan kan ti thei a ni." 't risk it. I chhuah hunah pawh hian mi fel angin hetah i thil hmuh zawng zawng kha theihnghilh turin ka ngen ang che." "I assume you mean...anyone," Nick chuan a tidik a, "Ni e. " Nick chuan John Johnson-a'n a lam hawia a kah mitmeng lum leh huatthlak tak chu a hmu a. Ni khat chhunga thilpek an mamawh chhan a awm a ngai a ni. Probably , they had a convoy or tactical group between Van Pree's ranch and the jungle valley. Ani chuan. "Ka tiam ang - mi fel tak angin - tunah hian kan lo kir leh phal chuan inbiakna nei lo turin ka ti ta ang u. " Van Pree-a mitmeng serious tak chu Johnson, Howe, Tembo Nick lam hawiin a hawi ta a an hmaiah chuan hnialna chu chhiar la, “Ka ngaidam hle mai,” tiin van Prees chuan a chhang a. “Kei pawh,” Nick chuan a ti muangchang a. A chaw ei zawh chuan cigarette a la chhuak a, a pants pocket-ah chuan a lighter chu a fumbl a. Chu chu an dil lo tihna a ni lo. A beihnaah a kal tih a hriat chuan a lungawi hle a, chutah a insum leh ta a ni
  
  
  
  . Killmaster hian a emotion a thunun a ngai a, a bik takin a ego a thunun a ngai a ni. Garage chung atanga beisei loh taka tui tla, rannung tang ang maia inbun a nih avang khan a thinrimna a hloh tur a ni lo.
  Lighter chu dahin a shorts pocket atang chuan oval, egg ang maia siam container pahnih a la a. A veilam a puak thei pellet te nen a hriat sual loh nan a fimkhur hle.
  Pindan chu a zir chiang a. Air conditioned a ni a; patio leh hall kawngkhar chu a inkhar a. Chhiahhlawhte chu swing kawngkhar atang chuan kitchen chhungah an lut ve chauh a. Room lian tak a ni a, mahse Stewart chuan knockout gas chu a tizau hle a, pressure sang tak hnuaiah compress a ni. Switch te te chu a hrethiam a, an fuse chu a off ta a. Ani chuan ring zet hian, "Awle, kan awm reng a ngai a nih chuan a tha ber kan hmang ang tih ka ring. Kan ti thei..." a ti a.
  Gas bomb pahnih chuan an charge an tihchhuah rual chuan a aw chuan double puff puff leh hiss ri nasa tak chu a titawp lo.
  "Eng nge a nih?" Van Prees chuan a rawn ti a, dawhkan bulah chuan a chanve vel chu a ding ta a.
  Nick chuan a thawk a la a, a chhiar tan ta a.
  "Ka hre lo." - Maxwell chuan dawhkan sir lamah a chhang a, a chair chu a hnunglam hawiin a nawr leh a. "Bomb puak te tak te ang mai a ni. Khawi emaw lai leiah chuan?"
  Van Preeze chu a bawkkhup a, a thaw halh a, zawi zawiin chain saw-in oak thing a rawn chhuah ang maiin a tlu ta a.
  "Peter! Eng thil nge thleng?" Maxwell chu dawhkan bulah chuan a kal kual a, a inher a, a tlu ta a. Mrs. Ryerson chuan a lu chu a muhil ang maiin a hnunglam a thlak a.
  Booty lu chu salad hnuhmaah chuan a tla thla a. Howe chuan a chil a chhak a, chibai a buk a, a jacket hnuaiah a kut a dah a, chutah a chair-ah chuan a tlu leh a, Napoleon hriat loh ang maiin a lang. Amah atanga hmun thum vela hla Tembo hian St. Petersburg a thleng thei ta a ni. Hei hi a kal theihna tur kawng chhe ber a ni. Naute chau ang maiin a muhil ta a.
  John Johnson-a chu a buaithlak hle. Eng thil nge thleng tih chu a hre lo, mahse a ding chhuak a, dawhkan atang chuan a kal sawn a, rinhlelh hmel zet hian a rim a. Pawn lama awm ui pahnih chuan intuitive takin an neitu chungah thil dik lo a awm tih an hre chiang hle. Glass partition chu double crash-in an rawn nam a, an bark a, an hmui lian tak takte chu ha var-a inthuam cavern sen te te an ni. Glass chu a chak hle - a damchhuak ta.
  Johnson chuan a kut chu a hip ah a hmet a. Nick chuan plate chu a la a, uluk takin chu pa rilruah chuan a thun lut ta a.
  Johnson chu a hnungtawlh a, a hmel chu a reh a, huatna a nei lo, serenity in black. A hip-a a kut a lo vawn reng chu a kut zungtang hrual leh leaden tawp lamah chuan hmalam pan nghalin a tla thla ta a. A thaw halh a, inhnukdawk a tum a, a mitmeng tanpui ngai loah chuan tumruhna a lo lang ta. Nick chuan Van Prees plate chu a la a, disk ang maiin a han chawi sang a. Chu pa chuan awlsam takin a beidawng lo. Johnson chuan a mit a chhing a, a tlu ta a.
  Nick chuan uluk takin Van Prees-a plate chu a hmunah a dah leh a. A la chhiar reng - za sawmhnih leh pakhat, za sawmhnih leh pahnih. Thâwk lak a ngai tih a hre lo. A thiamna ṭha ber pakhat chu a thawk a vawn tlat hi a ni a; unofficial record chu a thleng thei tawh mai.
  Johnson-a pocket atang chuan Spanish revolver te tak te blue a la chhuak a, nikhaw hre lo van Prees, Howe hnen atangin pistol engemaw zat a la a. Maxwell leh Tembo te an ni. Maxwell-a belt atang chuan Wilhelmina chu a la chhuak a, engkim a felfai em tih chian nan Booty leh Mrs. Ryerson-i bag chu a dap ta a. Tuman ralthuam an nei lo.
  Butler pantry kawngkhar pahnih lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, a hawng ta a. Pindan zau tak, mak tak maia wall cabinet tam tak leh built-in sink pathum awmna chu a khar vek a. Tie room atang chuan kitchen lam pan chuan a tlan phei a. Pindan tawp lehlamah chuan screen kawngkhar chu a rawn inkhar nghal vek a. An rawngbawltu mipa leh hmeichhia chu service yard kaltlangin an tlanchhia a. Nick chuan ui te chhuah loh nan kawngkhar chu a khar a, a khar bawk.
  Screen chhungah chuan boruak thianghlim rim mak tak mai chu a luang zawi zawi a. Nick chuan thaw a chhuah a, a lung chu a hrufai a, a khat bawk. Kitchen bulah chuan spice garden an nei em tih a ngaihtuah a. Running blacks te chu hmuh theih lohvin an bo ta vek a.
  In lian tak chu a reh ta thut mai a. Thawm awm chhun chu sava hla tak tak leh stove chunga kettle chhunga tui ri reh tak mai a ni.
  Kitchen bula closet-ah chuan Nick-a chuan nylon thawmhnaw hrui feet sawmnga zeta sei roll a hmu a. Dining room lam pan chuan a kir leh ta a. Hmeichhia leh mipa chu an tlu na hmunah chuan an mu a, lungngai takin tanpui ngai lo ang maiin an lang. Johnson leh Tembo te chauh hian an rilru a hahdam leh theihna tur chhinchhiahna an nei a ni. Johnson chuan hriatthiam theih loh thu a ti muangchang a. Tembo chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt a, a sir lehlamah chuan.
  Nick chuan a khih hmasa a, an kut leh kekawrteah stud a dah a, square knot hmangin a nghet bawk. Lawng khalhtu hlui kawppui ang maia lang lovin a ti ta mai.
  
  
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  A bak zawng chu neutralize-na atan minute tlemte chauh a ngai. Howe leh Maxwell-a kekawrte chu a khih a - mipa serious tak an ni a, a kut khih chungin kick a la thei lo - mahse Van Prees kut chu a khih chauh a, Booty leh Mrs Ryerson te chu zalen takin a awmtir ta a ni. Buffet table-ah chuan pistol chu a khawl khawm a, a chhuah vek a, cartridge chu green salad hnuhma nen chuan bawm thau takah a paih lut ta a ni.
  Ngaihtuah chungin cartridge chu slime chhungah chuan a thun a, chutah chuan mi dang atanga salad engemaw zat a leih lut leh a.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chutah plate fai tak a la a, roast beef slice thuk pahnih leh seasoned beans spoon khat a thlang a, chaw ei tur a luahna seat-ah chuan a thu ta a.
  Johnson leh Tembo te chu an harh hmasa ber a. Ui te chu glass partition hnung lamah an thu a, fimkhur takin an en a, an vun chu a sang hle. Johnson chuan aw ring zet hian, "Damn... nang... Grant. I... i inchhir ang... i... kan ramah hian i lo kal ngai lo."
  "I ram chu?" Nick chuan bawnghnute fork khat zet kengin a ding ta a.
  "Ka mite ram. Kan la let leh ang a, nangmah ang misualte pawh kan khaihlum ang. Engvangin nge i inrawlh? Khawvel hi i thunun thei ang tih i ring! Kan entir ang che! Tunah hian kan ti a, kan ti tha hle bawk. More... " "
  A tone chu a sang chho zel a. Nick chuan na zet hian, "Ngawi la, i theih chuan i chair-ah khan kir leh rawh. Ka ei mek a ni."
  Johnson chu a hawi let a, a keah a ding chhuak nghal a, a thutnaah chuan a zuang lut ta a. Tembo chuan nawrh huaihawt chu a hmu a, engmah a sawi lo va, chutiang bawk chuan a ti ve bawk. Nick chuan Tembo chu ralthuam kengin a hnaih tir lo turin a inhriat nawn tir a.
  Nick-a’n a plate a tihfai a, buffet table-a teapot aṭanga tea no khat dang a inhnim leh meuh chuan, a knitted wool cosy-ah chuan nuam takin a lum a, midangte chuan Johnson leh Tembo-a hma chu an zui ta a ni. Engmah an sawi lo, an en mai mai a. Hnehtu ang maia inhriat a, phuba lak a duh zawk - chu ai chuan ruai thehnaah ruhro ang maiin a inhria.
  Van Prees mitmeng chu thinrimna leh beidawnna inkawp a ni a, a chungnung zawk chu a inchhir hle mai - thil dik lo a tih ang maiin. Amah ngeiin ngawi renga awm chu a titawp a ngai ta a ni. "Miss DeLong nen tunah chuan Salisbury-ah kan kir leh ang. I... er... programme chungchang min hrilh belh duh loh chuan. Tin, Taylor-Hill-Boreman Company chungchang thu i belh duh apiang chu ka lawmpui hle ang." " " .
  "I bulah khawiah mah i kal dawn lo, sakawlh!" Buti chu a au chhuak a.
  “Tunah chuan Booty,” van Prees chuan mak tak maiin aw nem takin a ti a. "Mr. Grant-a'n thil awmdan chu a thunun a ni. Nang tel lova lo kir leh se a pawi zawk ang. Min turn in tum em ni. Grant?"
  "Release you? Tu hnenah nge? Engvangin nge? Tlemte chuan nuam kan ti hle mai. Thil engemaw zat ka zir chhuak a, mahse chu chu tumah hrilh ka tum lo. Dik tak chuan i hming zawng zawng ka theihnghilh vek. A bengchheng hlein a ri. I usually have a great." memory.Ni lo, i ranch-ah ka kal a, Miss DeLong tih loh chu engmah ka hmu lo, khawpuiah kan kir leh ta a. Engtin nge chu chu a ri?"
  “Tlang mi ang maiin a sawi,” tiin van Prees chuan ngaihtuahna fim takin a ti a, “Taylor Hill chungchang.” Mine an siam a. Ram chhunga rangkachak lama tha ber ber pawh a ni mai thei. A hralh rang hle a, mahse chu chu i hria. Mi zawng zawng. Tin, ka thurawn pawh hi a la hman theih reng bawk. An lakah inthiarfihlim rawh. Politics lama inzawmna leh thuneihna an nei a ni. Anmahni dodal tura i kal chuan an that ang che."
  "Engtin nge an do dun ang?"
  "Hetiang tih chhan tur kan nei lo."
  “I harsatnate hian anmahni a huam lo tih i ring em?”
  "La ni lo. Ni a lo thlen hunah..." Van Preeze chuan a thiante chu a han en kual vel a. "Ka thusawi hi i pawm em tih ka zawt tur a ni."
  Heads chuan affirmative takin a lu a bu nghat a. Johnson chuan, "Amah hi ring suh. Honky hi sorkar official a ni. A..." a ti a.
  "Min ring lo em ni?" - Van Prees chuan zawi te hian a zawt a. "Kei hi phatsantu ka ni."
  Johnson chuan a han en thla a. "Ka tihpalh."
  "Kan hrethiam. Ka mite hian hmuh theihin English an that lai kha a awm a. Tunah chuan thenkhat chuan ngaihtuah tak tak lovin English kan inti ta a. A nihna takah chuan John, kan vai hian... mi kan ni vek. Part of a whole."
  Nick chu a ding chhuak a, Hugo chu a phelh a, Van Prees chu a thlah ta a. "Mrs. Ryerson, khawngaihin table knife kha la la, midang zawng zawng kha chhuah zalen rawh. Miss DeLong, kan kal dawn em ni?"
  A flounce wave expressive, quiet wave nen chuan Bootie chuan a purse chu a la a, patio kawngkhar chu a hawng ta a. Ui pahnih chu room chhungah chuan an rawn puak lut a, Nick-a chungah chuan an mit an bead a, mahse Van Prees-a chu an mit an la reng thung. Putar chuan: "Ram rawh... Jane... Gimba... awm rawh."
  Ui te chu an ding a, an hmui an vawrh a, thlawhnaah chuan van Preez-a’n sa chi hrang hrang a rawn thlak chu an man ta a ni. Nick chuan Booty chu pawnah a zui a.
  Singer chhungah chuan thuin Nick chuan Van Prees chu a en a. "Mi zawng zawng tea ka tihchhiat chuan ngaihdam dil rawh."
  A mitmeng luhchilh takah chuan hlimna a rawn eng chhuak niin a lang. "No harm done. Thli a tifai niin a lang. Tunah chuan kan dinna hmun hi kan hre chiang zawk mai thei. Tlangvalte hian ngawi renga awm i tum tih an hriat hma chuan an ring tak tak ang che ka ring lo. Vawikhatmah van Prees chu a ding nghet a, a kut a phar a, a au chhuak a: "Ni lo! Vallo. A tha vek."
  Nick chu a bawkkhup a, a kut zungtang hmangin Wilhelmina chu a hre ta a. Thingkung tawi tak, green-brown tak hnuaiah, yard za hnih vela hlaah chuan, mipa pakhat, a rilru a buai em em a, a rilru a buai em em bawk a, a rilru a buai em em bawk a. Mak tak maia a mitmeng hrual chu a ti zim a, Vallo chu kitchen staff zinga vun dum, anmahni rawngbâwltu leh Nick-a’n kitchen a rawn luhchilh laia tlanchhia a nih thu a rel ta a ni.
  Nick chuan a mit a chhing a, a 20/15 vision chu nasa takin a focus a. Rifle hian optical sight a nei a. Ani chuan, “Awle, Peter, dinhmun a danglam leh ta, i mite chu an tumruh hle a ni.
  “A chang chuan thutlukna siamah kan zuang chhuak vek a ni,” tiin van Prees chuan a chhang a. "A bik takin precondition kan neih chuan. Ka mite zingah tumah hian hla vak lo an tlan ngai lo. An zinga pakhat chuan kum tam tak kalta khan ramngaw-ah ka tan a nunna a pe a. Chumi avang chuan an hnenah bat ka nei niin ka inhria mai thei. Kan mimal thil tumte hi chhui chhuah a harsa a,." khawtlang thiltih te."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Ka chungchânga i thutlukna chu eng nge ni?" Nick chuan hriat duh hmel zet hian a zawt a, nakin lawka hman tur note hlu tak a nih dawn avangin.
  "Highway panna kawngah ka kap thei ang che em tih i ngaihtuah em?"
  "A ni lo. Hun rei vak lo kalta khan Vallo hian min man tir thei ang. Min vuak theih tur game lian tak a hunt tih ka chiang."
  Van Preeze chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "I sawi dik a ni. I thusawi hi ka thu ang bawka tha a ni tih ka ring. Huaisenna dik tak i nei a, a tlangpuiin chu chu rinawmna tihna a ni. Mahni sualna nei lo, a chang chuan vawi hnih - a hnungzang vuak emaw, kah emaw avanga hlauhna atanga inhnukdawk thin mi hlauhawm tak a ni." wildly at enemies. A nih loh leh...hmeichhia leh naupangte bomb a thlak thin."
  Nick chuan nui chungin a lu a thing a. "Politics-ah min hruai leh ta. Chu chu ka tea no a ni lo. He tour group hi him taka luhtir ka duh chauh a ni..."
  Bell chu a ri a, nasa takin, ring takin. “Ngawi teh,” van Prees chuan a ti a, “Hei hi i kal pelh gate kha a ni. He kawngpuiah hian bawng phur truck hmuh i duh lo." Step zau takah chuan a tlan chho a - a ke pen chu a light a, springy tak a ni a, tleirawl ang maiin - grey metal box atang chuan telephone set a la chhuak a. "Peter chu hetah hian a awm.. ." A ngaithla a." Chutiang chu a ni," a ti nghal zat a, a rilru put hmang zawng zawng chu a danglam vek. "Mi hmuh theih lohvin awm rawh."
  A phone chu a dah a, in chhungah chuan a au lut ta a. "Maxwell!"
  Chhanna au thawm a ri a. "Awle?"
  "Army patrol an rawn thleng dawn. M5 kha min pe rawh. A tawi zawngin siam rawh. Code pali."
  "Code pali a ni." Maxwell-a lu chu verandah kawngkaah rei vak lo a rawn lang a, chutah a bo ta a ni. Van Preeze chu car lam pan chuan a tlan phei nghal a.
  "Sipai leh police te. An check mai mai a ni mai thei."
  "Engtin nge i kawt atanga an luh theih?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. "An tichhia em?"
  "Ni lo. Kan zavaia hnen atangin duplicate key an mamawh vek." Van Preeze chu a lungngai hmel hle a, tension chuan Nick-a a hmuh hnua a vawi khat nan a hmel boruak chhe tawh takah chuan line tul lo tak tak a rawn ziak ta a ni.
  “Tunlai hian minute tin hi a pawimawh ka ti,” Nick chuan zawi sap hian a ti a. "I code pali hi hetah leh jungle valley inkarah a awm ngei ang, tu pawh ni se, an kal chak thei lo. Minute tlemte ka pe leh ang che. Dobie - kal ila."
  Booty chuan van Preez chu a en a. “A sawi angin ti rawh,” putar chuan a ti a. A kut chu tukverh atang chuan a rawn chhuah tir a. "Ka lawm e Grant. Highlander zinga mi i ni ngei ang."
  Buti chuan car chu driveway-ah chuan a khalh lut ta a. Tlâng hmasa ber an thleng a, an hnungah chuan ranch chu a bo ta a ni. "Chilh!" - Nick chuan a ti a.
  "Eng nge i tih dawn?"
  "Peter leh midangte hi hun engemaw chen pe rawh."
  "Engvangin nge chutiang chu i tih ang?" Dobie chuan a tlan chakna chu a ti sang a, lungpui chhunga khur atang chuan car chu a ti nghing ta a.
  “Ni ngaihnawm tak an hman avangin an leiba tam tak ka nei a ni.” Pump station a rawn lang ta a. Engkim chu Nick-a hriatreng ang chiah a ni - pipe-te chu kawngpui hnuaiah a kal a, a sir lehlamah tui chungah a rawn lang a; car pakhat tan chauh hmun a awm. "Hetiang pipe inkar chiah hian ding rawh - pumping station-ah."
  Bootie chu yard za tam tak a thlawk a, leivut leh lei hring hring dup karah chuan a ding ta a. Nick chu a zuang chhuak a, a hnunglam tire valve dinglam chu a phelh a, boruak a rawn chhuak nghal zat bawk. Rod chu a thlak leh ta.
  Spare lam pan chuan a kal a, chuta tang chuan valve stem chu a la chhuak a, a kut zungtang hmangin a core chu a ben thlengin a twist ta a. Booty tukverh ah chuan a innghat a. "Hetah hian sipai an lo thlen chuan kan chanchin hi a awm. Tire chhungah boruak kan tlachham a. Spare-ah boruak a awm lo. Valve stem a khar niin ka hria. Tuna kan mamawh chu pump chauh a ni."
  "Hetah hian an lo kal a ni."
  Chhum nei lo van hnuaiah chuan leivut a lo chhuak ta - a chiangin a sen em em a, a eng ang maiin a lang a, ink eng tak hmanga retouch a ni. Leivut chuan panel bawlhhlawh tak a siam a, a lo sang chho a, a darh zel bawk. A lungphum chu kawngpui, bundu-a laihchhuahna a ni. Jeep pakhat chu notch chhungah chuan a tlan lut nghal a, antenna atang chuan pennant sen leh sen te tak te a rawn thlawk chhuak a, hmân lai khandaih khalhtu pakhatin machine hunlai khan a fei leh flag a hloh ang maiin a rawn thlawk chhuak a. Jeep hi a hnungah hian armored personnel carrier pathum, indo lawng lian tak tak, muzzle aiah machine gun rit tak tak hmanga siam an ni. An hnungah chuan truck paruk leh paruk inkar pahnih a rawn kal a, a hnuhnung ber chuan tanker te tak te, kawngpui hrual dunga zai ang maiin a phur a: ‘Kei hi a te ber leh hnuhnung ber pawh ka ni mai thei, mahse a tlem berah chuan - hei hi i tui chu a ni’ tih ang maiin a zai a. ll need i tuihal hunah...
  Gunga Din ah hian rubber tire a awm.
  Jeep chu Singer bulah chuan feet sawm vel zetah a ding a. Dinglam seat-a officer chu accident-in car atang chuan a chhuk a, Nick-a chu a rawn pan hnai a. British style tropical outfit shorts nen a ha a, sun top aiah garrison cap chu a vawng reng a ni. Kum sawmthum aia tam a ni thei lo va, hna dik tak a neih a rin loh avangin a hna ngai pawimawh a, a hlim lo ang maia tense expression a nei bawk. Tunlai sipai rawngbawlna chibai bukna chuan a ei zo ta a; i tih tur a ni tih an hrilh che a, mahse tunlai hmanrua i hman theih nan ngaihtuahna zir tir che chu an tisual a ni. Nuremberg Trials leh Geneva Conference chanchin i kutah i hmu a, mi zawng zawng an buai tih i hrechhuak a, chu chu mi pakhatin dawt a sawi che a ni ngei ang tihna a ni. An inhnialna zawng zawng en turin Marx-a lehkhabu chu i la a, rang takin fence rickety takah i thu a, thurawn tha lo au chhuahpui ri i ngaithla ang maiin i inhria.
  Harsatna a awm em? “- officer chuan a zawt a, a chhehvel bush te chu uluk takin a enfiah a.
  Nick chuan armored personnel carrier hmasa bera machine gun sight chu a chungah a awm reng tih a sawi a, officer chu line of fire chhungah a lut ngai lo.
  
  
  
  
  Armored car pahnih lo awm tur steel snouts chu a rawn chhuak a, pakhat chu vei lamah, pakhat chu dinglamah a ni. Sipai chu truck hmasa ber atang chuan a chhuk thla a, rang takin pumping station te tak te chu a enfiah a.
  “Tire flat tak a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. Valve chu a han phar chhuak a. "Valve chhe. Ka thlak a, mahse pump kan nei lo."
  “Kan nei mai thei,” tiin officer chuan Nick-a chu en lovin a chhang a. Tourist pangngai ngaihvenna duhthusam tak nen chuan muangchangin a hmaa kawngpui, bunda leh a bula thingte chu a scan chhunzawm zel a, engkim hmuh duh mahse a thil hloh chu a ngaihtuah lo. Nick chuan engmah a tlachham lo tih a hria. A tawpah chuan Nick leh car chu a en a. "I awmna hmun mak tak a ni."
  "Engati nge?"
  "Kawngpui chu a khar vek tawh."
  "Tire atanga boruak chhuahna hmun chungchang a ni. Hetah hian kan ding niin ka hria a, a chhan chu pumping station hi civilization hmuh theih awmchhun a nih vang a ni."
  "Hmm. Aw, ni e. American i ni em?"
  "Awle."
  "I document te hi ka hmu thei ang em? Hetiang hi kan ti tlangpui lo a, mahse heng hun hi thil danglam tak a ni. Zawhna ka zawh a ngai lo che a nih chuan thil a awlsam phah ang."
  "Paper ka neih loh chuan engtin nge ni ang? He ram hi Europe ang emaw, Iron Curtain awmna hmun thenkhatah emaw i kawr ah badge i vuah a ngai tih min hrilh lo."
  "Chuti a nih chuan khawngaihin tu nge i nih leh khawiah nge i awm tawh tih min hrilh teh." Officer chuan casual takin tire zawng zawng a check vek a, pakhat pawh a kick vek bawk.
  Nick chuan a passport chu a pe a. A lawmman chu, "A tir lamah chuan chutiang chu i ti mai thei a ni," tih hmel a pu a ni.
  Officer chuan ngun takin a chhiar a, notebook-ah note a la a. A rilruin: “Spare tyre i bun thei ang,” a tih ang mai a ni.
  “A theih loh khawp mai,” Nick chuan dawt a sawi a. "Chuta atang chuan valve stem ka hmang a. Chu rental car te chu i hria em."
  "Ka hria." Nick-a chu a passport leh Edman Tour ID chu a pe a. "Kei hi Lieutenant Sandeman ka ni, Mr. Grant. Salisbury-ah hian tu emaw i tawng tawh em?"
  "Ian Masters hi kan tour contractor a ni."
  "Edman-a educational tour chungchang hi ka la hre ngai lo. American Express ang an ni em?"
  "Ni e. Tour company tenau tak tak specialise tam tak an awm. Mi zawng zawng hian Chevrolet an mamawh lo tih i hre thei. Kan group hi chhungkaw hausa tak tak atanga hmeichhe naupang an ni. Khualzin man to tak tak.
  “Hna ropui tak a va ni em?” Sandeman chu a hawi let a, jeep chu a rawn ko a. "Corporal, khawngaihin tire pump kha rawn keng rawh."
  Sandeman chuan Booty nen an inbia a, a paper te chu a en a, sipai tawi leh rilru na tak pakhat chuan tire flat tak chu a pump up a. Chutah officer chuan Nick lam chu a hawi leh ta a. "Hetah hian eng thil nge i tih?"
  “Mr. van Preez kan tlawh a ni,” Buti chuan awlsam takin a rawn inrawlh a. "Ka pen pal a ni."
  “A va tha em,” Sandeman chuan lawm takin a chhang a. "In lo kal khawm em?"
  “Kan ti lo tih i hria em,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Highway bula ka BMW park kha i hmu a. Miss DeLong chu a chhuak hma a, a hnuah ka zui ve bawk. Gate chabi ka neih loh thu leh tihchhiat ka duh loh thu a theihnghilh a. Chuvang chuan ka lut ta a. Tih lo." a hlat zia chu hre rawh.I ram hmun hi kan khawthlang lam nen a inang hle."
  Sandeman-a hmel hlim leh naupang tak chu a lang chhuak lo. "I tyre a inflated. Khawngaihin ding la, kan kal pel ang."
  Anmahni chu chibai a buk a, kal liam lai jeep-ah chuan a lawn ta a. Column chu a leivut chhungah a bo ta a ni.
  Buti chuan car chu main road lam pan chuan a khalh a. Nick chuan a chabi pek hmangin barrier chu a hawng a, an hnungah a khar hnu chuan, "Car i chuan hmain ka hrilh duh che, Andy, chu chu i chungah a tha hle. A chhan ka hre lo," a ti a. i ti a, mahse minute khat tlai apiang hian Van Prees a pui tih ka hria."
  "Tin, midang thenkhat pawh. Amah hi ka duh a ni. Tin, heng mi dangte hi, ka ngaihdan chuan, in lama an awm a, chutah chuan ngawi renga an awm lai hian mi tha tak an ni."
  BMW bulah chuan car chu a tiding a, rei vak lo a ngaihtuah a. "Ka hrethiam lo. Johnson leh Tembo kha i duh ve em?"
  "A dik e. Tin, Vallo. Ka hmu tam lo a nih pawhin a hna thawk tha mipa hi ka duh ber a ni."
  Buti chu a thaw halh a, a lu a thing nghal ringawt. Nick chuan êng thim takah chuan a hmeltha tak zet niin a ngai a. A sam dum hring dup chu a disheveled a, a hmel lan dan chuan hahna a betray a, mahse a pert chin chu a inher a, a graceful jawline chu a nghet hle. A ngaihven hle tih a hria - engvangin nge hetiang hmeichhe hmeltha tak, khawvela eng thil pawh nei thei tur hian international politics-ah a tel ve ang? Borem atanga chhanchhuahna emaw, pawimawh nia inhriatna emaw mai ni lovin. He nula hian a inpekna hian inpekna lian tak a ni.
  “I chau hmel hle mai, Booty,” zawi sap hian a ti a. “Heta an sawi ang hian khawi emaw laiah kan ding ang em?”
  A lu chu a hnunglam hawiin a ke a dah a, a thaw halh a. "Ni e. Heng mak tihna zawng zawng hian min ti chau niin ka hria. Ni e, khawi emaw laiah i tawp ang."
  "Hei aia tha zawk kan ti ang." A chhuk a, car chu a han kal kual vel a. "Che."
  "I car chu engtin nge ni ang?" - thu awih chungin a zawt a.
  "A hnuah ka la leh ang. Ka bill hian special client tan personal treat atan a hmang theiin ka hria."
  Salisbury lam pan chuan car chu zawi zawiin a khalh a. Buti chuan a en a, chutah a lu chu seat hnung lamah a nghat a, he mipa hi a zir chiang a, a tan chuan thuruk a lo ni zual sauh sauh a, a hip zual sauh sauh bawk. A hmeltha a, step khatin hma a sawn tih a rel ta a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  Ngaihdan hmasa ber chu a hmuh tawh mi tam tak ang bawka hmeltha leh hlim lo anga a ngaih lai kha a ni. Actor pakhatin a feature-ah a flexibility a awm a. Granite ang maia khauh taka an lan dan chu a hmu a, mahse mitmengah chuan ngilneihna eng emaw tak, danglam ngai lo a awm reng tih a rilruah a dah ta a ni.
  A chakna leh a tumruhna chu rinhlelhna a awm lo va, mahse a insum a ni - khawngaihnain? A dik tawk lo hle a, mahse a dik ngei ngei tur a ni. Sorkar agent chi khat a ni ngei ang, mahse - Edman Tours - a pain a lak private detective a ni thei tho em? Van Prees-a’n a hnen aṭanga alliance dik tak a hmuh theih loh dan chu a hrechhuak ta a ni. A thaw halh a, a lu chu a kawngah a tla thla a, a kut pakhat chu a ke chungah a dah a, sensual touch ni lovin, a tlu nana natural position a nih vang mai mai a ni. A kut chu a fawp a, a rilru leh a pum chhungah chuan lumna a awm tih a hria. He gesture nem tak hian a chhungah erotic caress aiin thil tam tak a tichhuak a ni. Mipa tam tak. Khumah chuan a rilru a hahdam hle mai thei, chutiang chu a ni hauh lo nain. Ruth-i nen an mu dun tih a chiang khawp mai, a tuk zingah chuan Ruth-i chu hlim tak leh mumang ang maia mitmeng ang maiin a lang a, chuvang chuan...
  A muhil ta a.
  Nick chuan a rihna chu nuam a ti a, a rim a nam a, a rilru a hah hle bawk. A kuah a. A purred a, a relax lehzual bawk. Car chu automatic-in a khalh a, fantasy engemaw zat a siam a, chutah chuan Booty chu thil ngaihnawm hrang hrangah a inrawlh a ni. Meikles Hotel lam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a, a ti muangchang a: "Boot...."
  "Hmph...?" A harh chhuah lai en chu a ngaina hle. "Min mut tir avangin ka lawm e." Hmeichhe tam tak angin a half-conscious lo, khawvel hmachhawn leh chu an huat ang maiin a fimkhur hle ta a ni.
  A pindan kawngka bulah chuan a ding a, “Aw, in in ang u, tunah chuan midangte awmna ka hre lo, nang chu engtin nge i awm?”
  "Aih" '
  "I inthuam a, chaw ei turin kal i duh em?"
  "Aih."
  "Keimah chauha ei hi ka huat ber..."
  "Keipawh." Hetiang hian a ti tlangpui lo a, mahse "zanin chu a dik tih a hriat chuan mak a ti hle. Amah chu kalsanin a room-a mahni chauha awm emaw, eitur siamna pindan chhunga dawhkan awmchhun emaw chu hmachhawn a duh lo. Room service atanga order tha lo. " "
  "Khawngaihin ice leh soda bottle hnih khat rawn keng hmasa phawt ang che."
  Setting leh menu te chu a order a, chutah Selfridge chu a call a, Singer leh Masters te chu BMW rawn keng turin a rawn la a. Masters-a phone-a hmeichhe naupang chuan, "Hei hi thil mak deuh a ni, Mr. Grant. Extra charge a awm dawn a ni," a ti a.
  “Ian Masters rawn zawt rawh,” a ti bawk. "Tour hi ka chaper a ni."
  "Aw, chuti a nih chuan extra charge a awm lo mai thei."
  "Ka lawm e." A phone chu a dah ta a. Tourism sumdawnna chu an zir nghal vat a. Gus Boyd hian Masters hnen atangin cash payment a dawng em tih a ngaihtuah a. A thil tih tur a ni lo va, a ngaihsak lo, mi zawng zawng dinna hmun leh an san zawng dik tak hriat i duh chauh a ni.
  In tur pahnih an in a, zanriah ṭha tak an ei a, rosé bottle ṭha tak an ei a, coffee leh brandy nena khawpui êng en turin sofa chu an hnungtawlh a. Bootie chuan light a off a, towel a dahna lamp tih loh chu. "A thlamuang hle mai," tiin a sawifiah a.
  “Intimate,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  "Hlauhawm".
  "Sensual a ni."
  A nui suk a. "Kum tlemte kalta khan hmeichhe nungchang tha tak chu hetiang dinhmunah hian a inhmu lo ang. A mutna pindanah amah chauhvin. Kawngkhar chu khar a ni."
  “Ka lock a ni,” Nick chuan hlim takin a ti a. "Chutih lai chuan virtue chu a lawmman ngei a ni - boredom. A nih loh leh virtuous i ni tih min hriat nawn tir em?"
  "Kei... ka hre lo." Living room-ah chuan a inbeng kang a, thim zingah chuan a ke sei tak, nylon vuah chu a hmuhnawm hle. Ni engah chuan an mawi hle a; thim ang maia thuruk nem takah chuan thawk lakna tur curve pattern pahnih an lo ni ta a ni. A brandy glass chungah chuan mumang ang maiin a en tih a hria. Let - an tha tih a hria. Dik tak chuan an tha hle tih a hria - Sunday York Times magazine advertisement-a mi famkim nia sawite nen a khaikhin fo thin. Texas-ah chuan model mawi tak takte chu an thiamna tehfung a lo ni ta a, mahse hmeichhe hriat tam zawk chuan an Times chu an thup a, rinawm taka tualchhung chanchinbu chauh chhiar angin an inlan a ni.
  A sir lam hawiin a en a. Rin loh takin a lumna a pe che a ni. “Convenient,” a ti ta a.A bulah chuan a hlim hle a, chu zan hmasa berah chuan thlawhna chhunga an contact te chu a hrechhuak ta a ni. Wow!Mipa zawng zawng.A tha lo tih a chiang em em a, a khelh dik loh vang a ni - chuvang chuan a ni chu zanriah ei hmasak ber hnuah chuan Ruth nen an kalsan ta a ni.A hnawl tawh a, tunah chuan a lo kir leh tawh a, a hlu tawh bawk.Mipa engemaw zat pakhata awm angin a hmu a - ṭhian, advisor, confidant.A pa, hmangaihtu chungah a tlanchhia a ni .
  A kut chu a hnute chungah a awm tih a hria a, rang takin a hmun dik tak chu a rawn hrual a, a zuang loh nan a thawk a lak a ngai ta a ni. A nunnem lutuk. Hei hian practice tam tak rapthlak tak a kawk em? Ni lo, a pianphungah chuan khawih nalh tak a nei a, a chang chuan zai thiam trained ang maiin a che thin. A thaw halh a, a hmui chu a khawih a. Hmmm.
  
  
  
  
  
  Van boruakah mak tak maiin a thlawk a, mahse a duh hun hunah a thlawk thei a, a kut chu thla ang maia a phar mai mai a ni. A mit chu a chhing nghet sauh sauh a, Santone Amusement Park-a loop machine-in a tih ang bawkin a pum chhunga lumna chu a ti na hle a, slow loop a siam bawk. A hmui chu a pliable em em a - chu pa chuan mak tak maiin hmui mawi tak a nei tih sawi theih a ni em?
  A blouse chu a off a, a kawrfual chu a phelh bawk. A tan awlsam zawk nan a hip chu a han chawi sang a, a kawr button chu a phelh zo ta a. A kawr chu a han chawi kang a, a kut zungtang hmangin a beng bulah chuan fuzz nem tak chu a hmu a, ui hnah i groom ang maiin hetiang leh hetiang hian a tifai a. Mipa ang maiin a rimtui em em a. A hnute chuan a lei chu a chhang let a, a chhungril lamah chuan a nui suk a, a khawih dikna avanga amah chauh a tiharh loh avangin a lawm hle. Ni khat chu a ruhro chu a arch a, contented humming sound a siam ta a. Sa cone khauh tawh tak takte chu zawi zawiin a hnim a, a hmui atanga an rawn puak chhuah rual chuan a la leh nghal a, a kekawrte a dinglam dan chu a lawm hle a, a hloh leh a lo kir leh apiangin reflexive pleasure nen. A bra chu a bo vek a. Ruthi aiin a ding tha zawk tih hmu chhuak rawh se.
  Kangmei chhuak chu a hre ta a - hlimna atang chuan, hrehawmna atang ni lovin. Ni lo, a eng lo, vibration. Chu massage machine pulsating zinga pakhat ang maia vibration lum tak chuan a taksa pum chu a rawn khuh nghal vek a.
  A hmui chu a hnute thlengin a tla thla tih a hria a, wet warmth circle tawi deuhah chuan a fawp a. Awh! mi tha tak a ni. A garter belt chu a thlah a, stocking pakhat buttonhole chu a phelhsak tih a hria. Tichuan an roll up a, an chhuak ta a. A ke sei tak chu a han phar a, chu tension chuan a ruhte chu a chhuahsan a, a aiah chuan lumna tui tak, hahdam takin a rawn thlak ta niin a hria. “Aw ni e,” a ti a, “pound khatah pawisa pakhat” - Rhodesia ramah chuan chutiang chu an sawi em?
  A kut hnunglam chuan a belt buckle chu a brush a, ngaihtuah lovin a kut chu a hawi let a, a buckle chu a phelh ta a. A soft thud - a pants leh shorts chu leiah a tla niin a ngai. Thim zingah chuan a mit a meng a. A dik em. Ah... A ei a, a fawp a, a hnungzang leh a hnute a hrual lai chuan tui takin a rilru a buai hle.
  Amah chu a in nawr a, a thawk pawh tih rei a tum a, thawk a tawi a, a gusty em em bawk a, a awkward hle. A tan chuan a thaw halh tak zet tih a hre mai ang. A kut zungtang chuan a kawrfual chu a fawp a, a thaw halh a, a mahni insawiselna pawh a bo tawh. A ruhro chu butter thlum lum tak column a ni a, a rilru chu inremna cauldron a ni. A nihna takah chuan mi pahnihin nuam an tih tak zet lai leh an ngaihsak tak tak lai khan...
  A taksa chu a fawp a, a libido hmalam pan leh nawr chu a chhang let a, chu chuan a conditioned restraint rope hnuhnung ber a tichhia a ni. A pawi lo, ka mamawh a, a... a tha khawp mai. Contact ṭha famkim chuan a ti thinrim hle. Rei vak lo chu a vawt a, chutah a chawl hahdam a, slow-motion nature film-a pangpar par ang maiin a rilru a hahdam ta a ni. Ooh. A pum chhungah chuan oil lum column pakhat chu a lum ta mai a, a thinlung vel chu tui takin a bubling leh pulse a, a folding lungs atang chuan a lum tih hriat thlengin a luang chhuak ta a ni. A rawn ei leh ta a. Neon ball eng tak ang maia trembling rods chu a hnungzang hnuai lam atang chuan a luruh thlengin a rawn chhuk thla a. A sam rangkachak chu a rawn inher chhuak leh chhuak a, static electricity-in a hnim hring chu a mitthla a. Dik tak chuan hei hi a dik lo, chutiang chu a ni mai.
  Rei vak lo chu a kalsan a, a hawi let leh a. A rilru a hahdam vek a, a hnute thilphal tak tak lo chhuahna leh tlak chak tak leh thawk chak tak takte chauh chuan a dam tih a tilang a ni. “A tih tur angin min hruai ang,” tiin a ngaihtuah a. Hmeichhia chuan a tawpah chuan hmangaih takin a hruai ta a ni. Ooh. Sight leh thaw halh halh. Thâwk rei tak a la a, “Oh yeah,” a ti a.
  Vawi khat chauh ni lovin, a lo dawngsawng leh nawn leh a, lawmawm takin a lo dawngsawng niin a inhria. Layer khat hnu layer khatin warm depth chu a darh a, lawmawm a ni a, chutah chuan a hnungtawlh a, a hnua hmasawnna tur hmun siam a ni. A chhungah hnah nalh tak tak nei artichoke ang maia siam ang maiin a hria a, mi zawng zawng chu an man a, an la vek bawk. A hrual a, buh seng chak turin a thawhpui bawk. A hmui chu a hnim a, lawmna mak tak avang chuan mittui a tla niin a ngai a, mahse an pawimawh lo. A nail te chu a tisa chhungah chuan ecstatic cat curling claws ang maiin a lai lut tih a hre lo. A hnungzang hnuai lam chu hmalam pan chuan a nawr a, an pelvic ruhte chu a kut zungtang hrual ang maia nghet taka a inzawm thlengin a nawr a, a nawr nghet tak tur chuan duhthusam takin a taksa chu a han hrual tih a hria.
  “Darling,” a ti muangchang a, “i hmeltha lutuk min ti hlauhawm.
  "Tawi rawh...min...tunah chuan," a thaw halh a.
  
  
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  Judas hian Mike Bohr a tih hma khan Bombay-ah Stash Foster hi a hmu a, chutah chuan Foster-a chu mihring thiltih sual tam tak, chhiar sen loh, duh loh zawng, mipui tam tak a lo chhuah huna lo awm thinte sumdawng a ni. Judah hi Bohr-a chuan wholesale trader tenau pathum la turin a lalut a. Portuguese motorsailer Judas-a a chuan lai chuan Foster hian Judas-a harsatna tenau pakhat karah a smack a ni. Judah chuan cocaine quality tha tak an neih a duh a, a man pawh a pe duh lo a, a bik takin mipa leh hmeichhia pahnih hi kawng atanga chhuah tir a duh avangin an thiltih hi a pawl lian zel nen a inmil em em a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  Lawng chu lei hmuh theih loha a awm meuh chuan an inzawm nghal a, Arabian tuipui lum ang maia lang chu an kal a, khawthlang lam pan chuan Colombo lam an pan ta a ni. A cabin incheina mawi tak takah chuan Judas-a chuan ngaihtuahna seng takin Heinrich Müller-a hnenah a sawi a, Foster-a erawh chuan: “An tâna hmun ṭha ber chu tuipuiah a ni,” tiin a ngaithla a.
  “Ni e,” Muller chuan a ti a.
  Foster chuan test a nih thu a rel ta a. Test hi a pass chhan chu Bombay hi Pole pakhat tan chuan eizawnna tur hmun chhe tak a nih vang a ni a, tualchhung gangster-te aiin zuang ruk zetin a hmasa zawk reng a nih pawhin. Ṭawng buaina chu a nasa lutuk a, i langsar lutuk bawk. He Juda hian enterprise lian tak a din a, sum tak tak a nei bawk.
  tiin a zawt a. - “Anmahni chu paih bo turin i duh em?”
  “Ngaithla rawh,” Juda chuan a ti chhuak nghal zat.
  Foster chuan an kut khih chungin deck-ah chuan a rawn hruai lut a, pakhat hnu pakhatin, hmeichhia chu a hmasa ber a ni. An rilru a tikehsawm a, an lu chu an taksa aṭangin a tikehsawm vek a, an ruangte chu tuifinriat bawlhhlawh ang maia langah a paih hmain an ruang chu a that ta a ni. Thawmhnaw bundle rit tak a siam a, a paih ta a. A tih zawh chuan deck-ah chuan yard zau tak mai chauh a awm a, chu chuan red liquid puddle a siam ta a ni.
  Foster chuan hmanhmawh takin a lu chu a hnungzuiin a vawrh a.
  Judas, Müller-a kaihhruaina hnuaia ding chuan remti takin a lu a bu nghat a. “Hose it down rawh,” tiin Mueller chu a ti a. "Foster, kan sawi dun ang."
  Hei hi Judas-a’n Nick-a en reng tura a tih mipa kha a ni a, chutianga a tih chuan a tisual a, mahse plus a ni thei tho. Foster hian vawk duhâmna, weasel nungchang leh baboon fimkhurna a nei a. Baboon puitling hi ui tam zawk aiin a fing zawk a, hmeichhia Rhodesian Ridgeback tih loh chu a fing zawk a, mahse baboon hian circle tenau mak tak takah a ngaihtuah a, mipa, thing leh lung awmsa atanga ralthuam fashion hun nei tawhte chuan an phak lo hle.
  Judas chuan Foster hnenah, "En teh, Andrew Grant hi a hlauhawm a, a hmuh lohna hmunah awm rawh. Kan enkawl ang," a ti a.
  Foster-a baboon thluak chuan Grant-a "enkawl" hmangin hriat hlawh a hlawh dawn tih a thutlukna siam nghal a ni. Hlawhtling ta se chuan hriatpuina a chang ngei ang; Juda chuan hun remchang hmangtuah a inngai a. A rawn hnaih hle mai.
  Hei hi nimin zing khan Nick-a’n Meikles a chhuahsan lai hmutu chu a ni. Mipa te tak te, inchei mawi tak, kekawrte chak tak nei, baboon ang maia bawkkhup. Kawngpui sira mipui zingah chuan a langsar lo em em a, Nick chuan a hre lo.
  
  
  Bung rukna
  
  
  Nick chu zing khawvar hmain a harh a, room service a thawh tan veleh coffee a order nghal a. Buti chu a harh rual chuan a fawp a, a mood chu a mood nen a inmil tih lungawi takin a hrechhuak a; hmangaihna hlimthla chu a ropui hle a, tunah chuan ni thar hun a ni ta. I goodbye kha perfect takin siam la, kiss lo awm tur i beisei chuan hun harsa tam tak a tiziaawm ang. Hun rei tak a goodbye kuah hnuah a coffee chu a in a, engkim a chiang tawh chuan hallway a check hnuah a tlanbo ta a ni.
  Nick-a’n a sports jacket a tihfai lai chuan Gus Boyd chu a rawn lang a, a hlim hmel hle bawk. Pindan chhunga boruak chu a hnim a. Nick chuan rilru lamah a mit a chhing a, air conditioner chuan Bootie rimtui zawng zawng chu a phur vek lo. Gus chuan, "Ah, ṭhian nihna. Mak tak mai Varia et mutabilis semper femina."
  Nick chu a nuih a ngai a. Chu tlangval chu a en reng a, Latin tawng pawh a hre chiang hle. Hei hi engtin nge i lehlin ang? Hmeichhia hi a fickle reng em?
  Nick chuan, “Customer hlim tak tak ka duh zawk a ni,” a ti. "Janet chu engtin nge a awm?"
  Gus chuan coffee a rawn leih a. "Cookie thlum tak a ni. Chu cup pakhatah chuan lipstick a awm a. Clues i hnutchhiah vek a ni."
  “Ni lo, ni lo,” Nick chuan buffet chu a melh lo. "A chhuah hma khan engmah a bun lo. Hmeichhe dang zawng zawng... uh, Edman-a thawhrimnaah hian an lawm em?"
  "He hmun hi an hmangaih tak zet a ni. Complaint pakhat mah a awm lo, chu chu in hriat angin thil danglam tak a ni. A vawi khatna chu an duh chuan restaurant-te an tlawh theih nan free night a ni. An zinga pakhat zel hian heng colonial type zinga pakhat nen hian date an nei vek a, tin, an pawm ta a ni."
  "Ian Masters hian a tlangvalte chu hetiang ti tur hian a dah em?"
  Gus chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "A ni mai thei. Ka fuih a ni. Tin, Masters hian zanriah ei laiin check tlemte a deposit a nih chuan tour a kal tha chhung chuan ka ngaihtuah ngai lo."
  "Vawiin chawhnu hian Salisbury kan la chhuahsan dawn em ni?"
  "Ni e. Bulawayo-ah thlawhna hmangin kan kal ang a, zing rel hmangin reserve lam panin kan kal ang."
  "Kei tel lo chuan i ti thei ang em?" Nick chuan light a off a, balcony kawngkhar chu a hawng a. Ni eng leh boruak thianghlim chuan pindan chu a rawn luah khat ta vek a. Gus-a chu cigarette a pe a, amah ngeiin a hal a. "Wankie-ah hian ka rawn zawm ang che. Rangkachak dinhmun hi ngun zawka thlir ka duh a ni. Chutiang misualte chu kan la hneh dawn a ni. A source an nei a, min hman tir an duh lo."
  "Ngei ngei." - Gus chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "A zawng zawng hi routine vek a ni. Masters hian Bulawayo-ah office an nei a, chutah chuan transfer an process thin." Dik tak chuan Nick hi duh viau mah se, a hloh chu a lawm hle - rei tak emaw, rei lo te chhung emaw. Supervision tel lova tips pek a duh zawk - waiter leh porter hloh lovin zin rei tak atan percentage tha tak i hmu thei a, Bulawayo-ah pawh dawr tha tak a awm a, chutah chuan hmeichhiate chuan sum khawlna zawng zawng an hloh vek a, dollar pawh penny ang maiin an hmang thin. Sandawana emerald, rangkachak bungrua, antelope leh zebra vun atanga siam thil tam tak an lei a, chuvang chuan bungrua phurh tur hranpa a ruahman a ngai fo thin.
  
  
  
  
  
  Store nen hian commission a nei a. A vawi khatnaah chuan a share chu $240 a ni. Darkar khat chhung chawlh pawh a chhe lo. "Fimkhur rawh Nick. Tun ṭumah hian Wilson-a thusawi dan hi a hmaa sumdawnna ka neih lai nen chuan a danglam hle. Mipa, eng ang bullshit nge i pull!" Chu hriatrengna chu a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Ani hi...hlauhawm a lo ni ta niin ka hria."
  “Chuti a nih chuan chutiang bawka ngaihdan i nei em?” Nick chu a mit a chhing a, a ruh natna chu a hre ta. Chu Van Preez inchung atanga tla chuan tumah a pui lo. "He pa hi mipa hring tualthattu a ni mai thei. Tun hmain i hre lo tihna em ni? Rangkachak ounce khatah dollar sawmthum i lei lai khan?"
  Gus chu a rawn nui suk a. "Ka ngaihtuah a, damn, eng nge ka hriatchhuah ka hre lo. He thil hi a rawn nghing tan ta. Ka paih nghal mai ang, ka ngaihtuah chuan, i ngaihtuah chuan thil a kal dik loh chuan jam lian takah kan awm ang. I' m willing to take the risk." mahse, odds en hi ka duh ber."
  "Wilson hian rangkachak sumdawnna hi theihnghilh turin min hrilh khan a sawi tum ang maiin a ri a. Mahse, hetah hian i awm hnuhnun ber atang khan market tha tak a hmu ngei ang tih kan hria.. Then he's got They are not there for any money. He found the." pipeline emaw a thawhpui te emaw. Kan theih chuan eng nge a nih i zawng chhuak ang u."
  "Golden Tusks an awm hi i la ring reng a ni. Andy?"
  "Aih." Zawhna awlsam tak a ni a, Nick-a chuan chhanna dik tak a pe a ni. Gus chuan realist nen an thawk dun em tih hriat a duh a. Tlemte an lei thei a, rangkachak an chei thei bawk. Sanctions paltlang tur leh India emaw hmun dangah emaw he thil hi smuggle-na atana pui turin rangkachak hmanga siam hollow fangs. London thleng pawh. Mahse tunah chuan India atanga lo kal i thianpa hian a sawi dik ka ti. Rhodesia atanga lo chhuak ounces za li bar tha tak tak a tam hle. Kilogram, gram, jockey band, smuggler-te hman thin slang term engmah a sawi lo tih hre reng ang che. Standard bar mawi tak tak, lian tak tak te. Tui. I travel suitcase hnuai lama an awm tih hriat hi a nuam khawp mai - customs i paltlang hnuah."
  Gus chuan a nui suk a, fantasy chu a rawn um zui ta a. "Ni e - leh an zinga half dozen, kan tourist luggage nena thawn chu a tha zawk ang!"
  Nick chuan a kawngah a rawn fawp a, hall chhungah chuan an chhuk ta a. Gus chu dining room hallway-ah a kalsan a, ni eng kawngpuiah chuan a chhuak ta a. Foster chuan a hnunglam chu a zui ta a.
  Stash Foster hian Nick leh thlalak te sawifiahna ropui tak a nei a, mahse vawi khat chu Shepherds-ah hian Nick hi a takin a hmuh theih nan counter-march a nei a. A mipa chu a ring tlat a. A hriat loh chu Nick hian thlalak mit leh hriatrengna mak tak tak a nei a, a bik takin a ngaihtuahna a seng lai hian. Duke-ah chuan controlled test an neih laiin Nick-a chuan vawi khat chu mi hriat loh thlalak sawmruk leh pasarih chu a hrechhuak a, an hming nen a inmil thei ta a ni.
  Stash chuan chu chu hriat theihna tur kawng a nei lo, thil lei duh pawl zingah Nick chu a kal pel a, Nick chuan a mitmeng dik tak chu a man a, baboon angin a catalogue ta a ni. Mi dangte chu rannung, thil, rilru natna, a hriatrengna tichaktu thil chipchiar eng pawh an ni. Stash chuan sawifiahna dik tak a dawng a.
  Nick hian a kal chak tak - Salisbury Street, Garden Avenue, Baker Avenue - chu nuam a ti hle a, mipui an tam laiin a kal a, mi tlemte kal laiin vawi hnih a kal bawk. A kal dan mak tak takte chuan Stash Foster chu a tithinur hle a, ani chuan heti hian a ngaihtuah a: "Eng nut nge! A chhehvel hi a awm lo, i tih theih a awm lo: bodybuilder â tak. Chu taksa hrisel lian tak chu thisen chhuah tir chu a lawmawm ang; chu ruhro dinglam leh chutiang chu hmuh theih a ni," tiin a ngaihtuah a broad shoulders fall , twisted, crumpled.A hmui a ti hup a, a hmui zau tak chuan a hmui sang tak vun chu a brush a, a hma aia apelike zawka a lan thlengin.
  Nick-a chu khawiah mah a kal lo vang, engmah a ti lo ang a tih lai khan a dik lo hle. Hun tin AXman rilru chu a hip lut vek a, a ngaihtuah a, a record a, a zir bawk. A kalna thui tak a zawh chuan Salisbury district lian ber chu engmah a hre lo tluk a ni a, sociologist pakhat pawhin a ngaihdan a neih chuan a lawm hle ang.
  Nick-a chuan a thil hmuhchhuah chu a lungngai hle. Pattern chu a hre chiang hle. Khawvela ram tam zawkah i kal tawh chuan pawl hrang hrangte i teh theihna chu wide-angle lens ang maiin a zau chho ta a ni. Ngaihtuahna tawi tak chuan huaisenna leh thawhrimna pianphung atanga civilization laksaktu, thawkrim tak, thinlung tak tak squirrel te chu a rawn pholang ang. Mihring dumte chu an lazy hle. Engtin nge an tih? Tunah hian - European thiamna leh thilpek vangin - a hma aia tha zawk an ni lo em ni?
  He painting hi awlsam takin i hralh thei ang. United States-a chak lo Union of the South-in vawi tam tak an lei a, an frame a, Hitler-a thlawptute, Boston atanga Los Angeles thlenga American mi lungchhiatthlak tak takte, a bik takin police department leh sheriff office tam takin an lei leh frame a ni. KKK leh Birchers ang te hian an digesting a, hming thara rawngbawlin career an siam a ni.
  A vun hi a dum a ngai lo. Thuziak chu sen, sen, sen leh var chungchang an inthuam a. Nick hian he dinhmun hi siam a awlsam tih a hria a, a chhan chu mipa zawng zawng hian anmahni chhungah puak thei thil bulpui pahnih - hlauhna leh sualna an keng tel vek a ni. Hlauhna hi hmuh awlsam ber a ni. Blue emaw white collar hna him lo tak i nei a, i bill te, i lungkhamna te, chhiah te, hnathawh tam lutuk te, boredom emaw hmalam hun hmuhsitna te i nei a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  Inelna neitu, chhiah ei thin, hnathawhna office-a mipui pungkhawm, sikul mipui tam tak, tharum thawhna atana inpeih taka kawngpuiah vak kual, kawngpui sira rukbo thinte an ni. Anni pawhin Pathian an hre lo mai thei, nangmah ang bawk hian.
  Guilt hi a insidious zawk. Mipa tin hian an thluak chu vawi khat emaw, vawi sang khat emaw zet chu perversion, masturbation, pawngsual, tualthah, rukruk, incest, eirukna, tihduhdahna, bumna, inngaihzawnna, leh martini pathumna ei te, a tax return tlem tal bum emaw, police hnena hrilh emaw hmangin an chuang vek a ni kum sawmsarih aia tam a nih laiin kum sawmnga leh panga chauh a nih thu a sawi.
  Hei hi i ti thei lo tih i hria. I dam tha em. Mahse, anni! Ka Pathian! (An hmangaih tak tak lo bawk.) An hmangaih reng a, - well, thenkhat chu, engtin pawh nise, chance an hmuh apiangin.
  Nick chu corner-ah chuan a ding a, mipui chu a en reng a. Hmeichhe naupang pahnih khat, cotton dress nem tak leh sun hats ha te chuan an nui suk a. A nui let a, a dah ta a, chutiang chuan hmeichhe hmeltha tak mai chu an hnungah chuan a kal ta a. A beam a, a mit a sen bawk. Taxi-in Rhodesian Railways office lam panin a kal a.
  Stash Foster chuan a zui ve bawk a, Nick-a taxi a en lai chuan a driver chu a hruai a. "Khawpui ka hmu mai mai. Khawngaihin dinglam hawi rawh... tunah chuan chutiang lam hawi chuan."
  Mak tak maiin taxi pathumna chu mak tak maiin a kal a, a passenger chuan a driver chu mak tih tumin a bei lo. Ani chuan: “Number 268 chu kal la, hloh suh,” a ti a. Nick chu a lo en reng a.
  Ride a tawi avang leh Stash-a taxi chu a kal dan a inang lo va, Nick-a hmuiah a awm reng lo a, taxi pathumnaah chuan mipa chuan a hre lo. Railway office-ah chuan Stash chuan a taxi chu a thlah ta a. A pathumna chu car atang chuan a chhuk a, driver hnenah pawisa a pe a, Nick chu a zui nghal a, building chhungah chuan a lut nghal a. AXman chu hallway sei tak, lum tak, khuh zau takah a kal lai chuan Nick chu a rawn man ta a. "Mr Grant-a?"
  Nick chu a hawi let a, ukil chu a hre ta a. A châng chuan professional criminal-te’n “civil thawmhnaw ha mi rim an hre thei” an tih hian an sawi dik niin a lang ṭhîn. Aura, radiation fiah lo tak a awm a. Hemi hi a sang a, a sei a, infiammi a ni. Serious guy, kum sawmli vel a ni.
  "A dik alawm," Nick chuan a chhang a.
  Savun case pakhat, identification card leh badge awmna entir a ni. "George Barnes. Rhodesia ram venhimna sipaite."
  Nick chu a nui suk a. "Eng pawh ni se, ka ti lo."
  Prank chu a hlawhchham a, a chhan chu a hma zan party atanga beer chu tihsualin hawn a nih vang a ni. Barnes chuan, "Lieutenant Sandeman chuan biak turin min ti a. I sawifiahna min pe a, Garden Avenue-ah ka hmu che a ni," a ti a.
  Nick chuan Barnes hian eng chen nge a zui tawh tih a ngaihtuah a. "Chu chu Sandeman-a tan chuan a lawmawm hle mai. Ka bo mai ang tih a ring em?"
  Barnes chu a la nui lo, a hmel fiah tak chu a serious reng a ni. Hmarchhak English accent a nei a, mahse chiang tak leh hriatthiam theih takin a tawng a ni. "Lieutenant Sandeman leh a pawlte i hmuh kha i hre reng em?"
  “Ni e, dik tak chuan. Ka puncture lai khan min pui a.”
  "Awh?" A chiang e, Sandeman hian a chipchiar zawng zawng fill up hun a nei lo. "Awle - a lan dan chuan a puih che hnuah harsatna a tawk ta a ni. A patrol te chu van Prees farm atanga mel sawm vel zeta hlaah bush-ah an awm a, kahhlum an ni. A mi pali an thi a ni.
  Nick chuan nuihzat hmel zet hian a ti thla a. "Ka ngaidam lutuk. Hetiang chanchin hi a nuam ngai lo."
  "Van Prees-a inah tute nge i hmuh chiah min hrilh thei ang em?"
  Nick chuan a hmui zau tak chu a rawn fawp a. "I en ang - Pieter van Pree ngei pawh a awm a. Putar inchei tha tak, kan khawthlang lam ran vulhtu zinga mi ang maia lang. A thawktu tak tak kha. Kum sawmruk vel vel a ni ngei ang. A ha..."
  “Van Prees hi kan hre chiang hle,” Barnes chuan a ti a. "Tu dang nge?"
  "Awle, mipa var pahnih khat leh hmeichhe var pakhat an awm a, mipa dum pali emaw panga emaw vel ka ngaihtuah a. Mipa dum ang chiah kha lo kal leh chhuak ka hmu thei nachungin, an hmel inang deuh avangin - i hria em. "li ".". tiin a sawi.
  Nick chuan Barnes lu chunga hmun pakhat chu ngaihtuahna sengin a en a, chu pa hmelah chuan rinhlelhna a rawn lang chhuak a, a awm reng a, chutah a bo ta a, a aiah chuan ban a ni.
  "Hming engmah i hre lo em ni?"
  "Ni lo. Chutiang formal dinner chu a ni lo."
  Nick chuan Booty a rawn hruai chhuah hun chu a nghak a. A ti lo. Sandeman hian a hming a theihnghilh a, pawimawh lo tiin a hnawtchhuak emaw, Barnes-a chuan a chhan vangin a insum emaw, a hranpaa zawhna a zawt emaw pawh a ni mai thei.
  Barnes chuan a kalphung chu a thlak ta a. "Engtin nge Rhodesia hi i duh?"
  "Charming. Patrol te an ambush hi mak ka tih tih loh chu. Bandits?"
  "Ni lo, politics, i hriat chian ka rin angin. Mahse, ka rilru put hmang min chhanhim avangin lawmthu ka sawi e. Engtin nge ambush a nih i hriat?"
  "Ka hre lo. A chiang khawp mai, a nih loh leh i sawi kha bush-ah ka link a ni mai thei."
  Telephone row khat chu an pan hnai a. Nick chuan, "Min ngaidam rawh? Ka call duh."
  "A dik e. Heng building-ah hian tu nge hmuh i duh?"
  "Roger Tillborn" tih a ni.
  "Roggy? Ka hre chiang hle. Call la, a office ka rawn entir ang che."
  Nick chuan Meikles chu a call a, Dobie chu hmu turin an ko bawk. Rhodesian police-te hian chutiang taka call chu an ngaithla thei a nih chuan AX-a hmaah an awm ngei ang, chu chu a ringhlel hle. A chhannaah George Barnes-a zawhnate chu tawi te tein a hrilh a, van Prees nen an inkawp tih chauh a pawm thu a sawi bawk. Booty chuan lawmthu a sawi a, "Victoria Falls-ah kan inhmu leh dawn nia, dear," a ti bawk.
  "Ka beisei, sweetheart. Hun nuam tak hmang la, muangchangin khel rawh."
  Barnes-a chuan call chu a rinhlelh a nih chuan a lantir lo.
  
  
  
  
  Rhodesian Railways-a director of operations Roger Tillborn chu office ceiling sang takah Jay Gould movie set ang maia lianah an hmu a. Thingpui lum mawi tak tak, wax rimtui tak tak, furniture rit tak tak leh model locomotive ropui tak tak pathum, anmahni dawhkanah yard khat vel zeta sei, pakhat theuh a awm a.
  Barnes chuan Nick chu Tillborn nen a inhmelhriattir a, mipa tawi, cher, suit dum ha, hnathawhna hmuna ni ropui tak hmang tawh ang maia lang.
  “I hming hi New York-a ‘Railroad Age’ library a\angin ka la a ni,” Nick-a chuan a ti a, “I rel kawng thlalakte tihpun nan article ka ziak dawn a ni. A bik takin i Beyer-Garratt locomotives te kha."
  Nick chuan Barnes leh Tillborn te hmel inthleng chu a hmu lo. "A ni mai thei, a ni lo mai thei" a ti niin a lang - misual duh loh zawng zawng chuan journalist anga inlanin eng thil pawh thup theiah an ngai niin a lang.
  “I’m flattered,” Tillborn chuan a ti a, mahse, “Eng nge ka tihsak theih che?”
  "Aw, engmah tih ka duh lo che, German Union class 2-2-2 plus 2-6-2 steam locomotive pakhat, hmalam tui tank swing tak nei thlalak ka lak theihna tur hmun min hrilh mai rawh. Keini." engmah hre lo, States-a awm ang maiin, rei tak i hman ka ring lo."
  Satisfied, glazed deuh hmel chu Tillborn-a serious features-ah a darh zau hle. "Ni e. Engine ngaihnawm tak a ni." A desk lian tak drawer chu a hawng a, thlalak a la chhuak a. "Hei hi kan thlalak a ni. Car thlalak ang mai a ni. Nunna nei lo, mahse details mawi tak tak."
  Nick chuan a zir chiang a, ngaihsan hmel zet hian a lu a bu nghat a. "Sakawlh mawi tak. Hei hi shot mawi tak a ni..."
  "I nei thei ang. Print thenkhat kan siam tawh a. I hman chuan Rhodesian Railways ah hian innghat rawh. Chu table hmasa bera model kha i hmu em?"
  "Awle." Nick chu a hawi let a, locomotive te tak te eng mawi tak chu a en a, a mitmengah hmangaihna a dah lut a. "Garratt dang. GM class four cylinder. Khawvela engine chak ber, pound sawmruk ramp-a kal."
  "A dik! A la thawk reng tih ka hrilh che chuan engtin nge i sawi ang?"
  "Aih!"
  "Awle!"
  Tillborn chuan a rawn ti beam a. Nick chu mak tih hmel leh lawm hmel zet hian a lang. Locomotive danglam bik engzat nge awm tih hriat reng chu beidawng takin a bei a. A ti thei lo.
  George Barnes chuan a thaw halh a, Nick chu card chu a pe a. "In pahnih hian in inrem tha hle ang tih ka hmu. Mr. Grant, Van Prees-a i zinna atang khan keimah emaw Lieutenant Sandeman emaw tanpui thei tur thil i hriat reng chuan min hriattir dawn em ni?"
  "Ka rawn call ngei ang." "Engmah ka hrechhuak dawn lo tih i hria a ni," Nick chuan a ti a, "Thil pakhat ka tlu a, ka call che a ngai a, chuta tang chuan i thawk chhuak ang tih i beisei a ni." "Kan inhmu thei a lawmawm e".
  Tillborn chuan a kalna pawh a hre lo. A sawi zelnaah, "Bulawayo chhehvelah hian thlalakna hun ṭha zawk i nei ngei ang. Trains-ah David Morgan-a thlalakte hi i hmu tawh em?"
  "Ni e fine".
  "United States-ah hian in rel te chu engtin nge an awm? Ka ngaihtuah a...."
  Nick hian darkar chanve chhung zet rel kawng chungchanga inbiakna chu a ngaina tak zet a, Rhodesian Railways chungchang chipchiar taka zirchianna leh a hriatrengna mak tak avangin a lawm hle. Fan dik tak, a hnathawh hmangaih em em Tillborn chuan ram chhunga lirthei chanchin nena inzawm thlalak a entir a, chu chu journalist tak tak tan chuan man to tak a ni ang a, tea thawn turin a ngen bawk.
  Inbiakna chu air leh truck inelna lam a nih chuan Nick chuan a hmalakna chu a siam ta a ni. "Unit train leh bungraw phur car lian, specialized chi thar chi hrang hrang hian United States-ah min chhanchhuak mek a ni," a ti. "Freight siding te tak te sang tam tak chu chhuahsan tawh mahse. England ang bawka harsatna i nei niin ka ring."
  "Aw yeah." Tillborn chu bang chunga map lian tak awmna lam chu a pan phei a. "Blue marks te kha i hmu em? Driveway hman loh."
  Nick chuan a rawn zawm ve a, a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Kan chhim lam kawngpui te min hriatchhuah tir. Vanneihthlak takin kawng thar eng emaw zat chu sumdawnna thar atan a ni. Plant lian tak emaw, lunghlu laihchhuahna thar emaw, tonnage lian tak pe thei. Sanctions nen chuan tunah hian plant lian tak tak i siam thei dawn lo tih ka ring. A sakna hmun hi a ni tawh." titlai."
  Tillborn chuan a ti a. "I sawi dik lutuk. Mahse, ni a lo thleng dawn...."
  Nick chuan thuruk takin a lu a bu nghat a. "A dik e, khawvel hian i interline traffic hi a hre chiang hle. Portuguese leh South Africa kawngpui atanga Zambia thleng leh a dangte. Mahse, Chinese ho hian he kawngpui hi an siam a nih chuan an vau a ni.
  An ti thei. Survey-a thawk team an nei a ni."
  Nick chuan Lourenco Marquez panna kawngah ramri bula rel kawngpuiah chhinchhiahna sen awm chu a kawhhmuh a. "off-roading leh thil dang tan oil hauling site thar a ni tih ka bet tlat. Chumi atan chuan power i nei tling em?"
  Tillborn chu a lawm hmel hle. "I sawi dik. Kan chakna neih zawng zawng hi kan hmang vek a, chuvang chuan Beyer-Garratts hi an la kal zel a ni. Diesel kan la nei tlem chauh a ni."
  "I neih tlem ka beisei. Sitting official angin an efficiency hi i hlim hle tih ka ngaihtuah nachungin..."
  "Ka chiang tawk lo." Tillborn chuan a ti a. "Mahse hmasawnna hi tihtawp theih a ni lo. Rail-ah diesel hi a awlsam zawk a, mahse steam locomotive erawh a man tlawm zawk. Diesel order kan nei a ni."
  "Eng ram nge ka zawt lo ang che."
  "Khawngaihin ti suh. Ka hrilh a ngai lo."
  Nick chuan a kut zungtang chu chhinchhiahna sen dang a kawhhmuh leh a. "Hetah hian thar dang a awm leh a, Shamva atanga hla vak lo, Decent tonnage".
  
  
  
  " "
  "A dik. Kar khatah car tlemte, mahse a pung zel ang."
  Nick chuan map-a track awmte chu a zui a, casual curiosity nen a lang. "Hetah hian pakhat dang a awm. A solid hmel hle."
  "Aw, ni e. Taylor Hill-Boreman Shipyard. Ni khatah car eng emaw zat order min pe thin. Hna mak tak an thawk tih ka hrethiam. A hold up ka beisei."
  "A ropui khawp mai. Ni khatah carriage eng emaw zat?"
  "Oh, yes. Syndicate chuan a rawn deng ta a. Tunlai hian ramdang connection leh chutiang zawng zawng chu a hush-hush hle a, mahse engtin nge nitin engtikah emaw chuan chuta tang chuan car kan lakkhawm lai hian tu emaw chu khar theih ang?" Carrier te tak te pek ka duh a, mahse kan nei lo a, anmahni ta an order ta a ni."
  "Diesel i order na ram atang tho khan ka ring." Nick chu nui chungin a kut a phar a. "Khawiah nge min hrilh suh!"
  A pu pawhin nuihzatthlak tak chu a rawn zawm ve bawk. "Ka ti lo ang."
  "An yard thar thlalak thenkhat ka la tur niin i hria em? A nih loh leh chu chu... uh, undiplomatic a ni ang. Not worth making a fuss about."
  "Ka ti lo ang. Scene tha dang tam tak a awm. Mipa thuruk tak tak an ni. Ka sawi tum chu, isolation-ah an operate a, chutiang zawng zawng chu. Highway Patrol te. Kan rel crew te an rawn luh chuan an lungawi lo hial a, mahse an ti thei a ni." 't do anything about can't help it.anmahni ta an hmuh hma loh chuan.Negro-te tanpuina an hmansual thu sawi tlem a awm a.Rumor, ka ring, no sane operator hian a hnathawkte chu a tichhe lo.Can't get production going chutiang chuan, leh The labour board chuan he thil chungchangah hian sawi tur an nei ang."
  Nick chu kut beng lum tak leh rilru tha tak nen a chhuak ta a. Roger Tillborn-a hnenah Alexander-a Iron Horses: American Locomotives copy khat thawn a tum ta a ni. Official chuan a phu a ni. Taylor Hill Boreman atang hian ni khatah tawlailir engemaw zat!
  Building complex zau tak rotunda-ah chuan Nick chuan Rhodesian rel hmasa ber bula Cecil Rhodes thlalak chu en turin a ding a. A mitmeng fimkhur reng reng chuan mi pakhat a chhuahsan tak hallway atanga a kal lai chu a hmu a, Nick a hmuh chuan a tlan chak lo hle bawk... emaw, chhan dang vang emaw pawh nise. Feet sawmriat vel a hla a ni. A hmel chu vague takin a hre chiang hle. Nick chuan thudik chu a record ta a ni. Kawngpuiah chuan chhuak nghal mai lovin, gallery sei tak, thianghlim, lum leh thim tak, ni chuan oval arch-te chu fei sen hring hring row ang maiin a rawn tikehsawm a, chu chu kal turin a rilru a siam ta a ni.
  Tillborn-a thahnemngai hle mah se, Rhodesian Railways chu khawvel hmun dang ang bawka ding anga hmuh theih a ni. Passenger tlem zawk, bungrua lian leh sei zawk, mi tlem zawk leh facility tlem zawkin an enkawl. Gallery chhunga office chanve chu khar a ni a, kawngkhar thim thenkhatah chuan nostalgic sign: "Salisbury Luggage Manager" tih hi a la inziak reng a ni. Sleeper car atana hman tur accessories te. Ticketmaster puitu a ni.
  Nick hnungah chuan Stash Foster chuan rotunda chu a thleng a, column chungah chuan AXman hnungtawlh mek chu a han thlir kual a. Nick chu dinglamah a hawi a, track leh marshalling yards panna kawngpui dang a chhuk lai chuan Stash chu a rubber boots ha chungin rang takin a kal a, a sir velah chuan Nick chu paved yard chhunga a chhuah lai chu en turin a ding ta a. Stash chu chu hnungzang zau tak atang chuan feet sawmthum vel zeta hla a ni. A hmun dik tak chu a thlang a, a kekawr bul hnuai chiah leh a ruh veilam, a chemte kalna tur - khauh tak, thuk tak, dinglam, chutiang chuan a ruh inkar cut chu a thlang thei ang.
  Nick chu mak tak maiin a lungawi lo hle. A hriatna fiah tak chuan Stash-a ke reh tak maia rinhlelh awm tak slip chu a man a rinawm loh a, Nick hnung lama building chhunga a luh ruala rotunda chhunga mipa rimtui chuan Nick-a hnar kawngkhar chhunga primitive warning gland engemaw zat a tiharh a, a hriattir a nih a rinawm loh. a thluak vaukhân turin. Mahse, hei hi Stash-a thinrimna thudik a ni a, Nick-a pawhin a hre lo, sakawr emaw ui emaw tumahin Stash Foster hi an hnaih lo vang emaw, a bulah an ding lo vang emaw, hel lovin, thawm nei lovin, beih emaw, tlanbo emaw duh lovin.
  Khatih lai khan courtyard hi mipui tamna hmun a ni a, engine leh machine-te chu thupek dawng turin an ding a, an thawktute pawhin official-te nena inbiakna nei turin emaw, bungrua an khawn khawm emaw a ding ṭhin. Tunah chuan a fai tawh a, a lo awm tawh lo. Diesel engine pakhat chuan van sei tak chu a rawn tlan pel a. Nick chuan driver lam pan chuan a kut a phar a, hmuh theih loha an bo lai chu a en reng a. Car te chu an ri ta ringawt a.
  Stash chuan a belt-a sheath inbun chhunga a chemte ken chu a kut zungtang chu a khar a. A thleng thei a, tuna a tih ang hian boruak a hip lut a. A lo innghat hniam a, a thut lai chuan savun hanger chu a beng a. Mi biak a ngaina hle a, rilru na takin a ngaihtuah a: "I hriat chuan! Ka kawngah khan chemte ka nei a. Second khat chhungin i pum chhungah a awm thei."
  Stash-a blade chu double-edged a ni a, chunky hilt a nei a, Nick-a ngei Hugo version tawi tak a ni. A blade inch ngaa sei chu Hugo quality sang zawk a ni lo a, mahse Stash hian a sir lehlamah a sir nalh tak tak a vawng reng thung. A darthlalang pocket-a a ken keng, sharpening stone te tak te hmanga tihfai a duh hle. Dinglamah stick rawh - sir lehlamah sawn rawh - chhuah tir rawh! Tin, i victim chu shock atanga a dam hmain i insert leh thei bawk.
  Ni chu steel chungah chuan a eng chhuak a, Stash-a’n a vawn tlat lai chuan, mi thattu ang maiin, a chil a chhak a, a chil a, hmalam a pan ang. Nick hnungzang a tip kalna tur hmun chu ngun takin a en a.
  Minibus te chu kawngpuiah chuan an tlan pel nghal zat a
  
  
  
  
  
  - Nick chuan engmah a hre lo. Mahse, French fighter pilot Castellux chungchang an sawi a, a hmuiah hian beitu a hre nia sawi a ni. Ni khat chu Fokker pathum chuan an rawn thlawk ta a - pakhat-pahnih-pathum. Castellux chuan a dodge a, pakhat-pahnih-pathum.
  Van boruak atanga a bula window blade chhunga ni zung (solar flare) rawn eng chhuak emaw, Nick-a mit la thei tur leh a hriatna fimkhur tak tibuaitu tur thir chi khat, rei lo te chhunga a rawn inher chhuak emaw pawh a ni mai thei. A hre ngai lo - mahse a lo hawna tur kawng chu enfiah turin a lu a hawi nghal a, feet riat aia hla lo atanga baboon hmel chu a rawn tlan pelh lai chu a hmu a, blade pakhat a hmu ta a ni.
  Nick chu dinglamah a tla a, a ke veilam chuan a nawr chhuak a, a taksa chu a arch ta a. Stash hian a concentration leh a flexibility a neih loh chu a pe a ni. Nick hnungzang chunga chu hmun chu zui a tum a, mahse a momentum ngei chuan a phur thui lutuk a, a rang lutuk bawk. A brake a, a hawi let a, a slow a, chemte tip chu a vawm thla a.
  AX Guide to Hand-to-Hand Combat chuan heti hian a rawt a ni: Mipa chemte keng dik tak nena inhmachhawn chuan, testicles-a rang taka kick emaw, tlan emaw ngaihtuah hmasa phawt ang che.
  Hetah hian thil tam tak a awm a, ralthuam zawn chungchang leh a dangte pawh a awm a, mahse tunah tak hian Nick chuan chu defense hmasa pahnih chu a thawk lo tih a hre ta. A down a, a crook lutuk a, kick theih loh khawpin a crook a, tlan chungchang erawh chu...
  Blade chuan a rilruah nasa takin a rawn deng a, a square bawk. A hnungzang chu a rawn inher a, a tip chu a hnute dinglam hnuaiah a lut a, dull clanging sound a rawn chhuah rual chuan natnain a khur nghal zat bawk. Stash chuan a chungah chuan a rawn nawr a, amah ngeiin a spring chak tak chuan hmalam a pan a. Nick chuan a kut veilam hmangin a kut dinglam thihna thlen thei chu a man a, a reflexes chu fencing master-in zirlai attack a do let ang maia rang leh chiang tak a ni. Stash chuan a khup a beng a, insawn a tum a, a hnung lama ton hnih zeta rit phur ang maia grip-a crushing force avang leh a kut ruhte tikehsawm thei khawpa chakna avang chuan lungkhamna rapthlak tak a nei ta a ni.
  Newbie a ni lo. A chemte kut chu Nick-a kutpui lam hawiin a hawi a—chu chu tihtawp theih loh breakaway maneuver, hmeichhe active tu pawhin mipa chak ber berte hnen atanga a chhuah theihna tur tactic a ni. Nick chuan a kut a inher avangin a grip chu a slip tih a hria a; blade chuan Wilhelmina hnena a thleng thei lo. A insiamrem a, a taksa chakna zawng zawng nen a nawr a, Stash chu feet li emaw feet nga emaw zetin a hnunglam a thlak a, a chemte kut a chelhna chu a chhe hma lawk hian.
  Stash chuan a balance a nei leh a, strike leh turin a inpeih tawh a, mahse thil mak tak a hmuh chuan rei vak lo a ding ta a: Nick chuan a jacket leh shirt sleeve veilam kawr chu a phelh a, Hugo chu a chhuah zalen ta a ni. Stash chuan blade pahnihna eng chhuak chu a rawn eng leh ta a, a tip chu a tip atanga yard khat vel a hlaah a hmu leh ta a.
  A lungngai a. Blade dang chu a dove a, a blow chu veilamah miniature turn leh upward thrust en quart hmangin a parry a. A thau chungnung zawkte chuan a chemte leh a kut chu chunglam hawiin an phur tih a hria a, thunun leh tumin a bei a, a blade leh a kut chu hnunglam hawiin a tan leh a, a saruak leh tanpui theih loh khawpin a inhria. Chu thir zungpui chak tak, a tawn tawh chu a rawn tho chhuak a, a blade chu a cross a, a rilruah a rawn deng ta a, a kut chu a rilruah a hmet leh a. A thaw halh a, lei atanga inhnukdawk mipa chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn beng a, a kut veilam chu granite block ang maia a kut dinglam atanga a rawn ding chhoh lai chuan hlauhna a nei ta a ni. Hnunglam hawi a tum a, a sir lamah a strike ta a.
  Chu blade rapthlak tak chu Nick-a a inlan lai chuan dinglamah a inher a, Stash chuan â takin a kut chu parry turin a sawn a. Nick chuan a blocking wrist chu pressure a nei a, Stash-a kut chu zawi zawiin a hmet nghal zat bawk.
  Stash chuan a lo thleng dawn tih a hria. Chu hun eng mawi tak hmasa ber chu a rilruah a lut atang khan a hre tawh a, mahse rei lo te chhung chu a in chhanchhuak tawh a, hnehna a chang dawn tih a ngaihtuah ta a ni. Hlauhna leh hlauhna a nei a. A kut khir chunga victim chuan a nghak lo...
  A thluak chuan a taksa thawhrim lutuk chu lungkham takin thupek a la au chhuak reng a, chutih lai chuan hlauhna chuan a rawn nuai ta a - chutih rual chuan Nick-a zungbun chu a Adam-a apple bulah chuan a lut a, a rilru leh a ruhroah chuan a kal tlang vek a, a tip chu rulhut, thir lei ang maiin a rawn chhuak ta a ni , a sam hnuaiah. . Ni chu rangkachak eng hring hring nen a sen leh dum ta. Stash-a’n a hmuh tawh zingah chuan flaming colour hnuhnung ber.
  A tlu lai chuan Nick chuan Hugo chu a hruai bo a, a kal ta a. An thi nghal mai ngai lo.
  Stash chu thisen chhuak tuikhuah zau takah chuan a mu a. Pattern sen chu semicircle-ah a inher chhuak. Fall-ah chuan a lu a rawn deng ta a. Chu rilru hliam chuan au thawm tia sawi theih chu leilung ni lo thawm leh bengchheng takah a chantir ta a ni.
  Nick chuan Stash-a chemte chu a nawr a, tlu tawh chu a dap a, thisen atanga hla takah a awm a, seagull-in ruang a peck ang maiin a pocket-ah a pickup a. A wallet leh card case chu a la a. Chu pa jacket-ah chuan Hugo chu a hrufai a, mihring thisen anga ngaih theih lohna hmunah chuan a kekawr ipte chungah chuan a hrufai a, a thihpui thei khawpa hrehawmna karah chuan a kut chu a dodge a.
  Nick chu building kawtah chuan a kir leh a, a nghak a, a en reng a. Stash-a convulsion chu a tlahniam a, wind-up toy a rawn tlan thla ang mai hian. Van hnuhnung ber chu a rawn tlan pel a, a tawp lamah chuan platform leh cabin a awm loh avangin Nick chuan a lawm hle. Yard chhungah chuan a reh hle mai. Gallery chhungah chuan a kal a, kawngpuiah chuan kawngkhar hman tlem a hmu a, a kal ta a.
  
  
  Bung sarihna
  
  
  Nick chu Meikles bulah chuan a kir leh ta a. Taxi koh a, police hnena hun dang pek chu a tangkai lo. Barnes hian rel kawng building-a thihna chungchangah zawhna zawh a ngai tih a rel ang a, kea kal rei chu hun bituk (flexible unit of time) a ni.
  
  
  
  
  Lobby a kal pelh lai chuan chanchinbu a lei a. A room-ah chuan a thawmhnaw a phelh a, a rilruah inch hnih zeta sei cut chungah tui lum a leih a, chu pa hnen atanga a lak card case leh wallet chu a enfiah a. Bulawayo-a Stash-a hming leh address tih loh chu an hrilh tlem hle. Alan Wilson hian a tir dawn em ni? Mi maktaduai tam tak i humhim lai hian i rough thin a, mahse backstabbing hi Wilson style a nih a ring thei lo.
  Chu chuan Judas - emaw "Mike Bohr" emaw midang emaw THB-ah a awmtir ta a ni. Gus Boyd, Ian Masters leh Peter van Prees, Johnson, Howe, Maxwell thlengin discount ngai lo... Nick chuan a thaw halh a. A wallet atanga bill wad chu a pawisa nen chuan chhiar lovin a dah a, wallet chu a tikehsawm a, a theih ang zawng zawng chu ashtray-ah a hal a, a bak chu toilet-ah a flush thla ta a ni.
  A kawr, kawr leh T-shirt puan chu uluk takin a enfiah a. Thisen awm chhun chu a chemte hrual atang chauh a ni. A T-shirt leh kawr chu tui lum takin a silfai a, a tikehsawm a, a kawrfual aṭanga a label awmte chu a paih chhuak ta a ni. A kawr fai tak chu a phelh a, a kut hmawr hring hring chunga khin Hugo chu ngilnei tak leh pawi ti takin a en a. Chumi hnuah Masters office chu a phone a, car a order ta a ni.
  I jacket kha bânsan suh; Barnes hian hei hi zawh theihna a nei a ni. Hotel atanga hla takah workshop a hmu a, siam that turin a ngen a. Thingtlang lam thlir chungin Selous lam pan chuan mel tlemte a tlan a, khawpui lam chu a hawi leh ta a. Thei kung hung zau tak takte chu California hmun thenkhat ang maiin a lang a, tui pekna line sei tak tak leh tractor-in a khalh sprayer lian tak tak a awm bawk. Ni khat chu sakawr khalh tawlailir, sprayer vuah a hmu a, mipa dumte khalh dan en turin a ding a. An sumdawnna chu a boral tawh niin a ring a, Dixie cotton pickers te ang bawkin. Thing mak tak mai chuan a ngaihven a, a kaihhruaina bu hmangin candelabra nge milkweed lian tak a ni tih a hre ta a ni.
  Barnes chuan hotel lobby-ah a lo nghak a. Zawhna chu uluk tak a ni a, mahse khawiah mah a hruai lo. Stash Foster kha a hre tawh em? Engtin nge Tillborn-a office atanga a hotel thlenga a lo haw theih? Engtik lai nge a lo thlen? Zimbabwe rama political party-a tel mi a hre em?
  Nick chuan mak a ti hle a, a chhanna dik tak a pek awmchhun chu zawhna hnuhnung ber a nih vang a ni. “Ni lo, ka ring lo. Tunah chuan min hrilh teh - engvangin nge zawhnate chu?”
  "Vawiin khan rel station-ah mi pakhat chu kah hlum a ni. I awm lai vel khan."
  Nick chuan mak ti zet hian a en a. "Ti lo - Roger? Aw ni lo...."
  "Ni lo, ni lo. I hriat leh hriat loh ka zawh mipa kha. Foster."
  "I sawifiah duh em?"
  Barnes chuan a ti ve tho. Nick chuan a lu a thing nghal ringawt. Barnes-a chu a chhuak ta a. Mahse Nick-a chuan a lawm chu a phal lo. Mi fing tak a ni.
  Masters-ah car chu a pe kir leh a, Caribou kaltlangin DC-3 chu Wankee National Park-a main camp-ah a thlawh tir a ni. Main camp-ah hian resort tunlai tak tak a hmu chu a lawm hle. Manager chuan Edman tour-a escort zinga mi atan a pawm a, zing lama lo thleng tur a ni a, khum pahnih awmna chalet nuam takah a dah a - "Zan hmasa ber atan a thlawna hman theih a ni."
  Nick chuan escort sumdawnna chu a ngaisang tan ta a.
  Nick hian Wankie National Park chungchang hi chhiar tawh mah se, mak a ti hle. A square mile sang nga zeta zauah chuan sakeibaknei sangsarih, bawng rual lian tak tak, chubakah sakeibaknei, zebra, giraffe, sakeibaknei, sakeibaknei chi hrang hrang tawp nei lo, leh chi dang tam tak, a hriat reng pawh a buaipui theih loh te an awm tih a hria a ni. Mahse, Main Camp chu civilization thil siamte chu a nuam thei ang berin a nuam a, airstrip a awm a, chutah chuan CAA DC-3 te chu late model car leh minivan chhiar sen loh, mechanical zebra ang maia striped black and white striped te chuan an lo hmuak a ni.
  Main lodge-a a kir leh chuan Bruce Todd, Ian Masters-a mi - "football star" - chu kawtchhuahna bula ding chu a hmu ta a.
  Nick-a chu chibai a buk a: “Hi, i lo thleng tih ka hria.I duh em?”
  "A ropui hle mai. Kan pahnih hian kan hma lutuk...."
  "Forward scout chi khat ka ni. Room leh car leh thil dang check out thin. Ni tlak ang maiin ka hria em?"
  "Idea tha tak a ni." Cocktail bar chhungah chuan an lut ta a, tlangval pahnih tanned tak tak, hmeichhe mit hip thei an ni.
  Whisky leh soda chungah chuan Nick taksa chu a hahdam a, mahse a rilru chu a thawkrim hle. Masters-te tan chuan "mi hmasawn" chu a tir chu a logical hle. Tin, Salisbury athlete Todd hi George Barnes leh Rhodesian Security Forces te nen pawh an inzawm a ni tih pawh a awm thei a, a nihna takah chuan. Dik tak chuan Barnes-a chuan hun engemaw chen chu "Andrew Grant"-a chungah a tail dah chu a ṭha a ti ngei ang; Foster-a thihna mak takah chuan rinhlelh ber a ni.
  Nitin THB mine complex atanga chhuak thin carriage te chu a ngaihtuah a. Invoice-ah hian awmzia a awm dawn lo. Chrome emaw nickel emaw ore leh rangkachak hi eng carriage-ah pawh an thup mai thei em? Fing leh hmantlak tak a ni ang. Mahse, tawlailir te? He thil hi an dripping a ni ngei ang! Asbestos shipping weight chu hriat reng a tum a. An chanchin a chhiar tawh tih a ringhlel a, a chhan chu a hriatreng theih loh vang a ni.
  Sanction - ha! Thil dik leh dik lo chungchangah ngaihdan mumal tak a nei lo va, politics thila inhnamhnawih chungchangah pawh ngaihdan mumal tak a nei lo va, mahse thudik hlui lungchhiatthlak tak chu a hman a ni: mahni hmasialna tling tawk awmna hmunah chuan dan dang zawng zawng chu hman a ni lo.
  
  
  
  
  
  Wilson, Masters, Todd leh midangte hian THB thil tih hi an hre chiang a, an pawm a nih a rinawm. Pawisa pawh an dawng pawh a ni mai thei. Thil pakhat chu a chiang a ni: he dinhmunah hian amah chauh a innghat thei vek a ni. Midang zawng zawng chu rinhlelh an ni vek.
  Tin, Juda’n a tirh tur mi thattute, Africa ram pum huapa a tirh theih tur mi thattu chakna tangkai tak takte kha? Mipa tan chuan a fit hle. Hei hian a pocket-ah pawisa a nei tam zawk tihna a ni a, chu chuan hmêlma duh loh tam tak a paih chhuak thei a ni. Engtikah emaw chuan a mercenaries te hi an tangkai lehzual dawn a ni. Engtikah emaw chuan... Yeah, Nazi tharte nen.
  Tichuan Booty, Johnson leh van Preez te chu a ngaihtuah ta a. Mold-ah chuan an in fit lo. Sum vang mai maia an insawn chu i ngaihtuah thei lo. Nazism a ni em? Hei hi a ni tak tak lo. Tin, Mrs. Ryerson-i pawh? Amah ang hmeichhia chuan Charlottesville-a nun tha - car khalh te, vantlang thila inhmang te, ngaihsan hlawh te, hmun tina sawm te chu nuam a ti thei a ni. Mahse, AX agent dang eng emaw zat a hmuh ang bawkin hetah hian a inthiarfihlim ta a ni. Hemi chungchang a nih chuan amah ngei pawhin eng nge a chêttîr? AH chuan an security operation enkawl turin kum khatah sanghnih a pe a, mahse a man tlawm zawkin khawvel a fang kual a ni. I inhriat theih awmchhun chu i ounce rit zawng chu scale dinglamah awm se i duh tih chauh a ni. Okay, mahse tuin nge eng lam nge dik tih sawi ang? Chu pa chuan a...
  “... a bul hnaia tuikhuah pahnih - Nyamandhlovu leh Guvulala Pans,” Todd chuan a ti a. Nick chuan ngun takin a ngaithla a. "San sang takah i thu thei a, tlai lamah rannungte in tur an rawn kal chu i en thei ang. Naktuk hian kan kal dawn a ni. Hmeichhe naupangte chuan steenbocks te hi an ngaina hle ang. Disney-a Bambi ang mai an ni."
  "Teddy Northway hnenah entir rawh," Nick chuan Todd-a kawr rawng sen hring hring chu a nuihzat hle. "Ka hman theih tur spare car a awm em?"
  "A nihna takah chuan, ni lo. Kan sedan pahnih kan nei a, mikhual tan guided minibus kan hmang bawk. I hria em, thim hnuah pawh hetah hian i khalh thei lo. Tin, mikhualte chu an car atang hian chhuah tir suh. Tlem a hlauhawm deuh thei a ni." with some livestock. Sakeibaknei te hi a chang chuan kum sawm leh panga vel chhuang takin an lang thin."
  Nick chuan a beidawnna chu a thup a. THB property atanga mel za pawh tling lovah an awm a. Hemi lam kawngpui hian a thleng chiang lo hle a, mahse a car a dah theihna tur emaw, a tul chuan kea kal theihna tur emaw kawng chhinchhiahna nei lo a awm thei tih a rawt a ni. Compass te tak te, mosquito net leh plastic poncho te tak te, a pocket chhunga lut vek tur khawpa te a nei a. A map te tak te chu kum nga zeta upa a ni a, mahse a ti thei ang.
  Dining room-ah an kal a, eland steaks an ei a, Nick-a chuan a tha hle niin a hria. A hnuah chuan hmeichhe hmeltha tak tak te nen an zai a, Nick chuan sawm leh pakhat hma lawk khan a inthiam lo hle. Hetiang atang hian THB hi a chhui thei leh thei lo tih ngaihtuah lovin, fuse a hal tawk a, puak thei hriat loh pakhat chu a chhuah thuai thei a ni. Kan taksa insiamremna hun tha tak a ni.
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  Bruce Todd chu chawhmeh ei hmasa turin a zawm a, mel sawm leh pali zet chu Dett Station thlengin an tlan ta a ni. Rel sei tak, eng mawi tak chuan mipui tam tak a ti buai a, anmahni tour group bakah tour group panga emaw paruk emaw pawh an tel. Pawl pahnih chuan motor an nghah a ngai a. Masters-a chuan a mi chu a aiah a dah a, a fing hle. Sedan pahnih, minibus leh Volvo station wagon an nei a.
  Hmeichhe naupangte chu an hlim a, an eng chhuak a, an adventures chungchang an sawi dun a. Nick chuan Gus chu a bungrua chu a pui a. "Smooth trip a awm em?" - senior escort hnenah chuan a zawt a.
  "An hlim hle. Hei hi rel bik a ni." Gus chu bag rit tak nen chuan a nui suk a. "Regular te hi Penn Central aiin an tha vak lo ang!"
  "Early tea" tui tak an in hnu chuan thlipui tleh nasa tak Bund chu car ang chiahah chuan an tlan ta a. Wankie guide chuan Striped bus te tak te chu a khalh a, manager ngenna angin mi a neih loh avangin Gus leh Bruce te chuan sedan te chu an khalh a, Nick chuan Volvo van chu a khalh bawk. Kaushe Pan, Mtoa Dam-ah an ding a, kawngpui zau takah chuan vawi tam tak an ding a, ramsa rualte chu an en a.
  Nick chuan mak a ti hle tih a pawm. Main Camp i chhuahsan meuh chuan khawvel dang, khauh tak, primitive, hlauhawm leh mawi tak i lut ta a ni. A car atan Booty, Ruth Crossman leh Janet Olson te a thlang a, company chu nuam a ti hle. Hmeichhe naupangte hian ostrich, baboon leh deer-te chungah film feet za tam tak an hmang a ni. Sakeibakneiten zebra thi ruang an tihchhiat lai an hmuh chuan khawngaih takin an au chhuak ta a.
  Chompani Dam bulah chuan helicopter pakhat chu a chungah a thlawk a, a hmun atanga hla takah a lang. Pterodactyl a nih a ngai a ni. Chumi hnu rei vak lovah chuan caravan te tak te chu an rawn inkhawm a, Bruce-a’n portable cooler atanga a siam beer lum tak chu an insem a, chutah chuan tour group-te tih angin an kawng hrang hrangin an kal ta a ni. Minibus chu bawng rual lian tak enfiah turin a ding a, sedan-a chuangte chuan wildebeest thlalak an la a, hmeichhe naupangte rilru hneh angin *. Nick chuan tawlailir chu kawngpui sei tak, hrual hrual hrual, dry sprint-a Arizona tlangte kal tlanga tlan thei tur chuan a nawr a.
  A hmaah chuan tlang hnuaiah chuan truck pakhat chu kawngpui inkar pakhatah a ding tih a hmu a, chutah chuan kawngpui te chu map a hriat reng chuan Vanki, Matetsi thlengin an branch chhuak a, kawng dang zawhin Main Camp lam an pan leh thin. Truck hi Letter lian tak takin Wankie Research Project tia chhinchhiah a ni.
  
  
  
  
  An tlan lai chuan panel van chu hmarchhak lam kawngpui dungah feet za hnih zeta ding chu a hmu a. Chutiang bawk chuan an inthuam a. Thil mak tak a ni - park administration-in engkim a hming an ziah luh dan chu a hre lo. Naturalness impression hnutchhiah an duh hle. Mak.
  A zawi zawih zawih a. Mipa stocky tak pakhat chu truck atang chuan a chhuk a, red flag a rawn vawrh a. Nick hian Salisbury-a a hmuh tawh construction project te chu a hrechhuak ta a - warning flag a awm a, mahse tun dinhmunah chuan red a hmuh thu a hre thei lo. Tin, mak tak mai pawh a ni leh bawk.
  A bengchheng a, a hnar kawngkhar chu an chhehvela rannungte ang maiin hlauhawm tihna tur thil danglam tak rim a hriat chuan a rawn ri chhuak ta hlawm a. A tlan hniam a, a mit a chhing a, flagship chu a en a, chu chuan mi pakhat a hriatchhuah tir a. Engnge? Baboon pakhat chu enkawl rawh! Hmêl inang chiah chiah a awm lo, a hmui sang tak tak tih loh chu, mahse a kal dan chu simian, arrogant leh chutih rualin flag neia straightness engemaw chen a ni. Hnathawktute hian fimkhur lo takin an enkawl a, Swiss banner-a pennant angin an enkawl lo.
  Nick chuan a ke chu brake atang chuan a la chhuak a, gas pedal chu a hmet a.
  A bula ṭhu Booty-a chuan: “Hey, Andy, flag i hmu em?”
  Mi kal theihna tur kawng a awm lo va, a sir khatah lungpui hniam tak a tla a, truck pakhat chuan kawngpui zau tak chu a dang ta a ni. Nick chuan a aim a, a horn chu a rawn ham ta a. Chu pa chuan flag chu a han vawrh a, chutah a dinna hmuna tawlailir chu a rawn thlawk liam lai chuan a sir lamah a zuang thla ta a. Backseat-a hmeichhe naupangte chu an thaw halh a. Bootie chuan aw sang tak hian, "Hi Andy!"
  Nick chuan a tlan pelh lai chuan truck cab chu a en a. Driver chu mi stocky, surly tak a ni. Rhodesian tan norm i thlang ta a nih chuan ani chu chutiang chu a ni lo ang. Vun dum hring hring, a hmaiah hmêlma a lang. Nick chuan a bula ṭhu mipa chu a hmu a, Volvo chu ding lovin a tlan chak zawk chu mak a ti hle. Chinese tawng a ni! AX file-a out-of-focus image awmchhun chu shot chhe tak ni mahse, Si Kalgan a ni thei.
  Sedan delivered an paltlang lai chuan hnunglam kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, mi pakhat chu a rawn chhuk chhuak ta a, ralthuam ni thei tur chu a rawn hruai chhuak ta a. Volvo chu thil awm chu a hriat chian hmain a rawn thlawk liam a, mahse hmalam atanga kut chhuak chuan machine gun lian tak a keng a. Ringhlelhawm lohvin.
  Nick-a pum chu a vawt ta hle mai. Turn hmasa ber leh himna thlengin hmalam panna kawngpui hrual mile quarter vel a awm a. Hmeichhia te! An kap em ni?
  "Hmeichhe ho u, chhuk rawh u. Chhuahah. Tunah chuan!"
  Shots a ni! An kap ta a.
  Shots a ni! Volvo carburetor chu a fak hle a, gas a suck a, hreh lovin power a pe chhuak thei bawk. Chu kah zinga pakhat chuan car chu a rawn deng niin a ngai a, mahse a suangtuahna emaw, kawngpuiah a tlakbuak emaw pawh a ni thei. Truck te tak te chhunga mipa chuan vawi hnih a kap tih a chhut a, chutah chuan aim la turin a chhuak ta a ni. Nick chuan shot tha lo tak a nih a beisei tlat a.
  Shots a ni!
  Kawngpuiah chuan a zau deuh deuh a, Nick chuan car chhanchhuah nan a hmang a ni. Tunah chuan an intlansiak tak zet a ni.
  Shots a ni! Chak lo zawk mahse silai mu i tlanbo thei lo. Shots a ni!
  Bastard hian a bullet hnuhnung ber a hmang mai thei. Kap!
  Volvo chu tlangval pakhat spring jump hmasa ber atan luia tlan lut ang maiin gap chungah chuan a thlawk ta a.
  Rub-a-du-du-du. Nick chuan a thaw halh a. Sedan kalsan tawh hnung lama mipa chuan submachine gun a nei a. Mak a tih vangin a hre ve ngei ang. Tlâng chungah chuan an awm ta a.
  Hma lamah chuan chhukna thui tak, a sir lam hawiin, a hnuai lamah vaukhânna chhinchhiahna a awm a. A chanve vel zet chu a tlan chak a, chutah brake a han hmet leh a. Sawmsarih leh panga an ti ngei ang, mahse counter lam hawi turin a mitmeng chu a thlak lo. He truck hi engtiang chiahin nge a roll ang? A tha emaw, modernized emaw ni ta se Volvo-ah hian sitting duck an ni ang, a man a nih chuan. Truck lian tak chuan hlauhawm a la siam lo.
  Truck lian tak chu hlauhawm a ni lo tih chu a chiang a, mahse Nick chuan chu chu hriat theihna tur kawng a nei lo. Judas-a design a ni a, waist-length armor, horsepower 460-a chak engine, leh hma leh hnung lamah machine gun rit tak tak, panel-a thup tlangpui port kaltlangin 180-degree firing sector kimchang tak nei a ni.
  A rack-ah hian machine gun, grenade leh sniper scope nei rifle te a awm a. Mahse Hitler-a’n Russia rama tank a thawn hmasak ber ang bawkin, chu hna atan chuan a tha hle. Maneuver a harsa a, kawngpui zau takah chuan a tlan chakna chu 50 mph a pel lo a, a chhan chu curve-te hian speed a ti hniam a ni. Volvo chu "tank" a che hmain hmuh theih lohvin a awm ta.
  Thil dang chu sedan speed hi a ni. A khauh hle a, an tlan lai chuan a bula Krol chu thinrim takin a rawn beng a, driver chu horsepower nei hot guy a ni. Local parts catalog-a tarlan angin windshield chu fing takin an then a, hinge a ni a, chutiang chuan a dinglam chanve chu hmalam pan chiang taka hmuh theih nan emaw, shooting window atana hman theih turin emaw a hnuai lam hawia fold theih a ni. Krol chu a bawkkhup a, a hawng a, a 44 Submachine Gun chu a kekawr ipte chungah hun eng emaw chen a dah chu a chelh a, chutah a hawnna lam pan chuan a han chawi sang leh a. Skoda rit zawk aṭangin shot tlemte a kap a, mahse tight quarter-ah 7.92-ah a inthlak. Chutiang chu ni se, machine gun hmanga a thiamna chu a chhuang hle.
  Thawm ri chhuak chungin tlang chungah chuan kawngpuiah an thlawk a, tuikhuah chungah chuan tlang chhip lamah chuan an chhuk ta a. Volvo an hmuh chhuah zawng zawng chu leivut chhum leh a pianzia bo mai mai a ni. “Kal rawh,” Krol chuan a ti a. "Kan khuh hma loh chuan mei ka vawn ang."
  Driver hi Croatian mi khauh tak, khawpui lam mi a ni a, kum sawm leh paruk a nih laiin German ho a zawm hnuah Bloch tiin a inko a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  Tlangval emaw naupang lo emaw pawh ni se, a mite tihduhdahtuah hian hming rapthlak tak a nei a, Berlin thlengin a Wehrmacht ṭhiante nen an inhnukdawk ta a ni. Smart, a damchhuak ta a ni. Driver tha tak a ni a, thiam takin souped-up car a khalh thin. Tlângah chuan an thlawk thla a, awlsam takin kil khatah an inher a, Volvo chu line sei tak, dinglam takah chuan an paltlang a, chu chuan tlang hrual hrual line-ah a hruai a.
  “Kan man ang,” Bloch chuan inringtawk takin a ti a. "Speed kan nei a."
  Nick pawhin chutiang bawk chuan a ngaihtuah a - min man dawn a ni. Sedan chu rearview mirror-ah chuan a kal zel dan chu rei tak a en a, turn atanga a tlan chhuah lai chuan a inher deuh a, a inher a, a dinglam a, bullet lian tak ang maiin a tlan chak hle bawk. Driver tawnhriat ngah tak leh engine tha tak a nei a - Volvo driver tawnhriat ngah tak leh standard engine tha tak nei nen khaikhin chuan. A result chu sawi lawk theih a ni. A thiamna leh huaisenna zawng zawng hmangin motor pahnih inthenna inch tin chu a humhim a, tunah chuan mel kua pawh a tling lo.
  Kawngpui chu brown-sandy, mixed-green landscape-ah a kal a, bluff-te a paltlang a, lui hring a paltlang a, tlang a paltlang emaw, a inher emaw a ni. Hei hi tunlai kawngpui a ni tawh lo a, enkawl tha leh service theih ni mahse. Rei vak lo chhung chu Nick chuan hetah hian a lo awm tawh niin a ngai a, chutah chuan a chhan chu a hrechhuak ta a ni. A terrain leh dinhmun chu a naupan laia TV series-a a chase scene-a a en thin ang kha a ni. California-ah an siam tlangpui a, chutiang chiah chuan thingtlang lamah an siam a ni.
  Tunah chuan Volvo chu a hre chiang hle. Lung kawngpui chungah chuan a han vawrh a, dinglamah chuan a tlan kual deuh a, chu chuan a tul aia chakna hloh loh nan kawngpui hmun zawng zawng chu a hmang tangkai ta a ni. Turn dang vel ah chuan minibus pakhat chu a paltlang ta a. Sedan chuan bridge-ah a hmu ang a, a tikhawtlai ang tih a beisei.
  Booty chuan Nick-a’n a hriat leh a ngaihlu angin hmeichhe naupangte chu a ngawi reng a, mahse tunah chuan an hnungzuitute hmuh theih lohvin Janet Olson-i chuan a inhawng ta a ni. "Mr. Grant! Eng thil nge thleng? Min kap tak tak em?"
  Rei vak lo chu Nick chuan park chhunga intihhlimna zinga mi a nih vek thu hrilh a ngaihtuah a, "frontier town" attraction-a stagecoach lem leh rel rukbo ang chi te kha a ni a, mahse chutah chuan a ngaihdan a thlak ta a ni. An duck emaw tlanbo emaw theih nan a serious tih an hriat a ngai.
  “Bandits,” a ti a, chu chu a hnaih tawk hle.
  “Well, I’ll be damned,” Ruth Crossman chuan a aw even takah chuan khur lo takin a ti a, a tlangpuiin a hman ngai loh chiam chauh chuan a phurna chu a phatsan a, “Tough girl,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  "Hei hi revolution-a tel a ni thei ang em?" - tiin Buti chuan a zawt a.
  "A dik e," Nick chuan a ti a. “A rei emaw a rei lo emaw chuan hmun tinah a lang vek dawn a, mahse a lo thleng thuai a nih chuan min khawngaih tak zet a ni.”
  “Chutiang khawpin... ruahmanna siam a ni,” Booty chuan a ti a.
  "Planna tha tak, hole tlemte chauh. Vanneihthlak takin thenkhat kan hmu."
  “Engtin nge hengte hi fake an nih i rin?”
  "Chu truck te chu an chei lutuk. Sign lian tak tak. Flag. Engkim hi a methodical leh logical em em a ni. Tin, he tlangval hian flag a handle dan hi i hmu em? Ni lum takah hna thawk lovin parade a kaihruai ang mai a ni.
  Janet chuan hnunglam atang chuan, "An hmuh theih loh," a ti a.
  “Chu bus chuan bridge-ah chuan a ti hniam thei a ni,” Nick chuan a chhang a. "A dawt leh ah i hmu leh ang. He kawngpuiah hian mel sawmnga vel zet hmalam a awm a, tanpuina tam tak ka zawng lo. Gus leh Bruce te chu kan hnen atangin an hla lutuk a, thil thleng chu an hrethiam lo."
  An lam hawia muangchangin a rawn inher chhuak jeep pakhat chu a tlan pel a, chutah chuan nupa tar tak tak an awm a. Kawngpui zau tak an paltlang a, tlang zau tak, hnim hring hring, tlangram hual velah chuan an inhmu ta a ni. Valley hnuai te tak te chu lungalhthei hnathawhna hmun chhuahsan tawhin a tichhe a, Colorado-a thinghnah a lo thang leh hmaa lungalhthei laihchhuahna hmun thim tak takte nen a inang a ni.
  "Eng... eng nge kan tih dawn?" - Janet chuan zak zet hian a zawt a. “Ngawi rawh, khalh la, ngaihtuah rawh,” Buti chuan thu a pe a.
  Chumi avang chuan Nick chuan a lawm hle a ni. Wilhelmina leh ralthuam round sawm leh pali a nei a. Plastic leh fuse te chu a belt hnuaiah a nei a, mahse hun leh hmun dik takah a ngai a, engmah a ring thei lo.
  Side road hlui engemaw zatah chuan kal kual leh beih theih a ni a, mahse hei hi machine gun leh car chhunga hmeichhe naupangte laka pistol hmanga tih theih a ni lo. Truck hi ruam chhungah a la lut lo a; kawngpuiah chuan an lo ding tawh ngei ang. A belt chu a phelh a, a fly chu a zip up bawk.
  Hei - Buti chuan a thusawiah chuan khur deuh chungin a nuihzat a: “Hun leh hmun chungchang i sawi ang u!”
  Nick chu a nui suk a. Khaki belt flat chu a hrual a, a buckle chu a phelh a, a phawrh chhuak ta a. "Hei hi la rawh. Dobie. Buckle bula pocket-ah chuan en rawh. Plastic ang maia thil dum flat tak zawng rawh."
  "Pakhat ka nei. Eng nge ni?"
  "Explosive. Hman theihna hun kan nei lo mai thei, mahse inbuatsaih ila. Tunah chuan a chhunga black block awm lohna pocket-ah chuan kal rawh. Pipe cleaner thenkhat i hmu ang. Min pe rawh."
  A thu awih a. A kut zungtang hmangin a tawpah control handle nei lo “tube” a awm tih a hria a, chu chuan electric thermal detonator leh fuse a thliar hrang a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  Fuse chu a thlang ta a. "A bak chu dah leh rawh." A ti ta a ni. "Hei hi la la, i kut zungtang hmangin block kil vel chu feel la, wax tlemte i hmu ang. I en ngun chuan a khur chu a khuh vek a ni."
  "Hrethiam"
  "He wire tawp hi khur chhungah hian thun rawh. Wax chhungah hian lut rawh. Wire hi ben lo turin fimkhur rawh, chuti lo chuan i tichhe mai thei."
  A en thei lo va;kawngpui chuan mine dump hlui chu a rawn ti na a. Ani chuan, "Ka hmu. Inch khat vel a ni tawh," a ti a.
  "A dik. Chutah chuan khuhna a awm. Wax hian sparks a luh loh nan a siam tur a ni. Hmeichhia te u, zu in suh."
  Tunah hian nicotine hi an rilruah a awm hnuhnung ber a ni tih an tiam vek a.
  Nick chuan a thil tum nena inmil building chhe tawh tak takte an paltlang lai chuan an tlan chak lutuk avangin an ding thei lo tih chu chibai a buk a. An lian leh te pawh a inang lo va, tukverh an nei a, lungpui kawngpui engemaw zat hmangin an kal thei bawk. Tichuan, tuikhuah sag leh roll nen chuan depression tenau takah an tla thla a, tui sen hring hring dup hlauhawm tak chu an paltlang a, mine slag hlui hmun dangah an thlawk lut ta a ni.
  Hma lamah chuan building tam zawk a awm a. Nick-a chuan, "Chance kan lak a ngai. Building chu ka hnaih tawh a. Kal ka tih hunah chuan kal rawh! I hrethiam em?"
  Chu aw strained, choking sound te chu yes tihna a ni tih a ngaihtuah a. Reckless speed leh execution chuan an suangtuahna a thleng ta. Mel sawmnga hnuah chuan hlauhawmna chu a lo thang lian ang. Truck chu ruam chhungah a tlan lut a, rulhut chu ram hring leh vawt takah a tla thla tih a hmu bawk. Mel chanve vel a ni. A tlan hniam a, jab-jab-press...
  Kawngpui sir zau tak, truck chhuahna tur a nih hmel hle a, chu chuan building set dang a pan ta a ni. A rawn deng a, yard za hnih zet chu building chhungah chuan a tlan lut ta a. Truck hian an leivut chhum chu a zui dawn lo.
  Building hmasa berte chu warehouse, office leh dawr te an ni.
  Hmanlai chuan he khua hi autonomous a ni tur a ni tih a ngaihtuah a - sawmhnih vel an awm a ni. Building tam tak awmna, thlarau khawpui kawngpui chhuahsan ang maia lang chu a tlan lut leh a, dawr ni thei tur hmunah chuan a ding ta a. Ani chuan: "Lo kal rawh!"
  Building lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, window pakhat a hmu a, glass chu na takin a vawm a, a theih ang tawkin frame atanga shards te chu a tifai ta a.
  "Chhunglam!" Ruth Crossman chu khur atang chuan a kaitho a, chutah a dang pahnih chu a kai chho leh a. "An hmuh lohna hmunah awm rawh. Hmun i hmuh theih chuan inthup rawh."
  Volvo lam pan chuan a tlan let leh a, khua chu a tlan pel ta a, cottage hnim hring, hmân lai hnathawk mipa hring awmna veng, row khat hnu row khata a kal pelh lai chuan a tlan chak lo hle. Native-te chuan ramngaw chhungah ram zau tak, buhfai khum awmna an nei ang. Kawngpui a inher tan chuan a ding a, a hawi let leh a. Truck chu main road a off tawh a, a lam pan chuan a tlan chak hle.
  A nghak a, hnunglam seat tichak thei tur thil nei se a duh hle - tih a hun ta. Cotton emaw hay emaw bale tlemte pawh hian hnungzang natna a tiziaawm ang. An hmuh tawh avangin lungawi takin, hnathawhna hmun ni ngei tur lam panna kawngpui chu a zawh ta a; chu chu artificial tlang ang mai a ni a, a chung lamah chuan tuikhuah te tak te leh lunghlu laihchhuahna hmun a awm bawk.
  Kawngpui nen chuan kawngpui sirah chuan rusty narrow-gauge track line chhe tawh tak chu a kal a, vawi tam tak a paltlang a ni. Artificial tlang chhip chu a thleng a, a nui suk a. Chhukna kawng awmchhun chu a lo kalna kawng a ni. Hei hi a tha a, mahni inrintawkna a siam ngei ang. An nei niin an ngai ang a, mahse a phaw nen emaw, a chungah emaw a tlu ang. A nui suk a, a nih loh leh a mitmeng chu nuihzatthlak tak niin a ngai. Hetiang ngaihtuahna hian a ti nghing lo che a, thil thleng thei tur chu i mitthla thei lo va, i pum chhunga khaw lum tih pawh i ngaihtuah thei lo bawk.
  Building hrang hrangte chu semi-circle-in a rawn au chhuak a, a duh chu a hmu ta a - tui bula building sei tak, sei tak, nghet tak a ni. Amah chauhvin a lang a, a chhe tawh a, mahse a nghet leh nghet hle - feet sawmthum vel zeta sei, window nei lo, a sei hle. A inchung chu a bang ang bawka nghet a nih a beisei. Galvanized iron hmanga siam a ni.
  Volvo chu grey wall a han her kual lai chuan wheel pahnih hmangin a rawn tlan chho a; an hmuh theih lohvin a ding ta a. A zuang chhuak a, car chung lamah chuan a chho a, building chung lamah chuan a chho a, rul ang maia silhouette hniam tak nen a che a. Tunah chuan - heng pahnih hian an training-naah hian dik takin awm ta se! Tin, pahnih aia tam lo an nih chuan... A hnungah hian mi dang inthup pawh a awm mai thei, mahse a ringhlel hle.
  A muhil thlap a. Hetiang hmunah hian skyline i la tichhia ngai lo va, i paltlang lo bawk. Truck chu plateau-ah leh zawi zawiin a tlan chhuak tih a hre ta. Volvo-in a turn nasat ber hnuhnung bera tawp leivut chhum chu an en dawn a ni. Truck rawn hnaih leh tlan chak dan chu a hre ta a. Match pack khat a la chhuak a, plastic chu a lo dah fel vek a, fuse chu a dinglam a ni. Ka rilru a hahdam a, Wilhelmina chu ka kut chuan ka rawn hmet a.
  An ding ta a. Buk atanga feet za hnih vel zeta hlaah an awm tih a chhut a. Kawngkhar inhawng chu a hre ta a. “Chhuk rawh,” aw khuh bo zet hian a rawn ti a.
  Ni e, Nick chuan a ti a, i entawn tur chu zawm rawh.
  Kawngkhar dang a inhawng a, mahse pakhat mah a khar lo. Heng tlangvalte hi precision worker an ni. Gravel-a ke pen ri chu a hre ta a, chu chu "Flanken" ang maia ri a ni.
  Fuse te chu second sawm leh pahnih wick a ni a, a tawp i eng uluk dan azirin light emaw subtract pahnih emaw a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  Match ri chu a ri nasa hle mai. Nick chuan fuse chu a hal a - tunah chuan thlipui emaw tui hnuaiah emaw pawh a kang tawh ang - a khup ta a.
  A thinlung chu a na hle mai. A beng chuan a pe ta a;truck chu feet zathum tal a hla a ni. Mi pahnih chu building sir lehlamah kal kual turin an rawn chhuak a. An hmalam corner-ah chuan an rilru an pe a, mahse, boruak thlir thei lo khawpin an rilru an pe lo. A vei lama mipa vawn submachine gun chu a lo tho chhuak tih a hmu a, Nick chuan a ngaihdan a thlak a, plastic chu pistol carrier chhungah chuan a paih lut a, puan hrual ang maia na takin a bengchheng hle a, au thawm a hre ta a.Nine-ten-leven -sawm leh pahnih -boom!
  Thil tihsual (illusions) a nei lo. Bomb te tak te chu a chak hle a, mahse vanneihna chuan a thawk thei ang. Inchung lam pan chuan a rawn lang tharna hmun hla takah chuan a kal a, a sir lam chu a han hawi a.
  MP 44 phurtu chu a tlu a, a hrual a, a tap a, ralthuam lian tak chu a hmaah feet nga zeta hlaah a awm a. A lan dan chuan dinglamah tlan a tum a, a hnungah bomb chu a puak ta a ni. A chhiat nasat hmel loh hle. Nick chuan minute engemaw zat chu a mangang tawk tih a beisei a; Tunah chuan mipa dangin a tibuai ta a ni. Khawiah mah hmuh tur a awm lo.
  Nick chu hmalam pan chuan a rawn tlan phei a, engmah a hmu lo. A dang chu building sir lamah a rawn pel ta ngei ang. I nghak thei - a nih loh leh i insawn thei bawk. Nick chu a theih ang tawkin rang tak leh ngawi rengin a che a. Rim dang, silai hmetpuaktu lam panna sir lamah chuan a plop thla ta a. A beisei ang ngeiin - engmah. Inchung hnunglam sir lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, a lu nen a rualin Wilhelmina chu chutah chuan a rawn hruai lut a. Lei dum, hliam tuar chu a ruak vek a.
  Hlauhawm! Hetih lai hian he mi hi bang bulah chuan a rawn inher chhuak tawh ang a, kil hla takah a inher mai thei. Hma lam kil lam pan chuan a kal a, pawn lam a hawi a. A tisual a.
  Bloch chuan inchungah lu lem leh grenade puak chhuak a hmuh chuan amah leh Krol lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a. Tactics dik tak; kal bo la, tui hnuaiah lut la, thu rawh - i helmet chu bomb chungah i thlak thei a nih loh chuan. Feet sawmriat vel zetah pawh puak chu mak tak maiin a chak hle. A ha zung thlengin a ti nghing a.
  Bang bulah chuan kal ai chuan a laiah chuan a bawkkhup a, vei leh dinglam chu chunglam hawiin a en a. Left-right-up a ni. Nick-a'n a en lai chuan a han hawi chho a - rei vak lo chhung chu mipa tin hian an theihnghilh ngai loh hmelah an en a.
  Bloch hian a kut dinglamah Mauser balanced a nei a, a handle tha hle a, mahse a la rilru a buai deuh a, a ni lo a nih pawhin a result chu rinhlelh rual a ni lo. Nick hian athlete instant reflexes leh shot sang tam tak thiamna hmangin a shot a, mei a kang zawi zawi a, rang tak leh eng dinhmunah pawh a kang a, rooftop-ah pawh a inkhung thei bawk. Bloch-a hnar inher chhuak chunga silaimu a tlakna tur hmun chu a thlang a, millimeter 9-a sei silai mu chu inch kua velin a tla thla ta a ni. Hei hian a lu hnunglam chu a hawng ta a.
  Vuakna tawk chung pawh hian mipa tih dan pangngai angin Bloch chu hmalam pan chuan a tla a, Nick chuan hliam gaping chu a hmu ta a ni. Hmuh nuam lo tak a ni. Inchung atang chuan a zuang thla a, building kil khatah a tlan kual a - fimkhur takin - Krol chu mangang takin a hmu a, mahse a ralthuam chu a rawn ban a. Nick chu a tlan phei a, a rawn la a. Krol chuan a en reng a, a hmui chu a thawk a, a hmui leh a mit pakhat kil khat atang chuan thisen a luang chhuak a.
  "Tunge i nih?" - Nick chuan a zawt a. A chang chuan mangang takin an inbia thin. Krol chuan hetiang hian a ti lo.
  Nick chuan rang takin a dap a, ralthuam dang a hmu lo. Alligator vun wallet-ah chuan pawisa bak engmah a awm lo. Rang takin mitthi hnenah chuan a kir leh ta a. John Blake hnena driver license pek chauh a nei a ni. Nick chuan ruang hnenah chuan, "John Blake angin i lang lo," a ti a.
  Mauser pakhat kengin truck chu a rawn pan hnai a. A puak avang hian hliam a tuar lo niin a lang. Hood chu a hawng a, distributor cap chu a phelh a, a pocket-ah a dah ta a. A hnung lamah chuan submachine gun dang leh metal box pakhat, magazine pariat leh a tlem berah silai mu za hnih tal dah belh a hmu a. Magazine pahnih a la a, engvangin nge ralthuam tam zawk a awm loh tih a ngaihtuah a. Juda chu mei chakna sang zawk hmangaihna avanga hriat hlawh a ni.
  Volvo hnunglam chhawng lamah chuan silai te chu a dah a, tlang atang chuan a rawn tlan thla ta a. Tukverh bula hmeichhe naupang an rawn lan hma chuan vawi hnih a kik a ngai ta a ni. “Shot kan hre ta,” Booty chuan aw sang takin a ti a. A ei a, a tone chu a ti hniam ta a. "I tha em?"
  "Ngei ngei." Anmahni chu a pui a. "Truck te tak te chhunga kan thiante chuan min tibuai tawh lovang. A lian ber a rawn lan hmain hetah hian i chhuak ang u."
  Janet Olson chuan glass pakhat atang chuan a kut ah a hliam tenau a nei a. "Hei hi damdawi lam thil kan hmuh hma loh chuan thianghlim takin vawng reng ang che," Nick chuan a ti a. "Hetah hian eng thil pawh i man thei."
  Van boruaka ri bengchheng ri chuan a ngaihven hle. An lo kalna khawchhak lam atang chuan helicopter a rawn lang a, scout bee ang maiin kawngpui dungah chuan a rawn inher chhuak a. Nick-a chuan, "Aw ni lo! A ni lo tak zet - leh heng hmeichhe naupangte nen hian mel sawmnga vel zeta hlaah pawh!
  Thlipui chuan a hrechhuak a, a rawn thlawk phei a, truck bulah chuan a rawn thlawk chhunzawm ta a, chu chu plateau-ah chuan ngawi rengin a ding a. "Kal!" - Nick chuan a ti a.
  Kawngpui lian an thlen chuan ruam tawp lama luipui pakhat atang chuan truck lian tak a rawn chhuak a.
  
  
  
  
  Nick chuan helicopter-in a sawi lai hian radio-a kawng hnih a inbiakna chu a mitthla thei a, "John Blake" ruang chu en turin a ding ta a ni. Vawikhat chu kan rel ta a...
  Nick chu hmarchhak lam pan chuan Volvo-ah chuan a tlan chak hle. An rel ta a. Truck pakhat chuan hla tak atangin a kap a. Fifty gauge ang mai a ni a, mahse truck hi European heavyweight a ni ngei ang.
  Nick chuan thaw halh chungin Volvo chu escarpment lam panna tur turn-ah chuan a tikehsawm a. Track lian takah chuan speed a lang lo - firepower chauh a ni.
  Kawng lehlamah chuan car man tlawm tak chuan an mamawh speed zawng zawng a pe vek!
  
  
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  Volvo chu tlang hmasa ber chhip lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, a tawpah chuan ei tur awmna maze-a mouse ang maiin a tlan phei ta a. Kawng lakah chuan tourist caravan car pali awmna chu an paltlang a. Nick chuan an hmuh chuan helicopter chhunga tlangvalte chu rei lo te chhung atan a tihlum ngei a beisei a, a bik takin sipai ralthuam an keng a nih chuan. Sava te tak te, French siam, thutna pahnih ṭhut thei a ni a, mahse a chhehvelah hian tunlai ralthuam ṭha tak tak a awm lo.
  Incline chung berah chuan kawngpui chu lungpui kam vel chu a thlipui a, parking theihna tur viewing platform a awm bawk. A ruak vek tawh. Nick chuan edge lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Truck chuan tlangdungah chuan a grind nasa hle a, car tour chu a paltlang mai mai a ni. Nick-a mak tih em em chu helicopter chu khawchhak lamah a bo ta a.
  Thil awm thei te chu a ngaihtuah a. Fuel an mamawh a; chuta tang chuan truck leh ruang chhuah tir turin distributor cap chu an la dawn a; an rawn inher a, a hmaah chuan kawngkhar an siam a, a leh truck lian tak inkarah chuan an dah ta a ni. A nih loh leh heng zawng zawng hi? Thil pakhat chiang tak chu: tunah chuan Juda dodaltu a ni ta. Pawl pumpui chu a la ta a ni.
  Hmeichhe naupangte chuan an rilru a hahdam leh ta a, chu chuan zawhna a siam tihna a ni. A ngaihtuah dan chuan a chhang a, rang takin forest reserve lian tak chhim lam chhuahna lam pan chuan a tlan ta a. Khawngaihin - kawngpuiah hian building block awm lo se!
  "Ram pum hi a buai i ring em?" - Janet chuan a zawt a. "Ka sawi tum chu Vietnam leh heng Africa ram zawng zawng ang hian? Revolution tak tak a ni em?"
  "Ram hi a buai hle a ni," Nick chuan a chhang a, "mahse kan special lot chungchangah hian kan buai hle niin ka hria. Bandit te pawh an ni mai thei. Revolutionary te pawh an ni mai thei. I nu leh pate hian sum an nei tih an hria a, rukbo che an duh a ni mai thei," tiin a chhang a.
  "Ha!" Buti chuan a bengchheng a, rinhlelh hmel zet hian a en a, mahse a rawn inrawlh lo.
  “I ngaihdan sawi rawh,” Nick chuan ngilnei takin a ti a.
  "Ka chiang lo. Mahse tour attendant pakhatin silai a keng a, chutah chuan bomb i neih kha a ni mai thei a, kan hre ta - a tha!"
  "I hmeichhe naupang pakhatin helho hnena pawisa emaw message emaw a phur ang kha a chhe deuh mai, huh?"
  Buti chu a ngawi ta a.
  Ruth Crossman chuan muangchangin, "A mak ka ti hle a ni," a ti.
  Nick chuan darkar khat chuang zet a khalh a. Zimpa Pan, Mount Suntichi leh Chonba Dam te an paltlang a. Car leh van te chuan a chang chuan an paltlang thin a, mahse Nick chuan sipai emaw police patrol emaw a tawk loh chuan he buaina atang hian civil mite chu a hlat tir a ngai tih a hria a ni. Tin, patrol dik lo a tawk a, THB mafia nen hian politics emaw sum leh pai lamah emaw an inzawm a nih chuan thihna thlen thei a ni. Buaina dang a awm bawk - Juda chuan tualchhung thuneitute uniform ha chunga detachment tenau te thuam a duh hle. Vawikhat chu Brazil police post pum pui chu rukrukna atan a buatsaih a, chu chu a kal tluang hle. Nick hian documents uluk taka enfiah hmasa lovin armed detachment eng pawh kutah a kal tih a hmu lo.
  Kawngpui chu a chho a, an hnungah chuan reserve-a ruam mak tak, a chanve vel, ramngaw chanve awmna chu a hnutchhiah a, Bulawayo leh Victoria Falls inkar rel leh highway kalna ridge chu an chho ta a ni. Nick chu khawtlang tenau takah gas station pakhatah a ding a, Volvo chu gas pump chunga ramada ang maia inchung hnuaiah a hruai a.
  Mipa var engemaw zat chuan lungngai takin kawngpui chu an en a. An hlauthawng hmel hle.
  Hmeichhe naupangte chu building chhungah chuan an lut a, attendant sang tak, tanned chuan Nick chu a ti muangchang a, "Main camp-ah i kir leh dawn em ni?"
  “Ni e,” Nick chuan a ti a. Rhodesia mi, a tlangpuiin inhawng leh inngaitlawm tak takte thuruk taka an awm dan chuan a ti buai hle a ni.
  "Ladies te hi kan tibuai tur a ni lo, mahse buaina tlem kan beisei. Sebungwe khawchhak lamah guerrilla thenkhat an lo thawk tawh a. Rel kawng hi an tikehsawm an beisei ka ring. Lubimbi atanga mel tlemte a hlaah sipai pali an that a ni. A tha viau ang." tunah hian main camp-a kir leh turin ngaihtuahna."
  Nick chuan, “Ka lawm e,” tiin a chhang a. "Hetiang khawpa helho hi an thleng tawh tih ka hre lo. Ka hriat hnuhnun ber chu in tlangvalte leh South Africa mite puitu te hian thil awmdan hi an thunun thei a ni. Hel za chuang zet an that tih ka hrethiam.
  Chupa chuan tank chu a khat zo a, a lu a thing nghal ringawt. "Kan sawi loh harsatna kan nei a. Thla ruk chhungin Zambezi khawthlang lamah mi sangli kan nei tawh a. Lei hnuaia camp leh engkim an zawng chhuak mek a ni. Air patrol reng reng tur gas kan nei tlem hle a ni," a ti Volvo chu a rawn pat a ". "Tourism sumdawnna atan kan la pump chhuak zel a, mahse eng chen nge an tih chhunzawm zel dawn ka hre lo. Yankee, a dik em?"
  "Awle."
  "I hria em. Mississippi-ah leh - kan en ang - Georgia-ah i operation i nei a ni lawm ni?" Intimacy lungngai tak nen a mit a chhing a. "Thil tha tam tak i ti a, mahse eng nge a thlen ang?"
  Nick chuan a pe a. "Khawiah nge, tak tak. Main Camp panna kawng tawi ber chu eng nge ni?"
  "Chutah chuan highway-ah mel ruk zet a awm. Dinglam hawi rawh."
  
  
  
  Chhinchhiahna ang chuan mel sawmli vel a ni. Tichuan mi pahnih dang chu chhinchhiahna bulah chuan. An tlai thei lo. " "
  Nula ho chu an lo kir leh a, Nick chuan chu pa thupek chu a zawm ta a.
  Fuel dah tura an dinna chu minute riat vel a ni. Darkar khat chhung zet chu truck lian tak chhinchhiahna engmah a hmu lo. Anmahni a la zui reng a nih chuan a hnufual hle. Engvangin nge helicopter chu anmahni scout turin a lo kir leh loh tih a ngaihtuah a. Mel ruk zet an kal a, kawngpui zau tak, pawi tak mai chu an thleng ta a ni. Mel hnih vel an kal tawh chuan sipai convoy pakhat chu a rawn kal tan ta a, chhim lam panin a kal ta a. Nick chuan hei hi in lama hmanraw rit tak tak dah battalion angin a teh a. Jungle warfare atan a honed a ni. A ngaihtuah a. Vanneihna, i mamawh ngei ang.
  Booty chuan, "Engvangin nge officer kha i lo dang a, kan chunga thil thleng hi i hrilh loh?"
  Nick chuan a chhan chu Judas-a'n "John Blake" ruhro a laksak a beisei thu sawi lovin a sawi bawk. Thil thleng chungchang rei tak sawifiah chu a awkward hle ang.
  "Sipai ho kal pelh lai hmuh chu a lawmawm khawp mai," Janet chuan a ti a. "An zinga ṭhenkhat chuan kan dodal mai thei tih hriat reng a harsa khawp mai."
  “Kan dodal lo, a nihna takah chuan,” Nick chuan a tidik a. "Kan bulah ni lo."
  "Heng mipa hmeltha tak takte hi a en tak zet a ni," Ruth chuan a ti a. "Ṭhenkhat chu an mawi hle. En teh - Charlton Heston thlalak chauh a awm."
  Nick chuan a en lo. Van boruaka speck pakhat, column te tak te hnung zuitu chu enin a buai hle. Dik tak chuan, armored personnel carrier hnuhnung ber a thlawh chhuah meuh chuan, chu speck chu a lian ta hle a ni. Minute tlemte hnuah chuan hriat theih khawpin a rawn hnaih ta a. An thian hlui, mi pahnih awmna helicopter chuan ruam chhungah a kalsan ta a ni.
  “Anmahni an ni leh ta,” Ruth chuan hlim hmel zet hian a ti a. "Hei hi a ngaihnawm lo maw?"
  “Aw, a ropui khawp mai, mipa,” Bootie chuan a ti a, mahse a tum lo tih i hria.
  Nick chuan, "Chutah chuan an cute lutuk. Kan ti nghing tur em ni?"
  Ruth-i chuan, “Hma la rawh,” a ti a.
  "Hremhmun pe rawh!" - Janet chuan a ti a.
  "Engtin nge i tihnghing?" - tiin Buti chuan a zawt a.
  “I hmu ang,” Nick chuan a tiam a. "An dil a nih chuan."
  An dil a. Volvo chuan bungu bawlhhlawh leh vawt tak, hmun zau tak, hmun zau tak, hmun zau takah a tlan lai chuan thlipui tleh chuan car driver lam chu a rawn nuai ta a. Ngun zawka en emaw, hnai zawka en emaw an duh a ni. Nick-a chuan helicopter chu a titawp tir a, chutah brake chu a han hmet a, “Chhuak la, dinglamah chhuk rawh!”
  Hmeichhe naupangte chuan an thiam ta hle mai. An chho a, indona team ang maiin leiah chuan an inhnukdawk ta a. Nick chuan kawngkhar hnunglam chu a hawng a, submachine gun a man a, safety chu a titawp a, helicopter hnung lamah lead lui a thawn a, helicopter chu a chakna zawng zawngin a sir lamah a tlan phei ta a ni. Range chu a sei hle a, mahse vanneihna i hmu thei.
  "Again," a ti leh a. "I kal ang u, team!"
  Ruth-i chuan: “Chûng thilte zînga pakhat hman dân min zirtîr rawh,” a ti a.
  “Chance kan hmu a nih chuan,” Nick chuan a ti a.
  Helicopter chu an hmaah a thlawk a, kawngpui lum tak chungah chuan, rulhut nghaktu ang maiin a thlawk a. Nick chuan mel sawmhnih vel zet a tlan a, thlawhna chu a hnaih deuh a nih chuan ding tur leh kahhlum turin a inpeih reng a ni. Hei hi a ni lo. Side road eng emaw zat an paltlang a, mahse pakhat mah a la ngam lo. An hnung lama truck lo kal awmna kawngpui thim (dead end) chu thihna thlentu a ni ang. A hmalam hla takah chuan kawngpui sirah hmun dum a hmu a, a mood chu a reh ta hle mai. Fiah zawka a hmuh theih chuan ngawi rengin a intiam ta a. Car ding, lian tak. A ding a, a lehlamah a inher tan a, a ding ta a. Mi pakhat chu car ding takah chuan a zuang lut a, an lam pan chuan a kal ta a ni. Volvo chu a kap ta a. Mel hnih kalta khan an hnungah car mak tak mai tlan chak tak nen chuan a chhinchhiahna side road chu a thleng a, chutah chuan a tlan lut ta a. Car chuan a zui a.
  Booty chuan, "An chak ta a ni," a ti a.
  “Anmahni hi en teh,” Nick chuan thu a pe a.
  Chase hian mel ruk emaw mel sarih emaw a tlan a ni. Sedan lian tak chu a rawn hnaih hmanhmawh lo. Hei hian a tibuai hle. Kawngpui thim takah emaw, thingtlang hmunah emaw an khalh lut a. Ram chu tlangram a lo ni ta a, tui hring chungah kawngpui zau tak tak a awm ta a ni. Fimkhur takin pakhat a thlang a, a hnungzuitute hmuh theih loha an awm laiin single-lane bridge-ah a ding ta a.
  “Creek bed-ah chuan a chho leh chho a,” a ti a. Tunah chuan an ti tha hle mai. Ravine chhungah chuan a nghak a, chu chu trench atan a hmang a. Sedan khalhtu chuan Volvo chu a ding a, range pawnah a ding tih a hmu a, chutah chuan zawi zawiin hmalam a pan ta a ni. Nick chuan a nghak a, thlai chi hrang hrang zingah chuan a en kual a.
  Hun chu a lo thleng ta! Short burst in a kap a, tyre chu a flat vek tih a hmu. Car atang hian mi pathum an tla thla a, an zinga pahnih chu silai sei tak keng an ni. Leiah chuan an tlu ta a. Bullets tum tha tak tak chuan Volvo chu a rawn kap ta a. Chu chu Nick tan chuan a tawk tawh. Muzzle chu a han chawi sang a, hla tak atangin short bursts a kap ta a.
  A dinhmun chu an hmu ta a ni. Caliber bullet lian tak chuan a dinglamah feet nga vela hlaa gravel chu a tikehsawm a. Shot tha tak tak, ralthuam chak tak. Hmuh theih lohvin a bo a, dawr a thlak ta a ni. Lead chu a rawn beng a, a rawn ri ta hlawm a. A hnuai chiahah chuan nula ho chu an lo thu a. Feet sawmhnih zet chu vei lamah a kal a, a sir lam chu a han en leh a. Hetiang angle-a an inlan hi a ropui hle. Helicopter chu silai ruk puak riin a ri a, car leh mipui chungah leilung a theh darh ta a ni. A ni a ni lo. Glass chu a chhe vek a, mahse an pathum chuan kawngpuiah chuan an tlan let leh a, an hnen atangin an inthup a.
  “Lo kal rawh,” a ti a, “Min subscribe rawh.”
  Rang takin hmeichhe naupangte chu lui hring dup dungah chuan a hruai ta a.
  
  
  
  
  
  An tlan tur angin an tlan a, an darh zau a, Volvo sir lamah chuan an tlan kual vel a. Darkar chanve vel chu a thlawnin an khawhral ang.
  A patrol te tak te chu bridge atanga hla takah a awm lai chuan Nick chuan ravine atang chuan kawngpui nena inmil bushes ah chuan a hruai chhuak ta a.
  Hmeichhe naupang zawng zawngin pheikhawk rilru fim tak an ha vek avangin a lawm hle. An mamawh ang. Wilhelmina a nei a, silai mu sawm leh pathum a nei a. Vanneihna a ni em? Submachine gun pakhat, extra magazine, compass, thil chi hrang hrang leh beiseina.
  Chhim lam ni a tlak rual chuan beiseina a tlem ta hle a, mahse hmeichhe naupangte chu An riltam leh tuihal an ni tih a hriattir lo, a hre chiang hle. An chakna chu chawlh hahdam fo leh hlim taka thusawi hmangin a chhanhim a, mahse boruak chu a lum a, a na hle. Chhuak thuk takah an thleng a, chu chu kawngpui lam pan chuan a zui leh a ngai ta a ni. A ruak vek tawh. Ani chuan, "Kan lo kal dawn. Miin car emaw thlawhna emaw an hriat chuan thu sawi rawh," a ti a.
  "Khawiah nge kan kal dawn?" - Janet chuan a zawt a. A hlauthawng leh chau hmel hle.
  "Ka map ang chuan ka hriatreng chuan he kawngpui hian Binji thlengin min hruai a. Khawpui lian tham tak a ni." Bingi hi mel sawmriat vel zeta hla chu ramngaw ruam pakhatah a awm tih a sawi belh lo.
  Tuikhuah thuk lo tak, mualpho tak mai chu an paltlang a. Ruthi chuan, “In theih ni se,” a ti a.
  "Chance kan la thei lo." - Nick chuan a ti a. “Pawisa ka bet ang che, i in pawhin i thi tawh.
  Thim hma lawk hian kawngpui atang chuan a hruai chhuak a, leilung hnim hring tak chu a tifai a, "I rilru hahdam takin siam rawh. I theih chuan muthilh rawh. Zanah kan zin thei lo," a ti a.
  Chau takin an tawng a, phunnawina erawh a awm lo. Anmahni chu a chhuang hle a ni.
  “Clock i set ang u,” Booty chuan a ti a. "I mut a ngai a ni, Andy."
  Hmun hla vak lovah chuan rannung thenkhat chuan mak tak maiin a ri chhuak ta a. Nick chuan, "I inhnukdawk rawh. I duhthusam chu i hmu ang, Ruth."
  Thih mai maiah chuan submachine gun himna tihbo dan tur a entir a. "Pistol ang maiin kap la, mahse trigger chu chelh suh."
  "Ka hrethiam lo," Janet chuan a ti a. "Trigger chu i chelh thei lo em ni?"
  "Ni lo. I tum chu i siamrem reng a ngai. Ka demonstrate thei lo, chuvang chuan i suangtuah a ni. Hetah hian..." Magazine chu a hawng a, chamber chu a rawn phawrh chhuak a. Trigger a khawih a, meipui tawi tak tak ang maia thawm a siam hmangin a entir a ni. "Brrr-rup. Brrr-rup."
  An ti ve ve a. Ani chuan, "A ropui hle mai, sergeant-ah in kaisang vek tawh a ni," a ti a.
  Mak a tih em em chu Bootie-i enkawl chhung hian Ruth leh Janet inkarah darkar thum emaw darkar li emaw chhung mut hahdam tak a nei a. Chu chuan a ring tlat tih a tichiang a ni. Dim grey light hmasa berah chuan kawngpuiah chuan a hruai thla ta a.
  Minute sawm danah mel khat vel an inher a, Nick-a dar sawm a rawn lan meuh chuan hla tak an zawh tawh a ni. Mahse, an chau hle mai. Nilengin hetiang hian a chhunzawm thei a, mahse hmeichhe naupangte chu chawlh hahdam vak lovin an zo tawh mai. Submachine gun chu a inthlak kual tir a. An hna chu an ngai pawimawh hle a. A ring lo nain, an tih tur awm chhun chu Edman-a company, Gus Boyd-a'n alarm an tihchhuah hma loh chuan "bandit"-te kut aṭanga chhuah loh a nih thu a hrilh a. Legitimate army leh police te chuan an zawng dawn a, an publicity chuan "bandits" te tan chuan anmahni beih chu a risky lutuk dawn a ni. A thu a awih tha hle.
  Lei chu a hnuai lam hawiin a tla a, hmun hnim hring takah chuan bend an han round lai chuan kawngpui sira thingphel hnuaiah chuan native pakhat muhil chu an hmu ta a. Sap tawng thiam lo ang maiin a insiam a. Nick chuan a rawn um zui nghal a. A lo veng reng a. Kawngpui hrual hrual atanga mel chanve vel an kal chuan buhfai leh zuk leh hmuam, kraal leh dipping pen awmna hmun pangngaia khat, buhfai hmanga siam in te tak te chu an hmu ta a. Khua chu a awm tha hle a. Tlâng chhipa awmna chuan harsatna a thlen a, lote chu a inthlau hle a, kraal fence-te pawh enkawl a harsa zawk a, mahse ruahtui tla zawng zawng chu tuikhuah network hmangin a lut a, chu chu kawngpuiah chuan vein ang maiin a chho a ni.
  An hnaih deuh deuh chuan inthup hnuaia hnathawk mi engemaw zat chuan car chu tarp hnuaiah thup tumin an bei a. Nick chuan a tang hnenah chuan: "Khawiah nge boss chu? Muhle Itikos?"
  Chu pa chuan a lu a thing nghut a. Mipui zinga pakhat, a English thiam chhuang takin: “Boss chu a awm,” a ti a. Flawless takin a tawng a, a bula khum pakhat, ramada zau tak nei chu a kawhhmuh a.
  Mipa tawi tak, taksa thau tak mai chu khum atang chuan a rawn chhuak a, zawhna nei takin a en a. Nick-a Luger chu casual takin a hmaah a chelh a hmuh chuan a hmui a ti hup a.
  "Chu car chu barn atang chuan chhuah tir rawh. Ka en duh a ni."
  Mipa dum pungkhawm zinga engemaw zat chu an ti muangchang ta a. Nick chuan Janet hnen atangin submachine gun chu a la a, rinhlelh hmel zet hian a rawn phar chhuak a. Chu pa thau tak chuan, "Ka hming chu Ross a ni. Khawngaihin i inhmelhriattir thei ang em?"
  A diction chu hmeichhe naupang diction aiin a tha zawk daih. Nick chuan an hming dik tak chu a sawi a, a thutlukna chu: "... chu car hnenah chuan."
  Tarp an lakchhuah chuan Nick chuan a mit a chhing a. A chhungah chuan jeep thar deuh mai a inthup a. A hawi kual a, khaw mipa, tunah chuan mi 9 an ni tawh chu a en reng a. Hei hi a ni em tih a ngaihtuah a. Open shed hnung lamah chuan gasoline can pali a hmu bawk.
  Ross hnenah chuan, "Khawngaihin tui leh ei tur min rawn keng la. Tichuan chhuak rawh. Tumah ti na suh. Ka pe tha ang che, i jeep pawh i nei thei ang," a ti a.
  Mipa pakhat chuan Ross-a hnenah chuan a pianpui tawngin thil a sawi a.
  
  
  
  
  Ross chuan tawi te te in a chhang a. Nick chu a rilru a hah hle. Heng mite hi an khauh lutuk. An hrilh ang chuan an ti a, mahse hlauhthawn ai chuan thil hriat duh ang maiin an ti a. Ross chuan, "Mapolisa nen emaw, Rhodesian sipaite nen emaw in inzawm ang em?"
  "Tumah."
  Thusawitu mipa dum chuan: "Mkivas..." a ti a, Nick chuan thumal hmasa ber, "mi var" tih chu a hrethiam a, a bak zawng chu hlauhawm takin a ri a.
  "Khawiah nge i ralthuamte chu?" - tiin Ross-a chu a zawt a.
  "Sorkar chuan engkim a la vek a ni."
  Nick chuan a ring lo. Sorkar hian thil engemaw a hmu mai thei a, mahse he pawl hian an inringtawk lutuk a ni. A lungkham zual sauh sauh a. An rawn bei a, an rawn bei thei ang tih hriatna a neih chuan engtiang pawhin hma la mah se a ti tlawm thei lovang. Killmaster tih hian mipui tualthattu tihna a ni lo.
  Vawikhatmah Booty chu Ross bulah chuan a kal phei a, ngawi rengin a rawn tawng ta a. Nick chuan an lam a pan lai chuan a then chu a hloh a, mahse a hre ta a: "...Peter van Pree leh Mr. Garfield Todd. John Johnson pawh. Zimbabwe sawmsarih leh pathum."
  Nick-a chuan Rhodesia Prime Minister hlui Todd-a hming chu a hre chiang hle a, mipa hring leh mipa hring inthlauhna tihziaawm tumin hma a la a ni. Mihring var pawl pakhat chuan a liberal ngaihdan avangin a ranch-ah an hnawtchhuak ta a ni.
  Ross chuan Nick chu a en a, AXman chuan a dik zia a hrechhuak ta. Hei hi i nawr mipa hmel kha a ni lo. Thil awmdanin a phut chuan Ross hian helnaah hian a tel ve ngei ang tih ngaihdan a nei a. Ross-a chuan, "Miss DeLong hian ka thiante hi a hre chiang khawp mai. Ei tur leh tui in hmu ang a, Binji-ah ka hruai ang che. Police tan spy i ni maithei. Ka hre lo. Ka ring lo. Mahse ka hre lo." 't duh lo hetah hian shooting engmah."
  “Min lo en rengtu an awm a ni,” Nick chuan a ti a. THB gang hi mi cool tak an ni ka ti. Tin, engtik lai pawhin a chungah hian gang khat atanga helicopter a awm dawn bawk. Tichuan police spy ka ni lo tih i hrethiam mai ang. Mahse i firepower kha i neih chuan i save tha zawk ang."
  Ross-a hmel muang tak chu lawmthu sawinain a rawn eng chhuak a. "I bridge i pelh tawh pakhat chu kan tichhia a. He hmun thleng tur hian darkar tam tak a la ngai dawn a ni. Chuvang chuan kan sentry kha a fimkhur em em a ni..." Chu pa chu a en a. Vêngtu chuan a lu a ti hniam a.
  "Mak kan ti hle a ni," Nick chuan a rawn rawt a.
  "Chutiang chiah chu i ni," Ross chuan a chhang a. "Hei hi thu dik lo min hrilh hmasak ber a nih ka beisei."
  Minute 20 hnuah hmarchhak lam jeep an khalh a, Nick chu a khalh a, Ross chu a bulah a awm a, a hnung lamah hmeichhe pathum, Ruth-i chuan machine gun a keng a. Partisan tak takah a chang ta a ni. Darkar hnih vel zet 1905 Wyoming Road an tih maia an tlan hnu chuan kawngpui tha deuh deuh an thleng a, chutah chuan veilam hawia chhinchhiahna pakhatah chuan "Binji" tih chu letter faded takin a inziak a. Nick chuan compass chu a en a, dinglam a hawi a.
  "Eng ngaihtuahna nge ni?" - Ross chuan a zawt a.
  “Binji hi kan tan a inhmeh lo,” Nick chuan a hrilhfiah a. "Ram kan pelh a ngai. Chumi hnuah Zambia-ah, Buti-a inzawmna chu a nghet hle niin a lang. Tin, nangmahni pawh hi chutiang bawk chu a ni tih ka ring. THB mining site-te panna kawngah min hruai thei a nih chuan a tha zawk ang. I huat phah ngei ang." . . I I mite chu sal ang maia an enkawl tih ka hria."
  "I rawtna hi i hrethiam lo. Kawngpui a tawp hnuah chuan ramngaw mel za zeta thui a awm a. Tin, chu chu i hriat loh chuan guerrilla leh Security Army inkarah indona tlem a awm a ni.
  "Indona a awm a nih chuan kawngpui a chhe vek a ni lawm ni?"
  "Aw, hetah leh khawiah emaw kawng tlemte. Mahse, i damchhuak dawn lo."
  “Ni e, kan paltlang ang,” Nick-a chuan a hriat aia inrintawkna nei zawkin a chhang a, “I puihnain,” a ti a.
  Back seat atang chuan Booty chuan, "Aw, Andy, i tih a ngai. A thusawi chu ngaithla rawh."
  “Ni e,” Nick chuan a chhang a, “Ka thil tih hian a hmanrua te a pui dawn tih a hria a. THB chungchanga kan puan chhuah hian khawvel a tithinur ang a, hetah hian sorkar tan mualphona a thlen ang. Ross hi hero a ni dawn a ni."
  "I thinrim hle mai," Ross chuan huat hmel zet hian a ti a. "Hetiang hnathawh theihna chance hi sawmnga leh pakhat a ni, i sawi ang khan. Khaw chhungah hian ka hneh tur che a ni."
  "Hriamhrei i nei a ni lawm ni?"
  "I awm chhung zawng khan rifle pakhatin a rawn kawh che a. Ka nem lutuk. Chu chu idealist-te buaina chu a ni."
  Nick chuan cigarette a rawn pe a. “I rilru a ti hahdam a nih chuan kei pawhin ka kap lo ang.”
  Ross chuan cigarette a hal a, rei vak lo an in en a. Nick chuan, thlalak tih loh chu Ross-a hmel chu a darthlalang a a hmuh fo thin nen a inang hle tih a hre chiang hle. Inrintawkna leh zawhna.
  Helicopter a thlawh hmain jeep chu mel sawmruk dang an khalh leh a, mahse tunah chuan jungle country-ah an awm tawh a, helicopter pilot-te chuan kawngpui mel sang tam tak hmu turin harsatna an tawk ta a ni. Wicker straw ang maia thuk thing hnuaiah an park a, helicopter chu a thlawk liam ta a ni. Nick chuan hmeichhe naupangte chu an han hawi chhoh loh chhan a hrilhfiah a, "Tunah chuan Vietnam ramah hian guerrilla warfare a thawh chhan chu in hre tawh ang. awlsam takin in inthup thei a ni," a ti.
  Ni khat chu Nick-a compass-in an kal tur thu a hriattir chuan; a faint trail to their right Ross chuan, "Ni lo, kawngpui lianah chuan awm rawh. Tlang line dang a pelh hnu lawkah a curve a. He kawng hi escarpment dik lo takah a thim a ni. miles.
  Tlâng line piah lamah chuan Nick-a chuan Ross-a chuan thudik a sawi tih a hre ta a. Chawhnu lamah khaw te tak te pakhat an thleng a, Ross-a chuan a supply tlemte humhalh nan tui, flour cake leh biltong a dawng a.
  
  
  
  
  Nick hian duhthlan tur dang a nei lo, he mipa hian a hriatthiam loh tawng hmanga ram mipuite hnena thu a sawi phalsak mai loh chu.
  An chhuah dawn chuan Nick-a chuan sakawr khalh tawlailir an buatsaih lai chu a hmu a. "Khawiah nge an kal dawn?"
  "Kan lo kalna kawngah an rawn kir leh ang a, thinghnah te chu an hrual ang. Kan track te chu a erase ang, he khaw lum lai hian kan track awlsam dawn tihna a ni lo, mahse tracker tha tak chuan a ti thei ang."
  Bridge a awm tawh lo va, lui chunga ford-te chauh a awm a, chutah chuan tui luang chhuak a la awm a ni. A tam zawk chu an vawt hle. Ni a tlak dawn chuan sakeibaknei rual khat chu an paltlang ta a. Rannung lian tak takte chu an thawkrim hle a, clumsi takin an inzawm tlat a, jeep lam hawiin an hawi let a.
  “Kal rawh,” Ross chuan ngawi rengin a ti a. "Fruit juice fermented an pe a. A chang chuan an damlo thin."
  "Elephant hangover a ni em?" Nick chuan, "Chutiang chu ka la hre ngai lo."
  "A dik a ni. Pakhat chu an sang a, an damloh lai emaw, hangover tha lo tak an neih lai emaw pawhin i date duh lo."
  "Zu an siam tak tak em? Engtin nge?"
  "An pum chhungah."
  Lui zau zawk an paltlang a, Janet-i chuan, "Kan ke kan hnim a, kan inbual thei lo em ni?"
  “A hnuah,” Ross chuan a fuih a. "Crocodile leh rulhut tha lo tak tak an awm."
  Thim a lo thim deuh deuh chuan hmun ruak an thleng ta a - khum felfai pali, bang leh kawngkhar nei courtyard leh paddock nei. Nick chuan pawmpui takin khumte chu a han en kual a. Vun thianghlim leh furniture awlsam tak tak an nei a. "Hei hi kan mut dawn tih i sawina hmun a ni em?"
  "Ni e. Hei hi sakawr chunga an lo kal lai khan patrol post hnuhnung ber a ni thin. Hman mek a ni. He hmun atanga mel nga vela hla khaw pakhat chuan a lo thlir reng a. Chu chu ka mite harsatna pakhat chu a ni. So damn law abiding and loyal to the government." ."
  “Hengte hi thil \ha tak tak a ni ngei ang,” Nick chuan ei tur bawm pakhat a chhuah lai chuan a ti a.
  “Revolution atan ni lo,” Ross chuan thinrim zet hian a ti a. "I roreltute an civilized hma loh chuan zakzum leh rilru na takin i awm tur a ni. I lo puitlin a, anmahni pawh barbarian an nih reng chuan - an tiled bathtub leh mechanical toys zawng zawng nen - i screwed a ni. Ka mite hian a dik an tih avangin spy-te an rawn luah khat vek a ni. Run, policeman hnenah chuan hrilh rawh. An rukbo tih an hre lo. Kaffir beer leh ghetto an nei bawk."
  "Chutiang puitling chu ni ta la, ghetto-ah hian i tawp lo ang," Nick chuan a ti a.
  Ross chu a ngawi reng a, a buai hmel hle. "Engati nge?"
  "Bug angin i piang chhuak lovang. Nuai li atanga maktaduai li vel a ni lawm ni? I thluak leh birth control hmangin game hi i chak thei ang."
  “Chu chu a dik lo...” Ross chuan a ti tawp a. Chu ngaihtuahnaah chuan khawi emaw laiah chuan tlin lohna a awm tih a hria a, mahse a revolutionary reading-ah chuan a lang lo.
  Zan a lo thlen chuan a ngawi reng a. Jeep chu an thup a, an ei a, hmun awmsa chu an sem darh ta a. Lawmthu sawiin laundry room-ah chuan an inbual ta a. Ross chuan tui chu a thianghlim tih a sawi.
  A tuk zingah chuan mel sawmthum zet an tlan a, kawngpui chu khaw chhuahsan tawhah a tawp ta a, khaw pakhat nen a danglam hle. A tlu ta vek mai. “Moved,” Ross chuan thinrim zet hian a ti a. "Independent taka awm an duh avangin an ringhlel hle a ni."
  Nick chuan ramngaw chu a en a. "Kawngte i hria em? Heta tang hian kan kal dawn a ni."
  Ross chuan a lu a bu nghat a. "Hei hi keimah chauhin ka ti thei ang."
  "Chuti a nih chuan kal dun ila. Jeep hmain ke siam a ni."
  Khua a vawt vang pawh a ni mai thei, rannungte chu tui la awmte lam hawia an inhnukdawk avangin, kawngpui chu hnim hring hring aiin a vawt zawk a ni. Nick hian a bag aṭangin an vai hian head net a siamsak a, mahse Ross chuan chutiang tel lo chuan a ti thei tih a sawi. Zan hmasa berah chuan tun hnaia an lo awm tawhna chhinchhiahna tlang pakhatah an camp a. Thatched shelter leh meikhu khur a awm bawk. "Partisan te hi?" - Nick chuan a zawt a.
  "A tlangpuiin ramsa mantute an ni."
  Zan ri chu rannung ri leh sava au ri a ni a; ramngaw chhunga thawm ri, a bulah a ri. Ross chuan rannung tam zawk chuan camp atanga pumpelh turin thihna thlen thei thil tawn a\angin an zir tih a tiam a, mahse chutiang chu a ni lo. Zanlai pelh hnu lawkah Nick chu a khum kawngka atanga aw nem tak rawn chhuak chuan a tiharh a. "Andy?"
  “Ni e,” a ti sap a.
  "Ka muhil thei lo". Ruth Crossman aw a ni.
  "Hlau?"
  "Ka... ngaihtuah lo."
  “Hetah hian...” A kut lum tak chu a hmu a, savun hrual khum bulah chuan a hruai ta a. "I chauh a ni." Thlamuang takin a fawp a. "Chu phurna zawng zawng hnuah cuddling engemaw zat i mamawh a ni."
  "Ka duh tih ka inhrilh thin." A bulah chuan a inhnukdawk hnai a.
  Ni thum niah chuan kawng zim takah an chhuak ta a. Bundu bush ramah an kir leh tawh a, kawng pawh a dinglam tawk hle. Ross chuan, "Hei hian TNV domain kil a tilang a ni. Ni khatah vawi li an patrol thin - a aia tam pawh an patrol thin," a ti.
  Nick-a chuan, "Position ka hmuh chian theihna tur hmunah min hruai thei ang em?"
  "Ka ti thei a, mahse hetah hian kal kual a, chhuah a awlsam zawk ang. Zambia lam emaw Salisbury lam emaw kan pan dawn a ni. THB lakah chauh hian engmah i ti thei lo."
  "An operation hi hmuh ka duh a ni. Ka information zawng zawng second hand-a neih ai chuan eng thil nge thleng tih hriat ka duh. Chuti a nih chuan pressure tak tak ka siam thei maithei."
  "Booty hian chutiang chu min hrilh lo Grant. Peter van Prees i puih thu a sawi a. Tu nge i nih? Engvangin nge THB hmelma i nih? Mike Bohr hi i hria em?"
  "Mike Bohr hi ka hre tawh niin ka hria. Ka hriat chuan, ka ngaihdan ang mipa a nih chuan tualthattu tyrant a ni tihna a ni."
  "Chu chu ka hrilh thei che a ni. Concentration camp-ah ka mi tam tak a nei a, chu chu a ni."
  settlement tiin a ko thin. International police atanga lo kal i ni em? UN? " "
  "Ni lo. Tin, Ross - i awmna ka hre lo."
  "Ram hmangaihtu ka ni".
  "Peter leh Johnson-a te kha engtin nge an awm?"
  Ross chuan lungngai takin, "Thil kan thlir dan a inang lo. Revolution tinah hian ngaihdan hrang hrang a awm a ni," a ti.
  "Min ring rawh, ka theih hunah THB ka knock out ang?"
  "I ti ang."
  Darkar tlemte hnuah chuan tlang chhip te tak te chung lamah chuan an chho ta a, Nick chuan a thawk a titawp ta a. Mining empire chu a han en a. A hmuh theih chinah chuan hnathawhna hmun, camp, parking lot, warehouse complex te a awm a. Khawchhak lam atang chuan rel kawng leh kawngpui a lut a. Sumdawnna tam tak chu fence nghet takin a hual vel a. Ni êng êng tak kara tawp nei lo ang maia inzar pharh ang maia khumte chuan fence sang tak tak, vênhimna in leh gatehouse vengtu te an nei a.
  Nick-a chuan, “Engvangin nge formation-a in mite hnenah ralthuam chu i pek loh ang a, i lak loh vang?”
  "Hei hi ka group leh Peter-a group danglamna pakhat a ni," tiin Ross chuan lungngai takin a sawi. "Engtin pawhin a thawk lo mai thei. Rin harsa i ti hle ang, mahse hetiang hmuna colonial power hian kum tam tak chhung chu ka mite chu dan zawmtuah a siam nasa hle. An lu an kun a, an vuakna an fawp a, an chain an tithianghlim bawk.
  “Roreltute chauh hian dan an bawhchhia thei a ni,” Nick chuan a ti muangchang a.
  "Hei hi a dik a ni."
  "Bohr hi khawiah nge a awm a, a headquarters?"
  "Mine hnuhnung ber hnung lama tlang chungah. Hmun nuam tak a nei a. Fenced leh guarded. I lut thei lo."
  "Ka tih a ngai lo. A mimal lalram chu mimal takin ka hmu tih hriattirna atan chauh ka hmu duh a ni. Tu nge a bulah awm? Chhiahhlawhte hian thu an sawi ngei ang."
  "German tlemte. Heinrich Müller hi i ngaihven ngei ka ring. Si Kalgan, Chinese mi. Tin, hnam hrang hrang mi tlemte, mahse misual vek an ni vekin ka ring. Kan ore leh asbestos te hi khawvel hmun hrang hrangah a thawn chhuak a ni." ."
  Nick chuan rough black features chu a en a, a nui lo. Ross hian a tir atanga a sawi aia tam a hre tawh. Kut nghet zet hian a rawn vuan a. "Hmeichhe naupangte chu Salisbury-ah i hruai dawn em ni? A nih loh leh civilization hmun thenkhatah i tir dawn em ni?"
  "Anih nang?"
  "Ka tha ang. Thlalak kimchang ka la ang a, ka kal ang. Compass ka nei."
  "Engvangin nge i nunna i risk?"
  "Hemi avang hian hlawh ka hmu thin. Ka hna hi ka thawk dik a ngai a ni."
  "Zanin hian hmeichhe naupangte chu ka hruai chhuak ang." Ross chuan a ti a. "Risk i la tam lutuk niin ka hria. Vanneihthlak takin Grant, chu chu i hming a nih chuan."
  Ross chu tlang atang chuan a rawn chhuk leh a, hmeichhe naupangte an kalsanna ruam thup takah chuan a tlan lut leh ta a. An awm tawh lo. Track-te chuan thawnthu chu a sawi chhuak ta a ni. Boot ha mipain an hneh ta a ni. Var. THB staff te pawh an awm ngei ang. Patrol kawngpui pakhatah truck leh car pakhatin a hruai a. Ross chu a ramngaw kawngpui atang chuan a hnungtawlh a, chibai a buk ta a. Mahni inrintawkna man. Mak lo ve, truck leh sedan chhunga rawn umzuitute chu an slow hmel hle. Tracker-te chu an ko a, an zui vek a, radio hmangin THB an biak pawh a ni mai thei.
  Tlâng hla tak takte chu lungngai takin a en a, chutah chuan tuna Andrew Grant-a chu lungalhthei lalram chhunga tel ve a nih hmel hle a; bait mawi tak tak hmanga thang chhunga tlu.
  
  
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  Ross hian tun dinhmunah Nick a hmuh chuan mak a ti hle ang. Mouse chu trap chhungah chuan ngawi rengin a rawn tlan lut a, tumahin an hre lo - tun thlengin. Nick chuan cafeteria pawna locker room-ah chuan mipa var pawl pakhat chu a zawm ve ta a. An chhuah chuan jacket dum leh safety helmet sen a la a. Cargo dock buai tak karah chuan a dam chhung zawnga thawk tawh ang maiin a kal a.
  Ni khat chu smelter lian tak takah a hmang a, narrow-gauge ore train kal tlangin a hrual a, tumruh takin warehouse leh office building-ah a lut leh chhuak thin. Native-ho chuan an en ngam lo va, zawhna pawh an zawt ngam lo - mipa hringte chuan hei hi an thiam lo. THB hi precision machine ang maiin a thawk a - a chhungah hian phalna nei lo an awm lo.
  Juda chet dan chuan a pui hle. Hmeichhe naupangte chu villa chhunga an luh chuan a rawn ti chhuak ta hlawl mai: “Khawiah nge mipa pahnih hi an awm?”
  Hmeichhe naupangte hnena radio-a an thawn patrol team chuan jungle team-in an nei nia an ngaih thu an sawi. Volunteer jungle chasers hruaitu Hermann Dusen chu a rawn sen ta a. A chau tawh hle a; ka group chu ei leh in leh chawlh hahdamna atan a rawn keng a. Patrol chuan rawk zawng zawng chu an la khawm vek tawh niin a ngai!
  Juda chuan chibai a buk a, chutah a security team zawng zawng chu camp atang chuan ramngaw chhungah patrol kawngpui lam pan chuan a tir chhuak ta a. A chhungah chuan Nick chuan engkim a ti vek a. Chrome leh asbestos phur truck leh rel car-te chu a hmu a, inspector-te’n uluk taka record an vawn lai hian rangkachak smelter atanga thing bawm sawn chhuah chu bungrua dang hnuaia thup turin a hmu bawk.
  An zinga pakhat nen an inbia a, chu pa chu Austrian a nih avangin a German nen an inrem hle. tiin a zawt a. - “Hei hi Far Eastern lawng tan a ni em?”
  Chu pa chuan duti takin a tablet leh invoice te chu a check a. "Nein. Genoa. Escort Lebo chuan a rawn ti a." A hawi let a, sumdawnna lam hawi leh buai tak a ni.
  Nick chuan communications center chu a hmu ta a, chu chu teletype machine ri bengchheng tak tak leh gravel-toned radio-a khat room a ni. Operator hnen atangin form a dawng a, Roger Tillborn, Rhodesian Railways hnenah telegram a ziak a. Form chu German sipaite style-a number pek a ni. Tuman an ngam lo ang...
  Operator chuan he thuchah hi a chhiar a: "Ni sawmthum chhungin carload ore 90 a ngai dawn a ni." Engineer Barnes kaihhruaina hnuaiah Beyer-Garratt power-ah chauh kal rawh. Signed a ni a, Gransh a ni.
  
  
  
  
  
  Operator pawh a buai hle. Ani chuan: "Rel kawng wire. Free?"
  "Awle."
  Nick chu truck stop bulah a awm laiin siren chu puak ang maiin a ri ta a. Dump truck lian tak hnung lamah chuan a chho ta a. Inchung aṭanga thlir chuan nilengin zawn chhunzawm zel chu a en a, a tawpah chuan hmeichhe naupangte rukbo chungchang chu hre lo mah se, an zawng tih a hre ta a ni.
  He thu hi thim hnuah a hrechhuak a, Villa of Judas chhehvela electric hmanga siam fence chu thing hmangin a thlawp a, êng chhuak courtyard lam pan chuan a tlan phei ta a ni. In hnaih ber pindan khar chhungah chuan Mike Bohr, Muller leh Sea Kalgan te chu an thu a. Enclosure dang, a laiah pool awmnaah chuan Bootie, Ruth leh Janet te chu an awm a. Wire fence-ah an khih a, saruak an ni. Baboon mipa lian tak chuan a ngaihsak lo va, a hnah dum chu a ei a.
  Nick chu a khur a, Wilhelmina chu a hruai a, Bor chu a hmu a, a ding ta a. Eng chu a mak khawp mai. Chutah chuan mi pathumte chu glass enclosure-ah an awm tih a hrechhuak ta a - bulletproof box air conditioning awmnaah! Nick chu a hnungtawlh nghal vat a. Eng thang nge a va ni em! Minute engemaw zat hnuah chuan mi pahnih chu thingtlang karah ngawi rengin a dinna hmun lam pan chuan an kal tih a hmu a. Hermann Dusen chu patrol-ah a awm a, a tihsual siamthat chu a tum tlat a ni.
  In chhung chu zungbun ang maiin an fang kual a. Nick chuan an hnung a zui a, a kawr atanga plastic cord pakhat, a thil ken chu tumahin an hriat theih loh chu a la chhuak a. An pliable a, an tensile strength chu ton khat aia tam a ni.
  Herman - Nick-a chuan a hming hre lo mah se - a kal hmasa ber. Pawn lam electric fence chu enfiah turin a ding chawt a. Thawm ri chhuak lovin a thi ta a, a kut leh ke zungtang tawi tak, second sawmruk chhunga a reh vang a ni. A thianpa chu kawng thim takah chuan a rawn let leh ta a. A tawpna pawh chutiang bawk chuan a thleng rang hle. Nick chu a rawn inbeng kang a, second tlemte chhung chu a rilru a buai deuh a, chu chu Hawk hnenah pawh a la sawi ngai lo.
  Nick chu glass chest thlir chunga a bush patch-ah chuan a kir leh a, tanpui theih lohna rilru pu chungin a en a. Mi pathumte chu an nui suk a. Mike Bohr chuan zoo enclosure chhunga pool chu a kawhhmuh a, chutah chuan hmeichhe saruak tak takte chu milem pawi tak tak ang maia innghat an ni. Baboon chu thing bulah chuan a hnungtawlh ta a. Tui atang chuan thil pakhat a rawn tlan chhuak ta a. Nick chu a nui suk a. Crocodile a ni. riltam a ni mai thei. Janet Olson chuan a rawn ti a.
  Nick chu fence lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, Bor, Muller leh Kalgan te chu an ding chhuak a, Kalgan chuan silai sei tak a keng a. Awle - tun dinhmunah chuan a vuak thei lo va, anni pawhin an vuak thei lo bawk. A paih chhuah thar mi pahnih chungah an innghat a ni. Wilhelmina silaimu chu feet sawmli zeta hla aṭangin rulhut pakhat zel mitah direct-in a dah a.
  Mike Bora-a English accented nasa tak chu loudspeaker atang chuan a ri ta hlawm a. "Silai chu thlak rawh, AXman. I hual vel a ni."
  Nick chu huan enkawltute zingah chuan a tlan let leh a, a thu ta a. Hetiang hian tanpui theih lohvin a inhriat ngai lo. Bohr chuan a sawi dik a ni. Muller chuan phone chu a hmang ta a. Minute tlemte chhungin hetah hian reinforcement tam tak an nei dawn a ni. Mi pathumte chu a lam hawiin an nui a. Tlâng hnuai lam hla takah chuan engine pakhat chu a rawn ri ta hlawm a. Midler-a hmui chu nuihzat hmel zet hian a che a. Nick hian a career-a a vawi khat nan a tlanchhuak. Kawngpui leh in atang chuan a kal bo a, a tlanbo lai hmuh a phalsak a, a tuartu chuan bait a hmuh loh avangin hmeichhe naupangte chu rei lo te chhung atan an theihnghilh ngei a beisei.
  Enclosure lum nuam takah chuan Bor chu a nui suk a. "A tlan dan hi en teh! American a ni. Thuneihna i nei tih an hriat chuan mi hlauhawm tak an ni. Muller - hmar lam hawiin mi tir rawh."
  Mueller chuan phone chhungah chuan a rawn barh lut a. Tichuan, “Marzon chu tunah chuan detachment pakhat nen a awm tawh a. Damn them. Tin, pawn lam kawngpui atang chuan mi sawmthum zet an rawn hnaih tawh bawk a. Herman leh chhungril patrol te chu a hnungah an awm thuai dawn a ni,” a ti a.
  A tak tak lo. Herman leh a squad hruaitu chu baobab thing hnuaiah chuan an in lum a. Nick chuan mi pathum awmna patrol chu a tlan pel a, kawngpui a hmuh chuan a ding ta a. Mi pariat emaw mi 9 emaw chu an inzar pharh a. Pakhat chuan ui chu leash-ah a keng a. Combat vehicle bula ding pa hian walkie-talkie a hmang a. Nick chuan a thaw halh a, plastic plate chhungah chuan fuse chu a dah lut ta a. Chung zinga pathum leh silai mu 9 leh sipai lakah lungte chu a hmang tan dawn a ni. Portable spotlight chuan chu hmun chu a dap a.
  Truck convoy te tak te chu hmar lam atang chuan tlang chhip atang chuan an rawn chho a. Radio kengtu chuan a hawi let a, buai ang maiin a chelh a. Nick chuan a mit a ti zim a. Truck hmasa ber sir lama innghat mipa chu Ross a ni! Nick-a'n a en reng lai chuan leiah a tla thla a. Truck chu command vehicle lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, mipui chu hnunglam atangin an chhuk ta a ni. An dum vek tawh! Command lirthei headlight chu a thim a.
  Radio operator hnung lama mipa var chuan a machine gun chu a han chawi sang a. Nick chuan a laiah bullet a rawn dah a. Shot-ah chuan action chu a puak darh ta a ni.
  Indona tenau ang mai a ni. Orange tracers chuan zankhuain a cut a. Nick chuan blacks te attack, flank, crawl, shoot te chu a en reng a. Sipai ang maiin tum neiin an che a. Titawp a har khawp mai. Mihring varte chu an tikehsawm a, an hnungtawlh a, thenkhat chu an hnungzang ah kah an ni bawk. Nick chuan Ross chu a au a, chu mipa dum hring hring chu a rawn tlan phei ta a. Ross hian automatic shotgun a keng a. Ani chuan, "I thi tawh niin ka hria," a ti a.
  "A hnaih tawh hle mai."
  Truck light eng mawi takah chuan an chhuak ta a, Pieter van Prees pawhin a rawn zawm ve bawk. Putar chu general hnehtu ang maiin a lang a.
  
  
  
  
  
  Nick chu emotion nei lovin a en a. "Eng emaw i ti provoke a. Min rawn zuitu Rhodesian sipaite chu pawn lam atanga lo kal dang zawm turin an kal kual a. Engvangin nge?"
  "George Barnes hnenah thuchah ka thawn a. Tin-a anti-trafficking team hi international criminal pawl an ni. In politician zawng zawng hi an lei thei lo ang tih ka ring."
  Van Prees chuan radio chu a han on a. "Tualchhung hnathawkte chuan an khawtlang an chhuahsan mek a ni. THB charge hian thil a ti nghing dawn a ni. Mahse, guard-te an lo thlen hmain hetah hian kan chhuah a ngai a ni."
  “Truck chu min pe rawh,” Nick chuan a ti a. "Tlang chungah hian hmeichhe naupang an nei."
  Van Prees chuan, “Truck-te hian pawisa a seng a ni,” tiin Van Prees-a chuan ngaihtuah chungin a ti a, Ross-a chu a en a, “Dare we?”
  “A thar ka lei ang che emaw, Johnson kaltlangin man ka rawn thawn ang che emaw,” Nick chuan a ti chhuak a.
  “A hnenah pe rawh,” Ross chuan a ti a. Nick-a chu shotgun chu a pe a. "Heng zinga pakhat man hi min rawn thawn rawh."
  "Hei hi thutiam a ni."
  Nick chuan car leh ruang chhe tawhte chu a tlan pel a, villa lam panna kawngpui sir lamah chuan a tlan phei a, engine ri chuan a phur thei ang berin a tho chhuak ta a. Valley chhung zawng zawngah chuan kangmei chi hrang hrang a awm a, mahse hmun tina kangmei chhuak nen chuan an inhnaih hle a ni. Hmun hla takah chuan main gate-ah chuan tracer bullet te chu a click a, a hrual a, silai ri chu a ri nasa hle. Mike Bohr leh company te hian politics lama an inzawmna an hloh tawh niin a lang - a nih loh leh an thleng rang tawk lo niin a lang. A vengtute chuan sipai kulhpui chu tihtawp an tum ngei ang, chu chu an ti ta a ni.
  Plateau-ah chuan ka roll chhuak a, in chhung chu ka fang kual a. Kawtlaiah chuan mi pathum a hmu a. Tunah chuan an nui tawh lo. An lam pan chuan a tlan nghal a.
  International rit tak hi chakna tha tak nen a rolling a, wide-weave chain-link fence-ah a tla thla a ni. Barrier hi truck nen hian shredding wire, pole tla leh metal au chhuak tearing mixture-ah an phur a ni. Sun lounger leh deck chair te chu infiamna ang maiin an thlawk a, chutah chuan fence leh car a rawn insu ta a. Nick-a’n Bohr, Muller leh Kulgan-te inkhuarna bulletproof glass box-a a tlak hma lawk chuan, truck hnar-a metallic sound wave ang maia hmalam pan tawh, V ang maia fencing chu thawm ri nasa takin a inthen ta a ni.
  Bohr chu in lam pan chuan a tlan phei nghal a, Nick chuan Muller-a’n a thunun reng lai chu a en reng a. Putar chuan huaisenna a nei tling a nih loh chuan a lungngai hle. Kulgan-a oriental features chu Muller-a a yank lai chuan thinrim huatna mask a ni a, chutah truck chuan glass chu a rawn nam a, glass chunga metal jolt-ah chuan engkim a bo vek ta a ni. Nick chuan steering wheel leh firewall ah chuan a insiamrem a. Muller leh Kalgan chu an bo ta a, rang takin glass chhe leh chhe tawh screen chuan a khuh bo ta a ni. Material chu a ben a, a pe a, mittui tla network nen opaque a lo ni ta a ni.
  Truck radiator chhe tak atang chuan steam chhum a rawn chhuak a. Nick chuan kawngkhar jam chu a ti buai hle a, Muller leh Kulgan te chu glass vault chhuahna kawngka atang chuan an kal a, Bor chu main house chhungah chuan an zui lut tih a hria a. A tawpah chuan shotgun chu window atang chuan a paih chhuak a, a hnungah chuan a chhuk chhuak ta a.
  In kawngkhar chu a inhawng a, shelter chu a tlan kual a, a hnaih a - a dinglama truck leh fence chu a daltu a ni. A laiah shotgun vawi khat a kap a, a inhawng ta a ni. Tuman an lo nghak lo.
  Truck meikhu radiator ri bengchheng tak karah chuan hmeichhe naupang pakhat hlauthawng taka au thawm chu a hre ta a. A hawi let a, light chu a eng reng tih mak a ti hle - kawngpui light engemaw zat a tikehsawm - an thim ngei a beisei. Müller leh midangte hian upper windows chu hnaih ta se target tha tak a ni ngei ang.
  Patio leh yard inthenna fence lam pan chuan tlan pheiin gate pakhat a hmu a, chuta tang chuan a kal ta a. Baboon chu corner-ah chuan a khur a, rulhut ruang chu a khur ta hlawm a. Booty leh Hugo inzawmna chu a titawp ta a ni. "Hetah hian eng thil nge thleng?" - a ti nghal zat.
  "Ka hre lo," a ti a. "Janet chuan a ti a."
  A thlah a, “Ruth chu zalen rawh,” a ti a, Janet-i hnenah chuan a kal ta a. "I tha em?"
  “Ni e,” a khur a, “ka ke bulah chuan rulhut lian tak rapthlak tak a rawn tlan lut a.”
  Nick chuan a kut chu a phelh a. "Huaisenna i nei a ni."
  "Damn tour nuam tak a ni."
  Silai chu a han chawi sang a. "I ke kha phelh rawh." Patio lam pan chuan a tlan phei a, in kawngka lam pan chuan a tlan phei a. Room tam tak zinga a hnuhnung ber a dap lai chuan George Barnes chuan a hmu ta a. Rhodesian policepa chuan: "Hello. Hei hi a ngaihtuahawm deuh em? Tilborn atangin ka hmu che a ni. Fing tak a ni," a ti a.
  "Ka lawm e. Bor leh a team te chu an bo tawh."
  "Kan hmu ang. I chanchin hi hriat ka duh tak zet a ni."
  "Ka la chhui chhuak vek lo. Heta tang hian chhuak ila. He hmun hi engtik lai pawhin a puak thei." Hmeichhe naupangte hnenah chuan blanket a rawn thawn a.
  Nick chuan a tisual a. Tlang atanga an kal lai chuan villa chu a eng chhuak ta hlawm a. Barnes-a chuan, "Awle, Grant. Eng thil nge thleng?"
  "Mike Bohr emaw THB emaw hian sumdawnna lama inelna emaw thil dang emaw angah min ngai ngei ang. Mak tih tur tam tak ka nei a. Miten min bei a, min rukbo an tum a. Ka tour client-te an tithinur a. Ram pumah min rawn um zui a. An tharum thawh hle a, chuvang chuan." Truck-in ka tlan pel a."
  Barnes chu thinlung takin a nui a. "He kum sawm chhunga hlawhtlinnate hi han sawi ila. Ka hriat dan chuan native uprising i chawk tho a. Kan sipaite leh guerrilla-te inkara indona kha i titawp a. Tin, THB lam atanga smuggling leh treachery tam tak i pholang tawk a, kan ram thenkhat chu i dah thei a ni." sorkar chu a hnungzang a ni.
  
  
  
  Headquarters atang chuan radio a ri nasa lutuk a, ka kalsan ta a ni."
  "Gee," Nick chuan sual nei lo zet hian a ti a, "a ni lo maw? Random chain of events chauh a ni. Mahse, i vannei hle mai, huh? THB hian hnathawkte a tiduhdah a, i customs a bum a, i hmelma te pawh a pui bawk - mi zawng zawng hnenah an hralh vek a ni, i hria em." Chumi avang chuan credit tha tak dawng rawh." ".
  "Kan siamthat ngai a nih chuan."
  Dik tak chuan i siam tha thei ang. Nick chuan rangkachak tam tak, thiltihtheihna nasa tak nei leh ram hmangaihna nei lo i hmachhawn hunah a awlsam zia a sawi. Zalen khawvel chu a rilru a hahdam zawk a, chu chu yellow metal chuan a hlutna neitu kutah kawng a hmu ta a ni. Juda chu Lourenzo Marquez-a hnenah an zui a, a hnuhma a bo ta a ni. Nick chuan khawiah nge a awm tih a hre thei - Mozambique Channel atanga Indian Ocean thlenga a duh ber tuipui lawng lian tak pakhatah chuan. Technical lamah chuan a thil tum chu engmah a la thleng lo tih a sawi a, tour group chu Andrew Grant-a'n a la chaperon a ni.
  Dik tak chuan Rhodesian Police Assistant Chief chuan zanriah eikhawmna tlemteah fakna certificate a hlan a. He thuchhuah hian Hawke-a’n coded cable hmanga a rawtna chu eng thil vang pawha tour chhuahsan a, Washington-a kir leh tura a rawtna pawm lo tura thutlukna siam turin a pui a ni. Decency vangin a zinkawng chu tihtawp a tum ta a ni.
  A nihna takah chuan Gus hi company tha tak a ni a, Bootie leh Ruth leh Janet leh Teddy leh...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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