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Gulliver Ndi Chachitatu Reich

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    Gulliver amayenda m'maloto kupita ku chilengedwe chofanana. Kumeneko amawona zinjoka ndipo ayenera kuphunzira kuti pali Ulamuliro Wachitatu ndi Germany wa Hitler, womwe umathandizidwa ndi gnome wanthano. Mnyamata wamng'ono wa hobbit watumizidwa kuti akathandize USSR. Koma akudzipeza ali m'gulu la ana ogwira ntchito omwe sangathe kuthandiza Soviet Russia. Ndipo a Germany analanda USSR!
  GULLIVER NDI CHACHITATU REICH
  MALANGIZO
  Gulliver amayenda m'maloto kupita ku chilengedwe chofanana. Kumeneko amawona zinjoka ndipo ayenera kuphunzira kuti pali Ulamuliro Wachitatu ndi Germany wa Hitler, womwe umathandizidwa ndi gnome wanthano. Mnyamata wamng'ono wa hobbit watumizidwa kuti akathandize USSR. Koma akudzipeza ali m'gulu la ana ogwira ntchito omwe sangathe kuthandiza Soviet Russia. Ndipo a Germany analanda USSR!
  . MUTU 1.
  Atatopa ndi ntchito yaukapolo, wapaulendo wolimba mtimayo anagona ndipo anali ndi maloto omwe anali osangalatsa kwambiri kuposa zenizeni.
  Mnyamata Gulliver anali akuwulukira pa chinjoka, ndipo pafupi naye panali mtsikana wokongola kwambiri. Kale ndithu wamkulu, koma wamng'ono, ndi minofu kwambiri ndi curvy. Ndipo pa tsitsi lake mtundu wa tsamba la golide, panali korona wolemera wa diamondi ndi miyala ina yowala kwambiri, ngati nyenyezi, kotero kuti inkawoneka bwino kuposa diamondi zazikulu ndi zodula kwambiri.
  Mnyamata uja anafunsa kuti:
  - Ndinu ndani?
  Mtsikanayo anayankha akumwetulira:
  - Ndine Mfumukazi Leia! Ndipo pakadali pano ndikulamula gulu lankhondo la zinjoka!
  Gulliver anayang'ana mmbuyo. Ndipo kwenikweni, panali gulu lonse la zinjoka kumwamba, ndipo zolengedwa zonsezi zinali zokongola. Ndipo panali atsikana okongola atakhala pamenepo.
  Koma chokongola ndi chosangalatsa chinali akadali mfumukazi. Ndipo chinjoka chimene atatu a iwo anawulukira, pamodzi ndi kukongola kwina, chinalidi chodabwitsa. Nayi inali timu. Ndipo panthawi imodzimodziyo, atsikana onse amakhala opanda nsapato, ngakhale maliseche awo ali ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali ndi mikanda.
  Koma sanabise mipiringidzo ya chokoleti ya abs pamimba, kapena mipira ya minofu yozungulira pansi pa khungu lamkuwa. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, zitsulozo zinali ndi bend yokongola komanso yapadera ya zidendene.
  Mnyamata wankhondo anati:
  - Ndiwe wokongola bwanji. Inu atsikana ndinu chozizwitsa!
  Leia anagwedeza tsitsi lake ngati tsamba lagolide ndikuimba:
  Atsikana onse ndi okongola, opanda nsapato,
  Ndi amphamvu ndi ankhondo ochokera ku khola...
  Okongolawo amaoneka mwaukali kwambiri,
  Mtima umakhala wokondwa kwambiri nawo!
  Gulliver adavomereza izi. Anazunguza lupanga m'manja mwake, napanga chithunzi chachisanu ndi chitatu nati:
  - Mosakayikira, ndizosangalatsa kwambiri ndi inu!
  Gulu la okongola linawulukira zinjoka. Pali gulu lonse lankhondo lawo, zokongola komanso zapadera. Ndipo zinjokazo zinali ndi mapiko opakidwa utoto wamitundu yonse ya utawaleza. Ndipo zinkawoneka ngati zokongoletsedwa ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali.
  Gulliver adati:
  - Munthu aliyense wosilira ndi chinjoka mwanjira yake, koma osati mitu isanu ndi iwiri, koma nthawi zambiri yopanda mutu!
  Princess Leia adaseka ndikuyankha:
  - Mosiyana ndi chinjoka, mwamuna safunikira kudula mitu yake; amataya kale akayang'ana mkazi!
  Mnyamata wankhondo adaponya zala zake zopanda zala - adawoneka ngati zaka khumi ndi ziwiri ndipo adavala zazifupi zokha, chifukwa chake adaponya singanoyo. Chotero inawuluka ndi kudutsa mu udzudzu waukulu ndithu, kuupha mpaka kufa.
  Gulliver adanena ndikumwetulira:
  - Amene ali okwiya ngati mavu komanso ndi nzeru za tizilombo amapanga molehill kuchokera ku molehill!
  Wankhondo Princess Leia adatsimikizira:
  - Kwa munthu amene ali ndi nzeru ngati ntchentche, tizilombo tating'onoting'ono ndi njovu!
  Ndipo adaseka. Zinkawoneka zoseketsa kwambiri. Gulu la atsekwe linawulukira patsogolo pawo. Mbalamezo zinali zazikulu ndithu ndi zonenepa, ndi mapiko aakulu. Pa mtsogoleri wa paketiyo panali awiri: mnyamata ndi mtsikana, ndipo adagwira mabelu asiliva m'manja mwawo, omwe amawaimba mokondwa.
  Gulliver adati:
  - Akuluakulu nthawi zambiri amanama, ana amapanga zinthu, ndipo okalamba nthawi zambiri amanama mpaka kukambitsirana ana!
  Mtsikana wamfumuyo anagwedeza mutu ndikuwonjezera kuti:
  - Ukalamba sichisangalalo, koma kugwa muubwana ndi tsoka lalikulu kwambiri!
  Ana pa tsekwe wotsogolera anaimba mwadzidzidzi:
  Kodi zoipa zinayamba bwanji m"chilengedwe chonse?
  Ndizowona kuti Mlengi mwiniyo sakumbukira ...
  N"zotheka kuti nzosatha,
  Sizimazima ngati malawi a moto kudziko lapansi!
  
  Inu sindinu oyamba kudziwa kuti Adamu anachimwa.
  Hava sanali woyamba kuipitsidwa ndi thupi...
  Woledzera yemwe amachokera ku mzinda wa "Agdam",
  Mnyamata yemwe amasuta "mapulani" panthawi yopuma ...
  
  Aliyense amene akudziwa choipa
  Zozolowera kuphwanya malamulo popanda mantha...
  Ndipo amene ubwino wokha uli mtolo kwa iye;
  Amene amangofuna kudzigwadira okha!
  
  Ndikufunabe kuzichotsa pa matewera,
  Ngakhale ndili mwana ndimafunitsitsa kupanga chisokonezo ...
  N"chifukwa chiyani mayi woipa amatemberera mwana?
  Kodi amapita kuti pankhondo ya gulu lankhondo lolimba?
  
  Chitumbuwa chimodzi chokha chinaba m'munda wachilimwe,
  Wina amapha amalonda ndi chitsulo ...
  Amene mutu wake unadulidwa ndi nkhwangwa yokhota.
  Yemwe wakuphayo amamuponya pa gudumu.
  
  Wakuba, akulavulira pa chikumbumtima chake;
  Ndipo ndani adaba ndalama za wopemphayo ...
  Ndine wokondwa ngakhale gawo limodzi,
  Ena amakonda ma curls achikazi.
  
  Inde, pali nkhope zambiri, mbali zambiri za zoyipa.
  Nkhope zake ndi zodabwitsa mumthunzi uliwonse.
  Koma chilakolako chikadali chabwino m'moyo,
  Ngakhale dziko lotizungulira ndi loopsa kwambiri!
  
  Mkazi wamasiye akulira, mwana wamasiye akulira.
  Dziko lathu likulowera kugahena...
  Kodi ndizothekadi kuti mtima wa Mulungu ndi monolithic,
  Kodi anthu alibe malo m"paradaiso wa Mulungu?
  
  Mudzapeza yankho mwa inu nokha,
  Mukatha kuchotsa mkwiyo m'malingaliro anu ...
  Mukamabwezera zoipa ndi zabwino.
  Ndi kusiya kudzaza mimba yako!
  Anawo anaimba mosangalala komanso mochititsa chidwi kwambiri, kenako anatulutsa lilime lawo ku Gulliver. Woyendetsa ngalawa wolimba mtimayo anatulutsa lilime lake kwa iwo poyankha.
  Ndipo kuseka ndi tchimo...
  Gulliver adanena ndikumwetulira:
  - Maganizo a mwana ali ngati chozizwitsa. Ndipo apa muvomereza, simudzakhala ndi zotsutsa!
  Princess Leia adaseka ndikuimba:
  Dzulo ndinali mwana,
  Palibe chomwe chingachitike pano...
  Mwana wa mkango kuli bwino kuposa mwana wa njovu wopusa
  Ndipo chinjoka chidzakhala kaput!
  Ndipo anagundana: mnyamata ndi mtsikana wokhala ndi mapazi opanda kanthu. Inde, ali ndi zochitika zazikulu kuno. Ndipo ma nuances ambiri. Ndiye moyo ukuyenda bwino basi.
  Gulliver anazindikira kuti atsikana omwe anali pa zinjokazo anayamba kuponya chinachake pakatikati ndi zala zawo zopanda kanthu. Ndi mtundu wanji wamakampani - kutenga ntchentche ndikuziphwanya. Chabwino? Ngati ndi zomwe akufuna, zikhale choncho. Chinthu chachikulu sikutaya mutu wanu.
  Koma Gulliver si wankhondo wamantha. Ngakhale kuti tsopano ndi mnyamata chabe.
  Ndipo Princess Leia adafunsa mnyamatayo:
  - Kodi mumakonda uchi?
  Wankhondo wachinyamatayo anagwedeza mutu kuti:
  - Ndithudi!
  Mtsikanayo anayankha mwanzeru:
  - Uchi wa njuchi umabweretsa thanzi, zolankhula za uchi kuchokera kwa andale zimangokhumudwitsa shuga!
  Gulliver anawonjezera mwanzeru:
  - Uchi wa njuchi umapangitsa manja awo kumamatira, uchi wa ndale umapangitsa kuti ndalama za njuchi zikhale zosavuta kumamatira kumapazi awo!
  Mtsikana wankhondoyo adavomereza izi:
  - Ziribe kanthu kuti zolankhula za wandale zimakhala zokoma bwanji, kupatula matenda a shuga, sizikhumudwitsa kwa iwo omwe alibe luntha!
  Mnyamata wankhondoyo ananena momveka bwino kuti:
  -Munthu sangakhale ndi abambo oposa m'modzi, koma dziko lili ndi anthu khumi ndi awiri omwe akufuna kukhala tate wa fuko!
  Pambuyo pake onse omenyana nawo: mnyamata ndi mtsikana, akuimba muluzu, akuika zala zawo zopanda kanthu mkamwa mwawo. Zomwe zidayambitsa kugwedezeka kwa mlengalenga ndi kutulutsa kwamagetsi achilengedwe. Ndipo midges yododometsedwa inagwa pansi, kugwa nthawi yomweyo pamitu yonyansa ya orcs, kuwapyoza ndi kuwabaya.
  Mfumukazi Leia anaimba mochokera pansi pa mtima:
  - Amayi, gwirani, abambo, gwirani.
  Kukanakhala madzulo aliwonse, uwu ukanakhala moyo!
  Ma orcs adadzipeza ali pansi pa zinjoka ndi atsikana, antchito awo opanda nsapato.
  Ndipo kuphulitsa kolunjika osati kolunjika kwambiri kunayamba, kuponya mabomba opangira tokha opangidwa kuchokera ku fumbi la malasha, kapena china chake chozizira komanso chowononga kwambiri.
  Makamaka, singano zakuthwa kwambiri, zapoizoni zidagwiritsidwa ntchito, zomwe zidapyoza ma orcs ndi ma goblins mpaka kufa. Izi ndi zomwe atsikanawo adatenga ndikuyatsa.
  Princess Leia nayenso anawombera molondola kwambiri pa orcs aubweya ndikuimba:
  - Nostradamus, Nostradamus,
  King of white magic...
  Nostradamus, Nostradamus,
  Ululu mu mtima mwanga suchepa!
  Nostradamus, Nostradamus,
  Atsikana a maloto opanda nsapato,
  Nostradamus, Nostradamus -
  Ndinu chipulumutso chokhacho!
  Ndipo wankhondoyo adamuwonetsa lilime lake lalitali komanso lakupha.
  Kenako adzautenga ndi kuulavula ndi nthenga zoyaka moto. Uyu ndi mtsikana wamphamvu kwambiri komanso talente yodabwitsa. Zomwe zimatha zambiri. Ndipo ngati itasweka, palibe chimene chingaimirire kutsutsana nacho.
  Mnyamata wapaulendo Gulliver nayenso adawotcha moto wolimba komanso waukali pa orcs kuchokera ku chinjoka chake. Anachita zinthu mwachangu komanso mogwira mtima. Ndipo mwana wankhondoyo anali ndi luso lodziwikiratu lachipambano ndi chikhumbo chofuna kudziwa luso lankhondo.
  Ayi, amatsutsana ndi izi, ma orcs sangathe kukana. Ndipo atsikanawo anawombera mwaluso kwambiri, osapatsa mpata mdani ngakhale pang"ono. Iyi ndi nkhondo yopambana kwambiri.
  Mnyamata woyenda Gulliver adaimbanso kuti:
  Kondwerani, sangalalani;
  Kwa mphamvu ya tsiku lonyamula ...
  Kondwerani, sangalalani;
  Chifukwa chiyani sindinakwere pahatchi yanga?
  Iyi ndi nyimbo yopambana komanso yopambana. Ndipo panthawi imodzimodziyo pali chiwonongeko chonse cha orcs. Ndipo atsikana a zinjokazo anayamba kuwawombera ndi mauta opingasa, akupota ng"omazo ndi zala zawo zopanda zala.
  Ndipo zonse zidawoneka bwino komanso zowopsa, nkhani yatsopano komanso yapadera idapangidwa. M"mene munalibe malo ofooka ndi ofooka.
  Ingoyesani kukhala pafupi ndi atsikana ngati awa ndipo aphwanya aliyense mu chidutswa cha keke.
  Ndipo monga akunena, matenda a ng'ombe amisala ndi opatsirana. Ndipo ankhondo adatha kuwonetsa izi mwachibadwa. Ndipo adagonjetsa adaniwo ndi chisangalalo chachikulu. Ndipo analavula mivi ndi mivi yopingasa. Komanso, zonse zimachitika mwamphamvu kwambiri.
  Kotero simungathe kuchita zambiri motsutsana ndi gulu lankhondo loterolo. Ndipo ankhondowo adalowa mu orcs kotero kuti sanathawe. Uku ndiye kuwononga kwenikweni kwa mivi ndi mivi yopingasa.
  Gulliver adayitenga ndikuyimba:
  Kuwombera molimba mtima ndikuwononga
  Padzakhala moyo kuchokera mu mtima!
  Princess Leia adati:
  - Ana ndi abwino kuposa akulu chifukwa msinkhu wawo umalungamitsa kupusa kwawo kwaunyamata!
  Mnyamata wankhondoyo anati:
  - Achinyamata amalungamitsa kupusa, koma osati nkhanza; kusiyanitsa wakuda ndi woyera, simufuna zaka zambiri ndi chidziwitso!
  Ndipo mnyamata wa Terminator analiza muluzu, ndipo mitambo ya khwangwala inagwa ngati matalala pamitu ya nyimbo zonyezimira.
  Princess Leia adalemba pa Twitter:
  - Palibe nzeru, lingalirani wolumala, malingaliro sadalira zana! Ngakhale mutakhala ndi mphamvu zopanda nzeru, ndinu ofooka nonse!
  Gulliver ananena momveka bwino kuti:
  - Minofu yopangidwa ndi chitsulo sichingabwezere mutu wa thundu!
  Mtsikana winanso ananena mosangalala kuti:
  - Si vuto kwa mtsikana - ngati pali phazi lopanda kanthu, ndiye kuti ndizoipa kwambiri kwa mtsikana - pansi pa chidendene cha nsapato!
  Princess Leia ananena momveka bwino kuti:
  - Ngati mukufuna kukhala ace, khalani ndi nthabwala m'mutu mwanu!
  Gulliver analira moseka:
  - Nkhandwe imadyetsedwa ndi miyendo yothamanga, mkazi ndi miyendo yowonda, mbuzi ikayamwa!
  Kenako kuseka kunadutsa m"mizere. Ndipo Princess Leia adati:
  - Njira yabwino yotulutsira ndalama m'chikwama cha amuna ndi zala zopanda zala za msungwana!
  Mtsikana wa Countess anati:
  - Chidendene chopanda msungwana chidzapeza zovala zapamwamba kwambiri ngati mwamuna ali ndi nsapato zopusa komanso nsapato zomveka!
  Gulliver adalemba moseketsa kuti:
  - Atsikana opanda nsapato amakonda osati nsapato zokha komanso nsapato, koma amadzikankhira pansi pazidendene zamoyo!
  Kenako adayitenga ndikuyimba moyimba kuti:
  Kenako kuchokera ku phiri lalikulu kwambiri.
  Mphungu zinawulukira ku Gulliver...
  Khalani pansi Gulliver atakwera pamahatchi -
  Tikufikitsani kumeneko mwachangu!
  
  Ndipo Gulliver anakhala pa chiwombankhanga,
  Adawonetsa chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri ...
  Ndipo sikophweka kunyamula mwana,
  Limpopo ibwera posachedwa!
  Ndipo ankhondowo adzatenga ndi kuvumbulutsa nsonga zofiira za pachifuwa chawo, ndi kukwapula zingwe ndi mphezi. Ndipo izi zidzawotcha ma orcs ambiri.
  Ili ndiyedi timu yawo.
  Princess Leia adafunsa Gulliver:
  - Kodi mukudziwa kuti mtsogolomo Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse idzachitika ndipo padzakhala munthu wabwino ngati Hitler!
  Gulliver adaseka ndikuyankha kuti:
  - Sindinadziwe izi, koma tsopano ndikudziwa!
  Mtsikanayo anatulutsa mano ndikupitiriza:
  Ndipo Hitler anali ndi vuto: mlengi wina wozizira kwambiri wa thanki, gnome, adawonekera. Ndipo anapanga thanki ya Mbewa, yolemera matani makumi asanu ndi asanu okha ndi msinkhu wa mita imodzi ndi theka ndi zida zomwezo, zida ndi injini!
  Gulliver adagwedezanso mapewa ake ndikuyankha moona mtima:
  - Sindikudziwa kuti thanki ndi chiyani! Ndipo mumadya ndi chiyani?
  Princess Leia adaseka ndikuyankha:
  - Chabwino, ndi nkhani yaitali. Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, m"chilengedwechi anthu akumana ndi mavuto aakulu. Ndipo choyamba, USSR, yomwe inamenyana ndi magulu akuluakulu a Ulamuliro Wachitatu ndi ogwirizana nawo. Kupatula ku Italy. Kodi Khoswe wa matani makumi asanu ndi asanu ndi chiyani? Izi ndi zida kutsogolo 240 mamilimita, mbali zida za 210 millimeters, ndi otsetsereka, 128 mamilimita mizinga, ndi 75-mm cannon ndi injini 1 mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu ndiyamphamvu. Izi zinapereka liwiro la makilomita pafupifupi makumi asanu ndi awiri pa ola, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti galimotoyo ikhale yosasunthika kuchokera kumbali zonse. Kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa 1944, makinawa adayamba kupanga misa. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, pofika m"chilimwe cha 1944, chipani cha Nazi chinali chitapeza zida zankhondo zochititsa chidwi.
  Ndipo pa June 20 anachita sitiraka ziŵiri zamphamvu, imodzi kuchokera ku Moldova, ina ya Kumadzulo kwa Ukraine, pokumana. Ndipo chotsatira chake, chitetezo cha asilikali a Soviet chinabedwa, ndipo chinalasidwa ngati kuti ndi chomenyetsa. Tanki ya Maus-2 inakhala yosatheka kwa mitundu yonse ya mfuti za Soviet. Komanso, ndi mafoni ndithu ndipo ali ndi makhalidwe abwino galimoto. Galimotoyi inali chilango chenicheni.
  Ogwirizana nawonso anachita zinthu mwachidwi. Zokhumudwitsa ku Italy zidatha kugonja ndipo kukafika ku Normandy kudayimitsidwanso.
  Kuphatikiza apo, Ajeremani adapanga makina owopsa a ME-262, omwe anali ovuta kwambiri kuponya. Inali ndege ya jet, yokhala ndi mizinga inayi ya 30-mm. Ndipo kotero iye anatulutsa ndege za Soviet, ndikuwombera mazana a iwo. Ndipo Western Coalition nawonso. Hitler nayenso anachedwetsa pulogalamu ya V-2 ndipo, m'malo mwa zoponya zodula komanso zosathandiza kwenikweni, adadalira mabomba amtundu wa Arado.
  Churchill ndi Roosevelt anali ndi michira pakati pa miyendo yawo, kuphatikizapo adapanikizidwa kwambiri ndi sitima zapamadzi za ku Germany. Ndipo Allies adapereka mgwirizano pakati pa Germany ndi Japan. Hitler anavomera kuti mayiko ogwirizana achoke ku Sicily ndi ku Sardinia. Zomwe zinakwaniritsidwa.
  Pamgwirizano ndi Ulamuliro Wachitatu, ubale wamalonda unayambiranso. Onse a USA ndi Britain adayamba kupereka mafuta kumeneko. Ndipo Ajeremani, akuchita zonyansa ku Ukraine, adatenga Kyiv ndikulowanso Odessa.
  Tanki ya Mouse-2 idakhala yosagonjetseka. Chitsanzo chaching'ono cha Mouse chinawonekeranso - Tiger-3, yomwe inali yopepuka komanso yothamanga kwambiri ndi cannon imodzi ya 88-mm.
  Choncho asilikali a Soviet anafika. Ndipo ichi chinali chovuta kwambiri ...
  Gulliver adasokoneza Princess Leia:
  - Mukunena mawu ambiri osamvetsetseka. Osayiwala kuti ndine mwana wazaka za m'ma 18. Ndipo kukula kwathu kwaukadaulo sikwabwino kwambiri!
  Princess Leia adagwedeza mutu ndikumwetulira.
  - Ndikudziwa! Koma ndikulankhula za zaka zapakati pa makumi awiri. Ndipo izi n"zimene wachichepere mmodzi yekha anachita. Ndipo muyenera kuvomereza kuti izi ndizovuta!
  Gulliver anayimba mokondwera:
  - Mwa kumanga maiko awiri, dziko lakale linalengedwa ... Pankhani ya nkhondo, pali ine ndi iwo, ndipo izi ndizovuta!
  Princess Leia adati:
  - Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi, Vladimir wauchiwanda adawonekera, ali ndi dazi, yemwe anali kazitape yemwe adalanda mphamvu ku Russia, ndipo adayambitsanso mavuto ambiri. Koma nkhondo yake ndi nkhani yosiyana. Ndipo apa gnome adapanga zomwe Ajeremani adalandanso banki yakumanja ku Ukraine, ndipo kugwa adayamba kuzunza pakati. Ndipo akasinja awo ankawoneka kuti sangawonongeke komanso osagonjetseka. Ndipo motsutsana ndi gnome mudzafunika luso lanu lina. Koma ndani ayenera kutumizidwa ngati yankho la symmetrical kapena asymmetrical? Panali lingaliro - elf kapena troll? Koma iwo adzakhala ofooka mu teknoloji kuposa gnome.
  Ndipo Ajeremani patsogolo, kotero Smolensk anagwa, ndipo pambuyo pake Kalinin ndi Vyazma. Ajeremani anali atayandikira kale ku Moscow. Stalin, ndithudi, anachoka. Sanafune kufa. Ndipo Hitler adanena kuti USSR iyenera kukhala dziko la Germany. Ndipo capitulation yekha angamuyenerere.
  Chabwino, adamaliza kutumiza gnome ya hobbit ngati yankho. Ndipo uyunso ndi mnyamata, kunena zoona, wina anganene kuti ndi wanzeru. Koma sanamutengere mwana wosavala nsapato, yemwe ankawoneka ngati wazaka khumi. Ndipo adawathira poizoni kwa Gulag kwa ana aang'ono.
  Panthawiyi, Ajeremani anatenga Moscow. Umu ndi mmene zinachitikira!
  Moscow inagwa ndipo Leningrad nayenso ... Zima zinafika ndipo Ajeremani anagona usiku m'mizinda. Kumeneko anakhazikika.
  Ndipo atsikana a Komsomol adaganiza zolimbana kwambiri ndi a fascists ndikuimba nyimbo, ngakhale kuzizira komanso kusowa kwa zovala.
  Ndife atsikana okongola aku Soviet,
  Timakonda kulimbana ndi kuseketsa anyamata ...
  Liwu laling'ono lowala, lolira likumveka.
  Ndipo tili ndi mayitanidwe oti tiphe Krauts!
  
  Ndife othamanga kwambiri atsikana a Komsomol,
  Molimba mtima timathamangira mu chisanu opanda nsapato ...
  Sitinazolowere kuyima modzichepetsa pambali,
  Ndipo timalipira ma fascists ndi nkhonya yathu!
  
  Ndikhulupirireni, atsikana ali ndi chinsinsi chachikulu,
  Momwe mungagonjetsere bwino chipani cha Nazi ...
  Ndipo ndikhulupirireni, kupambana kwa atsikana sikunangochitika mwangozi,
  Chifukwa gulu lankhondo la Rus ndi lolimba mtima kwambiri!
  
  Ndipo kwa atsikana athu okhala ndi zidendene,
  Chipale chofewa cha Chaka Chatsopano ndi chokoma kwambiri ...
  Chabwino, a Fuhrer ndi wamba,
  Tisalole a fascists kukondwerera kupambana!
  
  Atsikana timasewera zamatsenga mwankhanza kwambiri,
  Tidavula mabere athu pamaso pa asirikali...
  Ndipo timawakwiyitsa kwambiri a Nazi,
  Ife mamembala amphamvu a Komsomol sitingathe kuphwanyidwa!
  
  Atsikana titha kuchita zambiri,
  Ngakhale kuwombera Hitler kuchokera ku thanki ...
  Mdani sadzakhala ndi nthawi yoti adye chakudya chamasana,
  Atsikana adzabwera ngati mbala!
  
  Timalemekeza kwambiri Russia,
  Stalin ndi wamphamvu ngati bambo wothamanga, ndikhulupirireni ...
  Ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti chigonjetso chidzabwera mu Meyi otentha,
  Aliyense amene amakhulupirira izi ndi wamkulu basi!
  
  Kwa atsikana palibe kukayikira komanso chotchinga,
  Aliyense akulolera kumangokangana mmanja mwake...
  Mphotho zabwino zibwere kwa okongola,
  Mphamvu ya Komsomol ili m'nkhonya zamphamvu!
  
  Ife ankhondo timafulumira kukhwima,
  Ndipo m'manja mwa mfuti za nimble mbiya imayaka ...
  Ndipo ntchito iliyonse yomwe atsikana angakwanitse,
  Ubwenzi wathu ndi monolith mosakayikira!
  
  Ndife atsikana othwanima
  Sitisamala za chisanu kapena chisanu ...
  Barefoot sangasunge mapazi athu ozizira m'nyengo yozizira,
  Ndipo mitima ya okongola ndi owolowa manja ndi oyera!
  
  Zomwe tingachite, timakweza,
  Tiyeni tidutse ngati virtuoso kangaroo...
  Ndipo tidaphulitsa bwino mitu ya a fascists,
  Komanso kukonda masewera olimbitsa thupi m'mawa kwambiri!
  
  Atsikana onse ndi ankhondo abwino,
  Amatha kuponda ma Krauts kukhala mtanda ...
  Nanga bwanji za a fascists kukhala oyipa?
  Mamembala a Komsomol sankadziwa mphamvu zazikulu!
  
  Nayenso Hitler sangachite kalikonse.
  Tinamumenya kwambiri ndi ndodo,
  Ndipo adathyola mano, ndikuchotsa khungu kunkhope zawo.
  Kenako ndinathamangira pamoto wopanda nsapato!
  
  Stalin yekha ndi amene adzatilamula kuti tichite chiyani,
  Kuyang'ana kwake kolimba komanso kowona mtima kumawonekera ...
  Ndipo ndikhulupirireni, mtsikanayo sadzaphonya,
  Kukweza mfuti yamakina yayikulu!
  
  Ngati kuli kofunikira, tidzafika ku Mars,
  Ndipo tidzagonjetsa Venus mwachangu kwambiri ...
  Asilikali amafunika kupukutira nsapato zawo,
  Atsikana tikuthamanga opanda nsapato!
  
  Zonse ndi zokongola ndi ife atsikana,
  Chifuwa ndi chiuno, m'chiuno zimawoneka ...
  Iyenso ndi mpainiya, ngati mwana wa nkhandwe,
  Mpainiyayo ndi Satana kotheratu!
  
  Chabwino, ndife atsikana - mukudziwa kuti ndife abwino,
  Tidzasesa ma fascists onse ngati tsache ...
  Ndipo kumwamba kuli nyenyezi zabuluu,
  Tiphwanya Matigari ndi chitsulo!
  
  Zomwe simuyenera kuchita, khulupirirani kuti sizingatheke,
  Vomerezani, chikominisi ndi munthu wopanda pake ...
  Ndipo nthawi zina sitimvetsetsa
  Ndipo amatenga zokongola kuti awawopsyeze!
  
  Koma mukudziwa, timawononga anthu aku Germany,
  Ndipo amatha kung'amba ma Krauts kukhala zidutswazidutswa ...
  Ngakhale tili ndi mizimu ya titaniyamu,
  Tidutsa m'chipululu ndikuchotsa madambo!
  
  Tidzamanga chikominisi popanda misomali yonse,
  Ndipo tidzagonjetsa mwamphamvu ma fascists ...
  Mamembala a Komsomol amakonda kuthamanga mwadongosolo,
  Ndipo kerubi akuwuluka pamwamba pawo!
  
  Mdaniyo sangathe kulimbana ndi mtsikanayo,
  Chifukwa mtsikanayo ndi mphungu ...
  Ndipo palibe chifukwa choti ma Kraut awononge kwambiri,
  Ndipo Fuhrer wanu akukuwa pachabe!
  
  Membala wa Komsomol wopanda mapazi,
  Anapatsa Hitler dzira ...
  Osamachita naye Satana
  Kapena zilibe kanthu!
  
  Fano lonyezimira la Chikomyunizimu,
  Mbendera yofiira idzawala pamwamba pa dziko lapansi ...
  Ndipo Herode anaponyedwa ku Gehena;
  Ndipo atsikanawo analandira zisanu!
  
  Lenin, Stalin - dzuwa pamwamba pa dziko lapansi,
  Kuzungulira mlengalenga ngati ziwombankhanga ziwiri ...
  Zochita za communism zimayimbidwa,
  Dziko la Abambo lili ndi mphamvu ngati mapiko achitsulo!
  
  Tinatha kukhala ndi moyo kuti tiwone chipambano,
  Ndipo tinayenda njira yonse kudutsa Berlin ...
  Ana anabadwira m"mimba,
  Ndipo tsopano dziko lili mu ukulu!
  . MUTU Nambala 2.
  Gulliver anawulukira pa zinjoka ndipo anamva zambiri. Pamenepa, tinali kunena za nkhondo imene inali yosamvetsetseka kwa munthu wa m"zaka za m"ma Middle Ages. Ngakhale zikuwoneka ngati nthawi yatsopano yafika kale. Koma Mfumukazi Leia anapitiriza kukamba za Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse;
  Pambuyo pa kugwa kwa Moscow ndi Leningrad, Japan ndi Turkey zinalowa nkhondo yolimbana ndi USSR. Zinthu zakhala zopanda chiyembekezo ku Soviet Russia. Ndipo ngakhale hobbit wanzeru yemwe adapezeka m'malo ogwirira ntchito ana sakanatha kuwathandiza.
  Ndipo panali anyamata amene anali asanakwanitse zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi zakubadwa, opanda nsapato ndi ovololo, okhala ndi manambala, akugwira ntchito molimbika ku Siberia. Ana a m"gulu la ana anametedwa mitu yawo. Anandilanda nsapato ndipo anandikakamiza kudula nkhalango popanda nsapato. M'chilimwe sichili kanthu, koma m'nyengo yozizira ndi zidendene zopanda kanthu chisanu chimaluma anyamata omwe amameta tsitsi lawo. Mnyamata wa hobbit anamangidwa. Anamujambula mu mbiri, nkhope yodzaza, kutenga zidindo za zala, ndikumeta mutu wake. Pambuyo pa kumangidwa kwa mnyamatayo, anafufuzidwa bwino; manja ovala magolovesi a alonda analowa m"mabowo onse, ndipo anachita mwamwano kwambiri. Kenako mnyamatayo anamusambitsa bwinobwino n"kutumizidwa m"chipinda chodzaza ana.
  Popeza mnyamata wa hobbit ankawoneka ngati zaka khumi zakubadwa, alimi akumeneko ankafuna kumuyika pafupi ndi chidebecho. Koma ngwazi ya nthano idakhala yamphamvu komanso yachangu kuposa ana wamba. Ndipo iye anamenya godfathers, pambuyo pake anakhala woyang'anira chipindacho ndipo anadziyika yekha pawindo. Ndizosavuta kwa achichepere - ali ndi mphamvu, amadziwa kumenya nkhondo, ndipo ndinu mfumu.
  Mnyamata wa hobbit, komabe, sanagwiritse ntchito molakwika udindo wake. Anagwira ntchito zolimba kuposa aliyense m"ndendemo, ndipo ngakhale akaidi ana ena akapatsidwa nsapato m"nyengo yozizira, iye analibe nsapato. Ndicho chifukwa chake ndi hobbit. Ngakhale mapazi a mnyamatayo ali ofiira ngati a tsekwe. Koma kumbali ina, mumakhala othamanga kwambiri popanda nsapato zomveka.
  Choncho mwana wosavala nsapato ankagwira ntchito mu chipale chofewa ku Siberia. Ndipo Ajeremani anafika ku Kazan m'nyengo yozizira, koma anaima pamenepo. Tinali kuyembekezera masika. Ndipo pali matope. Ndipo kokha mu May 1945 anasamukira ku Urals.
  Nthawi yomweyo, Caucasus ndi Central Asia anagwidwa m'nyengo yozizira.
  Asilikali a Soviet sanakane mouma khosi. Sindinafune kufera Stalin. Komabe, mu USSR latsopano IS-3 thanki, amene anafika kutsogolo pang'ono. Galimotoyi inali ndi chitetezo chabwino chakutsogolo ndipo sichinkatha kuphulitsidwa ndi mfuti zambiri. Ngakhale sindinathe kukana mfuti ya Maus-2.
  Mizinda ya Pali: Chelyabinsk ndi Sverdlovsk. Ndipo kotero zinali zabwino kwambiri ndipo panali kukwiya kofulumira.
  Ndi chirimwe kale. Anyamata akaidi amagwira ntchito opanda nsapato atavala zazifupi komanso khosi. Ndipo ngati kuli kotentha, ndiye kuti matumbo awo ali maliseche kwathunthu. Ndipo anyamata ndi owonda. Koma mnyamata wa hobbit akuwoneka wong'ambika kwambiri komanso wopopa. Ngakhale kuti amaoneka ngati kamwana, pafupifupi zaka khumi. Ndipo ndithudi sichimakula kapena kukhwima.
  Anyamata amalumidwa ndi udzudzu pang'ono kusiyana ndi akuluakulu, koma hobbets salumidwa konse.
  Ndipo asilikali a Germany akuyandikira pafupi ndi iwo; chipani cha Nazi chatsala pang'ono kukumana ndi chitsutso. Inde, ndipo Stalin anasowa kwinakwake. Mwachionekere, Chijojiya wochenjerayo sadzafa. Mosakayikira anathawira ku America. Ajeremani sanatengebe.
  The Hobbit Boy ndi akaidi ena anayamba kuimba, onyada ndi kukonda dziko. Ngakhale kumbali ina, kukonda dziko lako sikumapereka mphamvu pamene akukukwapulani ndi kukukakamizani kugwira ntchito ngati bulu kumalo ogwirira ntchito ana. Ngakhale pali zabwino mu izi. Mwachitsanzo, mumapeza anzanu - anyamata ena. Mnyamata wa hobbit ali ndi zaka zoposa zana, koma amawoneka ngati mwana, chifukwa chake pali maganizo osagwirizana ndi iye.
  Ndipo akaidi ana amaimba ndi chisangalalo chachikulu;
  Ndine mpainiya wachinyamata kwamuyaya,
  Ndidabwera kudzamenyana ndi wachifasisti wankhanza ...
  Kupereka chitsanzo cha ukulu,
  Ndili ndi diary yokhala ndi zabwino kwambiri m'chikwama changa!
  
  Nkhondo inafika, ndinathamangira kutsogolo,
  Ndipo adayendayenda opanda nsapato m'misewu ...
  Ndipo adawombera a Fritzes,
  Osachepera mnyamata wangwiro mu mtima mwake pamaso pa Mulungu!
  
  Ndidawombera Fritz pobisalira,
  Ndinatenga machine gun ndi grenade kuchokera kwa bastard ...
  Ndipotu, mwanayo ali ndi mphamvu zambiri,
  Tiyenera kumenyera dziko lathu molimba mtima!
  
  Mnyamatayo ndi womenyana ndi mdierekezi, ndikhulupirireni,
  Amawombera mogontha pa Fritz ...
  Pankhondo ali ngati chilombo chokhala ndi mano osalala.
  Zomwe sizimazizira!
  
  Kodi Hitler angatani?
  Anyamatawo adzamukwirira ndi chiphokoso cholusa...
  Kuti wakupha asamenye nkhwangwa;
  Sipadzakhala malo ake kumwamba koyera!
  
  Chilichonse chomwe mungapeze nthawi yomweyo
  Fuhrer wolusa ankafuna munthu wakumudzi ndi namwali ...
  Koma mlenje uyu adasanduka nyama,
  Inde, ndizowona, ndikumva chisoni ndi zipolopolo za Adolf!
  
  Kwazizira kale, ndipo ndilibe nsapato,
  Mnyamata wothamanga komanso wokwiya ...
  Ndipo msungwanayo amandifuulira - dikirani,
  Koma mutha kuwona kuti ikuthamanga kwambiri!
  
  Amenya wapolisi uja ndi chibakera,
  Anamugwetsera pansi mwana wachiwerewereyo, ndikumumenya kumbuyo kwa mutu ...
  Sinditumiza chithunzichi ndi mkaka,
  Ndipo sindigulitsa Abambo anga pa botolo!
  
  Ndine mpainiya ndipo ndimanyadira nazo,
  Popeza tayi nayonso ndi yofiira kwambiri ...
  Ndidzamenyera Holy Rus ',
  Ngakhale Adolf ndi wachifwamba wowopsa!
  
  Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti tidzagonjetsa Wehrmacht molimba mtima,
  Mwanayo amadziwa bwino izi ...
  Ndife kerubi wamapiko agolide,
  Ndipo mtsogoleri wofunika, Comrade Stalin!
  
  Tidzagonjetsa Wehrmacht molimba mtima,
  Ngakhale a Nazi akumenya nkhondo pafupi ndi Moscow ...
  Koma ndipambana mayeso ndi A olimba,
  Ndipo ndipereka mfuti yanga kwa ngwazi!
  
  Kodi ndingathe kukhala mpainiya,
  Chinachake chomwe chipani cha Nazi sichinachiganizirepo ...
  Kuli kwathu kwa ntchito zabwino,
  Ndipo Fuhrer sadzalandira ngakhale chifundo!
  
  Chilichonse chomwe ndingathe kuchita, nditha kuchita nthawi zonse,
  Mitambo iwulukenso ku Bambo...
  Koma mpainiyayo sadzagonja kwa adani.
  Msirikali waku Russia ndi wolimba mtima komanso wamphamvu!
  
  Inde, ndinali kugwidwa,
  Ndipo iwo anamutsogolera iye wopanda nsapato kudutsa mu chipale chofewa...
  Horseradish ya apolisi idayikidwa pamabala,
  Ndipo anamumenya mnyamatayo ndi waya!
  
  Ndipo zidendene zanga zinapsa ndi moto wofiyira.
  Ndipo iwo anawotcha mapazi awo ndi poker...
  Koma a Krauts adalandira ziro zokha,
  Ngakhale moto pa phazi la mnyamatayo!
  
  Anathyola zala zawo, anatentha mphumi zawo;
  Ndipo adang'amba mapewa a mnyamatayo ...
  Mulungu anaiwala za mpainiyayo, mwachionekere
  Pamene wakupha anawaza tsabola pa mabala!
  
  Koma sananene kalikonse kwa a fascists,
  Ndi singano, zotentha pansi pa misomali ...
  Kupatula apo, kwa ine Stalin mwiniwake ndiwabwino,
  Ndipo Fuhrer oyipa kuli bwino afe ndi zowawa!
  
  Chotero ananditsogolera kukupha m"chipale chofewa.
  Mnyamata anamenyedwa mwankhanza, osavala nsapato ...
  Koma sindimakhulupirira kuti ndasweka kale
  Simungapewe kugonjetsedwa ndi chipani cha Nazi!
  
  Fritz adayika nyenyezi pachifuwa changa,
  Chabwino, izi zimandinyadira...
  sindidzagonjera mdani woopsa;
  Ndipo sindidzaopa ndi kuchita zoipa!
  
  Ndikhoza kupita kumanda,
  Ndipo ndi nyimbo yoyimba ya upainiya ...
  Kupatula apo, Fuhrer ndi bulu wamisala chabe,
  Ndipo ndidzakumana ndi mtsikana ku Edeni, mukudziwa!
  
  Koma nthawi yomaliza idamveka,
  Mawotchi atatu amfuti zamakina athu ...
  Gulu lowombera mfuti lakhazikika,
  Anazi asanduka zitosi za khwangwala!
  
  Ndipo tsopano kwa mwana wanga wamwamuna,
  Anabwera atadutsa mazunzo ndi mazunzo...
  Kulimbana ndi gulu lalikulu lankhondo,
  Pambuyo podutsa m'mayesero oipa oterowo!
  
  Mnyamatayo akuphanso a Krauts,
  Mnyamata wosavala nsapato akuthamangira m'matanthwe otsetsereka ...
  Ndipo amachita molimba mtima kwambiri,
  Khalani omasuka kuluka tsitsi la mnzanu!
  
  Berlin mwachiwonekere akudikirira mnyamatayo posachedwa,
  Germany idula mutu wake kwa aku Russia ...
  Kerubi wamphamvu akugwedeza lupanga;
  Ndipo molimba mtima akufunsa aliyense kuti atuluke pabwalo!
  
  Ndikukhulupirira kuti posachedwapa tidzaukitsa akufa.
  Aliyense amene adzaikidwa m'manda adzakhala ngati mngelo ...
  Ambuye wathu ndi wamphamvu, Mmodzi,
  Nthawi zina Satana amakhala wonyada kwambiri!
  
  Chilengedwe chikhale kosatha
  Pansi pa mbendera ya chikominisi choyera...
  Comrade Lenin ndi nyenyezi yowala,
  Ndipo Stalin ndi wopambana: zoipa, fascism!
  Chowonadi apa ndi chosiyana: Achipani cha Nazi adachitenga ndikupambana. Koma m"nyimboyo, anyamatawo amayembekezera zabwino. Ngakhale kumbali ina maganizo amawala, mwinamwake pansi pa boma latsopano padzakhala malo awo?
  Mnyamata wa hobbit anali wosafunika kwa boma la Stalinist. Ndipo izi zinakhudza kwambiri maganizo ake.
  Koma ana, kuti adzisangalatse, adayambanso kuyimba, ndi chidwi chachikulu, ndikupondaponda mapazi awo opanda kanthu;
  Mnyamata wabwera kuchokera ku mlengalenga,
  Pamene chirichonse chinali chete - mwamtendere ...
  M'maloto ake mnyamatayo ndi chiwombankhanga chozizira,
  Izi sizimamupweteka konse!
  
  Nkhondo, nthawi ya nkhawa,
  Mnyamatayo adagwidwa ndi tsunami ...
  Gulu lankhondo lamphamvu linapita ku Russia,
  Ndipo Fritz adakakamira mbiya yachitsulo ya thanki!
  
  Ndine mwana wopanda nsapato kuzizira,
  Ma fascists oyipa adandithamangitsa ...
  Iwo anagwidwa ndi mphamvu ngati gyrfalcons,
  Ndinkafuna kuwona chikominisi patali!
  
  Adandiyendetsa m'chipale chofewa kwa nthawi yayitali,
  Ndatsala pang'ono kuzimitsa zonse ...
  Anatentha phazi langa lopanda kanthu ndi chitsulo;
  Ankafuna kuti amupachike ali maliseche pakati pa mitengo ya paini!
  
  Koma panabwera mtsikana wokongola
  Ndipo adangochotsa ma fascists onse ...
  Pajatu diso lake lili ngati singano yakuthwa.
  Timadula ndi apolisi kwambiri nthawi imodzi!
  
  Mnyamatayo anali pafupi kufa
  Magazi a mnyamatayo adawuma m'mitsempha yake ...
  Koma sizitha tsopano
  Zili ngati mtsikanayo anakhala ndi moyo!
  
  Ndinachira kupsa koopsa,
  Kupatula apo, chisanu chitatha, adandiwotcha ...
  Dziwani kuti wakupha wopanda mtima ali bulu;
  Koma nayenso adzapereka chilango!
  
  Mtsikanayo ndi wanzeru kwambiri, ndikhulupirireni,
  Ndipo mpainiyayo mwamsanga anakhala naye paubwenzi...
  Tsopano udzakhala mnyamata weniweni wa chilombo,
  Ndipo nkhope za akerubi zidzatichirikiza!
  
  Iwo anayamba kulimbana naye bwino kwambiri.
  Tidawononga ma fascists kosatha ...
  Timapambana mayeso, tapeza ma A,
  Kuthamangira mu chikominisi kwa mailosi!
  
  Mtsikanayo ndi ine tilibe nsapato pachipale chofewa,
  Mantha angapo, osadziwa, timathamangira ...
  Ndimenya mdani ndi nkhonya,
  Ndipo Dzuwa limawalira nthawi zonse pa Bambo!
  
  A Kraut sangandigonjetse,
  Ndipo pamodzi ndi mtsikanayo sitingagonjetsedwe ...
  Ndine wamphamvu ngati chimbalangondo chokwiya
  Pamene talumikizana ndi Komsomol!
  
  Ndipo apa mtsikanayo akuthamanga opanda nsapato,
  Ndipo amawombera mochenjera kwambiri pa fascists ...
  Tipanga chishango champhamvu cha dziko la Amayi,
  Lekani Kaini woipayo awonongedwe!
  
  Russia ndi dziko lamphamvu kwambiri,
  Ndipo ali ndi mfuti ...
  Satana sangatigonjetse,
  Chilango chamwazi chidzamdzera!
  
  Ndiye msungwana wokongolayo akuimba,
  Pamene opanda nsapato akuthamanga kudutsa chipale chofewa ...
  Ndipo pamodzi ndi mpainiyayo amamenya zokwawa.
  Tidzakwaniritsa, koma tidzathetsa aliyense wa ife!
  
  Inenso sindine mwana wofooka konse,
  Ndimaphwanya a fascists ndi ukali waukulu ...
  Fuhrer adzalandira nickel kuchokera kwa ine,
  Ndipo tidzamanga dziko latsopano lalikulu!
  
  Tikulimbana mu mkwiyo wozizira uwu,
  The Wehrmacht sidzatifikitsa ku maondo athu ...
  Hooray kwa Nazi pakulimba mtima kwake,
  Aliyense amene adzakhale Lenin abwera nafe!
  
  Udzakhala wokongola kwambiri,
  Mwanayo amakukondani kwambiri...
  Ndiwombera iwe, dzikolo
  Ndipo chifukwa cha mzinda wokongola kwambiri!
  
  Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndidzafika nthawi yaku Berlin,
  Nkhondo yankhanzayo idzatha ...
  Tidzagonjetsa ukulu wa chilengedwe chonse,
  Lawi lamoto liyaka moto!
  
  Ndipo ngati titafa,
  Ndimakonda ndekha...
  Mtsikanayo achite zomwe ndikufuna,
  Mwana wanga wamwamuna adzandipatsa mphatso, ngakhale mwana wamkazi!
  
  Udzakhala msungwana wabwino
  Mudzamanga dziko lino momwe mudzakhala paradaiso ...
  Tili ndi maluwa okongola omwe amamera pano,
  Ndipo ndikhulupirireni, kuwalako si nkhokwe konse!
  
  Ndinawombera Tiger ndi mtsikana,
  Ndipo pambuyo pake adamaliza Panther.
  Wankhondoyo asandutsa munda kukhala malo owombera anthu,
  Ngakhale nthawi zina sitidziwa ngakhale kukula kwake!
  
  Tidzamaliza chinthu chachikulu mdziko muno,
  Tiyeni timange chikominisi ndipo dola idzatha ...
  Ndipo tidzagonjetsa Satana kumeneko,
  Lolani gawo lathu likhale lowala!
  
  Mtsikanayo ankalima nthawi yonse yachisanu.
  Anayenda opanda nsapato kuzizira ...
  Chabwino, chifukwa chiyani tili pankhondo - chifukwa,
  Tidzakulitsa duwa lokongola kwambiri!
  
  Njira yabwino kwambiri,
  Ine ndi mtsikana wosavala nsapato tikudikirira...
  Ndipo sikutheka kugonjetsa USSR,
  Tikhala tikuguba mu Meyi wolonjeza!
  
  Ndipo ngakhale Meyi sabwera,
  Tiyendabe ndi chigonjetso...
  Chifukwa chake, mwana, limba mtima ndikuyerekeza -
  Dzuwa lidzawala pamwamba pathu m'paradaiso!
  
  Ndiye musachite mantha, tidzaukitsa akufa,
  Sayansi ili ndi malangizo amphamvu kwambiri ...
  Ambuye wathu ndi mmodzi, si Mmodzi,
  Ndipo tidzawawerengera Fuhrer!
  Umu ndi momwe anyamata opanda nsapato ovala zazifupi zometedwa amayimba. Ndipo ambiri a iwo analinso ndi ma tattoo pa matupi awo. Ngakhale mnyamata wa hobbit anajambula chithunzi cha Stalin pachifuwa chake.
  Koma kenako akasinja achijeremani anawonekera, ndipo akaidi a mnyamata yemweyo anawalonjera mwachisangalalo chachikulu ndi kuponda mapazi awo opanda kanthu, aubwana.
  Pofika kumapeto kwa 1945, asilikali a Germany ndi Japan analanda pafupifupi madera onse akuluakulu okhala ndi USSR. Ndipo m'midzi ina ndi midzi yokha munali nkhondo ndi zigawenga zomwe zikuchitikabe. Stalin anathawa kwenikweni, ndipo sanawonekere, ku Brazil, kumene anali kubisala. Koma Molotov anakhalabe. Komabe, mu May chikwi chimodzi mazana asanu ndi anayi makumi anayi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, Molotov anagwidwa ndi asilikali apadera a SS. Pambuyo pake, Beria, yemwe adalowa m'malo mwa Molotov, adadzipereka mwaulemu.
  Hitler anavomereza, ndipo moyo wa Beria unapulumutsidwa ndi kupatsidwa ufulu wochepa. Ndipo mu USSR, nkhondo zachipani zinatsala pang'ono kutha. Panali bata.
  Ulamuliro Wachitatu unali kugaya zimene unagonjetsa. Koma kulimbana ndi USA ndi Britain kunali kosapeweka. Makamaka, Hitler adafuna kuti chuma cha atsamunda chibwerere ku Italy ndi France, Belgium, ndi Holland. Makamaka ku Africa. Ndipo apereke mwalamulo kwa Ajeremani. Tsopano Ulamuliro Wachitatu unali ndi dzanja laulere. Ndipo ngati chirichonse...
  Koma USA inali ndi bomba la atomiki. Zowona, Third Reich sikuti ili ndi akasinja okha, komanso idapanga ndege za jet. Ndipo sichidzalola kuti mabomba agwetsedwe kumadera a ku Ulaya.
  Kotero panali kupuma pa dziko. Ajeremani anali kupanga zonyamulira ndege, zombo zankhondo, ndi zombo zazikulu zapamtunda pa liwiro lofulumira. Koma zombo zawo zapansi pamadzi zinali zamphamvu kale, ndipo sitima zawo zapamadzi zinkayenda pa hydrogen peroxide. Ndiye...
  Mnyamata wa hobbit adadzipezera yekha malo mu Third Reich. Anayamba kukonza mbale zowuluka - Belonce disk. M'mbiri yeniyeni, diski iyi inatha kuchoka ndikufika pa liwiro la zotchinga ziwiri za phokoso. Komabe, sanachite nawo nkhondozo. Zinali zovuta kwambiri, komanso zazikulu komanso zodula. M'mbiri yeniyeni: USSR kapena USA sanatenge mbale zowuluka. Chifukwa masewerawa sanali ofunika kandulo. Kuwononga injini imodzi ndipo nthawi yomweyo diski ya Belonce imalephera kuwongolera ndikugwa mozondoka.
  Koma mnyamata wa hobbit anapanga kotero kuti laminar ikuyenda mozungulira mbale zowuluka ndipo zimakhala zosavulazidwa ndi zida zazing'ono. Ndipo tsopano mfuti zotsutsana ndi ndege, mizinga yamlengalenga ndi mfuti zamakina sizingathe kuwawombera. Koma mnyamata wamuyaya ndi wopanda nsapato adachipanga kotero kuti, tawonani, ma lasers adayikidwa pa iwo. Ndipo ma laser awa adawotcha chilichonse ndi moto komanso kutentha. Ndipo yesani kulimbana ndi izi.
  Choncho Ajeremani analidi ndi malipenga amphamvu ankhondo. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, zida zapamwamba zogwira ntchito zinayikidwa pa akasinja, ndipo anayamba kupanga magalimoto kuchokera ku pulasitiki.
  Inde, zinkawoneka zoseketsa kwambiri ndipo, mwanjira yakeyake, zaukali kwambiri.
  Ku USA, ndithudi, iwo ankafuna kuyankha kwa Ajeremani, koma motsutsana ndi mbale zowuluka, amangokhala ndi milandu ya atomiki yomwe ingathe kuwawononga. Koma chipani cha Nazi chinali kale ndi zikwi za ndege za disc. The Fuhrer anaganiza zopita kunkhondo pa April 20, 1949, pa tsiku lake la kubadwa kwa makumi asanu ndi limodzi. Zomwe tinganene sindizo lingaliro lopusa.
  Komanso, chipani cha Nazi chikhoza kudabwitsidwa zosasangalatsa ngati luso la zida zoponya zidapangidwa ku United States.
  Kuukira kusanachitike, Hitler adaganiza zosangalala ndi ndewu za gladiator. Ndipo ilinso si lingaliro lopenga.
  Koma ndi nkhani ina...
  
  MASEWERO A AKAZITATU - KUONONGA RUSSIA
  MALANGIZO
  Mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya ntchito imachitika ndi ntchito zanzeru, makamaka CIA, NSA, MI, MOSAD, ndi ena, ndikupanga zochitika zapadera padziko lonse lapansi, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala zosayembekezereka. Pali nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga komanso madera omwe ali ndi chikoka. Pali mabuku osangalatsa kwambiri operekedwa kwa izi, komanso kuperekedwa kwa Mikhail Gorbachev.
  
  MUTU WOYAMBA
  
  
  Chidani chimene chinali mumtima mwake chinayaka kwambiri kuposa chitsulo chosungunuka.
  
  Matt Drake anaimirira, anakwera khoma, ndipo anatera mwakachetechete. Iye anagwada pakati pa tchire logwedezeka, akumvetsera, koma sanamve kusintha pakukhala chete momuzungulira. Anayima kaye pang'ono ndikuyang'ananso Glock subcompact.
  
  Zonse zinali zitakonzeka. Achibale a Bloody King adzakhala ndi nthawi yovuta usikuuno.
  
  Nyumba imene inali kutsogolo kwake inali mdima. Khitchini ndi chipinda chochezera pansanja yoyamba zidayaka moto. Malo ena onse anali mumdima. Anaima kaye kamphindi kenanso, ndikuwunikanso bwino chithunzi chomwe adalandira kuchokera kwa munthu wam'mbuyo, yemwe tsopano wamwalira, asanapite patsogolo mwakachetechete.
  
  Maphunziro ake akale adamuthandiza bwino ndipo adayambanso kuyenda m'mitsempha yake, tsopano anali ndi chifukwa chaumwini ndi kufuna kwake. Atatu mwa anyamata a Blood King adamwalira moyipa mkati mwa milungu itatu.
  
  Ziribe kanthu zomwe adamuuza, Rodriguez akanakhala nambala zinayi.
  
  Drake anafika pakhomo lakumbuyo ndikuyang'ana loko. Patatha mphindi zingapo adatembenuza chogwiriracho ndikulowa mkati. Anamva kuphulika kwa wailesi yakanema ndi kukondwa kopanda phokoso. Rodriguez, Mulungu adalitse wakupha wamkulu wakale, anali kuwonera masewerawa.
  
  Anayendayenda kukhitchini, osasowa kuwala kwa tochi yake yaying'ono chifukwa cha kuwala kochokera kuchipinda chachikulu chakutsogolo. Anaima m"kholamo kuti amvetsere bwinobwino.
  
  Kodi panali anyamata opitilira m'modzi pamenepo? Ndizovuta kudziwa chifukwa chaphokoso lochokera ku TV. Zilibe kanthu. Adzawapha onse.
  
  Kuthedwa nzeru komwe anali nako mkati mwa milungu itatu yapitayi Kennedy atamwalira kunatsala pang"ono kum"fooketsa. Anasiya abwenzi ake ndi zololera ziwiri zokha. Poyamba adayitana Torsten Dahl kuti achenjeze anthu a ku Swede za Vendetta ya Blood King ndikumulangiza kuti abweretse banja lake ku chitetezo. Ndipo chachiwiri, adapempha thandizo kwa mabwenzi ake akale a SAS. Iye ankawadalira kuti azisamalira banja la Ben Blake chifukwa iye sakanatha kuchita zimenezo.
  
  Tsopano Drake anamenyana yekha.
  
  Sanalankhule kawirikawiri. Iye anali kumwa. Ziwawa ndi mdima ndiwo anali anzake okha. Munalibe chiyembekezo kapena chifundo mu mtima mwake
  
  Anasuntha mwakachetechete mkanjira. Malowa amanunkha chifukwa cha chinyezi, thukuta komanso zakudya zokazinga. Utsi wamowawo unali utatsala pang'ono kuwoneka. Drake adapanga nkhope yolimba.
  
  Ndizosavuta kwa ine.
  
  Nzeru zake zinati panali munthu wina amene ankakhala kuno, yemwe anathandiza kulanda anthu osachepera atatu a "akapolo" odziwika bwino a Mfumu ya Magazi. Kutsatira kusweka kwa ngalawa yake komanso kuthawa mokonzekera bwino kwa bamboyo, akuluakulu osachepera khumi ndi awiri adapita patsogolo mosamala ndi mobisa kuti afotokoze kuti wachibale wawo akusungidwa ndi anthu akudziko lapansi. Mfumu yamagazi inasintha zisankho ndi zochita za United States, kupindula ndi chikondi ndi chifundo cha mutu wawo.
  
  Dongosolo lake linali labwino kwambiri. Palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe amene ankadziwa kuti okondedwa a anthu ena ali pangozi, ndipo Mfumu ya Magazi inawasonkhezera onse ndi ndodo yachitsulo ndi magazi. Zonse zomwe zinali zofunika. Chirichonse chimene chimagwira ntchito.
  
  Drake adakhulupirira kuti sanakhudze ngakhale yemwe adabedwa. Iwo sanathe kumvetsa kuti ulamuliro wankhanza wa Mfumu ya Magaziyo unafikira pati.
  
  Kumanzere kwake, chitseko chinatsegulidwa ndipo munthu wonenepa wosametedwa anatuluka. Drake adachitapo kanthu nthawi yomweyo komanso mwamphamvu zakupha. Anathamangira bamboyo, natulutsa mpeni ndikuulowetsa m'mimba mwake, ndipo modzidzimuka adamukankhira pakhomo lotseguka lolowera pabalaza.
  
  Maso a munthu wonenepa uja adatuluka mopanda kukhulupirira komanso kunjenjemera. Drake anachigwira mwamphamvu, chishango chachikulu, chofuula, akukankhira mwamphamvu mutsamba asanalole ndikujambula Glock.
  
  Rodriguez adachitapo kanthu mwachangu, ngakhale adachita mantha ndi mawonekedwe a Drake. Anali atagubuduza kale sofa yophwanyika pansi ndipo anali kugubuduza lamba wake. Koma chidwi cha Drake chidakopeka kwa munthu wachitatu mchipindamo.
  
  Bambo wokhuthala, watsitsi lalitali anali akungoyendayenda pakona ali ndi mahedifoni akuluakulu akuda ali m'makutu mwake. Koma ngakhale atalimbikira, ngakhale pamene ankatulutsa zala za nyimbo ya fumbi ndi zala zake zamatope, anafika pa mfuti yochekedwa ndi machekeyo.
  
  Drake adadzipanga kukhala wamng'ono. Kuwombera koopsa kunang'amba munthu wonenepayo. Drake anakankhira pambali thupi logwedezeka lija ndikuyimirira, kuwombera. Kuwombera katatu kunachotsa mbali yaikulu ya mutu wa woimbayo ndikuponyera thupi lake kukhoma. Mahedifoni adawulukira pambali pawokha, kufotokoza arc mumlengalenga, ndikuyima pa TV yayikulu, yolendewera bwino m'mphepete.
  
  Magazi anayenderera pansi pazenera.
  
  Rodriguez anali akukwawabe pansi. Tchipisi zotayidwa ndi mowa zidamugunda ndikumwaza momuzungulira. Drake anali pambali pake nthawi yomweyo ndipo adamenya Glock mwamphamvu padenga lakamwa pake.
  
  "Chokoma?"
  
  Rodriguez adatsamwitsidwa, koma adafikirabe lamba wake kuti atenge mpeni wawung'ono. Drake adayang'ana mwachipongwe, ndipo pamene gulu la Blood King likuwachitira nkhanza, msilikali wakale wa SAS adayigwira ndikuyiyendetsa mwamphamvu mu bicep ya wowukirayo.
  
  "Usakhale chitsiru".
  
  Rodriguez ankamveka ngati nkhumba ikuphedwa. Drake adamutembenuza ndikumutsamira pa sofa. Anakumana ndi maso a munthuyo, atadzazidwa ndi ululu.
  
  "Ndiuzeni zonse zomwe mukudziwa," ananong'oneza Drake, "za Mfumu Yamagazi." Adatulutsa Glock koma osawonekera.
  
  "Mu chiyani?" Mawu a Rodriguez anali ochuluka komanso ovuta kufotokoza chifukwa cha mtundu wake ndi ululu.
  
  Drake adamenya Glock mkamwa mwa Rodriguez. Zino limodzi limachotsedwa.
  
  Osandiseka. Ululu m"mawu ake unasonyeza zambiri osati chidani ndi kutaya mtima chabe. Izi zinapangitsa munthu wa Blood King kuzindikira kuti imfa yankhanza inalidi yosapeweka.
  
  "Chabwino. Ndikudziwa za Boudreau. Kodi mukufuna ndikuuzeni za Boudreau? Ndikhoza kuchita izi."
  
  Drake anamenya pamphumi pa Glock pamphumi pa bamboyo. "Tikhoza kuyambira pamenepo ngati mukufuna."
  
  "Chabwino. Khalani chete". Rodriguez anapitiriza kupyolera mu ululu woonekeratu. Magazi anatuluka m"chibwano chake kuchokera m"mano osweka. "Boudreaux ndi chimfine, bambo. Kodi mukudziwa chifukwa chokha chimene Mfumu ya Magazi inamusiya wamoyo?"
  
  Drake adaloza mfuti mmaso mwa bamboyo. "Kodi ndimaoneka ngati munthu amene amayankha mafunso?" Mawu ake ankamveka ngati chitsulo pachitsulo. "Ndiyenera?"
  
  "Inde. Zabwino zabwino. Palinso imfa zambiri m'tsogolo. Anatero Mfumu ya Magazi, bambo. Pali imfa zambiri m'tsogolo, ndipo Boudreau adzakhala wokondwa kukhala mumdima. "
  
  "Chifukwa chake akugwiritsa ntchito Boudreau kuyeretsa. Nzosadabwitsa. Mwina akuwononga famu yonseyi."
  
  Rodriguez anaphethira. "Kodi ukudziwa za famu?"
  
  "Ali kuti?" Drake adamva kuti chidani chidamugonjetsa. "Kuti?" - Ndidafunsa. Sekondi yotsatirayo anali atatuluka ndikuyamba kumenya Rodriguez mpaka pamphuno.
  
  Palibe zotayika. Chidutswa cha zoyipa sichikudziwa kalikonse. Monganso wina aliyense. Ngati pali chinthu chimodzi chomwe chinganenedwe za Mfumu yamagazi, ndi momwe adabisira njira zake.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, m'maso mwa Rodriguez munayamba kuwoneka. Drake adagudubuzika ngati chinthu cholemetsa chikudutsa pomwe mutu wake udali.
  
  Mwamuna wachinayi, yemwe ayenera kuti anakomoka m"chipinda china n"kudzutsidwa ndi phokosolo, anaukiridwa.
  
  Drake anazungulira mozungulira, akuponya mwendo wake ndikutsala pang'ono kuchotsa mutu wa mdani wake watsopanoyo. Mwamunayo atagwa pansi, Drake adamuyesa mwachangu - kuyang'ana mwamphamvu, njanji za tram pamanja onse, T-shirt yonyansa - ndikumuwombera kawiri pamutu.
  
  Maso a Rodriguez adatuluka. "Ayi!"
  
  Drake anamuwombera m'manja. "Unali wopanda ntchito kwa ine."
  
  Kuwombera kwina. Bondo lake linaphulika.
  
  "Simukudziwa kanthu".
  
  Chipolopolo chachitatu. Rodriguez anali atawirikiza kawiri, atagwira mimba yake.
  
  "Monga ena onse."
  
  Mphukira yomaliza. Pakati pa maso pomwe.
  
  Drake adafufuza za imfa yozungulira iye, akumwa, kulola kuti moyo wake umwe timadzi tokoma ta kubwezera kwa mphindi chabe.
  
  Anachoka m"nyumbamo, n"kuthaŵa kudutsa m"mundamo, kulola kuti mdima wandiweyani ugwe.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIWIRI
  
  
  Drake anadzuka usiku kwambiri, ali ndi thukuta. Maso anali otsekedwa chifukwa cha misozi yokhetsa pang'ono. Malotowo anali ofanana nthawi zonse.
  
  Iye anali munthu amene ankawapulumutsa nthawi zonse. Munthu amene nthawi zonse amakhala woyamba kunena mawu akuti "ndikhulupirireni." Koma kenako palibe chimene chinamuyendera bwino.
  
  Alekeni onse awiri.
  
  Kawiri kale. Alison poyamba. Tsopano Kennedy.
  
  Anatsika pabedi, nafikira pa botolo lomwe analisunga pafupi ndi mfuti yomwe inali pamalo ogona usiku. Anangomwa madzi mu botololo chivundikirocho chili chotsegula. Kachasu wotchipayo adawotcha mpaka kukhosi kwake mpaka m'matumbo mwake. Mankhwala kwa ofooka ndi otembereredwa.
  
  Pamene liwongo lidamuopseza kuti limugwetsanso mawondo ake, iye anaimba katatu mwamsanga. Woyamba ku Iceland. Analankhula mwachidule ndi Thorsten Dahl ndipo anamva chisoni m'mawu akuluakulu a Swede, ngakhale atamuuza kuti asiye kuyimba foni usiku uliwonse, kuti mkazi wake ndi ana ake ali otetezeka komanso kuti palibe vuto lililonse limene lingawagwere.
  
  Yachiwiri inali ya Joe Shepard, mwamuna yemwe adamenya nawo nkhondo zambiri panthawi yake ndi gulu lakale. Shepard adafotokoza mwaulemu zomwe Dahl adachita, koma sananenepo kanthu pa mawu osamveka bwino a Drake kapena kulira kwamphamvu m'mawu ake. Anatsimikizira Drake kuti banja la Ben Blake linali lotetezedwa bwino komanso kuti iye ndi anzake ochepa anali atakhala pamithunzi, akuyang'anira malowa mwaluso.
  
  Drake adatseka maso ake pomwe adayimba foni yomaliza. Mutu wake unkazungulira ndipo mkati mwake munali kutentha ngati gehena yotsika kwambiri. Zonsezi zinali zolandiridwa. Chilichonse chochotsa chidwi chake kwa Kennedy Moore.
  
  Mwaphonya ngakhale maliro ake ...
  
  "Moni?" Mawu a Alicia anali odekha komanso odzidalira. Nayenso anali atangotaya mnzake wapamtima, ngakhale kuti sanali kusonyeza zizindikiro.
  
  "Ndine. Ali bwanji?"
  
  "Zonse zili bwino. Hayden akuchira. Kwangotsala milungu ingapo ndipo abwereranso ku chithunzi chake choyera cha CIA. Blake ali bwino, koma amakusowani. Mlongo wake adangowonekera. Msonkhano weniweni wabanja. May ndi AWOL, zikomo Mulungu. Ndikuwawona, Drake. Iwe uli kuti?
  
  Drake anatsokomola ndikupukuta maso ake. "Zikomo," anakwanitsa kunena asanadutse kugwirizanako. Zoseketsa kuti anatchula gehena.
  
  Anaona kuti wamanga msasa kunja kwa zipata zimenezi.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU
  
  
  Hayden Jay adawona dzuwa likutuluka panyanja ya Atlantic. Inali nthawi imene ankaikonda kwambiri tsikulo, imene ankakonda kukhala yekha. Mosamala anazemba pabedi, akunjenjemera ndi ululu wa m"chuuno mwake, ndipo mosamala anayenda pawindo.
  
  Pachibale mtendere unamugwera. Moto wokwawa unakhudza mafunde, ndipo kwa mphindi zingapo ululu wake wonse ndi nkhawa zake zinasungunuka. Nthawi idayima ndipo anali wosafa, ndipo chitseko chakumbuyo kwake chidatseguka.
  
  Mawu a Ben. "Mawonekedwe okongola".
  
  Iye anagwedeza mutu chakum"maŵa kwa dzuwa ndipo kenaka anachewuka n"kumuona akumuyang"ana. "Simuyenera kukhala watsopano, Ben Blake. Kofi basi ndi bagel wothira mafuta."
  
  Chibwenzi chake chinanyamula katoni ya zakumwa ndi chikwama cha mapepala ngati zida. "Tikumane pa bed."
  
  Hayden adayang'ana New Dawn komaliza kenako adayenda pang'onopang'ono kupita ku kama. Ben anayika khofi ndi bagels mosavuta kufikako ndikumupatsa maso galu wake.
  
  "Bwanji-"
  
  "Mofanana ndi usiku watha," adatero Hayden mwachangu. "Maola asanu ndi atatu sangathe kupunduka." Kenako anafewetsa pang'ono. "Chilichonse chochokera kwa Drake?"
  
  Ben adatsamira pa bed ndikupukusa mutu. "Ayi. Ndinacheza ndi bambo anga ndipo onse akuyenda bwino. Palibe chizindikiro-" Iye anayima kaye. "Kuchokera..."
  
  "Mabanja athu ali otetezeka." Hayden anayika dzanja lake pa bondo lake. "Mfumu yamagazi idalephera pamenepo. Tsopano zomwe tikuyenera kuchita ndikumupeza ndikuyimitsa dalaivala. "
  
  "Walephera?" Ben adayankha. "Mukunena bwanji?"
  
  Hayden adapuma mozama. "Ukudziwa zomwe ndimatanthauza."
  
  "Kennedy anamwalira. Ndipo Drake ... sanapite ngakhale kumaliro ake.
  
  "Ndikudziwa".
  
  "Wapita, ukudziwa." Ben adayang'ana chikwama chake ngati kuti ndi njoka yolira. "Sadzabweranso".
  
  "Mupatseni nthawi."
  
  "Anali ndi masabata atatu."
  
  "Ndiye mupatseni ena atatu."
  
  "Mukuganiza kuti akuchita chiyani?"
  
  Hayden anamwetulira pang'ono. "Kuchokera ku zomwe ndikudziwa za Drake ... Phimbani misana yathu poyamba. Kenako adzayesa kupeza Dmitry Kovalenko.
  
  "The Bloody King mwina sangawonekenso." Ben anali wokhumudwa kwambiri moti ngakhale lonjezo lowala la m'mawa watsopano linazimiririka.
  
  "Iye adzatero." Hayden anayang'ana kwa mnyamatayo. "Ali ndi ndondomeko, ukukumbukira? Sadzagona pansi monga poyamba. Zida zoyendera nthawi zinali chiyambi chabe. Kovalenko ali ndi masewera akuluakulu omwe adakonzekera. "
  
  "Hell Gate?" Ben anaganiza choncho. "Kodi ukukhulupirira zoyipa izi?"
  
  "Zilibe kanthu. Iye amakhulupirira izo. Zomwe CIA ikuyenera kuchita ndikupeza. "
  
  Ben anatenga khofi wake wautali. "Palibe vuto?"
  
  "Chabwino ..." Hayden adamwetulira mochenjera. "Tsopano mphamvu zathu za geek zawonjezeka kawiri."
  
  "Karin ndiye ubongo," anavomereza motero Ben. "Koma Drake akanathyola Boudreaux mumphindi imodzi."
  
  "Musatsimikizire kwambiri. Kinimaka sanachite izi. Ndipo iye si wopusa kwenikweni. "
  
  Ben anayima atagogoda pachitseko. Maso ake anaonetsa mantha.
  
  Hayden adatenga nthawi kuti akhazikike mtima pansi. "Tili m'chipatala chotetezedwa ndi CIA, Ben. Kuchuluka kwa chitetezo chozungulira malowa kungapangitse kuti chiwonetsero cha Purezidenti chikhale chamanyazi. Mtima pansi."
  
  Dokotala analowetsa mutu wake pachitseko. "Zonse zili bwino?" Analowa m'chipindamo ndikuyamba kuyang'ana ma chart a Hayden ndi zizindikiro zofunika kwambiri.
  
  Atatseka chitseko akutuluka Ben anayankhulanso. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti Mfumu ya Magazi iyesanso kutenga zidazi?"
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu. "Mukunena kuti sanapeze chinthu choyamba chimene ndinaluza. Mwina n"zimene zinachitika. Nanga wachiwiri uja tinamupeza m"ngalawa yake?" Anamwetulira. "Waphedwa."
  
  "Musamachite mphwayi."
  
  "CIA siyikupuma pazabwino zake, Ben," adatero Hayden nthawi yomweyo. "Basi. Takonzeka kukumana naye."
  
  "Nanga bwanji anthu omwe akubedwa?"
  
  "Nanga bwanji iwo?"
  
  "Iwo ndi apamwamba kwambiri. Mlongo wake wa Harrison. Ena mwawatchula. Adzawagwiritsa ntchito."
  
  "Zowona adzachita. Ndipo takonzeka kukumana naye."
  
  Ben anamaliza kunyambita zala zake. "Sindikukhulupirirabe kuti gulu lonse loimba linayenera kuchita mobisa," iye anatero mwaukali. "Pamene tidayamba kutchuka."
  
  Hayden adaseka mwaukadaulo. "Inde. Zomvetsa chisoni."
  
  "Chabwino, mwina zitha kutipangitsa kukhala odziwika kwambiri."
  
  Kunamvekanso kugogoda mofatsa ndipo Karin ndi Kinimaka adalowa mchipindamo. Wa ku Hawaii ankawoneka wokhumudwa.
  
  "Mwana wapathengo uyu sadzakuwa. Ziribe kanthu zomwe tingachite, iye sangatiyimbire mluzu."
  
  Ben anatsamira chibwano chake pa mawondo ake ndi nkhope yokhumudwa. "Damn, ndikanakonda Matt atakhala pano."
  
  
  MUTU WACHINAYI
  
  
  Mwamuna wa Hereford ankayang'anitsitsa. Kuchokera pamalo ake okwera pamwamba pa phiri laudzu kupita kumanja kwa mitengo yokhuthala, ankatha kugwiritsa ntchito choonera cha telescopic chomwe chili pamfuti yake kuti aloze anthu a m"banja la Ben Blake. Kukula kwa gulu lankhondo kumaphatikizapo chowunikira chowunikira, njira yomwe idalola kugwiritsidwa ntchito mozama pakanthawi koyipa ndikuphatikiza BDC (Bullet Drop Compensation).
  
  M'malo mwake, mfutiyo inali ndi zida zilizonse zapamwamba kwambiri zomwe mungaganizire, koma munthu yemwe anali kumbuyo kwake, sanafune. Anaphunzitsidwa kufika pamlingo wapamwamba kwambiri. Tsopano adayang'ana pamene abambo ake a Ben Blake akuyenda kupita ku kanema wawayilesi ndikuyatsa. Atasintha pang'ono, adawona amayi ake a Ben Blake akulankhula ndi bambo ake ndi chowongolera chaching'ono. Mapiritsi a maso ake sanasunthe ngakhale milimita imodzi.
  
  Ndi mayendedwe oyeserera, iye anasesa maso ake kuzungulira nyumbayo. Inakhazikitsidwa kumbuyo kuchokera ku msewu, yobisika ndi mitengo ndi khoma lalitali, ndipo munthu wa Hereford anapitirizabe kuwerengera mwakachetechete alonda obisala pakati pa tchire.
  
  Chimodzi ziwiri zitatu. Zonse zimaganiziridwa. Anadziwa kuti m"nyumbamo munali enanso anayi, ndipo ena awiri anali obisika. Ngakhale machimo awo onse, CIA idachita ntchito yabwino kwambiri kuteteza a Blakes.
  
  Munthuyo anakwinya nkhope. Anaona kuyenda. Mdima, wakuda kuposa usiku, unafalikira pansi pa khoma lalitali. Chachikulu kwambiri kukhala nyama. Wobisa kwambiri kukhala wosalakwa.
  
  Kodi anthu apeza Mfumu Yamagazi ya Blake? Ndipo ngati zinali choncho, zinali zabwino bwanji?
  
  Kumanzere kunawomba mphepo yopepuka, molunjika kuchokera ku English Channel, kubweretsa kukoma kwa mchere wa m"nyanjamo. Mwamuna wa Hereford adalipira m'malingaliro chifukwa cha kusintha kwa chipolopolocho ndikuyandikira pafupi pang'ono.
  
  Bamboyo anali atavala zakuda, koma zida zake zinali zodzikongoletsera kunyumba. Mnyamatayu sanali katswiri, koma wamalonda.
  
  Chakudya cha chipolopolo.
  
  Chala cha munthuyo chinalimba kwa kanthawi kenako chinamasulidwa. Inde, funso lenileni linali lakuti adabwera ndi angati?
  
  Posunga chandamale chake m"njira zosiyanasiyana, mwamsanga anapenda nyumbayo ndi malo ozungulira. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake adatsimikiza. Malo ozungulira anali aukhondo. Munthu uyu wakuda adachita yekha, munthu wa Hereford adadzidalira yekha.
  
  Wa mercenary amene amapha chifukwa cha malipiro.
  
  Zopanda phindu.
  
  Iye anakoka chowombera pang'onopang'ono ndikuyamwa mobwerera. Phokoso la chipolopolo likutuluka m"mbiya silimveka. Anaona nkhokweyo ikugwa popanda mkangano, ikugwera pakati pa tchire lomwe linali litakula.
  
  Alonda a banja la Blake sanazindikire kalikonse. M'mphindi zochepa, adayimbira CIA mobisa, ndikuwauza kuti nyumba yawo yotetezeka yatsopano yathyoledwa.
  
  Mwamuna wa Hereford, bwenzi lakale la SAS la Matt Drake, anapitirizabe kulondera alonda.
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU
  
  
  Matt Drake anamasula kapu mu botolo latsopano la Morgan's Spiced ndikuyimba nambalayo poyimba mwachangu pafoni yake.
  
  Mawu a May anamveka osangalala pamene ankayankha. "Drake? Mukufuna chiyani?"
  
  Drake adakwinya nkhope ndikumwetulira mubotolo. M"mwezi wa May, kusonyeza kutengeka mtima kunali kopanda khalidwe monga momwe kungakhalire kwa wandale kulemekeza malumbiro ake pachisankho. "Kodi muli bwino?"
  
  "Zoona ndili bwino. Chifukwa chiyani ndisakhale? Ichi ndi chiyani?"
  
  Anatenganso sip ina yaitali n"kupitiriza. "Chida chimene ndinakupatsa. Ndi safe?"
  
  Panali kukayikira kwakanthawi. "Ndilibe. Koma zili bwino mzanga." Mai mawu otonthoza adabwerera. "Izi ndi zotetezeka momwe zingakhalire." Drake adamwetuliranso. Mai anafunsa, "Ndi zonsezo?"
  
  "Ayi. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndatsala pang'ono kuthera mayendedwe anga pamapeto awa. Koma ndili ndi lingaliro lina. Imodzi ili pafupi ... kunyumba. "
  
  Chetecho chinadumphadumpha ndi kung"ung"udza pamene ankadikira. Uyu sanali Meyi wamba. Mwina anali ndi winawake.
  
  "Ndikufuna kuti mugwiritse ntchito adilesi yanu yaku Japan. Ndipo Chinese. Ndipo makamaka Russian. Ndikufuna kudziwa ngati Kovalenko ali ndi banja. "
  
  Mpweya wakuthwa unamveka. "Mukunena zowona?"
  
  "Zoonadi ndili serious." Ananena zimenezi mwaukali kuposa mmene ankafunira, koma sanapepese. "Ndipo ndikufunanso kudziwa za Boudreau. Ndi banja lake."
  
  Zinamutengera Mai mphindi yathunthu kuyankha. "Chabwino, Drake. Ndichita zonse zomwe ndingathe."
  
  Drake adapumira kwambiri pomwe kulumikizanako kudafa. Patatha mphindi imodzi iye anayang'ana botolo la ramu wokometsera. Pazifukwa zina inali yopanda kanthu. Anayang"ana m"mwamba pa zenera n"kuyesa kuona mzinda wa Miami, koma galasilo linali lodetsedwa kwambiri moti sakanatha kuona galasilo.
  
  Mtima wake unawawa.
  
  Anagwetsanso botolo lija. Mosaganiziranso zambiri, adachitapo kanthu ndikudina nambala ina yoyimba mwachangu. M"zochita zake, anapeza njira yochotsera chisoni. Pochitapo kanthu, adapeza njira yopitira patsogolo.
  
  Foni ya m'manja inaitana. Pomaliza mawu adayankha. "Zoyipa, Drake! Bwanji?"
  
  "Ukulankhula bwino, hule," anatulutsa mawu, kenako anaima kaye. "Timu ili bwanji?"
  
  "Timu? Khristu. Chabwino, mukufuna kufanana ndi mpira? Munthu yekhayo yemwe mungagwiritse ntchito ngati wowombera pakadali pano ndi Kinimaka. Hayden, Blake ndi mlongo wake sakanapanganso benchi. " Anapuma kaye. "Palibe kuganizira. Kulakwa kwako."
  
  Anaima kaye. "ine? Kodi mukunena kuti zikanakhala zoyesayesa kuwapanga, zikanatheka?" Mutu wake, ukuchita chifunga pang"ono, unayamba kugunda. "Chifukwa kuyesa kudzapangidwa."
  
  "Chipatalacho chili ndi chitetezo chokwanira. Alonda ndi aluso ndithu. Koma ndi bwino kuti munandipempha kuti ndikhale. Ndipo ndi bwino kuti ndinanena kuti inde.
  
  "Ndi Boudreau? Nanga mwana wachiwerewere uyu?"
  
  "Zosangalatsa ngati dzira lokazinga. Izo sizidzasweka. Koma kumbukirani, Drake, boma lonse la US likugwira ntchito pano. Osati ife tokha."
  
  Osandikumbutsa. Drake anagwedezeka. "Boma lomwe lalowerera kwambiri. Zambiri zimayenda m'mwamba ndi pansi pamakina aboma, Alicia. Zimangofunika kutseka chimodzi chachikulu kuti zonse zitheke. "
  
  Alicia anakhala chete.
  
  Drake adakhala ndikulingalira. Mpaka Mfumu Yamagazi idadziwika, chidziwitso chilichonse chomwe anali nacho chimayenera kuonedwa ngati chosadalirika. Izi zinaphatikizapo zambiri zokhudza Gates of Hell, kugwirizana kwa Hawaii, ndi nkhani zilizonse zomwe adazipeza kuchokera kwa anthu anayi akufa.
  
  Mwina chinthu chimodzi chingathandize.
  
  "Ndili ndi mtsogoleri winanso. Ndipo May amayang'ana kulumikizana kwa mabanja a Kovalenko ndi Boudreaux. Mwina mungafunse Hayden kuti achitenso chimodzimodzi?
  
  "Ndabwera ngati wokomera mtima, Drake. Ine sindine galu wanu woopsa."
  
  Panthawiyi Drake anakhala chete.
  
  Alicia anapumira. "Taonani, ine nditchula izo. Ndipo za Meyi, musadalire nthano yopengayo momwe mungathere. "
  
  Drake adamwetulira pakuwonetsa masewera a kanema. "Ndivomerezana nazo zimenezi mukandiuza kuti ndi ndani mwa inu nguluwe zopenga zomwe zinapha Wells. Ndipo chifukwa chiyani."
  
  Iye ankayembekezera kuti chete kwa nthawi yaitali ndipo anamva. Anapezerapo mwayi kuti amwenso pang'ono mankhwala a amber.
  
  "Ndilankhulana ndi Hayden," Alicia ananong"oneza motero. "Ngati Boudreaux kapena Kovalenko ali ndi banja, tidzawapeza."
  
  Kulumikizana kudasokonekera. Mwadzidzidzi, mutu wa Drake unagunda ngati jackhammer. Tsiku lina adzamuuza zoona. Koma pakadali pano zinali zokwanira kuti adataya Kennedy.
  
  Zinali zokwanira kukhulupirira chinthu chomwe tsopano chinali kutali ngati mwezi, tsogolo lowala lomwe lasanduka phulusa. Kusowa chiyembekezo komwe kunali mkati mwake kunapotoza mtima wake. Botolo linagwa kuchokera ku zala zofooka, osati kusweka, koma kutayira mkati mwake mwamoto pansi pauve.
  
  Kwa kanthawi Drake anaganiza zothira mu galasi. Madzi otayikawo anamukumbutsa za malonjezo, malumbiro ndi zitsimikizo zomwe anapanga zomwe zinasanduka nthunzi pang'onopang'ono, ndikusiya miyoyo ya anthu ikuwonongeka ndi kuwonongeka ngati madzi ambiri otayikira pansi.
  
  Kodi akanachitanso bwanji zimenezi? Lonjezani kuteteza anzake. Zimene akanatha kuchita tsopano ndi kupha adani ambiri momwe akanatha.
  
  Gonjetsani dziko loipa, ndipo mulole zabwino zipitirize kukhala ndi moyo.
  
  Anakhala pansi m"mphepete mwa bedi. Wosweka. Palibe chotsalira. Chilichonse kupatula imfa chinafera mkati mwake, ndipo chipolopolo chosweka chomwe chinatsalira sichinkafunanso chilichonse kuchokera kudziko lapansi.
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Hayden anadikira mpaka Ben ndi Karin atapuma pantchito n"kupita ku chimodzi mwa zipinda za utumiki. Gulu la abale ndi alongo adafufuza ku Hawaii, Mutu wa Diamondi, Gates of Hell ndi nthano zina zokhudzana ndi a Bloody King, ndikuyembekeza kuphatikiza chiphunzitso.
  
  Zinthu zitatheka, Hayden anavala zovala zatsopano n"kulowa muofesi yaing"ono imene Mano Kinimaka anakhazikitsa kanyumba kakang"ono ka ntchito. Mkulu wa ku Hawaii anali kugogoda pa makiyi, akuwoneka wokhumudwa pang'ono.
  
  "Mukugwirabe makiyi awiri nthawi imodzi ndi zala za soseji?" Adafunsa mopanda chidwi Hayden ndipo Kinimaka adatembenuka ndikumwetulira.
  
  "Aloha nani wahine," iye anatero, ndiyeno anatsala pang"ono kuchita manyazi atasonyeza kudziŵa tanthauzo la mawuwo.
  
  "Kodi ukuganiza kuti ndine wokongola? Ndi chifukwa chakuti anandibaya ndi munthu wamisala?"
  
  "Chifukwa ndine wokondwa. Ndine wokondwa kuti mukadali nafe."
  
  Hayden anayika dzanja lake paphewa la Kinimaki. "Zikomo, Mano." Adadikirira kwakanthawi, kenako adati, "Koma tsopano ndi Boudreau tili ndi mwayi komanso vuto. Tiyenera kudziwa zomwe akudziwa. Koma tingamuswe bwanji?"
  
  "Kodi ukuganiza kuti mwana wamisala uyu amadziwa komwe Mfumu Yamagazi yabisala?" Kodi munthu wochenjera ngati Kovalenko angamuuzedi?"
  
  "Boudreau ndiye mtundu woyipa kwambiri wamisala. Munthu wochenjera. Ndikuganiza kuti akudziwapo kanthu. "
  
  Kumbuyo kwa Hayden kunamveka mawu achipongwe. "Drakey akuganiza kuti tiyenera kuzunza banja lake." Hayden anatembenuka. Alicia adamwetulira monyoza. "Kodi muli bwino ndi izi, CIA?"
  
  "Kodi munalankhulanso ndi Matt?" Hayden anatero. "Ali bwanji?"
  
  "Akuwoneka ngati wakale wake," adatero Alicia monyodola zomwe sakutanthauza. "Momwe ndimamukondera kale."
  
  "Wopanda chiyembekezo? Waledzera? Imwe?" Hayden sanathe kubisa kunyozedwa m'mawu ake.
  
  Alicia anagwedezeka. "Wamanjenje. Zovuta. Zakupha." Adakumana ndi wothandizila wa CIA. "Ndikhulupirire, wokondedwa, umu ndi momwe ayenera kukhalira. Ndi njira yokhayo yomwe angatulukire pamlanduwu ali wamoyo. Ndipo..." Anakhala kaye kaye, ngati akuganiza kuti apitilize. "Ndipo ... iyi ikhoza kukhala njira yokhayo yomwe mungatulukire amoyo ndi mabanja anu."
  
  "Ndiwona ngati Boudreaux ali ndi banja." Hayden adabwerera ku Kinimaka. "Koma CIA ndithudi sidzazunza aliyense."
  
  "Kodi chiphaso chanu ndi chovomerezeka kuti mulowe m'chipindachi?" Kinimaka anayang'ana msilikali wakale wa British Army.
  
  "Perekani kapena tenga, mwana wamkulu." Alicia adamwetulira moyipa ndikukankhira dala Hayden mchipinda chaching'ono chomwe chimakhala ndi thupi la Kinimaki. "Mukutani?"
  
  "ntchito". Kinimaka anazimitsa skrini ndikubisala pakona, kutali kwambiri ndi Alicia.
  
  Hayden adabwera kudzamuthandiza. "Unali msilikali pamene unali munthu, Alicia. Kodi muli ndi malingaliro omwe angatithandize kuswa Boudreaux?"
  
  Alicia anatembenukira kwa Hayden ndi vuto m'maso mwake. "Bwanji sitipita kukalankhula naye?"
  
  Hayden anamwetulira. "Ndinali kukonzekera."
  
  
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  Hayden anatitengera kumalo osungira. Kuyenda kwa mphindi zisanu ndi kukwera chikepe sikunamupweteke, ngakhale kuti anayenda modekha ndipo maganizo ake anasintha. Anazindikira kuti kubayidwa ndi mpeni kunali kofanana ndi matenda ena alionse amene amakupangitsani kuchoka kuntchito. Posakhalitsa unangotopedwa ngati gehena ndipo umafuna kukokera gehena kukamenyananso.
  
  Malo otsekeredwa asanazengerezedwe anali ndi mizere iwiri ya maselo. Anayenda pansi pamalo opukutidwa bwino kwambiri mpaka anakafika m"chipinda chokhacho chimene munali mkaidi, chipinda chomalizira chakumanzere. Kutsogolo kwa chipindacho kunali kotsegula kwambiri, ndipo wokhalamo anali wozunguliridwa ndi mipiringidzo yoyambira pansi kufika padenga.
  
  Mpweya unali wodzaza ndi fungo la bulitchi. Hayden anagwedeza mutu kwa alonda omwe anali ndi zida omwe anali kunja kwa chipinda cha Boudreau pamene amabwera kudzakumana ndi munthu yemwe anayesa kumupha maulendo angapo masabata atatu apitawo.
  
  Ed Boudreaux adakhala pabedi lake. Iye anamwetulira atamuwona. "Njala yako ili bwanji, blonde?"
  
  "Chani?" Hayden ankadziwa kuti sayenera kumukwiyitsa, koma analephera kudziletsa. "Mawu ako akumveka ngati achipongwe. Wakhomedwa posachedwapa?" Masabata atatu akudumphadumpha komanso kuvulala kwambiri chifukwa cha bala zinamusiya mosasamala.
  
  Kinimaka anayenda kumbuyo kwake, akuseka. Boudreau anakumana ndi njala yoopsa. "Nthaŵi zina," iye ananong"ona. "Tiyeni titembenuze tebulo."
  
  Kinimaka adawongola mapewa ake akulu osayankha. Kenako Alicia anayenda mozungulira thupi la munthu wankulu uja ndipo anayenda molunjika kumabala aja. "Kodi kamwana kameneka kakusokoneza kabudula kako kakang'ono?" Adawongolera monyodola Hayden, koma sanachotse maso ake pa Boudreau. "Sizingapitirire miniti imodzi."
  
  Boudreau adadzuka pabedi ndikuyenda kupita ku mipiringidzo. "Maso okongola," iye anatero. "Pakamwa pauve. Si ndiwe amene unamuseweretsa ndevu zonenepa zija? Amene anaphedwa ndi anthu anga?"
  
  "Ndine".
  
  Boudreaux adagwira mipiringidzo. "Kodi ukuona bwanji zimenezi?"
  
  Hayden anazindikira kuti alonda ayamba kuchita mantha. Kupimitsirana kotereku sikunawafikitse paliponse.
  
  Kinimaka anali atayesa kale kupangitsa mercenary kuti alankhule m'njira khumi ndi ziwiri, motero Hayden adafunsa chinthu chosavuta. "Ukufuna chiyani, Boudreau? N"chiyani chingakulimbikitseni kuti mutiuze zimene mukudziwa zokhudza Kovalenko?"
  
  "WHO?" Boudreau sanachotse maso ake pa Alicia. Anapatukana ndi m"lifupi mwa mphako pakati pawo.
  
  "Mukudziwa amene ndikutanthauza. Mwazi Mfumu."
  
  "O, iye. Iye ndi nthano chabe. Ndikuganiza kuti CIA iyenera kudziwa izi. "
  
  "Imbani mtengo wanu."
  
  Boudreau pomaliza adakumana ndi Alicia. "Kutaya mtima ndi njira ya Chingerezi." M'mawu a Pink Floyd. "
  
  "Sitikupita kulikonse," idakumbutsa Hayden mosamasuka za mpikisano wa Drake ndi Ben wa Dinoroc, ndipo akuyembekeza kuti Boudreau amangolankhula zopanda pake. "Ife-"
  
  "Ndimutenga," adatero Boudreau mwadzidzidzi. Hayden anacheuka kumuona ataimiriranso maso ndi maso ndi Alicia. "M'modzi m'modzi. Ngati andimenya, ndilankhula."
  
  "Zopangidwa". Alicia anachita kufinya mipiringidzo. Alonda anathamangira kutsogolo. Hayden anamva magazi ake kuwira.
  
  "Ima!" Anatambasula dzanja ndikumukokeranso Alicia. "Ndinu openga? Bulu uyu sayankhula. Sikoyenera kuchita ngozi."
  
  "Palibe ngozi," Alicia adanong'oneza. "Palibe chiopsezo nkomwe."
  
  "Tikunyamuka," Hayden anatero. "Koma-" Adaganizira zomwe Drake adafunsa. "Tibwera posachedwa".
  
  
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  Ben Blake anakhala kumbuyo ndikuyang'ana mlongo wake akugwiritsira ntchito kompyuta yosinthidwa ya CIA mosavuta. Sizinam"tengere nthawi kuti azolowere kachitidwe kapadera kamene kanafunidwa ndi bungwe la boma, koma ndiye anali ubongo wa banjalo.
  
  Karin anali sassy, lamba wakuda, strip bar slacker yemwe moyo wake unagogoda ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi atatsala pang'ono kukwanitsa zaka 20, adanyamula ubongo wake ndi madigiri ake ndikukonzekera kuti asachite kalikonse. Cholinga chake chinali kuvulaza ndi kudana ndi moyo chifukwa cha zomwe unamuchitira. Kuwononga mphatso zake inali njira imodzi yosonyezera kuti alibenso nazo ntchito.
  
  Anatembenuka kuti amuyang'ane tsopano. "Taonani ndipo pembedzani mphamvu ya mkazi wa Blake. Chilichonse chomwe mumafuna kudziwa za Diamond Head powerenga mwachangu. "
  
  Ben adayang'ana zomwe zidachitika. Anakhala akuchita izi kwa masiku angapo - akuyang'ana Hawaii ndi Diamond Head - phiri lophulika la Oahu - ndikuwerenga za maulendo a Captain Cook, wodziwika bwino wotulukira zilumba za Hawaii mu 1778. Zinali zofunikira kuti onse ayang'ane ndikusunga zambiri momwe angathere chifukwa chiwombankhangacho chikachitika, akuluakulu amayembekezera kuti zinthu zichitike mwachangu kwambiri.
  
  Komabe, zomwe Mfumu ya Magazi imanena za Gates of Hell idakhalabe chinsinsi, makamaka pokhudzana ndi Hawaii. Zinkaoneka ngati anthu ambiri a ku Hawaii sankakhulupirira n"komwe za mwambo wa helo.
  
  Diamond Head palokha inali gawo la ma cones ndi ma vent ovuta omwe amadziwika kuti Honolulu Volcano Series, mndandanda wazinthu zomwe zidapanga malo ambiri owopsa a Oahu. Diamond Head palokha, mwina chizindikiro chodziwika kwambiri, idaphulika kamodzi kokha zaka 150,000 zapitazo, koma ndi mphamvu yophulika kamodzi kotero kuti idakwanitsa kusunga chulucho chofanana kwambiri.
  
  Ben adanyengerera pang'ono pa ndemanga yotsatira. Amakhulupirira kuti Diamond Head sadzaphulikanso. Hm...
  
  "Kodi mukukumbukira gawo la Diamond Head kukhala ma cones ndi mabowo?" Mawu a Karin anali Yorkshire molakwika. Adasangalala kale ndi anthu aku CIA aku Miami pa izi ndipo mosakayikira wakhumudwitsa oposa m'modzi.
  
  Osati kuti Karin ankasamala. "Kodi ndinu ogontha, bwanawe?"
  
  "Osanditcha bwenzi," anadandaula motero. "Ndi zimene amuna amazitcha amuna ena. Atsikana sayenera kuyankhula choncho. Makamaka sister wanga."
  
  "Chabwino, mbale. Zowona, pakadali pano. Koma kodi mukudziwa zomwe mazenera amatanthauza? Kapena m"dziko lanu?"
  
  Ben ankaona ngati wabwerera kusukulu. "Machubu a lava?"
  
  "Kumvetsetsa. Hei, ndiwe wosayankhula ngati chopukusira pakhomo monga amanenera bambo."
  
  "Abambo sananene kuti-"
  
  "Chill, hule. Mwachidule, machubu a lava amatanthauza ngalande.
  
  Ben anapukusa mutu uku akumuyang'ana. "Ndikudziwa. Mukunena kuti Mfumu ya Magazi ikubisala kumbuyo kwa mmodzi wa iwo?
  
  "Angadziwe ndani? Koma tabwera kudzafufuza, sichoncho? " Adalowetsa makiyi pakompyuta ya CIA Ben. "Pepani."
  
  Ben adapumira ndikumusiya. Mofanana ndi ena onse a m"banja lake, iye anawasoŵa pamene anali kutalikirana, koma pambuyo pa ola limodzi atawapeza, kudandaula kokalambako kunabwerera. Komabe, iye anapita kutali kuti athandize.
  
  Anatsegula kufufuza pa The Legends of Captain Cook ndipo anakhala pampando wake kuti awone zomwe zinabwera, maganizo ake ofanana kwambiri ndi a Matt Drake ndi bwenzi lake lapamtima. Maganizo.
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Mfumu ya Magazi inayang'ana gawo lake kudzera pawindo loyang'ana pansi, lopangidwa ndi cholinga chokha chopanga chithunzi chowoneka bwino chomwe chimayang'ana chigwa chobiriwira, chozungulira, paradaiso momwe palibe munthu adapondapo phazi lake.
  
  Malingaliro ake, omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala okhazikika komanso okhazikika, anali kuthamanga m'mitu yambiri masiku ano. Kutayika kwa ngalawa yake-nyumba yake kwa zaka zambiri-ngakhale kuti ankayembekezera, kunaipitsa kwambiri. Mwinamwake unali mkhalidwe wadzidzidzi wa kutha kwa ngalawayo. Analibe nthawi yoti atsanzike. Koma kutsazikana kunalibe kofunika kapena kukhudzika mtima kwa iye kale.
  
  Iye anali munthu wolimba mtima, wopanda chifundo amene anakulira m"nthaŵi zovuta kwambiri ku Russia ndi m"madera ambiri ovuta kwambiri a dzikolo. Ngakhale izi, adachita bwino mosavuta, adamanga ufumu wamagazi, imfa ndi mowa, ndipo adapanga mabiliyoni ambiri.
  
  Anadziwa bwino chifukwa chake imfa ya Stormcloak inamukwiyitsa. Iye ankadziona ngati wosakhudzidwa, mfumu pakati pa anthu. Kuchitiridwa chipongwe ndi kukhumudwitsidwa mwanjira imeneyi ndi boma laling"ono la United States silinali kanthu kalikonse kamene kanali chabe diso lake. Koma zinamupwetekabe.
  
  Msilikali wakale, Drake, adakhala ngati munga m'mbali mwake. Kovalenko adawona kuti Mngeleziyo adayesa yekha kulepheretsa mapulani ake okhazikika, omwe adakhalapo kwa zaka zingapo, ndipo adatenga nawo gawo ngati chipongwe.
  
  Chifukwa chake a Bloody Vendetta. Njira yake yaumwini inali yolimbana ndi chibwenzi cha Drake choyamba; Adzasiya mphutsi zina zonse kumalumikizidwe ake a mercenary padziko lonse lapansi. Anali akuyembekezera kale foni yoyamba. Winanso adzafa posachedwa.
  
  M'mphepete mwa chigwacho, chomwe chili kuseri kwa phiri lobiriwira lakutali, panali imodzi mwaminda yake itatu. Ankatha kupanga madenga obisala, ooneka kwa iye chifukwa chakuti ankadziŵa bwino lomwe poti ayang'ane. Famuyo pachilumbachi inali yaikulu kwambiri. Zina ziwirizo zinali pazilumba zosiyana, zazing'ono komanso zotetezedwa kwambiri, zomwe zidapangidwa kuti zigawike mdani m'njira zitatu ngati zitabwera.
  
  Phindu loyika anthu ogwidwa m'malo osiyanasiyana linali loti mdaniyo amayenera kugawa magulu ake ankhondo kuti apulumutse aliyense wamoyo.
  
  Panali njira khumi ndi ziwiri kuti Mfumu Yamagazi ichoke pachilumbachi osazindikirika, koma zonse zikadayenda molingana ndi dongosolo, sakadapita kulikonse. Adzapeza zomwe Cook adapeza kuseri kwa Zipata za Jahena, ndipo mavumbulutsowo adzasandutsa mfumu kukhala mulungu.
  
  Chipata chokha chinali chokwanira kuchita izi, iye analingalira.
  
  Koma malingaliro aliwonse okhudza chipatacho adatsogolera kukumbukira zomwe zidayaka kwambiri - kutayika kwa zida zonse ziwiri zoyendera, chipongwe chomwe chingabwezeredwe. Netiweki yake idazindikira mwachangu komwe kunali chida chimodzi, chomwe chinali m'manja mwa CIA. Iye ankadziwa kale malo a winayo.
  
  Yakwana nthawi yoti muwabweze onse awiri.
  
  Anasangalala powonekera pa mphindi yomaliza. Masamba okhuthala ankagwedezeka ndi mphepo yamkuntho. bata lakuya linamugwira kwakanthawi, koma silinamusunthe. Zomwe sanakhale nazo, sadzaziphonya.
  
  Atangotsala pang'ono kudziwa, anagogoda pachitseko cha ofesi yake. Mfumu ya Magazi inatembenuka nati, "Tiyeni tizipita." Mawu ake ankamveka ngati mkokomo wa thanki ikudutsa pa dzenje la miyala.
  
  Chitseko chinatsegulidwa. Alonda aŵiri analowa, akukokera naye mtsikana wamantha koma wakhalidwe labwino wa fuko la Japan. "Chica Kitano," Mfumu yamagazi inagwiririra. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwasamalidwa?"
  
  Mtsikanayo anaumirira kuyang'ana pansi, osayesa kukweza maso ake. The Bloody King adavomereza. "Kodi ukudikira chilolezo changa?" Iye sanavomereze. "Ndinauzidwa kuti mlongo wako ndiye mdani wowopsa kwambiri, Chica," iye anapitiriza motero. "Ndipo tsopano ali chida china kwa ine, monga Amayi Earth. Tandiuza... amakukonda Chika, sister wako Mai?"
  
  Mtsikanayo sanapume nkomwe. M'modzi mwa alonda aja adayang'ana mwamafunso kwa amfumu amagazi, koma adanyalanyaza munthuyo. "Palibe chifukwa cholankhula. Ndikumvetsetsa izi kuposa momwe mungaganizire. Ndi bizinesi chabe kuti ndikugulitsani. Ndipo ndikudziwa bwino kufunika kokhala chete mosamalitsa panthawi yabizinesi. "
  
  Anayimba foni ya satellite. "Mlongo wako - Mai - adalumikizana nane. Wochenjera kwambiri, komanso m'lingaliro lachiwopsezo chosaneneka. Ndiwoopsa mlongo wanu." Ananenanso kachiwiri, pafupifupi kusangalala ndi chiyembekezo chokumana maso ndi maso.
  
  Koma zimenezi sizikanatheka. Osati tsopano, pamene iye anali pafupi kwambiri ndi cholinga cha moyo wake.
  
  "Anadzipereka kuti akusinthanitsani ndi moyo wanu. Mwaona, ali ndi chuma changa. Chida chapadera kwambiri chomwe chidzalowe m'malo mwanu. Izi ndi zabwino. Zimasonyeza kuti ndinu wofunika m"dziko limene limapereka mphoto kwa anthu ankhanza ngati ine."
  
  Mtsikana wa ku Japan mwamantha anakweza maso ake. Mfumu ya Magazi inapinditsa pakamwa pake ngati kumwetulira. "Tsopano tikuwona zomwe akufuna kudzipereka chifukwa cha inu."
  
  Anaimba nambala. Foni inaitana kamodzi ndikuyankhidwa ndi mau achikazi odekha.
  
  "Inde?"
  
  "Mai Kitano. Kodi mukudziwa kuti ndi ndani? Ukudziwa kuti palibe mwayi wotsata foni iyi, sichoncho? "
  
  "Sindikufuna kuyesera."
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri". Anapumira. "O, tikadakhala ndi nthawi yochulukirapo, iwe ndi ine. Koma ziribe kanthu. Mlongo wako wokongola, Chica, ali pano. Mfumu yamagazi inapempha alonda kuti abwere naye kutsogolo. "Perekani moni kwa mlongo wanu, Chica."
  
  Mawu a May adamveka pa foni. "Chika? Muli bwanji?" Zosungidwa. Popanda kuwonetsa mantha ndi ukali womwe Mfumu Yamagazi idadziwa kuti uyenera kukhala pansi.
  
  Zinatenga kamphindi, koma Chika pomalizira pake anati, "Konnichiwa, shimai."
  
  Mfumu ya Magazi inaseka. "Ndizodabwitsa kwa ine kuti anthu aku Japan adapangapo zida zankhanza ngati inu, Mai Kitano. Mtundu wako sudziwa zovuta ngati zanga. Inu nonse ndinu osungika kwambiri. "
  
  "Mkwiyo wathu ndi chilakolako chathu zimachokera ku zomwe zimatipangitsa kumva," Mai anatero mwakachetechete. "Ndipo kuchokera ku zomwe tikuchita."
  
  "Musaganize zondilalikira. Kapena mukundiopseza?
  
  "Sindikufunika kuchita chilichonse mwa zinthu zimenezo. Zidzakhala monga momwe zidzakhalire."
  
  "Ndiye ndikuuzeni mmene zidzakhalire." Mudzakumana ndi anthu anga mawa madzulo ku Coconut Grove, ku CocoWalk. Pa 8 koloko madzulo adzakhala ali mkati mwa lesitilanti, pagulu la anthu. Mwapereka chipangizocho n"kuchoka."
  
  "Adzandidziwa bwanji?"
  
  "Adzakudziwani, Mai Kitano, monga momwe ndimachitira. Ndizo zonse zomwe muyenera kudziwa. 8 madzulo, kungakhale kwanzeru kwa iwe kuti usachedwe."
  
  Kunamveka chisangalalo chadzidzidzi m'mawu a Meyi, zomwe zidapangitsa Mfumu yamagazi kumwetulira. "Mchemwali wanga. Nanga bwanji iye?
  
  "Akakhala ndi chipangizocho, anthu anga adzakupatsani malangizo." A Blood King adamaliza kupikisana ndikusangalala ndi chigonjetso chake kwakanthawi. Zolinga zake zonse zimagwirizana.
  
  "Mukonzeretu ulendowo mtsikanayo," anauza anyamata ake mopanda chisoni. "Ndipo onjezerani za Kitano. Ndikufuna zosangalatsa. Ndikufuna kuwona momwe msilikali wodziwika bwino uyu alili wabwino. "
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Mai Kitano adayang'anitsitsa foni yakufayo m'manja mwake ndipo adazindikira kuti cholinga chake sichidakwaniritsidwe. Dmitry Kovalenko sanali m"modzi mwa anthu amene ankangosiya zinthu zimene anali nazo.
  
  Mchemwali wake, Chika, adabedwa m'nyumba ya Tokyo masabata angapo a Matt Drake asanamuuze za nthano zake zakutchire za Bermuda Triangle komanso munthu wina wopeka wa kudziko lapansi wotchedwa Blood King. Panthaŵiyo, Mai anali ataphunzira mokwanira kudziŵa kuti munthu ameneyu anali weniweni ndiponso wakupha kwambiri.
  
  Koma anafunika kubisa zolinga zake zenizeni ndi kusunga zinsinsi zake. Zoonadi, iyi si ntchito yovuta kwa mkazi wa ku Japan, koma zimakhala zovuta kwambiri ndi kukhulupirika koonekeratu kwa Matt Drake ndi kukhudzika kwake kosasunthika kuteteza abwenzi ake.
  
  Nthawi zambiri ankangotsala pang'ono kumuuza.
  
  Koma Chica ndiye anali patsogolo. Ngakhale boma lake lomwe silinkadziwa komwe May anali.
  
  Adatuluka mumsewu wa Miami komwe adayimba foni ndikuwoloka msewu wotanganidwa kupita ku Starbucks omwe amawakonda. Malo osangalatsa ang'onoang'ono omwe adatenga nthawi yolemba dzina lanu pamakapu ndipo amakumbukira zakumwa zomwe mumakonda. Anakhala kwakanthawi. Iye ankadziwa bwino CocoWalk, komabe ankafuna kukakwera taxi kumeneko posachedwa.
  
  Chifukwa chiyani mukuyenda pakati?
  
  Anthu ambiri, akumaloko komanso alendo, azigwira ntchito kwa iye komanso motsutsana naye. Koma pamene ankaganizira kwambiri zimenezi, m"pamene ankakhulupirira kwambiri kuti Mfumu ya Magaziyo inapanga chisankho chanzeru. Pamapeto pake, zonse zinkadalira kuti ndani adzapambana.
  
  Kovalenko anatero chifukwa anali atagwira mlongo May.
  
  Chotero, pakati pa khamulo, sizikanawoneka kukhala zosayenera kwa iye kupereka chikwamacho kwa anyamata ena. Koma ngati atawatsutsa anyamatawo ndikuwakakamiza kuti alankhule za mlongo wawo, zimakopa chidwi.
  
  Ndipo chinthu chinanso - adamva kuti tsopano amudziwa Kovalenko bwinoko. Anadziwa kumene maganizo ake amagwirira ntchito.
  
  Akadapenya.
  
  
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  Pambuyo pake tsiku lomwelo, Hayden Jay adayimbira foni abwana ake, Jonathan Gates. Nthawi yomweyo anazindikira kuti ali pafupi.
  
  "Inde. Chachitika ndi chiyani, Hayden?"
  
  "Bwana?" Ubale wawo waukatswiri unali wabwino kwambiri kotero kuti nthawi zina amatha kuwusintha kukhala waumwini. "Zonse zili bwino?"
  
  Panali kukayikira kumbali ina ya mzere, china chake chosagwirizana ndi Gates. "Izi ndizabwino momwe tingayembekezere," Secretary of Defense pamapeto pake adadandaula. "Mwendo uli bwanji?"
  
  "Inde bwana. Machiritso akuyenda bwino. " Hayden anadziletsa kuti asafunse funso lomwe ankafuna kufunsa. Mwadzidzidzi mantha, anaipeŵa nkhaniyo. "Nanga bwanji Harrison, bwana? Kodi ali ndi udindo wotani?"
  
  "Harrison apita kundende, monga onse odziwitsa a Kovalenko. Kusinthidwa kapena ayi. Ndi zokhazo, Abiti Jay?"
  
  Atawawidwa ndi malankhulidwe ozizira, Hayden adagwa pampando ndikutseka maso ake mwamphamvu. "Ayi, bwana. Ine ndiyenera kukufunsani inu chinachake. Zitha kukhala zitabisidwa kale ndi CIA kapena bungwe lina, koma ndikufunika kudziwa..." Anayima kaye.
  
  "Chonde Hayden, ingofunsa."
  
  "Kodi Boudreaux ali ndi banja lililonse, bwana?"
  
  "Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani?"
  
  Hayden adapumira. "Zikutanthauza ndendende zomwe mukuganiza kuti zikutanthauza, Bambo Mlembi. Sitikufika paliponse, ndipo nthawi ikutha. Boudreau amadziwa kanthu. "
  
  "Zoyipa, Jay, ndife boma la America, ndipo ndiwe CIA, osati a Mossad. Ukadadziwa bwino kuposa kuyankhula momasuka choncho."
  
  Hayden ankadziwa bwino. Koma kukhumudwa kunamusokoneza. "Matt Drake adatha," adatero mwakachetechete.
  
  "Agent. Izi sizingagwire ntchito. Secretary adakhala chete kwakanthawi kenako adalankhula. "Agent Jay, mwadzudzulidwa ndi mawu. Langizo langa ndikuti muchepetse mutu kwakanthawi. "
  
  Kulumikizana kudasokonekera.
  
  Hayden anayang'ana khoma, koma zinali ngati kuyang'ana chinsalu chopanda kanthu kuti auzidwe. Patapita kanthawi, adatembenuka ndikuwona kulowa kwa dzuwa ku Miami.
  
  
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  Kuchedwa kwanthawi yayitali kunali kudya mzimu wa Meyi. Mkazi wotsimikiza ndi wokangalika, nthawi iriyonse yosachitapo kanthu inkamukwiyitsa, koma moyo wa mlongo wake ukakhala pamlingo wabwino, udasokoneza mzimu wake.
  
  Koma tsopano kudikira kwatha. Mai Kitano adayandikira njira ya coconut ku Coconut Grove ndipo mwachangu adasamukira pamalo omwe adawafotokozera dzulo lake. Kusinthaku kudalibe maola ambiri, Mai adakhazikika mu bar ya Cheesecake Factory yomwe idayaka pang'ono ndikuyika chikwama chake chodzaza ndi zida pa kauntala kutsogolo kwake.
  
  Mzere wa kanema wawayilesi unamveka pamwamba pamutu pake, ndikuwulutsa mawayilesi osiyanasiyana amasewera. Bwaloli linali laphokoso komanso lotanganidwa, koma palibe chilichonse poyerekeza ndi gulu la anthu lomwe linadzaza pakhomo la malo odyera ndi malo olandirira alendo. Iye anali asanaonepo malo odyera otchuka kwambiri chonchi.
  
  A bartender anabwera ndikuyika kansalu pa bala. "Moninso," anatero akuthwanima m"maso. "Zozungulira zina?"
  
  Mnyamata yemweyo monga usiku watha. Mai sankafuna zododometsa zilizonse. "Sungani. Nditenga madzi am'botolo ndi tiyi. Simungathe kukhala ndi ine mphindi zitatu, bwenzi. "
  
  Mosasamala kanthu za kuyang"ana kwa mlendoyo, anapitirizabe kuphunzira pakhomo. Kusanthula anthu ambiri nthawi imodzi sikunali kovutirapo kwa iye. Anthu ndi zolengedwa za chizolowezi. Amakonda kukhala mkati mwa bwalo lawo. Izi zinali zatsopano zomwe ankayenera kuzibwereza nthawi zonse.
  
  Mai anamwetsa tiyi ndikuyang'ana. Panali malo achimwemwe ndi fungo lokoma la chakudya chokoma. Nthaŵi zonse woperekera zakudya akamadutsa ndi tray yaikulu yozungulira yodzaza ndi mbale zazikulu ndi zakumwa, zinali zovuta kuti asamangoganizira za zitseko. Chiseko chinadzaza chipindacho.
  
  Ola lapita. Kumapeto kwa bar, bambo wina wachikulire adakhala yekha, mutu wake uli pansi, ndikumamwa pinti ya mowa. Kusungulumwa kunamzinga ngati chiputu, kuchenjeza aliyense za ngozi. Iye anali wowononga yekha pamalo onsewa. Kumbuyo kwake, ngati kuti akugogomezera zapadera zake, banja lina la ku Britain linapempha woperekera zakudya kuti ajambule chithunzi chawo atakhala pamodzi, atakumbatirana. Mai anamva mawu osangalala a mwamuna wina akuti, "Tangopeza kumene kuti tili ndi pakati."
  
  Maso ake sanasiye kuyendayenda. Wogulitsa bartender adabwera kwa iye kangapo, koma sanabweretse china chilichonse. Masewera amtundu wina wa mpira anali kuseweredwa pa TV.
  
  Mai adagwira chikwama chija mwamphamvu. Chizindikiro cha pafoni yake chikawonetsa kuti ili 8 koloko, adawona amuna atatu ovala masuti akuda akulowa mu restaurant. Iwo ankaoneka ngati Marines mu mpingo. Chachikulu, mapewa otakata. Zojambula zapakhosi. Kumetedwa mitu. Nkhope zolimba, zosamwetulira.
  
  Anthu a Kovalenko anali pano.
  
  Mai anawawona akusuntha, akuyamikira luso lawo. Aliyense anali wokhoza, koma osewera angapo kumbuyo kwake. Anangomwa tiyi komaliza, n"kulowetsa nkhope ya Chika m"maganizo mwake, n"kutuluka pampando wapa bala. Momasuka, anakwawira kumbuyo kwawo, atagwira chikwamacho kumapazi.
  
  Iye anadikira.
  
  Patapita mphindi imodzi, mmodzi wa iwo anamuona. Kugwedezeka kwa nkhope yake kunali kokondweretsa. Iwo ankadziwa mbiri yake.
  
  "Sister wanga ali kuti?"
  
  Zinawatengera kanthawi kuti ayambirenso khalidwe lawo lolimba. Wina anafunsa kuti: "Kodi muli ndi chipangizo?"
  
  Anayenera kulankhula mokweza kuti amve wina ndi mzake phokoso la anthu omwe amafika ndikuchoka, akuitanidwa kuti atenge matebulo awo.
  
  "Inde, ndili nayo. Ndiwonetseni sister wanga."
  
  Tsopano mmodzi wa omangidwawo anakakamiza kumwetulira. "Tsopano izi," adaseka, "nditha kuchita."
  
  Poyesera kukhala pagulu, m'modzi mwa achifwamba a Kovalenko adapha iPhone yatsopano ndikuyimba nambala. Mai anamva kuti ena aŵiriwo akumuyang"anitsitsa, n"kutheka kuti ankadziwa mmene angachitire.
  
  Akamupweteka Chika, sakanasamala za anthuwo.
  
  Zovuta zatha. Mai anaona msungwana wamng'ono wokongola akuthamangira mosangalala kuwonetseredwa kwakukulu kwa makeke a cheese, akutsatiridwa mofulumira komanso mokondwera ndi makolo ake. Kuti anali pafupi kufa ndi chipwirikiti, sakanatha kudziwa, ndipo Mai analibe chikhumbo chowawonetsa.
  
  IPhone idakhala ndi moyo ndi kuphulika. Anayesetsa kuti awone ka skrini kakang'ono. Zinali zachilendo. Patangopita masekondi angapo, chithunzi chosawoneka bwinocho chinabwera pamodzi kuti chiwonetse pafupi ndi nkhope ya mlongo wake. Chica anali wamoyo ndipo akupuma, koma ankawoneka wamantha chifukwa cha malingaliro ake.
  
  "Ngati wina wa inu achigololo amuvulaze ..."
  
  "Ingoyang'anabe."
  
  Chithunzicho chinapitirizabe kuzimiririka. Thupi lonse la Chica lidawonekera, womangidwa mwamphamvu pampando waukulu wa oak kotero kuti samatha kusuntha. Mai anakukuta mano. Kamerayo idapitilira kusuntha. Wogwiritsa ntchitoyo adachoka ku Chica kudutsa mnyumba yayikulu yosungiramo zinthu zoyaka bwino. Pa nthawi ina anaima pa zenera n"kumuonetsa panja. Nthawi yomweyo adazindikira imodzi mwanyumba zowoneka bwino kwambiri ku Miami, Miami Tower, nyumba yosanja yansanjika zitatu yomwe imadziwika ndi mawonekedwe ake osinthika nthawi zonse. Patapita masekondi angapo, foni inabwerera kwa mlongo wake, ndipo mwiniwakeyo anayamba kubwereranso mpaka anasiya.
  
  "Ali pakhomo," Kovalenko, yemwe amalankhula kwambiri ndi anthu, adamuuza. "Mukatipatsa chipangizocho chimatuluka. Ndiye ukhoza kuona kumene kuli."
  
  Mai anali kuphunzira iPhone wake. Kuyimbirako kumayenera kukhala kwatsopano. Iye sankaganiza kuti chinali kujambula. Kuonjezera apo, adamuwona akuimba nambala. Ndipo mlongo wake analidi ku Miami.
  
  Inde, akanatha kumupha ndi kuthawa ngakhale Mai asanathe kuthawa ku Kokoshnik.
  
  "Chipangizo, Abiti Kitano." Mawu a chigawengacho, ngakhale anali aukali, anali ndi ulemu waukulu.
  
  Monga ziyenera kukhalira.
  
  Mai Kitano anali wogwira ntchito wanzeru, m'modzi mwanzeru zaku Japan zomwe amayenera kupereka. Ankayenera kudabwa kuti Kovalenko ankafuna bwanji chipangizocho. Zinali zoyipa momwe amafunira kuti mlongo wake abwerere?
  
  Simumasewera roulette ndi banja lanu. Mudzawapeza ndipo mudzawapeza ngakhale pambuyo pake.
  
  Mai adanyamula chikwama chake. "Ndikupatsa akatuluka pakhomo."
  
  Akanakhala wina aliyense, akanafuna kuti amulande. Iwo akanatha kumupezerera iye mowonjezereka. Koma ankaona kuti moyo wawo ndi wamtengo wapatali, zigawengazi, ndipo onse anagwedeza mutu ngati amodzi.
  
  Amene anali ndi iPhone analankhula mu maikolofoni. "Chitani. Pita panja."
  
  Mai anayang'ana mwachidwi pamene chithunzicho chikudumphira mozungulira, kukopa chidwi cha mlongo wake mpaka khomo lachitsulo losweka linaonekera. Kenaka, kunja kwa nyumba yosungiramo katundu yonyansa kwinakwake ikusowa kwambiri utoto ndi wogwira ntchito zachitsulo.
  
  Kamerayo idabwerera m'mbuyo kwambiri. Malo oimika magalimoto m'misewu ndi chikwangwani chachikulu choyera cholembedwa kuti "Garage" adawonekera. Galimoto inangooneka mofiyira kwambiri. Mai adamva kusaleza mtima kwake kukuyamba kuwira, kenako kamera idangoyang'ana mmbuyo panyumbayo ndipo makamaka kumanja kwa chitseko kuwulula chikwangwani chakale chong'ambika.
  
  Nambala ya nyumbayo kenako mawu akuti: Southeast 1st Street. Anali ndi adilesi yake.
  
  Mai anataya chikwama chake n"kuthawa ngati nyalugwe wanjala. Khamu la anthu linasungunuka pamaso pake. Atangotuluka kunja, anathamangira pa chikepe chapafupi, analumphira pamwamba pa njanjiyo, ndipo anatera ali ndi phazi lolimba mtima chapakati. Anakuwa ndipo anthu analumphira pambali. Anathamanga mpaka pansi n"kukafika pa galimoto yomwe anaimika bwinobwino pa Grand Avenue.
  
  Anatembenuza kiyi yoyatsira. Ndinasamutsa giya yamanja mu giya ndikukankhira accelerator pansi. Anawotcha mphira mumsewu wa Tigertail Avenue ndipo sanazengereze kutenga chiopsezo. Atatembenuza chiwongolerocho, anatembenukira mbali zitatu mwa zinayi za chidwi chake ku sat-nav, akulemba adilesi, mtima ukugunda.
  
  Woyendetsa ngalawayo adamubweretsa ku 27 kumwera. Kutsogolo kwake kunali msewu wowongoka woloza kumpoto, ndipo iye anakanikiziradi chopondapocho pa kapeti. Iye anali ndi chidwi kwambiri moti sankaganizira n"komwe zoti akafike kumalo osungira katundu. Galimoto yomwe inali kutsogolo kwake sinakonde zamatsenga zake. Anatulukira kutsogolo kwake, nyali zake zakumbuyo zikuthwanima. Mai anagunda chotchinga chakumbuyo, zomwe zinapangitsa dalaivala kulephera kuyendetsa galimoto yake ndikuyimitsa njinga zamoto zomwe zidayima. Njinga, zisoti ndi zitsulo zachitsulo zinkawulukira mbali zonse.
  
  Mai anachepetsa cholinga chake. Malo osungiramo katundu ndi magalimoto ankawoneka ngati makoma osawona bwino. Anthu odutsa ankamulalatira. Woyendetsa njingayo anadabwa kwambiri ndi mmene ankathamangira kwambiri moti anadzandima n"kugwera paroboti.
  
  Woyendetsa ngalawayo adapita kummawa, kulowera ku Flagler. Chizindikirocho chinamuuza kuti adzakhalapo mumphindi zisanu. Kumanzere kwa msika wa nsomba kunali chifungalala chamitundumitundu. Kukoka mwachangu ndipo adawona chikwangwani cholembedwa "SW1st Street".
  
  Patadutsa masekondi makumi asanu, katchulidwe ka woyendetsa ndege waku Ireland adalengeza kuti: mwafika komwe mukupita.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Ngakhale tsopano, Mai anali asanachitepo kanthu kalikonse. Anakumbukira kutseka galimotoyo ndikusiya makiyi kumbuyo kwa gudumu lakutsogolo kumbali ya okwera. Anathamanga kudutsa msewu ndikupeza chikwangwani chomwe adachiwona kalekale pa kamera yogwedezeka.
  
  Tsopano adapuma pang'onopang'ono kuti adziwe zomwe angapeze. Anatseka maso ake, anayambiranso kuchita bwino, ndipo anathetsa mantha ndi mkwiyo wake.
  
  Chogwiriracho chinatembenuka momasuka. Anadutsa pakhomo ndipo mwamsanga anatsetsereka kumanzere. Palibe chomwe chinasintha. Mpatawo unali pafupifupi mamita makumi asanu kuchokera kuchitseko kukafika kukhoma lakumbuyo ndi mamita makumi atatu m"lifupi. Munalibe mipando kumeneko. Palibe zithunzi pamakoma. Palibe makatani pamawindo. Pamwamba pake panali mizere ingapo yowala komanso yotentha.
  
  Chica anali adakali womangidwa pampando kuseri kwa chipindacho, maso ake ali tcheru ndikuyesera kusuntha. Ndipo anavutika, zinali zoonekeratu, kunena chinachake kwa Mai.
  
  Koma wanzeru waku Japan adadziwa zoyenera kuyang'ana. Adawona makamera oteteza theka la khumi ndi awiri omwe ali pamalopo ndipo nthawi yomweyo adadziwa yemwe akuwonera.
  
  Kovalenko.
  
  Chimene sankadziwa chinali chifukwa chake? Kodi amayembekezera chiwonetsero chamtundu wina? Kaya zinali zotani, iye ankadziwa mbiri ya Mfumu ya Magazi. Sizikanakhala zofulumira kapena zosavuta, zomwe sizinaganizire za bomba lobisika kapena silinda ya gasi.
  
  Mwendo wa galu kumapeto kwa chipindacho, kutsogolo kwa mpando wa mlongo wake, mosakayikira anabisa zodabwitsa kapena ziwiri.
  
  Mai adapita patsogolo pang'onopang'ono, ndikumasuka kuti Chika akadali moyo, koma osadzikayikira kuti Kovalenko adafuna kuti izi zitheke.
  
  Monga ngati akuyankha, mawu adamveka kuchokera kwa oyankhula obisika. "Mai Kitano! Mbiri yanu ndi yosayerekezeka." Anali Kovalenko. "Tiyeni tione ngati n"koyenera."
  
  Zithunzi zinayi zidatuluka kumbuyo kwa mwendo wa galu wakhunguyo. Mai adayang'ana kwa mphindi imodzi, osakhulupirira zomwe adawona, koma adakakamizika kuyimilira pomwe woyamba mwa omwe adamupha adathamangira kwa iye.
  
  Anathamanga mofulumira, kukonzekera kumenya kowuluka, mpaka Mai anazembera kumbali ndikuchita bwino kwambiri. Wankhondo woyamba adagwa pansi, akudzidzimuka. Chiseko cha A Bloody King chinachokera kwa oyankhula.
  
  Tsopano wankhondo wachiwiriyo adamuukira, osampatsa mpata womaliza woyamba. Bamboyo anazunguliza chakram-mphete yachitsulo yokhala ndi m"mphepete mwachala chakuthwa-pansonga ya chala chake ndikumwetulira pamene akuyandikira.
  
  Mai anapumira kaye. Munthu uyu anali katswiri. Zakupha. Kutha kugwiritsa ntchito chida chowopsa chotere momasuka molimba mtima kunalankhula za zaka zakuchita movutikira. Amatha kuponya chakram ndikungogwedeza dzanja lake. Mwamsanga anagwirizanitsa zopinga.
  
  Anathamangira kwa iye, ndikutseka malo ake. Pamene adawona dzanja lake likugwedezeka, adalowa mu slide, akuyendayenda pansi pa chida cha chida, akuponya mutu wake kutali momwe angathere pamene masamba oipa adadulidwa mumlengalenga pamwamba pake.
  
  Tsitsi lake linagwera pansi.
  
  Mai anayamba kumenyetsa mapazi kwa katswiriyo, akugunda maondo ake ndi mphamvu zake zonse. Tsopano sinali nthawi yoti agwire akaidi. Mawondo a mwamunayo anagwedera ndi kunjenjemera kumene anamva ndi kumva. Kukuwa kwake kunatsogolera kugwa kwake pansi.
  
  Zaka zambiri zophunzitsidwa zidatayika nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Maso a munthu ameneyu anavumbula zambiri kuposa kuvutika kwake. Mai adadabwa kwakanthawi kuti Kovalenko angakhale ndi chiyani pa iye, koma msilikali wachitatu adalowa mu ndewuyo ndipo adamva kuti woyamba anyamuka kale.
  
  Wachitatu anali munthu wamkulu. Anadutsa pansi n"kulowera kwa iye ngati chimbalangondo chachikulu chimene chikuzembera nyama yake, osavala mapazi akumenyetsa konkire. Mfumu ya Magazi idamulimbikitsa ndi kung'ung'udza kotsatizana kenako ndikuseka, wamisala muzinthu zake.
  
  Mai anamuyang'ana m'maso. "Simuyenera kuchita izi. Tatsala pang'ono kugwira Kovalenko. Komanso kumasulidwa kwa ogwidwa."
  
  Munthuyo anazengereza kwa kanthawi. Kovalenko anafumira pamwamba pamutu pake. "Mukundinjenjemera, Mai Kitano, njenjemera ndi mantha. Kwa zaka makumi awiri ndinali nthano chabe, ndipo tsopano ndikuswa chete mwa ine ndekha. Ukanatha bwanji..." Anakhala kaye kaye. "Kodi alipo wina wonga inu amene anandifananapo ndi ine?"
  
  Mai anapitiriza kuyang'ana m'maso mwa womenya wamkuluyo. Anaona kuti amene anali kumbuyo kwake anaimanso, ngati kuti akuyembekezera zotsatira za kulimbana kwa maganizo.
  
  "Menyani!" Mwadzidzidzi Mfumu ya Magazi inakuwa. Menyani nkhondo, apo ayi ndichotsa okondedwa anu ali moyo ndikudyetsedwa kwa shaki!
  
  Chiwopsezocho chinali chenicheni. Ngakhale Mayi ankatha kuziwona. Bambo wamkuluyo adachitapo kanthu, akuthamangira kwa iye ndi manja ake. May adaganiziranso njira yake. Menyani ndi kuthamanga, gundani mwachangu ndi mophwanya mwamphamvu, ndiyeno tulukani. Ngati n'kotheka, gwiritsani ntchito kukula kwake motsutsana naye. Mai anamulola kuti apiteko, podziŵa kuti angayembekezere kusamuka kwa iye. Atafika kwa mkaziyo n"kukagwira thupi lake, n"kuti ali pafupi n"kumanga miyendo yake.
  
  Phokoso la kugunda kwake linagwetsa ngakhale kuseka kwamisala kwa Mfumu yamagazi.
  
  Womenyana woyambayo tsopano anamumenya mwamphamvu, kulunjika kumsana wake waung'ono, kumenya kowawa kwambiri Mai asanayambe kupindika ndikugudubuza, akubwera kumbuyo kwa munthu wogwayo ndikudzipatsa mpata.
  
  Tsopano Mfumu Magazi inalira. "Dulani mutu wovuta wa mlongo wake!"
  
  Tsopano munthu wachinayi adawonekera, atanyamula lupanga la samurai. Anayenda molunjika kwa Chika, patatsala masitepe asanu ndi limodzi kuti athetse moyo wake.
  
  Ndipo Mai Kitano adadziwa kuti ino inali nthawi yoti achite sewero labwino kwambiri pamoyo wake. Maphunziro ake onse, zonse zomwe adakumana nazo zidakumana poyesa komaliza kupulumutsa mlongo wake - nkhani ya moyo ndi imfa.
  
  Masekondi khumi a chisomo chakupha ndi kukongola kapena moyo wonse wodandaula.
  
  Mai analumphira pa kugwedezeka kwa munthu wamkuluyo, akumugwiritsa ntchito ngati kasupe kuti apereke mpira wowuluka kwa womenya woyambayo. Iye sanamve mantha pamene mwendo waukulu wa May unathyola mafupa angapo kumaso kwake, koma anakomoka ngati kulemera kwakufa. Mai nthawi yomweyo anabweza mutu wake ndikugudubuzika, ndikutera mwamphamvu pa msana wake, koma kuthamanga kwa kulumpha kwake kunamufikitsa pakhoma la konkire nthawi yochepa.
  
  Anatera kutali ndi mlongo wake ndi mwamuna wa lupanga.
  
  Koma pafupi ndi chakran.
  
  Pakupuma kwa millisecond, adayang'ana umunthu wake, adakhazika mtima pansi, ndikutembenuka, ndikutulutsa chida chakuphacho. Anadutsa mlengalenga, tsamba lake lakufa likunyezimira, lofiira kale ndi magazi a May.
  
  Chakranyo inagunda m"khosi mwa wolupangayo, ikunjenjemera. Munthuyo anakomoka popanda kumveka, osamva kalikonse. Iye sanamvetsebe chimene chinamugunda. Lupanga lidagwa pansi.
  
  Mkuluyo ndiye anali msilikali yekhayo amene akanatha kulimbana naye tsopano, koma mwendo wake unapitirizabe kugwedezeka pamene ankafuna kuyimirira. N"kutheka kuti anavulala minyewa imodzi kapena ziwiri. Misozi yachisoni ndi kusowa chochita inatsika pankhope pake, osati iye mwini, koma kwa okondedwa ake. Mai adamuyang'ana Chika ndikuzikakamiza kuthamangira kwa mlongo wake.
  
  Anagwiritsa ntchito lupanga podula zingwezo, akukuta mano ake ataona zibono zofiirira komanso mikwingwirima yamagazi yobwera chifukwa cha kulimbana kosalekeza. Kenako anatulutsa kamwa ya mlongo wake uja.
  
  "Pitani mopupuluma. ndidzakunyamulani."
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inasiya kuseka. "Mulekeni!" Anakuwa wankhondo wamkulu. "Chitani. Kapena ndipha mkazi wako ndi manja anga!"
  
  Munthu wamkuluyo anakuwa, kuyesera kukwawira kwa iye ndi manja ake atatambasula. Mai anayima pafupi naye. "Tiye nafe," iye anatero. "Titsatireni. Tithandizeni kuwononga chilombochi.
  
  Kwa kanthawi, nkhope ya mwamunayo inawala ndi chiyembekezo. Iye anaphethira ndi kuyang"ana ngati kuti kulemera kwa dziko kwachotsedwa pa mapewa ake.
  
  "Upite nawo, ndipo adzafa," Mfumu ya Magazi inayankhula mogwira.
  
  Mai anapukusa mutu. "Iye wafabe bambo. Kubweza komwe mungabwezere ndiko kunditsatira."
  
  Maso a munthuyo anali kupempha. Kwa kanthawi, Mai anaganiza kuti adzitulutsa naye, koma kenaka chikaiko chinabwerera ndipo maso ake anagwa.
  
  "Sindingathe. Akadali moyo. Sindingathe basi ".
  
  Mai anatembenuka, kumusiya ali gone. Iye anali ndi nkhondo zakezake zoti amenye.
  
  A Bloody King adamutumizira kuwombera kosiyana. "Thawani, Mai Kitano. Nkhondo yanga yatsala pang'ono kulengezedwa. Ndipo zipata zikundidikirira."
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHINANU
  
  
  Manja a Mfumu Magazi anathamangira ku mpeni wake. Chidacho chinali chitakhazikika patebulo lomwe linali patsogolo pake. Analibweretsa pafupi ndi maso ake, akufufuza tsamba lomwe linali litaviika magazi. Nanga anathera moyo angati ndi mpeni umenewu?
  
  Mmodzi pa nthawi, tsiku lina lirilonse, kwa zaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu. Osachepera.
  
  Ngati kungosunga nthano, ulemu ndi mantha mwatsopano.
  
  "Mdani woyenera woteroyo," anadzilankhula yekha. "Ndi zamanyazi kuti ndilibe nthawi yoti ndiyesenso." Anadzuka n"kuigwedeza pang"onopang"ono mpeniwo, ndipo mpeniwo unkaonetsa kuwalako pamene akuyenda.
  
  "Koma nthawi yanga yoti ndichitepo kanthu yatsala pang'ono kufika."
  
  Anaima kumbali ina ya tebulo, pamene mkazi wa tsitsi lakuda anamangidwa pampando. Iye anali atataya kale bata. Ananyansidwa ndi maso ake ofiira, thupi logwedezeka komanso milomo yonjenjemera.
  
  A Bloody King anagwetsa. "Osadandaula. Tsopano ndili ndi chipangizo changa choyamba, ngakhale ndinaphonya Kitano. Amuna anu apereke chipangizo chachiwiri pafupifupi pano. Ngati chitadutsa, mupita mfulu."
  
  "Kodi tingakukhulupirireni bwanji?"
  
  "Ndine munthu wolemekezeka. Umu ndi mmene ndinapulumukira ubwana wanga. Ndipo ngati ulemu ukanafunsidwa..." Anamuonetsa mpeni wothimbirira. "Nthaŵi zonse panali magazi ochuluka."
  
  Ping yosamveka bwino idabwera kuchokera pakompyuta yake. Anayenda ndikudina mabatani angapo. Nkhope ya mkulu wake wochokera ku Washington, DC inawonekera.
  
  "Ife tiri pa udindo, bwana. Cholingacho chikhala chokonzeka pakadutsa mphindi khumi. "
  
  "Chidachi ndi chofunikira kwambiri. Koposa china chirichonse. Kumbukirani izi".
  
  "Bwana". Nkhopeyo idabwerera mmbuyo kuti iwonetse mawonekedwe okwezeka. Anayang'ana pansi pamalo oimikapo magalimoto, odzala ndi zinyalala ndipo anatsala pang'ono kusiyidwa. Chithunzi chowoneka bwino chikuwonetsa chopondapo chikuyenda pamwamba pa chinsalu ndi Nissan yabuluu ikuyendetsa pazipata ziwiri zokha.
  
  "Chotsani choboolacho. Akhoza kukhala apolisi."
  
  "Ife tinamufufuza iye, bwana. Iye ndi munthu wamba."
  
  Mfumu ya Magazi inamva ukali kukula mwapang'onopang'ono. "Chotsani iye. Undifunsenso ndipo ndidzaika banja lako lamoyo."
  
  Munthu ameneyu ankangomugwirira ntchito. Koma bamboyu ankadziwa zimene Dmitry Kovalenko angakwanitse. Popanda mawu ena, iye anatenga cholinga n"kumuwombera m"mutu munthu wopanda pokhala. A Blood King adamwetulira ataona kuti mdima ukuyamba kufalikira pamalo pomwe panali konkire.
  
  "Mphindi zisanu zatsala kuti chitsimikiziro."
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inayang'ana kwa mayiyo. Anakhala mlendo wake kwa miyezi ingapo. Mkazi wa Mlembi wa Chitetezo sanali mphoto yaing'ono. Jonathan Gates alipira ndalama zambiri chifukwa chachitetezo chake.
  
  "Bwana, Gates wadutsa nthawi yake yomaliza."
  
  Munthawi ina iliyonse, Mfumu Yamagazi ikadagwiritsa ntchito mpeni wake tsopano. Palibe kupuma. Koma chipangizo chachiwiri chinali chofunikira pamalingaliro ake, ngakhale kuti sichinali chofunikira. Anatenga foni ya satellite yomwe inali pafupi ndi kompyuta ija ndikuimba nambala ina.
  
  Ndinaimvera ikulira. "Mwamuna wako sakuwoneka kuti akusamala za chitetezo chako, Mayi Gates." Mfumu ya Magazi inapinda milomo yake kukhala chinthu chomwetulira. "Kapena anakulowetsani kale, hmm? Andale aku America awa ..."
  
  Kunangodina, ndipo mawu amanthawo adayankha. "Inde?"
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti muli pafupi ndipo muli ndi chipangizocho, bwenzi langa. Apo ayi..."
  
  Mawu a Minister of Defense anali olemedwa kwambiri. Iye anati: "United States sagwadira olamulira ankhanza, ndipo mawu amenewo mwachionekere anawononga kwambiri mtima wake ndi moyo wake. "Zofuna zanu sizikwaniritsidwa."
  
  Mfumu Yamagazi inaganizira za Zipata za Gahena ndi zomwe zinali kupitirira iwo. "Ndiye mverani kuti mkazi wanu amwalira ndi zowawa, Gates. Sindikufunanso chipangizo china cha komwe ndikupita.
  
  Kuwonetsetsa kuti njirayo ikhale yotseguka, Mfumu yamagazi idakweza mpeni wake ndikuyamba kukwaniritsa zongopeka zake zonse zakupha.
  
  
  MUTU KHUMI
  
  
  Hayden Jay anachoka pa kompyuta pamene foni yake inalira. Ben ndi Karin anali otanganitsidwa kuukitsa maulendo apanyanja a Kaputeni Cook, makamaka amene anali okhudza zisumbu za Hawaii. Cook, ngakhale kuti amadziwika kuti ndi wofufuza malo wotchuka, anali munthu waluso kwambiri, zinkawoneka. Analinso katswiri woyendetsa panyanja komanso katswiri wojambula mapu. Munthu amene anajambula chilichonse, analemba madera kuchokera ku New Zealand mpaka ku Hawaii ndipo ankadziwika kwambiri kuti anafika koyamba ku Hawaii, malo amene anawatcha kuti zilumba za Sandwich. Chibolibolichi chidakalipo m'tawuni ya Waimea, Kauai, monga umboni wa malo omwe adakumana nawo koyamba mu 1778.
  
  Hayden adabwerera kumbuyo ataona kuti yemwe adamuyimbirayo anali bwana wake, Jonathan Gates.
  
  "Inde, bwana?"
  
  Kupuma pang'onopang'ono kokha kumamveka kuchokera kumbali inayo. Iye anapita pa zenera. "Mukundimva Kodi? Bwana?"
  
  Sanayankhulepo chiyambire pamene anamudzudzula ndi mawu. Hayden adadzikayikira pang'ono.
  
  Mawu a Gates anamveka potsiriza. "Iwo anamupha iye. Anthu ochita zoipa aja anamupha."
  
  Hayden anayang'ana pawindo, osawona kanthu. "Anatani?"
  
  Kumbuyo kwake, Ben ndi Karin anatembenuka, atachita mantha ndi kamvekedwe kake.
  
  "Anatenga mkazi wanga, Hayden. Miyezi yapitayo. Ndipo usiku watha anamupha iye. Chifukwa sindimamvera malangizo awo. "
  
  "Ayi. Sizingatheke-"
  
  "Inde". Mawu a Gates anasweka pamene kuthamanga kwake kwa adrenaline kofukizidwa ndi kachasu kunayamba kutha. "Zimenezo sizikukukhudzani, Jay, mkazi wanga. Ine-nthawi zonse ndakhala wokonda dziko lawo, kotero Purezidenti adazindikira pasanathe maola angapo atabedwa. Ndikukhala..." Anaima kaye. "Patriot".
  
  Hayden sankadziwa zoti anene. "Bwanji undiuze tsopano?"
  
  "Kuti ndifotokoze zomwe ndingachite."
  
  "Ayi!" Hayden anakuwa, akugubuduza zenera ndi mantha mwadzidzidzi. "Simungathe kuchita izi! Chonde!"
  
  "Khazikani mtima pansi. Ndilibe cholinga chodzipha. Choyamba ndithandiza kubwezera Sarah. Zodabwitsa, sichoncho?
  
  "Chani?"
  
  Tsopano ndikudziwa momwe Matt Drake amamvera.
  
  Hayden anatseka maso ake, koma misozi inali kutsikabe. Kukumbukira kwa Kennedy kunali kutha kale kudziko lapansi, mtima, womwe unali wodzaza ndi moto, tsopano unasanduka usiku wamuyaya.
  
  "Bwanji undiuze tsopano?" Hayden potsiriza anabwereza.
  
  "Kuti ndifotokoze." Gates anayima kaye, kenako anati, "Ed Boudreau ali ndi mlongo wake wamng'ono. Ndikukutumizirani zambiri. Chitani izi-"
  
  Hayden anadabwa kwambiri moti anadula mawu a mlembiyo asanapitirize. "Mukutsimikiza?"
  
  "Chitani chilichonse chomwe mungathe kuti mumalize munthu wapathengo uyu."
  
  Mzerewo unafa. Hayden anamva imelo ikuitana pa foni yake. Popanda kuyima, adatembenuka mwamphamvu ndikutuluka m'chipindacho, osanyalanyaza maonekedwe akuda a Ben Blake ndi mlongo wake. Anapita ku kabati kakang'ono ka Kinimaki ndipo adamupeza akukonza nkhuku ndi msuzi wa chorizo .
  
  "Alicia ali kuti?"
  
  "Dzulo chiphaso chake chidaletsedwa." Mawu akuluakulu a ku Hawaii anapotozedwa.
  
  Hayden adatsamira pafupi. "Usakhale chitsiru. Tonse tikudziwa kuti safuna chiphaso. Ndiye Alicia ali kuti?"
  
  Maso a Kinimaki anatsegula, kuyang'ana pa mbale. "Hmm, miniti imodzi. Ndimupeza. Ayi, iye amazindikira kwambiri zimenezo. ndidza-"
  
  "Ingomuyimbirani." Hayden atangonena mawuwa m'mimba munagwira, ndipo mdima unaphimba mzimu wake. "Muuzeni kuti alumikizane ndi Drake. Anapeza zomwe anapempha. Tivulaza munthu wosalakwa kuti adziwe zambiri. "
  
  "Mlongo Boudreau?" Kinimaka adawoneka akuthwa kuposa nthawi zonse. "Kodi ali nayedi? Ndipo Gates adasaina?
  
  "Iwenso ungatero," Hayden anapukuta maso ake, "ngati wina angozunza ndi kupha mkazi wako."
  
  Kinimaka adagaya izi mwakachetechete. "Ndipo izi zimalola CIA kuchita chimodzimodzi kwa nzika yaku America?"
  
  "Ndi momwemo tsopano," adatero Hayden. "Tili pankhondo."
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKHUMI NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Matt Drake adayamba ndi zinthu zodula. Botolo la Johnnie Walker Black linali lokopa ndipo silinkawoneka ngati lonyowa kwambiri.
  
  Mwina china chake chabwino chingasinthe msanga kukumbukira nkhope yake? Pa nthawiyi, m"maloto ake, kodi adzamupulumutsadi monga mmene analonjezera?
  
  Kufufuzako kunapitilira.
  
  Kachasu anapsa. Nthawi yomweyo anathira galasilo. Anadzazanso. Iye ankayesetsa kutchera khutu. Iye anali munthu wothandiza ena, amene anam"khulupirira, amene anafunika kuŵerengedwa naye ndipo sanakhumudwitse aliyense.
  
  Koma analephera Kennedy Moore. Ndipo izi zisanachitike, adalephera Alison. Ndipo analephereratu mwana wawo wosabadwa, mwana amene anamwalira asanakhale ndi moyo.
  
  Johnnie Walker, monga botolo lina lililonse lomwe adayesapo kale, adapangitsa kuti kukhumudwa kwake kukule. Iye ankadziwa kuti zimenezi zidzachitika. Iye ankafuna kuti izi zimupweteke. Iye ankafuna kuti udule chidutswa cha zowawa mu moyo wake.
  
  Ululu unali kulapa kwake.
  
  Anayang'ana pawindo. Idayang'ana mmbuyo, yopanda kanthu, yosawona komanso yopanda chidwi - yodetsedwa yakuda, monga iye. Zosintha kuchokera kwa May ndi Alicia zidayamba kuchepa. Mafoni ochokera kwa anzake a SAS anapitirizabe kufika pa nthawi yake.
  
  A Bloody King adapha makolo a Ben masiku angapo apitawo. Iwo anali otetezeka. Sanadziwe konse za ngoziyo, ndipo Ben sadzadziwa kuti adayandikira bwanji kuti akhale ozunzidwa ndi a Blood King.
  
  Ndipo othandizira a CIA omwe amalondera a Blakes nawonso samadziwa. A SAS sanafune kuzindikirika kapena kusisita kumbuyo. Anangomaliza ntchitoyo n"kupitirira ina.
  
  Nyimbo yosautsa inayamba kuyimba. Nyimboyi inali yosuntha ngati inali yokongola - 'My Immortal' yolemba Evanescence - ndipo inamukumbutsa zonse zomwe adatayapo.
  
  Inali ringtone yake. Anasakasaka ma sheet mosokonekera pang'ono, koma pamapeto pake adayimba foni.
  
  "Inde?"
  
  "Uyu ndi Hayden, Matt."
  
  Anakhala mowongoka pang'ono. Hayden ankadziwa zomwe anachita posachedwapa koma anasankha kuzinyalanyaza. Alicia anali mthandizi wawo. "Zomwe zachitika? Ben-?" Sanathe nkomwe kunena mawu amenewo.
  
  "Ali bwino. Tili bwino. Koma china chake chinachitika."
  
  "Kodi mwapeza Kovalenko?" Kusaleza mtima kunadula chifunga choledzeretsa ngati kuwala kowala.
  
  "Ayi, pakali pano. Koma Ed Boudreaux ali ndi mlongo wake. Ndipo talandira chilolezo kuti tibwere naye kuno."
  
  Drake adakhala pansi, kuyiwala za whisky. Udani ndi moto wa helo zinatentha zizindikiro ziŵiri mu mtima mwake. "Ndikudziwa bwino zoyenera kuchita."
  
  
  MUTU 12
  
  
  Hayden adadzilimbitsa mtima kuti adziwe zomwe zidzachitike. Ntchito yake yonse ya CIA sinamukonzekeretse izi. Mkazi wa Minister of Defense adaphedwa. Zigawenga zapadziko lonse lapansi zomwe zidagwira achibale osadziwika a anthu amphamvu.
  
  Kodi boma linkadziwa anthu onse okhudzidwa? Ayi. Koma mutha kukhala otsimikiza kuti amadziwa zambiri kuposa momwe amachitira.
  
  Zinaoneka zosavuta pamene analembetsa koyamba. Mwinamwake zinthu zinali zosavuta kalelo, pamaso pa September 11. Mwinamwake m'masiku a abambo ake, James Jay, wodziwika bwino yemwe ankafuna kutsanzira, zinthu zinali zakuda ndi zoyera.
  
  Ndipo wopanda chifundo.
  
  Inali nsonga yakuthwa. Nkhondo yolimbana ndi Mfumu Yamagazi yamenyedwa pamitundu yambiri, koma yake ikhoza kukhala yoyipa kwambiri komanso yopambana.
  
  Makhalidwe osiyanasiyana a anthu amene anali kumbali yake anam"patsa mwayi. Gates adazindikira izi poyamba. Ichi ndichifukwa chake adawalola kuti achite kafukufuku wawo pachinsinsi chozungulira Bermuda Triangle. Gates anali wanzeru kuposa momwe amaganizira. Nthawi yomweyo adawona mwayi womwe anthu osiyanitsa monga Matt Drake, Ben Blake, May Kitano ndi Alicia Miles adapereka. Anawona kuthekera kwa gulu lake. Ndipo adawasonkhanitsa onse.
  
  Wanzeru.
  
  Gulu lamtsogolo?
  
  Tsopano munthu amene anataya zonse ankafuna kuti chilungamo chichitidwe kwa mwamuna amene anapha mkazi wake mwankhanza chonchi.
  
  Hayden anayandikira chipinda cha Boudreaux. The laconic mercenary anayang'ana pa iye pa manja opindidwa.
  
  "Kodi ndingakuthandizeni, Agent Jay?"
  
  Hayden sakanadzikhululukira ngati akanapanda kuyesanso. "Tiuzeni komwe kuli Kovalenko, Boudreau. Ingoperekani ndipo zonse zatha. " Iye anatambasula manja ake. "Ndikutanthauza, sizili ngati amakuchitirani zoipa."
  
  "Mwina akudziwa." Boudreau adatembenuza thupi lake ndikutsika pakama. "Mwina sadziwa. Mwina kwatsala pang'ono kunena, huh?"
  
  "Mapulani ake ndi otani? Kodi Chipata cha Gahena ichi ndi chiyani?
  
  "Ndikadadziwa ..." Nkhope ya Boudreau idawonetsa kumwetulira kwa shaki yochita phwando.
  
  "Mumaterodi." Hayden adakhalabe wofunika kwambiri. "Ndikupatsani mwayi wotsiriza uwu."
  
  "Mwayi womaliza? Kodi mundiombere? Kodi CIA yazindikira kuti ndi machimo otani omwe ayenera kuchita kuti akhalebe pamasewera?"
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu. "Pali nthawi ndi malo a izi."
  
  "Ndithudi. Ndikhoza kutchula malo angapo." Boudreau adamunyoza, misala ikuwala ndi malovu. "Palibe chomwe mungandichitire, Agent Jay, chomwe chingandipangitse kuti ndipereke munthu wamphamvu ngati Mfumu yamagazi."
  
  "Chabwino..." Hayden anadzikakamiza kumwetulira. "Izi ndi zomwe zidatipangitsa kuganiza, Ed." Anawonjezera chisangalalo pamawu ake. "Mulibe kalikonse kuno, bambo. Palibe. Ndipo komabe simudzataya. Inu mumakhala pamenepo, mukuwonda, kuvomereza mosangalala mapeto ake. Monga mwana wapathengo. Monga woluza. Monga chidutswa cha zachabechabe cha Kumwera. " Hayden adachita zonse.
  
  Pakamwa pa Boudreaux panapanga mzere woyera wokhazikika.
  
  "Ndiwe munthu amene wataya mtima. Quirk. Nsembe. Zopanda mphamvu."
  
  Boudreau adasunthira kwa iye.
  
  Hayden adakankhira nkhope yake pazitsulo, ndikumuseka. "Dick woyipa kwambiri."
  
  Boudreau anaponya nkhonya, koma Hayden anabwerera mofulumira, akukakamizika kumwetulira. Phokoso la chibakera chake linali ngati mbama yonyowa kumaso.
  
  "Chotero tinadabwa. Nchiyani chimapangitsa munthu ngati iwe, msilikali, kukhala membala wopanda mphamvu?"
  
  Tsopano Boudreau adamuyang'ana ndi maso omvetsetsa pang'onopang'ono.
  
  "Ndizomwezo". Hayden anamutengera iye. "Mwafika eti? Dzina lake ndi Maria eti?"
  
  Boudreau adamenya mipiringidzoyo ndi ukali wosaneneka.
  
  Inali nthawi ya Hayden kulira. "Monga ndanena kale. Zopanda mphamvu."
  
  Iye anatembenuka. Mbewuzo zinafesedwa. Zinali za liwiro ndi nkhanza. Ed Boudreau sakanathyoka nthawi zonse. Koma tsopano...
  
  Kinimaka adagubuduza TV, yomwe adamangirira pampando kuti mercenary aiwone. Nkhawa zomwe zinali m"mawu a munthuyo zinali zoonekeratu, ngakhale kuti anayesetsa kuzibisa.
  
  "Kodi anthu inu mukuyesera kuti muchite chiyani?"
  
  "Pitiriza kuyang'ana, mwana wachiwerewere." Hayden adapangitsa mawu ake kumveka ngati sakusamalanso. Kinimaka anayatsa TV.
  
  Maso a Boudreaux adatuluka. "Ayi," anatero mwakachetechete ndi milomo yake yokha. "O ayi".
  
  Hayden adayang'ana maso ake ndikuseka kodabwitsa. "Tili pankhondo, Boudreaux. Simukufunabe kuyankhula? Sankhani chowonjezera choyipa."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Matt Drake adaonetsetsa kuti kamerayo inali pamalo abwino asanalowe mu chimango. Balaclava yakuda idakokedwa pankhope yake kwambiri kuposa kubisala, koma vest yoteteza zipolopolo zomwe adavala komanso chida chomwe adanyamula zidawonetsa kuopsa kwa mkhalidwe wa mtsikanayo.
  
  Maso a mtsikanayo anali nyanja ya kuthedwa nzeru ndi mantha. Iye sankadziwa chimene anachita. Sindikudziwa chifukwa chake amafunikira. Iye sankadziwa zimene mchimwene wake ankagwira.
  
  Maria Fedak anali wosalakwa, Drake ankaganiza, ngati aliyense anali wosalakwa masiku ano. Kugwidwa mwamwayi, kugwidwa ndi tsoka muukonde womwe unafalikira padziko lonse lapansi womwe unkawombera ndi kusweka ndi imfa, kusowa mtima ndi chidani.
  
  Drake anayima pafupi naye, akunyamula mpeni m'dzanja lake lamanja, winayo atatsamira mfutiyo. Zinalibenso kanthu kwa iye kuti anali wosalakwa. Kudali kubwezera, osachepera. Moyo kwa moyo.
  
  Anadikira moleza mtima.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  "Maria Fedak," adatero Hayden. "Ndi mlongo wanu, wokwatiwa, Bambo Boudreau. Mlongo wanu, woyiwala, Bambo Mercenary. Mlongo wanu ali ndi mantha, Bambo Killer. Sakudziwa kuti mchimwene wake ndi ndani kapena zomwe amachita pafupipafupi. Koma iye amakudziwani kwenikweni. Amadziŵa mbale wachikondi amene amamchezera kamodzi kapena kaŵiri pachaka ndi nkhani zabodza ndi mphatso zolingalira za ana ake. Ndiuze Ed, ukufuna akule opanda mayi?
  
  Maso a Boudreaux anali akutuluka. Mantha ake amaliseche anali amphamvu kwambiri moti Hayden anamumveradi chisoni. Koma nthawiyo sinali nthawi. Moyo wa mlongo wake unalidi wovuta. Ichi ndichifukwa chake adasankha Matt Drake, m'modzi, kuti akhale nawo.
  
  "Maria". Mawu adatuluka mwa iye, womvetsa chisoni komanso wosimidwa.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake sanathe kumuwona mtsikana wamanthayo. Anawona Kennedy atafa m'manja mwake. Adawona manja a Ben ali magazi. Anaona nkhope yolakwa ya Harrison.
  
  Koma koposa zonse adawona Kovalenko. The Blood King, mastermind, ndi munthu wopanda kanthu komanso wopanda malingaliro kotero kuti sangakhale kanthu koma mtembo woukitsidwanso. Zombie. Iye anaona nkhope ya munthuyo ndipo anafuna kuumitsa moyo mu chirichonse chimene chinamuzungulira iye.
  
  Manja ake anafika kwa mtsikanayo ndikutseka pakhosi pake.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Hayden adayang'ana pa monitor. Drake anali kuthamangira zinthu. Boudreau analibe nthawi yoti asinthe. Kinimaka adapita kwa iye, mkhalapakati wabwino nthawi zonse, koma Alicia Miles adamukokera kumbuyo.
  
  "Ayi, munthu wamkulu. Alekeni anyakwawa atuluke. Alibe kanthu m"manja mwawo koma imfa."
  
  Hayden adadzikakamiza kunyoza Boudreaux momwe amamukumbukira akumunyoza pamene adalamula kuti amuna ake aphedwe.
  
  "Kodi mukulira, Ed, kapena mukufuna kudziwa momwe amapangira sushi ku UK?"
  
  Boudreaux adamuyang'ana ndi maso akupha. Malovu opyapyala anali kutuluka pakona pakamwa pake. Maganizo ake anali kumukulirakulira, monga mmene ankachitira pamene ankaona kuti wapha munthu. Hayden sanafune kuti adzitsekere kwa iye.
  
  Alicia anali atayandikira kale kumabala aja. Munalamula kuti chibwenzi changa chiphedwe. Muyenera kusangalala kuti Drake ndi amene akuchita dicing osati ine. Ndikanachititsa kuti huleyo avutike kuwirikiza kawiri."
  
  Boudreau adayang'ana kuchokera kumodzi kupita ku imzake. "Nonse kulibwino muonetsetse kuti ndisachokeko muno. Ndikulumbira kuti ndidzakudulani nonse awiri.
  
  "Sungani." Hayden adawona Drake akufinya khosi la Maria Fedak. "Iye alibe nthawi yochuluka."
  
  Boudreau anali munthu wolimba ndipo nkhope yake inali yotsekedwa. "CIA sichingavulaze mlongo wanga. Iye ndi nzika ya United States. "
  
  Tsopano Hayden adakhulupiriradi kuti wamisalayo sanamve. "Ndimvereni, mwana wapathengo wopenga iwe," iye anabwebweta. "Tili pankhondo. The Bloody King anapha Amereka pa nthaka ya America. Anabera anthu ambiri. Makumi. Akufuna kuti agwire dziko lino kuti awombole. Sakunyozani inu kapena mlongo wanu wonunkha!"
  
  Alicia analankhula china chake m'makutu mwake. Hayden anamva malangizowo. Kinimaka anachita chimodzimodzi.
  
  Momwemonso Drake.
  
  Anamasula khosi la mayiyo n"kutulutsa mfutiyo m"thumba mwake.
  
  Hayden anakunga mano mwamphamvu kwambiri moti minyewa yozungulira chigaza chake inakuwa. Mtima wake wachibadwa unatsala pang'ono kumupangitsa kukuwa ndikumuuza kuti asiye. Malingaliro ake adalephera kwa sekondi imodzi, koma kenako maphunziro ake adayamba, ndikumuuza kuti uwu ndi mwayi wabwino kwambiri womwe anali nawo kuti atsatire Kovalenko.
  
  Moyo umodzi kupulumutsa mazana kapena kuposerapo.
  
  Boudreau adawona kuseweredwa kwa malingaliro pankhope yake ndipo mwadzidzidzi adapezeka ali pamipiringidzo, atatsimikiza, akutambasula dzanja lake ndikubuula.
  
  "Musachite zimenezo. Usayerekeze kuchita izi kwa mlongo wanga wamng"ono!"
  
  Nkhope ya Hayden inali chigoba cha mwala. "Mwayi womaliza, wakupha."
  
  "The Bloody King ndi mzukwa. Zonse zomwe ndikudziwa, ikhoza kukhala hering'i yofiira. Amakonda zinthu zamtunduwu. "
  
  "Kumvetsetsa. Tiyeseni."
  
  Koma Boudreau wakhala mercenary kwa nthawi yayitali, wakupha kwa nthawi yayitali. Ndipo kudana kwake ndi anthu audindo kunachititsa khungu kuweruza kwake. "Pita ku gehena, hule."
  
  Mtima wa Hayden unagwa pansi, koma anagogoda pa dzanja la maikolofoni. "Muombereni."
  
  Drake anakweza mfuti ija ndikukankha kumutu kwake. Chala chake chidakankha chowombera.
  
  Boudreaux anabangula mochititsa mantha. "Ayi! Mwazi Mfumu mu-"
  
  Drake analola kulira koyipitsitsa kwamfuti kuti kumveketse maphokoso ena onse. Anayang'ana magazi akutuluka m'mbali mwa mutu wa Maria Fedak.
  
  "North Oahu!" Boudreaux anamaliza. "Famu yake yaikulu kwambiri ili kumeneko..." Mawu ake anachoka pamene ankamira pansi, n"kumaona mlongo wake wakufayo akugwedera pampando n"kuyang"ana khoma lomwe linali ndi magazi otayirira kumbuyo kwake. Anayang'ana modabwa pamene munthu wovala balaclava akuyandikira chinsalucho mpaka chinadzaza. Kenako anavula chigoba chake.
  
  Nkhope ya Matt Drake inali yozizira, yakutali, nkhope ya wakupha yemwe ankakonda ntchito yake.
  
  Hayden ananjenjemera.
  
  
  MUTU 13
  
  
  Matt Drake adatuluka mu taxi ndikutseka maso ake kuti aphunzire chinyumba chachitali chomwe chidali patsogolo pake. Gray ndi nondescript, chinali chivundikiro chabwino kwambiri cha ntchito yobisika ya CIA. Othandizira am'deralo adalowa m'galimoto yapansi panthaka, ndikudutsa magawo angapo achitetezo. Wina aliyense, kaya ndi nthumwi kapena anthu wamba, adalowa pakhomo lakumaso, akudziwonetsera dala kuti ndi osavuta kupeza.
  
  Anapuma mozama, movutikira kwa nthawi yoyamba mu nthawi yonse yomwe ankakumbukira, ndipo anatsegula chitseko cha munthu mmodzi. Osachepera kuyika uku kumawoneka ngati kusamala kwambiri chitetezo chake. Pamaso pake panali tebulo losavuta, pomwe panali amuna pafupifupi 12 okhwimitsa zinthu. Mosakayikira ena ambiri anali kuonerera.
  
  Anadutsa pansi pa matailosi opukutidwa. "Hayden Jay akuyembekezera kukumana nane."
  
  "Dzina lanu ndi ndani?"
  
  "Drake."
  
  "Matt Drake?" Maonekedwe a stoic a mlonda adagwedezeka pang'ono.
  
  "Ndithu".
  
  Munthuyo anamupatsa maonekedwe amene munthu angagwiritse ntchito akamaona munthu wotchuka kapena wandende. Kenako anaimba foni. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake, adaperekeza Drake kupita ku elevator yanzeru. Analowetsa kiyi ndikudina batani.
  
  Drake anamva kuti elevator ikuwulukira m'mwamba, ngati kuti ili pamtunda wa mpweya. Anaganiza kuti asamangoganizira kwambiri za zomwe zidzachitike, analola zochitika kuti zidzisamalire zokha. Chitseko chikatsegulidwa, anayang"anizana ndi kanjira.
  
  Kumapeto kwa kolido kunayima komiti kuti imupatse moni.
  
  Ben Blake ndi mlongo wake Karin. Hayden. Kinimaka. Alicia Miles anayima penapake kumbuyo. Iye sanamuwone May, koma ndiye samayembekezera kwenikweni.
  
  Chochitikacho chinali cholakwika ngakhale. Izi zinayenera kuphatikizapo Kennedy. Zonse zinkawoneka zachilendo popanda iye. Anatuluka mu elevator ndipo anayesa kukumbukira kuti mwina nawonso ankamva chimodzimodzi. Koma kodi amagona pabedi usiku uliwonse, kuyang'ana m'maso mwake, akudabwa chifukwa chiyani Drake sanalipo kuti amupulumutse?
  
  Ben adayimilira kutsogolo kwake ndipo Drake, osalankhula kalikonse, adakokera mnyamatayo m'manja mwake. Karin anamwetulira mwamanyazi paphewa la mchimwene wake ndipo Hayden anapita kukayika dzanja pa phewa lake.
  
  "Takusowani".
  
  Anagwira mosimidwa. "Zikomo".
  
  Ben anati: "Simuyenera kukhala nokha.
  
  Drake adabwerera mmbuyo. "Taonani," iye anatero, "ndikofunikira kuwongola chinthu chimodzi. Ndine munthu wosinthika. Simungathenso kudalira ine, makamaka iwe Ben. Ngati mukumvetsa izi nonse, ndiye kuti pali mwayi woti tigwire ntchito limodzi. "
  
  "Sizinali zanu-" Ben anangopita ku vutolo, monga mmene Drake ankadziwira. Karin, chodabwitsa, anali dzanja la kulingalira. Anamugwira ndikumukokera pambali, ndikumusiya Drake njira yabwino yopita kuofesi kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  Anawadutsa, akumagwedeza mutu wa Kinimaka panjira. Alicia Miles anamuyang'ana ndi maso a serious. Anavutikanso ndi imfa ya munthu amene anali kumukonda.
  
  Drake anayima. "Sizinathe, Alicia, ayi. Bastard uyu ayenera kuthetsedwa. Ngati sichoncho, akhoza kuwotcha dziko lonse lapansi."
  
  "Kovalenko adzafa akukuwa."
  
  "Aleluya".
  
  Drake adamudutsa kupita kuchipinda. Makompyuta awiri akuluakulu adakhala kumanja kwake, ma hard drive akungogwedezeka ndikudina pomwe amafufuza ndikuyika deta. Kutsogolo kwake kunali mazenera otchinga zipolopolo okwera pansi oyang"anizana ndi Miami Beach. Mwadzidzidzi anagundidwa ndi chifaniziro cha Wells akudzinamizira kuti ndi wopotoka ndipo akufunsa kuti amuwonere sniper kuti awone matupi ofufutika pansi apo.
  
  Lingaliro limeneli linamupangitsa kuganiza. Aka kanali koyamba kuti aganizire bwino za Welles kuyambira pomwe Kennedy adaphedwa. Wells anafa imfa yowopsya m'manja mwa Alicia kapena May. Iye sankadziwa kuti ndi ati, ndipo sankadziwa chifukwa chake.
  
  Anamva ena akumutsatira kulowa. "Choncho ..." Iye anaika maganizo ake pa maganizo. "Tikupita liti ku Hawaii?"
  
  "M'mawa," adatero Hayden. "Zambiri mwazinthu zathu tsopano zakhazikika pa Oahu. Tikuyang'ananso zilumba zina chifukwa zimadziwika kuti Kovalenko ali ndi malo oposa amodzi. Inde, tsopano zikudziwikanso kuti ndi katswiri wachinyengo, choncho tikupitiriza kufufuza anthu ena m'madera osiyanasiyana padziko lapansi. "
  
  "Chabwino. Ndimakumbukira zonena za Captain Cook, Diamond Head ndi Hell's Gate. Kodi izi ndi zomwe unkafuna?"
  
  Ben anatenga izo. "Mochuluka, inde. Koma Cook anatera pa Kauai, osati Oahu. Chake-" Kulankhula mawu amodzi kunatha mwadzidzidzi. "Hmm, mwachidule. Sitinapeze zachilendo. Bwino."
  
  "Palibe kulumikizana mwachindunji pakati pa Cook ndi Diamond Head?"
  
  "Tikugwira ntchito". Karin analankhula modziteteza.
  
  "Koma adabadwira ku Yorkshire," adawonjezera Ben, akuyesa chotchinga chatsopano cha Drake. "Inu mukudziwa, Dziko la Mulungu."
  
  Zinkawoneka ngati Drake sanamve zomwe bwenzi lake likunena. "Anakhala nthawi yayitali bwanji ku Hawaii?"
  
  "Miyezi," adatero Karin. "Anabwerera kumeneko osachepera kawiri."
  
  "Mwina anayendera zilumba zilizonse panthawiyo. Zomwe muyenera kuchita ndikuyang'ana zolemba zake, osati mbiri yake kapena zomwe wachita bwino. Tiyenera kudziwa za zinthu zomwe sanatchuke nazo. "
  
  "Izi ndi..." Karin anaima kaye. "Zikumvekadi."
  
  Ben sanalankhule kalikonse. Karin anali asanamalize. "Chomwe tikudziwa ndi ichi: mulungu wa ku Hawaii wamoto, mphezi ndi mapiri ophulika ndi mkazi wotchedwa Pele. Iye ndi munthu wotchuka m'nkhani zambiri zakale za ku Hawaii. Akuti nyumba yake ili pamwamba pa mapiri ophulika kwambiri padziko lonse, koma ili pachilumba chachikulu, osati Oahu."
  
  "Izi ndi zonse?" Drake anafunsa mwachidule.
  
  "Ayi. Ngakhale kuti nkhani zambiri ndi za alongo ake, nthano zina zimanena za Chipata cha Pele. Chipata chimatsogolera kumoto ndi mtima wa phiri lophulika-kodi izo zikumveka ngati Gehena kwa inu?"
  
  "Mwina uku ndi fanizo," anatero Kinimaka mosaganizira, kenako n"kuchita manyazi. "Chabwino, izo zikhoza kukhala. Mukudziwa..."
  
  Alicia anali woyamba kuseka. "Tithokoze Mulungu kuti munthu wina ali ndi nthabwala." Anapsompsona, kenako anawonjezera kuti, "Palibe chokhumudwitsa," m"mawu osonyeza kuti sanali kusamala ndi mmene anthu amachitira naye.
  
  "Pele's Gate ikhoza kukhala yothandiza," adatero Drake. "Pitirizani kuchita bwino. Tiwonana m'mawa".
  
  "Kodi simukukhala?" Adalankhula moturuka Ben mwachiwonekere akuyembekeza kuti apeza mpata wolankhula ndi mnzakeyo.
  
  "Ayi". Drake anayang'ana pawindo dzuwa litayamba kulowa panyanja. "Ndili ndi kwina koti ndikhale usikuuno."
  
  
  MUTU 14
  
  
  Drake adachoka mchipindamo osayang'ana mmbuyo. Monga mmene ankayembekezera, Hayden anamupeza atatsala pang"ono kulowa mu elevator.
  
  "Drake, chepetsa. Ali bwino?"
  
  "Ukudziwa kuti ali bwino. Munamuwona pavidiyoyi."
  
  Hayden adagwira dzanja lake. "Mukudziwa zomwe ndikutanthauza."
  
  "Akhala bwino. Izo zinkayenera kuwoneka bwino, mukudziwa zimenezo. Boudreaux ayenera kuti ankaganiza kuti zinali zenizeni. "
  
  "Inde".
  
  "Ndikanakonda ndikadamuwona akusweka."
  
  "Chabwino, ineyo ndi amene adandibaya, ndiye ndapeza chisangalalo, zikomo kwa inu."
  
  Drake adasindikiza batani loyamba. "Mlongo wake ayenera kukhala kale ndi othandizira anu. Iwo amutengera iye ku chipatala ndi kumukonza iye. Magazi abodza ndi mdierekezi yemwe amangoganizira zazake, mukudziwa. "
  
  "Boudreau wangokhala wopenga, ngati ndi kotheka. Pamene mlongo wake anaimirira, ali moyo-" Hayden anapukusa mutu. "Kuwonongeka komaliza."
  
  "Dongosololi linayenda bwino. Linali lingaliro labwino, "adatero Drake. "Tidalandira zambiri. Zinali zoyenerera ".
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu. "Ndikudziwa. Ndine wokondwa kuti maniac ali m'ndende."
  
  Drake adalowa mu elevator ndikudikirira kuti zitseko zitseke. "Zikanakhala kwa ine," iye anatero pamene Hayden anazimiririka. "Ndikawombera mwana wachiwerewere m'chipinda chake."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adakwera taxi kupita ku Biscayne Boulevard ndikupita ku Bayside shopping plaza. Mwamuna yemwe adamuyitana, akumveka kuti ali chete, wosatsimikizika komanso wopanda khalidwe, ankafuna kukumana kunja kwa Bubba Gump. Drake anali ndi nthabwala kamphindi ndipo adapereka lingaliro la Hooters, malo omwe mwina anali oyenera kwa iwo, koma May adachita ngati sanamumve.
  
  Drake adalowa m'gulu la anthu, adamvetsera phokoso laphokoso lozungulira iye ndipo adamva kuti alibe malo. Kodi anthuwa angasangalale bwanji atataya chinthu chimene ankachikonda chonchi? Iwo sakanasamala bwanji?
  
  Kumero kwake kunali kouma ndipo milomo yake inali itang"ambika. Bar ku Bubba Gump adayitana. Mwina akhoza kumira pang'ono asanabwere. Komabe, iye analibe zonyenga; izi zinayenera kuyima. Ngati akupita ku Hawaii kukasaka wakupha mkazi yemwe amamukonda, ngati akufuna kubwezera m'malo mokhala wozunzidwa, iyi iyenera kukhala nthawi yomaliza.
  
  Izo zinkayenera kukhala.
  
  Atatsala pang'ono kukankha chitseko Mai adamukalipira. Iye anali pomwepo, atatsamira pa mzati wosakwana mapazi asanu ndi limodzi kuchokera kwa ine. Akadakhala mdani, bwenzi atafa pompano.
  
  Kutsimikiza kwake kuchitira nkhanza ndi kubwezera kunali kopanda phindu popanda kuganizira komanso chidziwitso.
  
  Mai adalunjika kumalo odyera, Drake adamutsatira. Anakhala pa bar ndikulamula Lava Flows polemekeza ulendo wawo wopita ku Hawaii.
  
  Drake adakhala chete. Anali asanawonepo Mai Kitano ali wamanjenje. Iye anali asanamuonepo ali ndi mantha. Sanaganizire zochitika zomwe zingamusokoneze.
  
  Ndiyeno dziko lake linagwa kachiwiri.
  
  "Kovalenko anabera mlongo wanga, Chika, ku Tokyo. Miyezi yambiri yadutsa. Wamusunga mpaka kalekale. Mai anapumira kwambiri.
  
  "Ndikumvetsa. Ndamva zomwe udachita," adatero Drake monong'onezana. Zinali zoonekeratu. Banja nthawi zonse limakhala loyamba.
  
  "Ali ndi chipangizo."
  
  "Inde".
  
  "Ndinabwera ku US kuti ndimupeze. Kuti mupeze Kovalenko. Koma ndinalephera mpaka inu ndi anzanu munandilumikizana. Ndili ndi ngongole yanu".
  
  "Sitinamupulumutse. Munatero."
  
  "Mwandipatsa chiyembekezo, mwandipanga kukhala m'gululi."
  
  "Iwe ukadali mbali ya timu. Ndipo musaiwale kuti boma lili ndi njira ina. Sadzataya mtima."
  
  "Pokhapokha ngati mmodzi wa iwo anali ndi wokondedwa mu ukapolo."
  
  Drake adadziwa zomwe zidachitikira mkazi wa Gates, koma sananene chilichonse. "Tikufuna ku Hawaii, Mai. Ngati tikufuna kumumenya munthuyu, tifunika zabwino kwambiri. Boma likudziwa izi. Ndichifukwa chake iwe, Alicia ndi enawo analoledwa kuchoka.
  
  "Nanunso?"
  
  "Ndipo ine".
  
  "Nanga bwanji okondedwa anu, Drake? Kodi Mfumu Yamagazi ikuyesera kuchita zomwe adachita?"
  
  Drake anagwedezeka. "Analephera."
  
  "Komabe apitilizabe kuyesetsa."
  
  "Kodi mlongo wako ali otetezeka?" Kodi akufunika chitetezo chowonjezera? Ndikudziwa anthu ena-"
  
  "Zimenezo zasamalidwa, zikomo."
  
  Drake adaphunzira chakumwa chosakhudzidwa. "Ndiye zonsezi zidzatha ku Hawaii," adatero. "Ndipo tsopano popeza tatsala pang'ono kuzipeza, posachedwapa."
  
  Mai adamwetulira kwanthawi yayitali. "Akhala wokonzeka, Drake. Wakhala akukonzekera izi kwa zaka khumi. "
  
  "Ili ndi dziko la moto," iye anatero. "Onjezani Kovalenko ndi tonsefe ku equation, ndipo malo onsewa atha kuphulika."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Anamuyang'ana May akupita kumalo oimika magalimoto ndipo analunjika kumene ankaganiza kuti mwina kuli taxi. Moyo wausiku wa Miami unali pachimake. Mowa sunali njira yokhayo yoledzera yomwe inalipo, komanso kuphatikiza kwa mausiku osatha, osangalatsa, amuna ndi akazi okongola, komanso nyimbo zamphamvu zidagwira ntchito molimbika kukweza ngakhale malingaliro ake odziwika bwino.
  
  Anakhota ngodya ndipo marina adatsegulidwa pamaso pake - mabwato amadzikuza kuti azinyadira malo, makamu a anthu akudzaza misewu, malo odyera otseguka odzaza ndi anthu okongola omwe sanapereke chilichonse padziko lapansi.
  
  Zikomo kwambiri kwa anthu ngati Matt Drake.
  
  Iye anatembenukira mmbuyo. Foni yake ya m'manja inalira ndi nyimbo yomvetsa chisoni kwambiri.
  
  Mwamsanga dinani batani. "Inde?"
  
  "Matt? Masana abwino. Moni." Makhalidwe abwino a maphunziro a Oxford anamudabwitsa.
  
  "Dal?" - adatero. "Torsten Dahl?"
  
  "Ndithudi. Ndani winanso amene akumveka bwino?"
  
  Drake anachita mantha. "Zonse zili bwino?"
  
  "Osadandaula bwanawe. Zonse zili bwino kumbali iyi ya dziko. Iceland ndi wamkulu. Ana ndi odabwitsa. Mkazi ndi...mkazi. Kodi Kovalenko zikuyenda bwanji?"
  
  "Tapeza," adatero Drake ndikumwetulira. "Pafupifupi. Tikudziwa poti tiyang'ane. Pali kulimbikitsana komwe kukuchitika pompano ndipo tikuyenera kukhala ku Hawaii mawa. "
  
  "Wangwiro. Chabwino, chifukwa chomwe ndikuyimbira mwina chingakhale chothandiza kapena sichingakhale chaphindu kwa inu. Mukhoza kusankha nokha. Monga mukudziwira, kufufuza kwa Tomb of the Gods kumapitilira mosamala. Kodi mukukumbukira momwe mumsasa wa Frey ndinayima pamphepete mwa manda a Odin ndi lilime langa likulendewera kunja? Mukukumbukira zomwe tidapeza?"
  
  Drake adakumbukira zomwe adachita. "Ndithu".
  
  "Ndikhulupirireni ndikanena kuti timapeza chuma chofanana kapena choposa ichi pafupifupi tsiku lililonse. Koma chinthu china chodziwika bwino chomwe chidandichititsa chidwi m'mawa uno, makamaka chifukwa chandikumbutsa za inu."
  
  Drake adalowa munjira yopapatiza kuti amve bwino aku Sweden. "Ukundikumbutsa ine? Kodi mwapeza Hercules?
  
  "Ayi. Koma tinapeza zizindikiro pa makoma a niche iliyonse m"mandamo. Zinabisidwa kumbuyo kwa chuma, kotero kuti sizinali zowonekera poyamba. "
  
  Drake anatsokomola. "Malemba?"
  
  Adafanana ndi chithunzi chomwe munanditumizira.
  
  Drake adatenga kanthawi, kenako mphezi idagunda pamtima pake. "Dikirani. Mukutanthauza ngati chithunzi chomwe ndatumiza? Chithunzi chozungulira chomwe tapeza pazida zoyendera nthawi?"
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti izi zikuluma bwenzi langa. Inde, zolembera izi - kapena zopindika, monga mukunenera."
  
  Drake adasowa chonena kwakanthawi. Ngati zolembera mu Manda a Milungu zikufanana ndi zilembo zomwe adazipeza pazida zakale zoyendera, ndiye kuti zidali zanthawi yomweyo.
  
  Drake anayankhula pakamwa pouma. "Zikutanthauza kuti-"
  
  Koma Thorsten Dahl waganiza kale zonse. "Kuti milungu idapanga zida zoyendera nthawi. Ngati mukuganiza za izo, ndizomveka. Kuchokera pa zomwe tapeza m'manda a Odin, tikudziwa kuti analipo. Tsopano tikudziwa momwe adasinthira kupita kwa nthawi. "
  
  
  MUTU 15
  
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inayima m"mphepete mwa malo ake osungiramo nyama, n"kumaonerera akambuku ake angapo a ku Bengal akuthamangitsa nswala yaing"ono imene inawamasulidwa. Maganizo ake anagawanika. Kumbali ina, zinali zosangalatsa kukhala ndi kuwonera mosangalala imodzi mwamakina opha anthu omwe adapangidwapo padziko lapansi. Mucikozyanyo, cakaba cilongwe cini-cini akaambo kakuti bakajatikizyigwa. Iwo anayenera kuchita bwino.
  
  Osati ngati akapolo ake aumunthu. Iwo anayenera kulandira zimene akanati alandire.
  
  Boudreau.
  
  Mfumu Magazi inatembenuka itamva anthu angapo akuyenda pa udzu. "Bambo Boudreau," iye anagwiririra. "Kodi kutsekeredwa kwa CIA kunayenda bwanji?"
  
  Bamboyo anaima patali pang"ono, n"kumupatsa ulemu umene anaufuna, koma akuyang"ana mopanda mantha. "Zovuta kwambiri kuposa momwe ndimaganizira," iye anavomereza motero. "Zikomo chifukwa chotulutsa mwakachetechete."
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inakhala kaye kaye. Anamva akambuku kumbuyo kwake, akuthamangitsa nswala yamanthayo. Mbawalayo inalira n"kuthawa, itagwidwa ndi mantha, moti inalephera kukumana ndi imfa yake. Boudreau sanali choncho. Mfumu Yamwazi inamusonyeza ulemu wakutiwakuti.
  
  "Kodi Matt Drake wakuposa iwe?"
  
  "CIA idakhala yanzeru kuposa momwe ndimayembekezera. Ndizomwezo".
  
  "Ukudziwa kuti ndikanakhala ndi mfutiyo, imfa ya mlongo wako sikanakhala yabodza."
  
  Kukhala chete kwa Boudreaux kunawonetsa kuti amamvetsetsa.
  
  "Nthawi yoti tichitepo kanthu yafika," inatero Mfumu yamagazi. "Ndikufuna wina woti awononge mafamu enawo. Zomwe zili ku Kauai ndi Big Island. Kodi mungandichitire izi?"
  
  Munthu amene analamula kuti apulumutsidwe kundende ya moyo wake wonse mwadzidzidzi anapeza chiyembekezo. "Ndikhoza kuchita izi."
  
  "Muyenera kupha wogwidwa aliyense. Mwamuna aliyense, mkazi ndi mwana. Mutha kuchita?"
  
  "Inde, bwana".
  
  The Bloody King anatsamira kutsogolo. "Mukutsimikiza?"
  
  "Ndidzachita chilichonse chimene mungandiuze."
  
  Mfumu yamagazi sinawonetse kutengeka kwakunja, koma idakondwera. Boudreau anali msilikali wake wodziwa bwino kwambiri komanso mtsogoleri wake. Ndi bwino kuti anakhalabe wokhulupirika.
  
  "Ndiye pita ukakonzekere. Ndikuyembekezera malangizo anu."
  
  Amuna ake anatsogolera Amereka, ndipo Mfumu ya Magazi inaloza kuti munthu mmodzi adikire kumbuyo. Anali Claude, woyang"anira famu yake ku Oahu.
  
  Monga ndanenera, Claude, nthawi yakwana. Mwakonzeka eti?"
  
  "Zonse zakonzedwa. Tidikire mpaka liti?"
  
  "Uzigwirabe mpaka kufa," Mfumu ya Magazi inanjenjemera. "Pamenepo ndidzakulipira ngongole yako. Ndinu gawo la zododometsa. Inde, iyi ndi gawo laling"ono chabe, koma kudzimana kwanu n"kopindulitsa."
  
  Woyang"anira wake Oahu anakhala chete.
  
  "Kodi zikukuvutani?"
  
  "Ayi. Ayi bwana."
  
  "Izi ndi zabwino. Ndipo tikangoyang'ana chidwi chawo pa famuyo, mudzatsegula zisumbu zakomweko. Ndine amene ndidzadutsa pa Zipata za Gahena, koma Hawaii idzawotchedwa.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKHUMI NDI CHISANU NDI CHISANU NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Ndege yachinsinsi ya CIA inali kuwuluka pamtunda wa mapazi zikwi makumi atatu mphambu zisanu ndi zinayi. Matt Drake anazunguliza ayezi mu galasi lake lopanda kanthu ndikuphwanya chivindikiro cha kachasu kena kakang'ono. Anakhala yekha kumbuyo kwa ndegeyo, akumayembekezera kuti alemekeza kukhala yekhayekha. Koma kuyang'ana m'mbali kosalekeza ndi kunong'ona kwaukali kunamuuza kuti galimoto ya 'welcome back' ifika pafupi ndi iye.
  
  Ndipo kachasu anali asanayambe kundivutitsabe.
  
  Hayden anakhala kutsidya lina kwa iye, Kinimaka pafupi naye. Ngakhale kuti ntchito yake inali yotani, munthu wa ku Hawaii ankaoneka wosangalala pobwerera kwawo. Banja lake linali lotetezedwa bwino, koma chiphona chomwe chinali ndi chiyembekezo nthawi zonse chinkawoneka kuti chili ndi mwayi woti chiwawone.
  
  Hayden adalankhula ndi Jonathan Gates patelefoni ya satellite. "Atatu ena? Ndiwo okwana akaidi makumi awiri ndi mmodzi, bwana. Chabwino, inde, ine ndikutsimikiza pali zambiri kuposa izo. Ndipo palibe malo panobe. Zikomo".
  
  Hayden adaphwanya mgwirizano ndikutsitsa mutu wake. "Sindingathenso kulankhula naye. Kodi mumalankhula bwanji ndi mwamuna yemwe mkazi wake wangophedwa kumene? Uti chani?"
  
  Drake adamuyang'ana. Zinatenga nthawi, koma kenako adatembenukira kwa iye. "Pepani, Mat. sindikuganiza. Pali zambiri zomwe zikuchitika."
  
  Drake adagwedeza mutu ndikutulutsa galasi lake. "Kodi Gates sayenera kutenga tchuthi?"
  
  Zinthu sizili bwino. Hayden adayika foni pabondo pake. "Pankhondo, palibe amene angasiyire kumbuyo."
  
  Drake anamwetulira ndi nthabwala. "Sindinkaganiza kuti Hawaii ndi wamkulu chonchi."
  
  "Mukutanthauza, n"chifukwa chiyani sanapezeko minda yake imodzi? Chabwino, si nkhani yaikulu. Koma pali nkhalango, zitunda, ndi zigwa zowopsa. Malo odyetserako ziweto nawonso amabisika. Ndipo Mfumu ya Magazi yatikonzera ife. Washington ikuwoneka kuti ikuganiza kuti anthu akumeneko atithandiza kuposa ogwira ntchito wamba. "
  
  Drake adakweza nsidze. "Chodabwitsa n"chakuti mwina akulondola. Apa ndipomwe chimphona chathu chochezeka chimabwera. "
  
  Mano anamupatsa kumwetulira kwakukulu, komasuka. "Ndikudziwadi anthu ambiri aku Honolulu."
  
  Kusawoneka bwino, ndipo Ben Blake adawonekera pafupi naye. Drake adayang'anitsitsa mnyamatayo. Aka kanali koyamba kuonana kwenikweni kuchokera pomwe Kennedy anamwalira. Kutengeka mtima kunayamba mwa iye, ndipo mwamsanga anaupondereza ndi kubisala pomwetsanso.
  
  "Zonse zidachitika mwachangu, mzanga. Sindinathe kudziletsa. Adandipulumutsa, koma ...
  
  "Sindikuimba mlandu. Sikunali vuto lanu."
  
  "Koma mwapita."
  
  Drake anayang'ana Karin, mlongo wake wa Ben, yemwe anali kuyang'ana mchimwene wake ndi maso okwiya. Zikuoneka kuti anali kukambirana za kusasamala kwa Ben, ndipo iye anatsutsana ndi tirigu. Drake adatsegulanso kachasu wina ndikutsamira pampando wake, maso ake osagwedezeka. "Pafupifupi zaka chikwi zapitazo, ndinalowa nawo SAS. Gulu lankhondo labwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Pali chifukwa chomwe iwo ali abwino kwambiri, Ben. Mwa zina, n"chifukwa chakuti ndi anthu ankhanza. Wankhanza. Opha. Iwo samawoneka ngati a Matt Drake omwe mumawadziwa. Kapena monga Matt Drake, yemwe anali kuyang'ana mafupa a Odin. Matt Drake uyu sanali mu SAS. Anali munthu wamba."
  
  "Ndipo tsopano?"
  
  "Malinga ngati Mfumu yamagazi idakali moyo ndipo Vendetta akadalipo, sindingakhale wamba. Zilibe kanthu kuti ndikufuna kukhala woipa bwanji."
  
  Ben anayang'ana kumbali. "Ndamva".
  
  Drake anadabwa. Adatembenuka mozungulira Ben adayimilira ndikubwerera pampando wake. Mwina mnyamatayo anayamba kukula.
  
  Ngati miyezi itatu yapitayi sinafulumizitse ntchitoyi, palibe chomwe chikanakhala.
  
  Hayden adamuyang'ana. "Iye anali ndi iye, inu mukudziwa. Pamene iye anafa. Zinali zovuta kwa iyenso."
  
  Drake anameza mate osanena kanthu. Kumero kwake kudalimba ndipo zonse zomwe adachita kuti asagwe misozi. Mnyamata wina wochokera ku SAS. Kachasuyo anasiya chizindikiro chotentha m'dzenje la mimba yanga. Patapita nthawi anafunsa, "Mwendo wako uli bwanji?"
  
  "Zowawa. Ndimatha kuyenda ngakhale kuthamanga. Sindikufuna kumenyana ndi Boudreau kwa milungu ingapo. "
  
  Malingana ngati ali m'ndende, simuyenera kutero.
  
  Phokosoli linamukopa chidwi. Mai ndi Alicia anakhala mizere ingapo kutsogolo ndi kudutsana wina ndi mzake. Ubale pakati pa akazi awiriwa sunakhalepo wachisanu, koma chinachake chinali kuwakwiyitsa onse awiri.
  
  "Mwatinyengerera!" Alicia anayamba kukuwa. "Kuti ndipulumutse mlongo wanga. Kodi angapeze bwanji hotelo?"
  
  Drake adatsika pampando wake ndikulowera pansi. Chinthu chotsiriza chimene anafunikira paulendo wa pandege chinali kumenyana pakati pa akazi awiri owopsa kwambiri omwe sanawadziwepo.
  
  Alicia anati: "Hudson anafera mu hoteloyo. "Iwo anamuwombera iye pamene^pamene-" Iye anapukusa mutu wake. "Kodi izi zinali zanu, Kitano? Ndikukutsutsa kuti unene zoona."
  
  Alicia adalowa munjira. Mai anayimirira kuti amuyang'ane kumaso. Azimayi awiriwa anali pafupifupi mphuno mpaka mphuno. Mai anabwerera kuti apeze malo. Wopenyerera wosadziwa angaganize kuti ichi chinali chizindikiro cha kufooka kwa mtsikana wa ku Japan.
  
  Drake adadziwa kuti ichi chinali chizindikiro chakupha.
  
  Iye anathamangira kutsogolo. "Imani!"
  
  "Mlongo wanga ndiwofunika ma Hudson khumi."
  
  Alicia anafuula. "Tsopano ndipeza nthawi ya Meyi!"
  
  Drake adadziwa kuti May sabwerera m'mbuyo. Zikadakhala zosavuta kumuuza Alicia zomwe akudziwa kale kuti Hudson adadzipereka, koma kunyada kwa Mai Kitano sikunamulole kugonja. Alicia anamenya. Adayankha choncho Mayi. Alicia adasuntha kumbali kuti adzipatse malo ambiri. Mai anamuukira.
  
  Drake anathamangira kwa iwo.
  
  Alicia anatengera kumenya, napita kutsogolo ndikuponya chigongono pankhope ya May. Wankhondo waku Japan sanasunthe, koma adatembenuza mutu wake pang'ono, kulola kuti kuwombako kuyimbire mluzu kwa millimeter kutali naye.
  
  Mai anamumenya kwambiri Alicia m'nthiti. Panali mkokomo wa kuthawa, ndipo Alicia adazandima kumbuyo kumutu. May anapita patsogolo.
  
  Hayden adalumpha kumapazi ake, akukuwa. Ben ndi Karin nawonso anali pa mapazi awo, onse akufuna kudziwa yemwe angapambane nkhondoyo. Drake adalowa mwachangu ndikukankhira May pampando womwe uli pafupi naye ndikudula dzanja lake pakhosi pa Alicia.
  
  "Imani." Mawu ake anali chete ngati manda, koma odzaza ndi zoopsa. "Chibwenzi chako chakufa sichikugwirizana ndi izi. Ndi sister wako." Anayang'ana pa May. "Kovalenko ndi mdani. Mwana wapathengoyo atakhala FUBAR, mutha kumenya nkhondo zonse zomwe mukufuna, koma sungani mpaka pamenepo. "
  
  Alicia anapindila mkono wake. "Mkazi ameneyo ayenera kufa chifukwa cha zomwe adachita."
  
  Mai sanaphethire diso. "Wachita zoyipa kwambiri, Alicia."
  
  Drake adawona moto ukuyakanso mmaso mwa Alicia. Iye anangolankhula chinthu chokhacho chimene chinabwera m"maganizo mwake. "M"malo mokangana, mwina mungandifotokozere kuti ndani mwa inu amene anapha Wells. Ndipo chifukwa chiyani."
  
  Nkhondo yawapitirira.
  
  Hayden anali kumbuyo kwake." "Hudson anafufuzidwa pogwiritsa ntchito chipangizo chamakono cha Miles. Inu mukudziwa izo. Palibe amene ali wokondwa ndi momwe Mai adaperekera chipangizochi. " Mumawu ake munali chitsulo. "Osanenanso kuti anazipeza bwanji. Koma ngakhale ndimamvetsa chifukwa chake anachitira zimenezo. Akuluakulu ena aboma akukumana ndi zomwezi. Kovalenko akusewera kale masewera ake omaliza, ndipo sitinafike pagawo lachiwiri. Ndipo ngati zotulukazo sizimasindikizidwa..."
  
  Alicia adafuwula ndikubwerera pampando wake. Drake adapezanso tinthu tating'ono tating'ono ndikubwerera m'kanjira komweko. Anayang'ana kutsogolo, osafuna kuyamba kukambirana ndi bwenzi lake lapamtima.
  
  Koma ali m'njira Ben adatsamira kwa iye. "FUBA?"
  
  "Anatopa kwambiri kuposa kuzindikirika."
  
  
  MUTU 17
  
  
  Asanatsike, Hayden adalandira foni kuti Ed Boudreau wathawa kundende ya CIA. A Blood King adagwiritsa ntchito munthu wamkati ndipo, motsutsana ndi zofuna zake, adatulutsa Boudreau m'ntchito yanzeru, yopanda mikangano.
  
  "Anthu inu simuphunzira kalikonse," Drake adamuuza, ndipo sanadabwe pamene adasowa chonena poyankha.
  
  Bwalo labwalo la ndege la Honolulu linawala mosokonekera, monganso kukwera galimoto yofulumira kulowa mumzindawo. Nthawi yomaliza yomwe anali ku Hawaii, adaukira nyumba yayikulu ya Davor Babic ndipo adayikidwa pamndandanda wa omwe akuwakayikira ndi mwana wake Blanca. Pa nthawiyo zinkaoneka kuti zinali zofunika kwambiri.
  
  Kenako Dmitry Kovalenko adawonekera.
  
  Honolulu unali mzinda wodzaza ndi anthu, osati mosiyana ndi mizinda yambiri ya ku America kapena ku Ulaya. Koma mwanjira ina, lingaliro losavuta loti Waikiki Beach silinapite mphindi makumi awiri kutali idafewetsa ngakhale malingaliro okhumudwa a Drake.
  
  Unali madzulo ndipo onse anali otopa. Koma Ben ndi Karin anaumirira kuti apite molunjika ku nyumba ya CIA kuti agwirizane ndi intaneti. Onse anali ofunitsitsa kuyamba kufufuza kumene kunali magazini a Captain Cook. Drake anangotsala pang'ono kumwetulira atamva izi. Ben wakhala akukonda miyambi.
  
  Hayden anafulumira kulemba mapepalawo ndipo posakhalitsa anapezeka ali mu ofesi ina yaing"ono, yofanana ndi imene anasiya ku Miami. Chosiyana chokha chinali chakuti kuchokera pawindo amakhoza kuwona mahotela apamwamba a Waikiki, malo otchuka otchedwa Top of Waikiki ozungulira malo odyera ndipo, patali, kukopa kwakukulu kwa Oahu, phiri lalitali lokhalapo lotchedwa Diamond Head.
  
  "Mulungu, ndikufuna kukhala kuno," anatero Karin akuusa moyo.
  
  "Ndikhulupirira," anatero Kinimaka. "Ngakhale ndikutsimikiza kuti ambiri opita kutchuthi amakhala kuno kuposa ine."
  
  "Eya, munali ku Everglades osati kale kwambiri," Hayden anaseka motero pamene ankalumikiza makompyuta a Ben ndi Karin ku makina apamwamba kwambiri. "Ndipo ndinakumana ndi m'modzi mwa anthu am'deralo."
  
  Kinimaka adawoneka wodabwitsidwa kwakanthawi, kenako adaseka. "Mukutanthauza ng'ona? Zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri, eya. "
  
  Hayden anamaliza zomwe anali kuchita ndipo anayang'ana uku ndi uku. "Nanga bwanji chakudya chamadzulo ndi kugona msanga? Timayamba ntchito m'mawa."
  
  Panali kugwedezeka ndi kung'ung'udza kwa mgwirizano. May atavomera, Alicia ananyamuka. Drake adamusamalira asanatembenukire kwa anzake. "Nonse muyenera kudziwa zomwe ndaphunzira lero. Ndikumva kuti ichi chitha kukhala chimodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri zomwe tingawulule." Anaima kaye. "Dahl adalumikizana nane dzulo."
  
  "Torsten?" Ben adatuluka. "Kodi wamisala waku Sweden akuyenda bwanji? Nthawi yomaliza yomwe ndinamuwona, anali kuyang'ana mafupa a Odin."
  
  Drake adakhala ngati palibe amene adamusokoneza. "Pofufuza za Tomb of the Gods, adapeza zilembo zomwe zimafanana ndi ma swirls omwe tidapeza pazida zosinthira."
  
  "Mosasintha?" - Hayden adayankha. "Zikugwirizana bwanji?"
  
  "Ndizofanana ndendende."
  
  Ubongo wa Ben unayamba kugwira ntchito mokwanira. Izi zikutanthauza kuti anthu omwe adamanga Mandawo adapanganso zidazi. Izi ndi misala. Chiphunzitso chake ndi chakuti milungu inamanga manda awoawo ndikugona pansi kuti afe, kwinaku akutalikitsa moyo mwa kutha kwa anthu ambiri. Tsopano mukunena kuti adapanganso zida zoyendera nthawi?" Ben anayima kaye. "M"chenicheni, n"zomveka-"
  
  Karin anapukusa mutu, akumuyang"ana. "Chitsiru. Inde, izi ndizomveka. Chifukwa chake amadutsa nthawi, amawongolera zochitika ndikupanga tsogolo la anthu. "
  
  Matt Drake anatembenuka mwakachetechete. "Ndidzakuwonani m'mawa."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Mpweya wausiku unali wabata, wofunda, komanso wokometsera kwambiri ndi nyanja ya Pacific. Drake adayendayenda m'misewu mpaka adapeza bar yotseguka. Makasitomala ayenera kukhala osiyana ndi mabala ena akumayiko ena, sichoncho? Pajatu anali paradaiso. Ndiye n'chifukwa chiyani opulumutsawo ankasewerabe dziwe, kuwoneka ngati malo awo? N"chifukwa chiyani panali munthu woledzera atakhala kumapeto kwa bar ndi mutu wake waponyedwa kumbuyo? Chifukwa chiyani banja lamuyaya lidakhala padera, litatayika m'maiko awo aang'ono, palimodzi koma okha?
  
  Chabwino, zinthu zina zinali zosiyana. Alicia Miles anali pa bar, akumalizitsa kumwa kawiri. Drake anali kuganiza zochoka. Panalinso mipiringidzo ina imene akanatha kubisalamo ku zisoni zake, ndipo ngati ambiri a iwo ankawoneka chonchi, akanamva kukhala kwawo.
  
  Koma mwina kuitanidwa kuti achitepo kanthu kunasintha maganizo ake pang"ono. Iye anapita kwa iye n"kukhala pansi. Iye sanayang'ane nkomwe mmwamba.
  
  "Zovuta, Drake." Anakankhira galasi lake lopanda kanthu kwa iye. Ndigulire chakumwa.
  
  "Siya botolo," Drake adalangiza wogulitsa bartender ndikudzitsanulira theka la galasi la Bacardi Oakheart. Anakweza galasi lake mu toast. "Alicia Miles. Ubale wazaka khumi womwe sunapite kulikonse, hu? Ndipo tsopano tikupeza kuti tili kumwamba, tikuledzera m"bala."
  
  "Moyo uli ndi njira yopulumutsira iwe."
  
  "Ayi. SRT adachita. "
  
  "Sizinathandize kwenikweni."
  
  Drake anamuyang'ana chammbali. "Kodi iyi ndi mfundo yoona mtima? Kuchokera kwa inu? Ndi angati mwa iwo amene mwawamiza?
  
  "Zokwanira kuthetsa kusamvana. Osati momwe ndimafunikira. "
  
  "Komabe simunawathandize anthu amenewo. M"mudzi umenewo. Kodi mukukumbukira? Munalola asilikali athu kuti awafunse mafunso."
  
  "Ndinali msilikali ngati iwowo. Ndinali ndi malamulo."
  
  "Kenako munapereka kwa amene wapereka ndalama zambiri."
  
  "Ndachita ntchito yanga, Drake." Alicia adazazanso ramu yake ndikumenyetsa botolo patebulo mwamphamvu. Yakwana nthawi yoti mupindule nazo.
  
  "Ndipo yang'anani komwe zakupezani."
  
  "Mukutanthauza, yang'anani kumene izi zatifikitsa, sichoncho?"
  
  Drake adakhala chete. Tinganene kuti anatenga msewu waukulu. Mutha kunenanso kuti adatenga njira yotsika. Zinalibe kanthu. Anathera pamalo amodzi ndi zotayika zomwezo komanso tsogolo lomwelo.
  
  "Tithana ndi a Bloody Vendetta poyamba. ndi Kovalenko. Kenako tiwona komwe tili. " Alicia anakhala akuyang'ana chapatali. Drake ankadabwa ngati Tim Hudson anali m'maganizo mwake.
  
  "Tikufunikabe kukambirana za Wells. Anali mnzanga."
  
  Alicia anaseka, kumveka ngati kale. "Wopotoza wakale uja? Sanali bwenzi lanu, Drake, ndipo inu wopusa mukudziwa. Tikambirana za zitsime. Koma pamapeto pake. Ndi pamene zimachitika."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  Mawu ofewa anayandama paphewa pake. "Chifukwa ndipamene ziyenera kuchitika, Matt." Anali malankhulidwe ofewa a May. Anayang'ana kwa iwo momasuka. "Chifukwa timafunikira wina ndi mnzake kuti tidutse kaye."
  
  Drake anayesa kubisa kudabwa kwake atamuwona. "Kodi zoona zake za Wells n"zoipa kwambiri?"
  
  Kukhala chete kwawo kunanena chomwe chinali.
  
  Mai adalowa pakati pawo. "Ndili pano chifukwa ndili ndi chitsogozo."
  
  "Hook? Kuchokera kwa ndani? Ndinkaganiza kuti anthu a ku Japan akulowa m"malo."
  
  "Ndizovomerezeka, adachita." M'mawu a Mai munamveka mwansangala. "Mosavomerezeka, akukambirana ndi aku America. Amadziwa kufunika kogwira Kovalenko. Musaganize kuti boma langa lilibe maso oti liwone. "
  
  "Sindimalota za izo." Alicia anabwebweta. "Ndingofuna kudziwa kuti mwatipeza bwanji." Anagwedeza jekete lake ngati akufuna kutaya chowunikiracho.
  
  "Ndili bwino kuposa iwe," adatero Mai ndikuseka tsopano. "Ndipo ndi bar yokhayo ya midadada itatu."
  
  "Izi ndi Zow?" Drake anaphethira. "Zodabwitsa bwanji."
  
  "Ndili ndi chitsogozo," adatero Mai. "Kodi mukufuna kubwera nane tsopano kuti mukawone kapena nonse ndinu oledzera kwambiri?"
  
  Drake adalumpha pampando wake kachiwiri ndipo Alicia adazungulirazungulira. "Sonyezani njira, elf yaying'ono."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Atakwera taxi pang'ono pambuyo pake, anali atapanikizana pakona ya msewu wodutsa anthu ambiri, kumvetsera Mai akusinthira.
  
  "Izi zimachokera mwachindunji kwa munthu yemwe ndimamukhulupirira ku Intelligence Agency. Famu ya Kovalenko imayendetsedwa ndi anthu angapo omwe amawakhulupirira. Zakhala choncho nthawi zonse, ngakhale zimamuthandiza tsopano kuposa ndi kale lonse pamene akufunikira nthawi ... chabwino, kuchita zomwe akufuna kuchita. Komabe, famu yake ku Oahu imayendetsedwa ndi bambo wina dzina lake Claude.
  
  Mai adakokera chidwi chawo pamzera wa achinyamata omwe akudutsa pakhomo lolowera komanso lowala kwambiri lolowera ku kalabu yapamwamba. "Claude ndiye mwini kalabu iyi," adatero. Magetsi akuthwanima adalengeza 'Live DJs, Friday Special Mabotolo ndi Alendo Apadera'. Drake anayang'ana mozungulira gululo ndi kumverera kopanda mpweya. Inasonyeza pafupifupi chikwi cha anyamata okongola kwambiri a ku Hawaii m"madera osiyanasiyana ovula zovala.
  
  Iye anati: "Tikhoza kukhala osiyana pang"ono.
  
  "Tsopano ndikudziwa kuti mwayeretsedwa." Alicia adamuyang'ana. "Drake wa chaka chapitacho akadayima pafupi ndi azimayi awiri otentha omwe ali nawo pano, atanyamula masaya awo ndi manja onse, ndi kutikankhira pamenepo."
  
  Drake anasisita maso ake, podziwa kuti anali wolondola modabwitsa. "Zaka zapakati pa makumi atatu amasintha munthu," adadzifinya, mwadzidzidzi akumva kulemera kwa imfa ya Alison, kuphedwa kwa Kennedy, ndi kuledzera kosalekeza. Anatha kuwayang'ana molimba mtima onse awiri.
  
  "Kusaka kwa Claude kumayambira apa."
  
  Anadutsa alonda a pakhomo, akumwetulira, ndipo anapeza ali mumsewu wopapatiza wodzaza ndi magetsi akuthwanima ndi utsi wabodza. Drake adasokonezeka kwakanthawi ndikuyiyika mpaka milungu ingapo yakumwa mowa. Malingaliro ake anali osamveka, machitidwe ake anali ochulukirapo. Anafunika kuti agwire mwamsanga.
  
  Kuseri kwa ngalandeyo kunali khonde lalikulu lomwe linali ndi maso a mbalame povina. Matupi ankayenda limodzi ndi kayimbidwe kake kabeche. Khoma lakumanja kwawo linali ndi mabotolo a mowa zikwizikwi ndipo linkawalitsa kuwala kwa maprism. Ogwira ntchito m'mabala khumi ndi awiri adagwira ntchito pa osewera, kuwerenga milomo, kupereka zosintha ndikupatsanso zakumwa zolakwika kwa omwe alibe chidwi.
  
  Momwemonso mu bar ina iliyonse. Drake anaseka ndi nthabwala zina. "Kumbuyo". Analoza, osafunikira kubisala pakati pa anthu. "Malo otsekedwa. Ndipo kumbuyo kwawo kuli makatani.
  
  "Maphwando achinsinsi," adatero Alicia. "Ndikudziwa zomwe zikuchitika kumbuyoku."
  
  "Zowona ukudziwa." Mai anali otanganidwa kufufuza malo ambiri momwe angathere. "Kodi pali chipinda chakumbuyo kuno chomwe simunakhalepo, Miles?"
  
  "Usapitenso kumeneko, hule. Ndikudziwa zomwe mwachita ku Thailand. Ngakhale ine sindikanayesa chilichonse mwa izi.
  
  "Zomwe mwamva sizinamveke bwino." Mai anayamba kutsika masitepe akulu osayang'ana mmbuyo. "Ndikhulupirire".
  
  Drake adamukwiyira Alicia ndikugwedeza mutu kuchipinda chovina. Alicia adawoneka odabwa koma adazindikira kuti akufuna adutse njira yachidule ndikulowera kudera lachinsinsi. Mayi wachingeleziyo anagwedeza mutu. "Mumatsogolera njira, Drake. ndidzakutsatani.
  
  Drake anamva kuthamanga kwa magazi mwadzidzidzi, kopanda nzeru. Uwu unali mwayi woyandikira pafupi ndi munthu yemwe angadziwe komwe Dmitry Kovalenko ali. Magazi amene anakhetsa mpaka pano anali dontho chabe m"nyanja ya m"nyanja kuyerekeza ndi zimene analolera kukhetsa.
  
  Pamene amadutsa m'matupi akuseka, otuluka thukuta pamalo ovina, m'modzi mwa anyamatawa adakwanitsa kumuzungulira Alicia. "Hei," anafuula motero kwa mnzakeyo, mawu ake sanali kumveka chifukwa cha kugunda kwamphamvu. "Ndinangochita mwayi".
  
  Alicia adagunda plexus yake yadzuwa ndi zala zake zazizi. "Iwe sunakhalepo ndi mwayi uli wonse, mwana wanga. Tangoyang"ana nkhope yako."
  
  Mwachangu anasuntha, osanyalanyaza nyimbo zaphokoso, matupi akugwedezeka, ogwira ntchito ku bar akuthamanga uku ndi uku m'khamuloli ndi ma tray okhazikika pamutu pawo. Banjali linkakangana kwambiri, mwamunayo anakanthidwa ndi nsanamira, ndipo mkaziyo anali kukuwa m"khutu. Gulu la azimayi azaka zapakati anali kutuluka thukuta ndi kutukuta atakhala mozungulira ndi zakumwa za vodka ndi spoons zazing'ono zabuluu m'manja mwawo. Pansipa panali matebulo otsika, ambiri a iwo anali odzaza ndi zakumwa zosakoma pansi pa maambulera. Palibe amene anali yekha. Amuna ambiri aja adachitapo kawiri mai ndi Alicia atamwalira zomwe zidakhumudwitsa atsikana awo. Mai mwanzeru ananyalanyaza chidwicho. Alicia anayambitsa.
  
  Anafika pamalo otchingidwa ndi zingwe, amene anali ndi mpanda wagolide wokhuthala pakati pa nsanamira ziwiri zolimba zamkuwa. Kukhazikitsidwa kumawoneka ngati kuganiza kuti palibe amene angatsutse zigawenga ziwiri mbali zonse.
  
  Tsopano mmodzi wa iwo anatulukira chikhatho chake chikutuluka n"kufunsa Mai mwaulemu kuti abwerere m"mbuyo.
  
  Mtsikana wa ku Japan anamwetulira mwamsanga. "Claude watituma kuti tiwone..." Anaima kaye ngati akuganiza.
  
  "Pilipo?" Chigawenga china chinayankhula mwachangu. "Ndikumvetsa chifukwa chake, koma munthu uyu ndi ndani?"
  
  "Bodyguard".
  
  Anyamata awiri akulu aja adayang'ana Drake ngati amphaka akumakona mbewa. Drake adamwetulira kwambiri. Sananene kalikonse ngati kalankhulidwe kake ka Chingelezi kakayikitsa. Alicia analibe nazo nkhawa zotere.
  
  "Choncho, Filipo uyu. Kodi iye ndi wotani? Tikhala ndi nthawi yabwino kapena chiyani?"
  
  "O, iye ndiye wabwino koposa," anatero wowomberayo woyamba akumwetulira kowopsa. "The Perfect Gentleman"
  
  Wowombera wachiwiri anali kuyang'ana zovala zawo. "Simunavale bwino-pamwambowu. Ukutsimikiza kuti Claude wakutuma?"
  
  Panalibe chitonzo m"mawu a Mai pamene anati, "Ndili wotsimikiza.
  
  Drake adagwiritsa ntchito kusinthaku kuti aunikire zinthu zobisika. Masitepe aang'ono amapita kumalo okwera kumene kunali tebulo lalikulu. Panali anthu pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri atakhala mozungulira tebulo, ambiri mwa iwo amawoneka okondwa kwambiri kunena kuti anali angopuma pang'onopang'ono. Enawo ankangowoneka amantha ndi achisoni, atsikana ndi anyamata angapo, momveka bwino kuti sanali mbali ya gululo.
  
  "Hey Pilipo!" - anafuula woponya wachiwiri. "Nyama yatsopano kwa iwe!"
  
  Drake anawatsatira atsikanawo kukwera masitepe aafupi. Kumwambaku kunali kwa phee. Pakali pano anali atawerengera anthu oipa khumi ndi awiri, omwe mwina anali atanyamula mfuti. Koma pamene iye anayerekeza okakamiza khumi ndi awiri am'deralo May, Alicia, ndi iyemwini, iye sanade nkhawa.
  
  Anatsalira pambuyo pawo, kuyesera kuti asakopeke ndi chidwi chake momwe angathere. Cholinga chake chinali ku Pilipo, ndipo tsopano anali pafupi. Kalabu yausiku iyi inali pafupi kuyamba kugwedezeka.
  
  Pilipo anayang"ana atsikanawo. Phokoso la kugunda kwake kowuma pakhosi pake limasonyeza chidwi chake. Drake mdima adawona dzanja lake likufikira chakumwa ndikuchibweza.
  
  "Kodi Claude wakutuma?"
  
  Pilipo anali munthu wamfupi, wowonda. Maso ake otambalala, owoneka bwino adauza Drake kuti munthuyu sanali mnzake wa Claude. Sitinadziwana nkomwe. Iye anali woposa chidole, mutu wa gululo. Consumables.
  
  "Osati kwenikweni". Mai nayenso anazindikira izi ndipo m"kuphethira kwa diso anasintha kuchoka pa mkazi wongokhala ngati wakupha modabwitsa. Zala zathanzi zinakumba m'khosi mwa amuna awiri omwe anali pafupi kwambiri, ndipo kugunda kwakukulu kuchokera kutsogolo kunachititsa kuti wachitatu asakumbukike, akugwa pampando wake. Alicia analumphira patebulo lomwe linali pafupi ndi iye, n"kugwera pa matako ake, miyendo itakwera m"mwamba, n"kumukankha munthu amene anali ndi ma tatoo a m"khosi oyenda mwamphamvu kunkhope ndi chidendene chake. Iye anagwera m"phanga lomwe linali pafupi ndi iye, n"kuwagwetsa onse awiri kumapazi awo. Alicia adalumphira pachitatu.
  
  Drake anali wodekha poyerekeza, koma wowononga kwambiri. Mwamuna wa ku Asia yemwe anali ndi tsitsi lalitali anamutsutsa poyamba ndipo anapita patsogolo pogwiritsa ntchito nkhonya yakutsogolo. Drake adapita kumbali, adagwira mwendo ndikuzungulira mwamphamvu, mpaka bamboyo adakuwa ndikugwa, ndikusanduka mpira wolira.
  
  Munthu wotsatira anasolola mpeni. Drake anasisima. Mphepete inapita patsogolo. Drake adagwira dzanja, ndikuchiphwanya, ndikulowetsa chidacho m'mimba mwa mwini wake.
  
  Drake anapitiliza.
  
  Zopachika zatsoka zathawira patebulo. Zinalibe kanthu. Sakanadziwa kalikonse za Claude. Munthu yekhayo amene akanakhoza, monga momwe amayembekezeredwa, kubisala mozama momwe angathere pampando wake wachikopa wapamwamba, maso ake ali ndi mantha, milomo yake ikusuntha mwakachetechete.
  
  "Pilipo." Mayi adamuyang'ana ndikuyika dzanja lake pantchafu yake. "Choyamba mukufuna kampani yathu. Tsopano inu simumachita izo. Ndizovuta. Zimatengera chiyani kuti ndikhale bwenzi langa?
  
  "Ndi... ndili ndi amuna." Filipo anagwedera mwaukali, zala zake zikunjenjemera ngati munthu amene watsala pang'ono kuledzera. "Kulikonse".
  
  Drake anakumana ndi ma bouncer awiri omwe anali atatsala pang'ono kufika pamwamba pa masitepe. Alicia anali akusesa ma straggle kumanja kwake. Nyimbo zovina kwambiri zinali kulira kuchokera pansi. Matupi m'magawo osiyanasiyana a kuledzera anali atabalalika ponseponse povina. DJ adasakaniza ndikudandaula kwa omvera omwe adagwidwa.
  
  "Claude sanakutumize," wowombera wachiwiriyo adachita mantha, momveka bwino. Drake adagwiritsa ntchito makwerero a makwererowo kuti asunthire kutsogolo ndikuyika mapazi onse pachifuwa cha bamboyo, ndikumugwetsera chakumbuyo kudzenje laphokoso.
  
  Munthu wina adalumpha pa sitepe yomaliza ndikuthamangira kwa Drake, mikono ikuphulika. Mngeleziyo anamenyedwa ndi nthiti zomwe zikanagwetsa munthu wofooka. Zinapweteka. Mdani wakeyo anaima kaye, kuyembekezera zotsatira zake.
  
  Koma Drake adangousa moyo ndikutulutsa njira yakumtunda, akugwedezeka kuchokera kumapazi ake. Wowomberayo adamuchotsa pansi ndipo nthawi yomweyo adakomoka. Phokoso lomwe linagunda pansi lidapangitsa Pilipo kulumpha mowonekera.
  
  "Wanenapo kanthu?" Mai anayendetsa chikhadabo chake chokonzedwa bwino pa tsaya la munthu wa ku Hawaii lokutidwa ndi ziputu. "Za amuna ako?"
  
  "Ndinu openga? Ukudziwanso mwini wake wa kalabu iyi?"
  
  Mai anamwetulira. Alicia adawafikira onse awiri osadandaula atatumiza ma bodyguard anayi. "Zoseketsa uyenera kunena zimenezo." Anayika phazi lake pamtima Pilipo ndikukankha mwamphamvu. "Mnyamata uyu, Claude. Ali kuti?"
  
  Maso a Pilipo anali kuyendayenda ngati ziphaniphani. "Ine...sindikudziwa. Samabwera kuno. Ndimayendetsa malo ano, koma ine... sindikumudziwa Claude."
  
  "Mwatsoka." Alicia adamukankha Pilipo pamtima. "Zanu".
  
  Drake adatenga nthawi kuti ayang'ane kuzungulira kwawo. Chilichonse chinkawoneka chotetezeka. Anatsamira mpaka kufika pamphuno ndi mwini club.
  
  "Ife tikumvetsa. Ndiwe bwenzi lopanda pake. Ndikuvomereza kuti simukumudziwa Claude. Koma dziwani kuti mukudziwa munthu amene amamudziwa. Munthu amene amayendera nthawi ndi nthawi. Mwamuna yemwe amaonetsetsa kuti mumadziyang'anira. Tsopano-" Drake anagwira Pilipo pakhosi, mkwiyo wake sunabisike. "Mundiuze dzina la munthu ameneyu. Kapena ndikupotoza mutu wako wovuta."
  
  Kunong'ona kwa Pilipo sikunamveke ngakhale pamwamba apa, pomwe mabingu amanjenjemera chifukwa cha makoma omveka bwino. Drake anagwedeza mutu wake monga mmene nyalugwe amagwedeza mutu wa mbawala yakufa.
  
  "Chani?"
  
  "Buchanan. Dzina la munthu uyu ndi Buchanan.
  
  Drake anafinya kwambiri pamene mkwiyo wake unayamba kulamulira. "Ndiuzeni momwe mumalumikizirana naye." Zithunzi za Kennedy zidadzaza masomphenya ake. Anangomva kuti Mai ndi Alicia akumukoka kuchoka kwa mwini club uja.
  
  
  MUTU WAKHUMI NDI chisanu ndi chitatu
  
  
  Usiku wa ku Hawaii udakalipobe. Nthawi itangodutsa pakati pausiku pomwe Drake,May ndi Alicia adatuluka mu kilabu ndikuyimitsa taxi yomwe idayima. Alicia adaphimba njira yawo yothawirako ndikuyenda mosangalala kupita kwa DJ, ndikugwira maikolofoni yake ndikuchita chidwi chake cha rock star. "Hello Honolulu! Kodi mukuchita bwanji? Wokondwa kwambiri kukhala pano usikuuno. Ndinu okongola kwambiri! " Kenako iye bwinobwino anachoka, kusiya m'mbuyo zongoganiza chikwi pa milomo chikwi.
  
  Tsopano anali kuyankhula momasuka ndi woyendetsa taxi. "Kodi ukuganiza kuti zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti Pilipo achenjeze Buchanan?" Adafunsa choncho Alicia.
  
  Mwamwayi, mwina sangamupeze kwakanthawi. Amagwirizana bwino. Koma ngati iwo atero-"
  
  "Salankhula," adatero Drake. "Iye ndi wamantha. Iye sangakope chidwi ndi mfundo yakuti anatembenukira munthu wa Claude. Ndikayikamo chiwongola dzanja changa."
  
  "Mabomba amatha kutaya nyemba." Mai anatero mwakachetechete.
  
  "Ambiri a iwo sadziwa." Alicia anaseka, kenaka ananena mozama. "Koma sprite ndi zoona. Akadzayambanso kuyenda n"kulankhulanso, adzalira ngati nkhumba."
  
  Drake adadula lilime lake. "Zowopsa, nonse mukulondola. Ndiye tiyenera kuchita mwamsanga. Usiku uno. Palibenso mwayi wina."
  
  "North Kukui Street," Mai adauza woyendetsa taxi. "Mutha kutisiya pafupi ndi morgue."
  
  Dalaivala wa taxiyo anamuyang'ana mofulumira. "Zowona?"
  
  Alicia adagwira chidwi chake ndikumwetulira kwamasaya. "Isungeni pansi, five-o." Ingoyendetsani.
  
  Dalaivala wa taxi anang'ung'udza ngati "Fucking haole," koma anayang'ana msewu ndikungokhala chete. Drake anaganiza za komwe amapita. "Ngati iyi ndi ofesi ya Buchanan, ndiye kuti sangakhalepo pakadali pano."
  
  Alicia anabwebweta. "Drakey, Drakey, sukumvetsera mwachidwi mokwanira. Pamene potsirizira pake tinazindikira kuti mwamuna wopusayo, Pilipo, anali ndi khosi lake mwamphamvu m"manja mwanu kotero kuti linasanduka chibakuwa, tinayamba kupulumutsa moyo wake wopusa, ndipo anatiuza kuti Buchanan anali ndi nyumba."
  
  "Nyumba?" Drake adachita mantha.
  
  "Za bizinesi. Mukuwadziwa ogulitsa awa. Amakhala ndi kudya kumeneko, kusewera kumeneko, kukonza ntchito zawo zapakhomo kuchokera kumeneko. Amasunga dongosolo. Ngakhale anthu ake adzakhala pafupi. Ndi phwando losayimitsa, bambo."
  
  "Zomwe zithandizira kuti zochitika zamasewera ausiku zikhale zachinsinsi, pakadali pano." Adatelo Mai taxi ija itayima pa morgue. "Kodi mukukumbukira pamene tidalowa muofesi ya maginito otumizira ku Hong Kong? Timalowa mwachangu, timatuluka mwachangu. Umu ndi mmene ziyenera kukhalira."
  
  "Monga momwe tidafika ku Zurich." Adatelo Alicia mokuwa kwa Drake. "Sizonse za iwe, Kitano. Osati kutali choncho."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Hayden adalowa m'chipinda chomwe adapatsidwa m'nyumba ya CIA ku Honolulu ndipo adasiya kufa. Ben anali akumudikirira, atakhala pabedi ndikulendewera miyendo.
  
  Mnyamatayo ankawoneka wotopa. Maso ake anali amagazi chifukwa choyang'ana pakompyuta kwa masiku angapo, ndipo chipumi chake chinkawoneka ngati chakhwinya chifukwa chokhazikika kwambiri. Hayden anasangalala kumuona.
  
  Anayang'ana molunjika chipindacho. "Kodi iwe ndi Karin pomaliza mwadula thabwa la umbilical?"
  
  "Ayi, ayi. Ndi banja lake." Ananena ngati kuti kuyandikana kwawo ndi chinthu chodziwikiratu. "Ndipo amadziwa njira yake yozungulira kompyuta."
  
  "IQ yaukadaulo idzakuthandizani pa izi." Hayden anavula nsapato zake. Kapeti yochindikalayo inkamveka ngati pilo wamphumphu pansi pa mapazi ake akupweteka. "Ndili wotsimikiza kuti mawa mudzapeza zomwe tikufuna m"magazini a Cook."
  
  "Ngati tingawazindikire konse."
  
  "Zonse zili pa intaneti. Mukungofunika kudziwa komwe mungayang'ane."
  
  Ben adamukwiyira. "Kodi... zikukhala ngati tikugwiriridwa pano? Choyamba ndimapeza Manda a Milungu, ndiyeno zida zosinthira. Tsopano tikupeza kuti awiriwa ali pachibale. Ndipo-" Iye anayima kaye.
  
  "Ndipo chiyani?" Hayden adakhazikika pafupi naye pakama.
  
  "Zipangizozi zitha kukhala zolumikizidwa mwanjira ina ndi Ma Gates a Gehena," iye analingalira motero. "Ngati Kovalenko akufuna, ayenera kukhalapo."
  
  "Sizowona". Hayden adatsamira pafupi. "Kovalenko ndi wamisala. Sitingayerekeze kuti tikumvetsa maganizo ake."
  
  Maso a Ben anaonetsa kuti akungotaya mtima msanga ndikuyamba kukopana ndi ena. Adapsompsona Hayden kwinaku akuweramitsa mutu wake. Ananyamuka kwinaku akuyamba kugwada ndi china chake mthumba.
  
  "Ndimamva bwino zikatuluka pazipi, Ben."
  
  "Eh? Ayi. Ndinafuna izi." Anatulutsa foni yake ya m'manja, nasintha sikirini ku MP3 player ndikusankha chimbale.
  
  Fleetwood Mac adayamba kuyimba "Second Hand News" kuchokera mphekesera zapamwamba.
  
  Hayden anaphethira modabwa. "Dinorok? Zoona?"
  
  Ben anamuponya pamsana pake. "Zina mwa izi ndizabwino kuposa momwe mukuganizira."
  
  Hayden sanaphonye chisoni choboola m'mawu a bwenzi lake. Sanaphonye mutu wanyimboyo, zodziwikiratu pamutuwu. Pazifukwa zomwezo monga Ben, zidamupangitsa kuganizira za Kennedy Moore ndi Drake ndi zonse zomwe adataya. Sikuti onse awiri adataya mnzake wapamtima ku Kennedy, koma imfa yake yachiwawa idachepetsa abwenzi onse a Drake kukhala phokoso lakumbuyo.
  
  Koma Lindsey Buckingham atayamba kuyimba za udzu wautali ndikuchita zinthu zake, posakhalitsa maganizo adasintha.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Mai anapempha woyendetsa taxiyo kuti adikire, koma mwamunayo sanamvere. Atangotsika mgalimotomo, iye anayatsa injini n"kunyamuka kumawaza miyala.
  
  Alicia anamuyang'ana. "Jerk".
  
  Mai adawaloza mphambano yomwe inali kutsogolo kwawo. "Nyumba ya Buchanan ili kumanzere."
  
  Anayenda mwakachetechete wosangalatsa. Miyezi yapitayo, Drake adadziwa kuti izi sizingachitike. Lero anali ndi mdani wamba. Onse anakhudzidwa ndi misala ya Mfumu yamagazi. Ndipo ngati aloledwa kukhala mfulu angawabweretsere mavuto aakulu.
  
  Onse pamodzi anali amodzi mwamagulu abwino kwambiri padziko lapansi.
  
  Iwo anawoloka mphambano ndi kuchedwetsa pamene katundu wa Buchanan anawonekera. Malowa anadzaza ndi kuwala. Makatani ali pansi. Zitseko zinali zotseguka kuti nyimbo ziziyenda m"dera lonselo. Phokoso la nyimbo za rap linkamveka ngakhale kutsidya lina la msewu.
  
  "Anansi wachitsanzo," anatero Alicia. "Wina ngati ameneyo - ndingoyenera kuyandikira ndikuphwanya makina awo a stereo kuti awononge."
  
  "Koma anthu ambiri sali ngati inu," adatero Drake. "Izi ndi zomwe anthu awa amasangalala nazo. Iwo amavutitsa mtima. M"yoyo, amanyamula mfuti ndipo alibe chifundo kapena chikumbumtima."
  
  Alicia adamuyang'ana. "Ndiye iwo sadzayembekeza kuwukira kwathunthu."
  
  Mai adavomera. "Timalowa mwachangu, timatuluka mwachangu."
  
  Drake adaganizira momwe Mfumu yamagazi idalamula kuti anthu ambiri osalakwa aphedwe. "Tiyeni tipite nawo."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Hayden anali maliseche komanso ali thukuta pomwe foni yake inalira. Zikadapanda kuti siginecha ya abwana ake, Jonathan Gates, akanayiletsa.
  
  M"malo mwake, anabuula, n"kukankhira kutali Ben, ndi kukanikiza batani loyankhira. "Inde?"
  
  Gates sanazindikire kuti watopa. "Hayden, ndikupepesa chifukwa cha ola lakumapeto. Ukhoza kuyankhula?"
  
  Hayden nthawi yomweyo adabwerera ku zenizeni. Chipatacho chinali choyenera kumusamalira. Zowopsya zomwe anapirira chifukwa cha dziko lake zinali zopitirira pa udindo wake.
  
  "Zowona, bwana."
  
  "Dmitry Kovalenko akugwira achibale a ma Senator asanu ndi atatu aku United States, Oyimilira khumi ndi anayi, ndi Meya m'modzi. Chilombo ichi chidzaweruzidwa, Jay, mwanjira iliyonse yofunikira. Muli ndi zothandizira zonse. "
  
  Kulumikizana kudasokonekera.
  
  Hayden anakhala akuyang'ana mumdima, chilakolako chake chinazimitsidwa. Maganizo ake anali ndi akaidi. Anthu osalakwa anali kuvutikanso. Anadzifunsa kuti ndi anthu angati amene adzazunzike Mfumu yamagazi isanaweruzidwe.
  
  Ben anakwawira pa bedi kwa iye ndikungomukumbatira momwe amafunira.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adalowa mkati poyamba ndipo adapezeka ali munjira yayitali yokhala ndi zitseko ziwiri kumanzere ndi khitchini yotseguka kumapeto. Bamboyo adatsika masitepe, maso ake adadzazidwa ndi mantha ataona Drake akulowa mnyumbamo.
  
  "Ndi chiyani-?"
  
  Dzanja la Mai lidayenda mwachangu kuposa momwe maso amawonera. Sekondi imodzi bamboyo ankakokera mpweya kuti achenjeze anthu, ndipo pa sekondi ina ankatsika masitepe atanyamula kachingwe kakang"ono pakhosi pake. Atafika kumunsi, Mai anamaliza ntchito yake ndipo anatenga lupanga lake. Drake anasunthira pansi. Anapatukira kumanzere kuchipinda choyamba. Mapeyala anayi a maso anayang'ana m'mwamba kuchokera m'mabokosi osavuta momwe munalimo zophulika.
  
  Zophulika?
  
  Drake nthawi yomweyo anazindikira C4, koma analibe nthawi yoganiza pamene amunawo adagwira zida zoponyedwa mosasamala. Mai ndi Alicia adavina mozungulira Drake.
  
  "Apo!" Drake adalozera kwa omwe athamanga kwambiri. Alicia adamugwetsera pansi ndi kumenya kopanda kukoma mtima. Iye anagwa pansi, akung"ung"udza chinachake. Mwamuna yemwe anali kutsogolo kwa Drake mwamsanga anayenda kwa iye, akudumphira patebulo kuti awonjezere kutalika ndi mphamvu za kuukira kwake. Drake anazungulira thupi lake pansi pa kuthawa kwa bamboyo, ndipo atatsika, adagwetsa mawondo ake onse kumbuyo. Bamboyo anakuwa ndi ukali ndipo malovu anatuluka m"kamwa mwake. Drake adamenya nkhwangwa pamwamba pamutu ndi mphamvu zake zonse komanso mphamvu zake.
  
  Munthuyo anakomoka popanda phokoso.
  
  Kumanzere kwake, Mai anamenyedwa kawiri motsatizana. Onse anali owirikiza kawiri ndi mabala m"mimba, kudabwa kolembedwa pankhope pawo. Drake mwachangu adagwiritsa ntchito chida chakufa kuti alepheretse m'modzi pomwe Mai adatulutsa winayo.
  
  "Chokani". - Drake adaseka. Iwo mwina samadziwa, koma awa anali akadali amuna a Mfumu ya Magazi. Iwo anali ndi mwayi kuti Drake anali wofulumira.
  
  Iwo anabwerera m"khola ndipo anatsikira kuchipinda china. Atalowa mkatimo, Drake adawona kukhitchini. Munali odzaza ndi amuna, onse akuyang'ana chinachake pa tebulo lotsika. Nyimbo za rap zomwe zimachokera mkati zinali zamphamvu kwambiri kotero kuti Drake ankayembekezera kuti atuluka kudzakumana naye. Mai anathamangira kutsogolo. Panthawi yomwe Drake adalowa mchipindamo, adali atagoneka kale munthu m'modzi ndikupitilira wina. Mnyamata wina wa ndevu zakuda adathamangira kwa Drake, ali kale ndi mfuti m'manja mwake.
  
  "Munatani-?"
  
  Maphunziro anali chilichonse pazankhondo, ndipo Drake adabwerera mwachangu kuposa momwe wandale angapewere funso lofunikira. Nthawi yomweyo, anakweza mwendo wake, n"kugwetsa mfutiyo m"manja mwa munthuyo, kenako n"kubwera kutsogolo n"kuyigwira m"mwamba.
  
  Anatembenuza chida.
  
  "Khalani ndi lupanga." Iye anawombera. Munthu wa Buchanan adagwa chagada chifukwa cha kuphulika kwaluso. Mai ndi Alicia nthawi yomweyo anatenga mfuti ina yotayidwa pamene wina anakuwa kukhitchini. "Ee, zitsiru! Mukuchita chiyani?"
  
  Drake anasisima. Zikuoneka kuti kulira kwa mfuti sikunamveke m"nyumba muno. Chabwino. Anayenda kupita kuchitseko.
  
  "Ziwiri," Iye ananong"oneza motero, kusonyeza kuti danga la pakhomo linangopatsa aŵiriwo mpata wowongolera. Mai anakhala kumbuyo kwake.
  
  "Tiyeni tiwawete agalu awa." Drake ndi Alicia adatuluka, akuwombera, akulunjika kunkhalango ya miyendo yomwe idazungulira tebulo.
  
  Magazi anapopera ndipo matupi anagwera pansi. Drake ndi Alicia anapita patsogolo, podziwa kuti kugwedezeka ndi mantha zidzasokoneza ndi kuopseza adani awo. Mmodzi wa alonda a Buchanan adalumphira pa tebulo lotsika ndikugunda Alicia, ndikumuponyera pambali. Mai adalowa mugap podzitchinjiriza, pomwe mlonda adamubaya chala kawiri. Mai ankamuwombera pamkono pake asanamumenye mwamphamvu pamlatho wa mphuno ndi mfuti yake.
  
  Alicia adayambanso ndewu. "Ndinali nazo."
  
  "O, ndikutsimikiza kuti watero, wokondedwa."
  
  "Ndiwombeleni." Alicia analoza mfuti kwa amuna akubuula akulira. "Kodi pali winanso amene akufuna kuyesa? Hm?"
  
  Drake adayang'ana pa tebulo lotsika ndi zomwe zili mkati mwake. Milu ya C4 idamwazika pamwamba pamagawo osiyanasiyana okonzekera.
  
  Kodi a Bloody King anali kukonza zotani?
  
  "Ndani wa inu ali Buchanan?"
  
  Palibe amene adayankha.
  
  "Ndili ndi mgwirizano ndi Buchanan." Drake anagwedezeka. Koma ngati palibe, ndiye kuti tikuyenera kukuwomberani nonse. Anawombera munthu wapafupi m'mimba.
  
  Phokoso linadzaza chipindacho. Ngakhale Mai adamuyang'ana modabwa. "Matt-"
  
  Anamukwiyira. "Palibe mayina."
  
  "Ndine Buchanan." Bamboyo, atatsamira m"firijiyo, anadzuma n"kumakakamira chilondacho. "Bwerani, bambo. Sitinakuvulazeni.
  
  Chala cha Drake chomangika pachoyambitsa. Zinatengera kudziletsa kwakukulu kuti asawombere. "Simunandivulaze?" Analumphira kutsogolo ndikuyika dala bondo lake pabala lotuluka magazi. "Simunandivulaze?"
  
  Kulakalaka magazi kunadzaza masomphenya ake. Chisoni chosatonthozeka chinamubaya ubongo ndi mtima wake. "Ndiuze," iye anatero mwamawu. Ndiuzeni kumene Claude ali, kapena, Mulungu andithandize, ndikupatsirani ubongo wanu mufiriji yoopsayi.
  
  Maso a Buchanan saname. Kuopa imfa kunapangitsa kuti umbuli wake uwonekere poyera. "Ndikudziwa abwenzi a Claude," iye anadandaula motero. Koma Claude sindikumudziwa. Ndikhoza kukuuzani abwenzi ake. Inde, ndikhoza kukupatsani."
  
  Drake anamvetsera pamene adanena mayina awiri ndi malo awo. Scarberry ndi Peterson. Pokhapokha pamene chidziwitsochi chinachotsedwa kwathunthu adaloza patebulo lodzaza ndi C4.
  
  "Mukutani kuno? Kodi mukukonzekera kuyambitsa nkhondo?"
  
  Yankho lake linamudabwitsa. "Chabwino, inde. Nkhondo ya ku Hawaii yatsala pang'ono kuyamba, bambo."
  
  
  MUTU WAKHUMI NDININANANI
  
  
  Ben Blake adalowa muofesi yaying'ono yomwe adagawana ndi mlongo wake kuti apeze Karin atayima pawindo. "Hi sister".
  
  "Moni. Tangoyang'anani izi, Ben. Kutuluka kwa Dzuwa ku Hawaii."
  
  "Tiyenera kukhala pagombe. Aliyense amapita kumeneko kukatuluka ndi kulowa kwadzuwa."
  
  "Oo zoona? Karin anayang'ana mchimwene wake ndi mawu achipongwe. "Mwaziyang'ana pa intaneti, sichoncho?"
  
  "Chabwino, popeza tafika pano, ndikufuna ndituluke m"malo ovuta kwambiriwa kuti ndikakumane ndi anthu akumeneko."
  
  "Zachiyani?"
  
  "Sindinakumanepo ndi munthu wa ku Hawaii."
  
  "Mano ndi Hawaiian, dumbo. Mulungu, nthawi zina ndimadzifunsa ngati ndili ndi maselo a ubongo onse."
  
  Ben adadziwa kuti palibe chifukwa choyambira kumenyana ndi mlongo wake. Anasilira kawonedwe kabwinoko kwa mphindi zingapo asanapite kuchitseko kukawathira khofi onse awiri. Atabwerera, Karin anali atatsegula kale makompyuta awo.
  
  Ben anayika makapu pafupi ndi kiyibodi yawo. "Ukudziwa kuti ndikuyembekezera." Anasisita manja ake. "Ndikutanthauza, kufunafuna zipika za Captain Cook. Iyi ndi ntchito yofufuza zenizeni chifukwa tikuyang'ana zobisika, osati zoonekeratu.
  
  "Tikudziwa motsimikiza kuti palibe maulalo pa intaneti omwe angalumikizane ndi Cook ndi Diamond Head kapena Leahy ndi aku Hawaii. Tikudziwa kuti Diamond Head ndi amodzi mwa ma cones, mpweya, ngalande ndi machubu a lava omwe amayenda pansi pa Oahu. "
  
  Ben adamwa khofi wake wotentha. "Tikudziwanso kuti Cook anatera ku Kauai, mumzinda wa Waimea. Onani Waimea pa canyon yodabwitsa kwambiri kuti ipikisane ndi Grand Canyon. Anthu a ku Kauai adapanga mawu akuti malo oyambirira kukachezera Hawaii ngati cheeky jab ku Oahu. Pali chiboliboli cha Cook ku Waimea pafupi ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale yaing"ono kwambiri."
  
  "Chinthu china chimene tikudziwa," anayankha Karin. "Chowonadi ndichakuti mitengo ya Captain Cook ili pomwepa." Anatsegula pa kompyuta yake. "Pa intaneti".
  
  Ben anausa moyo n"kuyamba kuŵerenga magazini oyambirira ankhaninkhaniwo. "Chisangalalo chiyambe." Analowetsa ma headphone ake ndikutsamira pampando wake.
  
  Karin anamuyang'anitsitsa. "Zimitsani. Kodi iyi ndi Khoma la Tulo? Ndi chivundikiro china? Tsiku lina, m'bale wamng'ono, mudzayenera kujambula nyimbo zatsopanozi ndikusiya kuwononga mphindi zisanu za kutchuka kwanu."
  
  "Musandiuze kuti mukuwononga nthawi yanu, si. Tonse tikudziwa kuti ndiwe katswiri pa izi. "
  
  "Kodi mubweretsanso izi? Tsopano?"
  
  "Zaka zisanu zadutsa." Ben adayimba nyimboyo ndikuyika pa kompyuta yake. "Zaka zisanu za chiwonongeko. Musalole kuti zomwe zachitikazi ziwononge khumi zikubwerazi. "
  
  
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  Chifukwa chogwira ntchito popanda kugona komanso kupuma pang'ono, Drake, May ndi Alicia anaganiza zopuma pang'ono. Drake adalandira foni kuchokera kwa Hayden ndi Kinimaka pafupifupi ola limodzi dzuwa litatuluka. Batani losalankhula posakhalitsa linathetsa vutoli.
  
  Anachita lendi chipinda ku Waikiki. Inali hotelo yaikulu yokhala ndi mawilo, yodzaza ndi alendo odzaona malo, kuwapatsa kusadziwika kwapamwamba. Mwachangu adadya kwa Denny wa komweko, kenako adapita ku hotelo yawo, komwe adakwera chikepe kupita kuchipinda chawo chachisanu ndi chitatu.
  
  Atalowa mkati, Drake adamasuka. Iye ankadziwa ubwino wodzilimbitsa ndi chakudya ndi kupuma. Anadzipinda pampando wosavuta pafupi ndi zenera, akusangalala ndi momwe dzuŵa loyera la ku Hawaii linamukokera pa mawindo aku France.
  
  "Awiri inu mukhoza kumenyana pabedi," iye anadandaula osatembenuka. Winawake amatchera alarm 2 koloko.
  
  Atanena zimenezi anasiya maganizo ake aja, atalimbikitsidwa podziwa kuti anali ndi adiresi ya amuna awiri omwe ankagwirizana kwambiri ndi Claude. Mtendere wodziwa kuti Claude adatsogozedwa kwa Mfumu yamagazi.
  
  Mtendere wamumtima podziwa kuti pangotsala maola ochepa kuti anthu abwezedwe.
  
  
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  Hayden ndi Kinimaka anakhala m"maŵa ku Dipatimenti ya Apolisi ya ku Honolulu. Nkhani inali yakuti ena mwa "abwenzi" a Claude anachotsedwa usiku, koma panalibe nkhani yeniyeni. Mwini kalabuyo, dzina lake Pilipo, sananene zambiri. Angapo a ma bouncer ake anakathera m"chipatala. Zinawonekanso kuti kanema wake wa kanema adachita mdima mozizwitsa pamene mwamuna ndi akazi awiri adamuukira pakati pausiku.
  
  Kuwonjezela apo pali kuwomberana kwamagazi kwinakwake pakati pa mzindawo, komwe kunakhudzanso anzake a Claude odziwika. Apolisi okhala ndi zida atafika pamalopo, anapeza kuti kunalibe nyumba. Ayi amuna. Palibe nambala yafoni. Magazi okha pansi ndi tebulo la kukhitchini, pamene zizindikiro za C4 zinapezedwa pamene fumbi.
  
  Hayden anayesa Drake. Adayesa kumuimbira Alicia. Anakokera pambali Mano ndikumunong'oneza mwaukali m'khutu. "Anthu inu! Sakudziwa kuti tili ndi thandizo loti tichite momwe tikuonera. Ayenera kudziwa. "
  
  Kinimaka anagwedezeka, mapewa ake akuluakulu akukwera ndi kugwa. "Mwina Drake sakufuna kudziwa. Adzachita mwanjira yake, mothandizidwa ndi boma kapena popanda thandizo lake. "
  
  "Tsopano iye ndi wolemetsa."
  
  "Kapena muvi wapoizoni ukuwulukira mumtima." Kinimaka adamwetulira abwana ake akumuyang'ana.
  
  Hayden adasokonezeka kwakanthawi. "Chani? Kodi mawu awa akuchokera kunyimbo kapena china chake?"
  
  Kinimaka adawoneka okhumudwa. "Sindikuganiza choncho bwana. Ndiye," iye anayang"ana kwa apolisi amene anasonkhanawo, "kodi apolisiwo akudziwa chiyani za Claude?"
  
  Hayden adapuma mozama. "N"zosadabwitsa kuti ndi ochepa kwambiri. Claude ndi eni ake osasamala a makalabu angapo omwe atha kapena sangachite nawo zinthu zosaloledwa. Sali pamwamba pamndandanda wowonera apolisi. Chifukwa chake, eni ake osalankhula sakudziwika. "
  
  "Ndi zonse zomwe, mosakayikira, zidapangidwa ndi Kovalenko."
  
  "Mosakayikira. Nthawi zonse zimakhala zopindulitsa kuti chigawenga chichotsedwe m"dziko lenileni kangapo."
  
  "Mwina Drake akupita patsogolo. Zikanakhala kuti sizinali choncho, ndikuganiza kuti akanakhala nafe."
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu. "Tiye tiyembekezere kuti ndi choncho. Pakalipano, tiyenera kudabwitsa anthu ochepa a m'deralo. Ndipo muyenera kulumikizana ndi aliyense amene mukumudziwa yemwe angatithandizire. Kovalenko wapanga kale kupha anthu. Ndimadana nazo kuganiza kuti zonsezi zitha bwanji. "
  
  
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  Ben adayesetsa kuyesetsa kuti asamangoyang'ana kwambiri. Maganizo ake anali osokonezeka. Panapita miyezi ingapo moyo wake unali wabwinobwino. Asanayambe chibwenzi cha Odin, lingaliro lake lachidwi linali losunga gulu lake lamakono la rock The Wall of Sleep kukhala chinsinsi kwa amayi ndi abambo ake. Anali bambo wabanja, wokoma mtima wachifundo ndi luso lazinthu zonse zaukadaulo.
  
  Tsopano anaona nkhondoyo. Anaona anthu akuphedwa. Anali kumenyera moyo wake. Chibwenzi cha bwenzi lake lapamtima chinafera m"manja mwake.
  
  Kusintha pakati pa maiko kunamulekanitsa.
  
  Kuwonjezera apo chitsenderezo chokhala ndi bwenzi lake latsopano, wothandizira wa CIA waku America, ndipo sanadabwe konse kudzipeza akungoyenda.
  
  Osati kuti anawauzapo anzake. Banja lake, inde, iye akanakhoza kuwauza iwo. Koma Karin anali asanakonzekere izi. Ndipo anali ndi mavuto ake. Iye anali atangomuuza kumene kuti pambuyo pa zaka zisanu ayenera kusamuka, koma anadziŵa kuti ngati zitachitikanso chimodzimodzi kwa iye, zikanawononga moyo wake wonse.
  
  Ndipo ena onse a Wall of Sleep amamutumizira mameseji nthawi zonse. Uli kuti, Blakey? Kodi tikhala limodzi usikuuno? Ndilembenso, chitsiru iwe! Anali maloto ake owopsa!
  
  Tsopano chinthu chomwe chinamupangitsa kuti apume kwambiri chiri pangozi.
  
  Anaganizira za Hayden. Pamene dziko likuphwasuka, nthawi zonse amatha kutembenukira kwa iye, ndipo zonse zimakhala zosavuta. Malingaliro ake anayendayenda. Anapitirizabe kuyendayenda m"masamba a buku la pa intaneti limene munthu wina analilemba kuchokera m"zolemba za Cook yemwe.
  
  Iye pafupifupi anachiphonya icho.
  
  Pakuti mwadzidzidzi, pomwepo, pakati pa malipoti a nyengo, kutchulidwa kwa longitude ndi latitude, ndi tsatanetsatane wachidule wa omwe adalangidwa chifukwa chosadya chakudya chawo cha tsiku ndi tsiku cha ng'ombe ndi omwe adapezeka atafa muzitsulo, adawonekera mwachidule ku Chipata cha Pele.
  
  "Sister". - Ben adatuluka. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndapezapo kanthu." Anawerenga ndime yaifupi. "Aaa, iyi ndi nkhani ya munthu ya ulendo wawo. Kodi mwakonzeka izi?"
  
  
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  Drake adachoka kutulo topepuka mpaka kudzuka munthawi yomwe idatenga kuti atsegule maso ake. Mai anayenda uku ndi uku kumbuyo kwake. Zinamveka ngati Alicia ali mu shower.
  
  "Tinakhala panja nthawi yayitali bwanji?"
  
  "Patsani kapena tengani mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi. Pano, fufuzani izi. " Mai anamuponyera imodzi mwa mfuti zimene anatenga kwa Buchanan ndi anthu ake.
  
  "Magole ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Zipolopolo zisanu. Zonse zili bwino. Awiri 38 ndi atatu 45 caliber. Onse ndi magazini okwana magawo atatu mwa anayi."
  
  "Zoposa zokwanira". Drake anayimirira ndikudzitambasula. Anaganiza kuti akumana ndi mdani wamkulu kwambiri - anthu oyandikana ndi Claude - kotero kunyamula zida kunali kovomerezeka.
  
  Alicia anatuluka kubafa ali ndi tsitsi lonyowa, akukoka jekete lake. "Mwakonzeka kusamuka?"
  
  Zomwe adalandira kuchokera ku Buchanan zinali zoti Scarberry ndi Peterson anali ndi malo ogulitsa magalimoto kunja kwa Waikiki. Otchedwa Exoticars, inali malo ogulitsira komanso malo okonzera. Anabwerekanso mitundu yambiri ya magalimoto apamwamba.
  
  Chophimba chopindulitsa kwambiri, Drake adaganiza. Mosakayikira anapangidwa kuti athandize kubisa mitundu yonse ya zigawenga. Scarberry ndi Peterson mosakayikira anali pafupi pamwamba pa mndandanda wa zakudya. Claude ndiye anali wotsatira.
  
  Analowa m"taxi ndikupatsa dalaivala adiresi ya malo ogulitsa. Panali pafupi mphindi makumi awiri kuchokera pamenepo.
  
  
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  Ben ndi Karin anadabwa powerenga magazini ya Captain Cook.
  
  Kuwona kudzera mwa munthu wina zomwe zidachitika kwa woyendetsa panyanja wotchuka zaka mazana awiri zapitazo zinali zodabwitsa. Koma kuŵerenga nkhani ya ulendo wojambulidwa koma wobisika wa Cook pansi pa phiri lophulika lotchuka kwambiri la Hawaii kunali kovuta kwambiri.
  
  "Ndi zodabwitsa". Karin anatsegula kope lake pakompyuta. "Chinthu chimodzi chomwe simukuchidziwa ndichowoneratu zam'tsogolo za Cook. Anatenga anthu ochokera m"madera onse kuti akalembe zimene anapeza. Asayansi. Akatswiri a zomera. Ojambula. Yang'anani-" Adadula skrini.
  
  Ben adatsamira kuti awone chithunzi chojambulidwa mwaluso cha mbewuyo. "Kuzizira".
  
  Maso a Karin adanyezimira. "Izi ndizabwino. Zomera izi sizinapezeke kapena kulembedwa mpaka Cook ndi gulu lake adazilemba ndikubwerera ku England ndi zojambula ndi mafotokozedwe odabwitsawa. Anajambula mapu a dziko lathu, anthu awa, ndipo anajambula malo ndi magombe a m'mphepete mwa nyanja momwe ife tingathere kujambula zithunzi lero. Ganizilani izi".
  
  Mawu a Ben akusonyeza chisangalalo chake. "Ndikudziwa. Ndikudziwa. Koma mverani izi-"
  
  "Oo". Karin anakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi nkhani yake. "Kodi mumadziwa kuti m'modzi mwa ogwira nawo ntchito a Cook anali William Bligh? Munthu amene anakhala captain wa Bounty? Ndipo kuti Purezidenti wa ku America panthawiyo, Benjamin Franklin, adatumiza uthenga kwa oyendetsa nyanja zake zonse kuti asiye Cook yekha, ngakhale kuti Achimereka anali pa nkhondo ndi British panthawiyo. Franklin anamutcha "bwenzi wamba wa anthu."
  
  "Sister". - Ben adadandaula. "Ndapeza chinachake. Tamverani-kugwa kunagwa ku Owhihi, Hawaii, pafupi ndi phiri lalitali la chisumbucho. 21 madigiri 15 mphindi kumpoto latitude, 147 madigiri kumpoto longitude, 48 mphindi kumadzulo. Kutalika 762 mapazi. Tinakakamizika kugwetsa nangula pafupi ndi Lihi ndi kupita kumtunda. Amwenye omwe tidawalemba ganyu ankawoneka ngati angatidzudzule nsanza chifukwa cha botolo la ramu, koma kwenikweni anali olekerera komanso odziwa zambiri. "
  
  "Ndipatseni chidulecho," adatero Karin. "M'Chingerezi".
  
  Ben adamukuwa. "Mulungu, mtsikana, ali kuti Indiana Jones wako?" Luke Skywalker wanu? mbadwa zomwe zimatchedwa Chipata cha Pele ". Izi zidachitika popanda kudziwa kwa mfumu yakumaloko komanso pachiwopsezo chachikulu . Akadadziwa, mfumuyo ikadawapha onse. Anthu aku Hawaii adalemekeza Chipata cha Pele. Otsogolera mbadwa adafuna zazikulu. mphotho."
  
  "Chipata cha Pelé chiyenera kuti chinayambitsa nkhawa yayikulu kuti Cook achite ngozi yotere," adatero Karin.
  
  "Chabwino, Pele anali mulungu wamoto, mphezi, mphepo ndi mapiri. Mwinamwake mulungu wotchuka kwambiri wa ku Hawaii. Iye anali nkhani yaikulu. Zambiri mwa nthano zake zimanena za iye akulamulira nyanja. Mmene anthu a ku Hawaii ayenera kuti analankhulira za iye mwina zinakopa chidwi cha Cook. Ndipo mosakayikira anali munthu wodzikuza paulendo waukulu wotulukira zinthu. Iye sangaope kuvutitsa mfumu ya kumeneko."
  
  "Mwamuna ngati Cook sangawope zambiri."
  
  "Ndichoncho. Malinga ndi a Hawksworth, anthu ammudziwo adawatsogolera kudutsa mumsewu wamdima pansi pa mtima wa phirili. Magetsi atayaka ndipo, monga momwe Gollum anganenere, makhoti angapo achinyengo anali atatembenuzidwa, onse anayima ndi kuyang"ana modabwa pachipata cha Pele."
  
  "Zodabwitsa. Kodi pali chojambula?
  
  "Ayi. Wojambulayo adasiyidwa chifukwa cha ulendowu. Koma a Hawksworth akufotokoza zomwe adawona. Chipilala chachikulu chomwe chinawulukira kwambiri kotero kuti chinafika pamwamba pa chizungulire chamoto wathu. Chimango chopangidwa ndi manja chokhala ndi tizithunzi tating'onoting'ono. Ma notche mbali iliyonse, zinthu ziwiri zazing'ono zikusowa. Chodabwitsacho chidatichotsa ndipo tidayang'ana mpaka malo amdima adayamba kukopa maso athu. "
  
  "Chotero, mu mzimu wa anthu onse, zomwe akutanthauza ndikuti adapeza zomwe amafunafuna, koma adazindikira kuti akufuna zambiri." Karin anapukusa mutu.
  
  Ben adamuyang'ana. "Ndikuganiza zomwe mukutanthauza ndikuti, mu mzimu wa onse okonda masewera, amafuna zambiri. Koma mukulondola. Chipata cha Pele chinali chomwecho. Geti. Zinayenera kutsogolera kwinakwake. "
  
  Karin anadzutsa mpando wake. "Tsopano ndikudabwa. Kodi zimenezi zinatsogolera kuti?
  
  Nthawi yomweyo foni ya Ben inalira. Anayang'ana pa skrini ndikuyang'ana maso ake. "Amayi ndi Abambo".
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI
  
  
  Mano Kinimaka adakonda mtima wa Waikiki. Wobadwira ndikuleredwa ku Hawaii, adakhala ali mwana ku Kuhio Beach banja lake lisanapeze ndalama ndikusamukira kugombe lakumpoto komwe kuli bata. Kusefukira kumeneko kunali kwapamwamba padziko lonse lapansi, chakudya chinali chowona ngakhale mukamadya, moyo unali waulere momwe mungaganizire.
  
  Koma zokumbukira zake zosaiwalika zoyambilira zinali za Kuhio: gombe lokongola ndi luaus yaulere, ma barbecue a Lamlungu pagombe, kusefukira kosavuta, anthu akhalidwe labwino komanso kukongola kwausiku kwadzuwa.
  
  Tsopano, pamene ankayendetsa galimoto mumsewu wa Kuhio ndiyeno ku Kalakaua, anaona zinthu zakale zogwira mtima. Osati alendo ongoona kumene. Osati anthu akumaloko omwe amanyamula makonzedwe awo ammawa a Jamba juice. Palibe ngakhale wogulitsa ayisikilimu pafupi ndi Royal Hawaiian. Anali miyuni yayitali yakuda yomwe amayatsa usiku uliwonse, malo ogulitsira omwe tsopano anali opanda kanthu pomwe anali akulira, akuseka chikwangwani chochenjeza chowoneka ngati A chotsekereza imodzi mwamipata yomwe imati: Ngati simuli Spider-Man, mlatho watsekedwa, ndizosavuta. Ndiye Hawaiian.
  
  Anadutsa sitolo yakale ya Lassen, komwe adayang'anapo zojambula zawo zokongola komanso magalimoto odabwitsa. Tsopano izo zapita. Ubwana wake utatha. Adadutsa malo ogulitsira a King's Village omwe nthawi ina amamuwuza kuti ndi kwawo kwa Mfumu Kalakaua. Anadutsa polisi yabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, yomwe ili pa Waikiki Beach mumthunzi wa mazana a ma surfboards. Ndipo anadutsa chifaniziro chosawonongeka cha Duke Kahanamoku, chophimbidwa monga nthawi zonse ndi leis watsopano, yemweyo yemwe adayang'ana pamene anali kamnyamata kakang'ono ndi maloto miliyoni akuzungulira mutu wake.
  
  Banja lake tsopano linali kulondera usana ndi usiku. Iwo ankasamaliridwa ndi apamwamba kwambiri a US Marshals ndi crack Marines. Banjalo linali lopanda anthu, ndipo ankagwiritsa ntchito ngati nyambo yopha anthu. Iye mwini anali munthu wozindikiridwa.
  
  Hayden Jay, bwenzi lake lapamtima ndi abwana ake, anakhala pafupi naye pampando wokwera, mwinamwake akuwona chinachake kuchokera pankhope yake popeza sananene kalikonse. Anavulazidwa ndi mpeni, koma tsopano watsala pang"ono kuchira. Anthu ozungulira iye anaphedwa. Anzathu. Anzanu atsopano.
  
  Ndipo pano iye wabwerera kunyumba kwake, kumene anakulira. Makumbukidwe adamudzaza ngati mabwenzi omwe adatayika kale omwe amafunitsitsa kuti agwirizanenso. Iye ankakumbukira zinthu zambiri m"misewu yonse.
  
  Kukongola kwa Hawaii kunali kuti kumakhala mwa inu kosatha. Zilibe kanthu ngati munakhala sabata kumeneko kapena zaka makumi awiri. Khalidwe lake linali losatha.
  
  Hayden pamapeto pake adasokoneza malingaliro. "Mnyamata uyu, Capua uyu. Kodi akugulitsadi ayezi wophwanyidwa m'galimoto?"
  
  "Pali bizinesi yabwino kuno. Aliyense amakonda ayezi wophwanyidwa. "
  
  "Pabwino".
  
  Mano anamwetulira. "Uwona".
  
  Pamene ankadutsa kukongola kwa Kuhio ndi Waikiki, magombe ankawonekera nthawi ndi nthawi kumanja. Nyanja inanyezimira ndipo mitsinje yoyera inagwedezeka mochititsa chidwi. Mano adawona opanga angapo akukonzedwa pagombe. Kalekale, anali m'gulu la timu ya outrigger yomwe idapambana zikho.
  
  "Ife tiri pano". Anakokera pamalo oimika magalimoto okhotakhota okhala ndi njanji mbali ina yomwe imayang'ana nyanja ya Pacific. Galimoto ya Capua inali kumapeto kwenikweni, pamalo abwino kwambiri. Nthawi yomweyo Mano adawona mnzake wakale, koma adayima kwakanthawi.
  
  Hayden adamwetulira. "Zokumbukira zakale?"
  
  "Zikumbukiro zabwino. Chinachake chomwe simukufuna kuchisokoneza poganiziranso china chatsopano, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Ndikudziwa".
  
  Panalibe chidaliro m"mawu ake. Mano adayang'ana kwanthawi yayitali abwana ake. Anali munthu wabwino - wolunjika, wachilungamo, wolimba. Kodi mumadziwa kuti Hayden Jay anali mbali ya ndani, ndipo ndi wantchito uti amene angafune zambiri kwa abwana ake? Kuyambira pamene anakumana koyamba, iye ankamudziwa bwino. Bambo ake, James Jay, anali wamphamvu, nthano yeniyeni, ndipo zinali zoyenera. Cholinga cha Hayden nthawi zonse chinali kukwaniritsa lonjezo lake, cholowa chake. Izi zinali mphamvu yake yoyendetsa.
  
  Moti Mano adadabwitsidwa pomwe adalengeza kuti amamukonda kwambiri Ben Blake. Amaganiza kuti patenga nthawi yayitali kuti Hayden asiye kudzikakamiza kuti akwaniritse zomwe Mano adamva kuti wamuposa kale. Poyamba ankaganiza kuti mtunda ukhoza kuzimitsa motowo, koma kenako banjali linakumananso. Ndipo tsopano iwo ankawoneka amphamvu kuposa kale. Kodi geek idzamupatsa cholinga chatsopano, njira yatsopano m'moyo? Miyezi ingapo ikubwerayi idzanena.
  
  "Pitani". Hayden anagwedeza mutu kulunjika ku van. Mano anatsegula chitseko n"kupuma mpweya wabwino wa m"deralo. Kumanzere kwake kunadzuka Mutu wa Diamondi, munthu wochititsa chidwi yemwe atayimirira m'chizimezime, amakhalapo nthawi zonse.
  
  Kwa Mano, zinalipo nthawi zonse. Sizinamudzidzimutse kuti izi zikhoza kukhala pamwamba pa chozizwitsa china chachikulu.
  
  Anayenda limodzi kupita ku galimoto yodula madzi oundana. Kapua anatsamira panja, kuwayang"ana. Nkhope yake inachita makwinya modabwa, kenako ndi chisangalalo chenicheni.
  
  "Mano? Munthu! Ayi!"
  
  Capua mbisoweka. Patangotha mphindi imodzi, anatuluka kuseri kwa galimotoyo. Anali mwamuna wamapewa otakata, wokwanira watsitsi lakuda ndi khungu lakuda. Ngakhale kungomuona koyamba, Hayden anatha kuona kuti amathera maola osachepera aŵiri tsiku lililonse pabwalo la mafunde.
  
  "Kapena." Mano anamukumbatira mnzake wakale. "Anali ochepa, bro."
  
  Capua anabwerera mmbuyo. "Munatani? Ndiuzeni, kodi gulu la galasi la Hard Rock likuyenda bwanji?"
  
  Mano anapukusa mutu n"kugwedera. "Aa, blah blah pang'ono, ndi zina zambiri. Mukudziwa. Inu?"
  
  "Chabwino. Howli ndi ndani?"
  
  "Haole ..." Mano anabwerera ku America womveka bwino, zomwe Hayden anasangalala nazo. "...awa ndi abwana anga. Kumanani ndi Hayden Jay. "
  
  Munthu wakumeneko anawongoka. "Ndakondwa kukudziwani," iye anatero. "Ndinu Bwana Mano? Oo. Lucky Mano, ndikunena. "
  
  "Kodi ulibe mkazi, Capua?" Mano anayesetsa kubisa chipongwecho pang"ono.
  
  "Ndinadzigulira ndekha galu wa poi. Iye, mmodzi wa ku Filipina haole wa ku Hawaii komanso wachi China wotentha, anandiuza kuti ndikhazikitse hema usiku wonse, bambo." Anthu ambiri a ku Hawaii anali amitundu yosiyanasiyana.
  
  Mano adapumira. Poy Dog anali munthu wamitundu yosiyanasiyana. Haole anali mlendo, ndipo sikuti anali mawu achipongwe.
  
  Asananene chilichonse, Hayden anatembenukira kwa iye ndi kumufunsa mokoma mtima kuti, "Kumanga hema?"
  
  Mano anakwiya. Hayden ankadziwa bwino lomwe Capua, ndipo zinalibe chochita ndi kumanga msasa. "Izi ndizabwino. Amamveka bwino. Tamverani, a Capua, ndikuyenera kukufunsani mafunso.
  
  "Owombera".
  
  "Kodi mudamvapo za munthu wamkulu wakudziko lapansi yemwe amadziwika kuti Kovalenko? Kapena Mfumu Yamagazi?
  
  "Zomwe ndikumva ndi zomwe zili m'nkhani, m'bale. Ali ku Oahu?"
  
  "Mwina. Nanga bwanji Claude?
  
  "Ayi. Mukadatchula dzinalo Howley, ndikanalikumbukira." Capua anakayikira.
  
  Hayden adawona izi. "Koma ukudziwapo kanthu."
  
  "Mwina bwana. Mwina ndikudziwa. Koma abwenzi ako kumeneko, "adagwedeza mutu kupolisi ya Waikiki Beach," sakufuna kudziwa. Ndinawauza kale. Sanachite kalikonse.
  
  "Ndiyeseni." Hayden anakumana ndi munthu uja.
  
  "Ndikumva zinazake bwana. Ndichifukwa chake Mano adabwera kwa ine eti? Chabwino, ndalama zatsopanozi zakhala zikupereka zonenepa posachedwapa, bambo. Osewera atsopano ponseponse, akuchita maphwando omwe sadzawonapo sabata yamawa. "
  
  "Ndalama zatsopano?" - Mano adayankha. "Kuti?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Palibe," adatero Capua motsimikiza. "Ndikutanthauza, pompano, bambo. Pomwe pano. Nthaŵi zonse akhala akunyozedwa, koma tsopano ndi anthu olemera."
  
  Hayden anathamangitsa dzanja kupyola tsitsi lake. "Izi zikukuuzani chiyani?"
  
  "Sindikuchita nawo mbali imeneyi, koma ndikudziwa. Chinachake chikuchitika kapena chatsala pang'ono kuchitika. Anthu ambiri amalipidwa ndalama zambiri. Izi zikachitika, mumaphunzira kugwada mpaka zinthu zoipazo zitadutsa."
  
  Mano anayang"ana nyanja yonyezimira. "Kodi ukutsimikiza kuti sukudziwa kalikonse, Capua?"
  
  "Ndikulumbira pa poit dog wanga."
  
  Capua anatenga poi wake kwambiri. Hayden analoza van. "Bwanji osatipangira ena, Capua."
  
  "Ndithu".
  
  Hayden adayang'ana nkhope ku Mano pamene Capua amachoka. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndi bwino kuyesa. Kodi ukudziwa zomwe akunena?"
  
  "Sindimakonda kumveka kwa zomwe ziti zichitike kwathu," anatero Mano ndipo anafikira kumeta ayezi. "Kapena. Ndiwuzeni ine dzina lanu, m'bale. Ndani angadziwe kalikonse?
  
  "Pali munthu wamba, Danny, yemwe amakhala pamwamba pa phirilo." Maso ake adayang'ana kwa Diamond Head. "Wolemera. Makolo ake, amamulera ngati kulira." Anamwetulira Hayden. "Nenani ngati waku America. Sindikuganiza kuti palibe cholakwika ndi zimenezo. Koma iye ndi wovuta kwambiri ndi scumbags. Iye amangodziwa zoyipa, mukundimvetsa?"
  
  Mano anagwiritsa ntchito supuni n"kukumba madzi oundana ooneka ngati utawaleza. "Kodi mnyamatayo amakonda kudziyesa ngati wowombera wamkulu?"
  
  Kapua anagwedeza mutu. "Koma si zoona. Ndi mnyamata amene akusewera masewera achimuna."
  
  Hayden anagwira dzanja la Mano. "Timuyendera Danny uyu. Ngati pali chiwopsezo china chatsopano, ifenso tiyenera kudziwa. "
  
  Capua anagwedeza mutu kumtunda wa ayezi. "Iwo ali pachiwopsezo cha kukhazikitsidwa. Koma inu simukundidziwa ine. Simunabwere kudzandiona."
  
  Mano anagwedeza mutu kwa mnzake wakale. "Sizikunena, brother."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Capua anawapatsa adiresi, ndipo anawaika mu GPS ya galimotoyo. Patadutsa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu anafika pa geti lachitsulo lakuda. Maerewo anatsetsereka kubwerera kunyanja, kotero kuti amangowona mazenera apansi pamwamba pa nyumba yaikuluyo.
  
  Anatuluka mgalimoto, akasupe akufuula kumbali ya Mano. Mano anayika dzanja lake pachipata chachikulu ndikukankha. Dimba lakutsogolo linapangitsa Hayden kuima ndi kuyang'ana.
  
  Choyimira cha Surfboard. Galimoto yatsopano yotseguka. Chisawu choyalidwa pakati pa mitengo iwiri ya kanjedza.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Mano. Kodi minda yonse yaku Hawaii ili ngati iyi?"
  
  Mano anagwedezeka. "Ayi ndithu, ayi."
  
  Pamene ankati alize belu, anamva phokoso kuchokera kumbuyo. Anayendayenda m"nyumba, manja awo ali pafupi ndi zida zawo. Atakhota pakona yomaliza, anaona mnyamata wina akusefukira padziwe limodzi ndi mayi wina wachikulire.
  
  "Pepani!" Hayden anakuwa. "Ndife ku Dipatimenti ya Apolisi ya Honolulu. Mawu ochepa?" Ananong'ona, mosamveka kuti: "Ndikukhulupirira kuti si amayi ake."
  
  Mano anatsamwitsidwa. Sanazolowere abwana ake kuchita nthabwala. Kenako anawona nkhope yake. Iye anali wakupha kwambiri. "Chifukwa chiyani-?"
  
  "Ukufuna chani?" Mnyamatayo anapita kumene kunali iwo, akumanjenjemera. Atayandikira pafupi, Mano adawona maso ake.
  
  "Tili ndi vuto," adatero Mano. "Iye ali m'mphepete."
  
  Mano adasiya mnyamatayo kugwedezeka. Zitsamba zazikulu zingapo za udzu ndipo adasowa mpweya, kabudula wake adayamba kutsika. Iye sanasonyeze kuti anali kuzindikira vuto lake.
  
  Kenako mayi wachikulireyo anathamangira kwa iwo. Hayden anaphethira mosakhulupirira. Mayiyo analumphira pamsana pa Kinimake n"kuyamba kumukwera ngati galu.
  
  Kodi adzitengera chiyani pano?
  
  Hayden analola Kinimaka kudzisamalira yekha. Anayang'ana mozungulira nyumba ndi mabwalo. Panalibe chizindikiro choti pali munthu wina.
  
  Pomaliza, Mano anakwanitsa kugwedeza chilombocho. Anatera ndi mbama yonyowa pamiyala yomwe inazinga dziwelo ndipo anayamba kulira ngati banshee.
  
  Danny, ngati anali Danny, adamuyang'ana ndi kukamwa kwake, kabudula wake tsopano ukugwera pansi pa mawondo ake.
  
  Hayden anali nazo zokwanira. "Danny!" - adafuula pamaso pake. "Tiyenera kulankhula nanu!"
  
  
  Anamukankhiranso pampando wochezeramo. Mulungu, ngati kokha abambo ake akanakhoza kumuwona iye tsopano. Anatembenuka ndikukhetsa magalasi amowa, kenako anawadzaza onse ndi madzi a padziwe.
  
  Adawaza madzi pankhope pa Danny ndikumumenya mopepuka. Nthawi yomweyo anayamba kulira. "Hey baby, ukudziwa kuti ndimakonda-"
  
  Hayden adabwerera mmbuyo. Ngati asamalidwa bwino, izi zingawathandize. "Kodi uli wekha, Danny?" Anamwetulira pang'ono.
  
  "Tina wafika. Kwinakwake." Anayankhula mwachidule, ngati kuti mtima wake ukugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti athandize munthu kuwirikiza kasanu kukula kwake. "Mtsikana wanga."
  
  Hayden adapumira m'kati ndi mpumulo. "Chabwino. Tsopano, ndamva kuti ndiwe munthu amene ungathe kudziwa ngati ndikufuna zambiri. "
  
  "Ndine". Umunthu wa Danny udawonekera mu chifunga kwa sekondi imodzi. "Ndine munthu ameneyo."
  
  "Ndiuze za Claude."
  
  Chitsirucho chinamugwiranso, kupangitsa maso ake kukhala olemera. "Claude? Munthu wakuda yemwe amagwira ntchito ku Crazy Shirts?"
  
  "Ayi". Hayden anakukuta mano. "Claude, munthu yemwe ali ndi makalabu komanso olima ku Oahu konse."
  
  "Sindikudziwa Claude uyu." Kuwona mtima mwina sikunali imodzi mwazinthu zolimba za Danny, koma Hayden adakayikira kuti akunama tsopano.
  
  "Nanga bwanji Kovalenko? Kodi munamvapo za iye?
  
  Palibe chomwe chinawala m'maso mwa Danny. Palibe zizindikiro kapena zizindikiro za kuzindikira.
  
  Kumbuyo kwake, Hayden ankamva Mano akuyesa kukhazika mtima pansi bwenzi la Danny, Tina. Anaganiza kuti sizingamupweteke kuyesa njira ina. "Chabwino, tiyeni tiyese zina. Pali ndalama zatsopano ku Honolulu. Pali zambiri za izo. Kodi izi zikuchokera kuti, Danny, ndipo chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  Maso amwanayo adatsegula kwambiri, mwadzidzidzi akuwala ndi mantha kwambiri moti Hayden anatsala pang'ono kufika pamfuti.
  
  "Izi zikhoza kuchitika nthawi iliyonse!" - adafuula. "Mwawona? Nthawi iliyonse, basi, khalani kunyumba. Khalani kunyumba, mwana." Mawu ake ankamveka ngati akuda nkhawa, ngati akubwereza zimene anauzidwazo.
  
  Hayden anamva kuzizira kwambiri kutsika msana wake, ngakhale kutentha kwakumwamba kumatenthetsa msana wake. "Kodi chingachitike ndi chiyani posachedwa, Danny. Bwerani, mungandiuze."
  
  "Kumenya," Danny anatero mopusa. "Sizingatheke chifukwa zidagulidwa ndikulipiridwa." Danny adagwira dzanja lake, mwadzidzidzi akuwoneka kuti alibe mphamvu.
  
  "Zigawenga zayandikira, Abiti Police. Ingogwirani ntchito yanu yabwino ndipo musalole kuti achifwamba abwere kuno."
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Ben Blake anagwira mawu m"magazini a Captain Cook ndi mkazi wake Hawksworth akufotokoza za ulendo wapamadzi woopsa kwambiri umene munthu wakhalapo nawo.
  
  "Anadutsa pachipata cha Pele," anatero Ben modabwa, "mumdima wandiweyani. Panthawiyi, Cook amatchulabe khomo lolowera ngati Chipata cha Pele. Pokhapokha atakumana ndi zomwe zili kupitilira - ikunena pano - m'pamene pambuyo pake asintha zonena za Gates of Gehena.
  
  Karin anatembenukira kwa Ben ndi maso ali otakasuka. "N'chiyani chingachititse munthu ngati Captain Cook kusonyeza mantha amaliseche?"
  
  "Palibe kanthu," anatero Ben. "Cook adazindikira kuti amadya anthu. Nsembe za anthu. Anauyamba ulendo wopita kumadzi osadziwika nkomwe."
  
  Karin analoza pa sikirini. Werengani nkhaniyi.
  
  "Kuseri kwa Black Gates pali njira zoipitsitsa kwambiri zomwe anthu amazidziwa ..."
  
  "Usandiuze," adatero Karin. "Chidule."
  
  "Sindingathe"
  
  "Chani? Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Chifukwa akuti apa - mawu otsatirawa achotsedwa pakusinthaku chifukwa chokayikira za kutsimikizika kwake."
  
  "Chani?"
  
  Ben adachita tsinzi moganizira akuyang'ana pa kompyuta. "Ndikuganiza kuti zikadakhala zotseguka kuti anthu aziwonera, wina akadayesa kale kufufuza."
  
  "Kapena iwo anatero ndi kufa. Mwina akuluakulu a boma anaganiza kuti zimene akudziwazo n"zoopsa kwambiri moti sizingatheke kuuza anthu."
  
  "Koma timawona bwanji chikalata chochotsedwa?" Ben analowetsa makiyi angapo mwachisawawa. Panalibe maulalo obisika patsambalo. Palibe cholakwa. Iye adalemba dzina la wolembayo pa Google ndipo adapeza masamba angapo omwe amatchula za Cook's Chronicle, koma osatchulanso za Gehena Gate, Pele, kapena Diamond Head.
  
  Karin anatembenuka kuti ayang'ane pamtima pa Waikiki. "Chotero ulendo wa Cook wodutsa pazipata za gehena unalembedwa kuchokera m"mbiri. Tikhoza kupitirizabe kuyesetsa." Anayang'ana pamakompyuta.
  
  "Koma sizithandiza," adatero Ben m'malingaliro ake abwino kwambiri a Yoda. "Sitiyenera kutaya nthawi yathu."
  
  "Zomwe Hayden akuwona mwa iwe, sindidzadziwa." Karin anapukusa mutu asanatembenuke pang"onopang"ono. "Vuto ndilakuti tilibe njira yodziwira zomwe tikapeze kumeneko. Tikhala tikupita ku gehena mwakhungu. "
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Hayden ndi Kinimaka adatha kufinya ziganizo zina zingapo kuchokera kwa Danny asanaganize kuti chinali chanzeru kuwasiya paphwando lawo la mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Ndi mwayi uliwonse, onse akuganiza kuti ulendo wa CIA unali maloto oyipa.
  
  Kinimaka anakweranso m"galimoto, naika dzanja lake pa chiwongolero chofewa chachikopa. "Zigawenga zaukira?" anabwereza. "Mu Waikiki? Ine sindimakhulupirira mu izi".
  
  Hayden anali akuimba kale nambala ya bwana wake. Gate adayankha nthawi yomweyo. Adabwereza mwachidule ziganizo zingapo zomwe adapeza kuchokera kwa Danny.
  
  Mano anamvetsera kuyankha kwa Gates pa speakerphone. "Hayden, ndikuyandikira. Maola angapo owonjezera ndidzakhala komweko. Apolisi amadalira kwambiri zigawenga zonse zodziwika kuti adziwe komwe kuli famuyo. Tikhala nazo posachedwa. Ndidziwitsa akuluakulu oyenerera za chiwembuchi, koma pitilizani kukumba."
  
  Mzerewo unafa. Hayden adadzuma modabwa mwakachetechete. "Akubwera kuno? Iye akuvutika kuti apirire mmene zilili. Kodi adzachita chiyani?
  
  "Mwina ntchito ingamuthandize kupirira."
  
  "Tiyeni tiyembekezere. Akuganiza kuti posachedwapa apeza malo a famuyo. Tikutsata zigawenga. Zomwe tikufunikira tsopano ndi anthu abwino, olunjika. Hei Mano, kodi mukuganiza kuti nkhani yachigawenga iyi ndi gawo la chiwembu cha Mfumu ya Magazi?
  
  Mano anagwedeza mutu. "Zinadutsa m'maganizo mwanga." Maso ake ankangoona mochititsa chidwi, ngati kuti akusunga kuti athane ndi mdimawo.
  
  "Polankhula za anthu owongoka, Drake ndi abwenzi ake awiri sanayankhebe mauthenga anga. Ndipo apolisi sakudziwanso. "
  
  Foni yake inaitana zomwe zinamudabwitsa. Icho chinali Chipata. "Bwana?"
  
  "Zinthu izi zangopenga kumene," iye anafuula momveka bwino kuti anachita mantha. "Apolisi a Honolulu angolandira ziwopsezo zina zitatu zovomerezeka. Zonse mu Waikiki. Zonse zidzachitika posachedwa. Olumikizana nawo akhazikitsidwa ndi Kovalenko. "
  
  "Atatu!"
  
  Chipatacho chinatsekedwa mwadzidzidzi kwa sekondi imodzi. Hayden anameza mate, akumva m'mimba mwake mukugunda. Mantha amene anali m"maso mwa Mano anamutulutsa thukuta.
  
  Gates adalumikizananso. "Akhale anayi. Zambiri zatsimikiziridwa. Lumikizanani ndi Drake. Muli mu nkhondo ya moyo wanu, Hayden. Khalani olimbikitsa."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  A Blood King adayimilira pamalo okwera, kumwetulira kozizira pankhope pake, angapo mwa achifwamba ake odalirika atayima kutsogolo ndi pansi pake. "Yakwana nthawi," adatero mophweka. "Izi ndi zomwe timayembekezera, zomwe tidagwira ntchito. Izi ndi zotsatira za khama langa lonse ndi nsembe zanu zonse. "Ndiko komwe," adayimilira mogwira mtima, "zonse zimatha."
  
  Anayang'ana nkhope yake ngati pali mantha. Panalibe aliyense. Zowonadi, Boudreau adawoneka wokondwa kuloledwa kubwereranso kunkhondo yamagazi.
  
  "Claude, wononga mundawu. Iphani akaidi onse. Ndipo..." Anaseka. "Masule akambuku. Ayenera kukhala ndi mphamvu kwakanthawi. Boudreaux, ingochitani zomwe mumachita, koma mwankhanza kwambiri. Ndikukupemphani kuti mukwaniritse zofuna zanu zilizonse. Ndikukuitanani kuti mundisangalatse. Ayi, ndidabwitsani. Chitani izo, Boudreaux. Pitani ku Kauai ndi kukatsekera famu kumeneko."
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inayang'ana komaliza amuna ake ochepa omwe adatsala. "Koma iwe ... pita ukatulutse gehena ku Hawaii."
  
  Anatembenuka, kuwachotsa pambali, ndipo adayang'ana komaliza zamayendedwe ake ndi amuna osankhidwa mosamala omwe angatsagane naye kukuya kwakufa pansi pa Diamond Head.
  
  "Palibe munthu amene adachitapo izi kuyambira Cook ndipo adakhala kuti anene nthano. Palibe munthu adayang'anapo kupitirira gawo lachisanu la gehena. Palibe amene adapezapo zomwe zida za msampha zidamangidwa kuti zibise. Tidzachita."
  
  Imfa ndi chiwonongeko zinali kumbuyo kwake komanso patsogolo pake. Kuyamba kwa chipwirikiti kunali kosapeweka. Mfumu yamagazi inasangalala.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Matt Drake adadutsa pamalo oimika magalimoto a Exoticars, atagwirana dzanja ndi 'bwenzi' lake, Alicia Miles. Panali galimoto imodzi yobwereketsa yomwe inayimitsidwa pamenepo, malo obwereketsa a Basic Dodge omwe mwina anali a alendo angapo omwe adabwereka imodzi mwa ma Lamborghini atsopano kwa ola limodzi. Panthawi yomwe Drake ndi Alicia adalowa m'chipinda chowonetserako mafashoni, munthu wolemera yemwe anali ndi gulu lodulidwa anali kale m'mphuno.
  
  "Masana abwino. Kodi ndingakuthandizeni?"
  
  "Ndi ati omwe ali othamanga kwambiri?" Drake adapanga nkhope yosaleza mtima. "Tili ndi Nissan kunyumba ndipo bwenzi langa likufuna kukhala ndi liwiro lenileni." Drake anatsinzina. "Atha kundipezera ma bonasi angapo, ngati mukudziwa zomwe ndikutanthauza."
  
  Alicia anamwetulira mokoma.
  
  Drake amayembekeza kuti Mai anali akuzungulira kuseri kwa chipinda chachikulu chowonetsera, osayang'ana garaja yakumbuyo ndikulunjika kuchipinda champanda. Adzayesa kulowa kuchokera mbali inayo. Drake ndi Alicia anali ndi mphindi zisanu ndi chimodzi.
  
  Kumwetulira kwa mwamunayo kunali kokulirapo ndipo, mosadabwitsa, kunanama. "Chabwino, anthu ambiri amasankha Ferrari 458 yatsopano kapena Lamborghini Aventador, onse omwe ndi magalimoto abwino kwambiri." Kumwetulira kunakuladi pamene wogulitsa akulozera magalimoto omwe amafunsidwa, onse omwe anali patsogolo pa mawindo aatali a chipinda chowonetsera. "Koma pankhani ya zomwe mwachita bwino, ngati ndizomwe mukuyang'ana, nditha kupangira Ferrari Daytona kapena McLaren F1." Anagwedeza dzanja lake kuseri kwa chipinda chowonetsera.
  
  Panali maofesi kumbuyo uko ndi kumanja. Kumanzere kunali mizere ya zisankho zachinsinsi kumene anthu ankatha kusonkhanitsa zidziwitso za kirediti kadi ndi makiyi. Munalibe mazenera muofesi, koma Drake amamva ziwerengero zikuyenda mozungulira.
  
  Anawerengera pansi masekondi. Mai amayenera kufika pakadutsa mphindi zinayi.
  
  "Kodi ndinu Bambo Scarberry kapena Bambo Petersen?" Adafunsa akumwetulira. "Ndinawona mayina awo pachikwangwani panja."
  
  "Ndine James. Bambo Scarberry ndi Bambo Petersen ndi eni ake. Iwo ali kuseri kwa nyumba. "
  
  "ZOKHUDZA". Drake adayika chiwonetsero choyang'ana Ferraris ndi Lamborghinis. Air conditioner ya showroom inagwera chagada. Panalibe phokoso lochokera ku ofesi yakutali. Alicia adangokhala chete, akusewera mkazi wakhalidwe labwino kwinaku akukonza malo.
  
  Mphindi imodzi kuti Mai atuluke pazitseko zam'mbali.
  
  Drake anakonzeka.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Nthawi inawadutsa mofulumira kwambiri, koma Ben ankayembekezera kuti maganizo openga a Karin adzabala zipatso. Chinthu choyamba chinali kudziŵa kumene matabwa oyambirira a Kaputeni Cook ankasungirako. Izi zinakhala ntchito yosavuta. Zolembazo zinasungidwa ku National Archives, pafupi ndi London, m"nyumba ya boma, koma osati zotetezedwa monga ku Bank of England.
  
  Pakadali pano, zili bwino.
  
  Chotsatira chinali kubweretsa Hayden. Zinatenga nthawi yaitali kuti amvetse mfundo yawo. Poyamba, Hayden ankawoneka wosokonezedwa kwambiri popanda kuchita mwano, koma Karin, mothandizidwa ndi Ben, adapereka mapulani awo, wothandizira wa CIA adangokhala chete.
  
  "Mukufuna chiyani?" Adafunsa modzidzimuka.
  
  "Tikufuna kuti mutumize wakuba wodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi ku National Archives ku Kew kuti adzajambule, osaba, kenako nditumizireni imelo gawo lofunikira lazolemba za Cook. Gawo lomwe likusowa. "
  
  "Kodi unaledzera, Ben? Kwambiri -"
  
  Ben anaumirirabe kuti: "Chovuta kwambiri si kuba. Ndidzatsimikiza kuti wakubayo adzapeza ndi kunditumizira gawo loyenera.
  
  "Bwanji ngati agwidwa?" Hayden adayankha funso mosaganizira.
  
  "Ndicho chifukwa chake ayenera kukhala wakuba wapadziko lonse lapansi yemwe CIA ingakhale nayo chifukwa cha mgwirizanowu. Ndipo chifukwa chake, ayenera kukhala kale m'ndende. O, ndi Hayden, zonsezi ziyenera kuchitika mu maola angapo otsatira. Sindingathe kudikira.
  
  "Ndikudziwa zimenezo," anatero Hayden, koma kenaka kamvekedwe kake kanachepa. "Taona, Ben, ndikudziwa kuti nonse awiri mwakankhidwira muofesi yaying'onoyi, koma mungafune kutulutsa mutu wanu pakhomo kuti mudziwe zambiri. Muyenera kukhala okonzeka ngati-"
  
  Ben anayang'ana Karin modandaula. "Mukakhala chiyani? Mumalankhula ngati kuti dziko latsala pang"ono kutha."
  
  Hayden anakhala chete anamuuza zonse zimene ankafunika kudziwa.
  
  Patapita nthaŵi pang"ono, bwenzi lake lachibwenzi linalankhulanso kuti: "Kodi mumafunikira manotsi ameneŵa moipa motani, magazini awa? Kodi ndizoyenera kukwiyitsa aku Britain?"
  
  "Ngati Mfumu ya Magazi ikafika ku Zipata za Gahena ndipo tiyenera kumutsatira," adatero Ben, "angakhale okhawo omwe angatiyendere. Ndipo tonse tikudziwa momwe Cook analiri wabwino ndi makadi ake. Akanapulumutsa miyoyo yathu."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Hayden anaika foni yake pachivundikiro cha galimoto yake ndikuyesera kukhazika mtima pansi maganizo ake. Maso ake adakumana ndi a Mano Kinimaki kudzera pagalasi lakutsogolo, ndipo adazindikira bwino lomwe kuti mantha akubwera m'maganizo mwake. Iwo angolandira kumene nkhani yowopsya kwambiri, kachiwiri kuchokera kwa Jonathan Gates.
  
  Sizili ngati zigawenga zidzagunda malo angapo ku Oahu.
  
  Tsopano iwo anadziwa kuti izo zinali zoipa kwambiri kuposa izo.
  
  Mano anatuluka, akunjenjemera. "Anali ndani ameneyo?"
  
  "Ben. Akuti tikufunika kulowa mu National Archives ku England kuti timupezere zolemba za Captain Cook.
  
  Mano anakwinya. "Chitani. Ingochitani. Kovalenko woyipayu akuyesera kuwononga chilichonse chomwe timakonda, Hayden. Mumachita zonse zomwe mungathe kuti muteteze zomwe mumakonda. "
  
  "British-"
  
  "Fuck iwo." Mano anataya mtima chifukwa cha nkhawa. Hayden sanasamale. Ngati mitengoyo itithandiza kupha munthu wapathengo uyu, itengeni.
  
  Hayden anakonza maganizo ake. Anayesetsa kuthetsa maganizo ake. Zingatenge mafoni angapo kupita ku maofesi a CIA ku London ndikufuula mokweza kuchokera kwa abwana ake Gates, koma ankaganiza kuti mwina atha kugwira ntchitoyo. Makamaka potengera zomwe Gates anali atangomuuza kumene.
  
  Ndipo ankadziwa bwino lomwe kuti ku London kunali wothandizira wa CIA wokongola kwambiri yemwe angathe kugwira ntchitoyi popanda kutuluka thukuta.
  
  Mano naakacili kumubona, wakali kusyomeka. "Kodi mungakhulupirire kuitana kumeneku? Kodi mungakhulupirire zomwe Kovalenko achita kuti asokoneze chidwi cha anthu?"
  
  Hayden sanathe, koma adangokhala chete, akukonzekerabe zokamba zake za Gates ndi ofesi ya London. Mumphindi zochepa iye anali wokonzeka.
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni titsatire imodzi mwamayimbidwe oyipa kwambiri m'miyoyo yathu ndi imodzi yomwe ingatithandize kusintha maudindo," adatero ndikuyimba nambalayo poyimba mwachangu.
  
  Ngakhale amalankhula ndi abwana ake ndikukambirana za thandizo lakunja kuti awononge British National Archives, mawu am'mbuyomu a Jonathan Gates adatentha m'maganizo mwake.
  
  Si Oahu yekha. Zigawenga za Bloody King zikukonzekera kumenya zisumbu zingapo nthawi imodzi.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NA PILI
  
  
  Drake adapumira pomwe Mai adadutsa pakhomo lakumbali akuwona kalalikiyo.
  
  "Chiani ndi-"
  
  Drake anamwetulira. "Nthawi ya Meyi ndi nthawi," ananong"oneza choncho, kenako n"kuthyola nsagwada za munthuyo ndi wopanga udzu. Popanda phokoso, wogulitsayo anatembenuka ndikugunda pansi. Alicia anadutsa pa Lamborghini, akuwerenga chida chake. Drake adalumpha wogulitsa osayenda. Mai adayenda mwachangu kukhoma lakumbuyo, ndikudutsa kumbuyo kwa McLaren F1 yomwe sinakhudzidwe.
  
  Iwo anali pakhoma la ofesi mumphindi zochepa chabe. Kusowa kwa mazenera kunagwira ntchito kwa iwo komanso motsutsana nawo. Koma padzakhala makamera achitetezo. Linali funso chabe-
  
  Wina anathamangira pakhomo lakumbuyo, maovololo atathimbirira mafuta, tsitsi lalitali lakuda lomangidwa kumbuyo ndi bandeji yobiriwira. Drake anakanikizira tsaya lake molunjika pagawo lopyapyala la plywood, kumvetsera phokoso lochokera mkati mwa ofesi pomwe May amayeserera mayendedwe a makaniko.
  
  Iwo sanapangebe phokoso.
  
  Koma kenako anthu enanso angapo anatulukira pakhomo, ndipo munthu wina m"ofesiyo anakuwa. Drake adadziwa kuti masewerawa atha.
  
  "Asiyeni akhale nazo."
  
  Alicia adafuwula kuti "Bwerani eya" ndikukankha chitseko cha ofesi chitangotsekula zomwe zinapangitsa kuti munthuyu agwere mutu wake ndi ngozi. Bambo wina anatulukanso, maso ake ali ndi mantha ataona mkazi wokongola yemwe ali ndi mfuti komanso mawonekedwe ankhondo akumuyembekezera. Anakweza mfuti. Alicia anamuwombera m'mimba.
  
  Anadzigwetsera pakhomo. Kukuwa kwina kunabwera kuchokera kuofesi. Kunjenjemera kunayamba kusandulika kumvetsetsa. Posachedwapa adzazindikira kuti kungakhale kwanzeru kuitana mabwenzi angapo.
  
  Drake anawombera m'modzi wa makaniko, ndikumumenya pakati pa ntchafu ndikumugwetsa pansi. Bamboyo adatsika pa McLaren, ndikusiya magazi ambiri kumbuyo kwake. Ngakhale Drake adakhumudwa. Mai adatengana ndi mwamuna wachiwiri ndipo Drake adabwerera kwa Alicia.
  
  "Tiyenera kulowa mkati."
  
  Alicia adasendera pafupi mpaka adawona bwino mkatimo. Drake adayenda pansi mpaka adafika pakhomo. Alicia atagwedeza mutu wake anawombera kangapo. Drake anangotsala pang'ono kulowa pakhomo, koma panthawiyo theka la anthu adalumpha ndi zida zokokedwa ndikutsegula moto mwaukali.
  
  Alicia anatembenuka, kubisala kuseri kwa Lamborghini. Zipolopolo zinalimba mluzu kumbali yake. Chophimba chakutsogolo chinasweka. Drake anazemba mwachangu. Iye ankaona ululu m"maso mwa munthuyo pamene ankawombera magalimoto akuluakulu.
  
  Winanso adamuwona. Drake adatsegula chitseko chachiwiri patsogolo pake ndipo adamuwona akugwa kwambiri, akutenga mmodzi mwa anzake.
  
  Alicia adalumpha kuchokera kuseri kwa Lamborghini ndikugwera nkhonya zingapo zophimba. Drake anathamangira ku Ferrari, akuthamangira kumbuyo kwa matayala ake akuluakulu. Tsopano chipolopolo chilichonse chimawerengedwa. Anatha kumuwona May, atabisika pafupi ndi ngodya ya khoma la ofesi, akuyang'ana kumbuyo komwe amakanika anachokera.
  
  Atatu a iwo anagona pa mapazi ake.
  
  Drake adakakamiza kumwetulira pang'ono. Anali akadali makina abwino opha anthu. Kwa kanthawi iye anali ndi nkhawa za msonkhano wosalephereka pakati pa May ndi Alicia ndi malipiro a imfa ya Wells, koma kenaka anatsekera nkhawa yake pakona yakutali monga chikondi chomwe anali nacho kwa Ben, Hayden ndi anzake ena onse.
  
  Awa sanali malo oti muzitha kulamulira maganizo anu pa nkhani za anthu.
  
  Chipolopolocho chinagunda Ferrari, n"kudutsa pakhomo n"kutulukira mbali inayo. Ndi chiwonongeko chogontha, zenera lakutsogolo linaphulika, galasi likugwera mu mathithi aang'ono. Drake anapezerapo mwayi woti adumphe ndikuwombera munthu wina yemwe anali atadzaza pafupi ndi khomo la ofesi.
  
  Amateurs, ndithudi.
  
  Kenako anaona azibambo awiri ankhanza akutuluka muofesiyo atanyamula mfuti mmanja. Mtima wa Drake unadumphadumpha. Anawunikira chithunzi cha amuna ena awiri kumbuyo kwawo - pafupifupi Scarberry ndi Petersen, akutetezedwa ndi aganyu - asanapange thupi lake kukhala laling'ono momwe angathere kumbuyo kwa tayala lalikulu.
  
  Phokoso la zipolopolo zouluka linaphulika m"makutu ake. Ndiye ikanakhala njira yawo. Sungani Alicia ndi iye mndende mpaka eni ake awiri athawe pakhomo lakumbuyo.
  
  Koma sanakonzekere Meyi.
  
  Wothandizira ku Japan adatola mfuti zotayidwa ndipo adabwera pakona, akuwombera amuna omwe anali ndi mfuti za submachine. Mmodzi anawulukira chammbuyo ngati kuti wagundidwa ndi galimoto, akuombera mfuti yake mwaukali ndi kumwaza confetti padenga pamene ankagwa. Winayo adathamangitsa abwana ake kumbuyo kwa mtembo wake ndikutembenukira kwa Mai.
  
  Alicia analumphira mmwamba ndikuombera mfuti imodzi yomwe inadutsa tsaya la mlonda uja, nthawi yomweyo anamugwetsa pansi.
  
  Tsopano Scarberry ndi Petersen anatenga zida zawo okha. Drake analumbira. Iye ankawafuna iwo amoyo. Panthawiyi, amuna ena awiri adalowanso kumbuyo ndi zitseko zam'mbali, ndikukakamiza Mai kuti abisale kumbuyo kwa McLaren kachiwiri.
  
  Chipolopolocho chinalasa thupi la galimoto yamtengo wapataliyo.
  
  Drake anamva m'modzi mwa eni ake akulira ngati nkhumba ya ku Hawaii.
  
  Drake adadabwa kwakanthawi. Mai anapha awiri mwa alonda, koma Scarberry ndi Petersen mwamsanga anazimiririka kunja kwa khomo lakumbuyo ndi matalala a moto wophimba.
  
  Drake anayimirira ndikuwombera, akupita patsogolo. Nthawi yonseyi akupita patsogolo, adawerama kuti atenge zida zina ziwiri. Mmodzi wa alonda a pakhomo lakumbuyo adagwa, atagwira phewa lake. Winayo anabwerera m"mbuyo mu mtsinje wa magazi.
  
  Drake anathamangira pakhomo, Mai ndi Alicia pambali pake. May adathamangitsidwa pomwe Drake adayang'ana mwachangu, kuyesera kuwunika komwe kuli zipinda zothandizira komanso garaja.
  
  "Dala lalikulu lotseguka," adatero. "Koma pali vuto limodzi lalikulu."
  
  Alicia adatsamira pafupi naye. "Chani?"
  
  "Ali ndi Shelby Cobra kumbuyo uko."
  
  Mai adamuponya maso. "N'chifukwa chiyani ili ndi vuto?"
  
  "Chilichonse chomwe mungachite, musachiwombere."
  
  "Kodi yadzaza ndi zophulika?"
  
  "Ayi".
  
  "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani sindingathe kuyichotsa?"
  
  "Chifukwa ndi Shelby Cobra!"
  
  "Tangowombera chipinda chowonetsera chodzaza ndi ma supercars opusa." Alicia anamugwadira pambali. "Ngati mulibe mwayi woti muchite izi, zikomo."
  
  "Zoyipa". Drake adalumphira kwa iye. Chipolopolocho chinadutsa pachipumi chake n"kuboola khoma la pulasitala, n"kumameta matabwa a pulasitala m"maso mwake. Monga ankayembekezera, anthu oipawo anawombera pamene akuthamanga. Ngati agunda chilichonse, ungakhale mwayi.
  
  Drake anatenga cholinga, anapuma mozama, ndipo anatulutsa amuna mbali zonse za mabwana awiri. Pamene alonda awo omalizira adagwa, Scarberry ndi Petersen ankawoneka kuti akudziwa kuti akulimbana ndi nkhondo yotayika. Iwo anaima, zida zitalendewera m"mbali mwawo. Drake anathamangira kwa iwo, chala chake chili kale pa chowombera.
  
  "Claude," adatero. "Tikufuna Claude, osati inu. Ali kuti?"
  
  Chapafupi, mabwana awiriwa ankawoneka ofanana modabwitsa. Onse anali ndi nkhope zotopa, zokhotakhota ndi mizere yolimba yobadwa kuchokera zaka zakupanga zisankho zankhanza. Maso awo anali ozizira, maso a piranha akudya. Manja awo, atagwirabe mfuti, anawerama mosamala.
  
  Mai adaloza chidacho. "Atayani."
  
  Alicia anatambasula zimakupiza ake, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kulunjika. Drake amatha kuona kugonja m'maso mwa mabwana. Mifutiyo inagwera pansi pafupifupi nthawi imodzi.
  
  "Blood hell," Alicia anadandaula. Amawoneka ofanana ndipo amachita chimodzimodzi. Kodi anthu oipa akumwamba amakutembenuzani kukhala anthu okondana? Ndipo ndili pa nkhaniyi, n"chifukwa chiyani aliyense pano angasinthe n"kukhala munthu woipa? Malo amenewa ndi abwino kuposa tchuthi chakumwamba chachisanu ndi chiwiri."
  
  "Ndi ndani wa inu Scarberry?" Adafunsa mophweka mai uja.
  
  "Ndine," anatero mmodzi wa tsitsi la blond. "Kodi anyamata mwakhala mukuyang'ana m'tauni yonse za Claude?"
  
  "Ife ndife," ananong'oneza Drake. "Ndipo uku ndiye kuyimitsa kwathu komaliza."
  
  Kudina pang'ono kunamveka mu chete. Drake adatembenuka, akudziwa kuti Alicia agunda chandamale, monga nthawi zonse. Galajiyo inkawoneka yopanda kanthu, bata mwadzidzidzi litalemera ngati phiri.
  
  Scarberry adawapatsa kumwetulira kwachikasu. "Tili mu msonkhano. Nthawi zina zonse zimasokonekera. "
  
  Drake sanamuyang'ane Alicia, koma adamuuza kuti akhale maso nthawi zonse. Chinachake chinali cholakwika. Adalowa ndikumugwira Scarberry. Ndi judo yofulumira, Drake adamunyamula ndikumuponyera paphewa, ndikumenya mwamunayo mwamphamvu mu konkire. Pomwe ululu m'maso mwa Scarberry udatha, Drake anali ataloza mfuti pachibwano chake.
  
  "Claude ali kuti?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Sindinamvepo-"
  
  Drake adathyola mphuno yamunthu. "Uli ndi mwayi winanso."
  
  Kupuma kwa Scarberry kunali kofulumira. Nkhope yake inali yolimba ngati granite, koma minofu yake ya m"khosi inali kugwira ntchito molimbika, kusonyeza mantha ndi mantha.
  
  "Tiyeni tiyambe kujambula zithunzi." Mawu opepuka a Mai adawafikira. "Ndangonyasidwa".
  
  "Pabwino". Drake adakankhira kumbali, adalowa pambali ndikukoka chowombera.
  
  "NOUUU!"
  
  Kufuula kwa Scarberry kunamuyimitsa panthawi yomaliza. "Claude amakhala ku famu! kumtunda kuchokera kumpoto kwa nyanja. Ndikhoza kukupatsani ma coordinates."
  
  Drake anamwetulira. "Ndiye pitirira."
  
  Kudina kwina. Drake adawona kuyenda pang'ono ndipo mtima wake udagwa.
  
  Ayi.
  
  Alicia anawombera. Chipolopolo chake chinapha munthu woipa womaliza nthawi yomweyo. Anabisala mu thunthu la Shelby.
  
  Drake adamuyang'ana. Anamwetuliranso ndi zoyipa zakale. Drake adawona kuti adzipezanso. Iye anali ndi khalidwe lamphamvu limene likanatha kupirira imfa.
  
  Sanali wotsimikiza za iyemwini. Anamugwedeza Scarberry kuti afulumire. "Fulumirani. Mnzako, Claude, akudabwa kwambiri."
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI ATATU
  
  
  Hayden ndi Kinimaka analibeso nthawi yoyimitsa galimoto Drake adamuyitana. Adawona nambala yake pa skrini ndipo adapumira mtima.
  
  "Drake. Muli kuti-"
  
  "Palibe nthawi. Ndili ndi malo a Claude."
  
  "Inde, ifenso timaganiza choncho, munthu wanzeru. Ndizodabwitsa kuti zigawenga zina zimasiya moyo wabata.
  
  "Mwadziwa mpaka liti? Muli kuti?" Drake adayankha mafunso ngati sajenti woboola kulamula.
  
  "Chenjerani, nyalugwe. Tinalandira nkhani miniti yokha yapitayo. Mvetserani, tikukonzekera pompopompo. Ndipo ndikutanthauza pompano. Mukusewera?"
  
  "Ndili bwino ndithu. Tonsefe tiri otero. Munthu wapathengo uyu ndi sitepe imodzi kumbuyo kwa Kovalenko.
  
  Hayden adamuuza za machenjezo a zigawenga pomwe amauza Kinimaka kuti ayendetse galimoto. Atamaliza, Drake adakhala chete.
  
  Patapita kamphindi anati, "Tidzakumana nanu ku likulu."
  
  Hayden mwachangu adayimba nambala ya Ben Blake. "Opaleshoni yanu yayenda bwino. Tikukhulupirira kuti wothandizira wathu ku London akupatsani zomwe mukufuna m'maola angapo otsatirawa, pambuyo pake adzakutumizirani makope. Ndikukhulupirira kuti izi ndi zomwe mukufuna, Ben. "
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti zilipodi." Mawu a Ben ankamveka mwamantha kwambiri kuposa mmene ankamvera akulankhula. "Ndikungoganiza bwino, koma ndikungopekabe."
  
  "Nanenso ndikhulupilira".
  
  Hayden adaponya foni yake pa dashboard ndikuyang'ana misewu ya Waikiki mopanda kanthu pomwe Kinimaka amabwerera ku likulu. "Gates akuganiza kuti ngati titha kuthana ndi Claude mwachangu, titha kusiya ziwonetserozo. Iwo akuyembekeza kuti Kovalenko angakhaleponso."
  
  Mano analuma mano. "Aliyense akuchita, bwana. Apolisi akumaloko, magulu apadera. Chilichonse chimaphwanyidwa mpaka kuphulika. Vuto ndi lakuti anthu oipawo ali kale. Iwo ayenera kukhala. Ziyenera kukhala zosatheka kuletsa kuukira kulikonse komwe kukubwera, osasiyapo kuwukira kokwana theka la khumi ndi awiri pazilumba zitatu zosiyanasiyana. "
  
  Aliyense amene anali ndi mphamvu anali wotsimikiza kuti Kovalenko adalamula kuti anthu ambiri aziwukira kuti aliyense akhale wotanganidwa pomwe amapita kukasaka maloto ake - ulendo womwe adapereka gawo lomaliza la moyo wake.
  
  Tsatirani m"mapazi a Captain Cook. Ndi bwino kupita mmodzimmodzi. Onani kuseri kwa zipata za gahena.
  
  Hayden anazungulira mozungulira malikuluwo ali kunja. Yakwana nthawi yoti tichitepo kanthu.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adabweretsa May ndi Alicia ku nyumba ya CIA ndipo nthawi yomweyo adaperekezedwa kumtunda. Anawalowetsa m"chipinda chomwe munali anthu ambiri. Chakumapeto kwake, Hayden ndi Kinimaka anaima pakati pa khamu la apolisi ndi asilikali. Drake amatha kuwona SWAT ndi HPD Burglar Team. Amatha kuwona mayunifolomu omwe mosakayikira anali a magulu a CIA Special Operations. Mwinanso Delta ina pafupi.
  
  Mdyerekezi mosakayikira ali pa mchira wa Mfumu ya Magazi ndi kunja kwa mwazi.
  
  "Kodi mukukumbukira pamene Mfumu ya Magazi inatumiza asilikali ake kuti akaukire Chiwonongeko chija kuti abe chipangizochi?" Iye anatero. "Ndipo anayesa kulanda Kinimaka nthawi yomweyo? Ine kubetcherana chinali kulanda mwangozi. Iwo ankangofuna kudziwa chinenero cha ku Hawaii cha Kinimaki."
  
  Drake ndiye adakumbukira kuti palibe May kapena Alicia pomwe amuna a Kovalenko adaphatikizira wowonongayo. Anapukusa mutu. "Zilibe kanthu".
  
  Drake anaona Ben ndi Karin atayima pafupi ndi zenera. Aliyense wa iwo anali ndi galasi m'manja mwake, ndipo ankawoneka ngati mapepala akugudubuza ku disco yakusukulu.
  
  Drake anaganiza zosochera pakati pa anthu. Zingakhale zosavuta. Kutayika kwa Kennedy kunali kuwirabe m'magazi ake, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti asamakambirane. Ben analipo. Ben anamugwira iye atamwalira.
  
  Anayenera kukhala Drake. Osati izi zokha. Drake anayenera kuteteza imfa yake. Izi n"zimene anachita. Nthawi idasokonekera ndipo kwakanthawi adapezeka ali kunyumba ku York ndi Kennedy, akuphika china chake kukhitchini. Kennedy anathira ramu yakuda mu poto yokazinga ndipo anayang'ana mmwamba pamene inkawomba. Drake marinated steak mu batala wa adyo. Zinali wamba. Zinali zosangalatsa. Dziko linakhalanso labwinobwino.
  
  Nyenyezi zinkawala pamaso pake ngati zowomba moto zomwe zalephera. Mtendere unabwera mwadzidzidzi ndipo mawu anayamba kumveka mozungulira iye. Winawake anamugwadira. Bambo wina anathira khofi wotentha pa mmodzi wa mabwana ake ndipo anathamangira kuchimbudzi ngati mleme wotuluka ku gehena.
  
  Alicia adamuyang'ana mwachidwi. "Chikuchitika ndi chiyani, Drakes?"
  
  Anadutsa pakati pa anthuwo mpaka adakumana maso ndi maso ndi Ben Blake. Iyi inali nthawi yabwino kuti ayankhe mwachangu kuchokera kwa Dinorock. Drake ankadziwa izi. Mwina Ben ankadziwa zimenezi. Koma onse awiri adakhala chete. Kuwala kunadutsa pawindo kuseri kwa Ben; Honolulu inayima yopangidwa ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa, mlengalenga wowala wabuluu ndi mitambo yochepa yoyenda kunja.
  
  Drake pamapeto pake adapeza mawu ake. "Kodi makompyuta awa a CIA anali othandiza?"
  
  "Tikukhulupirira". Ben adafotokozera mwachidule nkhani yaulendo wa Captain Cook kupita ku Diamond Head ndipo adamaliza ndi vumbulutso kuti CIA idagwiritsa ntchito nthumwi yaku Britain kubera National Archives.
  
  Alicia anapita patsogolo pang'onopang'ono atamva nkhani ya mnyamatayo. "Wakuba wamkulu waku Britain? Dzina lake ndi ndani?"
  
  Ben anaphethira ndi chidwi chodzidzimutsa. "Hayden sanandiuzepo."
  
  Alicia anayang'ana mwachidule kwa CIA wogwira ntchitoyo, kenako ndikumwetulira. "O, ndikukayikira kuti sanachite zimenezo."
  
  "Zikutanthauza chiyani?" Karin analankhula.
  
  kumwetulira kwa Alicia kunasanduka koyipa pang'ono. "Sindidziwika kwenikweni chifukwa cha ukatswiri wanga. Osayikanikiza."
  
  Drake anatsokomola. "Chigawenga china chapadziko lonse lapansi chomwe Alicia adachichita. Chinyengo nthawi zonse chinali kupeza zomwe alibe."
  
  "Ndizoona," Alicia anatero akuseka. "Ndakhala wotchuka kuyambira kale."
  
  "Chabwino, ngati uyu ndiye wothandizira amene ndimamuganizira," Mai analoŵererapo m"kukambitsirana kwawo, "amadziŵika kwa anzeru aku Japan. Iye ndi ... wosewera mpira. Ndipo ntchito yabwino kwambiri. "
  
  "Ndiye mwina adzasamalira mapeto ake." Drake adaphunzira chisangalalo cha mzinda wa Pacific womwe unafalikira pamaso pake ndikulakalaka mtendere pang'ono.
  
  "Sizinali vuto kwa iye," adatero Alicia. Ndipo inde, adzakutumizirani magazini anu.
  
  Ben anali akuyang'anabe pakati pa Alicia ndi Hayden, koma adagwira lilime lake. Kuzindikira kunali gawo labwino kwambiri pakuwulula panthawiyi. Iye anati: "Akadali maganizo ophunzitsidwa bwino. "Koma ngati tifika ku Gates of Hell, ndikukhulupirira kuti zojambulidwazi zitha kupulumutsa miyoyo yathu."
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira" - Drake adatembenuka ndikuyang'ana chipwirikiticho - "Sizidzatheka. Mfumu yamagazi idzakhalabe pafamu. Koma ngati zitsiruzi sizifulumira, Kovalenko athawa. "
  
  "Kovalenko." Alicia ananyambita milomo yake kwinaku akunena izi kusangalara kubwezera. "Ndifera zomwe zidachitikira Hudson. Ndipo Boudreau? Iye ndi wina yemwe wadziwika kwambiri. " Nayenso anayang"ana mozungulira gulu la anthu aphokosolo. "Ayi, ndi ndani amene ali ndi udindo pano?"
  
  Monga ngati akuyankha, mawu adatuluka kuchokera pagulu la apolisi ozungulira Hayden Jay. Phokosoli litayamba kutha ndipo bamboyo adawoneka, Drake adakondwera kuwona Jonathan Gates. Iye ankakonda senator. Ndipo adalira naye pamodzi.
  
  "Monga mukudziwa, tili ndi malo a Kovalenko Ranch ku Oahu," adatero Gates. "Choncho, ntchito yathu iyenera kukhala ndi magawo anayi. Choyamba, tetezani onse ogwidwa. Chachiwiri, sonkhanitsani zambiri zokhudza zigawenga zomwe zikuganiziridwa kuti zachitika. Chachitatu, fufuzani munthu ameneyu, Claude ndi Kovalenko. Ndipo chachinayi, pezani komwe kuli mafamu ena awiriwo."
  
  Gates anaima kaye kuti izi zilowe, ndipo mwanjira ina adakwanitsa kupanga mwamuna ndi mkazi aliyense m'chipindamo kuganiza kuti akuwayang'ana ndi diso limodzi. "Izi ziyenera kuchitika mwanjira iliyonse yomwe ikufunika. Kovalenko mofunitsitsa anaika miyoyo ya anthu ambiri pachiwopsezo pakusaka kwake movutikira. Kutha lero."
  
  Zipata zinatseguka. Mwadzidzidzi chipwirikiti chomwe chinali mchipindachi chinasiya ndipo aliyense anayamba kubwelera kumalo awo mwachangu. Tsatanetsatane waganiziridwa bwino.
  
  Drake adagwira diso la Hayden. Iye anagwedeza dzanja lake kwa iye, kumuuza kuti abwere.
  
  Khalani okonzeka ndi kukwera akavalo anu, anyamata. Tifika pafamu ya Claude m'mphindi makumi atatu."
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI INE
  
  
  Drake adakhala ndi abwenzi ake mu imodzi mwa helikoputala zopepuka za dipatimenti ya apolisi ku Hawaii ndikuyesa kuchotsa mutu wake pomwe adawulukira ku famu ya Claude. Kumwamba kunali ma helikoputala ofanana ndi ankhondo olemera kwambiri. Mazana a anthu anali mumlengalenga. Ena anali paulendo wawo wowoloka pamtunda, akuyenda mofulumira momwe akanathera. Apolisi ndi asitikali ambiri adakakamizika kukhalabe ku Honolulu ndi kudera la Waikiki ngati zigawenga zitha kuchitika.
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inagawa magulu awo ankhondo.
  
  Chithunzi cha satellite chinkawonetsa zochitika zambiri pafamuyi, koma zambiri zinali zobisika, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kudziwa zomwe zikuchitika.
  
  Drake adatsimikiza mtima kuyika malingaliro ake pa Kovalenko. Gates anali wolondola. Ogwidwa ndi chitetezo chawo ndizomwe zidasankha apa. Zina mwazinthu zodabwitsa zomwe adaziwonapo zikuwonekera pansipa ndi kuzungulira iye pamene akuwulukira ku North Coast, koma Drake adagwiritsa ntchito gawo lililonse la chifuniro chake kuti aganizire. Iye anali msilikali yemwe poyamba anali.
  
  Sakanakhoza kukhala wina aliyense.
  
  Kumanzere kwake, Mai analankhula mwachidule ndi mlongo wake, Chika, akuyang"ana kaŵirikaŵiri kuti ali moyo wabwino ndipo analankhula mawu achete pang"ono pamene iwo akanatha. Sizinali chinsinsi kuti atha kuyambitsa nkhondo yayikulu kapena kupita kumalo omenyera okonzeka.
  
  Kumanja kwa Drake, Alicia adakhala nthawi yoyang'ana ndikuwunikanso zida ndi zida zake. Iye sankasowa kufotokoza kalikonse. Drake sanakayikire kuti abwezera.
  
  Hayden ndi Kinimaka adakhala moyang'anizana nawo, akungokanikiza maikolofoni awo ndikutulutsa mawu kapena kulandira zosintha ndi maoda. Nkhani yabwino inali yakuti palibe chimene chinachitika ku Oahu kapena chilumba china chilichonse. Nkhani yoyipa inali yakuti Mfumu ya Magazi inali ndi zaka zokonzekera izi. Iwo sankadziwa chimene ankalowera.
  
  Ben ndi Karin anasiyidwa kulikulu. Adalamulidwa kuti adikire imelo ya wothandizirayo ndikukonzekera mwayi wowopsa womwe angafunikire kupita pansi pa Mutu wa Diamondi ndikudutsa pa Zipata za Gahena.
  
  Mawu achitsulo adachokera ku choppers sound system. "Mphindi zisanu kuti cholinga."
  
  Kaya mukufuna kapena ayi, Drake anaganiza. Ife tiri mmenemo tsopano.
  
  Helicoptersyo inadutsa m'chigwa chakuya, chodabwitsa kwambiri pamene inkawuluka itazunguliridwa ndi ma helikoputala ena ambiri. Awa anali funde loyamba lopangidwa ndi asilikali apadera. Msilikali wachiwiri aliyense wa ku United States anali wokonzeka kuthandiza. Air Force. Navy. Asilikali.
  
  Mawu adabweranso. "Cholinga".
  
  Ananyamuka ngati mmodzi.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Nsapato za Drake zidakhudza udzu wofewa ndipo nthawi yomweyo adawotchedwa. Iye anali wachiwiri kwa munthu womalizira kutuluka pakhomo. Marine watsoka, akumenyanabe, adawombera pachifuwa ndipo adafa asanagwe pansi.
  
  Drake anadzitambasula pansi. Zipolopolo zinali mluzu pamutu pake. Kuwombera kosawoneka bwino kunagunda zipika pafupi naye. Anawombera volley. Amuna kumbali zonse za iye anakwawa mu udzu, pogwiritsa ntchito mapiri achilengedwe kuti abisale.
  
  Patsogolo pake adawona nyumba, nyumba ya njerwa yansanjika ziwiri, palibe chapadera, koma mosakayika koyenera zosowa zapanyumba za Kovalenko. Kumanzere anaona malo odyetserako ziweto. Ndi chiyani...?
  
  Mantha, anthu opanda zida adathamangira kwa iye. Anabalalika kumanzere ndi kumanja, mbali zonse. Adamva kuyimba m'makutu mwake
  
  "Masewera okondana".
  
  Iye anatsetsereka kutsogolo. Mayi ndi Alicia anali akusunthira kumanja kwake. Pomaliza, Marines adadzikoka pamodzi ndikuyamba kuyitanitsa njira yolumikizira moto. Drake adayamba kuyenda mwachangu. Anthu omwe anali patsogolo pawo adayamba kuthawa, akutuluka pamalo omwe adabisala ndikuthamangira kunyumba.
  
  Zolinga zosavuta
  
  Drake tsopano adawuka ndi gulu lankhondo ndikupha anthu akuthamanga, akukweza mfuti yake. Anaona mkaidi uja akudumphira paudzu n"kulunjika kunyumba. Sanadziwe kuti anyamata abwino afika.
  
  Mkaidiyo mwadzidzidzi anapindika n"kugwa. Amuna a A Bloody King anawawombera udzu. Drake adabuma, nayang'ana mfutiyo, ndikuchotsa mutu wa mwana wambayo. Ankawombera nthawi ndi nthawi, kugwetsa anthu pansi kapena kutsogolera anthu kuti ena athe kuwamaliza.
  
  Anali kufunafuna Claude. Asananyamuke mu helikoputala onse adaonetsedwa chithunzi cha wachiwiri kwa a Blood King. Drake adadziwa kuti awongolera zomwe zikuchitika kumbuyo, ndikupanga njira yopulumukira. Mwina kuchokera kunyumba.
  
  Drake anathamanga, akuyang'anabe malowa, akumawombera nthawi ndi nthawi. Mmodzi wa anthu oipa ananyamuka kuseri kwa phirilo n"kubwera kwa iye ndi chikwanje. Drake anangotsitsa phewa lake, kulola mphamvu ya mdani wakeyo kumunyamula molunjika kwa iye, ndipo adagwa pansi. Bamboyo anaseka. Nsapato ya Drake inaphwanya nsagwada zake. Nsapato ina ya Drake inaponda padzanja atanyamula chikwanje.
  
  Munthu wakale wa SAS analoza mfuti yake ndikuombera. Ndiyeno tinasunthira patsogolo.
  
  Iye sanayang'ane mmbuyo. Nyumbayo inali kutsogolo, inkawoneka ngati yayikulu, chitseko chinali chotseguka pang'ono, ngati kuti chikufuna kulowa. Mwachiwonekere iyi si njira yopitira. Drake anatulutsa mazenera akuthamanga, akuyang'ana pamwamba. Galasi linaphulika mnyumbamo.
  
  Tsopano akaidi ochulukirachulukira akutuluka kuchokera ku famuyo. Ena anaima pa udzu wautali, akungokuwa kapena kuoneka onjenjemera. Drake atawayang'ana adawona kuti ambiri akuthamanga mothamanga, akuwulukira kutsogolo ngati akuthawa chinachake.
  
  Ndiyeno iye anachiwona icho, ndipo magazi ake anasanduka ayezi.
  
  Mutuwo, womwe ndi mutu waukulu kwambiri wa kambuku waku Bengal, unadutsa muudzu kufunafuna kuwala. Drake sanalole akambuku kugwira nyama zawo. Iye anathamangira kwa iwo.
  
  Ndinasindikiza m'makutu. "Tigers mu udzu."
  
  Panali macheza ochuluka poyankha. Ena anaonanso nyamazo. Drake anayang'ana pamene imodzi mwa nyamazo idalumphira kumbuyo kwa munthu wothamanga. Cholengedwacho chinali chachikulu, chowopsya, ndipo pothawa chifaniziro chabwino cha chipwirikiti ndi kupha anthu. Drake anakakamiza miyendo yake kuti ipite mofulumira.
  
  Mutu wina waukulu unathyola udzu pamtunda wa mamita angapo kutsogolo. Kambukuyo analumphira kwa iye, pakamwa pake n"kusanduka kulira kwakukulu, mano ake ali opanda kanthu komanso atathimbirira ndi magazi. Drake adagwera pa sitimayo ndikugudubuzika, minyewa yonse m'thupi lake ili moyo ndikukuwa. Iye anali asanasewerepo bwino kwambiri chonchi. Iye anali asanaukepo mofulumira chotero ndi molondola. Zinali ngati kuti mdani woopsa watulutsa msilikali wabwino kwambiri mwa iye.
  
  Anatulutsa mfuti, n"kutembenuka n"kuombera chipolopolo chopanda kanthu m"mutu mwa nyalugweyo. Chilombocho chinagwa nthawi yomweyo, chinawombera mu ubongo.
  
  Drake sanagwire mpweya wake. Mwamsanga analumpha pa udzu kuti athandize munthu amene anamuona atagwetsa masekondi angapo m"mbuyomo. Kambukuyo anam"kumbatira, akumalira, minyewa yake ikuluikulu ikugwedezeka ndi kunjenjemera pamene inkatsitsa mutu wake kuti ilume.
  
  Drake adamuwombera kumbuyo, adadikirira mpaka atatembenuka, kenako adamuwombera pakati pa maso. Ilo linatera, mapaundi mazana asanu onse, pa munthu yemwe anali pafupi kudya.
  
  osati zabwino, Drake anaganiza. Koma kuli bwino kusiyana ndi kukhadzulidwa ndi kudyedwa wamoyo.
  
  Kukuwa kumamveka m'makutu ake. "Zoyipa, zigawenga izi ndi zazikulu!" "Winanso, Jacko! Imodzinso pa zisanu ndi chimodzi zanu! "
  
  Anaphunzira malo ake. Palibe chizindikiro cha akambuku, akapolo ochita mantha ndi magulu ankhondo ochita mantha. Drake anathamangira kumbuyo kudutsa udzu, wokonzeka kubisala ngati awona mdani aliyense, koma m'masekondi pang'ono adabwerera mnyumbamo.
  
  Mazenera akutsogolo anali osweka. A Marines anali mkati. Drake adatsatira, chizindikiro chake cha Bluetooth chopanda zingwe chikuwonetsa kuti ndi wochezeka. Atadutsa pawindo losweka la zenera, anadabwa kuti Claude mwiniyo angakhale kuti. Kodi panopa akanakhala kuti?
  
  Mawu adanong'oneza m'khutu mwake. "Ndimaganiza kuti wasiya phwando msanga, Drakey." Nyimbo za Alicia za silky. "Kwa nonse awiri."
  
  Iye anamuwona iye. Anabisidwa pang'ono ndi chipinda chomwe amafufuza. Yesu, kodi ankayang'ana m'ma DVD ake?
  
  Mai anali kumbuyo kwake atanyamula mfuti m'manja. Drake adawona mayi uja waku Japan adakweza chida chake ndikuchilozera pamutu pa Alicia.
  
  "Mai!" Mawu ake othedwa nzeru anakuwa m"makutu mwawo.
  
  Alicia analumpha. Nkhope ya May idapindika ndikumwetulira pang'ono. "Kunali kochita, Drake. Ndinali kuloza ma alarm, osati Alicia. Osati pano ".
  
  "Nkhawa?" Drake adaseka. "Talowa kale mkati."
  
  "Asilikali akuwoneka kuti akuganiza kuti alumikizidwanso ndi nyumba yosungiramo katundu yayikulu kuseri kwa nyumbayo."
  
  Alicia anabwerera mmbuyo ndikuloza mfuti yake. "Ndikudziwa ngati ndikudziwa." Anaponya volley mu chipinda. Spark zinawuluka.
  
  Alicia anagwedezeka. "Ziyenera kukhala zokwanira."
  
  Hayden, ndi Kinimaka atatentha zidendene, adabwerera kuchipinda. "Khola latsekedwa mwamphamvu. Zizindikiro za matenda ashuga. Anyamata aukadaulo akugwira ntchito pano. "
  
  Drake anazindikira kulakwa kwa zonsezi. "Komano timalowa muno mosavuta chonchi? Izi-"
  
  Pa nthawiyi n"kuti phokoso komanso phokoso la munthu amene akutsika pamwamba pa masitepewo. Mofulumira. Drake anatenga mfuti ija ndikuyang'ana mmwamba.
  
  Ndipo anazizimuka ndi mantha.
  
  Mmodzi wa anyamata a Claude anatsika pang'onopang'ono masitepe, dzanja lina likufinya kukhosi kwa wogwidwayo. M'dzanja lake lina anali ndi Chiwombankhanga cha m'chipululu, cholunjika pamutu pake.
  
  Koma sikunali kuchuluka kwa mantha a Drake. Mtima wowawa unayamba kumuzindikira mkaziyo. Anali Kate Harrison, mwana wamkazi wa wothandizira wakale wa Gates. Munthu yemwe anali ndi mlandu pa imfa ya Kennedy.
  
  Anali mwana wake wamkazi. Akadali moyo.
  
  Mwamuna wa Claude anakankha mfutiyo mwamphamvu pakachisi wake, zomwe zinachititsa kuti atseke maso ake chifukwa cha ululu. Koma sanakuwa. Drake, pamodzi ndi ena khumi ndi awiri omwe anali m'chipindamo, adaloza mfuti zawo kwa bamboyo.
  
  Ndipo komabe sanamve bwino kwa Drake. N"chifukwa chiyani mnyamatayu anali ndi mkaidi mmodzi? Zinkawoneka ngati-
  
  "Bwererani!" - bamboyo adafuula, akuyang'ana maso ake mbali zonse. Thukuta linkatuluka m'madontho akuluakulu. Mmene ananyamulira theka lake ndi theka la kukankhira mkaziyo zinatanthauza kuti kulemera kwake konse kunali pa mwendo wake wakumbuyo. Mkaziyo, mwa mbiri yake, sizinamuchepetseko.
  
  Drake anawerengera kuti kukakamiza kwa trigger kunali kale pakati pa chandamale. "Chokani! Titulutseni!" Munthuyo anamutsitsanso sitepe ina. Asilikali ankhondo apadera adabwerera m'mbuyo, koma adangopita kumalo opindulitsa pang'ono.
  
  "Ndikukuchenjezani, abulu." Munthu wotuluka thukuta anali kupuma movutikira. "Chokani m'njira yoyipa."
  
  Ndipo panthawiyi, Drake amatha kuona kuti amatanthauza. Panali kusimidwa m'maso mwake, china chake Drake adachizindikira. Munthu uyu wataya chilichonse. Chirichonse chimene iye anachita, chirichonse chimene iye anachita, icho chinali kuchitidwa pansi pa kukakamizidwa kowopsya.
  
  "Kubwerera!" mwamunayo anakuwanso ndikukankhira mkaziyo pansi sitepe ina. Dzanja lomukumbatira pakhosi linali ngati chitsulo. Ankasunga mbali iliyonse ya thupi lake kumbuyo kuti asadzionetsere ngati chandamale. Poyamba anali msilikali, ndipo ayenera kuti anali wabwino.
  
  Drake ndi anzake adawona nzeru yobwerera. Iwo anapatsa munthuyo malo owonjezera pang"ono. Anatsika masitepe ena angapo. Drake adamuyang'ana May. Anagwedeza mutu pang'ono. Nayenso ankadziwa. Izi zinali zolakwika. Zinali...
  
  Nsomba yofiira. Mtundu woyipa kwambiri. Claude, mosakayikira pa malamulo a Kovalenko, adagwiritsa ntchito munthuyu kuti awasokoneze. Makhalidwe a Archetypal a King of Blood. Pakhoza kukhala bomba mnyumbamo. Mphoto yeniyeni, Claude, mwina inali kuthawa bwino m'khola.
  
  Drake anadikirira, wokhazikika bwino. Mitsempha iliyonse m'thupi mwake inawuma. Iye anawongolera nkhonyayo. Kupuma kwake kunasiya. Malingaliro ake adasowa. Panalibe kalikonse tsopano, ngakhale chipinda chomangika chodzaza ndi asilikali, osati wogwidwa ndi mantha, ngakhale nyumba ndi antchito amene anamuzungulira.
  
  Millimeter yokha. Kuwona crosshair. Pasanathe inchi imodzi kufika pa chandamale. Kusuntha kumodzi. Ndizo zonse zomwe ankasowa. Ndipo kukhala chete ndi zomwe ankadziwa. Bamboyo kenako anakankhira Kate Harrison pansi sitepe ina, ndipo mu kagawo kakang'ono kakusunthako, diso lake lakumanzere linasuzumira kuseri kwa chigaza cha mkaziyo.
  
  Drake adawuphulitsa ndi mfuti imodzi.
  
  Bamboyo analumphira m"mbuyo n"kugundana ndi khomalo n"kutsetsereka n"kudutsa mayi amene ankakuwa uja. Anatera ndi kugwa, mutu choyamba, zida zikuyang'ana kumbuyo kwake, ndipo adawona chovala chake, mimba yake.
  
  Kate Harrison anafuula kuti: "Wamuwombera!"
  
  Drake adalumphira kutsogolo, koma Mai ndi Marine wamkulu anali kudumpha kale m'mphepete mwa masitepe. Marine adagwira Kate Harrison. Mai adalumpha wakufayo. Mutu wake unatembenukira ku vest, ku chizindikiro.
  
  "Mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu!"
  
  Aliyense anathamangira pawindo. Aliyense kupatula Drake. Mngeleziyo anathamangira m"nyumbamo, akuthamangira m"kanjira kakang"ono kupita kukhitchini, akumapemphera kuti wina asiye chitseko chakumbuyo chitseguke. Akatero adzakhala pafupi ndi Claude pamene bomba linkaphulika. Choncho anali ndi mwayi.
  
  Kudzera pakhonde. Masekondi atatu anadutsa. Kukhitchini. Kuyang'ana mwachangu pozungulira. Masekondi ena awiri. Chitseko chakumbuyo chatsekedwa.
  
  Nthawi yatha.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NDI chisanu
  
  
  Drake anatsegula moto atangomva kuphulika koyamba. Zingatenge sekondi imodzi kapena ziwiri kuti mukafike kumeneko. Chitseko cha kukhitchini chinasweka ndi mikwingwirima yambiri. Drake adathamanga molunjika kwa iye, akuwombera nthawi zonse. Iye sanachedwe, anangomumenya ndi phewa n"kugwera mumlengalenga.
  
  Kuphulikako kunasesa kumbuyo kwake ngati njoka yowukira. Lilime lamoto linatuluka pakhomo ndi mazenera, likuwombera kumwamba. Drake anali akuzungulira. Mpweya wamoto unamukhudza kwa kanthawi kenako n"kubwerera m"mbuyo.
  
  Mosachedwetsa, analumphanso n"kuthawa. Atavulazidwa ndi kumenyedwa, koma motsimikiza mtima kwambiri, anathamangira ku barani lalikulu. Chinthu choyamba chimene anaona chinali mitembo. Pali zinayi mwa izo. Amisiri Hayden adasiya kuti apeze mwayi. Anaima pafupi ndi iwo n"kuyang"ana aliyense kuti aone ngati pali moyo.
  
  Palibe kugunda komanso mabala a zipolopolo. Kodi makoma owopsa awa anali ndi magetsi?
  
  Panthawi ina zinalibenso kanthu. Kutsogolo kwa barani kunaphulika, nkhuni zong'ambika ndi malawi amoto akuwomba mochititsa chidwi. Drake adagwa pansi. Anamva mkokomo wa injini ndipo anayang'ana m'mwamba mwamsanga kuti aone mdima wachikasu ukuphulika pazitseko zosweka ndikuwuluka mwamphamvu mumsewu wongodutsamo.
  
  Drake adalumpha. Ayenera kupita ku helikopita yobisika, ndege, kapena msampha wina wowopsa. Sanathe kudikirira kulimbikitsidwa. Anathamangira m"khumbi logumuka n"kuyang"ana uku ndi uku. Anapukusa mutu posakhulupirira. Kuwala kwakuya kwagalimoto yayikulu yopukutidwa kunawala mbali zonse.
  
  Posankha yapafupi, Drake adakhala masekondi amtengo wapatali kufunafuna kiyiyo kenako adawona gulu lawo likulendewera kunja kwa ofesi yamkati. The Aston Martin Vanquish idayamba ndi kuphatikiza kwa kiyi ndi mphamvu zomwe, ngakhale sadziwa kwa Drake, adatulutsa adrenaline wake popopera injini ngati kubangula mopenga.
  
  Aston Martin adatuluka m'kholamo matayala akulira. Drake anamulozera komwe amayembekeza kuti ndi galimoto ya Claude yothamanga kwambiri. Ngati uku kunali kusokonezeka kwinanso, Drake amasokonekera. Monga, mwina, onse aku Hawaii. Iwo ankafunika kwambiri kuti agwire wachiwiri wa Blood King.
  
  Ali pakona ya diso lake, Drake adamuwona Alicia ataima mwadzidzidzi. Iye sanadikire. Pagalasi lakumbuyo, adamuwona akuthamangira m'khola mwadala. Mulungu, izi zikhoza kulowa m"mavuto.
  
  Kuwoneka kwachikasu kutsogolo kunayamba kuwoneka ngati galimoto yapamwamba kwambiri, yofanana ndi ma coupe akale a Porsche Le Mans omwe adapambana mpikisanowo. Chapafupi ndi nthaka, anakumbatira makhoteko a nsewu, akuthamanga ngati akuthamanga pa akasupe. Osayenerera mtunda wovuta, koma ndiyeno msewu wongoyendayenda unakhala wopakidwa kotheratu mailosi angapo pamwamba pake.
  
  Drake adawombera Vanquish, ndikuyika chidacho mosamala pampando wakumbuyo kwake ndikumvetsera phokoso la Bluetooth lomwe likuyenda muubongo wake. Ntchito yolima famuyo inali idakali pachimake. Ogwidwawo anamasulidwa. Ena anali atafa. Magulu angapo a anyamata a Claude anali adakali pamikhalidwe yabwino, akukankhira akuluakulu pansi. Ndipo panali akambuku okwana theka la khumi ndi awiri akuyenda mozungulira, akuyambitsa chipwirikiti.
  
  Kusiyana pakati pa Aston Martin ndi Porsche kwachepetsedwa kukhala ziro. Galimoto yachingerezi inali yabwino kwambiri m'misewu yoyipa. Drake adadziyika yekha kumbuyo kwake, akufuna kukhala pafupi naye, ataona pagalasi lakumbuyo kuti galimoto ina yayikulu ikuyandikira kwa iye.
  
  Alicia akuyendetsa galimoto yakale ya Dodge Viper. Khulupirirani kuti achita chinachake ndi minofu.
  
  Magalimoto atatu aja anathamanga kudutsa m'malo ovuta, mosinthanasinthana ndikutembenuka molunjika. Mwala ndi dothi zinawulukira mozungulira ndi kumbuyo kwawo. Drake adawona mseu wapansi ukuyandikira ndipo adapanga chisankho. Iwo ankafuna kuti Claude akhale wamoyo, koma anafunika kumugwira kaye. Anali osamala kwambiri kuti apitirize kumvetsera macheza aja m'mahedifoni ake ngati wina anganene kuti wamugwira Claude, koma kuthamangitsa uku kumapitirira, Drake adatsimikiza kuti munthu yemwe anali kutsogolo anali wachiwiri wa Blood King.
  
  Drake adakweza mfuti yake ndikuphwanya galasi lakutsogolo la Aston. Pambuyo pa mphindi ya skidding koopsa, adapezanso mphamvu ndipo adawombera kachiwiri pa Porsche yothawa. Zipolopolo zinang'amba kumbuyo kwake.
  
  Galimotoyo inangoyenda pang'onopang'ono. Ananyamuka n"kukalowa mumsewu wina. Drake adatsegula moto pomwe dalaivala wa Le Mans adathamangira, zipolopolo zidabalalika pampando wachikopa pafupi naye. Yakwana nthawi yoti muyang'ane pa matayala.
  
  Koma nthawi yomweyo, imodzi mwa ma helikoputala inawadutsa onse, ziwerengero ziwiri zitatsamira pazitseko zotseguka. Helicoptersyo inazungulira kutsogolo kwa Porsche ndikuyang'ana cham'mbali. Kuwombera chenjezo kunang'amba zidutswa za msewu patsogolo pake. Drake anapukusa mutu posakhulupilira pomwe mkono unatuluka pawindo la driver uja ndikuyamba kuwombera helikopita.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, nthawi yomweyo, adachotsa phazi lake pa accelerator ndikuchotsa manja ake pachiwongolero, adakhala ndi cholinga ndikutulutsa mlandu wofuna kutchuka, luso komanso kusasamala. Viper wa Alicia adagwera mgalimoto yake. Drake adayambanso kuwongolera, koma adawona mfutiyo ikuwuluka pagalasi lakutsogolo.
  
  Koma kuwombera kwake kopenga kunagwira ntchito. Anamuombera m"chigongono dalaivala yemwe ankathawa, ndipo tsopano galimotoyo inkayenda pang"onopang"ono. Imani. Drake mwadzidzidzi anaimitsa Aston, adalumphira kunja ndikuthamangira pakhomo lokwera la Porsche, akuima kuti akweze mfuti yake ndikuyang'anitsitsa mutu wa munthu nthawi zonse.
  
  "Ponya chida chako! Chitani!
  
  "Sindingathe," linatero yankho. "Wandiwombera m"manja kuti undichite, nguluwe yopusa iwe."
  
  Helikoputalayo inkangoyang'ana kutsogolo, ziboliboli zake zikulirakulira pamene injini yake yamphamvuyo inkagwedezeka pansi.
  
  Alicia adayandikira ndikuwombera pagalasi lakumbali la Porsche. Monga gulu, iwo anakhotera kumanzere ndi kumanja, kuphimba munthu amene anali kumbuyo kwa gudumu.
  
  Ngakhale nkhope ya bamboyo inali yowawa, Drake anamuzindikira pa chithunzicho. Anali Claude.
  
  Yakwana nthawi yolipira.
  
  
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  Ben Blake adalumpha ndi mantha pamene foni yake inayimba. Kutengera Drake, adasinthiranso ku Evanescence. Mawu osangalatsa a Amy Lee pa "Lost in Paradise" adagwirizana bwino ndi zomwe aliyense anali nazo panthawiyo.
  
  Mawu akuti International anaonekera pa sikirini, foniyo sakanachokera kwa wa m'banja lake. Koma, poganizira ntchito ya National Archives, ikhoza kukhala kuchokera kumagulu aliwonse a boma.
  
  "Inde?"
  
  "Ben Blake?"
  
  Mantha adakanda msana ndi zala zakuthwa. "Awa ndi ndani?"
  
  "Ndiuzeni". Mawu anali otukuka, Chingerezi komanso chidaliro chonse. "Pompano. Ndilankhule ndi Ben Blake? "
  
  Karin anayandikira kwa iye, akumawerenga mantha a nkhope yake. "Inde".
  
  "Chabwino. Mwachita bwino. Kodi zinali zovuta? Dzina langa ndine Daniel Belmonte. "
  
  Ben anatsala pang'ono kugwetsa foni yake. "Chani? Uli bwanji gehena - "
  
  Kuseka kosangalatsa kunamuletsa. "Khazikani mtima pansi. Ungomasuka mnzanga. Ndikudabwa, kunena pang'ono, kuti Alicia Miles ndi chibwenzi chanu sanatchule ... luso langa. "
  
  Ben anasefuka pakamwa, sanathe kulankhula. Karin adalankhula mawuwa, wakuba? Kuchokera ku London? Ndi iyeyo?
  
  Nkhope ya Ben inanena zonse.
  
  "Kodi mphaka waluma lilime lanu, Bambo Blake? Mwinamwake muyenera kuvala mlongo wanu wokongola. Karin uli bwanji?"
  
  Kutchulidwa kwa dzina la mlongo wake kunamusangalatsa pang"ono. "Nambala yanga munaitenga kuti?"
  
  "Musandipeputse. Mukuganiza kuti zitenga maola awiri kuti ndichite opareshoni yosavuta yomwe munandipempha kuti ndichite? Kapena ndakhala mphindi makumi anayi apitawa kuphunzira pang'ono za opindula anga? Hm? Tengani nthawi yanu ndi izi, Blakey. "
  
  "Sindikudziwa kalikonse za iwe," Ben anatero modziteteza. "Ndinakulangiza-" Anaima kaye. "Kudzera-"
  
  "Mtsikana wako? Ine ndikutsimikiza izo zinali. Amandidziwa bwino."
  
  "Bwanji Alicia?" Karin anakuwa, kuyesera kuti amugwetse. Onse anali odabwitsidwa komanso osadziwa zambiri kotero kuti sizidachitike kwa iwo kuchenjeza CIA.
  
  Panakhala chete kwakanthawi. "Mtsikana uyu amandichititsa mantha, kunena zoona."
  
  Ben ankaoneka kuti ubongo wake wayamba kugwira ntchito. "Bambo Belmonte, chinthu chimene munapemphedwa kuti mukopere nacho n"chamtengo wapatali kwambiri. Zofunika kwambiri-"
  
  "Ndamva. Linalembedwa ndi Captain Cook ndi mmodzi wa anthu ake. M"maulendo ake atatu, Cook anapeza zinthu zambiri kuposa munthu wina aliyense m"mbiri."
  
  "Sindikutanthauza kufunika kwa mbiri yakale," anatero Ben modzudzula. "Ndikutanthauza, zingapulumutse miyoyo. Tsopano. Lero."
  
  "Zoona?" Belmonte ankawoneka kuti ali ndi chidwi chenicheni. "Chonde ndiuzeni".
  
  "Sindingathe". Ben anayamba kumva kusimidwa pang'ono. "Chonde. Tithandizeni".
  
  "Zili kale pa imelo yanu," adatero Belmonte. "Koma sindikanakhala amene ndili ngati sindikuonetsa kufunika kwanga, sichoncho? Sangalalani."
  
  Belmonte anamaliza kuyimba. Ben anataya foni yake patebulo n"kudina pa kompyuta yake kwa masekondi angapo.
  
  Masamba osowa m'mabuku a ophikawo adawonekera mumtundu wathunthu, waulemerero.
  
  "Magawo a Gahena," Ben anawerenga mokweza. "Cook anangofika pa level 5 kenako n"kubwerera. O Mulungu wanga, kodi ukumva zimenezo, Karin? Ngakhale Captain Cook sanapitirire mlingo wachisanu. Izi ... izi ... "
  
  "Dongosolo lalikulu la misampha." Karin anawerenga mwachangu paphewa lake, kukumbukira kwake zithunzi kumagwira ntchito nthawi yayitali. "Njira yayikulu kwambiri, yopenga kwambiri yomwe idaganiziridwapo."
  
  "Ndipo ngati chiri chachikulu kwambiri ndi chowopsa komanso cholongosoka..." Ben anatembenukira kwa iye. "Tangoganizirani kukula ndi kufunikira kwa chozizwitsa chomwe chimatsogolera."
  
  "N"zodabwitsa," anatero Karin n"kupitiriza kuwerenga.
  
  
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  Drake adatulutsa Claude m'galimoto yomwe idawomberedwa ndikumuponya pamsewu. Kulira kwake kowawa kunang'ambitsa mpweya, kuchititsa ngakhale kubangula kwa helikoputala.
  
  "Opusa! Inu simudzayimitsa izo. Nthawi zonse amapambana. Zowopsa, mkono wanga ukupweteka, mwana wachiwerewere iwe!
  
  Drake adabweretsa mfuti yake yam'manja ndikugwada pachifuwa cha Claude. "Mafunso ochepa chabe, bwanawe. Kenako madotolo adzakupopani modzaza ndi zonyansa zokoma kwambiri. Kodi Kovalenko ali kuti? Alipo?"
  
  Claude anam'patsa nkhope yamwala, pafupifupi kukwiya.
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni tiyese chosavuta. Ed Boudreau. Ali kuti?"
  
  "Anatenganso mayendedwe a wiki-wiki kubwerera ku Waikiki."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Mawewe awiri ena ali kuti?"
  
  "Zasowa." Nkhope ya Claude inasweka mtima. "Zonse zatayika".
  
  "Zakwana". Alicia anamvetsera paphewa la Drake. Anayendayenda, akulozetsa mfuti kumaso kwa Claude, n"kukaika mosamalitsa nsapato yake pachigongono cha Claude chomwe chinali chosweka. Kukuwa kwanthawi yomweyo kunang'amba mpweya.
  
  "Titha kutenga izi momwe mukufunira," adanong'oneza Drake. "Palibe amene ali kumbali yako pano, bwanawe. Tikudziwa za zigawenga. Muzilankhula kapena kufuula. zilibe kanthu kwa ine."
  
  "Imani!" Mawu a Claude anali pafupifupi osamveka. "Ph...please."
  
  "Ndi bwino". Alicia adatsitsa pang'ono.
  
  Ndakhala ndi Mfumu ya Magazi kwa zaka zambiri. Claude analavula. "Koma tsopano akundisiya. Amandisiya kuti ndife. Zoola m'dziko la nkhumba. Kuphimba matako anu. Mwina ayi." Claude anayesa kukhala tsonga. "Zoyipa".
  
  Aliyense adachenjera, Drake adatulutsa mfuti ndikulunjika pamutu wa Claude. "Modekha".
  
  "Adzanong"oneza bondo." Claude anali wokwiya kwambiri. "Sindisamalanso za kubwezera kwake koyipa." Sarcasm adatulutsa mawu ake. "Sindisamala. Tsopano kulibenso moyo kwa ine."
  
  "Tamvetsetsa." Alicia anapumira. "Iwe umadana ndi bwenzi lako lachiwerewere. Ingoyankhani mafunso a msirikali achigololo."
  
  Munali kulira kwa m'makutu kwa Drake. Mawu achitsulo anati: "Chida choyamba chapakhomo chapezeka. Zikuwoneka kuti Kovalenko wasiya izi. "
  
  Drake anaphethira ndikuyang'ana mwachidule Alicia. Chifukwa chiyani Mfumu ya Magazi idasiya chipangizochi panthawi ngati iyi?
  
  Yankho losavuta. Iye sankasowa izo.
  
  "Kovalenko amatsogolera Diamond Head, sichoncho? Ku Zipata za Pele, kapena Gahena, kapena china. Ndicho cholinga chake chachikulu, sichoncho? "
  
  Claude anapanga nkhope. "Nthano iyi yomwe adapeza idakhala yosangalatsa. Munthu wolemera kuposa maloto onse. Munthu amene atha kupeza chilichonse chimene akufuna. Kodi iye akuchita chiyani?
  
  "Kutengeka ndi zomwe sangakhale nazo?" Adatero Alicia.
  
  "Mwamuna wanzeru kwambiri, wanzeru kwambiri, adasanduka chitsiru chododometsa usiku wonse. Iye akudziwa kuti pali chinachake pansi pa phiri lophulikalo. Nthawi zonse ankadandaula kuti iye ndiye wophika bwino kwambiri. Cook ameneyu anatembenukadi ndi mantha. Koma osati Dmitry Kovalenko, osati Mfumu yamagazi; akanatha kupita patsogolo."
  
  Ngakhale Drake adachita mantha. "Kodi Cook anabwerera? Kumeneko kuli chiyani?"
  
  Claude anagwedezeka, kenako anabuula ndi ululu. "Palibe amene akudziwa. Koma ndikuganiza kuti Kovalenko adzakhala woyamba kudziwa. Ali mnjira yopita kumeneko.
  
  Mtima wa Drake unalumpha ndi chidziwitso ichi. Ali mnjira yopita kumeneko tsopano. Panali nthawi.
  
  Panthawiyi, Mai ndi asilikali theka la khumi ndi awiri anali atawayandikira. Aliyense ankamvetsera mwachidwi.
  
  Drake adakumbukira ntchito yomwe ikubwera. "Tikufuna malo odyetsera ziweto. Ndipo tikufuna Ed Boudreau. "
  
  Claude adapereka chidziwitsocho. Mafamu enanso awiri, imodzi ku Kauai, ina pa Chilumba Chachikulu. Boudreau anali paulendo wopita ku Kauai.
  
  Nanga bwanji zigawenga? Mai anafunsa mwakachetechete. "Kodi iyi ndi njira ina chabe?"
  
  Ndipo tsopano nkhope ya Claude idatambasulidwa ndi kukhumudwa komanso kuzunzika kotero kuti mimba ya Drake idagwa pansi.
  
  "Ayi". Claude anabuula. "Iwo ndi enieni. Atha kutsegula nthawi iliyonse. "
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NDI SATANA
  
  
  Ben ndi Karin anapita pawindo, aliyense atanyamula magazini achinsinsi a Captain Cook. Pamene amawerenga ndikuwerenganso misala yomwe inali mkati mwake, Ben adamufunsa mlongo wake za khalidwe lachilendo la Mfumu yamagazi.
  
  "Kovalenko ayenera kuti ankakonzekera ulendowu pamene zida zonyamula katundu zidapezeka. Wakonzekera bwino kwambiri moti sangakonzekere zonse m"masabata angapo apitawa."
  
  "Zaka," anatero Karin. "Zaka zokonzekera, kuyeserera komanso kudzoza mawilo oyenera. Koma n"chifukwa chiyani anaika pangozi opaleshoni yaikulu imeneyi kuti apite ku Bermuda?"
  
  Ben anapukusa mutu ndime imodzi yomwe amawerenga. "Zinthu zamisala. Kupenga basi. Panali chinthu chimodzi chokha chimene chingamupangitse iye kuchita izi, mlongo."
  
  Karin anayang'ana nyanja yakutali. "Anawona china chake chokhudza zida zomwe zinali zogwirizana ndi Diamond Head."
  
  "Inde, koma bwanji?"
  
  "Chabwino, pamapeto pake, palibe chofunikira kwambiri." Anayang'ana mutu ukugwedezeka pamene zithunzi za kamera zinkawulutsidwa kuchokera ku famu ya Blood King. Amadziwa kuti megalomaniac idasiya chipangizocho kumbuyo. "Sakufuna ayi."
  
  "Kapena akukhulupirira kuti akhoza kungobweza momwe angafune."
  
  Kumbuyo kwawo, pamalumikizidwe ogwirira ntchito, adamva Drake akufuula zomwe adatulutsa kwa Claude kwa nthawi yayitali.
  
  Ben anaphethira Karin. "Akuti Mfumu yamagazi ili kale ku Diamond Head. Zikutanthauza kuti-"
  
  Koma kufuula kosayembekezereka kwa Karin kunatsekereza mawu otsatira pakhosi pake. Anatsatira kuyang'ana kwake, kupukuta maso ake ndikumva kuti dziko lake likuphwanyidwa.
  
  Utsi wakuda wa kuphulika kangapo udaphulika kuchokera pamawindo a hotelo pafupi ndi Waikiki Beach.
  
  Ben sananyalanyaze phokoso lochokera m'maofesi omwe anamuzungulira, anathamangira kukhoma ndikuyatsa TV.
  
  Foni yake inaitana. Nthawi imeneyi anali bambo ake. Ayeneranso kuonera TV.
  
  
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  Drake ndi asitikali, omwe sanali otanganidwa kutenga akaidi kapena kugonjetsa matumba ochepa otsalira okana, adawona kuwulutsa pa ma iPhones awo. Mkulu wa gulu lawo, bambo Johnson, adasokoneza zida zankhondo za Android ndipo adalumikizana ndi foni yam'manja ku Honolulu pomwe zomwe zidachitika.
  
  "Mabomba anaphulika m'mahotela atatu ku Waikiki," mkulu wa asilikali anabwerezabwereza. "Ndikubwerezanso. Atatu. Timayenda kumadzulo kuchokera kumphepete mwa nyanja. Kalakuau Waikiki. Wave to Ohana." Mkulu wa asilikaliyo anamvetsera kwa mphindi imodzi. "Zikuwoneka kuti zaphulika m'zipinda zopanda kanthu, zomwe zimapangitsa mantha ... kuthawa ... mochuluka kwambiri ... chisokonezo. Othandizira zadzidzidzi ku Honolulu afika pomaliza. "
  
  "Izi ndi zonse?" Drake adamva mpumulo. Zikanakhala zoipa kwambiri.
  
  "Dikirani-" Mkulu wa asilikaliyo anagwada. "O ayi".
  
  
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  Ben ndi Karin ankangoyang'ana mwamantha pamene zithunzi zinkasintha pa TV. Mahotelawo anasamutsidwa mwamsanga. Amuna ndi akazi anathamanga, kukankhira ndi kugwa. Anakuwa, kuteteza okondedwa awo ndi kulira uku akukumbatira ana awo mwamphamvu. Ogwira ntchito ku hoteloyo adabwera pambuyo pake, akuwoneka okhwima komanso amantha, koma akuwongolera. Apolisi ndi ozimitsa moto analowa ndi kutuluka m"malo olandirira alendo ndi m"zipinda za m"mahotela, ndipo kupezeka kwawo kunamveka pamaso pa hotelo iliyonse. Chithunzi chawailesi yakanema chinazimiririka pomwe helikopita inkawulukira, ndikuwulula mawonekedwe owoneka bwino a Waikiki ndi mapiri otsetsereka kupitirira, ukulu wa Diamond Head Volcano ndi Kuhio Beach yotchuka padziko lonse lapansi, yomwe tsopano yasokonezedwa ndi mawonekedwe odabwitsa a mahotela apamwamba omwe amatulutsa utsi. ndi malawi otuluka m"makoma awo owonongeka ndi mazenera.
  
  Sewero la TV linadinanso. Ben adachita mantha ndipo mtima wa Karin unalumpha. Sanathe nkomwe kulankhulana wina ndi mzake.
  
  Hotelo yachinayi, powonekera padziko lonse lapansi, idagwidwa ndi zigawenga zobisa nkhope. Aliyense amene anaima m"njira yawo anawomberedwa m"mphepete mwa msewu. Munthu womaliza anatembenuka n"kugwedeza chibakera pa helikopita yomwe inkangoyendayenda. Asanalowe mu hoteloyo ndikutseka chitseko kumbuyo kwake, adawombera ndikupha munthu wamba yemwe adakhala pafupi ndi taxi yomwe idayimitsidwa.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga". Mawu a Karin anali chete. "Nanga bwanji anthu osauka omwe ali mkatimo?"
  
  
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  "Mfumukazi Ala Moana yalandidwa ndi amuna okhala ndi zida," mkulu wa asilikaliyo anawauza motero. "Mosakayikira. Kuvala chigoba. Sindiopa kupha." Anatembenukira kwa Claude. "Kodi ziwukidwe zinanso zingati, mwana wachiwerewere iwe?"
  
  Claude ankawoneka wamantha. "Palibe," iye anatero. "Pa Oahu."
  
  Drake anatembenuka. Iye ankayenera kuganiza. Anayenera kudziwongolera yekha. Izi ndi zomwe Kovalenko ankafuna, kuti onse asokonezeke. Chowonadi chinali chakuti Kovalenko adadziwa kuti pali china chake chodabwitsa chobisika pansi pa Mutu wa Diamondi, ndipo anali panjira yoti anene.
  
  Chinachake chomwe chingathe kupitilira kuopsa kwa ziwonetserozi.
  
  Maganizo ake anabwerera. Palibe chomwe chasintha apa. Zowukirazo zidasungidwa nthawi yake bwino. Iwo nthawi imodzi olumala asilikali, asilikali ndi ntchito mwadzidzidzi. Koma palibe chomwe chasintha, sanapeze Mfumu ya Magazi, kotero-
  
  Plan B idakhazikitsidwa.
  
  Drake adalozera kwa May ndi Alicia. Hayden ndi Kinimaka anali atagwirizana kale. Mkulu wa ku Hawaii adawoneka wonjenjemera. Drake adanena molunjika kwa iye, "Kodi mwakonzeka izi, Mano?"
  
  Kinimaka anangotsala pang'ono kukuwa. "Ndili bwino ndithu."
  
  "Plan B," adatero Drake. "Kovalenko kulibe, ndiye timalimbikira. Asilikali ena onse amvetsetsa izi mu miniti imodzi. Hayden ndi May, mukulowa nawo ku Kauai. Mano ndi Alicia, mukuchita nawo zachiwembu pa Big Island. Pitani ku malo odyetserako ziweto. Sungani zambiri momwe mungathere. Ndipo Alicia..." Nkhope yake inasanduka ayezi wosemedwa. "Ndiyembekeza kuti muphe. Lolani kuti Boudreaux wapathengo afe imfa yankhanza. "
  
  Alicia anagwedeza mutu. Linali lingaliro la Drake kuti Mai ndi Alicia asasiyane atazindikira kuti asiya timu yawo. Sanafune kuti imfa ya Wells ndi zinsinsi zina zibwere pakati pa kupulumutsa miyoyo ndi kuletsa mdani.
  
  Mawu okweza kwambiri a Claude adakopa chidwi cha Drake. "Kovalenko adathandizira ndalama zankhondo ku Oahu, Kauai ndi Big Island kuti mumvetsere. Gawani ndikugonjetsani inu. Simungathe kumugonjetsa mwamuna uyu. Iye wakhala akukonzekera kwa zaka zambiri.
  
  Matt Drake adakweza chida chake. "Ndicho chifukwa chake ndimutsatira pazipata za Gahena ndikumudyetsa mdierekezi woyipa." Adalunjika ku helikopita yonyamula katundu. "Bwerani, anthu. Kwezani."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Ben anatembenuka mwachangu foni yake ikaita. Anali Drake
  
  "Mwakonzeka?"
  
  "Hi Matt. Mukutsimikiza? Tichokadi?"
  
  "Tikupitadi. Pompano. Kodi mwapeza zomwe mukufuna kuchokera kwa Daniel Belmonte?"
  
  "Inde. Koma ndi wofooka pang'ono - "
  
  "Chabwino. Kodi mwalozera khomo lapafupi kwambiri la chubu cha lava?"
  
  "Inde. Pali gulu lokhala ndi zipata pafupifupi mamailosi awiri kuchokera ku Diamond Head. Boma la Hawaii nalonso linatseka pakhomo lililonse lodziwika. Nthaŵi zambiri, zimenezi siziletsa ngakhale mwana wotsimikiza mtima kulowamo."
  
  "Palibe chomwe chimathandiza. Tamverani, Ben. Gwirani Karin ndikupeza wina kuti akutengereni ku chubu cha lava. Nditumizireni ma coordinates. Chitani tsopano ".
  
  "Mukunena zowona? Sitikudziwa chomwe chiri pansi apo. Ndipo ndondomeko ya msampha iyi? Zimenezi n"zoposa nkhanza."
  
  "Kulimba mtima, Ben. Kapena, monga Def Leppard ananenera - Tiyeni tigwedezeke. "
  
  Ben adayika foni yake patebulo ndikupumira mpweya. Karin anaika dzanja lake pa phewa lake. Onse anayang'ana pa TV. Mawu a mlembiyo anali ovuta.
  
  "... uwu ndi uchigawenga womwe sunawonekepo."
  
  "Drake akulondola," adatero Ben. "Tili pankhondo. Tiyenera kugwetsa mkulu wa adani athu. "
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI CHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Drake adasonkhanitsa mamembala asanu ndi atatu a Gulu la Delta, omwe adatumizidwa kwa iye kuti afufuze mapanga akuya. Iwo anali achibale akale a dipatimentiyi, odziwa kwambiri, ndipo munthu aliyense kamodzi, pamalo ena osiyidwa ndi Mulungu, adachita ntchito yakeyake.
  
  Asanakwere mu helikoputala, Drake adatuluka ndi amzake kwakanthawi. The Blood King anali atagawa kale magulu ankhondo aku Hawaii ndi a boma, ndipo tsopano anali kuwalekanitsa.
  
  Khalani otetezeka. Drake adayang'ana aliyense m'maso mwake. Hayden. Mayi. Alicia. Kinimaka. "Tikhalanso usiku umodzi kugehena, koma mawa tonse tikhala omasuka."
  
  Panali kulira ndi kuguguda kwa Mano.
  
  "Khulupirira," adatero Drake ndikutambasula dzanja lake. Manja ena anai anadza pa iye. "Ingokhalani ndi moyo, anyamata."
  
  Atanena zimenezi, anatembenuka n"kuthamangira ku helikoputala yomwe inkadikirira. Delta Squad anali akumaliza zida zawo ndipo tsopano adatenga malo awo pomwe amakwera. "Moni akuluakulu". Anali ndi mawu amphamvu aku Yorkshire. "Mwakonzeka kung'amba nkhumba yoviikidwa ndi vodka iyi?"
  
  "Bwana!"
  
  "Asa." Drake adagwedeza woyendetsa ndegeyo, yemwe adawakweza mumlengalenga. Iye anayang"ana m"mbuyo pa famuyo komaliza ndipo anaona kuti anzake adakali pabwalo lomwelo, akumamuyang"ana akupita.
  
  Kodi adzawaonanso ali ndi moyo?
  
  Ngati akanachita zimenezi, pakanakhala kuŵerengera kwakukulu. Anayenera kupepesa. Zinthu zina zowopsa zomwe ayenera kukumana nazo. Koma ndi imfa ya Kovalenko, zikadakhala zosavuta. Kennedy akadabwezedwa ngati sanapulumutsidwe. Ndipo tsopano popeza anali wolimba panjira ya Mfumu Yamagazi, mzimu wake unali utakwera kale pang'ono.
  
  Koma kuwerengera komaliza pakati pa Meyi ndi Alicia kutha kutembenuza zonsezi pamutu pake. Panali chinachake chachikulu pakati pawo, chinachake chowopsya. Ndipo chilichonse chomwe chingakhale, Drake akukhudzidwa. Ndi zitsime.
  
  Sipanatenge nthawi kuti helikoputala ija inafika pa ma coordinate a Ben. Woyendetsa ndegeyo anawaika pamalo athyathyathya pamtunda wa mamita 100 kuchokera pa kanyumba kakang"onoko. Drake adawona kuti Ben ndi Karin adakhala kale ndi misana yawo motsutsana ndi mpanda wautali. Nkhope zawo zinali zoyera kotheratu ndi kupsinjika maganizo.
  
  Anafunika kukhala Drake wakale kwa kanthawi. Ntchito imeneyi inkafunika Ben Blake kuchita bwino kwambiri, panthawi yomwe ankazizira kwambiri, ndipo pamene Ben anali kuwombera masilindala onse, Karin anali kudya. Kupambana kwa ntchitoyo kudadalira kuti onse azikhala ndi moyo wabwino kwambiri.
  
  Drake adasainira asitikali a Delta, adatuluka mu helikopita, atazunguliridwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho, ndikuthamangira kwa Ben ndi Karin. "Zonse zili bwino?" anakuwa. "Wabweretsa zipikazo?"
  
  Ben anagwedezera mutu, akadali osatsimikiza kuti akumva bwanji ndi mnzake wakale. Karin anayamba kumanga tsitsi lake kumbuyo kwa mutu wake. "Ndife odzaza, Drake. Ndikukhulupirira kuti wabweretsanso zabwino kwambiri."
  
  Asilikali a Delta adawazungulira. Drake anaombera m'modzi m'modzi, munthu wamkulu wandevu wokhala ndi ma tatoo pakhosi ndi m'manja ngati wokwera njinga. "Uyu ndi mnzanga watsopano, chizindikiro ndi Komodo, ndipo ndi gulu lake. Gulu, kukumana ndi anzanga akale, Ben ndi Karin Blake. "
  
  Panali kulira kulikonse. Asilikali aŵiri anali otanganidwa kutola loko lophiphiritsa limene linali kuletsa anthu kutsika pa imodzi mwa machubu otchuka a chiphalaphala cha Hawaii. Patatha mphindi zingapo adabwerera ndipo geti linakhala lotsegula.
  
  Drake adalowa mnyumbamo. Chipinda cha konkirecho chinkapita kuchitseko chachitsulo chomwe chinali chokhoma bwino. Kumanja kunayima chipilala chachitali, pamwamba pake kamera yachitetezo yozungulira idayang'ana malowo. Komodo anagwedeza asilikali awiri omwewo kutsogolo kuti asamalire chitseko.
  
  "Kodi muli ndi chidziwitso pa zomwe ine ndi abambo anga tatsala pang'ono kulowamo?" Mawu otukwana a Komodo anapangitsa Ben kunjenjemera.
  
  "M'mawu a Robert Baden-Powell," Ben adatero. "Khalani okonzeka".
  
  Karin anawonjezera kuti: "Pa chilichonse."
  
  Ben anati, "Ndiwo mwambi wa Boy Scout."
  
  Komodo adagwedeza mutu ndikung'ung'udza "Geeks" pansi pa mpweya wake.
  
  Ben adadziyika yekha kumbuyo kwa msilikali wowoneka moyipa. "Komabe, n'chifukwa chiyani amakutcha kuti Komodo? Kodi kuluma kwako kuli ndi poizoni?"
  
  Drake adadukiza kaputeni wa Delta asanayankhe. "Angautcha chubu cha lava, koma akadali ngalande wamba wachikale. Sindidzakunyozani pokhazikitsa ma protocol, koma ndikuuzani izi. Samalani ndi misampha ya booby. Bloody King ndi zonse zowonetsera zazikulu ndi njira zolekanitsa. Ngati angathe kutilekanitsa, ndife anthu akufa."
  
  Drake adatsogola, akulankhula ndi Ben kuti apite ndipo Karin atsatire Komodo. M"kanyumba ka alondayo munalibe chilichonse koma zotsekera zazikulu zingapo ndi foni yafumbi. Kunkamveka fungo lonyowa komanso lonyowa ndipo kunkamveka bata lakuya kwambiri lomwe linali m'mwamba kutsogolo. Drake adapita patsogolo ndipo posakhalitsa adapeza chifukwa chake.
  
  Khomo la chiphalaphalacho linali kumapazi awo, dzenje lalikulu lolowera mumdima wokhawokha.
  
  "Muli bwanji?" Komodo adapita kutsogolo ndikuponya ndodo yowala. Chipangizocho chinawala ndikugudubuzika kwa masekondi angapo chisanamenye mwala wolimba. "Pafupi. Tetezani zingwe, anyamata. Fulumirani."
  
  Pamene asilikali ankagwira ntchito, Drake ankamvetsera momwe angathere. Palibe phokoso lomwe linatuluka kuchokera mumdima wandiweyani. Iye ankaganiza kuti iwo anali atatsala maola angapo pambuyo pa Kovalenko, koma ankafuna kuti apeze mwamsanga.
  
  Atangotsika ndikuyika mapazi awo molimba pansi pa chubu la lava, Drake adatenga mayendedwe ake ndikupita ku Diamond Head. Chitolirocho chinachepa, chinamira ndi kupindika. Ngakhale gulu la Delta nthawi zina linkalephera kuchita bwino kapena kukanda mitu yawo chifukwa chosadziŵika bwino za phiri lamapiri. Kawiri idatembenuka kwambiri, zomwe zidapangitsa Drake kuchita mantha mpaka adazindikira kuti kupindika kofatsa kumakhala kolunjika kwa Mutu wa Diamondi.
  
  Anangoyang'ana pa rangefinder. Mdima wapansi panthaka unawaphimba kumbali zonse. "Kutsogolo," adatero Drake ndikuyima.
  
  Chinachake chinalumpha kuchokera mumdima. Kuphulika kwa mpweya wozizira kuchokera pansi. Anaima n"kukaphunzira za dzenje lalikulu lomwe linali kutsogolo kwake. Komodo anayenda naponya ndodo ina yowala.
  
  Nthawi iyi adagwa pafupi mapazi khumi ndi asanu.
  
  "Chabwino. Komodo, inu ndi gulu lanu konzekerani. Ben, Karin, tiyeni tione magaziniwa."
  
  Pamene gulu la Delta likukhazikitsa katatu kolimba pamwamba pa dzenje, Drake anawerenga mwamsanga mawu a m'munsi. Maso adatuluka asanamalize kuwerenga tsamba loyamba ndipo adapuma mozama.
  
  "Gehena wamagazi. Ndikuganiza kuti tikufuna zida zazikulu."
  
  Ben adakweza nsidze. "Si zipolopolo zomwe timafunikira kumusi uko. Izi ndi ubongo. "
  
  "Chabwino, mwamwayi ndili nawo onse awiri." Drake anakweza mfuti yake. "Ndikuganiza kuti ngati tikufuna kumvera nyimbo zonyansa panjira, tikutembenukira kwa inu."
  
  "Mazira. Tsopano ndili ndi Fleetwood Mac pa iPod yanga.
  
  "Ndadabwa kwambiri. Ndi mtundu uti?
  
  "Kodi alipo oposa mmodzi?"
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Ndikuganiza kuti ana onse ayenera kuyamba maphunziro awo kwinakwake." Anamuyang'ana Karin. "Tili bwanji, Komodo?"
  
  "Ndachita".
  
  Drake adapita kutsogolo, nagwira chingwe chomwe chidalumikizidwa ndi katatu, ndikukankhira pansi chitoliro chowala modabwitsa. Nsapato zake zitangokhudza pansi, anakoka ndipo enawo anatsetsereka mmodzimmodzi. Karin, wothamanga wophunzitsidwa bwino, anatha kutsika mosavuta. Ben anavutika pang'ono, koma anali wamng'ono komanso wokwanira ndipo pamapeto pake anafika osatuluka thukuta.
  
  "Patsogolo". Drake adayenda mwachangu kupita komwe kunali Diamond Head. "Yang'anani msana wanu. tikuyandikira."
  
  Ndimeyi idayamba kutsika. Drake adadzifunsa mwachidule momwe chubu la lava lingapatutsidwe kuchoka kumayendedwe ake achilengedwe, koma adazindikira kuti magmawo angakakamize njira yake yolimbana ndi mphamvu yaku gehena kumbuyo kwake. Chiphalaphalachi chinkatha kulowera kulikonse chimene chikufuna.
  
  Mphindi zingapo zinadutsa ndipo Drake anayimanso. Kutsogoloku kunali dzenje lina laling"ono komanso lozungulira bwino lomwe. Pamene Komodo anagwetsa ndodo yowala, anaganiza kuti mtengowo unali wozama mamita makumi atatu.
  
  "Zowopsa kwambiri," adatero Drake. Dzisamalireni awirinu.
  
  Kenako anaona kuti kuwala kwa ndodo yonyezimirayo sikunasonyezedwe ndi makoma a miyala. Kuwala kwake kwalalanje kunayamwa ndi mdima wozungulira. Pansi pawo panali chipinda chachikulu.
  
  Analankhula mosonyeza kuti chete. Monga amodzi, ankamvetsera mwatcheru phokoso lililonse lochokera pansi. Atakhala chete kwakanthawi, Drake adagwira chingwe cha rappel ndikudzigwetsa pamtengo wopanda kanthu. Mwamsanga anatsetsereka m'litali mwake mpaka kufika pansi pa denga.
  
  Komabe palibe phokoso. Anathyola ndodo zinanso theka la dazeni ndi kuziponya m'chipinda chomwe chinali m'munsimu. Pang"ono ndi pang"ono, kuwala kosakhala kwachibadwa kunayamba kuphuka.
  
  Ndipo Matt Drake potsiriza adawona zomwe anthu ochepa adaziwonapo kale. Chipinda chachikulu cha makona anayi kutalika kwa mita makumi asanu. Pansi bwino bwino. Makoma atatu okhotakhota, pomwe zizindikiro zina zamakedzana zimazokotedwa, zosazindikirika patali chotero.
  
  Ndipo chomwe chili pakhoma limodzi ndi njira yokhotakhota yomwe inachititsa chidwi kwambiri Kaputeni Cook. Khomo lomwe linali mkati mwake lomwe linamukopa kwambiri Mfumu ya Magazi. Ndipo zoopsa ndi zodabwitsa zomwe zitha kupitilira Matt Drake ndi amzake ndi mantha otere.
  
  Iwo anapeza Zipata za Gahena.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NDI 88
  
  
  Hayden anagwira mwamphamvu pamene helikopitayo inkayenda m'mwamba, ikusintha mofulumira. Kuwona kwake komaliza kwa Kinimaki kunali Alicia Miles yemwe amakonda kusewera akumukankhira mu helikopita ina. Kuwonako kunamupangitsa kuti agwedezeke, koma mbali yake yeniyeni idadziwa kuti ikafika pankhondo, Mano anali ndi chithandizo chabwino kwambiri pabizinesiyo ngati mkazi wachingelezi wopenga.
  
  Momwemonso Hayden. Mai anakhala pafupi naye, ali phee komanso mwamtendere, ngati kuti akupita ku gombe la Napali kuti akaone malo apamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse. Mipando yotsalayo inali ndi asilikali a crack. Kauai anali pafupi mphindi makumi awiri. Gates anali atangolankhulana naye kuti anene za zigawenga zomwe zidachitika pamalo ogulitsira a Kukui Grove ku Kauai. Bambo wina adadzimanga ndi unyolo kunja kwa malo olumikizana a Jamba Juice / Starbucks kumpoto kwa nyumbayo. Winawake atamangirira zidutswa za jamtex pathupi pake ndi chala chake pa chowombera chophulitsira chophulitsira.
  
  Bamboyo analinso ndi zida ziwiri zodziwikiratu komanso chomverera m'makutu cha Bluetooth ndipo amaletsa aliyense wa ogula lesitilanti kuti achoke.
  
  M'mawu ake a Gates. "Chitsiru ichi chikhala nthawi yayitali momwe angathere, ndiye kuti akuluakulu akamasuntha, amaphulika. Apolisi ambiri a Kauai adatumizidwa pamalopo, kutali ndi inu. "
  
  Hayden anamutsimikizira kuti: "Tisunga famuyo motetezeka, bwana. "Tinkayembekezera izi."
  
  "Tidachita izi, Abiti Jay. Ndikuganiza kuti tiwona zomwe Kovalenko akufuna kuchita pachilumba chachikulu chotsatira. "
  
  Hayden anatseka maso ake. Kovelenko anali akukonzekera kuukira kumeneku kwa zaka zambiri, koma panalibe mafunso. Chifukwa chiyani musiyira chipangizochi? Bwanji kuchoka ndi mkokomo wotero? Kodi iyi ikhoza kukhala plan B yake? Kuti, ngakhale kuti akuluakulu a boma mwamsanga anaulula zoyesayesa zake zonse ndipo anayambitsa wamagazi Vendetta motsutsana Drake, abwenzi ake ndi mabanja, anasankha njira imeneyi kupeza kutchuka kwambiri.
  
  Kapena, anaganiza kuti mwina akugwiritsa ntchito njira yakale, yakale yopangira chipwirikiti pano kuti zochita zanu zisadziwike pamenepo.
  
  Ziribe kanthu, iye anaganiza. Maganizo ake anali okhudza Ben komanso ntchito yoopsa yomwe anali kugwira. Sananene zimenezi chifukwa cha udindo wake, koma anayamba kumukonda kwambiri. Ntchito yomwe adamva kwa abambo ake sinathe, koma idakhala yocheperako pambuyo pa imfa yoyipa ya Kennedy Moore. Moyo weniweni umapambana malonjezo akale tsiku lililonse.
  
  Pamene helikopita inkadutsa mumlengalenga wonyezimira wa buluu waku Hawaii, Hayden adapemphera kwa Ben Blake.
  
  Kenako foni yake inalira. Atayang'ana pa skrini, nsidze zake zidawoneka modabwa.
  
  "Moni," anayankha mwamsanga. "Zikukuyenderani bwanji?"
  
  "Chabwino, zikomo, koma bizinesi yofufuza manda ili ndi vuto limodzi lalikulu. Khungu langa latsala pang'ono kutha."
  
  Hayden anamwetulira. "Torsten, pali ma salons amtunduwu."
  
  "Pakati pa manda ndi manda? Osati kwenikweni."
  
  "Zowona, ndimakonda kucheza, Torsten, koma inu aku Sweden musankhe nthawi yanu."
  
  "Kumvetsetsa. Ndinayesa kumuimbira kaye Drake, koma idangopita ku voicemail. Ali bwino?"
  
  "Zabwino kuposa momwe analiri, inde." Hayden adawona mawonekedwe a Kauai akubwera kumanja. "Tamverani-"
  
  "Ndifulumira. Opaleshoni apa idayenda bwino. Palibe cholakwa. Zonse zinali monga momwe amayembekezera komanso pa nthawi yake. Koma..." Torsten anaima kaye, ndipo Hayden anamumva akupuma. "China chake chachitika lero. Ndikhoza kunena kuti chinachake chikuwoneka ngati 'chachotsedwa'. Inu Achimereka mukhoza kuzitcha izo zina. "
  
  "Inde?"
  
  "Ndinalandira foni kuchokera ku boma langa. Kuchokera kwa mkhalapakati wanga mpaka nduna ya boma. Vuto lapamwamba. Ine-" Kupuma kwina kokayikakayika, osati nkomwe ngati Dahl.
  
  Mphepete mwa nyanja ya Kauai inadutsa pansi pawo. Kuitana kunabwera pawailesi. "Mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu zatsala."
  
  "Ndinauzidwa kuti opareshoni yathu - opareshoni yathu yaku Scandinavia - yatsala pang'ono kusamutsidwa ku bungwe lina. Gulu logwira ntchito limodzi lomwe lili ndi mamembala apamwamba koma osatchulidwa mayina a American CIA, DIA ndi NSA. Ndiye Hayden, ndine msilikali ndipo ndidzatsatira zimene mkulu wanga anandilamula, koma kodi zimenezo zikumveka bwino kwa inu?"
  
  Hayden anadabwa ngakhale kuti anali yekha. "Kwa ine izi zikumveka ngati zopanda pake. Kodi dzina la munthu wamkulu ndani? Amene mudzipereka nokha m"manja mwanu."
  
  "Russell Cayman. Umamudziwa?"
  
  Hayden adafufuza zomwe adakumbukira. Dzinali ndimalidziwa, koma sindikudziwa zambiri. Ndikukhulupirira kuti akuchokera ku DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, koma nthawi zambiri amakhala mubizinesi yogula zida. Kodi Russell Cayman uyu akufuna chiyani ndi iwe ndi Manda?"
  
  "Ukuwerenga maganizo anga".
  
  Pangodya ya diso lake, Hayden anaona mutu wa May ukugwedezeka ngati kuti waomberedwa pachigaza. Koma pamene Hayden anatembenukira kwa iye mofunsa mafunso, wothandizila wa ku Japan anayang"ana kumbali.
  
  Hayden analingalira kwa masekondi angapo kenaka anafunsa mofatsa kuti, "Kodi umakhulupirira anthu ako onse, Torsten?"
  
  Kupuma kwa nthawi yayitali kwa Dahl kunayankha funso lake.
  
  "Ngati a DIA adachenjezedwa za chinachake, ndiye kuti ali ndi chidziwitso chachikulu. Zofunikira zawo zitha kupitilira za CIA. Yendani mosamala, bwanawe. Munthu uyu, Cayman, si kanthu koma mzukwa. Woyambitsa mavuto a Black ops, Gitmo, Seputembara 11. Ngati china chake chavuta ndi chovuta, ndiye munthu amene mumatembenukirako. "
  
  "Ndichiteni ine. Ndikadapanda kufunsa."
  
  "Ndiyenera kupita tsopano, Torsten. Koma ndikulonjeza kuti ndilankhula ndi Jonathan za zoyipazi posachedwa momwe ndingathere. Khalani pamenepo."
  
  Torsten anasaina pangano ndi kuusa moyo wotopa kwa msilikali waluso yemwe adaziwona zonse ndipo adanyansidwa ndi kusankhidwa kukhala katswiri wa masewera ku America. Hayden adamumvera chisoni. Anatembenukira kwa Mai, kufuna kufunsa zomwe akudziwa.
  
  Koma kuyimba kwa "Chandamale" kudabwera pawailesi.
  
  Minda yakutsogolo ndi pansi inali ikuyaka. Pamene helikopitayo inkatsika, tinthu tating"onoting"ono tinkaoneka tikuthamanga mwachisawawa mbali zonse. Zingwe zotambasulidwa kuchokera mnyumbamo ndipo anthu adalumphira pambuyo pawo, akutsetsereka mwachangu kudera lotentha lomwe lili pansipa. Hayden ndi May adadikirira nthawi yawo, mawu a May alibe kanthu pamene adamva amuna awo akuwombera.
  
  Hayden anayang'ana kukonzekera kwa Glock wake kachitatu ndipo anati, "Budro kumusi uko."
  
  "Osadandaula," anatero mkazi wa ku Japan. "Adziwa tanthauzo la Mai-time."
  
  Azimayi awiriwo anatsika chingwe pamodzi, n"kutera nthawi imodzi, n"kuchokapo ndi chivundikiro chimodzi. Mchitidwe umenewu unafuna kukhulupirirana kotheratu, chifukwa pamene munthu mmodzi akuthamanga, winayo anali kuyang"ana zotumphukira zake. Chimodzi, ziwiri, ngati leapfrog. Zomangamanga. Koma inali njira yachangu komanso yowononga yopitira patsogolo.
  
  Hayden anayang'ana malowo pamene ankathamanga. Mapiri angapo odekha anathera m'bwalo lotchingidwa ndi mpanda momwe munali nyumba yayikulu ndi nyumba zingapo zakunja. Iyi ingakhale famu yachiwiri ya Kovalenko. Poyang'ana moto ndi chipwirikiti, Boudreau anali atafika pafupi nawo.
  
  Kapena, mwachiwonekere, anali kutenga nthawi yake ndi zonsezi mwachisoni.
  
  Hayden anathamanga, kuwombera mfuti yake yobwereka ya Marine M16 pamoto wonyezimira ndi amuna omwe adawawona pachivundikirocho. Mphindi ziŵiri pambuyo pake inali nthaŵi yake, ndipo anafuula kuti: "Reloadnso!" ndipo anatenga masekondi enanso angapo kulowetsa magazini yatsopano m"chida chake. Sanabwezedwe kaŵirikaŵiri moto, ndipo pamene iwo anali, izo zinali zosalongosoka kotero kuti anawaphonya iwo ndi mapazi angapo.
  
  Kumbali zonse, magulu a crack Marine adapita patsogolo pa liwiro lofanana. Tsopano kutsogolo kunali mpanda, chipatacho chinakhalabe chotseguka, koma maguluwo anasamukira kumanzere. Bomba loyikidwa bwino linawononga zogwiriziza za mpanda, ndikusiya gululo kuti lilowe m'mafamu popanda cholepheretsa.
  
  Zipolopolozo tsopano zinali kulira moopsa kwambiri.
  
  Hayden adabisala kumbuyo kwa chowonjezera cha jenereta. Zotsatira zake zidapangitsa kuti njerwa ikhale ngati Mai njiwa pobisalira. Zidutswa zadongo ndi zitsulo zomwazika paliponse.
  
  Mai anapukuta magazi m'patsaya lake. "Asilikali a Boudreau anaphunzitsidwa m'masukulu anu a kindergarten."
  
  Hayden adatenga nthawi kuti apume, kenako adayang'ana nyumbayo mwachangu. "Mapazi khumi ndi awiri. Mwakonzeka?"
  
  "Inde".
  
  Hayden anathawa. Mai anapita patsogolo n"kumanga khoma la mtovu, kukakamiza adani awo kubisala. Hayden anafika pakona ya nyumbayo n"kudzipanikiza kukhoma. Anaponya mphezi pawindo kenako ndikuphimba Mai.
  
  Koma panthawiyo, macheza odabwitsa adabwera kudzera m'makutu ake. Mtsogoleri wa gululo adalimbikitsa anthu kuti apite kumalo osungira zinthu akutali. Panali pafupi kuchitika chinthu choopsa kumeneko. Pamene Hayden ankamvetsera, anazindikira kuti amuna a Boudreaux anali atazungulira theka la nyumbayo ndipo anali atatsala pang'ono kuwombera chilichonse chomwe chingakhale mkati mwake.
  
  Akapolo, mosakayikira. Ogwidwa.
  
  Hayden adathamanga pambuyo pa Meyi, akuthamangira kumalo otsetsereka ndikuwombera limodzi. Asilikali ena anagwirizana nawo, akumaulukira mbali zonse ziwiri, n"kupanga mpanda wakupha, woukira wa kulimba mtima ndi imfa.
  
  Kupha kopanda nzeru kumene kunali pafupi kuchitika kunali khadi la foni la Boudreau. Iye akanakhala ali kumeneko.
  
  Asilikali othawawo sanasiye kuwombera. Zipolopolo zoduliridwa mumlengalenga, zidagubuduza makoma ndi makina, ndipo zidapeza zida zomwe adaniwo akufuna. Amuna a Boudreaux anabwerera m'mbuyo ndi mantha ndi mantha. Pamene asilikali ankadutsa pafupi ndi malo awo obisalamo, anayesa kuwombera mosasamala kuchokera kumbali, koma asilikali a Marines anali okonzeka ndipo anawaponya ndi mabomba.
  
  Kuphulika kunawombera mmwamba mumlengalenga kumbali zonse za othamanga. Kuphulikako kunapangitsa kuti ziboliboli ziwuluke; malilime amoto amafalitsa imfa yotentha kwambiri moti diso silinathe kutsatira. Anthu akukuwa agona m'njira zawo.
  
  Hayden adawona nkhokwe patsogolo. Mtima wake unakhala pansi ndi mantha aakulu. Zinali zoona. Pafupifupi amuna khumi ndi asanu a Boudreaux adayima mozungulira nkhokwe yokhoma, akuloza zida zawo pamakoma opyapyala a pepala, ndipo Hayden atayang'ana munthu woyamba, onse adawombera.
  
  
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  Alicia Miles anathamanga ndikutsegula moto pamene asilikali a ku Hawaii ndi ogwirizana nawo adayambitsa nkhondo ku Kovalenko Ranch pa Big Island. Madera anali osagwirizana. Zigwa zonse zakuya, mapiri aatali ndi zigwa zamitengo. Asanayandikire n"komwe ku famuyo, wophulitsa mabomba anaombera imodzi mwa helikoputala zoukirazo, n"kuyigwira koma osaiwononga, ndipo onsewo anafika mofulumira.
  
  Tsopano iwo anafulumira monga gulu, kukambitsirana za nkhalango yowirira ndi mapiri osongoka. Iwo ataya kale munthu m'modzi pamsampha wa booby. Kuukiraku kunakonzedwa ndi amuna a Bloody King. Ma RPG ankawuluka mopanda cholinga m'mitengo.
  
  Asilikali akusangalala.
  
  Koma Marines anakakamira kutsogolo, tsopano atalekanitsidwa ndi mpanda ndi pafupifupi mapazi makumi atatu ndi chigwa chimodzi chomaliza. Alicia amatha kuwonetsa nkhope zakuthwa za adani awo. Magazi ake anayamba kuwira. Pafupi ndi iye, wothandizira wamkulu wa CIA, Kinimaka, anali kuthamanga mwachangu kufuna chimphona. Anakhala wothandiza kwambiri.
  
  Zida zoyankhulirana zomwe zinali m'makutu mwawo zinkalengeza za nkhanza zomwe zikubwera. Hotelo ya Ala Moana Queen ku Oahu idasindikizidwa. Mlendo wina anaponyedwa pawindo lansanjika khumi n"kumwalira. Mabomba anaponyedwa mumsewu. Gulu lankhondo lapaderali likukonzekera ntchito yomwe mwina ipatsidwa kuwala kobiriwira posachedwa chifukwa cha imfa ndi chiwonongeko chomwe chachitika ndi asitikali ankhondo. Ku Kauai, wodzipha yekhayo adawombera zipolopolo zingapo pamagalimoto omwe atolankhani adasonkhana, kuvulaza mtolankhani. Ndipo tsopano, pa Chisumbu Chachikulu, basi yodzaza ndi alendo odzaona malo yabedwa ndipo bomba latcheredwa mwa antchito ake. Anatsekeredwa mkati pamene ogwidwawo anakhala panja pamipando, kumwa mowa ndi kusewera makadi. Sizinadziwike kuti ndani mwa iwo anali ndi chophulitsira, kapena kuti anali angati.
  
  Alicia adalumpha m'mbali mwa chigwacho. RPG idaphulika patsogolo pake, ndikutumiza dothi ndi miyala mmwamba mumlengalenga. Analumphira pamwamba pawo, akuseka, ndi kutembenuka pamene adawona kukayikira kwa Kinimaki.
  
  "Bwera, wonenepa," iye anatero, akupiringa milomo yake moseŵera. "Khalani nane. Apa ndi pamene zinthu zimakhala zovuta kwambiri. "
  
  
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  Hayden anawombera mobwerezabwereza, kuyesera kukhala chete ndipo motero kusunga kulondola kwake. Mitu itatu inaphulika m'masomphenya ake. Mai anali akuthamangirabe pafupi naye, osanena kalikonse. Asilikali enawo anagwada n"kugwada, n"kupewa kuwomberako n"kugwetsa asilikali aja asanatembenuke.
  
  Hayden anali mmodzi mwa iwo panthawiyo. Bambo wina anatembenuka ndipo anamumenya pamlatho wa mphuno ndi mfutiyo. Anagwa akukuwa, koma anakankha miyendo yake, zomwe zinachititsa kuti awuluke mutu pamwamba pa iye.
  
  Mwamsanga anakwera, koma thupi lake linagwera pamwamba pake, ndikumukanika pansi. Atayang'ana m'mwamba, adayang'ana m'maso mwake odzaza chidani, odzaza ndi ululu. Ndi phokoso la bearish, adamumenya ndi kukulunga manja ake okhuthala pakhosi pake.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo adawona nyenyezi, koma sanayese kumuletsa. M'malo mwake, manja ake awiri aulere adapeza chidacho. Kumanja ndi Glock wake. Kumanzere kuli mpeni wake. Analowetsa mbiya yamfutiyo m'nthiti mwake, kuti amve.
  
  Kugwira kwake kunamasuka ndipo maso ake adatuluka.
  
  Hayden adawombera katatu. Mwamunayo adagudubuzika pa iye. Pamene mawonekedwe pamwamba pake adawonekera, nkhope ya munthu wina wamalonda idawonekera. Hayden adawombera m'mphuno, adawona munthuyo akuwulukira ndikuzimiririka.
  
  Anakhala tsonga ndikuwona Mai. Msilikali womalizira wotsalayo akukumana naye. Hayden anaphethira. Munthu uyu anali wochita ngozi. Nkhope yake inkaoneka ngati yapakidwa utoto wofiira. Panalibe mano okwanira. Chibwano chake chinkawoneka chofooka. Dzanja limodzi linathyoka, lina linathyoka pachigongono. Anaima ndi miyendo yonjenjemera kenako n"kugwada m"matope amagaziwo.
  
  "Mwasankha munthu wolakwika kuti mutsutse," Mai anatero ndikumwetulira kokoma pamene ankafuna ndi Glock yemwe adabwereka ndikupukusa mutu wake.
  
  Hayden anameza mate mwadala. Uyu anali mkazi wa serious.
  
  Marines anatsegula chitseko cha barani, akufuula kupezeka kwawo. Mtima wa Hayden unakhala pansi pa kuchuluka kwa mabowo m'makoma okhomedwa. Tiyerekeze kuti ogwidwawo atha.
  
  Pakati pa malingaliro ake omveka bwino, chinthu china chinawonekera pamwamba pa zonse. Boudreaux sanali pano. Anayang'ana m'nyumbamo. Anali malo omaliza omwe akanayembekezera kuti abisale, komabe-
  
  Chiphokoso chadzidzidzi chinamugwira. Asilikali a Marines anatuluka m"kholamo, wina atagwira phewa lake ngati kuti wabayidwa.
  
  Kenako Boudreaux ndi khamu la ankhondo anatuluka m"nkhokwemo, akumawombera mfuti ndi kukuwa ngati ziwanda. Kodi zimenezi zikutanthauza kuti anthu ena ochita chiwerewere anapereka moyo wawo kukhala wachinyengo? Kodi adawombera kapena kuchokera pamalo enaake?
  
  Zowona zinamukhudza ngati kuphulika kwa nyukiliya. Amuna a Blood King tsopano anali m'gulu la Marines, akumenyana, ndipo Boudreau anathamangira ku Hayden, mpeni unakwezedwa monyansidwa.
  
  
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  Alicia adalimbikitsa timuyi ndi luso lake komanso mzimu wake pamoto. Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake adafika pamwamba pa kukwera komaliza ndikugwetsa mvula yamoto pa otetezera okumbidwa. Alicia anaona nyumba yaikulu, nkhokwe yaikulu komanso garaja ya magalimoto awiri. Malowa ankayang"anizana ndi mtsinje waukulu, womwe mosakayikira unali ngati njira yopulumukiramo, ndipo pafupi ndi nkhokweyo panali helikopita yokhala ndi helikoputala imodzi yowombedwa.
  
  Iye anayang'ana mmbuyo. "Zoyambitsa ma grenade."
  
  Mtsogoleri wa gululo anakwinya. "Ndikuchita kale izi."
  
  Alicia adawaloza malo adaniwo. "Kuli khoma lotsika pamenepo. Kumbuyo kwa nyumba. Kumbuyo kwa Rolls-Royce. Kumanja kwa kasupe."
  
  Mtsogoleri wa gulu adanyambita milomo yake. "Athamangitse apabwalo."
  
  Kuphulika kangapo kunachititsa kuti dziko lapansi ligwedezeke. Zigawengazo zidawombera ma grenade atatu ndikuthamangira kutsogolo limodzi ndi awiri, akuwombera ngati gulu koma akuthamangira mu arc yakupha.
  
  Ndi nkhanza zowopsa adalowa m'munda wa Blood King.
  
  
  MUTU WAKAKUMI NDIPONSI
  
  
  Mapazi a Drake omwe anali atanyamula zida adakhudza pansi pachipindacho. Enawo asanayambe kutsika, anayatsa moto kuti uyatse njira yawo. Nthawi yomweyo makomawo anakhala ndi moyo, zojambula zawo tsopano zikuwoneka bwino kwa Drake ndi maso odabwa.
  
  Ma curls ofanana ndi omwe ali pazida ziwiri zonyamula. Tsopano zatsimikiziridwa kuti ndizofanana ndendende ndi zomwe Thorsten Dahl ndi gulu lake adapeza mu Tomb of the Gods ku Iceland.
  
  Kodi ndi chitukuko chotani chomwe akumana nacho posachedwapa? Nanga zonsezi zikanatha bwanji?
  
  Ben, Karin, ndi ena onse a Team Delta anakankhira chingwe chotsikiracho mpaka aliyense anadzaza pafupi ndi khola lalikulu la Chipata cha Pele. Drake adayesetsa kuyesetsa kuti asayang'ane mozama mumdima wa inky kupitirira.
  
  Ben ndi Karin anagwada pansi. Chipilalacho chinali ndi chitsulo chamtundu wina, chosalala bwino komanso chofanana. Pamwamba pa chitsulocho panali ting'onoting'ono ting'onoting'ono ngati phanga lonselo.
  
  "Zizindikiro zimenezi," Karin anawakhudza mosamalitsa, "siziri mwangozi. Penyani! Ndikuwona kupindika komweko kumabwereza mobwerezabwereza. Ndipo phanga lonselo..." Iye anayang"ana uku ndi uku. "Ndi chimodzimodzi".
  
  Ben anatenga foni yake. "Ichi ndiye chithunzi chomwe Dahl adatitumizira." Anainyamula mpaka kuunika. Drake adatsamira kutsogolo, ndikukhulupirira kuti Delta Team ikhala tcheru kwa omwe alowa.
  
  "Chifukwa chake, Manda a Milungu ali ndi kulumikizana kwina ndi Gates of Hell," Drake adaganiza mokweza. "Koma ma curls amatanthauza chiyani?"
  
  "Kubwereza machitidwe," Karin anatero mwakachetechete. "Ndiuzeni. Ndi zizindikiro zotani, zakale kapena
  
  Zamakono, zopangidwa ndi njira zambiri zobwerezabwereza?"
  
  "Zosavuta." The Great Komodo inakhala pafupi ndi iwo. "Chiyankhulo".
  
  "Ndi zolondola. Ndiye ngati ichi ndi chinenerocho-" Analoza makoma a chipindacho. "Kenako amakamba nkhani yonse."
  
  "Monga zomwe Dahl adapeza." Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Koma tilibe nthawi yoti tiwunikenso pano. Kovalenko anadutsa pazipata zimenezi."
  
  "Dikirani". Ben anatsina mlatho wa mphuno yake. "Zizindikiro izi..." Iye anakhudza chipilalacho. "Zofanana ndendende ndi zida. Kwa ine izi zikusonyeza kuti chipata ichi ndi mtundu wosinthidwa wa chipangizo chomwecho. Makina oyenda nthawi. Taona kale kuti milunguyo iyenera kuti inagwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zogwirira m"manja kuti zidutse nthawi ndi kusokoneza tsogolo. Mwina chinthu ichi ndiye dongosolo lalikulu. "
  
  "Tawonani," adatero Drake mwakachetechete, "izi ndizabwino. Mudzamvetsa izi. Koma kuseri kwa zipata izi-" Analoza chala chake mumdima wandiweyani. "Mfumu yamagazi. Munthu amene anayambitsa imfa ya Kennedy, pakati pa mazana ena. Yakwana nthawi yosiya kulankhula ndikuyamba kuyenda. Pitani".
  
  Ben anangogwedezera mutu ndikuimirira, akuwoneka kuti walakwa pang'ono pamene akudzipukuta. Aliyense m"chipindamo anapuma mozama. Kuseri kwa chipatako kunali chinthu chinanso chomwe palibe amene amafuna kutchula:
  
  Chifukwa chomwe Captain Cook adasinthira dzina la arch kuchokera ku "Pele's Gate" kukhala "Hell's Gate".
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU
  
  
  Dziko la Hawaii linagwedezeka pansi pa mphamvu ya wamisala.
  
  Ngati helikopita ingawuluke, yotha kuwonetsa zochitika zamdima, zamatsenga zomwe zinali kuchitika pazilumbazi, zikadawuluka kaye pa Oahu kuti zigwire Ala Moana Queen Hotel, komwe mamembala odziwa zambiri amagulu angapo a SWAT anali. akungoyamba kuchitapo kanthu motsutsana ndi zida zankhondo, zolimbikitsidwa zomwe zidagwira mtunda wonse ndi akapolo osawerengeka. Anathamanga kudutsa, akupewa mitambo ya gehena ya utsi wakuda womwe unatuluka kuchokera pa mazenera osweka osachepera khumi ndi awiri, akulozera mosamalitsa malo omwe amuna ovala zophimba nkhope ndi mfuti ndi zowombera mabomba ankawoneka akuweta amuna, akazi ndi ana opanda chithandizo m'magulu omwe anali ovuta kuwawononga. .
  
  Ndiyeno ikanagudubuzika, mmwamba ndi kudzanja lamanja mu arc yaikulu, choyamba molunjika kudzuwa, mpira wonenepa wachikasu uja ukupita pang"onopang"ono kupita ku tsogolo losatsimikizirika komanso mwina loopsa, kenako n"kudumphira pansi ndi kumanzere pa ulendo wake woipa. zopezeka ku Kauai. Adzadutsa pafupi ndi mutu wa Diamondi, osanyalanyaza ngwazi ndi zigawenga zomwe zimasaka zinsinsi ndikulota maloto owopsa m'mapanga akuda kwambiri komanso owopsa apansi paphiri lomwe latha.
  
  Pa Kauai, akanachita kulira kwa munthu wotuluka thukuta yemwe anadzimanga ndi unyolo kumpanda wa sitolo ya khofi, akumatchera ogula mkati ndikuwonetsa bwino vest yodzaza ndi dynamite ndi dzanja lonjenjemera logwira chipangizo chowombera munthu wakufa. Ngati mutayang"ana chithunzicho, mumatha kuona kuthedwa nzeru m"maso mwa munthuyo. Izi zingasonyeze bwino kuti mwina sangakhalepo kwa nthawi yaitali. Kenako inakwera m"mwamba, n"kukweranso pamwamba pa madenga kutsatira njira yokongola ya m"mphepete mwa nyanjayi. Kumalo oyaka moto, komwe Hayden Jay anali atangomenya nkhondo ndi Ed Boudreau, pomwe Mai Kitano ndi asitikali ena onse a Marines adamenya nkhondo yolimbana ndi ma mercenaries ambiri a Boudreaux. Pakati pa phokoso lowopsya la imfa ndi nkhondo, ogwidwa ovulazidwawo analira.
  
  Ndipo patsogolo. Zakale ndi zam'tsogolo zasemphana kale. Akale ndi avant-garde atsekeredwa mkangano.
  
  Lero linali tsiku limene milungu imatha kufa ndipo ngwazi zatsopano zimatha kuphuka ndi kuwuka.
  
  Helikopita ipanga kuwuluka kwake komaliza, kutengera malo osiyanasiyana komanso zachilengedwe zomwe zimapanga Chilumba Chachikulu. Tikuthamanganso pafamu ina, panali mphindi zochepa zoti tiganizire pamene Alicia Miles, Mano Kinimaka, ndi gulu lawo la Marines anaukira malo omwe anali otetezedwa kwambiri kumene ogwidwa, asilikali, ndi amuna omwe anali ndi mikanda ya dynamite anamenyana pa mkangano umodzi wamphamvu. M'mphepete mwa nkhondoyi, makina amphamvu anayamba kugwira ntchito, okonzeka kuchotsa anthu a Blood King ndi nthaka, mpweya ndi madzi. Kamera ija idayamba kuyang'ana pomwe Alicia ndi Kinimaka adayang'ana m'mwamba, akudziwa za omwe adathawa ndipo adayala kale njira zowatsekera ndikuwononga.
  
  Ndipo potsirizira pake helikopita inasokonekera, makina chabe, komabe makina, odzaza ndi zithunzi za kupusa kwaumunthu, kulimba mtima komwe angapange ndikutulukira, ndi zoyipa zoipitsitsa zomwe angachite.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU CHIMODZI
  
  
  Drake adalowa pansi pa chipikacho, chomwe Captain Cook adachitcha kuti Gates of Hell, ndipo adapezeka kuti ali panjira yopapatiza. Anayatsa nyali yamfuti ija n"kuilumikiza ku mbiya. Anaikanso nyali paphewa lake n"kuikonza kuti iunikire m"zipupa. Kwa kanthawi panali kuwala kochuluka ndipo palibe ngozi yowonekera.
  
  Pamene ankadutsa njira yokhotakhota, Drake ananena paphewa lake kuti, "Ben, ndiuze za magazini a Cook."
  
  Ben adatulutsa mpweya mwachangu. "Izi siziri kanthu koma mwachidule za dongosolo lalikulu la misampha. Cook adachitcha kuti "Zipata za Gahena" chifukwa cha misampha. Sanawonenso zomwe zidzachitike pamapeto pake. "
  
  "Ndiye adapanga misampha ndani?" Drake anafunsa. "Ndipo chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Palibe amene akudziwa. Zizindikiro zomwe tidapeza panja ndi zomwe zili ku Manda a Milungu sizili pamakoma amkati awa. " Anakonza kukhosi kwake ndikuwonjezera kuti, "Bye."
  
  Mawu a Komodo anafuula kumbuyo kwawo. "Bwanji Cook sanawone mapeto?"
  
  "Anathawa," anatero Karin mwakachetechete. "Mwamantha".
  
  "O, zikomo."
  
  Drake anaima kaye kaye. "Chotero, popeza ndine msilikali wosayankhula ndipo inu nonse ndinu ubongo wa opareshoniyi, ndiroleni ndikonze zinthu. Kwenikweni, zipika ndiye chinsinsi cha msampha. Ndipo inu awiri muli nawo makope anu.
  
  "Tili ndi imodzi," adatero Ben. "Karin ali ndi wina m'mutu mwake."
  
  "Ndiye tili ndi imodzi," Komodo anadandaula.
  
  "Ayi ..." Ben adayamba, koma Drake adamuletsa. "Chomwe akutanthauza n"chakuti akamwalira tidzakhala ndi kope limodzi mwana wanga. Kukumbukira zithunzi sikuthandiza kwambiri ukafa."
  
  "Sindi... Inde, chabwino, pepani, sitimaganiza ngati asilikali."
  
  Drake anaona kuti ngalandeyo inayamba kukula. Mphepo yopepuka kwambiri inaomba pankhope pake. Anakweza dzanja lake kuti awaletse ndipo kenako anagwedeza mutu wake pakona.
  
  Taonani chochititsa chidwi.
  
  Anali pakhomo la chipinda chachikulu, chozungulira chozungulira, chomwe chinali ndi mdima wandiweyani. Kuwala konyezimirako kunabwera kuchokera ku ndodo zonyezimira zomwe ziyenera kuti zinasiyidwa ndi anthu a Mfumu Magazi. Kutsogolo kwake, akuyang'anira ngalande yomwe inkapitirira mpaka pansi pa phirilo, zinali zowona zomwe zinapangitsa mtima wake kudumphadumpha.
  
  Nkhope yaikulu inajambulidwa pamwala pamwamba pa ngalandeyo. Ndi maso ake opendekeka, mphuno yokhotakhota, komanso zomwe tinganene kuti ndi nyanga zotuluka pamutu pake, Drake nthawi yomweyo adatsimikiza kuti inali nkhope ya mdierekezi kapena chiwanda.
  
  Ponyalanyaza nkhopeyo, iye anayang'ana malowo. Makoma ake anali okhotakhota, ndipo maziko ake anali mdima. Anafunika kuwonjezera kuwala pang'ono apa.
  
  Anakodola enawo pang'onopang'ono.
  
  Ndiyeno, mwadzidzidzi, phokoso linamveka m'phangamo, ngati zoyatsira moto zana zikuwombera nthawi imodzi, kapena, monga Ben ananenera, "zikumveka ngati Batmobile yaikulu."
  
  Moto unatuluka m"mphuno za chosemacho, ndipo unapanga ng"anjo mozungulira mwala. Majeti aŵiri osiyana amalawi amoto anatuluka m"mphuno iliyonse, ndiyeno, masekondi angapo pambuyo pake, imodzi kuchokera ku diso lirilonse.
  
  Drake anaphunzira ndi nkhawa. "Mwina tikukhazikitsa njira ina yoyendetsera. Kusinthana kwamphamvu kapena china chake. " Anatembenukira kwa Ben. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwakonzeka mnzanga, chifukwa monga imodzi mwamagulu omwe ndimakonda a Dinorock, Poison, ankanena kuti si nthawi yabwino koma yabwino."
  
  Milomo ya Ben idapindika ndikumwetulira kwakanthawi pomwe amawona zolemba zake. "Uwu ndiye gawo loyamba la gahena. Malinga ndi wolemba script, bambo wina dzina lake Hawksworth, iwo anatcha mlingo uwu Wrath. Ndikuganiza kuti chifukwa chake ndi chodziwikiratu. Pambuyo pake anamuyerekezera ndi mdierekezi, Amoni, chiwanda cha mkwiyo."
  
  "Zikomo chifukwa cha phunziro, mwana." Komodo anafuula. "Kodi zimangotchula njira yakale?"
  
  Ben adayika mawuwo pansi ndikuwongolera. "Taonani. Ndinaziwonapo izi koma sindinazimvetse. Mwina ichi ndi chidziwitso. "
  
  Drake adakhala pansi pafupi ndi mnzake wachichepere. Magazini omwe anakopedwawo analinganizidwa bwino ndi fanizo, koma chala cha Ben chinakokera chisamaliro chake ku mzere wachilendo wa malemba.
  
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  Ndipo mawu okhawo amene anatsatira izi anali akuti, "Ndi mkwiyo, pirira. Munthu wosamala amakonzekera njira yake ngati kutsogolo kwake kuli mizere yapanyanja."
  
  Ben anati: "Cook anali woyendetsa ngalawa wamkulu kuposa onse. "Mzerewu umatiuza zinthu ziwiri. Cook ameneyu wakonza njira yodutsira chiwandacho ndipo kuti njira yodutsamo imafunika kukonzekera bwino."
  
  Karin adawona moto ukuyaka. "Ndinaŵerenga zinayi," iye anatero molingalira. "Kuphulika kanayi kwa malawi. Mtengo wofanana ndi-"
  
  Mfuti inalira, ndikugwedeza bata. Chipolopolocho chinagunda khoma lomwe linali pafupi ndi mutu wa Drake, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti miyala yakuthwa idutse mpweya. Pambuyo pa millisecond, Drake adakweza mfuti yake ndikuombera, ndipo millisecond pambuyo pake adazindikira kuti ngati abwereranso mundimeyo, wowomberayo amatha kuwasunga kukhoma mpaka kalekale.
  
  Ndi lingaliro ili, adathamangira, kuwombera, kulowa mchipinda. Komodo, mwachionekere anafika pa mfundo yofananayo, anamtsatira. Moto wophatikizanawo unagwetsa zipsera pakhoma lozungulira. Wobisala adachita mantha, komabe adakwanitsa kuwombera chipolopolo china, chomwe chidayimba mluzu pakati pa Drake ndi Komodo.
  
  Drake adagwada pa bondo limodzi, akutenga cholinga.
  
  Mwamunayo adalumpha kuchokera pachivundikiro chake, akukweza chida chake mmwamba, koma Komodo adawombera - chiwombankhangacho chinaponyera wowukirayo kumbuyo. Kunamveka kukuwa koopsa ndipo bamboyo anatera mosokonekera, mfuti ikulira pansi. Komodo anayenda ndipo anaonetsetsa kuti munthuyo wafa.
  
  Drake analumbira. "Monga ndimaganizira, Kovalenko adasiya zigawenga kuti zitichepetse."
  
  "Ndipo kutichepetsa," anawonjezera Komodo.
  
  Karin anagwedeza mutu wake pakona, tsitsi lake la blonde likugwera m'maso mwake. "Ngati ndikulondola, ndiye kuti chiganizo chachilendo ndichobowo, ndipo mawu oti 'kuleza mtima' ndiye mfungulo. Mizere iwiri yama tram ija yomwe imawoneka ngati awiri? Mu nyimbo, ndakatulo ndi zolemba zakale angatanthauze kupuma. Choncho, kuleza mtima kumatanthauza 'kuyimitsa'.
  
  Drake adayang'ana lingalirolo pomwe gulu la Delta likuyenda kudutsa mphanga, molimbikitsidwa ndi Komodo ndikutsimikiza kuti asachitenso zolakwika.
  
  Komodo anafuula kuti: "Nanga bwanji anthu? Chenjerani ndi misampha ya booby. Sindingalole kuti chitsiru cha ku Russia chija china chake pamilandu."
  
  Drake anasisita chikhatho chake chotuluka thukuta pakhoma loyipa, akumva mwala wokhotakhota pansi pa dzanja lake, kuzizira ngati mkati mwa firiji. "Ndiye kuti: 'Dikirani kuwomba koyamba, kenako imani pang'ono ndikupita kuwiri. Pambuyo pa kuphulika kwachiwiri, imani kachinayi ndikupita kwachitatu. Pambuyo pa kuphulika kwachitatu, imirirani kwa awiri ndikupita ku zinayi. Ndipo pambuyo pa kuphulika kwachinayi, imani kachisanu ndi chimodzi, ndiyeno tulukani."
  
  "Zosavuta." Ben anagwetsa maso. "Koma kupumako kumatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji?"
  
  Karin anagwedezeka. "Mawu amfupi."
  
  "O, ndizothandiza, sis."
  
  "Ndipo mumawerengera bwanji kuphulika?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti yemwe amafika patali kwambiri ndiye woyamba, ndipo nambala 4 ndiye wamfupi kwambiri."
  
  "Chabwino, izo zikumveka, ine ndikuganiza. Koma pa-"
  
  "Ndizomwezo". Drake anali nazo zokwanira. "Kuleza mtima kwanga kwayesedwa kale kumvetsera mkanganowu. Ndipita kaye. Tichite izi zisanathe. "
  
  Anadutsa gulu la Komodo, kuima mayadi angapo kuchokera pamoto wautali kwambiri. Anamva munthu aliyense akutembenuka kuti ayang'ane. Anaona kuti Ben ali ndi nkhawa. Anatseka maso ake, akumva kutentha kumakwera pamene madzi ena otentha kwambiri amawotcha mpweya patsogolo pake.
  
  Nkhope ya Kennedy inasambira pamaso pa malingaliro ake. Anamuona monga mmene analili poyamba. Tsitsi lake limakhala lolimba kwambiri, suti zathalauza zopanda mawu - imodzi patsiku lililonse la sabata. Kuyesetsa mozindikira kusokoneza chilichonse kuti iye anali mkazi.
  
  Ndiyeno Kennedy anagwetsa tsitsi lake, ndipo anakumbukira mkazi amene anakhala naye miyezi iwiri yosangalatsa. Mayi amene anayamba kumuthandiza kuti apitirizebe kuyenda pambuyo pa imfa yomvetsa chisoni ya mkazi wake Alison ndi ululu umene unabwera chifukwa cha ngozi yoopsa ya galimoto imeneyo zaka zambiri zapitazo.
  
  Maso ake anatulukira mu mtima mwake.
  
  Patsogolo pake panali moto woyaka moto.
  
  Anadikira kuti kutentha kwa lawilo kuzizire ndipo anaima kwa masekondi awiri. Ali mkati modikira, anazindikira kuti kung"anima kwa moto kuchokera m"diso lachiwiri kunali kutayamba kale kung"anima. Koma patangopita masekondi awiri anafika pamenepa, ngakhale kuti thupi lake linakuwa kuti sayenera.
  
  Moto unamuwononga -
  
  Koma zinazizira pamene anamaliza kuyenda. Mpweya womuzungulira udakali wotentha, koma wopirira. Drake anali kupuma, thukuta likutuluka m'mafunde. Atalephera kumasuka kwa mphindi imodzi, anayambanso kuwerenga.
  
  Masekondi anayi.
  
  Lawi lamoto linayaka pafupi ndi iye, kuyesera kuyatsa malo omwe ankafuna kukhala.
  
  Drake adasuntha. Moto unazima. Mkamwa mwake munamva ngati keke yamchere. M"maso mwake mboni zonse ziwiri zinapsa ngati kuti zaphwanyidwa ndi sandpaper.
  
  Ngakhale, ndikuganiza choncho. Ganizilani, ganizani nthawi zonse. Masekondi ena awiri ndipo tisuntha. Tiyeni tipitirire ku kachitidwe komaliza. Tsopano anali ndi chidaliro.
  
  Imani kaye kwa masekondi asanu ndi limodzi kenako-
  
  Pa 6 anasuntha, koma moto sunathe! Zinsinsi zake zinapsa. Iye anagwada n"kuponyera thupi lake kumbuyo. Ben anafuula dzina lake. Kutentha kunakula kwambiri moti anayesa kukuwa. Koma panthawiyo zinazimiririka. Pang'onopang'ono anazindikira kuti manja ndi mawondo ake anali kugwetsa pansi pa mwala. Anakweza mutu wake, mwamsanga anakwawira mumsewu umene unali kuseri kwa selo.
  
  Patapita kanthaŵi, anatembenuka ndi kufuula kwa enawo kuti: "Kulibwino mupume mphindi zisanu ndi ziŵiri zomalizirazo, anyamata. 'Chinthu chomaliza chomwe mukufuna kudziwa ndi momwe Kentucky Fried alili.'
  
  Chiseko chophwanyika chinamveka. Nthawi yomweyo Komodo anayenda n"kukafunsa Karin ndi Ben pamene akufuna kuti atenge nthawi yawo. Ben ankakonda kukhala ndi asilikali ena angapo patsogolo pake, koma Karin anali wokonzeka kutsatira Drake. Zinatengera Komodo kuti amutengere pambali ndikulankhula mwakachetechete zanzeru zowonetsetsa kuti Drake sanangokhala ndi mwayi ndi nthawi yake asanakhale pachiwopsezo chotaya ubongo wa opareshoni yawo.
  
  Drake adawona Karin akufewetsa komanso kumwetulira pang'ono. Zinali zabwino kuwona wina ali ndi mphamvu yodekha pa mwana wakuthengo wa banja la Blake. Anayang'ana njira yomuzungulira ndikuponya ndodo yowala pamithunzi. Kaonekedwe kake kakanthu kakang'ono kosaunikira kalikonse koma kangalande kakang'ono kwambiri kamene kanayamba kusanduka mdima.
  
  Msilikali woyamba wa Delta adagwa pafupi ndi iye, kenako pambuyo pake wachiwiri. Drake sanachedwe kuwatumiza mumsewu kuti akafufuze. Pamene adatembenukira kuchipinda cha mkwiyo, adawona Ben Blake akuyenda.
  
  Ben anatenga chikwama chake ngati mwana wasukulu, ndipo anaonetsetsa kuti tsitsi lake lalitali lili pansi pa t-sheti yake, ndipo anapita patsogolo. Drake adawona milomo yake ikusuntha pomwe amawerengera masekondi. Osawonetsa zizindikiro zakunja za kutengeka, mtima wa Drake udalumpha kuchokera mkamwa mwake ndikukhala pamenepo mpaka mnzakeyo adagwa pamapazi ake, akudzitukumula.
  
  Drake adamupatsa dzanja lake. Ben anayang'ana mmwamba, "Uti chiyani, mbuzi? Ngati sungathe kupirira kutentha?"
  
  "Sindikunena za Bucks Fizz," adatero Drake mokwiya. "Ngati mukufuna - ayi, dikirani -"
  
  Drake adawona Karin akuyandikira mtsinje woyamba wamoto. Ben adatseka pakamwa nthawi yomweyo ndipo maso ake adatsata zomwe alongo ake amachita. Pamene ankazandima, mano a Ben anagwa mwamphamvu moti Drake ankaona ngati ma tectonic plates akugawirana. Ndipo m'mene amazembera pakati pa malo otetezeka ndi ena, Drake adagwira Ben mwamphamvu kuti amuletse kuthamangira kuti amugwire.
  
  "Dikirani! Simungathe kumupulumutsa"
  
  Karin anaima kaye. Kugwa kwake kunamusokoneza kwambiri. Anali kuyang'ana mbali yolakwika patadutsa masekondi awiri kuti chiphalaphala china chisamupse.
  
  Ben adalimbana ndi Drake, yemwe adagwira mnyamatayo kumbuyo kwa mutu wake ndikugwiritsa ntchito thupi lake kuti ateteze bwenzi lake kuti asawone chochitika chotsatira.
  
  Karin anatseka maso ake.
  
  Kenako Komodo, mtsogoleri wa gulu la Delta, adamunyamula ndi dzanja limodzi lalikulu, akudumpha mwanzeru pakati pa kupuma. Sanaphwanye nyimbo yake, anangoponya Karin paphewa pake, mutu choyamba, ndikumutsitsa pansi pafupi ndi mchimwene wake wokwiya.
  
  Ben anamira pafupi ndi iye, akumalankhula zinazake atamugwira chapafupi. Karin anayang'ana paphewa la Ben molunjika pa Komodo ndipo analankhula mawu awiri. "Zikomo".
  
  Komodo anagwedezera mutu. Patangotha mphindi zochepa anyamata ake onse adafika bwino, ndipo awiri omwe Drake adawatumiza mumsewu adabwerera.
  
  Mmodzi wa iwo adalankhula ndi Drake ndi Komodo nthawi imodzi. "Msampha wina, bwana, uli pafupi kilomita imodzi kutsogolo. Panalibe zizindikiro zodziwikiratu za owombera kapena misampha ya booby, koma sitinayang'anenso kawiri. Ndinaganiza kuti tibwerere kuno."
  
  Karin adadzichotsa fumbi ndikuyimirira. "Kodi msampha umawoneka bwanji?"
  
  "Abiti, ameneyo akuwoneka ngati wamba wamkulu."
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Anathamanga m"kanjira kakang"ono, mosonkhezeredwa ndi ziwawa zimene mwina zinali kuchitika m"dziko limene linali pamwamba pawo ndi zolinga zoipa za munthu amene analoŵa mumdima wapansi panthaka patsogolo pawo.
  
  Msewu wokhotakhota unawalowetsa m"phanga lina. Apanso, zowala zowala zinawunikira gawo lalikulu la danga, zonse zatsopano komanso kuzimiririka pang'onopang'ono, koma Drake mwachangu adawotchera ma amber awiri pakhoma lakutali.
  
  Danga lakutsogolo kwawo linali lodabwitsa. Misewuyo inali yopangidwa ngati mizere itatu. Mtsinje waukuluwo unali msewu waukulu wokwanira kuti anthu atatu ayende moyandikana. Idathera pakhoma lakutali munjira ina yotulukira. Kuchokera patsinde lalikulu ndikupanga timizere tiwiri ta mbali zitatuzo, panali tinjira ziwiri, koma izi zokha zinali zopapatiza, zazikulupo pang'ono kuposa timiyala. Zolozerazi zinathera pa khonde lalikulu la khoma la phanga.
  
  Mipata pakati pa njira zitatuzi munali mdima wandiweyani, wosaoneka bwino. Pamene Komodo anaponya mwalawo pamalo pomwe panalibe kuwala, sanamvepo kuti ukugunda pansi.
  
  Mosamala, anapita patsogolo pang"onopang"ono. Mapewa awo anagwedezeka chifukwa cha zovutazo ndipo mitsempha yawo inayamba kugwedezeka. Drake anamva thukuta lopyapyala likutsika mpaka kutalika kwa msana wake, kuyabwa mpaka pansi. Maso onse m"gululo anayang"ana uku ndi uku n"kufufuza mithunzi iriyonse, m"malo onse mpaka Ben anapeza mawu ake.
  
  "Dikirani," iye anatero, osamveka, kenaka anakonza kukhosi kwake ndi kukuwa, "Dikirani."
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" Drake adawuma, mwendo wake uli m'mwamba.
  
  "Tiyenera kuyang'ana kaye zipika za Cook, ngati zingachitike."
  
  "Mumasankha nthawi zanu zoopsa."
  
  Karin analankhula. "Analitcha Dyera, tchimo lachiŵiri lakupha. Chiwanda chogwirizanitsidwa ndi umbombo ndi Mammon, mmodzi wa akalonga asanu ndi awiri a gehena. Iye anatchulidwa m"buku lakuti Milton"s Paradise Lost ndipo ankatchedwanso kazembe wa helo ku England."
  
  Drake adamuyang'ana. "Sizoseketsa".
  
  "Sizinapangidwe kukhala. Izi ndi zomwe ndidawerengapo ndikusunga. Chidziwitso chokhacho chomwe Hawksworth amapereka apa ndi chiganizo ichi: Umbombo wotsutsana ndi chifundo. Mulole munthu winayo akupatseni zomwe mukufuna.
  
  Drake anayang'ana kuphanga lozizira, lonyowa. "Palibe zambiri pano zomwe ndikufuna, kupatula Krispy Kremes."
  
  "Iyi ndi njira yolunjika yotulukira." Komodo anaimitsa mmodzi wa anyamata ake pamene ankadutsa. Palibe chomwe chimakhala chophweka. Hei! Zatani, bwana-"
  
  Drake adatembenuka kuti aone munthu wa Delta akukankhira pambali Komodo ndikudutsa wamkulu wake.
  
  "Wallis! Khala bulu wako pamzere, msirikali."
  
  Drake adawona maso amunthu uja akuyandikira. Zowala. Kukhazikika pamalo kumanja. Drake adatsata maso ake.
  
  Ndipo nthawi yomweyo ndinawona ma niches. Zoseketsa momwe iye sanawazindikire iwo kale. Kumapeto kwa nsanja yakumanja, pomwe idadutsa khoma laphanga, Drake tsopano adawona ma niche atatu akuya atajambulidwa mumwala wakuda. Chinachake chinawala mkati mwa niche iliyonse. Chinachake chamtengo wapatali, chopangidwa ndi golidi, safiro ndi emarodi. Chinthucho chinagwira kuwala kofowoka komanso komwe kunkadutsa kuphangako n"kukabwezeranso kakhumi. Zinali ngati kuyang"ana mkati mwa mpira wonyezimira wa disco wopangidwa ndi makarati khumi a diamondi.
  
  Karin ananong"oneza kuti, "Kumbali inayo kuli chipata chopanda kanthu."
  
  Drake anamva kukoka kwa chuma cholonjezedwa. Pamene ankayang"anitsitsa, zinthuzo zinkamveka bwino komanso ankazifuna kwambiri. Zinatenga kanthawi kuti ndemanga ya Karin ilowe mkati, koma itatero, adayang'ana mopanda kanthu ndi kaduka komanso mantha. Kodi mwina mzimu wina wamwayi unaloŵa m"mphepete mwa nyanja n"kuchokapo ndi zofunkhazo? Kapena kodi anaugwira pamene akugwera pansi, uku akukuwa?
  
  Njira imodzi yodziwira.
  
  Drake anaika phazi limodzi kutsogolo kwa linalo kenako anadziimitsa yekha. Zopanda . Nyambo yodutsa m"mipando inali yamphamvu. Koma kufunafuna kwake Kovalenko kunali kokongola kwambiri. Anabwereranso ku zenizeni, akudabwa momwe magetsi angakhalire osangalatsa kwambiri. Panthawiyo, Komodo adathamangira kumbuyo kwake, ndipo Drake adatambasula dzanja lake kuti amuletse.
  
  Koma mkulu wa asilikali a Delta Force anali atangogwera pamwamba pa mnzakeyo n"kumugwetsera pansi. Drake anatembenuka kuti awone gulu lonselo litagwada, likusisita maso awo kapena kupewa mayesero palimodzi. Ben ndi Karin sanachite mantha, koma maganizo a Karin anasiya posakhalitsa.
  
  Mwamsanga anatembenukira kwa mchimwene wake. "Kodi muli bwino? Ben?
  
  Drake anayang'ana mosamala m'maso mwa mnyamatayo. "Tikhoza kukhala ndi mavuto. Amakhala ndi mawonekedwe agalasi pomwe Taylor Momsen atenga siteji. "
  
  Karin anapukusa mutu. "Anyamata," anang"ung"udza n"kukwapula mchimwene wake kwambiri.
  
  Ben anaphethira ndikukweza dzanja lake pa tsaya. "O!"
  
  "Kodi muli bwino?"
  
  "Ayi, gehena ayi! Wangotsala pang"ono kundithyola nsagwada."
  
  "Leka kukhala wofooka. Ukawauze amayi ndi bambo ulendo wina akadzabweranso."
  
  "Chabwino, ndichita. N"chifukwa chiyani wandimenya?"
  
  Drake adagwedeza phewa lake pomwe Komodo adakweza munthu wake pansi ndikumuponyanso pamzere. "Newbie."
  
  Karin ankangoyang'ana mogoma.
  
  Drake anati, "Kodi simukukumbukira? Kuwala kokongola? Atsala pang'ono kukupezani, bwanawe."
  
  "Ndikukumbukira..." Maso a Ben mwadzidzidzi anabwerera ku khoma lamiyala ndi miseche yake yovuta kwambiri. "O, wow, ndizosangalatsa bwanji. Golide, diamondi ndi chuma. Ndikukumbukira izi. "
  
  Drake adawona zinthu zonyezimira zikuyamba kuyambiranso mphamvu yokoka. "Tiyeni tisamuke," iye anatero. "Kawiri. Ndikuwona zomwe phanga ili likuchita, ndipo tikadumpha msanga, zimakhala bwino. "
  
  Anachoka mofulumira, atagwira dzanja lake paphewa la Ben ndikugwedeza Karin. Komodo ankatsatira mwakachetechete, akumayang"ana anyamata ake mosamala kwambiri pamene ankadutsa pafupi ndi mizati yomwe inali mbali zonse.
  
  Pamene amayandikira pafupi ndi niches, Drake adayika pachiwopsezo choyang'ana mwachangu. M"nkhokwe iliyonse munali kachinthu kakang"ono kooneka ngati mbale, ndipo pamwamba pake panali miyala yamtengo wapatali. Koma izi zokha sizinali zokwanira kupanga chiwonetsero chowoneka bwino chowala chomwe chinali chokopa maso. Kumbuyo kwa mbale iliyonse, makoma okhwima a niches okha anali ndi mizere ya rubi, emarodi, safiro, diamondi ndi miyala ina yamtengo wapatali yosawerengeka.
  
  Mbalezi zikanatha kuwononga ndalama zambiri, koma nkhokwezo zinali zamtengo wapatali kwambiri.
  
  Drake anayima pamene akuyandikira njira yotulukira. Kamphepo kozizira kankamuwomba kuchokera kumanzere ndi kumanja. Malo onsewo ananunkhiza zinsinsi zakale ndi zinsinsi zobisika. Panali madzi akuyenderera kwinakwake, pang'ono chabe, koma okwanira kuwonjezera kukula kwa phanga lomwe anali kufufuza.
  
  Drake anayang'ana aliyense mosamala. Msamphawo unagonja. Anatembenuka kuti adutse potulukira.
  
  Ndipo mawu a munthu wina anafuula kuti: "Imani!"
  
  Anazizira nthawi yomweyo. Chikhulupiriro chake mu kulira ndi chibadwa chobadwa ndi maphunziro akale a SAS chinapulumutsa moyo wake. Phazi lake lakumanja silinakhudze waya wopyapyalawo, koma kukankha kwinanso kunatha kutsekereza msamphawo.
  
  Pa nthawiyi Kovalenko sanasiye sniper. Iye anaweruza molondola kuti gulu lomwe linali kumbuyo kwake lidzakhala likukokera bulu kudzera ku Greed Hall. Ulendowu unatsogolera ku mgodi wobisika wa M18 Claymore, womwe unali ndi mawu akuti "Front to the Enemy" pamenepo.
  
  Mapeto akutsogolo adayang'ana Drake ndipo akanamusokoneza ndi zitsulo zazitsulo pamodzi ndi Ben ndi Karin ngati Komodo sanafuule chenjezo.
  
  Drake adatsika ndikuzimitsa chipangizocho mwachangu. Adapereka izi kwa Komodo. "Zikomo kwambiri, bwanawe. Sungani izi ndipo pambuyo pake tidzakankhira bulu wa Kovalenko. "
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI ATATU
  
  
  Ulendo wotsatira unali waufupi ndipo mwamsanga unatsika pansi. Drake ndi enawo amayenera kuyenda mu zidendene, kutsamira matupi awo kuti akhale owongoka. Drake ankaganiza kuti nthawi iliyonse akhoza kutsetsereka ndi kugwa mopanda mphamvu, Mulungu amangodziwa zomwe zidzachitike m'munsimu.
  
  Koma patangopita mphindi zochepa anaona chipilala chodziwika bwino. Drake anakonzanso ndodo yake yowala ndikuyima pakhomo. Poganizira za zigawengazo, mwamsanga anagwedeza mutu wake n"kutuluka.
  
  "O, mipira," adadzipumira yekha. "Zikuipiraipira."
  
  "Usandiuze," Ben anatero. Panali mpira wawukulu wa konkriti utapachikidwa pamutu pathu.
  
  Drake adamuyang'ana. "Moyo si kanema, Blakey. Mulungu, ndiwe wopusa."
  
  Anapuma mozama n"kuwalowetsa m"phanga lalikulu lachitatu. Malo odabwitsa omwe adawawona adayimitsa aliyense wa iwo. Pakamwa panatseguka. Ngati Mfumu ya Magazi ikanatha kusankha mfundo iliyonse paulendo wawo mpaka kukayika msampha, izi zinali choncho, Drake adaganiza mphindi zingapo kenako, mwayi wangwiro. Koma, mwamwayi kwa anyamata abwino, palibe chomwe chimadikirira. Mwina panali chifukwa chabwino chochitira izi...
  
  Ngakhale Komodo anachita mantha ndi kusakhulupirira, koma anatha kufinya mawu ochepa. "Ndiye ndikuganiza kuti ndi chilakolako."
  
  Kutsokomola ndi kung'ung'udza kunali yankho lokhalo.
  
  Njira yomwe inali patsogolo pawo inkatsatira mzere umodzi wowongoka kupita kumalo otulukira. Cholepheretsa chinali chakuti njirayo inali m"malire mbali zonse ziwiri ndi zitsulo zazifupi zokhala ndi ziboliboli ndi zazitali zazitali zokhala ndi zojambula. Chiboliboli chilichonse ndi chojambula chilichonse chimayimira mitundu ingapo yolaula, kuyambira yokoma modabwitsa mpaka yonyansa kwambiri. Kuphatikiza apo, zithunzi za phanga zidadzaza inchi iliyonse ya makoma a phanga, koma osati zithunzi zakale zomwe zimapezeka m'mapanga akale - izi zinali zithunzi zochititsa chidwi, zofanana mosavuta ndi Renaissance kapena wojambula wamakono.
  
  Nkhaniyo inali yodabwitsa m"njira inanso. Zithunzizi zikuwonetsera chikondwerero chimodzi chachikulu, mwamuna ndi mkazi aliyense atakokedwa mwatsatanetsatane, kuchita tchimo lililonse lonyansa lodziwika kwa mwamuna ... ndi zina.
  
  Pazonse, kunali kugunda kodabwitsa kwa mphamvu, kugunda komwe kunapitilira mosalekeza pomwe zochitika zochulukirachulukira zidayamba kukopa maso ndi malingaliro amunthu.
  
  Drake anatsala pang'ono kukhetsa misozi ya ng'ona chifukwa cha bwenzi lake lakale la Wells. Wopotoza wakale uyu akanakhala mu chikhalidwe chake apa. Makamaka ngati adazipeza ndi Meyi.
  
  Lingaliro la May, bwenzi lake lakale kwambiri lamoyo, linamuthandiza kusokoneza maganizo ake pa zolaula zomwe zimamuzungulira. Iye anayang'ana mmbuyo pa gululo.
  
  "Anyamata. Anyamata, izi sizingakhale zonse. Payenera kukhala dongosolo la msampha apa. Khalani otsegula makutu. Iye anatsokomola. "Ndipo ndikutanthauza za misampha."
  
  Njira inapita patsogolo. Drake tsopano anaona kuti ngakhale kuyang'ana pansi sikungakuthandizeni. Ziwerengero zatsatanetsatane zalembedwanso pamenepo. Koma zonsezi mosakayikira zinali hering'i wofiira.
  
  Drake adapumira kwambiri ndikulowera kutsogolo. Iye anazindikira kuti panali m"mphepete mwake mwa mainchesi anayi mbali zonse za njirayo pafupifupi mayadi zana.
  
  Pa nthawi yomweyo, Komodo analankhula. "Waona izi, Drake? Sizikanakhala kanthu. "
  
  "Kapena chilichonse." Drake mosamala anaika phazi limodzi kutsogolo kwa mzake. Ben anatsatira sitepe kumbuyo, kenako asilikali angapo, ndiyeno Karin, yemwe ankayang'aniridwa ndi Komodo. Drake anamva Komodo wamkulu, wonyezimira akunong'oneza chipepeso kwa Karin chifukwa cha zithunzi zachipongwe komanso mwano wa anthu ake omwe amangoyang'ana, ndipo adaletsa kumwetulira.
  
  Nthawi yomwe phazi lake lotsogolera linakhudza pansi kumayambiriro kwa mbali zokwezedwa, phokoso lakuya linadzaza mpweya. Kutsogolo kwake, pansi panayamba kusuntha.
  
  "Moni". Maonekedwe ake ambiri aku Yorkshire adawonekera panthawi yamavuto. "Tadikirani guys."
  
  Njirayi idagawidwa m'magulu angapo amiyala yopingasa. Mwapang"onopang"ono shelefu iliyonse inayamba kusuntha cham"mbali, moti aliyense woimirirapo akanatha kugwa ngati sanaponde ina. Kutsatizanaku kunali kocheperako, koma Drake adanenanso kuti tsopano apeza chifukwa chododometsa cha Chambers.
  
  "Ponda mosamala," iye anatero. "Mwa awiriawiri. Ndipo chotsani malingaliro anu padothi ndikupita patsogolo, 'pokhapokha mutafuna kuyesa masewera atsopano'wa 'kudumphira kuphompho'.
  
  Ben anagwirizana naye pa shelefu yoyamba yosuntha. "Nkovuta kwambiri kuika maganizo ake onse," anadandaula motero.
  
  "Ganizirani za Hayden," Drake adamuuza. "Izi zikuthandizani kuti muthe."
  
  "Ndikuganiza za Hayden." Ben anaphethira chifaniziro chapafupipo, mitu itatu yolumikizana, mikono ndi miyendo. "Ndilo vuto."
  
  "Ndi ine". Drake mosamala adaponda pa alumali yachiwiri yokoka, akuwunika kale kayendedwe kachitatu ndi kachinayi. "Mukudziwa, ndine wokondwa kuti ndidatha maola onsewa ndikusewera Tomb Raider."
  
  "Sindinaganizepo kuti ndidzakhala katswiri pamasewerawa," Ben adayankha modandaula, kenako anaganiza za May. Ambiri mwa anthu anzeru aku Japan anamuyerekeza ndi munthu wamasewera apakanema. "Hey Matt, ukuganiza kuti tikulota, sichoncho? Ndipo zonsezi ndi maloto?
  
  Drake adayang'ana pomwe mnzakeyo adalowa pashelefu yachitatu. "Sindinakhalepo ndi maloto omveka ngati amenewa." Sanafunikire kugwedeza mutu kumalo ozungulira kuti afotokoze mfundo yake.
  
  Tsopano, pambuyo pawo, gulu lachiŵiri ndi lachitatu la anthu linayamba ulendo wawo wovuta. Drake anawerengera mashelefu makumi awiri asanafike kumapeto ndipo, mwamwayi, adalumphira pamtunda wolimba. Tithokoze Mulungu mtima wake wothamanga unatha kupuma. Anayang'ana njira yotulukira kwa mphindi imodzi, kenako, atakhutira kuti anali okha, anatembenuka kuti awone momwe ena akuyendera.
  
  Munthawi yake kuti muwone m'modzi mwa amuna a Delta akuyang'ana kutali ndi denga lopaka utoto wonyezimira-
  
  Ndipo adaphonya shelufu yomwe adatsala pang'ono kupondapo. Anali atapita pang'onopang'ono, chikumbutso chokha chomwe adakhalapopo chinali kufuula koopsa komwe kunatsatira kugwa kwake.
  
  Gulu lonselo linaima, ndipo mphepo inagwedezeka ndi mantha ndi mantha. Komodo anawapatsa onse mphindi imodzi kenaka anawakankhira kutsogolo. Onse ankadziwa momwe angadutse. Msilikali wogwayo anali wopusa kwa iyemwini.
  
  Apanso, ndipo ulendo uno mosamala kwambiri, onse anayamba kusuntha. Drake adaganiza kwakanthawi kuti amamvabe kukuwa kwa asitikali akugwera kuphompho kosatha, koma adazikana ngati masomphenya. Anayang'ana mmbuyo pa anthu pa nthawi yake kuti awone Komodo yaikulu ikugwa mofanana.
  
  Panali mphindi imodzi yosimidwa yakugwedeza manja ake, kulira kumodzi kokwiya kodzimvera chisoni chifukwa cha kutayika kwake kwakukulu, ndipo mtsogoleri wa gulu la Big Delta adatsika m'mphepete mwa alumali. Drake analira, atatsala pang'ono kuthamangira kuti akamuthandize, koma zachisoni anali wotsimikiza kuti sangathe kutero pakapita nthawi. Ben anakuwa ngati mtsikana-
  
  Koma zinali choncho chifukwa Karin ankangokhalira njiwa za munthu wamkuluyo!
  
  Mosakayikira, Karin Blake adasiya gulu lonse la Delta lophunzitsidwa bwino kuti amuwone akuchoka ndikuthamangira ku Komodo. Anali patsogolo pake, kotero mphamvu yake ikanamuthandiza kumuponyanso pa slab ya konkire. Koma Komodo anali munthu wamkulu, komanso wolemetsa, ndipo kulumpha kwa Karin kopanda kanthu sikunamusunthe.
  
  Koma anamkhudza pang'ono. Ndipo zimenezo zinali zokwanira kuthandiza. Komodo adatha kutembenuka, popeza Karin adamupatsa masekondi awiri owonjezera a airtime, ndipo adagwira m'mphepete mwa konkriti ndi zala zokhala ngati vice. Iye anaumirira, wosimidwa, wosakhoza kudzikoka yekha.
  
  Ndipo shelefu yotsetsereka idayenda mopweteka pang'onopang'ono kumtunda wakumanzere, pambuyo pake idasowa, ndikutenga mtsogoleri wa gulu la Delta.
  
  Karin anagwira dzanja lamanzere la Komodo mwamphamvu. Pomalizira pake, anzake ena a m"gulu lake anachitapo kanthu n"kugwira mkono wake wina. Ndi khama lalikulu anamukokera pamwamba ndi pamwamba pa slab monga momwe anazimiririka mumsewu wobisika.
  
  Komodo anagwedeza mutu pa konkire yafumbi. "Karin," adatero. "Sindidzayang'ananso mkazi wina."
  
  Wophunzira wakale wa blonde yemwe adasiya sukulu adaseka. "Anthu inu, ndi maso anu oyendayenda, simudzaphunzira."
  
  Ndipo kupyolera mu kusilira kwa Drake kunadza kuzindikira kuti gawo lachitatu ili la "gehena", chipinda ichi chotchedwa chilakolako, sichinali china koma chithunzi cha kuzunzika kosatha kwa munthu yemwe ali ndi diso loyendayenda. Cliché é za chiyani ngati munthu atakhala mu cafe & # 233; ndi mkazi wake kapena bwenzi lake, ndi awiri awiri a miyendo yokongola ankadutsa - iye pafupifupi ndithu akanayang'ana.
  
  Kupatula kuti pansi apa, ngati iye akanayang'ana, iye akanafa.
  
  Azimayi ena sangakhale ndi vuto ndi izi, Drake adatsimikiza. Ndipo ndi chifukwa chabwino, nayenso. Koma Karin anapulumutsa Komodo, ndipo tsopano okwatirana anali ngakhale. Zinatenga mphindi zinanso zisanu ndikudikirira moda nkhawa, koma pamapeto pake ena onse adakwanitsa kudutsa mashelefu otsetsereka.
  
  Onse anatenga nthawi yopuma. Mwamuna aliyense pakampaniyo anaona kuti ndi udindo wawo kugwira chanza Karin ndi kusonyeza kuyamikira kulimba mtima kwake. Ngakhale Ben.
  
  Kenako kuwombera kunamveka. Mmodzi wa asilikali a Delta anagwada, atagwira mimba yake. Mwadzidzidzi anaukiridwa. Theka la khumi ndi awiri a amuna a Mfumu ya Magazi adatsanulira pabwalo, atanyamula zida zawo mokonzeka. Zipolopolo zinkawomba mlengalenga.
  
  Atagwada kale, Drake ndi gulu lake adagwera pa sitimayo, akugwira zida zawo. Munthu amene anamenyedwayo anakhalabe m"maondo ake ndipo analandira zipolopolo zina zinayi pachifuwa ndi m"mutu. Pasanathe masekondi awiri anali atamwalira, wozunzidwa winanso chifukwa cha Blood King.
  
  Drake adatenga mfuti yake yobwereka ya M16 ndikuombera. Kumanja kwake, chimodzi mwa zibolibolizo chinali chodzaza ndi mtovu, timizere ta alabasitala tomwazika mumlengalenga. Drake adaseka.
  
  Chipolopolo china chinadutsa pamutu pake.
  
  Gulu lonselo linali lodekha, lodekha, ndipo likutha kuloza mosamalitsa mfuti zawo pansi. Pamene adawombera, chinali kuphana, zipolopolo zambiri zinadzaza amuna a Kovalenko omwe ankathawa ndipo adawakakamiza kuvina ngati zidole zamagazi. Mwamuna wina adadutsa, osavulazidwa mozizwitsa, mpaka adakumana ndi Matt Drake.
  
  Mwamuna wakale wa SAS adabwera kwa iye mutu, akupereka mutu wophwanyidwa ndi mipeni yothamanga kwambiri ku nthiti zake. Amuna otsiriza a Kovalenko adazembera kumalo kumene anthu onse oipa adathera.
  
  Gahena.
  
  Drake adawalozera kuti adutse, akuyang'ana mwachisoni membala wagulu lomwe adagwa la Delta. Iwo adzanyamula thupi lake pobwerera.
  
  "Tiyenera kukhala tikugwira bastard."
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI INE
  
  
  Hayden anakumana maso ndi maso ndi Ed Boudreaux ndipo dziko linasungunuka.
  
  "Ndine wokondwa kukupha," Boudreau anabwereza mawu amene anamuuza kale. "Kachiwiri".
  
  "Mwalephera nthawi yatha, psycho. Udzalepheranso."
  
  Boudreau anayang'ana pansi pa mwendo wake. "Chiuno chako chili bwanji?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Zabwino zonse". Hayden anaima chang'ono-ng'ono, kudikirira mphezi. Anayesa kuwongolera American kotero kuti bulu wake adakanikizidwa kukhoma la barani, koma anali wochenjera kwambiri.
  
  "Ndiwe magazi." Boudreaux anatengera kunyambita mpeni wake. "Zinali zokoma. Ndikuganiza kuti mwana wanga akufuna zambiri. "
  
  "Mosiyana ndi mlongo wako," Hayden anafuula motero. "Sanathenso kupirira."
  
  Boudreau anathamangira kwa iye. Hayden adayembekeza izi ndipo adazemba mosamalitsa, ndikuwulula tsamba lake pakugunda kwa tsaya lake. "Magazi oyamba," iye anatero.
  
  "Chiyambi". Boudreau adagwa ndikubwerera, kenako adamumenya nkhonya zingapo zazifupi. Hayden adawadula onse ndikumaliza ndikumenya chikhatho kumphuno. Boudreau anadzandima, misozi ikutuluka m'maso mwake.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Hayden anapezerapo mwayi, akubaya ndi mpeni wake. Adakhomerera Boudreaux kukhoma, kenako adabweza kumenya kamodzi-
  
  Boudreau adagwa.
  
  Hayden adatsamira ndikubaya mpeni mu ntchafu yake. Ananyamuka kwinaku akukuwa, osatha kuletsa kuseka komwe kumawonekera m'maso mwake.
  
  "Kodi ukumva, mbuzi?"
  
  "Mnyamata!" Boudreaux adapenga. Koma uku kunali misala ya wankhondo, woganiza bwino, wankhondo wozolowera. Anamugwetsera mmbuyo ndi nkhonya pambuyo pomumenya, ndikuyika zoopsa zamisala koma kukhalabe ndi mphamvu zokwanira komanso kuthamanga kuti amupangitse kuganiza kawiri za kulowererapo. Ndipo tsopano, pamene ankabwerera m"mbuyo, anakumana ndi magulu ena ankhondo, ndipo Hayden anataya mtima.
  
  Iye anagwa pamene kukwera pa bondo wagwa munthu, adagulung'undisa ndipo anayimirira, mpeni wokonzeka.
  
  Boudreau anasungunuka m'gulu la anthu, nsewu wa pankhope pake unasanduka nsewu pamene amalawa magazi ake ndikugwedeza mpeni.
  
  "Tiwonana," anafuula motero chifukwa cha phokosolo. "Ndikudziwa komwe mukukhala, Abiti Jay."
  
  Hayden adaponya m'modzi mwa amuna a Blood King panjira, ndikuthyola mwendo wa bamboyo ngati mphukira pomwe adakonza njira yopita ku Boudreaux. Pangodya ya diso lake adawona Mai, yemwe mosakayikira anali wosintha masewera pankhondoyi, akumenyana opanda zida zankhondo zakuthwa, nkhondoyo inali pafupi kwambiri ndi mfuti ndipo adawasiya ali mulu kumapazi ake. Hayden adayang'ana akufa ndi kufa komwe kumamuzungulira.
  
  Anazindikira kuti ngakhale Boudreau anali kuganiziranso momwe zinthu zinalili atatsatira zomwe Hayden adayang'ana ndikuwona wodziwika bwino waku Japan akugwira ntchito.
  
  Mayi adayang'anitsitsa Hayden. "Pambuyo pako."
  
  Hayden adagwera ku Boudreau.
  
  Psych yayikulu ya Mfumu Yamagazi idanyamuka ngati mongoose waku Hawaii akuponda zidendene zake. Hayden ndi May anali kulondola. Ali mkati modutsa, Mai anakantha kwambiri mwamuna wina wa Kovalenko, motero anapulumutsa moyo wa msilikali wina.
  
  Kuseri kwa nkhokweyo kunali bwalo lotseguka, bwalo la helikopita lokhala ndi helikoputala, ndi doko lopapatiza kumene mabwato angapo anazikako. Boudreau anathamanga kudutsa helikoputala, kulunjika ku bwato lalikulu la speedboat, ndipo sanadutse nkomwe pamene adalumphira m'ngalawa, akugwera mumlengalenga. Hayden asanadutse helikopita ija, bwato lalikulu linali litataya kale ndipo lidayamba kulowera kutsogolo.
  
  May anayamba kuchedwa. "Iyi ndi Baja. Mwamsanga kwambiri, ndipo amuna atatu akuyembekezera kale mkati. Powayerekeza ndi iwo, mabwato ena amaoneka odekha." Maso ake anayang'ana pa helikopita. "Tsopano izi ndi zomwe tikufuna."
  
  Hayden adanjenjemera pomwe chipolopolocho chikuwadutsa, osazindikira. "Kodi mungathe kuzilamulira?"
  
  Mai anamufunsa kuti, 'Kodi ukundifunsadi funso limeneli?' yang'anani musanakwere pa skid ndikudumphira mkati. Hayden asanafike kumeneko, Mai anali atayambitsa kale rotor yaikulu, ndipo bwato la Boudreaux linathamangira kumtsinje ndi mkokomo waukulu.
  
  "Khalani ndi chikhulupiriro," Mai anatero mwakachetechete, kusonyeza kuleza mtima kumene ankadziŵika nako monga Hayden akukuta mano chifukwa cha kukhumudwa. Patapita mphindi imodzi galimotoyo inali itakonzeka kuwuluka. May adakweza timu. Sileyiyo inachoka pansi. Chipolopolocho chinagunda mzati pafupi ndi mutu wa Hayden.
  
  Anabwerera mmbuyo, kenaka anacheuka kuti aone omaliza mwa amuna a Mfumu yamagazi akugwa pamoto. M'modzi mwa asitikali a Special Forces ku Hawaii adawapatsa chala chala pamene helikoputala idayamba kutsika ndikutembenuka, kukonzekera kuthamangitsa bwato. Hayden adagwedeza kumbuyo.
  
  Tsiku lina lopenga m'moyo wake.
  
  Koma iye anali adakali pano. Ndikukhalabe ndi moyo. Mwambi wakale wa Jay unabweranso m'mutu mwake. Khalani ndi moyo tsiku lina. Ingokhalani ndi moyo, ngakhale munthawi ngati izi, adawasowa kwambiri abambo ake.
  
  Patadutsa mphindi imodzi, helikoputala inagwedezeka ndikuthamangira kuthamangitsa. Mimba ya Hayden inakhalabe kwinakwake mumsasawo, ndipo anagwira nsongayo mpaka zibowo zake zidapweteka. Mai sanaphonye ngakhale pang'ono.
  
  "Sungani mathalauza anu."
  
  Hayden anayesa kuchotsa malingaliro ake paulendo wodabwitsawu powona momwe chida chake chilili. Mpeni wake unabwerera m"chifuwa chake. Mfuti yake yokhayo yomwe idatsala inali Glock wamba osati Caspian yomwe adakonda posachedwapa. Koma gehena, mfuti ndi mfuti, sichoncho?
  
  Mai anawulukira pansi kwambiri moti kutsitsi kunagunda galasi lakutsogolo. Boti lalikulu lachikasu linayenda m"mbali mwa mtsinje waukulu umene unali kutsogolo kwake. Hayden adawona anthu atayima kumbuyo kwake, kuwayang'ana akuyandikira. Mosakayikira anali ndi zida.
  
  Mai adatsitsa mutu kenako adayang'ana Hayden. "Kulimbika ndi Ulemerero."
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu. "Kumaliza".
  
  Atha kugunda gululo, kutumiza helikoputala m'madzi mwaukali, panjira yogundana ndi Bayeux yachikasu. Monga mmene ankayembekezera, anthu amene anaima cham"mbali anabwerera chifukwa cha mantha. Hayden adatsamira pawindo ndikuwombera. Chipolopolocho chinapita kutali kwambiri.
  
  Mai adamupatsa M9 yopanda theka ija. "Awerengeni."
  
  Hayden anawomberanso. Mmodzi mwa amuna a Boudreau adawombera, chipolopolocho chikugwera padenga la helikopita. Mai adazungulira gululo mozungulira, ndikutumiza mutu wa Hayden ukugundana ndi positi yothandizira. Mai ndiye nkhunda kachiwiri, mwamakani, osapereka kotala. Hayden adakhuthula Glock yake ndipo adawona m'modzi mwa amuna a Boudreau akukwera m'madzi akupopera magazi.
  
  Kenako helikoputalayo inawombedwa ndi chipolopolo china, kenako n"kudzazanso zina. Galimoto yaikulu inkaimira cholinga chachikulu. Hayden adawona Boudreau pa gudumu la bwato, atagwira mpeni mwamphamvu m'mano ake, akuwawombera ndi mfuti ya submachine.
  
  "O," kufuula kwa May kunali kopanda tanthauzo pamene utsi wakuda unatuluka mwadzidzidzi mu helikopita ndipo phokoso la injini linasintha mwadzidzidzi kuchoka pa phokoso mpaka kung'ung'udza. Popanda chitsogozo, helikoputala inayamba kugwedezeka ndi kugwedezeka.
  
  May anaphethira pa Hayden.
  
  Hayden anadikira mpaka iwo anali pamwamba pa bwato la Boudreau ndipo anatsegula chitseko chake pamene helikopita inkatsika.
  
  Anayang'ana m'maso mwa azungu a Boudreau, nati, "Chitani izi," ndipo adalumpha kuchokera mu helikopita yomwe inali kugwa.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI CHISANU
  
  
  Kugwa kwaulere kwa Hayden kunali kwakanthawi. Bwato la Boudreaux silinali patali, koma ali m'njira adamuwombera bamboyo asanagwere pa sitimayo. Mpweya unatuluka m"thupi mwake mwaphokoso. Chilonda chakale pa ntchafu yake chinkawawa. Iye anawona nyenyezi.
  
  Helicoptersyo inazungulira mumtsinje wothamanga kwambiri mamita makumi atatu kuchokera kumanzere, phokoso logonthetsa m'makutu la imfa yake limatulutsa malingaliro onse ogwirizana ndikutumiza chiwombankhanga chachikulu pamtunda wa ngalawayo.
  
  Mafunde amphamvu kwambiri moti angasinthe njira ya bwato.
  
  Sitimayo inataya liwiro, ndikutumiza aliyense kuwulukira kutsogolo, ndikuyamba kulemba. Kenako, atatha kulowera kutsogolo, anatembenuka n"kukagwera m"mimba m"madzi oyera.
  
  Hayden anagwirabe ntchito pamene bwato linkapendekeka. Pamene ankalowa pansi pa madzi, anakankha mwamphamvu, kuloza pansi, kenako n"kukankhira ku gombe lapafupi. Madzi ozizirawo ankamupweteka mutu, koma ankatsitsimula ziwalo zake zopweteka pang"ono. Kuthamanga kwa madzi kunamupangitsa kuzindikira kuti anali wotopa.
  
  Atawonekera, adapeza kuti sanali patali ndi gombe, koma maso ndi maso ndi Ed Boudreau. Iye anaugwirabe mpeniwo pakati pa mano ake n"kuyamba kubuma atamuona.
  
  Kumbuyo kwake, kuwonongeka kwa helikopita yomwe inkasuta inayamba kumira mumtsinje. Hayden adawona May akuthamangitsa amuna awiri a Boudreau otsala ku banki yamatope. Podziwa kuti sangapulumuke kumenyana pamadzi, iye anathamanga kudutsa wamisalayo ndipo sanayime mpaka anagunda gombe. Matope okhuthala anayala momuzungulira.
  
  Pafupi ndi iye panali phokoso lalikulu. Boudreaux, kupuma. "Imani. Kuthamangitsa. Kuthawa." Anali kupuma movutikira.
  
  "Wapeza," Hayden adagwira ndikuponya dothi pankhope pake ndikukwera kubanki. Matopewo anam"mamatira ndipo anayesa kumukokera pansi. Kukwawa komwe kukanayenera kukhala kosavuta panthaka youma kunamufikitsa pamtunda wa mamita angapo pamwamba pa mtsinjewo.
  
  Anatembenuka ndikumenyetsa chidendene chake chonyansa ku nkhope ya Boudreaux. Anawona mpeni womwe adaugwira pakati pa mano ake utadulidwa kwambiri m'masaya ake, zomwe zinamupangitsa kumwetulira kwambiri kuposa Joker. Ndi kukuwa ndi kuthira magazi ndi mamina, mimbayo inagwera pamiyendo yake, kugwiritsira ntchito lamba wake monga njira yodzikoka yekha m'thupi lake. Hayden anamenya mutu wake wosadziteteza, koma nkhonya zake sizinaphule kanthu.
  
  Kenako anakumbukira mpeni wake.
  
  Iye anafikira pansi pa iye mwini ndi dzanja lake lina, kukankha, kukankha, kukweza thupi lake inchi inchi pamene dothi likuphwanyika ndikuyesera kumugwira iye.
  
  Zala zake zidatseka mozungulira chogwiriracho. Boudreaux adang'amba buluku lake pomwe adagwedezekanso, kuyimirira kumbuyo kwake, mutu wake ndi milomo mwadzidzidzi pafupi ndi khutu lake.
  
  "Nice fucking try." Anamva magazi akuchucha kumaso kwake kufika pa tsaya lake. "Muzimva. Zimachitika bwino komanso pafupipafupi. "
  
  Anamulemera thupi lonse, n"kumukankhira m"matopemo. Ndi dzanja limodzi adakwirira nkhope yake mumatope, ndikumuletsa kupuma. Hayden adalimbana mosimidwa, akukankha ndikugudubuzika momwe angathere. Nthawi zonse akamayang'ana m'mwamba, nkhope yake itaphimbidwa ndi matope omata, adawona May patsogolo pake, akumenyana yekha ndi awiri mwa abwenzi a Boudreau.
  
  Mmodzi adagwa mumasekondi atatu omwe adagwira nkhope ya Hayden. Winayo anabwerera, kukulitsa ululu. Pamene nkhope ya Hayden inawonekera kwa nthawi yachinayi, May anali atamutsekereza ndipo anali atatsala pang'ono kuthyola nsana wake pamtengo womwe unagwa.
  
  Mphamvu zotsala za Hayden zinali pafupi kutha.
  
  Mpeni wa Boudreau unamubaya pakhungu panthiti yake yachitatu. Ndi kukankha kwapang'onopang'ono komanso kuyeza koopsa, tsambalo linayamba kutsetsereka mozama. Hayden adakulira ndikumenya, koma sanathe kuponya yemwe adamuukirayo.
  
  "Palibe kopita." Kunong'ona koyipa kwa Boudreaux kudalowa m'mutu mwake.
  
  Ndipo anali kulondola, Hayden mwadzidzidzi anazindikira. Anayenera kusiya kumenyana ndi kuzilola kuti zichitike. Ingogona pamenepo. Dzipatseni nthawi-
  
  Chitsambacho chinamira mozama, chitsulo chikupalana ndi mafupa. Kuseka kwa Boudreaux kunali kuyitanira kwa Grim Reaper, kuyitana kwa chiwanda chomunyoza.
  
  Mpeni womwe unali pansi pa thupi lake unamasuka ndi phokoso lalikulu. Mwakuyenda kumodzi, adatembenuza lupanga m'manja mwake ndikulibaya mwamphamvu kumbuyo kwa nthiti za Boudreaux.
  
  Maganizo anazandimira mmbuyo akukuwa, chogwirira cha mpeni chikutuluka pachifuwa chake. Ngakhale pamenepo, Hayden sanathe kusuntha. Anapanikizidwa mozama kwambiri mumatope, thupi lake lonse linali kugwetsedwa pansi. Iye sankakhoza ngakhale kusuntha dzanja lake lina.
  
  Boudreau adapumira ndikumutsamwitsa. Kenako anamva kutulutsidwa mpeni waukulu. Umu ndi momwe zinalili kalelo. Iye akanamupha iye tsopano. Kumenya kolimba kumbuyo kwa khosi kapena msana wake. Boudreau anamumenya.
  
  Hayden anatsegula kwambiri maso ake, akufunitsitsa kuona kuwala kwa dzuwa komaliza. Malingaliro ake anali ponena za Ben, ndipo iye analingalira kuti: Ndiweruzeni molingana ndi moyo wanga, osati ndi kufa kwanga.
  
  Apanso.
  
  Kenako, wamkulu komanso wowopsa ngati mkango wothamangitsa, Mai Kitano adathamangira. Pafupifupi mamita atatu kuchokera kwa Hayden, adakankhira pansi, ndikuyika mphamvu iliyonse pakuwombera. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake, mphamvu yonseyi idaphwanya thunthu la Boudreaux, kuthyola mafupa ndi ziwalo, ndikutumiza mano ong'ambika ndi kupopera magazi m'mbali yayikulu.
  
  Kulemera kwake kunachotsedwa kumbuyo kwa Hayden.
  
  Munthu wina anamutulutsa m'matope mosavuta. Winawake anamunyamula, n"kumugoneka mosamalitsa pa gombe laudzu ndi kuŵerama pa iye.
  
  Ameneyo anali Mai Kitano. "Khalani chete," iye anatero mosavuta. Wamwalira. Tinapambana".
  
  Hayden sankatha kusuntha kapena kulankhula. Anangoyang'ana thambo la buluu, mitengo yogwedezeka, ndi nkhope yomwetulira ya May.
  
  Ndipo patapita kanthawi, iye anati, "Ndikumbutseni ine kuti ndisadzakukwiyitseni inu. Zoonadi, ngati sunakhalepo wabwino koposa, ine..." Maganizo ake anali akadali kwa Ben, motero anamaliza kunena zomwe anganene. "Ndiwonetsa bulu wanga ku Asda."
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKANU NDI CHISANU NDI CHITATU
  
  
  Mfumu yamwazi inakankhira anthu ake ku malire awo.
  
  Mfundo yakuti amene ankawatsatira anali atatsala pang"ono kutseka mpatawo inamukwiyitsa kwambiri. Anali anthu ochuluka omwe amamuchedwetsa. Anali kalozera wawo wamalingaliro opapatiza, akumasokoneza pazachabechabe akamakhoza kupita patsogolo. Chiwerengero cha anthu amene anafa kufunafuna mphoto chinalibe kanthu. Mfumu ya Magazi inafuna ndi kuyembekezera nsembe yawo. Iye ankayembekezera kuti onse agona pansi ndi kumufera iye. Mabanja awo adzasamalidwa. Kapenanso sakanazunzidwa.
  
  Zonse zinali mphoto.
  
  Womutsogolera wake, mwamuna wotchedwa Thomas, anang"ung"udza chinachake ponena za mlingo umene chitsiru china chotchedwa Hawksworth anachitcha nsanje. Chinali chipinda chachinayi, Mfumu yamagazi ikuyaka ndi mkwiyo. Chachinayi chokha. Nthano yodziwika bwino imanena za magawo asanu ndi awiri a gehena. Kodi pangakhaledi ena atatu pambuyo pa izi?
  
  Ndipo Hawksworth adadziwa bwanji? Mlembi ndi Cook anatembenuka ndikuthawa, mipira yawo ikucheperachepera kukula kwa mtedza pamene adawona dongosolo la msampha pambuyo pa mlingo wachisanu. Dmitry Kovalenko, anaganiza, ndithudi sakanatero.
  
  "Mukuyembekezera chiyani?" - adafuwula Thomas. "Tisamuka. Tsopano."
  
  "Sindinadziwe bwino za msampha, bwana," Thomas adayamba kunena.
  
  "Ku gehena ndi dongosolo la msampha. Tumizani anthu mkati. Azipeza mwachangu." Mfumu ya Bloody inanyamula milomo yake mwachisangalalo uku akuwerenga chipindacho.
  
  Mosiyana ndi zitatu zam'mbuyomo, chipindachi chinatsika mpaka kumunsi kwapakati komwe kunkawoneka ngati kuti chajambulidwa m'mwala weniweniwo. Zothandizira zitsulo zingapo zokhuthala zidatuluka kuchokera pansi molimba, pafupifupi ngati masitepe. Pamene tinali kupita patsogolo, makoma a chipindacho anacheperapo mpaka, pambuyo pa dziwe, anayambanso kukula.
  
  Dziwe linkawoneka ngati la 'choke point'.
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inaganiza. Kodi uchimo woterowo unasamutsira bwanji kumoyo weniweni, kulowa kudziko lapansi lino kumene mithunzi siingathe kukutetezani kokha, komanso kukuphani? Anayang'ana pamene Tomasi adalamula kuti apite patsogolo. Poyamba zonse zinkayenda bwino. Mfumu Magazi inayang'ana kumbuyo komwe anachokera inamva kulira kwamfuti kwakutali. Drake ndi gulu lake lankhondo laling'ono atembereredwa. Akangotuluka pano, adzaonetsetsa kuti vendetta yamagazi ikukwaniritsa cholinga chake chankhanza.
  
  Kuwomberako kunamutsitsimutsa. "Sumuka!" - adafuula, panthawi yomwe mtsogoleriyo adaponda pazifukwa zina zobisika. Panali chiphokoso chonga ngati mwala wogwa, kuwomba mphepo, ndipo mwadzidzidzi mutu wa mtsogoleriyo unagunda pansi pamwala usanagubuduze motsetsereka ngati mpira wa mpira. Thupi lopanda mutu linagwera mulu wamagazi.
  
  Ngakhale Mfumu yamagazi inayang'ana. Koma sanachite mantha. Iye ankangofuna kuona chimene chinavulaza mtsogoleri wake. Tomasi anakuwa pafupi ndi iye. Mfumu Magaziyo inamukankhira kutsogolo, kutsata mapazi ake, kukondwera kwambiri ndi mantha a munthuyo. Potsirizira pake, pafupi ndi thupi logwedezeka, anaima.
  
  Atazunguliridwa ndi anthu amantha, Mfumu yamagazi inaphunzira njira yakale. Waya wopyapyala kwambiri anatambasulidwa pamwamba pa mutu pakati pa nsanamira ziwiri zachitsulo zomwe ziyenera kuti zinamangidwa ndi chipangizo china chomangirira. Munthu wakeyo atakoka chitolirocho, mitengoyo inatuluka ndipo wayayo inazungulira nawo, ndikudula mutu wa munthu wake pakhosi.
  
  Wanzeru. Cholepheretsa chodabwitsa, iye anaganiza, ndi kukayikira ngati angagwiritse ntchito chipangizo choterocho m'nyumba ya antchito a nyumba yake yatsopano.
  
  "Mukuyembekezera chiyani?" anakalipira anthu otsalawo. "Sumuka!"
  
  Amuna atatu adalumphira kutsogolo, ndipo khumi ndi awiri adatsatira. Mfumu yamagazi idawona kuti ndikwanzeru kusiya ena theka la khumi ndi awiri kumbuyo kwake ngati Drake angamupeze mwachangu.
  
  "Tsopano mwamsanga," iye anatero. "Tikayenda mwachangu, tikafika mwachangu, sichoncho?"
  
  Amuna ake anathawa, poganiza kuti alibe chosankha ndipo panali mwayi wochepa woti abwana awo osokonezeka anali olondola. Msampha wina unayambika, ndipo mutu wachiwiri unagubuduza motsetsereka. Thupilo linagwa ndipo munthu amene anali kumbuyo kwake anapunthwa, akudziwerengera kuti anali ndi mwayi pamene waya wina wa taut ankadula mpweya pamwamba pa mutu wake.
  
  Gulu lachiwiri litayamba kutsika, Mfumu yamagazi idalowa nawo. Misampha yatsopano idayikidwa. Mitu yambiri ndi zikopa zinayamba kugwa. Kenako panamveka phokoso lalikulu lomwe linamveka mphanga monse. Magalasi adawonekera kumbali zonse ziwiri za njira yochepetsetsa, yoyikidwa kuti munthu amene ali kutsogolo awonekere mwa iwo.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, kunamveka phokoso la madzi othamanga, ndipo dziwe lomwe linali m"munsi mwa phirilo linayamba kudzaza.
  
  Madzi okhawo sanali madzi okha. Osati kuweruza ndi momwe izo zimasuta.
  
  Tomasi anakuwa uku akuthamangira kwa iwo. "Imadyetsedwa ndi nyanja ya asidi. Apa ndi pamene mpweya wa sulfure dioxide umasungunuka m'madzi ndikupanga sulfuric acid. Simukufuna kukhudza izi!
  
  "Musayime," Mfumu ya Magazi inabangula itaona anthu akuyamba kutsika. "Gwiritsani ntchito mitengo yachitsulo, zitsiru."
  
  Gulu lonselo linathamangira kutsetsereka kuli khamu la anthu. Kumanzere ndi kumanja, misampha mwachisawawa inatsegulidwa ndi phokoso lofanana ndi uta woponyedwa. Matupi opanda mitu anagwa ndipo mitu inagudubuzika ngati chinanazi chomwe chatayidwa pakati pa amunawo, ena a iwo akupunthwa, ena akukankha mwangozi. Mfumu yamagazi idazindikira koyambirira kuti panali anthu ochulukirapo chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa mitengo, ndipo adazindikira kuti malingaliro a paketiwo apangitsa kuti osadziwa zambiri pakati pawo alumphe popanda kuganiza kachiwiri.
  
  Iwo akanayenera tsogolo lawo. Nthawi zonse zinali bwino kuti chitsiru chife.
  
  Mfumu yamagazi idachedwetsa ndikumugwira Thomas kumbuyo. Amuna ena angapo adachedwetsanso, kutsimikiziranso chikhulupiriro cha Blood King kuti ndi okhawo owala komanso abwino kwambiri omwe angapulumuke. Mtsogoleri wa gululo adalumphira pamtengo woyamba wachitsulo ndikuyamba kudumpha kuchokera pamtengo kupita pamtengo pamadzi othamanga. Poyamba anapita patsogolo, koma funde lapoizonilo linagunda mapazi ake. Pamene madzi a asidiwo anakhudza, zovala zake ndi khungu lake zinapsa.
  
  Mapazi ake atakhudza mtengo wotsatira, ululuwo unamupangitsa kuti achuluke mowirikiza kawiri ndipo anagwa n"kugwera m"dziwe lomwe munali anthu ambiri. Kukuwa koopsa ndi komvetsa chisoni kunamveka muholo yonseyo.
  
  Munthu wina anagwa pa kauntala n"kugwera mkati. Munthu wachitatuyo anaima m"mphepete mwa dziwelo, atazindikira mochedwa kuti panalibe kauntala yomveka bwino yoti adumphirepo, ndipo anakankhidwira mkati pamene munthu winayo anamenyetsa kumbuyo kwake mosaona.
  
  Magalasiwo ankasonyeza munthu amene ali kutsogolo. Kodi mungachitire nsanje mwamuna amene ali patsogolo panu?
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inawona cholinga cha magalasi ndi kuwonongeka kwa msampha. "Yang"anani pansi!" Tomasi anakuwa nthawi yomweyo. Yang'anani mapazi anu, osati munthu amene ali patsogolo. Ntchito yosavuta iyi ikuthandizani kuti muthane ndi zolemba zanu mosamala. "
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inayima m'mphepete mwa nyanja yomwe idangopangidwa kumene. Mwakuyeruzgiyapu, maji ngachali kukwera, wanguwona kuti pacharu chapasi pazamuja pasi pa ntchitu yakuchanya. Anamukankhira munthuyo kutsogolo kwake ndikumukoka Tomasi limodzi naye. Msamphawo unangotsala pang"ono kufika, pafupi kwambiri moti anamva mphepo pamene mtengo wachitsulowo unali kudutsa phewa lake.
  
  Tulukani pamitengo ndikuvina mwachangu mwachisawawa. Panali kapuma pang'ono pamene madzi akuthamangira kutsogolo. Chipilala china, ndipo munthu amene anali patsogolo pake anapunthwa. Akukuwa, anachita zozizwitsa, ndipo anatha kuletsa kugwa kwake mwa kutera pa chipilala china. Madzi okhala ndi asidiwo anamwaza mozungulira iye koma sanamukhudze.
  
  Bye.
  
  Mfumu yamagazi idawona mwayi wake. Popanda kuganiza kapena kuima, anaponda thupi lopendekeka la munthuyo, akuligwiritsa ntchito ngati mlatho wowoloka ndi kukafika ku gombe lakutali. Kulemera kwake kunakankhira munthuyo pansi kwambiri, kuloŵetsa pachifuwa chake mu asidi.
  
  Sekondi yotsatira anasochera ndi kamvuluvulu.
  
  Mfumu yamagazi inamuyang'anitsitsa. "Chitsiru".
  
  Tomasi anatera pafupi ndi iye. Anthu ochulukira adalumphira mwanzeru pakati pazitsulo zachitsulo kupita kuchitetezo. The Bloody King anayang'ana kutsogolo pa arched exit.
  
  "Ndi zina zotero mpaka mlingo wachisanu," adatero monyansidwa. "Ndidzatengera kuti nyongolotsi iyi, Cook. Ndipo pamene, potsiriza," iye anakalima. "Ndiwononga Matt Drake."
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKANU NDI CHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Chilumba Chachikulu cha Hawaii chimatchulidwa motere pofuna kupewa chisokonezo. Dzina lake lenileni ndi Hawaii, kapena Chilumba cha Hawaii, ndipo ndicho chilumba chachikulu kwambiri ku United States. Kuli mapiri otchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, Kilauea, phiri lomwe lakhala likuphulika mosalekeza kuyambira 1983.
  
  Masiku ano, m"munsi mwa phiri lophulika la phiri la Mauna Loa, Mano Kinimaka ndi Alicia Miles, pamodzi ndi gulu la asilikali ankhondo a US Marines, anayamba kutulutsa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda amene anazika mizu m"maganizo mwa anthu okhala pachilumbachi.
  
  Anadutsa m'mphepete mwa kunja, kupha asilikali ambirimbiri a Blood King, ndikulowa m'gulu lalikulu la alonda pamene alonda anamasula ogwidwa onse. Nthawi yomweyo, kunamveka phokoso la phokoso la magalimoto, likuthamanga kumbuyo kwa nyumbayo. Alicia ndi Kinimaka sanachedwe kuthamangira.
  
  Alicia anayima mosokonezeka. "Damn, abulu akuthawa." Ma ATV anayi anathamangira, akugunda matayala awo akuluakulu.
  
  Kinimaka adakweza mfuti yake ndikulunjika. "Osati kwa nthawi yayitali." Iye anawombera. Alicia adangoyang'ana munthu womaliza akugwa ndipo ATV idayima mwachangu.
  
  "Wow, munthu wamkulu, osati zoipa kwa wapolisi. Tiyeni."
  
  "Ndine waku CIA." Nthawi zonse Kinimaka anatenga nyambo, zomwe zinamusangalatsa Alicia.
  
  "Chidule cha zilembo zitatu chomwe chili chofunika ndi British. Kumbukirani izi".
  
  Kinimaka analankhula modandaula Alicia akuyandikira ATV. Iye anali akugwirabe ntchito. Nthawi yomweyo, onse awiri anayesa kutenga mpando wakutsogolo. Alicia anapukusa mutu ndikuloza kumbuyo.
  
  "Ndimakonda anthu anga kumbuyo kwanga, mnzanga, ngati sakhala pansi."
  
  Alicia anayatsa injini ndikunyamuka. ATV inali chilombo chachikulu chonyansa, koma inkayenda bwino ndikudumpha bwino pamabampu. Mkulu wa ku Hawaii anakulunga manja ake m"chiuno kuti amugwire, osati kuti anafunikira kutero. Panali zolembera pomwe anakhala. Alicia adangoseka osalankhula kalikonse.
  
  Anthu omwe anali kutsogolo kwawo anazindikira kuti akuthamangitsidwa. Okhala awiri mwa iwo adatembenuka ndikuwombera. Alicia anasisima podziwa kuti sizingatheke kugunda chilichonse chotere. Amateurs, adaganiza. Nthawi zonse ndimamva ngati ndikumenyana ndi anthu okonda masewera.Nkhondo yeniyeni yomaliza yomwe adamenyana nayo inali yolimbana ndi Drake ku malo achitetezo a Abel Frey. Ndipo ngakhale pamenepo mwamunayo anali wa dzimbiri, wolepheretsedwa ndi misampha ya zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri za ulemu.
  
  Tsopano akhoza kukhala ndi maganizo osiyana.
  
  Alicia amayendetsa mwanzeru osati mwachangu. Posakhalitsa, adabweretsa ATV yawo pamtunda wovomerezeka wowombera. Anakuwa m'khutu Kinimaka. "Ndiwombera!"
  
  Iye anafinya nkhonyayo. Msilikali winayo anakuwa n"kudumpha mwamphamvu m"dothi. "Ndi awiri mwa awiri," adatero Alicia. "Inanso ndipo mupeza blo-"
  
  ATV yawo inagwera paphiri lobisika ndipo inakhotera mwamisala kumanzere. Kwa kamphindi anadzipeza ali pa mawilo awiri, akugwedezeka, koma galimotoyo inatha kukhazikika ndikugwera pansi. Alicia sanachedwe kutsegula chitseko kuti anyamuke.
  
  Kinimaka adawona dzenjelo asanatero. "Zopusa!" Iye anafuula kuti "Dikirani!"
  
  Alicia amangowonjezera liwiro lake pomwe dzenje lalitali, lakuya limayandikira mwachangu. ATV inauluka pamwamba pa phompho, ikuzungulira mawilo ake ndi kubangula injini yake, ndipo inatera tsidya lina, kuyesera kukhalabe pamalo ake. Alicia anagunda mutu wake pa soft bar. Kinimaka anamugwira mwamphamvu moti sanalole kuti onse awiri atembenuke, ndipo pamene fumbi linkakhazikika anazindikira kuti mwadzidzidzi ali pakati pa adaniwo.
  
  Pafupi ndi iwo, ATV yakuda inazungulira m'matope, ikutera movutikira ndipo tsopano ikulimbana nayo yokha. Kinimaka adalumpha mosanyinyirika, akuthamangira dalaivala ndikumugwetsa mgalimotomo ndi dalaivala yemwe adalowa m'matope.
  
  Alicia adapukuta fumbi mmaso mwake. ATV yokhala ndi munthu yekhayo idakwera kutsogolo kwake koma inali yofikira. Ananyamula mfuti yake, kuloza ndi kuwombera, ndiyeno, popanda kufunikira kuyang'ana, anasuntha maso ake kumene mnzake wa ku Hawaii anali kuvutika m'matope.
  
  Kinimaka anakokera munthu mmodzi m"matope. "Kuno ndi kwathu!" Alicia anamumva akubuula asanapindike ndikuthyola mkono wa mdani wakeyo. Munthu wachiwiriyo atamugwera, Alicia anaseka ndikutsitsa mfuti yake. Kinimaka sanafune thandizo lake. Mwamuna wachiwiriyo anam'kantha monga momwe malangizo amadutsira mwana wazaka zinayi, osagwira ntchito. Bamboyo adagwa pansi ndipo Kinimaka adamumaliza ndi nkhonya kumaso.
  
  Alicia adamuyang'ana. "Tiyeni tithetse izi."
  
  ATV yomaliza idapita patsogolo movutikira. Dalaivala wake ayenera kuti anavulazidwa panthawi yonseyi. Alicia sanachedwe kuyamba kupeza malo, tsopano anakhumudwa pang'ono ndi kumasuka komwe adabwezanso. Koma osachepera anapulumutsa onse ogwidwa.
  
  Ngati pali chinthu chimodzi chomwe amachidziwa chokhudza Mfumu yamagazi, chinali chakuti anthu awa, omwe amatchedwa mercenale, anali madontho a gulu lake, adatumizidwa kuno kudzasokoneza ndi kusokoneza akuluakulu. Gawani ndikugonjetsa.
  
  Anachedwetsa pang'onopang'ono pamene ankayandikira ATV yomaliza. Mosapuma, osagwira nkomwe chiwongolero, anawombera zipolopolo ziwiri ndipo amuna awiriwo anagwa.
  
  Nkhondo yomwe inali itangoyamba kumene. Alicia anayang'ana chapatali kwa mphindi imodzi. Ngati zonse zikuyenda molingana ndi dongosolo, ngati May ndi Hayden, Drake ndi ena apulumuka mbali zawo zankhondo, ndiye kuti nkhondo yotsatira ingakhale yovuta kwambiri komanso yomaliza.
  
  Chifukwa zitha kukhala zotsutsana ndi Mai Kitano. Ndipo adzayenera kuuza Drake kuti May adapha Wells.
  
  Zabwino.
  
  Kinimaka anamusisita paphewa. "Yakwana nthawi yoti tibwerere."
  
  "Aa, pumulani mtsikanayo," iye anang"ung"udza. "Tili ku Hawaii. Ndiloleni ndione dzuŵa likuloŵa."
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI 88
  
  
  "Ndiye nsanje ikuwoneka bwanji?"
  
  Drake ndi gulu lake adalowa m'chipinda chachinayi, akutenga njira zonse. Ngakhale pamenepo, zinawatengera mphindi zochepa kuti amvetse bwino zomwe zinali patsogolo pawo. Matupi opanda mutu anali paliponse. Magazi anali kumwazika pansi ndipo anali kuyendabe mokhuthala m"malo ena. Mitu yokhayo inali itabalalika pansi ngati zidole zotayidwa za ana.
  
  Misampha ya kasupe inaima kumbali zonse za kanjira kakang"onoko. Drake adayang'ana waya wopyapyala uja ndikulingalira zomwe zidachitika. Komodo analiza likhweru, osakhulupirira makutu ake.
  
  "Nthawi zina misampha iyi imatha," adatero Ben. "Tiyenera kusuntha."
  
  Karin analankhula monyansidwa.
  
  "Tiyenera kusuntha mwachangu ndikukhala pamwamba pa zinthu," adatero Drake. "Ayi, dikirani".
  
  Tsopano kupyola misamphayo anaona thamanda lalikulu lodzaza ndi madzi, likutumphukira ndi kuchita thovu. Madzi ankathirira m"mbali mwa dziwelo.
  
  "Ili likhoza kukhala vuto. Kodi waona mizati yachitsulo?"
  
  "Ndikukayikira kuti anthu a Blood King adawagwiritsa ntchito ngati miyala," adatero Ben modabwitsa. "Zomwe tikuyenera kuchita ndikudikirira kuti madzi aphwa."
  
  "Bwanji osangowadutsa." Ngakhale Komodo amalankhula mawu amenewa, nkhope yake inali ndi chikaiko.
  
  "Dziŵeli likanatha kudyetsedwa ndi nyanja ya asidi kapena chitsime," anatero Karin. "Mipweyayo imatha kusintha madzi kukhala sulfuric acid mkati kapena pafupi ndi phirili. Ngakhale kwa nthawi yayitali. "
  
  "Kodi asidi sangawononge zitsulo?" Drake analoza.
  
  Ben anagwedeza mutu. "Ndithu".
  
  Anayang'ana madzi akuthamanga kwa mphindi zingapo. Pamene ankayang"ana, panamveka phokoso lochititsa mantha. Drake adakweza mfuti yake mwachangu. Omenyera asanu ndi mmodzi omwe adapulumuka a Delta adabwereza zomwe adachita pambuyo pake.
  
  Palibe chomwe chinasuntha.
  
  Kenako phokoso linabweranso. Dinani kwambiri. Phokoso la chingwe cha chitseko cha garage chomwe chikuyenda m'njira zachitsulo. Kungoti sikunali chitseko cha garaja.
  
  Pang'onopang'ono, pamene Drake ankayang'ana, imodzi mwa misampha inayamba kulumanso kukhoma. Kuchedwa kwakanthawi? Koma teknoloji yotereyi sinalipo kwa mafuko akale. Kapena kodi kaganizidwe kameneka kanali kofanana ndi misala ya munthu amene amanena kuti kulibe moyo wina wanzeru m"chilengedwe chonse?
  
  Kudzikuza bwanji.
  
  Ndani ankadziwa kuti zitukuko zinalipo zisanachitike zolembedwa? Drake sayenera kuzengereza tsopano. Yakwana nthawi yoti tichitepo kanthu.
  
  Iye anati: "Madzi akuphwa. "Ben. Zodabwitsa zilizonse?"
  
  Ben anayang'ana zolemba zake ndipo Karin mwachiyembekezo anazibwerezanso m'maganizo mwake. "Hawksworth sanena zambiri." Ben anawononga mapepala. "Mwina munthu wosaukayo anali wodabwa. Kumbukirani, sakanayembekezera zinthu ngati izi panthawiyo. "
  
  "Ndiye gawo lachisanu liyenera kukhala mvula yamkuntho," adatero Komodo mwamawu. "Chifukwa zitachitika izi pomwe Cook adabwerera."
  
  Ben ananyamula milomo yake. "Hawksworth akuti ndi zomwe Cook adawona pambuyo pamlingo wachisanu zomwe zidamupangitsa kubwerera. Osati chipindacho."
  
  "Inde, mwina sikisi ndi seveni," m'modzi mwa asitikali a Delta anatero mwakachetechete.
  
  "Musaiwale za magalasi." Karin anawalozera. "Amaloza kutsogolo, mwachionekere kwa munthu amene ali patsogolo. Mwinamwake ili ndi chenjezo."
  
  "Zili ngati kukhala ndi a Jones." Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Kumvetsetsa. Chifukwa chake, mu mzimu wa Dinorock ndi David Coverdale makamaka, ndifunsa funso lotsegulira lomwe ndakhala ndikumumva akufunsa pamakonsati aliwonse omwe ndidapitako. Mwakonzeka?"
  
  Drake adatsogolera njira. Ena onse adagwera pamzere monga adazolowera. Kulowa mkatikati, Drake sanayembekezere zovuta zilizonse ndi misampha ndipo sanakumane ndi aliyense, ngakhale adapeza zovuta zingapo zomwe adawononga. Atafika m"mphepete mwa dziwelo, madzi anali akuphwa mofulumira.
  
  "Mapazi akuwoneka bwino," adatero. "Yang'anani msana wanu. Ndipo musayang'ane pansi. Pali zinthu zina zoyipa zomwe zikuyandama pano. "
  
  Drake adapita koyamba, mosamala komanso molondola. Gulu lonse lidawoloka mosavuta mkati mwa mphindi zingapo ndikulunjika kotulukira.
  
  "Zinali zabwino kwa a Blood King kutitchera misampha yonse." Ben adaseka pang'ono.
  
  "Tsopano sitingathe kukhala kumbuyo kwa bastard." Drake anamva manja ake akugunda zibakera ndipo mutu wake ukuthamanga kuti akumane maso ndi maso ndi chigawenga choopsa kwambiri m'mbiri yaposachedwa.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Chipilala chotsatira chinatseguka m"phanga lalikulu. Njira yapafupi inali kutsika ndi phirilo ndiyeno mseu waukulu pansi pa thanthwe lalitali.
  
  Koma panali chopinga chachikulu chimene chinatsekereza njira yawo.
  
  Maso a Drake adachita chidwi. "Gahena wamagazi."
  
  Iye anali asanalotepo chilichonse chotere. Chotsekekacho chinalidi chithunzi chachikulu chosemedwa pamwala wamoyo. Anagona mopumula, atatsamira msana wake ku khoma lakumanzere, mimba yake yaikulu ikutuluka m"njira. Ziboliboli za chakudya zinali mulu pamimba pake, ndipo zinamwazikana m"miyendo yake ndi kuwunjika m"njira.
  
  Kumapazi kwa chosemacho kunali munthu woipa kwambiri. Thupi la munthu wakufa. Mphunoyo inkaoneka yopindika ngati ili ndi ululu woopsa.
  
  "Uku ndi kususuka," anatero Ben modabwa. "Chiwanda chokhudzana ndi kususuka ndi Belezebule."
  
  Diso la Drake linagwedezeka. "Mukutanthauza ngati mu Beelzebule wochokera ku Bohemian Rhapsody?"
  
  Ben adapumira. "Zonse siziri za rock 'n' roll, Mat. Ndikutanthauza chiwanda Belezebule. Dzanja lamanja la Satana."
  
  "Ndamva kuti dzanja lamanja la Satana lagwira ntchito mopambanitsa." Drake anayang'ana chopinga chachikulucho. "Ndipo pamene ndimalemekeza ubongo wako, Blakey, siya kulankhula zopanda pake. Inde, zonse zimagwirizana ndi rock and roll.
  
  Karin anasiya tsitsi lake lalitali la blonde pansi ndipo kenako anayamba kulimanga molimba kwambiri. Asilikali angapo a Delta anali kumuyang'ana, kuphatikizapo Komodo. Adanenanso kuti a Hawksworth adapereka zambiri zosangalatsa za mphanga iyi m'mawu ake. Pamene amalankhula, Drake adalola maso ake kuyendayenda m'chipindamo.
  
  Kumbuyo kwa munthu wamkuluyo, tsopano anaona kulibe njira yotulukira. M"malo mwake, mpanda waukulu unadutsa m"mbali mwa khoma lakumbuyo, lokhotekera ku denga lalitali mpaka kukathera paphiri lalitali lamiyala. Pamene Drake anayang'ana pamwamba pa phirilo, adawona zomwe zinkawoneka ngati khonde kumapeto kwakutali, pafupifupi ngati bwalo loyang'ana lomwe silinayang'ane ... magawo awiri omaliza?
  
  Malingaliro a Drake adasokonezedwa pomwe kuwombera kunamveka. Chipolopolocho chinadutsa pamitu yawo. Drake adagwa pansi, koma kenako Komodo adaloza mwakachetechete kumtunda womwewo wamiyala womwe adangoyang'ana ndipo adawona ziwerengero zopitilira khumi ndi ziwiri zikuthamangira kwa iye kuchokera pamphepo yokhotakhota.
  
  Anthu a Kovalenko.
  
  Zinkatanthauza chiyani...
  
  "Pezani njira yodutsira mwana wachiwerewereyo," Drake adafuulira Ben, akulozera chojambula cholemera chomwe chidatsekereza njira yawo yopita patsogolo, kenako adayang'ana pamiyala.
  
  Mawu okweza kwambiri, onyada komanso odzikuza. "Matt Drake! Adani anga atsopano! Ndiye mukuyesera kundiletsanso, eti? Ine! Kodi anthu inu simuphunzirapo kanthu?"
  
  "Kodi mukuyesera kukwaniritsa chiyani, Kovalenko? Kodi zonsezi zikutanthauza chiyani?"
  
  "Kodi zonsezi zikutanthauza chiyani? Ndi za kufunafuna moyo wonse. Zakuti ndinamenya Cook. Za m'mene ndinaphunzirira ndi kuphunzitsa mwa kupha munthu tsiku lililonse kwa zaka makumi awiri. Sindili ngati amuna ena. Ndinathana nazo ndisanapange biliyoni yanga yoyamba. "
  
  "Mwamugonjetsa kale Cook," anatero Drake modekha. "Bwanji osabwerera kuno? Tikambirana, iwe ndi ine."
  
  "Mukufuna kundipha? Sindikadakhala nazo mwanjira ina iliyonse. Ngakhale anthu anga akufuna kundipha."
  
  "Mwina ndi chifukwa ndiwe katswiri wabwino."
  
  Kovalenko anakwinya tsinya, koma ananyansidwa ndi kunyansidwa kwake kotero kuti chipongwecho sichinatengedwe bwino. "Ndingapha anthu masauzande ambiri kuti ndikwaniritse zolinga zanga. Mwina ndachita kale. Ndani amavutikira kuwerenga? Koma kumbukirani izi, Drake, ndipo muzikumbukira bwino. Inu ndi anzanu mukhala nawo pachiwerengerochi. Ndidzafafaniza zokumbukira zako pa dziko lapansi.
  
  "Lekani kukhala okonda kwambiri," Drake adayankha motero. "Bwerani kuno ndikutsimikizireni kuti muli nazo, bambo wachikulire." Anaona Karin ndi Ben chapafupi, akukambirana mwachidwi, onse tsopano anayamba kugwedeza mutu mwamphamvu pamene chinachake chinawatulukira.
  
  "Musaganize kuti ndifa mosavuta, ngakhale titakumana. Ndinakulira m"misewu yovuta kwambiri ya mzinda wovuta kwambiri ku Mayi Russia. Ndipo ine ndinayenda mwa iwo momasuka. Iwo anali anga. Anthu a ku Britain ndi ku America sadziwa chilichonse chokhudza nkhondo yeniyeniyo." Munthu wouma mtima uja analavula malovu pansi.
  
  Maso a Drake anali akufa. "O, ndikukhulupirira kuti simudzafa msanga."
  
  "Ndidzakuwonani posachedwa, Briton. Ndikuwona iwe ukukuwa pamene ine ndikutenga wina wa akazi ako. Ndidzakuona ukuvunda pamene ine ndikukhala mulungu."
  
  "Chifukwa cha kumwamba". Komodo watopa ndi kumvetsera zachiwawa za anthu ankhanza. Anaombera chivomezi cholowera pamwala uja, kugwetsa anthu a Blood King ndi mantha. Ngakhale pano, Drake adawona, amuna asanu ndi anayi mwa amuna khumi adathamangirabe kuti amuthandize.
  
  Kuwombera kobwerera kunamveka nthawi yomweyo. Zipolopolozo zinawomba makoma amiyala omwe anali pafupi.
  
  Ben anafuula kuti, "Chomwe tiyenera kuchita ndi kukwera pamwamba pa munthu wonenepa uja. Osati zovuta kwambiri. "...
  
  Drake adamva kuti akuyandikira. Anakweza nsidze pamene mwala unagwera paphewa pake.
  
  "Koma," adatero Karin, kufanana kwake ndi Ben kumawonekera kwambiri pomwe Drake amakhala ndi nthawi yayitali. "Nsomba ndi chakudya. Zina mwa izo zilibe kanthu. Ndipo kudzazidwa ndi mtundu wina wa gasi."
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti si gasi woseka." Drake adayang'ana mtembo wopanda mawonekedwe.
  
  Komodo adawombera volley yokhazikika kuti aletse amuna a Blood King kutali. "Ngati ndi choncho, ndiye kuti ndi zinthu zabwino kwambiri."
  
  "Mafa okonzeka," adatero Karin. "Amatulutsidwa pamene zoyambitsa zikoka. Mwinamwake zofanana ndi zomwe zinapha ambiri mwa akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale omwe anapeza manda a Tutankhamun. Mukudziwa za themberero lomwe liyenera kunenedwa, sichoncho? Eya, anthu ambiri amakhulupirira kuti mankhwala enaake kapena mpweya wotisiyidwira m"manda ndi ansembe akale a ku Igupto unali ndi cholinga chongowononga achifwamba."
  
  Njira yotetezeka kwambiri ndi iti? Drake anafunsa.
  
  "Sitikudziwa, koma ngati tithamanga, mmodzimmodzi, ngati wina atulutsa ufa pang"ono kumbuyo kwawo, uyenera kukhala waung"ono kwambiri womwe umasungunuka msanga. Msampha uli pano makamaka kuti ulepheretse aliyense amene akukwera chosema &# 184; , musadandaule."
  
  "Malinga ndi Hawksworth," adatero Karin ndikumwetulira kolimba.
  
  Drake adawunika momwe zinthu ziliri. Izi zinkawoneka ngati kusintha kwa iye. Ngati panali khonde loyang'ana pamwamba apo, ndiye kuti amayenera kukhala pafupi ndi mapeto. Iye ankaganiza kuti kuchokera kumeneko padzakhala njira yolunjika yopita kuchipinda chachisanu ndi chimodzi ndi chachisanu ndi chiwiri, ndiyeno kupita ku "chuma" chodziwika bwino. Anatenga kamphindi kuti akulitse gululo.
  
  "Ndiko komwe tikupita ndi izi," adatero. "Zonse kapena ayi. Kumwambako," iye anagwedeza chibakera chake mokwiya kwa Kovalenko, "munthu wakhungu yemwe amawombera zipolopolo padziko lapansi. Ndipo, Ben, kuti mudziwe, iyi ndi Dinoroc yeniyeni. Koma ndi kumene tikupita ndi izi. Zonse kapena ayi. Kodi mwakonzeka izi?"
  
  Analandilidwa ndi mkokomo wosamva.
  
  Matt Drake adathamangira, akutsogolera amuna ake kumunsi kwa Gahena mu gawo lomaliza lakufuna kwake kubwezera mkazi yemwe amamukonda ndikuchotsa dziko lapansi la munthu woyipa kwambiri yemwe adamudziwapo.
  
  Nthawi yoti mutuluke.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKUMI 39
  
  
  Drake adalumphira pachifanizo chachikulucho, kuyesera kukhalabe pamapazi ake ndikugwira chakudya chosema kuti adzikweze. chosema ankaona ozizira, akhakula ndi mlendo pansi zala zake, ngati kukhudza mlendo dzira. Anagwira mpweya wake uku akukoka ndi mphamvu zake zonse kuti asunge bwino, koma zipatso, buledi, ndi matako a nkhumba zidagwira.
  
  Pansi pake ndi kumanja kunali thupi la munthu yemwe analibe mwayi.
  
  Zipolopolo zinamuzungulira iye. Komodo ndi membala wina wa Delta Team anapereka moto wophimba.
  
  Mosataya sekondi imodzi, Drake adalumphira mbali yayikulu ya chithunzicho ndikutsika mbali inayo. Mapazi ake atakhudza pansi pa mwala, anatembenuka n"kupereka chala chachikulu kwa munthu wotsatira pamzerewo.
  
  Kenako nayenso anasegula mfuti, kupha mmodzi mwa anthu a Blood King ndi mfuti yoyamba. Bamboyo adagubuduka pathanthwe, ndikumatera pafupi ndi mtembo wa mnzake yemwe adamwalirayo movutikira kwambiri.
  
  Munthu wachiwiri pamzere anachita izo.
  
  Ben anali wotsatira.
  
  
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  Patadutsa mphindi zisanu, gulu lonselo linali litabisika mumthunzi wa Gluttony. Chidutswa chimodzi chokha cha chakudya chinaphwanyidwa. Drake adawona mtambo wa ufa ukukwera m'mwamba, ukuzungulira ngati thupi la njoka yakufa, yolodzedwa, koma patangopita masekondi pang'ono idasanduka nthunzi osakhudza ngakhale nsapato za chigawenga chothawa.
  
  "Ledge."
  
  Drake kawiri adaloza njira yopita kumtunda waufupi womwe udapanga chiyambi champhepete. Atafika pamalo ooneka bwinowa, anaiona ikukhotetsa khomalo mokongola isanakwere pamwamba pamiyala.
  
  Amuna a Blood King anabwerera. Unali mpikisano wolimbana ndi nthawi.
  
  Iwo anaphulika mmwamba, file imodzi. Mphepete mwa nyanjayo inali yotakata mokwanira kuti ikhululukire zolakwa zingapo. Drake adawombera pamene akuthamanga, ndikupha wina wa amuna a Kovalenko pamene adasowa pansi pa njira yotulukira. Atafika pamwamba pa phirilo ndikuwona thambo lalikulu la miyala, Drake adawona chinthu china chomwe chabisalira.
  
  "Grenade!"
  
  Mothamanga kwambiri, anadzigwetsera pansi chamutu, akugwiritsira ntchito mphamvu yake kupotokola thupi lake pamene linali kutsetsereka pamwala wosalalawo, ndipo anaponyera grenade pambali.
  
  Inagwa kuchokera kumapiri, ndipo inaphulika masekondi angapo pambuyo pake. Kuphulikako kunagwedeza chipindacho.
  
  Komodo anamuthandiza kudzuka. "Titha kukugwiritsani ntchito pagulu lathu la mpira, bambo."
  
  "A Yankees sadziwa kusewera mpira." Drake anathamangira kukhonde, akufunitsitsa kuti awone zomwe zinali kupitilira apo ndikupeza Kovalenko. "Palibe cholakwa".
  
  "Hm. Sindikuwona timu yaku England ikubweretsa zikho zambiri kunyumba. "
  
  "Tibweretsa golide kunyumba." Drake adabweretsa America mu dongosolo. "Pa Masewera a Olimpiki. Beckham asintha zinthu. "
  
  Ben anawapeza. "Akunena zoona. Timu imusewera. Khamu la anthu lidzamuukira."
  
  Karin anakuwa kumbuyo kwake. "Kodi pali malo omwe mwamuna salankhula za mpira woyipa!"
  
  Drake adafika pakhonde ndikuyika dzanja lake pakhoma lamiyala lotsika, lowonongeka. Kupenya pamaso pake kunapangitsa miyendo yake kugwedezeka, adazandima, kuyiwala zisoni zake zonse ndikudabwanso kuti ndi cholengedwa chamtundu wanji chomwe chinamanga malo odabwitsawa.
  
  Zimene anaonazo zinadzaza mitima yawo ndi mantha ndi mantha.
  
  Khondelo linali pafupifupi kotala la njira yokwerera phanga lalikululo. Mosakayikira chachikulu kwambiri chomwe aliyense wa iwo adachiwonapo. Kuwalako kunachokera ku kuwala kosawerengeka kwa amber komwe amuna a Blood King adatulutsa asanalowe mulingo wachisanu ndi chimodzi. Ngakhale panthawiyo, mbali yaikulu ya phanga ndi zoopsa zake zinali zobisika mumdima ndi mthunzi.
  
  Kumanzere kwawo ndi kutsogolo kwawo, kunali masitepe okhotakhota okhotakhota otsika pafupifupi mamita 100. Ali mkati mwa masitepe amenewa, Drake ndi gulu lake anamva phokoso lalikulu, lomwe linatsatiridwa ndi kukuwa komwe kunapangitsa kuti mitima yawo ikhale nkhonya za mantha.
  
  Ben adapumira. "Bwanawe, sindimakonda mawu ake."
  
  "Inde. Zikumveka ngati mawu oyamba a imodzi mwa nyimbo zanu. " Drake anayesa kuletsa mizimuyo kuti isagwere patali, komabe kunali kovuta kukweza nsagwada zake pansi.
  
  Masitepewo anathera panjira yopapatiza. Pamwamba pa mbali iyi, phanga linatseguka kwambiri. Amatha kuona njira yopapatiza yokhotakhota yokakamira kukhoma lakumanja, njira yachidule yolowera kuphanga pamwamba pa kuya kosalekeza, ndi njira yofananira yomwe idapitilira kumanzere, koma panalibe mlatho kapena njira ina iliyonse yolumikizira. phompho lalikulu.
  
  Chakumapeto kwa phangalo panali thanthwe lalikulu, lakuda, losongoka. Pamene Drake ankayang'anitsitsa, ankaganiza kuti akhoza kupanga mawonekedwe pafupi ndi theka la thanthwe, chinthu chachikulu, koma mtunda ndi mdima zinamulepheretsa.
  
  Pakadali pano.
  
  "Kukankha komaliza," iye anatero, akuyembekeza kuti zinali zoona. "Nditsateni".
  
  Kamodzi msilikali amakhalabe msilikali nthawi zonse. Adatelo Alison. Iye asanamusiye iye. Pamaso pa iye...
  
  Anakankhira kutali zikumbukiro. Iye sakanakhoza kumenyana nawo tsopano. Koma iye anali wolondola. Zowona zowopsa. Ngati iye akanakhala wamoyo, chirichonse chikanakhala chosiyana, koma tsopano mwazi wa msilikali, wankhondo, unayenderera mwa iye; khalidwe lake lenileni silinamusiye.
  
  Iwo analowa ndime yopapatiza: anthu wamba awiri, asilikali asanu Delta ndi Matt Drake. Poyamba, msewuwo unkawoneka wosiyana kwambiri ndi wam'mbuyomo, koma, poyang'ana kuwala kwa amber, iwo anapitiriza kuwombera kutsogolo, Drake adawona kuti ndimeyi ikugawanika mwadzidzidzi ndikufalikira mpaka m'lifupi mwa magalimoto awiri, ndipo adawona kuti njirayo inali itadutsa. kukhomeredwa pansi pa mwala.
  
  Njira yowongolera?
  
  "Chenjerani ndi amene akuthyola akakolo." Drake adawona kabowo kakang'ono kowopsa kutsogolo, komwe kamakhala komwe munthu angayike phazi lake. "Siziyenera kukhala zovuta kwambiri kuthawa pa liwiro ili."
  
  "Ayi!" - Ben adakuwa mopanda nthabwala. "Ndiwe msirikali woopsa. Ukadadziwa bwino kuposa kunena zinthu ngati izi. "
  
  Monga ngati kutsimikizira, panali chiwombankhanga champhamvu ndipo pansi pawo panagwedezeka. Zinamveka ngati chinthu chachikulu ndi cholemetsa chagwera m"njira yomwe imalekanitsa amene akuyendayo. Atha kutembenuka ndikutsekeredwa kapena-
  
  "Thamangani!" - Drake adafuula. "Kuthamanga basi!
  
  Bingu lakuya linayamba kudzaza ndimeyo, ngati kuti chinachake cholemera chikupita kwa iwo. Adathawa, Drake akuwombera moto pomwe amathamanga ndikuyembekeza kuti Ben kapena Karin sanalowe mumisampha yoyipayi.
  
  Pa liwiro ili...
  
  Mkokomowo unakula kwambiri.
  
  Anapitiliza kuthamanga, osayesa kuyang'ana mmbuyo, akuyenda kumanja kwa njira yayikulu ndikuyembekeza kuti Drake sanathe moto. Patapita mphindi imodzi anamva kung'ung'udza kwachiwiri koopsa kuchokera kwinakwake kutsogolo.
  
  "Yesu!"
  
  Drake sanachedwe. Ngati akanatero, akanafa. Anathamangira pakhoma lalikulu lomwe linali kumanja kwawo. Phokoso linachokera kumwamba. Anadziika pachiswe poyang'ana mwamsanga.
  
  AYI!
  
  Blakey anali kulondola, kagulu kakang'ono kopenga. Rolling Stones anali kubingulira kwa iwo, osati mumayendedwe a Dinoroc. Awa anali mipira yamwala yayikulu yozungulira, yotulutsidwa ndi njira zakale ndikuyendetsedwa ndi njira zodziwikiratu komanso zobisika. Wa kumanja kwawo adakankhira Drake.
  
  Ananyamula liwiro lalikulu. "Thamanga!" Iye anatembenuka, akufuula. "Oo Mulungu wanga".
  
  Ben anagwirizana naye. Asilikali awiri a Delta, Karin ndi Komodo, adathamanga kudutsa dzenjelo ndi inchi imodzi yokha. Asilikali ena awiri adakankhira m'mbuyomu, akupunthwa ndi kugunda ku Komodo ndi Karin, ndikumabuula.
  
  Koma munthu womaliza wa ku Delta analibe mwayi. Anazimiririka popanda phokoso pamene mpira waukulu unatuluka mumsewu wodutsa, ndikumugunda ndi mphamvu ya galimoto ya Mack ndikugwedeza khoma la ngalandeyo. Panalinso ngozi ina pamene mpira umene unkawathamangitsa unagwera paumodzi womwe umatsekereza njira yawo yothawirako.
  
  Nkhope ya Komodo inanena zonse. "Tikafulumira," iye anakalipa, "tikhoza kulambalala misampha ina isananyamuke."
  
  Iwo ananyamukanso. Anadutsanso mphambano zina zitatu, pomwe makina akuluakulu amanjenjemera, amanjenjemera komanso amanjenjemera. Mtsogoleri wa Delta anali wolondola. Drake anamvetsera mwatcheru, koma sanamve phokoso la Kovalenko kapena amuna ake patsogolo.
  
  Kenako anakumana ndi chopinga chimene ankachiopa kwambiri. Umodzi wa miyala ikuluikuluyo inali kutsogolo, kutsekereza njira yopita patsogolo. Anakumbatirana, akumadabwa ngati zingatheke kuti chinthuchi chiyambe kuyambiranso.
  
  "Mwina yasweka," Ben anatero. "Ndikutanthauza trap."
  
  "Kapena mwina..." Karin anagwada n"kukwawa chamtsogolo. "Mwina zikadayenera kukhala pano."
  
  Drake adagwa pafupi ndi iye. Kumeneko, pansi pa thanthwe lalikulu, panali malo aang"ono okweramo. Panali malo okwanira kuti munthu afinyine pansi pake.
  
  "Zosakhala bwino". Komodo nayenso anagwada pansi. "Ndataya kale munthu mmodzi pamsampha woipawu. Pezani njira ina, Drake. "
  
  "Ngati ndikulondola," adatero Drake, akuyang'ana paphewa lake, "misampha iyi ikayambiranso, iyambiranso. Ayenera kukhala akuyenda pampanipani wofanana ndi enawo. Titsekeredwa pano." Anakumana ndi maso a Komodo ndikuyang'anitsitsa. "Tilibe chochita."
  
  Popanda kuyembekezera yankho, adalowa pansi pa mpirawo. Matimu ena onse adadzadza pambuyo pake, osafuna kukhala omaliza pamzere, koma amuna a Delta adachita mwambo ndikudziyika pomwe mkulu wawo adawonetsa. Drake adamva chikhumbo chodziwika bwino chikukwera pachifuwa chake, kufuna kunena kuti: Osadandaula, ndikhulupirireni. Ndidzakudutsani, koma adadziwa kuti sadzanenanso.
  
  Osati pambuyo pa imfa yopanda nzeru ya Kennedy.
  
  Atatha kamphindi akunjenjemera, adadzipeza akutsetsereka paphiri lotsetsereka, ndipo nthawi yomweyo adamva ena akumutsatira. Pansi panalibe patali, koma adasiya malo okwanira kuti ayime molunjika pansi pa mpira waukulu wamwala. Ena onse anadzadza pambuyo pake. Poganiza kwambiri, sanayerekeze kusuntha ngakhale minofu imodzi. Ngati chinthu ichi chinagwa, iye ankafuna kuti aliyense akhale pamlingo wofanana.
  
  Koma kenako phokoso lodziwika bwino la makina opera linagwedeza bata, ndipo mpirawo unasuntha. Drake adachoka ngati mleme kugahena, akufuula kuti aliyense amutsatire. Anachepetsa liwiro ndi kuthandiza Ben kuyenda, pozindikira kuti ngakhale wophunzira wamng'ono anali ndi zofooka zakuthupi komanso alibe mphamvu ngati msilikali. Anadziŵa kuti Komodo adzakhala akuthandiza Karin, ngakhale kuti popeza anali katswiri wa masewera a karati, nyonga yake yakuthupi ingakhale yofanana mosavuta ndi ya mwamuna.
  
  Monga gulu, anathamangira munjira yosema pansi pa mpira wakupha, kuyesera kupezerapo mwayi woyambira pang'onopang'ono chifukwa angakumane ndi otsetsereka kutsogolo komwe kukawakakamiza kuyang'ananso.
  
  Drake anaona bondo losweka ndipo anafuula chenjezo. Analumphira pa dzenje loyikidwa mwachisatana, pafupifupi kumukoka Ben naye. Kenako anagwera paphiri.
  
  Zinali zowawa. Anakumba, mutu pansi, mapazi akugunda, mkono wake wamanja unakulunga m'chiuno mwa Ben, akudzuka ndi sitepe iliyonse. Pambuyo pake adagunda mpirawo patali, koma adayenera kupatsa aliyense kumbuyo kwake mwayi.
  
  Sadagwe mphwayi, adangopita kutsogolo kuti apatse enawo mpata ndikuwotchera zina zingapo kutsogolo.
  
  Anagwetsa khoma lolimba lamwala!
  
  Mwala waukulu unagubuduzika kwa iwo ndi kubangula. Gulu lonse lidakwanitsa, koma tsopano adapeza kuti ali pachiwopsezo. Kwenikweni.
  
  Maso a Drake adazindikira mdima wandiweyani pakati pa kuwala kowala kwa "Pali dzenje. Dyenje m'nthaka."
  
  Mwamsanga, miyendo yawo itagwedezeka ndipo misempha yawo itathedwa nzeru chifukwa cha kutaya mtima, anathamangira kudzenjelo. Anali aang"ono, ooneka ngati munthu, ndipo mkati mwake munali mdima wandiweyani.
  
  "Chikhulupiriro chodumphadumpha," anatero Karin. "Zimakhala ngati kukhulupirira Mulungu."
  
  Mkokomo waukulu wa mpira wamwala unakula kwambiri. Inali mkati mwa miniti imodzi yakuwaphwanya.
  
  "Ndodo yowala," adatero Komodo ndi mawu ovuta.
  
  "Palibe nthawi". Drake adathyola ndodo yowala ndikudumphira mudzenje mothamanga kumodzi. Kugwa kunkawoneka kosatha. Chikudacho chinanyezimira, kuwoneka ngati chikufika ndi zala zokwinya. M"mphindi zochepa chabe anafika m"munsi, n"kulola kuti miyendo yake igwedezeke ndipo inagunda mwamphamvu pamwala wolimba kwambiri. Nyenyezi zinasambira pamaso pake. Magazi anayenderera pamphumi pake. Poganizira anthu amene ankamutsatira, anasiya ndodo yowala pamalo ake n"kukwawa.
  
  Winanso adatera ndi ngozi. Kenako Ben anali pafupi naye. "Mat. Mat! Kodi muli bwino?"
  
  "Eya, ndili bwino kwambiri." Iye anakhala pansi, atagwira akachisi ake. "Kodi muli ndi aspirin?"
  
  "Zidzavunda m'kati mwako."
  
  "Polynesian Mai Tai? Kutuluka kwa chiphalaphala cha ku Hawaii?
  
  "Mulungu, musatchule mawu a L apa, bwanawe."
  
  "Nanga bwanji nthabwala ina yopusa?"
  
  "Musawathawe konse. Khala bata."
  
  Ben adayang'ana bala lake. Panthawiyi, gulu lonselo linali litatera bwinobwino ndipo linkapanikizana. Drake adagwedeza mnyamatayo pambali ndikuyimirira. Zonse zinkaoneka kuti zikuyenda bwino. Komodo anayatsa moto umene unagunda padengapo n"kutsika potsetserekapo.
  
  Ndipo iwo anagwa mobwerezabwereza mpaka anatuluka mu chipilala pansi.
  
  "Ndi zimenezo," adatero Drake. "Ndikuganiza kuti iyi ndiye gawo lomaliza."
  
  
  MUTU 40
  
  
  Drake ndi Delta Team adatuluka mumsewu, akuwombera kwambiri. Panalibe chochitira. Ngati angayimitse Kovalenko, kuthamanga kunali kofunikira. Nthawi yomweyo Drake adayang'ana kumanja, ndikukumbukira momwe phangalo linapangidwira, ndipo adawona kuti amuna a Blood King adalumphira pamtunda woyamba wooneka ngati S ndipo adasonkhana chakutali kwambiri. Chiyambi cha chigawo chachiwiri chooneka ngati S chinayamba masitepe angapo patsogolo pawo, koma mbali ina ya phanga lalikululo, phompho lakuya losadziwika linawalekanitsa. Tsopano popeza anali pafupi, ndipo pamene amuna a Blood King ankawoneka kuti akutulutsanso zonyezimira zingapo za amber, potsirizira pake adatha kuyang'ana bwino kumapeto kwa phanga.
  
  Chitunda chachikulu cha miyala chinatuluka kuchokera kukhoma lakumbuyo pamlingo wofanana ndi zingwe zonse zooneka ngati S. Kukhoma lakumbuyo kwenikweniko kunali masitepe otsetsereka omwe ankawoneka oyandikira kwambiri moti ngakhale chopondapo chinkachititsa chizungulire.
  
  Chithunzi chachikulu chakuda chinatsamira pamwamba pa masitepe. Drake adangowona kachiwiri, koma... Mwina mpando wachifumu wosatheka, wachilendo?
  
  Mpweya unali wodzaza ndi zipolopolo. Drake adagwa pa bondo limodzi, ndikuponyera munthuyo pambali ndikumva kukuwa kwake koopsa pamene adagwa m'phompho. Anathamangira pachivundikiro chokhacho chomwe amawona, miyala yosweka yomwe mwina idagwa kuchokera pakhonde lapamwamba. Pamene ankayang"ana, mmodzi wa anyamata a Kovalenko anawombera chida cholankhulira mokweza, chomwe chinatulutsa chida chowoneka ngati chitsulo chachitsulo chophwanyika. Anagunda khoma lakutali ndi mng"alu waukulu n"kukakamira pamwalapo.
  
  Pamene muviwo unkauluka, chingwe chokhuthala chinatuluka kumbuyo kwake.
  
  Kenaka mbali ina ya mzerewo inalowetsedwa mu chida chomwecho ndikukankhira ku khoma lapafupi, kumata mapazi angapo pamwamba pa yoyamba. Chingwecho chinakokedwa mwachangu.
  
  Anapanga mzere wa positi.
  
  Drake anaganiza mwachangu. Iye anati: "Tikafuna kumuletsa, tifunika kutero. "Zingatenge nthawi yayitali kuti tipange zathu. Choncho musawombere. Koma tiyeneranso kuwaletsa akawoloka malire."
  
  "Ganizirani ngati Mfumu Yamagazi," anatero Karin moipidwa. "Ganizirani za iye akudula mzere ndi anyamata ake omaliza omwe adakali nawo."
  
  "Sitikusiya," adatero Drake. "Nonse".
  
  Iye analumpha kuchokera kuseri kwa chivundikirocho n"kuyamba kuwombera. Asilikali a Delta Force anali kuthamangira kumanzere ndi kumanja kwake, kuwombera mosamala koma molondola.
  
  Woyamba mwa amuna a Kovalenko anathamangira kuphompho, akumathamanga kwambiri pamene amapita, ndipo anafika tsidya lina. Mwamsanga anatembenuka n"kuyamba kuyatsa chipupa chamoto wozimitsa moto.
  
  Msilikali wa Delta anaponyedwa kumbali, atang'ambika. Thupi lake linagwa pamaso pa Drake, koma Mngeleziyo adalumpha popanda kusweka. Pamene ankayandikira m"mbali mwake wooneka ngati S, phompho lalikulu lopanda kanthu linatseguka pamaso pake. Anayenera kumulumphira!
  
  Akupitiriza kuwombera, adalumphira pamtunda. Wachiwiri wa amuna a Kovalenko anawuluka pamzere. Matanthwe anaponyedwa kunja kwa khoma lapafupi la phanga pamene zipolopolozo zinakantha mwamphamvu kwambiri.
  
  Gulu la Drake linathamanga ndikudumphira pambuyo pake.
  
  Munthu wachitatu adalumphira pamzere wotambasulidwa mwamphamvu. Kovalenko. Ubongo wa Drake unali kukuwa kuti atenge kuwombera. Chitanipo mwayi! Chotsani mwana wachiwerewere pompano.
  
  Koma zambiri zikhoza kusokonekera. Akhoza kuswa mzere ndipo Kovalenko angakhalebe otetezeka. Akhoza kungovulaza mwana wapathengo. Ndipo - chofunika kwambiri - ankafunika bulu waku Russia wamoyo kuti aletse chiwawa chamagazi.
  
  Kovalenko anatera bwinobwino. Amuna ake ena atatu adatha kuwoloka. Drake adagwetsa ena atatu pamene magulu awiriwa adasonkhana. Kuwombera katatu pafupi. Kupha anthu atatu.
  
  Kenako mfutiyo inawulukira pamutu pake. Iye anagwada, naponya chiwembu chake paphewa pake ndikumukankhira kuchoka pamphepete mwa mdima. Iye anatembenuka n'kuyamba kuwombera kuchokera m'chiuno. Munthu wina adagwa. Komodo anali kumbali yake. Mpeni anasololedwa. Magazi anathira pakhoma la mphako. Amuna a Kovalenko anabwerera pang'onopang'ono, akuthamangitsidwa kuthanthwe kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  Asilikali anayi otsala a Delta adagwada m'mphepete mwa phirilo, akumawombera mosamalitsa amuna aliwonse a Kovalenko omwe adakhala pafupi ndi mzerewo. Komabe, panangopita nthawi kuti mmodzi wa iwo aganize zosiya ndikuyamba kujambula miphika.
  
  Speed ndizomwe anali nazo.
  
  Amuna ena awiri a Blood King anali atakwera pa zipline ndipo anali akukankhana. Drake adawona winayo akuyamba kukwera pamipanda ndikumuwombera, ndikumuthamangitsa ngati ntchentche. Mwamunayo anathamangira kwa iye, mutu wake pansi, akukuwa, mosakayikira anawona kuti wadulidwa. Drake adabwerera kukhoma. Komodo adakoka munthuyo kuchoka pamphepete.
  
  "Mmwamba!"
  
  Drake adakhala masekondi amtengo wapatali akuyang'ana uku ndi uku. Kodi gehena anagwiritsa ntchito chiyani kuti agwire mzere woyipa uja? Mwamuna aliyense ayenera kuti anapatsidwa chipika chaching'ono chapadera, monga momwe akatswiri amagwiritsira ntchito. Panali angapo atagona mozungulira. The Bloody King anabwera atakonzekera zonse zomwe zidzachitike.
  
  Momwemonso Drake. Ananyamula zida za akatswiri a speleological m'zikwama zawo. Drake mwachangu adatulutsa chipikacho ndikumanga lamba kumbuyo kwake.
  
  "Ben!"
  
  Mnyamatayo atayandikira mobisa, Drake adatembenukira kwa Komodo. "Kodi ubwera ndi Karin?"
  
  "Ndithu". Wankhawa, wokhala ndi nkhope yolimba komanso zipsera zankhondo, munthu wamkuluyo sanabisebe kuti anali atamenyedwa kale.
  
  Pamalo onse...
  
  Pokhulupirira amuna a Delta kuti asunge ma goons a Kovalenko, Drake adawonjezera kukakamiza pomangirira pulley yake ku chingwe chotambasulidwa mwamphamvu. Ben adamanga lamba wake ndipo Drake adamupatsa mfutiyo.
  
  "Kuwombera ngati moyo wathu umadalira, Blakey!"
  
  Akulira, anakankha ndikuthamangira pa zipline. Kuchokera kutalika uku ndi pa liwiro limeneli mtunda unkawoneka ngati waukulu, ndipo mbali yakutaliyo inkawoneka ngati ikucheperachepera. Ben anatsegula moto, zipolopolo zake zikuwuluka kwambiri, ndipo zidutswa za miyala zinagwera pansi pa amuna a Blood King.
  
  Koma zinalibe kanthu. Kunali phokoso, chitsenderezo ndi chiwopsezo chimene chinali chofunika. Akuthamanga mofulumira, Drake adakweza miyendo yake pamene mpweya unadutsa, kuwulula phompho lalikulu pansi. Chidwi ndi chisangalalo chinapangitsa mtima wake kuthamanga. Phokoso la chitsulo chokokedwa pa chingwe cha waya chinamveka mokweza m'makutu mwake.
  
  Zipolopolo zingapo zinadutsa mluzu, zikudutsa mumlengalenga mozungulira banja lomwe linkathamanga. Drake adamva moto wobwerera kuchokera ku Delta Team. Mmodzi mwa amuna a Kovalenko anakomoka mwaphokoso. Ben adabuma ndikusunga chala chake pakuwombera.
  
  Pamene ankayandikira kwambiri, zinkakhala zoopsa kwambiri. Zinali dalitso lochokera kwa Mulungu kuti amuna a Kovalenko analibe chophimba, ndipo kuphulika kosalekeza kwa zipolopolo zochokera ku Delta Team kunali kochuluka kwambiri. Ngakhale pa liwiro limenelo, Drake ankamva kuzizira kumadutsa m'mapazi ake. Zaka mazana ambiri zakuda zinayamba pansi pake, kupsa mtima, kunjenjemera, ndipo mwina kutulutsa zala zowoneka bwino kuyesa kumukumbatira kwamuyaya.
  
  Mphepo inathamangira kwa iye. Pamphindi yomaliza, Mfumu ya Magazi idalamula anyamata ake kuti abwerere, ndipo Drake adatulutsa chipikacho. Anatera pamapazi ake, koma kuthamanga kwake sikunali kokwanira kuti azitha kuyendetsa bwino pakati pa kukankhira kutsogolo ndi kulemera komwe kunali kumbuyo.
  
  Mwa kuyankhula kwina, kulemera kwa Blakey kunawabweza. Ku phompho.
  
  Drake adagwa dala kumbali, ndikuyika thupi lake lonse mumayendedwe ovuta. Ben mosimidwa anagwira pamwala wouma khosi, komabe molimba mtima anagwira mfuti yake. Drake anamva phokoso ladzidzidzi la zipline likumitsidwa ndipo anazindikira kuti Komodo ndi Karin anali kale, akuyandikira kwa iye mofulumira kwambiri.
  
  Amuna a Blood King adayenda motsata njira yopita kuseri kwa holoyo, pafupifupi adatha kudumpha komaliza pamiyala yayikulu pomwe makwerero odabwitsa adayambira. Nkhani yabwino inali yoti patsala anthu pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri.
  
  Drake adakwawa pamzere asanatulutse Ben, kenako adapumira masekondi angapo asanakhale pansi. M"kuphethira kwa diso, Komodo ndi Karin anawulukira pamaso pake, awiriwo akutera mokoma osati mopanda kumwetulira pang"ono.
  
  "Mnyamatayo walemera pang'ono." Drake adaloza Ben. "Kudya kadzutsa kochuluka kwambiri. Palibe kuvina kokwanira."
  
  "Gululo silivina." Ben adayankha nthawi yomweyo pamene Drake amayesa kusuntha kwawo. Ndidikire timu yonse kapena ndithamangitse?
  
  "Hayden amati ukavina umawoneka ngati Pixie Lott."
  
  "Bullshit".
  
  Komodo ankasamaliranso anthu a Kovalenko. Chingwecho chinalimbanso ndipo onse anadzipanikiza kukhoma. Asilikali enanso aŵiri a Delta anafika motsatizana, nsapato zawo zikukhukula mokweza pamchenga pamene anali kuchedwa kuti ayime mwamsanga.
  
  Pitirizani kuyenda. Drake adapanga chisankho chake. "Ndi bwino kuwapatsa nthawi yoti aganizire."
  
  Anathamangira m"mphepete mwa mtsinjewo, atanyamula zida zawo mokonzeka. Kutsogola kwa Blood King kudabisidwa kwakanthawi kuti asawoneke ndi khola lamiyala, koma Drake ndi gulu lake atachotsa phirilo, adawona Kovalenko ndi amuna ake ena ali kale pamtunda wamiyala.
  
  Anataya anthu ena awiri kwinakwake.
  
  Ndipo tsopano, zikuwoneka, adalamulidwa kuchitapo kanthu monyanyira. Anthu angapo adatulutsa zowombera ma grenade za RPG.
  
  "Damn, zadzaza milomo!" Drake anakuwa, kenako anayima ndikutembenuka, mtima wake unagwa mwadzidzidzi pansi. "O ayi-"
  
  Kuphulika koyamba ndi mluzu wa grenade yomwe ikutulutsidwa kuchokera pamphuno inamveka. Asilikali awiri omaliza a Delta anali kuthamanga motsatira zipline, akuyang'ana pamphepete pomwe chida chinagunda. Idagwera pakhoma pamwamba pa anangula a zip ndikuwawononga pakuphulika kwa thanthwe, fumbi ndi shale.
  
  Mzerewo unagwa. Asilikaliwo anawulukira kumalo akuda osaiwalika popanda ngakhale kutulutsa mawu. Mulimonsemo, izi zinali zoipitsitsa.
  
  Komodo anatemberera, mkwiyo ukusokoneza mawonekedwe ake. Awa anali anthu abwino amene anawaphunzitsa ndi kumenyana nawo kwa zaka zambiri. Tsopano panali atatu okha amphamvu pa timu ya Delta, kuphatikizapo Drake, Ben ndi Karin.
  
  Drake adakuwa ndikuwathamangitsa, atakwiya podziwa kuti ma RPG atsopano akhazikitsidwa posachedwa. Opulumukawo anathamangira m"mbali mwa m"mbali mwake, motsogozedwa ndi timitengo tonyezimira ndi kuwala kochuluka kwa amber. Masitepe aliwonse adawafikitsa pafupi ndi phiri la miyala, masitepe odabwitsa komanso mawonekedwe odabwitsa koma odabwitsa a mpando wachifumu waukulu womwe ukutuluka pakhoma lamwala.
  
  Kuwombera kwachiwiri kwa RPG kunawomberedwa. Imeneyi inaphulika pamphambano kumbuyo kwa othamanga, kuvulaza koma osawononga njira. Ngakhale ankathamanga, akukankhira minofu yake yogwira ntchito mopitirira malire, Drake ankamva Kovalenko akukalipira amuna ake kuti asamale - njira yokhayo yotulukira kumeneko.
  
  Tsopano Drake adafika pa phazi la nsongayo ndipo adawona phompho lomwe adayenera kulumphira kuti akafike kumapiri amiyala ndikukakumana ndi amuna a Blood King.
  
  Zinali zazikulu.
  
  Ndikulukulu kwambiri moti anangotsala pang"ono kuzandima. Pafupifupi anaima. Osati kwa ine ndekha, koma kwa Ben ndi Karin. Poyamba, sanaganize kuti angalumphe. Koma kenako anaumitsa mtima wake. Iwo ankayenera kutero. Ndipo sipakanakhoza kukhala pang'onopang'ono, palibe kubwerera m'mbuyo. Ndi anthu okhawo omwe amatha kuyimitsa Mfumu yamagazi ndikuthetsa dongosolo lake lopenga. Anthu okhawo omwe angathe kuwononga mtsogoleri wa zigawenga zapadziko lonse ndikuonetsetsa kuti sadzakhalanso ndi mwayi wovulaza aliyense.
  
  Koma anatembenukabe theka pamene ankathamanga. "Musayime," anafuula motero Ben. "Khulupirirani. Mutha kuchita".
  
  Ben anagwedeza mutu, adrenaline kutenga miyendo ndi minofu ndikuwadzaza ndi mphamvu, ukulu ndi mphamvu. Drake anagunda mpatawo poyamba, kulumpha ndi manja ake atatambasula ndipo miyendo ikukwerabe, akumadutsa kusiyana ngati wothamanga wa Olimpiki.
  
  Kenako Ben anabwera, atatambasula dzanja lake, mutu wake uli mbali zonse, ndipo minyewa ikudutsa m'maganizo mwake. Koma anatera tsidya lina atatsala pang"ono kutsala.
  
  "Inde!" Adakuwa motele Drake. "Jessica Ennis sangachite chilichonse chokhudza iwe, mnzanga."
  
  Kenako Komodo anatera kwambiri, pafupifupi kutembenuza thupi lake mkati pamene anatembenuka ndikuyang'ana Karin. Kudumpha kwake kunali kokongola. Miyendo yokwezeka m'mwamba, yopindika m'mbuyo, kuyenda kwa misa patsogolo.
  
  Ndi kutera kwangwiro. Ena onse a Delta Team adatsatira.
  
  Drake adachewuka kuti awone chodabwitsa kwambiri chomwe adawonapo.
  
  Mfumu ya Magazi ndi anthu ake, akukuwa ndi kulira, atadzazidwa kwambiri ndi magazi ndi mabala ang'onoang'ono, onse anathamangira molunjika kwa iwo ndikutulutsa zida zawo ngati ziwanda zochokera ku gahena.
  
  Yakwana nthawi yankhondo yomaliza.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMAKUMI NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Matt Drake adapulumuka ndipo adakumana maso ndi maso ndi a Bloody King.
  
  Amuna ake anafika kaye, kukuwa kunkamveka ngati mifuti ikulira ndipo mipeni ikuphulika ndi kunyezimira ngati malupanga, kusonyeza kuwala kwa amber ndi kuyatsa moto wawo mbali zosiyanasiyana. Kuwombera kangapo kunawombera, koma pamtunda uwu komanso mu maelstrom a testosterone ndi mantha, palibe amene adalunjika bwino. Ndipo komabe panali kulira koopsa kuchokera kumbuyo kwa Drake, msilikali wina wa Delta yemwe anagwa.
  
  Minofu ya Drake inali kuwawa ngati akulimbana ndi gorilla wolemera mapaundi mazana atatu. Magazi ndi dothi zinaphimba nkhope yake. Anthu asanu ndi anayi anamuukira, iwo, koma iye anawagonjetsa onse, chifukwa Mfumu ya Magazi inaima kumbuyo kwawo, ndipo palibe chimene chingamulepheretse kulengeza kubwezera kwake.
  
  Msilikali wokalambayo anali atabwerera, nkhope ya anthu wamba inali itachepa, ndipo iye anali kumbuyo uko, m'magulu apamwamba, ndi asilikali oipa kwambiri amoyo.
  
  Anawombera amuna atatu opanda kanthu, pamtima pomwe. Analowa chachinayi, akutembenuzira mfutiyo, kuswa mphuno ya munthuyo ndipo nthawi yomweyo kuthyola fupa la tsaya lake. Masekondi atatu anadutsa. Anamva kuti gulu la Delta likubwerera kutali ndi iye pafupifupi mwamantha, kumupatsa malo oti agwire ntchito. Anawasiya kuti akamenyane ndi ankhondo atatu aja pamene adasunthira kwa munthu mmodzi ndi Kovalenko mwiniwake.
  
  Koma Komodo anamenya mutu wa munthuyo n"kupha mnzakeyo n"kumupha. Karin anali pafupi naye ndipo sanabwerere m'mbuyo. Osati kwa mphindi imodzi. Anagwiritsa ntchito chikhatho cha nkhope yake kukankhira munthu wobayidwayo kumbuyo ndipo nkhonya zambiri zinatsatira. Pamene wankhondoyo akulira ndikuyesera kudzilimbitsa, adalowererapo ndikugwiritsa ntchito njira ya taekwondo kumponya paphewa.
  
  Pamphepete mwa nyanja.
  
  Munthuyo anatsetsereka, akukuwa, kutengedwa ndi phompho. Karin anayang"anitsitsa Komodo, mwadzidzidzi anazindikira zimene anachita. Mtsogoleri wa gulu lalikulu anaganiza mofulumira ndikumupatsa chizindikiro choyamikira, nthawi yomweyo kuyamikira zochita zake ndi kuwapatsa kufunika kwake.
  
  Karin anapuma mozama.
  
  Drake anakumana ndi Blood King.
  
  Pomaliza.
  
  Bambo womalizirayo anapulumuka pankhondoyo ndipo tsopano anagona akudzigwedera kumapazi ake ndi chubu chake chopumira chophwanyika ndipo manja onse awiri anathyoka. Kovalenko adapatsa munthuyo mawonekedwe achipongwe.
  
  "Wopusa. Ndi ofooka."
  
  "Anthu onse ofooka amabisala kuseri kwa chuma chawo ndipo mawonekedwe amphamvu amawabweretsera."
  
  "Kufanana?" Kovalenko anatulutsa mfuti ndikuwombera munthu wokwinyayo kumaso. "Kodi izi si mphamvu? Mukuganiza kuti zinali zofanana? Ndimapha munthu mosavutikira tsiku lililonse chifukwa ndimatha.
  
  "Momwemonso mudalamula kuti Kennedy Moore aphedwe? Nanga bwanji mabanja a anzanga? N"kutheka kuti mbali ina ya dziko inakubala iwe, Kovalenko, koma si mbali imene inali yanzeru."
  
  Anayenda mofulumira komanso nthawi imodzi. Zida ziwiri, mfuti ndi mfuti, dinani nthawi imodzi.
  
  Onse ali opanda kanthu. Dinani kawiri.
  
  "Ayi!" Kufuula kwa Kovalenko kunali kodzaza ndi ukali wachibwana. Iye anakanidwa.
  
  Drake adabaya ndi mpeni wake. A Bloody King adawonetsa nzeru zake zamsewu pozembera mbali. Drake adamuponyera mfuti ija. Kovalenko anatenga nkhonya pamphumi popanda kugwedezeka, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anatulutsa mpeni.
  
  "Ngati ndiyenera kukupha ndekha, Drake ..."
  
  "Inde, mudzatero," anatero Mngeleziyo. "Sindikuonanso aliyense pafupi. Ulibe shilling imodzi yokha, mzanga."
  
  Kovalenko adagwa. Drake adaziwona zikuchitika pang'onopang'ono. Kovalenko ayenera kuti ankaganiza kuti adakula movutikira, mwina ankaganiza kuti adaphunzira mwakhama, koma maphunziro ake anali opanda kanthu poyerekeza ndi zofuna zovuta ndi mayesero omwe British SAS adayesedwa.
  
  Drake adabwera kuchokera kumbali ndikumenya bondo mwachangu komwe kudapuwala kwakanthawi Kovalenko ndikuthyola nthiti zingapo. Kuusa moyo komwe kunathawa pakamwa pa Russian kunatsitsidwa nthawi yomweyo. Iye anabwerera kumbuyo.
  
  Drake adanamizira kuwukira mwachangu, kudikirira zomwe a Blood King adachita, ndipo nthawi yomweyo adagwira dzanja lamanja la bamboyo ndi lake. Kutsika mwachangu ndipo dzanja la Kovalenko linathyoka. Ndipo kachiwiri Chirasha anangolira.
  
  Anayang'aniridwa ndi Komodo, Karin, Ben ndi msilikali wotsala wa Delta.
  
  Mfumu Magaziyo inawayang'ana. "Simungandiphe. Inu nonse. Simungathe kundipha. Ndine Mulungu!"
  
  Komodo anafuula. "Sitingakuphe, chitsiru. Uyenera kukuwa kwambiri. Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti ndikuyembekezera kukuthandizani kusankha malo amene mudzakhalemo moyo wanu wonse."
  
  "Ndende." Mfumu yamagaziyo inalavula. "Palibe ndende yomwe ingandigwire. Ndikhala nayo kwa sabata imodzi. "
  
  Kukamwa kwa Komodo kunasweka n"kumwetulira. "Ndende zingapo," anatero mwakachetechete. "Iwo kulibe ngakhale."
  
  Kovalenko adawoneka wodabwa kwakanthawi, koma kudzikuza kudaphimbanso nkhope yake ndikubwerera kwa Drake. "Nanunso?" - anafunsa. "Ukhoza kufa ndikanapanda kukuthamangitsa padziko lonse lapansi."
  
  "Wakufa?" - Drake adayankha. "Pali mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya akufa. Muyenera kudziwa izi. "
  
  Drake adamukankha mu mtima wake wozizira, wakufa. Kovalenko adazandima. Magazi anali kutuluka mkamwa mwake. Ndi kulira komvetsa chisoni, anagwada pansi. Mapeto ochititsa manyazi a Mfumu Yamagazi.
  
  Drake adamuseka. "Watha. Mumange manja ake tizipita."
  
  Adalankhula Ben. "Ndinalemba zolankhula zake." Adatelo mwakachetechete akutenga foni yake. "Titha kugwiritsa ntchito mapulogalamu apadera kutulutsa mawu ake. Matt, sitimufuna ali wamoyo."
  
  Nthawiyi inali yovuta ngati sekondi yomaliza kuphulika kusanachitike. Mawu a Drake adasintha kuchoka ku kusiya ntchito kupita ku chidani chenicheni. Komodo anazengereza kuloŵererapo, osati chifukwa cha mantha, koma chifukwa cha ulemu wopezedwa movutikira-ulemu wokha umene msilikali angauzindikire. Maso a Karin adachita mantha.
  
  Drake adakweza mfuti yake ndikumenya chitsulo cholimba pamphumi pa Kovalenko.
  
  "Mukutsimikiza?"
  
  "Zabwino. Ndinamuwona akufa. Ndinaliko. Analamula kuti zigawenga ziukire ku Hawaii ndipo Ben anayang'ana m'chipindamo. Ngakhale Gahena adzamulavula.
  
  "Apa ndi momwe iwe ulili." Kumwetulira kwa Drake kunali kozizira komanso kwakuda, ngati moyo wa Mfumu Yamagazi. "Kuseri kwa zipata za gehena. Kumeneku n"kumene uyenera kukhala, ndipo uku n"kumene uyenera kufa."
  
  Chibwano cha Kovalenko chinamanga mwamphamvu; kuseri kwa izi kunali zaka makumi anai za imfa, kusowa komanso kuchepa kwamagazi. "Simudzandiopseza."
  
  Drake adaphunzira munthu wakugwayo. Iye anali wolondola. Imfa sinamuvulaze. Panalibe chilichonse padziko lapansi chimene chikanamuopseza munthuyu.
  
  Koma panali chinthu chimodzi chimene chingamuphwanye.
  
  "Ndiye tikumangirirani apa." Anatsitsa mfuti yake, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti Komodo asangalale. "Ndipo tikupitiliza kutengera chumacho. Uku kunali kufunafuna moyo wanu ndipo simudzadziwa chomwe chinali. Koma sungani mawu anga, Kovalenko, ndichita. "
  
  "Ayi!" Kufuula kwa Russian kunali pomwepo. "Madandaulo anu ndi otani? Ayi! Ayi. Ndi yanga. Izi zakhala zanga nthawi zonse. "
  
  Ndi mkokomo wosimidwa, Mfumu ya Magazi inapanga kukakamiza komaliza. Nkhope yake inasokonezeka ndi ululu. Magazi anatuluka kumaso ndi m"manja mwake. Anayimilira ndikuyika chifuno chilichonse ndi moyo wodzala ndi chidani ndi kupha mu kulumpha kwake.
  
  Maso a Drake adawala, nkhope yake idalimba ngati granite. Analola kuti Mfumu ya Magazi imumenye, adayimilira pamene Russian wopengayo adagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu iliyonse yomaliza m'mikwingwirima khumi ndi iwiri, yamphamvu poyamba koma yofowoka mwachangu.
  
  Kenako Drake adaseka, phokoso kupitirira mdima, phokoso lopanda chikondi ndi lotayika, lomwe linali pakati pa purigatoriyo ndi gehena. Pamene mphamvu yomaliza ya Blood King idagwiritsidwa ntchito, Drake adamukankha ndi dzanja lake ndikuyimirira pachifuwa.
  
  "Zonse zinali chabe, Kovalenko. Mwaluza".
  
  Komodo anathamangira ku Chirasha ndipo anamumanga iye Drake asanasinthe maganizo ake. Karin anathandiza kumusokoneza pomuloza makwerero oimirira pafupi ndi masitepe komanso kuona mpando wachifumu wakuda ukutuluka. Zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri kuchokera apa. Cholengedwacho chinali chachikulu ndi chosema bwino, cholendewera mapazi zana pamwamba pa mitu yawo.
  
  "Pambuyo panu".
  
  Drake adawunika chopinga chotsatira. Masitepewo adakwera pang'ono pang'ono pafupifupi mapazi zana. Pansi pa mpando wachifumuwo panali mdima wandiweyani, ngakhale kuti panali zowala zambiri zomwazikana mozungulira.
  
  "Ndiyenera kupita kaye," adatero Komodo. "Ndili ndi luso lokwera mapiri. Tiyenera kukwera masitepe angapo nthawi imodzi, kuyika ma carabiners pamene tikupita, ndiyeno kuwonjezera mzere wa chitetezo ku gulu lathu. "
  
  Drake adamulola kutsogolera. Mkwiyo unali udakali wamphamvu m"maganizo mwake, pafupifupi kum"gonjetsa. Chala chake chinkamvekabe bwino pa chowombera cha M16. Koma kupha Kovalenko tsopano kungatanthauze kuwononga moyo wake kwamuyaya, ndikuyika mdima womwe sudzatha.
  
  Monga Ben Blake anganene, zingamutembenuzire ku mbali yamdima.
  
  Anayamba kukwera khoma pambuyo pa Komodo, akusowa zododometsa pamene kufunikira kosatha kwa kubwezera kunakula ndikuyesera kumulamulira. Kuwuka kwadzidzidzi nthawi yomweyo kudayika malingaliro ake. Kulira ndi kubuula kwa Mfumu yamagazi kunatha pamene mpando wachifumu unayandikira ndipo masitepe adakhala ovuta kwambiri.
  
  Iwo adakwera, Komodo akutsogolera njirayo, akuteteza mosamala karabiner aliyense asanayang'ane kulemera kwake ndikumangirira chingwe chachitetezo ndikuchiponya ku gulu lake pansipa. Pamene iwo anakwera pamwamba, mdima unayamba. Masitepe aliwonse a masitepewo ankajambulidwa mu thanthwe lamoyo. Drake anayamba kuchita mantha pamene ankadzuka. Chuma china chodabwitsa chinawayembekezera; anazimva m'matumbo mwake.
  
  Koma mpando wachifumu?
  
  Poona kuti ali wopanda kanthu kumbuyo kwake, anaima, n"kulimba mtima n"kuyang"ana pansi. Ben anavutika, maso ali ali tcheru komanso ali ndi mantha. Drake adamva chisoni komanso chikondi kwa bwenzi lake lomwe silinamvepo kuyambira pomwe Kennedy adamwalira. Anaona msilikali wotsala wa Delta akuyesera kuthandiza Karin ndipo anamwetulira pamene adamugwedeza. Adatambasula dzanja lake kwa Ben.
  
  "Leka kudzipangira wekha, Blakey. Tiyeni."
  
  Ben adamuyang'ana ndipo zidakhala ngati ma firework alowa muubongo wake. Chinachake m'maso mwa Drake kapena kamvekedwe ka mawu ake zidamusangalatsa, ndipo mawonekedwe a chiyembekezo adawonekera pankhope pake.
  
  "Zikomo Mulungu mwabwerera."
  
  Ndi thandizo la Drake, Ben anakwera mofulumira. Zachabechabe zakupha kumbuyo kwawo zidayiwalika, ndipo sitepe iliyonse idakhala sitepe yakutulukira, osati kungozi. Mbali ya pansi ya mpando wachifumuyo inapitiriza kuyandikira kwambiri mpaka kufika patali.
  
  Komodo anayenda mosamala masitepe ndikukwera pampando wachifumu womwewo.
  
  Patapita mphindi imodzi, chidwi chawo chinakopeka ndi kalankhulidwe kake kaku America kokopa. "O Mulungu wanga, anyamata simudzakhulupirira izi."
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMAKUMI NDI PILI
  
  
  Drake adalumphira pamtunda wawung'ono ndikugwera pamwala waukulu womwe umapanga phazi la mpando wachifumu. Anadikirira Ben, Karin, ndi msilikali wotsiriza wa Delta kuti afike asanayang'ane ku Komodo.
  
  "Uli ndi chiyani pamenepo?"
  
  Mtsogoleri wa Delta Team adakwera pampando wachifumu. Tsopano anayenda m"mphepete n"kuwayang"ana
  
  "Amene adamanga mpando wachifumu uwu adapereka ndime yosadziwika. Pano, kuseri kwa mpando wachifumu, pali khomo lakumbuyo. Ndipo anali otseguka.
  
  "Osayyandikira," adatero Drake mwachangu, akuganizira za misampha yomwe adadutsa. "Pazonse zomwe tikudziwa, izi zimatembenuza chosinthira chomwe chimatumiza mpando wachifumuwu pansi."
  
  Komodo ankawoneka wolakwa. "Kuyimbira bwino. Vuto ndiloti ndili nalo kale. Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti..." Anaseka. "Palibe misampha."
  
  Drake anatambasula dzanja lake. "Ndithandizeni."
  
  Mmodzi ndi mmodzi, anakwera pa mpando wa obsidiani. Drake adatenga kanthawi kuti atembenuke ndikusilira mawonekedwe a phompho.
  
  Poyang'anizana ndi phompho lalikulu, adawona khonde lomwe adakhalamo kale. Khonde lomwe Captain Cook anachokamo. Khonde lomwe Mfumu Yamagazi mwina idataya misala yomaliza yomwe anali nayo. Zinkaoneka ngati anali kungotaya mwala chabe, koma inali mtunda wa makilomita onyenga.
  
  Drake adachita mantha. "Mpando wachifumu uwu," anatero mwakachetechete. "Izi zidapangidwira -"
  
  Kukuwa kwa Ben kunamusokoneza. "Mat! Gehena wamagazi. Simungakhulupirire izi.
  
  Sizinali kugwedezeka kwa mawu a bwenzi lake lomwe linatumiza mantha kupyolera mu mitsempha ya Drake, koma maganizo odetsa nkhawa. Premonition.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
  
  Iye anatembenuka. Adawona zomwe Ben adawona.
  
  "Pepani ine."
  
  Karin anawakankhira kunja. "Ichi ndi chiyani?" Kenako nayenso anachiwona. "Nonse".
  
  Iwo anayang"ana kumbuyo kwa mpando wachifumuwo, mzati waukulu woti munthu atsamirepo, ndi mbali imene inapanga khomo lakumbuyo.
  
  Zinakutidwa ndi ma swirls odziwika tsopano - zizindikiro zakale kwambiri zomwe zimawoneka ngati zolemba zina - ndi zizindikiro zomwezo zomwe zidalembedwa pazida zonse zoyendera nthawi, komanso panjira yayikulu pansi pa Diamondi. Mutu, womwe Cook wotchedwa Zipata za Gahena.
  
  Zizindikiro zomwezo zomwe Thorsten Dahl adazipeza posachedwa m'manda a milungu, kutali ku Iceland.
  
  Drake anatseka maso ake. "Zingatheke bwanji zimenezi? Kuyambira pamene tinamva za shards zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin zamagazi, ndimamva ngati ndakhala ndikulota. Kapena maloto owopsa. "
  
  "Ndikukayikira kuti sitinathebe ndi magawo asanu ndi anayi," adatero Ben. "Uku kukuyenera kukhala chinyengo. Wapamwamba kwambiri. Zili ngati tinasankhidwa kapena chinachake. "
  
  "Zochuluka ngati zotembereredwa." Drake anakuwa. "Ndipo siyani ndi Star Wars zopanda pake."
  
  "Ndimaganiza pang'ono Skywalker, Chuck Bartowski pang'ono," Ben adatero ndikumwetulira pang'ono. "Chifukwa ndife a geek ndi onse."
  
  Komodo anayang'ana pakhomo lachinsinsi ndi chiyembekezo. "Tipitilize? Anthu anga anapereka moyo wawo kuti atithandize kufika patali. Zomwe tingachite pobwezera ndikupeza mathero a gehenayi. "
  
  "Komodo," adatero Drake. "Awa ndi mathero. Payenera kukhala. "
  
  Anakankhira kutsogolo kwa gulu lalikululo n"kukalowa mumsewu waukuluwo. Danga linali lokulirapo kale kuposa khomo lomwe linaloweramo, ndipo ngati zinali zotheka, Drake adamva kuti njirayo ikukulirakulira, makoma ndi denga likupita patsogolo, mpaka-
  
  Kunkhope kwake kunali kamphepo kozizira komanso koopsa.
  
  Anaima n"kugwetsa ndodo yowala. M"kuunika kosaoneka bwino, anawombera roketi ya amber. Iye anawulukira m"mwamba, m"mwamba, m"mwamba, kenako m"munsi ndi m"munsi, osapeza chochirikiza. Osapeza denga, mpanda kapena pansi.
  
  Anawomberanso moto wachiwiri, ndipo ulendo uno kumanja. Ndipo kachiwiri kulowetsedwa kwa amber kunasowa popanda kufufuza. Anathyola ndodo zonyezimira pang"ono ndi kuziponya kutsogolo kuti ziunikire njira yawo.
  
  Mphepete mwa thanthwelo inagwera mamita asanu ndi limodzi patsogolo pawo.
  
  Drake adamva chizungulire kwambiri, koma adadzikakamiza kupitiliza. Masitepe ena ochepa ndipo adakumana maso ndi maso ndi wopanda pake.
  
  "Sindikuwona kalikonse. Bullshit".
  
  "Sitikadatha kubwera njira yonseyi popanda mdima wandiweyani kutiletsa." Karin analankhula maganizo a aliyense. "Yesaninso, Drake."
  
  Anatumiza kung'anima kwachitatu m'malo opanda kanthu. Panali zochepa zowoneka bwino pakuwombera uku pomwe adawuluka. Panali chinachake kutsidya lina la phompho. Nyumba yayikulu.
  
  "Chinali chiyani?" Ben anapumira mwamantha.
  
  Kung'animako kunazimiririka mwamsanga, kuwala kochepa kwa moyo kunatayika kosatha mumdima.
  
  "Dikirani pamenepo," anatero msilikali womalizira wa ku Delta, mwamuna yemwe anali ndi chikwangwani choimba kuti Merlin. "Kodi tatsala ndi ma amber angati?"
  
  Drake adayang'ana malamba ndi chikwama chake. Komodo anachitanso chimodzimodzi. Nambala yomwe adabwera nayo inali pafupi makumi atatu.
  
  "Ndikudziwa zomwe mukuganiza," adatero Komodo. "Fireworks, sichoncho?"
  
  "Nthaŵi ina," anatero Merlin, katswiri wa zida za gululo, mwachisoni. "Pezani zomwe tikukumana nazo ndikuzibwezera komwe titha kuyitanitsa zosunga zobwezeretsera."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Gwirizanani". Iye anapatula moto khumi ndi awiri wa ulendo wobwerera, ndiyeno anakonzekera. Komodo ndi Merlin anabwera ndikuyima pafupi naye m'mphepete.
  
  "Mwakonzeka?"
  
  Mmodzi-modzi, motsatizanatsatizana, anawombera mizinga ipita m"mwamba. Kuwala kwa amber kunawala kwambiri pamwamba pake ndipo kunatulutsa kuwala komwe kunachotsa mdimawo.
  
  Kwa nthawi yoyamba m"mbiri, kuwala kwa masana kunafika mdima wamuyaya.
  
  Chiwonetsero cha pyrotechnic chinayamba kukhala ndi zotsatira. Pamene malawi oyaka motowo ankapitirira kuulukira m"mwamba ndi kuphulika asanatsike pang"onopang"ono, chinyumba chachikulu chomwe chinali mbali ina ya phangalo chinawala.
  
  Ben adachita mantha. Karin anaseka. "Mwanzeru".
  
  Pamene ankayang"ana modabwa, mdima wandiweyani unayatsidwa ndipo chinyumba chodabwitsa chinayamba kuonekera. Choyamba mzere wa zipilala zojambulidwa kukhoma lakumbuyo, kenako mzere wachiwiri pansi pake. Kenako zidawonekeratu kuti zipindazo zinali zipinda zazing'ono - niches.
  
  Pansi pa mzere wachiwiri anawona wachitatu, kenako wachinayi, ndiyeno mizere yotsatizana pamene nyali zochititsa khungu zikutsetsereka pakhoma lalikululo. Ndipo m"malo aliwonse chuma chonyezimira chachikulu chinkanyezimira ulemerero wosakhalitsa wa gehena wonyezimira wa amber.
  
  Ben anadabwa kwambiri. "Izi ... izi ..."
  
  Drake ndi Delta Team adapitiliza kuwombera mizinga pambuyo pa mizinga. Zikuoneka kuti zinachititsa kuti chipindacho chiwotchedwe ndi moto. Moto wodabwitsa unabuka ndipo unayaka pamaso pawo.
  
  Pomaliza, Drake adawombera komaliza. Kenako anatenga kamphindi kuyamikira vumbulutso lodabwitsali.
  
  Ben adachita chibwibwi. "Ndi zazikulu ... ndi-"
  
  "Manda ena a milungu." Drake anamaliza ndi nkhawa kwambiri m'mawu ake kuposa kudabwa. "Osachepera katatu kuposa ku Iceland. Yesu Khristu, Ben, gehena chikuchitika chiyani?
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Ulendo wobwerera, ngakhale unali wodzala ndi zoopsa, unatenga theka la nthawi ndi theka la khama. Chopinga chachikulu chokha chinali kusiyana kwakukulu komwe adayenera kukhazikitsa mzere wina wa zip kuti abwerere kuwoloka, ngakhale chipinda cha Lust nthawi zonse chinali vuto kwa anyamata, monga Karin adawonetsera ndi kuyang'ana m'mbali kwa Komodo.
  
  Pobwerera ku Chipata cha Cook's Hell Gate, adadutsa mu chubu cha lava kubwerera pamwamba.
  
  Drake adasokoneza nthawi yayitali. "Wow, uku ndiye fungo labwino kwambiri padziko lapansi pano. Pomalizira pake mpweya wabwino."
  
  Mawu a Mano Kinimaki adachokera kumdima wozungulira. "Tengani mpweya wabwino waku Hawaii, bambo, ndipo mukhala pafupi ndi cholinga chanu."
  
  Anthu ndi nkhope zinatuluka mumdimawo. Jeneretayo idayambika, ndikuyatsa nyali za zingwe zomangidwa mwachangu. Tabulo lakumunda linali kukonzedwa. Komodo anafotokoza malo awo pamene anayamba kukwera chubu la lava. Ben adabweranso ndipo foni yake inalira kanayi ndi makina oyankha. Karin anachitanso chimodzimodzi. Makolo analoledwa kuyimba foni.
  
  "Nthawi zinayi zokha?" Adafunsa moseka Drake. Ayenera kuti anakuyiwala iwe.
  
  Hayden anadza kwa iwo tsopano, wowoneka wotopa, Hayden. Koma anamwetulira ndikukumbatira Ben mwamantha. Alicia adatsatira uku akumuyang'ana Drake ndi maso achipha. Ndipo mumithunzi Drake adawona Meyi, kupsinjika koyipa kudawonekera pankhope yake.
  
  Yatsala pang'ono kuti awerenge. Mkazi wa ku Japan, osati mkazi wachingeleziyo, anaoneka wochita manyazi kwambiri ndi zimenezi.
  
  Drake adagwedeza mapewa ake mtambo wakuda wa kukhumudwa. Iye anawonjezera zonsezo poponya chithunzi cha Mfumu ya Magazi yomangidwa ndi chotsekeka pa nthaka yosafanana pamapazi awo.
  
  "Dmitry Kovalenko." Analira. "King of the bell end. Zoipa kwambiri zamtundu wake. Alipo akufuna mateche?"
  
  Panthawiyo, chifaniziro cha Jonathan Gates chidawoneka kuchokera kuphokoso lomwe likukula mozungulira msasa wosakhalitsa. Drake adatsinzina maso ake. Amadziwa kuti Kovalenko adapha mkazi wa Gates. Gates anali ndi zifukwa zambiri zopweteketsa Russian kuposa ngakhale Drake ndi Alicia.
  
  "Yesani". - Drake adaseka. Komabe, mwana wapathengo sadzafunika manja ndi miyendo yake yonse kundende.
  
  Anaona Ben ndi Karin akunjenjemera n"kutembenuka. Pa nthawiyi n"kuti anangoona munthu amene anakhalapo. Anawona kuwawidwa mtima, mkwiyo wobwezera, chidani ndi mkwiyo zomwe zikanamupangitsa kukhala munthu ngati Kovalenko mwiniyo, ndipo adadziwa kuti malingaliro onsewa adzamudya ndipo pamapeto pake adzasintha, kumusintha kukhala munthu wina. Anali mathero omwe palibe aliyense wa iwo ankafuna ...
  
  ... Ndiko kuti, Alison kapena Kennedy.
  
  Anatembenukanso ndikuyika mkono paphewa lililonse la Blake. Anayang'ana chakum'mawa, kudutsa mzere wa kanjedza wogwedezeka, kumayang'ana kuwala kwakutali ndi nyanja yamchere.
  
  "Kuwona zinthu ngati izi kungasinthe munthu," adatero Drake. "Zikhoza kumupatsa chiyembekezo chatsopano. Nthawi yapatsidwa. "
  
  Ben anayankhula osatembenuka. "Ndikudziwa kuti mukufuna mawu a Dinoroc pompano, koma sindikupatsani. M'malo mwake, nditha kutchula mizere ingapo yoyenera kuchokera ku "Haunted". Nanga bwanji izi?"
  
  "Kodi mukutchula Taylor Swift tsopano? Chinalakwika ndi chiyani pamenepo?"
  
  "Nyimbo iyi ndiyabwino ngati Dinorocks yanu iliyonse. Ndipo mukudziwa".
  
  Koma Drake sakanavomereza. M"malo mwake, anamvetsera machezawo akumabwerera uku ndi uku kumbuyo kwawo. Ziwembu zauchigawenga zinalephereka mwanzeru komanso mwamsanga, koma panali anthu ena ovulala. Zotsatira zosapeŵeka pochita ndi anthu otentheka maganizo ndi amisala. Dziko linali kulira. Purezidenti anali m'njira ndipo anali atalonjeza kale kusintha kwina kwa United States. intelligence system, ngakhale kuti sizinali zodziwika bwino momwe aliyense angalepheretse Kovalenko kupanga ndondomeko yomwe yakhala ikugwira ntchito kwa zaka makumi awiri, pamene nthawi yonseyi ankawoneka ngati munthu wamba.
  
  Zofanana kwambiri ndi milungu ndi zotsalira zawo zomwe anali kuzipeza tsopano.
  
  Komabe, maphunziro anali ataphunziridwa, ndipo US ndi mayiko ena adatsimikiza mtima kuziganizira zonsezi.
  
  Nkhani ya milandu imene anthu olamulirawo ankaimbidwa mlandu wokakamizika komanso chifukwa choopa kuti achibale awo akuwakonda inali kudzamanga makhoti kwa zaka zambiri.
  
  Koma andende a Blood King adamasulidwa ndikulumikizananso ndi okondedwa awo. Gates adalonjeza kuti Kovalenko adzakakamizika kusiya vendetta yake yamagazi, mwanjira ina. Harrison adakumananso ndi mwana wake wamkazi, ngakhale mwachidule, ndipo nkhanizi zidangokhumudwitsa Drake.
  
  Ngati mwana wake wamkazi anabadwa ndi kukondedwa ndiyeno nkubedwa, kodi akanachita mofanana ndi Harrison?
  
  Ndithudi akanatero. Bambo aliyense akanasuntha kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi ndi zonse zapakati kuti apulumutse mwana wake.
  
  Hayden, Gates, ndi Kinimaka adachokapo phokosolo mpaka adafika pafupi ndi Drake ndi gulu lake. Anali wokondwa kuona Komodo ndi msilikali wa Delta yemwe adapulumuka, Merlin, nawonso. Maubwenzi opangidwa mwaubwenzi ndi kuchitapo kanthu kunali kosatha.
  
  Hayden anali kufunsa Gates za munthu wina dzina lake Russell Cayman. Zinkawoneka ngati munthu uyu adalowa m'malo mwa Torsten Dahl monga mtsogoleri wa opaleshoni ya Icelandic, malamulo ake akuchokera pamwamba kwambiri ... ndipo mwinamwake ngakhale kuchokera kumalo a chifunga komanso akutali pamwamba pake. Zinkaoneka kuti Cayman anali munthu wolimba mtima komanso wankhanza. Ankawongolera ntchito zobisika komanso mphekesera zobisika ndikusankha ntchito kunyumba ndi kunja.
  
  "Cayman ndi wothetsa mavuto," adatero Gates. "Koma osati zimenezo zokha. Mukuona, palibe amene akudziwa kuti iye ndi wothetsa mavuto ndani. Kupeza kwake kuli pompopompo komanso kopanda malire. Koma akakankhidwa, palibe amene amadziwa yemwe gehena akumugwirira ntchito. "
  
  Foni ya Drake inalira ndikudula. Anayang'ana pazenera ndipo adakondwera kuwona kuti woyimbayo anali Thorsten Dahl.
  
  "Hey, ndi Swede wopenga! Bwanji, bwanawe? Ukulankhulabe ngati chitsiru?"
  
  "Zingamveke choncho. Ndakhala ndikuyesera kulumikizana ndi munthu kwa maola angapo ndikumvetsetsa. Tsoka silinandikomere mtima."
  
  "Ndinu mwayi kuti mwapeza mmodzi wa ife," adatero Drake. "Pakhala masiku ovuta."
  
  "Chabwino, zitha kukhala zovuta kwambiri." Dahl wabwerera.
  
  "Ndikukayikira zimenezo-"
  
  "Tamverani. Tinapeza chojambula. Mapu kuti akhale olondola kwambiri. Tidakwanitsa kumasulira zambiri chitsirucho Cayman asanachitchule ngati nkhani yachitetezo chapamwamba. Mwa njira, kodi Hayden kapena Gates adapezapo chilichonse chokhudza iye?"
  
  Drake anaphethira mosokonezeka. "Kamani? Kodi munthu wa ku Cayman uyu ndi ndani? Ndipo Hayden ndi Gates akudziwa chiyani?
  
  "Zilibe kanthu. Ndilibe nthawi yochuluka. Kwa nthawi yoyamba, Drake adazindikira kuti mnzakeyo amalankhula monong'ona komanso mwachangu. "Taonani. Mapu amene tapeza akusonyeza kumene kunali manda atatuwo. Kodi mwamvetsa izi? Pali manda atatu a milungu."
  
  "Tangopeza wachiwiri." Drake adamva kuti mphepo yamuchotsa. "Ndi zazikulu."
  
  "Ndimaganizanso Choncho. Kenako mapu akuwoneka kuti ndi olondola. Koma, Drake, uyenera kumva izi, manda achitatu ndi aakulu kuposa onse, ndipo ndi oipa kwambiri. "
  
  "Zoyipa?"
  
  "Odzazidwa ndi milungu yoopsa kwambiri. Zonyansa kwambiri. Zolengedwa zoipa. Manda achitatu anali chinachake cha ndende, kumene imfa inkakakamizidwa m'malo movomerezedwa. Ndipo Drake ..."
  
  "Chani?"
  
  "Ngati tikulondola, ndikuganiza kuti ili ndi kiyi yamtundu wina wa chida cha tsiku la chiwonongeko."
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI ATATU
  
  
  Pomwe mdima wina udafika ku Hawaii ndipo magawo otsatira a megaplan akale adayamba, Drake, Alicia ndi May adazisiya kuti athetse vuto lawo kamodzi.
  
  Mwamwayi, iwo anasankha malo ochititsa chidwi koposa onse. Gombe la Waikiki lomwe lili ndi nyanja ya Pacific yofunda, yowala kwambiri ndi mwezi wathunthu ukukhala mbali imodzi ndi mizere ya mahotela oyaka moto mbali inayo.
  
  Koma usikuuno anali malo a anthu owopsa ndi mavumbulutso ovuta. Mphamvu zitatu za chilengedwe zinasonkhana pamodzi pamsonkhano umene ungasinthe moyo wawo kwamuyaya.
  
  Drake analankhula kaye. "Awiri muyenera kundiuza. Ndani adapha Wells ndipo chifukwa chiyani. Ndiye chifukwa chake tili pano, ndiye kuti palibenso chifukwa chomenyera tchire."
  
  "Sichifukwa chokha chomwe takhalira pano." Alicia anayang'ana Mai. "Mbalameyi inathandiza kupha Hudson mwa kukhala chete ponena za mlongo wake wamng'ono. Yakwana nthawi yoti ine ndi mwamuna wanga tibwezere zachikale."
  
  Mai anapukusa mutu pang'onopang'ono. "Sizowona. Chibwenzi chako chonenepa, chopusa-"
  
  "Ndiye mu mzimu wa Wells." Adatelo Alicia. Ndikanakonda nditakhala ndi nthawi yopuma!
  
  Alicia adapita kutsogolo ndikumumenya kwambiri May. Kamsungwana kakang"ono ka ku Japan anadzandima, kenako n"kuyang"ana m"mwamba ndikumwetulira.
  
  "Mwakumbukira".
  
  "Unandiuza chiyani kuti ndikadzakumenyanso ndizakumenye ngati mwamuna? Inde, sumakonda kuiwala zinthu ngati zimenezo. "
  
  Alicia anatulutsa nkhonya zambirimbiri. Mai adabwerera m'mbuyo, akugwira dzanja lawo lililonse. Mchenga wozungulira iwo unkagwedezeka, umwazikana mwachisawawa ndi mapazi awo othamanga. Drake anayesa kulowererapo kamodzi, koma kugunda kwa khutu lake lakumanja kunamupangitsa kuganiza kawiri.
  
  "Osamangophana."
  
  "Sindingakulonjeze chilichonse," Alicia adadandaula. Anagwa ndikupunthwa mwendo wakumanja wa May. Mai anatera ndi kung"ung"udza, mchenga ukumuphwanya mutu. Alicia atayandikira, Mai adamuponya mchenga kumaso.
  
  "Mvula".
  
  "Chilichonse chili bwino," adatero Mai. Azimayi awiriwo anakumana maso ndi maso. Alicia adagwiritsidwa ntchito kutseka ndewu ndikumenya nkhonya zamphamvu ndi zigongono, zibakera ndi manja ake, koma Mai adagwira kapena kuzembera aliyense waiwo ndikuyankha chimodzimodzi. Alicia adagwira lamba wa May ndikuyesa kumugwetsa, koma chomwe adakwaniritsa ndikung'amba buluku la May.
  
  Ndipo kusiya chitetezo cha Alicia chitseguke.
  
  Drake adaphethira akuwona zomwe zikuchitika. "Tsopano izi zikuwoneka ngati zoona." Anabwerera mmbuyo. "Pitirizani".
  
  May anapezerapo mwayi pa kulakwa kwa Alicia, ndipo pakhoza kukhala mmodzi wotsutsana ndi wankhondo wa May-class. Mvula inagwa pa Alicia, ndipo anadzandima kumbuyo, dzanja lake lamanja likulendewera movutikira, ndipo mphuno yake ikuyaka ndi zikwapu zambiri. Ankhondo ambiri akadasiya atamenya kawiri kapena katatu, koma Alicia adapangidwa ndi zinthu zolimba, ndipo ngakhale pamapeto adatsala pang'ono kudzikoka.
  
  Anadziponya m'mwamba, ndikukankhira ndi kudabwitsa Mai ndi kugunda kwamiyendo iwiri kumimba. Alicia anatera chagada mumchenga ndikutembenuza thupi lonse.
  
  Only kukumana chomera nkhope ya dongosolo zovuta kwambiri. Kuwombera m'mimba kukadagwetsa Hulk, koma sikunayimitse Mai. Minofu yake inagunda mosavuta.
  
  Alicia adagwa, nyaliyo idatsala pang'ono kuzimitsa. Nyenyezi zinasambira pamaso pake, osati zija zomwe zinkathwanima m"mwamba usiku. Anabuula. "Damn lucky shot."
  
  Koma May anali atatembenukira kale kwa Drake.
  
  "Ndinapha Wells, Drake. Ndinatero".
  
  Iye anati: "Ndinazindikira mwamsanga. "Muyenera kuti munali ndi chifukwa. Chinali chiyani?"
  
  "Simunganene ngati nditapha mwana wapathengo wakale." Alicia adabuula pansi pawo. "Unganditchule kuti ndine psyche."
  
  Drake sanamumvere. Mai anakutumula mchenga patsitsi. Patapita mphindi imodzi, anapuma mozama n"kumuyang"ana m"maso mwake.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Zifukwa ziwiri. Choyambirira komanso chosavuta ndichakuti adazindikira za kubedwa kwa Chika ndikuwopseza kuti akuuzani.
  
  "Koma tikhoza kulankhula za-"
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Ili ndi gawo laling'ono chabe. "
  
  Kagawo kakang'ono kokha, iye anaganiza. Kodi mlongo wake wa May adabedwa kagawo kakang'ono?
  
  Apa Alicia anavutika kuti aimirire. Nayenso anatembenuka kuyang'anizana ndi Drake, maso ake atadzazidwa ndi mantha osadziwika bwino.
  
  "Ndikudziwa," May adayamba, kenako adaloza Alicia. "Tikudziwa china chake choyipa kwambiri. Chinthu choyipa. "...
  
  "Yesu, ngati simuyika izi, ndikuwombera mitu yanu yonse iwiri."
  
  "Choyamba, muyenera kudziwa kuti Welles sangakuuzeni zoona. Iye anali SAS. Iye anali wapolisi. Ndipo adagwira ntchito ku kagulu kakang'ono kamene kamakhala ndi chakudya chomwe chimayendetsa boma. "
  
  "Zoona? Za chiyani?" Magazi a Drake anawuma mwadzidzidzi.
  
  "Kuti mkazi wako - Alison - adaphedwa."
  
  Pakamwa pake panagwedezeka, koma panalibe mawu.
  
  "Unali pafupi kwambiri ndi munthu wina. Iwo ankafuna kuti muchoke mu gulu ili. Ndipo imfa yake inachititsa kuti usiye."
  
  "Koma ndinkati ndichoke. Ndidamusiyira SAS! "
  
  "Palibe amene ankadziwa," Mai anatero mwakachetechete. "Ngakhale sanadziwe."
  
  Drake adaphethira, akumva chinyontho mwadzidzidzi m'makona a maso ake. "Anali ndi mwana wathu."
  
  Mai adamuyang'ana ndi nkhope yotuwa. Alicia anatembenuka.
  
  "Sindinauzepo aliyense," adatero. "Nonse".
  
  Usiku wa ku Hawaii unkabuula mozungulira iwo, mafunde amphamvu ankanong'oneza nyimbo zakale zomwe zaiwalika kale, nyenyezi ndi mwezi zinayang'ana pansi mopanda chifundo monga kale, kusunga zinsinsi ndi kumvetsera malonjezo omwe munthu amatha kupanga nthawi zambiri.
  
  "Ndipo pali chinanso," Mai adatero mumdima. "Ndidakhala nthawi yayitali ndi Wells tikuyenda mozungulira Miami. Tili mu hotelo muja mukudziwa yemwe adaphulitsidwa ndidamumva akulankhula pa foni pafupifupi theka la khumi ndi mamuna ...
  
  "Munthu wanji?" Drake anatero mwachangu.
  
  Munthuyo dzina lake anali Cayman. Russell Cayman."
  
  
  TSIRIZA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  David Leadbeater
  Pa ngodya zinayi za Dziko Lapansi
  
  
  MUTU WOYAMBA
  
  
  Secretary of Defense Kimberly Crow adakhala pansi ndi nkhawa yomwe idakulirakulira mu mtima mwake womwe ukuthamanga kale. N"zoona kuti sanagwire ntchitoyo nthawi yaitali, koma ankaganiza kuti si tsiku lililonse pamene mkulu wa asilikali a nyenyezi zinayi komanso mkulu wa bungwe la CIA ankafuna kuti anthu azionana ndi munthu wina wa msinkhu wake.
  
  Chinali kachipinda kakang'ono, kowoneka bwino koma kokongola muhotela mu mzinda wa Washington; malo amene anazolowera zinthu zikafuna kuti munthu azichita zinthu mwanzeru kuposa masiku onse. Kuwala kocheperako kunkawoneka mochepa kwambiri kuchokera ku mazana a zinthu zagolide ndi zinthu zolimba za thundu, zomwe zinapatsa chipindacho kumva wamba komanso kutsindika za mawonekedwe ndi mafotokozedwe osinthika a omwe adakumana pano. Qrow anadikira kuti woyamba alankhule.
  
  Mark Digby, bambo wa CIA, adafika pomwepo. "Gulu lako lapenga, Kimberly," adatero, mawu ake akudutsa mumlengalenga ngati asidi kudzera muzitsulo. "Amadzilembera yekha tikiti."
  
  Qrow, yemwe amayembekeza kuukira kowopsa kumeneku, adadana ndi kudzitchinjiriza, koma analibe chochita. Ngakhale amalankhula, adadziwa kuti ndi zomwe Digby amafuna. "Anayitana kuti aweruzidwe. M'munda. Mwina sindingakonde, Mark, koma ndikutsatirabe. "
  
  "Ndipo tsopano tatsalira," General George Gleason anadandaula mosakhutira. Chinkhoswe chatsopano chinali chonse chomwe iye ankasamala nacho.
  
  "M'mpikisano umene umatchedwa 'malo otchuthi'? Okwera? Chonde. Malingaliro athu abwino sanasinthebe code. "
  
  "Khalani nacho, eya?" Digby anapitiriza ngati kuti Gleeson sanasokoneze. "Nanga bwanji lingaliro lawo lopha munthu wamba?"
  
  Qrow anatsegula pakamwa pake, koma sanalankhule kalikonse. Ndi bwino kusachita izi. Digby amadziwa bwino kuposa momwe amachitira ndipo amazigwiritsa ntchito pomaliza pake.
  
  Anamuyang'ana molunjika. "Nanga bwanji, Kimberly?"
  
  Anamuyang'ana mmbuyo, osanena kalikonse, mpweya tsopano ukugunda pakati pawo. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti Digby ayamba kusweka. Munthuyo ankangokhalira kunjenjemera chifukwa chofuna kugawira ena, kutsanulira moyo wake ndi kuuumba mogwirizana ndi maganizo ake.
  
  "Mwamuna wina dzina lake Joshua Vidal anawathandiza pakufufuza kwawo. Gulu langa lomwe linali pansi silinadziwe chifukwa chake likumufunafuna, kapena chifukwa chake anazimitsa makamera onse m'chipinda choyang'anira, "anayima kaye," mpaka atayang'ana pambuyo pake ndikupeza ... "Anapukusa mutu, akunamizira. Chisoni chachikulu kuposa akatswiri ambiri a zisudzo.
  
  Qrow werengani pakati pa mizere, mukumva zigawo zambiri zopanda pake. "Kodi muli ndi lipoti lathunthu?"
  
  "Ndimakhulupirira". Digby anagwedeza mutu motsimikiza. "Zidzakhala patebulo lako madzulo."
  
  Qrow adakhala chete pazonse zomwe amadziwa za ntchito yaposachedwa. Gulu la SPEAR lidalumikizana - mosavutikira - koma adadziwa pang'ono zomwe zidachitika. Komabe, kuphedwa kwa Joshua Vidal uyu, ngati kuli zoona patali, kudzakhala ndi zotsatira zakuya komanso zazikulu kwambiri ku gululi. Onjezani ku izi Mark Digby, yemwe anali mtundu wa munthu amene anali wokondwa kuwongolera cholakwa chilichonse chomwe chinapititsa patsogolo zolinga zake, ndipo gulu la Hayden likhoza kutchedwa manyazi ku United States mosavuta. Akhoza kutha, kuikidwa m'gulu la anthu othawa kwawo omwe amamangidwa, kapena ... oipitsitsa.
  
  Zonse zidadalira dongosolo la Digby.
  
  Crowe amayenera kupondaponda mosamala kwambiri, kukumbukira ntchito yake yomwe inali yovuta. Kufika mpaka apa, kukwera chonchi, sikunali kopanda zoopsa zake-ndipo ena anali kumubisalirabe.
  
  General Gleason adaseka. "Sizipita patsogolo chilichonse. Makamaka anyamata amene amagwira ntchito m"minda."
  
  Qrow anagwedeza mutu kwa General. "Ndikuvomereza, George. Koma SPEAR anali ndi ndipo akupitiriza kukhala ndi imodzi mwa magulu athu ogwira mtima kwambiri, pamodzi ndi SEAL Teams 6 ndi 7. Iwo ali ... apadera m'njira zambiri. Ndikutanthauza, kwenikweni, palibe gulu lina padziko lapansi ngati iwo. "
  
  Kuyang'ana kwa Digby kunali kovuta. "Ndimaona kuti zimenezi n"zosaopsa kwambiri m"malo moti ndikhale wapamwamba. Magulu awa a SWAT amafunikira zingwe zazifupi, osati maunyolo omasuka. "
  
  Qrow adamva kuti mlengalenga ukuwonongeka ndipo adadziwa kuti mtsogolomu zikhala zoyipa kwambiri. "Timu yanu yachoka panja. Ali ndi mavuto amkati. Zinsinsi zakunja zomwe zingabwere kudzatiluma tonse mu bulu..." Anakhala kaye kaye.
  
  General Gleason anadandaulanso. "Chomaliza chomwe timafunikira ndi gulu la mabungwe ankhanza ochokera kumayiko osiyanasiyana omwe alemba ntchito ku United States omwe achita misala kutsidya lina, ndikupanga mkuntho wina. Ndibwino kuti tidutse ubale tikatha. "
  
  Qrow sanabise kudabwa kwake. "Mukulankhula za chiyani?"
  
  "Sitinena chilichonse." Digby anayang'ana makoma ngati amayembekezera kuona makutu a Dumbo.
  
  "Mukunena kuti amangidwe?" iye anakankha.
  
  Digby anagwedeza mutu wake mosazindikira; zosaoneka, koma kuyenda komwe kunali mabelu ochenjeza mkati mwa mzimu wa Qrow. Sanakonde, ngakhale pang"ono chabe, koma njira yokhayo yochepetsera chipwirikiti choopsa chomwe chinali m"chipindamo ndikuchoka chinali kupita patsogolo.
  
  "Ikamo pini," iye anatero ndi mawu opepuka monga momwe akanatha kulira. "Ndipo tiyeni tikambirane chifukwa china chimene takhalira pano. Pa ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi.
  
  "Tiyeni tilankhule mwachindunji," anatero mkulu wa asilikaliyo. "Ndipo yang"anani pa zowona, osati nthano. Zowona zimati gulu lina la ma psychos lidapunthwa pamipukutu yazaka makumi atatu yomwe idalembedwa ndi zigawenga zomwe zidabisala ku Cuba. Zowona zimati gulu ili la psychos lidapitilira ndikukankhana kuwatsitsa pa Network Network, zomwe ndizachilengedwe kwa gululi. Izi ndi zoona."
  
  Khwangwala ankadziwa kuti mkulu wa asilikaliyo ankadana kwambiri ndi nthano zakale komanso kuti analibe nzeru. "Ndikuganiza choncho, George."
  
  "Mukufuna zina?"
  
  "Chabwino, ndikutsimikiza kuti tatsala pang'ono kuwamva."
  
  "Wasayansi aliyense wamisala, aliyense wa ku Indiana wokonda Jones wannabe komanso zigawenga zongotengera mwayi padziko lapansi tsopano ali ndi chidziwitso chomwe timachita. Boma lililonse, gulu lililonse lankhondo lapadera, gulu lililonse la black ops laziwona. Ngakhale omwe kulibe. Ndipo pakali pano ... onse anaika chidwi chawo pamalo amodzi. "
  
  Qrow sanali wotsimikiza kuti amakonda fanizo lake, koma adafunsa, "Ndi iti?"
  
  "Konzani dongosolo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza. Konzekerani kutha kwa dziko."
  
  "Tsopano zikuwoneka ngati zodabwitsa kuchokera kwa inu, General."
  
  "Ndinawerenga mawu onse, ndizo zonse."
  
  "Tonse taziwerenga. Zonse izi, "adasokoneza Digby. "Zowona, izi ziyenera kuganiziridwa mozama ndipo sizingachepetsedwe pakadali pano. Chikalata chachikulu, chomwe amachitcha kuti "Lamulo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza," chimanena za Okwera pamahatchi ndipo, tikukhulupirira, dongosolo lomwe amayenera kufunidwa.
  
  "Koma-" Gleason mwachionekere sakanatha kudzithandiza. "Ngodya zinayi. Izi sizomveka konse."
  
  Qrow adamuthandiza kupita patsogolo. "Ndikuganiza kuti izi zidalembedwa mwadala, George. Kusokoneza chisankho. Kapena mupangitse kuti izipezeka kwa omwe asankhidwa ndi Order. "
  
  "Sindimakonda". Gleason ankawoneka ngati wayamba misala.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira". Qrow adamenya tebulo kutsogolo kwake. "Koma taonani - zolembazo zikudzutsa mafunso ambiri, onse omwe alibe mayankho. Kwenikweni, ali kuti tsopano...
  
  "Ichi sichiri chinsinsi chachikulu chomwe timakumana nacho," Digby sanavomereze. "Dongosolo ili ndi lomwe tiyenera kutembenukira mwachangu."
  
  Qrow adasangalala ndi chigonjetso chachinyengo ichi. "MIKONKO ili kale ku Egypt," adatsimikiza motero. "Kutenga zolembedwa pamanja ndikungoganiza kuti kumasulira kwathu koyambirira ndikolondola ndi komwe tiyenera kukhala."
  
  Digby analuma mlomo wake wapansi. "Zonsezi nzabwino," adatero, "komanso zimatifikitsa komwe tikufuna kukhala. Liyenera kupangidwa tsopano, Kimberly. "
  
  "Tsopano?" Anadabwadi. "Sakupita kulikonse ndipo kungakhale kulakwitsa kuwachotsa pabwalo. Ndikuganiza kuti mwamvetsa zolembedwa pamanja? Okwera pamahatchi anayi? Zida zinayi zomalizira? Nkhondo, kugonjetsa, njala, Imfa. Ngati izi ndi zomveka, timafunikira kuti achite zomwe akuchita bwino. "
  
  "Kimberly." Digby anasisita maso ake. "Iwe ndi ine tili ndi malingaliro osiyana kwambiri pa zomwe zili."
  
  "Zowona sungathe kutsutsa zomwe adachita kale?"
  
  "Mumatanthauzira bwanji kupambana?" Digby anatambasula manja ake monyanyira. "Inde, adathetsa ziwopsezo zingapo, koma nawonso a SEALs, Rangers, CIA Special Activities Division, SOG, Marine Raiders ..." Anayima kaye. "Ukuwona komwe ndikupita?"
  
  "Mukuti sitikufuna SPIR."
  
  Digby adaponya maso dala. "Sizinachitikepo".
  
  Qrow adatenga nthawi yopitilira sekondi imodzi kuti aganizire za chipongwe chomwe akufuna. Anayang'ana kuchokera ku Digby kupita ku Gleason, koma wamkuluyo adangoyankha mopanda chidwi, mopanda kukayika, chiwonetsero chakunja cha luso lake lopanga zinthu. Zinali zomveka kwa iye kumene SPIR inapambana. Gleeson moona mtima sanamvetse izi, ndipo Digby adatsata cholinga china.
  
  Iye anati: "Pakadali pano, tili ndi mawu ndi malipoti, makamaka mphekesera. Gulu ili laika miyoyo yawo pachiswe, lataya amuna awo ndikudzipereka nthawi ndi nthawi chifukwa cha dziko lino. Ali ndi ufulu wolankhula."
  
  Digby anayang'ana nkhope, koma sananene kanthu. Qrow adatsamira pampando wake, akumasangalala mumkhalidwe wabata womwe udafalikira m'makona anayi achipindacho pofuna kuti asamangoyang'ana. Munthu ankafunika kuika maganizo pa zinthu komanso bata polimbana ndi njoka zaululu.
  
  "Ndikufuna kutumiza anthu ku TerraLeaks kuti aletse izi," adatero. "Mpaka umboni wa Lamuloli utakhazikitsidwa. Zomwe zichitike posachedwa, "adaonjeza. "Tikufufuza zanyumba yaku Cuba komwe izi zidapezeka. Ndipo timalola Team SPEAR kugwira ntchito yake. Palibe amene angachite mwachangu. "
  
  General Gleason anavomera mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza. "Alipo," iye anafuula motero.
  
  Digby ndiye adamwetulira kwambiri, ponena za mphaka yemwe adalandira zonona. "Ndimavomereza malingaliro anu onse," iye anatero. "Ndikufuna kutsimikizira kuti sindikugwirizana nawo, koma ndivomereza. Ndipo pobwezera, ndikufuna kuti muvomereze kaganizidwe kanga kakang'ono."
  
  Wokondedwa Mulungu, ayi. "Ndani mwa iwo?"
  
  "Tikutumiza timu yachiwiri. Kuwathandiza ndipo mwina kuwathandiza."
  
  Qrow ankadziwa zomwe ankanena. "Kuphimba" kumatanthauza kuyang"ana, ndipo "kuthandiza" mwina kunkatanthauza kuchita.
  
  "Timu iti?"
  
  "SEAL Team 7. Ayandikira."
  
  "Zodabwitsa." Qrow anapukusa mutu. "Tili ndi magulu athu awiri abwino kwambiri m'dera limodzi nthawi imodzi. Kodi zimenezi zinachitika bwanji?
  
  Digby adakwanitsa kukhalabe wopanda pake. "Zochitika mwangozi. Koma muyenera kuvomereza kuti awiri amaposa mmodzi."
  
  "Chabwino". Qrow adadziwa kuti alibe chochitira koma kuvomereza. "Koma matimu awiriwa sangakumane. Osati pa chifukwa chirichonse. Zonse zili bwino?"
  
  "Pokhapo ngati dziko likudalira." Digby adamwetulira, akuzemba funsolo ndikupangitsa Gleeson kubuula.
  
  "Khalani akatswiri," adatero Gleason. "Nditha kukhala ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri m'malo oyenera m'maola ochepa chabe. Ngati tithetsa izi posachedwa. "
  
  Lingalirani bwino. Qrow adapewa kuuza awiriwa kuti asalole chitseko chiwamenye pamatako potuluka. Kwa SPEAR, sizikadakhala zovuta kwambiri. Kwa munthu yemwe adapha Joshua Vidal, zinali zankhanza. Kwa iye, zikhoza kukhala zilizonse zomwe zili pamwambazi komanso zoipitsitsa. Koma choyamba, tiyeni tipulumutse dziko, iye anaganiza.
  
  Apanso.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIWIRI
  
  
  Alexandria ili mu ulemerero wake wonse wamakono kuseri kwa zenera la galasi; mzinda wotukuka wa konkriti wozunguliridwa ndi nyanja yonyezimira, yodziwika ndi mitengo ya kanjedza ndi mahotela, gombe lopindika komanso Library yochititsa chidwi ya Alexandria.
  
  Nyumba yotetezedwa ya CIA idayang'anizana ndi misewu isanu ndi umodzi yotsamwitsidwa ndi magalimoto yomwe imakhota pang'onopang'ono m'mphepete mwa gombe. Njira zonse zolowera pakhonde losasunthika kuchokera kunja zinali zocheperapo ndi magalasi olemera ndi mipiringidzo. Chipinda chachikulu chokha chojambulira chinapereka zizindikiro zilizonse za chitonthozo; khichiniyo inali yaing'ono komanso yosasinthika, zipinda ziwirizi zinali zitakhala kale zitsulo. Ndi munthu m'modzi yekha amene amagwira ntchito m'nyumba yotetezeka nthawi zonse, ndipo mwachiwonekere anali kunja kwa malo ake abwino.
  
  Alicia anaitanitsa kapu ya khofi. "Hey man, awa ndi anayi akuda, awiri ndi mkaka, atatu ndi zonona ndipo wina ali ndi kukoma kwa sinamoni. Mukumvetsa?"
  
  "Sindi..." Munthu wina makumi atatu wokhala ndi magalasi opyapyala ndi nsidze zakuda adaphethira mwaukali. "Sindimapanga khofi. Kodi mukumvetsa izi?
  
  "Simukumvetsa? Chabwino, muli bwanji kuno?"
  
  "Mgwirizano. Kulumikizana kwanuko. Wosamalira nyumba. Ine-"
  
  Alicia adatsinzina maso ake mwachidwi. "Woyang'anira nyumba?"
  
  "Inde. Koma sichoncho. Ine-"
  
  Alicia anatembenuka. "Bwanji, bwana. Simuyala mabedi. Simumapanga khofi. Kodi tikulipira chiyani?"
  
  Drake adayesetsa kunyalanyaza mkazi wachingelezi, m'malo moganizira za msonkhano pakati pa Smith ndi Lauren. New Yorker idakonzedwa ndikuwulukira ku Egypt panthawi yomwe chiwopsezo chatsopanocho chidakhala chowopsa kupita patsogolo. Atayima pakati pa chipindacho ndi tsitsi lake pansi ndi maonekedwe ake osewerera pa nkhope yake, anali wokonzeka kusintha gululo, koma pamene Smith adayandikira Lauren, malingaliro osiyanasiyana adamugwera.
  
  "Osati tsopano," anayankha mwamsanga.
  
  "Ndili moyo," Smith anakwiya. Ndimaganiza kuti mwina mungakonde.
  
  M'malo mobweza, Lauren adapumira mpweya. "Ndimakuderani nkhawa tsiku lililonse, mphindi iliyonse. Ndimakhulupirira. Kodi mukuikonda, Smith?"
  
  Msilikaliyo anatsegula pakamwa pake kuti atsutse, koma Alicia analowererapo mwanzeru. "Damn, sunamve? Dzina lake ndi Lancelot. Amachikonda kuposa Smith. Tsopano tonse timamutcha choncho."
  
  Lauren adadzidzimuka kachiwiri mu mphindi imodzi. "Lance-a-chiyani? Si dzina la knight wakale?"
  
  "Ndithu," anatero Alicia mosangalala. "Mnyamata yemweyo amene anachita chigololo ndi mkazi wa mfumu."
  
  "Mukunena kuti ndide nkhawa? Kapena umasamala?"
  
  Alicia anamuyang'ana Smith. "Ayi. Akakutaya, chabwino kwambiri chimene angalandire ndi nyani, ndipo ku Iguputo kulibe anyani a nkhope zofiira." Anayang'ana mozungulira chipindacho ndi maso ofunsa mafunso. "Osachepera kunja kwa chipinda chino."
  
  Mai anali atayima pafupi ndi Lauren, atatsamira pambali atayang'ana kawiri chitetezo cha nyumba yotetezedwa. "Kodi tigwire ntchitoyo? Ndikuganiza kuti ndi chifukwa chake Lauren ali pano?"
  
  "Inde Inde". The New Yorker mwamsanga anatsitsimuka. "Kodi nonse mungakonde kukhala pansi? Zitha kutenga nthawi. "
  
  Yorgi adapeza mpando wopanda munthu. Drake adakhala pampando wampando, akuyang'ana mozungulira chipindacho. Zinali zomveka kwa iye, akuyang'ana kumbali, momwe Dal ndi Kenzi adayandikirana kwambiri, momwe Hayden adazembera ku Kinimaki, ndipo, mothokoza, momwe Alicia ndi May tsopano ankawoneka kuti akuvomerezana kwambiri. Drake adatsitsimutsidwa kwambiri ndi zotsatirazi, koma chinthu chachikulu chotsatira chinali pafupi kuchitika. Yorgi wakhala chete ali chete kuyambira vumbulutso lake masiku atatu apitawo.
  
  Ndine amene ndinapha makolo anga mopanda mantha.
  
  Inde, izi zinafooketsa chikondwererochi, koma palibe amene anakakamiza anthu a ku Russia. Anapitadi kutali kuti avomereze zomwe adachita; Tsopano anafunikira nthawi yomasulira chikumbukirocho kukhala mawu enieni.
  
  Lauren adawoneka wosamasuka ataima pamutu pachipindacho, koma Smith atabwerera m'mbuyo, adayamba kuyankhula. "Choyamba, titha kukhala ndi chitsogozo cha komwe Tyler Webb ali stash. Kumbukirani - adalonjeza kuti zinsinsi zambiri zidzawululidwa?"
  
  Drake adakumbukira bwino izi. Iwo akhala akuda nkhawa ndi zotsatirapo zake kuyambira pamenepo. Kapena osachepera awiri kapena atatu anali.
  
  "Koma tsopano tilibe nthawi ya zimenezo. Pambuyo pake, ndikuyembekeza kuti tonse titha kupita paulendo. Koma izi ... chiwopsezo chatsopanochi chidayamba pomwe bungwe la TerraLeaks lidatumiza zolemba zambiri pa intaneti. " Iye ananjenjemera. "Zofanana ndi bomba lomwe lagwetsedwa pamaziko a digito. Zolemba zonse zinali zolembedwa pamanja, zowonekeratu kuti ndi zabodza komanso zodzikweza. Nthawi zonse zakale zinyalala. Ogwira ntchito ku TerraLeaks adawapeza mnyumba yakale ku Cuba, zomwe zidatsala zaka zambiri zapitazo. Zikuoneka kuti nyumbayo inali likulu la anthu amisala omwe ankadzitcha kuti Order of the Last Judgment."
  
  "Zikumveka ngati kuseka kwambiri," adatero Drake.
  
  "Ndithu zinali choncho. Koma kunena zoona, zinthu zikuipiraipira. Anthu onsewa anali zigawenga zankhondo zomwe zinathawa ku Germany kwa Nazi ndikubisala ku Cuba. Tsopano, monga inu nonse mukudziwira, n'kosavuta kulemba mndandanda wa zinthu zodabwitsa zomwe chipani cha Nazi sichinali nacho chidwi kuposa mndandanda wa zomwe iwo anali. Dongosololi linapangidwa kuti lipereke zinthu ku mibadwo yamtsogolo. Ngati agwidwa kapena kuphedwa, angafune kumveka bwino kwinakwake m"tsogolo."
  
  "Ndipo umati ali nayo?" Hayden anafunsa.
  
  "Chabwino, pakali pano. Palibe chomwe chatsimikiziridwa. Lamuloli linali la akazembe awiri, akuluakulu aboma awiri otchuka komanso amalonda awiri olemera. Pamodzi akanakhala ndi mphamvu zazikulu ndi zothandizira. "
  
  "Tikudziwa bwanji izi?" Mai anafunsa.
  
  "O, sanali kubisa kalikonse. Mayina, zochitika, malo. Zonsezi zili m'mabuku. Ndipo TerraLeaks adatsatira zomwezo," Lauren adapukusa mutu, "momwe amachitira."
  
  "Mukunena kuti aliyense akudziwa?" Drake anatero mwakachetechete. "Mabungwe aliwonse akupha padziko lapansi? Zopanda." Anatembenuzira mutu wake pawindo, ngati akuganizira dziko lonse kunja, kubwera palimodzi.
  
  Lauren anayamba kufotokoza kuti: "Chikalata chimene tikukambiranachi sichinatheretu.
  
  Alicia anabwebweta. "Pokhapokha, inde, ndi choncho."
  
  "Chotero tilibe chidziwitso chonse. Titha kungoganiza kuti zigawenga zankhondo izi, zomwe zidasowa padziko lapansi zaka makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazo, sanapatsidwe mwayi womaliza ntchito yawo. "
  
  "Wasowa?" Dahl anang'ung'udza, kusuntha pang'ono kuchokera kumapazi kupita kumapazi. "Kawirikawiri izi zikutanthauza apolisi achinsinsi. Kapena Special Forces. Ndizomveka popeza anali zigawenga zankhondo. "
  
  Lauren anagwedeza mutu. "Uku ndi kumvana. Koma amene "anasoŵa" sanaganize zokayang"ana malo obisalamo.
  
  "Ndiye mwina SAS." Dahl adayang'ana Drake. "Zovuta zamafuta."
  
  "Osachepera mphamvu zathu zapadera sizimatchedwa ABBA."
  
  Kinimaka anapita pawindo kuti awone. "Zikumveka ngati mayi wa zolakwa zonse," adalowa mu galasi lake. "Ndimalola kuti chidziwitsochi chifalikire momasuka. Ndi maboma angati omwe azisakasaka izi nthawi imodzi?
  
  "Asachepera asanu ndi limodzi," adatero Lauren. "Zomwe tikudziwa. Pakali pano pakhoza kukhala zambiri kuposa izi. Mpikisanowu unayamba pamene anyamata inu mumamaliza ku Peru. "
  
  "Mwamaliza?" Smith anabwereza. "Tinapulumutsa miyoyo."
  
  Lauren anagwedezeka. "Palibe amene amakuimba mlandu pa izi."
  
  Drake anakumbukira momveka bwino zopempha za Smith mobwerezabwereza kuti afulumire gehena pa ntchito yomaliza. Koma tsopano sinali nthawi yoti tinene nkhaniyi. M'malo mwake, adakopa chidwi cha New Yorker mwakachetechete.
  
  "Chotero," iye anatero. "Bwanji osandiwuza ndendende zomwe Doomsday Order yakonza komanso momwe ikukonzekera kuwononga dziko?"
  
  Lauren adapuma mozama. "Ndiye zili bwino. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwakonzeka kuchita izi.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU
  
  
  "Kupyolera mu ma satellites, obisika ndi makamera, drones, NSA ... mumatchula, tikudziwa kuti mayiko ena osachepera asanu ndi limodzi akuthamanga kuti akhale oyamba kupeza ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi. Achimerika..." iye anaima kaye, kuganiza, "chabwino, pokhala Achimereka...inu mukufuna kukafika kumeneko pamaso pa ena. Osati chifukwa chofuna kutchuka, komanso chifukwa sitingathe kunena zomwe wina aliyense angachite ndi zomwe apeza. Kumverera ndi ... bwanji ngati Israeli apeza wakupha chinsinsi kuchokera mkati mwa dziko? Nanga China ikapeza onse anayi? "
  
  "Ndiye awa ndi mayiko omwe atsimikiziridwa kuti akugwira nawo ntchitoyi?" Kensi anafunsa mwakachetechete. "Israeli?"
  
  "Inde. Komanso China, France, Sweden, Russia ndi Great Britain.
  
  Drake ankaganiza kuti mwina akudziwa ena mwa anthu omwe anali nawo. Zinali zolakwa kuti achite zinthu zowatsutsa.
  
  "Zachinyengo," iye anatero. "Maoda enieniwo ndi ati?"
  
  Lauren adayang'ana laputopu yake kuti atsimikizire. "Zili ndi zochuluka kwambiri za 'palibe kulephera' komanso 'pa mtengo uliwonse'."
  
  "Amawona ngati chiwopsezo chapadziko lonse lapansi," adatero Hayden. "Kulekeranji? Nthawi zonse pangotsala masiku ochepa kuti apocalypse yotsatira ichitike. "
  
  "Komabe," adatero Drake, "tonse tili mbali imodzi."
  
  Hayden anaphethira pa iye. "Oo. Siyani mankhwala ozunguza bongo bwanawe."
  
  "Ayi, ndikutanthauza-"
  
  "Zikwapu zambiri zidamupangitsa misala." Dahl anaseka.
  
  Maso a Drake adachita chidwi. "Tseka pakamwa pako." Anaima kaye. "Kodi mwafunsapo za Yorkshire wanu? Komabe, zomwe ndikutanthauza ndikuti tonse ndife magulu apadera. Dulani kuchokera ku nsalu yomweyo. Sitiyenera kuthamangitsana wina ndi mnzake padziko lonse lapansi. "
  
  "Ndikuvomereza," Hayden anatero mosatengeka mtima. "Ndiye ukukambirana ndi ndani?"
  
  Drake anatambasula manja ake. "Pulezidenti Coburn?"
  
  "Choyamba muyenera kudutsa Minister of Defense. Ndipo ena. Cole wazunguliridwa ndi makoma ochulukirapo kuposa makoma akuthupi, ndipo ena mwa iwo alibe zipolopolo. "
  
  "Sitimagulu onse azisewera masewera apaubwenzi," adatero Kenzie molimba mtima.
  
  "Ndithu". Drake adagonja ndikukakhala pansi. "Pepani, Lauren. Pitirizani."
  
  "Chabwino. Chifukwa chake, aliyense wawerenga zikalata zomwe zidatayidwa. Zambiri mwa izo ndi za Nazi, kunena zoona. Ndipo ine ndikuwerenga izi liwu ndi liwu. Tsamba lotchulidwa pambuyo pa gulu lomvetsa chisonili, lotchedwa "Lamulo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza", limasonyeza momveka bwino zomwe zimatchedwa "malo opumira" a Okwera Pamahatchi Anayi: Nkhondo, Kugonjetsa, Njala ndi Imfa.
  
  "Kuchokera mu Bukhu la Chivumbulutso?" Hayden anafunsa. "Okwera pamahatchi anayi aja?"
  
  "Inde." Lauren adagwedeza mutu, akuyang'anabe zolemba zambiri zotsimikiziridwa ndi ena mwa akatswiri abwino kwambiri ku America. "Mwanawankhosa wa Mulungu amatsegula zisindikizo zinayi zoyambazo, zimene zikutulutsa zamoyo zinayi zokwera pamahatchi oyera, ofiira, akuda ndi a nkhope yotuwa. Zachidziwikire, adalumikizidwa ku chilichonse kwazaka zambiri ndipo amatanthauziridwanso nthawi ndi nthawi mu chikhalidwe chodziwika bwino. Iwo afotokozedwanso ngati chizindikiro cha Ufumu wa Roma ndi mbiri yake yotsatira. Koma Hei, a Nazi amatha kusewera nawo mwanjira iliyonse yomwe akufuna, sichoncho? Tsopano mwina kuli bwino nditapereka izi. Anatulutsa mulu wa mapepala mu chikwama chake, akuwoneka ngati wabizinesi kuposa momwe Drake sanamuwonepo. Kusintha kosangalatsa kwa Lauren, komanso komwe akuwoneka kuti anali nako. Anayang'ana mwachangu pepalalo.
  
  "Kodi izi ndi zomwe zidapangitsa kuti aliyense atenthedwe? Kuitanitsa?
  
  "Inde, werengani izi."
  
  Dahl anaiwerenga mokweza pamene ena anailandira.
  
  "M"makona anayi a Dziko Lapansi tinapeza Okwera Pamahatchi Anayi ndi kuwafotokozera dongosolo la Lamulo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza. Awo amene adzapulumuka Nkhondo Yamtanda ya Chiweruzo ndi zotsatira zake moyenerera adzalamulira moyenerera. Ngati mukuwerenga izi, tatayika, choncho werengani ndikutsatira mosamala. Zaka zathu zomaliza zakhala tikusonkhanitsa zida zinayi zomaliza zakusintha kwadziko: Nkhondo, Kugonjetsa, Njala ndi Imfa. Agwirizana, adzawononga maboma onse ndikutsegula tsogolo latsopano. Khalani okonzeka. Apezeni. Yendani kumakona anayi a Dziko Lapansi. Pezani malo opumira a Atate wa Strategy ndiyeno Khagan; Mmwenye woyipitsitsa yemwe anayamba wakhalapo, ndiyeno Mliri wa Mulungu. Koma zonse siziri monga zikuwonekera. Tinapita ku Khagan mu 1960, zaka zisanu pambuyo pomaliza, ndikuyika Conquest m'bokosi lake. Ife tapeza Mliri woteteza Chiweruzo choona. Ndipo lamulo lokha lopha ndi pamene okwera pamahatchi anatulukira. Palibe zizindikiro zowazindikiritsa m'mafupa a Atate. Mmwenyeyo wazunguliridwa ndi zida. Lamulo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza tsopano likukhala kudzera mwa inu ndipo lidzalamulira mpaka kalekale."
  
  Drake adaviika zonse. Zidziwitso zambiri, zowona zambiri. Ntchito yambiri. Komabe, Dahl adamumenya mpaka nkhonya ndi ndemanga yake yoyamba. "Anauka? Kodi sadzapanduka?
  
  "Inde, pali chinachake cholakwika." Lauren anavomera. "Koma si typo."
  
  Mai anati, "Zikuwoneka kuti zikuwonetsa dongosolo lowonera, ngakhale mochenjera."
  
  Lauren adavomera ndi mutu. "Izi ndi Zow. Koma kodi mukumvetsanso chifukwa chimene amatcha "malo opumirawo?" Osati manda kapena manda kapena china chilichonse?
  
  "Chilichonse sichili momwe chikuwonekera," adawerenga mokweza Dahl.
  
  "Inde. Mwachionekere pakufunika kufufuza kowonjezereka."
  
  "Mmwenye wazunguliridwa ndi zida," Alicia adawerenga mokweza. "Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani?"
  
  "Tisadzitsogolere kwambiri," anatero Hayden.
  
  "Amakhulupirira kuti chidziŵitso cha malo onse opumirapo ameneŵa chinafa ndi dongosolo la chipani cha Nazi." Lauren anatero. "Mwina anali kukonzekera kujambula chinachake. Mwina ndi kukod. Kapena kupereka chidziwitso ku mibadwo ina. Sitikudziwa bwino lomwe, koma tikudziwa kuti ndizo zonse zomwe tiyenera kupitiriza, "ndipo aliyense ali m'bwato limodzi. Anayang'anitsitsa Drake. "Boti. Kupulumuka raft. Mwamva lingaliro. "
  
  A Yorkshireman anagwedeza mutu monyadira. "Ndithu ndikufuna. SAS imatha kupanga mwala kuyandama. "
  
  "Chabwino, aliyense amene timakumana naye, ali ndi zidziwitso zomwe timachita," adatero Hayden. "Kodi tiyambe bwanji?"
  
  Kinimaka anatembenuka kuchoka pawindo. "Pa ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi?" anafunsa. "Ali kuti?"
  
  Chipindacho chinkawoneka chopanda kanthu. "Ndizovuta kunena," adatero Dahl. "Pamene dziko lapansi ndi lozungulira."
  
  "Chabwino, nanga bwanji Wokwera Pahatchi woyamba yemwe adamufotokozera. Bambo wa Strategy uyu. " Kinimaka analowa m"chipindamo, akutsekereza kuwala konse pawindo lakumbuyo kwake. "Tili ndi maumboni otani?"
  
  "Monga ungayembekezere," Lauren adadula chinsalu, "thanki yoganiza kunyumba ikuchitanso izi ..." Anatenga nthawi kuti awerenge.
  
  Drake anatenga nthawi yomweyo kuti aganizire. Kutchula kwa Lauren za "thank yofikira kunyumba" kunangowonetsa zomwe kunalibe.
  
  Karin Blake.
  
  Inde, nthawi inadutsa pamene munali m"timu ya SPEAR, koma inali itadutsa kale tsikulo ngakhalenso mlungu umene Karin ankayenera kuitanidwa. Nthawi iliyonse akaganiza zolumikizana naye, china chake chimamuletsa - kaya ndi gulu la adani, zovuta zapadziko lonse lapansi, kapena zofuna zake kuti asakhumudwitse. Karin ankafuna malo ake, koma-
  
  Kodi iye ali kuti?
  
  Lauren anayamba kuyankhula, ndipo maganizo a Karin anayeneranso kuyimitsidwa.
  
  "Zikuoneka kuti munthu wa m"mbiriyo ankadziwika kuti Bambo wa Strategy. Hannibal."
  
  Smith ankawoneka wosatsimikiza. "Ndani mwa iwo?"
  
  Alicia anakakamira milomo yake. "Ngati uyu ndi bwenzi la Anthony Hopkins, sindituluka m'chipinda chino."
  
  "Hannibal Barca anali mtsogoleri wankhondo waku Carthage. Wobadwa mu 247 BC, anali munthu yemwe adatsogolera gulu lonse lankhondo, kuphatikiza njovu zankhondo, kudutsa Pyrenees ndi Alps kupita ku Italy. Iye anali ndi luso lozindikira mphamvu zake ndi zofooka za adani ake ndipo anagonjetsa ambiri a maiko ogwirizana ndi Roma. Njira yokhayo yomwe adalephera pomalizira pake inali pamene mnyamata wina adaphunzira njira zake zanzeru ndikupanga njira yoti azigwiritsa ntchito polimbana naye. Anali ku Carthage. "
  
  "Ndiye munthu uyu ndi Bambo wa Strategy?" -Anafunsa Smith. "Hannibal uyu?"
  
  "Ankaonedwa kuti ndi mmodzi mwa akatswiri ankhondo aakulu kwambiri m"mbiri yakale ndiponso mmodzi wa akazembe akale odziwika bwino pamodzi ndi Alexander Wamkulu ndi Kaisara. Anatchedwa Bambo wa Strategy chifukwa mdani wake wamkulu, Roma, m"kupita kwanthaŵi anatengera machenjerero ake ankhondo kukhala zolinga zawozawo."
  
  "Ichi ndi chigonjetso," adatero Dahl, "ngati panakhalapo m'modzi."
  
  Lauren anagwedeza mutu. "Zabwino. Hannibal ankaonedwa ngati zinthu zoopsa kwambiri kwa Aroma moti ankagwiritsa ntchito mwambiwu pakachitika tsoka lililonse. Atamasuliridwa, zimenezi zikutanthauza kuti Hannibal ali pachipata!
  
  "Bwererani ku dongosolo," Hayden adawalimbikitsa. "Zikukwana bwanji?"
  
  "Chabwino, titha kunena ndi chidaliro kuti Hannibal ndi m'modzi mwa okwera pamahatchi Anayi. Kuwonjezera pa mfundo yakuti zikuoneka kuti ankakwera pahatchi, wakhala akutchedwa Tate wa Strategy m"mbiri yonse. Izi zikutanthauza kuti Iye ndi Nkhondo, Wokwera Pahatchi woyamba. Iye anabweretsadi nkhondo ku Ufumu wa Roma."
  
  Drake adasanthula mawuwo. "Choncho apa akuti ndondomeko ya Doomsday Order idakhazikitsidwa ndi Okwera pamahatchi. Kodi tinganene kuti Dongosolo lidakwirira chida chowononga m'manda a Hannibal? Siyani izi kwa m'badwo wotsatira?
  
  Lauren anagwedeza mutu. "Ndikumverera kwachisawawa. Zida m'manda aliwonse. Padziko lonse lapansi pali manda."
  
  Kinimaka adakweza nsidze. "Zomwe, kachiwiri, zimakhala zomveka ngati siketi ya udzu."
  
  Hayden anagwedeza dzanja lake kwa iye kuti ayime. "Iwalani," iye anatero. "Pakadali pano. Zoonadi munthu ngati Hannibal ayenera kukhala ndi manda kapena manda?"
  
  Lauren adatsamira pampando wake. "Inde, apa ndi pamene zinthu zimasokonekera. Hannibal wokalamba wosauka anathamangitsidwa ndipo anafa imfa yomvetsa chisoni, mwina chifukwa cha poizoni. Anaikidwa m"manda osadziwika bwino."
  
  Maso a Drake adachita chidwi. "Bullshit".
  
  "Zimakupangitsani kuganiza, sichoncho?"
  
  "Kodi tili ndi malo?" Mai anafunsa.
  
  "Inde". Lauren anamwetulira. "Africa".
  
  
  MUTU WACHINAYI
  
  
  Alicia adapita ku kabati yakumbali ndikutulutsa botolo lamadzi pa mini fridge pamwamba. Kuyamba opaleshoni yatsopano kunali kovuta nthawi zonse. Mphamvu yake inali nkhondo; komabe, nthawi ino adafunikira dongosolo. Hayden anali atagwirizana kale ndi Lauren pa laputopu, ndipo Smith anali kuyesa kuyang'ana chidwi, mosakayikira chifukwa New Yorker anali kutenga mbali ina. O eya, komanso chifukwa sali m'ndende kukaona zigawenga zopenga.
  
  Alicia anali ndi maganizo akeake, koma zinkamuvuta kumvetsa maganizo a Lauren. Komabe, sanali kuweruza, osati moyo umene anali nawo kale. Lauren Fox anali wanzeru komanso wanzeru kuti awone zomwe zikubwera.
  
  Ndikukhulupirira. Alicia adamwa theka la botolo, kenako adatembenukira kwa Drake. The Yorkshireman anali atayima pafupi ndi Dahl ndi Kensi. Atatsala pang'ono kulowa pamene panali gulu pafupi naye.
  
  "O, moni Yogi. Zikuyenda bwanji kumeneko?
  
  "Chabwino". Wakuba waku Russia wakhala akukhumudwa kuyambira pomwe adawululidwa. "Kodi ukuganiza kuti amandida tsopano?"
  
  "WHO? Iwo? Mukunena zowona? Palibe amene amakuweruza, makamaka ine. Anaseka ndikuyang'ana uku ndi uku. "Kapena May. Kapena Drake. Ndipo makamaka osati Kenzi. Nsaluyo mwina ili ndi ndende yodzaza ndi zinsinsi zazing'ono zoyipa. "
  
  "ZOKHUDZA".
  
  "Osati ndendende chinsinsi chanu choyipa." Zopusa! "Eya, ndikuyeserabe kusintha pano. Sindikudziwa zoyipa za kuseka. "
  
  "Ndikuwona".
  
  Iye anatambasula dzanja lake: "Bwera kuno!" - ndipo adathamangira kumutu kwake pamene adachoka, akuyesera kuti agwire mutu wake. Yorgi adalumpha mpaka kumapeto kwa chipindacho, miyendo yake ikuwala. Alicia anawona kupanda pake kuthamangitsa.
  
  "Nthawi ina, mnyamata."
  
  Drake adayang'ana njira yake. "Ukudziwa, amakuopani."
  
  "Sindinkaganiza kuti mwanayo amawopa chilichonse. Osati atakhala nthawi m'ndende yaku Russia ndi makoma omanga. Ndiye udzapeza kuti akuopa." Adadziguguda pamutu.
  
  "Chida champhamvu kwambiri kuposa zonse," adatero Dahl. "Ingofunsani Hannibal."
  
  "O, Torsti amapanga nthabwala. Tiyeni tonse titembenukire ku kalendala. Koma kwambiri, "adaonjeza Alicia. "Mwanayo ayenera kulankhula. Sindili woyenerera bwino."
  
  Kensi anakuwa. "Zoona? ndikudabwa".
  
  "Kodi mwatchulidwa m'mawu a Webb? Eya, ndikuganiza choncho. "
  
  Aisraeli adachita mantha. "Ndimavutika kugona usiku. Ndiye?"
  
  "Ndichifukwa chake," adatero Alicia. "Palibe."
  
  "Ndikuganiza chifukwa chofanana ndi iwe."
  
  Panali chete chete. Dahl anakumana ndi Drake kuyang'ana pa mitu ya akazi ndipo anawerama pang'ono. Drake mwachangu adayang'ana kumbali, osawanyoza akaziwo, koma osafuna kuti awakokere pachitsime chatsoka. Alicia anayang'ana mmwamba pamene Hayden anayamba kuyankhula.
  
  "Chabwino," anatero abwana awo. "Zili bwino kuposa momwe Lauren ankaganizira poyamba. Ndani waulendo wopita ku Hellespont?
  
  Alicia anapumira. "Zikumveka bwino kwa timu yabwinoyi. Ndilembetseni."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Choyamba ndi helikopita ndiyeno ndi bwato lothamanga, gulu la SPEAR linafika ku Dardanelles. Dzuwa linali litayamba kale kulowa m'chizimezime, kuwalako kunasandulika kuchokera ku mpira wowala n'kukhala mzere wowoneka bwino chakumbuyo ndi kutsetsereka kopingasa. Drake adapeza kuti sakusintha pakati pa mayendedwe paulendo wovuta, ndipo adapeza nthawi yodabwa momwe oyendetsa adadutsa tsikulo mosatekeseka. Alicia, pokhala pafupi ndi iye pa helikopita, anafotokoza maganizo ake pang'ono.
  
  "Hey guys, mukuganiza kuti munthuyu akufuna kutipha?"
  
  Kinimaka, womangidwa molimba ndi kumamatira ku zingwe zopumira momwe angagwiritsire, ananena ndi mano, "Ndikutsimikiza kuti akuganiza kuti amadumpha."
  
  Kulumikizana kunali kogwira ntchito mokwanira komanso kotseguka. Panangoti phee pamene gulu lawo linkayendera zida zomwe a CIA apereka. Drake adapeza omwe akuwakayikira nthawi zonse, kuphatikiza ma Glocks, HKS, mipeni yankhondo ndi zida zosiyanasiyana za mabomba. Zida zowonera usiku zidaperekedwanso. Patangopita mphindi zochepa, Hayden anayamba kulankhula pa wolankhulayo.
  
  "Choncho, anthu, ndi nthawi yoti muganizirenso mbali ina ya ntchito imeneyi. Magulu opikisana. CIA ikunenabe kuti alipo asanu ndi limodzi, ndiye tiyeni tithokoze kuti sizowonjezera. Selo la Alexandria nthawi zonse limalandira zidziwitso kuchokera ku ma cell a CIA padziko lonse lapansi, kuchokera ku NSA ndi othandizira obisika. Amandifotokozera mfundo zilizonse zofunika-"
  
  "Ngati zingawathandize," anatero Kensi.
  
  Hayden anakhosomola. "Ndikumvetsa kuti mudakumana ndi zoyipa ndi mabungwe aboma, ndipo a CIA amavutitsa kwambiri, koma ndidawagwirira ntchito. Ndipo osachepera ndinagwira ntchito yanga moyenera. Ali ndi mtundu wonse woti atetezedwe. Musakayikire kuti ndikuuzani zoona. "
  
  "Ndikudabwa chomwe chikukweza siketi yake," Alicia adanong'oneza pa wolankhulayo. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti palibe chabwino."
  
  Kensi anamuyang'ana. "Ndi chiyani chomwe chingakupangitseni kuti siketi yanu ikhale yabwino?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa". Alicia anaphethira mwachangu. "Pakamwa pa Johnny Depp?"
  
  Hayden adakonza kukhosi kwake ndikupitilira. "Magulu asanu ndi limodzi a magulu apadera. N"zovuta kudziwa amene ali wachifundo komanso amene amadana naye. Musaganize. Tiyenera kuchitira aliyense ngati adani. Palibe dziko lililonse lomwe tikudziwa kuti likuchita nawo izi lomwe lingavomereze izi. Ndikumvetsa kuti mwina mumawadziwa ena mwa anyamatawa, koma nyimboyi imakhala yofanana. "
  
  Hayden atapuma pang'ono, Drake anaganiza za gulu lankhondo la Britain. A SAS anali ndi ma regiments angapo ndipo anali atachoka kwa zaka zambiri, komabe dziko la asitikali apamwamba kwambiri silinali lalikulu kwenikweni. Hayden anali wolondola kukamba za mikangano yomwe ingachitike komanso kusungitsa malo tsopano, m'malo mongogwidwa mwadzidzidzi ndi iwo pabwalo lankhondo. Dahl atha kukhala ndi chidwi ndi gulu la Sweden, ndi Kenzie ku Israeli. Ntchito yabwino, kunalibe chikhalidwe chaku America komweko.
  
  Iye anati: "Sindingayerekeze kuti China ingakhale yaubwenzi. "Ngakhale Russia."
  
  "Pali liwiro limeneli," anatero Mai, akuyang"ana pawindo. "Adzakhala mawonekedwe mumdima."
  
  "Kodi tili ndi lingaliro la zomwe zikuchitika mdziko lililonse?" - anafunsa Dahl.
  
  "Inde, ndinali kulunjika kumene. Monga momwe tingadziwire, anthu aku Sweden ali ndi maola angapo. A French akadali kunyumba. Mossad ali pafupi kwambiri, pafupi kwambiri. "
  
  "Inde," adatero Dahl. Palibe amene akudziwa kumene akupita.
  
  Drake anatsokomola pang'ono. "Kodi mukuyesera kulungamitsa kuyesa kulephera kwa Sweden?"
  
  "Tsopano ukumveka ngati uli ku Eurovision. Ndipo palibe amene anatchula Britain. Kodi iwo ali kuti? Ukupanga tiyi?" Dahl adakweza kapu yongoyerekeza, chala chake chaching'ono chikutulutsira ngodya.
  
  Inali mfundo yabwino. "Chabwino, Sweden mwina idayamba cham'mbuyo."
  
  "Osachepera iwo anayamba."
  
  "Anyamata," Hayden adalowererapo. "Musaiwale kuti nafenso tili mbali ya izi. Ndipo Washington ikuyembekeza kuti tipambane. "
  
  Drake adaseka. Dahl anaseka. Smith anayang'ana mmwamba pamene Lauren anayamba kuyankhula.
  
  "Chowonjezera chosangalatsa pa zonsezi ndikuti ena mwa mayikowa akutsutsa mwamphamvu chilichonse chomwe chingachitike. Zowona, kupusa kumakhala kokwera nthawi zonse, koma titha kuthana ndi zinthu zina zachinyengo. "
  
  "Mosavomerezeka? Magulu ang'onoang'ono?" - Anafunsa Kinimaka.
  
  "N'zotheka."
  
  "Zimangotibweretsanso ku chidziwitso choyambirira," adatero Hayden. "Aliyense amadana."
  
  Drake adadabwa kuti Smith akuganiza chiyani pa zomwe ananena. Kubwerera ku Cusco, Yoswa anali wankhanza, koma popeza imfa yake sinavomerezedwe ndi boma ndipo kukhala kwawo m'dzikoli kunali kusintha kosalekeza ndikutsutsidwa, palibe amene ankadziwa zomwe zidzachitike. Imfa ya munthuyu idangochitika mwangozi, koma idabwera chifukwa chakusaganizira komanso kuchita zinthu mwachangu. Inde, anali tizilombo komanso wakupha, koma zinthu zinali zosiyana.
  
  Pambuyo pa helikopita adadzaza mabwato. Atavala zakuda, nkhope zawo zidabisala, akudumpha bwino pamadzi a Hellespont, usikuwo unadzaza ndi mdima. Njira imene ankadutsa inali yopanda kanthu, ndipo magetsi anali kuthwanima kupyola gombe lakutali. Hellespont inali ngalande yofunikira yomwe imapanga gawo la malire a Europe ndi Asia. Njira yopapatiza, Gallipoli inali pamphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto, pamene malire ake ena anali ochepa. Pamene ankadutsa m"madzimo, Hayden ndi Lauren ankagwiritsa ntchito makina awo olankhulirana nawo.
  
  "Hannibal sanakhalepo ndi manda, ngakhale manda. Pambuyo pa ntchito yabwino, mkulu wodziwika bwinoyu anafa pafupifupi ali yekha, ali ndi poizoni atakalamba. Ndiye mumapeza bwanji manda osadziwika?"
  
  Drake anayang'ana mmwamba pamene Lauren anaima kaye. Kodi anawafunsa?
  
  Smith molimba mtima adayamba kupeza yankho. "Sonar?"
  
  "Ndizotheka, koma uyenera kukhala ndi lingaliro labwino la komwe ungayang'ane," adayankha Dahl.
  
  "Iwo adapeza chikalata chosadziwika bwino, chikalata chojambulidwa, inde, koma adataya nthawi," adatero Hayden. "Tsogolo la Hannibal nthawi zonse limakwiyitsa anthu omwe amakonda ngwazi yomwe imatsutsana ndi ulamuliro wa Roma. Mmodzi mwa anthu otere anali Purezidenti wa Tunisia, yemwe adayendera Istanbul m'zaka za m'ma sikisite. Paulendo umenewu, chinthu chokha chimene ankafuna chinali kutenga mtembo wa Hannibal kupita nawo ku Tunisia. Palibenso china chofunika. Kenako anthu a ku Turkey anasintha maganizo n"kupita naye ulendo waufupi."
  
  "Sixties?" Adatero Dahl. "Kodi sipamene zigawenga zankhondo zidayamba kusokoneza dongosolo lawo laling'ono loyipa?"
  
  "Zotheka". Hayden anatero. "Atakhazikika ku Cuba ndikuyamba moyo watsopano. Kenako dongosolo lawo latsopano linatha pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri."
  
  "Nthawi yambiri yopangira zinthu," adatero Alicia.
  
  "Ndipo muwasankhire Okwera Pamahatchi Anayi," anawonjezera Mai. "Hannibal - Horseman of War? Ndizomveka. Koma ndani amene ali Kugonjetsa, Njala ndi Imfa? Ndipo nchifukwa ninji a Dardanelles ku Africa ali amodzi mwa njira zinayi zazikuluzikulu?
  
  "Zabwino," adatero Alicia, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Drake awonjezere kuyesetsa kwake. "Uyenera kuvalanso kapu yoganiza pang'ono, Foxy."
  
  Lauren anamwetulira. Drake anatha kuzindikira ndi kamvekedwe ka mawu ake. "Choncho anthu a ku Turkey, makamaka chifukwa chamanyazi awo omwe salemekeza Hannibal, anatenga pulezidenti wa Tunisia ku Hellespont. Akuti 'paphiri pamene pali nyumba yowonongeka'. Awa ndiye malo otchuka opumira a Hannibal Barca. "
  
  Drake adadikirira, koma palibe zambiri zomwe zidabwera. "Ndipo komabe," iye anatero, "izo zinali zaka makumi atatu zapitazo."
  
  Lauren anati: "Zinayima pamenepo kwa nthawi yaitali, ndipo mosakayikira anthu a ku Turkey ankadziteteza.
  
  Drake ankawoneka wokayika. "Zowonadi, atha kukhala manda aulemu."
  
  "Anatengera purezidenti wa Tunisia kumeneko, Mat. Anatenganso mbiya za mchenga zimene alonda ake anazivomereza, n"kuzitcha kuti "mchenga wa kumanda a Hannibala" pobwerera kwawo. Zikatere, m"chaka chimenecho, anthu a ku Turkey anganyengedi Purezidenti wa Tunisia?"
  
  Drake anagwedezera kutsogolo kufupi ndi mdima wamphepete mwa nyanja. "Tikudziwa."
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU
  
  
  Drake anathandizira kukoka bwato laling'ono lamtundu wa sable kuchoka m'madzi, ndikulikokera pamizu yakale yapafupi ndikuyika injini yakunja. May, Alicia ndi Smith adathamangira kukakhazikitsa gulu lankhondo. Kinimaka anakweza zikwama zolemerazo mothandizidwa ndi Dahl. Drake adamva mchenga pansi pa nsapato zake. Mpweya unanunkhiza dziko lapansi. Mafundewo anathamangira m"mphepete mwa nyanja kumanzere kwake, chifukwa cha mphamvu za ngalawazo. Palibe phokoso lina lomwe linasokoneza bata pamene anthu amikondo ankafufuza.
  
  Hayden anali atanyamula navigator ya GPS. "Chabwino. Ndili ndi ma coordinates okonzedwa. Kodi takonzeka kupita?
  
  "Takonzeka," mawu angapo anapumira poyankha.
  
  Hayden adapita patsogolo, ndipo Drake adakhazikika kumbuyo kwake, akuwoloka mchenga pansi pa mapazi ake. Ankafufuza dera lonselo mosalekeza, koma panalibe kuwala kwina kulikonse. Mwina anafika koyamba kuno. Mwina matimu ena anabweza mmbuyo, kulola wina kuti achite zinthu zolemetsa. Mwina ngakhale tsopano anali kuonedwa.
  
  Zotheka zinali zopanda malire. Drake anavomera Alicia akudutsa ndipo mayi wachingelezi uja analowa mu mzere. "Zitha kusinthasintha kuchokera kwina kupita kwina."
  
  "Nanga bwanji Smith?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Ndili pano. Njira ndi yomveka".
  
  Inde, koma tikulowera kumtunda, Drake adaganiza, koma sananene chilichonse. Mchenga wofewawo unasanduka dothi lolimba kwambiri, ndipo kenako anakwera mpanda. Anangotalika mamita ochepa komanso otsetsereka, posakhalitsa anawoloka malire a chipululu ndipo anakapezeka pamalo athyathyathya. Hayden analoza njira ndipo iwo anawoloka chipululu chopanda kanthu. Tsopano palibe chifukwa chotumiza alonda. Amatha kuwona mtunda wautali, koma May ndi Smith adatsalira kutali, ndikuwonjezera mawonekedwe awo owonera.
  
  Chojambula cha GPS chinkayang'anizana mwakachetechete, kuwatsogolera pafupi ndi zomwe akufuna, ndipo mdima wamdima wausiku unkatambasula pamwamba pawo. Pokhala ndi malo ochuluka, thambo linali lalikulu; nyenyezi sizikuwoneka bwino, ndipo mwezi ndi kamzere kakang'ono. Mphindi khumi zinasanduka makumi awiri, kenako makumi atatu, ndipo anali akuyendabe okha. Hayden adalumikizananso ndi gulu komanso Alexandria. Drake adalola chilengedwe kuti chimulowetse, akumapumira mwachirengedwe chachilengedwe. Phokoso la nyama, mphepo, mphepo yamkuntho ya dziko lapansi - zonse zinali pamenepo, koma palibe chosayenera. Anazindikira kuti magulu omwe amamenyana nawo angakhale abwino mofanana ndi iwo, koma adadalira luso lake komanso la anzake.
  
  "Patsogolo," Hayden adanong'oneza. "GPS ikuwonetsa mtunda wokwera pafupifupi mapazi makumi anayi. Ili likhoza kukhala phiri lomwe tikuyang'ana. Yang'anani."
  
  Phirilo linatuluka pang"onopang"ono kuchokera mumdimawo, mulu wa dothi lokwera mosalekeza lokhala ndi mizu yopiringizika ndi matanthwe otayirira panthaka youma pamene akusema njira yokhazikika kudutsa zopingazo. Drake ndi Alicia anatenga kamphindi kuti ayime ndikuyang'ana mmbuyo, ndikuwona mdima wandiweyani womwe unkatambasula mpaka kunyanja yodzaza ndi mafunde. Ndipo kupitirira pamenepo, nyali zothwanima za padoko, kukhalako kosiyana kotheratu.
  
  "Tsiku lina?" Adafunsa modabwa Alicia.
  
  Drake ankayembekezera choncho. "Tikafika kumeneko," iye anatero.
  
  "Izi ziyenera kukhala zosavuta."
  
  "Ndipo chikondi. Monga kukwera njinga. Koma umagwa n"kudulidwa, mikwingwirima ndi mikwingwirima kalekale usanakhalenso bwino."
  
  "Choncho, theka la njira yadutsa kale." Anamugwira pang"ono kenako n"kupitiriza kukwera phirilo.
  
  Drake adamutsatira mwakachetechete. Tsogolo linali ndi mwayi watsopano pomwe Alicia Miles anali atasiya kudziwononga yekha. Zomwe anangofunika kuchita ndi kugonjetsa gulu linanso la anthu amisala ndi amatsenga ofunitsitsa kuvutitsa anthu padziko lapansi.
  
  Ndi chifukwa chake asilikali ngati iye amaika chirichonse pa mzere. Kwa Adrian khomo loyandikana ndi Graham kutsidya kwa msewu. Kwa Chloe, yemwe ankavutika kuti ana ake awiri apite kusukulu pa nthawi yake tsiku lililonse. Kwa maanja omwe adadandaula ndikubuula popita ku supermarket. Kuti apindule ndi omwe adakhala mwamakhalidwe abwino m'misewu yamagalimoto pamsewu wamphepo, ndi omwe adalumpha mizere. Osati kwa matope omwe adakwera mugalimoto yanu kapena garaja kukada, ndikuchoka ndi chilichonse chomwe angathe. Osati za anthu ovutitsa anzawo, ofunafuna mphamvu ndi obwera kumbuyo. Mulole iwo omwe adamenyera nkhondo molimbika ulemu, chikondi ndi chisamaliro asamaliridwe. Aloleni iwo amene anamenyera tsogolo la ana awo kukhala ndi chidaliro mu chitetezo chake. Lolani iwo amene anathandiza ena athandizidwe.
  
  Hayden adakopa chidwi chake ndi kung'ung'udza pang'ono. "Awa akhoza kukhala malo. GPS ikuti ili, ndipo ndikuwona nyumba yosiyidwa kutsogolo. "
  
  Anawona madontho amitundu akupirizana. Panthaŵiyo chinali chiyambi cha zochitika. Panalibe nthawi ya zobisika tsopano. Ayenera kuti anayatsanso zozimitsa moto pofufuza manda a Hannibal ngati akanawapeza mofulumira popeza anali pano. Chifukwa Drake anali ndi chidaliro kuti ngati angapeze izo, ndiye momwemonso magulu ena onse.
  
  Hayden adawona malo oyandikira. Kinimaka ndi Dahl anatsitsa zikwama zawo zolemera pansi. May ndi Smith adatenga malo abwino kwambiri owonera. Drake ndi Alicia anayandikira pafupi ndi Hayden kuti amuthandize. Yorgi yekha adangoyang'ana kumbuyo, kuwonetsa kukayika pomwe amadikirira kuti auzidwe chochita.
  
  Kinimaka ndi Dahl adapanga tochi zabwino kwambiri poyika atatuwa pamiyala ya kaboni ndikupereka zina zambiri. Awa sanali mababu owala okha, anapangidwa kuti azitengera kuwala kwa dzuwa kwambiri momwe angathere. Zowona, ngakhale kuthekera kwakukulu kwa CIA kunali kochepa ku Egypt, koma Drake adaganiza kuti zida sizikuwoneka zoyipa kwambiri. Kinimaka anagwiritsa ntchito nyale yoikidwa pachoikapo kuti iwunikire malo aakulu, kenako Hayden ndi Dahl anapita kukafufuza nthaka.
  
  "Tsopano mvetserani," anatero Hayden. "The Order of the Last Judgment limanena kuti zidazo zinakwiriridwa kuno patapita nthaŵi yaitali Hannibal atamwalira. Awa ndi manda osazindikirika, osati mwala wapamutu. Chifukwa chake tikuyang'ana malo osokonekera, osati mafupa, midadada kapena mizati. Tikuyang'ana zinthu zomwe zidakwiriridwa posachedwapa, osati zakale. Siziyenera kukhala zovuta kwambiri - "
  
  "Osanena zimenezo! Dahl anakuwa. "Mudzachita chilichonse, zikomo."
  
  "Ndimangonena kuti sitiyenera kufunafuna Hannibal. Zida zokha."
  
  "Mfundo yabwino." Kinimaka anasintha kuyatsa mozungulira mozungulira pang'ono.
  
  Hayden adalemba malo atatu pansi. Onse ankawoneka ngati asinthidwa mwanjira ina, ndipo palibe posachedwapa. Yorgi anayandikira mosamala, fosholo ali m"manja. Drake ndi Alicia adalowa naye, kenako Kinimaka.
  
  "Ingokumba," adatero Hayden. "Fulumirani".
  
  "Bwanji ngati pali vuto lachiwembu?" Adafunsa choncho Alicia.
  
  Drake anayang'ana nyumba yowonongeka. Makomawo analendewera mwachisoni, akugwa, ngati agwira kulemera kwa dziko. Mbali imodzi inali itadulidwa pakati ngati kuti ndi chiphala chachikulu, midadadayo tsopano ikutuluka mbali zonse ziwiri ngati mano osongoka. Denga linali litagwa kalekale, kunalibe zitseko kapena mazenera. "Chabwino, sizikuwoneka ngati tipeza pogona kumeneko."
  
  "Zikomo".
  
  "Osadandaula, chikondi. Khalani mmwamba."
  
  Drake sananyalanyaze kuwala kwaukaliwo ndipo adayamba kugwira ntchito. "Ndiye tanthauzo la Okwera Mahatchi Anayi ndi chiyani?" Adafunsa motele Hayden pomulankhula.
  
  "Ndikuganiza bwino kwa thanki yoganiza? Zimagwirizana ndi mbiri yakale yomwe tikuyang'ana ndi zida zomwe tikuyembekeza kuzipeza. Kotero, Hannibal, woleredwa kudana ndi Aroma, anayambitsa pafupifupi nkhondo yosatha ku Roma, sichoncho? Kumeneko tidzapeza zida zankhondo."
  
  "Athanso kukhala okwera pamahatchi," adatero Kinimaka. "Ndikutanthauza, Hannibal anali."
  
  "Eya, zosadziwika bwino, Mano."
  
  "Ndiye palibe chochita ndi Baibulo?" Drake anakumba mulu wina wa dziko lapansi. "Chifukwa sitifunikira chilichonse mwa ma code opusawa."
  
  "Chabwino, iwo anawonekera mu Chivumbulutso ndi-"
  
  "Oo!" Alicia mwadzidzidzi anakuwa. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndagunda chinachake!"
  
  "Ndipo tcherani khutu," mawu a May ananong"oneza pa wolankhulayo. "Ma nyali atsopano awoneka pamadzi, akuyandikira mwachangu."
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Drake anagwetsa fosholo ija pansi ndikupita kukayang'ana Alicia. Yorgi analipo kale, akumuthandiza kukumba. Kinimaka adapitanso mwachangu.
  
  "Tikhala ndi nthawi yochuluka bwanji?" Adafunsa mwachangu Hayden.
  
  "Kutengera liwiro lawo, mphindi makumi atatu pamwamba," Smith adayankha.
  
  Dahl anasuzumira mwachidwi. "Zidziwitso zilizonse?"
  
  "Mwina Mossad," Kensi anayankha. "Iwo anali oyandikira kwambiri."
  
  Drake analumbira. "Nthawi yokha yomwe ndimalakalaka kuti aku Sweden abwere kaye."
  
  Alicia anaima chakuya m"dzenjemo, akukumba m"mphepete mwa fosholo yake m"nthaka yofewa, kuyesera kumasula chinthucho. Analimbana, akukankha mopanda chisangalalo m'mbali zosamveka bwino. Kinimaka anali kugwetsa pansi kuchokera pamwamba pomwe Yorgi adalumikizana ndi Alicia mu bala lomwe limakula nthawi zonse pansi.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - Ndidafunsa. Drake anafunsa.
  
  Hayden adagwada pansi manja atagwada. "Sindingathe kunena motsimikiza."
  
  "Khalani pamodzi, Alicia." Drake anasisima.
  
  Kunyezimira ndi chala chokwezeka chinali yankho lake lokhalo. Chinthucho chinali chophimbidwa ndi dothi ndipo chinali ndi dothi kumbali zonse, koma chinali ndi mawonekedwe. Chozungulira, cholemera pafupifupi mamita awiri ndi mita imodzi, chinali ndi mawonekedwe otsimikizika a bokosi ndipo chimayenda mosavuta, kusonyeza kuti sichinali cholemera nkomwe. Vuto linali loti linazunguliridwa ndi kuumbidwa ndi dothi lolimba ndi mizu yake. Drake anayang'ana kuchokera ku bokosi kupita kunyanja, akuyang'ana magetsi akuyandikira kwambiri ndikudabwa momwe gehena, chidebe chaching'ono chopepuka choterechi chingagwiritsire ntchito chida chankhondo chowononga.
  
  "Mphindi khumi ndi zisanu," adatero Smith. "Palibe zizindikiro zina zakuyandikira."
  
  Alicia analimbana ndi nthaka, kutukwana koma osapitako poyamba, koma pamapeto pake adamasula chinthucho ndikumulola Yorgi kuchitulutsa. Ngakhale pamenepo, mipesa yokulirapo ndi mizu yopindika idamamatira kwa iye akuwoneka wokondwa, gulu lolimba, lopindika lomwe linakana kusiya. Tsopano anali m"matope ofika m"chiuno, akukutumula zovala zawo ndi kutsamira mafosholo. Drake adapewa mzere wodziwikiratu wa "Amuna kuntchito" ndikutsamira kuti amuthandize kukweza. Dahl nayenso adawerama, ndipo pamodzi adakwanitsa kupeza chithandizo kumbali ya chinthucho ndikuchikoka. Mizuyo inatsutsa, kuswa ndi kumasula. Ena anapitirizabe kukhala ndi moyo wokondeka. Drake adapanikizira ndikumva kuti ikulowera m'bowo ndikudutsa m'mphepete. Mitsinje ya nthaka yosasunthika inayenda kuchokera pamwamba. Kenako iye ndi Dahl anayimirira pamodzi ndi kuyang'ana pansi Alicia ndi Yorgi. Onse anali ndi nkhope zothothoka ndipo anali kupuma movutikira.
  
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa. Drake anafunsa. "Kodi nonse mukukonzekera kukapuma tiyi? Chotsani gehena pano.
  
  Alicia ndi Yorgi adayang'ananso pansi pa dzenjelo, kufunafuna mabokosi ochulukirapo kapena mafupa akale. Palibe chomwe chinapezeka. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, mtsikana wa ku Russia anathamangira m'mphepete mwa dzenjelo, ndikupeza chithandizo pamene chinkawoneka kuti palibe, kotero amatha kudumpha motsetsereka ndi m'mphepete mwa dzenjelo. Alicia atayang'ana zomwe zinkachitika mokhumudwa, kenaka adalumphira pambali pang'ono. Drake anamugwira dzanja ndikumukoka.
  
  Iye adayimba. "Mwayiwala fosholo yanu."
  
  "Kodi mukufuna kupita kukatenga? Ndipereke mutu kaye."
  
  "Kudziletsa, kudziletsa."
  
  Hayden anapitiriza kuyang'ana pansi mu dzenje. "Ndidaganiza kuti ikhala nthawi yabwino kuti ndikhale ndi Hannibal Barca wakale wosauka. Sitikufuna kunyozetsa msilikali mnzathu."
  
  Drake adavomera ndi mutu. "Nthano".
  
  "Ngati ali pamenepo."
  
  "A Nazi adachita kafukufuku wawo," adatero Hayden. "Ndipo, ndikuvomereza monyinyirika, adachita bwino. Hannibal adapeza kutchuka kosatha chifukwa chochita bwino pantchito yake. Ulendo wake wodutsa mapiri a Alps ukadali chimodzi mwazinthu zochititsa chidwi kwambiri zankhondo pankhondo zoyambirira. Anayambitsa njira zankhondo zomwe zikutamandidwabe mpaka pano."
  
  Patapita kanthawi anayang'ana mmwamba. Dahl anali nawo. Kinimaka anasesapo chinthucho kuti awulule bokosi lolimba lopangidwa ndi matabwa akuda. Panali malaya ang'onoang'ono pamwamba, ndipo Hawaiian anayesa kusonyeza.
  
  Hayden adanditsamira. "Ndizomwezo. Logo yawo yakunyumba. Ndondomeko ya Chiweruzo Chomaliza."
  
  Drake adaphunzira, kuloweza chizindikirocho. Chinali ngati bwalo laling"ono lapakati lokhala ndi zopota zinayi zopota zomangika mozungulira pazigawo zosiyanasiyana pa kampasi. Bwaloli linali chizindikiro cha zopanda malire.
  
  "Zikwatu ndi zida," adatero Hayden. "Kuteteza dziko lanu lamkati?" Iye anagwedezeka. "Tithana nazo pambuyo pake ngati kuli kofunikira. Tiyeni."
  
  Magetsi sanalinso m'nyanja, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti Mossad, ngati anali pafupi kwambiri, adafika pamalo olimba ndipo anali pafupi ndi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu ndi liwiro lalikulu. Drake adadabwanso kuti kulimbanako kutha bwanji. SPEAR idalamulidwa kuti iteteze zida zonse zinayi zivute zitani, koma kulamula sikumachitika kawirikawiri pabwalo lankhondo. Anawona mawonekedwe amanjenje pankhope za ena ndipo adadziwa kuti amamvanso chimodzimodzi, ngakhale Hayden, yemwe anali pafupi kwambiri ndi dongosolo la malamulo.
  
  Iwo anali kukonzekera kunyamuka.
  
  "Yesani kupewa mikangano," adatero Hayden. "Mwachiwonekere".
  
  "Bwanji ngati sitingathe?" - anafunsa Dahl.
  
  "Chabwino, ngati ndi a Mossad, mwina titha kulankhula."
  
  "Ndikukayikira akakhala ndi ma ID," adalankhula Alicia. "Iyi siwonetsero wapolisi."
  
  Hayden adasinthiratu olankhulira ake kwakanthawi. Iye anati: "Ngati tiwomberana, timamenyana. "Tingachitenso chiyani?"
  
  Drake adawona izi ngati kunyengerera kwabwino kwambiri. M"dziko labwino, akanatha kuzembera asilikali amene anali kuyandikira n"kubwerera kumayendedwe awo osavulazidwa ndiponso osadziŵika. Zoonadi, SPEAR sikanakhalako m"dziko labwino. Anayang'ananso zida zake pamene gulu likukonzekera kuchoka.
  
  "Tengani njira yayitali," anatero Hayden. "Sadzatero".
  
  Zonse zodzitetezera. Njira zonse zopewera mikangano.
  
  Mawu a Lauren anali munga m'khutu mwake. "Tangomva kumene, anthu. A Sweden nawonso akuyandikira."
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Drake anatsogolera njira, poyamba akuyenda mozungulira nyumba yowonongeka kenako ndikutsika pansi. Mdima unali utaphimbabe dzikolo, koma kunali kutacha. Drake adalongosola njira yake mosagwirizana mpaka adapezeka kuti ali mbali ina yanyanja.
  
  Zomverera zatcheru, mitu idakwezedwa, gulu likutitsatira.
  
  Dahl anatenga bokosilo, atagwira chivindikirocho m'manja mwake mosamala. Kenzi anathamangira kumbali yake, ndikumuthandiza kupeza njira yake. Gululi linali litavala zida za masomphenya ausiku, onse kupatula Smith, yemwe ankakonda kudziwa bwino zomwe zikuchitika. Zinali zabwino kuphatikiza. Anathamanga mbali ndi mbali m"mbali imodzi mpaka anakafika m"munsi mwa phirilo komanso m"chigwa chimene munalibe pobisalira. Drake adamamatira ku lupu lake, kuwatsogolera mbali zonse za mabwato. Palibe mawu omwe adayankhulidwa - aliyense adagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo kuti ayang'ane zomwe zazungulira.
  
  Iwo ankadziwa mmene adani awo analili akupha. Palibe ma mercenaries omwe ali ndi chidwi nthawi ino. Lero, ndi lotsatira, ndi lotsatira, iwo anakumana ndi asilikali amene sanali otsika kwa iwo.
  
  Pafupifupi.
  
  Drake adachedwetsa, akumva kuti akuyenda mwachangu kwambiri. Malowa sanali kuwakomera. Kum'mawa kunali kunyezimira kotuwa. Posachedwapa sipadzakhalanso chophimba. Smith anayimirira kumanja kwake ndipo Mai kumanzere kwake. Gululo lidakhala lotsika. Phiri lomwe linali ndi nyumba yowonongeka pamwamba pake linapunthwa, ndikuwonekera kumbuyo kwawo. Mzere wa tchire wokhala ndi mitengo ingapo udawonekera kutsogolo, ndipo Drake adapeza mpumulo. Iwo anali kutali kwambiri kumpoto chakum"maŵa kumene anafunikira kukhala, koma zotulukapo zake zinali zoyenerera.
  
  Nkhani yabwino kwambiri? Palibe kumenyana.
  
  Anapitirira, kuyang'ana zoopsa komanso kusalowerera ndale. Kulumikizana kunakhalabe bata. Pamene ankayandikira malo obisalamo, anachedwetsa pang"onopang"ono, ngati pali winawake amene akudikirira. Monga ma commandos, amayembekezera chenjezo, koma palibe chomwe chingatengedwe mopepuka pa ntchitoyi.
  
  Drake adawona dera lalikulu lomwe lili m'malire ndi mitengo ingapo komanso tchire tating'ono ndipo adayima ndikuwuza enawo kuti apume. Kuyendera malowa sikunapeze chilichonse. Pamwamba pa phirilo panali bwinja mpaka pamene ankaona. Kumanzere kwawo, chivundikiro chopyapyalacho chinafikira ku chigwa chafulati ndiyeno m"mphepete mwa nyanja. Anaganiza kuti mabwato awo atha kuyenda mphindi khumi ndi zisanu. Anayatsa kulumikizana mwakachetechete.
  
  "Lauren, pali nkhani iliyonse yokhudza aku Sweden?"
  
  "Ayi. Koma ayenera kukhala pafupi. "
  
  "Matimu ena?"
  
  "Russia ili mumlengalenga." Anachita manyazi. "Sindingakupatseni udindo."
  
  "Malo ano atsala pang'ono kukhala malo otentha," adatero Smith. "Tiyenera kusuntha."
  
  Drake anavomera. "Tiyeni tichokeko."
  
  Anaimirira ndipo anamva kukuwa koopsa ngati chipolopolo chilichonse.
  
  "Isiyireni pamenepo! Tikufuna bokosi. Osasuntha."
  
  Drake sanazengereze, koma adatsika mwachangu, onse othokoza chifukwa cha chenjezo komanso adadabwa kuti adaphonya mdani. Dahl adamuyang'ana ndipo Alicia adawoneka wosokonezeka. Ngakhale Mai adawonetsa kudabwa.
  
  Kensi anadula lilime lake. "Iyenera kukhala Mossad."
  
  "Mwawatenga ndi mfuti?" Hayden anafunsa.
  
  "Inde," adatero Drake. "Wokamba nkhani ali patsogolo ndipo mwina ali ndi omuthandizira mbali zonse. Ndendende komwe tikufuna kukhala. "
  
  "Sitingapite patsogolo," anatero Mai. "Tikubwerera. Kumeneko." Iye analoza kummawa. "Pali pogona ndi msewu, minda ingapo. Mzindawu suli kutali kwambiri. Tikhoza kulengeza zakusamuka."
  
  Drake anayang'ana kwa Hayden. Abwana awo ankawoneka kuti akuganizira kusankha pakati pa kulowera kumpoto m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kum'mawa kupita ku chitukuko, kapena kulimbana ndi nkhondo.
  
  "Palibe chabwino chomwe chingachitike ngati tikhala pano," adatero Dahl. "Kulimbana ndi mdani m'modzi wapamwamba kungakhale kovuta, koma tikudziwa kuti zambiri zili m'njira."
  
  Drake adadziwa kale kuti May anali wolondola. Kumpoto sikunapereke njira iliyonse yopita kuchipulumutso. Amatha kuthamanga m'mphepete mwa Hellespont popanda chivundikiro ndikudalira mwayi kuti apunthwe pamtundu wina wa mayendedwe. Kupita kummawa ndi mwayi wotsimikizika.
  
  Kuphatikiza apo, matimu ena sakanachokera mumzinda uliwonse.
  
  Hayden adayitcha kenako adatembenukira kummawa, ndikuwunika malo komanso mwayi wothawa mwachangu. Pa nthawiyi, mawu adabweranso.
  
  Khalani pomwepo!
  
  "Zoyipa," Alicia adadandaula. "Mnyamata uyu ndi wamatsenga."
  
  "Ndimangoona bwino," adatero Smith, ponena za luso lamakono. "Bisani kuseri kwa chinthu cholimba. Titha kuyatsa moto."
  
  Gululo linanyamuka kulowera kummawa. Aisrayeli anawombera, zipolopolo pamitu ya oponya mikondo zikugwera pamitengo ndi pakati pa nthambi. Masamba anagwa mvula. Drake anakwera mofulumira, podziwa kuti kuwomberako kunali kolunjika dala, ndikudabwa kuti nkhondo yatsopano ya gehena yomwe iwo akulowera kuno.
  
  "Zili ngati maphunziro ankhondo," adatero Alicia.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti amagwiritsa ntchito zipolopolo za rabara," adayankha Dahl.
  
  Iwo anakwera ndi improvised, kusuntha chakum'mawa, kufika pa mitengo yamphamvu ndi kukopa maso. Drake adawombera kumbuyo, mwadala mkulu. Sanaone ngati akuyenda.
  
  "Opusa opusa."
  
  "Timu yaing'ono," adatero Kenzie. "Mosamala. Makina odzipangira okha. Adikira chigamulo."
  
  Drake anali wofunitsitsa kugwiritsa ntchito bwino. Gululo linayenda mosamalitsa ulendo wawo wakum"maŵa, m"bandakucha wotuwa, womwe unali pachiwopsezo chakutali. Atafika pamalo omaliza, Drake adamva ndipo adamva mluzu wa chipolopolo.
  
  "Zoyipa". Iye ankakonda kubisala. "Iyeyo anali pafupi."
  
  Kuwombera kochulukira, kutulutsa kutsogolera kochulukira pakati pa malo okhala. Hayden adayang'ana mozama m'maso mwa Drake. "Njira zawo zasintha."
  
  Drake adapumira kwambiri, osakhulupirira. Aisrayeli anawombera mwamphamvu ndipo mosakayikira anapita patsogolo mosamala koma pa liwiro lopindulitsa. Chipolopolo china chinang'amba khungwa la mtengo womwe unali kumbuyo kwa mutu wa Yorga, zomwe zinachititsa kuti munthu wa ku Russia agwedezeke mwamphamvu.
  
  "Ayi," anatero Kensi mokwiya. "Si bwino konse".
  
  Maso a Drake anali ngati mwala. "Hayden, lumikizanani ndi Lauren. Atsimikizireni kwa Qrow kuti tikubweza moto! "
  
  "Tiyenera kubwezera moto," adatero Kensi. "Anyamata simunayang'anepo."
  
  "Ayi! Ndi asilikali ankhondo, asilikali osankhika omwe amaphunzitsidwa ndikutsatira malamulo. Iwo ndi ogwirizana, othekera kukhala mabwenzi. Onani, Hayden. Onani tsopano! "
  
  Zipolopolo zatsopano zinaboola mphukira. Mdaniyo adakhalabe wosawoneka, wosamveka; SPIR idadziwa za kupita patsogolo kwawo kokha kuchokera pazomwe adakumana nazo. Drake adawona Hayden akudina batani la comm ndikulankhula ndi Lauren, kenako adapemphera kuti ayankhe mwachangu.
  
  Asilikali a Mossad anafika pafupi.
  
  "Tsimikizirani udindo wathu." Ngakhale mawu a Dahl ankamveka ngati ovuta. "Lauren! Kodi mukupanga chisankho? Kodi tidzamenyana? "
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Gulu la SPEAR, litathamangitsidwa kale m'mabwato awo, linakakamizika kupita kummawa. Iwo ankavutika kwambiri ndi moto. Posafuna kulimbana ndi ogwirizana nawo odziwika, adapezeka kuti ali pachiwopsezo.
  
  Kukankha, kukanda komanso kukhetsa magazi, adagwiritsa ntchito chinyengo chilichonse pagulu lawo lankhondo, chinyengo chilichonse kuti akhazikitse mtunda wochulukirapo pakati pawo ndi a Mossad. Kubwerera kwa Lauren kunangotenga mphindi zochepa, koma mphindizo zinatenga nthawi yaitali kuposa CD ya Justin Bieber.
  
  "Qrow ndi wosakondwa. Akuti mwalandira order. Sungani zida zanu zilizonse. Onse anayi."
  
  "Ndipo zonse?" Drake anafunsa. "Mwamuuza kuti timakumana ndi ndani?"
  
  "Ndithudi. Ankawoneka wokwiya. Ndikuganiza kuti tamukwiyitsa. "
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. Palibe zomveka. Tiyenera kugwirira ntchito limodzi.
  
  Dahl anafotokoza maganizo ake. "Tidachita zosemphana ndi zomwe adalamula ku Peru. Mwina uku ndi kulipira. "
  
  Drake sanakhulupirire. "Ayi. Zingakhale zazing'ono. Iye si wandale wotero. Timatsutsidwa ndi ogwirizana nawo. Zopusa. "
  
  "Tili ndi malamulo," adatero Hayden. "Tiyeni tipulumuke lero ndikumenyana mawa."
  
  Drake ankadziwa kuti anali wolondola, koma sakanachitira mwina koma kuganiza kuti Aisrayeli mwina ananena chinthu chomwecho. Motero kudayambika madandaulo a zaka mazana ambiri. Tsopano, monga gulu, iwo anagwirira ntchito njira yawo ya kum"maŵa, kukhala mkati mwa chishango chawo cha nkhalango, ndipo analinganiza asilikali otetezera kumbuyo, osati aukali kwambiri, koma okwanira kuchedwetsa Aisrayeli. Smith, Kinimaka ndi Mai anali odziwika bwino powonetsa kuti tsopano akutanthauza bizinesi, kumangirira adani awo nthawi iliyonse.
  
  Zinachokera kumbuyo kwawo pamene Drake ankadutsa m'mitengo. Helicoptersyo inagunda m"mwamba, kenako inapendeka n"kutera pamalo ena osadziwika bwino. Hayden sanafunikire kunena kalikonse.
  
  "A Sweden? Anthu aku Russia? Mulungu, izi ndi zopanda pake, anyamata!
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Drake adamva kuwombera komweko. Yemwe adangotuluka mu helikopita adamuwombera, osati ndi a Mossad.
  
  Izi zikutanthauza kuti magulu anayi a magulu apadera tsopano anali m'nkhondo.
  
  Patsogolo pace nkhalangoyo inatha, kusonyeza nyumba yakale ya pafamu kuseri kwa munda waukulu umene unali m"malire ndi makoma amiyala.
  
  "Tengani kamphindi," anafuula motero. "Chitani zinthu zolimba ndiponso mofulumira. Titha kusonkhananso kumeneko. "
  
  Gululo linathamanga ngati kuti zigawenga za gahena zimatentha pazidendene zawo.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Kuyenda mwachangu koma moyendetsedwa bwino, gululo linatuluka mwachisawawa ndikuthamangira kunyumba yafamu. Makoma ndi zitseko za mawindo zinali zophwanyika ngati nyumba yapaphiri, kusonyeza kusakhalapo kwa munthu. Magulu atatu a magulu ankhondo apadera anali kumbuyo kwawo, koma moyandikana bwanji?
  
  Drake sankadziwa. Iye ankathamanga kwambiri kudutsa pamalo otsetsereka, akumachotsa masomphenya ake ausiku ndikugwiritsa ntchito thambo lowala kuti asonyeze njira yake. Theka la gulu linayang'ana kutsogolo, theka linayang'ana kumbuyo. Mai adanong'oneza kuti adawona gulu la Mossad likufika m'mphepete mwa nkhalango, koma Drake adafika pakhoma loyamba lotsika ndipo Mai ndi Smith adatsegula moto wopondereza pang'ono.
  
  Onse pamodzi anakumbatirana kuseri kwa khoma lamiyala.
  
  Nyumba yapafamuyo inali idakali mayendedwe makumi awiri patsogolo. Drake adadziwa kuti sizingawathandize konse kulola ma Israeli ndi ena kukhazikika ndikukhazikitsa njira zowonera. Kuphatikiza apo, matimu ena tsopano akuyenera kusamalana. Adalankhula moyankhula.
  
  "Kulibwino mutenge abulu anu, anyamata."
  
  Alicia anacheuka kumuyang'ana. "Kodi ndiye mawu anu abwino aku America?"
  
  Drake ankawoneka wankhawa. "Shit. Kenako ndinatembenuka." Kenako adawona Dahl. "Koma Hei, zitha kukhala zoyipa kwambiri, ndikuganiza."
  
  Monga mmodzi iwo anathyola chivundikirocho. May ndi Smith anatsegulanso atagwira moto ndipo adalandira zipolopolo ziwiri zokha poyankha. Palibe phokoso lina lomwe linamveka. Drake adapeza khoma lolimba ndikuyima. Nthawi yomweyo Hayden anagawira May, Smith, ndi Kinimaka kuti azilondera malowo, ndiyeno anafulumira kugwirizana ndi enawo.
  
  "Tili bwino kwa mphindi zingapo. Tili ndi chiyani?"
  
  Dahl anali atatsegula kale mapu pamene mawu a Lauren anadzaza m'makutu mwawo.
  
  "Plan B ikadali yotheka. Kulowera kumtunda. Ngati muli wothamanga, simufunika mayendedwe."
  
  "Plan yoyipa B." Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Pangani B nthawi zonse."
  
  Oyang'anira oyendayenda adanena kuti zonse zinali zomveka.
  
  Hayden analoza ku bokosi limene Dahl ananyamula. "Tiyenera kutenga udindo pano. Mukataya, sitidziwa zomwe zili mkati. Ndipo ngati muluza izi kwa mdani..." Iye sanafunikire kupitiriza. Mswedeyo anaika bokosilo pansi ndi kugwada pafupi nalo.
  
  Hayden anakhudza chizindikiro cholembedwa pachivundikirocho. Zopota zopota zimatulutsa chenjezo loopsa. Dahl anatsegula bwinobwino chivindikirocho.
  
  Drake adapuma. Palibe chinachitika. Nthawi zonse zimakhala zowopsa, koma samawona maloko obisika kapena makina. Tsopano Dahl anakweza chivindikiro kwathunthu ndikuyang'ana mu danga mkati.
  
  Kensi anaseka. "Ichi n'chiyani? Zida zankhondo? Mukulumikizidwa ndi Hannibal ndikubisika ndi dongosolo? Zomwe ndikuwona ndi mulu wa pepala.
  
  Dahl anakhala kumbuyo kwake. "Nkhondo imathanso kumenyedwa ndi mawu."
  
  Hayden mosamalitsa anatulutsa mapepala angapo ndikusanthula zomwe zalembedwa. "Sindikudziwa," anavomereza motero. "Zikuwoneka ngati fayilo yofufuza ndi ... mbiri ya..." Anayima kaye. "Mayeso? Mayesero?" Anatsegulanso masamba ena angapo. "Zofunikira za Assembly."
  
  Drake anakwinya nkhope. "Tsopano izo zikumveka zoipa. Amachitcha Project Babylon, Lauren. Tiyeni tiwone zomwe mungafufuze pankhaniyi. "
  
  "Ndamva," adatero New Yorker. "Kena kalikonse?"
  
  "Ndikungoyamba kumvetsa makhalidwe awa," Dahl anayamba. "Ndi zazikulu-"
  
  "Pansi!" Smith anakuwa. "Kufikira."
  
  Gululo linachedwetsa ndi kukonzekera. Kuseri kwa makoma amiyala, volley yamfuti yamakina idagunda, yakuthwa komanso yogontha. Smith adabweza moto kuchokera kumanja, akulunjika pa niche pakhoma. Hayden anapukusa mutu.
  
  "Tiyenera kuthetsa izi. Choka muno".
  
  "Kudula bulu?" Drake anafunsa.
  
  "Pezani bulu wanu."
  
  "Plan B," adatero Alicia.
  
  Pokhala otetezeka, anasuntha kuchoka ku khoma kupita kukhoma kulowera kuseri kwa nyumba ya pafamuyo. Pansi pake panali zinyalala, ndipo zidutswa za miyala ndi matabwa zinali zolembedwa pamene denga linagwera. Mai, Smith ndi Kinimaka anaphimba kumbuyo. Drake anayima atafika pamazenera akumbuyo ndikuyang'ana njira yomwe ili kutsogolo.
  
  Iye anati: "Zitha kukhala zovuta kwambiri.
  
  Dzuwa lotuluka m'chizimezime linali kutsetsereka monyezimira.
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Mpikisano unapitirira, koma tsopano mwayiwo unachepa. Pamene Drake ndi Alicia, omwe anali kutsogolera njira, akumanzere ndikulowera kumtunda, kusunga nyumba ya famu pakati pawo ndi omwe amawathamangitsa, gulu la Mossad potsiriza linatuluka m'nkhalango. Atavala zakuda ndi zophimba nkhope, anayandikira pansi ndi mosamala, akukweza zida zawo ndi kuwombera. Mai ndi Smith mwachangu adabisala kuseri kwa nyumbayo. Hayden anathamangira kutsogolo.
  
  "Sumuka!"
  
  Drake anamenyana ndi chibadwa choyimirira ndikumenyana; Dahl kumanzere kwake anali akulimbana ndi izi. Nthawi zambiri ankamenyana ndi kugonjetsa adani awo - nthawi zina zinkakhala zovuta komanso ziwerengero. Koma nthawi zambiri zonsezi zinkabwera chifukwa cha kupusa kwa adani awo. Ambiri mwa ma mercenaries omwe adalipidwa anali odekha komanso odekha, kudalira kukula kwawo, nkhanza komanso kusowa kwa makhalidwe abwino kuti ntchitoyi ichitike.
  
  Osati lero.
  
  Drake ankadziwa bwino kufunika koteteza mphoto. Dahl ananyamula bokosilo n"kulisunga motetezeka momwe akanathera. Yorgi tsopano akupita patsogolo, akuyesa pansi ndikuyesera kupeza njira zokhala ndi chophimba kwambiri. Anadutsa m"munda wamapiri ndipo kenako anatsika m"katchire kakang"ono ka mitengo. Aisrayeli anasiya moto kwa kanthaŵi, mwinamwake akumamvera malamulo ena osafuna kudziŵitsa mkhalidwe wawo.
  
  Njira zosiyanasiyana tsopano zinasonyezedwa.
  
  Koma kwa Drake, Alicia adafotokoza mwachidule bwino. "Kwa Mulungu, Yogi. Ikani mutu wanu waku Russia pansi ndikuthawa!
  
  Lauren adawona momwe akuyendera pa GPS ndipo adalengeza kuti malo osonkhanira a Plan B atsala pang'ono kuyandikira.
  
  Drake anapumira pang'ono. Mbalameyo inatha, ndipo Yorgi anali woyamba kukwera kaphiri kakang'ono, Kinimaka akutsatira zidendene zake. Buluku la ku Hawaii linakutidwa ndi matope pomwe adagwera - katatu. Alicia anayang'ana pa May, yemwe anali kusuntha mwachidwi pakati pa makola a dziko lapansi.
  
  "Damn Sprite. Zikuoneka ngati kamwana ka nkhosa kakasupe kakuseŵera m"tchire."
  
  "Chilichonse chomwe amachita, amachichita bwino," adavomereza Drake.
  
  Alicia adadumphira pa slate, koma adakwanitsa kuima. "Tonse timachita bwino."
  
  "Eya, koma ena aife ndife ngati abulu."
  
  Alicia anakweza chida chake. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti simukutanthauza ine, Drakes." M"mawu ake munali mawu ochenjeza.
  
  "O, ayi, wokondedwa. Mwachiwonekere ndimatanthauza Swede. "
  
  "Zokwera mtengo?"
  
  Kuwombera kunamveka kumbuyo, kutsiriza ndemanga ya Dahl isanayambe. Zochitika zinauza Drake kuti kuwomberako sikunali kwa iwo ndipo kunali ndi zolemba ziwiri zosiyana. A Mossad ankagwirizana ndi anthu a ku Russia kapena a ku Sweden.
  
  A Sweden, mwina ankaganiza kuti, anathamangira ku Mossad.
  
  Sanachitire mwina koma kulira.
  
  Dahl anayang'ana uku ndi uku, ngati akumva kukwiya. Drake adapanga mawonekedwe osalakwa. Iwo anakwera kaphiri kakang"ono n"kutsetsereka kutsidya lina.
  
  "Transport ikufika," adatero Lauren.
  
  "Ngati chonchi!" Hayden analoza kumwamba, kutali, komwe kunali kachitsotso kakuda. Drake anayang'ana malowa ndikumukokera Yorgi pansi pomwe chipolopolocho chinkalira pamwamba pa phirilo. Munthu wina mwadzidzidzi anayamba kuwakonda kwambiri.
  
  "M"chigwa," anatero Kinimaka. "Ngati tingafike kumitengo imeneyo ..."
  
  Gululi likukonzekera mpikisano womaliza. Drake anayang'ananso kachitsotso kamene kanayandikira. Kwa kamphindi anaganiza kuti mwina akuwona mthunzi, koma kenako adawona chowonadi.
  
  "Anthu, iyi ndi helikopita ina."
  
  Kinimaka anasuzumira kwambiri. "Zoyipa".
  
  "Ndipo pamenepo". Mai analoza kumanzere, mmwamba molunjika kugombe la mitambo. "Chachitatu".
  
  "Lauren," Hayden anatero mwachangu. "Lauren, lankhulani nafe!"
  
  "Kungopeza chitsimikizo." Mawu achifatse aja anabwerera. "Muli ndi aku China ndi aku Britain mlengalenga. Russia, Sweden ndi Israeli padziko lapansi. Mvetserani, ndikulumikizani kumacheza tsopano kuti mudziwe zambiri nthawi yoyamba. Zina mwa izo ndi zopanda pake, koma zonse zikhoza kukhala zamtengo wapatali. "
  
  "Anthu aku France?" Kinimaka anayamba kulingalira pazifukwa zina.
  
  "Palibe," anayankha Lauren.
  
  "Ntchito yabwino, si onse ngati Bo," anatero Alicia mosonyeza kuwawidwa mtima komanso kukhumudwa. "Ndikutanthauza French. Mnyamatayo anali wachinyengo, koma anali wokhoza ntchito yake. "
  
  Dahl anapanga nkhope. "Ngati ali ngati Bo," iye anatero mwakachetechete. "Akhoza kukhala ali kale pano."
  
  Alicia anaphethira ndi mawuwa, akuwerenga milu yadothi yomwe inali pafupi. Palibe chomwe chinasuntha.
  
  Hayden anati: "Tazingidwa.
  
  "Magulu apadera ankhondo kumbali zonse," Drake adavomereza. Makoswe mumsampha.
  
  "Uziyankhulira wekha." Mai anayamikira zonse mwachangu. "Tengani mphindi ziwiri. Kumbukirani zomwe zili mkati mwa bokosi ili momwe mungathere. " Iye anakweza manja ake. "Chitani".
  
  Drake anamvetsa mfundo yake. Bokosilo silinali loyenera moyo wawo. Zinthu zikafika povuta ndipo gulu laubwenzi litadutsa, osati nkhonya zitha kungopulumutsa miyoyo yawo. Dahl adatsegula chivindikirocho ndipo gululo lidalunjika ku ma helikopita omwe amayandikira.
  
  Anapereka mapepala kwa aliyense.
  
  "Wow, ndizodabwitsa," adatero Alicia.
  
  Kenzi anasakaniza mapepala angapo. "Kumenya nkhondo ndikuwerenga chikalata chazaka makumi atatu mpaka makumi asanu zapitazo, cholembedwa ndi chipani cha Nazi ndikubisika m'manda a Hannibal Barca? Chodabwitsa ndi chiyani pa izi?
  
  Drake anayesa kusunga ndimezo kukumbukira. "Mawu ake ndi omveka. Izi ndi zofanana ndi maphunziro a SPEAR. "
  
  Ntchito yofufuza zapamwamba kwambiri, adawerenga. Poyambirira adapangidwa ndi cholinga chophunzirira kulowanso kwa ballistics pamtengo wotsika. M'malo mwa miyala yamtengo wapatali ...
  
  "Sindikudziwa kuti gehena iyi ndi chiyani."
  
  Yambirani mumlengalenga popanda kugwiritsa ntchito roketi. Ntchitoyi ikusonyeza kuti mfuti yaikulu kwambiri ingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuwombera zinthu mothamanga kwambiri pamtunda ...
  
  "Oo iai".
  
  Nkhope za Dahl ndi Alicia zinali ngati phulusa. "Izi sizingakhale zabwino."
  
  Hayden analoza ma helikoputala omwe anali kuyandikira, omwe tsopano anali pamaso pa aliyense. Amatha kuwona mfuti zamtundu uliwonse zikulendewera pa helikoputala.
  
  "Ndiponso izi si zoona!"
  
  Drake anapereka mapepala ndikukonzekeranso chida chake. Nthawi ya zomwe adazolowera komanso zomwe adachita bwino. Anakhala ndi macheza ambiri ochokera kwa Hayden, May, ndi Smith, komanso a njira yolankhulirana yomwe Lauren adakonza.
  
  "Aisraeli adalowa m'nkhondo ndi a Sweden. Russia osadziwika..." Kenako panadza kuphulika kwa kusokonezedwa ndi kufalitsa mofulumira kuchokera ku wailesi yamoyo imene NSA ndi mabungwe ena anatha kumvetsera.
  
  French: "Tikuyandikira derali ..."
  
  British: "Inde, bwana, zolinga zawonedwa. Tili ndi adani ambiri pabwalo lankhondo ... "
  
  Chinese: "Mukutsimikiza kuti ali ndi bokosi?"
  
  Hayden adatsogolera njira. Anathawa kumunda. Anathamanga popanda dongosolo. Moto wochenjerawo unakakamiza ma helikoputala kuchitapo kanthu mozemba ndikukakamiza kuthamangitsa kwawo kuti ayende mosamala kwambiri.
  
  Ndiyeno, pamene Drake anali atatsala pang'ono kutulukira ndi kuyang'ana njira yawo yatsopano yopulumukira, liwu lina linadula pa static.
  
  Mwachidule chabe.
  
  Atabisika pang'ono kuseri kwa phokosolo, mawu osamveka bwino, akuya, omveka bwino adadutsa m'makutu mwake.
  
  American: "SEAL Team 7 yafika. Tayandikira kwambiri tsopano..."
  
  Kugwedezeka kwake kunamugwedeza mpaka pakati. Koma panalibe nthawi. Palibe njira yolankhulira. Palibe ngakhale sekondi imodzi yoti mutengere.
  
  Komabe, maso ake anakumana ndi a Torsten Dahl.
  
  Ndi chiyani...?
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHINANU
  
  
  "Uzani helikoputala kuti iwonongeke!" Hayden adadina pa cholankhula chake. "Tipeza njira ina."
  
  "Kodi mukufuna kuti izi zichepe?" Anafunsa Lauren, kumupangitsa Alicia kuseka kwinaku akuthawa kuti apulumutse moyo wake.
  
  "Ndithudi. Bakha pansi ndikudziphimba. Musatiyimbire, tikuyitanani!
  
  Drake adadabwa ngati tsikuli lidzatha, kenako adawona dzuŵa lonse likulendewera m'chizimezime ndipo adazindikira chipongwe. Derali linali la mapiri angapo, ndipo chilichonse chinali chotalikirapo kuposa chakumapeto. MTANDA unaphimba abulu awo atafika pamwamba pa phirilo, akuponda mosamalitsa, kenako anathamangira mbali inayo.
  
  Kuwombera kumamveka nthawi ndi nthawi kuchokera kumbuyo, koma sikunali kwa iwo; Israeli ndi Sweden mwina anali kumenyana. Nyumba zingapo zowonongeka zinawonekera kumanzere ndi kumanja, zambiri za izo zomangidwa m'zigwa zosazama, zonse zitasiyidwa. Drake sanadziwe chomwe chinapangitsa kuti anthuwa achoke, koma zidachitika kalekale.
  
  Mapiri ambiri kenako gulu la mitengo kumanzere. Kupereka pogona, greenery ndi nthambi anakula thickly. Hayden adatsogolera gululo, ndipo Drake adapumira pang'ono. Kubisa kwamtundu uliwonse kunali kwabwino kuposa kusabisa konse. Poyamba Hayden ndiyeno Alicia anang"anima m"mitengo, kenako Dal, Kenzi ndi Kinimaka. Drake adalowa m'nkhalango, ndikusiya May, Yorgi ndi Smith kumbuyo. Kuwombera kunamveka, pafupi tsopano, kupangitsa Drake kusamala ndi anzake.
  
  Atatembenuka, adawona kuti Mai wapunthwa.
  
  Ndinamuwona nkhope yake ikugwedera pansi.
  
  "Ayi!"
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Hayden adachita brake mwadzidzidzi ndikutembenuka. Panthawiyi, Mai anali atagona pansi, Drake adayandikira kwa iye, Smith anali atawerama kale. Zipolopolozo zinagunda mitengo yomwe inali kunja kwa mzindawu. Wina wake anali pafupi.
  
  Kenako chitsamba chinayamba. Ziwerengero zidalumphira, wina akugunda Hayden kumunsi kwa thupi. Iye anazandimira, koma anakhala pa mapazi ake. Thunthu la mtengo linamugunda msana. Iye sananyalanyaze kung'anima kwa ululu ndipo anakweza mfuti. Kenako munthu wakuda uja adamuukiranso, ndikumumenya ndi chigongono, bondo, mpeni ...
  
  Hayden adagwedezeka ndikumva kuti tsambalo likubwera mkati mwa tsitsi lalitali la mimba yake. Analimbana ndi chigongono kumaso ndi bondo m'mimba kuti akhazikitse mtunda wautali pakati pawo. Anaona Kinimaka ndi Alicia akumenyana kumanja, ndipo Dal akukankha chidutswa chomwe anagwetsa.
  
  Drake akunyamula Mai wolumala.
  
  Zipolopolo zinkawuluka pakati pa mitengo, kuswa masamba ndi zomera. Mmodzi anagonjetsa mdani, koma osati kwa nthawi yaitali. Posakhalitsa mwamunayo anaimirira, momveka bwino atavala mtundu wina wa Kevlar. Kenako masomphenya a Hayden adadzazidwa ndi mdani wake - munthu wa Mossad yemwe mawonekedwe ake adadzazidwa ndi kutsimikiza kwankhanza komanso koyipa.
  
  "Ima," iye anatero. "Tili patsamba limodzi-"
  
  Kumenya nsagwada kunamuletsa. Hayden analawa magazi.
  
  "Kulamula," kunabwera yankho losamveka bwino.
  
  Anatsekereza nkhonya zatsopano, kukankhira mwamunayo pambali, kuyesera kuti asakweze mfuti, ngakhale atanyamula mpeni. Tsambalo linalawa khungwa, kenako dothi. Hayden anakankha miyendo ya bamboyo pamene Drake ankadutsa, akuthamanga m'njira ndikukwera m'mitengo. Smith anaphimba msana wake, akumenya Israeli kumaso ndikumubweza mumtsuko. Kenzi ndiye anatsatira, ulendo uno ali ndi nkhope monyinyirika komanso maso ali ndi maso, ngati akufunafuna munthu womudziwa bwino.
  
  Hayden adakankhira njira yake kwa Drake.
  
  "Amayi?"
  
  Ali bwino. Chipolopolo chabe msana ndi momwemo. Palibe chodabwitsa. "
  
  Hayden adasanduka wotumbululuka. "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Jacket idayimitsa. Iye anagwa n"kumenya mutu wake. Palibe chapadera".
  
  "ZOKHUDZA".
  
  Alicia anazemba chigongono chankhanza ndikugwiritsa ntchito judo kuponya mdani wake kuwulukira mumitengo. Kinimaka adadutsa msilikali wina wa Mossad. Kwa mphindi zochepa njira inali yomveka, ndipo gulu la SPEAR linapindula mokwanira.
  
  Chidziwitso chilichonse chinayamba kugwira ntchito pamene ankathamanga kwambiri, osaganiza zochepetsera, kupyolera mu kupindika, kudumphira, ndi mitengo yoopsa. Kusiyana kunali kutatseguka pakati pawo ndi gulu la Mossad, ndipo masamba okhuthala adapereka chivundikiro choyenera.
  
  "Zinatheka bwanji kutidutsa ife?" Drake anakuwa.
  
  Hayden anati: "Ziyenera kuti zinali pamene tinaima kuti tione m"bokosilo.
  
  Smith anadandaula mokweza. "Tinawona."
  
  "Osadzimenya ..." Hayden adayamba.
  
  "Ayi, bwenzi langa," anatero Kensi. "Iwo ndiabwino pazomwe amachita."
  
  Smith adaseka, ngati akunena kuti nafenso, koma adakhala chete. Hayden anaona Kinimaka akupunthwa, mapazi ake aakulu akugwera mu mulu wa zotanuka zotanuka, ndipo anasuntha kuti athandize, koma Dal anali akuthandiza kale munthu wamkuluyo. Wa ku Sweden anasamutsira bokosilo ku dzanja lake lina, akukankhira Hawaii ndi dzanja lake lamanja.
  
  Ndipo tsopano ngozi ina yawonjezeredwa kusakaniza - phokoso losamveka la helikopita yowuluka pamwamba.
  
  Kodi adzawombera?
  
  Kodi angapese nkhalango ndi zipolopolo?
  
  Hayden sanaganize choncho. Zinthu zikwizikwi zitha kusokonekera chifukwa chakuchita mosasamala koteroko. Zoonadi, anyamatawa anali kutsatira malamulo a maboma awo, ndipo ena mwa amatsenga akukhala kunyumba kwawo m"maofesi awo ofunda, okhala ndi mpweya woziziritsira mpweya sanasamale zimene zinali kuchitika kunja kwa nsanja zawo za minyanga ya njovu.
  
  Kuphulika kwa ma propellers kunachokera pamwamba. Hayden anapitiriza kuthamanga. Amadziwa kale kuti a Mossad adzayang'ana gulu lawo, ndipo mwina aku Sweden ndi aku Russia kumbuyo kwawo. Panali phokoso kumanzere , ndipo adaganiza kuti akuwona ziwerengero zambiri - ayenera kukhala aku Russia, adaganiza.
  
  Kapena a British?
  
  Zopusa!
  
  Iwo anali otseguka kwambiri. Osakonzekera kwambiri. M'malo mwake, momwemonso anali matimu onse omwe analipo. Palibe amene ankayembekezera kuti aliyense adzafika nthawi imodzi - ndipo kunali kulakwitsa. Koma ndiuzeni ndondomeko yomwe ingaganizire izi?
  
  Njira ya Drake inali patsogolo, osachepetsedwa konse ndi kulemera kwa Meyi. Alicia adatsata zidendene zake, akuyang'ana uku ndi uku. Njirayo inkayenda mopanda cholinga, koma nthawi zambiri inkapita koyenera, ndipo Hayden anali woyamikira chifukwa cha zimenezo. Anamva zipolopolo za Smith kumbuyo kwawo, kukhumudwitsa omwe ankawathamangitsa. Anamva kukuwa kangapo kuchokera kumanzere, ngati kuti magulu awiri akukumana.
  
  Damn, izi ndi zoyipa zina zopenga.
  
  Drake adalumpha mtengo womwe wagwa. Kinimaka anathyola ndi kung'ung'udza. Zidutswazo zinabalalika mbali zonse. Dera linayamba kutsika kenako anaona m"mphepete mwa nkhalangoyo. Hayden adalowa mu comm kuti achedwe - palibe amene amadziwa zomwe zikudikirira pansi kupitirira mzere wamtengo.
  
  Drake anachedwetsa pang'ono. Alicia anamudutsa kumanja, ndipo Dahl anamumenya kumanzere; pamodzi atatu a iwo anagonjetsa chivundikirocho nalowa m"chigwa chopapatiza, chotetezeredwa mbali zonse ndi mapiri otsetsereka a bulauni. Kinimaka ndi Kenzi anadina zidendene zawo pamodzi pofuna kuthandiza, ndipo Hayden nayenso anatuluka pobisala, tsopano akuyesa kunyalanyaza kutentha kwa chifuwa chake.
  
  Anathamanga kwambiri kuposa mmene ankaganizira.
  
  Ndipo tauni yapafupi inali kutali kwambiri.
  
  
  MUTU KHUMI
  
  
  Drake anamva Mai akuyamba kulimbana pang'ono. Anamupatsa mphindi imodzi, podziwa kuti abwerera m"mbuyo mwamsanga. Munthawi yochepayi, adawona chinthu chosalala, chotuwa komanso choyipa chomwe chidapangitsa kuti mtima wake ukudumphadumpha.
  
  "Kumanzere!"
  
  Gulu lonselo linasweka kumanzere, mosamala koma mosayenera kuphimba mbali zawo chifukwa adani awo anali osawoneka. Drake adalola May kuti avutike pang'ono, koma adalimbikira. Posakhalitsa anali kumumenya nthiti ndi nkhonya.
  
  "Ndiloleni ndipite".
  
  "Sekondi imodzi, wokondedwa wanga ..."
  
  Alicia anamuyang'ana mwaukali. "Kodi mumakonda kwambiri?"
  
  Drake adazengereza, kenako adaseka. "Palibe yankho lotsimikizika ku funso ili, wokondedwa wanga."
  
  "Zoona?"
  
  "Chabwino, ganizirani za izi, monga momwe ndimaonera."
  
  Mai anathetsa vuto lakelo pogwiritsa ntchito msana wake kukankhira ndi kugubuduzika pansi. Anatera bwinobwino, koma anagwedezeka m'malo, atagwira mutu wake.
  
  "Taonani," adatero Drake. "Podziteteza, akuwoneka wosatetezeka."
  
  "Mutu wako ugwedezeka ngati sitifulumira." Alicia anakankha ndipo Drake anatsatira, akumuyang'ana May kwa nthawi yayitali mpaka adawongoka ndikulowa mu rhythm. Gululo linathamangira mphepete mwa phula.
  
  "Chisokonezo choyamba ndi Mossad." Dahl anatambasula. "Palibe chodabwitsa."
  
  "Iwo anali kudziletsa," adatero Kenzie. "Momwe unalili."
  
  "Chisokonezo chachiwiri," adatero Drake. "Mukukumbukira mudzi wa ku England uja? Zaka zambiri zapitazo."
  
  "Yonse?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Zaka".
  
  "ZOKHUDZA". Dahl anaima kaye kamphindi, kenako anati: "BC kapena AD?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti amachitcha BC tsopano."
  
  "Bullshit".
  
  Msewuwu unkayenda mbali zonse ziwiri, wopanda anthu, uli ndi maenje ndipo ukufunika kukonzedwa. Drake anamva phokoso la mfuti yotsutsa ndege ikuyandikira helikopita, kenako kuwombera kwina. Atacheuka n"kuona kuti akumuwombera m"nkhalangomo, ankangoganiza kuti akungotaya zipolopolo pamalopo, kenako n"kumuona akukhotera cham"mbali.
  
  "Sindingathe kuziyika pachiwopsezo," adatero Dahl. "Ndikuganiza kuti ayenera kukhala achi China ndipo sangamve macheza momwe ife tingathere."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu mwakachetechete. Palibe chatsopano chomwe chawululidwa pazokambirana posachedwapa. Popeza...
  
  Hayden anapereka moni wabata. "Ndikuwona galimoto."
  
  Drake adawerama ndikusanthula malowo. "Ndiye tili ndi chiyani kumbuyo kwathu? Mossad ndi Russia mu mitengo, kulowa njira wina ndi mzake. Kodi anthu aku Sweden ali kwinakwake pafupi ndi aku Russia? SAS? Anapukusa mutu. "Angadziwe ndani? Lingaliro lanu labwino ndikuzungulira nkhalango. Onse amadziwa kuti ngati adzipereka okha, ndi akufa. N"chifukwa chake tinali ndi moyo."
  
  "Chitchaina mu helikopita," adatero Smith. "Kufika pamenepo." Iye analoza ku mndandanda wa kupsinjika maganizo kosaya.
  
  "French?" Adafunsa choncho Yorgi.
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. Nthabwala pambali, a ku France mwina adabwereranso kuyesa madzi ndikulola adani awo kuti awachepetse. Kupambana kochenjera pa mphindi yotsiriza. Anayang'ana galimoto yomwe ikubwera.
  
  "M'mwamba."
  
  Smith ndi Kenzie anatenga njira, ataimirira m"mbali mwa msewu n"kulozetsa mfuti zawo pagalimoto yoyandikira. Dahl ndi Drake anaika miyala ingapo yolemetsa pamsewu. Pamene galimotoyo inkayenda pang'onopang'ono, gulu lonselo linatulukira kumbuyo, likuphimba galimotoyo mosamala ndikulamula anthu omwe anali nawo kuti atuluke.
  
  Alicia anatsegula chitseko chakumbuyo.
  
  "Wow, zikununkha muno!"
  
  Koma munalibe kanthu. Ndipo Drake anamva Kensi akufunsa funso mu Turkish. Anagwedeza mutu uku Dahl akumwetulira mwachipambano. Mtsikanayu ndi wodzala ndi zodabwitsa. "Kodi pali chinenero chimene samatha kuchilankhula?"
  
  A Swede adaseka kwambiri. "Bwerani, bambo. Osadzisiya wekha wotseguka kwambiri. "
  
  "O," Drake adagwedeza mutu. "Inde. Chilankhulo cha milungu."
  
  "Nyamuka, wokondedwa. Kodi mukufuna kugonana? Inde, ndikungomva mawu anu okoma akutuluka pa lilime la Odin. "
  
  Drake sananyalanyaze izi, ndikuyang'ana amuna awiri a ku Turkey omwe ankawoneka kuti ali ndi mantha.
  
  Ndipo kwenikweni Turkey.
  
  Hayden anawakankhiranso mgalimotomo, akutsatira chakumbuyo. Dahl adanyengereranso ndikumutsatira, ndikuuza ena kuti adumphe pampando wakumbuyo. Drake adazindikira chifukwa chomwe adasangalalira pakanthawi pang'ono, kenako adayang'ananso Alicia.
  
  "Zavuta bwanji kumbuyoku?"
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Galimotoyo inagunda ndikugwedezeka ndikuyesa kudziwononga yokha pamsewu wowonongeka.
  
  Alicia anagwira mwamphamvu. "Kodi akuyesera kugunda ma beats oipa amagazi?"
  
  "Mwinamwake," Smith anatero momvetsa chisoni, atagwira mphuno yake ndi lamba wakuda womangirira pachikwaya mkati mwa van. "Ndikumva fungo la mbuzi."
  
  Alicia adatsinzina maso ake. "Oh inde? Mnzako?"
  
  Kinimaka anakhala kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, akumameza mpweya wabwino wodzaza ndi mpweya kudzera m'ming'alu yomwe zitseko zakumbuyo zinkakumana. "Ayenera kukhala ... awa ... alimi, ndikuganiza."
  
  "Kapena ozembetsa mbuzi," anawonjezera Alicia. "Sindingathe kudziwa."
  
  Smith anakuwa mokwiya. "Ndikanena kuti 'mbuzi,' ndikutanthauza mwachizoloŵezi."
  
  "Yes Yes Yes".
  
  Drake adakhala kunja, akupuma mozama ndikuyesera kuyang'ana zinthu zina. Anayenera kudalira Hayden ndi Dahl, omwe adasamalira chitetezo chawo pasadakhale ndipo adapeza malo abwino kwambiri aulendo. Kuyankhulanaku kunakhala chete, kupatula kuphulika kwa apo ndi apo kwa static. Ngakhale Lauren anakhala chete, zomwe zinathandiza m'njira yakeyake. Zimenezi zinawauza kuti anali otetezeka ndithu.
  
  Anthu oyendetsa sitimayo anadandaula mokweza pozungulira iye, njira yawo yochitira zinthu ndi kudzipatula ku kununkha kwa nyamazo. Kuyerekeza ndi malo osambira aku Sweden, malo odyera aku America ndi mahotela aku London adaperekedwa mwamwano.
  
  Drake amalola malingaliro ake kuyendayenda kuchokera kuphulika kwaposachedwa kwa Yorga komanso kufunikira kogawana chinsinsi choyipa, kumvetsetsa kwatsopano pakati pa Alicia ndi Meyi, kumavuto ena omwe akuvutitsa gulu la SPEAR. Hayden ndi Kinimaka sanasemphane, monganso Lauren ndi Smith, ngakhale kuti omalizawo analekanitsidwa ndi zambiri osati kusiyana chabe. Dahl anagwira ntchito molimbika monga momwe akanathera ndi Joanna, koma kachiwiri ntchito inamulepheretsa.
  
  Chinachake chofulumira komanso chosasinthika chinamubaya muubongo wake. Mlembi Crow kukwiya kuti iwo sanatsatire malamulo Peru, ndi chidziwitso kuti chinsinsi, pamwamba chinsinsi American gulu lachiwiri pano. Kwinakwake.
  
  SEAL Team 7.
  
  Panali mafunso osawerengeka ndipo anali osadziwika bwino. Yankho linali lotani? Qrow sanakhulupirirenso gulu la SPEAR? Kodi zinali zosunga zobwezeretsera?
  
  Sanayiwale funso lalikulu lomwe linali pamutu pa Smith, koma sanaganizirenso zochitika zina. Qrow adatumiza anthu asanu ndi awiri kuti aziwayang'anira.
  
  Drake adaletsa mkwiyo wake. Iye anali ndi ntchito yakeyake yoti achite. Zakuda ndi zoyera zinali masomphenya a moyo omwe amagawana ndi opusa ndi amisala okha. Malingaliro ake akuya adasokonezedwa ndi Hayden.
  
  "Chilichonse chimamveka kumbuyo ndi kutsogolo. Zikuwoneka ngati tikuyandikira malo otchedwa Ç Anakkale, m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Ndidikirira mpaka tipeze malo tisanakumane ndi helikopita. O, ndipo Dahl anali ndi mwayi wochotsa bokosilo. "
  
  Anthu a ku Swedish anawasokoneza kwa kanthawi ndithu powafotokozera mmene mapepalawo ankaonekera. Inali yoposa nkhondo, kunali kulengeza kwake komwe. Hannibal adawoneka kuti wasankhidwa ngati chizindikiro.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  "Kodi pali umboni uliwonse wosonyeza mmene Africa inakhalira imodzi mwa ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi?" Mai anafunsa.
  
  "Palibe vuto ngati limenelo. Choncho sitingathe kulosera kumene wokwera pamahatchi wotsatira adzakhale."
  
  "Yang"anani m"mbuyo," anatero Kenzi. "Pantchito yanga, pantchito yanga yakale, mayankho anali obisika nthawi zonse. Mukungofunika kudziwa komwe mungayang'ane."
  
  Kenako Lauren analowererapo. "Ndiyesa izi."
  
  Drake adalimbana ndi kupendekeka kwagalimotoyo. "Kodi ku Çanakkale kuli kutali bwanji?"
  
  "Tsopano tikulowa kunja. Sikuwoneka wamkulu kwambiri. Ndikuwona nyanja."
  
  "O, wapambana." Drake adakumbukira masewera omwe adasewera ali mwana.
  
  "Ndaziwona poyamba," adatero Dahl akumwetulira m'mawu ake.
  
  "Inde, tidaseweranso."
  
  Galimoto inayima ndipo posakhalitsa zitseko zakumbuyo zidatseguka. Gululo lidalumphira kunja ndikukapuma mpweya wabwino. Alicia adadandaula kuti sakumva bwino, ndipo Kenzi adakhala ngati akukomoka mchingerezi. Izi nthawi yomweyo zidamusangalatsa Alicia. Drake adapezeka akuyang'anitsitsa ndikudabwa.
  
  "Damn it," anadandaula dala. "Chabwino, ine ndikhala amalume ake a nyani."
  
  Dahl adadabwa kwambiri kuti asayankhe.
  
  Pamaso pawo panali kavalo wamkulu wamatabwa, pazifukwa zina zodziwika bwino, akuyenda m'bwalo laling'ono lozunguliridwa ndi nyumba. Chingwecho chinkaoneka ngati chamanga miyendo yake ndipo chinatambasulidwa pamutu pake. Drake ankaganiza kuti inkawoneka ngati yankhondo komanso yolemekezeka, nyama yonyada yopangidwa ndi munthu.
  
  "Nanga ndi chiyaninso?"
  
  Khamu la anthu linasonkhana momuzungulira, n"kumamuyang"anitsitsa, kumujambula ndi kujambula zithunzi.
  
  Lauren analankhula pa wolankhulayo. "Ndikuganiza kuti mwangopeza Trojan Horse."
  
  Smith anaseka. "Izi zili kutali ndi chidole."
  
  "Ayi Troy. Ukudziwa? Brad Pitt?"
  
  Alicia anangotsala pang'ono kuthyoka khosi kuyang'ana mbali zonse. "Chani? Kuti?"
  
  "Oo". Kensi anaseka. "Ndawona njoka zikuukira pang'onopang'ono."
  
  Alicia ankaphunzirabe bwinobwino derali. Lauren ali kuti? Wakwera pahatchi?"
  
  Munthu waku New York anaseka. "Chabwino, iye nthawi ina. Kumbukirani filimu yamakono "Troy"? Atatha kujambula, adasiya hatchiyo pomwe mwaimirira, ku Çanakkale.
  
  "Bullshit". Alicia adafotokoza zakukhosi kwake. "Ndinkaganiza kuti Khrisimasi yanga yonse idabwera nthawi imodzi." Anapukusa mutu.
  
  Drake anakonza kukhosi kwake. "Ndidakali pano, chikondi."
  
  "Inde. Zodabwitsa".
  
  "Ndipo musadandaule, ngati Brad Pitt adumpha pabulu wa kavaloyo ndikuyesera kukuberani, ndikupulumutsani."
  
  "Usachite mantha."
  
  Mawu a Lauren adadula macheza awo ngati kugunda kwamphamvu kwa lupanga la samurai. "Kuvomereza, anyamata! Adani ambiri. Tikuyandikira ku Canakkale pompano. Ayenera kulumikizidwa ndi njira yolumikizirana, monga ife. Sunthani! "
  
  "Mwaona izi?" Drake adaloza ku linga. "Imbani helikoputala. Ngati titha kukwera mpanda ndi kudziteteza, akhoza kutichotsa kumeneko. "
  
  Hayden anayang'ana kumbuyo kunja kwa mzinda wa Canakkale. "Ngati titha kuteteza nyumba yachifumu m'tawuni ya alendo kuchokera kumagulu asanu ndi limodzi a SWAT."
  
  Dahl anatenga bokosilo. Pali njira imodzi yokha yodziwira.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKHUMI NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Mwachibadwidwe, iwo anasunthira kunjira ya m"mphepete mwa nyanja, podziwa kuti idutsa kunka ku linga lochititsa chidwi la mzinda. Lauren sanapeze zambiri kuchokera muzokambirana za comm, ndipo Drake anali atamva zochepa kuchokera kwa atsogoleri osiyanasiyana amagulu, koma kuvomerezana kwakukulu kunali kuti onse akutseka mwachangu.
  
  Njirayi inadutsa nyumba zambiri zoyera kutsogolo: nyumba, mashopu ndi malo odyera omwe akuyang'ana madzi abuluu a Hellespont. Kumanzere kunali magalimoto oimitsidwa, ndipo kumbuyo kwawo kunali mabwato ang"onoang"ono angapo, amene pamwamba pake panali makoma aatali a linga lokhala ndi mchenga. Mabasi oyendera alendo amadutsa, akungoyenda pang"onopang"ono m"makwalala opapatiza. Nyanga zinalira. Anthu a m"deralo anasonkhana pafupi ndi malo odyera otchuka, akusuta fodya komanso kucheza. Gululo lidathamanga mwachangu momwe lingathere popanda kudzutsa chikayikiro.
  
  Sikophweka kuvala zida zankhondo, koma makamaka pa ntchito imeneyi, anali atavala zakuda ndipo amatha kuchotsa ndikubisa zinthu zomwe zingakope chidwi. Komabe, gulu la anthu omwe ankasuntha pamene adatembenuzidwa mitu yawo, ndipo Drake adawona kuti mafoni oposa amodzi adatsegulidwa.
  
  "Imbani mwachangu helikopita yoopsa," adatero. "Sitinapite kumtunda komanso nthawi yoyipa."
  
  "Ndanyamuka. Mu mphindi khumi mpaka khumi ndi zisanu."
  
  Iye ankadziwa kuti imeneyi inali nthawi ya nkhondo. Magulu ena a SWAT sazengereza kutulutsa gehena pamzinda, ali ndi chidaliro pamalamulo awo komanso kuthekera kwawo kuthawa, podziwa kuti aboma nthawi zambiri amaika zigawenga pazovuta zilizonse.
  
  Makoma amtundu wa mchengawo adakwera kwambiri patsogolo pawo. Fort Ç Anakkale inali ndi makoma awiri ozungulira, oyang'ana kunyanja ndi linga lapakati, ndipo kumbuyo kwawo kunali mkono wawukulu wa mipanda yotsetsereka kutsetsereka kulowera kunyanja. Drake adatsata mzere wa khoma loyamba lopindika, akudabwa chomwe chinali pamphambano ya izi ndi mlongo wake. Hayden anayima kutsogolo ndikuyang'ana kumbuyo.
  
  "Tikuuka."
  
  Chisankho cholimba mtima, koma chinthu chimodzi chomwe Drake adagwirizana nacho. Kukwera kumatanthauza kuti atsekeredwa m'linga, kutetezedwa kuchokera kumwamba koma opanda chitetezo, otsekeredwa. Kupitiliza kumatanthauza kuti anali ndi njira zina kupatula kuthawira kunyanja: amatha kubisala mumzinda, kupeza galimoto, kukhala pansi, kapena kupatukana kwakanthawi.
  
  Koma kusankhidwa kwa Hayden kunawalola kutsogolera. Panalinso Okwera ena kumeneko. Zingakhale zosavuta kuti helikopita iwapeze. Maluso awo adagwiritsidwa ntchito bwino pankhondo yanzeru.
  
  Makoma okhotakhota analoŵedwa ndi khomo lopindika kenako masitepe ozungulira. Hayden adapita koyamba, kenako Dal ndi Kensi, kenako ena onse. Smith anabweretsa kumbuyo. Mdimawo unapanga chofunda m"maso mwawo, cholendewera chokhuthala ndi chosaloŵerera kufikira anachizoloŵera. Komabe, iwo anayenda m"mwamba, kukwera masitepe ndi kubwereranso ku kuwalako. Drake anayesa kusefa zonse zofunikira muubongo wake ndikuzimvetsetsa.
  
  Hannibal. Wokwera pamahatchi. Doomsday Order ndi dongosolo lawo lopanga dziko labwinoko kwa iwo omwe adapulumuka. Maboma padziko lonse lapansi akanayenera kugwirira ntchito limodzi pankhaniyi, koma anthu ankhanza, aumbombo ankafuna zofunkha ndi kudziwa kwawo.
  
  Pa ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi? Kodi zinayenda bwanji? Ndipo chinachitika ndi chiyani pambuyo pake?
  
  "Zosangalatsa ..." Nthawi yomweyo, mawu a Lauren adabwera kudzera mwa wolankhulayo. "Ç Anakkale ili pamakontinenti awiri ndipo inali imodzi mwamalo oyambira Gallipoli. Tsopano anthu a ku Russia analowa mumzindawo, monganso Aisrayeli. sindikudziwa kuti. Komabe, nkhani za apolisi m"deralo n"zofala. Mmodzi mwa nzika ayenera kuti adakufotokozerani ndipo akuyitanitsa obwera kumene. Sipatenga nthawi kuti aku Turkey apemphe gulu lawo lankhondo. "
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. Bullshit.
  
  "Pamenepo tidzakhala titalikirana ndi pano." Hayden anasuntha mosamala kulunjika komwe kunali pamwamba. "Mphindi khumi, anyamata. Tiyeni."
  
  Dzuwa la m"maŵa linaunikira malo otseguka, ocheperapo pafupifupi pamwamba pa nsanjayo. Mphepete mwa nsonga yozungulira ya nsanjayo inakwera mamita ena asanu ndi atatu pamwamba pa mitu yawo, koma inali yaitali kwambiri moti akanatha kulowamo osalowamo. Mipiringidzo yowonongeka inali paliponse, yotuluka ngati zala zokhotakhota, ndipo njira yafumbi inali m'mphepete mwa mapiri otsika kumanja. Drake adawona malo ambiri otetezedwa ndikupuma pang'ono.
  
  "Tafika," Hayden anauza Lauren. "Uzani helikoputala kuti ikonzekere kutera kotentha."
  
  "Kutentha kuposa momwe mukuganizira," adatero Smith.
  
  Gulu lonse linayang'ana pansi.
  
  "Osati pansi," adatero Smith. "Mmwamba. Pamwamba."
  
  Pamwamba pa nsanjayi tauniyo ili pamapiri. Nyumbazo zinakwera pamwamba pa mipanda, ndipo makoma aatali ndi okhuthala anatambasulira pazipingozo. Munali kupyola m"makoma amenewa pamene gulu la anthu anayi linathamanga litaphimba nkhope ndi zida zankhondo.
  
  Drake adazindikira kalembedwe kameneka. "Damn, ili ndi vuto. SAS."
  
  Dahl anali woyamba kuchita nawo, koma m'malo momasula chida chake, adachibisa, nagwira bokosilo, ndikudumphira pazipilala zokha. "A British ali ndi lingaliro loyenera la mitundu yosiyanasiyana. Onani ..."
  
  Drake adatsata maso ake. Mipiringidzoyo idatambasulidwa motalikirana mpaka kunyanja ndi kunyanja yolimba. Ngati atayiyika bwino, wowazayo amatha kuwang'amba pamwamba kapena kumapeto kwenikweni. Drake adadzitengera yekha kuwombera kangapo konkriti pansi pa mapazi a Britain, kuwachedwetsa ndikupatsa gulu nthawi yokwera pamwamba pa linga losasunthika pang'ono.
  
  Alicia adazandima. "Ine sindiri mu utali!"
  
  "Kodi mudzasiya kulira?" Kensi anamukankha dala, n"kumugwedeza pang"ono m"njira.
  
  "O, bitch, ulipira izi." Alicia adakhala osatsimikiza.
  
  "Kodi ndikhoza? Ingoonetsetsani kuti mukhale kumbuyo kwanga. Mwanjira imeneyo, ukawomberedwa ndikukumva ukukuwa, ndidziwa kuti ndikuwongolera."
  
  Alicia anali akupsa mtima ndi mkwiyo. Drake adamuthandiza. "Kungoseka a Mossad." Anatambasula manja ake.
  
  "Chabwino. Chabwino, tikatsika kuchokera pano, ndidzamugwira bwino bulu wake. "
  
  Drake adamutsogolera pamasitepe angapo oyamba. "Kodi izi zikuyenera kumveka zosangalatsa?"
  
  "Chonde, Drake."
  
  Iye anaona kuti si bwino kutchula kuti mipanda ya m"munsiyi yasanduka mipanda yotalikirana, yomwe iyenera kudumpha kuchoka pa imodzi kupita ina. Dahl anali woyamba kuthamanga pakhoma lalitali mapazi atatu, kutsogolera gululo. Kinimaka nthawiyi adatenga Smith kumbuyo, akuyang'ana British. Drake ndi enawo adasunga makutu awo kuti adziwe zizindikiro zina za adani.
  
  Mpikisano wotsikira pa mipiringidzo wayamba. Asitikali a SAS adasunga dongosolo ndikuthamangitsa, zida zidakwezedwa, koma osatulutsa mawu. Inde, kulekerera akatswiri kungakhale chifukwa chimodzi chokha; Kuphatikiza pa alendo, anthu am'deralo amakonda chinsinsi komanso malamulo otetezeka kwambiri.
  
  Drake adapeza kuti amafunikira kukhazikika kwathunthu kwa miyendo yake. Thanthwe kumbali zonse ndi kutsika kwapang'onopang'ono kunyanja sikunasinthe, koma malo otetezeka pansi pa mapazi ake. Linali lopindika pang"onopang"ono, mokoma mtima mofanana, mokhotakhota mokhazikika. Palibe amene anachedwetsa, palibe amene anazembera. Atatsala pang'ono kufika ku cholinga chawo, m'makutu mwawo munamveka phokoso la zopalasa zozungulira.
  
  Drake adachedwetsa ndikuyang'ana kumwamba. "Osati athu," iye anafuula motero. "Chifalansa choopsa!"
  
  Uku sikunali kutsimikiza kotsimikizika, koma kufotokozera kusakhalapo kwawo mpaka pano. Timathamangira mkati mphindi yomaliza. Timu ya SPEAR idakakamizika kutsika. Drake adawona nkhope za asitikali awiri akuyang'ana kunja mokwiya kuchokera m'mazenera, pomwe ena awiri anali atapachikidwa pazitseko zotseguka, akutembenuza zida zawo kuti adinde bwino loko.
  
  "Kunena zoona," adatero Dahl mopumira. "Lingakhale silinali lingaliro labwino kwambiri. Mabelu amagazi aku Britain akutha. "
  
  Monga mmodzi, Drake, Smith, Hayden ndi May adakweza zida zawo ndikutsegula moto. Zipolopolozo zinawomba pa helikopita yomwe inali kuyandikira. Galasi inathyoka ndipo mwamuna wina anagwa kuchokera pa chingwe chake, akugunda pansi mwamphamvu pansi. Helikoputala inatembenuka, kuthamangitsidwa ndi zipolopolo za Hayden.
  
  "A French si mafani," adatero mokhumudwa.
  
  "Tiuze zomwe sitikudziwa," adalankhula Alicia.
  
  Yorgi adadutsa Dahl mwachangu, ndikumupeza pakhoma lakunja, ndikufikira bokosilo. "Taonani, ndipatseni ichi," iye anatero. "Ndikumva bwino pakhoma, sichoncho?"
  
  Dahl amawoneka ngati akufuna kukangana koma adadutsa bokosilo pakati pa inning. The Swede sanali watsopano ku parkour, koma Yorgi anali katswiri. Msilikali wa ku Russia ananyamuka mofulumira kwambiri, akuthamanga pakhoma ndipo anayandikira kale mipanda.
  
  Alicia anawaona. "O shit, ndiombere tsopano."
  
  "Zikhoza kuchitikabe." Drake adawona helikopita yaku France ikupendekeka ndikulowa kuti itera. Vuto linali loti akaima kuti apeze cholinga, a British ankawagwira. Akathamanga kukawombera, amatha kugwa kapena kuwomberedwa mosavuta.
  
  Dahl anagwedeza chida chake. Onse awiri ndi Hayden adatsegula moto pa helikopita ikamabwerera kukasewera. Ulendo uno asilikali amene anali m"ngalawamo anabweza moto. Zipolopolozo zinaboola makoma a nyumbayo ndi chitsanzo chakupha, kugunda pansi pamphepete. Moto wa Hayden womwe unagunda bwalo la helikopita, ndikuwotcha zitsulo. Drake adawona woyendetsa ndegeyo akukuta mano mosakanikirana ndi mkwiyo ndi mantha. Kuyang'ana mwachangu m'mbuyo kunawonetsa kuti gulu la SAS likuwonanso helikopita - chizindikiro chabwino? Mwina ayi. Iwo ankafuna kuti adzitengere okha zida zankhondo.
  
  Kapena kwa wina wapamwamba mu boma lawo.
  
  Mbalameyi inagwetsa mvula yamkuntho, zomwe zinachititsa kuti mbalameyo igwere pansi ndi kuwerama. Dahl adatengerapo mwayi pamamita zana omaliza a khoma kuti agwe ndikutsetsereka powombera, koma sanapite patali. Pamwambapo panali povuta kwambiri. Komabe, zochita zake zinatumizanso salvo ina mu helikopita, zomwe zinapangitsa woyendetsa ndegeyo kutaya mtima ndikuwulutsa mbalameyo kuchoka pamalopo.
  
  Alicia anakwanitsa kunena mofoka.
  
  "Sizinachoke pano." Drake analumpha pamwamba pa mipanda imodzi imodzi, n"kutera mosamala komanso mosamala.
  
  Mawu a Lauren anathetsa bata lomwe linasokoneza mgwirizano. "Helikoputala ikuyandikira. Masekondi makumi atatu."
  
  "Tili pakhoma," Alicia anakuwa.
  
  "Inde, ndakumvetsani. A District of Columbia adatumiza setilaiti ku ntchitoyi. "
  
  Zinamutengera nthawi ina Drake kumva kunjenjemera. "Kuti muthandize?" Adafunsa mwachangu.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" Hayden anachitapo kanthu nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Drake adangotsala pang'ono kudzigwetsa asanazindikire kuti ili mwina linali lingaliro loyipa chifukwa cha zomwe zikuchitika. Zowonadi, samadziwa kuti ndaninso adamvapo mawu achete aku America ndi mawu a SEAL Team 7.
  
  Mwachiwonekere osati Hayden.
  
  Helicoptersyo inaonekera kutsogolo, mphuno pansi, ikuuluka mofulumira pamwamba pa nyanja. Yorgi anali akuyembekezera kale kumapeto kwa zipilala, pomwe turret yaying'ono yozungulira idayang'ana gombe lopapatiza. Dahl posakhalitsa adafika kwa iye, kenako Hayden. Helikoputala inayandikira.
  
  Drake anamusiya Alicia kenako anamuthandiza Kinimaka kupita. Akuyendabe pang'onopang'ono, adatambasula dzanja lake molunjika, kuwonetsa SAS. Mamita makumi atatu kuchokera pa nsanjayo adayima.
  
  SAS nayonso inayima, ina mamita makumi atatu pamwamba.
  
  "Sitikufuna ozunzidwa," iye anafuula motero. "Osati pakati pathu. Tili mbali yoyipa kwambiri!
  
  Mfuti akulozetsa thupi lake. Ali pansi adamva Dahl akubangula: "Leka kukhala ..."
  
  Drake adamutulutsa. "Chonde," iye anatero. "Si bwino. Tonse ndife asirikali pano, ngakhale a French owopsa."
  
  Izi zidapangitsa kuseka kosadziwika. Pomaliza, liwu lakuya linati, "Order."
  
  "Bwanawe, ndikudziwa," adatero Drake. "Unali pomwe iwe uli. Tidalandiranso zomwezo, koma sitiwombera magulu ankhondo apadera omwe ali ochezeka ... pokhapokha atawombera kaye."
  
  Chimodzi mwa ziwerengero zisanu chidakwera pang'ono. "Cambridge," adatero.
  
  "Drake," anayankha motero. "Matt Drake."
  
  Chete chomwe chinatsatira chinafotokoza nkhaniyo. Drake adadziwa kuti kuyimilira kwatha ... Ngakhale pang"ono, iye anayenera kupatsidwa chitonthozo chinanso pa mkangano wotsatira ndipo mwinamwake ngakhale kukambitsirana modekha. Kuchuluka kwa asilikali osankhikawa amatha kusonkhana, kudzakhala kotetezeka.
  
  Kwa onse.
  
  Iye anagwedeza mutu, anatembenuka n"kuchokapo, n"kufika pa dzanja limene linamuthandiza kumukokera mkati mwa helikopita.
  
  "Ndi zabwino?" Adafunsa choncho Alicia.
  
  Drake adadzipangitsa kukhala womasuka pomwe helikopita idapendekeka, ndikuchoka. "Tipeza," anayankha motero. "Nthawi ina tidzakangana."
  
  Chodabwitsa n'chakuti Lauren anali atakhala moyang'anizana naye. "Ndinabwera ndi helikoputala," iye anatero mwa kufotokoza.
  
  "Chani? Kodi mwaikonda bwanji njirayo?"
  
  Anamwetulira mosangalala. "Ayi. Ndabwera chifukwa ntchito yathu kuno yatha." Helikoputala inakwera pamwamba pa mafunde a dzuwa. "Tikuchokera ku Africa kupita kudziko lina."
  
  "Ali kuti?" Drake anamanga lamba wake.
  
  "China. Ndipo mnyamata, tili ndi ntchito yambiri yoti tichite?
  
  "Wokwera wina? Nthawi ino nthawi yanji?"
  
  "Mwina choipitsitsa kuposa zonse. Mangani lamba, abwenzi anga. Titsatira mapazi a Genghis Khan. "
  
  
  MUTU 12
  
  
  Lauren adauza gululo kuti likhale lomasuka momwe lingathere kumbuyo kwa helikopita yonyamula katundu ndikusakaniza mulu wa mapepala. "Choyamba, tiyeni tichotse zida zankhondo ndi Hannibal. Zomwe mwapeza m'bokosilo ndi mapulani opangira Project Babylon, supercannon yotalika matani awiri, mita zana. Adatumidwa ndi Saddam Hussein, adatengera kafukufuku wazaka za m'ma 60s ndipo adapangidwa mu 80s. Mzimu waku Hollywood unamveka muzochitika zonsezi. Zida zamphamvu kwambiri zomwe zimatha kutumiza zolipira mumlengalenga. Akuluakulu ophedwa. Anapha anthu wamba. Zogula zosiyanasiyana kuchokera kumayiko khumi ndi awiri kuti zikhale zachinsinsi. Zithunzi zamtsogolo zikuwonetsa kuti mfuti yamlengalengayi mwina idakonzedwa kuti igunda chandamale chilichonse, kulikonse, kamodzi kokha."
  
  Dahl anatsamira patsogolo ndi chidwi. "Tsiku lina? Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Sichinalinganizedwe kukhala chida chonyamulika. Kutulutsidwa kwake kukanasiya chizindikiro chomwe chikanawonedwa nthawi yomweyo ndi mphamvu zosiyanasiyana ndiyeno kuwonongedwa. Koma ... zowonongekazo zikhoza kuti zachitika kale. "
  
  "Malingana ndi cholinga." Kensi anagwedeza mutu. "Inde, mitundu yambiri idamangidwa molingana ndi lingaliro lankhondo yapadziko lonse lapansi. Njira yokakamiza mphamvu ya nyukiliya kuti igwire ntchito mosalephera. Komabe, ndi luso lamakono lamakono, lingaliroli likumka likutsutsana kwambiri."
  
  "Chabwino, chabwino," Smith adalumphira, akutambasulabe minyewa yake ndikuyang'ana mikwingwirima yake kuyambira nthawi yayitali, yolimba. "Choncho, m'manda a wokwera pahatchi woyamba munasungidwa mapulani a mizinga yaikulu ya mlengalenga. Ife tikuzimvetsa izo. Mayiko ena sanachite zimenezi. Chotsatira ndi chiyani?"
  
  Lauren adaponya maso ake. "Choyamba, mawu akuti 'malo opumira.' Ndikukhulupirira kuti mukukumbukira kuti Hannibal anaikidwa m'manda osazindikirika ndipo mwina kulibenso komweko. Kuwonera kungakhale kupanda ulemu kwa ambiri. Kusiya kusasintha n"kusalemekeza ena."
  
  Hayden adapumira. "Ndipo zimapitirira. Nkhani yomweyo, zolinga zosiyanasiyana padziko lonse lapansi. "
  
  "Tangoganizani ngati zidziwitsozo zidagwera m"manja mwa zigawenga. Ndinganene kuti maiko onse omwe akuthamangitsa okwera pamahatchi amatha kupanga mizinga yawoyawo mosavuta. Koma..."
  
  "Awa ndi omwe magulu ena aboma akugulitsa mapulani," adamaliza Drake. "Chifukwa sitikudziwa kuti timu iliyonse ndiyololedwa mwalamulo." Iye sanafunikire kuwonjezera ngakhale iwo ankaganiza kuti iye anatero.
  
  Helikoputala inawuluka mumlengalenga wowoneka bwino wabuluu, popanda chipwirikiti komanso kutentha kwabwino. Drake adadzipeza akutha kumasuka kwa nthawi yoyamba mkati mwa tsiku limodzi. Zinali zovuta kukhulupirira kuti usiku wapitawu adagwada pamalo opumira a Hannibal wamkulu.
  
  Lauren adasamukira ku fayilo yotsatira. "Mukukumbukira dongosolo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza? Ndiroleni ndikutsitsimuleni. 'M'makona anayi a Dziko Lapansi tinapeza Okwera Pamahatchi Anayi ndipo tinawafotokozera dongosolo la Dongosolo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza. Awo amene adzapulumuka Nkhondo Yamtanda ya Chiweruzo ndi zotsatira zake moyenerera adzalamulira moyenerera. Ngati mukuwerenga izi, tatayika, choncho werengani ndikutsatira mosamala. Zaka zathu zomaliza zidatha kusonkhanitsa zida zinayi zomaliza zakusintha kwadziko - Nkhondo, Kugonjetsa, Njala ndi Imfa. Agwirizana, adzawononga maboma onse ndikutsegula tsogolo latsopano. Khalani okonzeka. Apezeni. Yendani kumakona anayi a Dziko Lapansi. Pezani malo opumira a Atate wa Strategy ndiyeno Khagan; Mmwenye woyipitsitsa yemwe anayamba wakhalapo, ndiyeno Mliri wa Mulungu. Koma zonse siziri monga zikuwonekera. Tinapita ku Khagan mu 1960, zaka zisanu pambuyo pomaliza, ndikuyika Conquest m'bokosi lake. Ife tapeza Mliri woteteza Chiweruzo choona. Ndipo lamulo lokha lopha ndi pamene okwera pamahatchi anatulukira. Palibe zizindikiro zowazindikiritsa m'mafupa a Atate. Mmwenyeyo wazunguliridwa ndi zida. Lamulo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza tsopano likukhala kudzera mwa inu ndipo lidzalamulira mpaka kalekale."
  
  Drake adayesa kuphatikiza mfundo zoyenera. "Kodi chiwonongeko? Sindimakonda kumveka kwa izi. Ndipo 'Chiweruzo Chowona Chomaliza'. Chifukwa chake ngakhale titasokoneza atatu oyambawo, womaliza amakhala wosangalatsa kwambiri. "
  
  "Pakali pano," anatero Lauren, ponena za phunziro lomwe linali patsogolo pake. "The Washington think tank yapereka malingaliro angapo."
  
  Drake adazimiririka kwa sekondi imodzi yokha. Nthawi zonse akamamva kutchulidwa kwa kafukufuku, nthawi iliyonse akamatchulidwa thanki yoganiza, mawu awiri okha amawunikira muubongo wake ngati ma neon ofiira owoneka ngati ma neon.
  
  Karin Blake.
  
  Kusapezeka kwake kwa nthawi yaitali sikunayende bwino. Karin akhoza kukhala ntchito yawo yotsatira. Anakankhira pambali nkhawayo mofatsa kwa nthawiyo.
  
  "... wokwera pa kavalo wachiwiri ndi Mgonjetsi. Kufotokozera kwachiwiri kumatchula kagan. Kuchokera pa izi timaganiza kuti Genghis Khan ndi Mgonjetsi. Genghis Khan anabadwa mu 1162. Iye ali, kwenikweni, chigonjetso. Anagonjetsa mbali yaikulu ya Asia ndi China, komanso madera ena akutali, ndipo Ufumu wa Mongol unali ufumu waukulu kwambiri wogwirizana kwambiri m"mbiri yonse. Kahn anali wokolola; iye anadutsa mbali yaikulu ya dziko lakale, ndipo, monga tanenera poyamba paja, mmodzi mwa amuna mazana aŵiri alionse amene ali ndi moyo lerolino ali wachibale wa Genghis Khan."
  
  Mai anakakamira. "Wow, Alicia, ali ngati mwamuna wako."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Mnyamata uyu amadziwadi kubereka."
  
  "Dzina lenileni la munthuyu linali Temujin. Genghis Khan ndi dzina lolemekezeka. Bambo ake anapatsidwa poizoni pamene mnyamatayo anali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zokha, n"kusiya amayi awo kulera okha ana aamuna asanu ndi aŵiri. Iye ndi mkazi wake wamng"ono anabedwanso, ndipo onse anakhala akapolo kwa nthaŵi ndithu. Ngakhale zonsezi, ngakhale m"zaka zake zoyambirira za m"ma 20, anadzipanga kukhala mtsogoleri wankhanza. Iye anatchula mawu akuti 'sungani adani anu pafupi' monga munthu chifukwa chakuti akazembe ake ambiri anali adani. Sanasiye akaunti imodzi yosakhazikika ndipo akuti ndi amene anapha anthu 40 miliyoni, kuchepetsa chiwerengero cha anthu padziko lonse ndi 11 peresenti. Analandira zipembedzo zosiyanasiyana ndipo anayambitsa njira yoyamba yotumizira makalata padziko lonse, pogwiritsa ntchito ma positi ofesi ndi masiteshoni omwe anali mu ufumu wake wonse."
  
  Drake anasuntha pampando wake. "Pali zambiri zoti mumve."
  
  "Iye anali Khagan woyamba wa Mongol Empire."
  
  Dahl adasiya kuganizira zenera. "Ndi malo ake opumirako?"
  
  "Chabwino, adayikidwa ku China. M'manda osadziwika."
  
  Alicia anabwebweta. "Inde, adani, analidi!"
  
  "Choncho, Africa yoyamba ndipo tsopano China ikuyimira magawo awiri mwa ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi," Mai anaganiza mokweza. "Pokhapokha ngati ku Asia ndipo tikukamba za makontinenti."
  
  "Pali asanu ndi awiri," Smith adamukumbutsa.
  
  "Si nthawi zonse," Lauren anayankha mosamvetsetseka. "Koma tidzabwera ku izi pambuyo pake. Mafunso ndi awa: zida zogonjetsera ndi chiyani ndipo malo opumira a Genghis ali kuti?
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti yankho limodzi ndi China," adatero Kenzi.
  
  "Genghis Khan adamwalira modabwitsa cha m'ma 1227. Marco Polo ananena kuti chinali chifukwa cha matenda, ena chifukwa cha poizoni, ndipo enanso chifukwa cha mwana wa mfumukazi amene analandidwa kunkhondo. Pambuyo pa imfa, mtembo wake unali kubwezeredwa ku dziko lakwawo, kwa aimag a Khenti, monga mwa mwambo. Amakhulupirira kuti anaikidwa m'manda pa Phiri la Burkhan Khaldun pafupi ndi mtsinje wa Onon. Komabe, nthano ina imanena kuti aliyense amene anakumana ndi malirowo ankaphedwa. Zitatha izi, mtsinje unapatulidwa pamwamba pa manda a Kaeni, ndipo asilikali onse amene anapanga gululo anaphedwa." Lauren anapukusa mutu. "Moyo ndi moyo zinalibe tanthauzo kalelo."
  
  "Monga momwe zilili tsopano m'malo ena padziko lapansi," adatero Dahl.
  
  "Ndiye tikudumphiranso?" Alicia anasisima. "Palibe amene ananenapo kanthu za kudumphanso. Iyi si talente yanga yabwino kwambiri. "
  
  Mai mwanjira ina adatha kumeza mawu omwe adawoneka ngati okonzeka kuthawa milomo yake, m'malo mwake adatsokomola. "Sindimadziwiratu," adatero pomaliza pake. "Zikanakhala paphiri. Kodi boma la Mongol silinakhazikitse dera linalake kwa zaka mazana ambiri?"
  
  "Zowonadi, ndichifukwa chake timayang'ana ku China," adatero Lauren. "Ndipo manda a Genghis Khan. Tsopano, kuti mudziwe zambiri, NSA ndi CIA akugwiritsabe ntchito njira zambiri zopezera zambiri za omwe akupikisana nawo. A French adatayadi munthu. A British adachoka nthawi yomweyo ndi ife. Pambuyo pake anthu a ku Russia ndi a ku Sweden analoŵerera m"ntchito yoyeretsa dera la Turkey mofulumira kuposa mmene ankayembekezera. Sitikudziwa za Mossad kapena aku China. Malamulo amakhalabe omwewo. Komabe, pali chinthu chimodzi ... Ndili ndi Mlembi Qrow pamzere pompano. "
  
  Drake anakwinya nkhope. Zinali zisanachitikepo kwa iye kuti Qrow atha kumvetsera zokambirana zake ndi Lauren, koma zidayenera kubwera. Gulu lawo, banja lawo, linali ndi zinsinsi monga wina aliyense. Pamene ankayang"ana uku ndi uku, zinaonekeratu kuti anzakewo ankamvanso chimodzimodzi ndipo Lauren ankawadziwitsa zimenezi.
  
  Washington nthawi zonse imakhala ndi zolinga zake.
  
  Mawu a Qrow anamveka mokhutiritsa. "Sindingayerekeze kuti ndikudziwa zambiri kuposa inu za ntchito imeneyi. Osati padziko lapansi. Koma ndikudziwa kuti iyi ndi malo omenyera ndale, omwe ali ndi zovuta komanso zovuta kwambiri m'maiko ena omwe tikulimbana nawo. "
  
  Osatchula za USA, Drake adaganiza. Ayi!
  
  "Kunena zoona, ndikudabwa ndi maulamuliro ena omwe akukhudzidwa," adatero Crowe poyera. "Ndinkaganiza kuti atha kugwira ntchito nafe, koma monga ndanenera, zinthu sizingakhale momwe zikuwonekera."
  
  Apanso, Drake anatenga mawu ake mosiyana. Kodi ankanena za ntchito ya Hatchi? Kapena chinachake chaumwini?
  
  "Kodi pali chifukwa chake, Madam Secretary?" Hayden anafunsa. "Chinachake chomwe sitikudziwa?"
  
  "Chabwino, osati zomwe ndikuzidziwa. Koma ngakhale ine sindikuzidziwa zonsezi. "Palibe zoletsa" ndi mawu osowa mu ndale.
  
  "Ndiye ndi chida chokha," adatero Hayden. "Iyi ndi mfuti yoyamba. Akadamangidwa, akanagulitsidwa kwa zigawenga, dziko lonse likanafuna dipo."
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Izi... The Order of the Last Judgment," iye anatero dzinalo monyansidwa, "mwachiwonekere apanga dongosolo laluso, kulisiyira mibadwo yamtsogolo. Mwamwayi, Aisrayeli adawatseka kalekale. Tsoka ilo, sanapeze dongosolo lomwelo. Chiwembu ichi. "
  
  Pakadali pano, Drake sanawonepo tanthauzo pakuyimba uku. Iye anatsamira kumbuyo, kutseka maso ake, kumvetsera kukambirana.
  
  "Iwe umadumphira kwa ena. Israel ndi China okha ndi MIA. Malamulo wamba amagwira ntchito, koma fikani ku chidacho ndi kuchipeza poyamba. Amereka sangakwanitse kuti izi zigwere m'manja olakwika, amtundu uliwonse. Ndipo samala, SPEAR. Pali zambiri za izi kuposa momwe tingathere."
  
  Drake anakhala pansi. Dahl adatsamira kutsogolo. "Kodi ili ndi chenjezo lamtundu wina?" Adanong'oneza.
  
  Drake adaphunzira Hayden, koma abwana awo sanawonetsere nkhawa. Phimbani misana yanu? Akadapanda kumva chilankhulo cha ku America ichi, sakadaphatikizanso tanthauzo lililonse ku mawuwa. Maganizo ake anafikira pa imfa ya Smith ndi Joshua ku Peru. Izi zinayesa kuzama kwa kusamvera kwawo. Monga msilikali wamba, wokhala ndi kawonedwe ka msilikali, akanada nkhaŵa kwambiri. Koma sanalinso asilikali - anakakamizika kupanga zisankho zovuta tsiku lililonse, kumunda, pansi pa chitsenderezo. Ananyamula kulemera kwa zikwi za miyoyo, nthawi zina mamiliyoni, pamapewa awo. Ili linali gulu lachilendo. Basi.
  
  Ndinu wabwino basi monga kulakwitsa kwanu komaliza. Mukungokumbukiridwa chifukwa cha kulakwitsa kwanu komaliza. Ethics pa ntchito padziko lapansi. Anakonda kupitiriza kugwira ntchito, kupitiriza kumenyana. Sungani mutu wanu pamwamba pa madzi - chifukwa pali mamiliyoni a shaki omwe akuzungulira dziko lapansi nthawi zonse, ndipo ngati mutayima, mutha kumira kapena kung'ambika.
  
  Qrow anamaliza ndi nkhani yovuta ndipo Hayden adatembenukira kwa iwo. Anagwira womulankhulayo ndikuyang'ana nkhope.
  
  "Osayiwala".
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. Tsegulani tchanelo.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti zikhala zosiyana kwambiri ndi zinthu zanthawi zonse za Tomb Raider." Yorgi analankhula. "Tikukumana ndi asilikali aboma, akatswiri. Magulu osadziwika, mwina achiwembu. Tikuyang'ana anthu otayika mu nthawi, obadwa zaka zosiyana. Tikutsatira ulosi wina wakale wa zigawenga zankhondo, momwe amafunira kuti tichite. " Iye anagwedeza. "Sitingathe kulamulira zinthu."
  
  "Ndili pafupi ndi Tomb Raider momwe mungathere," adatero Kensi ndi nsonga. "Izi ... ndizosiyana kwambiri."
  
  Alicia ndi Mai adayang'ana Israeli. "Eya, timayiwala za mbiri yanu yoyipa, sichoncho ... Twisty?"
  
  Swede anaphethira. "I...m...ine...chiyani?"
  
  Kensi analowererapo. "Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti zinthu sizinakukakamizeni kuti musinthe, Alicia?"
  
  Mayi wachingeleziyo anagwedeza mutu. "Zimatengera ngati tikukamba za umbanda. Maudindo ena osagwirizana ndi abwino kuposa ena. "
  
  Hayden anati: "Ngati tidakali maso ndi tcheru, kodi tingayambe kuŵerenga za Genghis Khan ndi kumene kunali manda ake?" Tanki yoganiza ku Washington ili bwino komanso yabwino, koma tili kumeneko ndipo tiwona zomwe sadzawona. Kudziwa zambiri zomwe mungatenge, m'pamenenso timakhala ndi mwayi wopeza chida chachiwiri."
  
  "Ndipo tuluka wamoyo," Dahl adavomereza.
  
  Mapiritsiwo anadutsa, osakwanira kugawana nawo. Alicia anali woyamba kukuwa kuti ayang'ane imelo ndi tsamba la Facebook. Drake adadziwa kuti alibe adilesi ya imelo, osasiya mawu oyamba azama media, ndipo adamuyang'ana.
  
  Iye anapumira. "Serious nthawi?"
  
  "Kuti, kapena puma, chikondi. China sichidzatilandira ndi manja awiri. "
  
  "Mfundo yabwino." Hayden adapumira. "Ndilumikizana ndi matimu akumeneko ndikuwapempha kuti atitsogolere kulowa kwathu. Kodi aliyense ali ndi pulani mpaka pano?"
  
  "Chabwino," Dahl adayankhula mwachisawawa. "Sindinaganizepo kuti ndikuthamangitsa Genghis Khan ku China ndikuyesera kuti ndisamenyane ndi mayiko opikisana nawo theka. Koma, Hei," iye ananjenjemera, "ukudziwa kuti amalankhula za kuyesa china chake."
  
  Alicia anayang'ana uku ndi uku, kenako anapukusa mutu. "Palibe ndemanga. Zosavuta."
  
  "Pakadali pano," adatero Drake, "ndikufuna ndidziwe zambiri."
  
  "Iwe ndi ine tonse, Yorkies." Dahl anagwedeza mutu. "Iwe ndi ine, tonse."
  
  
  MUTU 13
  
  
  Maola anadutsa mosadziŵika. Helikoputala inakakamizika kuthira mafuta. Kusowa kwa nkhani zamagulu ena kwakhala kokhumudwitsa. Hayden adapeza kuti njira yabwino kwambiri yomwe adasankha inali yoti adzilowetse muzambiri zambiri zokhudzana ndi Manda a Genghis, koma zidamuvuta kupeza china chatsopano. Zikuoneka kuti enawo akhala akuyesetsa kuchita zimenezi kwa nthawi ndithu, koma ena anali atatopa ndipo anaganiza zopumula, pamene ena anaona kuti n"zosavuta kuthetsa mavuto awo.
  
  Zinali zosatheka kunyalanyaza m'malo awo ocheperako, ndipo zoona zake, pakadali pano gululi linali loyandikira komanso lodziwika bwino kuti lizitenga zonse mwachidwi.
  
  Dahl anayimba kunyumba. Anawo anasangalala kumumva, zomwe zinapangitsa Dahl kumwetulira kwambiri. Joanna anafunsa pamene akafika kunyumba. Kusagwirizanaku kunali koonekeratu, zotsatira zake sizinali zazikulu choncho. Hayden adatenga nthawi kuti ayang'ane Kinimaka pamene munthu wamkulu wa ku Hawaii akugwedeza chala chake pakompyuta. Anamwetulira. Chipangizocho chinkaoneka ngati positikhadi m"manja mwake akuluakulu, ndipo anakumbukira mmene manjawo anakhudzira thupi lake. Wodekha. Chisangalalo. Iye ankamudziwa bwino kwambiri ndipo zimenezi zinawonjezera ubwenzi wawo. Tsopano anali kuyang"ana nsonga yowonongeka ya chala chake, imene anakakamizika kuimeza pa ntchito yawo yomaliza. Kugwedezeka kwa mkhalidwewo kunatsegula maso ake. Moyo unali waufupi kwambiri kuti ungathe kulimbana ndi chifuniro cha amene umamukonda.
  
  Anapuma pang'ono, osatsimikiza ngati amakhulupiriradi. Damn, simukuyenera izi. Osati pambuyo pa zonse zomwe mwanena. Sanadzilungamitse kubwerera ndipo sankadziwa poyambira. Mwina inali nkhondo, mkhalidwe, ntchito. Mwina izi zinali choncho nthawi iliyonse m"mbiri ya moyo wake.
  
  Anthu alakwitsapo. Iwo akhoza kupulumutsa.
  
  Alicia anachita.
  
  Lingaliro ili lidamupangitsa kuyang'ana kwa mzimayi wachingerezi pomwe helikoputala inkadutsa mumlengalenga. Chisokonezo chadzidzidzicho chinapangitsa kuti agwire lamba wake molimba. Kachiwiri kwa kugwa kwaulere, ndipo mtima wake udatsika pamapazi ake. Koma zonse zinali bwino. Inatsanzira moyo.
  
  Chikhalidwe cha Hayden nthawi zonse chakhala kutsogolera, kuti zinthu zichitike. Tsopano anaona kuti chibadwa chake chinali kusokoneza zinthu zina zofunika pa moyo wake. Anaona tsogolo loipa.
  
  Drake ndi Alicia anali okondwa, akumwetulira, akugogoda pa piritsi wamba. Mai adabwereka Kenzi yake, ndipo azimayi awiriwo adasinthana. Zinali zosangalatsa kuti anthu osiyanasiyana amakumana ndi zochitika zofanana.
  
  Smith adayandikira pafupi ndi Lauren. "Zikukuyenderani bwanji?"
  
  "Ngakhale zikuyenda bwino, iwe wosalala. Ino si nthawi yake, Smith. "
  
  "Mukuganiza kuti sindikuziwa izi? Koma ndiuzeni. Kodi nthawiyo idzafika liti?"
  
  "Osati pano".
  
  "Sichoncho," adatero Smith mokhumudwa.
  
  Lauren anafuula. "Serious? Ife tiri kumapeto, bambo. Wagunda khoma la njerwa ndipo sungathe kulithetsa. "
  
  "Wall?"
  
  Lauren anafuula. "Inde, ili ndi dzina."
  
  "O! Khoma ili. "
  
  Hayden adawawona onse akugwira ntchito mozungulira vutoli. Sanali malo ake kuweruza kapena kulowererapo, koma zinasonyeza bwino lomwe mmene chopinga chilichonse chingawononge ubale uliwonse. Smith ndi Lauren anali, kunena mofatsa, banja losazolowereka, osazolowereka kotero kuti akanatha kugwirira ntchito limodzi bwino.
  
  Komabe zopinga zosagwirizana nazo tsopano zidayima m'njira yawo.
  
  Smith anayesa njira ina. "Chabwino, ndiye wakupatsa chiyani posachedwapa?"
  
  "ine? Palibe. Sindipitako kuti ndikamve zambiri. Ndi ntchito ya CIA kapena FBI kapena aliyense amene ali. "
  
  "Ndiye ukukamba za chiyani?"
  
  Kwa Smith, ichi chinali sitepe patsogolo. Funso lotseguka, losatsutsana. Hayden ankanyadira msilikaliyo.
  
  Lauren anazengereza pang'ono. "Shit," iye anatero. "Tikulankhula zopanda pake. TV. Makanema. Mabuku. Anthu otchuka. Nkhani. Iye ndi womanga, choncho amafunsa za ntchito. "
  
  "Maprojekiti ati?"
  
  "Zonsezi zimakupangitsani kufunsa mwanzeru. Bwanji osachita nawo otchuka kapena mafilimu ati? Kodi mumakonda nyumba, Lance?"
  
  Hayden anafuna kuzimitsa, koma anapeza kuti sakanatha. Nyumbayo inali yopapatiza kwambiri; funso ndi lalikulu kwambiri; kutchulidwa kwa dzina la Smith ndikokongola kwambiri.
  
  "Pokhapo ngati wina akufuna kuwavulaza."
  
  Lauren adamugwedeza ndipo zokambirana zidatha. Hayden ankadabwa ngati Lauren akuphwanya lamulo linalake pozemba kukalankhula ndi zigawenga zodziwika, koma sanathe kusankha momwe anganenere funso la Lauren. Osachepera panobe.
  
  "Pangotsala ola limodzi." Mawu a woyendetsa ndege anafika pa njira yolankhulirana.
  
  Drake anayang'ana mmwamba. Hayden adawona kutsimikiza pankhope yake. Zomwezo ndi Dahl. Gululo linali lotanganidwa kwambiri, likuwongolera luso lawo nthawi zonse. Onani ntchito yomaliza mwachitsanzo. Onse adadutsa mautumiki osiyanasiyana, adakumana ndi zoyipa ndipo sanalandire ngakhale kamodzi.
  
  Osachepera mu mawonekedwe a thupi. Zilonda zamalingaliro - makamaka zake - sizingapola.
  
  Anakhala miniti imodzi akuyang'ana mapepala omwe anali patsogolo pake ndikuyesera kuti adziwe zambiri za mbiri ya Genghis Khan. Anayang'ana m'mawu a Dongosolo, ndikuwunikira mizere: Pitani kumakona anayi a dziko lapansi. Pezani malo opumira a Atate wa Strategy ndiyeno Khagan; Mmwenye woyipitsitsa yemwe anayamba wakhalapo, ndiyeno Mliri wa Mulungu. Koma zonse siziri monga zikuwonekera. Tinapita ku Khagan mu 1960, zaka zisanu pambuyo pomaliza, ndikuyika Conquest m'bokosi lake.
  
  Ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi? Zikadali chinsinsi. Mwamwayi, zodziwikiratu za okwera pamahatchi zadziwika bwino mpaka pano. Koma kodi Order idapeza manda a Genghis Khan? Kotero izo zinkawoneka.
  
  Pamene helikopitayo inkapitirira kudutsa mpweya woondawo, Yorgi anaimirira kenako n"kupita patsogolo. Nkhope ya wakubayo inkaoneka yokokedwa, maso ake anali otsekedwa, ngati kuti sanagone nditsinzini chichokereni ku Peru. "Ndakuuzani kuti ndine gawo la zomwe Webb adanena, cholowa chake," adatero waku Russia, mawu ake akuwulula kuti adachita mantha ndi zomwe akufuna kunena. "Ndinakuuzani kuti ndine woyipa kwambiri kuposa onse omwe atchulidwa."
  
  Ndi kung'ung'udza kokwiyitsa, Alicia anayesa kuchotsa mwadzidzidzi chinyontho cha mumlengalenga. "Ndikuyembekezerabe kumva kuti ndi ndani amene amagonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha," anatero mokondwera. "Kunena zoona, Yogi, ndimayembekezera kuti ukhala iwe."
  
  "Motani ..." Yorgi anaima pakati pa chiganizo. "Ndine mwamuna".
  
  "Sindikukhutitsidwa. Manja aang'ono awo. Nkhope iyi. Momwe mukuyendera."
  
  "Muloleni iye alankhule," adatero Dahl.
  
  "Ndipo nonse muyenera kudziwa kuti ndine akazi okhaokha," adatero Lauren. "Mukudziwa, palibe choipa kapena chamanyazi pa izo."
  
  "Ndikudziwa," adatero Alicia. "Muyenera kukhala yemwe mukufuna kukhala ndikuvomereza. Ndikudziwa. Ndimangokhulupirira kuti atha kukhala Yogi, ndizo zonse. "
  
  Smith adayang'ana Lauren ndi mawu osokonezeka koma opanda kanthu. Drake adaganiza kuti zomwe adachitazo zinali zodabwitsa poganizira zodabwitsazi.
  
  "Izi zikungotsala imodzi yokha," adatero Kinimaka.
  
  "Wina amene akufa," adatero Drake, akuyang'ana pansi.
  
  "Mwina timulole mnzathuyo kuti alankhule?" Adalimbikira Dahl.
  
  Yorgi anayesa kumwetulira. Kenako anayika manja ake kutsogolo n"kuyang"ana padenga la kanyumbako.
  
  "Si nkhani yayitali," iye anatero momvekera bwino. "Koma ili ndi funso lovuta. Ine... Ndinapha makolo anga mozizira. Ndipo ndimayamika tsiku lililonse. Ndikuthokoza kuti ndatero."
  
  Drake adakweza dzanja lake kuti atenge chidwi cha bwenzi lake. "Simufunikira kufotokoza kalikonse, mukudziwa. Pano ndife banja. Sizidzabweretsa vuto lililonse. "
  
  "Ndikumvetsa. Koma izi ndi za inenso. Ukundimvetsa?"
  
  Gulu, aliyense, adagwedeza mutu. Iwo anamvetsa.
  
  "Tinkakhala m"mudzi waung"ono. Mudzi wozizira. Zima? Siinali nthawi ya chaka, inali kuba, kumenyedwa, kukwapulidwa kochokera kwa Mulungu. Zinakhumudwitsa mabanja athu, ngakhale ana athu. Ndinali mmodzi wa ana asanu ndi mmodzi, ndipo makolo anga analephera kupirira. Sanathe kumwa msangamsanga kuti masiku apiteko mosavuta. Iwo sakanakhoza kubweretsanso zokwanira kuti mausiku apulumuke. Sanathe kupeza njira yothanirana nafe ndi kutisamalira, choncho adapeza njira yosinthira chithunzicho. "
  
  Alicia analephera kuugwira mtima. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sizomwe zimamveka."
  
  "Tsiku lina masana tonse tinawunjikana m"galimoto. Iwo adati adalonjezana ulendo wakumzindawu. Sitinapite ku mzindawu kwa zaka zambiri ndipo tikanafunsa, koma..." Iye anagwedeza mutu. "Tinali ana. Anali makolo athu. Anachoka m"mudzi waung"onowo ndipo sitinamuonenso."
  
  Hayden adawona chisoni chakutali pankhope ya May. Moyo wake wachinyamata ukhoza kukhala wosiyana ndi wa Yorga, koma panali zofanana zomvetsa chisoni.
  
  "Tsiku kunja kwa galimoto kunali kukuzizira, mdima wandiweyani. Anayendetsa galimoto ndikuyendetsa osayankhula. Koma tazolowera. Iwo analibe chikondi pa moyo, kwa ife, kapena kwa wina ndi mnzake. Ndikuganiza kuti sitinadziwe chikondi, osati momwe chiyenera kukhalira. Mumdima anaima n"kunena kuti galimotoyo yawonongeka. Tinakumbatirana, ena analira. Mlongo wanga wamng"ono anali ndi zaka zitatu zokha. Ndinali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi, wamkulu koposa. Ndiyenera kukhala ...
  
  Yorgi analimbana ndi misozi, akuyang'ana padenga, ngati kuti anali ndi mphamvu zosintha zakale. Iye anatambasula dzanja lake mwamphamvu kuti aliyense asadzuke kuti apite kwa iye, koma Hayden anadziwa kuti zimenezi n"zimene ayenera kukumana nazo yekha.
  
  Anatikopa. Anayenda kwa nthawi ndithu. Chipalecho chinali cholimba komanso chozizira kwambiri kotero kuti mafunde amphamvu, akupha anatulukamo. Sindinathe kudziwa zomwe akuchita, kenako ndinazizidwa kwambiri moti sindingathe kuganiza bwino. Ndinawawona akutitembenuza mobwerezabwereza. Tinali otaika ndi ofooka, tikumafa kale. Tinali ana. Ife... tinkakhulupirira."
  
  Hayden anatseka maso ake. Panalibe mawu.
  
  "Zikuoneka kuti anaipeza galimotoyo. Iwo ananyamuka. Ife, chabwino, tinafa mmodzimmodzi." Yorgi sanathebe kufotokoza mwatsatanetsatane. Chisoni chokhacho chomwe chinali pankhope pake chinavumbula chowonadi cha izi.
  
  "Ndine ndekha amene ndinapulumuka. Ndinali wamphamvu kwambiri. Ndayesera. Ndinanyamula, ndikukoka, ndikukumbatira, koma palibe chomwe chidatuluka. Ndinawalephera onse. Ndinaona kutha kwa moyo kwa abale ndi alongo anga onse ndipo ndinalumbira kuti ndipulumuka. Kufa kwawo kunandipatsa mphamvu, ngati kuti miyoyo yawo yochoka inalumikizana ndi yanga. Ine ndikuyembekeza iwo anatero. Ine ndikukhulupirirabe. Ndikukhulupirira kuti akadali ndi ine. Ndinapulumuka m"ndende ya ku Russia. Ndidachita chidwi ndi Matt Drake, "adamwetulira mofooka, "ndikumuchotsa pamenepo."
  
  "Kodi munakwanitsa bwanji kubwerera kumudzi?" Kinimaka ankafuna kudziwa. Hayden ndi Dahl ankamuyang"ana mwachidwi, koma zinali zoonekeratu kuti Yorgi ankafunika kulankhula.
  
  "Ndinavala zovala zawo," iye anafuula mokweza mawu motsitsa momvetsa chisoni. "Mashati. Jackets. masokosi. Ndinali wofunda ndipo ndinawasiya onse okha mu chipale chofewa ndi ayezi ndipo ndinafika panjira. "
  
  Hayden sanathe kuganiza zowawitsa mtima, zodziwikiratu zomwe siziyenera kukhala zake.
  
  "Galimoto yomwe inkadutsa chandithandiza. Ndinawafotokozera nkhaniyi, ndinabwerera kumudzi patatha masiku angapo," anapuma mozama, "ndipo aone mzimu wachisoni chimene anayambitsa. Aloleni aone ndi kumva mmene mkwiyo wake unaliri. Inde, ndinapha makolo anga mopanda mantha."
  
  Panali bata lomwe siliyenera kusweka. Hayden adadziwa kuti matupi a abale ake a Yorga ali pomwe adagwera pakali pano, ataundana kosatha, osapumira.
  
  "Ndinakhala wakuba." Yorgi adafooketsa kumveka kosweka mtima. "Ndipo kenako anagwidwa. Koma sanaimbidwe mlandu wakupha. Ndipo ife tiri pano."
  
  Mawu a woyendetsa ndege anafika m"mwamba. "Mphindi makumi atatu kupita ku ndege yaku China, anyamata, ndiye kuti aliyense angaganize."
  
  Hayden anasangalala pamene Lauren anaitana Washington think tank panthawiyi. Njira yokhayo yopitira patsogolo inali kupyolera mu zododometsa.
  
  "Tili pafupi ndi cholinga," adatero Way titakumana. "Chatsopano?"
  
  "Tikugwira ntchito pamakona anayi, zonena za masiku obadwa a okwera pamahatchi, Mongolia, Khagan ndi Order yomwe, mukufuna chiyani choyamba?"
  
  
  MUTU 14
  
  
  "Oooh," adatero Alicia mosangalala, akusewera gawolo. "Tiyeni timvetsere tsiku la manambala obadwa. Ndimakonda manambala otsika. "
  
  "Chabwino. Ndizosangalatsa kumva izi kuchokera kwa mwana wakhanda wakumunda. " Mawuwo anapitiriza mosangalala, akukweza nsidze zingapo mu salon, koma mosangalala osadziwa: "Choncho, Hannibal anabadwa mu 247 BC, anamwalira cha m'ma 183 BC. Genghis Khan 1162, anamwalira 1227-"
  
  "Nambala zambiri," adatero Alicia.
  
  "Vuto ndilo," adatero Dahl. "Wasowa zala ndi zala."
  
  "Sindikudziwa kuti zikutanthauza chiyani," wasayansi wamakompyuta anapitiriza. Koma magulu achipembedzo openga awa amakondadi masewera awo a manambala ndi ma code. Kumbukirani zimenezo. "
  
  "Chotero Hannibal adabadwa zaka 1,400 Genghis asanakhale," adatero Kenzi. "Ife tikumvetsa zimenezo."
  
  "Mungadabwe ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu oipa amene sachita zimenezi," wamatsengayo anatero mwachisawawa. "Ayi basi-"
  
  "Hey bwana?" Drake adamudula mawu mwachangu: "Kodi munakumenyeranipo nkhonya kumaso?"
  
  "Chabwino, inde. Inde, ndatero."
  
  Drake adatsamira pampando wake. "Chabwino," iye anatero. "Tsopano ukhoza kupitiriza kusuta."
  
  "Ife, ndithudi, sitingagwire ntchito ndi ziwerengerozi, chifukwa sitikudziwa okwera ena. Ngakhale ndikulingalira kuti ngakhale inu anyamata mutha kudziwa chachinayi? Ayi? Palibe otenga? Chabwino. Chifukwa chake, pakadali pano, anyamata, pali zida zambiri zozimitsa moto zomwe zikutumizidwa ku Republic of Mongolia. Zisanu ndi ziwiri, kapena zikadali zisanu ndi chimodzi? Inde, magulu asanu ndi limodzi a asilikali apamwamba omwe akuimira mayiko asanu ndi limodzi akuthamangitsa Wokwera Kavalo Wogonjetsa. ndikulondola? Uwu!"
  
  Drake adayang'ana Hayden. "Kodi munthu uyu ndi woyimira bwino kwambiri ku Washington?"
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu. "Chabwino, sabisa mmene akumvera. Osabisika pansi pa mikwingwirima yambiri ya malaya achinyengo monga ambiri aku Washington. "
  
  "Patsogolo kwa wokwera pahatchi wogonjetsa. Mwachiwonekere Dongosololi lili ndi zolinga zake, kotero kugonjetsa kungakhale chirichonse kuchokera ku chidole cha ana mpaka masewera a kanema ... ha ha. Ulamuliro wa dziko ukhoza kubwera m"njira zosiyanasiyana, sichoncho?"
  
  "Ingopitirizani ndi malangizo," adatero Hayden.
  
  "Zowonadi. Ndiye tiyeni tingolunjika pa mfundoyo, sichoncho? Ngakhale kuti Aisrayeli sankafuna kutiuza zambiri zokhudza gulu lachigawenga la Nazi limene anawononga ku Cuba, tinaphunzira zomwe tinkafunika kudziwa. Fumbi litakhazikika, a chipani cha Nazi adaganiza momveka bwino kuti adasokoneza ndipo adabwera ndi lingaliro latsatanetsatane ili lolamulira dziko. Iwo adapanga Dongosolo, pamodzi ndi malaya, zizindikiro zachinsinsi, zizindikiro ndi zina zambiri. Anapanga dongosolo - mwina lomwe anali akugwira ntchito kwa zaka zambiri mu ulamuliro wa Reich. Iwo anakwirira mitundu inayi ya zida ndipo anabwera ndi chodabwitsa ichi. Mwinamwake iwo ankafuna kuti zikhale zosadziwika bwino, ndani akudziwa? Koma a Mossad adawawononga popanda kuwatsata ndipo, zikuwoneka kwa ine, mwachangu kwambiri. Chipinda chobisikacho chinakhalabe chosadziwika kwa zaka makumi atatu. "
  
  "Mphindi khumi ndi zisanu," woyendetsa ndegeyo anayankha mwaulemu.
  
  "Kodi ichi ndi chida?" Hayden anafunsa. "Anazitenga kuti?"
  
  "Eya, a Nazi anali ndi mayanjano ochuluka monga momwe aliyense akanakhalira. Pistol Yaikulu ndi mapangidwe akale omwe amasinthidwa kuti azitha danga komanso kulondola. Iwo amakhoza mwamtheradi kusanjika manja awo pa chirichonse kuyambira zaka makumi anayi mpaka makumi asanu ndi atatu. Ndalama sizinali chopinga, koma kuyenda kunali. Ndipo khulupirirani. Iwo sakanadalira mzimu umodzi wamoyo kuti uwachitire izi. Mwina zinatenga zaka zazing'ono kubisa zida zonse zinayi ndi mautumiki khumi ndi awiri. Zinthu zodalira ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe adabisala mfuti poyamba. Sakanatha kuwasunga ku Cuba tsopano, sichoncho?" Bambo waku Washington anaseka, ndiyeno mwanjira ina analephera.
  
  Alicia adaponya maso ake ndi kuphatikizira manja ake onse ngati angatseke pakhosi la munthu wowonda.
  
  "Ayi, inu mukadali ndi ine? Ndikumvetsa kuti nthawi yafupika ndipo mukuyabwa kutuluka mudothi ndikuwombera chinachake, koma ndili ndi zambiri. Ndangobwera kumene..."
  
  Imani kaye.
  
  "Tsopano izi nzosangalatsa."
  
  Kukhala chete.
  
  "Mukufuna kugawana?" Hayden adagwedeza bamboyo, akuyang'ana mbali yolimba ya helikoputala ngati akuwona malo omwe amatera akuyandikira.
  
  "Eya, ndimati ndilankhule za mbali zinayi za dziko lapansi-kapena mmene ife tikuzionera-koma ndikuwona kuti tikutha nthaŵi. Taonani, ndipatseni ndalama zambiri, koma zilizonse zomwe mungachite, "anayima kaye," osatsika!
  
  Kulumikizana kudayimitsidwa mwadzidzidzi. Hayden anayang'ana kaye pansi kenako mkati mwa helikopita.
  
  Drake anakweza manja onse mmwamba. "Musandiyang'ane. Ndilibe mlandu!
  
  Alicia anaseka. "Inde, inenso."
  
  "Sikuti?" Dahl anabwereza. "Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani?"
  
  Alicia adatsuka kukhosi kwake ngati akufuna kulongosola koma kenako mau a pilot adatuluka pa ma speaker. "Mphindi ziwiri, anyamata."
  
  Hayden anapempha thandizo kwa wokhulupirira wachikulire. "Mano?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Iye ndi bulu, koma akadali kumbali yathu," anafuula motero munthu wamkulu wa ku Hawaii. "Ndikhoza kunena kuti nditengere mawu ake."
  
  "Ndibwino kusankha mwachangu," adatero Smith. "Tikupita pansi."
  
  Njira yolumikizirana nthawi yomweyo idayamba kukhala yamoyo. "Ndati chiyani? Osatera! "
  
  Drake anayimirira ndikuyatsa intercom ya helikopita. "Tsopano, bwanawe," iye anatero. "New intelligence panjira."
  
  "Koma tili mkati mwa ndege yaku China. Palibe amene anganene kuti zitenga nthawi yayitali bwanji asanatizindikire. "
  
  "Chitani zomwe mungathe, koma osatsika."
  
  "Hey bwanawe, ndidauzidwa kuti iyi ikhala yofulumira kufika ndikunyamuka. Palibe zonyansa. Mutha kukhala otsimikiza kuti ngati tikhala pano kwa mphindi zingapo, tikhala ndi ma J-20 angapo. "
  
  Alicia adatsamira Drake ndikunong'oneza, "Izi ndizayipa-"
  
  A Yorkshireman anamudula mawu, ataona kuti vutolo linali lachangu. "Chabwino, mwachiwonekere a Knobend wochokera ku Washington akhoza kutimva ngakhale pamene kugwirizanako kwachepa," adatero, akuyang'ana kwambiri Dahl. "Wamva zimenezo Nobend? Tili ndi pafupifupi masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi. "
  
  "Zitenga nthawi yaitali," mwamunayo anayankha. "Limbani mtima anthu inu. Tili pamlanduwu. "
  
  Drake anamva nkhonya zake zikugunda. Kudzichepetsa kumeneku kunangoyambitsa mikangano. Mwina chimenecho chinali cholinga? Kuyambira pamene anapeza manda a Hannibal, Drake ankaona kuti chinachake sichili bwino ndi ntchito imeneyi. Chinachake chosawululidwa. Kodi ayesedwa? Kodi anali kuwayang'anira? Kodi boma la US lidawunika zomwe adachita? Ngati ndi choncho, ndiye kuti zonse zidachitika ku Peru. Ndipo ngati ndi choncho, Drake sanade nkhawa kwambiri ndi momwe amachitira.
  
  Ankada nkhawa ndi ziwembu, zilakolako ndi zokopa zomwe omvera angaphike pambuyo pobwereza. Dziko lililonse lolamulidwa ndi andale silinali mmene linkaonekera, ndipo okhawo amene anali kumbuyo kwa anthu olamulira ankadziwa zimene zikuchitika.
  
  "Masekondi makumi asanu," iye anatero mokweza. "Ndiye titulukamo."
  
  "Tikuyesera kuchita chododometsa," woyendetsa ndegeyo adawauza. "Ife tatsika kale moti ukhoza kutuluka pakhomo n"kukwera mumtengo, koma mbalameyo ndikuyibisa m"chigwa chamapiri. Ngati mumva chinachake chikugwedera pansi, chidzakhala mwala kapena yeti."
  
  Alicia anameza mokweza mawu. "Ndimaganiza kuti amacheza ku Tibet konse?"
  
  Dahl anagwedezeka. "Tchuthi. Ulendo wamsewu. Angadziwe ndani?"
  
  Pomaliza, kulumikizana kunayambanso. "Chabwino anthu. Kodi tidakali ndi moyo? Zabwino zabwino. Ntchito yabwino. Tsopano... mukukumbukira mikangano yonse yokhudza malo opumira a Genghis Khan? Iye mwiniyo ankafuna manda osadziwika. Aliyense amene anamanga manda ake anaphedwa. Malo amalirowo anapondedwapondedwa ndi akavalo ndi kubzalidwa mitengo. Kunena zowona, sichingafikiridwe koma mwangozi. Nkhani imodzi yomwe imandikhudza mtima chifukwa imangowononga misala yonseyi ndi yakuti Kahn anaikidwa m'manda ndi ngamila yaing'ono - ndipo malowa adadziwika pamene amayi a ngamila anapezeka akulira kumanda a mwana wa ng'ombe yake. "
  
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anathetsa mwadzidzidzi kulankhulana. "Tatsala pang'ono kuti tisabwerere, bwanawe. Masekondi makumi atatu ndipo mwina tituluka muno mwachangu momwe tingathere ngati kwayaka moto, kapena titumize ana kumeneko.
  
  "O," anatero mwamuna wa ku Washington. "Ndinayiwala za iwe. Eya, chokani mmenemo. Ndikutumizira malo atsopano."
  
  Drake ananjenjemera, akugawana ululu wa woyendetsa ndegeyo, koma adayankha mofuula kuti: "Yesu, bwanawe. Mukufuna kuti atigwire kapena atiphe?"
  
  Anangochita nthabwala pang'ono.
  
  "Hey Ayi. Khazikani mtima pansi. Taonani - a Nazi awa - Dongosolo la Chiweruzo Chotsiriza - anali kufunafuna Okwera pamahatchi - malo opumira - pakati pa makumi asanu ndi makumi asanu ndi atatu, sichoncho? Zikuoneka kuti anawapeza onse. China chake chimandiuza kuti sanapeze manda a Genghis Khan. Ndikukhulupiriradi kuti zambiri zitha kunenedwa za kupeza koteroko. Kenako amatsatira Dongosolo lenilenilo ndi mawu akuti: 'Koma zonse sizili momwe zikuwonekera. Tinapita ku Khagan mu 1960, patatha zaka zisanu kutha, ndikuyika Conquest m'bokosi lake.' Zowonadi Kahn analibe manda aliwonse omangidwa mu 1955. Koma, makamaka chifukwa cha kusowa kwa manda, komanso kuthandiza okhulupirira ndikuwonjezera kuchuluka kwa alendo, dziko la China linamanga manda ake. "
  
  "Kodi uku ku China?" Hayden anafunsa.
  
  "Zowona, izi zili ku China. Mukuganizira za ngodya zinayi zonsezi, sichoncho? Chabwino, sungani nkhani yanu yotuwa. Mwina tsiku lina ntchito idzakupezerani kuno."
  
  Hayden anameza mawu okhomedwa. "Ingofotokozani malingaliro anu."
  
  "Chabwino, chabwino. Mausoleum a Genghis Khan anamangidwa mu 1954. Uyu ndi kachisi wamkulu womangidwa m"mphepete mwa mtsinje ku Ejin Horo, kum"mwera chakumadzulo kwa Inner Mongolia. Tsopano mausoleum kwenikweni ndi cenotaph - mulibe thupi mmenemo. Koma iwo amati muli chovala kumutu ndi zinthu zina zomwe zinali za Genghis. Chinggis, yemwe nthawi zonse amalumikizana ndi lingaliro la mausoleum m'malo mwa manda odziwika komanso mwala wamanda, adapembedzedwa koyambirira mu ma yurts oyera asanu ndi atatu, nyumba zachifumu za mahema komwe amakhala. Mausoleum onyamulidwawa anali otetezedwa ndi mafumu a Darkhad a Jin ndipo pambuyo pake anakhala chizindikiro cha mtundu wa Mongol. Pamapeto pake, adaganiza zothetsa mausoleum onyamula ndikusamutsa zotsalira zakale ku zatsopano, zamuyaya. Ndondomekoyi ikugwirizana bwino ndi dongosolo la Order. Chida chilichonse chimene angasankhe kuti agonjetse chili m"bokosi la maliro la Genghis, m"nyumba ya manda."
  
  Hayden adayesa mawu ake. "Damn dumbass," iye anatero. "Ngati mukulakwitsa ..."
  
  "Kuti?"
  
  "Izi ndiye zabwino kwambiri zomwe mungapeze."
  
  "Order anali ndi mwayi," adatero Dahl. "Izi zikufotokozera mzere womwe uli m'mawu."
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu pang'onopang'ono. "Tili kutali bwanji ndi mtunda?"
  
  "Mphindi makumi awiri ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri."
  
  "Nanganso ma team ena?"
  
  "Ndikuopa kuti palibe njira yodziwira ngati alidi anzeru ngati anu. N"kutheka kuti ali ndi katswiri wa luso lapamwamba amene amawalangiza." Imani kaye kuti muthokoze.
  
  "Bwenzi langa," Alicia anatero.
  
  "Ayi". Hayden anaugwira mtima. "Ndikutanthauza - ndi chiyani chatsopano pamacheza amkati?"
  
  "O, ndendende. Kulankhula ndi mokweza komanso konyada. Matimu ena adakankhidwa ndi oyang'anira. Ena anapatsidwa ntchito yofukulanso pafupi ndi malo a Hannibal. Ndikudziwa kuti aku Russia ndi aku Sweden akupita ku Burkhan Khaldun, monga momwe munayambira. A Mossad ndi aku China ali chete. Anthu aku France? Chabwino, ndani akudziwa, chabwino?"
  
  "Kuyenera kukhala olondola pa izi," adatero Hayden, mawu ake ali ndi utsi. "Chifukwa ngati simutero ... dziko lidzavutika."
  
  "Ingofikani kumanda awa, Abiti Jay. Koma chitani mwamsanga. Matimu ena angakhalepo kale."
  
  
  MUTU 15
  
  
  "Ejin Horo Banner," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero, akadali ndi mantha. "Kwatsala mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu."
  
  Makonzedwe anapangidwa kuti gululo litsike kunja kwa mzindawo ndi kuyamba ulendowo. Katswiri wina wofukula za m"mabwinja wa m"deralo analembedwa ntchito kuti awathandize, amene anayenera kuwatengera kumanda. Drake adaganiza kuti samadziwa zomwe zingachitike panthawiyo.
  
  Kuti izi zitheke, helikopitayo ikhala yotentha komanso yokonzeka, ngakhale woyendetsa ndegeyo akuda nkhawa ndi zida zankhondo zaku China.
  
  Kuwombera ndi temberero, ndiyeno helikopita inayima, kupatsa gululo nthawi yodumpha. Anadzipeza ali pakati pa nkhalango zowirira za nkhalango zakufa, koma anatha kuona njira yopita patsogolo mosavuta.
  
  Pafupifupi kilomita imodzi kutsika phirilo kuli kunja kwa mzinda waukulu. Hayden adamupanga kukhala nav kumagulu olondola ndipo gululo lidadzipanga kukhala lowoneka bwino momwe lingathere. Anthu a ku China ankafunikira alendo odzaona malo, choncho lero apeza ena asanu ndi anayi. Lauren adatsimikiza kukhalabe ndi helikopita ndikuthetsa macheza omwe analipo.
  
  "Nthawi ina," adayitana gululo likuthamangira kuchoka, "Alicia akhoza kuchita zinazake."
  
  Mayi wachingelezi uja anapumira. "Kodi ndikuwoneka ngati secretary wamba?"
  
  "Mmm, zoona?"
  
  Drake adagwedeza Alicia ndikunong'oneza, "Chabwino, udachita izi sabata yatha, ukukumbukira? Za sewero?"
  
  "Eya," iye anamwetulira kwambiri, "zinali zosangalatsa. Ndikukayika kuti udindo wa Lauren udzakhala womwewo. "
  
  "Tiyeni tiyembekezere ayi."
  
  Awiriwo anamwetulira mwachikondi pamene akutuluka m"malo awo obisalamo ndi kutsika phiri lokwawa pang"onopang"ono. Zomera ndi zipululu posakhalitsa zinasanduka misewu ndi nyumba, ndipo mahotela angapo aatali kwambiri ndi nyumba zamaofesi zinayamba kuoneka patali. Zofiira, zobiriwira ndi zapastel zinkamenyana ndi mlengalenga wa buluu ndi mitambo yotuwa. Nthawi yomweyo Drake adachita chidwi ndi momwe misewu ndi mzinda womwewo unali waukhondo, momwe misewu yayikulu inaliliri. Umboni wamtsogolo, adatero.
  
  Poyang'ana zachilendo poyamba, koma osatha kudzithandiza okha, odzawona malowo adalunjika kumalo ochitira msonkhano, akuwonetsetsa kuti manja awo samasiya zikwama zawo zazikuluzikulu. Wofukula za m"mabwinjawo anawalonjera pamthunzi wa chifanizo chachikulu chakuda cha munthu wokwera pahatchi.
  
  "Zokwanira". Dahl anagwedeza mutu pa wokwerayo.
  
  Pamaso pawo panaima mkazi wowonda, wamtali, watsitsi lopetekera kumbuyo, ndi maso achindunji. "Kodi muli m'gulu la alendo?" Analankhula mosamalitsa, akusankha mawu ake. "Pepani English yanga. Izi sizabwino". Anaseka, nkhope yake yaying'ono ikutukumula.
  
  "Palibe vuto," adatero Dahl mwachangu. "Zimamveka bwino kuposa mtundu wa Drake."
  
  "Zosangalatsa-"
  
  "Simukuwoneka ngati alendo," anatero mayiyo, ndikumuimitsa. "Kodi muli ndi experience?"
  
  "O, inde," adatero Dahl, akumugwira dzanja ndikumutsogolera ndi manja akulu. "Timayenda padziko lonse lapansi kufunafuna zokopa ndi mizinda yatsopano."
  
  "Kulakwa," anatero mkaziyo mokoma mtima. "Mausoleum ali mbali inayo."
  
  "Oo".
  
  Drake anaseka. "Mukhululukireni," iye anatero. "Nthawi zambiri amangonyamula katundu."
  
  Mayiyo anayenda kutsogolo, akuwongola msana wake, ndi tsitsi lolunjika lomwe linasonkhanitsidwa kumutu wothina. Gululo linafalikira momwe lingathere, osafunanso kuyambitsa chipwirikiti kapena kusiya zikumbukiro zokhalitsa. Dahl adazindikira kuti dzina la mkaziyo ndi Altan ndipo adabadwira pafupi, adachoka ku China ali unyamata, ndipo adabwerako zaka ziwiri zapitazo. Anawatsogolera mwachindunji ndi mwaulemu ndipo posakhalitsa anasonyeza kuti akuyandikira cholinga chawo.
  
  Drake adawona pamwamba pa mausoleum kutsogolo, ziboliboli, masitepe ndi zinthu zina zowoneka mozungulira. Imfa imatha kubisalira paliponse. Pogwira ntchito limodzi, gululo linachedwetsa mayiyo poyang'ana matimu ena ndi asilikali ena, nthawi yonseyi akunamizira kuti akusilira momwe akuwonera. Smith akuyang'anitsitsa kuseri kwa zinyalala ndi mabenchi mwina zidamudetsa nkhawa Altan, koma kufotokoza kwa Drake za "kope lochepa kwambiri" kunangowonjezera chidwi chake.
  
  "Ndiye wapadera?"
  
  "Inde, iye ndi mmodzi mwa iwo."
  
  "Ndikutha kukumverani chifukwa cha kulumikizana koyipa," adatero Smith.
  
  "Bwanji?"
  
  Pankhani yamagalimoto, ili ndi Pagani Huayra Hermes edition, yopangidwira Manny Koshbin ndi Pagani ndi Hermes.
  
  "Ndine wachisoni. Sindikudziwa kuti zonsezi zikutanthauza chiyani. "
  
  "Zikumveka". Drake adapumira. "Smith ndi amodzi mwamtundu wina. Koma ndiuzeni zomwe mumakonda kwambiri."
  
  "Ndimakonda kwambiri kukwera mapiri. M"chipululu muli malo ena okongola."
  
  "M'mawu omanga msasa, ganizirani za Smith ngati mtengo wogwedera wa hema. Amene amakulowetsani m'mavuto nthawi zonse, koma amagwirabe ntchito bwino mukangopanga, ndipo nthawi zonse, koma nthawi zonse, amatha kukukhumudwitsani. "
  
  Smith anang'ung'uza china chake pama comms, atamaliza kuzindikira. Lauren adayamba kuseka mosalekeza.
  
  Altan anayang'ana Yorkshireman mokayikira, kenako anayang'ana gulu lonselo. Mai, makamaka adamupewa mayiyu, ngati akufuna kubisa komwe adachokera. Drake anamvetsa zomwe ena sakanatha. Chinthu china chinayambitsanso china, ndipo Mai sanafune kukambirana za komwe anachokera komanso momwe adafikira pano. Altan analoza masitepe angapo.
  
  "Kumeneko. Mausoleum ali kumtunda uko. "
  
  Drake adawona njira yotakata komanso yayitali kwambiri yolunjika kumasitepe a konkire aatali komanso otsetsereka. Masitepewo atangotsala pang"ono kuyamba, njirayo inakula n"kukhala bwalo lalikulu, lomwe pakati pake panali chiboliboli chodziwika bwino.
  
  "Chabwino, uyu analidi wokwera," adatero Kinimaka.
  
  Genghis Khan, atakwera hatchi yothamanga, anaima pamwala waukulu.
  
  "Wokwera pahatchi wachiwiri," anatero Yorgi. "Kugonjetsa".
  
  Altan ayenera kuti anamva chiganizo chomaliza chifukwa anatembenuka n"kunena kuti, "Inde. Khagan adagonjetsa dziko lodziwika bwino asanamwalire. Mosakayikira anali mfumu yophera fuko, adagwirizanitsanso ndale za Silk Road m'moyo wake, kuonjezera malonda ndi mauthenga kumadzulo kwa dziko lapansi. Anali mtsogoleri wamagazi, woopsa, koma ankachitira bwino asilikali ake okhulupirika ndi kuwaphatikiza m"zolinga zake zonse."
  
  "Kodi mungatiuzeko pang'ono za zomwe zili mu mausoleum?" Drake ankafuna kukhala wokonzeka. Pa mautumiki awa, liwiro linali chilichonse.
  
  "Chabwino, si kanthu koma manda amakona anayi, okongoletsedwa ndi zokongoletsera zakunja." Tsopano Altan analankhula ngati akunena za munthu wotsogolera alendo. "Nyumba yaikuluyi ndi ya octagonal ndipo ili ndi chiboliboli cha mamita asanu cha Genghis chopangidwa ndi yade yoyera. Pali zipinda zinayi ndi maholo awiri, omwe amaoneka ngati ma yurts atatu. Pali mabokosi asanu ndi awiri ku Palace of Repose. Kang, azikazi atatu, mwana wake wachinayi ndi mkazi wa mwana ameneyo."
  
  "Nyumba ya tchuthi," adatero Smith. Komanso zikumveka ngati malo opumira.
  
  "Inde". Altan anaitulutsa, akuyang'ana moleza mtima kwa Smith ndipo samadziwa kalikonse za malemba omwe amatsatira.
  
  "Mausoleum amatetezedwa ndi ma darkhads, olemekezeka. Zimenezi n"zopatulika kwambiri kwa anthu ambiri a ku Mongolia."
  
  Drake anapumira mozama mosangalala. Ngati iwo anali olakwa, ndipo awa sanali malo a chida chachiwiri ... Anali ndi mantha ngakhale kulingalira zotsatira zake.
  
  Moyo m'ndende yaku China ungakhale wocheperako mwamavuto awo.
  
  Kuyenda kwautali kunapitilira, choyamba ulendo wachipembedzo m'njira yayikulu, kenako kugawanika kwa malo, kuyang'ana mwachangu pankhope ya wamkulu wakale, ndiyeno kukwera kosatha kukwera masitepe amwala. Gululo lidakhalabe m'malo, silimadumpha pafupipafupi, ndipo limakhalabe tcheru nthawi zonse. Drake anali wokondwa kuwona alendo ochepa obwera ku mausoleum lero, zomwe zidathandiza kwambiri.
  
  Mapangidwe ochititsa chidwiwo anadzaonekera. Timuyi idayima pomwe idafika pachimake kuti ilowe zonse. Altan anadikirira, mwina anazolowera alendo ogwidwa ndi mantha. Drake adawona nyumba yayikulu yokhala ndi tinyumba tating'ono kumapeto kulikonse komanso yayikulu kwambiri pakati. Madenga awo anali amkuwa, okhala ndi mapatani. Kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo kunali mawindo ofiira ambiri komanso makomo atatu aakulu. Kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo kunali khoma la miyala laling"ono.
  
  Altan anapita patsogolo. Dahl adayang'ananso gululo.
  
  "M'manda molunjika," adatero Hayden. "Tsegulani ili, pezani bokosilo ndipo tulukani. Mwamwayi palibe thupi lolimbana nalo. Monga momwe woyendetsa ndege wathu akunenera, palibe ng'ombe."
  
  Drake anamvetsera pamene Lauren amagawana zaposachedwa kwambiri pamacheza.
  
  "Ndili ndi ziro wamkulu, wonenepa pano tsopano, anyamata. Ndine wotsimikiza kuti a Israeli ndi a Russia asokonezeka, malembawo adaloza njira yolakwika. DC akuganiza kuti a French akuyandikira, mwina theka la ola kumbuyo kwanu. Kumvetsera kukuvuta kwambiri tsopano. Tili ndi zida zina ndi zidule zochepa zomwe NSA sidzawulula. Anthu aku Sweden, aku China ndi aku Britain sakudziwika. Monga ndanenera, ndizovuta.
  
  "Aliponso?" Drake anagwedeza.
  
  "Zoseketsa uyenera kunena zimenezo. Ndikulandira chipolowe chondisokoneza kuchokera kosadziwika. Palibe mavoti, palibe njira yotsimikizira, koma nthawi zina zimawoneka ngati pali wina m'dongosolo. "
  
  "Osatchula za mizimu," Alicia anatero. "Tinali ndi nkhani zowopsa zokwanira pa opareshoni yomaliza."
  
  Altan anayima ndikutembenuka. "Mwakonzeka? Ndikulowetsani."
  
  Gululo linagwedeza mutu n"kupita patsogolo. Ndipo Drake adawona asitikali aku China akuchoka ku mausoleum, m'modzi wa iwo atanyamula bokosi lalikulu m'manja mwake, pakati pawo panali akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale.
  
  Anthu a ku China anatenga zida, ndipo tsopano kusowa kwa alendo kunawapindulitsa.
  
  Panangopita kanthawi kuti mtsogoleri wawo ayambe kuwaganizira.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKHUMI NDI CHISANU NDI CHISANU NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Drake adawona Dal akugwira Altan ndikumukokera kumbuyo, ndikudumpha kwautali mpaka adatetezedwa ndi asitikali aku China. Anaponya chikwama chake pansi ndipo mwamsanga anamasula zipi ya mthumba wakunja uja. Kugwira ntchito mwachangu komanso osayang'ana aku China, komabe adamva kuti ndi wotetezeka. Hayden, Smith ndi May anali ndi mfuti.
  
  Pabwalo loyang'anizana ndi manda a Genghis Khan, zida zidakwezedwa ndipo adani ake adalimbana. Munthu amene ananyamula bokosilo ankaoneka kuti ali ndi nkhawa. Gulu lachi China linali ndi anthu asanu ndipo linali likukankhira kale akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale oganiza pambali. Drake adakweza mfuti yake yaying'ono ndikudikirira. Ena onse a timu anayala mbali yake.
  
  "Zomwe timafunikira ndi bokosi," adatero Hayden. "Iyikeni pansi ndipo muchoke."
  
  Mtsogoleri wa gulu lachi China anali ndi maso amtundu wa slate wotuwa. "Ndi inuyo amene muyenera kupita nokha mukadali ndi mwayi."
  
  "Tikufuna bokosi," Hayden anabwereza. "Ndipo titenga."
  
  "Ndiye yesani." Wowonetsa adamasulira, ndipo achi China onse asanu adapita patsogolo molumikizana.
  
  "Oo. Tili mbali imodzi yoyipa."
  
  "O, nthabwala chabe. Zoseketsa. America ndi China sizidzakhala mbali imodzi. "
  
  "Mwina ayi," Drake adayankha. "Koma ndife asilikali omenyera nkhondo anthu. "
  
  Anaona kusatsimikizika pakuyenda kwa mtsogoleriyo, kusatsimikizika pang'ono pankhope yake. Ziyenera kuti zidawakhudza onse chifukwa timu yaku China idayima kotheratu. Hayden anatsitsa chida chake ndikutseka kusiyana kwake kwambiri.
  
  "Kodi sitingapeze mfundo zofanana?"
  
  Nod. "Inde, tingathe. Koma atsogoleri a boma ndi andale, zigawenga ndi opondereza adzatilepheretsa nthawi zonse."
  
  Drake adawona chisoni pankhope ya bamboyo komanso chikhulupiriro chonse m'mawu ake omwe. Palibe mfuti kapena mbiya yomwe idakwezedwa pamene magulu opikisanawo amamenyana koopsa. Zonsezo zinali chifukwa cha ulemu.
  
  Drake adayimilira, ndikusiya mfuti yake ya submachine mchikwama chake, ndipo adakumana ndi ziwonetserozo. Zibakera zolumikizidwa pachifuwa chake ndikukweza mikono. Bondo linadula kwambiri nthiti zake. Drake adamva kuti mpweya ukutuluka m'thupi mwake ndikugwa pabondo limodzi. Kuukira kunali kopanda chifundo, mawondo ndi zibakera zikugunda mwamphamvu ndikugwa mvula, kuopsa kwake kunawerengera kuti sikumupatse mwayi wobwezera kapena mpumulo. Anapirira zowawazo ndikudzipangira nthawi. Zithunzi zina zinawonekera pamene iye ankakhota ndi kutembenuka. Alicia analimbana ndi munthu wamtali; Hayden ndi Kinimaka anamenyana ndi mtsogoleriyo. Mai anatumiza mdani wake paphewa ndipo kenako anamumenya mowawa ku sternum.
  
  Drake adawona mwayi ndipo adawutenga. Kumbuyo kwake anamva Thorsten Dahl akuwonekera mwachizolowezi, akudumpha pamwamba pa masitepe; kukhalapo kowonekera komwe sikunganyalanyazidwe. Wowukira Drake adayimilira kwakanthawi.
  
  Msilikali wakale wa SAS anagwedezeka pansi, akugwedeza miyendo yake ndikugwira mdani wake kumbuyo kwa bondo. Anagwa kutsogolo, nagwada. Pamene adagwa pa msinkhu wa Drake, Yorkshireman adatulutsa mutu wamphamvu. Kukuwa ndi maso otambasulidwa zimasonyeza momwe anamenya mwamphamvu. Koma commando waku China adazandima ndikutsamira dzanja limodzi. Drake adadzuka ndikubweza chisomo chonse ndi mawondo ndi mutu. Panali mikwingwirima ina ndi magazi, koma panalibe chilichonse choyika moyo pachiswe.
  
  Dahl adathamangira, akulunjika mdani wa Alicia. Swede adagunda ngati ng'ombe pomwe Alicia amamenya. Womuukirayo anagwetsedwa ku mapazi ake ndipo anamenyedwa mwamphamvu kuseri kwa khosi, kunjenjemera ndi kudabwa. Anatembenuka nthawi yake itangoona Mai akugwetsa mdani wakeyo chikomokere kenako anapeza munthu ali ndi bokosi.
  
  "Moni!" Alicia atawaona analira anayamba kuthamanga.
  
  Anayamba kuthamanga, koma Smith ndi Yorgi anali atachoka kale kunkhondo. "Mwaona?" Adatelo Alicia. "Mphamvu zathu ndi manambala. Ndidadziwa kuti pali chifukwa chomwe tidavutikira kwambiri patimu yoyipayi. "
  
  Patsogolo pake, Kenzi adatsekereza njira ina ya bamboyo - kubwerera kumanda. Tsopano popeza anali ndi kawonekedwe kodetsa nkhaŵa ndi kaimidwe kogonjera, anatulutsa chida chimene anasunga m"mbuyomo.
  
  Drake adayang'ana derali ndipo adawona kuti Hayden adagonjetsera mtsogoleri wa gululo.
  
  "Musachite zimenezo!" - adafuula kwa munthuyo. "Mwachuluka, bwanawe."
  
  Hayden anayang"ana m"mwamba, n"kuona mmene zinthu zinalili, kenako n"kupukuta magaziwo pa tsaya lake. Drake tsopano adawona Altan akuzembera kumbuyo kuti ayang'ane ndikuusa moyo. Chidwi...
  
  Mfutiyo inakhalabe yosasunthika, bokosilo linali likugwirabe mwamphamvu, pafupi ndi imfa. Hayden adayimilira ndikukweza dzanja lake, chikhatho chili panja. Chofukizira chachitali chinaima pakati pa iye ndi mwamunayo, koma anasuntha mpaka pamene anawonekera.
  
  Kenzi adapita kumbuyo. Smith ndi Kinimaka kuchokera kumbali. Pamaso pa msilikaliyo panalibe mantha, koma kungosiya.
  
  "Palibe amene wafa." Hayden adaloza kwa asitikali aku China omwe adakomoka komanso akubuula. "Palibe amene amakakamizidwa. Ingosiyani bokosilo."
  
  Alicia anatenga chidwi chake. "Ndipo ngati mukufuna kukwapulidwa, kuti muwoneke bwino," adatero. "Ndili pano".
  
  Maganizo a msilikaliyo sanaphatikizepo kugonja. Ndipo munthu uyu analibe poti apite, analibe njira yothawira.
  
  "Mfuti," anatero Drake, "ndi chiyembekezo chabodza. Mukudziwa kuti ndi choncho."
  
  Ndemangayo inagunda chandamale, dzanja lomwe linali ndi mfutiyo linanjenjemera kwa nthawi yoyamba. Chete choopsa chinapitilira, ndipo Drake adawona kuti amuna angapo omwe adagonjetsedwawo adayamba kugwedezeka. "Uyenera kusankha, bwanawe," adatero. "Nthawi ikupita."
  
  Nthawi yomweyo bamboyo anatulutsa mfuti n"kuyamba kuthamanga. Analunjika kwa Hayden, ndiyeno, kamodzi pafupi ndi chofukizacho, anamenyetsa dzanja lake pachivundikirocho, akumayembekezera kuti amugwetsera. Phokoso ndi kubuula ndiyo inali mphoto yake yokhayo pamene chinthucho anachimanga bwinobwino, koma anapitiriza kuthamanga.
  
  Hayden anadikira, akusamalira.
  
  Alicia adathamangira kumbali yake yakhungu, nkhunda, ndikumugwira mchiuno m'chiuno mwake ndi rugby. Bamboyo anawerama, pafupifupi kuthyoka pakati, mutu wake unagunda paphewa la Alicia, ndipo bokosilo linawulukira pambali. Hayden anayesa kumugwira, ndikumugwira asanawonongedwe kwambiri. Kuyang'ana mwachangu kunatsimikizira kukhalapo kwa chida cha Order.
  
  Alicia adasisita munthu yemwe adali chikomokere. "Ndakuuzani kuti ndidzakhalapo kwa inu."
  
  Gululo linayesa. Anthu a ku China anali akuyenda kale. A French ayenera kuti anali pafupi. Mawu ochokera kwa Hayden adabweretsanso Lauren pazokambirana.
  
  "Nkhani yoyipa, anyamata. A French samachotsa maso awo pa inu, ndipo a Russia samachotsa maso awo pa iwo. Sunthani!"
  
  Bullshit!
  
  Drake adayang'ana njira yonse yobwerera pansi pamasitepe ndi njira yowongoka yopita ku mausoleum. Iye adawona anthu akuthamanga, gulu la anayi omwe pafupifupi amayenera kukhala achi French. "Iwo ndi abwino kwambiri," adatero. "Zowona, zakhala kawiri tsopano kuti afika kwa ife poyamba."
  
  "Tiyenera kupita," adatero Smith. "Akhala nafe mumphindi zochepa."
  
  "Ndipite kuti?" Adafunsa choncho Alicia. "Anatseka njira yokhayo yotulukira."
  
  Drake adawona mitengo m'mbali ndi kapinga kutsogolo. Ndipotu kusankha kunali kochepa.
  
  "Tiyeni," iye anatero. "Ndipo Lauren, tumizani helikopita."
  
  "Ndanyamuka".
  
  "Chitani izi mwachangu," adatero Smith. "A French awa ali pamapazi awo."
  
  Drake adathamangira kutsogolo, poganiza kuti aku Russia sangakhale kumbuyo kwambiri. Tsoka ilo, sipanatenge nthawi kuti munthu ayambe kuwombera. Pakalipano, zonse zidawayendera bwino, adawona zabwino kwambiri mu ubale wa msilikali kwa msilikali ndi munthu kwa munthu, koma mwayi wa mgwirizano wosalimba wotere unali wochepa.
  
  Tiyeni tiyang'ane zowona: Ngati maikowa akufuna kugwirira ntchito limodzi ndikugawana mphotho, amuna ndi akazi omwe ali muulamuliro amadziwa bwino lomwe kuti ingakhale njira yophweka - komabe akupitiriza kumenyana.
  
  Iye anatsetsereka pakati pa mitengo. Gululo lidamuthamangira, Hayden atagwira bokosi lokongola lomwe linali ndi chinsinsi chake chomwe sichinawululidwebe. Dahl adapachikidwa kumbuyo, akuyang'ana kutsogolo kwa French.
  
  "Mphindi zisanu kumbuyo kwathu. Palibe chizindikiro cha Russia. Ndipo aku China akudzuka. Chabwino, izo zikhoza kuwapangitsa iwo onse pang'ono. "
  
  "Helikoputala ili m'mphindi khumi," Lauren adawauza.
  
  "Muwuze kuti afulumire," adatero Alicia. "Mnyamata uyu ayenera kukhala wotentha."
  
  "Ndidzapereka izi."
  
  Drake adatenga njira yolunjika kwambiri, akuyembekeza kuti apeza mzere wabwino wakuphimba. Mitengo inatambasuka mbali zonse, nthaka inali yofewa komanso yotuwa ndipo inkanunkhiza kwambiri nthaka. Kensi anatola nthambi yokhuthala, akunjenjemera uku akuthamanga ngati akunena kuti, 'Tiyenera kuchita ndi izi.' Choyamba, kutsika kwautali, kenako kukwera kwakuthwa, ndipo njira kumbuyo kwawo inasowa. Milengalenga inali yosaoneka ndipo mawu onse anali osamveka.
  
  "Ndikungokhulupirira kuti palibe amene ali patsogolo pathu," adatero Dahl.
  
  Kinimaka anadandaula, kukanikiza mwamphamvu. "Khulupirirani omvera," adatero, akukumbukira masiku ake a CIA. "Iwo ndi abwino kuposa momwe mukuganizira."
  
  Drake adawonanso kuti palibe padziko lapansi pano, ndipo anali ndi malingaliro ofooka. Anayang'ana mbali zonse, ali ndi chidaliro kuti Dahl adzachita zomwezo kumbuyo. Patapita mphindi zinayi anaima mwachidule kuti amvetsere.
  
  "Kupeza kolowera pa helikopita iyi?" Hayden adanong'oneza Lauren.
  
  New Yorker amatha kuwona malo awo ngati madontho abuluu akuthwanima pa sikani. "Patsogolo molunjika. Pitiliranibe."
  
  Chirichonse chinali chete; atha kukhala anthu okhawo padziko lapansi. Drake anapitiriza patapita kanthawi, akusankha mapazi ake mosamala. Alicia anakwawira pafupi naye, Hayden sitepe kumbuyo. Ena onse a timu tsopano anafalikira kuti awonjezere kuchuluka kwawo. Chidacho chinakokedwa n"kuchigwira momasuka.
  
  Mitengo inali kuonda patsogolo. Drake anaima pafupi ndi chigawo chakunja, kuyang'ana malo.
  
  "Ndikutsetsereka kwakanthawi kupita kumunda wathyathyathya," adatero. "Ndizoyenera kwa shredder. Hei, ngakhale waku Sweden akhoza kugunda chandamale chachikulu chotere. "
  
  "Kwatsala mphindi zitatu kuti msonkhano uyambe," anatero Lauren.
  
  Hayden adatsamira pafupi ndi Drake. "Zikuwoneka bwanji?"
  
  "Palibe chizindikiro cha adani." Iye anagwedeza. "Koma atapatsidwa omwe tikuchita nawo, chifukwa chiyani ayenera kukhala?"
  
  Dahl anayandikira. Zilinso chimodzimodzi kuno. Iwo ali, ndithudi, kunja kwinakwake, koma obisika bwino. "
  
  "Ndipo dziwani kuti akupita chonchi," adatero Mai. "N'chifukwa chiyani tikuyembekezera?"
  
  Dahl adayang'ana Drake. "Pudding ya Yorkshire ikufunika kupuma."
  
  "Tsiku lina," adatero Drake, akuyang'ana malowa komaliza. "Mukufuna kunena zinazake zochititsa chidwi kwambiri, koma mpaka nthawi imeneyo, chonde lankhulani mukayankhulidwa."
  
  Iwo anatuluka mumzera wamtengowo, akumatsika paphiri lakuthwa, laudzu. Kamphepo kayeziyezi kanalonjera Drake, kumverera kosangalatsa pambuyo pa tsinde lamitengo. Dera lonselo linali lopanda kanthu ndipo linali lotchingidwa ndi mpanda pafupi ndi pomwe linathera ndi phula chapatali.
  
  "Sumuka tsopano," adatero Drake. "Titha kukhazikitsa pozungulira pamalo athyathyathya."
  
  Koma kenako mtendere ndi kupanda pake m"dera lonselo zinawonongeka. Timu ya SPEAR idathamanga motsetsereka pomwe kumanzere kwawo aku Russia akukhuthulira pomwe adabisala. Patsogolo pawo onse awiri, atatetezedwa ndi mitengo yakutali, Afalansa nawonso adawonekera.
  
  Osachepera amenewo anali malingaliro a Drake pa zinthu. Sanali kuvala ma tag, koma mawonekedwe a nkhope ndi mawonekedwe awo anali osiyana kwambiri.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, helikopita yawo idawonekera m'mwamba pamwamba pawo.
  
  "Oo iai".
  
  Kumanzere kwake, Chirashayo anagwada pansi n"kumangirira mfutiyo paphewa pake.
  
  
  MUTU 17
  
  
  Drake adatembenuka ndikutsegula moto. Zipolopolo zake zinang'amba udzu wozungulira msilikali wapamwamba, koma sizinawononge kukonzekera kwake. Woyambitsa roketi sanagwedezeke; chogwiriziracho chinakhalabe cholimba. Anzake adamuzungulira mozungulira, akubwezera moto. Drake mwadzidzidzi adapezeka kuti ali m'dziko lodzaza ndi zoopsa.
  
  A French anathamanga ndi mphamvu zawo zonse molunjika ku helikopita yomwe inkatera. Drake, pamodzi ndi Dahl ndi Smith, adasunga anthu a ku Russia ndi kusamala. Nkhope ya woyendetsa ndegeyo inkaoneka, yolunjika pamalo otera. Alicia ndi May sanachedwe kalikonse ndipo anagwedeza dzanja kuti amvetsere.
  
  Zipolopolo zinadutsa mumlengalenga.
  
  Drake anagunda m'modzi mwa anthu aku Russia ndi mapiko ake, ndikumutumiza ku bondo limodzi. Mawu a Hayden adamveka mokweza kwambiri pa wolankhulayo.
  
  "Woyendetsa ndege, chitanipo kanthu mozemba! Lauren, muwuze kuti ali ndi zida zoponya!
  
  Drake, Dahl ndi Smith adamenya nkhondo yaku Russia, koma adakhala kutali kwambiri kuti apange bwino, makamaka akusuntha. Woyendetsa ndegeyo anayang'ana m'mwamba, nkhope yake inali yodabwa.
  
  RPG inawombera, mzingawo unawuluka ndi mphepo yamkuntho komanso phokoso lalikulu. Drake ndi ena adangoyang'ana mosowa chochita pomwe amasiya kanjira m'mlengalenga ndikuwuluka mosalakwitsa molunjika ku helikopita. Chifukwa chochita mantha kwambiri, woyendetsa ndegeyo anagwedezeka mozemba, akupendeketsa helikopita, koma mzinga wodutsawo unali wothamanga kwambiri, unagunda pansi ndikuphulika mumtambo wa utsi ndi moto. Helikoputala inapendekeka ndikugwa, zidutswa zikugwa ndikunyamulidwa kupyola njira yake yowulukira.
  
  Anangoyang'ana mopanda kukhulupirira, kukhumudwa komanso mkwiyo wakuda ndi pomwe adawona komwe njira yake yoyipayo ingatsogolere.
  
  A French adawona akubwera ndikuyesa kubalalika, koma helikopita yomwe idawonongeka idagwa pansi pakati pawo.
  
  Drake adagwa pansi, ndikukwirira mutu wake munthaka. Moto wofiyira ndi walalanje unayaka ndi kutuluka, ndipo utsi wakuda unatuluka kumwamba. Kuchuluka kwa helikoputala kunatera pa munthu mmodzi; iye ndi woyendetsa ndegeyo anamwalira nthawi yomweyo. Tsamba lalikulu la rotor lidachoka ndikudutsa wotayika wachitatu, mwachangu komanso modzidzimutsa kuti sanadziwe chilichonse. Drake adayang'ana m'mwamba ndipo adawona zinyalala zazikulu zoyaka moto zidagwera pa mnzakeyo. Mphamvu ya nkhonyayo inamugwetsa kumapazi ake ndikumuponyera mmbuyo masitepe khumi ndi awiri, kenako anasiya kusuntha konse.
  
  Afalansa aŵiri okha ndiwo anapulumuka; ochuluka a timu anagonjetsedwa mu chochitika chimodzi chatsoka. Drake adawona mmodzi wa iwo akukwawa kuchokera pamoto woyaka ndi dzanja loyaka, ndipo winayo, akuzandima, akuyandikira. Mwanjira ina wachiwiriyo anatha kugwira chidacho ndipo nthawi yomweyo kuthandiza mnzake kuthawa.
  
  Drake adameza mkwiyo wake ndipo adapitilizabe kusunga malingaliro ake mwamphamvu. Njira zawo zokha zopangira zidawonongeka. Hayden adagwirabe mpirawo, koma tsopano aku Russia anali kuthamangira kwa iwo ndi zolinga zodziwikiratu. Munthu yemwe anali ndi RPG anali akuyang'anabe pazinyalala, ngati kuti akuganiza zomenyanso kachiwiri.
  
  Drake anaimirira, ndipo gululo linanyamuka naye. Atachoka ku Russia kupita kumoto, adakhazikitsa malo ogona omwe adakakamiza adani awo kuti agone pansi. Drake ndi Dahl onse adamenya amuna ovala, kuwatumiza pansi. Moto woyaka moto unawazungulira pamene ankayandikira, ndipo mkati mwake munamveka kulira kokulirapo komanso kulira kwamphamvu. Drake adamva kutsuka kumaso kwake kenako adatsamira kumbuyo kwakhungu lake. A French otsalawo anali kale kutali, akulimbana ndi mabala awo ndi zotayika zawo, ndipo momveka bwino kunja kwa mkangano wa nthawiyo.
  
  Drake anatembenuka ndi bondo limodzi, kukanikiza batani la comm.
  
  "Helikoputala ikutera," adatero potsimikizira izi kwa Lauren, ndiye, "tikufuna njira ina yopulumukira pompano."
  
  Yankho silinatchulidwe. "Pa iye".
  
  Gululo linapitiriza kubwerera kumbuyo, ndikuwonjezera mtunda pakati pa chopinga choyaka moto ndi mdani amene akuyandikira. Modabwitsa komanso mopanda mantha, RPG yaku Russia idawomberanso roketi ina pa helikopita yomwe idawonongedwa kale, ndikutumiza malawi ambiri ndi zipsera mlengalenga.
  
  Drake anamva chitsulo chikutuluka paphewa lake ndikuzungulira mozungulira. Dahl anayang'ana mmbuyo, koma Yorkshireman anagwedeza mutu, "Ndili bwino."
  
  Alicia anawalozera ku mpanda wakutali. "Msewu uwu ndiye njira yokhayo. Sunthani, anthu!
  
  Hayden analinganiza bokosilo ndikuthamanga. Smith ndi Kinimaka adatsalira, akusunga moto pakati pawo ndi a Russia. Drake adayang'ana malo omwe ali kutsogolo, nthawi zonse amakhala okonzekera zodabwitsa zatsopano komanso akuyembekezera zoyipa. Anthu a ku China anali kwinakwake, ndipo Aisrayeli, Sweden ndi British anali tcheru.
  
  Liŵiro lawo linawalekanitsa ndi Arasha omwe anali kuwathamangitsa, ndipo anafika kumpanda ndi nthaŵi yokwanira. Alicia ndi May adadutsa njira yachidule kenako adapezeka ali mbali ina, pafupi ndi phula lanjira ziwiri lomwe lidazimiririka mbali zonse ziwiri kupita kuchipululu chowoneka ngati chipululu. Lauren anali asanabwerere kwa iwo, koma anamusiya kuti achite zofuna zake podziwa kuti DC awathandiza.
  
  Drake sanadzazidwa ndi chidaliro chachikulu. Sanaimbe mlandu Lauren-The New Yorker anali pamadzi oyera, koma palibe chomwe chinamuwuza iye kuti amuna ndi akazi omwe anakhala otetezeka ndi ofunda mu Capitol anali ndi misana yawo yonse.
  
  Alicia anapita kukathamanga. Zinali zinthu zachilendo kwambiri. Drake ankadziwa kuti anthu a ku Russia ayenera kuti anali ndi chivundikiro china. Mwina inali m'njira.
  
  "Yang'ana uko," Kenzi adayankha.
  
  Pafupifupi theka la kilomita patsogolo, SUV yakuda inayima kuti itenge French yomwe inali yovuta. Pamene akuyang'ana, galimotoyo inathamanga mofulumira kufika pa mailosi zana limodzi ndi makumi asanu ndi atatu pa ola, ikunyamula ma operative awiri ndikuthamangira ndi nsonga.
  
  Dahl anati: "Osauka.
  
  "Tiyenera kuda nkhawa," adatero Smith. "Kapena ifenso tidzakhala 'osauka'."
  
  "Kukhumudwa kuli ndi mfundo," Alicia anatero, akuyang'ana mbali zonse. "Zowona, tilibe kopita."
  
  "Kuyika bokosi." Kinimaka analoza nkhalango ina yomwe inali pafupi ndi msewu. "Bwereraninso izi. Kapena funsani Lauren kuti atumize gulu lina. "
  
  Drake adayang'ana Dahl. "Siziyenera kukhala zovuta kwambiri, huh?"
  
  "Zowopsa kwambiri," adatero Hayden. "Iwo akhoza kuzipeza. Dulani uthengawo. Kupatula apo, timafunikira chidziwitsochi. Matimu ena atha kukhala akulunjika kwa wokwera wachitatu. "
  
  Drake anaphethira. Iye sanaganizire za izo. Kulimba mtima kunayamba kugunda pakati pamphumi pake.
  
  "Sindinaganizepo kuti ndingathe kuchita chiwerewere ku China," adadandaula Alicia.
  
  "Iyi ndi imodzi mwa ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi," Dahl adamuuza. "Choncho tonthozedwa ndi izi."
  
  "O, zikomo, bambo. Zikomo chifukwa cha ichi. Mwina ndigula kondomu."
  
  Anthu aku Russia ali kale panjira. Drake adawona m'modzi wa iwo akukuwa muwayilesi. Kenako maso ake anadutsa anthu a ku Russia n"kumayesa kuyang"ana pa chinthu chimene chinkayenda chapatali.
  
  "Mwina iyi ndi galimoto yawo," adatero Dahl, akuthamanga ndikuyang'ana mmbuyo nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Yorgi anaseka, maso ake ngati mphungu. "Ndikukhulupirira choncho. Ndipo zaka khumi zapitazo uyenera kuti unali wolondola."
  
  Drake adatsinzina maso ake. "Hey, ndi basi."
  
  "Pitirizani kuthamanga," adatero Hayden. Yesetsani kuti musawonekere wokondweretsedwa.
  
  Alicia anaseka. "Tsopano mwachita. Sindingasiye kuyang'ana. Kodi munayamba mwachitapo izi? Ukudziwa kuti suyenera kuyang'ana munthu ndikupeza kuti sungathe kuyang'ana kutali?"
  
  "Ndimapeza nthawi zonse," adatero Dahl. "Mwachilengedwe".
  
  "Chabwino, Muppet wovala zikopa ndizosowa," Drake adasokoneza.
  
  Basiyo inali yachikasu yonyezimira komanso yamakono ndipo inathamangira ku Russia popanda kuchedwetsa. Drake adayamikira liwiro lake, oyendetsa ndi okwera, koma adadziwa kuti alibe chochita. Anali pamtunda wa makilomita ochepa kuchokera mumzinda waukulu uliwonse. Pamene bus imayandikira ndipo aku Russia akuyang'anitsitsa, gulu la SPEAR linatseka msewu.
  
  "Pepani," Alicia adayankha.
  
  Smith anaseka mwadzidzidzi. "Iyi si Kansas. Sakumvetsa iwe.
  
  "Ndiye chilankhulo chapadziko lonse lapansi." Alicia adakweza chida chake ngakhale Hayden adayang'ana.
  
  "Mofulumira," adatero Dahl. "Asanalumphe ku wailesi."
  
  Basiyo inayenda pang'onopang'ono ndikukhota pang'ono, kutsogolo kwakukulu kumatsetsereka. Anthu a ku Russia anali atathawa kale. Drake anakankhira chitseko kuti chitseguke, ndikulozera driver kuti atsegule. Nkhope ya mwamunayo inali yamantha, maso ake ali tcheru ndikuyang"ana pakati pa asilikali ndi apaulendo ake. Drake adadikirira mpaka chitseko chitseguke kenako adapita kutsogolo, atatambasula dzanja lake.
  
  "Tikufuna kukwera basi," iye anatero modekha mmene akanathera.
  
  Gulu linatenga pakati pa basi. Dahl anali womaliza kulumpha ndikusisita dalaivala pa dzanja.
  
  "Patsogolo!" Analoza msewu.
  
  Anthu a ku Russia anali osapitirira mayadi zana kumbuyo, mfuti zinakwezedwa pamene dalaivala akukankhira phazi lake pansi. Zikuoneka kuti anali kuyang'anitsitsa magalasi ake am'mbali. Basi idayamba kuyenda, okwerawo adalumphira mmbuyo. Drake anagwirabe. Alicia anayenda kuseri kwa bus kuti akaone ngati akuthamangitsa.
  
  "Akupeza mphamvu"
  
  Drake adagwedeza Dahl. "Muwuzeni Keanu kuti afulumire gehena!"
  
  Mswedeyo adawoneka wamanyazi pang'ono, koma adalankhula ndi woyendetsa basi. Galimotoyo idakwera pang'onopang'ono. Drake adawona Alicia akunjenjemera kenako adatembenuka mwachangu, akukalipira okwera basi.
  
  "Bakha pansi! Tsopano!"
  
  Kuopa RPG, Drake nayenso adagwa. Mwamwayi, zipolopolozo zinangogunda kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, zonse zitagwera mu chassis. Anapumira momasuka. Mwachionekere, anthu a ku Russia anachenjezedwa za kuphedwa kwa anthu wamba. Osachepera chinali chinachake.
  
  Apanso, malingaliro andale omwe amatsogolera gulu lililonse osankhika adakumbukira. Sikuti matimu onse adathandizidwa ndi boma; ndipo atsogoleri ena sankadziwa n"komwe zimene zinkachitika. Apanso maganizo ake anabwerera kwa French - ndi asilikali akufa.
  
  Iwo amachita ntchito yawo.
  
  Basiyo inanyamuka kuchoka kwa a Russia, ikuthamanga mumsewu, chimango chake chonse chikunjenjemera. Drake adapumula pang'ono, podziwa kuti akubwerera ku Ejin Horo komwe akulowera. Dalaivala anakambirana njira yaikulu yosesa. Drake anatembenuka pamene Alicia akutulutsa mfuu wapansi pampando wakumbuyo.
  
  Ndipo iwo anawona helikoputala yakuda yomwe inali ya Achirasha, ikukwera pansi kuti iwanyamule iwo.
  
  Mawu a Hayden adadzaza mgwirizano. "Sadzaukira."
  
  Drake anatulutsa milomo yake. "Fluid op. Malamulo akusintha. "
  
  "Ndipo atha kukankhirabe basi pamsewu," adayankha Dahl. "Kodi ndikutali bwanji ndikumzinda?"
  
  "Mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu," anayankha Lauren.
  
  "Motalika kwambiri". Dahl adayenda pansi mpaka kumbuyo kwa galimoto yothamanga ndikuyamba kufotokozera okwera kuti apite patsogolo. Kamphindi kakang'ono kenaka adalumikizana ndi Alicia.
  
  "Hi Torsti. Ndipo nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti mipando yakumbuyo ndi yopsompsonana basi. "
  
  A Swede adatulutsa mawu okhomedwa. "Mukufuna kundipangitsa kuti ndidwale? Ndikudziwa kumene milomo imeneyo inali."
  
  Alicia adamupsompsona. "Simukudziwa kumene iwo akhala."
  
  Dahl adaletsa kumwetulira ndikupanga chizindikiro cha mtanda. Helikoputala yaku Russia idatera kwakanthawi pomwe asitikali akukwera, akuyandama panjira. Basi inayenda mtunda pang'ono ndikutembenuka pakati pawo, ndipo Alicia ndi Dahl adayang'ana mpweya.
  
  Drake adayang'anira aku France omwe akuthawa kutsogolo, koma amakayikira ngati angayese kuwukira. Anali ochepa m"chiŵerengero chawo ndipo akulimbana ndi kuluza. Iwo analingalira mopambanitsa. Zikadakhala zomveka ngati akanapita molunjika ku chidziwitso chachitatu.
  
  Komabe ankangoyang"ana.
  
  Mawu a Lauren adabwera kudzera mwa wolankhulayo. "Mphindi zisanu ndi imodzi. Kodi muli ndi nthawi yolankhulana?"
  
  "Za chiyani?" Smith anakuwa, koma sanalankhule chilichonse chokwiyitsa.
  
  "Wokwera Pahatchi Wachitatu ndi chinsinsi, munthu wina amene Lamulo linaponya m'menemo kuti asokoneze madzi. Amwenye otchuka akuphatikizapo Mahatma Gandhi, Idira Gandhi, Deepak Chopra, koma mumapeza bwanji munthu woyipa kwambiri yemwe adakhalako? Ndipo anali wotchuka." Anapumira. "Tikufufuzabe. Komabe, tank yoganiza ku Washington idakali kumapeto. Ndinawauza kuti mwina sizingakhale zoipa kwambiri."
  
  Drake adapumira mmwamba. "Inde, wokondedwa wanga. Osati chinthu choyipa kwambiri chomwe chingachitike, "adatero. "Izi ziyenera kuchepetsa mayiko ena."
  
  "Zidzachitikadi. M'nkhani zina, tikuganiza kuti tathyola ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi.
  
  "Kodi muli ndi?" Mai anatero. "Izi ndi nkhani zabwino."
  
  Drake adakonda mawu ake ocheperako. "Takhala pano, Mai."
  
  "Inde, sindikufuna kudumpha pampando wanga ndi chisangalalo," Alicia anawonjezera mowuma.
  
  Mai sanafune kuyankha. Lauren anapitiriza ngati kuti palibe chimene chanenedwa, "Dikirani kaye, anyamata. Ndinangouzidwa kuti achi China abwereranso. Pafupifupi ma helikoputala awiri akupita komweko. "
  
  "Tili m'basi yaku China," adatero Yorgi. "Kodi sitikhala otetezeka kwa iwo osachepera?"
  
  "Ndi chitsiru pang'ono," adatero Kenzie. "Maboma samasamala."
  
  "Ngakhale kuchulukirachulukira," adawonjezera Hayden. "Kenzie walondola. Sitingaganize kuti sadzakwera basi. "
  
  Mawu aulosi, Drake anaganiza, ngati kachidontho kakuda kakukula mumlengalenga wabuluu kutsogolo kwa basi.
  
  Alicia anati, "A Russia ali pano."
  
  Zakhala zovuta kwambiri.
  
  
  MUTU WAKHUMI NDI chisanu ndi chitatu
  
  
  Ndege za helikopita zinkauluka kutsogolo ndi kumbuyo. Drake adawona mbalame yaku China ikugwera pansi pafupi ndi phula isanatsike ndikulunjika basi.
  
  "Akutikakamiza kuchita ngozi," iye anatero, kenako analoza dalaivala yemwe anachita mantha. "Ayi ayi. pitilizani!"
  
  Injini ya basiyo inabangula ndipo matayala anagunda pansi. Anthu angapo omwe anali odzaza kutsogolo anali atayamba kale kukuwa. Drake adadziwa kuti aku China sangagwetse dala helikopita, koma zinali zovuta kufotokoza zomwe akudziwa kwa okwera.
  
  Dalaivala adatseka maso ake mwamphamvu. Basi inatembenuka.
  
  Drake anatukwana ndikumukoka bamboyo kuchoka pamalo ake, ndikugwira chiwongolero. Smith adamuthandizira bamboyo ndikutuluka naye mundime. Drake adalumphira kuseri kwa gudumu la basi, ndikuyika phazi lake pamapazi a gasi ndikusunga manja ake molimba pa chiwongolero, ndikulisunga mowongoka bwino.
  
  Mphuno ya helikopita inalozeredwa mwachindunji kwa iwo, kusiyana kunali kutseka mwamsanga.
  
  Kukuwa kunamveka kumbuyo ndi m"mbali. Tsopano Smith anayenera kuletsa dalaivala. Drake anagwirabe.
  
  Wolankhulayo anayamba kulira. "Bwera, Keanu wanga waulesi," Alicia adadandaula. "A Russia ali ndi athu -"
  
  "Bitch," Kenzi adayankha moyankha. "Khalani chete. Kodi mwayang'ana pa facade?"
  
  Kukuwa kwa Alicia kunamveka mu bus yonse.
  
  "Maganizo?" Drake adafunsa sekondi yomaliza.
  
  "Uwu si msonkhano wa board!"
  
  Drake adagwira mwamphamvu chikhulupiriro chake, zomwe adakumana nazo komanso chiwongolero chake. Zionetsero zokweza zidadzaza m'makutu mwake. Matupi akugwera pansi pa basi. Ngakhale Smith anakhumudwa. Pa mphindi yomaliza, helikopita yaku China idapendekera kumanja, ndipo helikopita yaku Russia idaduka, ma skids adatsala pang'ono kugunda kumbuyo kwa basi. Alicia adayimba muluzu ndipo Dal adakonza kukhosi kwake.
  
  "Ndikukhulupiriradi kuti tapambana nkhuku iyi."
  
  Drake adapitilizabe kuyendetsa, akuwona njira ina yakusesa kutsogolo. "Ndipo bonasi ndikuti sitiri okazinga kapena ophwanyika."
  
  "Lekani," anatero Kinimaka. "Ndili ndi njala."
  
  Alicia anakhosomola. "Ndi helikopita yopenga yaku China."
  
  "Abwerera," adatero Hayden.
  
  "Anyamata inu mukuyandikira kunja kwa mzindawo pompano," adatero Lauren. "Koma akadali pagalimoto mphindi zitatu kuchokera pamalo aliwonse abwino."
  
  Drake adathamangira kwa olankhula. "Bwerani anthu inu! Uyenera kuwachititsa mantha!"
  
  Kenzi anayenda kulowera kuzitseko zakumbuyo, akufuula kuti, "Kodi pali aliyense pano ali ndi katana?"
  
  Mawu ake adakumana ndi anthu osamveka, ndipo anthu awiri kapena atatu adapereka mipando yawo. Mkulu wamaso adatambasula dzanja lonjenjemera atanyamula thumba la maswiti.
  
  Kenzi anapumira. Drake anagwedeza switch kuti atsegule zitseko. M"kanthawi kochepa, mayi wachiisrayeliyo anatulutsa thupi lake kunja, nagwira m"mphepete mwa zenera, kenako denga n"kudzikokera padenga la basi. Drake anayendetsa galimotoyo bwinobwino momwe angathere, akupewa dzenje lalikululo, akupuma mozama chifukwa amamvetsa udindo wake wochokera ku zochita za Kensi.
  
  Kenako, pagalasi lakumbuyo, adawona Dal akudumpha kuti agwirizane naye.
  
  Oo iai.
  
  Ndi kuika maganizo kwambiri, iye anaisunga mokhazikika.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Dahl anakwera padenga la basi. Kensi anatambasula dzanja lake, koma iye anagwedeza mutu kumdutsa.
  
  "Mofulumirirako!"
  
  Helicopters ya ku Russia inakula ndipo tsopano inali kuthawa kachiwiri, nthawi ino ili pamtunda wa kotala katatu kutsogolo. Iye ankatha kuona munthu atalendewera mbali zonse, akuloza chida, mwina akuloza pa magudumu kapena ngakhale woyendetsa.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo adatembenuka, kufunafuna helikopita yaku China. Sikunali kutali. Podumphira kumanzere, panalinso anthu akuloza zida zawo pakhomo. Mfundo yakuti aku China sanali kuwombera kwambiri basi yawo poyamba inali yolimbikitsa, koma adakwiya pozindikira kuti amafunikira bokosi lomwe Hayden anali nalo, ndipo amafunikira kuti likhalebe.
  
  Kensi anakhala padenga la basiyo, n"kumamvetsera mphepo ndi mayendedwe ake, n"kutambasula mawondo ake. Kenako adakweza chida chake, ndikulunjika pa helikopita. Dahl ankayembekezera kuti sangayese ngakhale kujambula, amangowaopseza owomberawo. Anthu a ku Russia sanasonyeze kudziletsa koteroko, koma Kenzi ankafunitsitsa kusintha.
  
  Dahl adayesa helikopita yomwe ikubwera. Zinali zodzaza kwambiri, sizinali zofulumira, koma zakupha. Chinthu chomaliza chimene ankafuna chinali kuchititsa ngozi yamtundu uliwonse, osati kungogunda basi.
  
  Matayala akutsogolo adadumphira pa dzenje, zomwe zidapangitsa "pepani" kuchokera kwa Drake. Dahl sanamve china chilichonse kupatulapo phokoso la mphepo yamkuntho komanso mkokomo wa helikopita. Mfutiyo inadumpha chitsulo chomwe chinali pafupi ndi mwendo wake wakumanja. A Sweden sananyalanyaze izi, anatenga cholinga ndikuthamangitsa.
  
  Chipolopolocho chiyenera kuti chinagunda chandamale chifukwa munthuyo anagwetsa mfutiyo n"kubwerera m"mbuyo. Dahl sanalole izi kusokoneza maganizo ake ndipo anangowombera kuwombera kwina pakhomo lotseguka. Helikopita inatembenukira kwa iye, ikuyandikira mofulumira, ndipo nthawiyi Dahl anazindikira kuti kusewera wamantha kunali koipa.
  
  Anadziponya padenga la basi.
  
  Helicoptersyo inadumpha m"mwamba, kudutsa m"malo amene inali itangochoka kumene. Iye analibe luso loti atembenukire ku Kensi, koma anafika pafupi ndi kumuponyera pambali.
  
  M'mphepete mwa denga la basi!
  
  Dahl adazembera ndikukwawira kutsogolo, kuyesera kuti amufikire munthawi yake. Kenzi anasiya kugwa kwake, koma analephera kulamulira chida chake; Komabe, kuthamanga kwake kunamupangitsa kuwuluka m'basi yothamanga kwambiri ndi kulowa mumsewu wopanda chifundo womwe uli pansipa.
  
  Mbalame yaku China idapendekeka kwambiri, ikubwera mozungulira. Msilikali wa ku Russia anawombera pamwamba, chipolopolo chosokeracho chinaboola chitsulo pafupi ndi ntchafu yakumanja ya Dahl. Thupi la Kenzi linatuluka m"mbali mwa basiyo, ndipo anaika thupi lake lonse m"kudumpha komaliza komaliza, mkono wotambasula.
  
  Anakwanitsa kukulunga dzanja lake lamanja padzanja lake logwedezeka; adafinyidwa mwamphamvu ndikudikirira kugwedezeka kosapeweka.
  
  Idafika, koma adagwira, adatambasula mpaka malire. Chitsulo chonyezimira, chosalala chinagwira ntchito motsutsana naye, kulola thupi lake kutsetsereka kumphepete, kulemera kwa Kenzi kumawakokera pansi.
  
  Kukuwa kunabwera pa ma comms. Gululo limatha kuwona miyendo ya Kenzi ikuyenda mozungulira kunja kwa mawindo akumbali. Dahl anagwirabe ndi mphamvu zake zonse, koma mphindi iliyonse thupi lake linkatsetsereka pafupi ndi nsonga yolimbayo.
  
  Panalibe chogwira padenga la basi ndipo panalibe chogwira. Amatha kugwiritsitsa, sangalole, koma samapezanso chithandizo chilichonse chomukweza. Mawu a Drake adabwera kudzera mwa wolankhulayo.
  
  "Kodi mukufuna ndiyime?" Mokweza, osatsimikiza, nkhawa pang'ono.
  
  Dahl amawerenga bwino zakukhosi. Ngati akanasiya, akanamenyedwa kwambiri ndi anthu a ku Russia ndi a ku China. Palibe amene akudziwa kuti zotsatira zake zidzakhala zotani.
  
  Mawu a Lauren anasweka. "Pepani, ndangolandira uthenga woti anthu aku Sweden akubwera kwa inu. Tsopano ndi kufalikira kwa njira zinayi, anthu.
  
  Dahl anamva kulemera kutambasula minofu yake. Nthawi zonse basi ikagunda, inchi ina ya thupi lake inkatsetsereka mpaka m'mphepete, ndipo Kenzi amagwera patsogolo pang'ono. Anamva mawu a Israeli kuchokera kwinakwake pansi.
  
  "Zilekeni! Nditha kupanga!"
  
  Ayi. Iwo anali kuyenda makilomita makumi asanu ndi limodzi pa ola limodzi. Kensi ankadziwa kuti sangamulole ndipo sankafuna kuti onse awiri agwe. Dahl ankamulemekeza kwambiri. Mtima womwe ankadziwa kuti unakwiriridwa kwambiri unangokwera pang'ono kuyandikira pamwamba.
  
  Phokoso la nsapato zake kugunda mazenera linapangitsa mtima wake kugunda mwachangu.
  
  Iwo anatsetsereka pamodzi, Kenzi pansi mbali ndi Dahl padenga la basi. Iye anayesa kugwira m"mbali mwa m"mphepete mwake, koma inali yaing"ono ndipo inadula mnofu wake. Poona kuti palibe chiyembekezo, anaumirirabe kwa nthawi yaitali, akuika pachiswe chilichonse.
  
  Chifuwa chake chinasunthira kuthanthwe, kutsetsereka mosalekeza. Maso ake anakumana ndi Kenzi, akuyang'ana mmwamba. Kusinthana kwawo kunali kopanda mawu, kopanda mawu, koma kozama.
  
  Muyenera kundisiya.
  
  Ayi.
  
  Anakokanso, koma anazemba n"kudutsa pamene panalibenso kubwerera.
  
  Manja amphamvu adagwira ana a ng'ombe ake onse awiri, manja omwe angakhale a Mano Kinimaka okha.
  
  "Gotcha," anatero waku Hawaii. "Anthu inu simukupita kulikonse."
  
  Wa ku Hawaii adathandizira Dahl ndipo kenako adamukoka pang'onopang'ono kuchoka ku kugwa kwake. Dahl anagwira Kensi mwamphamvu. Onse pamodzi anayenda pang'onopang'ono kupita ku chitetezo.
  
  Pamwambapa, ma helikoputala anagwera komaliza.
  
  
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  Drake ankadziwa kuti Kinimaka akugwira anzake mwamphamvu, koma ankakayikirabe kutembenuza basi mwamphamvu kwambiri. Anthu a ku Russia ndi a ku China anatulukira mbali zosiyanasiyana, mosakayikira ankadziwa kuti imeneyi ikakhala njira yawo yomaliza.
  
  Phokoso la mazenera akuthyoka linamuuza kuti enawo sanali atayima. Iwo anali ndi dongosolo.
  
  Kumbuyo, Alicia, Smith, May, Hayden ndi Yorgi aliyense anatenga zenera kumbali zosiyanasiyana za basiyo n"kuthyoka. Poyang'ana ma helikoputala omwe amayandikira, adatsegula moto wowopsa, womwe udawakakamiza kutembenukira kumbali. Mzere wamitengo udatha ndipo Drake adawona nyumba patsogolo.
  
  Network network, yozungulira. Kumbuyo kwake kunamveka kuwomberana, kudzaza basi; ndege za helikoputala zakuda zinakwera kumwamba.
  
  Anapumira momasuka.
  
  "Tikupulumuka," iye anatero. "Kuti mupambane nthawi ina."
  
  Lauren adamudula mawu. "ASweden nawonso adabwerera," adatero. "Koma ndimapezabe halo pang'ono pachikwangwani. Chinachake pakati pa Washington, munda ndi ine. Izi ndizodabwitsa. Pafupifupi ngati ... ngati ..."
  
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa. Drake anafunsa.
  
  "Zimakhala ngati pali njira zina zolumikizirana zomwe zikuchitika. Pali china chake chomwe chikuseweredwa. Winanso..." adakayikira.
  
  "Timu?" Drake anamaliza.
  
  Hayden anang'ung'udza kwambiri. "Izi zikumveka zopusa."
  
  Lauren anayankha kuti: "Ndikudziwa. "Ndimaterodi, ndipo sindine katswiri. Zikanakhala kuti Karin akanakhala kuno, ndikukhulupirira kuti tikanakhala ndi zina zabwino."
  
  "Kodi mungathe kukambirana nawo?" Hayden anafunsa. "Ngakhale pang'ono?"
  
  Drake adakumbukira zomwe zidatchulidwa kale za SEAL Team 7, zomwe zidamveka ndi Dahl ndi iye yekha. Zinamufikiranso kuti mauthenga onse akuyang'aniridwa.
  
  "Kodi tingasiye izi kwakanthawi?" - anafunsa. "Ndipo kodi mungapeze njira yabwinoko yoti tichokemo?"
  
  Lauren anamva kumasuka. "Inde, ndithudi," iye anatero. "Ndipatseni kamphindi."
  
  
  MUTU WAKHUMI NDININANANI
  
  
  Hayden Jay adadikirira maola angapo mpaka gululo lidatetezedwa mu kanyumba kakang'ono ka satelayiti ku Taiwan asanachoke pamalo ocheperako kuti akayimbe foni.
  
  Cholinga chake: kulumikizana ndi Kimberly Crowe.
  
  Zinatenga nthawi, koma Hayden anapirira. Anapeza ngodya yabata kuseri kwa nyumbayo, anagwada pansi ndi kuyembekezera, kuyesera kuti mutu wake usazungulire. Zinali zovuta kupeza chilichonse chokhazikika m'moyo wake kuti amamatire kunja kwa timu. SPIR anakhala moyo wake, tanthauzo la moyo wake, ndipo, monga chotsatira cha ichi, analibe kugwirizana payekha, kanthu koma ntchito. Anaganiziranso za kamvuluvulu wa zochitika zomwe adagawana limodzi - kuchokera ku Odin ndi Gates of Hell, kupita ku Babulo ndi Pandora, kuphulika kwa nyukiliya komwe kunali pafupi kuwononga New York, kusiyana kwake kwakale ndi Ben Blake, komanso kusiyana kwake kwaposachedwapa ndi Mano Kinimaka. . Iye anali wamphamvu, wamphamvu kwambiri. Sanafunikire kukhala wamphamvu choncho. Chochitika chaposachedwa kwambiri ndi chuma cha Inca ku Peru chamukhudza m'maganizo komanso mwakuthupi. Iye anali asanakhalepo odabwa kwambiri chonchi.
  
  Tsopano analingaliranso modekha. Milatho ikhoza kutenthedwa ndipo iyenera kukhala yabwino. Koma ngati akufunadi kusintha, ngati akufuna zambiri m'moyo wake, adayenera kutsimikiza kuti asadachitepo kanthu ndikuyikanso pachiwopsezo chovulaza aliyense. Akhale Mano uyu kapena wina.
  
  Ndimasamala. Ndikufunadi. Ndipo nthawi ina ndiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti ndikukhalabe pa zomwe ndikufuna.
  
  Kuchokera ku moyo. Osati popanda ntchito. Gulu la SPEAR linasonkhana pamodzi ndikuchita ntchito yabwino, koma palibe chomwe chinakhalapo mpaka kalekale. Nthawi idzafika-
  
  "Akazi Jay?" - adatero mawu a robot. "Ndikuthandiza tsopano."
  
  Hayden adaziyika zonse pamodzi. Mawu otsatira pamzerewo anali a Minister of Defense.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, Agent Jay?" Laconic, chete, omasuka. Crowe akuwoneka kuti ali pachiwopsezo.
  
  Hayden adatenga nthawi kuti aganizire momwe angayankhire funso lake lalikulu. Anaganiza zoikwirira mwanyansi ndikuwona zomwe Qrow adatola.
  
  "Tidachokera ku China ndikulandira bokosi lachiwiri. Gululi likuyesa izi. Malipoti akubwera posachedwa, mosakayikira. Panalibe ovulala, ngakhale kuti panali mabala ambiri ndi mikwingwirima. Si magulu onse omwe amapikisana nawo omwe ali odana..." Adadzifunsa mwachidule ngati Qrow angatenge nyambo, kenako anapitiriza kuti, "Maiko ena ndi aukali kuposa ena. A French adataya osachepera atatu. Mmodzi wa ku Russia wavulala. Kodi pangakhale gulu lina, lobisika kwambiri? Tamva zidule za macheza achinsinsi aku America, omwe, ndithudi, samatsimikizira kalikonse. A British ali kumbali yathu, kapena zikuwoneka, ndipo Drake ali ndi mphamvu pa iwo. Tsopano tili pamalo otetezeka, tikudikirira tanki yoganiza kuti tidziwe komwe Mkwera Kavalo wachitatu ali.
  
  Tsopano anaima n"kudikirira.
  
  Qrow adasungabe nkhokwe yake. "Kena kalikonse?"
  
  "Sindimakhulupirira izi". Hayden anakhumudwa pamene khama lake linalepheleka. Anadzifunsa ngati ayenera kukhala achindunji.
  
  "Ndimalumikizana pafupipafupi ndi anthu ku Washington," adatero Crowe. "Palibe chifukwa chondibisira."
  
  "O, chabwino. Zikomo".
  
  Hayden anayamba kusaina. Apa ndipamene Qrow adatumiza pempho lomwe likuwoneka ngati losalakwa.
  
  "Dikirani. Munati mumaganiza kuti wina akhoza kukhala aku America? Kwina m'munda?
  
  Hayden sananene chilichonse chotere. Koma pazidziwitso zonsezi, Qrow adangogwira chinthu chimodzi. Anakakamiza kuseka. "Zikuwoneka choncho. Tidazimva padziko lapansi. Sanabweretse Lauren mu izi. "Zowona, tikudziwa kuti palibe gulu lachiwiri, ndiye mwina ili ndi limodzi mwa mayiko ena omwe amagwiritsa ntchito magulu ankhondo apadera aku America kapena asitikali ankhondo."
  
  "Ndi gawo laling'ono la boma lakunja lomwe likugwiritsa ntchito antchito aku United States?" Qrow adalota. "Zitha kukhala, Agent Jay. Mwina mukulondola. Inde," iye anaseka, "sipadzakhala gulu lachiwiri."
  
  Hayden anamvetsera zambiri kuposa mawu. "Ndipo tidzabwera liti? Kodi tibwerera ku chiyani?
  
  Qrow adakhala chete, zomwe zidauza Hayden kuti akudziwa zomwe akufunsidwa. "Chinthu chimodzi panthawi," iye pomalizira pake anatero. "Choyamba, otchedwa Riders of the Order ayenera kupezedwa ndikusinthidwa."
  
  "Ndithu". Hayden ankadziwanso kuti uwu unali mwayi wake womaliza woti alankhule ndi Qrow, choncho anaganiza zopitira patsogolo pang"ono. "Bwanji ngati timvanso nkhani yaku America?"
  
  "Ndine yani, wogwira ntchito kumunda? thana nazo."
  
  Qrow adamaliza kuyimba, ndikusiya Hayden kuti ayang'ane foni yake yam'manja kwa mphindi zingapo, tsopano akudziyesanso osati yekha, komanso zolinga za dziko lake.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adatenga mwayi wopumula pomwe Yorgi, Mai ndi Kinimaka adathana ndi bokosi latsopanolo. Mfundo yoti idachokera ku mausoleum a Genghis Khan ndikugona pakati pa zinthu zamunthu wodziwika bwino idangowonjezera ulemu womwe adawachitira. Chizindikiro chomveka bwino, chodwalitsa chomwe chili pamwamba pake chinatsimikizira kuti poyamba chinali m'gulu la Order of the Last Judgment.
  
  Kinimaka anaphunzira mpanda. "Ndikutsimikiza kuti Lamuloli linali ndi dongosolo lopereka makiyi," adatero. "Koma moyo uli m'njira." Anamwetulira.
  
  "Imfa," Mai anatero mwakachetechete. "Imfa idayima m'njira."
  
  "Kodi ungafune kuti ndikutsegule mwachisomo?" Adafunsa choncho Yorgi.
  
  "Inde, tiyeni tiwone ena mwa luso lakuba, Yogi." Adalankhula Alicia atakhala chagada ku khoma pafupi ndi Drake, botolo lamadzi mdzanja limodzi, mfuti m'manja mwake.
  
  "Palibe nzeru". Kinimaka anagwetsa loko ndi dzanja lake lanyama. "Sizojambula kwenikweni."
  
  Kenzi anakwawira kwa iye pamene Mai akukweza chivindikiro. Zinali zachilendo, Drake anaganiza, asilikali otsekedwa m'kachipinda kakang'ono kopanda malo okhala, opanda malo ochezera, opanda malo ophikira. Kanyumba kakang'ono kokha kodzaza ndi madzi ndi mabokosi ochepa a makeke. Mazenera anali otchingidwa, chitseko chinali chotetezedwa ndi mabawuti akuluakulu. Kapetiyo inali yopanda ulusi komanso inali kununkha nkhungu, koma asilikaliwo anali atavutika kwambiri. Zimenezi zinali zokwanira kuti ndipume pang"ono.
  
  Smith, yemwe ankalondera chitseko, analola Hayden kuti alowenso, akulowa pamene May anafikira bokosi. Drake adaganiza kuti bwanayo akuwoneka wotopa komanso wodandaula, m'mphepete. Ndikhulupilira kuti afotokozanso zambiri pazokambirana zake.
  
  Mai ananjenjemera kuchokera phazi kupita kumapazi kwa masekondi angapo asanatulutse manja ake. Anali atanyamula mulu wokhuthala wa mapepala, atakulungidwa mu chikwatu chochindikala ndipo amangiriridwa ndi kachidutswa kokhala ndi mfundo, zomwe zinachititsa ena a gululo kukweza nsidze zawo.
  
  "Zoona?" Kinimaka anakhala kumbuyo kumapazi. "Kodi ichi ndi chida chomwe chingawononge dziko lapansi?"
  
  Kenzie anati: "Mawu olembedwa angakhale amphamvu kwambiri."
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - Ndidafunsa. Lauren anafunsa. "Anyamata onse aku Washington akutiyembekezera."
  
  Nthawi inapitirizabe kuwatsutsa. Monga nthawi zonse, ichi chinali chinsinsi chokhalira patsogolo pa masewerawa komanso-makamaka mpikisano. Drake adawona njira ziwiri zakutsogolo. "May, Hayden ndi Dal, bwanji simukupeza kuti ndi chiyani? Lauren - uli ndi chiyani kwa wokwera pamahatchi wachitatu, popeza tikufuna njira yoti tipite?
  
  Lauren anali atawauza kale kuti akakumana nawo pamalo achitatu. Tsopano anapumira mokweza. "Chabwino, palibe amene ali wotsimikiza 100 peresenti, anyamata. Kuti ndikusonyezeni chithunzichi, ndikuuzani kumasulira kwawo njira zinayi zazikuluzikulu."
  
  Drake adayang'ana May ndi ena akukwinyira pamene akupita ku chida chogonjetsa. "Tili ndi nthawi".
  
  "Chabwino, izi nzosangalatsa kwambiri. Asanatuluke otchedwa Dziko Latsopano m'zaka za m'ma 1600, ankakhulupirira kuti dziko lapansi linagawika magawo atatu - Europe, Asia ndi Africa. Kugawanikana pakati pa makontinentiwa kunali Hellespont, yomwe ikugwirizana bwino ndi dongosolo la Dongosolo lomwe mwatsatira mpaka pano. Chotero Asia inayamba kupitirira Hellespont, dziko losadziwika la chuma chachilendo, limene anatcha Kummawa. Zachidziwikire, kenako adapeza America, ndipo idakhala Dziko Latsopano, lofunidwa, losadziwika komanso lodzaza ndi chiyembekezo. Buku la zizindikiro losonyeza njira zinayi zatsopano za mayendedwe linasindikizidwa. Asia, Europe, Africa ndi America. Zikuwoneka kuti Lamuloli lidaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito malingaliro akalewa pamapu awo pazifukwa zosadziwika - ngakhale mwina chifukwa adadzikhulupirirabe kuti ndi makolo akale amphamvu omwe amasaka zinthu zakale." Lauren adapumira.
  
  "Ndiye uku ndi kuphunzitsidwanso kwa dziko komwe kunachitikanso atapeza Australia kenako Antarctica?" Kenzi anatero.
  
  "Inde, kuphunzitsidwanso kwapang"onopang"ono m"zaka mazana ambiri, zimene anthu ena amaganiza kuti zikuchitikabe. Koma imeneyo ndi nkhani yosiyana kotheratu. Sizinali chisangalalo chonse ndi maluwa. Mawu akuti "ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi" ayenera kuti anali mawu otsutsana kwambiri m"mbiri yonse. M"Chihebri likumasuliridwa kuti "zopambanitsa". Pa Numeri 15:38 awa ndiwo malire; mu Ezekieli - angelo; ndipo Yobu ali ndi malekezero. Izi zitha kumasuliridwanso ngati magawo. Mwachiwonekere Baibulo ladzisiya lokha lotseguka kuti linyozedwe apa..."
  
  Drake anamvetsa izi. "Chifukwa akuganiza kuti dziko ndi lathyathyathya?"
  
  "Inde. Koma Baibulo limafotokoza zimenezi m"buku la Yesaya, n"kunena kuti n"kozungulira. Choncho, mwadala reference. Mfundo yake n"njakuti akanatha kugwiritsa ntchito mawu angapo-pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri-pofotokoza mbaliyo. Amakhulupirira kuti mawu oti "zambiri" adagwiritsidwa ntchito mwadala kufotokoza, chabwino, zomwezo. Ndipo palibe Myuda amene akanatha kutanthauzira molakwa tanthauzo lenileni, chifukwa kwa zaka 2,000 iwo anayang"anizana ndi mzinda wa Yerusalemu katatu patsiku ndi kufuula kuti, "Limbani lipenga lalikulu kuti tikhale aufulu. Kwezani mbendera kuti sonkhanitsani andende athu, ndi kutisonkhanitsa pamodzi kuchokera kumakona anayi a dziko lapansi m"dziko lathu lomwe."
  
  "Ndiye sanangosankha mawu mwachisawawa?" -Anafunsa Smith.
  
  "Ayi. Buku la Mneneri Yesaya limafotokoza mmene Mesiya adzasonkhanitsira anthu ake kumakona anayi a dziko lapansi. + Iwo adzasonkhana m"madera onse a Isiraeli."
  
  Kensi sanasunthe minyewa kapena kunena mawu. Drake sankadziwa kuti zikhulupiriro zake zinali zotani, ngati anali nazo, koma ankadziwa kuti zikanakhala gawo lalikulu la moyo wake. Pa nthawiyi anamuphunziranso pang"ono pamene ankayembekezera kuti Lauren apitirize. Chikhulupiriro cha Dahl kuti anali wabwino mwachibadwa ndipo nthawi zonse amabwerera ku mtima wake wamakhalidwe abwino chinali choyenera pamlingo wina. Anaonabe malire ake-m"mphepete mwa kusayeruzika-koma chimenecho sichinali chinthu choipa kwenikweni.
  
  Nthawi ndi nthawi.
  
  Koma inu simukanakhoza kukhala nazo izo njira zonse ziwiri. Ndipo n"zimene anaziona ku Kensi - wakupha wankhanza akafunidwa, ndi mzimu womenyana pamene sanafunike. Chifukwa cha iye, iwo anayenera kumulola kuti asinthe.
  
  "Zowona ndizomveka," adatero Kinimaka. "Choyamba Africa, kenako China. Ndiye chotsatira ndi chiyani?
  
  Lauren anayankha nthawi yomweyo. "Inde, tikuganiza kuti tanthauzo la Baibulo linali lopanda malire, monga Dongosolo. Anapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kwa aliyense amene adabwera. Malingana ndi malembawo ... chabwino ... Ndiwerenga ndime yoyenera: 'Pezani malo opumira a Atate wa Strategy, ndiyeno Kagan; Mmwenye woyipitsitsa yemwe anayamba wakhalapo, ndiyeno Mliri wa Mulungu. Koma zonse siziri monga zikuwonekera. Tinapita ku Khagan mu 1960, zaka zisanu pambuyo pomaliza, ndikuyika Conquest m'bokosi lake. Ife tapeza Mliri woteteza Chiweruzo choona. Ndipo lamulo lokha lopha ndi pamene okwera pamahatchi anatulukira. Palibe zizindikiro zowazindikiritsa m'mafupa a Atate. Mmwenyeyo wazunguliridwa ndi zida..."
  
  Drake adazitenga. "Mmwenye woyipitsitsa amene anakhalako? Ndipo wazunguliridwa ndi zida? Zachidziwikire, zitha kukhala kulikonse ku India. Dzikoli ndi lozunguliridwa ndi zida."
  
  "Kale pamene Order idabisala Okwera?"
  
  Drake anaganiza za izo. "Chabwino, inde, ndikuganiza choncho. Komabe, wokwera pahatchi wachitatu ndani?
  
  "Njala".
  
  Adapuma mozama ndikumuyang'ana Alicia. "Singakhale Mfumukazi ya Furry, sichoncho?"
  
  Alicia anagwedeza dzanja lake uku ndi uku. "Mwina. Ndizindikira izi. "
  
  Maso a Drake adachita chidwi. "Ndiwe zosatheka."
  
  "Zokonda zilizonse?"
  
  "Zachiyani?"
  
  "Mwana wamfumu uti? Mtsikanayo ayenera kudziwa, mukudziwa. "
  
  Anaphunzira nsapato zake. "Chabwino. Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikukondana ndi Cleopatra. Ndikudziwa kuti si mwana wamkazi, koma "...
  
  "Queen? Ndiye bwino kwambiri".
  
  Lauren anali akulankhulabe. "Monga ndidanenera kale, anyamata ndi atsikana akuwunikabe kuti Indian Order amatanthauza chiyani. Zowona, izi ndizosamvetsetseka. Ndikutanthauza kuti, ngakhale kudziyika ndekha mu nsapato zawo munthawi yawo, zikadakhala imodzi mwa khumi ndi awiri. "
  
  "Ndipo onse azunguliridwa ndi zida?" -Anafunsa Smith.
  
  "Ndimakhala ku India, inde. Kwambiri."
  
  "Chabwino, tili ndi komwe tikupita," adatero Alicia.
  
  Drake adayang'ana May, Hayden ndi Dahl, omwe amasankha zomwe zili m'bokosi lachiwiri, Conquest.
  
  "Kupita patsogolo kulikonse?"
  
  Hayden anasuntha dzanja lake kusonyeza kuti atsala pang"ono kufika. Iye anayang'ana mmwamba. "Izi zikuwoneka ngati ndondomeko ya zochitika za tsiku lachiwonongeko. Kodi mukukumbukira zotsatira za ndodo? Chochitika chaching'ono chimodzi chimayambitsa china ndi china, chachikulu chilichonse?"
  
  "Chiphunzitso chachisokonezo," adatero Dahl. "Ichi ndi chida chogonjetsa, ndipo Genghis Khan anali woganiza mozama. Ndi ichi mungathe kugonjetsa dziko lonse lapansi. "
  
  Drake anagwetsa botolo lake lamadzi.
  
  Alicia adati, "Chida chogwiritsa ntchito domino?"
  
  Ndendende. Momwe kuphedwa kwa Franz Ferdinand kunatsogolera ku nyenyezi ya Nkhondo Yadziko I. Mwina, dongosolo la chipwirikiti ichi likhoza kuyambitsa Nkhondo Yachitatu Yadziko Lonse. "
  
  "Ndipo," Drake adazimitsa wolankhulayo kwakanthawi ndikulankhula mwakachetechete, "ndizovuta kwambiri. Kodi tidzamupatsa ndani?"
  
  Aliyense anayang'ana. Linali funso loyenerera. Hayden ananena momveka bwino kuti asanenenso chilichonse. Amadziwa kuti Washington ndi Secretary of Defense anali osakondwa nawo kale, ndipo adabwerera kukaganizira za SEAL Team 7.
  
  Mwangozi?
  
  Ayi.
  
  Hayden anaphunzira mapepalawo kwa mphindi zingapo, kenako anawaika pansi pa jekete lake. Polankhula ndi gulu lonselo, adagwedeza mapewa ake, kusonyeza kuti chisankho chinali chisanapangidwe ndipo chilichonse chingachitike ndi zikalata zosatetezedwa.
  
  Mokweza anati, "Tithana ndi izi posachedwa momwe tingathere. Pakali pano tikufuna malo achitatu amenewo. Lauren?"
  
  "Ndakumva. Tikuyembekezerabe ".
  
  "Tsopano dikirani pang'ono," adatero Kensi, nkhope yake idakwinya mphindi khumi zapitazi. "Anthu inu mumati pali ngodya zinayi za dziko lapansi, eti?"
  
  "Eya, Baibulo limatchula zimenezo," anatero Lauren. "Ndipo ili ndi dongosolo lachiweruzo chomaliza.
  
  "Chabwino, chinachake chalakwika. Kodi inu simukuziwona izo?
  
  Drake adaphethira, tsopano asokonezeka kwambiri kuposa kale. Dahl anaphunzira Kenzi mosamala.
  
  "Mwina kufotokoza kwina kungathandize?"
  
  "Makona anayi? Africa, Asia, Europe ndi America."
  
  "Ndithudi. Ndi zomwe amandiuza."
  
  Kensi anatambasula manja ake onse. "India ali kuti?"
  
  Hayden adayimilira. "Damn, India ndi gawo la Asia."
  
  "Zomwe takumana nazo kale."
  
  Anaganiza choncho Lauren ataimirira. "Zomwe zimangotsala ku Europe ndi America," adatero. "Hey guys, kodi mukuganiza zomwe ine ndikuganiza?"
  
  "Mwina," Alicia anadandaula. "Kodi matako anu akuwuma chifukwa chokhala pansi paphokoso?"
  
  "Nkhuku," anatero Kinimaka. "Koma ndiye nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti 'nkhuku'."
  
  "The Order ndi zigawenga zankhondo zazaka makumi anayi. Pa nthawi imene ankabisa mfuti n"kuti mawu akuti "Amwenye Achimereka" anali odziwika bwino, koma sakanaganiza choncho. Iwo anabadwa m"zaka za m"ma 20 kapena m"mbuyomo, chifukwa cha Mulungu."
  
  "Red Indians?" Drake anatero. "Kuchokera ku Wild West? Zisiyeni".
  
  "N"zotheka," anatero Lauren. "Zomwe tanki yoganiza imayang'ana pamalo olakwika."
  
  "Ndiye, ndani anali munthu woyipa kwambiri yemwe adakhalako?" - anafunsa Dahl.
  
  "Ndiloleni ndibwerere kwa inu pa izi. Pakadali pano, ingokwerani ndege. "
  
  Si Drake yekha amene ankayang'anitsitsa Hayden.
  
  Kubwerera ku America?
  
  Zopusa.
  
  Hayden, makamaka, adayang'ana Smith. Sanadziŵe zomwe zikanachitika pambuyo pa zochitika ku Peru, kapena zomwe akuluakulu a boma ankaganiza. Mwamwayi, msilikaliyo anayamba kudzuka ndikuyang'ana chikwama chake.
  
  Wokwera pamahatchi wachitatu? Njala? Ndipo Amereka? Kodi olimbana nawo akudziwa?
  
  Kodi adzapeza mphindi yamtendere kuti akonze moyo wake?
  
  Osati lero, Hayden, osati lero." Pouza enawo kuti asiye zolankhula zawo ndi kuzimitsa, iye mwamwano anaima pakati pawo.
  
  "Timatero," iye anatero. "Ndipo timachita bwino. Monga momwe tiyenera, monga timachitira nthawi zonse. Koma anyamata, ndili ndi zosungika. Ndikukhulupirira," iye anapuma kaye, "kuti Khwangwala ndi boma la America ali ndi timu yachiwiri pamasewerawo." SEAL Team 7, ndipo zikuwoneka kuti ndiabwino kwambiri. Timuyi mwina siyikhala pamasewera kuti tiwonetsetse kuti tapeza osewera onse. "
  
  Drake atamva izi anakwiya. "Pepani?"
  
  "Chabwino, kodi mumaganiza kuti pakhoza kukhala chochitika chachiwiri? Bwanji ngati ali pano kuti atiwononge?"
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI
  
  
  Karin Blake adakhala ndi nsapato zake zakuda patebulo, foni yake yam'manja idagwira pakati pa khosi ndi chibwano, ndikugogoda pa kiyibodi ndi manja ake aulere. Anali atavala t-sheti yachabechabe ndi jinzi, ndipo tsitsi lake linali lomanga kumbuyo ndi tayi yokhuthala. Mawu olankhula m'khutu lake lakumanzere anangotsala pang'ono kumizidwa ndi kuseka kwa Palladino.
  
  "Khala chete, Dino!" anatembenuka nakuwa.
  
  "Inde Inde". Msilikaliyo anatembenuka ndi kuseka kenako n"kuona nkhope yake. "Chabwino. Mulungu, ndi ndani amene anakuikani udindo?"
  
  Karin anapepesa kwa wokamba nkhaniyo. Iye anati: "Ana ndi oipa. "Pang'ono pang'ono ndipo adzapezeka ali panja panjira yosalamulirika."
  
  Mayiyo anaseka mwakachetechete. "Eya, ndagula ziwiri mwa izi."
  
  Karin anayang'ana Dinosaur wamtali, wolimbitsa thupi ndi bwenzi lawo atanyamula zida, Wu wamng'ono, wowonda. Asilikali onse awiri anali akusiya nthunzi, atatopa ndi kukhala m'nyumba m'chipululu sabata yatha, akukhazikitsa machitidwe osiyanasiyana. Chimene anafunikira chinali kuchitapo kanthu kwenikweni.
  
  Karin anafunsa kuti: "Ndipo athawa?"
  
  "Ndithudi. Ndinali m'gulu la zolumikizirana. Anatitumiza mashifiti. Gulu la SPEAR lidatenga bokosilo kuchokera ku China ndikuthawira ku Taiwan. Mwamwayi, mwina ndikhale kumbali ya matimu ena, ndikuganiza. "
  
  Karin ankadziwa kuti izi sizinali mwayi chabe. Panalibe timu yabwino padziko lapansi lero kuposa SPEAR. Poyamba ankanyadira kukhala nawo.
  
  Iye anati: "Zoipa za munthu wokwera pamahatchizi sizikutanthauza zambiri kwa ine. "Ndimaika maganizo anga pa zinthu zina. Koma ndiuzeni, akupita kuti?
  
  "Chabwino, sindikudziwa panobe. Zikuwoneka ngati India. Koma zikuoneka kuti pali kusagwirizana. Taonani, ndidavomera kuthandiza pang'ono chifukwa cha zomwe zidachitikira makolo osauka a Palladino komanso chifukwa tili mbali imodzi, koma pali malire pazomwe ndinganene.
  
  Karin anayamba kukayikirana kwambiri. "Sitikufuna zambiri. Izi basi - ndikayimba foni, ndiyenera kudziwa malo a timu ya Drake. Zikhala mawa kapena mwezi umodzi. Mutha kuchita?"
  
  Yankho linali lokhazikika. "Inde, bola ndikhala mu unit yomweyi. Ndimakhulupirira."
  
  "Zikomo". Karin anathetsa mwamsanga zokambiranazo tisanafunsenso mafunso ena. Anatenga kamphindi kuwunika chipindacho ndikuwona komwe iwo anali. Popeza adatenga malowo kuchokera pachisa cha ogulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo, achotsa chilichonse choipa, kupeza zipangizo m'malo osiyanasiyana, kuchokera pansi mpaka pansi pa nyumba, komanso m'makola ndi m'makonde m'malo okwera. Kuwotcha chidutswa chilichonse chomaliza kunali kudzikonda. Karin, Dino, ndi Wu adakali opanda intaneti, adakhazikitsa makompyuta, mauthenga, zida zowunikira, ndi zina. Ngati nyumba ya m'chipululu idzakhala HQ yawo, imayenera kukhala ndi mipanda yolimba, yotetezedwa, nyumba yakeyake.
  
  Karin ankaganiza kuti atsala pang'ono kufika.
  
  Lingaliro latsopano, lopweteka tsopano linamufikira.
  
  Adawona Dino ndi Wu akugwira ntchito pamakompyuta, kulumikiza mawaya malinga ndi malangizo ake ndikuyika mapulogalamu, zozimitsa moto, ndi zina zambiri. Asanayambe maphunziro ake anali amphamvu pa izi. Tsopano iye anali woposa. Inde, anali akusowabe zinthu zochepa, koma ndalama zomwe zilipo panopa zikanakhala zokwanira kuti zitheke. Anafunikira njira ina yopezera ndalama zokhazikika.
  
  Musanyalanyaze izo. Inu simungakhoze kukankha izo, kuzikwirira mozama.
  
  Karin ankadziwa zonse zokhudza SEAL Team 7. Amadziwa chifukwa chake anali kumeneko, zolinga zawo zinali zotani; mphamvu ndi zofooka zawo; zolinga zawo ndi malamulo omaliza achinsinsi. Kenako, atapereka chithandizo moyenera, tsopano akhoza kuchenjeza Matt Drake.
  
  Zinali zosangalatsa, zinali zokhotakhota, zinkapangitsa asidi m"matumbo mwake.
  
  Chilichonse chomwe adakumana nacho, nthawi zowala ndi zovuta, masiku amisala, zidamukhudza mtima ngati mbalame yomwe ikujompha nyongolotsi youma khosi. Karin anali atavulazidwa koopsa kamodzi m"mbuyomo ndipo anataya moyo, koma anaupezanso m"malo osayembekezeka. Anapatsidwa cholinga chatsopano.
  
  Apanso, kunja kwa buluu, adakumana ndi chiwonongeko pamene mchimwene wake ndi banja lake anamwalira, ndiyeno chikondi pamene Komodo adakondana naye. Mwinamwake chochitika choyambiriracho pamene iye anali wamng"ono kwambiri chinamuwononga iye ndi kumuika iye pa njira ya moyo.
  
  Kuwononga.
  
  Tsopano chimene iye ankafuna kwenikweni chinali kuwononga zinthu zonse zabwino zimene anali nazo. Ngati chinachake chikuyenda bwino, ankafuna kuti chilephereke. Ngati chinachake chachikulu chinali kubwera kwa iye, iye ankaonetsetsa kuti icho chikutha ndi tsankho.
  
  Ngati gulu latsopanolo liyamba kuchita bwino, kuyandikira pafupi, likhoza kuligawanitsa.
  
  Kudziwononga sikunali njira yatsopano yamoyo kwa Karin Blake. Uwu ndi moyo wanga wosankhidwa. Chofunda changa chofewa, nthawi zonse amadabwa ngati chingabwere mozungulira mozungulira ndi kubwerera ku izi.
  
  Ndipo kotero adakhala, momasuka, ndi chidziwitso chomwe ngakhale gulu la SPEAR linasowa pamene iwo adadutsa mfundo zinayi zazikuluzikulu pofuna kupeza zida zinayi zoopsazi. Msewuwo unayima wotsegula pakhomo pake.
  
  Njira imodzi inatsogolera ku chiwombolo, kwa abwenzi, chiyanjano ndi zowawa za moyo.
  
  Njira ina ingawononge mbiri yonseyi, tsogolo losatsimikizika, ndikumupatsa zonse zomwe amafunikira: chisokonezo.
  
  Karin anasonkhanitsa zinthu zake n"kutuluka pakhonde. Mpweya wa m"chipululu unali wouma, wosakanikirana ndi fumbi. Mpira wowala unawalira kumwamba. Kwinakwake kutali, gulu lankhondo lapadera la US lotchedwa SEAL Team 7 linali kuthamangitsa anzawo akale - Matt Drake ndi Alicia Miles, Torsten Dahl ndi May Kitano ndi ena - ndi cholinga chopha.
  
  Karin anaganiza zowachenjeza.
  
  Kenako anabweza mutu wake kuchitseko. "Eni otayika, chotsani mabulu anu. Tili ndi malo oti tipite ndi anthu oti tiwone. Chinsinsi cha Tyler Webb sichikhala chobisika mpaka kalekale. "
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Karin adakwera mfuti, akuyang'ana Dino akuwongolera mosamala Dodge Ram yawo kudutsa njoka zokhotakhota zomwe zidapanga misewu yayikulu ndi misewu yakumbuyo ku Los Angeles.
  
  "Pitiriza kuchita," iye anatero pamene msilikali wachinyamatayo ankadutsa pa roadster yofiira. "Kodi ukukumbukira kuti timasakidwa?"
  
  Dino adamuseka ndi chisangalalo chosakhwima. "Ndangosangalala kutuluka m"nyumba, amayi. Mulimonsemo, muyenera kudziwa kuti ndine wabwino kuposa inu. Zabwino m'njira zonse. "
  
  "Ndiye pitiliza kulankhula."
  
  "Asilikali sangatilole kupita," adatero Wu. "Nthawi zonse tikapita pamwamba, timakhala pachiwopsezo."
  
  "Chepetsani mawu anu, Bambo Misery. Mulungu, inu awiri mungathe kuchita ntchito ziwiri.
  
  "Tiyeni tiwone momwe mungakhalire osangalala akamalumikiza mtedza wanu ndi batire yagalimoto."
  
  "Usakhale bulu, Wu. Awa ndi ankhondo, osati a CIA. "
  
  Karin ankasangalala ndi mawonedwe owoneka bwino mbali zonse za galimotoyo; Los Angeles mu ulemerero wake wonse. Mphindi yopumula osaganizira kalikonse. Zimphona zobiriŵira ndi konkire zinkapikisana kuti zikhale zapamwamba, ndipo kumbuyo kwawo kunali nyumba zosanjikizana zachitsulo zonyezimira ndi dzuŵa lotentha kwambiri. Utsi wopepuka unapachika pamtambo, kuchititsa mdima masana, koma sizinawonekere. Anthu ankabwera ndi kupita, osaoneka bwino m"misewu ndi m"malo ogulitsira zinthu, akumapita uku ndi uku m"magalimoto awo. Mapiri a Hollywood adadutsa pang'onopang'ono kupita kumanja, osadziwika, chifukwa panthawiyi Dino adawona galimoto yakuda ndi yoyera yolondera imalowa mumsewu wothamanga ndipo adatsika pang'onopang'ono ngati mnyamata wabwino yemwe anali, akuyang'anitsitsa pamsewu, akuyang'ana kutsogolo.
  
  Mukadapanda kuwayang'ana, sakadakuzindikirani.
  
  Pamapeto pake msewu wa m'mphepete mwa nyanja unatsegulidwa ndipo anali ulendo wopita ku San Francisco.
  
  "Zabwino kuposa chipululu." Wu anaphunzira mafunde onyezimira, akugudubuzika.
  
  Karin anasanthula ntchito imene inali patsogolo pake. Sanataye nthawi yawo kulikulu. Choyamba, adayika makompyuta, ma Mac awiri apamwamba kwambiri okhala ndi zoseweretsa zapadera zomwe angakwanitse. Chingwe cha fiber optic chinali gawo lovuta kwambiri, koma atazindikira izi ndipo Karin adayika zotchingira zozimitsa moto, anali okonzeka kupita. Ngakhale pamenepo, ngakhale ndi Karin pa kiyibodi ndi kugwiritsa ntchito nzeru zake zanzeru, iwo analibe kuthekera kuthyolako kopenga. Anali ochepa, okakamizidwa kugwiritsa ntchito nzeru.
  
  Karin adadziwa zamaakaunti aku banki achinsinsi a Tyler Webb. Ankawayang'ana pamene ankagwira ntchito ku SPIR. Iye ankadziwa zimene ena ankazitcha cholowa chake; za zinsinsi zochepa zomwe anali nazo pa timu yake yakale. Ndipo adadziwa pobisalirapo kwakukulu; chinthu chomwe munthu wolemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, wochita bwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi adasonkhanitsira anthu mazanamazana, kuphatikizanso mamembala a timu yake yakale.
  
  Ambiri amakhulupirira kuti popeza Webb adamwalira, amatha kumupeza nthawi yopumula.
  
  Vuto linali lakuti Karin analibe maganizo amenewo. Kupeza malo obisalako kumamupatsa mphamvu zosaneneka - ndipo pamapeto pa zinthu zonse, mphamvu ndi pomwe zidali. Atatu a iwo anakhoza kusuntha kuchokera kumeneko; kupeza ndalama, kusadziwika, chitetezo ndi chikoka. Zachidziwikire, ngati pangakhale mazana a anthu omwe akufunafuna stash ya Webb, zingakhale zovuta kwambiri kuba.
  
  Pakali pano palibe amene ankadziwa kumene kunali.
  
  Kupatula Karin Blake.
  
  Mwina ndi zimene ankaganiza. Maola angapo otsatirawa anena. Zambiri zamkati zinali zothandiza kwambiri. Iye ankadziwa zonse za Nicholas Bell ndi momwe woimba mluzu, atakhala m'ndende yake, adanena zonse - mayina, malo, umunthu, dziwe lonse lovunda. Amadziwa momwe Lauren Fox amakonda kuchezera. Amadziwa anthu omwe amamvetsera ndikulankhula ndi Lauren Fox.
  
  Chabwino, iye ankawadziwa iwo, iwo sanali kwenikweni kumudziwa iye.
  
  Ayenera kuti adachedwerapo pang'ono kuphwandoko - maphunziro ankhondo a Karin ndi kunyamuka kwake kunatenga nthawi - koma adakwanitsa ndi talente yapamwamba kwambiri yozembera. Zokambirana za Bell zinali zolakwika. Smith amawoneka kuti ali ndi mwayi wolandila zokambilanazi pafupipafupi - mnyamata wamwano - ndikuwachitira momwe amafunira. Ndani ankadziwa zomwe msilikali wopsa mtima, wokwiya msanga anawachitira? Kuteteza chitetezo cha dziko, mwachiwonekere.
  
  Mfundo inali yoti Karin atha kuthyolako mzere womwe umatsogolera ku network ya Smith. Inali ntchito yosavuta kwa iye. Anatenga nthawi kuti atole katundu wolemera. Tyler Webb nthawi ina anali ndi maofesi, nyumba, nyumba zogona komanso ngakhale chilumba padziko lonse lapansi. Mayina a malo omwe adamukonda anali Washington, D.C., Niagara ndi Monte Carlo. Bell adalankhula ndi Lauren, koma adalankhulanso ndi alonda ndi maloya, ndipo zolemba za Smith zidaphatikizanso zolemba za onse.
  
  Smith alibe tsogolo lowala, adaganiza.
  
  Ziribe kanthu momwe mungasinthire, zomwe zachitika ku Peru, kapena zochitika, zidayika gulu la SPEAR m'dziko latsoka.
  
  Karin adasintha mawonekedwe ake pomwe chikwangwani chidawalira kuti ali pamtunda wa mamailo 130 kuchokera ku San Francisco. Bell adalankhula momveka bwino ndi Lauren - mobwerezabwereza akunena zowona zomwe mwina zinali zolondola, kutchula mayina, malo, maakaunti aku banki. Pakali pano, Karin sanayerekeze kugwiritsa ntchito maakaunti aliwonse, powopa kuti aboma azitha kuwafufuza mwakachetechete kuti awone amene adabwera. Choyamba anafunikira dongosolo lodalirika la kuchitapo kanthu ndi kuthaŵa.
  
  Ndiye ulendo wopita ku San Francisco.
  
  Atapanikizidwa, Bell adalongosola momwe Webb nthawi zina amadzitamandira pazomwe amadziwa. Munthu ameneyu anali wamwambo, mthunzi wolemera wokhala ndi zida zowululira, kuvulaza, ndi kukhala ndi pafupifupi munthu aliyense padziko lapansi ngati atafuna. Webb nthawi zonse ankapereka zidziwitso za Bell, kumukhazikitsa, komanso amatchula zomwe adazitcha "mother lode."
  
  'Mtsempha wamayi' umenewu unasanduka ofesi yapadera kumene megalomaniac ankasunga zonyansa zonse zomwe adasonkhanitsa pa aliyense. Inde, sanamuuze Bell komwe kunali.
  
  Komabe, Karin anaganizira zonsezi. Anali ndi mwayi wapadera wotha kuziwona zonse kuchokera mkati. Ndipo adakumbukira nthawi yomwe Webb adaba zambiri zamagulu ambiri ndikuwachezera mwachinsinsi. Chikumbukiro chake cha eidetic chinayamba pomwepo. Inde, sizinali zophweka, koma Karin ankadziwa kuti Webb anali kugwira ntchito mu ofesi yodziwika bwino ku Washington ndipo adatha kufufuza makalata, omwe tsopano adalembedwa.
  
  Mafayilo akulu adatumizidwa ku adilesi inayake ya San Francisco kasanu ndi kawiri. Kufufuza kwina kunawonetsa kuti mafayilo ena akuluakulu adatengedwa kuchokera kumaofesi ena odziwika. Motero, pamene akuluakulu a boma ankafufuza zimene zinalembedwazo, Karin anatha kudziwa zomwe ankafuna.
  
  Dino adawatsogolera kudutsa mumsewu, kudzera pachipata cha Golden Gate ndikudutsa Fisherman's Wharf. Alendo odzaona malo anadzaza malowo ndi makamera okonzeka, akutuluka m"misewu popanda kudzisamalira okha. Dino adalowa mumsewu, osapatsa apolisi chifukwa chowazindikira. Phiri lotsetsereka lidawatsogolera ku mzindawu, ndipo posakhalitsa adazungulira Union Square, kudutsa mabanki ndi ma pharmacies, zombo ndi malo odyera, muzoyesayesa zawo zovuta kwambiri mpaka pano: kupeza malo abwino oimika magalimoto.
  
  "Ingosiyani apa." Wu analoza malo aang'ono pafupi ndi Walgreens. "Adilesiyi ndi mtunda wa mphindi zisanu kuchokera pano."
  
  "Mphindi zisanu?" Karin anatero. "Zikadakhala kwanthawizonse ngati Webb akanasiya zomwe zingachitike."
  
  "Kuphatikizanso," adatero Dino akuyandikira komwe akupita, "ndi Dodge Ram." Zikanakhala zovuta kuyimitsa bulu wanga pamalo amenewo. "
  
  "Kodi mukufuna kuti ndichite izi? Ndikhoza kuyendetsa."
  
  "Oo zoona? Inde, Toretto. Tiye tiwone momwe ukugwirira ntchito-"
  
  "Ana," anatero Karin. "Khalani chete! Ukuwona pamenepo?"
  
  "Tikufuna mwayi wabwino kuti tithawe mwachangu. Timafunika kupeza mwachangu. Tikufuna..." Dino anapumira kaye. "Damn, tikufuna garaja kwa nthawi yayitali, sichoncho?"
  
  Karin anagwedeza mutu. "Pomwepo. Ngati kuli kofunikira, tidzagona pang'ono; titha kuchoka pano tsiku lina fumbi likakhazikika."
  
  "Damn, sindikhulupirira ayi," Wu adadandaula. "Ndikhala nanu nthawi yokwanira masiku ano."
  
  "Ili ndi vuto?" Karin anaganiza pamene Dino amayendetsa Ram kumalo oimika magalimoto mobisa.
  
  "Chabwino, testosterone ndi yokwera pang'ono. Inu nonse mumapikisana ngati abale nthawi zonse. Zimakhala zotopetsa pang'ono nthawi zina. "
  
  "Ife? Kupambana?" Karin anayang'ana Dino mokwiya. "Zoona ife?"
  
  Msilikali wachinyamatayo anaseka kwambiri. "Kungoti sukufuna kuvomereza kuti ndine wabwino kuposa iwe."
  
  "Sindikuziwona." Karin adamuyang'ana mozama, kenako adatembenukira kwa Wu. "Mukuziwona izi?"
  
  "Ndiloleni ndifotokoze motere. Ngati inu nonse muledzeretsa ndi kusankha kukwatirana, muyenera kuchita izo mutayimirira chifukwa nonse mudzafuna kukhala pamwamba."
  
  Karin adaseka kwambiri pomwe Dino adapeza malo omwe amakonda. "Waledzera? Damn, kulibe mowa wokwanira padziko lapansi kuti izi zichitike, Woo. "
  
  Dino adatulutsa makiyi ndikutsegula chitseko. "Yakwana nthawi yoti tiganizire. Zopanda pake zonse zakumatazi sizithandiza. "
  
  "Siumakonda atsikana, Dino?" Karin anagwirizana ndi amuna awiri omwe anaima kutsogolo. "Pali malo osungira nyama ku San Francisco. Titha kukutengani nthawi zonse tikamaliza. "
  
  Dino sananyalanyaze, anatulutsa foni yake yam'manja ndikudikirira adilesi yomwe amafunikira kukweza. "Mphindi zitatu," iye anatero. "Takonzeka?"
  
  Karin analowetsa mapewa ake m'chikwama chake. "Monga gehena."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Inali ofesi yapamwamba kwambiri, ndipo ofesi ya Webb inali pansanjika ya makumi atatu ndi zisanu. Karin ankaganiza kuti izi sizinali zachilendo kwa iye - wamisala nthawi zambiri ankakonda kukhala pamwamba kwambiri kuti anyoze aliyense - koma ankaganiza kuti akhoza kusunga adilesiyi kukhala yotsika kwambiri komanso yachinsinsi momwe angathere - ndi zomwe amayamikira. ndi malo osankhika a ntchito ya moyo wake.
  
  Njira zonse zodzitetezera, adaganiza.
  
  Zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zomwe anali atatsala pang'ono kuchita ...
  
  Zopusa? Naïve? Wanzeru? Wanzeru?
  
  Anamwetulira mwamdima mumtima mwake pozindikira kuti yankho likudalira zotsatira zake.
  
  Atatuwo analowa pa chitseko chozungulira cha pansi, anaona zikepe zingapo, ndipo analunjika kumeneko. Amuna ndi akazi ovala masuti akuda ankangoyendayenda uku ndi uku. Pangodya yakutali munali desiki lachidziŵitso lokhala ndi alembi aŵiri atsitsi lakuda. Phokoso linali lochepa, aliyense ankayesetsa kuti asapange phokoso. Karin anaona mlonda wina wonenepa kwambiri pakona, yemwe anali kuyang'ana magalimoto odutsa ndi makamera atatu achitetezo. Adatsogolera Dino ku board yazidziwitso.
  
  "Masate asanu". Iye anagwedeza mutu. "Kampani imodzi ili ndi malo onse."
  
  "Ali ndi tanthauzo".
  
  Wu adayang'ana mutuwo. Anawerenga kuti: "Makina a Minmak?" "Zonse n"zofanana, zonse n"zofanana."
  
  Mabungwe opanda nkhope omwe amalamulira dziko lapansi.
  
  Karin anasunthira patsogolo, akufika pama elevator ndikuyang'ana kawiri. Sizikanamudabwitsa ngati atapeza nambala 35 yopanda kanthu-kapena nambala yosoŵa zonse pamodzi-koma pamenepo inali, yoyera ndi yonyezimira monga ena onse. Anthu okhalamo adasindikiza mabatani pazipinda zosiyanasiyana, ndipo Karin adadikirira mpaka mphindi yomaliza, koma adangosindikiza 35.
  
  Iwo sanachite kudikira nthawi yaitali. Anavula chikwama chake, akunamizira kufunafuna chinachake mkatimo. Dino ndi Wu nawonso adakonzeka. Pamene elevator idayima ndipo zitseko zidatsegulidwa pa 35 mark, atatuwo adangodikirira masekondi angapo kuti awone zomwe adakumana nazo.
  
  Kholo lopukutidwa loyalidwa patali, lokhala ndi zitseko ndi mawindo mbali zonse. Kumapeto kwake kunali tebulo lamatabwa. Makomawo anali okongoletsedwa ndi zojambula, zosakoma ndi zosasangalatsa. Karin anaganiza kuti munthu wina wakhala akudikira kuchokera pamene anadina batani, koma tsopano iwo anali pano. Iwo anali okonzeka, ofunitsitsa, achichepere ndi okhoza.
  
  Analoza njira, nalowa m'dziko lachilendo lomwe mwanjira ina linali la munthu wakufayo. Ngati chilichonse, chimenecho chinali cholowa cha Webb. Mayi ake mtsempha.
  
  Palibe makamera a CCTV. Palibe chitetezo. Khomo loyamba limene anayeserapo linagwedezeka mwamphamvu pa chimango chake moti linachoka. Zonse zinali zachiwonetsero, chophimba chabe. Anatulutsa mfuti n"kudzaza magazini m"matumba ake. Vesi yomwe anavala pansi pa malaya ake inali yokulirapo mpaka pano, koma tsopano inamuteteza. Gululo linafalikira pamene linkayandikira tebulo mosamala.
  
  Karin anaima n'kuyang'ana mbali zonse ziwiri za makonde atsopano. Anadabwa mawu a robot aja akulankhula.
  
  "Kodi ndingakuthandizeni?"
  
  Anaona kachipangizo kamene kanalumikizidwa kutsogolo kwa tebulo. Komabe, sanawone kamera iliyonse.
  
  "Moni? Kodi pali aliyense kumeneko? Ndimasewera chitsiru.
  
  Nthawi yonseyi anali kulingalira plan mmutu mwake. Kuchuluka kwa data kwa Webb sikunangomufikitsa ku adilesi iyi, adatha kudziwa komwe kuli kofikira komwe kudabwera pogwiritsa ntchito kapangidwe ka digito kanyumbayo. Amadziwa kuti akuyenera kutembenukira kumanzere kenako kumanja, koma adadabwa kuti maloboti angachite chiyani ...
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tatayika." Adakweza manja, akuyang'ana Dino ndi Wu. "Ingodikirani, Bambo Robot, pamene tikuyesera kupeza wina."
  
  Zinali zoyenera kuyesa. Karin analunjika kumanzere, anyamata kumbuyo kwake. Munthu woyamba wa phiri anaonekera kumanzere, akutuluka mu ofesi, atagwira mpira mwamphamvu m"dzanja limodzi ndikumenya mutu wake m"dzanja lina. Wachiwiri anaonekera kutsogolo, kenako wachitatu, kenako wachinayi anaonekera kumanzere, ulendo uno ndi nyundo.
  
  Wu adaseka. "Atatu kumbuyo."
  
  Karin anagwedeza mfuti yake. "Come on guys, ndikusowa chiyani?"
  
  Phiri loyamba, munthu wadazi adaseka. "Pali radar kumeneko, mtsikana, ndipo tikukhala pansi pake."
  
  "Kodi. Chifukwa chake, kudziwa Tyler Webb monga ine ndimachitira - munthu yemwe amakonda kupanga phokoso panthawi yoyenera komanso pamalo oyenera - kodi uwu ndi munda wake wamtendere? Kusinkhasinkha? Chabwino, sitingathe kumuvutitsa tsopano, anyamata, sichoncho?
  
  "Mfuti yaombera ndipo apolisi afika mphindi khumi," adatero bamboyo. "OMBANI mu makumi awiri."
  
  "Nanga bwanji kumanga chitetezo?"
  
  Munthuyo anaseka. "Zilibe kanthu".
  
  "Zikomo chifukwa cha chidziwitso".
  
  Karin anamuwombera pamkono popanda chenjezo ndipo anamuwona akuzandima. Anawomberanso m'mimba nthawi ina, ndipo anadikirira mpaka atagunda pansi asanadumphire pamsana wake ndikugwiritsa ntchito msana wake.
  
  Mbalame ya baseball inawulukira pafupi ndi mutu wake, ndipo inamuphonya, ndipo inadutsa pakhomo, ndikuphwanya galasi ndi fremu. Iye ananyalanyaza izo. Wu anali kumbuyo kwake ndipo Dino amasunthira mbali ina. Kunenepa kwambiri kwachitatu kunamulepheretsa kuyenda. Anaombera zipolopolo ziwiri pagululo, ndipo anazemba kugwedezeka kwamphamvu, ndipo sanachitire mwina koma kumenya mutuwo mosasunthika.
  
  Iye analumphira mmbuyo, modabwa.
  
  Anali atagwira mfutiyo atagwa chagada. Atayang'ana m'mwamba, adawona nkhope yayikulu yozungulira ikuyang'ana pansi - chimphona chopanda mphamvu, chankhanza chokhala ndi zipolopolo zomwe samatha kuzimva, mitsinje yamagazi yomwe samawona, ndi chibonga chachikulu kwambiri chamatabwa, chodetsedwa ndi lumo, chomwe adachiwona. ndinayamba ndaziwonapo.
  
  "Wopusa caveman."
  
  Karin anawombera pamene gululo likutsika. Zipolopolo ziwiri zinadutsa pamimba yolendewera, kugunda denga, koma ndodoyo inapitiriza kutsika. Karin anatembenuza mutu. Chibongacho chinafika pafupi ndi iye, chikung'ambika pansi, ndikutumiza zowala kuchokera kumoto woyaka. Anagona pamenepo kwa mphindi imodzi, kenako dzanja lomwe linamugwira lidalimba ndipo adayamba kudzikweza pansi.
  
  Karin adabwerera m'mbuyo, adawona nkhope yoyipayo ndikuwombera molunjika. Nthawiyi mwiniwakeyo adamva ndipo nthawi yomweyo adazandima, mwamwayi adagwera kumanja ndikuwongoka kudzera mwa mnzake wina, ndikukola munthu wocheperako pansi.
  
  Wu adalumpha pamwamba pake, kuwombera magulu ena awiri akuluakulu. Anthuwa anagwada pansi. Ndodoyo idagunda bicep ya Wu, zomwe zidamupangitsa kukuwa. Karin adatembenuka ndikuwona munthu woyamba - dazi yemwe adamuwombera mwendo - akuyenda pafupi naye, ndikusiya magazi kumbuyo kwake.
  
  "Wangowononga zonse, dona. Kwa onse."
  
  "O, ndiye tsopano popeza ndakuomberani, ndine dona eti? Ndikuganiza kuti ukudziwa zomwe tabwera kuno?"
  
  Anafikira chibonga chake ndi mpeni womwe unalendewera pa lamba wake.
  
  "Mukunena zowona? Pali chinthu chimodzi chokha pano, inu mukuchidziwa icho."
  
  Karin anagwedeza mutu. "Ndithu".
  
  Koma sudzachipeza.
  
  Mwamsanga anayang'ana m'zipinda zambiri zodzaza ndi makompyuta, zonse mosakayika zikuyenda, zili ndi pulogalamu inayake, ndipo zonse zinali zofanana ndi anansi awo.
  
  Koma ankadziwa bwino. "O, ndikuganiza ndingathe."
  
  Amadziwanso kuti mwamuna ngati Webb sakanaganiza zoyika switch. Osati atagwira ntchito molimbika kuti apeze zinthu zotere, osati pamene zinthu zabwino zonse zomwe anachitapo zinali kuchitika pompano.
  
  Anauzembera mleme uja, n"kuimitsa mpeni uja n"kusiya chibowo chachiwiri mwa munthu uja. Adalumpha ndikutsata Wu, kenako adayang'ana mmbuyo kuti awone momwe Dino akuchitira. Zonse zinali zabwino. Vuto lomwe anali kukumana nalo tsopano linali apolisi.
  
  Wu anazengereza; pakhonde panalibe. "Mukupita kuti?"
  
  Karin adathamanga, malo awa adakhazikika m'chikumbukiro chake. Iye anati: "Kumalo ogona a zilombo zoopsa kwambiri zomwe zinakhalako. "Chotero chikhale chozizira. Njira iyi, anyamata."
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NA PILI
  
  
  Chipindacho chinali chonyansa, chotsatira chomaliza cha Tyler Webb, chodzaza ndi zithunzi zakunja zomwe zimachitira umboni misala yoyipa yamkati. Adatola maloko mumasekondi pang'ono, adawona zithunzi zojambulidwa pamakoma - anthu omwe amawakonda komanso kuzunzidwa, mfuti zisanachitike komanso zitatha - komanso zida za akazitape zochokera padziko lonse lapansi zomwe zidakonzedwa pamatebulo kuzungulira chipindacho.
  
  Karin ananyalanyaza zimene akanatha, atamva kale kulira kwa ma siren pa mawindo agalasi. Wu ndi Dino adayimilira pomwe amathamangira ku terminal.
  
  Pambuyo poyang'ana kawiri, adatsimikizira kuti ndi yomweyo yomwe ikulandira mitsinje yaikulu ya deta yolumikizidwa ndi flash drive ya mtundu wapadera, ndikuyang'ana kuwala kochepa kobiriwira komwe kukanatsimikizira kutsitsa kwazomwe zili mu terminal. Karin amayembekezera kuti zambiri zitha kusamutsidwa ndikukonza flash drive moyenera. Zinali zofulumira momwe iye akanachitira izo.
  
  "Tili bwanji?" Iye anayang'ana mmwamba.
  
  Wu anagwedeza mutu. "Zonse zili bata apa."
  
  "Kupatula kubuula," adatero Dino. "Zilipo zambiri."
  
  Chimodzi mwa zolinga zawo chinali kusiya anthu omwe anazunzidwa. Izi zitha kusokoneza komanso kuchedwetsa apolisi. Karin anali wokondwa kuti anali achiwembu ndipo anali oyenerera moyo wawo watsopano. Iye anayang"ana kuwala kobiriŵira kobiriŵirako, nawona kuti kukuthwanima mofulumira, ndipo anadziŵa kuti ntchitoyo yatsala pang"ono kutha.
  
  "Khalani okonzeka".
  
  Siren analira kunja kwa zenera.
  
  Chizindikirocho chinasiya kuphethira, kusonyeza kuti zonse zatha. Anatulutsa kachidutswa kakang'ono ndikuyika m'thumba la zipi. "Yakwana nthawi yoti tipite".
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, anyamatawo adasunthira kutsogolo, akusuntha mosamala amuna omwe adagwa, akutuluka magazi ndikukankha awiri omwe adayesa kudzuka. Karin anawaopseza ndi mfuti yake, koma anakana kuigwiritsa ntchito. Pangakhalebe chisokonezo ponena za kumene kuwomberako kunachokera. Akadakhala kale otanganidwa ndi makamera oyang'anira ndikufunsa mafunso ambiri. Chinsinsi cha kuthawa chinali kusachitapo kanthu mwachangu, ngakhale kusamala.
  
  Izi zikanayenera kutidabwitsa.
  
  Anamasula zipi zikwama zawo, natulutsa zomwe zinali mkati mwake, kenaka anataya zikwama zawo zopanda kanthu. Anayang'anizana ndi kugwedeza mutu.
  
  "Ofesi". Wu adapereka moni kwa Dino.
  
  "Ofesi". Dino anagwedeza mutu mwamphamvu kwa Karin.
  
  "Sergeant," adakulitsa kalankhulidwe kake ka Briteni ndikulunjika kokwera ma elevator.
  
  M'thumba mwake ali ndi chinsinsi chaulamuliro, kuboma ndi chinyengo chachifumu, kulanda boma pambuyo pa kulanda, ufulu wazachuma komanso kuwongolera malamulo.
  
  Zomwe ankafunikira zinali malo abwino oti ayambirepo.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI ATATU
  
  
  Tsiku lina, kukwera ndege kwina, ndipo Matt Drake anali kumva kufooka kwa ndege. Kunyamuka kunali kutangochitika ola limodzi lapitalo, ndipo anali kukumana ndi tsiku lolunjika ku Atlantic, kupita ku United States of America.
  
  Popanda lingaliro lomveka bwino la komwe mungapite.
  
  Wokwera pahatchi wachitatu ndi Njala. Drake anali ndi mantha kuganiza kuti ndi nkhondo yanji yomwe Order idayambitsa chifukwa cha njalayo. Anali otanganidwa kwambiri kupanga chida choyamba, mfuti yamlengalenga, ndipo makamaka chida chachiwiri, master code. Hayden ankasungabe mfundo zonse, koma chitsenderezo choti agawireko chinali chachikulu. Kusokonezeka kwadzidzidzi kokha ndi komwe akupita komwe kudapangitsa kuti kusachitapo kanthu kuvomerezeke.
  
  Master code idapanga zochitika kudera lonse la Europe ndipo pomaliza America kugwetsa atsogoleri adziko lapansi, kuwononga zida zadziko, kumanga magulu ankhondo awo ndikumasula ma psychos omwe amafuna kuti dziko lapansi libwerere ku mibadwo yamdima. Zinkawoneka ngati zenizeni komanso zosavuta mochititsa mantha. Tsiku lina domino yoyamba idagwa ...
  
  Hayden adakhala chete akuwerenga mpaka kumapeto. Drake amalola malingaliro ake kubwereza mavumbulutso onse aposachedwa: SEAL Team 7; magulu apadera a magulu akugwirana wina ndi mzake; French zotayika, makamaka chifukwa cha aku Russia; ndipo tsopano kugwirizana ndi Amwenye Achimereka. N"zoona kuti anthu a m"derali anali okwera pamahatchi abwino kwambiri, mwinanso abwino kwambiri amene anakhalapo. Koma kodi njala inachokera kuti mu zonsezi?
  
  Alicia anabwebweta mwakachetechete pafupi naye, diso lina linatsegula pang'ono. Kenzie adayesetsa momwe angathere kuti ajambule chochitikacho pavidiyo, koma Dahl adakwanitsa kumugwira. Drake adawona kuti sikunali kukopa mwaulemu, koma mawu omwe adamupangitsa kusintha malingaliro ake. Sanali wotsimikiza kuti Dal ndi Kensi ayandikira. Sizinali ntchito yake, inde, ndipo iye, kwenikweni, anali kuyenda munjira zomwezo za njanji, koma ...
  
  Drake ankafuna zomwe zinali zabwino kwa Mad Swede ndipo zinali choncho.
  
  Lauren adakhala kutsogolo, ndi Smith pafupi momwe angathere popanda kumupangitsa kuti asamavutike. Yorgi, Kinimaka ndi Mai anali kuyankhula motsitsa mawu kumbuyo kwa ndege; malo osungiramo katundu omwe analimo anali ocheperako, koma sinki yowuma, yogwedera, ya denga lalitali. Osachepera kamodzi angafune kuwuluka kalasi yoyamba. Ngakhale mphunzitsi adaposa gulu la katundu.
  
  Lauren adayang'ana kwambiri pamakalata omwe anali kupitilira pakati pawo ndi Washington. Pakali pano zokambiranazo zinali zaulesi komanso zosakhazikika, zongoganizira kwambiri kuposa zokambirana zenizeni. Ngakhale kuti Geek alipo ochuluka chonchi?
  
  Maola anadutsa ndipo mayiko anayandikira kwambiri. Lauren adachita chidwi ndi zida zosiyanasiyana zochokera kumayiko omwe akupikisana nawo. A Israeli akuwoneka kuti adakonza zolumikizana zaku America pafupifupi nthawi imodzi ndi SPIR. A British nawonso. Anthu a ku China anakhala chete, ndipo Afalansa, mwinamwake, anatulukamo. Drake adadziwa kuti sangamve chilichonse kuchokera ku SEALs. Kunena zoona, kunalibe.
  
  "Zingakhale zosangalatsa kuwona ngati atumiza magulu awa ku America mwakachetechete," adatero Dahl. "Kapena gwiritsani ntchito malamulo amkati."
  
  "Kodi anthu alowa kale m"gulu la anthu?" Hayden anayang'ana mmwamba. "Ndikukayika. Ogona amatenga zaka kuti apange. "
  
  "Ndipo sikovuta kuwulukira osazindikirika," adatero Smith. "Ozembetsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo akhala akuchita zimenezi kwa zaka zambiri."
  
  "Kodi pali otsogolera pa Mmwenye woyipitsitsa amene adakhalako?" Mai anafunsa.
  
  "Osati ochokera ku Washington, ndipo ngati mpikisano wathu akudziwa, amasunga chinsinsi."
  
  "Bullshit".
  
  Drake adayang'ana nthawiyo ndipo adazindikira kuti akuyandikira mayiko. Anamugwedeza Alicia modekha.
  
  "Oo?"
  
  "Nthawi yodzuka".
  
  Kenzi anayandikira pafupi. "Ndakonza botolo lako, mwana."
  
  Alicia anagwedeza manja ake kwa iye. "Damn, fuck! Chotsani chinthu ichi kwa ine!"
  
  "Ndine basi!"
  
  Alicia anabwerera mmbuyo momwe bulkhead ingalole. "Magazi a circus clown fizzog."
  
  "pop ndi chiyani?" Kinimaka ankawoneka kuti ali ndi chidwi chenicheni.
  
  "Zimatanthauza 'nkhope' mu Chingerezi," adatero Drake. Ndipo poyankha kukhumudwa kwa Kensi, iye anati, "Sindikugwirizana nazo. Ndiwe wabodza Bobby Dazzler. "
  
  "Zoona?" Alicia anafuula.
  
  "Chani? "
  
  "Zikutanthauza kuti simuli woyipa kuyang'ana, chikondi."
  
  Kensi adachita nkhongono Alicia atayamba kubwebweta ndipo Drake adazindikira kuti mwina wadutsana ndi azimayi onsewa. Chabwino, osachepera ndi Kenzi. Adagwedeza mutu mwachangu Lauren.
  
  Ayi. Mukutsimikiza? "
  
  Chidwi chinatembenukira ku New Yorker.
  
  "O, inde, ndikutsimikiza." Lauren anafulumira kubisa kudabwa kwake ndikupita kukanena za nkhaniyi. "Ndipatseniko kanthu."
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, ngati kuti mwaikidwiratu, uthenga wabwino unabweranso. Lauren adayiyika pa speakerphone. "Hei anthu, zabwino kuwona kuti tikusangalalabe." Bambo Obnoxious ali pa mzere kachiwiri. "Chabwino, nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti pamene anyamata inu munali kupeza gawo lanu la zi, ine ndinali kugwira ntchito pa kompyuta yotentha kwambiri. Chotero choyamba wokwera pahatchi wachiŵiri ndi kugonjetsa. Mayi Jay? Agalu aakulu amawuwa."
  
  Hayden anapukusa mutu. "Lankhula Chimerika, chibwibwi, kapena ndikuchotsa ntchito."
  
  Drake anayang'ana patebulo, akudziwa kuti akadali kakasi. Kupatula apo, nambala yayikulu inali m'manja mwawo, ndipo Achimereka ankadziwa. Kenako ganizo linamukhudza, ndipo anamuuza kuti apite naye kumbuyo kwa ndegeyo.
  
  Anakangamirana mwakachetechete.
  
  "Kodi zingatheke kungotaya imodzi mwamapepala?" anafunsa. "Ofunika kwambiri a iwo."
  
  Iye anayang'ana. "Zowona, ngati mukufuna kutikokera chandamale. Sali opusa chotero."
  
  Iye anagwedeza. "Ndikudziwa, koma yang'anani njira ina."
  
  Hayden adatsamira pampando wake. "Chabwino, ndikuganiza kuti talakwitsa kale. Kodi kusamvera kungabweretse vuto lotani?"
  
  "Tiyeni tifunse SEAL Team 7 akafika kuno."
  
  Awiriwa anayang'anizana kwa nthawi ndithu, onse akudabwa kuti zomwe timu ina yalamula zinali zotani. Chinsinsi cha zonsezi chidawadetsa nkhawa. Hayden anamva munthu wonyansa uja akuyambanso kulankhula ndipo anatembenuka.
  
  "Agent Jay, Washington akufuna kudziwa zambiri za Conquest Box."
  
  "Awuzeni kuti ndilumikizana nawo."
  
  "Mmm, zoona? Chabwino."
  
  "Kodi muli ndi china chatsopano?"
  
  "Inde, inde, tikufuna. Ndipatseni kamphindi".
  
  Hayden adabwerera kwa Drake. "Yakwana nthawi yoti tipange chisankho, Mat. Kumaliza?"
  
  Drake adagwedeza zidendene zake ndikumwetulira. "Nthawi zonse".
  
  Hayden adakoka kapepala pamtengowo.
  
  "Kodi mwapeza pepala lomwe mukufuna?"
  
  "Ndimaganizira izi maola awiri apitawo."
  
  "Oo".
  
  Pamodzi, ndipo popanda sekondi ina ya kuvutika, iwo anawononga mtovu wofunika kwambiri mu tcheni chachikulu. Hayden kenaka anapinda mapepala onse pamodzi ndi kuwabwezeretsa mu bokosi la dongosolo. Ena onse a timu adawayang'ana onse osayankhapo kanthu.
  
  Onse pamodzi anali ngati mmodzi.
  
  "Chabwino". Bambo waku Washington wabwerera. "Tsopano timaphikadi ndi gasi. Zikuwoneka kuti Dongosolo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza linagunda msomali pamutu ndi mafotokozedwe ake a Wokwera pamahatchi wachitatu - Njala. Mmwenye woipa kwambiri amene anakhalako ndi kuti wazunguliridwa ndi mfuti."
  
  "Native American?" - Anafunsa Kinimaka.
  
  "O inde, anabadwa mu 1829; izi ndi zaka mazana asanu ndi awiri pambuyo pa Genghis Khan ndi chikwi chimodzi ndi mazana anayi pambuyo pa Hannibal. Pafupifupi ndendende..." Anapuma kaye.
  
  "Zachilendo," Kinimaka anadzaza m"mene munasowekapo.
  
  "Mwinamwake," anatero katswiri wa zomera. "Wina ananenapo kuti palibe zongochitika mwangozi. Chabwino, tiyeni tiwone. Komabe, ndayendetsanso ndege ndipo tsopano mukupita ku Oklahoma. "
  
  "Kodi tikudziwa kuti wokwera pahatchi wokalamba ameneyu angakhale ndani?" Drake anafunsa.
  
  "Ndinganene kuti ndi Native American wotchuka kwambiri kuposa onse, osati oyipa kwambiri, koma ndikudziwa chiyani?"
  
  Alicia anagwedezeka, akugonabe. "Osati kwambiri, dammit."
  
  "Chabwino, zikomo. Eya, Goyaale, kutanthauza "woyasamula," anali mfumu yotchuka ya fuko la Apache. Anatsutsa US ndi Mexico m'moyo wake wonse, kuukira kwake kunakhala munga woopsa ku America. "
  
  "Amwenye ambiri aku America adachita," adatero Mai.
  
  "Zoonadi, ndipo ndiko kulondola. Koma mwamunayo ankalemekezedwa monga mtsogoleri wapamwamba ndi katswiri waukatswiri, mtundu wankhondo woukira ndi kubwezera. Kodi izi zikumveka ngati zodziwika bwino?
  
  Drake adavomera ndi mutu. "Zofanana ndi Hannibal ndi Genghis Khan."
  
  "Mwamvetsa, mwana. Anagonja katatu kenaka anathawa katatu. Anapanga mafilimu angapo okhudza zomwe anachita. Kenako anatengedwa ngati mkaidi wankhondo ndipo choyamba anatumizidwa ku Fort Bowie pamodzi ndi ena ambiri."
  
  "Ndipo anathawanso?" Alicia ankawoneka ngati akufuna kuganiza choncho.
  
  "Ayi. Mu ukalamba wake, Geronimo anakhala wotchuka."
  
  "Ah, tsopano ndamva," adatero Drake. "Pamodzi ndi Sitting Bull ndi Crazy Horse, iye mwina ndi wotchuka kwambiri."
  
  "Chabwino, inde, kodi mumadziwa kuti atatuwo ankasonkhana pamodzi? Wow-wow, takhala pamoto. Kumanga izi ndi izo? Kambiranani za kusankha munthu wotchuka yemwe mumamukonda kuti mupite naye khofi - ndipita nawo atatuwa."
  
  Alicia anagwedeza mutu. "Zingakhale zosaiŵalika," iye anavomereza motero. "Tingoganiza kuti Depp ndi Boreanaz anali opanda ufulu."
  
  "Mu 1850? Mwina ayi. Koma munthu uyu Depp? Iye samawoneka ngati wakalamba, ndiye ndani akudziwa? Kumbukirani nkhani ya asing'anga omwe amatha kusuntha manitou - mizimu yawo - kudutsa nthawi? Komabe...Geronimo adawonekera pa Chiwonetsero cha Padziko Lonse cha 1904 ndi ziwonetsero zina zingapo zochepa. Munthu wosaukayo sanaloledwe kubwerera kwawo, ndipo anamwalira ku Fort Sill, akali mkaidi wankhondo, mu 1909. Anaikidwa m'manda ku Fort Sill Indian Cemetery, atazunguliridwa ndi manda a achibale ndi akaidi ena a Apache."
  
  "Chida". Adatero Dahl. "Amuna olimba mtima."
  
  "O, ndipo, ndithudi, mfuti zambiri za Fort Sill palokha, zomwe lero zimagwira ntchito ngati sukulu ya asilikali a United States Army. Ndilo linga lokhalo logwira ntchito m"zigwa za kumwera, pokhala nalo gawo m"zimene zimatchedwa Nkhondo za ku India ndipo lakhala likuchitapo kanthu m"nkhondo zazikulu zonse kuyambira 1869." A Geek anayima kaye asanawonjeze, "The Order adasankha malo ano ndi wokwera uyu pazifukwa."
  
  "Kupatula zida?" - anafunsa Dahl.
  
  "Ndi kutchukanso," yankho linabwera. "Kuukira koyambirira ku Indian Territory kudatsogozedwa ndi Buffalo Bill ndi Wild Bill Hickok. Mpandawu unaphatikizapo asilikali 10 apakavalo, omwe amadziwikanso kuti Buffalo Soldiers.
  
  "Choncho, tiyeni tifotokoze mwachidule." Dahl adapumira. "Manda a Geronimo ali mkati mwa Fort Sill. Lamuloli lidakwanitsa kupanga mapulani omanga zida zowononga mkati mwake zaka makumi anayi zapitazo, ndipo tsopano theka la magulu ankhondo apadera omwe adapha kwambiri padziko lapansi akuthamangira komweko. "
  
  M"chete mozama, gilikiyo ananena mokondwera: "Eya, munthu, zinthu zabwino, huh?"
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI INE
  
  
  Pamene ndegeyo inkafika gawo lomaliza la ulendo wake wopita ku Oklahoma, ogwira nawo ntchitowo anakambirana zimene akudziwa mpaka pano-zavumbulutsidwa zambiri zokhudza mbali zinayi za dziko lapansi, okwera pamahatchi, ndi zida zakupha zimene zigawenga za Nazi zinakwirira. manda a akazembe akale. Chiwembucho chinali chachikulu, chovuta, ndipo chinali chosapeŵeka - chifukwa Dongosolo linkafuna kuti likhale lotheka kwa zaka zana. Ndipo ngakhale tsopano, molingana ndi lembalo, Wokwera Pahatchi wachinayi anali "Chiweruzo Chowonadi Chomaliza."
  
  Potengera zida zomwe zapezeka mpaka pano, kodi gehena ingakhale yotani?
  
  Drake adaganizira izi. Choyamba amayenera kupita ku Fort Sill ndikuletsa aliyense kuti asatengere manja awo pa chida cha njala. Ndipo kudandaula za ena akulunjika kwa Wokwera Pahatchi wachinayi - Mliri wa Mulungu. Ndikutanthauza...dzina ili ndi lotani?
  
  "Kodi ndingafunse funso?" - adatero ndegeyo itayamba kutsika.
  
  "Mwatero," Geek anaseka, zomwe zinapangitsa Hayden, Alicia ndi May kutseka maso awo, kuleza mtima kwawo kunatha.
  
  "Kodi Geronimo adapeza bwanji mutu wake?"
  
  "Geronimo anali wankhondo weniweni. Ngakhale atatsala pang"ono kumwalira, anavomereza kuti ananong"oneza bondo chifukwa chosiya. Mawu ake omalizira anali akuti: "Sindikanayenera kusiya. Ndinayenera kumenya nkhondo mpaka nditamaliza kuyimirira.' Analinso ndi akazi 9, ena panthaŵi imodzi."
  
  "Koma Mmwenye woyipa kwambiri yemwe adakhalako?"
  
  "Panthawi ya ntchito yake yankhondo, Geronimo anali wotchuka chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwake komanso kuthawa kwake kosawerengeka. Anazimiririka m"mapanga momwe munalibe potuluka, koma pambuyo pake anawonekera panja. Nthawi zonse ankapambana, ngakhale kuti nthawi zonse anali ochepa. Pali malo ku New Mexico omwe akudziwikabe mpaka pano kuti Geronimo Cave. Imodzi mwa nkhani zazikuluzikulu imanena za momwe adatsogolerera kagulu kakang'ono ka amuna, akazi ndi ana makumi atatu ndi asanu ndi atatu omwe ankasaka mwankhanza ndi zikwi za asilikali a ku America ndi Mexico kwa chaka chimodzi. Chotero, iye anakhala Mbadwa Yachimereka yotchuka koposa m"nthaŵi zonse ndipo anadzipezera yekha dzina lakuti "Mmwenye woipitsitsa amene anakhalako" pakati pa azungu a m"nthaŵiyo. ku United States."
  
  Alicia anati: "Nthawi ina anthu ankanditchula kuti "hule woipa kwambiri kuposa onse amene anakhalako.
  
  "Kamodzi kokha?" Kenzi anafunsa. "Izi ndizodabwitsa".
  
  "N'kutheka kuti ndinali ine." Mai adamwetulira pang'ono.
  
  "Kapena ine," adatero Drake.
  
  Dahl ankawoneka ngati ubongo wake ukusweka. "Chabwino, ndikukumbukira ..."
  
  "Fort Sill," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero. "Kwatsala mphindi khumi. Tili ndi chilolezo chotera ndipo mderali kuli kotentha. "
  
  Drake anakwinya nkhope, kudzikonzekeretsa. "Kutentha? Kodi akuwerenga script yosinthidwa kapena chiyani?"
  
  "Payenera kukhala anthu pafupifupi makumi asanu ndi atatu kumusi uko." Kinimaka anayang'ana pawindo laling'ono kwambiri.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti akukhudzidwa," Yorgi adayankha. "Kapena akuukira."
  
  "Ayi, akutanthauza udindo wake," Smith adawauza. "Zakonzedwa bwino kwambiri."
  
  Ndegeyo inatsika ndipo inaima mwamsanga. Nthawi yomweyo zitseko zakumbuyo zonyamula katundu zinayamba kutseguka. Gululo, lotambasulidwa kale ndi kumapazi awo, linathamangira kunja kwa kuwala kwa dzuwa, komwe kunkawoneka bwino kuchokera ku asphalt. Helikopita inali kuwadikirira, yomwe idawatengera kudera la Fort Sill. Atafika, msilikali wina wa ku Fort Sill anawafotokozera mmene zinthu zinalili.
  
  "Tili pano mokonzeka kumenya nkhondo. Zida zonse zakonzeka, zodzaza ndi zolinga. Manda a Geronimo nawonso, ndipo takonzeka kujambula."
  
  "Tatsala asanu." Hayden anatero. "Ndikupita patsogolo pa malo oikidwa m'manda. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mukudziwa onse omwe angapikisane nawo. "
  
  Ndinali okonzeka kwathunthu, amayi. Ndi kuyika kwa Asitikali aku United States, kuyika kwa Marine Corps, komanso malo oteteza ndege ndi ozimitsa moto. Ndikhulupirireni ndikakuuzani kuti tachita mbali zonse.
  
  Hayden adatuluka ndikuwona Fort Sill ikuwonekera pansipa. Drake adayang'ana malowa ndikuyang'ana chida chake komaliza.
  
  Ine zedi monga gehena ndikuyembekeza chomwecho.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NDI chisanu
  
  
  Mpweya unali wamagetsi, msilikali aliyense anali wovuta komanso kuyembekezera nkhondo yamtundu wina. Gululo linayenda pakati pa mizati yotakata njerwa ndikuyenda pakati pa manda ambiri, omwe anali malo opumira a ngwazi yakugwa. Manda a Geronimo anali atachoka panjira yomenyedwa ndipo zinawatengera mphindi zambiri kuti afikepo. Hayden adatsogolera, ndipo Kinimaka adabweretsa chakumbuyo.
  
  Drake anamvetsera, akuzolowera malo ake. Pamalo amene panali zida zankhondo zambirimbiri panalibepo phee, koma masiku ano munthu amangomva ngati tsamba likugwedezeka ndi mphepo. Ponseponse anthu anali kuyembekezera. Iwo anali okonzeka. Lamulo lidatsitsidwa kuchokera kumwamba kuti lilime pamaso pa zomwe zinali pafupi kuchitika. Anthu aku America sakanataya nkhope.
  
  Anayenda m"kanjira kakang"ono, kamene kamakhala ndi slates, ndipo nsapato zawo zili kung"ambika. Zinkawoneka zachilendo kukhala tcheru mkati mwa malo oterowo, koma mayiko ndi magulu omwe ankamenyana nawo mosakayikira anali okhoza kuchita chilichonse.
  
  Drake adayenda pafupi ndi Lauren, yemwe adasunga gululo ndi chidziwitso chatsopano.
  
  "A French akadali achangu. Awiri a iwo pakadali pano, ali ndi zina zambiri. "
  
  "Malipoti owombera ku Oklahoma City. Akhoza kukhala British. Sizingatheke kunena pakadali pano. "
  
  Ndipo yankho lakuti: "Inde, tiri nazo zida zolakika. Ndi pomwe pano. Ngati mutayika munthu pamalopo, ndikukhulupirira kuti titha kumupeza. "
  
  Drake anaganiza kuti mwina anali otetezeka ku SEAL Team 7, osachepera apa mkati. Mfundo yosavuta yakuti analoledwa kulowa mu United States ndiyeno kupita kumalo a asilikali inamuuza kuti chinachake chinali cholakwika kwambiri.
  
  Ndani anatumiza zisindikizo?
  
  Chifukwa chiyani?
  
  Hayden anachedwetsa pang'onopang'ono pamene wotsogolera wawo anawatsogolera njira ina yopapatiza. Posakhalitsa anaima pamaso pa zizindikiro theka la khumi ndi ziwiri.
  
  "Uyu," iye anatero, "ndi wa Geronimo."
  
  Zowona, kwakukulukulu kunali kosakayikitsa. Mwala wa pamanda sunali mwala wa pamanda wamba, koma cairn; mulu wawukulu wa miyala wopangidwa ndi anthu wooneka ngati piramidi yosaoneka bwino yokhala ndi chikwangwani chapakati chomwe chili ndi dzina lodziwika bwino la 'Geronimo'. Anali malo akale kwambiri ndipo ayenera kuti anali ochititsa chidwi panthawi yake. Pamphepete mwa manda a mkazi wake Zi-ye ndi mwana wake wamkazi Eva Geronimo Godley.
  
  Drake adachita mantha auzimu ataona manda a wankhondo wamkulu, ndipo adadziwa kuti ena amamvanso chimodzimodzi. Mwamuna ameneyu anali msilikali amene ankamenyana kwambiri ndi anthu a ku Mexico ndipo ankamenyera nkhondo banja lake, madera ake komanso moyo wake. Inde, adataya, monga momwe Cochise, Sitting Bull ndi Crazy Horse adatayika, koma mayina awo adakhalapo kwa zaka zambiri.
  
  Kafukula kakang'ono kanayima kokonzeka.
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu kwa mkulu wa asilikali, yemwe anagwedeza mutu kwa dalaivala wofukula. Posakhalitsa chofukula chachikulu chinayamba kugwira ntchito, chikutukula dothi lalikulu ndi kulimwaza pansi pafupi. Drake ankadziwanso za kuipitsidwa ndi milandu yomwe ingapangidwe motsutsana ndi asilikali, koma kukhalapo kwa asilikali ochuluka pafupi kumatanthauza kuti sizingatheke kuti aliyense adziwe. Iwo mwina angatseke Fort Sill kwa anthu kwakanthawi.
  
  Kodi Order idachita bwanji izi?
  
  Ndikudabwa ... zaka zambiri zapitazo? Mwina kupeza kunali kosavuta panthawiyo. Hayden anauza woyendetsa galimotoyo kukumba mopepuka, mosakayikira anakumbukira manda osaya a Hannibal mmene munalibe bokosi lamaliro. Gululo lidawona momwe dzenjelo likukulirakulira komanso chitunda cha dziko lapansi chikukwera.
  
  Potsirizira pake wofukulayo anaima ndipo amuna awiri analumphira m"dzenjemo kuchotsa zidutswa zomalizira za dothi.
  
  Drake anayenda pang'onopang'ono chakumapeto kwa dzenjelo. Alicia adaba naye. Monga momwe amayembekezera, Kinimaka adatsalira, osafuna kuthera pansi. Amuna awiri aja anachotsa chivundikiro cha bokosilo cha dothi ndipo anafuula kuti zingwe zonyamulira zimangidwe pa chidebe chofufutiracho. Posakhalitsa bokosilo lidayamba kukwera pang'onopang'ono, ndipo Drake adayang'ananso mozungulira.
  
  Iye ankadziwa kuti pali anthu atayima paliponse ndi nkhope zoziziritsa komanso kuzungulira msasawo. Tsopano zinayamba kumuonekera kuti sipadzakhala nkhondo. Bokosi lamaliro la Geronimo linatsitsidwa pansi mosamala, timiyala ting"onoting"ono ndi dothi likung"ambika. Hayden adayang'ana wamkulu wankhondoyo, yemwe adagwa.
  
  "Phwando lanu, Agent Jay. Ndalamulidwa kuti ndikupatseni chilichonse chimene mukufuna."
  
  Hayden adapita patsogolo pomwe m'modzi wa okumba adatsegula chivundikiro cha bokosi. Timuyi idatsogola. Chivundikirocho chinakweza modabwitsa mosavuta. Drake anasuzumira pa chimango mu kuya kwa bokosilo.
  
  Onani chimodzi mwazodabwitsa kwambiri m'moyo wanu.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Hayden adachokapo, atazizira kwakanthawi; ntchito anaiwala, moyo wake aiwala, anzake anapita mwadzidzidzi ubongo wake unasanduka mwala.
  
  Osatero...
  
  Zinali zosatheka. Izi zinalidi zoona. Koma iye sanayerekeze kuyang'ana kumbali.
  
  M"kati mwa bokosilo, loikidwa pa bulaketi la titaniyamu, munapachika chinsalu chamakono chamakono, ndipo pamene iwo anali kupenya, chinakhala chamoyo.
  
  Chiseko chosamveka chinatuluka mwa olankhula. Hayden ndi enawo adagwa, osalankhula. Chiseko chopanga chinamveka pa sikirini yowongoleredwa pomwe mitundu yambiri yamitundu idadzaza, kung'anima pambuyo pa kung'anima kwa nyenyezi kunja. Gululo lidayamba kuzindikira, ndipo Drake adatembenukira kwa iwo.
  
  "Ndi kulondola...ndikutanthauza...chomwe-"
  
  Dahl adayandikira pafupi kuti awone bwino. "Kodi Geronimo wakale wosauka akadali pano?"
  
  Hayden adamukoka. "Mosamala! Kodi simukumvetsa tanthauzo lonse la izi?"
  
  Dahl anaphethira. Izi zikutanthauza kuti wina watisiyira chophimba m'malo mwa bokosi. Ukuganiza kuti ichi ndi chida?"
  
  "Lamulo silinagonje pa izi," adatero Hayden. "Osachepera pankhani ya zigawenga za Nazi. Izi zikutanthauza kuti Order ndi-"
  
  Koma kenako kusekako kunasiya.
  
  Hayden adawuma, osatsimikiza kuti akuyembekezera chiyani. Iye anayang'ana pansi, wokonzeka kubakha ndi kubisala. Anaima kutsogolo kwa Lauren. Adalakalaka kuti Kinimaka, Drake ndi Dal asakhale pafupi kwambiri. Iye...
  
  Chizindikirocho chinang'anima pazenera, chofiira chowala pakuda, palibe china chilichonse koma magazi m'maganizo mwake.
  
  "Ichi ndiye chizindikiro cha dongosolo," adatero Alicia.
  
  Sindikumvetsa, "adavomereza May. "Kodi angayike bwanji chophimba chimenecho pamalo ake? Ndipo zikanathekabe bwanji?"
  
  "Iwo sanachite," anatero Yorgi.
  
  Chizindikirocho chinazimiririka ndipo Hayden anachotsa china chilichonse m'maganizo mwake. Chinsalu chakuda chinawonekeranso ndipo mawu otsitsidwa mwachinyengo anayamba kugwedeza ma speaker.
  
  "Takulandirani ku maloto anu oipa, anyamata ndi asungwana," ilo linaŵerenga, ndiyeno panakhala kaye kaye ka kuseka kotsenderezedwa. "Njala ikukupatsani moni, ndipo dziwani kuti okwera pamahatchi aŵiri omalizira ndi oipitsitsa kuposa onse. Njala ikapanda kukupezani, imfa idzakugwerani! Pa, pa. Pa, pa, pa."
  
  Hayden adatenga kanthawi kuti adzifunse kuti ndi malingaliro opotoka ndi malingaliro opotoka omwe adabwera ndi zopusa izi.
  
  "Ndiye tiyeni tingolunjika pa mfundoyo. Wokwera Pahatchi Wachitatu angakonde kukuwonongani nonse kusiyana ndi kulola kuti muwonongene. Njala imatero eti? "- anapitiliza liwu la guttural. "Ndipo tsopano popeza mwalowa m'nthawi yamagetsi, zichitika mwachangu kwambiri. Kodi mudamvapo za Strask Labs?"
  
  Hayden adakwinya nkhope, kuyang'ana mwachangu ndikutembenukira kwa mkulu wankhondoyo. Iye anagwedeza mutu n"kuti alankhule pamene mawuwo anapitirira.
  
  "Uwu ndi umodzi mwamisonkhano yayikulu kwambiri, yomwe ikufuna kulanda dziko lonse lapansi. Mphamvu. Chikoka. Chuma chachikulu, akufuna zonse ndikuyamba kusamukira kumagulu akulu. Boma la America posachedwapa ladalira Strask Labs. "
  
  Zikutanthauza chiyani? Hayden anaganiza za izo. Ndipo posachedwapa?
  
  "Ku Dallas, Texas, kufupi ndi kuno, Strask ili ndi labotale yoyesera zamoyo. Amapanga mankhwala, matenda, machiritso ndi zida. Iwo amayendetsa gamut. Ngati pali matenda akupha kunja uko, kachilombo kakupha padziko lonse lapansi, mpweya wa mpweya, kapena chida chatsopano chachilengedwe, Strask ku Dallas adzakhala nacho. Kunena zowona," iye anadandaula, "ndi sitolo wamba."
  
  Hayden ankafuna kuimitsa pomwepo. Zinthu zinali kuyenda moipa kwambiri.
  
  "Ma laboratory a biological asanduka chandamale. Njala idzamasulidwa. Zomera zanu ndi zapadziko lonse lapansi zidzafota ndi kufa. Ndi chiphe chopangidwa ndi anthu chomwe chimayang'ana mwadala mtundu wina wa mbewu ndipo sungathe kuimitsidwa. Ndife dongosolo lachiweruzo chotsiriza. Ndipo monga ndidanenera, ili ndi loto lako lowopsa.
  
  Kujambulitsa kudayima. Hayden anaphethira ndi kuyang"ana, sadziwa konse za dziko ndi mavuto ake. Ngati Lamuloli likulunjika ku biolab yomwe idalozera kuipitsidwa kwa mbewu ndikukonzekera kuwononga zonse, ndiye ...
  
  Zinali zotheka. Ndipo mwina. Mosakayikira, matendawo akanakhudzanso nthaka, moti mbewu zodyedwa sizingamerenso.
  
  Kenako, mwadzidzidzi, chinsalucho chinayambiranso.
  
  "O, ndipo tsopano popeza tikukhala m"nyengo yamagetsi, ndiloleni ndikuuzeni izi. Potsegula bokosi lamaliro ili, poyambitsa kujambula, mwayambitsa zonse pakompyuta!"
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NDI SATANA
  
  
  Fort Sill adalowa nawo mkanganowo. Mkulu wa asilikaliyo anafuula kuti katswiri wa zamaganizo abwere kudzachotsa chojambuliracho, sikirini, ndi china chilichonse chimene angapeze m'bokosilo. Hayden adawona mitolo ya zovala zakale ndi mafupa pansi ndipo adayenera kuganiza kuti Order idangoyika chophimba mkati ndikusiyira wina kuti apeze. Kodi siginecha yolumikizidwa ndi Wi-Fi yoyambira idazimitsa pomwe adatsegula bokosilo?
  
  Ndiyenera kukhulupirira choncho. Kusindikiza kunkasonyeza chiyambi cha kujambula. Mwachidziwikire, masensa anali nawo. Amene anachita zonsezi anali tech savvy. Zomwe zidabweretsa funso lina.
  
  "Kodi tangodumphira kumene kuchokera kwa zigawenga zankhondo za Nazi zazaka makumi asanu zapitazo mpaka pano?"
  
  "Sindikumvetsa," adatero Smith.
  
  Gululo linali litachoka kumanda a Geronimo kuti lilole ena kutengamo mbali, ndipo tsopano linaima m"gulu pansi pa mitengo.
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti zinali zomveka," adatero Hayden. "Mnyamatayo anati ndife Dongosolo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza. Iwo akadalipo."
  
  Basi mkulu uja anayandikira. "Ndiye anthu, tachulukitsa kuwirikiza katatu ndikuwunika kuzungulira kwathu. Palibe chizindikiro cha adani anu apadera. Zikuwoneka kuti adaphonya nthawi ino ndipo ndidawaimba mlandu. Pali zozimitsa moto zambiri kuno." Adawaloza asilikali omwe adaima mozungulira mpandawo.
  
  Lauren ananena kuti: "Zimenezi sizikutanthauza kuti siginecha yochokera kumanda aja sinaulutsidwe m"madera ena. "Anthu ambiri akanatha kuziwona mwanjira ina."
  
  "Ngakhale kuti zimenezi n"zoona," mkulu wa asilikaliyo anagwedeza mutu, "palibe chochepa chimene tingachite pankhaniyi. Tsopano zomwe tingachite ndikuyimbira Strask Labs ndipo, monga akunena, achenjeze anyamatawa. "
  
  Analoza munthu wina yemwe anali pafupi yemwe anali ataika kale foni yake m'khutu.
  
  Hayden adadziwa kuti akuyenera kuyimbira Mlembi Crowe, koma adakana kuyimba kwa msirikaliyo kumveka pa chowuzira, kulira kosatha kumapangitsa gulu la SPEA kuyang'ana modandaula.
  
  "Iyi ndi labotale yokhala ndi maola 24," watero mkulu wa gululo. "Kuyitanira kwa asitikali ndi White House. Sindingathe kufotokoza kuipa kwake." Adayimba mlandu foni ija.
  
  "Simuyenera kutero." Hayden anatero. "Kodi mungalankhule ndi akuluakulu a boma? Atumizeni ku Strask ndipo muwauze kuti tili m"njira."
  
  "Pomwepo, Agent Jay."
  
  Hayden anathamangira ku helikopita. "Tiyenera kupita ku Dallas! Tsopano! "
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI CHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Karin anathera nthawi yofunika kwambiri kwa iye asanasonyeze ngakhale flash drive ku terminal ya kompyuta. Amadziwa bwino kuti wina yemwe ali ndi chuma cha Tyler Webb ndi chikoka atha kuyika ukadaulo uliwonse pakompyuta yake - makamaka yomwe ili ndi zinsinsi zonse zonyansa zomwe adapeza kwazaka zambiri.
  
  Ndipo iye anali apa.
  
  Mkazi wamng'ono. Kompyuta. Flash-card.
  
  Kodi adanditcha mayina angati m'mbuyomu? Mtsikana wokhala ndi data. Mutu pa intaneti. Khakaz. Kalekale, kutali, komabe zofunikira.
  
  Dino ndi Wu adayimilira ndikuwonera, kuyang'anira nyumbayo kuli bwino momwe kungathekere. Iwo anali ndi masensa panjira iliyonse ndi mapulani okhala ndi njira zosunga zobwezeretsera pazovuta komanso zofewa zothawirako. Asilikali onse atatu anali pachiwopsezo chachikulu - kumenyedwa, kuvulazidwa, kuchira pang'onopang'ono poyenda ku San Francisco. Ankatenthanso, anjala komanso ankasowa ndalama. Pansi pa chitsimikizo cha Karin, amabetcha chilichonse chomwe chilipo. Kuyambira pachiyambi.
  
  Iye anati: "Yakwana nthawi yoti musonyeze kuti ndinu wofunika.
  
  Zaka zake zoyambirira sizinamusiye; kwa nthawi yayitali adatembenukira kudziko lapansi. Kudziwononga wekha inali imodzi mwa njira zochotsera machimo.
  
  "Tikukhulupirira mwa inu," adatero Dino.
  
  Anamwetulira mwachisoni kwinaku akulowetsa flash drive ndikuwonera sikirini yayikulu. Adapanga chilichonse kuti chiziyenda mwachangu momwe angathere, ndipo tsopano panalibe kuchedwetsa pomwe chenjezo lidawonekera pazenera:
  
  Pitirizani?
  
  Kulondola.
  
  Anakhala pansi nkuyamba ntchito. Kiyibodiyo inagwedezeka, zala zake zinkagwedezeka, chinsalu chikugwedezeka. Samayembekeza kuzipeza kapena kuzimvetsa zonse nthawi imodzi - munali zambiri zamagigabytes mmenemo-ndicho chifukwa chake adapanga chilichonse kukhala chotetezeka kwambiri momwe angathere asanakweze galimotoyo. Adatsegulanso maakaunti angapo akunyanja ndi maakaunti angapo ku Los Angeles kuti athe kuyikamo ndalama mwachangu. Zoonadi, adakumbukira chilichonse kuyambira nthawi yake ku SPEAR; ndi zomwe zidachitika pambuyo pa imfa ya Webb zomwe zitha kupangitsa mlanduwo.
  
  Ponyalanyaza zikalata zowopsa koma zowopsa pakadali pano ndikungoyang'ana kwambiri zandalama, adatembenuza zala zake ndi zowonera kukhala kamvuluvulu wazidziwitso. Dino adachita mantha pamene akuyesetsa kuti apitirize.
  
  "Zodabwitsa, ndimaganiza kuti ndine katswiri pa Sonic. Ndikukuuza kuti umapanga kuwombera zinyalala zazing'ono pamalopo, huh?"
  
  "Kodi umamudziwa Sonic? Kuchokera ku Master System kapena Mega Drive? Kodi ndife achichepere kwambiri kaamba ka izi?"
  
  Dino adawoneka wodabwa. "Playstation, munthu. Ndipo retro ndi yabwino. "
  
  Karin anagwedeza mutu, akudzikakamiza kumwetulira. "Eya, ndi retro kwathunthu, bambo."
  
  Pofufuza mozama mufayilo yazachuma, posakhalitsa adapeza manambala aakaunti, ma code, ndi malamulo ofunikira. Adapeza mabanki oyambira, ambiri aiwo akunyanja. Adapeza maakaunti opitilira makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu asanu.
  
  "Zodabwitsa."
  
  Dino adakoka mpando. "Eya, zimandivuta kusunga mbiri ya awiriwa. Ndipo onse awiri alibe kanthu!"
  
  Karin ankadziwa kuti analibe nthawi yofufuza akaunti iliyonse. Anafunika kuidula n"kusankha yabwino kwambiri. Mwanzeru, anali atalemba kale pulogalamu yosavuta yomwe imadutsa mufayilo ndikuwunikira maakaunti okhala ndi manambala apamwamba kwambiri. Anayitulutsa tsopano ndikudikirira masekondi asanu.
  
  Mikwingwirima itatu yonyezimira yabuluu imawoneka yopatsa chiyembekezo.
  
  "Tiyeni tikuwoneni."
  
  Nkhani yoyamba idawala. Inakhazikitsidwa kuzilumba za Cayman, yosagwiritsidwa ntchito, ndipo idawonetsa ndalama zokwana madola zikwi makumi atatu. Karin anaphethira. Muyenera kukhala mukuseka! Amadziwa kuti Webb pamapeto pake adathetsa ubale wake pakufunafuna chuma cha Saint Germain mosasamala - adapita yekha ndipo adawononga ndalama zambiri kuti asadziwike ndikulembera gulu lankhondo kumapeto, adalipira masauzande ambiri kuti apemphe chiyanjo chomaliza, - koma. samayembekezera kuti maakaunti ake atha.
  
  Mulimonsemo, adatumiza mwachangu zikwi makumi atatu ku akaunti yakubanki yaku Los Angeles yomwe anali atatsegula kale.
  
  Ndizowopsa, koma ngati titafulumira, titha kuchotsa ndalamazo ndikupita nazo. Ngati wina anali kuzonda pa akauntiyo, zomwe zimawoneka kuti sizingatheke chifukwa cha kuchepa kwake, ayenera kutero aliyense asanadziwe.
  
  Adasamukira ku akaunti yotsatira, adawona kuti ndalamazo zinali madola zikwi makumi asanu ndi atatu, ndipo adayenera kuvomereza kuti zinali bwino motere. Koma sizinali zofanana ndi mamiliyoni amene ankayembekezera. Pafupi ndi iye, Dino anakhala chete. Anatenga ndalama ija ndipo, atapuma pang'ono, anakalipira ndalama yomaliza.
  
  Zisiyeni. Zikwi khumi ndi zisanu?
  
  Anakakamizika kuyang'ana mabilu otsalawo, kutulutsa ndalama pakutha kwa pafupifupi madola zikwi zana limodzi ndi makumi atatu. Sizinali zoipa, koma sizinali moyo chitsimikizo mtundu ndalama. Izi zikanatenga nthawi, ndipo anali wosamala kuti asalumikizane kwa nthawi yayitali, koma pakadali pano kusowa kwa zinthu kunapangitsa kuti sitepe yotsatira ikhale yofunikira.
  
  "Chakudya chachinyengo," adatero.
  
  "Sindikukondwera ndi izi," adatero Dino.
  
  "Zimatengera kuti ndi ndani," adatero Karin. "Ndipo iwo anachita chiyani. Titha kuwulula anthu oyipa kwambiri - mwina kudzera patsamba lina la akatswiri - ndikukambirana zomwe tingachite ndi omwe angachepetse mapaundi angapo. "
  
  Wu anapukusa mutu. "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Madola ochepa. Tsentarinos. Wonga. Damn, tiyambire kuti?"
  
  Fayilo yatsopanoyo inali ndi masamba ambiri a mayina, aliwonse m"zilembo zakuda ndipo amatsagana ndi chithunzi ndi deti. Karin adatsitsa mndandandawo. "Chabwino, iwo ali mu dongosolo la zilembo. Osachepera chimenecho ndi chinachake. Zokonda zilizonse?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa anyamata olemera," adatero Dino. "Osanena za kusokoneza munthu."
  
  "Ndimazindikira ena mwa mayinawa," adatero Wu pomwe Karin amafufuza molimba mtima patsamba la AC. "Odziwika. Osewera masewera. Owonetsa TV. Mulungu, munthu wa Webb uyu anali ndani?"
  
  "Anali ndani?" Karin anamva kuti chidanicho chinakula ndi nyonga yatsopano. "Chimodzi mwa zolengedwa zoyipa kwambiri, zowopsa komanso zamphamvu kwambiri zomwe zidakhalako. Zoipa zobadwa nazo, zomwe zimatha kusokoneza zamoyo zonse padziko lapansi. "
  
  "Nditha kutchula angapo pompano," adatero Dino.
  
  "Inde, aliyense angachite zimenezo. Koma awa ndiye mtundu wa abulu omwe tikufuna kukhala pansi. "
  
  Karin adayang'ana zozimitsa moto zamakina ake, kuyang'ana zizindikiro zilizonse zochenjeza kuti wina akungoyang'ana. Palibe chomwe chingaganizidwe, koma iye sanali wopanda pake kotero kuti akhulupirire kuti wina kunjako sanali wanzeru kwambiri kuposa iye.
  
  "Yang'anani malo onse," adatero, akuchotsa flash drive. "Tiyenera kuyang'anira chilichonse kwa tsiku limodzi kapena kupitilira apo kuchokera ku Site B. Kenako tiwona."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Zonsezi zinali mbali ya kukonzekera kwake mosamala. Ngati china chake sichikuyenda bwino ndipo awonedwa, kugwidwa kapena kuphedwa, sikudzakhala chifukwa cha kusowa kukonzekera. Karin adagwiritsa ntchito chinyengo chilichonse mu zida zake zambiri komanso luntha lililonse kuti awateteze.
  
  Ndi plan yanga. Kubwezera kwanga kwakung'ono.
  
  Dino, Wu ndipo adasiya nyumba yawo m'chipululu ndikubisala m'kanyumba kakang'ono komwe adapeza pakati pathu. Zinatenga masabata akufufuza mwadongosolo, koma atapezeka, adakhala malo abwino osungiramo zosungirako. Wu adakhala maola makumi awiri ndi anayi akuwonera nyumbayo kudzera pa CCTV. Karin ndi Dino adapita ku Los Angeles, adachotsa ndalamazo ndikuyika zomwe zidatsala kwina, ndikuwunika nthawi ndi nthawi ma firewall a network yake, kudalirika kwawo komanso momwe adakhalira. Nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi ankawona palibe chizindikiro chakuti zimenezi zayesedwa mwanjira iriyonse.
  
  Mwanjira komanso mosamala, komabe; inali njira yokhayo imene akanakhalira omasuka.
  
  Maola makumi atatu athunthu anali atatha atabwerera kunyumba. Macheke enanso angapo ndipo Karin anali wokonzeka kugwira ntchito ndi flash drive kachiwiri.
  
  "Kodi mwayang'ana makamera?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, ingochita."
  
  Zinangotenga masekondi angapo kenako, kachiwiri, anayang'ana mndandanda wa mayina. Pambuyo C, ndithudi, anabwera D.
  
  Matt Drake sanakhalepo pamndandanda.
  
  Koma panali gawo lina la SPEAR. Dzina la Drake linali pa mndandanda. Analinso Alicia Miles. Hayden Jay ndi Mano Kinimaka omwe amawayembekezera. Iye anawona Bridget Mackenzie - palibe zodabwitsa. Lancelot Smith? Hmmm. Mayi Kitano. Lauren Fox. Yorg. Chochititsa chidwi, panalibe kutchulidwa kwa Thorsten Dahl.
  
  Koma panali kutchulidwa kwa Karin Blake.
  
  Anamuyang'ana kwa kanthawi, kenako anaganiza zomunyalanyaza. Maulalo ena okhudzana ndi gulu la SPEAR ndikuwonjezedwa pansi pa tsamba loyamba anali ochokera ku Kimberly Crow, Secretary of Defense; Kwa Nicholas Bell, mkaidi; ndi submenu yonse yamutu wakuti "Banja/Abwenzi".
  
  Damn, munthu uyu anapitadi kutawuni pa iwo.
  
  Chabwino.
  
  Kudina koyamba kuyenera kukhala pa dzina lokha: Matt Drake.
  
  Maso ake anagwedera, anagwedezeka, ndiyeno anayamba kukula; maso ake ali otutumuka mpaka kukula kwa mbale.
  
  "Ndigwereni," ananong"oneza mwamantha. "O! Asa. ine."
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NDI 88
  
  
  Matt Drake adawona chizindikiro cha Strask Laboratories kalekale asanafike kumeneko. Kumayambiriro kwa mzinda wa Dallas, inali idakali nyumba yayitali, ndipo chizindikiro chake cha buluu ndi choyera cha 'S' chidayikidwa pamwamba pake. Komabe, magalimoto awo anali kuyenda mofulumira, ndipo posakhalitsa anaona kuti mtunda wonse watseguka.
  
  Strask Labs inkawoneka ngati yosafunika, yopanda pake, ndodo mu gudumu, ndipo, mosakayikira, linali lingaliro. Mazenera ake anali osatheka kulowa, koma ambiri anali. Malo ake oimika magalimoto anali atakutidwa mu chisa cha makamera a CCTV, koma linali dziko lapansi. Palibe amene akanatha kudziwa kuti makamerawo anali apamwamba bwanji kapena kutalika kwake. Panalibe chipata china koma chotchinga chochepa. Palibe chitetezo chowoneka nkomwe.
  
  "Yankho lilipo?" - anafunsa Dahl.
  
  Hayden adatsina mlatho wa mphuno yake. Iye ananena kuti: "Khalani chete.
  
  Drake anaphunzira za malo. Malo oimikapo magalimoto anali ooneka ngati L kuzungulira nyumbayo, kutsogolo ndi kum"mawa. Kumadzulo kunali mpanda wotsetsereka waudzu. Palibe mpanda. Dera lonselo linali lotseguka. Misewu yambiri idazungulira mozungulira, ndipo nyumba zambiri zazing'ono zamaofesi, nyumba zosungiramo zinthu komanso masitolo akuluakulu amapanga vista.
  
  "Apolisi," adatero Dahl.
  
  Akuluakulu a DPD anali atafika kale, atayima kunja kwa derali m'mphepete mwa msewu. Hayden anauza madalaivala awo kuti ayimitse galimoto pafupi ndipo analumpha.
  
  Drake ananditsatira mwachangu.
  
  "Mwawonapo kalikonse anyamata? Chilichonse?" Hayden anafunsa.
  
  Wapolisi wamtali wazibadwire anayang'ana mmwamba. "Zomwe mukuona ndi zomwe tili nazo amayi. Anatilamula kuti tizionetsetsa ndipo tisachitepo kanthu."
  
  Hayden anatemberera. "Chotero sitikudziwa zomwe tikulowera. Lonjezo la munthu wamisala chabe kuti zinthu nzoipa monga momwe zingakhalire.
  
  Alicia anagwedezeka. "Moni, chatsopano ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Ngati ali ndi chida chachilengedwe kapena chida chachilengedwe chomwe chimapangidwira kuti chiwononge mbewu zathu, ndiye kuti tilibe chochita," adatero Dahl.
  
  "Ndipo mukuganiza kuti tilowemo bwanji?"
  
  "Pitani patsogolo," adatero Dahl ndikumwetulira. "Kodi pali njira ina?"
  
  "Osati kwa ife," adatero Drake. "Mwakonzeka?"
  
  "Bwanji," adalankhula Alicia. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti nonse simugwirana manja."
  
  Hayden anapempha zinthu zimene anapempha n"kuwapatsa. Drake anatenga chigoba chake cha gasi ndikuchivala. Munalibe chiopsezo mu labotale.
  
  Kenako Drake anatsetsereka pamphamba waudzu ndikudumphira mumtsinje womwe unali pansi pa malo oimika magalimoto. Pafupifupi magalimoto makumi anayi anali omwazikana kulikonse, onyamula amisinkhu yosiyana misinkhu ndi ukhondo. Palibe zachilendo. Dahl anathamangira pafupi naye, Alicia ndi May kumanja kwake. Iwo anali okonzeka mokwanira ndipo zida zawo zinali zitakonzeka. Drake amayembekezera zoyipa, koma pakadali pano zonse zomwe zidawalonjera zinali chete modabwitsa.
  
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti chidziwitsochi chafika kumagulu ena?" Kinimaka anayang'ana mozungulira. "Mayiko ena akakhala ndi mphepo yosonyeza kuti zida za tizilombo ngati zimenezi zili m"malo ndipo zili pangozi m"chipinda chophunziriramo, tingakumane ndi vuto. Ndipo Strask ndi yotetezeka kwambiri kuposa Fort Sill. "
  
  "Matimu ena?" Lauren adapumira m'manja mwa wolankhulayo. "Ndili ndi nkhawa kuti kujambula kwa Order kuulutsidwa popanda zoletsa. Komanso kuti mphepo yamkuntho ifike ponseponse."
  
  Kukamwa kwa Kinimaki kunasanduka bwalo lalikulu. "Uwu."
  
  Drake ndi Dahl anasunthira patsogolo, akuyendetsa pakati pa magalimoto ndikuyang'anitsitsa mazenera onse. Palibe chomwe chinasuntha. Palibe ma alarm mkati. Anafika m"njira zopita kuchipinda chachikulu cholandirira alendo ndipo anaona kuti ngakhale mazenera ang"onoang"ono aja anali akuda.
  
  "Ndikapereka kuno," adatero Dahl. "Nditha kuganiza kuti iyi si labotale wamba."
  
  "Inde, bwanawe. Nthawi zonse zimakhala bwino kukhala ndi malandilidwe abwino. "
  
  Dahl anayesa zogwirira zitseko ndipo adawoneka odabwa. "Zotsegulidwa."
  
  Drake anadikirira lamulo la Hayden ndi dongosolo. "Pita."
  
  Ndi chigoba cha gasi chomulepheretsa kuona, adawona Dahl akutsegula zitseko ndikulowa mkati. Drake adakweza HK wake watsopano kufunafuna adani. Chinthu choyamba chimene anaona chinali matupi omwe anali pafupi ndi malo olandirira alendo komanso m"makonde kuseri.
  
  "Mofulumira". Dahl anathamangira koyamba, ataphimbidwa ndi Alicia. Mai anathamangira kwachiwiri, ataphimbidwa ndi Drake. Mswedeyo mwamsanga anayang'ana kugunda kwake.
  
  "Zikomo Mulungu," iye anatero. "Ali moyo".
  
  "Ndi uyunso," Mai adatsimikizira ndikukweza chikope cha wozunzidwayo. "Ndikuganiza kuti adaledzeretsa. Gasi wogona, kapena mawu osangalatsa omwe amawatcha."
  
  Hayden adanyamula chowunikira gasi, nthunzi ndi fume. "Ndi chinachake chonga icho. Zopanda poizoni. Osati zakupha. Mwina china chake chopepuka chowagoneka?"
  
  "Vodka idasandulika chida," Alicia adatero, mawu ake asokonezedwa ndi chigoba. "Zikhala zokwanira."
  
  Kensi adamuyang'ana, akugwedeza mutu wake pang'onopang'ono.
  
  "Bridget ukuona chani?"
  
  "Chabwino, ndi chigoba ichi nditha kukuyang'anani osataya mtima."
  
  "Gasi ayenera kuti anali gasi wothamanga kwambiri, wodzaza zonse," adatero Hayden. "Adachita bwanji zimenezo?"
  
  "Zowona," adatero Lauren. "Njira zotenthetsera, zoziziritsira mpweya, zina zotero. Ngakhale, mwinamwake, kwinakwake pali asayansi otsekedwa m'ma laboratories awo. Potengera mtundu wa malo, si labotale iliyonse kapena malo osungira omwe adzalumikizidwa ndi node yayikulu. "
  
  "Chabwino," adatero Hayden. "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani? Kodi apindula chiyani pogoneka antchito onse?"
  
  Mawu atsopano anafalikira m"kukambitsirana kwawo, osati kudzera m"njira yolankhulirana, koma kupyolera mwa mtundu wina wa makina a zokuzira mawu amene mwinamwake anaphimba nyumba yonseyo.
  
  "Kodi muli pompo? Nanga bwanji ena onse? O chabwino. Kenako titha kuyamba pafupifupi masekondi khumi ndi awiri. "
  
  Drake adatembenuka mwachangu, akuyang'ana chitseko. Mawu a Lauren anasesa munthu wolankhulayo ngati mafunde amphamvu.
  
  "Tikuyandikira! Ine ndikuganiza Aisrayeli. Tiyeni tidutse pompano. Ndipo aku Sweden!
  
  "Ngati panali malo pomwe kunalibe mfuti..." Adatero Alicia.
  
  Kuwombera kwayamba kale; Apolisi aku Dallas mosakayikira anali panjira ya omwe adalowa. Ngakhale izi, kuukira kunachitika mwachangu kwambiri. Drake anali akuyenda kale mumsewu ndikulumikizana ndi wolankhula naye, ndikupempha nambala yotseka mwadzidzidzi yomwe ingatsegule zitseko zambiri zamkati. Panthawiyo, mzere waukulu wa mazenera kumbuyo kwa mzere woyamba wa zitseko unaphulika, mabombawo anawononga mwamsanga glazing katatu. Drake adawona ziboliboli zakuthwa zakuthwa zikuphulika mumphepo yakupha, yosalekeka, ndikusefukira zipinda. Miyendo imayikidwa pamtunda uliwonse. Magawo amkati ndi mazenera akuofesi amakhalanso osweka kapena akugwa. Drake analoza mfuti pazitseko.
  
  Mawu a Lauren: "Awiri, atatu, asanu, asanu ndi atatu, asanu ndi awiri."
  
  Mwamsanga adalowa m'ndondomeko yodutsa, kenako adathamanga, ndikutsatiridwa ndi gulu lonselo. Panali matupi paliponse, omwe anakomoka ndi mpweya wogona.
  
  "Kodi ndizotetezeka kuti tivule masks athu?" anafunsa.
  
  Hayden amayang'anira momwe mpweya ulili. "Sindimalimbikitsa. Inde, zikuwonekeratu tsopano, koma amene adayambitsa gasi atha kuchitanso.
  
  "Ndi zoyipa kwambiri," adawonjezera Dahl.
  
  "Zisiyeni".
  
  Drake anatsegula moto ataona anthu ovala chigoba akulowa. Asanu nthawi imodzi, kotero iwo mwina anali a ku Russia, akudzimasula okha ku zipolopolo zawo ndi kusasamala omwe amavulaza panjira. Drake anagunda imodzi pa vest, ena onse anathawa.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti titha kunena motsimikiza kuti gulu la Russia silili pansi pa chilango cha boma. Palibe boma loganiza bwino lomwe lingavomereze zimenezi."
  
  Kinimaka adaseka. "Tikulankhula Chirasha pano, bwanawe. Ndizovuta kunena."
  
  "Ndipo ngati angaganize kuti atha," adatero Kenzie. "Aisraeli nawonso."
  
  Drake anathawira kuseri kwa tebulo. Magawo ozungulira m'mphepete mwa malo opangira maofesiwa anali osalimba kwambiri. Ayenera kupitiriza kuyenda.
  
  Adawayimilira Alicia ndi May uku akudutsa. "Lauren," adatero. "Kodi tikudziwa komwe kuli zida zankhondo?"
  
  "Osati pano. Koma zidziwitso zikubwera. "
  
  Drake adachita mantha. N'kutheka kuti akuluakulu a zakuphawo ankayeza mtengo wa miyoyo yawo poyerekezera ndi ndalama zimene amapeza. Hayden adakankhira mtsogolo. "Pitani mozama," iye anatero. "Zidzakhala choncho."
  
  Anthu a ku Russia anawombera maofesi amkati. Zipolopolozo zinang'amba pakhungu la fiberglass, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti mapanelo aphwanyike ndipo ma aluminiyamu amawulukira paliponse. Drake sanakweze mutu. Hayden anakwawira kutsogolo.
  
  Drake anayang'ana pakati pa zinyalala. "Sindingathe kuwayang'ana."
  
  Dahl anakhala mbali ina. "Ndikhoza". Anawombera; munthuyo adagwa, koma Dahl adapukusa mutu wake mokhumudwa.
  
  "Vest. Komabe asanu amphamvu.
  
  Lauren adamaliza kuyimba. "Zidziwitso chabe, anthu. Lamulo lomwe lidatulutsa wogonayo lidachokera mkati mwa nyumbayo. "
  
  "Ndamva," adatero Hayden. "Lauren, aku Sweden ali kuti?"
  
  Chete, ndiye: "Kuchokera m"mene adalowamo, ndinganene kuchokera mbali ina ya nyumbayo, ndikulunjika kwa inu."
  
  "Damn, ndiye tikuyenera kufika pachimake kaye. Kungoganiza kuti iyi ndi njira yotsikira kumunsi, Lauren? "
  
  "Inde, koma sitikudziwa komwe zida zankhondo zidali."
  
  "Ndi kumusi uko," adatero Hayden. "Ayenera kukhala opusa kuti azisunga kwina kulikonse."
  
  Drake adagwedeza mutu kwa Dahl. "Kodi muli bwino?"
  
  "Ndithudi. Koma monga mwanenera poyamba paja, palibe boma likadalola kuti izi zichitike."
  
  "Tsopano mukuganiza kuti aku Sweden azichita paokha?"
  
  Dahl adachita tsinzi, koma sananene chilichonse. Panthawiyo, chirichonse chinali kotheka, ndipo vumbulutso latsopano lakuti Dongosolo lingakhale likugwirabe ntchito, losinthidwa kukhala zomangamanga zamakono, limayikanso mafunso pa tsamba lonse. Ndi masitepe angati omwe ali patsogolo pathu?
  
  Ndipo chachinayi? Njala ikapanda kukupezani, imfa idzakugwerani!
  
  Drake adagubuduzika. Kinimaka anakwawira kumbali yakutali ya ofesiyo ndikukankhira kukhoma lakunja, kenako Smith atakumana pakati pawo. Hayden, Mai ndi Yorgi anadutsa pakati. Drake adawombera mfuti atawombera kuti akanike anthu aku Russia pansi. Kenzi anakankha pakati pawo, atagwira mfuti, koma adawoneka wodekha. Mtsikana wosauka anali kusowa katana.
  
  Drake adafika kumapeto kwa ofesi yotseguka. Hayden anali pomwepo, akuyang'ana pozungulira malo otseguka omwe amapita ku banki ya elevator ndi malo ena akuluakulu a maofesi kupitirira apo. Panali anthu aku Sweden penapake.
  
  "Sindikufuna kukuuzani uthenga woipa," anatero Lauren m"makutu mwawo. "Komanso Aisraeli anangopambana. Awa ndi malo ankhondo. Ndinu mwayi kukhala komweko. "
  
  Tsopano Kensi wabwerera. "Ndikukayikira kwambiri kuti a Israeli akuthandizidwa ndi boma. Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti awa ndi Asilikali apadera. Kodi mulibe chithandizo chilichonse?"
  
  "Ndanyamuka. Boti lodzaza ndi ilo. Sindikudziwa kuti matimuwa akuyembekezeka bwanji kutuluka m'tsogolomu. "
  
  "Simumakhulupirira zimenezi," anatero Kensi. "Nthawi zonse pali njira. Muyenera kuyamba kusunga ozunzidwa pano. Kuwapatsa thandizo lomwe akufunikira. "
  
  Hayden wabwerera. "Pepani, sindingathe kuvomereza izi. Sitikudziwa zomwe tikukumana nazo. Sitikudziwa ngati Lamuloli likhoza kumasula china chilichonse chakupha."
  
  "Kodi chimenecho si chifukwa chowatulutsa?"
  
  "Lamuloli lingafune kuti tichite izi. Tsegulani zitseko."
  
  "Mmm, bwana," adatero Alicia. "Chitsiru china chatsegula kale mawindo."
  
  Hayden anaganiza za izo. "Bwanji, ukunena zowona, koma izi zimangoipitsa. Nanga bwanji ngati machenjerero a Dongosololi ndi kumasula china chake chakupha ku Dallas konse?
  
  Drake anayang'ana ma elevator. "Tiyenera kudziwa komwe kuli bioweapon yowopsa."
  
  Zipolopolozo zinaphulika pagulu la asilikali a ku Russia, n"kusanduka "papier-mâché" wopangidwa ndi mapanelo osiyanasiyana. Zolemba zinawulukira mlengalenga: mapensulo, telefoni, mulu wonse wa mapepala.
  
  Timu yatera.
  
  Mawu a Lauren sankamveka. "Sub-level four, laboratory 7. Ndiko komwe kuli. Fulumirani!"
  
  
  MUTU WAKAKUMI NDIPONSI
  
  
  Pogwiritsa ntchito mzere wa elevator ngati chishango chotsutsana ndi anthu aku Sweden, gulu la SPEAR linapitirizabe kuyatsa moto kwa anthu a ku Russia pamene ankathamangira kuzitseko zachitsulo. Hayden ndi Jorgi anamasulidwa pamene Kinimaka ndi Smith ankayang'anira anthu a ku Sweden ndipo ena onse a m'gululi ankaganizira za anthu a ku Russia.
  
  Hayden adadina batani lolembedwa SL4.
  
  Ngati zikepe zinalira, phokosolo linkatayika chifukwa cha kulira kwamfuti koopsa. Drake adaba, koma mdaniyo adakwanitsa kubweza moto ndikukwawira kutsogolo, akuyendayenda patebulo pambuyo pa tebulo ndikugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zamphamvu kubisa kumbuyo kwawo. Ngakhale zinali choncho, munthu wina anagwa ndi chipolopolo m"mutu mwake. Wina anakuwa ndi ululu pamene anali ndi mapiko, ndipo wina anawomberedwa mwendo. Komabe, iwo anabwera.
  
  Kuwala kunawala pamwamba pa zitseko zachitsulo ndipo kenako anatsegula. Hayden adalumphira mkati ndipo ena onse adatsatira. Zinali zovuta kwa iwo, koma adakwanitsa.
  
  Drake adapanikizidwa motsutsana ndi Dahl, Hong Konger pakati pawo.
  
  Alicia anatsamira chibwano chake chagada. "Ndi ndani amene ali kumbuyo kwanga? Ndi zala zoyendayenda?
  
  "Ndine". Kenzi anamva chisoni pamene danga lothina linkawapanikiza, osasiya malo oti asunthe pamene linakwera kufika pa mlingo wachinayi. "Koma manja anga atsekeredwa m"khosi mwanga. Chodabwitsa n"chakuti zala zanganso zili pamenepo." Iye anawagwedeza iwo.
  
  Alicia anamva kuyenda. "Chabwino, wina wandiika pabulu wanga. Ndipo si nthochi."
  
  "O, ndiyenera kukhala ine," anatero Yorgi. "Chabwino, iyi ndi mfuti yanga."
  
  Alicia adakweza nsidze. "Mfuti yako, sichoncho?"
  
  "Mfuti yanga. Mfuti yanga, ndi zomwe ndikutanthauza."
  
  "Kodi ndimalipiritsa?"
  
  "Alicia..." Drake anachenjeza.
  
  "Mmm, inde, ndi momwe ziyenera kukhalira."
  
  "Ndiye kulibwino ndisasunthe. Sitikufuna kuti igwire ntchito m'malo otsekeka, sichoncho? "
  
  Mwamwayi, Kensi atangotsala pang'ono kupereka yankho la pithy, elevator inayima ndikutulutsa mawu obwera. Zitseko zinatseguka ndipo gululo linangogwera mukhonde. Drake adasanthula makoma kuti apeze chizindikiro. Inde panalibe kanthu pamenepo.
  
  "Lab 7 ili kuti?"
  
  "Tembenukira kumanja, khomo lachitatu," adatero Lauren.
  
  "Wangwiro".
  
  Dahl anapita patsogolo, akadali wochenjera, koma akuwoneka wodzidalira. Chiwopsezocho chinali chachikulu kwambiri, koma Drake sanayiwalepo kwakanthawi chifukwa chomwe anali pano. Ndondomeko Yachiweruzo Chomaliza. Ndi chiyani china chomwe adakonza?
  
  Yorgi anavula chigoba chake, akupuma mpweya. Kensi adalowa nawo, akuphwanya malamulo, kenako Smith adatsatira zomwezo, ndikupangitsa Hayden kuyang'ana opanda kanthu pomwe adaponya manja ake mosowa chochita.
  
  "Opanduka," adatero Dahl, akupitiriza kuyenda.
  
  "Ndikhoza kunena zachinyengo," adatero Kensi. "Zikumveka bwino."
  
  Iye anayima pafupi ndi iye.
  
  "Ndikadapanda kulangidwa bwino, ndikadakhala nawe."
  
  "Osadandaula. Titha kuchitapo kanthu. "
  
  Drake adamukankhira kumbuyo. "Ukudziwa kuti anapita kusukulu ya private, eti Kenz? Simudzamuphwanya."
  
  "Mossad ili ndi njira zake."
  
  Dahl anayang'ana pa phewa lake. "Kodi awirinu mungatseke? Ndikuyesera kuika maganizo.
  
  "Mukuona zomwe ndikutanthauza?" Drake anatero.
  
  "Focus pa chiyani?" Adafunsa choncho Alicia. "Nambala wani mpaka inayi?"
  
  "Ndife pano," adatero Dahl. "Labu 7".
  
  "Kodi mumawerengera nokha zonse, Torsti? Dikirani, ndikuganiza kuti ndili ndi chomata penapake.
  
  Hayden anakankhira kutsogolo. "Mapangidwe, anthu. Yang'anani mmbuyo. Samalani ndi ma elevator kumbali zonse ziwiri. Ndikufuna Lauren pa foni kuti andilumikizitse ku bioweapon, ndipo ndikufunika labu kuti ikhale yotetezeka. Kodi ukuganiza kuti ukhoza?"
  
  Popanda kupuma, anabalalika n"kukaima m"malo awo. Drake ndi Hayden adayenera kulowa mu labotale okha. Analowa koyamba mu ofesi yakunja, yomwe inali yodzaza ndi katundu, malo aliwonse opezeka atakutidwa ndi zida zamitundumitundu. Drake sankadziwa chomwe iwo anali, koma ankawoneka ofunikira komanso okwera mtengo.
  
  Kuseri kwa khoma lagalasi kunali chipinda chamkati, chotetezeka.
  
  "Lauren," adatero. "Labu 7 ili ndi zipinda ziwiri. Zakunja ndi zamkati. Mkati mwake mwachiwonekere muli chipinda chowongolera mankhwala chomwe chimatha kutsekedwa ndi kumasulidwa. "
  
  Palibe. Kulankhulana kunathetsedwa.
  
  Drake adayang'ana Hayden. "Chiani ndi-"
  
  "Pepani, Mat. Hayden. Ma laboratories nthawi zonse amakhala otetezedwa pafupipafupi, kotero ma siginecha sangathe kulowa ndi kutuluka. Lab 7 ili pamlingo wosiyana ndi malo ena onse, ndipo zidatitengera kanthawi kuti tiletse chitetezo chowonjezera. "
  
  Hayden anati: "Osadandaula. "Ndipite kuti?"
  
  "Chipinda chamkati. Payenera kukhala kabati yamagalasi pamenepo. Mukuwona izi?"
  
  Drake adayenda mpaka pakhoma lalikulu lagalasi. "Inde. Kumbali komweko. "
  
  "Zida za tizilombo toyambitsa matenda mwachionekere sizikhala ngati zida. Iyenera kusungidwa mu chitini cha kukula kwa botolo la khofi. Itha kudziwika ndi code PD777. Mwamva zimenezo?"
  
  "Kumvetsetsa". Anapita kuchipinda chapakhomo ndikukankhira pa code override code. "Palibe". Anapumira. "Kodi chipindachi chingakhale ndi code ina?"
  
  "Ndiloleni ndifufuze. Vuto ndilakuti mabwana onse, amisiri ndi othandizira ma laboratory akugona nanu komweko.
  
  "Osatchulanso aku Russia, Sweden ndi Israeli. Fulumirani".
  
  Drake anamvetsera pamene Hayden akukambirana ndi gululo. Chilichonse chinali chete, modabwitsa kwambiri. Kenako Smith adakwiya kudzera mu comm yake.
  
  "Kuyenda pamasitepe akum'mawa. Abwera kuno!"
  
  May anati: "Ndinazindikira kusunthaku kumadzulo. "Fulumirani".
  
  "Gwirani zikepizo," adatero Hayden. "Tiwafuna posachedwa."
  
  Drake anaganiza zowombera pagalasi. Mosakayikira, zikanakhala zopanda zipolopolo komanso zingakhale zoopsa. Chipinda chakunjacho munalinso makabati agalasi odzaza ndi machubu oyesera ndi zitini zomwe zitha kukhala ndi ziphe zingapo.
  
  Lauren adafuula nambala yatsopano. Drake adamumenya. Chitseko chinatseguka. Anathamangira chakumapeto kwa chipindacho, natsegula chipindacho ndikuyamba kufunafuna chimbudzi. Hayden anasiyidwa. Pamene akuphimba misana yawo, membala aliyense wa gulu amasunga wotsatira.
  
  Drake adadutsa mu canister pambuyo pa canister. Iliyonse inali ndi zilembo zakuda, zolimba mtima ndi manambala, ndipo zinali zosalongosoka. Mphindi inadutsa. Smith adatsegula masitepe, ndipo May adachitanso chimodzimodzi masekondi angapo pambuyo pake. Iwo anaukiridwa, kupemphera kuti pasakhale munthu wopusa kuti atumize grenade kunkhondo.
  
  "Kumvetsetsa!"
  
  Ananyamula chidebecho, natenga theka la sekondi kuti akumbukire kuti munali chida chachilengedwe chomwe chingawononge America osachepera, ndikuchiyika m'manja mwake. "Yakwana nthawi yoti tipite".
  
  Monga amodzi, ogwirizana, adayamba kubwerera. May ndi Smith anaphimba masitepewo mpaka Drake ndi Hayden anafika panjira, ndiyeno Yorgi ndi Dal anawaphimba. May ndi Smith anabwerera mmbuyo mwachangu Alicia akungodina batani la elevator.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo zitseko zinatseguka.
  
  "Mofulumirirako!" - Mai adafuula, akuwonekera mwachangu pakona. "Ali ndi masekondi angapo kumbuyo kwanga."
  
  Anabweza moto, kuwakanikizira pansi.
  
  Smith anatenga njira ina, yomwe tsopano idaphimbidwa ndi Dahl, amuna onse awiri akubwerera kuzitseko.
  
  Ndiyeno ma alarm anayamba kulira, mkokomo wamphamvu ngati lipenga umene unadzaza m"makutu ndi kuchititsa kuti zidziwitso zidutse.
  
  "Hell iyi ndi chiyani?" Drake anakuwa.
  
  "Ayi. Ayi!" Lauren anakuwanso. "Chokani mmenemo. Chokani mmenemo tsopano! Iwo angotulutsa china chake mu system. " Anapuma kaye. "O Mulungu wanga ... ndi sarin."
  
  Izo zinali kale kukhuthulidwa kupyolera mu mazenera a padenga la kolowera ndi m'mphepete mwa ma elevator.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU
  
  
  Drake adaletsa mantha oyamba atatchula dzina la Sarin. Iye ankadziwa kuti inali yakupha. Ndinkadziwa kuti ankaona kuti ndi chida chowonongera anthu ambiri. Adadziwa kuti Smith, Yorgi ndi Kenzi adavula masks awo.
  
  Ndipo adawona zomwe zimanenedwa kuti ndi madzi opanda mtundu, opanda fungo akutuluka m'malo olowera.
  
  "Sindinkakayikira kuti adasunga sarin pano." Hayden anaukira Yorgi. "Koma izi ..." Anagwira chigoba chake.
  
  Drake ankadziwa kuti pafupifupi chilichonse chikhoza kusinthidwa, kupangidwa, kapena kuganiziridwanso. Cholepheretsa chokha chinali kulingalira. The madzi mitsempha wothandizira anali wopandamalire kusinthasintha. Tsopano anali akuthamangira ndi mphamvu zake zonse kwa Kenzi, koma anawona kuti Alicia ndi May analipo kale. Mayi waku Israeli anali atavala chigoba, koma maso ake anali atatsekedwa kale ndipo thupi lake linali lofooka.
  
  Sarin akhoza kupha mphindi imodzi kapena khumi, malingana ndi mlingo.
  
  "Ayi," adatero Drake. "Ayi ayi".
  
  Smith adatsetsereka m'mbali mwa elevator, atakomoka kale, Dahl asanatulutse chigobacho kumaso kwake.
  
  Chikepecho chinathamanga, kubwerera ku chipinda choyamba.
  
  "Titani?" Hayden adafuula pa ma comms. "Akhala nthawi yayitali bwanji?"
  
  "WHO?" Lauren anayankha mwachibadwa. "Ndani wavulala?"
  
  "Ingopezani khoswe wamkulu wa labu kapena dokotala ndikutiuza zoyenera kuchita!"
  
  Kinimaka adanyamula Smith paphewa pake zitseko zikuseguka. Drake adamuwona atatsala pang'ono kutha, kenako adathamangira koyamba, akudziwa kuti a Hawaii mwina adayiwala za aku Sweden, Russia ndi Israeli akudikirira. Nthawi yomweyo adawona zomwe zinkawoneka ngati nthunzi pang'onopang'ono kudutsa m'malo onse apamwamba kwambiri. Mtima wake unagwa. "Inatulutsidwanso kuno."
  
  "Zovuta zonse," adatero Lauren. "Ndili ndi technician lab pompano."
  
  "Sindimufuna," Kinimaka anapumira. "Tikufuna atropine. Kodi atropine woyipayu ali kuti?
  
  Liwu latsopano linafika pamzere. Ndi anthu angati omwe atenga kachilomboka? Ndipo mpaka level yanji?"
  
  Drake adayang'ana malowa ndikuthamangira kukabisala, akuloza chida chake. Alicia anamuthandiza. Kuyenda patsogolo kunawapangitsa kuti asiye.
  
  "Ku gehena ndi izi!" Hayden anali kulira. "Tili ndi athu atatu ndipo anthu ambiri akomoka kale mu labotale. Muyenera kubwera kuno ndi mankhwalawo, ndipo muyenera kutero tsopano!"
  
  "Sarin ndi wakupha," mwamunayo anatero. Koma zimatha kutenga ola limodzi kuti muphe. Tili panjira yoyenera, ndikhulupirireni. Tinali okonzekera izi. Ndiuzeni, kodi anthu ovutikawo amavutika kupuma?"
  
  Drake anayang'ana kumbuyo. Hayden adatenga nthawi kuti ayang'ane. "Inde," adatero ndi chotupa pakhosi. "Inde ndi choncho".
  
  Drake adawona Dal akupita kwa Kenzi, adamukoka pang'onopang'ono kwa Alicia, ndikumugoneka m'manja mwake. Anayang'ana molunjika pa Kinimaka. Palibe wina. Palibe kwina kulikonse. Dziko linasowa, ndipo chinthu chimodzi chokha chinatsalira pa chikumbumtima cha Sweden.
  
  "Mano. Tichite chiyani?"
  
  Mkulu wa ku Hawaii anafuula. "Atropine ndi Auto-Injector."
  
  Mawuwo adayankha nthawi yomweyo. "Zipatala zachipatala zili pamalo aliwonse. Chipinda chilichonse chimakhala ndi mankhwala angapo, ndipo atropine ndi amodzi mwa iwo. Kumeneko mudzapezanso majekeseni odzipangira okha. Ingoyiyika mu minofu ya ntchafu."
  
  "Ndikudziwa choti ndichite!"
  
  Drake anadikirira kuti technician amuuze Kinimaka komwe apite, ndiye adapita kaye. Osazembera mozemba, osazembera pagome; nthawi ino iwo anali mitu, akuchirikiza mabwenzi awo ogwa, kutsutsa mtundu uliwonse wankhanza wopusa mokwanira kuwatenga. Pansi panali matupi atangoti mbwee, koma tsopano matupi ogonawa anali opiringizika, ovutika ndi ululu, ena anali kunjenjemera kale.
  
  Zitseko zolowera zinawonongeka. Amuna ovala masks ndi masuti adathamangira mkati.
  
  Drake adakankhira mpando wake pambali ndipo adawona malo azachipatala pakona imodzi yachipindacho. Anathamanga. Kumanja kunagona thupi la Chirasha, atavala Kevlar, yemwe adawombera. Ena awiri anagona pafupi ndi iye; ananthunthumira nafa. Sarin adawamenyanso kwambiri. Kutulutsidwa kwa mankhwala kunayimitsa nkhondoyo ndipo SPIR idakali ndi chida chachilengedwe.
  
  Hayden anathamangira kutsogolo popanda chida m'manja mwake ndikutsegula chitseko chachipatala. Mkati, kutsogolo kwawo kunayima ma ampoules khumi ndi awiri odzazidwa ndi madzi owala. Iwo analembedwa momveka bwino, ndipo Kinimaka anakuwa pa atropine; Mai adatulutsa jekeseni wamoto ndikudzaza . Kinimaka anabaya singano kumaso kwa Smith patangotsala masekondi pang'ono kuti Dal achite chimodzimodzi kwa Kenzie. Alicia ndi Mai anathana ndi Yorgi, kenaka gulu lija lidagwa pansi, kutopa, dzanzi, kuopa kuti chiyembekezo chomwe chidadzadza m'mitima mwawo tsopano chikuwoneka ngati chosowa kwambiri.
  
  Mphindi zinadutsa. Drake adatembenukira kwa Kinimaka. "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani tsopano?"
  
  "Chabwino, atropine imalepheretsa zotsatira za sarin. Ayenera kutembenuka. "
  
  "Penyani zotsatira zoyipa," adatero katswiri. "Kwenikweni zilubwelubwe. Koma chizungulire, nseru, kusawona bwino ... "
  
  "Osadandaula," Alicia anatero. "Palibe choyipa kuposa chakudya chamasana cha Team SPEAR."
  
  "Pakamwa pouma. Kuchulukitsa kwa mtima. "...
  
  "Inde."
  
  Mphindi zochepa zinadutsa, ndipo Drake adayang'ana nkhope ya Yorga mopanda mphamvu, ndikulakalaka kakhumi kasekondi kamodzi kuti moyo ubwerere kwa iye. Hayden adafunsa katswiri ngati angachotse sarin m'dongosolo ndikulola aliyense kuchotsa masks awo, koma zinthu sizinali bwino. Aliyense amene watulutsa sarin angakhalebe ndi zolinga zina.
  
  "Nafenso tili m"dongosolo lino," Lauren anawatsimikizira motero. "FBI yamanga asayansi apamwamba apakompyuta omwe akhala akufufuza nkhaniyi kwa nthawi yayitali."
  
  "Nkhani iliyonse pamagulu ena apadera ankhondo?" Hayden anafunsa.
  
  "Tikuganiza choncho. Ndikungopeza chitsimikizo. Zonse ndi zosokoneza pang'ono pamenepo.
  
  Drake anasisita tsaya la Yorgi, kumanja kwa chigoba chake. "Tandiuzani".
  
  Wachirasha anagwedeza pang'ono, akukweza manja ake. Maso ake adatseguka ndipo adayang'ana Drake mopanda kanthu. Anakhosomola ndikuyesera kuvula chigoba chake, koma Drake adachigwira. Ndi kapena popanda atropine, ndibwino kuti musasiye chilichonse mwangozi. Smith nayenso anavutika, kenako Kenzie; Dahl anapumira mmwamba momveka bwino. Gululo linapeza mwayi wosinthana pang'ono, kumwetulira kofooka.
  
  Hayden anati: "Tiyeni tiwatengere m"mwamba. "Lero tamaliza kuno."
  
  Lauren adalumikizananso. "Zonse zili bwino nawo? Onsewo?" Iye sankadziwabe amene ali ndi kachilomboka.
  
  "Mpaka pano zili bwino, chikondi," adatero Drake. "Ngakhale zingakhale zabwino kuti dokotala awayese."
  
  "Tili ndi khumi ndi awiri a iwo pano."
  
  "Ndikubwera kwa iwe tsopano," adatero Hayden.
  
  Gulu linasonkhananso ndikuthandizana kutuluka pakhomo. Hayden adagwira chidacho pachifuwa chake, osatsimikiza kuti angadalire ndani. Adafunsa funso Lauren pama comms.
  
  "Ayenera kutengera chitetezo ku Dallas," adatero Lauren. "Pano ndili ndi tsatanetsatane. Akuyembekezera inu".
  
  Hayden adayang'ana Drake ndi maso otopa kuseri kwa chigoba chake.
  
  Izo sizimatha.
  
  Drake ankadziwa zomwe ankaganiza. Pomwe amafika kuchipinda chodzidzimutsa, adachotsa zobvala zawo, ndikumupeza Lauren, adayamba kupuma pang'ono. Drake anasangalala atamubweretsera khofi wotentha ndipo Alicia analirira botolo lamadzi. Mai adamutengera galasi lija, namwetulira, kenako adamuuza kuti amwe mubotolo lomwe adagwiritsidwapo kale.
  
  Kenzi anatambasula dzanja ndikuchitenga kuchokera mu May ndikupumira. "N'chifukwa chiyani ndikukuwonani inu?"
  
  Alicia adabweza madzi ake. "Ndiye udakali moyo? Hei, kodi izi zikuwoneka ngati zitatu?"
  
  Drake adawona. "Mukudziwapo kanthu? Ndidzadziwa nthawi yoti ndisiye ntchitoyi ikakwana, awirinu mukasiya kupsetsana mtima. Ndipamene ndidzapuma."
  
  Lauren adachoka kwa Smith kwakanthawi pomwe zidziwitso zambiri zidafika pamakina ake apakati. Izi zikuphatikizapo mauthenga ochokera kwa mnyamata wonyansa ku Washington, ntchito yakomweko ku Dallas, komanso, pang'ono, Mlembi wa Chitetezo.
  
  Anagwedeza dzanja lake kuti gululo limvetsere asanakumbukire kuti angagwiritse ntchito kugwirizanako. "Eya, eya, chabwino. Ndikupatsani adilesi ku Dallas ndipo mukuyenera kupita. Zida zophera tizilombozi zikakhalabe kuthengo kwa nthawi yaitali, m"pamenenso ngoziyo imakula. Tsopano tili ndi kumveka pang'ono. Zikuwoneka kuti tranquilizer yoyambirira yomwe idaperekedwa kuti ikhudze pafupifupi aliyense wogwira ntchito mu labu idayambika kudzera mu code yowonjezereka mutangotsegula bokosi la Geronimo. Iwo akuwoneka kuti akuganiza kuti mpatukowo sungakhalepobe tsopano, koma munthu mmodzi angakhale akugwirabe ntchito kwa iwo. Sarin adayambitsidwanso ndi code yomweyi ndipo, mosakayikira, ndi munthu yemweyo. Mkati? Mwina. Koma musaiwale kuti tidachotsa zotchingira zotchingira za labotale kuti chizindikirocho chilowe mkati. "
  
  "Muyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti anthu sachoka wogona asanagwire ntchito yake," adatero Hayden.
  
  "Pa iye. Koma si zokhazo. Mitembo yawerengedwa." Anapuma. "Ogwira ntchito mu labotale yathu komanso anthu wamba osalakwa adagwira ntchito yabwino. Onse amawoneka kuti amayankha atropine. Akuganiza kuti chifukwa amagona pansi amangolandira mlingo wofooka ndipo thandizo linabwera mofulumira. Tsopano palibe vuto ndi chizindikiritso, koma popeza tinkadziwa malo a Russia ndi Sweden, tiyenera kuganiza kuti tikulondola. Anthu atatu aku Russia adaphedwa, awiri adasowa. Anthu awiri aku Sweden amwalira, m'modzi akusowa. Ndipo Aisraeli atatu adamwalira, awiri adasowa.
  
  "Sanatenge atropine?" Adafunsa modandaula Dahl.
  
  "Zowona adachita, koma pambuyo pa anthu wamba. Ndipo zinawakhudza kwambiri."
  
  Panthawiyi, Smith, Yorgi ndi Kenzi anali pa mapazi awo, akuwoneka opumula komanso ofunitsitsa kuchitapo kanthu. Drake adadabwa ngati ichi chingakhale chimodzi mwazotsatira zomwe tazitchulazi.
  
  "Yorgi," adatero. "Taonani Alicia. Ukuwona chiyani?"
  
  Chirasha anaseka. "Ice cream ndi hot chili?"
  
  Drake anasisima. "Ali bwino".
  
  Alicia anasisima kwambiri. "Zikutanthauza chiyani gehena. Yogi? Yogi? Bwerani, bwanawe. Ukudziwa kuti ndimakukonda, koma ngati sutaya nyemba, ndiyenera kukupha."
  
  Drake adamukoka kupita kumagalimoto odikirira. "Wachita bwino my love, wangotsimikizira mfundo yake."
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU CHIMODZI
  
  
  Kuthamanga kunali kusankha kwawo, mpulumutsi wawo, Mulungu wawo, ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yokhalira ndi moyo pakali pano.
  
  Iwo analibe chinyengo cha zomwe zingawayembekezere paulendo wopita ku Dallas. Zinalibe kanthu kuti apolisi angati anathandiza; zilibe kanthu kuti ma SUV angati a FBI ndi ma SWAT adatsata njirayo, anthu omwe adakumana nawo anali ena mwabwino kwambiri padziko lapansi, ndipo amapeza njira yotulukira.
  
  Kutengera ndi omwe adawagwirira ntchito.
  
  Drake adawona magalimoto omwe adapatsidwa paulendo waufupi wodutsa ku Dallas - magalimoto awiri operekedwa ndi boma oyenda ma wheel 4 - ndipo adagunda mabuleki.
  
  Izi sizingagwire ntchito.
  
  Pokumbukira malo oimikapo magalimoto ndi zomwe zinali mkati mwake, anagwedeza mutu ku malo angapo oimikapo magalimoto pafupi ndi potulukira.
  
  "Iwo adzatero".
  
  Lauren anasonyeza kuvomereza kwake. "Ndifunsa a FBI kuti awone izi."
  
  "Mofulumira". Drake anali akupita kale mbali imeneyo. "Zonse? Kwezani chitani mmwamba. Posachedwapa tifunika zida zonse zomwe tili nazo. "
  
  Ndi Hayden pakati, adathamangira ku magalimoto, Dodge Challenger yakuda yakuda ndi Mustang yabuluu yowala yokhala ndi mikwingwirima iwiri yoyera pambali pa nyumbayo. Dahl anasintha Mustang, zomwe zinali zabwino chifukwa Drake ankafuna Challenger. Magalimoto apolisi ananyamuka, kukonzekera kukonza njira yodutsa mtawuni ya Dallas. Helikopitayo idazungulira pafupi, ndikuchenjeza kuti ikuyembekezeka kuponyedwa pansi ndi magulu a SWAT. Magalimoto onse awiri anali atsopano moti akhoza kubedwa - FBI sinafunikire makiyi.
  
  Drake adakwera ndi Yorgi, yemwe adatenga mpando, Hayden, Alicia, ndi May. Anayambitsa injini, akumwetulira mwachimwemwe.
  
  "Ichi," iye anatero, "ndipo phokoso limene ndimadzuka pabedi isanafike 6 koloko m"maŵa."
  
  Alicia sanazimvere. Anazolowera ubwana wake ndikudziwitsa aliyense.
  
  Drake anayambitsa injini. Dahl adayambitsa Mustang pafupi ndi iye ndipo amuna awiriwo adaseka m'mizere iwiri ya mazenera, pamodzi pamapeto pake.
  
  Hayden anagogoda chitini kumbuyo kwa mpando wake. "Zida zamoyo".
  
  "Mmm, inde. Chabwino."
  
  Anadzipanikiza pansi, natembenuza chiwongolero ndikuwongolera galimotoyo kumalo ang'onoang'ono a malo oimikapo magalimoto ndikuthamangira potulukira. Galimotoyo inadumphira panjira yosagwirizana, yokweza kutsogolo ndi kukwapula kumbuyo. Spark zinawuluka.
  
  Kumbuyo kwa Drake, Dahl adawona kuwala kowala pawindo lake lakutsogolo, ndikumuyika pamoto kwa mphindi imodzi. Mwachiwonekere iye sanali wokondwa.
  
  "Keenell, Drake. Mukufuna kulowa mu izi?"
  
  "Ingoyendetsa galimoto," Hayden anayankha. "Nyumba yotetezedwa ndi mphindi zisanu ndi zinayi zokha."
  
  "Inde, mwina panjira yothamanga," adatero Smith. "Koma uyu ndi Dallas, ndipo awiriwa si othamanga."
  
  "Kodi mukufuna kuwombera, Lancelot?" Drake adapumira. "Kwerani ku Sweden uyu ndikumutenga."
  
  "Zilibe kanthu".
  
  "Mwakwiya?" Alicia adalowa nawo. "Ayi, Lancelot."
  
  "Kodi tingathe-" Hayden anayesanso.
  
  Mawu a Lauren adamusokoneza. "Mdani akuyandikira," adatero, kenako: "Osawomberedwa, Lancelot."
  
  Drake adadziletsa kwambiri pokonza chiwongolero chake ndikugwiritsa ntchito misewu yonse iwiri. Galimoto ya apolisi inaima kutsogolo n"kulepheretsa madalaivala ena kuwoloka njira yawo. The Challengers anadutsa mphambanoyo, yomwe tsopano yazunguliridwa ndi nyumba zazitali. Mustang adathamangira theka lachiwiri pambuyo pake, atasowa chotchinga chakumbuyo cha Dodge. Drake anayang'ana pagalasi lakumbuyo ndipo zonse zomwe amawona zinali mano a Dahl atakulukuta.
  
  "Tsopano ndikudziwa momwe zimakhalira kuthamangitsidwa ndi shaki."
  
  Kwinakwake kutsogolo kunali gulu lotsala la anthu aku Russia, Sweden ndi Israeli, onse omwe anali ndi ntchito imodzi - kupeza chida chachilengedwe chomwe chidapangidwa kuti chiwononge chakudya cha America.
  
  "Bwanji osangowononga?" Adatelo Kinimaka kwinaku akugwila pa handrail.
  
  "Ndi funso labwino," adatero Dahl.
  
  "Inde," adatero Lauren. "Koma ndidangouzidwa kuti pali ma protocol. Njira. Chitani zolakwika ndipo mutha kudzipha nokha komanso ena osawerengeka. "
  
  Drake adatsitsimula gasi pomwe kutembenuka kwakuthwa kudawonekera kutsogolo. Apanso, apolisi anali atatseka njira zina zonse, ndipo iye anayendetsa galimotoyo mwaulemu pakona, kuponya matayala ndi kuthamanga kudutsa laiti yofiyira. Dahl anali mapazi pang'ono kumbuyo kwake. Anthu oyenda pansi adazungulira m'misewu, akungoyang'ana komanso kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, koma apolisi anali ndi megaphone. Drake nthawi zonse ankadziwa kuti ena sangamvetsere.
  
  "Apolisi sangathe kuthana ndi zonsezi," adatero Hayden. "Pezani mtima, anyamata. Tatsala ndi mphindi zisanu. "
  
  Panthawiyo, galimoto yonyamula katundu inatuluka mumsewu wammbali ikuuluka, pafupifupi kugunda wapolisi yemwe sankadziwa. Iye adapotoloka njira yawo ndipo adawapeza. Yorgi anali atatsitsa kale zenera lake, ndipo Mai anathyola galasi kumbuyo.
  
  Galimoto yonyamula katundu, F-150 yasiliva, inkayendabe pamene inkayandikira. Nkhope yakuseka kumbuyo kwa gudumuyo idawayang'ana, kuwayang'ana kawiri kuposa msewu. Yorgi adatsamira pampando wake.
  
  "Ayi, ayi, ayi. Izi sizabwino. Ine ndikumudziwa iye. Ine ndikumudziwa iye. "
  
  Drake anayang'ana mwachangu. "M'malingaliro mwanga, akuwoneka ngati wonyamula zitsulo zaku Russia."
  
  "Anali ku Olimpiki," adatero Yorgi. "Izi zinali asanakhale wakupha mwachinsinsi, m'modzi mwa anthu abwino kwambiri ku Russia. Iye ndi Olga. "
  
  Drake adayenda pang'onopang'ono pamene gulu la anthu oyenda pansi likutuluka kutsogolo kwa magalimoto othamanga, ambiri a iwo atanyamula mainchesi a foni m'maso mwawo.
  
  "Olga?"
  
  "Inde, Olga. Iye ndi nthano. Kodi simunamvepo za iye?
  
  "Osati munkhaniyi. Ayi".
  
  Silver F-150 inatembenuka mwamphamvu, ndikugwera m'mbali mwa Challenger yake. Atamasulidwa ku gulu loyendayenda, Drake adapondanso gasi ndikukwera kutsogolo, Challenger akuyankha ndi mkokomo wokhutiritsa. Olga adatembenukanso, akuyang'ana kumbuyo kwa mapiko atatu, koma adaphonya mainchesi angapo. F-150 wake adawolokera tsidya lina, mwachindunji pakati pa Drake ndi Dahl. The Swede adayendetsa Mustang wake kumbuyo kwake.
  
  "Sindingathe kutero," adatero. "Zowopsa kwambiri."
  
  "Sindingathe kumuwombera," anatero Mai. "Vuto lomwelo".
  
  "Akuyembekezera kuthawa bwanji?" Kinimaka anaganiza za izo.
  
  "Olga sangagonjetsedwe," Yorgi anawatsimikizira motero. "Ndipo samalephera konse."
  
  "Izi ndizabwino kwa iye," adatero Alicia. "Mwina nonse awiri mutha kubisala pansi pa matiresi amodzi."
  
  Magalimoto atatu anathamangira kutsogolo, magalimoto ena anali otsekedwa kwambiri, ndipo oyenda pansi anachenjezedwa ndi kulira kosalekeza kwa ma siren apolisi. Drake adatsatira malangizo a Hayden pomwe Hayden adakhala akuyang'ana pazenera la sat-nav.
  
  Drake adawona molunjika patsogolo pake.
  
  "Khala ndi ine, Dal," iye anatero. "Kankhireni hule pakona."
  
  Anathamanga kwambiri n"kukafika pakati pa msewu. Galimoto yosokerayo inayamba kutuluka mumsewu wammbali, koma inayima pamene dalaivalayo anaona kuti akuthamangitsa. Drake adasunga nyundo pansi, akuyang'ana Olga ndi Dahl kumbuyo kwake. Ma injini anabangula ndipo matayala anayamba kubangula. Malo osungiramo zinthu zamagalasi ndi nyumba zamaofesi zinkawalira ngati kuti kuli chifunga. Oyenda pansi adalumphira pamsewu kuti ajambule zithunzi. Galimoto ya apolisi inalowa nawo kuthamangitsa, ikukoka pamodzi ndi Olga, kotero kuti Drake tsopano anali ndi magalimoto awiri kumbuyo kwake.
  
  "Mphindi zitatu," adatero Hayden.
  
  "Tengani mfuti zanu, anthu," adatero Alicia.
  
  "Tiyeni tiyembekezere kuti hule waku Russia sadzachoka mwakachetechete," adatero Kenzie.
  
  Yorgi anameza mwamphamvu pafupi ndi Drake.
  
  Kenako, m'tsogolomu, chinthu chodabwitsa ndi chochititsa mantha kwambiri chinachitika. Ziwerengerozo zinathamangira pakati pa msewu, zinagwa pansi pa bondo limodzi ndikutsegula moto.
  
  Zipolopolo zinang'amba kutsogolo kwa Challenger, kumenyana ndi zitsulo ndikuboola ma bolts. Spark zinawulukira mumlengalenga. Drake adayendetsa galimoto molunjika.
  
  "Gwirani pansi!" - adafuula.
  
  Kuwombera kwina. Apolisi anathamangira m"mphepete mwa msewu pofuna kuletsa anthu owomberawo. Anthu wamba adakhamukira kukabisala. Gulu la SWAT linasiya chivundikirocho ndikuthamanga ndi apolisi, zida zomwe zinali ndi cholinga koma sizinagwiritsidwe ntchito chifukwa chotheka kugunda anthu kumbali ina ya msewu.
  
  Chophimba chakutsogolo cha Drake chinaphulika, ziboliboli zidagwera pa jekete yake, mapewa, ndi mawondo ake. Chipolopolocho chinakantha mutu wa mutu womwe unali kumanja kwa khutu lake. The Yorkshireman anadikira masekondi ena awiri, analola owomberawo kuti afolenso, ndiyeno anapatutsa Challenger ndi mphamvu yaikulu.
  
  Kusiya F-150 ya Olga pamzere wamoto.
  
  Anapotoza chiwongolero chake, akumenya wapolisiyo mbali yakumanja, koma zipolopolo zimagundabe. Mwamuna amene anakhala pafupi naye analefuka mwadzidzidzi; chofiira chinasefukira mkati mwa galimotoyo. Wa Russia wina wamwalira, ndipo watsala mmodzi yekha.
  
  Dahl mwadzidzidzi adadzipeza yekha pamzere wachindunji wamoto.
  
  Koma panthawiyo owomberawo anali akuyang'ana kwambiri apolisi omwe akuyandikira ndi SWAT, awiri okha omwe adatembenuka ndikutsegula moto wophimba, kukonzekera kuthawa. Drake adawona zipolopolo zikupyoza gulu la anthu, adawona kunyozedwa komwe anthuwa - mwina Israeli - adachitira anthu wamba.
  
  "Ku gehena ndi chilichonse," adatero. "Izi sizidzaloledwa."
  
  "Drake!" Hayden anachenjeza. "Mphindi ziwiri".
  
  Mai adagwira phewa lake. "Izi ziyenera kuchitika."
  
  Drake anaponda pa petulo ndi kumeza nthaka pakati pa galimoto ndi zigawenga zomwe zinkathawa. Yorgi anatsamira pawindo lina, ndipo Mai anatsamira pawindo lina. Poyang'ana zida zawo, adawombera katatu aliyense mumsewu wowongoka wakufa, popanda mwayi wa ovulala ena, ndipo adataya anthu omwe adathawa.
  
  Drake anakhotekera kwambiri, kupeŵa matupi awo akugwa.
  
  "Bastards."
  
  Pagalasi lakumbuyo, apolisi adawagwira. Kenako Olga ndi Dal anabwerera, akuthamanga kwambiri mmene akanathera, akuthamangitsana pakati pa msewu. Galimoto ya Olga inali ndi magazi, galasi lakutsogolo linalibe, zotchingira, mbali ndi nyali zapamutu zinali zitathyoka, ndipo mphira unagwa pa imodzi mwa matayala. Koma iye anabwerabe, mosalekeza, ngati mphepo yamkuntho.
  
  "Mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi," Hayden anawerenga mokweza.
  
  "Kuti?" - Ndidafunsa. Drake anafunsa.
  
  Anafuula mokweza adilesi. Tengani mbali yakumanja yakumanja, kenako kumanzere, ndipo nyumbayo ili kutsogolo kwanu, ndikutchinga msewu.
  
  "Komanso," Lauren adayankha motero. "Anali Aisrayeli amene anachoka kunkhondo. Ndi mtundu. "
  
  "Osaloledwa," adatero Kensi. "Monga ndimaganizira. Izi sizikanachitika ngati boma lathu likadakhudzidwa."
  
  Dahl sanachotse maso ake panjira. "Zomwe zikuchokera kwa iwe zimandidabwitsa."
  
  "Siziyenera kukhala. Sindikunena kuti sadzachita, kupha, kapena kuvulaza m'dziko lachilendo. Gawo laubwenzi. Ndikunena kuti sakanachita momasuka choncho."
  
  "Ah, zikumveka bwino."
  
  Drake anachedwetsa, akumenyetsa mabuleki, ndikutembenuza Challenger yobangula kumanja. Atangotsala pang'ono kufika patali, anayatsa injini ndipo anamva matayala akulira pofuna kuti agwire. Panthawi yomaliza anagwira ndi kulavula miyala ndikuthandizira kukankhira galimoto kutsogolo. Chiyembekezo chinali chakuti Dahl atha kukankhira kumbuyo kwa Olga pomwe akutembenuka, koma waku Russia anali wanzeru kwambiri komanso mosasamala adadula ngodya ndikutsogola. Chinyalalacho chinalumphira kumbuyo kwake, ndikugunda kutsogolo.
  
  "Mphindi makumi atatu," adatero Hayden.
  
  Ndiye chirichonse chinapita ku gehena.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Olga anaika pangozi chirichonse, mofulumira kuyandikira thunthu la Challenger.
  
  Drake adawona kukhotera kumanzere kukubwera mwachangu ndipo adakonzekera kutembenuza galimotoyo.
  
  M'maganizo mwake njira yonseyi anali ndi nkhawa yoti Swede wotsalayo anali kwinakwake. Koma sanawonekere.
  
  Komabe.
  
  Msilikaliyo adalumpha kuchokera m'sitoloyo, atanyamula mfuti yowoneka mochititsa mantha ndi mfuti, ndi nkhope yamagazi yosokonezeka chifukwa cha ululu wa ululu. Anamva ululu, koma anapitirizabe ntchitoyo. Kuukira kwina kosaloledwa. Wina wachitatu chipani ntchito zapadera mphamvu anthu.
  
  Drake adayankha nthawi yomweyo. Kodi anasankhapo chiyani? Zinkawoneka ngati kuti akuyenda moopsa kumbali yakumanzere, kuyesera kuti agwirizane ndi Challenger mumsewu wopapatiza watsopano, akhoza kuponya kumbuyo kwa Swede. Iyi inali masewera okha, ndipo sizinkaganizira kuti munthuyo anali ndi chida chakupha.
  
  Hayden ndi Yorgi anali atakhala mbali ina ya galimotoyo. Wa Swedeyo adawoneka ngati akupopera galimoto yonse pamene inkatsetsereka cham'mbali. Chala chake chinakhazikika. Drake analimbana ndi chiwongolerocho, akuchigwira mwamphamvu, phazi lake lakumanja likukankhira pa gasi pa liwiro loyenera.
  
  The Swede anatsegula moto pafupifupi osasoweka - masekondi pang'ono kuti mchira wa galimoto uyenera kumugunda.
  
  Ndiyeno dziko lonse linayamba misala, linatembenuka mozondoka, pamene Olga anagwera mu Challenger ndi mphamvu zake zonse. Iye sanachedwe ngakhale pang'ono. Anagunda galimoto yake m'mphepete mwa Dodge, ndikupangitsa kuti izungulire, kuphwanya Swede ndikutumiza thupi lake pakati pa msewu. Drake adagwira chiwongolero, osatha kuwona molunjika momwe galimotoyo imazungulira; kutembenuka kuwiri, kenaka anagunda pamphambano lalitali ndi kugubuduka.
  
  Anagwera padenga, akutsetserekabe ndikugwetsa konkriti mpaka anagwera kutsogolo kwa sitolo. Galasilo linasweka ndipo mvula inayamba kugwa. Drake adalimbana kuti achite bwino. Alicia anadabwa kwambiri, Yorgi anadabwa kwambiri.
  
  Olga anagunda mabuleki ndipo mwanjira ina adatha kubweretsa F-150 kuti ayime mwadzidzidzi.
  
  Drake adamuwona pagalasi lakumanzere. Mazenera anali osweka mbali zonse, koma ming"alu yake inali yaing"ono kwambiri moti aliyense sangaloŵemo mosavuta. Anamva Mai akulimbana ndi lamba wake, akuuponya. Ankadziwa kuti anali wofulumira, koma sankakhulupirira kuti angalowe pawindo lakumbuyo. Iwo sakanakhoza kudziteteza okha.
  
  Olga anathamangira kwa iwo, manja ake aakulu ndi miyendo ikugwira ntchito, nkhope yake yodzaza ndi mkwiyo umene ukhoza kuyatsa dziko lonse lapansi. Magazi anaphimba mbali zake ndipo anatuluka m"khosi kupita ku zala zake, akudontha pansi. Ananyamula mfuti yam'manja m'dzanja limodzi ndi roketi m'manja mwake. Drake adawona magazini yopumira itatsekeredwa pakati pa mano ake ndi tsamba lankhondo pambali pake.
  
  Kutseka mpatawo, sanalekerere. Kufikira imfa. Maso ake sanaphethire. Nthunzi ndipo tsopano moto unatuluka m'galimoto kumbuyo kwake, kunyambita mawonekedwe ake. Drake adawona kuwala kwa buluu ndikuzindikira kuti Mustang wafika. Anaona Olga akuseka. Anaona gulu lija likudumpha mgalimoto lina lija likuphulika.
  
  Olga anagwada pa bondo limodzi, n"kulozetsa choulutsira roketi paphewa lake lalikulu, n"kuyang"ana pa Challenger yozondoka.
  
  Kodi ndiye adzawononga chida chachilengedwecho?
  
  Iye anachitaya icho. Palibe lingaliro lomveka kumbuyo kwa nkhope yachiwanda iyi.
  
  Anasowa chochita. Azimayi omwe anali pampando wakumbuyo tsopano anakhumudwa, akumamasula ndikuyesera kupeza malo oti ayendetse. Sanawone zomwe zikubwera, ndipo Drake sanawauze. Panalibe njira imene iwo akanachitira chirichonse pa izo.
  
  Olga anakoka mfuti ndipo rocket inayaka.
  
  Abale, abale, umu ndi momwe timayendera...
  
  Torsten Dahl adapanga njira yake ngati nkhonya yomenya yoopsa; akuthamanga ndi liwiro lalikulu, ndi mphamvu zake zonse, anagwera Olga kumbuyo. Chophulitsa mzingacho chinaterereka, zida zake zidapatuka ndikuombera njira ina. Dahl yekha, kupulumutsa zinthu, ayenera kuti anakumana ndi mantha kwambiri pa moyo wake, popeza Olga sanasunthike.
  
  Anthu a ku Sweden anangothamangira kutsogolo kwa khoma la njerwa lolimba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Dahl adagwa chagada ndi mphuno yosweka ndipo adakomoka.
  
  Olga adagwedeza Wopenga wa Swede, osazindikira kuukira kwakukuluko. Ananyamuka ngati phiri latsopano, nagwetsera pansi mfuti ya rocket ndikukweza mfuti ya makina ndi dzanja limodzi, magazi akutulukabe kuchokera pansi, akugwera pansi.
  
  Drake ataona zonsezi anatembenuka kuti akankhire Yorgi kunja, kenako Hayden. Mutu udali ukuzungulirabe koma adakwanitsa kumugwira maso Alicia.
  
  "Tili bwino?" Iye ankadziwa kuti chinachake chalakwika.
  
  "Ndinangowona momwe Dal adamenya Olga ndi mphamvu zake zonse, adakomoka, ndipo sanazindikire."
  
  Alicia adakanika kutulutsa mpweya. "Asa. Ine".
  
  "Ndipo tsopano ali ndi mfuti yamakina."
  
  Hayden adamasulidwa. Mai adalumphira pambuyo pake, akupyola mumpata wawung'ono. Drake adatembenukira kumbuyo, akuyang'ana pagalasi ngakhale amayesa kufinya kudzera m'mawindo ake ang'onoang'ono. Olga analinganiza mfutiyo, akuseka kachiwiri, anakweza dzanja lake laulere ndikutulutsa dzino mkamwa mwake, ndikuliponya pansi. Panthawiyo, anzake a Dahl anafika.
  
  Ndipo mmodzi wa iwo anali Mano Kinimaka.
  
  Wa ku Hawaii, m'njira yowona, adadziyambitsa yekha mofulumira, mapazi pansi, manja atatambasula, pulojekiti yaumunthu ikuphwanya mpira wa minofu ndi fupa. Iye anagunda Olga pa mapewa, molondola, kuposa Dahl, ndi kufinya mwamphamvu. Olga anadzandima kutsogolo mapazi asanu ndi limodzi, ndipo izo mwa izo zokha zinali chozizwitsa.
  
  Kinimaka anatembenuka kutsogolo, kuyang'ana Russian.
  
  Mfuti yamakina idagwa pansi.
  
  Drake anawerenga milomo yake.
  
  "Uyenera kugwada, munthu wamng'ono."
  
  Kinimaka adalumphira chopangira udzu, chomwe Olga adachizembera, mwachangu kuposa momwe Drake angaganizire. Kenako nkhonya yake yomwe idagunda kwambiri mu impso za Mano, zomwe zidapangitsa waku Hawaii kugwada ndi kukomoka nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Kenzi ndi Smith anafika pamalo omenyera nkhondo. Drake sakanakhoza kugwedeza kumverera kuti sikungakhale kokwanira.
  
  Iye anagudubuzika mpaka mnofu unang"ambika m"mimba mwake, mpaka fupa la m"chiuno mwake linathothoka. Anatuluka mgalimotomo ndikunyalanyaza magazi atsopano. Akulankhula kwa aliyense kusiyapo Hayden, adayamba kudumphira kunkhondoko pomwe ma siren amamveka mozungulira iwo, magetsi akuthwanima abuluu adadzaza m'malo ake amasomphenya, ndipo mkokomo wa anthu, apolisi, ndi asirikali adadzaza mlengalenga.
  
  Anakwera mumsewu, akuyandikira Olga. Wa Russiayo sanamumvere Smith pamene ankamuwombera m'mimba; adamugwira Kenzi ndikumutaya pambali. Matupi a bulauni aja anakhalabe atagwira m"manja mwa Mrashayo, ndipo Kenzi, atadzidzimuka, anagubuduka ndi kugubuduza mu dzenjelo, navula mnofu wake. Kenako Olga anagwetsera dzanja lake m"dzanja la Smith, n"kugwetsera pansi mfutiyo ndipo msilikaliyo anakuwa.
  
  "Kodi mukundiwombera? Ndidzang"amba mkono wako ndi kukuphani ndi kukupha."
  
  Drake adasonkhanitsa mphamvu zake ndikumumenya kumbuyo, ndikumenya katatu ku impso ndi pachifuwa. Akadagwiritsa ntchito mfuti yake, koma idatayika pangoziyo. Olga sanazindikire nkomwe kuwukirako. Zinali ngati kugunda thunthu la mtengo. Anayang"ana uku ndi uku kuti apeze chida chimene angagwiritse ntchito.
  
  Iye anaziwona izo.
  
  Mai anathamanga, akutsatiridwa ndi Alicia, kenaka Yorgi, woyera ngati chinsalu. Drake ananyamula rocket launcher, naikweza pamwamba pa mutu wake ndikuitsitsa ndi mphamvu zake zonse pamsana wa Russian.
  
  Nthawi imeneyi anasamuka.
  
  Kinimaka analumphira kumbali pamene phiri lalikululo linagwera pa bondo limodzi. Magazine yotsalirayo inatuluka m"mano ake. RPG idagwa kuchokera pa lamba wake. Drake anagwetsa chida chake, akupuma kwambiri.
  
  Olga anaimirira, n"kutembenuka n"kumwetulira. "Ndikupondaponda mpaka utayira zinyalala pa konkriti."
  
  Drake adazandima kwina. Kukwapula kwa Olga kunakhudza ntchafu yake ndipo kunatumiza ululu wophulika kuchokera mbali ina ya thupi lake kupita mbali ina. Alicia adalowa m'madzi koma adaponyedwa m'mwamba ndikumenya Kenzi. Kinimaka anadzuka pamaso pa mutu womwe unamutumiza molunjika kumatako. Smith anagwetsa nkhonya zosawerengeka pathupi kenako zitatu kukhosi ndi mphuno, zomwe zinapangitsa Olga kuseka.
  
  "O, zikomo, mwana, pondithandiza kuchotsa phlegm. Chinanso chimodzi, chonde."
  
  Adaulula nkhope yake kunkhope ya Smith.
  
  Alicia anamuthandiza Kenzi kudzuka. Apolisi anali akuthamangira kwa iwo. Drake sakanachitira mwina koma kulakalaka atakhala kutali. Izi zitha kukhala kupha magazi. Adayesa kudzuka ndikupambana mwendo umodzi.
  
  Olga adagwira Smith pakhosi ndikumuponyera pambali. Kinimaka anagwedeza mutu wake waukulu, tsopano kumapazi a Olga, ndipo anamenya ntchafu zake zochindikala theka la khumi ndi ziwiri.
  
  Anamenya nkhonya Kinimaka m'mutu, ndikumutsitsa. Anapatutsa kuukira kotsatira kwa Drake ndikumubweza, ngakhale magazi amatuluka momasuka m'makutu ake, diso lakumanja, ndi mabala osawerengeka ndi mabala pamphumi pake. Bowo linatseguka m'mimba mwake momwe Smith adamuwombera, ndipo Drake adadabwa ngati iyi ingakhale njira yomuletsa.
  
  May adakopa chidwi cha Olga. "Ndiyang"aneni," iye anatero. "Ndiyang'aneni ine. Sindinagonjetsepo.
  
  Mawu osonyeza chidwi adadutsa mgodi wamagazi. "Komatu ndiwe woposa mmodzi wa zopangitsa thukuta langa. Kodi ndinu Supergirl? Ndikudabwa Mkazi? Scarlett Johanssen?
  
  "Ndine Mai Kitano."
  
  Olga adasunthira kutsogolo movutikira, akukankhira Smith ndi Alicia yemwe amayandikira. Mai anagwada pansi. Olga adamwalira. Mai anavina chapatali, kenako n"kuloza paphewa lamanja la Olga.
  
  "Ndipo ndikukusokonezani, bwenzi langa Yorgi adzakuwonongani."
  
  Olga anatembenuka modabwitsa mwachangu. "Chani..."
  
  Yorgi anamanga chowombera roketi pamapewa ake, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti grenade yomaliza idayikidwa bwino, kenako adawombera thupi la Olga.
  
  Drake adaseka.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI ATATU
  
  
  Gulu la SPEAR lidazimiririka. Atapereka chida chachilengedwecho, adachotsedwa pamalo omwe adawachitira zachiwembu ndikudutsa pakati pa mzinda wabata mwachilengedwe kupita ku imodzi mwanyumba zotetezedwa kwambiri za FBI kumidzi. Anali malo odyetsera ziweto, omwe anali ang'onoang'ono chifukwa cha chitetezo, koma famuyo inali ndi nyumba yakeyake, makola ndi ma coral. Anasunga akavalo kuti agulitse chinyengo ndi manja a famu kuti awaphunzitse, koma ankagwiranso ntchito ku feeds.
  
  Gululo linali losangalala kwambiri kufika panyumba yotetezeka, komanso okondwa kwambiri kugawanika ndi kutseka zitseko za zipinda zosiyanasiyana. Kwa munthu anamenyedwa, kutopa, kumenyedwa, kuvulazidwa, kutuluka magazi.
  
  Magazi adawanyowetsa onse, mikwingwirima komanso tsitsi. Iwo amene sanafooke analakalaka akadatero; ndipo amene adachita ichi adamva chisoni kuti sadathe kuwathandiza. Drake ndi Alicia adalowa kuchipinda chawo ndikuvula ndikulunjika kosamba. Mtsinje wa madzi otentha unathandiza kuchotsa zambiri osati magazi okha. Drake anathandiza Alicia ndipo Alicia anathandiza Drake kumalo omwe mikono yawo inali yovulazidwa kwambiri kuti asathandize.
  
  Gulu silinasweka, koma iwo anali olemetsedwa pang'ono.
  
  "Nthawi zonse pamakhala wina," Drake adachita mantha pamene madzi akumugunda mwamphamvu, "yemwe angakugwetseni."
  
  "Ndikudziwa". Alicia adatsanulira sopo wamadzi wodzaza manja m'manja mwake. "Kodi mwamuwona Dahl akutuluka?"
  
  Drake anayamba kutsokomola. "Ayi, chonde. Osandiseka. Chonde".
  
  Drake sanaone zodabwitsa kuti amatha kupeza nthabwala mwachangu pambuyo pa zomwe adangowona. Munthu uyu anali msilikali wophunzitsidwa kuthana ndi zowawa ndi zowawa, imfa ndi chiwawa; anachita zimenezi kwa nthaŵi yaitali ya moyo wake, koma asilikali anapirira mosiyana. Njira imodzi yoteroyo inali kusunga ubale ndi anzanu; ena anayenera kumangoyang"ana mbali yowala ya zinthu.
  
  Pamene nkotheka. Panali zinthu zina zimene zinachititsa kuti ngakhale msilikali agwade.
  
  Tsopano Alicia, wodulidwa kuchokera ku nsalu yomweyo, anakumbukira nkhondo ya Kinimaki ndi Olga wamkulu. "Damn, zinali ngati mwana wa Godzilla motsutsana ndi Godzilla. Mano wamagazi adadabwa kwambiri kuposa kuvulazidwa. "
  
  "Akhozadi kutenga mutu." Drake anasisima.
  
  "Ayi!" Alicia anaseka ndipo anasangalalira limodzi kwa kanthawi kufuna kuchotsa ululu.
  
  Pambuyo pake, Drake adatuluka m'bafa, adaponya bafa ndikubwerera kuchipinda. Kudziona kuti n"zachabechabe kunamukhudza. Ola lapitalo anali pakati pa Gehena, omizidwa mu imodzi mwa nkhondo zovuta kwambiri ndi zokhetsa magazi m"miyoyo yawo, ndipo tsopano anali akudzitsuka pa famu ya ku Texas, atazunguliridwa ndi alonda.
  
  Chotsatira ndi chiyani?
  
  Chabwino, mbali yabwino inali yakuti iwo anapambana atatu mwa mayendedwe anayi makadinali. Ndi atatu mwa okwera pamahatchi anayi. Dongosololo linali litabisa zida zinayi, kotero kuti Drake amavomereza kuti ndi zosagwirizana pang'ono, zopusa, komanso zosadziwika bwino, panali imodzi yokha yotsala. Adaseka yekha.
  
  Damn, ndikuyembekeza ndapeza izi molondola.
  
  Mapazi anamveka kumbuyo kwake ndipo anatembenuka.
  
  Alicia adayimilira ali maliseche kwathunthu ndikunyezimira ndi madzi osamba, tsitsi lake lili paphewa lophwanyika. Drake adayang'ana ndikuyiwala za ntchitoyi.
  
  "Damn," iye anatero. "Ndiye nthawi zina kukuwonani awiri ndikwabwino."
  
  Anayenda ndikumuvula chopukutira chake. "Mukuganiza kuti tili ndi nthawi?"
  
  "Osadandaula," iye anatero akumwetulira m"mawu ake. "Sizitenga nthawi yambiri".
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Pambuyo pake, atazindikira ndikuyesera kupeŵa mikwingwirima pathupi lawo, Drake ndi Alicia anavala zovala zatsopano ndikupita kukhitchini yaikulu. Drake sankadziwa chifukwa chake anasankha khitchini; ankawoneka ngati malo osonkhanira achirengedwe. Mazenera opendekeka a dzuwa likamalowa ankadutsa m'mawindo ochititsa chidwi kwambiri, ndipo pansi pa matabwa pamakhala utoto wonyezimira komanso zoikamo m'khitchini. Kuchipindako kunali kofunda komanso kunkanunkhira buledi wowotcha kumene. Drake adakhala pampando wa bar ndikupumula.
  
  "Nditha kukhala mwezi umodzi kuno."
  
  "Wokwera wina," adatero Alicia. "Ndiye tipume kaye?"
  
  "Kodi tingachite izi? Ndikutanthauza, sizikumveka ngati mapeto a mawu akuti "pumula, chikondi."
  
  "Chabwino, tikuyenera kuyankhabe kwa Qrow," adadandaula, "za Peru. Ndipo Smith akhoza kukhala ndi mavuto. Sitiyenera kupita kukagwira ntchito ngati wachibale wathu ali m"mavuto."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Inde, ndikuvomereza. Ndiyeno pali SEAL Team 7. "
  
  "Tsiku lina," Alicia adausa moyo, atakhala pansi pafupi ndi iye, "holide yathu idzafika."
  
  "Hey, tawona zomwe mphaka wabweretsa!" - Drake adafuula ataona Dahl.
  
  Mswede anayenda mosamalitsa pakhomo. "Bullshit, ndikuyesera kuyenda, koma zonse zili pawiri pamaso panga."
  
  "Kodi ukuganiza kuti kuyenda n"kovuta?" Drake anatero. "Mukufuna kuti mubwere?"
  
  Dahl adayenda mpaka kukafika pa bar. Wina andibweretsere chakumwa.
  
  Alicia anakankha botolo lamadzi kwa iye. "Ndipita ndikatenge zina."
  
  Drake adayang'ana bwenzi lake ndi nkhawa. "Kodi uyenera kudikirira mpaka kumapeto, bwanawe?"
  
  "Zowonadi, zikuyenda bwino pofika miniti."
  
  "O, chifukwa ndikukumbukira momwe mudakhalira pamikangano ndi Olga."
  
  "Chonde, Drake. Sindikufuna kukumbukira izi. "
  
  Drake adaseka. "Monga kuti tidzakusiyani kuiwala izi."
  
  Ena onse a gululo anafika pang'onopang'ono, ndipo patapita mphindi makumi awiri onse anali atakhala pa bar, akutsitsa khofi ndi madzi, zipatso ndi mabala a nyama yankhumba, ndi mabala ochuluka kuposa momwe angawerengere. Kinimaka sanali kuyang'ana aliyense, ndipo Smith sankatha kugwira kalikonse m'dzanja lake lamanja. Yorgi anavutika maganizo kwambiri. Kensi sanasiye kudandaula. May okha, Lauren ndi Hayden ankawoneka ngati iwo eni.
  
  "Mukudziwa," adatero Hayden. "Ndili wokondwa kuti tonse tinadutsamo limodzi. Zikanakhala zoipa kwambiri. Atropine adachita ntchito yake. Kodi pali zotsatirapo, anyamata?"
  
  Yorgi, Smith ndi Kenzi anaphethira. Kensi anawalankhulira onse. "Ndikuganiza kuti Olga wapambana pambuyo pake."
  
  Hayden anamwetulira. "Chabwino, chifukwa sitinathe. Magulu omwe sanachezere Fort Sill ndi Dallas anali kufunafuna chidziwitso chomaliza. Mwamwayi, tank think tank ya Washington ndi NSA adatha kuyang'ana osewera akuluakulu. "
  
  "SAS?" - Adatero Drake.
  
  "Chabwino, aku Britain, inde. Adzatsatiridwa ndi China ndi zonse zomwe zatsalira ku France- "
  
  "SEAL Team 7?" - anafunsa Dahl.
  
  "Zosadziwika, zosadziwika komanso zosaloledwa," adatero Hayden. "Malingana ndi Crowe."
  
  "Pali mabungwe apamwamba kuposa a Minister of Defense," adatero Kinimaka.
  
  "Purezidenti Coburn sakanatipachika kuti tiwume," adatero Drake. "Ndiyenera kukhulupirira kuti sadziwa chilichonse chokhudza zisindikizo."
  
  "Ndikuvomereza," anatero Hayden. "Ndipo ngakhale ndikuvomerezana ndi Mano kuti pali zolengedwa zapamwamba kuposa Khwangwala, pali zina zambiri zachinyengo. Mtundu umene umabwera kwa inu chammbali, kunja kwa buluu, ndikukusiyani ndi kusankha kochepa. Ndiyenera kukhulupirira kuti pali zambiri zomwe zikuchitika kuposa momwe tikudziwira. "
  
  "Izi sizikuthandizira vuto lathu." Smith anaseka ndikuvutika kukweza galasi la mkaka.
  
  "Chabwino". Hayden anatenga zipatso zodzaza dzanja n"kukhala bwino. "Choncho, tiyeni tiganizire za kuthetsa mayi oipawa ndi kupita kwathu. Tidakali gulu lalikulu komanso labwino kwambiri. Ngakhale tsopano, a British adangoyamba tsiku limodzi. Chinanso. Tsopano, zikuwoneka, mwa ena onse, ndi Achifalansa okha omwe adachita zovuta. Anatumiza gulu lina la atatu kuti lilumikizane ndi otsala okhawo.
  
  "Zilinso chimodzimodzi pankhondo yapadera yankhondo," adatero Dahl. "Ife tiri pamwamba."
  
  "Inde, koma izi sizingakhale zofunikira. Ndipo mabodza. Sizili ngati tagwirana manja kapena tili m"chipululu."
  
  "Ndi nkhondo yovuta, yosayembekezereka," adatero Dahl. "Izi ndi zenizeni monga momwe zimakhalira."
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu kenako mwamsanga anapitiriza. "Tiyeni tifotokoze mwachidule mawu a Dongosololi. 'M'makona anayi a Dziko Lapansi tinapeza Okwera Pamahatchi Anayi ndipo tinawafotokozera dongosolo la Dongosolo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza. Awo amene adzapulumuka Nkhondo Yamtanda ya Chiweruzo ndi zotsatira zake moyenerera adzalamulira moyenerera. Ngati mukuwerenga izi, tatayika, choncho werengani ndikutsatira mosamala. Zaka zathu zomaliza zakhala tikusonkhanitsa zida zinayi zomaliza zakusintha kwadziko: Nkhondo, Kugonjetsa, Njala ndi Imfa. Agwirizana, adzawononga maboma onse ndikutsegula tsogolo latsopano. Khalani okonzeka. Apezeni. Yendani kumakona anayi a Dziko Lapansi. Pezani malo opumira a Atate wa Strategy ndiyeno Khagan; Mmwenye woyipitsitsa yemwe anayamba wakhalapo, ndiyeno Mliri wa Mulungu. Koma zonse siziri monga zikuwonekera. Tinapita ku Khagan mu 1960, zaka zisanu pambuyo pomaliza, ndikuyika Conquest m'bokosi lake. Ife tapeza Mliri woteteza Chiweruzo choona. Ndipo lamulo lokha lopha ndi pamene okwera pamahatchi anatulukira. Palibe zizindikiro zowazindikiritsa m'mafupa a Atate. Mmwenyeyo wazunguliridwa ndi zida. Lamulo la Chiweruzo Chomaliza tsopano likukhala kudzera mwa inu ndipo lidzalamulira mpaka kalekale."
  
  Adamaliza ndikumwetulira.
  
  "Zonse zili bwino? Ndikuganiza kuti ndi zomveka tsopano. Dongosolo lafa, lapita kale, koma pali kachigawo kakang'ono ka iwo mu izi. Mwina mole. Wokwatiwa. Mwina chinachake. Koma ndizabwino kuthyola labu ku Dallas, ndipo ndizabwino kutulutsa gulu lankhondo lapadera, chifukwa chake sitingachipeputse. "
  
  Anakhala kaye phee Drake akumugwedeza. "Inde?"
  
  "Kodi ukudziwa komwe kuli koyenera kuti akhale?" - anafunsa. "Mkati mwa tank yoganiza ku Washington. Kapena kugwira ntchito ku NSA. "
  
  Maso a Hayden adatuluka. "Damn, imeneyo ndi mfundo yabwino kwambiri. Ndiloleni ndiganizirepo." Anathira khofi wakuda kuchokera mumtsuko wagalasi.
  
  "Nthawi ikupita, anzanga," anatero Mai.
  
  "Inde ndili nawe". Hayden analowetsa mkamwa mwake. "Kenako tiyeni tipende mawuwo: mbali yomalizira ya dziko lapansi ndi Ulaya. Tiyenera kupeza manda a Mliri wa Mulungu, yemwe ndi Wapahatchi wa Imfa ndipo amateteza Chiweruzo Choona. Choyipa kwambiri mwa onsewo. Ndipo panali malamulo opha pamene Okwera pamahatchi adawonekera? Sindikumvetsabe izi, pepani."
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tanki yakhala ikuchita izi kwakanthawi?" Yorgi anatero.
  
  Tsopano Lauren, yemwe anali atatsamira furijiyo, analankhula. "Ndithudi. Mtsogoleri wakaleyo nthawi ina adapatsidwa dzina lokayikitsa la 'Flagellum wa Mulungu' ndi Aroma omwe adamenya nawo nkhondo ndikumupha, mwina anali wopambana kwambiri mwa olamulira akunja ndipo adaukira ufumu wakum'mawa ndi kumadzulo kwa Roma pomwe adakhala cha m'ma 406-453. anali mdani woopsa kwambiri wa Roma ndipo nthaŵi ina anagwidwa mawu kuti: "Kumene ndadutsako, udzu sudzameranso."
  
  "Wakupha wina wakale wolemekezeka," adatero Dahl.
  
  "Attila the Hun," adatero Lauren, "adapha mchimwene wake mu 434 kuti akhale wolamulira yekha wa Huns. Wolemba mbiri Edward Gibbon, yemwe amadziwika kuti ndi woopsa kwambiri, ankadziŵika kuti nthaŵi zambiri ankayang'ana maso ake, "monga ngati akusangalala ndi zoopsa zimene anauzira." Ananenanso kuti ankagwiritsa ntchito lupanga lenileni la ku Mars, mulungu wankhondo wachiroma. angalingalire mantha amene zimenezi zikanadzetsa pabwalo lankhondo la Roma."
  
  "Tapeza," adatero Drake. "Attila anali mnyamata woipa kapena mnyamata wabwino, malingana ndi mbali yomwe iwe unali. Ndi amene analemba mabuku a mbiriyakale. Nanga anafera kuti?
  
  "Nkhani zingapo zotsutsana zimalongosola mmene anafera. Kuchokera pamphuno mpaka mpeni m'manja mwa mkazi wake watsopano. Ataupeza mtembo wake, amunawo, malinga ndi mwambo wa Ahuni, anang"amba tsitsi la m"mutu mwawo ndi kuwavulaza pankhope zawo mabala akuya, onyansa. Zinanenedwa kuti Attila, pokhala mdani woopsa kwambiri, adalandira uthenga wochokera kwa milungu yokhudza imfa yake monga chodabwitsa kwambiri. Dalitso. Mtembo wake anauika pakati pa chigwa chachikulu, mkati mwa hema wa silika, kuti onse aone ndi kusirira. Okwera pamahatchi opambana a mafuko anayenda mozungulira ndikufotokozera nkhani za zochitika zake zazikulu kuzungulira moto. Inali imfa yaikulu. Limanenanso kuti pamanda ake panachitika chikondwerero." Lauren anapitiriza kubwereza mfundo zoyenera zomwe constable adamunong'oneza m'khutu. Panalibe phindu kuyika zokuzira mawu.
  
  "Anasindikiza manda ake ndi golidi, siliva ndi chitsulo, chifukwa anali nawo atatu. Ndipo iwo ankakhulupirira kuti zipangizo zitatuzi zinali zoyenera mfumu yaikulu kuposa mafumu onse. Inde, zida, chuma ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali yosowa zinawonjezeredwa. Ndipo, zikuonekanso, monga mwa mwambo, iwo anapha onse amene anagwira ntchito pamanda ake, kuti asunge malo ake mwachinsinsi."
  
  Alicia anayang'ana anthu omwe anakhala pa tebulo. "Mmodzi wa inu adzafa," iye anatero. "Osandipempha kuti ndikuike maliro. Palibe mwayi. "
  
  "Mudzakhala achisoni komanso osangalala kumva kuti manda a Attila ndi amodzi mwamalo otayika kwambiri m'mbiri yonse. Zachidziwikire, kuchokera kwa ena - thupi lomwe latayika kalekale la Mfumu Richard III lomwe linapezeka pansi pa malo oimika magalimoto ku Leicester zaka zingapo zapitazo - tikukhulupirira kuti angapezeke. Kapena Cleopatra? Sir Francis Drake? Mozart? Mulimonsemo, ponena za Attila, amakhulupirira kuti akatswiri a Hunnic anapatutsa Mtsinje wa Tisza nthawi yayitali kuti awumitse mtsinje waukulu. Attila anaikidwa m'manda m'bokosi lake lokongola, lamtengo wapatali la katatu. Tisza anamasulidwa, kubisa Attila kosatha. "
  
  Nthawi yomweyo anamva kulira kwa helikoputala yomwe ikubwera. Hayden anayang'ana mozungulira chipindacho.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwakonzekera nkhondo ina, anyamata ndi atsikana, chifukwa izi zatsala pang'ono kutha."
  
  Drake anatambasula minofu yake yowawa. Dahl anayesa kusunga mutu wake pamapewa ake. Kensi anasisima atagwira zikanda pamsana pake.
  
  "Kunena chilungamo," adatero Drake. "Ndinali ndikutopa apa."
  
  Hayden anamwetulira. Dahl anagwedeza mutu momwe angathere. May anali ataima kale. Lauren analunjika chakukhomo.
  
  "Tiyeni," iye anatero. "Atifotokozera zambiri m'njira."
  
  "Europe?" Adafunsa choncho Yorgi.
  
  "Inde. Ndipo kwa Wapahatchi womaliza wa Imfa.
  
  Alicia adalumpha kuchoka pa bar. "Kulankhula kwabwino kwambiri," adatero monyodola. "Kuchokera kwa iwe, zikumveka zosangalatsa kwambiri moti ngakhale zala zanga zayamba kunjenjemera."
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI INE
  
  
  Kuuluka kwina, kumenyana kwina m'chizimezime. Drake adakhazikika pampando wabwino ndikumvetsera pamene Lauren akufotokoza zigamulo ndi ziganizo za District of Columbia pamlandu wa Attila the Hun. Gululo linakhala m'malo osiyanasiyana, kutenga zomwe angathe ndikuyesera kunyalanyaza zowawa zomwe zangotchedwa 'Olga chochitika'.
  
  "Manda a Attila asowa mbiri," adamaliza Lauren. "Sizinapezekepo, ngakhale kuti pali zinthu zambiri zabodza zomwe zapezedwa. Ndiye," iye anaima kaye, kumvetsera, "kodi munamva za kusokonezeka kwa mphamvu yokoka?"
  
  Dahl anayang'ana kumbuyo. Mawuwa ali ndi matanthauzo angapo.
  
  "Chabwino, ndiye nkhani yathu. Posachedwapa, asayansi atulukira vuto lalikulu komanso lodabwitsa lomwe linakwiriridwa pansi pa ayezi. Inu mumadziwa izo? Ndi yayikulu kukula kwake - 151 mailosi kudutsa ndi pafupifupi mita chikwi kuya. Kuzindikiridwa ndi ma satellites a NASA, chinali chodabwitsa chifukwa kusintha kwa malo ake kumasonyeza kukhalapo kwa chinthu chachikulu chomwe chili m'chigwachi. Tsopano, zikhulupiriro zakuthengo pambali, chinthu ichi ndi chodabwitsa champhamvu yokoka. Ili molakwika, simayenda ngati china chilichonse chozungulira, motero imatha kuzindikirika ndi radar yamphamvu. "
  
  "Mukunena za radar yolowera pansi," adatero Dahl. "Zapadera zanga zakale."
  
  Maso a Drake adachita chidwi. "Mukutsimikiza? Ine ndimaganiza kuti anali mwamuna wovula paphwando la nkhuku. Adakutchani Viking Yovina."
  
  Dahl anamutopa. "Ikani izo".
  
  Alicia adanditsamira. "Akuoneka wokwiya," iye ananong"oneza mochita masewero.
  
  "Kuthamangitsa mayi wokalamba wosayembekezeka kudzachita kwa iwe."
  
  Chodabwitsa n"chakuti Smith anali ndi misozi m"maso mwake. "Ndiyenera kunena," adachita mantha, "sindinawonepo munthu akudumpha mwamphamvu kwambiri kwa munthu wopanda trampoline. Anabisa nkhope yake, kuyesera kukhazika mtima pansi.
  
  Kinimaka adamusisita paphewa. "Muli bwino, bro? Sindinaonepo mukuseka, bambo. Izi ndizodabwitsa".
  
  Lauren adalowererapo, kupulumutsa waku Sweden kuti asasekenso. "GPR, koma pamlingo waukulu. Ndikutanthauza, pali chinthu chodabwitsa pa Google Maps chotchedwa Antarctica. Mutha kuwona izi kuchokera pa laputopu yanu. Koma kupeza kanthu kakang'ono ngati manda a Attila? Izi zikuphatikiza kugwiritsa ntchito makina ndi mapulogalamu omwe NASA sanavomereze kuti ili nawo. "
  
  "Kodi amagwiritsa ntchito satelayiti?" Adafunsa choncho Yorgi.
  
  "Inde, mayiko onse abwino ali ndi izi."
  
  "Kuphatikiza China, UK ndi France." Drake adatchula mndandanda wawo wa otsutsa.
  
  "Ndithudi. Kuchokera m"mlengalenga, anthu a ku China ankatha kuzindikira munthu amene wakhala m"galimoto yake, kufufuza malo a pa Intaneti amene akuyang"ana, ndi kuika m"magulu a sangweji imene akudya. Mwamuna aliyense. Pafupifupi kulikonse."
  
  "Amuna okha?" Kenzi anafunsa. "Kapena akazi?"
  
  Lauren anaseka ndikunong'oneza, "Ndili ndi mwamuna m'makutu mwanga akudutsa. Zikumveka ngati wachichepere, ngati sanapezebe akazi.
  
  Drake anamvera helikoputala yomwe idadula mlengalenga pakati pa America ndi Europe, malekezero achitatu ndi anayi a dziko lapansi.
  
  "Chabwino, komabe ..." Lauren adayang'ana. "Tikaphatikiza malo osadziwika kwenikweni a Piscara, lemba lina limati nyumba yachifumu yotchuka ya Attila inali pakati pa Danube ndi Tisza, m"mapiri a Carpathian, m"zidikha za kumtunda kwa Hungary ndi Zazberin yoyandikana nayo. Ndime yosadziwika bwino imanena kuti manda a Attila anali moyang'anizana ndi nyumba yake yachifumu.
  
  "Koma anakwiriridwa pansi pa mtsinje," adatero Mai.
  
  "Inde, mtsinje wa Tisza umadutsa Hungary kuchokera kumpoto mpaka kum"mwera, pokhala mtsinje waukulu wa Danube weniweniwo. Njira ya mtsinje idzathandiza asayansi athu. Tikukhulupirira kuti kafukufuku wawo pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa geophysical adzaphatikiza satellite, maginito, MAG ndi radar yolowera pansi. Kafukufuku wamaginito amathandizidwa ndi mbiri ya GPR pazosankha zosankhidwa. Amanenanso kuti akhoza kuona ngati mtsinjewu unapatutsidwapo." Iye anagwedezeka. "Tikulankhula za zithunzi masauzande masauzande ambiri zomwe kompyuta imayenera kuyang'ana kenako ndikusankha."
  
  "Chabwino, ndiye tikupita ku Hungary." Alicia anakhala ngati mutu ukumuwawa. "Ingonenani."
  
  Gululo lidakhazikika, ndikudabwa momwe anzawo ankhanzawo akuchitira.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Hungary, Danube ndi Tisza ankawoneka wakuda usiku monga ku Ulaya konse, koma Drake ankadziwa kuti pakali pano kunali chipwirikiti kwambiri. Wamphamvu kwambiri mwa okwera pamahatchi anayi adagona pamenepo - Imfa - ndipo omwe adamupeza atha kudziwa tsogolo la dziko lapansi.
  
  Gululo linatera, linanyamukanso, n"kuteranso, kenaka n"kudumphira m"galimoto yaikulu yosayerekezereka kuti amalize gawo lomaliza la ulendo wawo. Owerengera anali asanaganizepo kalikonse, maderawo anali akadali aakulu ndipo chandamalecho chinali chaching'ono, osatchulapo akale komanso omwe angakhale owonongeka. Zikadakhala zabwino kudziwa momwe Dongosololi limagwirira ntchito paokha, koma kupha kwawo mwadzidzidzi zaka makumi angapo zapitazo kunathetsa kubwerera kulikonse.
  
  Anamanga misasa m"zigwa, naika alonda kunja, nakhazikika m"katimo. Kunaomba chimphepo champhamvu, chikugwedeza mahema; zenizeni zenizeni za chilichonse chomwe adachita m'masiku angapo apitawa chinali kuyesabe kulowa mkati.
  
  Kodi ife tiri pano tsopano, takhazikika pakati pa phiri la Hungary? Drake anaganiza za izo. Kapena Olga akadali kutimenya?
  
  Chinsalu chamaluwa cha m"chihemacho chinalankhula zowona, monga momwe anachitira munthu wokwinya pafupi naye. Alicia, atavala chikwama chake chogona maso ake okha akuwoneka.
  
  "Kodi kukuzizira, chikondi?"
  
  "Inde, bwerani kuno mudzanditenthetse."
  
  "Chonde," adatero Dahl kuchokera kwinakwake kumwera kwa mapazi a Drake, "osati lero."
  
  "Ndikuvomereza," anatero Kenzi wa kum'mawa. "Umuuze hule kuti mutu uli ndi mutu kapena chinachake. Ndani akudziwa kumene iye anali? Chiwerengero cha matenda ndi zina zotero."
  
  "Ndiye palibe funso la foursome?"
  
  "Inde," anawonjezera motero Mai, yemwe anali ataima pakhomo la chihemacho. "Makamaka popeza ndife asanu."
  
  "Wopenga, ndinayiwala kuti unali pano, Sprite. Sindikukhulupirirabe kuti anatitsekera tonse m"hema limodzi loipitsitsa."
  
  "Ine, m'modzi, ndimakonda kugona m'zigwa," Dahl adatero, akudzuka. "Ndiye mwina ndigona."
  
  Drake adayang'ana waku Sweden akutuluka, poganiza kuti atenga mwayi kumuimbira Joanna. Ubale wawo sunakhazikike, koma tsiku lidzafika, posakhalitsa, pamene wina angapange chosankha chokhazikika.
  
  M'bandakucha kunafika, ndipo akatswiri ochokera ku Washington adanenanso za malo khumi ndi awiri. Gululo linagawanika ndikuyamba kukumba, kutulutsa malo okongola kuchokera m'mitu ndi m'mitima yawo: njoka yabuluu yonyezimira ya Tisza, nthawi zina yotambasula, nthawi zina yopapatiza modabwitsa, mapiri audzu a Carpathians, thambo losatha. Kamphepo kozizirirako kamene kanali kokawomba m"malo ambiri kunali kolandirika, kumachepetsa kutopa ndi mikwingwirima yoziziritsa. Drake ndi enawo nthawi zonse ankadabwa komwe adani awo ali. British, Chinese ndi French. Kuti? Kudutsa phiri lapafupi? Palibe amene adawonapo pang'ono chabe za kuwunika. Zinali ngati matimu enawo ataya mtima.
  
  "Osati kusaka kwanu kwapakati," Drake adanenapo. "Sindikudziwa komwe ndipite."
  
  "Ndikuvomereza," adatero Dahl. "Nthaŵi ina tonse tikumenyana, ndipo yotsatira n"zosavuta. Ndipo komabe zikanakhala zoipitsitsa. "
  
  Tsiku loyamba linadutsa mofulumira, kenako lachiwiri. Sanapeze kalikonse. Kunayamba kugwa mvula, kenako dzuwa lochititsa khungu. Gululo linasinthana kupuma ndipo kenaka analola antchito ochepa kuti awathandize kwa kanthaŵi. Amuna ndi akazi omwe sankadziwa Chingelezi anasankhidwa kuchokera kumudzi wapafupi. Tsiku lina, Alicia anapeza dzenje pansi, mwina ngalande yakale, koma chisangalalo chake chinazimiririka mwamsanga pamene kufufuza kwake kunatha.
  
  "Palibe ntchito," iye anatero. "Titha kukhala kutali ndi iye koma osamupeza."
  
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti izi sizinadziwike bwanji zaka zonsezi?"
  
  Dahl anapitiriza kukanda mutu wake, wotsimikiza kuti sanamvetse kanthu. "Ziri pansonga ya lilime langa," iye anabwereza kangapo.
  
  Drake sanathe kudziletsa. "Mukutanthauza Olga, sichoncho? Zinali zachidule kwambiri, mzanga. "
  
  Dahl analira, akufufuzabe.
  
  Usiku wina ndi maola angapo muhema. Chovuta kwambiri madzulo awa ndi pomwe Drake adayamba kuyankhula za zomwe Webb adalemba, cholowa chake komanso chidziwitso chake chachinsinsi.
  
  "Tiyenera kuyang'ananso pa izi nthawi ina. Zinsinsi zomwe adasonkhanitsa zingakhale zowononga kwambiri. Zodabwitsa".
  
  "Kwa ndani?" Adatero Dahl. "Omwe amatsutsana nafe sanali oyipa."
  
  "Kupatula imodzi yomwe sitikudziwa pano," adatero Mai.
  
  "Damn, zoona? Ndinayiwala. Ndi iti?
  
  Mayi wa ku Japan uja anatsitsa mawu ake n"kulankhula mwakachetechete. "Mmodzi wa inu akufa."
  
  Kwa nthawi yayitali, yowawa panali chete.
  
  Alicia anathyola. "Ndiyenera kuvomerezana ndi Drake. Izi sizikukhudza ife basi. Webb anali katswiri wozembera komanso bulu wolemera kwambiri. Ayenera kuti anali ndi dothi pa aliyense. "
  
  Kuchenjeza konyenga kunawachititsa kutuluka m"chihemacho mofulumira, akugwera pansi ndi m"matope, pakati pa zinyalala ndi mchenga wa malo akale a manda. Kwa kukwiya kwawo kwakukulu, zinapezeka kuti sizinali za Attila. Osachepera momwe angadziwire.
  
  Kenako, ali m"chihemamo, anabwerera m"maganizo awo.
  
  "Pali zambiri zothana nazo," adatero Hayden. "Mwina kusaka uku komwe Webb adabisala ndi zomwe tidapeza zitha kutiteteza ku zomwe zikubwera."
  
  "Imfa ya Joshua ku Peru? Kusamvera kwathu? Chiweruzo chokayikitsa ndi chingwe chosatsimikizika? Tiyenera kuyankha kwa wina. Kutchula dzina limodzi mutha kuthawa. Koma atatu? Zinayi? Mabilu athu ali ofiira, anthu, ndipo sindikutanthauza kuwononga kwambiri. "
  
  "Chifukwa chake, SEAL Team 7?" - anafunsa Dahl.
  
  "Mwina," Hayden anang"ung"udza. "Angadziwe ndani? Koma ngati atiukira ndi tsankho, ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu kuti ndiwabwezera ndi mphamvu. ndipo zidzakhala ndi inu nonse. Ndilo dongosolo."
  
  Tsiku lina linafika ndipo kusaka kunapitirira. Kugwa kwamvula kunalepheretsa khama lawo. Washington think tank idabweranso ndi masamba ena asanu ndi awiri okwana makumi awiri ndi atatu. Ambiri aiwo sanapereke chilichonse koma malo opanda kanthu kapena maziko akale, nyumba zitapita kale, mafupa atasanduka nsanza. Zambiri zatsiku lina linadutsa ndipo khalidwe la timu ya SPEAR lidayamba kuchepa.
  
  "Kodi tili pamalo oyenera?" Kenzi anafunsa. "Ndikutanthauza Hungary. Motsutsana ndi nyumba yachifumu ya Attila. Kodi munthu ameneyu anabadwa liti? Zaka chikwi mazana asanu ndi limodzi zapitazo, sichoncho? Ichi n'chiyani? Zaka mazana khumi ndi zinayi Geronimo isanachitike. Mwina Attila ndiye 'mliri' wolakwika. Ndikuganiza kuti Tchalitchi cha Katolika chatchula ambiri. "
  
  "Timapeza zovuta zosiyanasiyana," adatero Kinimaka. "Pali ambiri aiwo, ndipo palibe amene ali wolondola."
  
  Dahl adamuyang'ana. "Tikufuna njira yochepetsera kusaka kwathu."
  
  Lauren, yemwe nthawi zonse amakhala wolumikizidwa mu thanki yoganiza, adayang'ana mbali ina. "Inde, amatero. Inde."
  
  Mphepoyo idawomba tsitsi la Swedeyo pang'onopang'ono, koma nkhope yake idakhalabe yolimba. "Ndilibe kalikonse".
  
  "Mwina tiyenera kuyang'ananso Attila?" May anapereka. "Pali chilichonse mu mbiri yake?"
  
  Lauren adauza gulu lachigawenga ku Washington kuti lizisamalira. Gululo linapumula, kugona, kuyang'ana zolakwika ndipo palibe, ndipo linatenga nawo mbali mu ma alarm ena awiri abodza.
  
  Pomaliza, Drake adasonkhanitsa gulu. "Ndikuganiza kuti tizitcha izi kukhala zolephera, anthu. Lamuloli likuti apeza, mwina ¸ koma ngati sitingathe, ndiye kuti mayiko ena sangathenso. Mwina Wokwera Pahatchi wachinayi akanasiyidwa bwino pamene anaikidwa. Ngati akadalipobe."
  
  "Mwina manda anabedwa," anatero Hayden, akutambasula manja ake, "mwamsanga pambuyo pa kuikidwa m"manda. Koma, ndithudi, zotsalirazo zikanapezeka. Nsalu. Lupanga. Zamtengo wapatali. Matupi ena."
  
  "Nkovuta kusiya chida champhamvu chonchi kumeneko," anatero Kenzi ndi nkhope yake yopanda kanthu. "Ndikudziwa kuti boma langa silingatero. Sakanasiya kufufuza."
  
  Drake adavomera ndi mutu. "Zowona, koma mosakayika tili ndi zovuta zina zomwe zikuchitika. Sitingakhale pano mpaka kalekale.
  
  "Iwo adanenanso zomwezo ku Peru," adatero Smith.
  
  Drake adagwedeza mutu kwa Lauren. "Kodi ali ndi kalikonse kwa ife?"
  
  "Pakali pano, kupatula malo ena asanu ndi atatu omwe angakhalepo. Zizindikiro zikadali chimodzimodzi. Palibe chovuta."
  
  "Koma kodi izi sizingakhale ndendende zomwe tikuyang'ana?" Adalankhula modekha kwambiri Dahl.
  
  Hayden adapumira. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndiyenera kuyimbira foni munthuyu ndi kulumikizana ndi mlembi. Ndife bwino-"
  
  "Samalani," anachenjeza motero Alicia. "Mwina ichi ndiye chizindikiro chomwe zisindikizo zikuyembekezera."
  
  Hayden adakhala chete, kusatsimikizika kukuwonekera m'maso mwake.
  
  Dahl pomaliza adapeza chidwi chawo. "Radar yolowera pansi," adatero. "Zimayang'ana zovuta, zokoka, maginito kapena chilichonse. Mwachibadwa, iye amapeza zochuluka kwambiri, popeza ili ndi dziko lakale kwambiri. Koma tikhoza kuchepetsa kufufuza kwathu. Tikhoza. Oh damn, tingakhale bwanji opusa otere?"
  
  Drake adagawana mawonekedwe a Alicia akuda nkhawa. "Uli bwino, bwanawe? Simukumvabe zotsatira za Olga yemwe munayesa kuba, sichoncho?
  
  "Ndili bwino, ndine wangwiro monga nthawi zonse. Mvetserani - mukukumbukira zitsiru zija zomwe zidapeza manda a milungu?
  
  Nkhope ya Drake inakhala serious tsopano. "Tinali ife, Torsten. Chabwino, ambiri aife. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Tinapeza mafupa a Odin, komanso Thor, Zeus ndi Loki." Anaima kaye. "Aphrodite, Mars ndi zina zambiri. Chabwino, kodi zida zawo ndi zida zidapangidwa ndi chiyani? Zina mwa miyala yawo yamtengo wapatali?"
  
  "Chinthu chosadziwika chomwe chinatithandizira pa ntchito ina," adatero Drake.
  
  "Inde." Dahl sanasiye kuseka. "Ndi lupanga la ndani lomwe linayikidwa ndi Attila?"
  
  Lauren analumphira pamenepo. "Mars!" - adafuula. "Mulungu wankhondo wachiroma analasa Attila ndi lupanga lake kupyola Asikuti. Linatchedwa Lupanga la Nkhondo Yopatulika. Koma ngati zidachokera m'manja mwa Mars ... "
  
  "Mutha kusinthanso radar yolowera pansi kuti muyang'ane chinthucho," adatero Dahl. "Ndipo chinthu chosowa kwambiri ichi."
  
  "Ndipo boom!" Drake adamuyang'ana. "Ndizosavuta. Wopenga waku Sweden wabwerera. "
  
  Alicia adawonekabe okhumudwa. "Simukanaganiza izi, zikomo, masiku angapo apitawo?"
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI CHISANU
  
  
  Maola ena asanu ndi atatu ndipo anali okonzeka. Gulu la DC lidayambitsanso radar yolowera pansi atalumikizana ndi akatswiri ofukula mabwinja aku Iceland omwe anali akuyang'anabe zomwe zidatsala pamanda oyamba a milungu. Nthawi zonse amabwerera kwa Odin, Drake ankaganiza pamene ankayembekezera. Zikuwonekeratu kuti anthu aku Iceland adasunga zambiri zazomwe adapeza komanso zitsanzo zonse. Kutumiza zambiri za chinthu chosowa ku Washington inali nkhani ya mphindi.
  
  Osachepera ndizo zomwe adanena, pambuyo pake Drake adaganiza. Angadabwe ngati aku America alibe kale izi pafayilo.
  
  Kuyesedwa kunachitidwa ndiyeno chizindikiro chotentha chinatumizidwa. Ping pa malo omwe anali atayenda kale, ndipo Lupanga lakale la Mars linakhala mfundo yomveka pamapu.
  
  "Ndi zimenezotu," anatero Mai. "Tomb of Attila the Hun."
  
  Zofukulazo zinayamba mwachangu. Anthu a m"mudzimo anayamba kufutukula dzenje limene anakumba kale. Asanafike pamalo amene ankafanana kwambiri ndi lupanga, analipira anthu a m"mudzimo n"kunamizira kuti anali okhumudwa powaona akuchoka.
  
  "Mbali ina ya izi," adatero Mai, "ndikupeza chikhalidwe chachikulu."
  
  "Sitingade nkhawa ndi zimenezo tsopano," anatero Hayden. "Ichi ndi chida cha Imfa. Izi ziyenera kuchepetsedwa tisanalengeze chilichonse. "
  
  Smith, Yorgi ndi Kinimaka adalumphira, akuukira pansi. Dahl adakali akuyang'ana ndipo amamva kuti ali ndi ubweya pang'ono, ngakhale Alicia ndi Kenzi adatenga mwayi womutcha chirichonse kuyambira 'bulu wopanda kanthu' mpaka 'Crazy Sloth'.
  
  Sipanatenge nthawi kuti agwere mumpandamo.
  
  Drake adawona atatuwo akukulitsa kusiyana. Mai ndi Alicia adayang'ana malowa kuti atsimikizire kuti palibe zodabwitsa muudzu wautali womwe udatsala pang'ono kuzembera. Lauren ankakhala pafupi ndi dzenje; mzere wowonekera pakati pa azimayi awiriwa ndi omwe ali pansipa.
  
  Drake anati: "Popeza sitikudziwa kuti tikufika pati, kulankhulana kungakhale kopanda ntchito. Koma ndikuganiza kuti tizisewera momwe tingapezere. "
  
  "Zomwe timafunikira ndi bokosi," adatero Hayden. "Sititaya nthawi kuyang"ana kalikonse kapena munthu wina aliyense. Kodi mukuvomereza?"
  
  Iwo anagwedeza mutu. Yorgi anapita poyamba, pokhala wothamanga kwambiri mu timu. Kenako Kinimaka anadza, adakali ndi bala kumutu, kenako Smith. Drake adalumphira mdzenje, ndikutsatiridwa ndi Hayden ndi Dahl. Wa ku Sweden anayenera kukhala pakhomo. Drake njiwa pansi pa nthaka yosagwirizana ndipo adapezeka ali mkati mwa ngalande yakuda. Mphindi imodzi yakukwawa ndikufinya pakati pa makoma kudapangitsa kuti pakhale malo ambiri pomwe gululo linatembenukira kumanzere. Yorgi analumikiza lupanga ndi navigator yonyamulika ndipo anaitana mtunda pakati pa iwo ndi iye mphindi zingapo zilizonse.
  
  Drake anagwira tochi yake mosasunthika, kulumikiza matabwa ndi omwe anali kutsogolo. Njirayo sinapatukepo, koma inazungulira popumira lupangalo kufikira iwo anachokapo pang"onopang"ono.
  
  Yorgi anaima patsogolo. "Tikhoza kuswa."
  
  Drake analumbira. "Ndi mwala wolimba. Tikadafuna zida zazikulu kuti tidutse pamenepo. Waona kunenepa kwake?"
  
  Yorgi adatulutsa mawu osakhutira. "Kuwirikiza kawiri m'lifupi mwa ndimeyi."
  
  "Ndi lupanga?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Kumbali inayo."
  
  Drake anali ndi malingaliro apadera kuti akuseweredwa. Milungu yakale ikusangalalanso. Nthaŵi zina zinkawoneka kuti amam"tsatira njira yonseyo, kum"kokera m"njira zosiyanasiyana, nthaŵi zina kubwerera kuti adzizindikiritse.
  
  Monga tsopano.
  
  Iye anapanga chosankha chake. "Pitirizani," iye anatero. "Tiyenera kuwona komwe ndimeyi ikupita."
  
  "Chabwino, pali chimodzi mwazovuta zomwe zikubwera," Yorgi adatumiza yankho. "Fomu yayikulu yosadziwika."
  
  Mawu a Alicia adamubaya polankhula munthu uja. "Ikuyenda?"
  
  Drake ankadziwa nthabwala zoipa. "Ikani izo".
  
  "Ali ndi miyendo ingati?"
  
  "Alicia!"
  
  Aliyense mobisa anatulutsa mfuti zawo. Drake anayesa kukweza khosi lake kuti ayang'ane kutsogolo, koma Kinimaka adatsekereza kuwona kwake. Chinthu chokha chimene anakwanitsa kuchita chinali kugunda pamwamba pa ngalandeyo.
  
  Fumbi linasefa mumlengalenga. Drake anali thukuta, mikwingwirima yake yatsopano ikugunda. Gululo linakwawa mofulumira momwe lingathere. Yorgi anawatsogolera mozungulira pang'onopang'ono. Pokhapokha pamene mnyamata wachi Russia anaima.
  
  "O! Ndili ndi kanthu."
  
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa. Mawu angapo anamveka.
  
  "Dikirani. Mutha kubwera nane kuno."
  
  Posakhalitsa Drake adazungulira phirilo ndipo adawona kuti mbali ya ndimeyo idakula, ndikusandulika kukhala miyala yotalika mamita asanu ndi atatu ndi inayi m'lifupi mwa munthu. Inali yopyapyala, yosalala, ndipo inakwera pamwamba pa kabowo kakang"ono kamene kanabowoledwa pamwala, kakhomo kakang"ono ngati kakhomo.
  
  Drake anasuzumira mukuda kwa dzenje limeneli. "Ndiye mwina adatulutsa mwala pang'ono, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti Attila akhala pano mpaka kalekale?"
  
  "Koma palibe mtsinje pamwamba pathu," adatero Yorgi. "Zinali m'maganizo mwanga."
  
  "Maphunziro a mtsinje amasintha m'zaka," adatero Hayden. "Pakadali pano sitinganene ngati Tisza inayenda chonchi. Komabe, ndi mamita ochepa chabe kum'mwera.
  
  Drake adayenda kupita kumdima. "Ndili mu game. Kodi tiyang'ane?
  
  Yorgi adalumpha, ndikusunga malo ake kutsogolo. Poyamba chitseko chatsopanocho chinali chisonyezero chakuda kotheratu, koma pamene anayandikira ndi kuwalitsira matochi awo, anawona zizindikiro za chipinda chachikulu mbali inayo. Chipindacho sichinali chokulirapo kuposa chipinda chodyera chabwino, chodzaza ndi fumbi komanso bata, chopondapo mpaka mawondo pakati.
  
  Patsinde pake panali bokosi lamwala.
  
  "Zodabwitsa," Yorgi adapumira.
  
  "Ukuganiza kuti Attila alipo?" Kenzi anafunsa.
  
  "Lupanga ndilo, ndikuganiza." Yorgi adayang'ana radar yake yolowera pansi. "Ndiye akuti chinthu ichi."
  
  "Tikukhalabe pa mission." Hayden sanayang'ane ngakhale bokosilo. Anali otanganidwa kuphunzira za jenda. "Ndipo ndi pamenepo? Ndizomwezo".
  
  Drake anayang'ana pomwe amaloza. Gululo linadutsa pakhomo lolowera pakhomo ndipo linapezeka kuti lili mkati mwa chipindacho. Bokosi lamatabwa lodziwika bwino lokhala ndi chisindikizo cha Dongosolo pachivundikirocho lidayima pachopondapo, m'munsi mwa bokosi. Hayden anapita kwa iye.
  
  "Konzekera," adauza Lauren pamakomawo. "Tili mnjira. Uzani Washington kuti tapeza bokosi lomaliza."
  
  "Mwatsegula izi?"
  
  "Negative. Ine sindikuganiza kuti ndi lingaliro labwino pansi pano. Tidikirira mpaka titafika pamwamba."
  
  Drake anayang'ana bokosilo. Wochita yoga anayandikira pafupi. Kenzi anakwera pa pedestal ndikuyang'ana pansi.
  
  "Kodi alipo amene andithandize?"
  
  "Ayi tsopano," adatero Hayden. "Tiyenera kupita".
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" Kenzi anakhalabe wamkulu. "Sizili ngati matimu ena kuno. Ndibwino kukhala ndi kamphindi kwa wekha, sichoncho? Ndi kusintha kwabwino kusakhala ndi aliyense wondiletsa."
  
  Drake anayatsa ma comms. "Ndiye? Ndiwe wapathengo."
  
  "Chani?"
  
  Kenzi anapumira. "Ndi chivindikiro chabe mwala."
  
  Drake adamuwona ngati wozembetsa zinthu zakale komanso wokonda chuma. Inde, izi sizidzatha. Ilo linali gawo lake. Anagwedeza mutu Hayden.
  
  "Tikupezani. Ndikulonjeza".
  
  Anathamangira mbali ina ya chopondapocho, nagwira mwala ndi kuwukoka.
  
  Hayden anatuluka m'mandamo mwachangu, Yorgi ndi Kinimaka akutsatira pambuyo pake. Smith anaima pakhomo. Drake adawona chuma chochokera kumanda a Attila the Hun adapezeka.
  
  Ndi kuwala kwa tochi maso ake anachititsidwa khungu; zobiriwira zonyezimira ndi zofiira, buluu wa safiro ndi chikasu chowala; mithunzi ya utawaleza, yonyezimira komanso yaulere kwa nthawi yoyamba pafupifupi zaka chikwi. Chuma chinasunthidwa, lupanga linagwedezeka ndi kayendetsedwe kameneka. Masamba ena adawala. Mikanda, akakolo ndi zibangili zinali milu.
  
  Pansi pa zonsezi, atakulungidwa ndi nyenyeswa za zovala, anagona thupi la Attila. Drake anakhulupirira choncho. Malowa sanapezekepo ndi achifwamba kumanda; chifukwa chake kukhalapo kwa chuma. Achipani cha Nazi ankangochifuna chifukwa cha mapulani awo akuluakulu, ndipo kukopa chidwi cha zomwe adazipeza kumangowakopa chidwi. Atagwira mpweya wake, adalumphira kwa wolankhulayo.
  
  "Lauren," adanong'oneza. "Muyenera kulemba ganyu munthu woti azilondera zonse. Muyenera kungopangitsa kuti zichitike. Izi ndi... zodabwitsa. Chinthu chokhacho ndicho..." Anaima kaye, akufufuza.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Kulibe malupanga kuno. Lupanga la ku Mars likusowa. "
  
  Lauren anatulutsa mpweya. "Ayi, izi sizabwino."
  
  Nkhope ya Drake idachita mantha. Iye anati: "Pambuyo pa zonse zimene takumana nazo. "Ndikudziwa bwino."
  
  Kensi anaseka. Drake anayang'ana kumbuyo. "Lupanga la Mars lafika."
  
  "Damn, uli bwino. Ozembetsa komanso wakuba wamkulu. Mwaiba pansi pa mphuno yanga." Iye anayang'ana. "Ndi zodabwitsa".
  
  "Simungatenge chilichonse." Anamuwona akutulutsa chinthu chamtengo wapatali. Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti mupita kukagula zinthu zamtengo wapatali kwambiri.
  
  "Kuposa Attila?"
  
  "Inde, zedi. Mutha kuyinyamula. Koma chilichonse chimene ungachite, usunge lupanga lako."
  
  Kenzi anaseka ndikuchotsa dzanja lake, ndikusiya chuma cha bejewele koma akusunga lupanga. "Tsopano ndaziwona zonse," adatero ndi ulemu. "Tikhoza kupita."
  
  Drake anali wokondwa kuti adawonetsa chikhumbo chamkati ndikuti adamuthandiza kukwaniritsa. "Ndiye zili bwino. Tiye tione kuti wokwera pahatchi ya Imfa ndi chiyani.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKANU NDI CHISANU NDI CHITATU
  
  
  Pogwada padzuwa lolunjika, gulu la SPEAR linapenda bokosi lomaliza la Order of the Last Judgment.
  
  Kinimaka anadikirira chivomerezo pamene Alicia ndi Mai akuyandikira malire, tsopano ma helicopter ochezeka anali kuwoneka m'chizimezime. Hayden analoza kwa Kinimaka.
  
  "Pitirizani kuchita bwino, Mano. Tiyenera kuwona zomwe zili mkati kampaniyo isanafike; bwenzi kapena mdani."
  
  Wa ku Hawaii adagwedeza mutu ndikudina loko. Drake adatsamira kutsogolo chivundikirocho chikukwera, ndikugwedeza mitu ndi Dahl.
  
  "Zopusa!" - anafuula, akuphethira.
  
  "Kodi uku kunali kuyesa kwako kukupsompsona, Yorkie?"
  
  "Ndikupsompsona ngati ukandikankhira chiboliboli chomwe umandiyang'ananso mutu wina. Bloody Yorkshire Kiss."
  
  Ndithudi, palibe amene anamumva. Onse anali kulunjika pa vumbulutso latsopano.
  
  Hayden anasuzumira mkati, atatsamira pa Kensi. "Sheeeit," iye anatero mwachisawawa. "Sindinaganizepo kuti zingakhale chonchi."
  
  "Ndipo inenso". Mayi anayima.
  
  "Chiweruzo Choona Choona," anatero Lauren, akubwereza lembalo. "Choyipa kwambiri kuposa zonse."
  
  "Chabwino, sindikudziwa za inu," Alicia anadandaula. "Koma chomwe ndikuwona mkatimo ndi pepala losauka. Zikumveka ngati mndandanda wanga wogula."
  
  Mai anayang'ana kumbuyo. "Mwanjira ina sindingakuyerekeze muli mu supermarket."
  
  Alicia anagwedezeka. "Kamodzi kokha. Matigari onsewa, zotchinga zapanjira komanso zosankha zinandilepheretsa kuyenda bwino. " Anaphunzira mofunitsitsa ma helikoputala omwe akuyandikira. "Zili bwino kwambiri".
  
  Kinimaka anafika m"bokosilo n"kutulutsa kapepala n"kuikweza m"mwamba kuti aliyense aone. "Ndi mulu wa manambala."
  
  "Mwamwayi," adatero Smith.
  
  Drake anakwiya. "Chotero, Order of the Last Judgment inatitumiza pakati pa dziko lapansi kuti tipeze pepala m"manda amene anali atabisidwa kwa zaka mazana ambiri? Malo omwe mwina sitinawapeze ngati tinalibe chidziwitso ndi manda a milungu? Sindikumvetsa izi".
  
  "A Nazi anali osaka chuma komanso osaka chuma," adatero Kenzie. "Kodi mukudziwa za misala yodabwitsayi yomwe apeza posachedwa pansi pa ayezi? Ena amati ndi maziko a Nazi. Analanda zinthu zonse monga zibangili, mipukutu ndi zojambula. Adayesa kupanga Zombies, kufunafuna moyo wamuyaya ndikutaya anthu masauzande ambiri pakusaka kowopsa. Ngati atasankha kuzisiya m'manda a Attila the Hun m'malo moba chuma, pali chifukwa chowawa kwambiri. "
  
  Lauren analoza makutu ake. "District of Columbia ikufuna kudziwa kuti ndi chiyani."
  
  Hayden adazitenga kuchokera ku Kinimaki. "Chotero, anyamata, ichi ndi kapepala kakale, kochindikala kong"ambika mbali zonse. Ndi yachikasu ndipo ikuwoneka yosalimba. Chifukwa chake, pakati pali mzere wolembera wokhala ndi manambala okha. " Adawawerenga motere: "483794311656..." Adapumira. "Sizo zonse ..."
  
  "Maloto a geek anyowa." Alicia anapumira. "Koma tikuyenera kuchita chiyani?"
  
  "Choka pano," adatero Drake, atayimirira pomwe ma helikoputala akufika pansi. "A Huns asanatipeze."
  
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anathamanga. "Mwakonzeka anyamata? Tiyenera kuyang'anitsitsa izi."
  
  Gululo linamuperekeza kubwerera ku ma helicopter. Hayden anamaliza kulankhula napereka pepalalo mozungulira iwo atakhala pampando. "Maganizo aliwonse?"
  
  "Simungathe ngakhale kusewera nawo lotale," adatero Alicia. "Zopanda ntchito".
  
  "Ndipo iwo ali ndi chiyani ndi imfa?" Drake anatero. "Ndipo apakavalo anai? Popeza manambala amaoneka ngati ofunika, kodi angakhale ndi chochita ndi madeti obadwa? Madeti a imfa?
  
  "Tafika," mawu adalankhula m'makutu mwake, ndipo adakumbukiranso kuti adalumikizana ndi dziko lonse lapansi pokhapokha atatseka DC kuti amalize ntchito, pomwe adangolumikizana ndi Lauren.
  
  "Osati pa iye yekha," liwu lina linatero. "Tazipeza."
  
  Drake anamvera ma helikoputala akukwera mlengalenga pang'onopang'ono.
  
  "Nambala zosokonekera izi ndizogwirizanitsa. Mosavuta. Anazi adakusiyirani chandamale chabwino, anthu. "
  
  Drake adayamba kuyang'ana ndikukonza zida zake. "Chandanda?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Inde, manambala oyamba amalozera ku Ukraine. Kutsatira kwake ndi nambala imodzi yopitilira, motero zidatitengera kanthawi kuti tiimvetsetse. "
  
  Alicia anayang'ana wotchi yake. "Sindiyimba kwa mphindi zisanu patsiku."
  
  "Mulibe IQ ya zana ndi makumi asanu ndi limodzi."
  
  "Ukudziwa bwanji, munthu wanzeru? Sindinayesepo."
  
  Kwa mphindi imodzi yokha, ndiyeno: "Ayi. Tinalowa mndandanda wonse ndikugwirizanitsa ndi satellite. Zomwe tikuyang'ana pano ndi gawo lalikulu la mafakitale, mwina masikweya kilomita asanu ndi atatu pamodzi. Nthawi zambiri imakhala yodzaza ndi nyumba zosungiramo katundu, tidawerengera kupitilira makumi atatu, ndipo zikuwoneka kuti zilibe kanthu. Chinachake chanthawi yosiyidwa yankhondo. Izi zitha kukhala malo akale osungiramo zida zankhondo za Soviet, zomwe zasiyidwa. "
  
  "Ndi coordinates?" Hayden anafunsa. "Kodi amalozera ku chinthu china chilichonse?"
  
  "Ndikuyang'anabe." Panali chete pamzere.
  
  Hayden sanafunikire kudziwitsa oyendetsa ndege; anali akupita kale ku Ukraine. Drake anadzimva yekha kumasuka pang'ono; osachepera matimu omwe amapikisana nawo sakanatha kuwagonjetsa. Anayang'ana Hayden ndi kukamwa.
  
  Kodi tingazimitse izi?
  
  Anapanga nkhope. Zingawoneke zokayikitsa.
  
  Mole? Anayeseza pang'onopang'ono, akuwerama.
  
  Hayden nayenso anaganiza choncho. Palibe amene tingamukhulupirire.
  
  Alicia anaseka. "Zoyipa, Drake, ngati mukufuna kumupsompsona, ingochitani."
  
  Bambo waku Yorkshire anatsamira mmbuyo pamene helikoputala ikudutsa mlengalenga. Zinali zosatheka kugwira ntchito mokwanira pomwe sunali wotsimikiza ngati ngakhale mabwana ako omwe angakhale ndi msana wako. Kulemera kudagwa pamtima pake. Ngati wina akukonzekera zotsutsana nawo, ali pafupi kudziwa.
  
  Wolankhulayo analira.
  
  "Oo".
  
  Hayden adakweza mutu wake. "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  Mawu a super geek ochokera ku Washington adamveka mwamantha. "Kodi mukutsimikiza, Jeff? Ndikutanthauza, sindingathe kuwauza izi ndikupeza kuti ndi kungopeka chabe. "
  
  Chete. Kenako wachikondi wawoyo adapumira mpweya. "Wow, ndiyenera kunena. Izi ndi zoipa. Izi ndi zoipa kwenikweni. Zogwirizanitsa zikuwoneka kuti zimatsogolera mwachindunji kwa Horseman of Death.
  
  Dahl anaima kaye pakatikati akukweza magazini mu mfuti yake. "Ndi zomveka," iye anatero. "Koma ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Nkhondo ya nyukiliya."
  
  Hayden anakukuta mano. "Kodi mungaloze izi? Kodi izi zili live? Apo-"
  
  "Dikirani," Geek anatulutsa mpweya, akupuma. "Chonde ingodikirani. Si zokhazo. Sindinkatanthauza 'nkhondo ya zida za nyukiliya'.
  
  Hayden anakwinya nkhope. "Ndiye umatanthauza chiyani?"
  
  "Pali zida zanyukiliya zisanu ndi chimodzi m'malo atatu osungiramo zinthu. Sitingathe kuona kudzera m"makoma chifukwa nyumbazo zili ndi mtovu, koma timatha kuona padenga mothandizidwa ndi masetilaiti athu. Zithunzizi zikuwonetsa kuti chida cha nyukiliya chinayamba zaka za makumi asanu ndi atatu, chikuyenera kukhala chamtengo wapatali kwa wogula woyenera ndipo chimatetezedwa mosamala. Chitetezo chimakhala mkati, nthawi zina amayendetsa mozungulira malo opanda kanthu. "
  
  "Ndiye, Order of the Last Judgment inabisa zida zanyukiliya zisanu ndi chimodzi m'malo atatu osungiramo katundu kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito pambuyo pake?" Mai anafunsa. "Zikuwoneka ngati chinthu cha Nazi."
  
  "Chidacho chikugwiranso ntchito," anatero katswiriyu.
  
  "Mwadziwa bwanji zimenezo?"
  
  "Makompyuta akugwira ntchito. Atha kukhala ndi zida, kuwongolera, kumasulidwa. "
  
  "Kodi muli ndi malo enieni?" Kenzi anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, timatero. Onse asanu ndi mmodzi adamangidwira kumbuyo kwa magalimoto amtundu wa flatbed omwe ali mkati mwa nyumba zosungiramo katundu. Zodabwitsa ndizakuti, zochitika mkatimo zawonjezeka kawiri. N"zoona kuti nawonso akhoza kukhudzidwa mtima."
  
  Drake adayang'ana Hayden, yemwe adamuyang'ananso.
  
  "Mole," adatero Kensi mokweza.
  
  "Nanga bwanji matimu omwe akupikisana nawo?" - anafunsa Dahl.
  
  "Malinga ndi NSA, chiwerengero cha mphekesera chawonjezeka. sizikuwoneka bwino."
  
  "Ndikufuna kudziwa zomwe akuyembekeza kupeza," adatero Mai. "Osaphatikizapo zida zisanu ndi chimodzi zakale za nyukiliya."
  
  "Lupanga la Mars"
  
  Drake adatembenuza khosi lake mwachangu. "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Aliyense adapeza zolumikizira, poganiza kuti mole imagwira ntchito pano. Aliyense adadzipangira yekha ntchito yopanga satelayiti. Mapulogalamu athu ojambulira ali ndi mitundu yonse ya masensa, ndipo kuyambira ndi nkhani ya Odin ndi kuphonya kotsatira, titha kuzindikira chinthu chosowa chokhudzana ndi manda ndi milungu. Zida zathu zimasonyeza kukula kwake ndi mawonekedwe a chinthucho, ndipo zimagwirizana ndi lupanga losowa. Onse akudziwa kuti tapeza lupanga ndipo tikulowera ku zida zanyukiliya. Tiyenera kuchita izi. "
  
  "Siya lupanga pa chopacho." Smith anagwedezeka.
  
  Drake, Dal ndi Hayden adayang'anana. "Palibe mwayi ku gehena. Lupanga likhalabe ndi ife.
  
  Drake adatsitsa mutu wake. "Chinthu chokha chamagazi chomwe chili chofunika kwambiri kuposa Genghis Khan, Attila, Geronimo ndi Hannibal pamodzi," adatero. "Ndipo tikukakamizika kusintha zida za nyukiliya."
  
  "Kuganiziratu," adatero Mai. "Ndipo amazifuna pazifukwa zambiri. Chuma."
  
  "Mphotho," adatero Smith.
  
  "Dyera," anatero Kensi.
  
  "Zopanda mavuto," adatero Hayden motsimikiza. "Pazifukwa zonsezi kuphatikiza. Kodi zida zanyukiliya zisanu ndi chimodzi zili kuti?"
  
  "Pali awiri mkati mwa nyumba yosungiramo katundu 17," adatero munthu wamakompyuta. "Mafakitale ena a nyukiliya ali m"gawo la 18 ndi lakhumi ndi chisanu ndi chinayi, ndipo ndikukuuzani malo enieni amene ali pakali pano. Ndi malo okulirapo ndipo tikuwerengera mpweya womwe umatulutsa pafupifupi matupi khumi ndi awiri, choncho samalani."
  
  Drake adatsamira kumbuyo, akuyang'ana padenga. "Kachiwiri?"
  
  Hayden ankadziwa zimene ankaganiza. "Kodi mukukhulupirira kuti zonse zisintha pambuyo pake?"
  
  Anamwetulira mwachisoni. "Ndimakhulupirira".
  
  "Ndiye tiyeni tizimenya mwamphamvu," adatero Dahl. "Monga gulu, ngati anzathu. Tichite izi komaliza.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKANU NDI CHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Sizinali zophweka ku timu ya SPEAR. Maziko akale, osiyidwa anali nkhokwe zosakanizika za nyumba zosungiramo katundu zazikulu, zazitali zokhala ndi misewu yosalala yafumbi yoyenda pakati pawo. Misewuyo inali yotakata kwambiri moti munkakhala magalimoto akuluakulu. Drake adanenanso kuti kale inali nyumba yosungiramo zinthu, malo omwe zida zambiri zankhondo zitha kusungidwa. Ma helikoputala anatera kunja, kuseri kwa mpanda wa dzimbiri, wonyowa, ndipo pafupifupi nthaŵi yomweyo anazimitsa injini zawo.
  
  "Gulu lakonzeka," Hayden adatero polankhula naye.
  
  "Pita," Constable DC adamuuza. "Onetsetsani kuti zida zankhondo zayimitsidwa ndipo chinthu china chili chotetezeka."
  
  Dahl anang'ung'udza pansi. "Tiye tikambirane zokhoma chitseko cha khola hatchi ikathawa.
  
  Gululi linali litajambula kale malo osungiramo zinthu zonse zitatu m'maganizo mwawo ndipo anali ndi malingaliro abwino amisewu yokhotakhota. M'malo mwake, chilichonse chimagwirizana ndi chilichonse. Panalibe njira zakufa, zokhota, zopulumukirako, kupatulapo imodzi. Malo osungiramo zinthu zonse anali atazunguliridwa ndi nkhalango yowirira, koma zamkati - zitatu zofunika kwambiri - zinali pakati pa ena mwachisawawa.
  
  Anathamanga pamodzi.
  
  "Tiyenera kugawikana, kusokoneza zida zanyukiliya, kenako kupeza njira yozitulutsira kumalo abwino," adatero Hayden. "Romania si patali."
  
  Tsopano Lauren anali nawo, atalumikizidwa ku Washington, ndipo atatsimikizira kuti amatha kuganiza mokakamizidwa, angamufune pankhani yogwiritsa ntchito zida zanyukiliya. Mutu wokhazikika wokhoza kufalitsa zambiri kudzera m'mayendedwe sangachepetse. Anayenda pang'onopang'ono, mofulumira ndipo analunjika kumalo osungiramo katundu.
  
  Msewu wafumbi unatseguka pamaso pawo, wopanda anthu. Kupitirira pamenepo, dera lonselo linali litakutidwa ndi dothi lopanda kanthu komanso matope, ndi udzu wochepa chabe. Drake adayang'ana zomwe zidachitika ndipo adalamula kuti apite patsogolo. Anathamangira poyera zida zawo zitakonzeka. Fungo la dothi ndi mafuta linasokoneza maganizo ake, ndipo nkhope yake inawomba mphepo yozizira. Zida zawo zidagunda ndipo nsapato zawo zidagunda pansi mwamphamvu.
  
  Iwo anayandikira khoma loyamba la nyumba yosungiramo katunduyo n"kuima n"kulitsamira. Drake anayang'ana motsatira mzere.
  
  "Mwakonzeka?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Pita."
  
  Anayang'ana mbali ina ya njira yawo, podziwa kuti analibe makamera a CCTV oti adandaule nawo popeza zipangizozo zinalibe chizindikiro chilichonse chochokera kumunsi kupatula mafoni a m'manja. Zida za nyukiliya zomwezo zidatulutsa kung'ung'udza kwafupipafupi. Kupitirira pamenepo malowo anali ouma.
  
  Anathamanganso ndipo adakumana ndi nyumba ina yosungiramo katundu. Aliyense wa iwo anali ndi nambala yolembedwa m'mbali mwake mwakuda. Aliyense wa iwo ankawoneka wofooka, wosakoma, ndi timitsinje ta dzimbiri totuluka padenga mpaka pansi. Ngalandezo zinkagwedezeka momasuka, zigawo zosongoka zoloza pansi, madzi akudontha.
  
  Drake tsopano amatha kuwona ngodya yakumanzere ya Warehouse 17. "Tikuwoloka msewu uwu," adatero. "Tikuyenda m"mbali mwa nyumba yosungiramo katunduyi mpaka titafika kumapeto. Chifukwa chake tatsala pang'ono kufika pa mapazi khumi ndi asanu ndi awiri.
  
  Anasuntha, kenako anaima. Galimoto ina yachitetezo inadutsa mumsewu umenewo, ikuyenda m"njira imene ankadutsamo. Komabe, palibe chimene chinachitika. Drake adapumira mmwamba.
  
  "Kuno kulibe anzako," adawakumbutsa motero Dahl. "Osakhulupirira aliyense kunja kwa timu." Sanafunikire kuwonjezera "Ngakhale aku America."
  
  Tsopano Drake adachoka pamalo ake, adadzikanikizira kukhoma la nyumba yosungiramo katundu ndikupita patsogolo. Warehouse 17 inali ndi mazenera ang'onoang'ono awiri moyang'ana kutsogolo. Drake anatukwana mwakachetechete, koma anazindikira kuti palibe njira ina yotulukira.
  
  "Sumuka," anatero mwamsanga. Isunthe tsopano.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI 88
  
  
  Anathamangira kuzitseko zosungiramo katundu, akugawanika m"magulu atatu. Drake, Alicia ndi May aliyense adapeza mfundo khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri; Dal, Kenzie, ndi Hayden aliyense adagoletsa khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, kusiya Smith, Lauren, Kinimaka, ndi Yorgi ndi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi aliyense. Monga mmodzi anagwa pa zitseko zazikulu.
  
  Drake adakankha chitseko, ndikuching'amba. Bamboyo anali akungotuluka muofesi mkatimo. Drake adamugwira m'manja mwake, ndikumumenya mwamphamvu ndikumuponya kukhoma lina laofesiyo. Kanjira kakang'ono kamene iwo anali nako anatsegula molunjika ku nyumba yosungiramo katundu, kotero Alicia ndi May anayenda mozungulira.
  
  Drake adamaliza kumusiya bamboyo, ndikumusiya ali chikomokere, ndikukayang'ana maofesi ang'onoang'ono asanalowe nawo azimayiwo. Maso ake anakumana ndi zinthu zochititsa chidwi. Nyumba yosungiramo katunduyo inali yaikulu, yaitali ndiponso yaitali. Pakatikati pake, moyang"anizana ndi zitseko zodzigudubuza, munali galimoto lalitali, locheperapo-kabati yokhala ndi injini yaikulu kutsogolo. Zida ziwiri za zida za nyukiliya zinali kuseri kwa galimotoyo, kuwala ngati masana, mphuno zawo zikuyang'ana kutsogolo, zingwe zakuda zomangirira nthawi ndi nthawi. Zomangirazo zingapangitse kusinthasintha popanda kuyenda kwambiri-lingaliro labwino la mayendedwe, anatero Drake, popeza palibe amene ankafuna kuti muvi wakupha uwombere chinthu chosaima. Mtolo waukulu wa makatani am'mbali unali m'mbali mwa chigalimoto chachikulu, chomwe ankaganiza kuti anali atachimanga asananyamuke.
  
  "Palibe chitetezo," adatero Mai.
  
  Alicia analoza ofesi ina yomwe inali kumanja kwa galimotoyo. "Lingaliro langa".
  
  "Mungaganize kuti akuda nkhawa kwambiri," adatero Mai.
  
  Drake sakanachitira mwina koma kuyang'ana makamera achitetezo, kupeza zovuta kudalira gulu la mafani omwe amakhala muofesi yokhala ndi mpweya. Iye anati: "Mnzathu wakale, kusasamala kuli kuntchito. "Anasunga chinsinsi kwa nthawi yayitali."
  
  Kupyolera mu njira zoyankhulirana anamva phokoso la nkhondo, magulu ena anali otanganidwa.
  
  Alicia anathamangira kugalimoto. "Pa ine!"
  
  
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  Dahl adagwira munthu wapafupi ndikumuponyera mu denga, ndikupeza mpweya wabwino asanamuwone akugwa pansi. Mafupa anathyoka. Magazi anatuluka. Kenzi anadutsa, akumawombera mfuti yake yaing'ono, kugunda amuna omwe ankathawa, omwe kenako anagwetsa nkhope zawo pansi. Hayden anasintha mbali, kukonda Glock wake. Galimoto yaikulu imene anapeza inali itayimitsidwa pakati pa nyumba yosungiramo katunduyo, pafupi ndi maofesi atatu ndi mizere ingapo ya mabokosi. Iwo sankadziwa chimene chinali mkatimo, koma anaganiza kuti chikanakhala chanzeru kuti adziwe.
  
  Hayden adayenda molunjika kugalimotoyo, maso ake akuyang'ana zida zanyukiliya zomwe zidakwezedwa pamwamba pamutu pake. Damn, anali aakulu patali pamenepo. Zilombo zomwe zilibe cholinga china koma kuwononga. Ndiyeno, mosakaikira, iwo anali Imfa ndipo mwachiwonekere anali mbali ya Wokwera Pahatchi wachinayi. Attila anali wachiwiri wamkulu kwambiri mwa anayiwo, wobadwa zaka mazana asanu ndi awiri pambuyo pa Hannibal ndipo, mwangozi, zaka mazana asanu ndi awiri pamaso pa Genghis Khan. Geronimo anabadwa mu 1829. Okwera onse ali olondola mwa njira yawoyawo. Mafumu onse, opha anthu, akazembe ankhondo, akatswiri amisala osapikisana nawo. Aliyense anatsutsa zomwe ankaganiza.
  
  Kodi ichi chinali chifukwa chake Dongosolo lidawasankha?
  
  Amadziwa kuti mole ya Washington imawanyoza mwaluso.
  
  Palibe nthawi yosintha chilichonse tsopano. Anayenda kuseri kwa nsanja, akulunjika ku mabokosi. Zivundikiro zina zinali zopindika, zina zotsamira pamakoma amatabwa. Udzu ndi zinthu zina zolongedza zidawukhira kuchokera pamwamba. Hayden anawombera mwamuna mmodzi, kenaka anasinthana zipolopolo ndi wina ndipo anakakamizika kudumphira pansi kuti abisale.
  
  Anadzipeza ali kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, ndipo mchira wa zida zanyukiliya uli pa iye.
  
  "Zingachitike bwanji ngati chipolopolo chagunda chimodzi mwa zinthu izi?"
  
  "Osadandaula, kuyenera kukhala kuwombera bwino kwambiri kugunda pachimake kapena kuphulika," liwu lidamuwuza iye pa comm. "Koma ndikuganiza kuti nthawi zonse pamakhala mwayi wopuma mwayi."
  
  Hayden anakukuta mano. "O, zikomo, bwanawe."
  
  "Palibe vuto. Osadandaula, n"zokayikitsa kuti zimenezi zingachitike."
  
  Hayden sananyalanyaze ndemanga yofewa, yamwano, natuluka panja ndi kuwombera magazini yonse kwa wotsutsa wake. Bamboyo anagwa, akukha magazi. Hayden analowetsanso magazini ina pamene ankathamangira kumadirowa.
  
  Nyumba yaikulu yosungiramo katundu inamuzungulira, ikumvekera ndi kulira kwamfuti, yotakasuka moti n"kusakhazikika, denga linali lalitali kwambiri kwakuti mdani wopanda ubwenzi akanatha kubisalamo mosavuta. Anayang'ana kuseri kwa mabokosiwo.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tikuchita bwino," iye anatero. "Zikuwoneka kuti ali ndi maopaleshoni angapo omwe akuchitika pano."
  
  Kenzi anathamanga, akunyamula Lupanga la Mars. "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  Dahl anadzigwetsa pansi pa gudumu lalikulu la nsanja. "Yang'anani msana wanu. Tili ndi adani oposa mmodzi kuno."
  
  Hayden anasefa udzu. "Katundu wakuba," iye anatero. "Izi ziyenera kukhala njira yolowera. Pali kusankha kwakukulu pano. "
  
  Kenzi adatulutsa chifanizo chagolide. "Ali ndi magulu amene amachita chiwembu cha nyumba ndi nyumba. Kuba. Iyi ndi bizinesi yayikulu. Chilichonse chimatumizidwa kunja, kugulitsidwa kapena kusungunuka. Mlingo wa chidziwitso chomwe chayambitsa zigawengazi ndi chocheperapo. "
  
  Dahl ananong'oneza kuti: "Kumanzere kwako."
  
  Hayden adatsamira kuseri kwa bokosi, adawona wovulalayo ndipo adawombera.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Lauren Fox anatsatira Mano Kinimaka m'dzenje la mikango. Adawona momwe Smith adachitira ndi mdaniyo ndikumusiya atafa. Anawona Yorgi akutola loko pa chitseko cha ofesi, ndikulowa ndikulengeza kuti sichinagwire ntchito pasanathe mphindi imodzi. Tsiku lililonse ankayesetsa kupitiriza. Tsiku lililonse ankada nkhawa kuti akhoza kutaya malo ake pagulu. Ichi chinali chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe adakondana ndi Nicholas Bell, chifukwa chake adalumikizana ndikuyang'ana njira zina zothandizira.
  
  Iye ankakonda gululo ndipo ankafuna kukhalabe nawo.
  
  Tsopano adatsalira, Glock ali m'manja, akuyembekeza kuti sadzagwiritsa ntchito. Malo otsetsereka adatenga masomphenya ake ambiri, akulu komanso owopsa. Mitu yankhondoyi inali mtundu wobiriwira wobiriwira womwe sunawonetse kuwala, mosakayikira umodzi wa mipangidwe yowopsa kwambiri yomwe malingaliro amakono angaganizire. Smith adalimbana ndi mlonda wamkulu, adamenya kangapo, kenako adatulutsa mnyamatayo pomwe Lauren amazemba kuti amuthandize. Kumanja kwake, Kinimaka anawombera enanso awiri. Zipolopolo zinayamba kuwuluka mozungulira nyumba yosungiramo katunduyo pamene enawo anazindikira kuti agwidwa.
  
  Ali kuseri, anaona alonda angapo akulowa m"galimoto ya galimotoyo.
  
  "Samalitsa," adayatsa cholumikizira, "ndikuwona anthu akulowera kutsogolo. O mwanda, bakokeja kwibafutulula pano?
  
  "Ayi," adayankha a DC kuti onse awone. "Muyenera kuthetsa zida zanyukiliya zimenezi. Ngati anyamatawa ali ndi zizindikiro zoyambira, ndiye kuti ngakhale imodzi mwa izi yomwe imatulutsidwa idzakhala tsoka. Onani, zonse zisanu ndi chimodzi ziyenera kuchepetsedwa. Tsopano!"
  
  
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  "Zosavuta kuti unene," Alicia adadandaula. "Ndidakulunga mkanjo wanga ndikumwetsa kapuccino wanga wamphuno. Dikirani, ndikuwona kuti nawonso akulowera ku taxi. "
  
  Drake anasintha njira, powona kuti akhoza kuthamanga mbali iyi ya nsanja popanda kukumana ndi zotsutsa. Anamukodola Alicia ndikunyamuka mwachangu.
  
  Mawu a Mai adamusokoneza maganizo. "Yang"anirani mayendedwe anu!"
  
  Chani...?
  
  Munthu wina wovala jekete lachikopa lakuda analowa pansi pa nsanja, miyendo itatambasuka. Mwamwayi kapena mwanzeru, adagunda Drake m'mapazi ndikumutumiza kugwa. Mfuti ya submachine inalumphira kutsogolo. Drake sananyalanyaze mikwingwirima yatsopanoyo ndikukwawira pansi pagalimotoyo pomwe mlondayo adawombera. Zipolopolo zinaboola konkire kumbuyo kwake. Mlondayo anamuthamangitsa, akukokera mfuti yake.
  
  Drake anakwera pansi pa galimotoyo, akumva chida chachikulu pamwamba pa mutu wake. Mlondayo anabakha, kenako anagwada. Drake adawombera Glock yake ndikudula chipumi cha bamboyo. Anamva phokoso la mapazi kumbuyo kwake, ndipo kulemera kwa munthu wina kunatsika pamwamba pake. Chibwano cha Drake chinagunda pansi, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti nyenyezi ndi mdima uzizungulira pamaso pake. Mano ake anagundana, n"kuthyola tizidutswa ting"onoting"ono. Ululu unaphulika paliponse. Anagubuduzika ndikumenyetsa chigongono pankhope ya munthu. Mfutiyo inanyamuka ndikuombera; zipolopolozo zidaphonya chigaza cha Drake ndi inchi imodzi ndikulunjika kumunsi kwa zida za nyukiliya.
  
  Drake adamva kuchuluka kwa adrenaline. "Izi..." Anagwira mutu wa munthuyo n"kuumenyetsa pa konkriti ndi mphamvu zake zonse. Nyukiliya. Roketi." Mawu aliwonse ndi nkhonya. Kenako mutu unagwera m"mbuyo. Drake adatsika pansi pagalimoto ndipo adakumana ndi Alicia akuthamanga.
  
  "Palibe nthawi yogona, Drakes. Izi ndi zoyipa kwambiri. "
  
  The Yorkshireman anatenga submachine mfuti yake ndi kuyesa kuletsa kulira m'makutu ake. Mau a Alicia anathandiza.
  
  "Amayi? Kodi muli bwino?"
  
  "Ayi! Kupanikizana wina ndi mzake."
  
  Kunamveka mkokomo kuchokera pa injini ya nsanja.
  
  "Thamangani mwachangu," adatero Drake. "Masekondi enanso angapo ndipo mitu yankhondoyi ichoka pano!"
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKUMI 39
  
  
  Drake anawonjezera liwiro. Masiku ano zinali zachilendo kwa iye kuona molunjika, choncho lero zonse zinali monga mwachizolowezi. Chitseko cha kanyumba chakutsogolo chidakwera mpaka kumutu. Drake anatambasula dzanja, nagwira chogwiriracho ndikuchikoka. Alicia anatenga cholinga ndi Glock wake.
  
  Bomba lamanja linaphulika.
  
  Drake adamuyang'ana, osakhulupilira maso ake. "Ndiwe chiyani, mwana wopusa"
  
  Alicia adamumenya pachifuwa, ndikumawulukira chammbuyo ndikuzungulira kutsogolo kwagalimotoyo. Grenadeyo inaphulika mwamphamvu, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti ziboda ziwuluke mbali zonse. Drake adakwera ndi Alicia, awiriwo akumamatirana. Chitseko chagalimotocho chinayamba kuzungunuka ndikugwa kutsogolo kwa galimotoyo. Drake atayang'ana m'mwamba, munali munthu m'modzi yekha atakhala mnyumbamo, pamwamba pake, akumuyang'ana moyipa. Anakankha chopondapo cha gasi.
  
  Drake ankadziwa kuti ku gehena kulibe njira yomwe galimotoyo ingayendetse mofulumira kuti iwathamangitse. Atayang"ana kumbali anaona alonda ena atatu akuwathamangira. Galimotoyo inachita phokoso kwambiri pamene mawilo ake anayamba kutsekeredwa pamodzi ndi kuiyendetsa patsogolo, inchi imodzi imodzi. Zitseko zotsetsereka sizinagwedezeke, koma izo sizikanamuletsa iye.
  
  Wolankhulayo anakhala ndi moyo.
  
  "Akuchotsa magalimoto apa! Zipindazi ndi zotchingira zipolopolo. Ndipo n"zovuta kuti tifike." Anali mawu a Hayden."
  
  "Palibe njira?" - Anafunsa Kinimaka.
  
  "Ayi. Ndi losindikizidwa. Ndipo sindikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri, ngati mukudziwa zomwe ndikutanthauza. "
  
  Ndipo ngakhale Drake ankadziwa kuti galimoto yawoyo inalibe chitseko chakumbali, panalinso zina ziwiri zoti azidera nkhawa.
  
  "Lumpha papulatifomu," iye anatero. "Yambani kuchotsa zida zanyukiliya izi. Iwo adzakakamizika kusiya."
  
  "Zowopsa. Zowopsa kwambiri, Drake. Nanga bwanji ngati imodzi mwa zida zankhondo ikatuluka?"
  
  Drake adathawa kuseri kwa kanyumba kaja, akuwombera omwe akuwukirawo. "Vuto limodzi lalikulu panthawi imodzi. Ndife ndani-ochita bwino?
  
  Alicia anawombera yemwe ankamuthamangitsa. "Ndikuwopa kuti masiku ano ali ngati 'mbada zachirengedwe'."
  
  Onse pamodzi analumphira papulatifomu ndipo anakumana maso ndi maso ndi bomba la nyukiliya.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  "Zimagwira ntchito ziwiri," adatero Drake pamakomawo. "Titha kusokoneza ndikusiya kulumikizana nthawi yomweyo."
  
  Hayden adaseka. "Yesetsani kuti musamveke movutikira kwambiri."
  
  "Anthu aku Yorkshire samachita zinthu monyanyira, wokondedwa wanga. Timachita zonse modabwitsa ndi kudzichepetsa pang'ono. "
  
  "Kuphatikizanso zinthu zikwi zingapo zoyipa." Mawu a Dahl ankamveka ngati akuthamanga. "Nkhani zaku Yorkshire. Terriers. Mowa. Magulu amasewera. Ndipo mawu amenewo?"
  
  Drake adamva kuti galimoto ikuyamba kuyenda pansi pake. "Panel control panel ili kuti anthu?"
  
  Katswiriyo anayankha nthawi yomweyo. "Mukuwona momwe zida zankhondo zimapangidwira ndi mapanelo opindika makumi atatu? Ichi ndi chachisanu ndi chitatu kuchokera kumapeto kwenikweni. "
  
  "Chiyankhulo changa chachilendo."
  
  Kuwombera kwina kunamveka. Alicia anali atakhazikika kale pa zomwe akufuna. Mai anangolumphira kumbuyo kwa nsanja. Tsopano adayang'ana kumbuyo kwa nuke.
  
  "Nkhani zoipa. A British ali pano."
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tili ndi achi China," adatero Dahl.
  
  "French," adatero Kinimaka. "Timu yatsopano"
  
  Drake adalumphira ku control panel. Kodi tikudziwa kumene Lupanga la ku Mars lili?
  
  "Inde, Mat. Koma sindingathe kunena mokweza tsopano, sichoncho? - anayankha mawu.
  
  "Inde," adatero Dahl.
  
  Drake adagwedezeka ndikutulutsa kachidutswa kakang'ono kamagetsi kokhala ndi zolinga zambiri. Mwamsanga anamasula mabautu asanu ndi atatu aja n"kuwasiya kuti agwe. Anadzipeza ali kutsogolo kwa timagulu tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'onoting'ono tokhala ndi ma cart-nav skrini, keypad ndi zizindikilo zambiri zonyezimira zoyera.
  
  "Cyrillic," adatero. "Zowona ndi choncho."
  
  "Kodi tsiku lino lingakhale loipitsitsa?" Alicia anakuwa padziko lonse lapansi.
  
  A Yorkshireman adatsitsa mutu wake. "Zikuchitika tsopano."
  
  Galimotoyo inakwera liwiro, ikupita kuchitseko cholowera. A British adapita patsogolo moyandikana kuchokera kumbuyo kwa nyumba yosungiramo katundu. Alonda anali atabalalika mozungulira iwo.
  
  Bomba la nyukiliya linawala, litatsegulidwa kwathunthu, kudikirira nambala yoyambitsa kapena kupha.
  
  Drake adadziwa kuti akuyenera kusamuka. Iye ankadziwa kuti sakanakhoza kusuntha. Chinthu chokha chimene sankadziwa n"chakuti ndani akanadzayamba kufa?
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Alonda anathamangira koyamba, akumawombera. Drake anali chandamale chachikulu, ndipo zipolopolo zosasunthika zidadutsa pa Alicia, ndikugunda mutu wankhondo. Kwa mphindi imodzi, moyo wa Drake udawonekera pamaso pake, kenako Alicia adatsitsa mlonda wina, ndipo Mai winayo. Iye anawona chinachake chikubwera, ngakhale kuti ankadziwa zambiri zikubwera kuchokera kumbali yawo yakhungu. Zizindikiro zoyera zinawala, cholozeracho chinaphethira ndikudikirira.
  
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti chitetezo chikhoza kuphulika?" Smith mwadzidzidzi ananena mwakachetechete. "Mwina ili ndi dongosolo lawo?"
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani iwo anafa?" Kenzi anafunsa.
  
  "Izi taziwona kale," anatero Kinimaka. "Mabanja omwe ankalandira ndalama zambiri ankafunika thandizo lachipatala kapena kusamuka movutikira mutu wabanja lawo atamwalira. Ngati iwo ali, mwachitsanzo, a mafia kapena atatu. Ndi zotheka."
  
  Drake adadziwa kuti sangakhale osangalala kwa nthawi yayitali. Alicia adakwanitsa kumasula lamba pomwe galimoto idali ikugudubuzika. Ndikhulupilira driver akuwona. Koma ndiye sakanasamala? Drake sanawonenso njira ina.
  
  Anathamangira papulatifomu kulowera kumbuyo, akugwedeza manja ake mopenga.
  
  "Dikirani! Imani, imani. Osawombera. Ndine wa Chingerezi!"
  
  Kung'ung'udza kwa Dahl adanena zonse, palibe mawu omwe amafunikira.
  
  Drake anagwada kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, mchira wa nuke kumanzere kwake, manja ake ali mumlengalenga ndikuyang'ana gulu la SAS lomwe likuyandikira la anthu asanu, opanda zida.
  
  "Tikufuna thandizo lanu," iye anatero. "Pali zambiri zomwe zili pachiwopsezo kuti tithe kumenya nkhondo."
  
  Anawona mnyamatayo akusintha ma comms, adawona amuna akulu awiri akuyang'anitsitsa nkhope yake. Mwina akanamuzindikira. Mwina ankadziwa za Michael Crouch. Anayankhulanso.
  
  "Ndine Matt Drake. Msilikali wakale wa SAS. Msilikali wakale. Ndimagwira ntchito ku gulu lankhondo lapadziko lonse lapansi lotchedwa SPEAR. Ndinaphunzira ku Hereford. Ndinaphunzitsidwa ndi Crouch. "
  
  Ine ndikukumbukira dzina, zonse izo. Mfuti ziwiri mwa zisanu zidatsitsidwa. Drake adamva mawu a Alicia pa ma comms.
  
  "Mukadatchulanso dzina langa."
  
  Anagwedeza pang'ono. "Ili mwina silingakhale lingaliro labwino kwambiri, chikondi."
  
  Mai ndi Alicia anawasunga alonda patali. Masekondi anadutsa. Asilikali aku Britain a SAS adawombera alonda oyandikira omwe adabisala kuseri kwa ng'oma zamafuta zomwe zidadzaza bedi lathyathyathya. Drake anali kuyembekezera. Wailesiyo anamaliza.
  
  "Matt Drake? Ndimachokera ku Cambridge. Tinakumanapo kale. Mukufuna chiyani?"
  
  Tsiku losangalala, anaganiza. SAS pabwalo.
  
  "Tithandizeni kuteteza nyumba yosungiramo zinthu iyi, imitsani galimoto iyi ndikuchotsa bomba la nyukiliyali," adatero. "Mwa dongosolo ili".
  
  A British adagwira izi.
  
  Anagawanika ndi kuthamanga mbali zonse za pulatifomu, anatsitsa alonda oyandikira, akugwira ntchito bwino monga gulu. Drake adawona izi ndipo adasangalala ndi kukumbukira zakale. Panali chisomo chamadzimadzi, kubereka kwa regal komanso chidaliro chosasunthika pamayendedwe a timuyi. Ankaganiza kuti SPIR inali timu yabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, koma tsopano ...
  
  "Drake! Mai anali akulira. "Bomba la nyukiliya!"
  
  Inde . Anathamangira ku control panel, akuyang'ana ma screen, keyboard ndi manambala.
  
  "Geeks?" anafunsa. "Kodi timadziwa code?"
  
  "Zingakhale zenizeni," wina anayankha motero.
  
  "Izi sizothandiza kwenikweni, wopusa iwe."
  
  "Pepani. Tikadadziwa mayina a mamembala a Dongosololi, tingadziwe masiku awo obadwa? "
  
  Drake ankadziwa kuti akulankhula ndi munthu yemwe alibe nazo ntchito. Anali munthu amene ankalankhula naye poyamba, bulu wonyansa.
  
  Lauren adafuula, "Mwanena za Dongosolo. Akanakhala kuno, mwina anakonza zida za nyukiliya. Sindikukhulupirira kuti sanasiye cholemba ndi ma code."
  
  "Mwina palibe code pano, mwana," wabuluyo anatero. "Kodi mukukumbukira chizindikiro chimene munapereka pamene munatsegula manda a Geronimo? Mwina izi zidachitikanso kuno ndipo zidayambitsa zida zanyukiliya. "
  
  Drake adabwerera mmbuyo. "Damn, ali ndi zida?"
  
  "Kwathunthu. Zizindikiro zoyera zonyezimira zomwe mukuwona ndi manambala owerengera."
  
  Madzi akuthwa, oundana anasefukira m"thupi mwake ndipo anali kulephera kupuma. "Mpaka bwanji ... mpaka liti?"
  
  chifuwa. "Masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu anayi. + Pamenepo iwe ndi abale ako apathengo mudzakhala mbiri. Dongosololi lidzakhala lalikulu mpaka kalekale! Amakhala kupyolera mwa ine! Ndine Order!"
  
  Kukambitsirana ndi kukuwa kochuluka kunachitika. Drake adasunga masekondi pawotchi yake yamanja.
  
  "Moni? Kodi muli pompo?" - anafunsa mawu achichepere.
  
  "Hey, bwanawe," Drake adadandaula. "Tili ndi masekondi makumi atatu ndi chimodzi."
  
  "Ndinaganiza. Mnzako Lauren adatchula Lamuloli. Chabwino, ayenera kukhala ndi code yakupha. Ndipo popeza china chilichonse ndi gawo la lembalo, ndidangoyang'ana. Kodi Mukukumbukira? Ilo limati: 'Malamulo okha opha ndi pamene okwerawo ali pamwamba.' Kodi izi zikutanthauza kalikonse kwa inu?
  
  Drake adasokoneza ubongo wake, koma sanaganize chilichonse koma kuchepa kwa masekondi. "Wauka?" - anabwereza. "Wadzuka? Wauka? Ganizilani mmene Order ikuganiza? Kodi chipani cha Nazi chinkatanthauza chiyani? Ngati wokwera pamahatchi aonekera, iye-"
  
  "Kubadwa," linatero liwu lachichepere. "Mwina awa ndi masiku awo obadwa? Koma izi sizingakhale. Mabomba a nyukiliya azaka makumi asanu ndi atatu awa nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi manambala atatu opha anthu." Munali kusimidwa mu liwu lake.
  
  Masekondi khumi ndi asanu ndi anayi mpaka chiwonongeko.
  
  Kensi anayankhula. "Madijiti atatu mukuti? Kawirikawiri?"
  
  "Inde".
  
  Khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi.
  
  Drake adayang'ananso Alicia ndipo adawona kuti akuwerama lamba wake, kuyesa kumasula ndikumuwombera mulonda nthawi yomweyo. Ndinawona tsitsi lake, thupi lake, mzimu wake wodabwitsa. Alicia...
  
  Sekondi khumi.
  
  Kenzi ndiye anakuwa, kutsimikizira chikhulupiriro cha Dahl mwa iye. "Ndili nazo. Yesani mazana asanu ndi awiri.
  
  "Seveni-o-o-o. Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Osafunsa. Ingochitani!"
  
  Techie wachinyamatayo adapatsa Drake zizindikiro za manambala a Cyrillic ndipo a Yorkshireman adadina mabataniwo.
  
  Zinayi - zitatu - ziwiri -
  
  "Sizinagwire ntchito," iye anatero.
  
  
  MUTU 40
  
  
  "Inde," anayankha Kensi. "Zinachitika".
  
  Inde, analanda zida zawo, ndipo Lauren analanda zawo. Drake adayang'ana kuchokera pathupi la nuke kupita ku Mai, pomwe adayima kutsogolo kwa kiyibodi ina. Zida zisanu ndi chimodzi za zida za nyukiliya zidathetsedwa.
  
  Iye anayang'ana pa wotchi yake. Iye anati: "Tinangotsala ndi mphindi imodzi yokha.
  
  Kulikonse a SAS adagwira ntchito mwachangu za alonda. Alicia anamasula lamba lachiwiri ndipo warhead inasuntha pang'ono. Drake adamumva akukweza liwiro pomwe amayandikira zitseko zogudubuza.
  
  "Kodi alipo amene wayimitsa galimoto yawo?"
  
  "Ndizisamalira!" - Kenzi adafuula. "M'malo mwake!"
  
  "Ayi," adatero Kinimaka. "A French ali paliponse pomwe palibe chitetezo. Pali chipwirikiti pano."
  
  Drake anayang'ana pamene SAS imatumiza alonda; Alicia anakoka lamba wina pamene Mai akuponya mlonda pa tayala lakumbuyo la galimotoyo.
  
  "Inde, ndikudziwa zomwe mukutanthauza." Gulu la SPEAR linali lopanikizika kwambiri.
  
  "Ndikuona chinachake chikuchitika," wantchito wachichepereyo anayamba. "ine-"
  
  Kugwirizana kwawo ndi Washington kunathetsedwa.
  
  "Ndinenenso?" Drake anayesa.
  
  Chete choopsa chinali yankho lokhalo.
  
  "Damn, izi sizingakhale zabwino." Drake anapesa nyumba yonse yosungiramo katundu.
  
  SEAL Team 7 idatsikira pa iwo ngati gehena yonse yaphulika.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Dahl anathamangira galimotoyo pamene inkayandikira zitseko zotsetsereka za Warehouse 18. Munthu wa ku China anathamangira kutsogolo kwa galimotoyo, akupita kuchitseko chakutali. Iwo anawomba kudutsa pamene ankathamanga. Alondawo anayesa kuwaletsa. Asilikali apadera aku China adawawononga ndi zipolopolo komanso kumenyana ndi manja. Hayden anali ndi tsoka lokhala kutsogolo kwa pulatifomu pamene zochitikazo zinayamba.
  
  Anathyola khosi la mlondayo, kenaka adagwiritsa ntchito thupi lake kudziphimba yekha pamene aku China adatsegula moto mosasankha. Zipolopolozo zinapyoza thupi lake ndi phokoso losaoneka bwino n"kumuponyera kumbuyo. Chishango chake chinagwa. Atachitaya, adalumphira kuseri kwa matayala akutsogolo, akugwedezeka, ndikudutsa kumbuyo kwake pamene akugudubuza kutsogolo. Anthu a ku China anawoloka kutsogolo kwa galimotoyo.
  
  Dahl anayatsa moto, kuwabalalitsa ngati zikhomo. Zodabwitsa kuziwona, zidakhala ngati chisonyezero cha machitidwe awo ankhanza. Ngakhale atalumphira mmbuyo, adatsegulanso mfuti.
  
  Dahl mwamsanga anabisala, anagwada kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, kenako anayang'ana kunja ndikuwombera zipolopolo zina zingapo. Anthu a ku China anakanikizidwa pansi kwa kamphindi pamene alonda anawayandikira kumbuyo. Dahl adayang'ana Kensi.
  
  Osati kumene iye amayenera kukhala.
  
  "Kenz? Kodi muli bwino?"
  
  "Eya, ndikungotenga mnzanga wakale."
  
  Dahl mwachibadwa anatembenuka ndipo anamuwona akuyendayenda m'madirowa, mutu wake mkati mwake, mimba yake ili m'mphepete mwa chivindikiro, bulu wake atakwezedwa pamwamba.
  
  "Ndizosokoneza pang'ono."
  
  "Chani? O, mwasowa mkazi wanu? Akhoza kukhala wotentha kuposa iwe, Torst, koma kumbukirani, izo zimangokupangitsa iwe kutentha kuposa iye. "
  
  Anayang'ana kumbali, akumva kung'ambika. Iye anakhala mu mkhalidwe uwu pakati pa ukwati ndi chisudzulo, komabe iye anali ndi mwaŵi wa kuchitapo kanthu pa izo zonse. Kodi anali kuchita chiyani pano?
  
  Ntchito yanga.
  
  Anthu a ku China adagwiranso ntchito, akudula alonda omwe amayandikira ndi mfuti ya makina ndi kukanikiza Dahl ndi Hayden pansi. Munthu wa ku Sweden uja anatembenuka n"kuona Kensi akutuluka m"bokosi lamatabwa.
  
  "O, mazira. Zoona?"
  
  Ananyamula katana watsopano wonyezimira pamaso pake, atadzuka. "Ndinkangodziwa kuti ndipeza ndikakumba mozama. Achifwamba sangakane lupanga.
  
  "Kodi Lupanga lamagazi la Mars lili kuti?"
  
  "O, ndachiponya mu drawer."
  
  "Zisiyeni!"
  
  Anathamanga ndi lupanga m'dzanja limodzi, mfuti yamakina m'manja mwake, kenako adalumphira kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, akuthwanima pamaso pa Dahl ngati mdima. Atataya katanayo, adawombera anthu aku China omwe anali kuthawa.
  
  "Akupita kuti?"
  
  "Nyumba 17," adatero Dahl. "Ndipo tiyenera kuwatsata."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Lauren adawona kuukira kwachi French kuchokera kumbali yakumanja ya Warehouse 19. Kinimaka ndi Smith anali kale kumbali imeneyo ndipo nthawi yomweyo adagwirizana. Yorgi anagwada kumbuyo kwa migolo, kuwombera alonda. Lauren adamva kuti mtima wake ukugunda pomwe galimoto yokhala ndi zida ziwiri zanyukiliya ikupita kutsogolo.
  
  Pokumbukira zonse zimene zinanenedwa, iye analumphira padenga la galimotoyo, akumagwiritsira ntchito mawilo monga chochirikiza. Kenako anayamba kumasula lamba loyamba. Ngati akanapangitsa katunduyo kukhala wosakhazikika, magalimotowo akanakakamizika kuima. Anayang'ana mmwamba kuchokera kuseri kwa bomba la nyukiliya, akuponda pamtengo umodzi waukulu, ndipo adawona Smith akumenyana ndi mmodzi mwa anyamata a ku France.
  
  Constable adalumikizana. "Zangotsimikiziridwa ndi wothandizira ku Paris. Mukukumbukira Armand Argento? Wakuthandizani anyamata kangapo pazaka zambiri. Chabwino, akuti kupezeka kwa gulu lachi French sikuloledwa. Mwathunthu. Pakhoza kukhala nkhondo ina yankhanza yomwe ikuchitika mkatimo. "
  
  Lauren adameza ndikuwona Smith akugwa chagada, akugwada pabondo limodzi. Mfalansa yemwe adayimilira pa iye adamugwira tsitsi, adang'amba chingwe kuchokera kumizu ndikuchiponyera pambali. Smith anakuwa. Bondo mpaka mphuno linamupangitsa kuti agwedezeke. Mnyamata wa ku France adalumphira pamwamba. Smith anavutika. Lauren adayang'ana kuchokera kwa iye kupita ku Kinimaka, kenako kwa Yorgi, zida zanyukiliya, komanso zitseko zoyandikira.
  
  Kodi nditani?
  
  Pangani phokoso lalikulu.
  
  Anakhuthula magazini ya Glock yake pamwamba pa mitu ya adani ake zomwe zinapangitsa kuti atuluke ndi bakha, izi zinapatsa Smith ndi Kinimaka masekondi ofunika kwambiri. , nkhope ya wina ndi kuwombera mopanda kanthu.
  
  Kwatsala Mfalansa mmodzi yekha.
  
  Lauren adagwa pomwe chipolopolocho chikuwomba pathupi la nyukiliya. Zinali zowopsa bwanji kuti sizinamuvutitse? Wazolowera bwanji? Koma iye anali m"gulu limeneli ndipo anatsimikiza mtima kupitirizabe kukhala nalo mpaka kalekale. Adapeza banja ili ndipo athandizira.
  
  Galimoto yaikuluyo inathamanga mofulumira, ikuthamanga mwamphamvu, molunjika m"chitseko cha chotsekera chotsekereza, n"kukalowamo, kuchititsa kuti kabati yakutsogolo igubuduke pang"ono, ndipo kenaka inagunda molunjika.
  
  Lauren anadziponyera kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adapambana pomwe ma SEALs adachita nawo SAS ndi SPEAR pafupi ndi zida zanyukiliya zosuntha, ndikudabwa ngati nkhondo iliyonse ingakhale yosokoneza kapena yakupha kuposa iyi. Mawu ochepa ochokera kwa wolankhulayo anamuuza kuti zimenezi n"zothekadi.
  
  Magalimoto onse atatu, onyamula zida za nyukiliya zisanu ndi chimodzi, anadutsa pazitseko zotsekera pa nthawi imodzi. Zida zachitsulo zinkawulukira paliponse pamene zitseko zong'ambika zinkamira. Magalimoto amadutsa. Amunawo anaukira magalimotowo, akulumphira mkati, akumaganiza kuti angokwera liwiro. Tsopano Drake adawona asitikali awiri aku China akuthamanga chapafupi. Anakhala papulatifomu ndipo adawona Alicia ndi May chapatali pang'ono, akubisala kuseri kwa chimodzi mwazothandizira zamatabwa. Bomba la nyukiliya linaphulika pamene linagunda limodzi mwa maenje akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Drake anakwiya. Ngati chida chachikulu, cholemeracho chitha kumasulidwa ndi kuthyola zingwe, onse akanakhala m"mavuto.
  
  Iwo anatuluka kunja kwa masana ndipo anathamangira. Makilomita 20 pa ola, kenako 30, nsanja zitatuzo zinabangula pamene madalaivala awo ankaponda pa gasi. Kutsogoloku kunali msewu waukulu wotseguka, pafupifupi molunjika potulukira potulukira, pafupifupi makilomita awiri. Tsopano, pokhala pafupi wina ndi mzake, Drake amatha kuyang'ana kuchokera ku galimoto yake kupita ku galimoto ya Dahl, kenako ku Kinimaka. Kuwona zida zazikulu, zosuntha za nyukiliya, anthu akumenyana mbali ndi mbali, anthu akuwombera mfuti, mipeni ndi zibakera zikugwiritsidwa ntchito, anthu akuponyedwa kunja, osapatsidwa kotala, njira yokhotakhota, ndi magalimoto onse atatu akutsika mozungulira, adadabwa kwambiri. core.. Unali umbombo ndi ziwawa, kuwoneratu ku Gahena.
  
  Koma tsopano maganizo ake onse anali pa zisindikizo.
  
  Anayi amphamvu, adaukira SAS poyamba, kupha m'modzi popanda vuto lililonse. Anthu aku Britain adagwirizana ndikubwerera, ndikukakamiza ma SEALs kuti abisale. Amuna anayiwo anathamangira kumbuyo kwa malolewo, akumayembekezera kuti adumphira m"ngalawamo. Mtsogoleri wa SAS, Cambridge, adamenyana ndi dzanja ndi dzanja ndi Navy SEAL ndipo onse adagundidwa. Mai ndi Alicia anali kalikiliki kumenyana ndi alonda ndikuyesera kupeza potsegula mu melee.
  
  Drake anakumana maso ndi maso ndi mtsogoleri wa gulu la SEAL. "Chifukwa chiyani?" - anafunsa.
  
  "Osafunsa mafunso," bamboyo anakwiya kwambiri n"kupita kwa Drake. Mikwingwirima inali yolondola komanso yolimba kwambiri, yofanana kwambiri ndi yake. Iye anatsekereza, anamva kuwawa kwa midadada ija ndipo anamenya mmbuyo. Anamenya mwamphamvu. Mpeni unaoneka m"dzanja la munthu winayo. Drake adawombera ndi zake, ndikuponya zida zonse kumbali ndikuwulukira kutali ndi galimotoyo.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" - anabwereza.
  
  "Mwasokoneza. Iwe ndi timu yako."
  
  "Bwanji?" - Ndidafunsa. Drake adabwerera kuti apeze malo.
  
  "Ndipo chifukwa chiyani zigawenga zikufuna kutipha?" Adafunsa choncho Alicia uku akutulukira kuseri kwa munthu uja.
  
  Anamumenya nthawi yomweyo, kumumenya m"kachisi. Drake adamukankha mu impso ndikumuwona akugwa. Alicia anasuntha phazi kumaso kwake. Onse pamodzi adamponya, akupota, m'madzi.
  
  Msewu unakula patsogolo.
  
  Mai anatumiza alonda awiri. Mwamuna wina wa SAS anaphedwa, ndipo tsopano a British ndi America anali ofanana mphamvu. Atatu motsutsana ndi atatu. Drake adawona achi China awiri omwe adawawona kale akukwawa ngati akangaude pa bomba la nyukiliya.
  
  "Taonani izi!"
  
  Mochedwa kwambiri. Iwo anagwera pa iye.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Dahl ankadziwa kuti akupita ku Romania. Zinali zabwino. Panali pagalimoto mtunda wa theka la ola kuti awaphe asanafike kumeneko.
  
  Iye anamenyana ndi a Chitchaina ndi alonda, anawakankhira kumbuyo ndipo anawapeza akudumpha mmwamba, akufuna zambiri. Anthu a ku China analambalala chitetezo chake, akumenya mwamphamvu ndi kutsala pang'ono kumupachika kawiri ndi zipeni zake zoopsa. Alonda ambiri anamuzungulira. Hayden anayamba kuwataya mgalimotomo mpaka chiwerengero chawo chinachepa.
  
  Kumbuyo kwake, Kenzi adalimbana ndi adani ake omaliza. Makina anali opanda kanthu, ofiira anali akudontha kuchokera ku katana. Anabwerera pansi pa pulatifomu, tsopano akukwenya maso ake pamene Achitchaina awiriwo anabwera kwa iye pamodzi, akunyamula mipeni. Anayankha, akuyendayenda. Anatenga zida. Anadzigwetsa pankhope pawo, kuwadabwitsa. Mfutiyo inadutsa m'manja mwake, ndikuphulitsa bomba la nyukiliya. Anadzipeza ali pafupi ndi mmodzi mwa anyamatawo atamulozetsa mfuti kumaso.
  
  "Zoyipa".
  
  Njira yokhayo inali mmwamba. Iye anakankha dzanja lomwe linali ndi mfutiyo, n"kuitumiza kuti iwuluke, kenako n"kukwera pachigoba cha chida cha nyukiliyacho. Anafika pamwamba, ndikupeza kuti kumtunda kunali kokhotako pang'ono, koma koopsa kulinganiza. M'malo mwake, anakhala moyang'anizana ndi bomba la nyukiliya ali ndi katana m'manja mwake.
  
  "Bwerani ndikutengeni ine!" - iye anakuwa. "Ngati mungayesere."
  
  Iwo ananyamuka mofulumira, mwangwiro mwangwiro. Kenzi anaima pamwamba pa mutu wankhondoyo, akuzunguza lupanga lake, pamene ankamuukira ndi mipeni. Menya ndi kusambira. Anakana, koma adatulutsa magazi. Iye anagunda roketi. Galimotoyo inkagwedezeka pamtunda wa makilomita makumi atatu pa ola limodzi. Anthu aku China adazolowera digiri yapamwamba kwambiri. Kenzi anataya mphamvu, anatsetsereka ndikugweranso pa rocket.
  
  "Oo".
  
  Mphepo yamkuntho inawomba tsitsi lake, lozizira ngati mufiriji. Mpeni unamugwera. Anasintha katana kaja n"kukagwira dzanja lake lina, n"kugwira dzanja lake ndi zala zake n"kuligwetsera m"mbali. Dzanja linathyoka ndipo mpeni unagwa. Anapotozanso thupi motere ndipo adawona likuwuluka kaye mutu mgalimotomo. Munthu wachiwiri anali ataukira kale. Kenzi anabweza katana ku dzanja lake lamanja ndikuilola kuti ifike poyera. Anayang'ana kwakanthawi Kenzi atamuponyera pambali.
  
  Kenako adayang'ana pansi ali pamwamba pa bomba la nyukiliya, tsamba la katana lake likudontha magazi pa omwe akumenyana pansipa.
  
  "Anthu awiri a ku China anaphedwa. Atatu atsala."
  
  Alicia adamuyang'ana ali mgalimoto yake yomwe adapambana, akuwonera nkhondo yomwe ili pamwamba pa zida zankhondo. "Zinkawoneka bwino kwambiri," adatero. "Ndimakhulupiriradi kuti ndili ndi erection."
  
  Dahl adamuyang'ana ali mgalimoto yake yomwe. "Inenso".
  
  Koma kenako mutuwo unayamba kuyenda.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMAKUMI NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Dahl nthawi yomweyo adawona kusinthako, adawona zingwe ziwiri zomwe adakwanitsa kumasula zikuyenda ndi mphepo, kenako wachitatu adagawanika ngati gulu la rabara lopenga kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, akumenya mwamphamvu motsutsana ndi zida zanyukiliya komanso pansi pa nsanja. Ndi chiwombankhanga choyamba champhamvu, iye anagunda mlonda m"mimba, kumpangitsa iye kuwuluka, mikono akimbo, molunjika kuchokera m"mbali mwa galimotoyo ndi kugunda matayala akumbuyo a amene akuyendetsa pafupi naye akuloza opanda kanthu. Dahl adagonja pazotsatira.
  
  Bomba la nyukiliya linasunthanso. Dal anamva chifunga chofiyira chikutsika pa iye pamene Kenzi ankavutika pamwamba pake ndipo Hayden ankavutika pansi pa mthunzi wake, osadziwa chomwe chikubwera. Anakuwa ndi kubangula koma sizinaphule kanthu. Mkokomo wa matayala, kukuwa, kukhazikika kofunikira pankhondo; zonsezi zidasokoneza kumva kwawo. Analumphira kwa wolankhulayo.
  
  "Sumukani." Bomba la nyukiliya latsala pang"ono kuphulika!"
  
  Kenzi anayang'ana pansi. "Tipite kuti? Mukutanthauza kunyamuka?"
  
  "Ayi!"
  
  Kumapeto kwa tether yake, waku Sweden adathamanga ngati wamisala pafupi ndi Hayden ndikukankhira phewa lake motsutsana ndi kuchuluka kodabwitsa kwa projectile. "Bomba la nyukiliya likugwa!"
  
  Hayden adagubuduka mwachangu, komanso mlonda uja. Wankhondo anasuntha inchi ina. Dahl adamukweza ndi mphamvu iliyonse yomwe adapezapo, minofu yonse ikulira.
  
  Kugogoda kwakukulu kunamveka pafupi ndi iye.
  
  Zoyipa.
  
  Koma anali Kenzi, atagwirabe katana uja uku akumwetulira mwachipongwe. "Zowopsa, ndiwe ngwazi yopenga. Kodi ukuganiza kuti ukhoza kusunga izi kwa mphindi imodzi yokha?"
  
  "Um, pa. Osati kwenikweni."
  
  "Ndiye sunthani."
  
  Wopenga wa ku Sweden adamira molondola.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake ndi Alicia adakwanitsa kutenga sekondi imodzi kuti agawane nawo pachiwonetserocho.
  
  "Kodi Dal akuchita chiyani?" Adafunsa choncho Alicia. "Kodi akukumbatira bomba lalikulu la nyukiliya?"
  
  "Usakhale wopusa," Drake adadzuka, akugwedeza mutu. "Mwachiwonekere akumupsompsona."
  
  Kenako Drake adalumphira kumbali kuti athandize anyamata a SAS, adalanda SEAL kwa mnyamatayo ndikumuponya pansi pa bomba la nyukiliya. Thupi lonse la munthuyo linagwedezeka. Iwo anasinthana nkhonya, ndiyeno CHISINDIKIZO chinagona chikomokere, chafufumimba, koma chamoyo. Drake anafuna kuzisiya choncho.
  
  SEAL wina adamwalira, ndikutsatiridwa ndi msirikali wa SAS, onse adabaya pafupi. Cambridge ndi mnyamatayo ndizo zonse zomwe zatsala. Iwo adagwirizana ndi Drake kuti amenyane ndi SEAL yomaliza. Pa nthawi yomweyo Alicia ndi May anagwirizana nawo. Galimotoyo inagunda mumsewu wafumbi, ndipo inagunda nebayo kamodzi n"kunyamuka. Kugunda kumeneku kunapangitsa kuti bomba la nyukiliya la Dahl likhazikike ndikuliteteza kuzinthu zake zazikulu. Magalimoto onse atatu, ngati imodzi, adadutsa pachipata chotuluka ndikupitilira kuyendetsa, kulunjika ku Romania. Zitsulo ndi konkire zinawonongeka kotheratu, zikung"ambika uku ndi uku. Panthawiyi, ndege za helikoputala zinali zitanyamuka n"kumauluka motsatira magalimoto aja, ndipo amuna onyamula zida zamphamvu anali atatsamira pakhomo n"kumayang"anitsitsa oyendetsa.
  
  Drake adayimitsa kuukira kwa SEAL. "Dikirani. Ndinu msilikali wankhondo wapadera. Akazi aku America. N"chifukwa chiyani mukufuna kutipha?"
  
  Kunena zoona, iye sankayembekezera kuti amuyankha, koma munthuyo anayankha mwaukali. Adatulutsa Cambridge kenako adamaliza Drake. Mnyamata wa SAS adagwa pambali pake. SEAL inali yankhanza komanso yopanda chifundo, ikupereka nkhonya pambuyo pomenyedwa. Koma kenako Mai anatembenuka kuyang'anizana naye.
  
  Panadutsa masekondi asanu ndi atatu ndipo ndewu inatha. Apanso anamusiya wamoyo, akubuula mulu, atatenga zida.
  
  Drake adatembenukira ku Cambridge. "Sindingathe kufotokoza momwe timayamikirira thandizo lanu, Major. Pepani chifukwa cha kutayika kwa anthu anu. Koma chonde, ngati mukufuna, asiyeni anthuwa, akungotsatira zomwe adalamula.
  
  Zisindikizo ziwiri zomwe zidapulumuka zidayang'ana m'mwamba, kudabwa ndipo mwina kudabwitsidwa.
  
  Cambridge anagwedeza mutu. "Ndikumvetsa ndipo ndikugwirizana nawe, Drake. Pamapeto pake, tonsefe ndife onyada."
  
  Drake adachita mantha. "Chabwino, ayi. Boma la America linangofuna kutipha. Sindikuwona njira yobwerera kuchokera ku izi.
  
  Cambridge adachita mantha. "Menyani kumbuyo."
  
  Drake anamwetulira mwachisoni. "Mwamuna wa pamtima wanga. Zinali zabwino kukumana nawe, Major Cambridge. "
  
  "Ndipo iwe, Matt Drake."
  
  Adagwedeza mutu Mai ndi Alicia, kenako adayenda mosamalitsa kulowera kumbuyo kwa lole ija. Drake adamuwona akuchoka, akuyang'ana kukhazikika kwa mutu wankhondo nthawi yomweyo. Zonse zinkawoneka bwino.
  
  "Kodi ukudziwa kuti adzabweranso kudzatenga lupanga?" Adatelo Alicia.
  
  "Inde, koma ukudziwa chiyani? sindichita manyazi. Lupanga la ku Mars ndiloling"ono kwambiri mwa mavuto athu." Adayatsa kulumikizana. "Hayden? Mpaka pati? Muli bwanji kumeneko?"
  
  "Chabwino," anayankha Hayden. "Womaliza mwa aku China adangodumpha kumene. Ndikupita kukafuna lupanga."
  
  Kenzi anaseka. "Ayi, adandiwona ndikuchita."
  
  "Si tonse?" Drake anamwetulira. "Sindingayiwale kwa nthawi yayitali."
  
  Alicia adamumenya paphewa pake. "Khalani chete, msirikali. Nthawi ina mukafuna kuti ndiike bomba la nyukiliya pakati pa miyendo yanga. "
  
  "Ayi, osadandaula," adatero Drake, akutembenuka. Ndidzakuchitirani nthawi ina.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Ma helicopterswo ankanyoza, kuopseza ndi kukopa madalaivala kuti achepetse magalimoto awo. N"zoona kuti poyamba sizinathandize, koma munthu wina ataponya chipolopolo champhamvu kwambiri pagalasi lina la kutsogolo, anthu amene ankaganiza kuti sangawagwire, mwadzidzidzi anayamba kukayikira. Patadutsa mphindi zitatu, magalimotowo anatsika pang'onopang'ono, manja atatuluka m'mawindo, ndipo magalimoto onse anaima.
  
  Drake adapezanso mphamvu, adazolowera kusuntha kosalekeza komanso kutsogolo. Analumphira pansi, pozindikira kuti njira yolankhulirana inakhalapo mwadzidzidzi, ndipo tsopano anali kuyang'anitsitsa kwambiri oyendetsa ake.
  
  Panalibe phokoso lochokera kwa wolankhulayo. Washington, nthawi ino, adakhala chete.
  
  Gululi linasonkhana pambuyo powononga mahedifoni awo. Iwo anakhala pa phiri laudzu moyang'anizana ndi zombo zitatu zoponya mizinga, akumadabwa chimene dziko ndi makhalidwe ake oipa kwambiri adzawaponyera iwo pambuyo pake.
  
  Drake anayang'ana woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Kodi mungatikweretse kupita ku Romania?"
  
  Maso a munthuyu sanagwedezeke. "Ndithudi," iye anatero. "Sindikumvetsa chifukwa chake. Mulimonsemo, zida za nyukiliya zimatumizidwa kumeneko kuti zikasungidwe m"munsi. Tikhala ndi mwayi."
  
  Onse pamodzi anasiya bwalo lina lankhondo.
  
  Onse pamodzi anakhalabe amphamvu.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Maola angapo pambuyo pake, gululo linachoka ku nyumba yotetezeka ya ku Romania ndikukwera basi yopita ku Transylvania, kutsika pafupi ndi Bran Castle, komwe akuyenera kukhala a Count Dracula. Kumeneko, pakati pa mitengo italiitali ndi mapiri aatali, anapeza nyumba ya alendo yamdima, yabata ndipo anakhazikikamo. Magetsi anali amdima. Gululi tsopano linali litavala zovala za anthu wamba zomwe zinatengedwa kuchokera ku nyumba yotetezeka, ndipo zinkanyamula zida ndi zida zomwe akanatha kunyamula, komanso ndalama zabwino kuchokera kuchitetezo chomwe Yorgi adatenga. Analibe pasipoti, opanda zikalata, kapena makadi ozindikiritsa.
  
  Anasonkhana m"chipinda chimodzi. Anthu khumi, palibe kulumikizana. Anthu khumi akuthawa boma la America sadziwa amene angadalire. Palibe malo omveka bwino oti mutembenukire. Palibenso SPEAR komanso maziko achinsinsi. Palibe ofesi ku Pentagon, palibe nyumba ku Washington. Mabanja amene anali nawo anali opitirira zimene analoledwa. Ma Contacts omwe angagwiritse ntchito akhoza kusokonezedwa.
  
  Dziko lonse lapansi lasintha chifukwa cha dongosolo losadziwika bwino, losamvetsetseka la nthambi yayikulu.
  
  "Chakudza ndi chiyani?" Smith anadzutsa kaye nkhaniyi, mawu ake ali pansi mchipindamo munali mdima.
  
  "Choyamba timamaliza ntchitoyo," adatero Hayden. "The Order of the Last Judgment anafuna kuwononga dziko mwa kubisa zida zinayi zoopsa. Nkhondo, chifukwa cha Hannibal, yemwe anali chida chachikulu. Kugonjetsa mothandizidwa ndi Genghis Khan, yomwe inali nambala yofunika kwambiri yomwe tidawononga. Njala, kudzera mwa Geronimo, chomwe chinali chida chachilengedwe. Ndipo potsiriza, Imfa, kupyolera mwa Attila, yemwe anali ndi zida zisanu ndi chimodzi za nyukiliya. Pamodzi zida izi zikanachepetsa dziko lathu momwe tikudziwira kuti liwonongeke komanso chipwirikiti. Ndikuganiza kuti titha kunena molimba mtima kuti sitingathe kuwopseza. "
  
  "Ndi mapeto okhawo omasuka ndi Lupanga la Mars," adatero Lauren. "Tsopano m'manja mwa aku China kapena aku Britain."
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndife," adatero Drake. "SAS idatipulumutsa kumeneko ndipo tinataya amuna abwino. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Cambridge sadzadzudzulidwa. "
  
  "Kupita patsogolo ..." Dahl adatero. "Ngakhale ife sitingachite zimenezi tokha. Pele ino ncinzi ncotweelede kucita? Ndipo chachiwiri, tingadalire ndani kuti atithandize kuchita zimenezi?"
  
  "Chabwino, choyamba tipeza chimene chinapangitsa Achimereka kutitembenukira," anatero Hayden. "Ndikuganiza kuti opaleshoni ya ku Peru ndi ... zinthu zina ... zomwe zinachitika. Kodi ndi anthu ochepa chabe amphamvu otitsutsa? Gulu logawanika lomwe limalimbikitsa ena? Sindikukhulupirira ngakhale pang'ono kuti Coburn akanavomereza izi. "
  
  "Mukunena kuti tizicheza mwachinsinsi ndi Purezidenti?" Drake anafunsa.
  
  Hayden anagwedeza mutu. "Kulekeranji?"
  
  "Ndipo ngati ndi gulu logawanika," adatero Dahl. "Timawawononga."
  
  "Moyo," anatero Mai. "Njira yokhayo yopulumutsira izi ndikugwira adani athu amoyo."
  
  Gululo linakhala m'chipinda chachikulu m'malo osiyanasiyana, makataniwo adakokedwa mwamphamvu, kuwateteza ku usiku wosasunthika. Pakatikati pa Romania adalankhula. Zokonzedwa. Posakhalitsa zinaonekeratu kuti analidi ndi chuma, koma zinthuzo zinali zochepa. Drake amatha kuwawerengera pa dzanja limodzi.
  
  "Ndipite kuti?" Kenzi anafunsa akugwirabe katana kake kwinaku akusiya kuti blade ive mu kuwala kocheperako.
  
  "Pitirizani," adatero Drake. "Nthawi zonse tikupita patsogolo."
  
  "Ngati tisiya," adatero Dahl. "Tikufa."
  
  Alicia anamugwira dzanja Drake. "Ndipo ndimaganiza kuti masiku anga othawa atha."
  
  "Izi nzosiyana," iye anatero, kenako anausa moyo. "Ndithu, mukudziwa zimenezo. Pepani."
  
  "Zonse zili bwino. Zopusa koma zokongola. Pomalizira pake ndinazindikira kuti uwu ndi mtundu wanga."
  
  "Kodi izi zikutanthauza kuti tikuthawa?" Kenzi anafunsa. "Chifukwa ndimafuna kusiya zonse."
  
  "Tithana nazo". Dahl adatsamira pafupi naye. "Ndikukulonjezani. Inenso ndili ndi ana anga musaiwale. Ndidzawagonjetsera chilichonse."
  
  "Sunatchule mkazi wako."
  
  Dahl anayang'ana kenako anakhala pampando wake, kuganiza. Drake adawona Kensi akuyandikira pang'ono ku Sweden wamkulu. Anazichotsa m'maganizo mwake ndikuyang'ana mozungulira chipindacho.
  
  "Mawa ndi tsiku lina," iye anatero. "Mukufuna mupite kaye kuti?"
  
  
  TSIRIZA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  David Leadbeater
  Pafupi ndi Armagedo
  
  
  MUTU WOYAMBA
  
  
  Julian Marsh nthawizonse wakhala munthu wamitundu yosiyana. Mbali imodzi ndi yakuda, ina ndi imvi... ad infinitum. Zodabwitsa ndizakuti, sanawonetse chidwi chilichonse chifukwa chake adasinthika mosiyana ndi ena onse, adangovomereza, adaphunzira kukhala nawo, adasangalala nazo. M'lingaliro lililonse izi zidamupangitsa kukhala chinthu chosangalatsa; zinachotsa chidwi pa machenjerero omwe anali kuseri kwa maso owoneka bwino ndi tsitsi la mchere ndi tsabola. Marichi nthawi zonse amakhala opambana - mwanjira ina.
  
  Mkati mwake munalinso munthu wina. Kukhazikika kwamkati kunayika chidwi chake pachinthu chimodzi. Mwezi uno chinali chifukwa cha Pythians, kapena makamaka zomwe zidatsala. Gulu lachilendo linamukopa ndipo kenako linasungunuka momuzungulira. Tyler Webb anali wokonda psychopathic mega-stalker kuposa mtsogoleri wa cabalist. Koma a Marsh adakondwera ndi mwayi wodzipangira yekha, ndikupanga mapangidwe ake, owoneka bwino. Ku gehena ndi Zoe Shears ndi aliyense yemwe anali adakali mkati mwampatuko, komanso ku gehena yozama kwambiri ndi Nicholas Bell. Womangidwa, womangidwa m'manja komanso wothiridwa madzi, mosakayikira yemwe amagwira ntchito yomangayo akadapereka zonse kwa akuluakulu kuti amuchotsere ngakhale pang'ono chilango chake.
  
  Kwa Marsh, tsogolo limawoneka lowala, ngakhale linali lowala pang'ono. Panali mbali ziwiri pa nkhani iliyonse, ndipo iye anali munthu wa mbali ziwiri. Titasiya mwachisoni ku Ramses Bazaar, tidakonda kwambiri ma pavilions ndi zopereka zawo zonse - Marichi adapita kumwamba mothandizidwa ndi helikopita yamtundu waphompho. Pothamangira, iye mwamsanga anaika maganizo ake pa ulendo watsopano umene unali m'tsogolo.
  
  NEW YORK.
  
  Marsh adayesa chipangizocho kumbali yake, akuchisunthira pafupi, osadziŵa zomwe adawona koma ali ndi chidaliro pa zomwe angachite. Mwana ameneyu ndiye anali chida chachikulu chochitira malonda. Adadi wamkulu wokhudzika kwathunthu. Ndani angatsutse bomba la nyukiliya? Marsh anasiya chipangizocho chokha, kuyang'ana chikwama chakunja ndikumasula zomangira pamapewa kuti zigwirizane ndi chimango chake cholemera. N"zoona kuti anafunika kuyesa chinthucho n"kutsimikizira kuti ndi choona. Ndipotu, mabomba ambiri akhoza kuphikidwa kuti awoneke ngati sanali, ngati wophikayo anali wokwanira. Pokhapokha pomwe White House idagwada.
  
  Risky, mbali ina yake idatero. Zowopsa.
  
  Koma zosangalatsa! winayo anaumirira. Ndipo zinali zoyenera kupha poizoni pang'ono, chifukwa chake.
  
  March anaseka yekha. Chipongwe chotere. Koma kauntala yaing'ono ya Geiger yomwe anabwera nayo inakhala chete, kukulitsa kulimba mtima kwake.
  
  Koma kunena zoona ndithu, kuyenda pandege sikunali kwake. Inde, panali chisangalalo, koma panalinso mwayi wa imfa yotentha - ndipo pakali pano izo sizinamusangalatse. Mwina nthawi ina. Marsh adakhala maola ambiri ovutitsa akukonzekera ntchitoyi, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti mayendedwe onse ali m'malo mwake komanso otetezeka momwe angathere, ngakhale atapatsidwa malo omwe angayime, lingalirolo linali loseketsa.
  
  Tiyeni titenge pakali pano mwachitsanzo. Iwo anali kulunjika pansi pa nkhalango ya Amazon popita ku Colombia. Panali munthu akumuyembekezera - oposa mmodzi, kwenikweni, ndipo Marsh adasindikiza umunthu wake pamsonkhanowo poumirira kuti avale zoyera. Kungololedwa pang'ono, koma kofunikira kwa Pythia.
  
  Kodi zonsezi ndili pano?
  
  Marsh anaseka mokweza, zomwe zinapangitsa woyendetsa helikoputala kuyang'ana uku ndi uku ndi alamu.
  
  "Zonse zili bwino?" - anafunsa munthu wowonda ndi zipsera.
  
  "Chabwino, zimatengera malingaliro anu." March anaseka. "Ndipo muli ndi malingaliro angati? Ndimakonda kusangalatsa kuposa imodzi. Inu?"
  
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anatembenuka, akumalankhula zosamveka. March anapukusa mutu. Zikanakhala kuti anthu ambiri osasamba akanadziwa zomwe mphamvuzo zinkawayendera, kuthamangitsidwa ndi kugwedezeka pansi pawo, osasamala kapena osamvera za chisokonezo chomwe chinayambitsa.
  
  Marsh adawona zomwe zili pansipa, ndikudabwa kwa nthawi ya miliyoni ngati malowa olowera ku United States anali njira yoyenera. Pamene zidafika, panali njira ziwiri zokha - kudzera ku Canada kapena ku Mexico. Dziko lotsirizirali linali pafupi ndi Amazon ndipo linali lodzala ndi ziphuphu; odzaza ndi anthu omwe atha kulipidwa kuti awathandize ndikutseka pakamwa pawo. Canada idapereka malo ochepa otetezedwa kwa anthu ngati Marsh, koma sizinali zokwanira ndipo sizinayandikire kufananiza kusiyanasiyana komwe kunalipo ku South America. Pamene malo onyansa akupitiriza kufalikira pansipa, Marsh adapeza malingaliro ake akuyendayenda.
  
  Mnyamatayo anakulira m'malo abwino, ali ndi zambiri m'kamwa mwake kuposa supuni yasiliva; kwambiri ngati golide wolimba. Masukulu abwino koposa ndi aphunzitsi abwino koposa-oŵerenga "abwino koposa" monga "wokondedwa kwambiri," Marsh nthaŵi zonse anali kuwongolera-anayesa kumuika panjira yolondola , koma analephera." Mwinamwake kukhala m"sukulu yabwinoko kukanathandiza, koma makolo ake anali olemera. Marsh analeredwa ndi antchito ndipo adawona makolo ake makamaka panthawi ya chakudya ndi madyerero apamwamba, kumene adalamulidwa kuti asalankhule. Ndipo nthawi zonse kumwetulira kwake wolakwa mayi yemwe amadziwa kuti mwana wake wakula wopanda chikondi komanso yekha, koma sanathe kudziletsa yekha mwanjira iliyonse. mwana wachilendo."
  
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo analankhula, ndipo Marsh sanamvere. "Ndinenenso?"
  
  "Tikuyandikira ku Cali, bwana. Colombia."
  
  Marsh adatsamira pansi ndikuwona zomwe zikuchitika pansipa. Mzinda wa Cali umadziwika kuti ndi umodzi mwa mizinda yachiwawa kwambiri ku America komanso nyumba ya Cali Cartel, imodzi mwa ogulitsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi a cocaine. Patsiku lililonse wamba, munthu ngati Marsh amatenga moyo wake m'manja mwake, akuyenda m'misewu yakumbuyo ya El Calvario, pomwe ma ragamuffin amasakaza m'misewu kuti achotse zinyalala ndikugona m'nyumba za flophouse, komwe anthu akumaloko amavutika kutchedwa "malo olekerera" polola kugulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso kugonana kungathe kuyenda bwino ndi apolisi ochepa.
  
  Marsh adadziwa kuti awa ndi malo ake ndi bomba lake la nyukiliya.
  
  Atakhala pansi, woyendetsa ndegeyo adawonetsa Marsh galimoto yotuwa yotuwa momwe munali amuna atatu onenepa kwambiri okhala ndi maso ozizira, akufa komanso nkhope zosawoneka. Mosakayikira ali ndi mfuti, anamuperekeza Marsh m"galimotomo ndi moni wachidule. Kenako adadutsa m'misewu yonyowa, yodzaza ndi anthu, nyumba zauve ndi ma awnings adzimbiri, akupereka diso lake lophunzitsidwa njira ina ya dziko lapansi, malo omwe gawo la anthu "adayandama" kuchokera mnyumba imodzi kupita ku ina, popanda nyumba yokhazikika. March adabwerera mmbuyo pang'ono, podziwa kuti alibe zonena zomwe zidachitika. Kuyimitsa uku kunali kofunikira, komabe, ngati akufuna kuzembetsa zida zanyukiliya ku US, ndipo zinali zoyenera pachiwopsezo chilichonse. Ndipo zowonadi, Marsh adawoneka ngati wosalowerera ndale momwe angathere, ali ndi zidule zingapo m'mikono yake yokongola.
  
  Galimotoyo inadutsa m"zitunda zina zokutidwa ndi chifunga, ndipo kenako inasanduka kanjira kakang"ono ndipo kutsogolo kwake kunali nyumba yaikulu yabata. Ulendowu unali utayenda mwakachetechete, koma tsopano mmodzi wa alonda anatembenukira ku Marsh.
  
  "Ife tiri pano".
  
  "Mwachiwonekere. Koma "pano" ndi kuti?
  
  Osati mopanda ulemu kwambiri. Osati monyengerera kwambiri. Sungani zonse pamodzi.
  
  "Tenga chikwama chako." Mlondayo analumpha natsegula chitseko. "Bambo Navarro akukuyembekezerani."
  
  March anagwedeza mutu. Linali dzina loyenera ndi malo oyenera. Sanakhale pano nthawi yayitali, motalika kokwanira kuti atsimikizire kuti mayendedwe ake otsatira komanso komwe amapitako kunali kosalala komanso kotetezeka. Anatsatira mlondayo pansi pa kanjira kakang"ono kamene kamangogwa ndi nkhungu kenako n"kukalowa pakhomo lamdima la nyumba ina yakale. Munalibe magetsi mkati, ndipo maonekedwe a mzukwa umodzi kapena ziwiri zakale sizikanakhala zodabwitsa kapena zodetsa nkhawa. Marsh nthawi zambiri ankawona mizukwa yakale mumdima ndikuyankhula nayo.
  
  Mlondayo analoza potsegula kumanja. Munalipirira chipinda chaumwini kwa maola anayi. Lowani mkati molunjika."
  
  March adaweramitsa mutu wake mothokoza ndikukankhira chitseko cholemera. "Ndinapemphanso chilolezo chokwerera thiransipoti yotsatira. Helicopter?"
  
  "Inde. Ndi zabwinonso. Ndiimbireni pa intercom nthawi ikakwana ndipo ndidzakuwonetsani m"nyumbamo."
  
  March anagwedeza mutu ndi chikhutiro. Ndalama zomwe adalipira kupitilira zomwe zimafunikira kuti apereke ntchito yabwinoko, ndipo mpaka pano, zatero. Zoonadi, kulipira zambiri kuposa mtengo wofunsidwa kunadzutsanso kukayikira, koma kuopsa kwake kunali kotere.
  
  Mbali ziwiri kachiwiri, iye anaganiza. Yin ndi yang. Dambo ndi madambo. Zakuda ndi... zakuda zonyezimira kapezi zinadutsa...
  
  Mkati mwa chipindacho munali wapamwamba. Kumbali yakutali munali sofa yapakona yopangidwa ndi zikopa zakuda komanso zozama kwambiri. Chapafupipo panali tebulo lagalasi lokhala ndi karafu ya zakumwa, vinyo ndi mizimu, pamene pakona ina munali makina opereka khofi ndi tiyi. Zokhwasula-khwasula zimayalidwa patebulo lagalasi. Marsh adamwetulira zonsezi.
  
  Zabwino, koma kwakanthawi kochepa. Zabwino.
  
  Anathiramo khofi lamphamvu kwambiri n"kudikirira pang"ono kuti atuluke. Kenako adakhazikika pampando ndikutulutsa laputopu yake, ndikuyika chikwama chake mosamala pamiyala yachikopa yomwe ili pafupi ndi iye. M'mbuyomu bomba la nyukiliya linali lisanaphulitsidwe motere, anaganiza, mwachidule akudzifunsa ngati adzipangira yekha mowa. Zoonadi, kwa mwamuna ngati Marsh, izi sizinali zovuta, ndipo m"mphindi zochepa chabe munali kapu yotentha m"chikwama ndi kapu yaing"ono yokhala ndi chisanu pambali.
  
  March anamwetulira. Zonse zinali zabwino.
  
  Ndinafufuza pa Intaneti; maimelo otsimikizira adamudziwitsa kuti helikopita ya Forward idalowa kale ku Colombia. Palibe mbendera yomwe inali itakwezedwa kulikonse, koma maola ochepa okha anali atadutsa chichokereni m"baza. Marsh anamaliza chakumwa chake ndikulongedza kachikwama kakang'ono ka masangweji oti apite ulendo wotsatira, kenako adadina batani la intercom.
  
  Ndakonzeka kuchoka.
  
  Patadutsa mphindi makumi awiri ndipo analinso mumlengalenga, ndege ya chikwama cha nyukiliya idapindika koma yabwino. Anali akupita ku Panama, komwe amakamaliza maulendo ake achangu ndikuyamba ulendo wotopetsa waulendo wake wodutsa pamtunda. Woyendetsa ndegeyo anadutsa mumlengalenga ndi kudutsa kulikonse, mopambana pa zomwe anachita, ndipo analipidwa ndalama zambiri chifukwa cha izo. Pamene ndondomeko ya Panama inayamba kuonekera pawindo lakumanzere, Marsh anayamba kuzindikira kuti anali pafupi kwambiri ndi United States of America.
  
  Kukubwera chimphepo chamkuntho, anthu, ndipo sichichoka mosavuta ...
  
  Anakhazikika ku Panama City kwa maola angapo, anasintha zovala kawiri ndikusamba kanayi, nthawi iliyonse ndi shampu yonunkhira yosiyana. Fungo lake linasakanizika mokoma ndi kugonjetsa fungo losamveka bwino la thukuta. Anadya chakudya cham'mawa ndi chamasana, ngakhale kuti inali nthawi ya chakudya chamadzulo, ndipo ankamwa magalasi atatu a vinyo, aliyense kuchokera ku botolo losiyana ndi mtundu wosiyana. Moyo unali wabwino. Mawonekedwe akunja kwa zenera adakhala osasinthika komanso osalimbikitsa, motero a Marsh adatulutsa bokosi la milomo yomwe adasunga pamwambo wotere ndikupenta galasi lofiira kwambiri. Zimenezi zinathandiza kwa kanthawi ndithu. Marsh ndiye adayamba kuganiza momwe zingakhalire kunyambita gululo kukhala loyera, koma panthawiyo kulira kwa uthenga womwe umalowa kudasokoneza maloto ake.
  
  Nthawi yoti mufike ndi mphindi 15.
  
  March anapanga grimace, wokondwa koma wodandaula nthawi yomweyo. Ulendo wa maola 40 unali patsogolo m"misewu ina yoipitsitsa kwambiri m"derali. Lingaliro ili silingakhale lolimbikitsa. Komabe, ikamalizidwa, gawo lotsatira lidzakhala losangalatsa kwambiri. March anasonkhanitsa zinthu zake, anakonza khofi nyemba, vinyo mabotolo ndi mbale mu dongosolo la mtundu, mawonekedwe ndi kukula, ndiyeno anatuluka.
  
  Magalimoto a SUV anali kuyembekezera, akuyenda m'mphepete mwa msewu, ndipo amawoneka omasuka modabwitsa. Marsh anawola bomba la nyukiliya, namanga lamba wake wapampando, ndiyeno anadzisamalira yekha. Dalaivala adacheza pang'ono asanazindikire kuti Marsh samasamala za moyo wake waung'ono, ndipo adakwera kumbuyo. Msewu unkapita patsogolo kwambiri.
  
  Maola anadutsa. SUV inagwedezeka, kenako inagwedezeka, kenako inagwedezekanso, kuyima kangapo kuti ifufuze gasi ndi malo. Dalaivala sangaike pachiwopsezo chokokedwa pamlandu wawung'ono. Ndipotu, inali galimoto ina chabe pakati pa ambiri, kuwala kwina kwa moyo woyenda mumsewu wamuyaya wopita kumalo osadziwika, ndipo ngati ikanakhala yosadabwitsa, ikadadutsa mosadziŵika.
  
  Kenako Monterrey anali patsogolo. March anamwetulira kwambiri, wotopa koma wokondwa, chifukwa ulendo wautali unali utatha.
  
  Chikwama cha nyukiliya chinali pafupi naye, tsopano patangotsala maola ochepa kuchokera kumalire a US.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIWIRI
  
  
  March anapitiriza ulendo wake mumdima wandiweyani. Anali malo amene chirichonse chingapambanidwe kapena kutayika; chinthu chosadziwika, chomwe chinakwezedwa pamtengo wosayerekezeka ndi mabwana a cartel akumaloko, adabweretsedwa pachithunzipa. Ndani anganene maganizo a anthu oterowo? Ndani ankadziwa zomwe akanachita kenako?
  
  Ndithudi osati iwo^kapena Julian Marsh. Ananyamulidwa mwamanyazi pamodzi ndi anthu ena khumi ndi awiri kumbuyo kwa lole yopita kumalire. Penapake m"njira, galimoto imeneyi inatuluka mumsewu waukulu n"kuzimiririka mumdima. Palibe magetsi, palibe zizindikiro, dalaivala ankadziwa njira iyi atatsekedwa m'maso - ndipo ndi zabwino kuti ankadziwa.
  
  Marsh anaima kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, kumvetsera macheza komanso kusakhutira kwa mabanjawo. Kukula kwa dongosolo lake kunali patsogolo pake. Nthawi yomwe adafika ku New York sinafike posachedwa. Pamene galimotoyo inachita mabuleki ndipo zitseko zakumbuyo zinatseguka ndi mahinji opaka mafuta, iye anatuluka kaye n"kukayang"ana mtsogoleri wa asilikali amene anali kulondera.
  
  "Diablo," adatero, pogwiritsa ntchito mawu achinsinsi omwe amadziwika kuti ndi munthu wapaulendo wa VIP komanso kuti adavomera kulipira. Bamboyo anagwedeza mutu, koma kenaka sanamumvere, naloŵetsa aliyense m"kagulu kakang"ono pansi pa nthambi zotambalala za mtengo womwe unali patali.
  
  "Ndikofunikira tsopano," adatero m'Chisipanishi, "kusuntha mwakachetechete, osanena kalikonse ndikuchita zomwe wauzidwa. Ngati suchita izi, ndikudula pakhosi. Ukundimvetsa?"
  
  Marsh anayang'ana pamene munthuyo anakumana ndi anthu onse, kuphatikizapo ake. Kugubako kunayamba patapita nthawi pang"ono, m"msewu wokhala ndi mikwingwirima komanso m"nkhalango zamitengo. Kuwala kwa mwezi kunkawoneka pamwamba, ndipo mtsogoleri wa ku Mexico nthawi zambiri ankadikirira mpaka mitambo itabisa kuwalako asanapitirize. Mawu oŵerengeka kwambiri analankhulidwa, ndipo aja okha ndi amuna okhala ndi mfuti, koma mwadzidzidzi Marsh anadzipeza akulakalaka kuti akanatha kulankhula Chispanya pang"ono-kapena mwinamwake kwambiri.
  
  Anayenda movutikira pakati pa mzerewo, osalabadira nkhope zamantha zomwe zidamuzungulira. Pambuyo pa ola limodzi adachepa, ndipo Marsh adawona chigwa chamchenga chomwe chili ndi mitengo yochepa, mitengo ya cacti ndi zomera zina zingapo. Gulu lonselo linazembera pansi.
  
  "Zabwino mpaka pano," mtsogoleriyo ananong"ona. Koma tsopano ndi gawo lovuta kwambiri. A Border Patrol sangathe kuyang'anira malire onse nthawi zonse, koma amafufuza mwachisawawa. Nthawi zonse. Ndipo inu, "adagwedeza mutu pa Marichi," adapempha kuwoloka Diablo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwakonzeka kuchita izi.
  
  March adaseka. Iye sankadziwa chimene mnyamata wamng'onoyo ankanena. Komabe, posakhalitsa anthu anayamba kuzimiririka, aliyense ali ndi kagulu kakang"ono ka anthu osamukira kudziko lina, mpaka Marsh yekha, mtsogoleri, ndi mlonda mmodzi anatsala.
  
  "Ndine Gomez," adatero mtsogoleriyo. "Uyu ndi Lopez. Tikuwongolerani bwino mumsewuwu. "
  
  "Nanga bwanji anyamata amenewo?" Marsh adagwedeza mutu kwa othawa kwawo omwe adachoka, ndikuyika mawu ake abodza aku America.
  
  "Amangolipira zikwi zisanu pamutu." Gomez anachitapo kanthu. Amaika pangozi zipolopolo. Osadandaula, ukhoza kutikhulupirira."
  
  Marsh ananjenjemera ataona kumwetulira konyengako kokhazikika pankhope ya womutsogolerayo. Inde, ulendo wonse unayenda bwino kwambiri moti sakanayembekezera kuti upitirira. Funso linali lakuti: Kodi adzamuukira liti?
  
  "Tiyeni tilowe mumsewu," adatero. "Ndikumva kuyang'ana mwachidwi apa."
  
  Gomez sanathe kuthandizira kung'ung'udza kwa nkhawa komwe kudawoneka pankhope yake, ndipo Lopez adayang'ana mdima womwe udamuzungulira. Monga mmodzi, amuna awiriwo anamutsogolera kum"mawa, pang"ono pang"ono, koma kumalire. March adapita patsogolo, akudumpha mwadala ndikuwoneka osakwanira. Panthawi ina, Lopez adamuthandizanso, zomwe Marsh adalemba pambuyo pake, ndikuzilemba ngati zofooka. Iye sanali katswiri, koma akaunti yakubanki yopanda malire inali itamulola iye kupitirira misampha yakuthupi, zochitika za akatswiri a masewera a karati padziko lonse ndi omwe kale anali asilikali apadera pakati pawo. Marsh ankadziwa zidule zingapo, ngakhale zinali zokongola bwanji.
  
  Anayenda kwa nthawi ndithu, chipululu chinawazungulira, pafupifupi chete. Pamene phiri linkawonekera kutsogolo, Marsh anali wokonzeka kuyamba kukwera, koma Gomez anaima ndikuwonetsa chinthu chomwe sakadachiwonapo. Kumene dothi lamchenga limakumana ndi mapiri otsetsereka pang'ono, timitengo ting'onoting'ono tidakumana ndi tchire. Komabe, Gomez sanapite kumalo amenewa, koma anayenda mosamala masitepe makumi atatu kupita kumanja, kenako ena khumi kukwera potsetsereka kwambiri. Atafika kumeneko, Lopez adayang'ana malowa mosamalitsa.
  
  "Oyera," iye anatero pomalizira pake.
  
  Kenako Gomez anapeza chingwe chokwiriridwa ndikuyamba kukoka. Marsh anawona kachigawo kakang'ono ka phiri kakukwera, kusuntha miyala ndi burashi kuti iwonetse dzenje laling'ono la munthu lomwe linasemedwa mu mwala wamoyo. Gomez adalowa mkati, kenako Lopez adaloza mbiya yamfuti yake ku Marsh.
  
  "Pano inu. Inunso."
  
  March adamutsatira, akuweramitsa mutu wake mosamala ndikuyang'ana msampha womwe adadziwa kuti watsala pang'ono kuthyoledwa. Kenako, atalingalira pang"ono, munthu wa mbali ziŵiriyo anasintha tchanelo, n"kuganiza zobwerera mumdima.
  
  Lopez anadikirira, mfuti idakwera. March anatsetsereka, nsapato zake zikuyenda pamiyala yotsetsereka. Lopez anatambasula dzanja lake, ndikugwetsa chidacho, ndipo Marsh anagwedeza nsonga ya inchi sikisi, ndikulowetsa nsongayo mu mtsempha wa carotid wa munthu winayo. Maso a Lopez adachita chidwi ndipo adakweza dzanja lake kuti asiye kutuluka, koma Marsh analibe cholinga chochita zimenezo. Anamenya Lopez pakati pa maso, adamulanda mfutiyo, kenako adakankhira thupi lake lomwe linali kufa pansi pa phirilo.
  
  Chitani inu.
  
  Marsh adagwetsa mfutiyo, podziwa kuti Gomez azindikira mwachangu kuposa momwe amafunikira akaiona m'manja mwa Marsh. Kenako analowanso mumphangayo ndipo mwamsanga anadutsa munjira yoyamba. Zinali zolimba komanso zokonzeka, zochirikizidwa ndi matabwa akugwedezeka ndi fumbi ndi dothi likuchucha kuchokera padenga. Marsh amayembekeza kuti adzaikidwa m'manda nthawi iliyonse. Mawu a Gomez anafika m'makutu mwake.
  
  "Osadandaula. Kungolowera zabodza kuwopseza aliyense amene angagwere mumsewuwu. Tsikira ngakhale pang'ono, mzanga."
  
  Marsh adadziwa bwino zomwe zikanamudikirira "pansipa," koma tsopano adadabwa pang'ono. Gawo lachinyengo lingakhale likulepheretsa chida cha Gomez popanda kumuvulaza kwambiri. Mzinda wa New York unali udakali kutali kwambiri.
  
  Ndipo izo zinkawoneka kutali kwambiri pamene iye anaima ali pansi pa chipululu cha Mexico, akumva dothi likuyenderera kumbuyo kwake, ndipo atazunguliridwa ndi kununkha kwa thukuta ndi zomera, maso ake akuluma ndi fumbi.
  
  March adapita kutsogolo, nthawi ina akukwawa ndikukokera kumbuyo kwake chikwama, lamba lomwe adamumanga pachikolo. Pali zovala zambiri pano, adaganiza nthawi ina. Zovala basi mwina mswachi. Cologne yabwino. Thumba la khofi ... adadabwa komwe anthu aku America adayika zida zawo kuti ayeze ma radiation, kenako adayamba kuda nkhawa ndi ma radiation omwewo. Apanso.
  
  Mwina ichi ndi chinthu chomwe muyenera kuti mwachifufuza musanapite.
  
  Chabwino, muyenera kukhala ndi moyo ndi kuphunzira.
  
  March adadzikakamiza kuseka pamene adatuluka mumsewu wopapatiza kulowa munjira yayikulu kwambiri. Gomez adatsamira, akutambasula dzanja lake kuti amuthandize.
  
  "Chinachake choseketsa?"
  
  "Inde, mano ako opusa."
  
  Gomez adayang'ana, adadabwa komanso osakhulupirira. Chiganizochi chinkawoneka ngati chinthu chomaliza chomwe amayembekezera kumva panthawiyi ya ulendo wawo. Marsh anawerengera chomwe chingakhale. Pamene Gomez ankafuna kuti azindikire, Marsh adayimilira, ndikugwedeza mfuti m'manja mwa Gomez ndikulowetsa matako kukamwa kwa munthu wina.
  
  "Tsopano mukumvetsa zomwe ndikutanthauza?"
  
  Gomez anamenyana ndi mphamvu zake zonse, akukankhira Marsh kutali ndikubwezera mbiya kwa iye yekha. Magazi adatuluka mkamwa mwake uku akubuma ndipo mano ake adagwera pansi. Dothi njiwa pansi pa mbiya yaitali ndipo anapereka nkhonya wamphamvu kwa nsagwada ndi wina kumbali ya mutu. Gomez adazandima, maso ake akuwulula kuti sadakhulupirirebe kuti bakha wodabwitsayu wamupeza bwino.
  
  Marsh adakoka mpeni kuchokera m'chimake kumbali ya aku Mexico pamene akulimbana. Gomez anathawa, akudziwa zomwe zidzachitike pambuyo pake. Anagwera khoma lamiyala, n"kuthyoka phewa ndi chigaza ndi kubuula kwakukulu. Marsh adaponya nkhonya yomwe idadumphira ku Mexico ndikugunda roca. Magazi anatuluka m'mikono yake yomwe. Mfutiyo idawukanso, koma Marsh adawongoka kotero kuti idakhala pakati pamiyendo yake, gawo lazamalonda tsopano lidakhala lopanda ntchito.
  
  Gomez adamumenya mutu, magazi awo adasakanizika ndikumwazika pamakoma. March adazandima, koma adazemba kumenya kotsatira, kenako adakumbukira mpeni womwe adaugwirabe kudzanja lake lamanzere.
  
  Kukankha kwamphamvu, ndipo mpeni udadya nthiti za Gomez, koma waku Mexico adaponya mfuti ndikuyika manja onse padzanja la Marsh ndi mpeni, motero kuletsa mphamvu yakumenya ndikukwirira mpeni. Ululu udasokoneza mawonekedwe ake, koma munthuyo adakwanitsa kuteteza imfa yosapeŵeka.
  
  March yomweyo anaikira pa ufulu dzanja, ntchito kumenya mobwerezabwereza, kufunafuna ofooka mawanga. Onse pamodzi, amunawo anayesetsa momwe angathere, akumayendayenda pang'onopang'ono mumsewuwo, akugunda matabwa ndi kudutsa mumatope amatope. Mitsinje ya thukuta inkayenda mumchenga; heavy grunting, mofanana rutting wa nkhumba, anadzaza yokumba danga. Panalibe chifundo, koma palibe malo omwe anafikiridwa. Gomez adatenga nkhonya iliyonse monga momwe adamenyera mumsewu, ndipo Marsh adayamba kufooka.
  
  "Mwachidwi...ndikudikirira kuti...ndidule...ndidule..." Gomez anali akupumira kwambiri, maso ake ali bwinja, milomo yake ili ndi magazi komanso itaponyedwa kumbuyo.
  
  Marsh anakana kufa m'malo asungulu, amoto. Anabweza mpeniwo, ndikuupotokola kutali ndi thupi la Gomez, kenako adabwerera m'mbuyo, kuwapatsa amuna awiriwo mtunda wautali. Mfutiyo inali pansi, itatayidwa.
  
  Gomez adamuukira ngati mdierekezi, akukuwa, kubingula. Marsh adasokoneza zomwe adaphunzitsidwa, ndikutembenuza phewa lake ndikulola mphamvu ya Gomez kuti igwetse mutu wake kukhoma lina. Marsh kenako adamukankha msana. Iye sanagwiritsenso ntchito mpeniwo mpaka mapeto ake atadziŵikatu. Anaphunzitsidwanso kuti si nthawi zonse chida chodziwikiratu chomwe chili choyenera kugwiritsa ntchito.
  
  Gomez anatukula thupi lake pakhoma, n"kulendewera mutu wake, n"kutembenuka. March anayang'ana pa nkhope yofiira magazi ya chiwandacho. Kwa kanthawi zinamuchititsa chidwi, kusiyana kwa nkhope yofiira ndi khosi loyera, mabowo akuda pomwe mano achikasu anali atakhazikikapo kale, makutu otumbululuka akutuluka modabwitsa mbali zonse. Gomez adachita mantha. Marsh anamenyedwa m'mbali mwa mutu.
  
  Tsopano Gomez anali wotseguka.
  
  Marsh adapita kutsogolo, mutu wake ukuzungulira, koma adazindikira kuti adabaya ndi mpeni, kuloza mpeniwo pamtima pa munthu winayo. Gomez adagwedezeka, mpweya wake ukutuluka mkamwa mwake, ndipo adakumana ndi maso a Marichi.
  
  "Ndakulipirani mwachikhulupiriro," March anapuma. Ukadayenera kungotenga ndalamazo.
  
  Iye ankadziwa kuti anthu amenewa anali achiwembu mwachibadwa, ndipo mosakayikira analinso ndi maphunziro. Kupereka kungakhale lingaliro lawo lachiwiri kapena lachitatu latsiku, pambuyo pa "chifukwa chiyani m'manja mwanga muli magazi?" ndipo "ndinapha ndani usiku watha?" Mwinanso pali lingaliro la zotsatira za mlingo wa cocaine. Koma Gomez...anayenera kungotenga ndalamazo.
  
  Marsh anayang'ana pamene munthuyo akugwera pansi, kenako anayang'ana. Iye anavulazidwa ndi kuwawa, koma sanavulale. Mutu wake unkagunda. Mwamwayi, anaganiza zoika paracetamol mu imodzi mwa matumba ang'onoang'ono m'chikwama chake, chomwe chinali pafupi ndi bomba la nyukiliya. Choncho yabwino kuti. Analinso ndi paketi ya zopukutira ana.
  
  Marichi adazipukuta ndikumeza mapiritsi owuma. Anayiwala kutenga madzi. Koma nthawizonse pali chinachake, sichoncho?
  
  Mosayang"ana m"mbuyo pa mtembowo, anatsitsa mutu wake n"kuyamba ulendo wautali kudutsa mumsewu wapansi panthaka kupita ku Texas.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Maola adapitilira. Julian Marsh anayenda pansi pa America ndi chida cha nyukiliya atamangidwa kumbuyo kwake. Chipangizocho chikhoza kukhala chaching'ono kuposa momwe amayembekezera - ngakhale chikwamacho chinali chotupa - koma zipinda zamkati zinali zolemera kwambiri. Cholengedwacho chinamamatira kwa iye ngati bwenzi kapena mbale wosafunidwa, kumukokera kumbuyo. Njira iliyonse inali yovuta.
  
  Mdima unamuzungulira ndipo unatsala pang'ono kumumeza, wosweka kokha ndi kuwala komwe kunalendewera mwa apo ndi apo. Ambiri anali osweka, ochuluka kwambiri. Kumusi uku kunali kwachinyontho, gulu la nyama zosaoneka zomwe nthawi zonse zinkaganizira zinthu zoopsa m'maganizo mwake zomwe zinkasewera modabwitsa ndi kuyabwa kwa apo ndi apo komwe kumadutsa m'mapewa ake mpaka pansi pa msana. Mpweya unali wochepa kwambiri, ndipo zomwe zinalipo zinali zoipa.
  
  Anayamba kumva kutopa kwambiri ndipo anayamba kuona zilubwelubwe. Tsiku lina adathamangitsidwa ndi Tyler Webb kenako ndi woyipa woyipa. Anagwa kawiri, ndikugwetsa mawondo ndi zigongono, koma adalimbana kuti aimirire. The troll inasanduka anthu okwiya a ku Mexico ndipo kenako nkukhala taco yoyenda yodzaza ndi tsabola wofiira ndi wobiriwira ndi guacamole.
  
  Pamene mtunda wa makilomita unali kupita, anayamba kuona kuti mwina sangafike, kuti zinthu zikhala bwino ngati angogona kwa kanthawi. Kagone pang'ono. Chinthu chokha chimene chinamulepheretsa chinali mbali yake yowala-gawo limene poyamba linapulumuka mwaubwana wake pamene aliyense ankafuna kuti achoke.
  
  Pambuyo pake magetsi owala kwambiri adawonekera kutsogolo ndipo adadutsa mbali ina ya ngalandeyo ndipo adakhala mphindi zambiri ndikuwunika momwe angalandirire. Zowonadi, sanayembekezere komiti yovomerezeka - samayembekezereka kufika kudziko laufulu.
  
  Malingana ndi ndondomeko yake, adakonza zoyendera zosiyana kwambiri pamapeto awa. Marsh anali wosamala komanso wopanda chitsiru. Helikopita iyenera kuyimilira kutali, kudikirira kuyitana kwake. Marsh anachotsa chimodzi mwa maselo atatu oyaka moto omwe anali mozungulira thupi lake komanso m'chikwama chake ndikuyimba foni.
  
  Pamsonkhanowo, palibe mawu omwe ananenedwa, palibe ndemanga zomwe zinaperekedwa ponena za magazi ndi dothi lomwe linaphimba nkhope ndi tsitsi la Marsh. Woyendetsa ndegeyo adanyamula mbalameyo m'mwamba ndikulowera ku Corpus Christi, malo otsatira komanso omaliza kwambiri paulendo waukulu wa Marsh. Chinthu chimodzi chinali chotsimikizika, adzakhala ndi nkhani yoti anene ...
  
  Ndipo palibe wowauza. Zomwe simunagawane ndi alendo obwera kuphwando ndi momwe mudakwanitsira kuzembetsa chikwama cha nyukiliya kuchokera ku Brazil kupita ku East Coast of America.
  
  Corpus Christi anapereka kupuma pang'ono, kusamba kwautali komanso kugona pang'ono. Chotsatira chikhala ulendo wa maora makumi awiri ndi anayi kupita ku New York, ndiyeno...
  
  Armagedo. Kapena m'mphepete mwake.
  
  Marsh anamwetulira atagona chafufumimba pabedi mutu wake utakwiriridwa mu pilo. Ankalephera kupuma, koma anasangalala kwambiri ndi mmene ankamvera. Chinyengo chingakhale kutsimikizira akuluakulu a boma kuti anali wotsimikiza ndi kuti bombalo linali loona. Osavutirapo - kuyang'ana kumodzi pazitini ndi zinthu zomwe zimatha kugwedezeka zimawapangitsa kukhala tsonga ndi kupempha. Izi zitachitika ... Marsh anaganiza kuti madola akutsanuliridwa, monga makina a slot ku Las Vegas akulavulira ndalama pamlingo wa mfundo. Koma zonse ndi chifukwa chabwino. Nkhani ya Webb.
  
  Mwina ayi. Marsh anali ndi zolinga zakezake zoti achite pamene mtsogoleri wachilendo wa Pythians anali kuthamangitsa utawaleza.
  
  Anatsika pakama, ndikugwada asanaimirire. Anapaka lipstick. Anakonzanso zipangizo za m"chipindamo kuti zimveke bwino. Anatuluka n"kukwera chikepe m"chipinda chapansi, kumene galimoto yobwereka inali kumuyembekezera.
  
  Chrysler 300. Kukula ndi mtundu wa bleached whale.
  
  Poyimitsapo ... mzinda womwe sunagonepo.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Marsh adayendetsa galimotoyo movutikira pomwe Skyline yotchuka padziko lonse lapansi idawonekera. Zinkawoneka zosavuta kuyendetsa galimotoyi kupita ku New York, koma ndani anadziwa kuti zingakhale zosiyana? Chabwino, wina akhoza. Panadutsa masiku opitilira atatu chichokereni mnyumba ya Ramses. Bwanji ngati nkhaniyo itatuluka? Kuguba sikunasinthe kalikonse. Iye anali munthu wina wapaulendo, woyendayenda m"moyo m"njira yokhotakhota. Ngati masewerawa atha, adziwa posachedwa. Apo ayi ... Webb adalonjeza kuti Ramses adzapereka anthu okonzeka kuthandizira izi. March anali kuwadalira.
  
  Marsh ankayendetsa galimoto mwachimbulimbuli, osadziwa kapena kusamala za zomwe zidzachitike pambuyo pake. Anayesetsa kuti aime asanalowe mumzinda waukuluwo, n"kubisala tsidya lina la mtsinjewo usikuwo dzuŵa litayamba kuloŵa, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti ulendo wake ukhale wovuta. Motelo yooneka ngati L inali yokwanira, ngakhale zofundazo zinali zokanda komanso zodetsedwa mosatsutsika, ndipo mafelemu a zenera ndi m'mphepete mwa pansi anali okutidwa ndi mainchesi angapo amatope akuda. Komabe, zinali zosadabwitsa, zosakonzekera komanso zosazindikirika.
  
  Ndicho chifukwa chake, chapakati pausiku, anakhala molunjika, mtima ukugunda, pamene wina anagogoda pakhomo la chipinda chake. Chitseko chinatsegukira pamalo oimikapo magalimoto, kotero kunena zoona, atha kukhala aliyense kuchokera kwa mlendo woledzera wosokera mpaka wochita miseche. Koma akhoza kukhala apolisi.
  
  Kapena SEAL Team Six.
  
  Marsh anayala mipeni, spoons ndi magalasi kenaka kukokera mmbuyo nsalu yotchinga kuyang'ana panja. Zimene anaonazo zinam"chititsa kusowa chonena kwa kanthawi.
  
  Ndi chiyani...?
  
  Kugogodako kunamvekanso, kopepuka komanso kwatsopano. Marsh sanazengereze kutsegula chitseko ndikumulola munthuyo kulowa.
  
  "Mwandidabwitsa," iye anatero. "Ndipo izi sizichitika kawirikawiri masiku ano."
  
  "Ndikumva bwino mmene zilili," anatero mlendoyo. "Limodzi mwa makhalidwe anga ambiri."
  
  March ankadabwa za enawo, koma sanafunikire kuyang'ana patali kuti azindikire osachepera khumi ndi awiri. "Tangokumanapo kamodzi kokha."
  
  "Inde. Ndipo nthawi yomweyo ndinamva kuti ndili pachibale. "
  
  March anadziwongoka, tsopano akulakalaka akanatha kusamba kwachinayi. "Ndinkaganiza kuti a Pythia onse anafa kapena anagwidwa. Kupatula Webb ndi ine. "
  
  "Monga ukuonera," mlendoyo anatambasula manja ake, "unalakwa."
  
  "Ndasangalala." March adanyetulira kumwetulira. "Ndakhutitsidwa kwambiri.
  
  "O," mlendo wake anamwetuliranso, "watsala pang'ono kukhala mmodzi."
  
  March anayesa kuchotseratu kumverera kuti masiku ake onse obadwa afika nthawi imodzi. Mayi ameneyu anali wachilendo, mwinanso wachilendo ngati iyeyo. Anameta tsitsi labulauni mwa sitayelo ya spiky; maso ake anali obiriwira-buluu, chimodzimodzi ngati ake. Zinali zowopsa bwanji? Chovala chake chinali ndi chovala chobiriwira cha ubweya wobiriwira, jeans yofiira yowala komanso Doc Martins wabuluu wabuluu. M"dzanja limodzi ananyamula kapu ya mkaka, ndipo m"dzanja lina kapu ya vinyo.
  
  Anapeza kuti...?
  
  Koma zinalibe kanthu kwenikweni. Iye ankakonda kuti iye anali wapadera, kuti mwanjira ina ankamumvetsa iye. Iye ankakonda kuti iye anangotulukira. Iye ankakonda kuti anali wosiyana kotheratu. Mphamvu zamdima zinawakanganitsa wina ndi mnzake. Vinyo wofiira wamagazi ndi mkaka woyera wothira mafuta anali pafupi kusakanikirana.
  
  March anatenga magalasi kwa iye. "Kodi mukufuna kukhala pamwamba kapena pansi?"
  
  "O, sindisamala. Tiyeni tiwone komwe moyo utifikire. "
  
  Chifukwa chake Marsh adayika bomba la nyukiliya pamutu pa bedi pomwe onse amakhoza kuliwona ndikuwona kudzera m'maso a Zoe Shears kuwala kowonjezera komwe kumawoneka ngati comet. Mkazi uyu anali wamphamvu, wakupha, komanso wodabwitsa. Mwina wamisala. Chinachake chomwe chinamukomera mpaka mapeto.
  
  Pamene ankavula zovala zake, maganizo ake ogawanikawo ankangoyendayenda n"kumaganizira zimene zinali kuchitika. Lingaliro la chisangalalo chonse chomwe chinalonjezedwa mawa ndi mawa, pamene iwo adzabweretsa America kugwada pansi ndi kusangalala ndi bomba la nyukiliya, adamupanga kukhala wokonzeka kwathunthu kwa Zoey pamene amakokera buluku lake pansi ndikukwera.
  
  "Palibe foreplay?" anafunsa.
  
  "Chabwino, pamene munaika chikwama chija monga choncho," iye anatero, akuyang"ana bomba la nyukiliya ngati kuti amaliwona. "Ndinazindikira kuti sindikufunika."
  
  March anamwetulira modabwa mosangalala. "Inenso".
  
  "Ukuwona, chikondi?" Zoe adatsikira kwa iye. "Ife tinapangidwira kwa wina ndi mzake."
  
  Kenako Marsh anazindikira kuti amamuwona akuyenda pang'onopang'ono, bulu wotumbululuka kwambiri pagalasi lomwe linapachikidwa pakhoma pamwamba pa chifuwa chakale cha zotengera, ndipo kumbuyo kwake chikwamacho chinali pakati pa mapilo a bedi. Anayang'ana nkhope yake yofufutika bwino.
  
  "Damn," iye anafuula motero. "Sizitenga nthawi yambiri".
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU
  
  
  Matt Drake akukonzekera ulendo wovuta kwambiri wa timuyi. Kumverera kosasangalatsa, kowawa kunakhazikika m'dzenje la m'mimba mwanga, ndipo kunalibe kanthu kochita ndi kuthawa kwabumpy, chifukwa cha kupsinjika maganizo, nkhawa ndi kunyansidwa ndi anthu omwe angayese kuchita zolakwa zoopsa zotere. Adawamvera chisoni anthu a m"dziko amene ankangochita zinthu zawo zatsiku ndi tsiku, mbuli koma okhutira. Iwo anali anthu amene iye anawamenyera nkhondo.
  
  Ma helikoputala anali odzaza ndi asilikali omwe amasamala ndikudziika m'mavuto kwa anthu omwe adapanga dziko kukhala malo abwino okhalamo. Gulu lonse la SPEAR linalipo, kupatula Karin Blake ndi Beauregard Alain ndi Bridget McKenzie - aka Kenzie, katana-wielding, artifact-smuggling, wakale wothandizira wa Mossad. Gululo lidasiya 'baza yomaliza' ya Ramses mothamanga kwambiri kotero kuti adakakamizika kutenga aliyense.Palibe mphindi imodzi yoti ataya, ndipo gulu lonse lidakonzekera, kudziwitsidwa komanso kukonzekera kugunda misewu ya New York pa. kuthamanga.
  
  Kuchokera kunkhalango yeniyeni kupita ku nkhalango ya konkire, Drake anaganiza. Sititseka konse.
  
  Pozungulira iye panali mizere yodalirika yodutsana ndi mafunde amphepo a moyo wake. Alicia ndi Bo, May ndi Kenzi, ndi Torsten Dahl. Mu helikopita yachiwiri munali Smith ndi Lauren, Hayden, Kinimaka ndi Yorgi. Gululo lidathamangira ku New York airspace, litatsukidwa kale ndi Purezidenti Coburn, ndipo linagubuduza mwamphamvu, ndikudutsa mipata pakati pa ma skyscrapers ndikutsikira padenga looneka ngati lalikulu. Chisokonezocho chinawagonjetsa. Wailesiyo inkalira pamene uthengawo unkabwera. Drake amangoganizira zaphimbi la m'misewu yomwe ili pansipa, othamangira komanso magulu othamanga a SWAT, malingaliro owopsa a kuthamangira kwachangu kupulumutsa New York ndi East Coast.
  
  Anapumira mozama, akumaona kuti maora angapo otsatira adzakhala ovuta.
  
  Dal anamugwira diso. "Zikatha izi ndikupita kutchuthi."
  
  Drake adasilira chidaliro cha waku Sweden. "Zikatha izi, tonse tidzafunika imodzi."
  
  "Chabwino, subwera nane, Yorkie."
  
  "Palibe vuto. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Joanna azitsogolerabe."
  
  "Hell ikuyenera kutanthawuza chiyani?"
  
  Helikopita idatsika mwachangu, ndikutumiza matumbo awo ku stratosphere.
  
  Alicia anaseka. "Zokhazo zomwe timadziwa yemwe amayendetsa nyumba ya Daley, Torsti. Tikudziwa".
  
  A Sweden adadandaula, koma sanayankhenso. Drake anamwetulira Alicia kenako adaona kuti Mai akuwayang'ana onse awiri. Damn, zili ngati tilibe chilichonse chodetsa nkhawa.
  
  Alicia anagwedeza Mai. "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti mutha kuchita izi, Sprite, mutadzicheka pometa posachedwapa?"
  
  Maonekedwe a May sanasinthe, koma monyinyirika anafikira kugwira chilonda chatsopanocho pankhope pake. "Zochitika zaposachedwapa zandichititsa kukhala wosamala kwambiri ponena za anthu amene ndimawakhulupirira. Ndipo yang"anirani anthu osakhulupirika."
  
  Drake m'kati mwake adagwedezeka.
  
  Palibe chinachitika. Anandisiya, kutha! Palibe chimene chinalonjezedwa. .
  
  Kutengeka ndi malingaliro osakanikirana, kusandulika kukhala ndulu wowawasa, womwe umasakanizika ndi malingaliro ena chikwi. Dahl, adazindikira, akuchoka pang'onopang'ono kuchoka kwa Kenzi, ndipo Bo sanachotse maso ake pa Alicia. Mulungu, adayembekeza kuti zinthu zidakhazikika pang'ono mu helikopita yachiwiri.
  
  Kuwomba kwatsopano kwamphepo yamkuntho kunawagunda pamene kutsetsereka kwa helikoputala kunakhudza denga la nyumbayo. Mbalameyo inatera, ndiyeno zitseko zinatseguka, okwerawo analumpha pansi ndi kuthamangira kuchitseko chotsegula. Amuna okhala ndi mfuti ankalondera pakhomo, ndipo munali anthu ena angapo. Drake adadumphira koyamba, akuwuluka kaye ndikudzimva wosakonzekera pang'ono popanda chida, koma akudziwa bwino kuti posachedwa adzakhala ndi zida. Gululo linatsika mofulumira masitepe opapatiza limodzi ndi limodzi mpaka linapeza lili m"khonde lalikulu, lakuda ndi kuzingidwa ndi alonda owonjezereka. Apa anaima kaye kaye asanalandire malangizo oti apitilize.
  
  Zonse ndi zomveka.
  
  Drake anathamanga, pozindikira kuti ataya masiku ofunikira akutulutsa zambiri m'bazar kenako ndikufunsidwa ndi othandizira okayikitsa, makamaka ochokera ku CIA. Pamapeto pake, Coburn mwiniyo adalowererapo, ndikulamula kuti gulu la SPEAR litumizidwe komweko komwe kotentha kwambiri padziko lapansi.
  
  New York City.
  
  Tsopano, atatsikanso masitepe, adatulukira pakhonde loyang'ana mkati mwa zomwe adauzidwa kuti ndi apolisi akumaloko pakona ya 3rd ndi 51st street. Osadziŵika kwa anthu, malowa ankagwiranso ntchito ngati ofesi ya chitetezo cha dziko-kwenikweni, inali imodzi mwa aŵiri amene ankatchedwa "mzindawo" wa mzindawo, phata la ntchito zonse za bungwe. Drake tsopano adayang'ana apolisi akumaloko akugwira ntchito zawo zatsiku ndi tsiku, pasiteshoniyo pali phokoso, mokweza komanso modzaza, mpaka bambo wina atavala suti yakuda adayandikira chakumapeto.
  
  "Tiyeni tisamuke," iye anatero. "Palibe nthawi yotaya pano."
  
  Drake sanavomereze zambiri. Anamukankhira kutsogolo Alicia, zomwe zinamukwiyitsa blonde uja, zomwe zidamuchitikira. Enawo atakhamukira mkati, Hayden anayesa kupita kwa munthu watsopanoyo, koma adathamangira nthawi yake pomwe adazimiririka kuseri kwa chitseko chakutali. Pamene akuyenda, analoŵa m"chipinda chozungulira chokhala ndi pansi ndi makoma a matailosi oyera, ndi mipando yoikidwa m"mizere kutsogolo kwa kansalu kokwezeka. Munthuyo anawathamangitsa mwamsanga.
  
  "Zikomo chifukwa chobwera," iye anatero mopanda chisoni. "Monga mukudziwa, amuna omwe mudawagwira - wachinyengo Ramses ndi Robert Price - atengedwa kupita kuchipinda chomwe chili pansi pathu kuti tidikire zotsatira za ... Tinkaganiza kuti ali ndi chidziwitso chofunikira ndipo ayenera kukhala nawo. "
  
  "Makamaka tikalephera," adatero Alicia mokhumudwa.
  
  "Zoonadi. Ndipo zipinda zandende zapansi panthakazi zomwe zili ndi chitetezo chowonjezera mkati mwa gawo la Homeland Security zipangitsa kuti Ramses asawonekere, chifukwa ndikutsimikiza kuti mungayamikire. "
  
  Drake adakumbukira kuti magulu am'deralo a Ramses, atabera kapena kutenga bomba la nyukiliya m'manja mwa Marsh, adalamulidwa kuti adikire chilolezo cha Ramses kuti aphulitse. Iwo sanadziwe kuti iye anagwidwa, kapena kuti iye anali pafupi kufa. Maselo a New York a bungwe la Ramses sankadziwa kalikonse.
  
  Osachepera izi ndizomwe zidalankhula mokomera timu ya SPEAR.
  
  "Akhala wothandiza," adatero Hayden. "Ndili wotsimikiza."
  
  "Inde," anawonjezera Smith. "Choncho lekani kukankha ng'ombe pakadali pano."
  
  Wothandizira Home Office adakhumudwa. "Dzina langa ndine Moore. Ndine wotsogolera ntchito pano. Nzeru zonse zidzadutsa mwa ine. Tikupanga gulu lantchito latsopano kuti ligwirizane ndi kugawa ntchito. Tili ndi malo ndipo tsopano tikukonza nthambi. Wothandizira aliyense ndi wapolisi-opezeka kapena ayi-akulimbana ndi chiwopsezo ichi, ndipo timamvetsetsa bwino zotsatira za kulephera. Sizingatheke. . . " adafooka pang'ono, kuwonetsa kupsinjika komwe sikungakhale kosamveka. "Izi sizingaloledwe kuchitika pano."
  
  "Bwana ndani padziko lapansi?" Hayden anafunsa. "Ndani amapanga zisankho pano pomwe ndizofunikira?"
  
  Moore adazengereza ndikukanda chibwano chake. "Chabwino, tikudziwa. Kwawo. Mogwirizana ndi Counter-Terrorism Unit ndi Threat Management Unit."
  
  "Ndipo ponena kuti "ife," mukutanthauza kuti inu ndi ine?" Kapena mukungotanthauza Dziko la Amayi?
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti izi zitha kusintha momwe zinthu zikufunira," adatero Moore.
  
  Hayden adawoneka wokhutira. "Onetsetsani kuti batire la foni yanu yachajidwa."
  
  Moore anayang'ana gulu lonselo ngati kuti akuona changu chawo ndipo analikonda. "Monga mukudziwa, tili ndi zenera lalifupi. Sizinawatengere nthawi yayitali kuti a Ramses azindikire kuti Ramses sapereka dongosololi. Kotero, zinthu zoyamba poyamba. Kodi tikudziwa bwanji gulu la zigawenga?"
  
  Drake anayang'ana wotchi yake. "Ndipo Marita. Kodi Marichi sayenera kukhala patsogolo ngati atanyamula bomba?"
  
  "A Intelligence akuti Marichi alumikizana ndi ma cell am'deralo. Sitikudziwa kuti adzakhala angati. Chifukwa chake timayang'ana pa zonsezi. "
  
  Drake anakumbukira nkhani ya Beau ya zokambirana pakati pa Marsh ndi Webb. Zinamuchitikira kuti Mfalansa wowondayo yemwe adakumana naye koyamba akukakamizidwa kulowa mumpikisano wa Last Man Standing, ndipo adamenya nawo nthawi zambiri kuyambira pamenepo, adawunikira zabwino zikadafunika. Kuwala ngati nyenyezi. Ayeneradi kumupatsa munthuyo chipinda chowonjezera chopumira.
  
  Penapake pa shin...
  
  Moore anayankhulanso. "Pali njira zingapo zodziwira selo lakuya kapenanso selo logona. Tikuchepetsa omwe akukayikira. Tikuwona kulumikizana ndi ma cell ena odziwika omwe akuyang'aniridwa kale. Onani malo olambirira oyaka pomwe azigawenga otchuka amalavula utsi wawo. Timayang"ana anthu amene posachedwapa adzipatulira ku miyambo-awo amene mwadzidzidzi amachita chidwi ndi chipembedzo, achoka m"chitaganya, kapena amalankhula za zovala za akazi. NSA ikumvetsera metadata yomwe yasonkhanitsidwa kuchokera ku mamiliyoni a mafoni am'manja ndikuwunika. Koma amphamvu kwambiri ndi amuna ndi akazi omwe amaika pachiwopsezo tsiku lililonse la sabata -omwe takhala tikulowa m"gulu la anthu omwe akutenga nawo mbali atsopano a Jihadist."
  
  "Pansi pa chivundikiro". Smith anagwedeza mutu. "Izi ndizabwino".
  
  "Izi ndi Zow. Pakadali pano, zambiri zathu ndizochepa kuposa Barbie wa Iggy Pop. Tikuyesera kutsimikizira kuchuluka kwa anthu mu selo iliyonse. Kukula kwa cell. Zigawo. Mwayi ndi kukonzekera. Tikuwunika ma rekodi onse aposachedwa amafoni. Ukuganiza kuti Ramses alankhula?"
  
  Hayden sanadikire kuti ayambe ntchito. "Tiyesa bwino kwambiri."
  
  "Chiwopsezo chayandikira," adatero Kinimaka. "Tigawire magulu ndipo tichotse gehena."
  
  "Inde, inde, nzabwino," akutero Moore. "Koma mupita kuti? New York ndi mzinda waukulu kwambiri. Simungapindule kalikonse pothawa ngati mulibe kopita. Sitikudziwanso ngati bombalo ndi lenileni. Anthu ambiri amatha kupanga bomba ... yang'anani kumanja kwanu. "
  
  Alicia anasuntha pampando wake. "Ndikhoza kutsimikizira zimenezo."
  
  "Magalimoto ali standby," adatero Moore. "Magalimoto apadera amphamvu. Ma helikopita. Magalimoto othamanga opanda zilembo. Khulupirirani kapena ayi, tili ndi mapulani a izi, njira zoyeretsera misewu. Akuluakulu ndi mabanja awo akusamutsidwa kale. Zomwe tikufuna pano ndi poyambira. "
  
  Hayden adatembenukira ku gulu lake. "Choncho, tiyeni tigawane mwachangu maguluwo ndikufika ku Ramses. Monga momwe munthu uja ananenera, zenera lathu ndi laling"ono, ndipo latseka kale."
  
  
  MUTU WACHINAYI
  
  
  Julian Marsh adachoka pamoteloyo ali wotsitsimula, ngakhale wokondwa, komanso wachisoni pang'ono. Anavala bwino: jeans yabuluu, mwendo umodzi womwe unali wakuda pang'ono kuposa wina, zigawo zingapo za malaya ndi chipewa chokankhira mbali imodzi ya mutu wake. Mawonedwe anali abwino ndipo ankaganiza kuti waposa Zoe. Mayiyo anatuluka m"bafa yaing"onoyo, akuwoneka wodetsedwa pang"ono, tsitsi lake linali lopendekeka ndi theka lopaka milomo. Patangopita mphindi zingapo ndikuwunika komwe Marsh adazindikira kuti akuyesera dala kumutsanzira.
  
  Kapena kupereka msonkho kwa iye?
  
  Mwina inali yomaliza, koma idakankhira Marsh m'mphepete. Chinthu chomaliza chomwe ankafuna chinali chakuti mtundu wake wachikazi uchepetse mawonekedwe ake apadera. Pafupifupi monga kuganiza motsatira, anatola chikwamacho pakama, akusisita zinthu ndi kumva chithunzithunzi cha chilombo chamoyo mkati.
  
  Mayi anga.
  
  M'mawa unali wabwino, watsopano, wowala komanso wokondwa. Marsh anadikirira mpaka galimoto ya anthu asanu inayimilira ndipo amuna awiri adalumpha. Onse anali akhungu lakuda ndipo anali ndi ndevu zokhuthala. March adalankhula mawu achinsinsi omaliza paulendo womaliza ndipo adawalola kuti atsegule chitseko chakumbuyo. Zoey adawonekera pomwe adakwera mkati.
  
  "Dikirani". M"modzi mwa anthuwo anatulutsa mfuti mayi uja akuyandikira. "Payenera kukhala mmodzi yekha."
  
  March anavomera, koma mbali ina ya iye ankafuna kuti adziwe bwino kwambiri mayiyu. "Ndiwowonjezera mochedwa. Ali bwino".
  
  Dzanja lomwe linali ndi mfuti linkakayikabe.
  
  "Tamverani, sindinalumikizane kwa masiku atatu, mwina anayi." Marsh samatha kukumbukira ndendende. "Mapulani amasintha. Ndakupatsani mawu achinsinsi, tsopano mverani mawu anga. Iye ali bwino. Ngakhale zothandiza. "
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri". Palibe mwamuna yemwe ankawoneka wokhutiritsidwa.
  
  Galimotoyo idanyamuka mwachangu, ndikukweza dothi kuchokera pansi pa matayala akumbuyo, ndikutembenukira ku mzindawo. Kugubako kunabwerera m'mbuyo pamene nyumba zazikuluzikuluzi zinkawoneka zokulirapo ndipo magalimoto anakulirakulira. Galimotoyo inali yonyezimira komanso yonyezimira moti m'malo ena imachititsa khungu kuti ilowetsenso kuwala kopanga. Khamu la anthu linadzaza m"tinjira ta m"mphepete mwa misewu ndi nyumba zoŵala ndi chidziŵitso. Magalimoto apolisi ankayenda m"misewu. Marsh sanazindikire zizindikiro za kuwonjezeka kwa apolisi, koma panthawiyo sankawona pamwamba pa denga la galimotoyo. Adalankhula izi kwa driver.
  
  "Chilichonse chikuwoneka ngati chabwino," mwamunayo anayankha. "Koma liwiro ndilofunikabe. Chilichonse chidzawonongeka ngati tiyenda pang'onopang'ono. "
  
  "Ramses?" Marsh anafunsa.
  
  "Tikuyembekezera mawu ake."
  
  March adakwinya, akuwona kudzichepetsa poyankha. Dongosololi linali lake kwathunthu, ndipo otsatira a Ramses ayenera kuvina motengera nyimbo yake. Atangofika kumene Marsh anasankha ndipo anakonzekera miyezi ingapo kuti ayambe.
  
  "Khalani pansi pa radar," adatero, kuti adzilamulire. "Ndipo pansi pa malire a liwiro, sichoncho? Sitikufuna kuimitsidwa."
  
  "Tili ku New York," dalaivalayo anatero, ndipo amuna onse aŵiriwo anaseka pamene akuthamangitsa nyali yofiira. Marsh anasankha kunyalanyaza iwo.
  
  "Koma," dalaivalayo anawonjezera motero. "Chikwama chako? Izi ... zomwe zili zofunika kutsimikiziridwa. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa," adatero Marsh. "Ukuganiza kuti sindikuziwa izi?"
  
  Kodi Webb adamusenzetsa nyani wamtundu wanji?
  
  Mwina ataona kukangana komwe kukukulirakulira, Zoey adakhala kwa iye. Pakati pawo panali bomba la nyukiliya lokha. Dzanja lake linatsika pang"onopang"ono m"chikwamacho, chala chimodzi pa nthawi, n"kukafika pachifuwa chake, zomwe zinamuchititsa kunjenjemera kenako n"kumuyang"anitsitsa.
  
  "Kodi zimenezi n"zoyeneradi?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa, Julian. Ndi choncho?"
  
  Marsh sanali wotsimikiza kwathunthu, koma zidamveka bwino kuti adazisiya yekha. Zinamuchitikira kwakanthawi kuti Shears anali wokongola pang'ono, wamphamvu ngati Shadow Papa, ndipo mosakayikira amatha kuyitanitsa chithunzi chilichonse chachimuna chomwe angafune.
  
  Chifukwa chiyani ine?
  
  Bomba la nyukiliya mwina linathandiza, adadziwa. Mtsikana aliyense ankakonda mwamuna wokhala ndi zida za nyukiliya. Chinachake chochita ndi mphamvu^O, chabwino, mwinamwake iye anakonda lingaliro lakuti iye anali wowopsya pang'ono kuposa iye. Quirkiness wake? Zedi, chifukwa chiyani gehena? Sitima yake yamalingaliro idasokonekera pamene adayima m'mphepete mwa msewu, woyendetsa akuloza nyumba yomwe Marsh adasankha paulendo wake wam'mbuyo. Kunja kunali kotenthabe ndipo sikunali kuyembekezera. Marsh ankaganiza kuti abulu a boma, atakhala m'mipando yawo yachikopa, atatsala pang'ono kulandira chikwapu cha miyoyo yawo.
  
  Ikubwera posachedwa tsopano. Ndiye posachedwapa sindidzakwanitsa kudzigwira.
  
  Anagwira dzanja la Zoe ndikungotsala pang'ono kulumpha m'mphepete mwa msewu, ndikusiya chikwamacho chilendewera pachigongono chake. Atadutsa woyang'anira pakhomo ndi kulandira malangizo kumanzere, gulu la anthu anayi linakwera chikepe kupita kuchipinda chachinayi ndikuyang'ana nyumba yaikulu ya zipinda ziwiri. Zonse zinali zabwino. March anatsegula zitseko za khonde ndipo anatenga mpweya wina wa mzindawo.
  
  Ndikhoza kutero pamene ndingathe.
  
  Vyuma vyasolokele kuli ikiye. Izi sizikanatheka. Zonse zomwe Achimerika amayenera kuchita zinali kukhulupirira, kulipira, ndiyeno akhoza kuwononga bomba la nyukiliya ku Hudson monga momwe anakonzera. Kenako, dongosolo latsopano. Moyo watsopano. Ndi tsogolo losangalatsa.
  
  Mawu anatuluka kumbuyo kwa phewa lake. "Munthu watumizidwa kwa ife amene angayang"ane zomwe zili m"chikwama chanu. Ayenera kufika pasanathe ola limodzi."
  
  March anagwedeza mutu osatembenuka. "Monga kuyembekezera. Zabwino kwambiri. Koma palinso zinanso zingapo. Ndikufuna wina woti andithandize kusamutsa ndalamazo a White House akalipira. Ndikofunikira kukhazikitsa njira yothamangitsira kuti ikhale yosokoneza. Ndipo tiyenera kuyambitsa ma cell onse ndikuphulitsa bomba ili. "
  
  Munthu amene anali kumbuyo kwake anagwedezeka. "Zonse zili mukukonzekera," adatero. "Takonzeka. Zinthu izi zigwirizana posachedwa. "
  
  March adatembenuka ndikubwerera kuchipinda cha hotelo. Zoe anakhala akumwetulira champagne, miyendo yake yowonda idakwezedwa ndikupumira pachipinda chochezera. "Ndiye tangodikirani?" - adafunsa munthuyo.
  
  "Osati kwa nthawi yayitali".
  
  Marsh adamwetulira Zoe ndikutambasula dzanja lake. "Tikhala kuchipinda."
  
  Banjali linatenga lamba pachikwama chilichonse n"kupita nacho kuchipinda chogona chachikulu kwambiri. Pasanathe mphindi imodzi, onse anali amaliseche ndikukhumbirana pamwamba pa mapepala. Marsh adayesa kutsimikizira kuti anali ndi mphamvu panthawiyi, koma Zoe anali wochenjera kwambiri. Nkhope yake yayikulu, yopanda chilema idachita mitundu yonse ya libido yake. Pamapeto pake, chinali chinthu chabwino Marsh kumaliza mwachangu, chifukwa posakhalitsa anagogoda pachitseko chogona.
  
  "Munthu uyu ali pano."
  
  Kale? Marsh adavala mwachangu ndi Zoe, kenako awiriwo adabwerera kuchipindako, ali adakali ndi thukuta pang'ono. Marsh anagwirana chanza ndi wobwera watsopanoyo, akuwona tsitsi lake lopyapyala, khungu lake lotumbululuka komanso zovala zopindika.
  
  "Simumatuluka nthawi zambiri?"
  
  "Amanditsekera."
  
  "O, chabwino, musadandaule. Kodi mwabwera kudzawona bomba langa?"
  
  "Inde, bwana, ndatero."
  
  Marsh anaika chikwama chake patebulo lagalasi lochepa lomwe linali pakati pa chipinda chachikulucho. Zoe adadutsa, akukopa chidwi chake pomwe adakumbukira kwakanthawi maliseche ake mphindi zingapo zapitazo. Anayang'ana kumbali, kutembenukira kwa watsopano.
  
  "Dzina lako ndani, munthu?"
  
  "Adam, bwana."
  
  "Chabwino, Adamu, iwe ukudziwa chimene icho chiri ndi chimene icho chingakhoze kuchita. Uli ndi mantha?"
  
  "Ayi, pakali pano."
  
  "Tense?"
  
  "Sindikuganiza choncho".
  
  "Kodi mumanjenjemera? Kukhazikika? Mwina watopa kwambiri?"
  
  Adam anapukusa mutu akuyang'ana chikwama chija.
  
  "Ngati ndi choncho, ndikukhulupirira kuti Zoey atha kukuthandizani." Adalankhula izi moseka.
  
  Pythian anatembenuka ndikumwetulira mwamachenjera. "Sangalalani".
  
  Marsh anaphethira ngati Adam, koma mnyamatayo asanasinthe maganizo, driver wawo wandevu anayankhula. "Fulumirani nacho," iye anatero. "Tiyenera kukhala okonzeka ..." adasiya.
  
  March anagwedeza. "Chabwino, palibe chifukwa choti muyambe kupondaponda. Tiyeni titsike ndi kudetsedwa. " Iye anatembenukira kwa Adamu. "Ndikutanthauza, ndi bomba."
  
  Mnyamatayo anayang"ana chikwamacho, modabwa, kenako anachitembenuza kuti zomangirazo ziyang"anizane naye. Anamasula pang'onopang'ono ndikutsegula chivindikirocho. Mkati mwake mumayika chipangizo chenichenicho, chozunguliridwa ndi chikwama cholimba komanso chapamwamba kwambiri.
  
  "Chabwino," anatero Adamu. "Chifukwa chake tonse tikudziwa za MASINT, njira yoyezera komanso siginecha yanzeru yomwe imayang'ana ma siginecha a radiation ndi zochitika zina zokhudzana ndi zida zanyukiliya. Chipangizochi, komanso chinanso chofanana ndi chomwe ndikuchidziwa, adapangidwa kuti azitha kulowa pansi pa gawoli. Pakali pano pali njira zambiri zozindikirira ndi kuyang'anira zida za nyukiliya padziko lapansi, koma si zonse zomwe zapita patsogolo, ndipo si onse omwe ali ndi antchito okwanira." Iye anagwedeza. "Taonani kulephera kwaposachedwapa m"maiko otukuka. Kodi alipodi amene angaletse munthu wotsimikiza mtima kapena selo logwirizana kuchita palokha? Inde sichoncho. Zimangotengera vuto limodzi kapena ntchito yamkati. " Anamwetulira. Wantchito wosasangalala kapena wotopa kumene. Nthawi zambiri zimafuna ndalama kapena zopezera. Izi ndi ndalama zabwino kwambiri zauchigawenga zapadziko lonse lapansi. "
  
  Marsh anamvetsera nkhani ya mnyamatayo, akudabwa ngati njira imodzi kapena ziwiri zodzitetezera zidatengedwa pamene ankafotokozera njira yake yopita ku Ramses ndi Webb. Zikanakhala zokomera iwo eni. Iye sakanadziwa konse, ndipo kunena zoona, iye sanali kusamala. Tsopano anali pomwe pano ndipo ali pafupi kutsegula chitseko cha Gehena.
  
  "Ndilo limene timalitcha "bomba lonyansa,"," anatero Adamu. "Mawuwa akhalapo kuyambira kale, koma akugwirabe ntchito. Ndili ndi alpha scintillator, chojambulira choyipitsa, ndi zinthu zina zingapo. Koma kwenikweni," Adamu anatulutsa screwdriver m"thumba mwake, "Ndili ndi ichi."
  
  Mwamsanga anachotsa zoikamo zolimba ndikumasula zomangira za Velcro zomwe zidavumbulutsa chiwonetsero chaching'ono ndi kiyibodi yaying'ono. Gululo linagwiridwa ndi zomangira zinayi, zomwe Adamu anachotsa mwamsanga. Chitsulocho chitangomasulidwa, mawaya angapo adatuluka kumbuyo kwake, zomwe zimatsogolera kumtima kwa chipangizo chatsopanocho.
  
  March adagwira mpweya.
  
  Adamu anamwetulira kwa nthawi yoyamba. "Osadandaula. Chinthuchi chili ndi ma fuse angapo ndipo sichinakhale ndi zida. Palibe amene angayambe izi. "
  
  March ankaona kuti alibe kanthu.
  
  Adamu anasuzumira pamakina ndi tsatanetsatane wa mkati mwake, akulowetsamo zonse. Patapita kanthawi, adayang'ana pakompyuta ya laputopu yomwe ili pafupi naye. "Ikutha," adavomereza. "Koma si zoipa choncho."
  
  March anagwedezeka mosakhazikika. "Zili bwanji?"
  
  "Ndikukulangizani kuti musakhale ndi ana," Adamu anatero mosatengeka mtima. "Ngati mungathe. Ndipo sangalalani ndi zaka zingapo zikubwerazi za moyo wanu."
  
  Marsh adayang'ana Zoey uku akugwedeza. Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, iye sanayembekezere kukhala ndi moyo kuposa atate ake odzikonda kapena abale ake odzikuza.
  
  "Tsopano ndikhoza kuchiteteza bwino," Adam anatero, akutulutsa phukusilo m"sutikesi imene anabweretsa. "Momwe ndikanachitira ndi chipangizo chilichonse chamtunduwu."
  
  March anayang'ana kwa kanthawi kenako anazindikira kuti atsala pang'ono kutha. Anakumana ndi maso akufa a driver wawo. "Makamera awa omwe Ramses amalankhula. Kodi ali okonzeka? Kuthamangitsa kwatsala pang'ono kuyamba ndipo sindikufuna kuchedwetsa."
  
  Kumwetulira kowuma kunang'anima poyankha. "Ndipo ifenso timatero. Maselo onse asanu tsopano akugwira ntchito, kuphatikizapo maselo awiri ogona omwe aku America sangawadziwe. Munthuyo anayang'ana wotchi yake. "Ndi 6:45 a.m. Zonse zidzakhala zitakonzeka pofika 7."
  
  "Zodabwitsa". Marsh adamva kuti libido yake iwukanso ndipo adaganiza kuti atha kugwiritsa ntchito izi pomwe adatha. Kudziwa Zoey, monga adachita posachedwapa, akadatha msanga. "Ndi ma protocol otengera ndalama?"
  
  "Adam ayang'ana kwambiri pomaliza pulogalamu yomwe idzaulutse malo athu padziko lonse lapansi mosalekeza. Sadzatsata zomwe zikuchitika. "
  
  March sanaone kudabwa pankhope ya Adam.
  
  Anayang'ana kwambiri Zoe, ndipo iye anali pa iye. Anatenganso mphindi zisanu kuti aone Adam akuponya bomba lija ndikumvera malangizo amomwe angachotsere zida zankhondoyo, kenako adawonetsetsa kuti munthuyo wajambula zithunzi zoyenera za chipangizocho. Zithunzizo zidathandizira kwambiri kutsimikizira a White House kuti chipangizocho ndi chowona komanso kukhazikitsa zomwe zingasokoneze komanso kugawa magulu omwe akulimbana naye. Wachimwemwe, pomalizira pake anatembenukira kwa Adamu.
  
  "Wachikasu. Kodi iyi ndi waya wochotsa zida?"
  
  "Am, inde bwana, ndi choncho."
  
  Marsh adamwetulira moona mtima driver. "Ndiye takonzeka?"
  
  "Takonzeka".
  
  "Ndiye choka."
  
  Marsh anatambasula dzanja ndikumulowetsa Zoe kuchipinda, akumukokera jeans ndi panty pomwe amapita ndikuyesa kubisa chiseko. Kusefukira kwa chilakolako ndi chisangalalo chinatsala pang'ono kumugonjetsa pamene anazindikira kuti maloto ake onse a mphamvu ndi kufunikira kwake anali pafupi kukwaniritsidwa. Ngati banja lake likanamuwona tsopano.
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU
  
  
  Pamene Drake adawongoka, kulemera kwathunthu kwa zomwe zinali kuchitika zinamugunda. Mwachangu m'mitsempha yake, minyewa yake inatha, ndipo kungoyang'ana anzake a m'timu kunamuuza kuti nawonso amamva chimodzimodzi, ngakhale Kenzi. Ankaganiza kuti wothandizila wakale wa Mossad adamupangitsa kuti asamuke, koma, zoona, chifukwa cha kugwirizana kwa asilikali, sanafunikirenso kumufunsa chifukwa chake sanachite zimenezo. Anthu osalakwa omwewo amene iye anawamenyera nkhondo, anthu wamba omwewo, anali pa ngozi. Aliyense amene ali ndi theka la mtima sangalole kuti izi zichitike, ndipo Drake ankakayikira kuti pangakhale zambiri kwa Kensi kuposa theka la mtima, ngakhale zitabisika mozama bwanji.
  
  Wotchi yapakhoma inawonetsa zisanu ndi ziwiri makumi anayi ndi zisanu, ndipo gulu lonse linali paulendo. Kupolisiko kunali bata mochititsa mantha, ndipo apolisi anali kuyang'anira, koma zinali zoonekeratu kuti atsala pang'ono kutha. Nkhani zinaululika pa wailesi yakanema, koma palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe amene anali nazo chochita nazo. Moore adayenda ndikuyenda, kudikirira nkhani kuchokera kwa othandizira obisala, magulu owunikira kapena kuyendetsa magalimoto. Hayden adagwira ndi gulu lonselo.
  
  "Ine ndi Mano tithana ndi Ramses. Timafunikira magulu ena awiri, imodzi kuti iwunike zambiri za kuphulika kwa nyukiliya pamene ikuchitika, ndi imodzi kufufuza maselowa. Khalani chete, koma musatenge akaidi. Lero, anzanga, sitsiku lopusitsa. Pezani zomwe mukufuna ndikuzipeza mwachangu komanso molimbika. Kunama kungatibweretsere mavuto aakulu."
  
  Moore adagwira zomwe amalankhula ndikuyang'ana mmbuyo. "Lero," iye anatero, "sipadzakhala chifundo."
  
  Dahl anagwedeza mutu mwachisoni, akung'amba ziboda zake ngati kuti akhoza kuthyola chigaza cha munthu. Drake anayesa kumasuka. Ngakhale Alicia ankayenda mozungulira ngati khola.
  
  Kenako, 8am, misala inayamba.
  
  Mafoni anayamba kubwera, mafoni odzipatulira akulira mobwerezabwereza, phokoso lawo likudzaza chipinda chaching'ono. Moore analimbana nawo mopambana mmodzimmodzi, ndipo omuthandizira aŵiri anabwera akuthamanga kudzawathandiza. Ngakhale Kinimaka adavomera chivutocho ngakhale tebulo lomwe adakhalalo silimawoneka losangalala kwenikweni.
  
  Moore anayerekezera chidziŵitso ndi liwiro la kuwala. "Tatsala pang"ono kufika," iye anatero. "Matimu onse ndi okonzeka. Othandizira obisala adanenanso zokambirana zaposachedwa kwambiri pamisonkhano yachinsinsi ndi macheza. Kuyenda mozungulira mizikiti yotchuka kunakula. Ngakhale kuti sitinadziwe zimene zikuchitika, tikanakhala ndi nkhawa. Nkhope zatsopano zinkawoneka m'malo awo achizolowezi, onse otsimikiza ndi kuyenda mofulumira, ndi cholinga. Mwa ma cell omwe tikudziwa, awiri adasowa pa radar. Moore anapukusa mutu. "Zili ngati sitinachitepo kale izi. Koma ife tiri nazo zizindikiro. Gulu limodzi liyenera kupita kumadoko - imodzi mwamaselo odziwika imagwira ntchito kuchokera pamenepo. "
  
  "Izi ndi ife," Dahl adalankhula mokweza. "Nyamukani, zigawenga inu."
  
  "Uziyankhulira wekha." Kensi adamuyang'ana. "O, ndipo ndili nawe."
  
  "O, muyenera kuchita izi?"
  
  "Lekani kusewera mwakhama kuti mupeze."
  
  Drake adaphunzira magulu, omwe adagawidwa awiriawiri m'njira yosangalatsa. Dahl ndi Kenzie anali ndi anzawo - Lauren, Smith ndi Yorgi. Anamaliza kukhala ndi Alicia, May ndi Bo. Icho chinali chophikira cha chinachake; zimenezo zinali zowona.
  
  "Zabwino, bwanawe," adatero Drake.
  
  Dahl anatembenuka kuti anene chinachake pamene Moore anakweza dzanja lake. "Dikirani!" Anaphimba wolandira ndi dzanja lake kwa sekondi imodzi. "Izi zakonzedwa posachedwa pa hotline yathu."
  
  Mitu yonse inatembenuka. Moore adavomeranso kuyimba kwina ndipo tsopano adafikira, akumva batani loyimbira foni.
  
  "Mwalowamo," anatero Moore.
  
  Mng'alu wopanda thupi adadzaza chipindacho, mawuwa adatuluka mwachangu kwambiri ngati miyendo ya Drake ikufuna kuthamangitsa. "Uyu ndi Julian Marsh, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti mukudziwa pafupifupi chilichonse. Inde ndikudziwa. Funso ndilakuti, mukufuna kusewera bwanji?"
  
  Hayden anatenga udindo pamene Moore anagwedeza dzanja lake kuti apitirize. "Leka kukhala wopusa, Marsh. Chili kuti?"
  
  "Chabwino, limenelo ndi funso lophulika, sichoncho? Ndikuuzani izi, wokondedwa wanga, ili pano. Ku NYC."
  
  Drake sanayerekeze kupuma chifukwa mantha awo oipitsitsa adatsimikiziridwa mosakayika.
  
  "Ndiye funso lina ndilakuti nditani?" March anapuma kwa nthawi yaitali.
  
  "Pita ukagwire ntchito, wopusa," adatero Smith.
  
  Alicia anasisima. "Tisamutsutse chitsiru ichi."
  
  March anaseka. "Tiyeni ayi ndithu. Kotero, bomba la nyukiliya ladzaza, zizindikiro zonse zalowetsedwa mosamala. Monga akunena, koloko ikupita. Tsopano zomwe muyenera kuchita ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ndi zenizeni ndikukupatsani nambala yaakaunti yaku banki. Ndili bwino?"
  
  "Inde," adatero Hayden mophweka.
  
  "Mukufuna umboni? Muyenera kugwirira ntchito. "
  
  Drake adatsamira kutsogolo. "Mukutanthauza chiyani?"
  
  "Ndikutanthauza kuti kuthamangitsa kwachitika."
  
  "Kodi mufika pompano posachedwa?" Hayden anafunsa.
  
  "Aa, tifika. Choyamba, nyerere zing'onozing'ono zimayenera kugwira ntchito yanu. Ndikanakhala inu, ndikadachokapo. Mukuwona...mukuona momwe ndapangira nyimboyi? Ndikanati ndipange nyimbo zonse, mukudziwa, koma pamapeto ... chabwino, ndinazindikira kuti sindisamala.
  
  Drake anapukusa mutu mokhumudwa. "Damn, mzanga. Lankhulani Chingelezi choyenera."
  
  "Chidziwitso choyamba chili kale mumasewera. Fomu yotsimikizira. Muli ndi mphindi makumi awiri kuti mufike ku Edison Hotel, chipinda cha 201. Ndiye padzakhala zowunikira zina zinayi, zina zomwe ziri zokhudzana ndi kutsimikiziridwa ndi zina zofunika. Tsopano mwandimvetsa?"
  
  May anabwerera kaye. "Misala".
  
  "Chabwino, ndine munthu wamalingaliro awiri. Mmodzi wosowa, wina woyipa. Mwina misala imauluka m"mphambano zawo."
  
  "Mphindi makumi awiri?" Drake anayang'ana wotchi yake. "Kodi tingachite izi?"
  
  "Pamphindi iliyonse yomwe mudachedwa, ndidalamula gulu limodzi la Ramses kuti liphe anthu wamba awiri."
  
  Apanso, kugwedezeka kwa nsagwada, mantha, kuwonjezereka kwamphamvu. Drake anakunga zibakera pamene adrenaline ikukwera.
  
  "Mphindi makumi awiri," Marsh anabwerezanso. "Kuyambira...
  
  Drake anathamanga kutuluka pakhomo.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Hayden anathamanga kutsika masitepe ndi kulowa pansi pa nyumba, Kinimaka kumbuyo kwake. Mkwiyo unamugwira ndi kumumenya ngati mapiko a chiwanda. Mkwiyo udapangitsa mapazi ake kuyenda mwachangu ndipo zidatsala pang'ono kumupunthwa. Mnzake wa ku Hawaii anang'ung'udza, anazembera ndi kuimirira pafupifupi osaima. Anaganiza za abwenzi ake, pangozi yowopsya, akubalalika kumadera osiyanasiyana a mzindawo popanda lingaliro laling'ono la zomwe angayembekezere, akudziyika okha pamzere popanda funso. Amaganizira za anthu wamba onse kumeneko ndi zomwe White House ingakhale ikuganiza pakali pano. Zinali zabwino kukhala ndi ma protocol, mapulani ndi njira zogwirira ntchito, koma dziko lenileni, logwira ntchito lidakhala chandamale chowopseza kwambiri - kubetcherana konse kunali kotheka. Pansi pa masitepe adathamangira mukhonde ndipo adayamba kuthamanga. Zitseko zinkawalira mbali zonse ziwiri, ndipo zambiri zinali zosaunikira. Chakumapeto kwake, mizera ya mipiringidzo inakokedwa pambali pa iye.
  
  Hayden anatambasula dzanja lake. "Mfuti".
  
  Mlondayo ananjenjemera, koma kenako anamvera, lamulo lochokera kumwamba linafika kale m"makutu mwake.
  
  Hayden anatenga chidacho, nayang'ana kuti chinali chonyamulidwa ndipo chitetezo chinali chitazimitsidwa, ndikulowa m'chipinda chaching'ono.
  
  "Ramses!" - iye anakuwa. "Mwachita chiyani?"
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Drake anathamanga kutuluka mnyumbamo Alicia, May ndi Beau pambali pake. Anayi a iwo anali atatopa kale ndi thukuta. Kutsimikiza kumachokera ku pore iliyonse. Bo adatulutsa navigator wamakono wa GPS m'thumba mwake ndikulozera komwe Edison ali.
  
  "M'dera la Times Square," adatero, akuwerenga njira. "Tiwoloke chachitatu ndikuwoloka Lexington Avenue. Pitani ku Waldorf Astoria."
  
  Drake adalowa mumsewu wandiweyani wamagalimoto. Palibe chomwe chingafanane ndi kuyesa kupulumutsa moyo wa woyendetsa taxi wa ku New York pamene anali kuyesetsa mwamphamvu kuthyola miyendo yanu pamaondo, akukankhira patsogolo ndi mphamvu zake zonse. Drake adalumpha sekondi yomaliza, akudumpha kutsogolo kwa taxi yachikasu yapafupi ndikutera mopendekeka. Nyanga zinabangula. Aliyense wa gululo anali atakwanitsa kulamulira mfuti potuluka ndipo tsopano anali kuigwedeza uku ndi uku, akulakalaka akanakhala nayo ina. Koma nthawi inali itawonongeka kale. Drake adayang'ana wotchi yake pomwe adagwa m'mbali mwamsewu.
  
  Mphindi khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri.
  
  Adawoloka Lexington kenako adayenda mwachangu pa Waldorf, osayima pomwe magalimoto akukwawa ku Park Avenue. Drake adalimbana ndi gulu la anthu pamalo oyimitsa, pomaliza adakumana maso ndi maso ndi nkhope yofiyira.
  
  "Tamverani bwanawe ndioloka kaye apa ngakhale zitandipha. Boss bagels azizizira, ndipo palibe njira ku gehena zomwe zingachitike. "
  
  Drake adazungulira munthu wokwiya uja pomwe Alicia ndi May akuthamangira panja. Zizindikiro zinasintha ndipo msewu unali woonekera. Tsopano, atabisa zida zawo, adalunjika ku msewu waukulu wotsatira - Madison Avenue. Apanso khamu la anthu linadzaza m"njira. Bo adalowa mu 49, akuyendetsa pakati pa magalimoto ndikupeza mwayi. Mwamwayi, magalimoto tsopano anali odekha, ndipo panali mpata pakati pa mabampa akumbuyo ndi zotchingira kutsogolo. Azimayi aja adatsata Beau kenako Drake adalowa pamzere.
  
  Madalaivalawo anawalalatira.
  
  Kwatsala mphindi khumi ndi ziwiri.
  
  Ngati atachedwa, magulu a zigawenga akanagunda kuti? Drake ankaganiza kuti zidzakhala pafupi ndi Edison. Marsh akufuna kuti ogwira nawo ntchito adziwe kuti zomwe adalamula zidakwaniritsidwa. Chitseko cha galimoto chinatseguka-chifukwa chakuti dalaivala anakhoza-ndipo Beau analumpha padenga panthaŵi yake. Alicia adagwira m'mphepete mwa chimango ndikubwezanso kumaso kwa bamboyo.
  
  Tsopano akukhotera kumanzere, akuyandikira 5th Avenue ndinso makamu ochulukirapo. Beau adadumphira pazovuta kwambiri ngati wonyamula mthumba pa konsati ya pop, kutsatiridwa ndi Alicia ndi May. Drake anali atangolalatira aliyense, kuleza mtima kwa a Yorkshireman kudatha. Onse amuna ndi akazi anatsekereza njira yake, amuna ndi akazi amene sanali kusamala kaya iye anali kuthamangira kupulumutsa moyo wake, moyo wa mmodzi wa ana ake, ngakhale iwo eni. Drake adadutsa, ndikusiya munthu m'modzi atatambasula. Mayi amene anali ndi mwanayo ankamuyang"anitsitsa moti ankadziimba mlandu mpaka anakumbukira zimene ankathamangira.
  
  Mudzandithokoza pambuyo pake.
  
  Koma ndithudi iye sadzadziwa konse. Ziribe kanthu zomwe zingachitike.
  
  Bo tsopano adawombera kumanzere, akutsika mumsewu waku America kupita ku 47th Street. Magnolia Bakery adadutsa kumanja, ndikupangitsa Drake kuganiza za Mano, ndiyeno zomwe a Hawaii atha kuphunzira kale kuchokera ku Ramses. Patatha mphindi ziwiri, akuphulika pa 47th Street, Times Square idawonekera kumanzere kwawo. Kumanja kwa iwo kunali Starbucks wokhazikika, pomwe panali phokoso ndi mizere pakhomo. Drake adayang'ana nkhope pomwe amadutsa, koma samayembekezera kukumana ndi aliyense mwa omwe akukayikira.
  
  Mphindi zinayi.
  
  Nthaŵi inapita mofulumira ndipo inali yamtengo wapatali kwambiri kuposa mphindi zomalizira za nkhalamba yotsala pang"ono kufa. Kumanzere, moyang'anizana ndi nsewu, mbali yotuwa ya hoteloyo yokhala ndi khomo lotchingidwa bwino idawonekera, ndipo Beau ndiye anali woyamba kulowa zitseko zakumaso. Drake anaponda pangolo yonyamula katundu ndipo taxi inasanduka yachikasu mowopsa kutsata Mai mkati. Analandilidwa ndi bwalo lalikulu lokhala ndi kapeti yofiyira.
  
  Beau ndi Alicia anali atakanikiza kale mabataniwo kuti ayimbire zikepe za munthu aliyense, manja awo ali pafupi ndi zida zawo zobisika pamene mlonda amawayang'ana. Drake adaganiza zowonetsa ID yake ya Team SPEAR, koma izi zitha kungobweretsa mafunso ambiri, ndipo kuwerengera kunali kale mphindi zitatu zomaliza. Belu lidawonetsa kuti elevator ya Alicia yafika ndipo timu idakwera. Drake adaletsa mnyamatayo kuti asalowe nawo, ndikumukankhira kutali ndi kanjedza lotseguka. Tithokoze Mulungu kuti zidatheka chifukwa chotsatira chikanakhala chibakera.
  
  Gulu la anthu anayi linasonkhana pamene galimotoyo ikukwera, kuyimitsa kuyenda kwake ndikujambula zida zake. Chitseko chitangotsegulidwa, anatsanulira, akufufuza chipinda cha 201. Nthawi yomweyo, nkhonya ndi mapazi zinawonekera pakati pawo, zomwe zinadabwitsa Bo.
  
  Winawake anali kuyembekezera.
  
  Drake ananjenjemera ngati chibakera cholumikizidwa pamwamba pa socket yake, koma sananyalanyaze kuwawa kwa ululu. Phazi la munthu linayesa kugwira la iyeyo, koma anapatuka. Munthu yemweyo adachokapo ndikumuzungulira Alicia, ndikukantha thupi lake pakhoma la pulasitala. Mai anaimitsa nkhonyazo ndi manja ake atakwezedwa, ndipo Bo anatulutsa nkhonya yofulumira imodzi-ziwiri zomwe zinayimitsa mphamvu zonse ndikupangitsa woukirayo kugwada.
  
  Drake analumpha kenako kugwa pansi ndi mphamvu zake zonse. Nthawi inali kutha. Chithunzicho, munthu wolemera mu jekete wandiweyani, ananjenjemera ndi kugunda kwa Yorkshireman, koma mwanjira ina adatha kupotoza gawo lamphamvu kwambiri. Drake adagwa pambali pake, atataya mphamvu zake.
  
  "Punching bag," adatero Mai. "Iye ndi chikwama chokhomerera. Amayikidwa kuti atichepetse. "
  
  Bo analowetsamo mwamphamvu kuposa poyamba. "Iye ndi wanga. Kodi mukupita."
  
  Drake adalumpha munthu wogwada, kuyang'ana manambala achipindacho. Panatsala zipinda zitatu zokha kuti apite, ndipo zinali zitatsala mphindi imodzi. Iwo anakhalabe mu masekondi otsiriza. Drake anayima panja pachipindacho ndikukankha chitseko. Palibe chinachitika.
  
  Mai adamukankhira pambali. "Sumukani."
  
  Kugunda kumodzi kwakukulu ndipo mtengowo unagawanika, kachiwiri ndipo chimango chinagwa. Drake anatsokomola. "Ziyenera kuti zinafooketsa kwa inu."
  
  Mkati mwake, anafalikira, zida zokoka ndikufufuza mwachangu, koma chinthu chomwe amachifunafuna chinali chodziwikiratu. Anali atagona pakati pa bedi - chithunzi chonyezimira cha A4. Alicia adapita pakama, akuyang'ana uku ndi uku.
  
  "Chipindacho chilibe banga," adatero Mai. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti palibe otsogolera."
  
  Alicia anaima m'mphepete mwa bedi, akuyang'ana pansi ndikupuma mozama. Adapukusa mutu ndikubuula pomwe Drake adalumikizana naye.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga. Ichi n'chiyani-"
  
  Adadusidwa ndi foni. Drake anayenda mozungulira bedi, anapita kumalo osungiramo usiku ndikugwira foni pa lever.
  
  "Inde!"
  
  "Aa, ndikuwona kuti wachita. Sizikanakhala zophweka."
  
  "Marichi! Wopenga iwe. Mwatisiyira chithunzi cha bomba? Foto yabodza?"
  
  "Inde. Chidziwitso chanu choyamba. N"chifukwa chiyani munaganiza kuti ndikulolani kukhala ndi chenicheni? Zopusa kwambiri. Tumizani izi kwa atsogoleri anu ndi azungu. Ayang'ana manambala amtundu ndi zina zonse zopanda pake. Zitini za plutonium E. Fissile zakuthupi. Ndi chinthu chotopetsa, kwenikweni. Chidziwitso chotsatira chidzakhala chomveka bwino kwambiri. "
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Bo adalowa mchipindamo. Drake amayembekeza kuti amukoka naye Punch Man, koma Beau adajambula mzere wongoganiza kudzera mtsempha wake wa carotid. "Anadzipha," Mfalansayo anatero ndi mawu odabwitsa. "Piritsi Yodzipha."
  
  Zopusa.
  
  "Mwawona?" Marsh anatero. "Ndife okhwima kwambiri."
  
  "Chonde, Marsh," Drake adayesa. "Tiuzeni zomwe mukufuna. Tizichita pompano, zikomo. "
  
  "O, ine ndikutsimikiza inu mukanatero. Koma ife tisiya izo kwa mtsogolo, chabwino? Nanga bwanji izi? Thamangani chidziwitso chachiwiri. Kuthamangitsa uku kukupitilira kukhala bwino komanso zovuta. Muli ndi mphindi makumi awiri kuti mufike kumalo odyera ku Marea. Mwa njira, ichi ndi chakudya cha ku Italy ndipo amapanga calzone yokoma kwambiri ya Nduyu, ndikhulupirireni. Koma tisalekere pamenepo anzanga, chifukwa chidziwitsochi mudzachipeza pansi pa chimbudzi. Sangalalani."
  
  "Mvula" -
  
  "Mphindi makumi awiri".
  
  Mzerewo unafa.
  
  Drake anatemberera, anatembenuka ndikuthamanga mofulumira momwe angathere.
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Pokhala opanda chochita china, Torsten Dahl ndi gulu lake adaganiza zosiya galimotoyo ndikuchoka. Sanafune china choposa kungogwira zolimba pamene Smith anaponya SUV yamphamvu mozungulira theka la magawo khumi ndi awiri, matayala akulira, kusuntha zinthu, koma New York inali chabe kulira kwaukali kwa ma cab achikasu ndi mabasi ndi magalimoto obwereka. Mawu oti "Deadlock" anabwera m"maganizo mwa Dahl, koma zinkachitika tsiku lililonse, masana ambiri, ndipo nyanga zinkalirabe ndipo anthu anali kukuwa kuchokera m"mazenera ogwetsedwa. Iwo anathamanga kwambiri monga momwe akanathera, kutsatira njira. Lauren ndi Yorgi anavala zovala zawo zotchingira zipolopolo. Kensi anathamanga pafupi ndi Dahl, milomo yake ikugwedera.
  
  "Ndingakhale wothandiza kwambiri kwa inu," adauza Dahl.
  
  "Ayi".
  
  "Eya, zingapweteke bwanji?"
  
  "Nonse".
  
  "O, Torsti"
  
  "Kenzi, sunabweze katana wako. Ndipo osanditcha ine zimenezo. Kukhala ndi mkazi wamisala kundipatsa mayina otchulidwira ndikosayenera. "
  
  "Inde? Monga momwe iwe ndi Alicia munakhalira... ukudziwa?"
  
  Smith anakuwa akuwoloka msewu wina, ataona anthu oyenda pansi ndi okwera njinga akukhamukira munsewu pa nyale yobiriwira, onse atanyamula miyoyo yawo m'manja, koma anali otsimikiza kuti siamene angavutike lero. Anathamangira mumsewu wotsatira, asilikaliwo sanamve kutentha kwa liwirolo pamene ankadutsa ma Priuse awiri oyenda pang'onopang'ono, akuphwanya magalasi awo am'mbali. GPS inalira.
  
  "Mphindi zinayi kuti tifike pamadoko," atero a Yorgi. "Tiyenera kuchepetsa."
  
  "Ndichepetsa katatu," Smith adayankha. "Osandiwonetsa ntchito yanga."
  
  Dahl adapatsa Kenzie Glock ndi mfuti ya Hong Kong - palibe chophweka, chosavuta kuchita mwachinsinsi ku New York. Iye anagwedezeka pamene iye anachita izi. Mosalingalira bwino, iwo anakakamizika kuvomera thandizo la wankhanzayo. Linali tsiku lachilendo, ndipo miyeso yonse, ngakhale yotaya mtima, idafunikira. Ndipo, zoona zake, ankaonabe kuti akhoza kukhala ndi ubale, chinachake chonga mizimu yofanana yankhondo, zomwe zinawonjezera kudalira kwake.
  
  Ankakhulupirira kuti akhoza kupulumutsa Bridget Mackenzie, ngakhale atamenyana bwanji.
  
  Smith tsopano adawoloka misewu iwiri yamagalimoto, ndikugwedeza phewa lake pa F150 yomwe idayimitsidwa, koma adapitilira kuyendetsa osayang'ana kumbuyo. Potha nthawi, sanathe kupeza zokondweretsa zirizonse, ndipo mtambo wowopsya womwe unawapachika pamwamba pawo umatanthauza kuti ankakakamizika kulowamo, nthawi zonse.
  
  Dahl anakokera nyundo ya chida chake. "Nyumba yosungiramo katundu ili pafupi ndi mphindi imodzi," adatero. "Chifukwa chiyani gehena samakonza maenje onsewa?"
  
  Smith adamumvera chisoni. Misewuyo inali yosalekeza, yaphokoso, yachinyengo kumene magalimoto ankayenda pang'onopang'ono m'maenje osagwirizana ndi misewu nthawi iliyonse, zooneka ngati zosakhudzidwa ndi nthawi ya masana kapena kuchuluka kwa magalimoto. Zinalidi galu pagalu, ndipo palibe munthu mmodzi yemwe ankafuna kuthandiza wina aliyense.
  
  Mwamsanga anayenda pa GPS n"kuloza mutu wa muvi. Kutentha kwa m'mamawa kunapangitsa kuti khungu lawo likhale lopanda kanthu, zomwe zinawakumbutsa kuti kudakali m'mawa. Kuwala kwadzuwa kunadutsa m'mitambo, kutembenuza madoko ndi mtsinje wapafupi kukhala golide wotumbululuka. Anthu omwe Dahl amawawona anali kuchita bizinesi yawo yanthawi zonse. Iye ankaganiza kuti malo ochitirako dokowo anali amdima komanso amdima, koma osati mosungiramo katundu, munali aukhondo komanso mulibe anthu ambiri. Ndipo sikunali kotanganidwa, popeza madera akuluakulu otumizira sitima anali kutsidya lina la nyanja ku New Jersey. Komabe, Dahl adawona zotengera zazikulu, zomenyedwa ndi ngalawa yayitali, yayikulu itakhala yosasunthika pamadzi, ndi zida zazikulu zokhala ndi utoto wabuluu, zomwe zimatha kuyenda motsatira njanji ndi kutolera zotengera zawo pogwiritsa ntchito zowulutsira.
  
  Kumanzere kunali nyumba zosungiramo katundu, komanso bwalo lodzaza ndi zotengera zowala. Dahl analoza ku nyumba yomwe inali pamtunda wa mamita 150.
  
  "Uyu ndi mnyamata wathu. Smith, Kenzi, bwerani patsogolo. Ndikufuna Lauren ndi Yorgi kumbuyo kwathu. "
  
  Anachoka, tsopano akulunjika, akuyang'ana pa kumenyana ndi chiwonongeko chimodzi kumbuyo kwawo asanasamukire ku china ... Zitseko zatsopano zojambulidwa zinayikidwa pambali pa nyumbayo, ndipo Dahl anayang'ana mmwamba ataona zenera loyamba.
  
  "Ofesi yopanda kanthu. Tiyeni tiyese yotsatira."
  
  Mphindi zingapo zinadutsa pamene gululo linkazembera pambali pa nyumbayo, zida zojambulidwa, kuyang'ana zenera pambuyo pa zenera, khomo ndi khomo. Dahl ananena mokhumudwa kuti ayamba kukopa chidwi cha ogwira ntchito m"deralo. Sanafune kuwopseza nyama yawo.
  
  "Tiyeni".
  
  Anathamangira kutsogolo, potsirizira pake anafika pawindo lachisanu ndikuyang'ana mofulumira. Dahl anaona malo aakulu odzaza ndi makatoni ndi makatoni amatabwa, koma pafupi ndi zenera anaonanso tebulo lamakona anayi. Amuna anayi anakhala mozungulira tebulo, mitu yawo pansi, ngati kuti akulankhula, akulinganiza ndi kuganiza. Dahl analumpha pansi n"kukhala pansi atatsamira msana wake kukhoma.
  
  "Tili bwino?" Smith anafunsa.
  
  "Mwinamwake," adatero Dahl. "Sizingakhale kanthu ... koma-"
  
  "Ndikudalira," anatero Kenzi ndi mawu achipongwe. "Inu kutsogolera, ndikutsatirani," Kenako anapukusa mutu. "Kodi ndinu anthu openga chonchi? Ingothamangira mmenemo ndikuyamba kuwombera kaye?"
  
  Munthu wina anayandikira, akuwayang"ana cham"mbali. Dahl adakweza HK yake ndipo bamboyo adawuma, akukweza manja ake m'mwamba. Chigamulocho chinapangidwa makamaka chifukwa mnyamatayo anali mumzere wachindunji wowonekera kwa aliyense m'nyumba yosungiramo katundu. Pasanathe sekondi imodzi idadutsa Dal asanaimirire, kuzungulira, ndikumenyetsa phewa lake pachitseko chakunja. Smith ndi Kensi anali naye, akuwerenga maganizo ake.
  
  Dahl atalowa m'nyumba yosungiramo katundu wamkulu, amuna anayi adalumpha kuchokera patebulo. Zidazo zinali m'mbali mwawo, ndipo tsopano amazisiya, kuwombera mosasamala kwa alendo omwe akubwera. Zipolopolo zinkawulukira paliponse, kuthyola zenera ndikudutsa khomo lozungulira. Dahl nkhunda molunjika, kugudubuza, kutuluka, kuwombera. Amuna amene anali patebulo anabwerera m"mbuyo, akumawombera m"mbuyo, akumawombera pamapewa awo ngakhale pakati pa miyendo yawo pamene akuthamanga. Palibe paliponse pamene panali chitetezo. Mfuti mwachisawawa inadzaza phangalo. Dahl adatsamira pazigono zonse mpaka adafika patebulo ndikulitembenuza, ndikuchigwiritsa ntchito ngati chishango. Mbali ina inasweka pamene chipolopolo chachikulu chinadutsa.
  
  "Zoyipa".
  
  "Mukufuna kundipha?" Kenzi anadandaula.
  
  Munthu wamkulu wa ku Sweden anasintha machenjerero ake, n"kutenga tebulo lalikulu, kenako n"kuliponya m"mwamba. Mphepete zakugwa zidagwira zibowo za munthu wina, zomwe zidamupangitsa kuwuluka ndikutumiza mfuti yake kuwuluka. Dal atayandikira mwachangu, mawu a Kensi adamupangitsa kuti achedwe.
  
  "Samalani ndi ana apathengo aja. Ndagwira ntchito ku Middle East ndipo ndawawona masauzande ambiri atavala ma vests. "
  
  Dahl anakayikira. "Sindikuganiza kuti ungango-"
  
  Kuphulikako kunagwedeza makoma a nyumba yosungiramo katundu. Mswedeyo adawulukira kumapazi ake, adawulukira mumlengalenga ndikugwera pawindo losweka kale. Phokoso loyera linadzaza m"mutu mwake, m"makutu mwake munamveka phokoso lalikulu, ndipo kwa mphindi imodzi sanaone kalikonse. Pamene masomphenya ake anayamba kuoneka, anazindikira kuti Kensi anali atagwada pamaso pake, akusisita masaya ake.
  
  "Dzukani bambo. Ilo silinali thupi lonse, koma bomba. "
  
  "O! Chabwino, zimandipangitsa kumva bwino. "
  
  "Uwu ndi mwayi wathu," adatero. "Mkanganowo udagwetsanso zitsiru zinzake."
  
  Dahl analimbana ndi mapazi ake. Smith anali pa mapazi ake, koma Lauren ndi Yorgi anali atakhala pa mawondo awo, zala zawo zikukanikizidwa ku akachisi awo. Dahl anaona kuti zigawenga zayamba kubwerera m"mbuyo. Mwachangu chidamubaya ngati pini yomwe ikuboola nyama yanthete. Atakweza mfuti yake, adawomberedwanso, koma adatha kuvulaza mmodzi mwa zigawenga zomwe zidakwera ndipo adayang'ana pamene munthuyo akuwonjezeka kawiri ndikugwa.
  
  Smith anadutsa mothamanga. "Anamugwira."
  
  Dahl adatsogolera. Kensi anafinya zipolopolo zomwe zinali pafupi naye. Zigawenga ziwiri zotsalazo zidakhota ngodya, ndipo Dahl adazindikira kuti akupita. Anachedwetsa pang'onopang'ono, kenako anakhota ngodya imodzimodziyo, akuwombera mosamala, koma zipolopolo zake zinangogunda mpweya wopanda kanthu ndi konkire. Khomo linali lotsegula kwambiri.
  
  Grenadeyo inabwerera mkati.
  
  Tsopano kuphulikako kunaperekedwa, gulu la SPIR linabisala ndikudikirira kuti shrapnel iwadutse. Makomawo anagwedezeka ndi kusweka pansi pa mphamvu yamphamvu. Kenako anali ataimirira, akulowa m'chipinda chobisalamo ndi kulowa m'masiku owala.
  
  "Ndi 1 koloko m'mawa," adatero Smith.
  
  Dahl adayang'ana mbali yomwe adawonetsedwa, adawona anthu awiri akuthamanga, ndi kumbuyo kwawo Hudson, wopita ku Upper Bay. "Bullshit, atha kukhala ndi mabwato othamanga."
  
  Kensi anagwada n"kugwada n"kulunjika pa bondo. "Ndiye titenga-"
  
  "Ayi," Dahl anatsitsa mbiya ya chida chake pansi. "Kodi sukuwona anthu wamba kumeneko?"
  
  "Zubi," adatemberera m'Chihebri, chilankhulo chomwe Dahl sanachimve. Onse pamodzi, Smith, Kenzie ndi Swede anayamba kulondola. Zigawengazo zinachitapo kanthu mwamsanga, ndipo zinangotsala pang"ono kufika pamalowo. Kenzi adanyengerera pomuwombera HK wake mlengalenga, kuyembekezera kuti anthu wamba athawe kapena kubisala.
  
  "Mutha kundithokoza titasunga tsikulo," iye anadzudzula motero.
  
  Dahl adawona kuti njira yamwayi idatseguka pamaso pake. Zigawenga zonse ziwiri zidayima motalikirana ndi madzi, zolinga zabwino kwambiri, ndipo moto wamwayi wa Kenzi unawatsegulira njira. Anachedwetsa pang'onopang'ono ndikuyika matako paphewa lake, akumalunjika. Smith anatsatira chitsanzo pafupi naye.
  
  Zigawengazo zinatembenuka ngati kuti zimaphunzira kuwerenga, zikuwombera kale. Dahl adayang'anabe ngati wotsogolera akuyimba muluzu pakati pa oponya mikondo. Chipolopolo chake chachiwiri chinagunda chandamale pachifuwa, chachitatu - pamphumi, pakatikati. Munthuyo anagwa, atafa kale.
  
  "Musiye mmodzi ali moyo," mawu a Lauren anatuluka m"makutu ake.
  
  Smith anathamangitsa. Chigawenga chomaliza chinali chitalumphira kale kumbali, chipolopolo chikudyetsa jekete lake uku Smith akudzikonza. Ndikuyenda mwachangu, zigawengazo zidaponyanso bomba lina - nthawi ino motsatira pieryo.
  
  "Ayi!" Dahl anawombera mosaphula kanthu, mtima wake ukudumphira kukhosi kwake.
  
  Bomba laling'onolo linaphulika ndi phokoso lalikulu, phokoso lophulika likulirakulira pamadoko. Dahl anabisala kuseri kwa chidebecho kwa kamphindi, kenako adalumphira kunja - koma kuthamanga kwake kunagwedezeka pamene adawona kuti tsopano sichinali chigawenga chotsalira chomwe adayenera kuda nkhawa nacho.
  
  Mmodzi mwa makontena onyamula zidawo adawonongeka m'munsi ndi kuphulikako ndikupendekera mowopsa pamtsinje. Phokoso la zitsulo zong'ambika ndi zong'ambika zinalengeza kuti kugwa kwatsala pang'ono kugwa. Anthu anayang"ana m"mwamba n"kuyamba kuthawa pafelemu lalitalilo.
  
  Chigawengacho chinatulutsanso bomba lina.
  
  "Osati nthawi ino, chitsiru." Smith anali atagwada kale, akuyang'anitsitsa maso ake. Anakoka mfutiyo, akuyang'ana chigawenga chomaliza chikugwa chisanakoke pin pa grenade.
  
  Koma craneyo sinathe kuyimitsidwa. Imapendekeka ndikugwa mozungulira kutalika konse kwa chimango, chitsulo cholemeracho chinagwera pabowo, ndikuwononga chimango ndikutembenuza kanyumba kakang'ono komwe kanagwera fumbi. Zotengerazo zidawonongeka ndikukankhidwira kumbuyo mapazi angapo. Ndodo ndi zopingasa zachitsulo zinawulukira pansi, zikudumpha pansi ngati machesi akupha. Mzati wabuluu wonyezimira wofanana ndi nyali ya mumsewu wodutsa pakati pa Smith ndi Dahl-chinthu chimene chikanawang"amba pakati ngati chikanagunda-ndipo chinaima mamita angapo kuchokera pamene Lauren ndi Yorgi anaima ndi misana yawo kupita ku nyumba yosungiramo katundu.
  
  "Kulibe kusuntha." Kensi adayang'ana zigawengazo, akufufuza kawiri. "Wafa kwambiri."
  
  Dahl adasonkhanitsa malingaliro ake ndikuyang'ana pozungulira madoko. Kufufuza mwachangu kunawonetsa kuti, mwamwayi, palibe amene adavulala ndi crane ya chidebecho. Anayika chala chake pa maikolofoni yapakhosi.
  
  "Kamera yazimitsidwa," adatero. "Koma onse ndi akufa."
  
  Lauren wabwerera. "Chabwino, ndipereka."
  
  Dzanja la Kenzi linakhala paphewa la Dahl. "Mukanandilola kuti nditenge kuwomberako. Ine ndikanaphwanya mawondo a mwana wachiwerewere uyo; ndiye tinkamupangitsa kuti azilankhula mwanjira ina kapena imzake."
  
  "Zowopsa kwambiri." Dahl anamvetsa chifukwa chake sanamvetse zimenezi. "Ndipo ndizokayikitsa kuti titha kumupangitsa kuti alankhule munthawi yochepa yomwe tili nayo."
  
  Kensi anafuula mokwiya. "Mumalankhula m'malo mwa Europe ndi America. Ndine Israeli."
  
  Lauren adabweranso pa ma comms. "Tiyenera kupita. Kamera idawonedwa pamenepo. Zosakhala bwino."
  
  Dahl, Smith ndi Kenzie anaba galimoto yapafupi, poganiza kuti ngati zingawatengere mphindi zisanu kuposa kuyenda, nthawi yosunga nthawi ingakhale yofunika kwambiri.
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Drake adalowa mu konkire ya 47th Street, atatopa, ndi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu zokha kuti ikwane. Nthawi yomweyo iwo anakumana ndi vuto.
  
  "Chachisanu ndi chiwiri, Chachisanu ndi chitatu kapena Broadway?" Mai anakuwa.
  
  Bo adamugwedeza GPS. "Marea ili pafupi ndi Central Park."
  
  "Inde, koma ndi msewu uti womwe umatitsogolera?"
  
  Iwo anayendayenda mumsewu pamene masekondi akudutsa, podziwa kuti March sakukonzekera bomba la nyukiliya, komanso magulu omwe angaphe miyoyo ya anthu awiri pamphindi iliyonse yomwe amachedwa kuti abwere.
  
  "Broadway imakhala yotanganidwa nthawi zonse," adatero Drake. "Tiyeni tichite chachisanu ndi chitatu."
  
  Alicia adamuyang'ana. "Hell wadziwa bwanji?"
  
  "Ndinamva za Broadway. Sindinamvepo zachisanu ndi chitatu.
  
  "O, ndithu. Kuti-"
  
  "Ayi! Iyi ndi Broadway! " Beau mwadzidzidzi anakuwa ndi mawu ake pafupifupi nyimbo. Malo odyera ali pamwamba kwambiri ... pafupifupi."
  
  "Pafupifupi?"
  
  "Ndi ine!"
  
  Bo ananyamuka ngati wothamanga wa mamita 100, akudumpha galimoto imene inayima ngati kuti kulibe. Drake, Alicia, ndi May adatsata zidendene zake, kutembenukira kummawa ku Broadway ndi mphambano pomwe Times Square inkanyezimira ndikunyezimira ndikunyozetsa zowonera zake.
  
  Apanso khamu la anthulo linavutika kuti libalalike, ndipo Beau anawatsogoleranso m"mphepete mwa msewu. Ngakhale kuno kunali alendo odzaona malo, otsamira m"mbuyo, kuyang"ana nyumba zazitali ndi zikwangwani, kapena kuyesa kusankha kuika moyo wawo pachiswe n"kuthamangira kudutsa msewu wodutsa anthu ambiri. Khamu la anthulo lidasamalidwa ndi a barker omwe amapereka matikiti otsika mtengo kumawonetsero osiyanasiyana a Broadway. Zinenero zamitundu yonse zidadzaza mlengalenga, kusakanikirana kochulukirachulukira. Panali anthu ochepa osowa pokhala, koma amene anawalankhulira anachita ndawala mofuula komanso mwamphamvu kuti apereke zopereka.
  
  Patsogolo pake panali Broadway, yodzazidwa ndi anthu aku New York ndi alendo, okhala ndi misewu yodutsamo, ndipo anali ndi mashopu okongola komanso malo odyera okhala ndi zikwangwani zopachikidwa, zowunikira komanso zowonetsera mafelemu A. Odutsawo anali osamveka bwino pamene Drake ndi mbali yake ya timu ya SPEAR ankathamanga.
  
  Mphindi khumi ndi zisanu.
  
  Bo adamuyang'ananso. GPS imati ndi kuyenda kwa mphindi makumi awiri ndi ziwiri, koma misewu ndi yodzaza kwambiri kotero kuti aliyense amayenda chimodzimodzi.
  
  "Ndiye thamanga," Alicia adamulimbikitsa. "Gwira mchira wako waukulu. Mwina zingakupangitseni kuyenda mofulumira."
  
  Beau asanalankhule kalikonse, Drake adamva kuti mtima wake ukugwera pansi kwambiri. Msewu umene unali kutsogolo unali wotchingidwa mbali zonse ziwiri, makamaka ndi ma taxi achikasu. Kuthyoka kwa mpanda kunachitika, ndipo omwe sanali kuyesa kuchipewa anasuntha pang'onopang'ono magalimoto awo kuti awone bwino. Msewu wa mbali zonse ziwiri unali wodzaza ndi anthu.
  
  "Gahena wamagazi."
  
  Koma Bo sanachedwe nkomwe. Kudumpha pang'ono kunamutengera pa thunthu la taxi yomwe inali pafupi, ndipo kenako anathamangira padenga lake, analumphira padenga ndikuthamangira ina pamzere. May adatsatira mwachangu, akutsatiridwa ndi Alicia, ndikusiya Drake kudzudzulidwa ndikuwukiridwa ndi eni magalimoto.
  
  Drake adakakamizika kuyang'ana kwambiri kuposa momwe amachitira. Sikuti makina onsewa anali ofanana, ndipo zitsulo zawo zinasintha, zina zimapita patsogolo pang"onopang"ono. Mpikisanowo unali wovuta, koma anadumpha kuchoka pa galimoto kupita pa galimoto, pogwiritsa ntchito mzere wautali kuti apite patsogolo. Khamu la anthu linayang"ana mbali zonse. Ndibwino kuti palibe amene adawavutitsa pano ndipo amatha kuwona njira yoyandikira ya Broadway ndi 54th, ndiye misewu ya 57. Magalimoto atachepa, Bo adatuluka mgalimoto yomaliza ndikuyambiranso kuthamanga mumsewu womwewo, Mai pafupi naye. Alicia adayang'ananso Drake.
  
  "Kungoyang'ana kuti muwone ngati mwagwera pa hatch yotseguka kumbuyo."
  
  "Inde, ndi njira yowopsa. Ndine wokondwa kuti panalibe otembenuzidwa panthawiyo. "
  
  Pambuyo pa mphambano ina ndi 57th Street, zosakaniza za simenti, ma vani operekera katundu ndi zotchinga zofiira ndi zoyera zinakonzedwa. Ngati gululo likuganiza kuti lapambana, kapena kuti kuthamanga uku kudzakhala kolunjika monga kale, zonyenga zawo zinasweka mwadzidzidzi.
  
  Amuna awiri anatulukira kumbuyo kwa galimoto yobweretsera katundu, mfuti zitaloza kwa othamangawo. Drake sanaphonye chilichonse. Nkhondo yosalekeza, zaka za nkhondo zinakulitsa mphamvu zake mpaka kufika pozisunga - maola makumi awiri ndi anai pa tsiku. Nthawi yomweyo mafomu owopsa adawonekera, ndipo mosazengereza, adathamangira komweko, kutsogolo kwagalimoto ya simenti yomwe idayandikira. Mfuti imodzi inawulukira pambali ndi kubangula, ndipo ina inakakamira pansi pa matupi a mmodzi wa amunawo. Drake adazandima mmbuyo pomwe chiwopsezocho chidakantha mbali ya chigaza chake. Kumbuyo kwawo anamva kugaya kwa mawilo a galimoto ya simenti pamene inkasweka kwambiri, ndi kutukwana kwa driver wake...
  
  Anawona thupi lalikulu la imvi likutembenukira kwa iye ...
  
  Ndipo ndinamva kukuwa kwa Alicia wamantha.
  
  "Matt!"
  
  
  MUTU WACHISANU NDI CHINANU
  
  
  Drake amangoyang'ana pomwe galimoto yotuluka kunja idatembenukira kwa iye. Oukirawo sanabwerere kwa mphindi imodzi, akumuwombera ndi matalala, chifukwa sankadera nkhawa za chitetezo chawo. Anamenyedwa pakhosi, pachifuwa ndi solar plexus. Analiona thupilo likugwedezeka ndikukankha pamene likuwulukira pamutu pake.
  
  Chigawenga choyamba chinagwa chagada, chikupunthwa, ndipo chinagundidwa ndi limodzi la magudumu, zotsatira zake zidathyola msana wake ndikuthetsa chiwopsezo chake. Wachiwiri adaphethira, ngati kuti adadabwa ndi kulimba mtima kwa Drake, kenako adatembenuzira mutu wake kuseri kwa galimotoyo.
  
  Phokoso lonyowa lambama linali lokwanira. Drake anazindikira kuti wachoka mu kuya kwake, ndipo adawona chigaza cha chigawenga choyamba chikuphwanyidwa pansi pa mawilo otsetsereka pamene thupi la galimotoyo likugwedezeka pamwamba pake. Chimangocho chinaphwanyidwa, amangoyembekezera. Kwa kamphindi kakang'ono, mdima unameza chirichonse, ngakhale phokoso. Mbali ya pansi ya galimotoyo inayenda pamwamba pake, ikuchedwa, ikuchedwa, kenako inaima mwadzidzidzi.
  
  Dzanja la Alicia linafikira pansi pake. "Kodi muli bwino?"
  
  Drake adathamangira kwa iye. "Zabwino kuposa anyamata amenewo."
  
  Beau anadikirira, pafupifupi kugwedeza mapazi ake pamene akuyang'ana pa wotchi yake. "Kwatsala mphindi zinayi!"
  
  Atatopa, kuvulazidwa, kukanda komanso kumenyedwa, Drake adakakamiza thupi lake kuchitapo kanthu. Apa Alicia anakhala naye, ngati akuona kuti atha kutenga nthawi yopuma atasowa. Amamenya unyinji wa alendo, kupeza Central Park South ndi Marea pakati pa malo odyera ena ambiri.
  
  May analoza ku chizindikirocho, chimene chinali chanzeru ku New York.
  
  Bo anathamangira patsogolo. Drake ndi ena adamugwira pakhomo. Woperekera zakudyayo anawayang"ana, ndi maonekedwe awo osokonezeka, majaketi awo olemera, ndipo anabwerera m"mbuyo. Zinali zoonekeratu m"maso mwake kuti anali ataona kale chiwonongeko ndi kuzunzika.
  
  "Osadandaula," adatero Drake. "Ndife English."
  
  Mai adamuyang'ana maso ake. "Chijapani".
  
  Ndipo Bo adayimilira kaye kufunafuna chipinda cha abambowo ndi nsidze. "Sichoncho Chingerezi."
  
  Drake anathamanga mwachisomo momwe angathere kudzera mu lesitilanti yomwe idatsekedwabe, akugunda mpando ndi tebulo m'njira. Chimbudzi cha amunawa chinali chaching"ono, chokhala ndi zokodzera ziwiri zokha ndi chimbudzi. Anayang'ana pansi pa mbaleyo.
  
  "Palibe kanthu pano," adatero.
  
  Nkhope ya Beauregard inawonetsa kupsinjika. Anadina mabatani a wotchi yake. "Nthawi yatha".
  
  Woperekera zakudya yemwe anaima chapafupi analumpha pamene foni inalira. Drake anatambasula dzanja lake kwa iye. "Osathamanga. Chonde tenga nthawi yako."
  
  Iye ankaganiza kuti akhoza kuthawa, koma kutsimikiza mtima kwake kunamutsogolera ku chubu. Nthawi yomweyo Alicia anatuluka mu chimbudzi cha azimayi aja ali ndi nkhawa. "Iye kulibe. Tilibe zimenezo!"
  
  Drake ananjenjemera ngati wamenyedwa. Iye anayang'ana pozungulira. Kodi pangakhale chimbudzi china mu lesitilanti yaying'onoyi? Mwina cubicle kwa antchito? Anayenera kuyang'ananso, koma woperekera zakudya anali kale pafoni. Maso ake adayang'ana kwa Drake ndipo adapempha woyimbirayo kuti adikire.
  
  "Uyu ndi munthu dzina lake Marsh. Zanu."
  
  Drake anakwinya nkhope. "Ananditchula dzina?"
  
  "Iye anati Englishman." Woperekera zakudyayo anagwedezeka. "Ndizo zonse zomwe ananena."
  
  Bo adakhala pafupi naye. "Ndipo chifukwa umasokonezeka mosavuta, mzanga, ndiwe."
  
  "Ku thanzi lanu".
  
  Drake adatenga foni yake, dzanja limodzi likugwedeza tsaya lake ngati kutopa komanso kupsinjika kumamuzungulira. Kodi akanalephera bwanji tsopano? Agonjetsa zopinga zonse, komabe Marsh angakhale akusewera nawo mwanjira ina.
  
  "Inde?"
  
  "Marichi kuno. Ndiuzeni mwapeza chiyani?
  
  Drake anatsegula pakamwa pake, kenako mwamsanga anatseka. Yankho lolondola linali lotani? Mwina Marsh ankayembekezera mawu oti "palibe". Mwina...
  
  Anakhala kaye phee, akuzengereza kuyankha.
  
  "Ndiuzeni zomwe mwapeza, kapena ndilamula kuti muphe anthu awiri aku New York mphindi imodzi yotsatira."
  
  Drake anatsegula pakamwa pake. Zisiyeni! "Tapeza-"
  
  Kenako Mai anathamanga kutuluka m"chimbudzi cha amayi aja, n"kutsetsereka pa matayala atanyowawo n"kugwera chammbali. M"manja mwake munali kamvulopu kakang"ono koyera. Beau anali pambali pake pang'onopang'ono, akunyamula envelopu ndikuipereka kwa Drake. Mai anagona pansi, akupuma mwa mphamvu.
  
  Alicia adamuyang'ana atatsegula pakamwa. "Mwazipeza kuti izi, Sprite?"
  
  "Udachita zomwe amatcha 'mawonekedwe a mnyamata', Taz. Ndipo izi siziyenera kudabwitsa aliyense, popeza ndiwe mwamuna wachitatu.
  
  Alicia anapsa mtima ndi mkwiyo ali chete.
  
  Drake anakhosomola uku akutsegula envelopu ija. "Ife ... tapeza ... izi ... zoopsa kwambiri, Marsh. Damn, bwana, ndi chiyani ichi?"
  
  "Ntchito yabwino. Ntchito yabwino. Ndakhumudwitsidwa pang'ono, koma Hei, mwina nthawi ina. Tsopano ingoyang'anani mosamala pa USB. Awa ndiye mayeso anu omaliza, ndipo monga kale, mungafune kupereka kwa munthu wanzeru kuposa inu kapena NYPD. "
  
  "Kodi iyi ndi mkati mwa ... keke?" Drake anazindikira kuti woperekera zakudyayo adakali pafupi.
  
  Marsh anaseka kwambiri. "O, chabwino, chabwino. Tisalole mphaka kuchoka m"chikwama, sichoncho? Inde ndi choncho. Tsopano mvetserani, ndikupatsani mphindi khumi kuti mutumize zomwe zili mu flash drive kwa omwe ali bwino kuposa inu, ndiyeno tidzayambiranso. "
  
  "Ayi, ayi, sitikudziwa." Drake adaloza molunjika kwa Meyi, yemwe adanyamula kachikwama kakang'ono momwe adabisala laputopu yaying'ono. Mkazi wa ku Japan anadzitukumula pansi nayandikira.
  
  "Sitikhala tikuthamangitsa michira yathu mtawuni yonseyi, Marsh."
  
  "Umm, inde udzatero. Chifukwa ndikunena choncho. Choncho, nthawi imapita. Tiyeni tiyambitse laputopu ndikusangalala ndi zomwe zikubwera, sichoncho? Asanu, anayi. "...
  
  Drake adamenya nkhonya yake patebulo pomwe chiphuphucho chidafa. Mkwiyo unawira m"mwazi mwake. "Tamverani, Marsh-"
  
  Zenera la lesitilantilo linaphulika pamene chotchinga chakutsogolo cha galimotoyo chinagwera m"chipinda chodyeramo. Galasiyo inasweka ndipo zidutswa zinawulukira mumlengalenga. Mitengo, pulasitiki ndi matope zidaphulika m'chipindamo. Galimotoyo siinayime, inagunda matayala ake ndi kubangula ngati wophunzira wa imfa pamene inkadutsa mu chipinda chaching'onocho.
  
  
  MUTU KHUMI
  
  
  Julian Marsh anamva kuwawa koopsa m"mimba pamene ankagubuduzika kudzanja lamanja. Pizza inagwa pansi ndipo mbale ya saladi inagwera pa sofa. Mwamsanga anagwira m"mbali mwake, osakhoza konse kuleka kuseka.
  
  Gome lotsika lomwe linayima patsogolo pake ndi Zoe linagwedezeka pamene phazi lolusa la munthu linakankha mwangozi. Zoey anafikira kuti amuchirikize, akumamugwira paphewa mwamsanga pamene chochitika china chosangalatsa chinayamba kuchitika. Pakalipano adawona Drake ndi ogwira nawo ntchito akutuluka mu Edison - adayang'ana mosavuta munthu wovala ngati alendo akujambula zochitika kuchokera kutsidya lina la msewu - kenako adawona amisala akuthamangira ku Broadway - chochitika chodabwitsachi chinali chochepa kwambiri, popeza panalibe makamera ambiri achitetezo omwe zigawenga zakumaloko zitha kuthyolamo - ndikuwonera ndi mpweya wopumira pomwe kuwukirako kudayamba kuzungulira chosakaniza simenti.
  
  Zonsezi ndi zosokoneza zosangalatsa. Marsh adagwira foni yam'manja m'dzanja limodzi ndipo ntchafu ya Zoe m'dzanja lake pomwe amadya magawo angapo a ham ndi bowa ndikucheza pa Facebook.
  
  Kutsogolo kwake kunali zotchingira zitatu, mainchesi khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu. Awiriwo tsopano anali kusonyeza chidwi kwambiri pamene Drake ndi Company adalowa mu malo odyera ang'onoang'ono a ku Italy. Marsh adayang'ana nthawi ndikuyang'ana zowombera zokongola.
  
  "Damn, ili pafupi."
  
  "Kodi mwasangalala?"
  
  "Inde, sichoncho?"
  
  "Ndi filimu yabwino." Zoey anaseka. "Koma ndimayembekezera magazi ochulukirapo."
  
  "Ingodikirani kaye, wokondedwa wanga. Kukhala bwino".
  
  Banjali linakhala ndikusewera m"nyumba yalendi yomwe inali m"gulu la zigawengazo; chachikulu, ndinaganiza Marsh. Panali zigawenga zinayi kumeneko, mmodzi wa iwo, pa pempho lapitalo, adakhazikitsa malo owonera mafilimu a Marsh. Pamene banja la Pythian linkakonda kuonera, amunawo anakhala cham"mbali, akuunjikana pa TV yaing"ono, akumapenyerera machanelo ena ambiri, kufunafuna nkhani kapena kudikirira foni. Marsh sankadziwa ndipo sankasamala. Ananyalanyazanso kuyang'ana kwachilendo kwachilendo, podziwa bwino kuti anali munthu wokongola wokhala ndi umunthu wachilendo, ndipo anthu ena - ngakhale amuna ena - ankakonda kuyamikira umunthu wotero.
  
  Zoey adamuwonetsa kuyamikirako pang'ono potsitsa manja ake kutsogolo kwa osewera ake. Zowopsa, anali ndi misomali yakuthwa.
  
  Zokometsera koma mwanjira ina ... zokondweretsa.
  
  Anayang'ana chikwama cha nyukiliya kwa kanthawi - mawu omwe sakanatha kutuluka m'mutu mwake, ngakhale bomba laling'onolo linali m'chikwama chachikulu - kenako ndikutulutsa caviar mkamwa mwake. Gome lomwe linali patsogolo pawo linali, ndithudi, lokongola, lopangidwa ndi zinthu zamtengo wapatali ndi zopanda pake, koma zonse zinali zokoma.
  
  Kodi limenelo linali bomba la nyukiliya lomwe likufuula dzina lake?
  
  Marsh anazindikira kuti inali nthawi yoti achitepo kanthu ndipo adayitana, kuyankhula ndi woperekera zakudya wokongola komanso Mngelezi wolankhula kwambiri. Mnyamatayo anali ndi imodzi mwamawu ake odabwitsa - china chake chomwe chidakhudza anthu wamba - ndipo Marsh adapanga nkhope zopindika, kuyesera kupanga mavawelo. Sichinthu chophweka, ndipo zimakhala zovuta kwambiri pamene manja a amayi akugwira Nutcracker yanu.
  
  "Ndiuzeni zomwe mwapeza, kapena ndilamula kuti muphe anthu awiri aku New York mphindi imodzi yotsatira." Marsh adaseka pomwe adanena izi, osanyalanyaza mawonekedwe okwiya omwe ophunzira ake amatumiza mchipindacho.
  
  Mngeleziyo anazengereza pang'ono. Marsh adapeza chidutswa cha nkhaka chomwe chidagwa kuchokera mu mbale ya saladi ndikuchiyika mozama mutsitsi la Zoe. Osati kuti iye anayamba wazindikirapo. Mphindi zinadutsa ndipo Marsh amacheza kuchipinda choyaka moto, kunjenjemera. Panali botolo la Bollinger lozizira pafupi, ndipo anatenga theka la miniti kutsanulira galasi lalikulu. Zoe anamukumbatira pamene ankagwira ntchito, ndipo iwo ankamwetulira pa galasi lomwelo, mbali zosiyana ndithu.
  
  "Zisanu," adatero Marsh pafoni. "Zinayi, zitatu..."
  
  Manja a Zoya adalimbikira kwambiri.
  
  "Awiri".
  
  Mngeleziyo anayesa kukambirana naye, momveka bwino akudabwa kuti chikuchitika nchiyani. Marsh anaganiza kuti galimoto yomwe adayikonza ikudutsa pawindo lakutsogolo panthawi yomwe idakonzedweratu, akuyang'ana tsopano, akuthamanga, akuyandikira malo odyera osayembekezereka.
  
  "Mmodzi".
  
  Ndiyeno zonse zinaphulika.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKHUMI NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Drake anathamangira kukhoma la lesitilantiyo, nagwira woperekera zakudya m'chiuno ndikumukoka naye. Magalasi ndi njerwa zidagwa kuchokera m'thupi lake lomwe likugudubuzika. Galimoto yoyandikirayo inalira kuti igwire pamene matayala ake akugunda pansi pa malo odyerawo ndipo pakati pa galimotoyo inadutsa pawindo lazenera, kumapeto kwake tsopano kukweza ndikugunda pamzere pamwamba pa galasi. Chitsulo chophwanyika. Matebulo anagwa. Mipando inaunjika ngati zinyalala pamaso pake.
  
  Alicia nayenso adachitapo kanthu nthawi yomweyo, akuyendayenda patebulo ndikuzemba, bala lake lokhalo lidali kadulidwe kakang'ono kachikopa komwe kamawuluka mwachangu. Mai mwanjira ina adatha kugudubuzika pamwamba pa tebulo losuntha popanda kuwononga chilichonse, ndipo Bo adapitilira sitepe imodzi, kulumphira pamwamba pake ndikudumpha kuchokera pamwamba kupita pamwamba, pomaliza adadumphadumpha kotero kuti miyendo ndi manja ake zidagunda khoma lakumbali ndikuthandiza. anatera bwinobwino.
  
  Drake anayang'ana mmwamba, woperekera zakudya anali kukuwa pafupi naye. Alicia anayang'ana modzudzula.
  
  "Ndiye mwamugwira, sichoncho?"
  
  "Onetsetsani!"
  
  Galiyo inali ikupitabe patsogolo, ikutsika pang'onopang'ono ndi yachiwiri, koma tsopano mbiya yamfuti inali kutuluka pawindo la anthu okwera. Alicia adagwa pansi ndikubisala. May adagubuduza mmbuyo pang'ono. Drake anatulutsa mfuti yake ndikuponya zipolopolo zisanu ndi chimodzi m'dzanja lopanda thupi, phokoso lomveka mu malo otsekedwa, kutsutsana ndi phokoso losamva la van. Bo anali akuyenda kale, akuzungulira kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo. Kenako magudumuwo anasiya kutembenuka n"kuima. Matebulo osweka ndi mipando idagwa kuchokera padenga komanso padenga. Drake anaonetsetsa kuti woperekera zakudyayo sanavulale asanapite patsogolo, koma panthawiyo Bo ndi May anali kale mgalimoto.
  
  Beau anathyola zenera la dalaivalayo ndikulimbana ndi chithunzicho. Mai anayang'ana malowo kudzera pagalasi lakutsogolo losweka ndipo kenako anatola thabwa lomwe linali litang'ambika.
  
  "Ayi," Drake adayamba, mawu ake akuwawa pang'ono. "Tikufuna-"
  
  Koma Mai sanafune kumvetsera. M"malomwake, anaponya chida chodzidzimutsa chija kudzera pagalasi la kutsogolo kwa galimotoyo mwamphamvu moti chinakaima pamphumi pa dalaivalayo, chikugwedezeka m"malo mwake. Maso a bamboyo adabwerera m'mbuyo ndipo adasiya kulimbana ndi Beau, Mfalansa akuwoneka wodabwa.
  
  Ndinali nazodi.
  
  Mai adakweza masisi. "Ndinaganiza kuti ndiyenera kukuthandizani."
  
  "Thandizeni?" Drake anabwereza. "Tikufuna m'modzi mwa apathengowa ali moyo."
  
  "Ndiponso," adatero Alicia. "Ndili bwino, ta. Ngakhale ndizosangalatsa kukuwona mukupulumutsa bulu wa Wendy. "
  
  Drake adaluma lilime lake podziwa kuti Alicia amangomuseka. Beauregard anali atamutulutsa kale dalaivalayo m"galimotoyo ndipo anali kusesa m"matumba ake. Alicia anapita pa laputopu yomwe sinagwire mozizwitsa. USB drive idamaliza kutsitsa ndikubweretsa mulu wa zithunzi - zithunzi zosokoneza za zitini zasiliva zomwe zidapangitsa kuti magazi a Drake azizizira.
  
  "Zimaoneka ngati m"kati mwa bomba," iye anatero, akuyang"ana mawaya ndi ma relay. "Tumizani izi ku Moore china chilichonse chisanachitike."
  
  Alicia anatsamira pa makina aja, akumenyetsa kwina.
  
  Drake adathandizira woperekera zakudya ku mapazi ake. "Uli bwino, love?"
  
  "Ine ... ndikuganiza choncho."
  
  "Minti. Nanga bwanji mutipangire lasagna?"
  
  "Chef ... chef sanafike pano." Maso ake anayang'ana chiwonongeko ndi mantha.
  
  "Damn, ndimaganiza kuti wangowaponya mu microwave."
  
  "Osadandaula". Mai adayenda ndikuyika dzanja lake pa phewa la woperekera zakudya. "Adzamangidwanso. Kampani ya inshuwaransi iyenera kusamalira izi. "
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira choncho".
  
  Drake analumanso lilime lake, ulendo uno kuti asatukwane. Inde anali dalitso kuti aliyense anali akupumabe koma Marsh ndi amzake anali akuonongabe miyoyo ya anthu. Popanda chikumbumtima. Palibe makhalidwe ndipo palibe nkhawa.
  
  Zinkakhala ngati foni ikuitana polumikizana ndi zamatsenga. Panthawiyi Drake anayankha foni.
  
  "Kodi ukukankhabe?"
  
  Mawu a Marsh adamupangitsa kufuna kugunda china chake, koma adachita mwaukadaulo. "Tatumiza zithunzi zanu."
  
  "O, zabwino kwambiri. Kotero, ife tinakonza izi pang'ono. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwatengako chakudya mukadikirira, chifukwa gawo lotsatirali, likhoza kukuphani."
  
  Drake anatsokomola. "Mukudziwa kuti sitinayese bomba lanu."
  
  "Ndipo ndikumva izi, ndikuwona kuti mukufuna kuchedwetsa zinthu pomwe mukuyesera kuti mugwire. Izi sizichitika, mzanga watsopano. Izi sizichitika konse. Apolisi anu ndi othandizira, asilikali ndi ozimitsa moto angakhale mbali ya makina opaka mafuta, koma akadali makina, ndipo zimawatengera nthawi kuti ayambe kuthamanga. Chifukwa chake ndikugwiritsa ntchito nthawi ino kukukhadzulani. Ndizosangalatsa kwambiri, ndikhulupirireni.
  
  "Kodi Pythia amapeza chiyani pa zonsezi?"
  
  Marsh adadandaula. "O, ndikuganiza kuti mukudziwa kuti gulu lachabechabe la ragamuffins laphulika posachedwa. Kodi pakhala pali china chilichonse chotsimikizika? Iwo amatsogozedwa ndi wakupha ambiri, psycho stalker, megalomaniac ndi overlord wansanje. Onse anakhala munthu mmodzi."
  
  Panthawiyi, Alicia adatsamira pafupi ndi Drake. "Ndiye tiwuzeni - ali kuti mwana wachiwerewere uyu?"
  
  "O, msungwana watsopano. Kodi ndinu blonde kapena Asia? Mwina blonde kuchokera momwe imamvekera. Darling, ndikadadziwa komwe ali, ndikadakulolani kuti mumseche ali moyo. Tyler Webb nthawi zonse ankafuna chinthu chimodzi. Anawasiya a Pythian atangozindikira kumene angawapeze."
  
  "Ndi ndani yemwe anali kumsika?" - Drake adafunsa, tsopano akupeza nthawi komanso chidziwitso.
  
  "Malo ano ndi ming'oma yonyansa, sichoncho? Tangoganizirani zochitika zonse zomwe zidzachitike padziko lapansi kwazaka zambiri zikubwerazi. "
  
  "Ramses adamugulitsa china chake," adatero Drake, akuyesa.
  
  "Inde. Ndipo ndikutsimikiza kuti soseji yachifalansa ya pâté yakuuzani kale zomwe inali. Kapena mungathe kumufunsa nthawi zonse."
  
  Kotero izi zinatsimikizira izo. Marsh ankawayang'ana, ngakhale analibe maso mu lesitilanti. Drake adatumiza uthenga wachidule kwa Moore. "Bwanji mungatiuze komwe Webb adapita?"
  
  "Chabwino, ndine ndani, Fox News? Kenako mudzandifunsa ndalama."
  
  "Ndikuvomereza chigawenga ichi."
  
  "Ndi kubwerera kuntchito yomwe ili pafupi." Marsh adalankhula mawuwa kenako adakhala ngati akuseka, mwadzidzidzi akuseka. "Pepani, nthabwala zanu. Koma tsopano tamaliza ndi gawo lowongolera la kuthamangitsa. Tsopano ndikufuna kukufotokozerani zofuna zanga."
  
  "Ndiye tiuzeni." Mawu a Alicia adamveka kutopa.
  
  "Kodi choseketsa n"chiyani pa izi? Bomba ili liphulika ngati sindikhutira kwathunthu. Ndani akudziwa, wokondedwa, nditha kusankha kukhala mwini wako."
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Alicia anaoneka kuti wakonzeka kupita, maso ake komanso maonekedwe ake akuyaka moti anayatsa nkhalango yowuma.
  
  "Ndikufuna kukhala nawe ndekha," ananong"oneza motero.
  
  March anaima kaye, kenako mwamsanga anapitiriza. "Natural History Museum, mphindi makumi awiri."
  
  Drake adayika wotchi yake. "Kenako?"
  
  "Hmmm, chiyani?"
  
  "Ichi ndi gawo lalikulu la zomangamanga."
  
  "Eya, ngati mwakwanitsa mpaka pano, ndikupemphani kuti muvule mlonda wina wamwamuna dzina lake Jose Gonzalez. Mmodzi wa okondedwa athu anasonkha zofuna zanga pansalu ya jekete yake usiku watha. Njira yoyamba yonyamulira zikalata, inde, popanda kubwerera kwa wotumiza. "
  
  Drake sanayankhe, makamaka odabwa.
  
  "Ndikudziwa zomwe mukuganiza," adatero Marsh, akuwonetsanso luntha lodabwitsa. "Bwanji ndingokutumizirani zithunzizo kuti ndikuuzeni zomwe mukufuna? Chabwino, ndine munthu wachilendo. Anandiuza kuti ndili ndi mbali ziwiri, malingaliro awiri ndi nkhope ziwiri, koma ndimakonda kuwawona ngati mikhalidwe iwiri yosiyana. Mbali imodzi ndi yopindika, ina ndi yopindika. Mukudziwa zomwe ndikutanthauza?"
  
  Drake anatsokomola. "Zowona ndikudziwa kuti ndiwe ndani."
  
  "Chabwino, ndiye ndikudziwa kuti mumvetsetsa kuti ndikawona mitembo yanu inayi itang'ambika mkati mwa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri, ndikhala wokondwa modabwitsa komanso wokwiya kwambiri. Ndi inu. Ndipo tsopano, chabwino. "
  
  Mzerewo unafa. Drake adadina wotchi yake.
  
  Mphindi makumi awiri.
  
  
  MUTU 12
  
  
  Hayden ndi Kinimaka adakhala ndi Ramses. Kalonga Wachigawenga ankawoneka kuti alibe malo m'chipinda chake chokhala ndi masikweya-mita asanu ndi limodzi: wakuda, wosokonekera komanso, ngakhale atatopa kwambiri, akuyenda uku ndi uku ngati mkango wotsekeredwa. Hayden anavala zida zake zankhondo, kuyang'ana Glock yake ndi zipolopolo zotsalira, ndipo anapempha Mano kuti achite chimodzimodzi. Kuyambira tsopano sipadzakhala mwayi. Onse a Ramses ndi Marichi adakhala anzeru kwambiri kuti asanyozedwe.
  
  N"kutheka kuti nthano zachigawengazo n"zimene ankafuna kukhala.
  
  Hayden anakayikira, amakayikira kwambiri. Nkhondo yomwe inali mkati mwa mpanda ndi imfa yomvetsa chisoni ya mlonda wake inasonyeza momwe iye ankafunira kuthawa. Komanso, kodi mbiri yake inawonongeka? Kodi sayenera kukhala wofunitsitsa kukonza zowonongekazo? Mwina, koma munthu sanawonongedwe mpaka pamene sakanatha kumanganso. Hayden adamuwona akuyenda pomwe Kinimaka adawabweretsera mipando yapulasitiki.
  
  "Muli zida zanyukiliya mumzinda uno," adatero Hayden. "Zomwe ndikukhulupirira kuti mukudziwa kuyambira pomwe mudapangana ndi Tyler Webb ndi Julian Marsh. Muli mumzinda uno, ndipo ikafika nthawi, tidzatsimikiza kuti simuli mobisa. Zoona otsatira ako sakudziwa kuti tili nanu..." Anazilola kuti zizikhazikika pamenepo.
  
  Ramses anayima, akumuyang'ana ndi maso otopa. "Mukutanthauza, ndithudi, chinyengo kumene anthu anga posachedwapa adzapha Marsh, kutenga udindo wa bomba ndi kuliphulitsa. Muyenera kudziwa izi kuchokera kwa Webb ndi amlonda ake, popeza ndi okhawo omwe amadziwa. Ndipo ukudziwanso kuti akungodikira lamulo langa." Anagwedeza mutu, ngati kuti ali yekha.
  
  Hayden anadikira. Ramses anali wochenjera, koma sizikutanthauza kuti sakanapunthwa.
  
  "Ziphulika," adatero Ramses. "Apanga chisankho chawo."
  
  "Titha kupanga maola anu apitawa kukhala osapiririka," adatero Kinimaka.
  
  "Simungandiletse izi," adatero Ramses. "Ngakhale pozunzidwa. Sindiyimitsa kuphulika uku."
  
  "Mukufuna chiyani?" Hayden anafunsa.
  
  "Padzakhala zokambirana."
  
  Anamuphunzira, akuyang"anitsitsa mdani wa dziko latsopano. Anthuwa sankafuna kubweza kalikonse, sankafuna kukambitsirana, ndipo ankakhulupirira kuti imfa inali sitepe chabe lopita ku maonekedwe a Kumwamba. Kodi izi zikutisiya kuti?
  
  Zoona, kuti? Anasakasaka chida chake. Iye anati: "Munthu amene amangofuna kupha anthu ambiri n"ngosavuta kuthana naye. "Ndi chipolopolo m'mutu."
  
  Ramses anakankhira nkhope yake kuzitsulo. "Ndiye pitirira, hule waku Western."
  
  Hayden sanafunikire kukhala katswiri kuti awerenge misala ndi changu chomwe chikuwalira m'maso opanda mzimuwo. Mosalankhulanso china chilichonse, anasintha nkhaniyo n"kutuluka m"chipindacho n"kutseka chitseko chakunjacho.
  
  Simungakhale osamala kwambiri.
  
  Mchipinda chotsatira munali chipinda cha Robert Price. Analandira chilolezo chosunga mlembi pano chifukwa cha chiwopsezo chomwe chinali pafupi komanso udindo wake. Atalowa mchipindamo ndi Kinimaka, Price adamuyang'ana modzikuza.
  
  "Ukudziwa chiyani za bomba?" - iye anafunsa. "Ndipo bwanji munali ku Amazon, kukaona malo azigawenga?"
  
  Price anakhala pansi pa mphasa yake. "Ndikufuna loya. Ndipo mukutanthauza chiyani? bomba?"
  
  "Bomba la nyukiliya," adatero Hayden. "Kuno ku New York. Dzithandize wekha, zoyipa iwe. Dzithandizeni tsopano potiuza zomwe mukudziwa."
  
  "Serious". Maso a Price adachita chidwi. "Sindikudziwa kalikonse".
  
  "Wachita chiwembu," adatero Kinimaka, akusunthira thupi lake kufupi ndi kamera. "Kodi umu ndi momwe mukufuna kuti muzikumbukiridwa? Epitaph kwa adzukulu anu. Kapena mungafune kudziwika kuti ndinu wolapa yemwe adathandizira kupulumutsa New York? "
  
  "Kaya unganene mokoma bwanji," mawu a Price adamveka ngati njoka yodzikulunga. "Sindinachite nawo zokambirana za "bomba" ndipo sindikudziwa kalikonse. Tsopano chonde, loya wanga."
  
  "Ndikupatsani nthaŵi," anatero Hayden. "Ndiye ndidzaika Ramses ndi inu pamodzi, m"chipinda chimodzi. Mutha kulimbana ndi izi. Tiyeni tione amene ayambe kulankhula. Iye angakonde kufa m"malo mokhala ndi moyo, ndipo akufuna kutenga chamoyo chilichonse. Inu? Onetsetsani kuti musadziphe."
  
  Price ankaoneka kuti wakhumudwa ndi mawu ake ena. "Popanda lawyer?"
  
  Hayden anatembenuka. "Zoyipa iwe."
  
  Mlembiyo ankamusamalira. Hayden adamutsekera mkati kenaka adatembenukira kwa Mano. "Maganizo aliwonse?"
  
  "Ndikudabwa ngati Webb akukhudzidwa ndi izi. Iye wakhala wojambula nthawi zonse. "
  
  "Osati nthawi ino, Mano. Webb sakutitsatiranso. Ndikukhulupirira kuti zonse ndi Ramses ndi Marichi. "
  
  "Ndiye chitani chotsatira?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa momwe tingathandizire Drake ndi anyamata," adatero Hayden. "Timu ili kale pakati pa zonse. Dziko lakwawo linkasamalira china chilichonse, kuyambira apolisi akukankha zitseko, akazitape omwe amabisala kuseri kwa ndalama zomwe adapeza movutikira, mpaka ku gulu lankhondo komanso kufika kwa NEST, Gulu Lothandizira Zadzidzidzi za Nyukiliya. Apolisi ali paliponse, ndi zonse zomwe ali nazo. Sappers ali tcheru kwambiri. Tiyenera kupeza njira yothyola Ramses."
  
  "Mwamuwona. Umuthyola bwanji munthu amene alibe nazo ntchito kaya akhale ndi moyo kapena kufa?"
  
  Hayden anaima mokwiya. "Tiyenera kuyesetsa. Kapena mungakonde kungosiya? Aliyense ali ndi choyambitsa. Nyongolotsi iyi imasamala za chinachake. Chuma chake, moyo wake, banja lake lobisika? Payenera kukhala zimene tingachite kuti tithandize."
  
  Kinimaka adalakalaka adatha kuyitanitsa ukatswiri wapakompyuta wa Karin Blake, koma mayiyo adagwidwabe muulamuliro wake wa Fort Bragg. "Tiyeni tikafufuze ntchito."
  
  "Ndipo pempherani kuti tikhale ndi nthawi."
  
  "Akudikirira Ramses kuti apereke chivomerezo. Tili ndi nthawi."
  
  "Mwamva monganso ine, Mano. Posachedwapa adzapha Marsh ndi kumuwombera.
  
  
  MUTU 13
  
  
  Dahl anamvetsera mauthenga osagwirizana pamene Smith ankayendetsa galimoto yawo m'misewu yochuluka ya Manhattan. Mwamwayi, iwo sanafunikire kupita patali, ndipo si mitsempha yonse ya konkire yomwe inatsekeka kotheratu. Zinkawoneka ngati gulu lonse la odziwitsa anali nawo, kuchokera kwa anthu otsika kwambiri m'madera ovuta kufika kwa mabiliyoni olemera kwambiri, okhotakhota ndi aliyense pakati. Izi zinayambitsa mulu wa malipoti otsutsana, koma kunyumba adachita zonse zotheka kuti alekanitse odalirika ndi opotoka.
  
  "Maselo awiri odziwika amalumikizana kwambiri ndi mzikiti wapafupi," Moore adauza a Dahl kudzera m'makutu ake. Analemba adilesi. "Tili ndi wothandizira wina wobisika kumeneko, ngakhale ndi watsopano. Akuti malowa akhala akutali tsiku lonse. "
  
  Dahl sanali munthu wokhoza kuganiza chilichonse. "Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani m'mawu a mzikiti?"
  
  "Zikutanthauza chiyani? Izi zikutanthauza kuti, pita kumeneko ndikutsuka chipinda chimodzi cha Ramses. "
  
  "Chiyanjano cha Civil?"
  
  "Palibe zambiri zoti tikambirane. Koma aliyense amene alipo sangapemphere. Sakani zipinda zonse zofunikira ndi zipinda zapansi panthaka. Ndipo konzekerani. Mnyamata wanga salakwitsa nthawi zambiri, ndipo ndimakhulupirira kuti ali ndi nzeru pa izi. "
  
  Dal adatumiza zambiri ndikulowetsa ma coordinates mu GPS. Mwamwayi iwo anali atatsala pang'ono kufika pamwamba pa mzikitiwo, ndipo Smith anatembenuza chiwongolerocho kulowera chakumphepete.
  
  "Chithandizo," adatero Lauren.
  
  "Dzina lomwe ndinapatsa katana wanga wakale." Kensi adapumira, akukumbukira.
  
  Dahl analimbitsa zingwe za vest yake. "Takonzeka? Dongosolo lomwelo. Timamenya mwamphamvu komanso mwachangu, anthu. Sipadzakhala chifundo".
  
  Smith anazimitsa injini. "Palibe mavuto ndi ine."
  
  M'mawa adawalonjerabe pamene adatsika mgalimoto ndikuyang'ana mzikiti womwe uli kutsidya lina la msewu. Chapafupipo panali polowera kofiira ndi koyera komwe kunali nthunzi. Nyumbayo, yomwe ili pamphambano, inali ndi misewu yonse iwiri, mazenera ake amitundumitundu komanso mbali ya mbali ya anthu ammudzimo. Padenga la nyumbayi panayima kamina kakang'ono, kodabwitsa komanso kowoneka bwino kuseri kwa konkriti zozungulira. Khomo lochokera mumsewu linali la zitseko zagalasi.
  
  "Tilowa," adatero Dahl. "Tsopano sunthani."
  
  Mwadala anawoloka msewu, kuletsa magalimoto ndi manja otambasula. Kupuma tsopano kungawawonongere chilichonse.
  
  "Malo abwino," adatero Smith. "Ndizovuta kupeza gulu lotsimikiza kunja uko."
  
  Dahl adalumikizana ndi Moore. "Tili m'malo. Kodi muli ndi china chilichonse choti mutipatse?"
  
  "Inde. Munthu wanga amanditsimikizira kuti makamera ali mobisa. Ali pafupi kulandiridwa, koma sali pafupi kuti atithandize lero. "
  
  Dahl adauza nkhaniyi pomwe adawoloka msewu wina ndikukankhira zitseko zakumaso kwa mzikiti. Ndi mphamvu zawo zamphamvu, anasunthira mkati mwapang"onopang"ono, maso awo akuzoloŵerana ndi kuwalako pang"ono. Makoma oyera ndi denga linkawonetsa kuwalako, limodzi ndi zoyikapo nyali zagolide komanso kapeti yofiira ndi yagolide. Zonsezi zinali kuseri kwa malo olembetserako, kumene mwamunayo anawayang"ana ndi chikaiko chosabisa.
  
  "Kodi ndingakuthandizeni?"
  
  Dahl adawonetsa ID yake ya SPEAR. "Inde, bwanawe, ukhoza. Mutha kutitengera polowera kwanu mobisa."
  
  Wolandira alendoyo anaoneka wosokonezeka. "Ndi chiyani ichi, nthabwala?"
  
  "Choka pambali," Dahl anatambasula dzanja lake.
  
  "Hei, sindingakulole-"
  
  Dahl adakweza bamboyo ndi malaya ake ndikumuyika pa counter. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndati pita pambali."
  
  Gululo lidadutsa mwachangu ndikulowa munyumba yayikulu ya mzikiti. Deralo linali lopanda kanthu ndipo zitseko kuseri zinali zokhoma. Dahl anadikirira chivundikiro kuchokera kwa Smith ndi Kenzie ndipo kenako anawamenya kawiri. Mitengoyo inagawanika ndipo mapanelowo anagwa pansi. Panthawiyo, phokoso ndi phokoso linamveka kuchokera ku bwalo lakumbuyo kwake. Gululo linatenga maudindo, kuphimba gawo lonselo. Panadutsa masekondi atatu, kenako nkhope ndi chisoti cha mkulu wa asilikali apadera zinatuluka kuseri kwa khoma lakumbali.
  
  "Ndiwe Dali?"
  
  A Swede adaseka. "Inde?"
  
  "Moore anatitumiza. GUZANI. Tabwera kudzathandizira masewera anu. "
  
  "Sewero lathu?"
  
  "Inde. Zatsopano. Inu muli mu mzikiti wolakwika, ndipo akumbidwa mozama kwambiri. Zidzatengera kuukira kwachindunji kuti muwagwetse. Ndipo tikuyang'ana mapazi."
  
  Dahl sanakonde, koma anamvetsa ndondomeko, ulemu wa ntchito pano. Sizinapweteke kuti asilikali apadera anali kale ndi malo abwinoko.
  
  "Sonyezani njira," adatero Dahl.
  
  "Ife ndife. Msikiti wolondola uli kutsidya kwa msewu."
  
  "Kumbali inayo ..." Dahl adalumbira. "GPS yabodza."
  
  "Amagwirizana kwambiri." Wapolisiyo anagwedeza mutu. "Ndipo mawu otukwana achingerezi ndi osangalatsa, koma si nthawi yoti tisunthire abulu athu oyipa?"
  
  Mphindi zinadutsa pamene matimuwo adasanganikirana ndikupanga chipani choukira pomwe amawolokanso msewu. Atasonkhana, palibe mphindi ina yomwe idawonongeka. Kuukira koopsa kunayamba. Amunawo anaukira kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo, kugwetsa zitseko ndi kulowa m"chipinda cholandirira alendo. Mkokomo wachiwiri unadutsa pakati pawo, ukufukufuku kufunafuna malo omwe adauzidwa. Chitseko chabuluu chikapezeka, bamboyo anachiyikapo chiboliboli n"kuliphulitsa. Panali kuphulika, kwakukulu kwambiri kuposa momwe Dahl ankayembekezera, koma ndi radius yomwe magulu apadera ankawerengera momveka bwino.
  
  "Msampha wopusa," mtsogoleriyo adamuuza. "Padzakhala ambiri a iwo."
  
  A Swede adapumira pang'ono, akudziwa kale kufunika kwa othandizira obisala ndipo tsopano osayiwala kuwapatsa zoyenera. Ntchito yobisalira inali imodzi mwa njira zobisika komanso zowopsa za apolisi. Uyu anali wothandizira osowa komanso wofunikira yemwe amatha kuloŵa mdani ndikupulumutsa miyoyo.
  
  Asilikali apadera adalowa m'chipinda chomwe chinali pafupi kuwonongedwa, kenako adatembenukira kuchitseko chakutali. Linali lotseguka ndipo linaphimba zimene zinali khomo lolowera m"chipinda chapansi. Munthu woyamba atayandikira, zipolopolo zinkamveka pansi ndipo chipolopolo chinadutsa m"chipindacho.
  
  Dahl adayang'ana Kensi. "Maganizo aliwonse?"
  
  "Mukundifunsa? Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Mwinamwake chifukwa ndingayerekeze kuti muli ndi chipinda ngati ichi."
  
  "Osagunda pathengo, dala, Dal, chabwino? Sindine wozembetsa ziweto zanu. Ndili pano chifukwa... chifukwa..."
  
  "Inde, wabwera chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Ndikufunadi kudziwa. Mwina ndichoke..." Anakayika, kenako anapumira. "Tamverani, mwina pali njira ina yoloweramo. Chigawenga chanzeru sichingapite kumeneko popanda njira yodalirika yopulumukira. Koma ndi maselo enieni achigawenga? Ndani akudziwa ndi anthu odzipha otere?"
  
  "Tilibe nthawi yoganiza," adatero mkulu wa gulu lapadera, atakhala pafupi naye. "Ndi rollerball ya anyamata awa."
  
  Dahl adayang'ana gululo likutulutsa mabomba awo akungoganizira mawu a Kenzi. Mwadala mwankhanza, adakhulupirira kuti kumbuyo kwawo kuli mtima wosamala, kapena zotsalira zosweka za m'modzi. Kensi ankafunikira china chake choti chimuthandize kugwirizanitsa zidutswazi - koma kodi akanafufuza mpaka liti osataya mtima? Mwina ngalawayi yasweka kale.
  
  Gulu la SWAT lidawonetsa kuti anali okonzeka ndikutulutsa mawonekedwe openga a inferno pogwiritsa ntchito makwerero amatabwa. Ma grenadewo atagwera pansi ndiyeno kuphulika, maguluwo adatsogola, Dahl akukankhira mkulu wankhondoyo kuti akhale pamtengo.
  
  Smith anakankhira patsogolo. "Sungani matako anu."
  
  Pothamangira pansi, adakumana ndi mfuti zamakina nthawi yomweyo. Dahl adawona pansi pa dothi, miyendo ya patebulo, ndi mabokosi a zida asanatsike dala pansi pazipinda zinayi motsatana, kujambula mfuti yake ndikubweza moto. Smith anakhota patsogolo pake, kutsetsereka mpaka pansi ndikukwawira kumbali. Gulu la SWAT linapita patsogolo kuchokera kumbuyo, kugwada ndikusagwedezeka pamzere wamoto. Zipolopolozo zinabwereranso zitawombera, zipolopolo zakupha zinaboola pansi ndikung'amba zidutswa za makoma ochindikala. Dahl atagunda pansi pansi, nthawi yomweyo adayamikira zolembazo.
  
  Panali mamembala anayi apa, omwe anali ofanana ndi omwe adawona m'chipinda chapitacho. Atatu anali atagwada, magazi akutuluka m"makutu mwawo, manja awo ali pamphumi, pamene wachinayi ankaoneka wosavulazidwa ndipo ankawombera kwambiri anthu amene ankamuukira. Mwina ena atatu amamuphimba, koma Dahl nthawi yomweyo adapeza njira yopezera mkaidi wamoyo ndikuyang'ana wowomberayo.
  
  "Ayi ayi!" Mtsogoleri wa magulu ankhondo apadera adathamangira kudutsa iye mosadziwika bwino.
  
  "Ayi!" Dahl adayitana. "Chani-"
  
  Pakati pa gehena yoyipa kwambiri, ndi okhawo omwe adakumanapo nazo kale omwe angachite popanda kupuma. Mtsogoleri wa magulu apadera a asilikali anazindikira bwino chizindikirocho, chinthu chodziwika bwino kwa iye, ndipo ankangoganizira za moyo wa anzake. Pamene Dahl adadziwombera yekha, adawona zigawengazo zikuponya bomba kuchokera ku dzanja limodzi ndikutaya chida chake ndi china.
  
  "Za Ramses!" - adafuula.
  
  Pansi pake panali msampha wa imfa, kachipinda kakang'ono komwe nyamazi zinkakopa nyama zawo. Palinso misampha ina yomwe imabalalika kuzungulira chipindacho, misampha yomwe imayambika pamene shrapnel ikuphulika. Dahl anawombera zigawenga pakati pa maso, ngakhale kuti ankadziwa kuti manjawo anali ophunzira - sizikanawapulumutsa.
  
  Osati mu kachipinda kakang'ono kamene kali ndi makoma a njerwa, m'mikhalidwe yopapatiza, popeza masekondi omaliza amawerengera grenade isanaphulike.
  
  
  MUTU 14
  
  
  Dahl adawona dziko likugwera mumdima. Iye anawona mmene nthawi imachedwera ndi liwiro lokwawa, momwe kugunda kwa mtima uliwonse wamoyo kumapimidwa mu mphindi zosatha. Pamene bomba linkawombera, ndikukweza fumbi ndi dothi pansi mumtambo wawung'ono wa bowa, chipolopolo chake chinalowa mu chigaza cha chigawengacho, chikugwedezeka chisanatuluke kumbuyo kwake ndikugunda khoma pakati pa kasupe wamkulu wa magazi. Thupi lafooka, moyo wapita kale. Bombalo linagwa chifukwa cha mfuti yachiwiri, ndipo Dahl anayamba kusuntha mfutiyo kutali ndi nkhope yake.
  
  Masekondi ofunika adatsala.
  
  Zigawenga zitatuzo zinali zidakali m'mawondo, zikubuula ndi kugonjetsedwa, ndipo sizinawone zomwe zikubwera. Anyamata ankhondo apadera adayesetsa kuletsa zomwe akufuna kapena kukwera mmbuyo masitepe.
  
  Smith anatembenukira kwa Dahl, masomphenya otsiriza a moyo wake.
  
  Dahl ankadziwa kuti Kensi, Lauren, ndi Yorgi ndi amene anali pamwamba pa masitepewo, ndipo kwa kanthawi ankaganiza kuti atalikirana ndi ngoziyo.
  
  Ndipo komabe, izi zonse ndi za ana anga ...
  
  Bombalo linaphulika pa nsonga ya chombo chachiwiri, phokoso lomwe linali laphokoso kwambiri lomwe anthu a ku Sweden sanamvepo. Kenako zomveka zonse zidatha mwadzidzidzi pomwe lingalirolo linazimiririka ...
  
  Maso ake anali akuyang"ana kutsogolo ndipo sanakhulupirire zimene ankaonazo.
  
  Mtsogoleri wa SWAT adathamanga mofulumira momwe angathere, akudziwa zomwe zikubwera ndipo adatsimikiza mtima kupulumutsa anthu ambiri momwe angathere, nthawi yomweyo pozindikira kuti ndi yekhayo amene angachite. Kuthamanga kwake kunamukweza pamwamba pa grenadeyo, zomwe zinamulola kuti agwere pomwepo kwa mphindi imodzi isanaphulika. Kupyolera mu Kevlar, mnofu ndi fupa, izo zinaphulika, koma sizinawakhudze iwo omwe anaima, omangidwa kumalo awo m'chipindamo. Kuphulikako kunatsekedwa ndipo kenako kunafa.
  
  Dahl anakonza kukhosi kwake, osakhulupilira zomwe ankaona. Kudzipereka kwa anzake kumamuchepetsa nthawi zonse, koma izi zinali pamlingo wina.
  
  Ine sindinati^Sindinkalidziwa nkomwe dzina lake.
  
  Ndipo komabe zigawenga zinagwada pamaso pake.
  
  Dahl anathamangira masitepe omalizira, misozi ikugwetsa maso ake ngakhale pamene ankakankhira amuna atatu kumbuyo kwawo. Smith anang'amba ma jekete awo. Zovala zophulika panalibe, koma munthu m'modzi anali kuchita thovu m'kamwa ngakhale Smith atagwada pafupi naye. Winayo anali akukwinyika mopweteka kwambiri. Wachitatu anapanikizidwa pansi, osasuntha. Dahl anakumana ndi maso oipa a munthuyo, ngati chipewa cha polar, ndi chidani chake. Kenzi anayenda ndi kukopa chidwi cha Mswedeyo, akuyang'ana Dahl, maso ake a buluu oundana owoneka bwino, ozizira komanso odzaza ndi malingaliro omwe ankawoneka ngati malo aakulu, osungunuka, ndipo amangolankhula mawu okhawo omwe akanatha kunena.
  
  "Anatipulumutsa mwa kudzipereka yekha nsembe. Ndimaona kuti ndine wolakwa, womvetsa chisoni kwambiri poyerekeza ndi iye."
  
  Dahl, m'masiku ake onse, sanadzipeze kuti sangathe kuyankhapo. Iye anachita izo tsopano.
  
  Smith anafufuza amuna onse atatu, anapeza mabomba ambiri, zipolopolo ndi zida zazing'ono. Mapepala ndi zolemba zomwe zinali m'matumba zinali zophwanyika, choncho amuna omwe anasonkhanawo anayamba kuwafufuza.
  
  Ena anafika kwa mtsogoleri wawo wogwayo, akuweramitsa mitu yawo. Bambo wina anagwada pansi n"kufikira kugwira msana wa mkuluyo.
  
  Chigawenga chachitatu chinafa, ziribe kanthu kuti adamwa poizoni, zinangotenga nthawi yaitali kuti poizoniyo ayambe kugwira ntchito kusiyana ndi anzake. Dahl ankangoyang'ana mopanda chidwi. Pamene cholemba m"makutu chake chinali kulira ndipo mawu a Moore anadzaza m"mutu mwake, anamvetsera koma sanaganizire yankho.
  
  "Makamera asanu," Moore adamuuza. "Magwero athu apeza kuti Ramses ali ndi makamera asanu okha. Mwakumana ndi ziwiri, zomwe zatsala zitatu. Kodi muli ndi chidziwitso china chatsopano chokhudza ine, Dal? Moni? Kodi muli pompo? Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani?"
  
  Wopenga waku Sweden adadina batani laling'ono lomwe lidasokoneza Moore. Anafuna kusonyeza ulemu wake mwakachetechete kwa masekondi angapo. Mofanana ndi amuna ndi akazi onse kumeneko, iye anapulumuka kokha chifukwa cha nsembe yaikulu ya mwamuna mmodzi. Munthu ameneyu sadzaonanso kuwala kwa usana kapena kulowa kwa dzuwa, kapena kumva mphepo yofunda ikuwomba pankhope pake. Dahl adzakumana nazo kwa iye.
  
  Malingana ngati iye anali moyo.
  
  
  MUTU 15
  
  
  Mphindi khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri.
  
  Drake adatsata chitsogozo cha Bo, ndikudula kumanzere pa 59 ndikupita ku chipwirikiti chomwe chinali Columbus Circle. Mbendera zinkawuluka kuchokera ku nyumbazo kupita kumanzere kwake, ndipo kudzanja lake lamanja kunali kachingwe kobiriwira kokhala ndi mitengo. Patsogolo pawo panali nyumba yomangidwa ndi magalasi, ndipo mazenera ake ankawala bwino chifukwa cha kuwala kwa dzuwa lomwe linali likutulukabe. Taxi yachikasu inaima m"mphepete mwa msewu, dalaivala wake akuyembekezera kuona othamanga anayi ovala bwino akuthamanga mumsewu kumbuyo kwake, koma Beau sanamuyang"anenso munthuyo. Bwalolo linali lalikulu konkire danga ndi mathithi, ziboliboli ndi mipando. Alendo odzaona malo ankangoyendayenda uku ndi uku, akulongedzanso zikwama zawo ndi madzi akumwa. Drake adadula pakati pa gulu la othamanga thukuta, kenako adathamanga pansi pa mitengo yomwe imapereka mthunzi pang'ono.
  
  Osawona ndi maso akungoyang'ana.
  
  Kusiyanitsa pakati pa misewu yovuta, yodzaza ndi zovuta zambiri - zazikulu, zosanjikizana zokhala zikukangana malo pakati pa mipingo yachikhalidwe pamodzi ndi gululi - ndi mtendere wamtendere ndi bata zomwe zinkalamulira mu zobiriwira kumanja kwake zinadzaza Drake ndi malingaliro osakhala enieni. Kodi malowa anali openga bwanji? Ndi maloto angati awa? Kusiyanaku kunali koopsa kwambiri.
  
  Adadabwa kuti Marsh amawayang'ana bwanji koma sanadandaule nazo. Zimenezi zingachititse kuti munthu afe. Kunyumbako, anali kuyesanso kupeza tchanelocho kuti azitha kuchipeza komwe chinachokera.
  
  Orb yowala pang'onopang'ono inatembenukira kumanzere pamene gulu linkathamanga. Alicia ndi May anali akuthamangira kumbuyo, akuyang'ana koma osatha kugwiritsa ntchito luso lawo lonse pamayendedwe awa. Mdani angakhale paliponse, aliyense. Sedan yodutsa yokhala ndi mazenera owoneka bwino idafunikira kuyang'anitsitsa, koma idasowa patali.
  
  Drake adawona nthawi. Kwatsala mphindi khumi ndi chimodzi.
  
  Ndipo komabe mphindi zinadutsa, kachiwiri ndi sekondi. Bo adachedwetsa ngati nyumba yotuwa yomwe Drake adazindikira nthawi yomweyo idawonekera pamsewu. Akuthamangabe, adatembenukira kwa Alicia ndi May. "M'nyumba yomweyi momwe tidamenyera nkhani ndi Odin. Damn, zikuwoneka ngati moyo wapita. "
  
  "Kodi helikopita sinagunda mbali?" Adafunsa choncho Alicia.
  
  "Eya, ndipo tidagwidwa ndi Tyrannosaurus Rex."
  
  Natural History Museum inkawoneka ngati yaying'ono kuchokera kumbali iyi, lingaliro lolakwika ngati lidakhalapo. Panali masitepe okwera kuchokera mumsewu kupita kuzitseko zakutsogolo, zomwe pakali pano zodzaza ndi gulu la alendo. Fungo losakanizika la dizilo ndi petulo linawaukira atayima m"mphepete mwa msewu. Phokoso la ma injini, kulira kwa nyanga, ndi mfuu wa apo ndi apo zinawasautsabe maganizo, koma mwina kunali kutachulukana kwa magalimoto kuzungulira kuno.
  
  "Osasiya tsopano," Alicia anatero. "Sitikudziwa komwe chitetezo chikhala."
  
  Drake anayesa kuyimitsa magalimoto ndikuwalola kuwoloka. "Tiyeni tikhulupirire kuti sananene kuti akudwala."
  
  Mwamwayi, panali magalimoto ochepa ndipo gululo linatha kuwoloka msewu mosavuta. Kamodzi pansi pa masitepe a nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, anayamba kukwera, koma mwadzidzidzi anaima pamene anamva kulira kwakukulu kwa matayala kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  Drake anaganiza: Mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri.
  
  Iwo anakhala chochitika cha misala yosaletseka. Amuna anayi analumpha m"galimotomo, mfuti zitakonzeka. Drake anayesa kuthawa, kudumpha kuchoka pazitseko za nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndikubalalitsa alendo. Bo anasolola chida chake n'kulunjika kwa adaniwo. Kuwombera kunamveka. Kukuwa kunang'amba m'mawa kwambiri.
  
  Drake adalumphira mmwamba ndikuponya nkhonya yaying'ono, akugudubuzika pamene akugunda pansi ndikunyalanyaza ululu womwe phewa lake linatenga mphamvu zonse za thupi lake. Wowukirayo adalumphira pachivundikiro cha sedan ndipo anali atagwira kale Mai ndi mfuti. Drake adagubuduza molunjika mgalimoto ija kenako adayimilira, mwamwayi adali pafupi ndi mfuti. Anatambasula dzanja lake, kukhala wowopsa komanso wofuna chisamaliro.
  
  Alicia anakwera njira ina, akukonza masitepe ndikuyika fano la equestrian la Theodore Roosevelt pakati pa iye ndi omwe amamuukira. Komabe, iwo anawombera, zipolopolozo zikuwomba pachoponya chamkuwa. Alicia adatulutsa chida chake ndikuzembera mbali ina. Amuna awiriwa tsopano anali pamwamba pa magalimoto, kupanga zolinga zabwino kwambiri. Anthu wamba anathamangira mbali zonse, akuchotsa malowo. Anayang'ana chigawengacho, chomwe chinagwada pansi, koma moto wopitirirabe unasunthira kwa iye, kumukakamiza kuti abisale.
  
  May ndi Bo analowa m"kanjira kakang"ono kolowera pafupi ndi khomo lalikulu la nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zosungiramo zinthu zakale, akukangamirana mwamphamvu kuti apewe zipolopolo zomwe zinkawomba miyalayo. Beau anayima moyang'ana khoma, osatha kusuntha, koma May anali kuyang'ana kunja, nsana wake unatembenukira kwa Mfalansa.
  
  "Izi ndi ... zovuta," Beauregard anadandaula.
  
  "Ndipo ndizamwayi kuti ndiwe woonda ngati bango," adatero Mai. Anatulutsa mutu wake kunja ndikuwombera volley. "Mukudziwa, titakumana nanu koyamba, munkawoneka kuti nthawi zambiri mumakwawa pakati pa ming'alu yampanda."
  
  "Zingakhale zothandiza pompano."
  
  "Monga utsi." Mai anatsamiranso kunja, kubweza moto. Zipolopolozo zinatsata njira yomwe inali pamwamba pa mutu wake.
  
  "Kodi tingasamuke?"
  
  "Osati pokhapokha ngati mukufuna kumenyedwa."
  
  Drake anazindikira kuti analibe nthawi yoti agwiritse ntchito chida chake, choncho adayesa kugonjetsa chida cha mdani wake. Iye anazindikira mochedwa kwambiri kuti sakanakhoza kumufikira iye - mnyamatayo anali wokwezeka kwambiri - ndipo kenako anawona mbiya ikutembenukira kwa iye.
  
  Palibe kopita.
  
  Chibadwa chinamubaya ngati mzinga. Atabwerera, anakankhira zenera la galimotoyo, n"kuthyola galasilo, ndipo kenako analowa mkatimo pamene chigawengacho chinawombera. Kumbuyo kwake kunachita thovu. Drake adalowa pampando wapampando wa dalaivala, chikopa chikung'ambika, mawonekedwe a mipandoyo zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuti adutse. Iye ankadziwa chimene chinali kubwera. Chipolopolocho chinalowa padenga, mpando ndi pansi pa galimotoyo. Drake adagwedezeka mwachangu. Chipinda chapakaticho chinali ndi chipinda chamagetsi ndi zotengera ziwiri zazikulu zomwe zidamupatsa kanthu kuti atengepo pomwe amanyamula thupi lake pampando wokwera. Zipolopolo zambiri zinang'amba padenga mopanda chifundo. Drake anakuwa, kuyesera kugula nthawi. Kuthamanga kunayima kwakanthawi, koma, pamene Drake adatsamira ndikukweza zenera, idayambanso ndi liwiro lalikulu.
  
  Drake anakwera pampando wakumbuyo, chipolopolo chikuyaka chibowo pakati pa msana wake. Anadzipeza ali mu mulu wotopetsa, wopanda mpweya komanso wopanda malingaliro. Kamphindi kakayikakayika kuyenera kuti kudapangitsa kuti wowomberayo ayimenso, kenako bamboyo adabwera pamoto wa Alicia. Drake adatsegula chitseko chakumbuyo kuchokera mkati ndikutuluka, nkhope idakwiriridwa mu konkriti ndipo samawona komwe angapite.
  
  Kupatula...
  
  Pansi pa galimoto. Anagudubuzika, movutikira pansi pa galimotoyo. Tsopano adawona chassis wakuda, mapaipi ndi utsi. Chipolopolo china chinawomberedwa kuchokera pamwamba, ndikubaya mpata pakati pa kufalikira kwa minofu yooneka ngati V ya miyendo yake. Drake adatulutsa mpweya, akuyimba mluzu modekha.
  
  Anthu awiri akhoza kusewera masewerawa.
  
  Kusuntha mapazi ake, adaumiriza thupi lake kuti lisunthe pansi kupita kutsogolo kwa galimotoyo, ndikujambula Glock yake pamene amapita. Kenako, akuyang'ana m'mabowo a zipolopolo am'mbuyomo, anayandikira pamene mwamunayo ayenera kuti anali. Anaombera zipolopolo zisanu ndi chimodzi motsatizana, akusintha kaimidwe kake pang"ono nthaŵi iliyonse, ndiyeno mwamsanga anatuluka pansi pa galimotoyo.
  
  Chigawengacho chinagwera pafupi naye n"kugwira mimba yake. Mfutiyo inagwa ndi kugunda pafupi naye. Pamene adachifikira mofunitsitsa, komanso lamba wake, Drake adamuwombera pamalo opanda kanthu. Zowopsa zinali zazikulu kwambiri kuti zitha kutenga zoopsa, anthu anali pachiwopsezo kwambiri. Ululu wa minofu yake unamuvutitsa pamene ankavutika kuti aimirire, kuyang'ana pamwamba pa chivundikiro cha galimotoyo.
  
  Alicia adalumpha kuchokera kuseri kwa fano la Roosevelt, ndikuwombera zipolopolo zingapo asanazimiririkenso. Cholinga chake chinali kutsogolo kwa galimoto ina. Zigawenga zina ziwiri zinayesa kuyang'ana May ndi Bo, omwe amawoneka ngati akukanidwa kukhoma, koma kuwombera kolondola kwa May kunalepheretsa zigawenga.
  
  Drake anayang'ana wotchi yake.
  
  Mphindi ziwiri.
  
  Iwo anali olondola komanso omveka bwino.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKHUMI NDI CHISANU NDI CHISANU NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Drake adagonjetsa zigawenga. Potulutsa HK wake, adayang'ana pa awiri omwe akuvutitsa Bo ndi May. Mmodzi adagwa nthawi yomweyo, moyo wake ukufalikira mu konkire, imfa yovuta kwa mtima wouma. Winayo adatembenuka momaliza, akutenga chipolopolo, koma adatha kubweza moto. Drake anatsatira mlandu wa bamboyo ndi zipolopolo, kusiya imfa pambuyo pake. Pamapeto pake, bamboyo adasowa kopita ndipo adayima, kenaka adakhala pansi ndikuphulitsa komaliza molunjika kwa May pomwe mfuti ya Drake idamaliza kuwopseza kwake.
  
  May ataona izi akubwera ndipo anamugwira Bo pansi. Mfalansayo adatsutsa, akugwera mulu wovuta, koma May adamukhomera pansi ndi zigongono zake pamwamba, kumulepheretsa kuyenda. Zidutswa zinatuluka pakhoma pomwe panali mitu yawo.
  
  Bo anayang'ana mmwamba. "Merci, Mayi."
  
  "Ndine ndekha."
  
  Drake anali atakopa chidwi cha zigawenga zomaliza zomwe zidatsala, koma palibe chomwe chinali chofunikira. Ndi mantha oopsa okha omwe anali nawo pamoyo wake. Kugunda kosimidwa kwa mtima wake ndiko kunali kofunika.
  
  Anaphonya tsiku lomalizira.
  
  Mizimu yake idakwera pang'ono pamene adawona May ndi Bo akuthamangira ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, ndipo Alicia adatuluka pobisala kuti atumize chigawenga chomaliza ku gehena yowopsya yomwe imayenera. Mwamuna wina akutuluka magazi m"mphepete mwa msewu. Moyo wina unatayika ndikudzipereka.
  
  Iwo anali opanda malire, anthu awa. Anali nyanja yamkuntho.
  
  Kenako Drake adawona wachigawenga womaliza, yemwe mwina wamwalira, akuimirira ndikuchokapo. Drake ankaganiza kuti ayenera kuvala vest. Iye analunjika pa mapewa akugwedezeka ndi kuwombera, koma chipolopolocho chinaphonya chandamale mamilimita okha. Akutulutsa mpweya pang'onopang'ono, adafunanso kuwombera kachiwiri. Tsopano mwamunayo adagwa pansi ndikuyimiriranso, ndipo mphindi yotsatira adalowa mu gulu la anthu, owonerera, anthu ammudzi ndi ana omwe ali ndi makamera omwe amayesa kujambula nthawi yawo ya kutchuka pa Facebook kapena Instagram.
  
  Drake adazandima kupita kwa Alicia. "Ndiye iyi inali imodzi mwama cell a Ramses?"
  
  "Amuna anayi. Ndendende monga momwe Dahl adafotokozera. Iyi ikhala cell yachitatu yomwe takumana nayo ngati timu. "
  
  "Ndipo sitikudziwabe za Marichi."
  
  Alicia anayang'ana mozungulira misewu, msewu ndi magalimoto oyimitsidwa, osiyidwa. Kenako adatembenuka pomwe kukuwa kwa May kudawakopa chidwi.
  
  "Tili ndi mlonda!"
  
  Drake anathamangira masitepe, mutu pansi, osayesa ngakhale kuyika chida chake. Izi zinali zonse, ili linali dziko lawo lonse. Ngati Marsh akanayitana, akadakhala-
  
  Jose Gonzalez adamupatsa foni yam'manja. "Ndiwe Mngelezi yemweyo?"
  
  Drake anatseka maso ake ndikuyika chipangizocho kukhutu kwake. "Nthawe. Umatchula s-"
  
  Chiseko cha Pythia chinamusokoneza. "Tsopano, tsopano, musagwiritse ntchito mawu otembereredwa wamba. Matemberero ndi a anthu osaphunzira, kapena ndinauzidwa. Kapena ndi njira ina mozungulira? Koma zikomo, bwenzi langa latsopano, uli moyo!
  
  "Zidzatengera nkhonya zingapo kuti tigonjetse."
  
  "O, ine ndikutsimikiza. Kodi bomba la nyukiliya lingachite izi?
  
  Drake ankaona ngati akanapitirizabe mawu ake okwiya mpaka kalekale, koma anayesetsa kutseka pakamwa pake. Alicia, May, ndi Beau adakumbatirana pa foni pomwe Jose Gonzalez amayang'ana mwachidwi.
  
  "Mphaka wameza lilime lako? O, ndipo Hei, chifukwa chiyani simunayankhe mafoni a Gonzalez?"
  
  Drake adaluma mlomo wake wakumtunda mpaka magazi adayamba kutuluka. "Ndili pompano."
  
  "Inde, inde, ndikuwona. Koma unali kuti...um...mphindi zinayi zapitazo?"
  
  Drake adakhala chete.
  
  "Jose wachikulire wosauka adayankha yekha foni. Sindimadziwa zomwe ndikunena."
  
  Drake anayesa kusokoneza Marsh. "Tili ndi jekete. Kuti-"
  
  "Simukundimvera, Mngelezi. Mwachedwa. Ukukumbukira chilango chochedwa?"
  
  "Nthawe. Lekani kunyengerera. Kodi mukufuna kuti zofuna zanu zikwaniritsidwe kapena ayi?"
  
  "Zofuna zanga? Chabwino, ndithudi zidzachitika ndikaganiza kuti ndine wabwino ndi wokonzeka. Tsopano, inu atatu, khalani asilikali abwino ndipo mudikire pomwepo. Ndingoyitanitsa zotengerako zingapo. "
  
  Drake analumbira. "Musachite zimenezo. Usayerekeze kuchita zimenezo!"
  
  Yankhula msanga.
  
  Mzerewo unafa. Drake adayang'ana maso atatu aja ndipo adazindikira kuti anali mawonekedwe ake. Iwo analephera.
  
  Ndi kuyesetsa kwakukulu, adakwanitsa kudziletsa kuti asawononge foni. Alicia adadzitengera yekha kufotokoza za kuopsa komwe kukubwera kwa Kwawo. Mai adamupangitsa Gonzales kuvula jekete lake.
  
  "Tiyeni tithetse izi," iye anatero. "Timachita ndi zomwe zili patsogolo pathu ndikukonzekera zomwe zingachitike."
  
  Drake adayang'ana m'mphepete mwake, konkriti komanso wokhala ndi mitengo, ali kutali m'malingaliro ndi mtima, wosweka ndi lingaliro lomwe la zolinga za March. Anthu osalakwa akanafa m"mphindi zingapo zotsatira, ndipo ngati akanalepheranso, pakanakhalanso ena.
  
  "March aphulitsa bomba ili," adatero. "Chilichonse chomwe anganene. Ngati sitichipeza, dziko lonse lidzavutika. Timayima pamwamba kwambiri. "...
  
  
  MUTU 17
  
  
  March adaseka ndikudula foni mosangalala. Zoey anadzikakamiza kuyandikira kwa iye. "Mwamuwonetsa ndithu," iye anatero.
  
  "Eya, ndipo tsopano ndimuwonetsa zambiri."
  
  Marsh adatulutsa foni ina yoyaka moto ndikuwunika nambala yomwe adasunga kale m'mutu mwake. Potsimikiza kuti izi n"zimene akufuna, anaimba nambalayo mwamsanga n"kudikirira. Mawu omwe adayankha, aukali komanso okakamiza, adatsimikizira zomwe akuyembekezera.
  
  "Inu mukudziwa chochita," iye anatero.
  
  "Mmodzi? Kapena awiri?
  
  "Awiri, monga tinagwirizana. Kenako pitirirani ngati ndingakufunanso."
  
  "Zowona, bwana. Ndakhala ndikudziwitsidwa ndi pulogalamu yanga ya foni yam'manja. Ndikadasangalala nazo zina mwazochitazo. "
  
  March anapumula. "Kodi ndiwe wachigawenga, Stephen?"
  
  "Chabwino, ayi, sindikanadziika ndekha m"kalasi imeneyo. Osati kwenikweni."
  
  "Gwirani ntchito imene munalipidwa. Pompano."
  
  Marsh adasintha chimodzi mwazowonera kukhala kamera yamzinda, chida chaching'ono choyang'ana chomwe mabizinesi oyandikana nawo amagwiritsa ntchito kuyang'anira omwe akubwera ndi kupita m'mbali mwamsewu. Stephen amatha kuyambitsa chipwirikiti mumsewu womwewu, ndipo Marsh ankafuna kuwonera.
  
  Zoe adatsamira, kuyesera kuti awoneke bwino. "Ndiye titaninso lero?"
  
  Maso a Marichi adatuluka. "Kodi izi sizikukwanira? Ndipo mwadzidzidzi mumawoneka wofewa pang'ono, wopindika pang'ono kwa mkazi woitanidwa kuti agwirizane ndi Pythias wamkulu woyipa, Abiti Zoe Shears. Chifukwa chiyani? Kodi ndi chifukwa chakuti mumakonda misala mwa ine?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza choncho. Ndipo kuposa pang'ono chabe. Mwina champagne idapita kumutu kwanga."
  
  "Chabwino. Tsopano khalani chete ndipo muwone.
  
  Mphindi zingapo zotsatira zidachitika monga momwe Marsh amafunira. Amuna ndi akazi wamba akadachita mantha ndi zomwe adawona, ngakhale zolimba, koma Marsh ndi Shears adaziyang'ana mozizira. Kenako zidamutengera Marsh mphindi zisanu zokha kuti asunge zojambulazo ndikuzitumiza kwa Mngeleziyo kudzera pa uthenga wa kanema wokhala ndi cholemba: Tumizani izi ku Dziko Lathu. Ndilumikizana nanu posachedwa.
  
  Anamukulunga mkono umodzi Zoey. Onse pamodzi anaphunzira nkhani yotsatirayi yothamangitsa, imene Mngeleziyo ndi anzake atatu ankadziwa kuti akafika mochedwa asanayambe n"komwe. Wangwiro. Ndipo chisokonezo pamapeto ... ndi chamtengo wapatali.
  
  Marsh anakumbukira kuti m"chipindamo munali anthu ena. Selo lalikulu la Ramses ndi mamembala ake. Anakhala phee pakona yakutali ya nyumbayo moti sanakumbukirenso nkhope zawo.
  
  "Hei," adayitana. "Mayi wamuthera shampeni. Kodi mmodzi wa inu akhoza kuyeretsa?
  
  Bambo wina anaimirira, maso ake atadzaza ndi mnyozo kwambiri moti Marsh ananjenjemera. Koma mawuwa adaphimbidwa mwachangu ndikusandulika kugwedeza mutu mwachangu. "Ndithudi mungathe".
  
  "Wangwiro. Botolo limodzi liyenera kukwanira. "
  
  
  MUTU WAKHUMI NDI chisanu ndi chitatu
  
  
  Drake adawona Mai akuvula jekete la alonda pomwe amasaka mndandanda wazomwe akufuna. Alicia ndi Beau anayang'ana khamu la anthu omwe anasonkhanawo, akutsimikiza kuti wotsala wotsala m'selo yachitatuyo asuntha. Dziko lakwawo linali panjira kwangotsala mphindi ziwiri. Pafupi ndi apo, apolisi anali atasonkhana. Drake adadziwa kuti pofika pachimake zomwe zachitika posachedwa zipangitsa kuti anthu onse a ku New York ali pamphepete ndipo alendo odzaona malo ali ndi mantha. Litha kukhala lingaliro labwino ngati anthu atasiya misewu, koma ndi chiyani chinanso chomwe White House ingachite?
  
  Ma drones okhala ndi zida zowunikira ma radiation adazungulira mlengalenga. Zida zodziwira zitsulo zinayimitsa aliyense amene anayenera kusamala, ndi ambiri omwe sanatero. Asilikali ndi NEST anali pano. Panali ma agent ambiri omwe ankangoyendayenda m'misewu moti zinkangokhala ngati msonkhano wa asilikali akale. Ngati Dipatimenti ya Zam'kati, FBI, CIA ndi NSA akanachita ntchito zawo molondola, Marsh akanapezeka.
  
  Drake anayang'ana wotchi yake. Padutsa ola limodzi kuchokera pamene vuto loopsali linayamba.
  
  Izi ndi zonse?
  
  Alicia anamugwedeza. "Anapezapo kanthu."
  
  Drake adawona Mai akutulutsa pepala lopindidwa mu jekete la Gonzalez lowonongeka.
  
  New Yorker adachita mantha atamuwona ndipo adatenga manja ong'ambika m'manja mwake. "Kodi mzinda ungandipatse chipukuta misozi...
  
  "Mzindawu ungakupatseni malangizo," adatero Alicia motsimikiza. "Nthawi ina mugwiritse ntchito mafuta ofunda pang"ono. Osalipira makampani oipa."
  
  Gonzales anatseka ndipo anathawa.
  
  Drake adayenda mpaka Meyi. Zofuna za Marsh zidasindikizidwa papepala loyera la A4 mumtundu waukulu kwambiri. Ponseponse iwo anali olunjika kwambiri.
  
  "Madola mamiliyoni mazana asanu," adatero Mai. "Ndipo palibenso".
  
  Pansi pa zofunidwazo panali chiganizo cholembedwa mosiyana ndi kalembedwe kakang'ono.
  
  Tsatanetsatane posachedwapa.
  
  Drake ankadziwa bwino lomwe tanthauzo lake. "Atitumizanso kuzinthu zina zosatheka."
  
  Beauregard ankaona khamu la anthulo. "Ndipo ife, mosakayika, timakhalabe maso. Ndithudi tilepheranso nthawi ino."
  
  Drake adataya kuchuluka kwa mafoni am'manja omwe adakwezedwa ndi gulu lomwe linasonkhana, kenako adamva kumveka kwa uthenga pafoni yake ndikuyang'ana pazenera. Ngakhale asanadina ulalo wavidiyoyo, m'mutu mwake munayamba kuyabwa ndi malingaliro owopsa. "Anyamata," anatero ndipo anagwira chipangizocho m"mwamba pomwe ankakhamukirana.
  
  Chithunzicho chinali chonyezimira komanso chakuda ndi choyera, koma kamerayo inali yosasunthika komanso ikuwonetseratu chimodzi mwa zoopsa kwambiri za Drake. "Palibe nzeru," iye anatero. "Kupha anthu amene sadziwa chimene chikuchitika. Izi sizowopseza, izi sizopindulitsa. Izi ndi za..." Iye sanathe kupitiriza.
  
  "Zili bwino," Mai anapumira. "Tikukumba mochulukirachulukira mwa odyetsa pansi tsiku lililonse. Ndipo choyipa kwambiri ndichakuti amakhala mkati mwa madera athu. "
  
  Drake sanataye mphindi imodzi ndikutumiza ulalo ku Homeland. Mfundo yoti Marsh akuwoneka kuti atha kutulutsa nambala yake ya foni yam'manja sizinadabwe kwenikweni chifukwa cha zonse zomwe adakwanitsa mpaka pano. Zigawenga zomwe zinkamuthandiza zinali zambiri kuposa asilikali oyenda pansi.
  
  Drake adawona apolisi akuchita ntchito yawo. Alicia anayandikira pafupi naye, kenaka mwachisawawa anakweza mwendo wa buluku lake. "Mukuziwona izi?" - adatero m'mawu oimba. "Ndinamva pamene munkafuna kundimenya bulu m"chipululu. Ndipo ikadali yatsopano. Umu ndi momwe izi zikupita patsogolo. "
  
  Mawu ake adakhudza kwambiri Drake. Panali kukumbukira kugwirizana kwawo, kukopa kwawo kwatsopano; mapeto a May ndi Bo kuti chinachake chinachitika pakati pawo; komanso zodziwika bwino za moyo wake mpaka pano - momwe zidasunthira mwachangu komanso momwe adayesera kuchepetsa zinthu.
  
  Mu mzere wolunjika wa moto.
  
  "Ngati tipulumuka izi," adatero. "Timu SPEAR ikutenga tchuthi cha sabata limodzi."
  
  "Torsty adasungitsa kale matikiti opita ku Barbados," adatero Alicia.
  
  "Chachitika ndi chiyani m'chipululu?" Mayi anaganiza choncho.
  
  Drake anayang'ana wotchi yake, kenako pa foni yake, atagwidwa ndi nthawi yachilendo, ya surreal. Poyang'anizana ndi imfa yosafunikira ndi chiwopsezo chowonjezereka, ndi kufunafuna kosatha ndi nkhondo yankhanza, iwo tsopano anali kumenya zidendene zawo ndipo anakakamizika kutenga mphindi zochepa za kupuma. N"zoona kuti ankafunika nthawi yoti athetse vutolo, nkhawa imene inkakula yomwe ikanawatsogolera ku imfa... Koma njira ya Alicia yochitira zimenezi nthawi zonse yakhala yosavomerezeka.
  
  "Bikini. Gombe. Blue mafunde, "adatero Alicia. "Ndine".
  
  "Kodi mukupita ndi bwenzi lanu lapamtima latsopano?" Mai anamwetulira. "Kenzie?"
  
  "Ukudziwa, Alicia, sindikuganiza kuti Dahl adasungitsa tchuthi cha timu," adatero Drake, akungoseka. Zofanana ndi tchuthi chabanja.
  
  Alicia anafuula. "Wopusa bwanji. Ndife Banja".
  
  "Inde, koma osati momwe amafunira. Ukudziwa, Joanna ndi Dahl akufunika nthawi. "
  
  Koma Alicia tsopano anali kuyang'ana May. "Ndipo poyankha kunyozedwa koyambako, Sprite, ayi, ndimaganiza zotenga Drakey. Zikukwanira?"
  
  Drake mwachangu adayang'ana kumbali, akugwedeza milomo yake muluzu lopanda phokoso. Kumbuyo kwake, adamva ndemanga ya Bo.
  
  "Kodi izi zikutanthauza kuti iwe ndi ine tatha tsopano?"
  
  Mawu a May anakhala chete. "Ndikuganiza kuti zili kwa Matt kuti asankhe."
  
  O zikomo. Zikomo kwambiri, zikomo.
  
  Anangomva kumasuka pamene foni yake inaitana. "Inde?"
  
  "Marichi kuno. Kodi asilikali anga aang'ono ali okonzeka kuthamanga mwamsanga?"
  
  Munapha anthu osalakwa aja. Tikakumana, ndiona kuti uyankha pankhaniyi.
  
  "Ayi bwenzi, uyankha. Mukuwerenga zofunikira zanga, sichoncho? Mamiliyoni mazana asanu. Izi ndi ndalama zokwanira kwa mzinda wodzadza ndi amuna, akazi ndi opusa.
  
  Drake anatseka maso ake, akukuta mano. "Chakudza ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Zambiri zamalipiro, inde. Pitani ku siteshoni yapakati. Akuyembekezera mkati mwa imodzi mwa ma cafes apakati. " Anatchula dzina. "Anapinda bwino ndi kulowetsa mu envelopu yomwe mzimu wokoma mtima unajambula pansi pa tebulo lomaliza kumapeto kwa kauntala. Ndikhulupirireni, mukafika kumeneko mumvetsetsa. "
  
  "Bwanji ngati sitichita izi?" Drake sanaiwale za membala wothawa cell, kapena kukhalapo kwa maselo ena osachepera awiri.
  
  "Kenako ndidzaitana bulu wina kuti anyamule katundu wanga ndi kuliphulitsa sitolo yadoti. Zikukwanira?"
  
  Drake adangoganizira mwachidule zomwe angachite Marsh atamugwira. "Motalika bwanji?"
  
  "O, mphindi khumi zikhale zokwanira."
  
  "Mphindi khumi? Izi ndi zopusa, Marichi, ndipo mukudziwa. Central Station ili pagalimoto yopitilira mphindi makumi awiri kuchokera pano. Mwina kuwirikiza kawiri."
  
  "Sindinanenepo kuti muzipita."
  
  Drake anakunga zibakera zake. Iwo anali kukhazikitsidwa kuti alephere, ndipo onse ankadziwa izo.
  
  "Ndikuuza chiyani," adatero Marsh. "Kuti nditsimikizire kuti nditha kukhala, ndisintha izi kukhala mphindi khumi ndi ziwiri. Ndipo kuwerenga. "...
  
  Drake anayamba kuthamanga.
  
  
  MUTU WAKHUMI NDININANANI
  
  
  Drake adathamangira mumsewu pomwe Beau amalemba ma coordinates a Grand Central Station mu GPS yake. Alicia ndi May anathamangira kumbuyo. Komabe, nthawi ino, Drake sanakonzekere kuyenda paziboda. Ngakhale ndandanda yolimba kwambiri yokhazikitsidwa ndi Marsh, kuyesako kudayenera kupangidwa. Magalimoto atatu adasiyidwa pafupi ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, ma Corolla awiri ndi Civic. A Yorkshireman sanawawonenso kachiwiri. Zomwe amafuna zinali ...
  
  "Lowani!" Alicia anayima pakhomo lotseguka la Civic.
  
  "Sikokwanira," adatero.
  
  "Sitingataye nthawi titayima pano kudikirira-"
  
  "Zakwanira," Drake adawona kumbuyo kwa hatchi yoyenda pang'onopang'ono yomwe inali itangotuluka kumene ku Central Park kupita komwe galimoto yamphamvu ya F150 inali itayenda m'mphepete mwa msewu.
  
  Iye anathamangira kwa iye.
  
  Alicia ndi May anathamangira. "Kodi akundinyoza?" Alicia adayambitsa tirade mu Meyi. "Palibe njira yoti ndikwere hatchi. Ayi!
  
  Anadutsa nyamayo mozemba ndipo mwamsanga anapempha dalaivala kuti awabwereke galimoto yake. Drake anaponda pa pedal ya gasi, akuyaka mphira uku akuchoka pamphepete. Beau analoza kumanja.
  
  "Kwerani kudutsa Central Park. Iyi ndi 79th Street yodutsa ndipo imalowera ku Madison Avenue.
  
  "Ndiikonda nyimbo iyi," Alicia adakwiya. "Ya Tiffany ili kuti? Ndili ndi njala."
  
  Beau adamupatsa mawonekedwe odabwitsa. "Iyi si malo odyera, Miles."
  
  "Ndipo Madison Avenue inali gulu la pop," adatero Drake. "Motsogozedwa ndi Cheney Coates. Monga ngati wina angamuiwale." Anameza, mwadzidzidzi anakumbukira.
  
  Alicia adaseka. "Bullshit. Ndingosiya kuyesa kupeputsa mtima. Chifukwa chilichonse cha izi, Drakes? Anali hule?"
  
  "Inde, dikirani!" Analondolera galimoto yothamanga kwambiri ku 79th Street, yomwe inali njira imodzi yotakata yozunguliridwa ndi khoma lalitali lomwe linali ndi mitengo yopingasa. "Pinup mwina. Ndipo wowonetsa bwino. "
  
  "Onetsetsani!"
  
  Chenjezo la May linapulumutsa galimoto yawo pamene Silverado inadutsa pa inch-high center reserve ndikuyesera kuwawombera. Drake adawona nkhope kumbuyo kwa gudumu - membala womaliza wa cell yachitatu. Anaponda pa petulo, kukakamiza aliyense kubwerera pampando wake pamene galimoto ina inatembenuka ndikuthamangitsa. Mwadzidzidzi kuthamanga kwawo kudutsa Central Park kudayamba kupha kwambiri.
  
  Dalaivala wa Silverado adayendetsa mosasamala. Drake adayenda pang'onopang'ono kudutsa ma taxi angapo, koma wowatsatira adatenga mwayiwo kuwagunda kumbuyo. F150 inagwedezeka ndikugwedezeka, koma kenako inadzilungamitsa yokha popanda vuto lililonse. Silverado inagunda takisiyo, ndikuyitumiza kunjira ina pomwe idagwera pakhoma lotsekereza. Drake adatembenukira kumanzere chakumanzere, kenako kumanja kuti adutse mzere wama taxi, kenako adathamangira mumsewu wotseguka.
  
  Chigawenga chomwe chinali kumbuyo kwawo chinatsamira pawindo lake chili ndi mfuti.
  
  "tsika! Drake anakuwa.
  
  Zipolopolo zinalowa paliponse - m'galimoto, msewu, makoma ndi mitengo. Mwamunayo anali ndi mkwiyo, chisangalalo, mwinanso chidani, osasamala za kuwonongeka komwe adayambitsa. Beau, yemwe anali atakhala pampando wakumbuyo wa F150, adatulutsa Glock ndikuwombera pawindo lakumbuyo. Mpweya wozizira unalowa m"nyumbamo.
  
  Mzere wa nyumba unawonekera kumanzere, ndiyeno anthu angapo oyenda pansi akuyenda m'mphepete mwa msewu kutsogolo. Drake tsopano adangowona kusankha kwa Mdyerekezi - kufa mwangozi kwa wodutsa kapena kuchedwa ku Grand Central Station ndikukumana ndi zotsatira zake.
  
  Kwatsala mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu.
  
  Kutembenukira ku 79th Street, Drake adawona ngalande yayifupi kutsogolo yomwe ili ndi nthambi zobiriwira zitakulungika. Pamene anali kuloŵa mumdima wa kanthaŵi, iye anamenyetsa chibolibolicho, akumayembekezera kuti wowathamangitsayo agwera khoma kapena mfuti yake itayika chifukwa cha chipwirikiticho. M'malo mwake, adawazungulira, akuyendetsa mwamphamvu, akutuluka pawindo lakumbali pamene akudutsa.
  
  Onse anabakha pamene zenera lawo likuwomba, mluzu wa chipolopolocho unatsala pang'ono kufa asanamve. Tsopano Alicia nayenso anatulutsa mutu wake kunja, kuloza mfuti ndi kuwombera Silverado. Ahead anathamanga kenako anachedwetsa. Drake mwamsanga anatseka kusiyana. Mlatho wina unali utawonekera ndipo magalimoto tsopano anali okhazikika mbali zonse za mizere yachikasu yapawiri. Drake adatseka mpatawo mpaka phiko lawo lomwe lidatsala pang'ono kukhudza kumbuyo kwagalimoto ina.
  
  Chigawengacho chinatembenuza thupi lake ndi kuloza mfuti paphewa pake.
  
  Alicia anawombera kaye, chipolopolocho chinaphwanya zenera lakumbuyo la Silverado. Dalaivalayo ayenera kuti anadzidzimuka chifukwa galimoto yake inakhotera, moti inatsala pang'ono kuthamangira m'misewu yomwe inkadutsa ndipo nyangazo zinachititsa kuti malipenga amveke momveka bwino. Alicia adatsamira patali.
  
  "Chidutswa chatsitsi ichi chikuwuluka," adatero May. "Zimangondikumbutsa chinachake. Kodi tsopano amawatcha chiyani? Kodi uyu ... ndi collie?"
  
  Kuwombera kwina. Chigawengacho chinabweza moto. Drake anagwiritsa ntchito njira zoyendetsera galimoto mozemba momwe angathere. Magalimoto anali atachepanso, ndipo adapeza mwayi wodutsa Silverado, kulowera mumsewu womwe ukubwera. Kumbuyo kwake, May adatsitsa zenera ndikutsitsa clip m'galimoto ina. Drake adatsamira mmbuyo ndikuwerenga zowonera kumbuyo.
  
  Ikubwerabe.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi Central Park inatha ndipo mphambano yotanganidwa ya Fifth Avenue inkawoneka ngati ikudumphira pa iwo. Magalimoto anayenda pang'onopang'ono, anaima, ndipo anthu oyenda pansi ankangoyenda m'misewu n'kufola. Drake adayang'ana mwachangu mabuleki opaka utoto wachikasu, omwe pakadali pano anali obiriwira.
  
  Mabasi oyera otalikirapo adazungulira mbali zonse za Fifth Avenue. Drake adagunda mabuleki, koma zigawengazo zidagweranso m'mbuyo mwake. Kupyolera muzitsulozo, adamva kugwedezeka kwakumapeto, adawona zotheka kuti awonongeke ndipo adachokapo kuti ayambenso kulamulira. Galimotoyo idawongoka m'mphambano, Silverado ili ndi inchi imodzi kumbuyo.
  
  Basi ija idayesa kunyamuka kutsogolo kwawo ndikumusiya Drake osachitira mwina koma kuyendetsa mpaka kumanzere kwake mpaka pakati pa msewu. Chitsulo chophwanyidwa ndipo magalasi anaphwanyika m'miyendo yake. Kenako Silverado inamugwera.
  
  "Mphindi zisanu," anatero Bo mwakachetechete.
  
  Mosataya nthawi, anawonjezera liwiro. Madison Avenue posakhalitsa idawonekera, mawonekedwe otuwa a Chase Bank ndi J.Crew wakuda akudzaza gawo la masomphenya amtsogolo.
  
  "Ziwiri zina," adatero Bo.
  
  Pamodzi, magalimoto othamangawo adathamanga kuchokera pagawo laling'ono kupita kumalo ang'onoang'ono, akuphwanya magalimoto m'mbali komanso kuzungulira zopinga zocheperako. Drake nthawi zonse ankaimbira lipenga, ndikulakalaka atakhala ndi siren, ndipo Alicia adawombera mlengalenga kukakamiza oyenda pansi ndi madalaivala kuti achoke mwachangu. Magalimoto a NYPD anali akubangula kale, kusiya njira ya chiwonongeko pambuyo pake. Iye anali atazindikira kale kuti magalimoto okhawo omwe ankawoneka kuti amalemekezedwa ndi zozimitsa moto zazikulu zofiira.
  
  "Patsogolo," adatero Bo.
  
  "Ndamva," Drake adawona ndime yopita ku Lexington Avenue ndikuthamangira komweko. Kuyambitsa injini, mwamsanga anayendetsa galimoto pakona. Utsi unatuluka m"matayala, moti anthu anali kukuwa m"mbali mwa msewu. Pano pa msewu watsopano, magalimoto anali atayimitsidwa pafupi mbali zonse, ndipo chipwirikiti cha nsanja, ma vani ndi misewu ya njira imodzi inachititsa kuti ngakhale oyendetsa bwino kwambiri aganizire.
  
  "Si kutali," adatero Bo.
  
  Drake adawona mwayi wake patsogolo pomwe magalimoto adachepa. "May," iye anatero. "Kodi mukukumbukira Bangkok?"
  
  Mosalala ngati magiya osuntha mugalimoto yayikulu, Mai adayika magazini yatsopano mu Glock yake ndikumasula lamba wake, ndikusuntha pampando wake. Alicia adayang'ana Drake ndipo Drake adayang'ana pagalasi lowonera kumbuyo. Silverado inatseka ndi mphamvu zake zonse, kuyesera kuwathamangitsa pamene akuyandikira Grand Central Station ndi khamu la anthu.
  
  Mai anakhala pampando wake, akutsamira pa zenera lakumbuyo lomwe linali losweka ndikuyamba kukankha.
  
  Alicia adamukankha Drake. "Bangkok?"
  
  "Si zomwe mukuganiza."
  
  "O, zimenezo sizichitika konse. Mudzandiuza kuti zomwe zidachitika ku Thailand zipitilira ku Thailand. "
  
  Mai anadutsa pa kamphako kakang'ono, ndikung'amba zovala zake koma kukakamiza thupi lake kuti lipite patsogolo. Drake adawona pomwe mphepo idamugunda, mchenga ukumuluma m'maso. Anaona nthawi yomwe chigawenga chomwe chinkamuthamangitsa chija chikuphethira ndi mantha.
  
  Silverado inayandikira pafupi, modabwitsa.
  
  Mai analumphira kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, miyendo inatambasula, ndi kukweza chida chake. Kenako anayamba kuwombera ali kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, ndipo zipolopolozo zinaphwanya mawindo a galimoto ina. Nyumba, mabasi ndi zoyikapo nyali zinkadutsa momasuka. Mai anachikoka chiwiyacho kaŵirikaŵiri, osadziŵa mphepo ndi kayendedwe ka galimotoyo, akungoyang"ana munthu amene akanawapha.
  
  Drake ankasunga chiwongolerocho kuti chikhale chokhazikika momwe angathere, kuti chiwongolerocho chikhale chokhazikika. Pa nthawiyi panalibe ngakhale galimoto imodzi imene inadutsa kutsogolo kwawo monga mmene anawapempherera. May anaima mwamphamvu, ndipo mosapeŵeka anaika maganizo ake pa chinthu chimodzi panthawi imodzi. Drake anali mtsogoleri wake.
  
  "Tsopano!" - adafuula mokweza mawu.
  
  Alicia anatembenuka ngati mwana yemwe wagwetsa maswiti kumbuyo kwampando wake. "Kodi achita chiyani?"
  
  Drake anaponda mabuleki mofatsa kwambiri, milimita imodzi imodzi. Mai adalowetsa kachidutswa kachiwiri kenaka adakwera pabedi la galimotoyo, molunjika kuchitseko chakumbuyo. Maso a dalaivala wa Silverado adakweza maso kwambiri ataona ninja wakutchire akuthamanga molunjika kugalimoto yake yothamanga kuchokera kwina!
  
  Mai anafika kuchitseko chakumbuyo ndipo analumphira m"mwamba, akugwedeza miyendo yake ndi kupukusa mikono yake. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono mphamvu yokoka isanamugwetse, pamene ankadutsa m'kamlengalenga kakang'ono kamene kamaoneka ngati kachibemba, kaluso ndiponso kakukongola, koma kenako anamira kwambiri m'galimoto ya munthu wina. Nthawi yomweyo anawerama, n"kulola kuti miyendo ndi mawondo ake zigonjetse ndi kukhazikika. Kutera pachitsulo chosasunthika sikunali kophweka, ndipo Mai mwamsanga anawulukira kutsogolo kwa windshield yokhotakhota.
  
  Dalaivala wa Silverado anamenyetsa mabuleki, komabe adatha kuloza mfuti kumaso kwake.
  
  Mai anatambasula mawondo ake pamene kukhudzidwa kwadzidzidzi kumadutsa mwa iye, kulimbikitsa msana ndi mapewa ake. Chida chake chidakhalabe m'manja mwake, chikuloza kale chigawengacho. Kuwombera kuwiri ndikupumira , phazi likadali pachopondapo, magazi akunyowa kutsogolo kwa malaya ake ndipo adagwera kutsogolo.
  
  Mai anakwawira pachivundikiro cha galimotoyo, nalowa mkati mwa windshield ndikutulutsa driver. Panalibe njira imene iye angalolere iye ulemu wobwezeretsa mphamvu zake. Maso ake odzadza ndi ululu anakumana naye ndikuyesera kukonza.
  
  "Muli bwanji..."
  
  Mai anamumenya nkhonya kumaso. Kenako adagwira pomwe galimotoyo idagunda kumbuyo kwa Drake. Mngeleziyo anachedwetsa mwadala kuti 'agwire' galimoto yodziyendetsa yokhayo isanadutse njira ina yoopsa, mwachisawawa.
  
  "Ndiye zomwe udachita ku Bangkok?" Adafunsa choncho Alicia.
  
  "Chinthu chonga icho".
  
  "Ndipo kenako chinachitika ndi chiyani?"
  
  Drake anayang'ana kumbali. "Sindikudziwa, chikondi."
  
  Iwo anatsegula zitseko, kuyimika kawiri pafupi ndi taxi, pafupi ndi Grand Central Station momwe akanakhoza kukwera. Anthu wamba anabwerera m"mbuyo, n"kumawayang"anitsitsa. Ochenjera adatembenuka kuti athawe. Enanso ambiri adatulutsa mafoni awo ndikuyamba kujambula zithunzi. Drake adalumphira mumsewu ndipo nthawi yomweyo adayamba kuthamanga.
  
  "Nthawi yatha," Beauregard anang'ung'udza pafupi naye.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI
  
  
  Drake adalowa muholo yayikulu ya station station. Danga lalikulu linayasamula kumanzere ndi kumanja ndi pamwamba pamwamba. Malo owala ndi pansi opukutidwa anadabwitsa dongosolo, matabwa onyamuka ndi ofika ankagwedezeka paliponse, ndipo kuchuluka kwa anthu kunkawoneka kosalekeza. Beau adawakumbutsa za dzina la Cafe é ndipo adawawonetsa mapulani apansi a terminal.
  
  "Nyumba yayikulu yolandirira alendo," adatero Mai. "Tembenukira kumanja, dutsa ma escalator."
  
  Kuthamanga, kupotokola, ndikuchita zodabwitsa zongopeka kugundana, gululi lidasokoneza siteshoni. Mphindi zinadutsa. Mashopu a khofi, masitolo a chokoleti ku Belgian, ndi bagel atayima, fungo lawo losakanikirana likupangitsa mutu wa Drake kupota. Analowa mumsewu wotchedwa Lexington Passage ndipo anayamba kuchepetsa.
  
  "Ngati chonchi!"
  
  Alicia anathamangira, akudutsa pakhomo lopapatiza lolowera m'malo enaake ang'onoang'ono omwe Drake sanawawonepo. Pafupifupi mosazindikira, malingaliro ake anali kuwerengera matebulo. Osati zovuta, analipo atatu okha.
  
  Alicia adakankhira pambali munthu wovala chijasi chotuwa, kenako adagwada pafupi ndi dothi lakuda. Pathabwalo panali zinyalala zosafunikira, mipando idakonzedwa mosasamala. Alicia adasakasaka pansi ndipo posakhalitsa adangowonekera atanyamula envelopu yoyera m'manja mwake, maso ake ali ndi chiyembekezo.
  
  Drake adayang'ana patali pang'ono, koma osati mayi wa Chingerezi. M"malo mwake, anayang"ana antchito ndi makasitomala, odutsa panja, makamaka dera lina.
  
  Khomo lopita kuchipinda chothandizira.
  
  Tsopano chitseguke, munthu wachikazi wachidwi anatulutsa mutu wake. Pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo, adayang'ana maso ndi mwamuna yekhayo yemwe adamuyang'ana: Matt Drake.
  
  AYI...
  
  Anatenga foni yam'manja. "Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi zanu," adatero ndi milomo yake yokha.
  
  Drake adagwedeza mutu uku akupitiriza kuyang'ana dera lonselo. Alicia anang'amba envelope ija kenako anakwinya.
  
  "Izi sizingakhale zoona."
  
  Mai anatsegula maso. "Chani? Kulekeranji?"
  
  "Akuti boom!"
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Drake adathamangira foni ija ndikumulanda mayiyo. "Mumasewera chiyani?"
  
  Marsh adaseka kumapeto kwa mzerewo. "Kodi munayang'ana pansi pa matebulo ena awiri?"
  
  Kenako mzerewo unafa. Drake anamva zonse zomwe zinali mkati mwake zikugwa pamene moyo wake ndi mtima wake unazizira, koma sanasiye kusuntha. "Ku matebulo!" iye anakuwa ndi kuyamba kuthamanga, kugwa ndi kutsetsereka pa maondo ake pansi pa wapafupi.
  
  Alicia anakuwa kwa ogwira ntchito ndi alendo kuti atuluke ndikusamuka. Bo anagwera pansi pa tebulo lina. Drake mosakayikira adawona chithunzi chenicheni cha zomwe Mfalansa uja adaziwona - kachidutswa kakang'ono kophulitsidwa pansi patebulo. Kukula ndi mawonekedwe a botolo lamadzi, anali atakulungidwa mu pepala lakale la Khrisimasi. Uthenga Ho-ho-ho! Drake sanadziwike.
  
  Alicia anakhala pafupi naye. "Kodi tingachepetse bwanji vutoli? Ndipo, chofunika kwambiri, tingachotsere zida zoyamwa?"
  
  "Ukudziwa zomwe ndikudziwa, Miles. M"gulu lankhondo tinali kuphulitsa bomba limodzi pambuyo pa lina. Kwenikweni, iyi ndi njira yotetezeka kwambiri. Koma munthu uyu ankadziwa zimene ankachita. Odzaza bwino m'matumba opanda vuto. Mukuwona mawaya? Onse ndi amtundu wofanana. Detonator cap. Fuse yakutali. Osati zovuta, koma zoopsa kwambiri. "
  
  "Chifukwa chake pangani zidazo ndipo musalole kuti chivundikirocho chiwonongeke."
  
  "Kukula seti? Damn, tili pachiwopsezo pano. " Drake adayang'ana m'mwamba ndipo ndi maso osakhulupirira adawona gulu la anthu likukanikiza nkhope zawo kumawindo a cafe. Ena anayesa ngakhale kuloŵa pakhomo lotseguka. Mafoni oyambira a Android adalemba zomwe zikadakhala kufa kwa eni ake mumphindi zochepa chabe.
  
  "Tulukani!" - adafuula, ndipo Alicia adagwirizana naye. "Chokani m"nyumba muno mwamsanga!"
  
  Pamapeto pake, nkhope zamanthazo zinatembenuka ndipo uthenga unayamba kuwafikira. Drake adakumbukira kukula kwa holo yayikulu ndi unyinji wa anthu mkati ndikuluma mano mpaka mizu idapweteka.
  
  "Mukuganiza mpaka liti?" Alicia adatsamiranso pafupi naye.
  
  "Mphindi, ngati izo."
  
  Drake anayang'ana chipangizocho. Kunena zoona, silinkawoneka ngati lapamwamba kwambiri, koma linali bomba losavuta lopangidwa kuti liwopsyeze osati kuvulaza. Anali atawonapo mabomba ophulitsira moto kukula kwake ndipo mwina anali ndi chipangizo chongophulitsira chofananacho. Chidziŵitso chake cha usilikali chiyenera kuti chinazimiririka pang"ono, koma atayang"anizana ndi waya wofiyira wawaya wabuluu, iye anabwerera mwamsanga.
  
  Kupatula kuti mawaya onse ndi amtundu wofanana.
  
  Zisokonezo zidaphimba chilichonse chozungulira chikwa chake chomwe adachipanga mwakufuna kwake. Mofanana ndi kunong"ona kwachinyengo, mbiri ya bombayo inafalikira m"maholo aakulu, ndipo chikhumbo cha munthu mmodzi chaufulu chinaloŵerera m"zitsanzo ndi zina, kufikira okwera onse olimba-kapena opusa-amene anatulukamo. Phokosolo linali logontha, linafika pazipilala zazitali n"kubwerera m"makomawo. Amuna ndi akazi adagwa mwachangu, ndipo odutsa adawathandiza. Ena anachita mantha, pamene ena anakhala bata. Mabwana anayesa kusunga antchito awo m'malo koma anali kumenya nkhondo yolephera. Khamu la anthu linatuluka m"njira zotulukamo ndikuyamba kudzaza 42nd Street.
  
  Drake anazengereza, thukuta likuyenda pamphumi pake. Kusuntha kumodzi kolakwika apa kungapangitse kutayika kwa chiwalo, kapena kupitilira apo. Ndipo choyipa kwambiri, zikanamuchotsa pankhondo yowononga Marsh. Ngati Pythian atha kuwaonda, ndiye kuti adzakhala ndi mwayi wabwinoko wokwaniritsa cholinga chake chachikulu - ngakhale gehena atakhala woyipa chotani.
  
  Beauregard ndiye adatsamira pafupi ndi iye. "Kodi muli bwino?"
  
  Maso a Drake adachita chidwi. "Chani gehena ... Ndikutanthauza, kodi simukuchita ndi munthu wina-"
  
  Bo anatulutsa chipangizo china chomwe anali atazimitsa kale. "Ndi makina osavuta ndipo zidangotenga masekondi angapo. Mukufuna thandizo?"
  
  Drake adayang'ana njira zamkati zomwe zidapachikidwa patsogolo pake, pakuwoneka pang'ono pankhope ya Mfalansayo nati, "Damn. Palibe amene angauze Sweden kuti izi zachitika. "
  
  Kenako adatulutsa chipewa chophulitsa.
  
  Chirichonse chimakhala chimodzimodzi. Chisangalalo chinamuthera ndipo anatenga kamphindi kuti ayime ndikupuma. Vuto lina linathetsedwa, chigonjetso china chaching'ono kwa anyamata abwino. Kenako Alicia, osachotsa maso ake pa kauntala ya cafe, adanena mawu asanu osiyana kwambiri.
  
  "Foni yam'manja ikuyitananso."
  
  Ndipo mozungulira Grand Central Station, ku New York City, mu zinyalala ndi pansi pa mitengo - ngakhale womangidwa ndi njanji ndipo potsiriza kuponyedwa ndi oyendetsa njinga zamoto - mabomba anayamba kuphulika.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NA PILI
  
  
  Hayden anayima kutsogolo kwa mzere wa owonera wailesi yakanema, Kinimaka pafupi naye. Malingaliro awo ophwanya Ramses adayimitsidwa kwakanthawi ndikuthamangitsidwa ku Central Park kenako misala ku Grand Central Station. Pamene adayang'ana, Moore adapita kwa iwo ndikuyamba kuyankhapo pa chowunikira chilichonse, zithunzi za kamera zolembedwa ndikutha kuyang'ana kuti ziwonetsere tsitsi lamunthu pamkono wamathothoka. Kufotokozera sikunali kokwanira monga momwe kumayenera kukhalira, koma kunasintha pamene Drake ndi gulu lake adayandikira siteshoni yotchuka ya sitima. Woyang'anira wina adawonetsa Ramses ndi Price m'maselo awo, yemwe kale anali akuyenda mopanda chipiriro ngati akufunika kukhala m'malo, womalizayo atakhala wokhumudwa ngati kuti chomwe amangofuna chinali kupatsidwa chikono.
  
  Gulu la Moore linagwira ntchito mwakhama powazungulira, kusimba zomwe anaona, zongopeka komanso kupempha apolisi ndi othandizira pamsewu kuti ayendere madera ena. Zowukirazo zidalephereka pamaso pa Hayden, ngakhale Drake ndi Beau anali kusokoneza mabomba ku Grand Central. Njira yokhayo yomwe Moore angakhalire otsimikiza kuti Midtown idasamalidwa ingakhale kuchotsa malo onse.
  
  "Sindisamala ngati ndi agogo achikulire osamva omwe adangotaya mphaka wake," adatero. "Osawatsimikizira."
  
  "Kodi makamera amatha bwanji kuphulitsa mabomba kudzera muzowunikira zitsulo ku Grand Central Station?" Kinimaka anafunsa.
  
  "Mabomba a pulasitiki?" Moore adapita.
  
  "Kodi mulibe njira zina za izi?" Hayden anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, koma yang"anani pozungulira. Makumi asanu ndi anayi pa zana aliwonse a anthu athu akuyang'ana bomba lalikulu la nyukiliya. Sindinaonepo malo opanda kanthu chonchi."
  
  Hayden adadabwa kuti Marsh wakhala akukonza izi kwanthawi yayitali bwanji. ndi Ramses? Kalonga wachigawengayo anali ndi zipinda pafupifupi zisanu ku New York, mwina zochulukirapo, ndipo zina mwazo zinali zogona. Zophulika zamtundu uliwonse zimatha kuzembetsedwa nthawi iliyonse ndikungokwiriridwa, zobisika m'nkhalango kapena m'chipinda chapansi kwa zaka ngati kuli kofunikira. Tayang'anani pa aku Russia ndi nkhani yotsimikiziridwa ya masutukesi awo a nyukiliya omwe akusowa - anali waku America yemwe adanena kuti chiwerengero chomwe chikusowa chinali chiwerengero chenichenicho chofunikira kuti awononge United States. Anali wotsutsa waku Russia yemwe adatsimikizira kuti anali kale ku America.
  
  Anabwerera mmbuyo, kuyesera kutenga chithunzi chonse. Kwa zaka zambiri za moyo wake wachikulire, Hayden anali wapolisi; adawona ngati adawona chilichonse chomwe angaganizire. Koma tsopano... izi zinali zisanachitikepo. Drake anali atathamanga kale kuchokera ku Times Square kupita ku Grand Central, kupulumutsa miyoyo mphindi iliyonse ndikutaya awiri. Dahl adaphwanya makamera a Ramses nthawi iliyonse. Koma adachita chidwi ndi kuchuluka kowopsa kwa chodabwitsa ichi.
  
  Ndipo dziko linaipiraipira. Amadziwa anthu omwe samavutikiranso kuwonera nkhani, anthu omwe adachotsa mapulogalamu pama foni awo chifukwa chilichonse chomwe amawona chinali chonyansa komanso amangoona ngati sangachite kalikonse. Zosankha zomwe zinali zomveka komanso zoonekeratu kuyambira pachiyambi, makamaka ndi kutuluka kwa ISIS, sizinapangidwe konse, zodzaza ndi ndale, phindu ndi umbombo, komanso kunyalanyaza kuya kwa kuzunzika kwa anthu. Chimene anthu ankafuna tsopano chinali kuona mtima, munthu amene angadalire, munthu amene anabwera moonekera bwino monga momwe zinalili bwino kuti azilamulira.
  
  Hayden adavomereza zonse. Kusowa thandizo kwake kunali kofanana ndi zomwe Tyler Webb amamuvutitsa posachedwapa. Kudzimva kuti mukuzunzidwa mochenjera kwambiri ndipo mulibe mphamvu yochitira chilichonse. Tsopano adamvanso chimodzimodzi, akuyang'ana Drake ndi Dahl akuyesera kubweretsa New York ndi dziko lonse lapansi kuchokera m'mphepete.
  
  "Ndimupha Ramses chifukwa cha izi," adatero.
  
  Kinimaka anayika dzanja lalikulu pamapewa ake. "Ndi. Ndine wocheperako kuposa iwe, ndipo ndingakhale bwino ndikakhala m'ndende."
  
  Moore analoza pa sikirini inayake. "Yang'anani uko, anyamata. Adaphulitsa bomba. "
  
  Chisangalalo chinawombera Hayden pamene adawona Matt Drake akuchoka ku cafe & # 233; ndi nkhope yomasuka komanso yopambana. Gulu lomwe linasonkhana lija linasangalala ndipo mwadzidzidzi linayima kaye pamene zinthu zinayamba kusokonekera.
  
  Pa zowunikira zambiri, Hayden adawona zinyalala zikuphulika, magalimoto akugwedezeka kuti asaphulike. Anaona oyendetsa njinga zamoto akukwera mumsewu ndikuponya zinthu zooneka ngati njerwa panyumba ndi mawindo. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake kunaphulikanso. Anawona galimotoyo ikukweza mapazi angapo pansi pamene bomba likuphulika pansi pake, utsi ndi malawi akutuluka kuchokera m'mbali. Kuzungulira Grand Central Station, zinyalala zidayaka moto pakati pa anthu othawa. Cholinga chake chinali choopsa, osati kupha anthu. Panali moto pa milatho iwiri, yomwe inachititsa kuti magalimoto achulukane kwambiri moti ngakhale njinga zamoto zinkalephera kuwoloka.
  
  Moore anayang'ana, nkhope yake ikupumula kwa sekondi imodzi asanayambe kufuula. Hayden anayesa kusunga malingaliro ake amphamvu ndipo adamva phewa la Mano likugwira lake.
  
  Tidzapitirira.
  
  Ntchito zinapitilira pamalo opangira opaleshoni, thandizo lazadzidzidzi linatumizidwa, ndipo apolisi adatumizidwanso kumadera omwe anali ovuta kwambiri. Ozimitsa moto ndi sappers adakhudzidwa kuposa malire onse. Moore analamula kuti pakhale ma helikoputala polondera m"misewu. Kachipangizo kena kakang'ono kakafika pa Macy's, Hayden sanapirirenso kuchiyang'ana.
  
  Anatembenuka, kufunafuna zonse zomwe adakumana nazo kuti adziwe zoyenera kuchita, kukumbukira Hawaii ndi Washington, D.C. m'zaka zaposachedwa, akungoyang'ana kwambiri ... zowonetsera.
  
  "Ayi!"
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI ATATU
  
  
  Hayden anathyola anthu omwe anali pafupi naye ndikutuluka m'chipindamo. Atatsala pang'ono kupsa mtima, anatsika masitepewo, n'kukuta nkhonya zake n'kukhala minyewa yolimba ya mnofu ndi fupa. Kinimaka anakuwa chenjezo, koma Hayden sanamumvere. Angachite izi, ndipo dziko likanakhala malo abwinoko, otetezeka.
  
  Akuyenda m'kanjira kamene kanadutsa kunsi kwa malowo, anakafika kuchipinda cha Ramses. Mwana wapathengo anali akusekabe, phokosolo linali kulira koopsa kwa chilombo. Mwanjira ina iye anadziŵa zimene zinali kuchitika. Kukonzekeratu kunali kodziwikiratu, koma kunyansidwa kotheratu kwa ubwino wa munthu sikunali chinthu chimene akanatha kuchichita mosavuta.
  
  Hayden adatsegula chitseko cha chipinda chake. Mlonda uja adalumpha kenako adawombera panja poyankha zomwe adalamula. Hayden adayenda molunjika kuzitsulo zachitsulo.
  
  "Ndiuzeni chimene chikuchitika. Ndiuze tsopano ndipo ndidzakhala wodekha ndi iwe. "
  
  Ramses anaseka. "Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" Ananamizira mawu aku America. Mfundo yake ndi yakuti anthu inu mukugwada pansi. Ndipo udzakhala komweko," munthu wamkuluyo anatsamira pansi kuti ayang"ane m"maso mwa Hayden ali pa mtunda wa mamilimita angapo. "Lilime lake lili patali. Uzichita zonse zimene ndikuuza."
  
  Hayden anatsegula chitseko cha cell. Ramses, osataya mphindi imodzi, adathamangira kwa iye ndikuyesa kumugwetsa pansi. Manja a mwamunayo anali omangidwa unyolo, koma zimenezo sizinamulepheretse kugwiritsa ntchito unyinji wake waukuluwo. Hayden anazemba mochenjera ndikumugubuduza chamutu mu chitsulo chimodzi choyimirira, khosi lake lidabweka chifukwa cha kugunda kwake. Kenako anamenya impso zake ndi msana mwamphamvu, zomwe zinachititsa kuti azibuula ndi kubuula.
  
  Palibenso kuseka kopenga.
  
  Hayden adamugwiritsa ntchito ngati chikwama chokhomerera, akuyenda mozungulira thupi lake ndikumenya madera osiyanasiyana. Pamene Ramses adabangula ndikutembenuka, adawerengera mikwingwirima itatu yoyambirira - mphuno yotuluka magazi, nsagwada zosweka ndi mmero. Ramses anayamba kutsamwitsidwa. Hayden sanafooke ngakhale pamene Kinimaka anamuyandikira n"kumulimbikitsa kuti asamale.
  
  "Leka kulira kwako, Mano," Hayden adamuwombera. "Anthu akufa kunja uko."
  
  Ramses anayesa kuseka koma kuwawa kwa kholingo kunamuletsa. Hayden adatsata izi ndikumenya mwachangu bunny. "Seka tsopano."
  
  Kinimaka adamukoka. Hayden adatembenukira kwa iye, koma Ramses wowoneka ngati wowonongeka adawagwera onse awiri. Iye anali munthu wamkulu, ngakhale wamtali kuposa Kinimaki, minofu yawo inali yofanana, koma Hawaiian anali wamkulu kuposa zigawenga m'dera limodzi lofunika.
  
  Kulimbana ndi zochitika.
  
  Ramses anagundana ndi Kinimaka ndipo kenako analumphira mwamphamvu, akuzandima kubwerera kuchipinda chake. "Kodi iwe unapangidwa ndi chiyani?" anang'ung'udza.
  
  "Zinthu ndi zamphamvu kuposa iwe," adatero Kinimaka, akusisita malo omwe adakhudzidwa.
  
  "Tikufuna kudziwa zomwe zidzachitike pambuyo pake," adatero Hayden, kutsatira Ramses kubwerera m'chipinda chake. "Tikufuna kudziwa za bomba la nyukiliya. Chili kuti? Ndani akulamulira? Kodi malamulo awo ndi otani? Ndipo, chifukwa cha Mulungu, zolinga zanu zenizeni ndi zotani?
  
  Ramses anavutika kuti akhalebe woongoka, mosafuna kugwada. Kulimbanako kunamveka mu tendon iliyonse. Komabe, ataimirira, mutu wake unagwedera. Hayden anakhalabe wosamala ngati akanakhala ndi njoka yovulala.
  
  "Palibe chimene mungachite. Funsani mwamuna wanu, Price. Iye amadziwa kale izi. Iye amadziwa zonse. New York idzawotcha, mayi, ndipo anthu anga adzavina chigonjetso chathu pakati pa phulusa lofuka. "
  
  Mtengo? Hayden ankawona kusakhulupirika kulikonse. Winawake anali kunama, ndipo zimenezo zinapangitsa mkwiyo wake kukulirakulira. Posagonja ndi chiphe chomwe chinatuluka m"milomo ya mwamunayo, anatambasula dzanja lake kwa Mano.
  
  "Pita unditengere mfuti yododometsa."
  
  "Hayden-"
  
  "Ingochitani!" Anatembenuka, mkwiyo ukutuluka pobowo lililonse. "Ndipezereni mfuti yododometsa ndipo nditulutse."
  
  M'mbuyomu, Hayden adawononga maubwenzi omwe amawona kuti mnzake ndi wofooka kwambiri. Makamaka yemwe adagawana ndi Ben Blake, yemwe adamwalira m'manja mwa amuna a Blood King patangopita miyezi ingapo. Ben ankaganiza kuti anali wamng'ono kwambiri, wosadziwa zambiri, ndi wosakhwima, koma ngakhale ndi Kinimaka tsopano anayamba kusintha maganizo ake. Iye ankamuona ngati wofooka, wopanda pake, ndipo ndithudi wofunikira kumangidwanso.
  
  "Usandimenye, Mano. Ingochitani".
  
  Kunong'ona, koma kunafika m'makutu a Hawaiian bwino kwambiri. Munthu wamkuluyo anathawa, akubisa nkhope yake ndi mmene akumvera mumtima mwake. Hayden adatembenukiranso kwa Ramses.
  
  "Tsopano uli ngati ine," iye anatero. "Ndapeza wophunzira wina."
  
  "Mukuyesa?" Hayden anamenyetsa bondo lake m"mimba mwa mnzakeyo, kenaka chigongono chake chinagwera kuseri kwa khosi lake mopanda chifundo. "Kodi wophunzira angakumenyeni?"
  
  "Ngati manja anga anali omasuka ..."
  
  "Zoona?" Hayden anali wakhungu chifukwa cha ukali. "Tiyeni tiwone zomwe ungachite, sichoncho?"
  
  Atafika pa unyolo wa Ramses, Kinimaka anabwereranso, mfuti yachindunji itaigwira pachibakera. Anamvetsa zolinga zake ndipo anabwerera.
  
  "Chani?" - iye anakuwa.
  
  "Inu muzichita zomwe muyenera kuchita."
  
  Hayden anatukwana munthuyo ndipo kenako anatukwana kwambiri pankhope ya Ramses, akumva kukhumudwa kwambiri kuti sakanatha kumuswa.
  
  Mawu apansipansi ndi odekha anapyola mkwiyo wake: Komabe, mwina anakupatsani lingaliro.
  
  Mwina.
  
  Hayden adamukankha Ramses mpaka adagwera pachipinda chake, malingaliro atsopano adabwera mmutu mwake. Inde, mwina pali njira. Atayang'anitsitsa Kinimaka, anatuluka m'chipindacho, n'kutseka, kenako analunjika pakhomo lakunja.
  
  "Kodi pali china chatsopano chomwe chikuchitika kumtunda?"
  
  "Mabomba otaya zinyalala ochulukirachulukira, koma tsopano achepa. Woyendetsa njinga yamoto wina, koma anamugwira."
  
  Malingaliro a Hayden adamveka bwino. Anatuluka m"kholamo kenako n"kupita pakhomo lina. Popanda kuyima, adakankhira pakati pa anthuwo, akutsimikiza kuti Robert Price akanamva phokoso lochokera m'chipinda cha Ramses. Maonekedwe a m"maso mwake anamuuza kuti zinali choncho.
  
  "Sindikudziwa kalikonse," adakwiya. "Chonde ndikhulupirireni. Ngati atakuuzani kuti ndikudziwa china chake, chilichonse chokhudza bomba la nyukiliya, ndiye kuti akunama."
  
  Hayden adatenga mfuti yake. "Ndani wokhulupirira? Wamisala wachigawenga kapena wandale wachinyengo. Ndipotu, tiyeni tione zimene taser imatiuza."
  
  "Ayi!" Mtengo unakweza manja onse awiri.
  
  Hayden anatenga cholinga. "Mwina simungadziŵe zimene zikuchitika ku New York, Robert, chotero ndikuuzani zonse. Nthawi imodzi yokha. Maselo achigawenga amalamulira zida za nyukiliya, zomwe timakhulupirira kuti zimatha kuphulika nthawi iliyonse. Tsopano Pythian wamisalayo akuganiza kuti ndiye akuwongolera zinthu. Kuphulika kwakung'ono kumachitika ku Manhattan konse. Mabomba anaikidwa pa Central Station. Ndipo, Robert, awa si mathero. "
  
  Mlembi wakale wa Boma adadzuka, osathanso kunena mawu. M"kumveka kwake kumene anapeza, Hayden anatsala pang"ono kukhutiritsidwa kuti anali kunena zoona. Koma kukayikira kumodzi kumeneku kunalibe, kumamuvutitsa nthawi zonse ngati kamwana.
  
  Munthu ameneyu anali wandale wochita bwino.
  
  Anawombera mfuti yodabwitsa. Ilo linawombera kumbali, likusowa mwamunayo ndi inchi imodzi. Price anayamba kunjenjemera m'maboti ake.
  
  "Kumenya kotsatira kudzakhala pansi pa lamba," Hayden analonjeza motero.
  
  Ndiye, pamene Price anang'ambika, pamene Mano kung'ung'udza, ndipo iye anakumbukira Ramses ziwanda kuseka, pamene iye ankaganiza za mantha onse amene anali tsopano mu Manhattan, ndi anzake a m'kati mwake, mu mtima wa Jeopardy, zinali. Hayden Jay yemwe adasweka.
  
  Basi. Sindidzapirira izi kwa miniti ina.
  
  Atagwira Price, anamugwetsera kukhoma, mphamvu ya nkhonyayo idamugwetsa m'maondo ake. Kinimaka adatola, ndikumuyang'ana mafunso.
  
  "Ingochoka panjira yanga."
  
  Anaponyanso Price, nthawi ino pakhomo lakunja. Analumphira mmbuyo, akunung'unika, akugwa, ndipo adamugwiranso, ndikumulowetsa mukhonde ndikupita kuchipinda cha Ramses. Price ataona zigawengazo zitatsekeredwa m"chipinda chake, anayamba kusisima ndi kubuula. Hayden adamukankhira kutsogolo.
  
  "Chonde, chonde, simungathe kuchita izi."
  
  "Zowona," adatero Kinimaka. "Izi ndi zomwe titha kuchita."
  
  "Ayi!"
  
  Hayden adaponya Price pazitsulo ndikutsegula chipindacho. Ramses sanasunthe, atakhalabe pabedi lake ndikuyang'ana zomwe zikuchitika pansi pazikope zake zotsekeka. Kinimaka anatulutsa Glock yake ndikulunjika kwa amuna onse awiri pamene Hayden amamasula ma bond awo.
  
  "Mwayi umodzi," adatero. "Chipinda chimodzi chandende. Amuna awiri. Munthu woyamba kundiimbira kuti ticheze amakhala bwino. Ukundimvetsa?"
  
  Mtengo unalira ngati mwana wa ng'ombe wodyedwa theka. Ramses sanasunthebe. Kwa Hayden, kumuwona kwake kunali kodetsa nkhawa. Kusintha kwadzidzidzi mwa iye kunali kopanda pake. Anachoka ndikutseka chipindacho, kuwasiya amuna onse awiri pamodzi pamene foni yake inayamba kuitana ndipo mawu a Agent Moore anafika pamzere.
  
  "Bwera kuno, Jay. Muyenera kuwona izi. "
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" Anathamanga ndi Kinimaka, kuthamangitsa mithunzi yawo kuchokera m'chipinda chachipindacho ndikubwereranso masitepe.
  
  "Mabomba owonjezereka," iye anatero mwachisoni. "Ndinatumiza anthu onse kuti akonze zonyansazo. Ndipo chofunika chomalizachi si chimene tinkayembekezera. O, ndipo bambo wanu Dahl ali ndi chitsogozo pa cell four. Akuthamangitsa pompano."
  
  "Tiyeni tigwire msewu!" Hayden anathamangira ku siteshoni.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI INE
  
  
  Dahl adadziponyera pampando wokwera ndipo adalola Smith kuyendetsa galimoto; Kenzie, Lauren ndi Yorgi abwerera kumbuyo. Ngakhale amabwerera ku station, panali malipoti oti Drake akuukira Grand Central Station, koma sanamvenso chilichonse. Moore anali atangolandiranso chidziwitso china kuchokera kwa wodziwitsa - gulu lachigawenga lachinayi likugwira ntchito kunja kwa nyumba yapamwamba pafupi ndi Central Park, ndipo tsopano popeza Dahl anaganiza za izi, n'zomveka kuti ena mwa maselowa anali ndi ndalama zosiyana ndi ena - izo. adawathandiza kuti agwirizane ndi unyinji-koma Dahl adadabwa momwe gulu la anthu lingakhalire mosavuta m'dera linalake popanda kukumbukira kuphunzitsidwa kwawo kupyolera mu ubongo. Kutsuka ubongo kunali luso lapadera, ndipo ankakayikira ngati zigawengazo zinali zitachita lusolo.
  
  Musakhale achibwana.
  
  Othandizira a Moore adayika pachiwopsezo chochulukirapo kuposa kungodziwonetsa kuti adziwe izi. Zotsatira za tsikuli zikanabwereranso kosatha, ndipo ankakhulupirira kuti Kwawo akudziwa momwe zidzawonongere. Ngati munthu wobisala atawotchedwa lero, ndiye kuti mavuto ake anali atangoyamba kumene.
  
  Apolisi apamsewu, omwe nthawi zonse ankakhala pamphambano zapamsewu, anayesa zonse zomwe angathe kuti ayese magalimoto, poyang'anizana ndi mavuto aakulu komanso osatheka kuwathetsa, koma magalimoto odziwa mwadzidzidzi amayenera kukhala patsogolo. Dahl adawona mapulatifomu angapo ang'onoang'ono owonera - pafupifupi ngati otola zitumbuwa zazing'ono - pomwe apolisi amalondolera anzawo pamalo okwera, ndipo adagwedeza mutu atawalola.
  
  Dahl adayang'ana GPS yagalimoto. "Mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu," iye anatero. "Takonzeka?"
  
  "Takonzeka," gulu lonse linabwerera.
  
  "Lauren, Yorgi, khalani ndi galimoto nthawi ino. Sitingathenso kukuika pachiswe."
  
  "Ndikubwera," anatero Lauren. "Mukufuna thandizo."
  
  Dahl anachotsa zithunzi za chipinda chapansi ndi imfa ya mtsogoleri wa asilikali apadera. "Sitingaike moyo pachiswe. Lauren, Yorgi, muli ndi phindu lanu m'malo osiyanasiyana. Ingoyang'anani maonekedwe. Tikufunanso maso kumeneko. "
  
  "Mungafunike luso langa," anatero Yorgi.
  
  "Ndikukayika kuti tikhala tikudumphira pamakonde, Yorgi. Kapena kugwiritsa ntchito drainpipes. Basi..." Anapumira. "Chonde chitani momwe ndikufunsa ndikuyang'ana mawonekedwe amagazi. Musandipangitse ine kusandutsa izi kukhala dongosolo. "
  
  Panali chete bata. Aliyense wa m"gululi ankaona zimene zinachitika pa chiwembucho mosiyana kwambiri, koma popeza kuti zonsezi zinachitika theka la ola lapitalo, ambiri anali adakali ndi mantha. Zowonerazo zinali zopanda malire - zinali pafupi bwanji kuti ziphulike. Momwe munthu adadzipereka yekha kuti apulumutse miyoyo yawo. Zigawengazi zinali zotchipa chotani nanga mmene moyo wa mitundu yonse unalili.
  
  Dahl anaona kuti maganizo ake akubwereranso ku chekala lakale lija. Malingaliro osalakwa kwambiri? Kodi munthu wachikulire, wodalirika angakhulupirire bwanji kuti kunali koyenera kupotoza maganizo ofooka ngati amenewa, n"kusintha moyo wabwino mpaka kalekale? Kuti m'malo mwake ndi^chiyani?... chidani, kusasinthasintha, kutengeka.
  
  Ziribe kanthu momwe ife tikuwonera izo, mosasamala kanthu za malingaliro athu pa chipembedzo, Dahl ankaganiza, mdierekezi amayendadi pakati pathu.
  
  Smith anamenya mabuleki akuyandikira nyumba ina yosanja. Zinatenga masekondi angapo kuti akonzekere ndikutuluka mgalimotomo, kuwasiya onse opanda chitetezo m'mphepete mwa msewu. Dahl sanasangalale podziwa kuti selo lachinayi linali pafupifupi mkati mwake komanso momwe amawonekera bwino. Maso ake adagwera pa Lauren ndi Yorgi.
  
  "Kodi iwe ukutani? Bwererani mgalimoto."
  
  Iwo anafika kwa woyang"anira pakhomo, n"kuonetsa ma ID awo n"kufunsa za zipinda ziwiri za m"chipinda chachinayi. Onse awiri anali a banja laling'ono lomwe linali lodzisunga ndipo nthawi zonse anali aulemu. Woyang"anira pakhomo anali asanawawonepo n"komwe mabanja onse aŵiri ali limodzi, koma inde, imodzi mwa nyumbazo inkalandira alendo nthaŵi zonse. Ankaganiza kuti unali madzulo ocheza, koma kenako sanalipidwe chifukwa chochita chidwi kwambiri.
  
  Dahl adamukankhira pambali pang'onopang'ono ndikulunjika masitepe. Woyang"anira pakhomo anafunsa ngati akufuna makiyi.
  
  Dahl anamwetulira modekha. "Izi sizidzafunika."
  
  Pansanja zinayi zinagonjetsedwera mosavuta, ndiyeno asilikali atatuwo anayenda mosamalitsa m"khwalala. Dal ataona nambala yolondola ya nyumbayo ikupezeka, foni yake inayamba kunjenjemera.
  
  "Chani?" Smith ndi Kenzi anadikirira, ndikuphimba mbali zawo.
  
  Mawu otopa a Moore adadzaza mutu wa Dahl. "Zidziwitso zake ndi zabodza. Odziwitsa ena amapangira anthu olakwika kuti abwezere pang'ono. Pepani, ndangodziwa."
  
  "Mabodza," adatulutsa Dahl. "Mukunama? Tidayima panja pa chitseko chawo ndi ma HK. "
  
  "Ndiye choka. Wodziwitsayo amakonda mmodzi mwa akaziwo. Ziribe kanthu, bwererani panjira, Dal. Zomwe zili pansipa ndi red hot."
  
  Mswedeyo anatukwana ndi kuyitanitsa gulu lake kuti libwerere, nabisa zida zawo, ndipo kenaka anadutsa mofulumira kupita kwa wonyamula katundu wodabwa. Dahl anali ataganiziradi zopempha wapakhomoyo kuti atuluke mwakachetechete asanapite kunsanja yachinayi-akudziwa zimene zingachitike kumeneko-ndipo tsopano ankadabwa kuti mwina anthu okhalamo anatani atamva kuti nsonga yake inali yachinyengo.
  
  Funso losangalatsa lachitukuko. Ndi munthu wamtundu wanji amene angadandaule kuti amuthamangitsa mnyumba mwake pomwe apolice amasakasaka zigawenga..ngati kufufuzako kunachitika chifukwa chabodza?
  
  Dahl anagwedezeka. Moore sanali kwenikweni pamndandanda wake wa zoyipa, koma bamboyo anali akunjenjemera pamiyala. "Chidziwitso chotsatirachi chikugwira ntchito, sichoncho?" Anayankhula pamzere wotseguka.
  
  Umu ndi momwe ziyenera kukhalira. Mnyamata yemweyo yemwe adakhudza kamera yachitatu. Ingofikani ku Times Square ndikufulumira. "
  
  "Kodi Times Square ili pachiwopsezo? Ndi magulu ati achitetezo omwe alipo kale?"
  
  "Onse".
  
  "Chabwino, tatsala ndi mphindi khumi."
  
  "Pakhale asanu."
  
  Smith adayendetsa ngati chiwanda, akudula ngodya ndikufinya, ngakhale kupukuta, pakati pa magalimoto oyimitsidwa bwino. Iwo anasiya galimotoyo pa 50th Street ndikuthamanga, tsopano motsutsana ndi makamu omwe anali kuthamanga kuchoka ku Times Square, masitolo okondwa a M & M's World, Hershey's Chocolate World komanso Starbucks pakona ya msewu, tsopano akusokonezedwa ndi chiwopsezo chomwe chikubwera. Zikwangwani zazikulu zokhala ngati anthu zinali zowala mumsewu ndi zithunzi zambirimbiri zokongola, chilichonse chinkafuna kuti anthu achitepo kanthu komanso kumenya nawo nkhondo yamoyo ndi yonjenjemera. Ogwira ntchitoyo adakwera nkhalango ya scaffolding pomwe pafupifupi sitolo ina iliyonse inkawoneka kuti ikukonzedwanso. Dal anayesa kulingalira za njira yotetezera Lauren ndi Yorgi, koma ulendowo ndi kuthaŵa kunapangitsa kukhala kosatheka. Mokonda kapena ayi, onse anali asilikali tsopano, gulu kulimbikitsidwa ndi kupezeka kwawo.
  
  Kutsogolo, apolisi anali akumangitsa mpanda kuzungulira bwaloli. Anthu a ku New York sanakhulupirire, ndipo alendo anauzidwa kuti abwerere ku mahotela awo.
  
  "Ndi kusamala chabe, amayi," Dahl anamva mmodzi wa apolisi ovala yunifolomu akunena.
  
  Ndiyeno dziko linatembenukira ku gehena kachiwiri. Alendo anayi, ogula mawindo ozungulira Levis ndi Bubba Gump, adaponya zikwama zawo, ndikuyendayenda mkati ndikutulutsa zida zokha. Dahl adatsamira kuseri kwa kiosk, ndikutulutsa chida chake.
  
  Mfuti zinamveka ku Times Square. Mazenera osweka ndi zikwangwani zidakutidwa ndi mchenga, kuwonongedwa, chifukwa ambiri aiwo anali tsopano zowonera, zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, komanso mawonekedwe a capitalism. Tondo linagwa mvula m'mphepete mwa msewu. Amene anatsala ndi asilikali a chitetezo anathamanga kukabisala. Dahl anatulutsa mutu wake ndikubweza; kuwombera kwake sikunali kolunjika, koma kupangitsa zigawenga kutukwana mokweza ndikuyang'ana chivundikiro chawo.
  
  Nthawi iyi molunjika kwa inu, Dahl adaganiza mosangalala. Palibe chiyembekezo kwa inu.
  
  Dahl adawona khola likumira kumbuyo kwa taxi yoyimitsidwa ndipo adawona basi itasiyidwa pafupi. Sanapiteko ku Times Square m'mbuyomu ndipo adangoyang'ana pa TV, koma kuwona malo owoneka ngati oyenda pansi opanda kanthu kunali kosautsa. Kuwombera kwina kunamveka pamene mamembala a cell mosakayikira adawona anthu akusuntha mkati mwa masitolo ndi maofesi. Dahl adatuluka mumsewu mwakachetechete.
  
  Kuseri kwa basi ndi mseu wakutali, asilikali ena achitetezo anali ataima. Asitikali ochulukirapo a SWAT, ovala zovala zakuda, ndi apolisi a NYPD adayenda mozungulira mozungulira mopanda phokoso. Dahl adawawuza kuti afole. Chimene chinaperekedwa ngati chizindikiro apa sichinatembenuzidwe momveka bwino, chifukwa palibe amene anamvetsera ngakhale Swede wopengayo.
  
  "Kodi timadikirira ana aang"ono awa a zilembo zitatu kapena zinayi, kapena tiwotcha ana aakazi?" Kensi anasisita kumbali yake.
  
  Dahl adachoka kwa othandizira aku America. "Ndimakonda mawu anu okongola," adatero, akukwawira mumthunzi wa basi. "Koma zachuma."
  
  "Ndiye mukundifuna pano tsopano. Ndikumvetsa."
  
  "Sindinanene zimenezo".
  
  Smith anadzigwetsa pansi, akusuzumira pansi pa magalimoto. "Ndikuwona miyendo."
  
  "Kodi ungatsimikize kuti awa ndi mapazi a zigawenga?" Adafunsa choncho Dahl.
  
  "Ndikuganiza choncho, koma sizili ngati kuti adayikidwa chizindikiro."
  
  "Abwera posachedwa," Kenzi anakweza mfuti yake ngati kuti ndi lupanga limene ankalakalaka, n"kuima kumbuyo kwa gudumu limodzi lalikulu la basi. Gululo linapuma limodzi limodzi.
  
  Dahl anayang'ana panja. "Ndikukhulupiriradi kuti ndi nthawi imeneyonso."
  
  Kenzi anapita kaye, akuzungulira kumbuyo kwa basi ndikuukira taxi yachikasu. Kuwomba kwa mfuti kunamveka, koma kunalunjikitsidwa pamazenera, malo okwerera mabasi ndi malo ena onse komwe, malinga ndi malingaliro a zigawenga, anthu opanda chitetezo amatha kubisala. Dahl adayamika nyenyezi zake zamwayi zomwe palibe wowonera yemwe adayikidwa, podziwa kuti liwiro linali mthandizi wawo pakuwononga selo, zomwe zidayenera kuchitika asanasinthe ma grenade kapena zoyipa. Iye ndi Kensi anazungulira taxi ija, akuyang'ana amuna anayi aja, omwe anachita modabwitsa kwambiri. M"malo mogwedeza zida zawo, anangoukira, kumenya Dahl ndi Kenzi n"kuwagwetsera pansi. Matupi anatambasulidwa panjira. Dahl adagwira nkhonya yotsika ndikuyipotoza, atamva ziboda zake zidagunda phula mwamphamvu. Komabe, dzanja lachiwiri linatsika, ulendo uno litakweza chitako cha mfutiyo. Dahl sakanatha kuigwira kapena kuyang'ana kumbali, kotero adabwerera ku zomwe adachita.
  
  Iye anatsitsa chipumi chake ndi kutenga nkhonya ku chigaza chake.
  
  Chikuda chinang"ambika pamaso pake, ululu unayamba kuwonjezereka kuchokera ku minyewa kupita ku minyewa, koma Mswedeyo sanalole chirichonse cha izi kudodometsa ntchito yake. Chidacho chinagunda kenaka n"kuchoka, osatetezeka. Dahl adamugwira ndikumukokera kwa munthu yemwe adamugwira. Magazi anayenderera mbali zonse za nkhope yake. Bamboyo anakwezanso nkhonya yake, ulendo uno mwamantha pang"ono, ndipo Dahl anaigwira ndi nkhonya yakeyake n"kuyamba kuifinya.
  
  Ulusi uliwonse wa umunthu wake, mtsempha uliwonse wa cholumikizira chilichonse, wokhazikika.
  
  Mafupa anathyoka ngati nthambi zothyoka. Chigawengacho chinakuwa ndikuyesera kuchotsa dzanja lake, koma Dahl sanafune kumva za izo. Anafunika kuzimitsa kamera iyi. Mofulumira. Pofinyira kwambiri, adawonetsetsa kuti chidwi cha munthuyo chidakhazikika ndi kuwawa kowopsa kwa nkhonya yake, ndikutulutsa Glock yake.
  
  Mmodzi anaphedwa.
  
  Mfutiyo inaombera zipolopolo zitatu zigawenga zija zisanachitike. Dahl adamuponyera pambali ndipo adadzuka ngati mngelo wobwezera, magazi akutuluka m'chigaza chake ndikuwoneka wotsimikiza kuwononga mawonekedwe ake.
  
  Kenzi anali kumenyana ndi munthu wamkulu, mfuti zawo zili pakati pa matupi awo ndipo nkhope zawo zinali pafupi kuphwanyidwa. Smith adatsika pa lachitatu, ndikukakamiza mnyamatayo kugwada pamene amamenya ndi ukali wokwanira, wowona. Chigawenga chomaliza chinamugwira Lauren, ndikumugwetsera pansi, ndipo amayesa kuyang'ana pamene Yorgi adadziponyera kutsogolo kwa mbiya.
  
  Dahl adapuma.
  
  Mfuti inalira. Yorgi anakomoka, atagwidwa ndi zida zake zankhondo. Kenako Dahl anaona kuti zinthu zinali zosiyana pang"ono ndi pamene ankawerenga koyamba. Yorgi sanalumphire mwamasewera kutsogolo kwa chipolopolocho, adawombera dzanja lachigawenga ndi thupi lake lonse.
  
  Zosiyana, koma zothandiza.
  
  Dahl anathamangira ku chithandizo cha Russian, kumenya wankhondo pansi pa mkono wakumanzere ndikukweza miyendo yake pansi. Waku Sweden adachita chidwi komanso aliwiro, akumasinthasintha minyewa yake, kunyamula katundu wake ndi mkwiyo wobadwa ndi kusakondwa. Mapazi atatu, kenako asanu ndi limodzi, ndipo chigawengacho chinaponyedwa mmbuyo mwamsanga pamene potsiriza chinagwedeza mutu wake mu bolodi la menyu la Hard Rock Cafe é. Pulasitikiyo inang'ambika, yonyowa m'magazi, pamene mphamvu yamisala ya Dahl inathyola chigaza cha mdani wake ndikung'amba mnofu. Kinimaka mwina sanakonde, koma aku Sweden adagwiritsa ntchito chithunzi cha America kuti athetse zigawenga.
  
  Karma.
  
  Dahl anazunguliranso mozungulira, tsopano magazi akutuluka m"makutu ndi kuchibwano. Kenzi ndi mdani wake adatsekeredwabe pankhondo yakufa, koma Smith adakwanitsa kutseka kusiyana pakati pa iye ndi msirikaliyo ndikuponya pang'ono. Pakutembenuka komaliza adalimbana kuti agwedeze chida chake mozungulira, adachita mwayi ndipo adamaliza pomwe akuthwa akulunjika kwa Smith.
  
  Dahl adabangula, akuthamangira kutsogolo, koma sakanatha kuchita chilichonse. M"kuphethira kwa diso, zigawenga zija zinaombera mfuti, ndipo Smith yemwe anamuukirayo, analandira chipolopolo chomwe chinamutsekereza n"kugwada.
  
  Ndikubweretsa mphumi yake pafupi ndi mzere wa kuwombera kotsatira.
  
  Chigawengacho chinakoka, koma panthawiyo Dahl adawonekera - phiri lopsa mtima, losuntha - ndikuyika chigawenga pakati pa iye ndi khoma. Mafupa anathyoka ndi kugayirana, magazi anatuluka, ndipo mfuti inawulukira pambali ndi mkokomo. Pamene Dahl wodabwa akuyenda kwa Smith, adawona ndikumva msilikali wokwiyayo akutukwana mokweza.
  
  Ndiye ali bwino.
  
  Kupulumutsidwa ndi vest ya Kevlar, Smith adawomberedwabe pafupi ndipo akadatsala pang'ono kufa chifukwa cha chipwirikiticho, koma zida zawo zatsopano zankhondo zidachepetsa kugunda. Dahl adapukuta nkhope yake, akuwona kuyandikira kwa gulu lankhondo lapadera.
  
  Kensi anamenyana ndi mdani wake uku ndi uku, mwamuna wamkuluyo akuvutika kuti agwirizane ndi kukhwima kwake ndi minofu yeniyeni. Dahl adabwerera m'mbuyo ndikumwetulira pang'ono pankhope pake.
  
  Mmodzi mwa anyamata apadera adathamanga. "Akufuna thandizo?"
  
  "Ayi, akungopusa. Musiye yekha".
  
  Kensi anatengera zomwe anasinthazo ndi ngodya ya diso lake n"kukuta mano ake omwe anali ataluma kale. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti awiriwa anali ofanana, koma Swede ankamuyesa, akuyesa kudzipereka kwake ku gulu komanso kwa iyemwini. Kodi anali woyenera?
  
  Anagwira mfuti ija kenako n"kuisiya pamene mdani wakeyo anagwetsera m"mbuyo, zomwe zinachititsa kuti bondo lifike m"nthiti ndi chigongono ku mphuno. Kumenyedwa kwake kotsatira kunali kumenyetsa padzanja, kutsatiridwa ndi kugunda kofulumira kwa mphezi. Pamene bamboyo akulimbana ndi kubuula, adaweramitsa dzanja lake mwamphamvu, adamva kugunda, ndipo adawona mfutiyo ikugwera pansi. Anali kuvutikabe, akutulutsa mpeni ndikumubaya pachifuwa. Kensi anachifinyira chonsecho, n"kumva kuti mpeniwo ukudutsa m"nthiti zake n"kuzungulira, n"kuchikoka naye. Mpeniwo unabwereranso kuti ukamenyenso kachiwiri, koma ulendo uno anali wokonzeka. Anagwira mkono wochotsedwawo, nazungulira pansi pake, naupotokola kumbuyo kwa mwamunayo. Mopanda chifundo adalimbikira mpaka nayenso adathyoka ndikusiya zigawenga zikusowa chochita. Mwamsanga anang'amba mabomba awiri pa lamba wake ndipo kenako analowetsa limodzi kutsogolo kwa thalauza lake ndi kukabudula.
  
  Dahl, poyang'ana, adapeza kuti kukuwa kukung'amba pakhosi pake. "Ayi!"
  
  Zala za Kenzi zidatulutsa womenyayo.
  
  "Sitingachite zimenezo, iwe-"
  
  "Mutani tsopano," Kenzi ananong'oneza pafupi kwambiri, "wothyoka manja ndi zonse?" Simuvulaza aliyense tsopano, chitsiru iwe?"
  
  Dahl sankadziwa kuti agwire kapena kuthawa, kuthamanga kapena kudumphira chamutu, kugwira Kenzi kapena kudumpha kuti abisale. Pamapeto pake, masekondi adadutsa ndipo palibe chomwe chidaphulika kupatula fusesi yayifupi ya Smith.
  
  "Mukunama?" adabangula. "Nanga ndi chiyaninso-"
  
  "Zabodza," Kenzi adaponya wowomberayo kumutu kwa Dahl komwe kumatuluka magazi. Ndinkaganiza kuti maso a mphungu angwirowo akanazindikira vutolo.
  
  "Sindinachite." Swedeyo anapumira mtima kwambiri. "Damn, Kenz, ndiwe mkazi wopenga kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi."
  
  "Ingondibwezerani katana yanga. Nthawi zonse zimandikhazika mtima pansi."
  
  "Inde. ndabetcha,"
  
  "Ndipo iwe ukunena izi, Mad Swede."
  
  Dahl anaweramitsa mutu wake. Kukhudza. Koma dala, ndikuganiza kuti ndakumana ndi masewera anga.
  
  Panthawiyi, magulu a SWAT ndi othandizira osonkhana anali pakati pawo, kuteteza madera ozungulira Times Square. Gululi linasonkhananso ndipo anatenga mphindi zochepa kuti apume.
  
  "Maselo anayi ali pansi," adatero Lauren. "Mmodzi yekha watsala."
  
  "Tikuganiza," adatero Dahl. "Ndi bwino kuti musadzipangire nokha. Ndipo kumbukirani, chipinda chomalizachi chimasunga Marsh kukhala otetezeka ndipo mwina amawongolera ..." Sananene mawu oti "bomba la nyukiliya" mokweza. Osati pano. Uwu unali mtima wa Manhattan. Ndani ankadziwa kuti ndi mtundu wanji wa maikolofoni ofananirako omwe angamwazike?
  
  "Ntchito yabwino, anyamata," adatero mophweka. "Tsiku loyipa ili latsala pang'ono kutha."
  
  Koma zoona zake zangoyamba kumene.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NDI chisanu
  
  
  Julian Marsh ankakhulupirira kuti, mosakayikira, anali munthu wosangalala kwambiri padziko lapansi. Kutsogolo kwake komwe kunali chida cha nyukiliya chodzadza, chomangika, choyandikira kwambiri kuti chitha kukhudza, kuti azisewera nacho pongofuna. Kumanzere kwake kunali mkazi waumulungu, wokongola yemwe amatha kusewera naye mwachidwi. Ndipo iye, ndithudi, ankasewera naye, ngakhale kuti dera lina linayamba kuvulaza pang'ono kuchokera ku chidwi chonse. Mwina pang'ono za zonona izo...
  
  Koma kupitiliza malingaliro ake am'mbuyomu komanso ofunikira kwambiri - gulu lachigawenga losayenda lidakhala pafupi ndi zenera, ndipo anali kusewera nalo pakufuna kwake. Ndiyeno panali boma la America, likuthamangitsa michira yake mumzinda wonse, likuthamanga mwamantha komanso osawona kusewera-
  
  "Julian?" Zoe anali kupuma motalikirapo tsitsi kuchokera ku khutu lake lakumanzere. "Kodi mukufuna kuti ndipitenso kummwera?"
  
  "Zoonadi, koma osakoka mpweya ngati nthawi yapitayi. Mumupumitse pang'ono, mungatero?
  
  "O, zedi".
  
  March adamusiya kuti asangalale ndiyeno kuganiza zomwe zichitike. Panali kale m'mamawa ndipo masiku omalizira anali kuyandikira. Nthawi inali itatsala pang'ono kufika yoti atulutse foni ina yotayirapo n'kuimbira dziko lakwawo kuti amve mwachangu. Inde, adadziwa kuti sipadzakhala "zobisala" zenizeni, osachepera osati ndi kusinthanitsa kwa mamiliyoni mazana asanu, koma mfundoyi inali yofanana ndipo ikhoza kuchitidwa mofananamo. March anapereka kuthokoza kwa milungu ya uchimo ndi kusaweruzika. Ndi anyamata awa kumbali yanu, ndi chiyani chomwe sichikanatheka?
  
  Monga maloto onse abwino, izi zitha kutha, koma Marsh adaganiza kuti angasangalale nazo.
  
  Akusisita mutu wa Zoey ndiyeno kuyimirira, adamasula chingwe chake chimodzi cha nsapato ndikuyenda kupita pawindo. Ndi malingaliro awiri nthawi zambiri pamakhala malingaliro awiri osiyana, koma umunthu wa Marsh unali wowona pazochitikazo. Kodi aliyense wa iwo angataye bwanji? Analanda kondomu imodzi ya Zoe ndipo tsopano akufuna kuyilowetsa m'manja mwake. Kenako anasiya n"kupanga zala ziwiri. Gehena, idakhutitsabe quirkiness yake yamkati.
  
  Pamene Marsh ankaganiza kuti achite chiyani ndi lamba wotsalirayo, mtsogoleri wa cellyo adayimilira ndikumuyang'anitsitsa, akumwetulira opanda kanthu. Inali Alligator, kapena monga Marsh adayitcha mwachinsinsi - Alligator - ndipo ngakhale inali chete komanso mwachiwonekere yochedwa, panali chiopsezo chenicheni cha izo. Marsh ananena kuti mwina anali mmodzi wa ovala malaya. Pawn. Chomwecho consumable chinthu monga yaitali pokodza. Marsh anaseka mokweza, kuswa kuyang'ana m'maso ndi Alligator pa nthawi yoyenera.
  
  Zoe anatsatira mapazi ake, akuyang'ana pawindo.
  
  "Palibe chowona," adatero Marsh. "Kuti musakonde kuphunzira nsabwe za anthu."
  
  "O, amatha kukhala oseketsa nthawi zina."
  
  March anayang'ana mozungulira chipewa chake, chomwe ankakonda kuvala pakona. Inde, zinali zitapita, mwina ngakhale asanafike ku New York. Sabata yatha idadutsa mosamveka bwino kwa iye. Nyaliyo inafika pafupi n"kumufunsa mwaulemu ngati inkafuna kalikonse.
  
  "Osati pakadali pano. Koma ndiwaimbira posachedwapa ndikuwapatsa zambiri zoti atumize ndalamazo."
  
  "Muchita izi?"
  
  "Inde. Kodi sindinakupatseni anthu njira?" Funso linali losamveka.
  
  "O, zopusa izi. Ndinkagwiritsa ntchito ngati ntchentche. "
  
  Marsh ayenera kuti anali osadziwika, openga, komanso oyendetsedwa ndi chilakolako cha magazi, koma gawo laling'ono la iye linali lanzeru, lowerengera, komanso lotanganidwa kwambiri. Ichi ndichifukwa chake adapulumuka monga momwe adapulumutsira mu ngalande zaku Mexico. Patapita nthawi, anazindikira kuti anaganiza molakwika Mbalameyi komanso mmene zinthu zinalili. Iye sanali wamkulu apa - iwo anali.
  
  Ndipo inali mphindi mochedwa kwambiri.
  
  Marsh adaukira Alligator, akudziwa komwe adasiya mfuti, mpeni ndi mfuti yosagwiritsidwa ntchito. Poyembekezera kuchita bwino, adadabwa pamene Gator adaletsa nkhonyazo ndikubwezera imodzi yake. March anatenga izo modekha, kunyalanyaza ululu, ndipo anayesa kachiwiri. Amadziwa kuti Zoey akumuyang'ana, ndipo adadabwa chifukwa chake bulu waulesiyo sanathamangire kuti amuthandize.
  
  Mbalameyi inawombanso nkhonya yake mosavuta. Kenako Marsh anamva phokoso kumbuyo kwake - phokoso la chitseko cha nyumba. Analumphira m"mbuyo, modabwa Mbalameyo itamulola, n"kutembenuka.
  
  Pakhosi pake panatuluka mantha.
  
  Amuna 8 analowa m"nyumbamo, onse atavala zakuda, atanyamula zikwama, ndipo akuwoneka okwiya ngati nkhandwe m"khola la nkhuku. Marsh adayang'ana kenako adatembenukira kwa Gator, maso ake ngakhale pano sanakhulupirire zomwe akuwona.
  
  "Chikuchitikandi chiyani?"
  
  "Chani? Kodi mumaganiza kuti tonse tinkakhala chete pamene amuna olemera ovala masuti amawathandizira pankhondo zawo? Chabwino, ndakubweretserani nkhani, bambo wamkulu. Sitikudikiraninso. Timapereka ndalama zathu. "
  
  March adazandima kuchokera kunkhonya kawiri mpaka kumaso. Pamene adagwa chagada, adagwira Zoe, akuyembekeza kuti amunyamula, ndipo atapanda, onse adagwa pansi. Kudzidzimuka kwa zonsezi kunapangitsa kuti thupi lake liziyenda mopitirira muyeso, zotupa zake za thukuta ndi minyewa zinayamba kuchulukirachulukira, ndipo chinthu chokhumudwitsa chinayamba pakona ya diso limodzi. Anamutengeranso kumasiku oipa akale pamene anali mnyamata ndipo palibe amene ankamusamala.
  
  Mbalameyi inayenda mozungulira nyumbayo, ikukonza chipinda cha anthu khumi ndi awiri. Zoey inakhala yaying'ono momwe ingathere, pafupifupi mipando, pamene mfuti ndi zida zina zankhondo zinapezeka - mabomba, oposa RPG imodzi, Kalashnikov wodalirika nthawi zonse, utsi wokhetsa misozi, mabomba ophulika ndi miyala yamitundu yosiyanasiyana yachitsulo. Izi zinali zomvetsa chisoni.
  
  March wakayoozuzikizya mbaakani zyakwe, naakali kubikkila maano kumamanino aakutalilemeka akaambo kabukkale bukatazya bwiinguzi bwakatondeezya kuti nguSaatani uujisi mpuwo mupati mucibalo eeci.
  
  "Taonani," iye anatero. "Chotsani manja anu akuda pa bomba langa la nyukiliya. Kodi ukudziwa kuti ichi ndi chiyani, mnyamata? Chingwe. Chingwe! Tiyenera kukwaniritsa tsiku lomaliza. "
  
  Mtsogoleri wa cell yachisanu adaponya laputopu pambali ndikuyandikira Marsh. Tsopano, popanda thandizo komanso opanda magolovesi, Alligator anali munthu wosiyana. "Ukuganiza kuti ndili ndi ngongole kwa iwe ooo?" Mawu omaliza anali kulira. "Manja anga ali oyera! Nsapato zanga ndizabwino! Koma adzathiridwa magazi ndi phulusa posachedwapa!"
  
  March anaphethira mofulumira. "Mukunena za chiyani?"
  
  "Sipadzakhala malipiro. Palibe ndalama! Ndimagwira ntchito kwa Ramses wamkulu, wolemekezeka komanso yekha, ndipo amanditcha Wopanga Mabomba. Koma lero ndikhala woyambitsa. ndidzamupatsa moyo!"
  
  March anadikira squeal yosapeŵeka kumapeto, koma nthawi ino panalibe. Alligator anali atalola kuti kuukira kwa mphamvu kupite pamutu pake, ndipo Marsh sankamvetsabe chifukwa chake anthuwa ankagwiritsira ntchito bomba lake. "Anyamata, ili ndi bomba langa la nyukiliya. Ndinagula izi ndikubweretsa kwa inu. Tikuyembekezera malipiro abwino. Tsopano khalani anyamata abwino ndikuyika bomba la nyukiliya patebulo. "
  
  Mpaka pamene Alligator adamumenya mwamphamvu kuti atenge magazi ndipamene Marsh adayamba kumvetsetsa kuti pali vuto lalikulu apa. Zinali kuganiza kuti zonse zimene anachita m"mbuyomo zinamufikitsa pa mfundo imeneyi m"moyo wake, chabwino ndi choipa, mawu ndi ndemanga zonse zabwino ndi zoipa. Kuchuluka kwa zomwe adakumana nazo zidamufikitsa kuchipindachi panthawiyi.
  
  "Mutani ndi bomba ili?" Mantha adatsitsa ndikukulitsa mawu ake, ngati akukanikizidwa ndi grater ngati tchizi.
  
  "Tiphulitsa bomba lanu la nyukiliya tingomva kuchokera ku Ramses wamkulu."
  
  March adayamwa mpweya wake osapuma. "Koma idzapha mamiliyoni."
  
  "Ndiye nkhondo yathu iyamba."
  
  "Zinali za ndalama," adatero Marsh. "Papa. Kusangalatsa pang'ono. Kusunga United Donkeys of America kuthamangitsa mchira wawo. Zinali zokhudza ndalama, osati kupha anthu ambiri."
  
  "Uu... waphedwa!" Mkwiyo wa ng'ona unakula kwambiri.
  
  "Inde, koma osati kwambiri."
  
  Mbalameyi inamukankha mpaka anapindikira mpira wosayenda; nthiti, mapapo, msana ndi miyendo yanga zimapweteka. "Tikungodikira nkhani kuchokera kwa Ramses. Tsopano, wina andipatse foni."
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NDI SATANA
  
  
  Mkati mwa Grand Central Terminal, zidutswa zomaliza za chithunzi cha Marsh zinayamba kufola. Drake anali asanazindikirepo kale, koma zonsezi zinali mbali ya ndondomeko ya munthu wina, yemwe ankaganiza kuti anali atasokoneza kale. Mdani amene sanamudalire anali nthaŵi-ndipo mmene inadutsa mofulumira kunasokoneza maganizo awo.
  
  Pomwe malowa adanenedwa kuti ndi otetezeka komanso okhala ndi apolisi ambiri, Drake ndi gulu lake adapatsidwa mwayi wowunikanso zomwe adanenanso zachinayi, zomwe adazipeza zitajambulidwa pansi patebulo lazakudya. Manambala angapo olembedwa ndi zilembo zazikulu, zinali zosatheka kudziwa chomwe chingakhale pokhapokha mutakwanitsa kuyang'anitsitsa mutuwo, womwe nthawi zambiri unkalembedwa m'mafonti ang'onoang'ono omwe amapezeka.
  
  Ma code a nyukiliya.
  
  Drake adatsinzina maso ake osakhulupilira, adatayanso bwino, kenaka adaphethira Alicia. "Zoona? N"chifukwa chiyani amatitumizira zimenezi?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndikutha kusewera masewerawa. Iye akusangalala nazo, Drake. Kumbali ina, zikhoza kukhala zabodza."
  
  "Kapena ma code mathamangitsidwe," May anawonjezera.
  
  "Kapenanso," Beau adabisanso mutuwo, "makhodi omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito poyambitsa mtundu wina wa zida zobisika."
  
  Drake anayang'ana kwa Mfalansa kwa kanthawi, akudabwa komwe anali ndi maganizo opotoka, asanamuyitane Moore. "Tili ndi chofunikira chatsopano," adatero. "Pokhapokha ngati zikuwoneka ngati zida zoletsa zida za nyukiliya m'malo mwake."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" Moore anadabwa kwambiri. "Chani? Izi sizikupanga nzeru. Kodi izi ndi zimene anakuuzani?"
  
  Drake adazindikira kuti zonse zidamveka ngati zopanda pake. "Kutumiza tsopano." Lolani malaya amlengalenga akonze zonse.
  
  "Chabwino. Tidzawasamalira moyenera. "
  
  Drake atayika foni mthumba Alicia adazichotsa ndikungoyang'ana kwa nthawi yayitali. "Ndife amwayi kuno," iye anatero. "Palibe ovulala. Ndipo palibe nkhani yochokera mu Marichi, ngakhale tidachedwa. Ndiye mukuganiza kuti ichi chinali chofunikira chomaliza?"
  
  May anati: "Sindikutsimikiza kuti zidzachitika bwanji. "Anatiuza kuti akufuna ndalama, koma sanatiuze kuti ndi liti kapena kuti."
  
  "Choncho chimodzi chinanso," adatero Drake. "Mwina awiri. Tiyenera kuyang'ana chida ndikuchikwezanso. Mulimonsemo, mabomba ang'onoang'ono awa akuphulika mumzinda wonse, ndikuganiza kuti tatsala pang'ono kuchita izi. "
  
  Anadzifunsa za cholinga cha mabomba ang"onoang"ono. Osapha kapena kuvulaza. Inde, anali atachititsa mantha m'miyoyo ya anthu, koma chifukwa cha bomba la nyukiliya, Julian Marsh, ndi makamera omwe ankawononga, sakanachitira mwina koma kuganiza kuti mwina pali ndondomeko ina. Mabomba achiwiri anali osokoneza komanso okhumudwitsa. Vuto lalikulu kwambiri lidayamba chifukwa cha anthu ochepa panjinga zamoto kuponya mabomba opangira tokha ku Wall Street.
  
  Alicia anaona kanyumba kena kobisika chapatali. "Kusakaniza shuga," adatero. "Kodi alipo wina akufuna maswiti?"
  
  "Ndipezereni ma Snickers awiri," Drake adadandaula. "Chifukwa magalamu makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu asanu anali a zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi zokha."
  
  Alicia anapukusa mutu. "Iwe ndi maswiti ako oopsa."
  
  "Chakudza ndi chiyani?" Beau anayandikira, ndipo Mfalansayo anachotsa ululu m'thupi lake ndi matambalo angapo.
  
  "Moore akuyenera kukulitsa masewera ake," adatero Drake. "Khalani wofulumira. Ine, mwa ine, sindidzavina nyimbo ya Marsh tsiku lonse. "
  
  "Zatambasulidwa," Mai adamukumbutsa. "Ambiri mwa othandizira ake ndi apolisi akugwira ntchito m'misewu."
  
  "Ndikudziwa," Drake adapuma. "Ndikudziwa bwino."
  
  Anadziwanso kuti sipangakhale chithandizo chabwino kwa Moore kuposa Hayden ndi Kinimaka, onse omwe ali ndi maadiresi kwa Purezidenti, onse omwe adakumana ndi zambiri zomwe dziko likhoza kuwaponyera. Panthawiyi pa bata, adalingalira, kuganizira za vuto lawo, ndiyeno adangokhalira kuda nkhawa ndi timu ina - timu ya Dahl.
  
  Wopenga uyu waku Swedish bastard mwina anali kumenyana ndi bala ya Marabou kwinaku akuwonera nthawi zamaliseche za Alexander Skarsga.
  
  Drake adathokoza Alicia kwinaku akubwerera ndikumupatsa zidutswa ziwiri za chokoleti. Kwa kanthawi gululo linangoyima pamenepo, kuganiza, dzanzi. Ndimayesetsa kuti ndisaganizire zomwe zingachitike pambuyo pake. Kumbuyo kwawo kuli cafe & # 233; Zinali ngati ntchito yakale imene yasiyidwa, mazenera ake othyoka, magome ogubuduzika, zitseko zagawanika ndi kulendewera pamahinji ake. Ngakhale pakali pano, magulu anali kupesa mosamala malowa kuti apeze zida zatsopano.
  
  Drake adatembenukira kwa Bo. "Mwakumana ndi Marsh, sichoncho? Kodi mukukhulupirira kuti adzaona zimenezi mpaka mapeto?"
  
  Mfalansayo analankhula modabwitsa. "Hmm, ndani akudziwa? Kugubako ndi kwachilendo, kumawoneka kokhazikika mphindi imodzi ndikupenga motsatira. Mwina zonsezi zinali zabodza. Webb sanamukhulupirire, koma sizodabwitsa. Ndikuwona kuti ngati Webb akadali ndi chidwi ndi mlandu wa Pythia, ndiye kuti Marsh sakaloledwa ngakhale kunamizira kuti akukhudzidwa ndi mlanduwo. "
  
  "Si Marsha tiyenera kuda nkhawa," adatero Mai mosangalala. "Izi..."
  
  Ndipo mwadzidzidzi zonse zidamveka.
  
  Drake anazindikira izi nthawi yomweyo, pozindikira dzina la munthu yemwe akufuna kumuitana. Maso ake anakumana naye ngati mivi yofuna kutentha, koma kwakanthawi sanathe kunena kalikonse.
  
  Ndikuganiza za izo. Wowunika. Kumapeto koopsa.
  
  "Damn," adatero Drake. "Tidaseweredwa kuyambira pachiyambi."
  
  Alicia anawayang'ana. "Nthawi zambiri ndimanena kuti 'tenga chipinda', koma ..."
  
  "Sangathe kulowa m"dziko lino," anadandaula motero Mai. "Osati popanda ife."
  
  "Tsopano," adatero Drake. "Iye ali komwe akufuna kukhala."
  
  Kenako foni inaitana.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake anangotsala pang'ono kugwetsa chokoleti chake chifukwa cha mantha, anali wotanganidwa kwambiri ndi malingaliro ena. Pamene adayang'ana pazenera ndikuwona nambala yosadziwika, kuphulika kwa pyrotechnic kwa malingaliro otsutsana kunazungulira mutu wake.
  
  Zonena?
  
  Ayenera kuti anali a Marsh akuyimba foni yake yatsopano yotaya. Kodi ayenera kukana kumuuza kuti akuseŵeredwa, kuti anangopusitsidwa m"chiŵembu chachikulu? Iwo ankafuna kuti maselo ndi zida za nyukiliya zisakhale zandale kwa nthawi yaitali. Patsani aliyense mwayi kwa ola lina kuti afufuze zonse. Tsopano ngakhale ... tsopano masewera asintha.
  
  Zoyenera kuchita?
  
  "March?" Adayankha ring yachinayi.
  
  Mawu osadziwika bwino anamulankhula. "Ayi! Ndi Gatorrr! "
  
  Drake adachotsa foni m'khutu lake, kulira, kukwera kumapeto kwa mawu aliwonse akunyoza makutu ake.
  
  "Awa ndi ndani? Marsh ali kuti?
  
  "Ndinati - Gatorrr! Nkhosa zayamba kale kukwawa. Kumene ayenera kukhala. Koma ndikukufunaninso chimodzi, uhhh. Mmodzi wina, ndiyeno bomba lidzaphulika kapena ayi. Zimatengera inu!"
  
  "Pepani ine." Drake anali ndi vuto lolunjika pa mawu chifukwa cha kufuula mwachisawawa. "Uyenera kudekha pang'ono, bwanawe."
  
  "Thamanga, Kalulu, thamanga, thamanga, thamanga. Pita ukapeze kupolisi pakona ya 3 ndi 51 uone tidakusiyilani zidutswa za nyama ooooo. Mudzamvetsetsa chofunikira chomaliza mukadzafika kumeneko. "
  
  Drake adachita tsinya, akufufuza zomwe adakumbukira. Pali china chake chodziwika bwino pa adilesi iyi...
  
  Koma mawuwo anasokonezanso maganizo ake. "Tsopano thawani! Thamangani! Kalulu, thamanga osayang"ana m"mbuyo! Idzaphulika mu miniti imodzi kapena ola, rrr! Kenako nkhondo yathu idzayamba!"
  
  "Marsh ankangofuna dipo basi. Ndalama za bombalo ndi zanu."
  
  "Sitikufuna ndalama zanu, yyyy! Kodi mukuganiza kuti palibe mabungwe-ngakhale mabungwe anu-amene akutithandiza? Mukuganiza kuti palibe anthu olemera omwe angatithandize? Kodi mukuganiza kuti kulibe okonza chiwembu kunja uko omwe amapereka ndalama zathu mwachinsinsi? Ha, ha ha!"
  
  Drake ankafuna kufikira ndikugwira khosi la wamisalayo, koma popeza sakanatha kutero-komabe-adachita chinthu chotsatira.
  
  Kuitana kudayitanitsidwa.
  
  Ndipo potsirizira pake, ubongo wake unkapanga chidziŵitso chilichonse. Enawo ankadziwa kale. Nkhope zawo zinali zoyera ndi mantha, matupi awo anali onjenjemera chifukwa cha kunjenjemera.
  
  "Iyi ndi tsamba lathu, sichoncho?" Drake anatero. "Kumene Hayden, Kinimaka ndi Moore ali tsopano."
  
  "Ndi Ramses," adatero Mai.
  
  Bombalo likadaphulika panthawi yomweyo, gululo silikanatha kuthamanga.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI CHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Hayden adaphunzira zowunikira. Popeza kuti masiteshoni ambiri anali opanda kanthu, ndipo ngakhale nthumwi zotumizidwa ku Moore zikutumizidwa m"makwalala kukathandiza, likulu la m"deralo la Homeland Security lidathedwa nzeru kwambiri mpaka linawonongeka. Zomwe zidachitika mumzindawu zidakhala patsogolo pa kukumananso kwa Ramses ndi Price pakadali pano, koma Hayden adawona kusowa kwa kulumikizana pakati pawo, ndipo adadzifunsa ngati onse awiri alibe chonena. Ramses anali munthu wodziwa yemwe anali ndi mayankho onse. Price anali chabe wina wachinyengo kuthamangitsa madola.
  
  Kinimaka anathandizira kuyendetsa ma monitor. Hayden adakambirana zomwe zidachitika pakati pawo m'mbuyomu, pomwe waku Hawaii adalangiza kuti asatenge zambiri kuchokera kwa amuna onsewa, ndipo adadabwa ndi zomwe adachita.
  
  Anali kulondola? Kodi anali womvetsa chisoni?
  
  Chinachake choyenera kuganizira pambuyo pake.
  
  Zithunzi zinawala pamaso pake, zonse zikuwonekera pazithunzi zambiri za masikweya, zakuda ndi zoyera ndi zamitundu, zithunzi za ma bender ndi moto, ma ambulansi onyezimira ndi makamu ochita mantha. Mantha pakati pa anthu aku New York anali ochepa kwambiri; ngakhale zochitika za 9-11 zinali zidakali zowopsa m'maganizo mwawo ndikuwongolera lingaliro lililonse. Kwa anthu ambiri omwe akhala ndi nkhani yopulumuka 9-11, kuchokera kwa omwe sanapite kuntchito tsiku lomwelo mpaka omwe adachedwa kapena kuthamanga, mantha sanachoke m'maganizo mwawo. Alendo odzaona malo ankathaŵa ali ndi mantha, nthaŵi zambiri kukakumana ndi tsoka lina losayembekezeka. Apolisi anayamba kusesa m"misewu moona mtima, popanda kutsutsidwa kwenikweni ndi anthu a m"deralo omwe anali okwiya kwambiri.
  
  Hayden adawona nthawi ... inali isanakwane 11am. Zinamveka pambuyo pake. Ena onse anali m'maganizo mwake, m'mimba mwake muli mantha kuti mwina ataya miyoyo yawo. N"chifukwa chiyani timapitirizabe kuchita zimenezi? Tsiku ndi tsiku, sabata ndi sabata? Zovuta zimachepa nthawi iliyonse tikamenyana.
  
  Ndipo Dahl makamaka; Kodi munthuyu anakhala bwanji pamenepa? Pokhala ndi mkazi ndi ana aŵiri, mwamuna ayenera kukhala ndi chizoloŵezi chantchito chofanana ndi cha Mount Everest. Ulemu wake kwa msilikaliyo unali usanakhalepo.
  
  Kinimaka adagunda imodzi mwa ma monitor. "Zikhoza kukhala zoipa."
  
  Hayden adamuyang'ana. "Ichi ndi chiyani ... oh shit."
  
  Anadabwa kwambiri ataona Ramses akuchitapo kanthu, akuthamangira kwa Price ndikugwetsa mutu wake pansi. Kenako kalonga wachigawenga uja anaima pamwamba pa gululo ndipo anayamba kulimenya mopanda chifundo. Hayden anazengereza kachiwiri, kenako adawona dziwe la magazi likuyamba kufalikira pansi.
  
  "Ndikupita pansi."
  
  "Nanenso ndipita". Kinimaka anayamba kukwera, koma Hayden anamuimitsa ndi manja.
  
  "Ayi. Mukufunika kuno."
  
  Mosasamala zomwe adamuyang'ana, adathamangira kuchipinda chapansi, ndikukodola alonda awiri omwe adayimilira panjira, ndikutsegula chitseko chakunja chachipinda cha Ramses. Amathamangira limodzi, atakokedwa mfuti.
  
  Phazi lakumanzere la Ramses linagunda patsaya la Price, kuthyola fupa.
  
  "Imani!" Hayden anakuwa mokwiya. "Mukumupha."
  
  "Simusamala," Ramses anagwiritsanso ntchito chida chake, kuphwanya nsagwada za Price. "Ndiyeneranji? Unindikakamiza kuti ndigawane selo limodzi ndi zinyalalazi. Mukufuna tikambirane? Chabwino, umu ndi momwe chifuniro changa chachitsulo chimachitikira. mwina mudzazindikira tsopano.
  
  Hayden anathamangira kuzitsulo, ndikulowetsa kiyi mu loko. Ramses adadzithandiza yekha, kenako adayamba kuponda pachigaza ndi mapewa a Price, ngati akufunafuna malo ofooka ndikusangalala ndi ntchitoyi. Price anali atasiya kukuwa ndipo amangokhalira kubuula.
  
  Hayden anatsegula chitseko, mothandizidwa ndi alonda awiri. Anaukira popanda mwambo, kugunda Ramses kumbuyo kwa khutu ndi mfuti ndikumukankhira kutali ndi Robert Price. Kenako anagwada pafupi ndi munthu wobumayo.
  
  "Muli moyo?" Iye sanafune kuwoneka wodera nkhawa kwambiri. Anthu onga iye ankaona kuti kuda nkhawa n"kufowoka.
  
  "Zimawawa?" Anadzikakamiza ku nthiti za Price.
  
  Mnyamatayo anamuuza kuti, "Inde, zachitika."
  
  "Chabwino, siyani kulira. Tembenuka ndikuwone."
  
  Price anavutika kuti agubuduke, koma atatero, Hayden ananjenjemera ataona chigoba cha magazi, mano osweka, ndi milomo yong'ambika. Anaona kuti khutu linali lofiira ndipo diso linali lotupa moti mwina sangagwirenso ntchito. Ngakhale kuti ankafunira zabwino zonse, iye ananjenjemera.
  
  "Zoyipa".
  
  Analunjika ku Ramses. "Bwanawe, sindikufunanso kukufunsa ngati wapenga? Wamisala yekha ndi amene angachite zimene ukuchita. Chifukwa? Cholinga? Cholinga? Ndikukayika kuti zinakudutsani."
  
  Anakweza Glock, osakonzeka kwenikweni kuwombera. Alonda omwe anali pafupi naye anaphimba Ramses ngati angamuukire.
  
  "Kuwombera," adatero Ramses. "Dzipulumutseni kudziko lodzaza ndi zowawa."
  
  "Likanakhala dziko lako, kwanuko, bwenzi undipha pompano, sichoncho? Ukhoza kuthetsa zonse."
  
  "Ayi. Chosangalatsa ndi chiyani popha mwachangu chotere? Poyamba ndikanawononga ulemu wako pokuvula ndi kukumanga miyendo. Kenako ndimaphwanya chifuniro chanu pogwiritsa ntchito njira yachisawawa, ziribe kanthu zomwe zinkawoneka bwino panthawiyo. Ndiye ndikadapeza njira yoti ndikupheni ndikukubwezerani, mobwerezabwereza, pomaliza pake ndikumandipempha kuti ndithetse moyo wanu.
  
  Hayden adayang'ana, akuwona chowonadi m'maso mwa Ramses ndipo adalephera kudziletsa kuti asanjenjemere. Apa panali munthu yemwe, mosaganizira kaye, akanaphulitsa bomba la nyukiliya ku New York. Chisamaliro chake chidakopeka kwambiri ndi Ramses, komanso alonda ake, kotero kuti sanachitepo kanthu ndi kugwedezeka kwa mapazi ndi kupuma kwaukali komwe kumachokera kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  Maso a Ramses anathwanima. Hayden adadziwa kuti adanyengedwa. Anatembenuka, koma osathamanga mokwanira. Price atha kukhala Mlembi wa Chitetezo, koma analinso ndi ntchito yankhondo yodziwika bwino ndipo tsopano anali kuchita zomwe amakumbukira. Iye anamenyetsa manja onse m"dzanja la mlonda wotambasulidwayo, kupangitsa mfuti yake kugunda pansi, ndipo kenaka anamenyetsa chibakera chake m"mimba mwa munthuyo, namupinda pakati. Pochita izi, adagwa, akubetcha kuti Hayden ndi mlonda winayo samuwombera, akubetcha malo ake m'njira zingapo, ndipo adagwa pamfuti.
  
  Ndipo anawombera pansi pakhwapa, chipolopolocho chikugunda mlonda wodabwitsidwa m"diso. Hayden adayika pambali malingaliro ake ndikumuloza Glock pa Price, koma Ramses adamuwombera ngati ng'ombe pa thirakitala, mphamvu yonse ya thupi lake inapuwala, ndikumugwetsa kumapazi ake. Ramses ndi Hayden adazandima m'chipindamo, ndikumupatsa Price mwayi woti agundane ndi mlonda wachiwiri.
  
  Anapezerapo mwayi pa izi, pogwiritsa ntchito chisokonezocho kuti apindule. Mlonda wachiŵiriyo anafa chipolopolo chomwe chinamupha chisanadze. Thupi lake linagunda pansi pamapazi a Price, likuyang'aniridwa ndi diso limodzi logwira ntchito la mlembi. Hayden adatuluka pansi pa thupi lalikulu la Ramses, atamugwirabe Glock, wamaso opusa, ndikugwira Price pamfuti.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Ndili wokondwa kufa," anatero Price momvetsa chisoni. "Ndikufuna kumwalira".
  
  "Kuti muthandizire kupulumutsa chipwirikiti ichi?" Anapunthwa pansi, akuvutikira.
  
  "Ndatsala ndi sewero limodzi," Ramses anadandaula.
  
  Hayden anamva nthaka ikunjenjemera pansi pake, makoma a chipinda chapansi akunjenjemera ndikutulutsa mitambo yamatope. Mipiringidzo ya kholayo inayamba kunjenjemera. Anakonzanso manja ndi mawondo ake, ndipo anadekha n"kuyang"ana mmwamba ndi pansi, kumanzere ndi kumanja. Hayden ankayang'ana magetsi pamene ankagwedezeka mobwerezabwereza.
  
  Tsopano chiyani? Kodi gehena ndi chiyani ...
  
  Koma ankadziwa kale.
  
  Malowa ankachitiridwa chiwembu.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKHUMI NDI 88
  
  
  Hayden adachita mantha pamene makomawo akupitiriza kugwedezeka. Ramses anayesa kudzuka koma chipindacho chinagwedezeka. Chigawengacho chinagwada pansi. Price adawona modabwitsa pomwe ngodya ya chipindacho idasintha, zolumikizira zidasuntha ndikukonzanso, otsetsereka amasokonekera ndi sekondi iliyonse. Hayden adapewa matope kuti asagwe pomwe mbali ina ya denga idagwa. Mawaya ndi ma ducts a mpweya adapachikidwa padenga, akugwedezeka ngati ma pendulum amitundu yambiri.
  
  Hayden analunjika ku chitseko cha cell, koma Ramses anali wanzeru kuti atseke njira yake. Zinatenga kanthawi asanazindikire kuti akugwirabe Glock, ndipo panthawiyo denga lalikulu linali kugwa ndipo mipiringidzoyo inali itaweramira mkati, pafupifupi kugwa.
  
  "Ndikuganiza ... mwachulukitsa," adatero Price mopumira.
  
  "Malo onsewa akugwa," Hayden adafuula pamaso pa Ramses.
  
  "Osati pano".
  
  Chigawengacho chinaimirira ndi kuthamangira kukhoma lakutali, mitambo yamatope ndi zidutswa za konkire ndi pulasitala ikuwuluka ndikugwera mozungulira mozungulira. Chitseko chakunja chinagwa ndipo kenako chinatseguka. Hayden adagwira bala ndikudzikweza yekha, kukomana ndi wamisalayo, Price akuyenda kumbuyo. Iwo anali ndi anthu pamwamba. Ramses adatha kungopita patali.
  
  Ndili ndi malingaliro amenewo, Hayden adayang'ana foni yake, koma adalephera kuyenderana ndi Ramses. Munthu uyu anali wofulumira, wolimba komanso wankhanza. Anakwera masitepe, ndikuchotsa zovuta za wapolisi wina ndikumuponya mutu pa Hayden. Anamugwira mnyamatayo, kumugwira, ndipo panthawiyi Ramses anali atalowa kale pakhomo lakumtunda.
  
  Hayden adathamangira kuthamangitsa moto. Chitseko chakumtunda chinakhala chotsegula kwambiri, galasi lake linang"ambika, mafelemu ake anagawanika. Poyamba, zomwe amangowona kuchokera m'chipinda choyang'anira anali Moore, yemwe ankadzuka pansi ndikufikira kuwongola zotchinga zingapo zokhota. Ena anang"ambika pa zomangira zawo, anadzitsekera pakhoma, n"kugwera pansi potera. Kinimaka tsopano anaimirira ndi chophimba chikugwa kuchokera pamapewa ake, galasi ndi pulasitiki atagwidwa m'tsitsi. Othandizira ena awiri omwe anali mchipindamo anali kuyesa kudzikoka pamodzi.
  
  "Chatikhudza ndi chiyani?" Moore adatuluka mchipindamo atawona Hayden.
  
  "Ramses uli kuti?" iye anakuwa. "Simunamuwona?"
  
  Mulomo wa Moore unasefukira. "Ayenera kukhala mu cell block."
  
  Kinimaka anapukuta galasi ndi zinyalala zina kuchokera pamapewa ake. "Ndinayang'ana ... Kenako gehena yonse idasweka."
  
  Hayden anatukwana mokweza ataona masitepe akumanzere kwake, kenako khonde lakutsogolo lomwe limayang'anizana ndi ofesi yayikulu ya precinct. Panalibe njira ina yotulukira m"nyumbayo kupatulapo kuwoloka. Anathamangira panjanji, naigwira ndikuyang'ana chipinda chakumunsi. Ogwira ntchitowo anachepetsedwa, monga momwe zigawenga zinakonzera, koma ntchito zina zapansi zinali za anthu. Onse aŵiri amuna ndi akazi anali kusonkhanitsa katundu wawo, koma ambiri anali kulunjika kuchipata chachikulu atakokera zida zawo, monga ngati akuyembekezera kuwukira. Ramses sakanakhoza kukhala pakati pawo.
  
  Ndiye kuti?
  
  Chiyembekezo. Ndikuyang'ana. Sizinali...
  
  "Awa si mathero!" - iye anakuwa. "Chokani pamazenera!"
  
  Mochedwa kwambiri. Blitzkrieg inayamba ndi kuphulika kwakukulu; mazenera akutsogolo anaphulika ndipo mbali ina ya khoma inagwa. Malingaliro onse a Hayden adasuntha, denga likugwa. Zinyalala zidaphulika pasiteshoni yonse pomwe apolisi adagwa. Ena anagwada kapena kukwawa. Ena anavulala kapena anapeza kuti ali m"misampha. RPG idawomba pakhonde losweka ndikugwera pakhonde la wothandizira, ndikutumiza malawi amoto, utsi ndi zinyalala kudera lapafupi. Hayden ndiye adawona mapazi akuthamanga pomwe amuna ambiri ovala zophimba nkhope adawonekera, onse atawamanga ndi mfuti pamapewa. Anafalikira mbali zonse, ndipo ankaloza chilichonse chimene chimayenda, ndipo ataganizira mozama, anawombera. Hayden, Kinimaka ndi Moore nthawi yomweyo adawombera.
  
  Zipolopolo zinalasa siteshoni yomwe inawonongedwa. Hayden anawerengera anthu khumi ndi mmodzi m'munsimu pamaso pa khonde lamatabwa lomwe linamuteteza linayamba kusweka. Zipolopolo zinadutsa. Zidutswazo zinang"ambika, n"kukhala zidutswa zoopsa. Hayden adagwa chagada kwa iye kuchokera kumbuyo ndikugubuduzika. Chovala chake chinali chitagunda pang'ono pang'ono, osati zipolopolo, ndipo ululu waukulu wa m'munsi mwake unamuuza kuti nsonga yamatabwa yagunda mnofu wake. Nayenso Kinimaka anadzuma, ndipo Moore anaimirira kuti avule jekete lake ndi kuchotsa zometa paphewa lake.
  
  Hayden adakwawiranso pakhonde. Kupyolera mu mipata, adayang'ana kutsogolo kwa gulu lachigawenga ndipo adamva kung'ung'udza pamene akuitana mtsogoleri wawo. Ramses anathamanga ngati mkango wosaka, kuchokera kwa Hayden pasanathe sekondi imodzi. Anapezerapo mwayi wowombera, koma adadziwa kale kuti chipolopolocho sichingaulukire pafupi.
  
  "Zopusa!"
  
  Hayden anaimirira, nayang'ana Kinimaka ndi kuthamangira masitepe. Sanathe kulola kuti kalonga wachigawenga athawe. Pa mawu ake, bomba likanaphulitsidwa. Hayden adamva kuti sadikira nthawi yayitali.
  
  "Chokani, chokani!" - adafuwula Mano. "Tiyenera kubweretsanso Ramses nthawi yomweyo!"
  
  
  MUTU WAKAKUMI NDIPONSI
  
  
  Msewu womwe unali kunja kwa malowa nthawi zambiri umakhala wodzaza ndi anthu, podutsamo anthu oyenda pansi ankadzaza ndi anthu, ndipo misewuyo inkangogunda kwambiri moti magalimoto odutsa ankangodutsa. Nyumba zazitali zokhala ndi mazenera ambiri kaŵirikaŵiri zinkasonyeza kulira kwa nyanga ndi kuseka pakati pawo, kusonyeza kukwera kwa kugwirizana kwa anthu, koma lero zochitikazo zinali zosiyana kwambiri.
  
  Utsi unadutsa mumsewu n"kukwera kumwamba. Mazenera osweka anangoti mbwee m"njira. Mawu osamveka bwino anangonong'oneza pozungulira malowo pamene chipolopolo chonjenjemera ndi chovulala chinayamba kuzindikira kapena kutuluka kumene anabisala. Ma Sirens analira chapatali. Mbali ya 3rd Avenue ya nyumba yawo inkawoneka ngati mbewa yaikulu inaganiza kuti ndi chidutswa cha tchizi chotuwa ndipo inaluma kwambiri.
  
  Hayden anazindikira pang'ono za izi, akuthamanga kuchoka pa siteshoniyo kenako pang'onopang'ono pamene ankayang'ana pozungulira othawa. Patsogolo pake, pa 51st Street, anali okhawo amene ankathamanga-amuna khumi ndi mmodzi ovala zakuda, ndi ma Ramses osadziwika bwino omwe anali atali kwambiri kuposa ena onse. Hayden anathamanga kudutsa m"mphambano za zinyalala, atadabwa ndi chete chimene chinamuzungulira, kukuwa kwachete ndi fumbi lophulika lomwe linayesa kumchititsa khungu. Kumwambako, m"mipata yapakati pa madenga a nyumba za maofesi-mipingo ya konkire yowongoka yosonyeza njira yokhotakhota ngati mizere ya gridi-kuwala kwa dzuŵa la m"maŵa kunavutikira kupikisana. Dzuwa silinkaoneka kawirikawiri m"misewu masana, linkaonekera m"mazenera m"mbuyomo ndipo linaunikira m"mphambano zokhazokha mpaka linatuluka pamwamba ndipo silinapeze njira yolowera pakati pa nyumbazo.
  
  Kinimaka, galu wokalamba wokhulupirikayo, anathamangira pambali pake. "Pali khumi ndi awiri okha a iwo," adatero. "Moore akuyang'anira zomwe tikuchita. Tiwatsata mpaka titalimbikitsidwa, chabwino?"
  
  "Ramses," adatero. "Ichi ndiye choyambirira chathu. Tidzamubweza pa mtengo uliwonse."
  
  "Hayden," Kinimaka anatsala pang'ono kugundana ndi galimoto yoyima. "Simukuganizira bwino izi. Ramses anakonza zonse. Ndipo ngakhale sanatero - ngakhale malo ake atalowetsedwa m'chipinda chachisanu - zilibe kanthu tsopano. Ili ndiye bomba lomwe tikuyenera kulipeza."
  
  "Chifukwa china chogwirira Ramses."
  
  "Sadzatiuza," adatero Kinimaka. "Koma mwina mmodzi wa ophunzira ake adzachita."
  
  "Tikatha kusunga Ramses motalika," adatero Hayden. "Mwayi wabwinoko kuti mzinda uno upulumuke zonsezi."
  
  Anathamanga m"mphepete mwa msewu, akumasunga mithunzi yoŵerengeka ya nyumba zazitalizo ndikuyesera kusapanga phokoso lililonse. Ramses anali pakati pa paketi yake, akumalamula, ndipo tsopano Hayden anakumbukira kuti m"mbuyo pa msika anatcha amuna ameneŵa "ankhondo" ake. Aliyense wa iwo anali wakupha komanso wokhulupirika ku cholinga chawo, masitepe ambiri pamwamba pa ma mercenaries wamba. Poyamba, anthu khumi ndi awiri adafulumira popanda kuganizira kwambiri, akuyika mtunda pang'ono pakati pawo ndi malowo, koma patapita mphindi imodzi anayamba kuchepa, ndipo awiri adayang'ana mmbuyo, akuyang'ana ngati pali omwe akutsata.
  
  Hayden adatsegula moto, akuwuwa mwaukali kuchokera kwa Glock wake. Bambo wina anagwa, ndipo ena onse anatembenuka n"kumawombera. Othandizira awiri akale a CIA adatsamira kuseri kwa maluwa a konkriti. Hayden adasuzumira m'mphepete mwake, osafuna kuyiwala mdani wake. Ramses anali pafupi kusweka, ataphimbidwa ndi anthu ake. Tsopano adawona kuti Robert Price adasiyidwa ku tsogolo lake, osakhoza kuyimilira, koma akuchitirabe bwino mwamuna wokalamba. Chidwi chake chinabwereranso kwa Ramses.
  
  "Ali pomwepo, Mano. Tiyeni tithetse izi. Mukuganiza kuti akamwalira adzaphulika?
  
  "Damn, sindikudziwa. Kumutenga ali moyo kukanagwira ntchito bwino. Mwina tingamupatse dipo."
  
  "Eya, chabwino, tiyenera kuyandikira kaye."
  
  Kamerayo inayang'ananso m'mwamba, nthawi ino ikuphimba kuthawa kwawo. Hayden adathamanga kuchokera ku bedi la maluwa kupita ku kama maluwa, kuwathamangitsa mumsewu. Zipolopolo zinaombana pakati pa magulu awiriwa, kuswa mazenera ndi kugunda magalimoto oimika. Mzere wa matakisi achikasu amwazikana unapatsa Hayden chivundikiro chabwinoko komanso mwayi woyandikira, ndipo sanazengereze kuyitenga.
  
  "Tiyeni!"
  
  Analowa m"taxi yoyamba, natsetserekera m"mbali ndi kugwiritsira ntchito ina yotsala m"mphepete mwa msewu kudziphimba pamene anali kuthamangira ina. Mawindo anaphulika mozungulira iye pamene oyang'anira ndende ankafuna kuwachotsa, koma chivundikirocho chimatanthauza kuti asilikali atsopano a Ramses sankadziwa kwenikweni kumene iwo anali. Ma taxi anayi pambuyo pake ndipo anali kukakamiza othamanga kubisala, kuwachepetsa.
  
  Chovala m'khutu cha Kinimaki chinayamba kunjenjemera. "Thandizo latsala mphindi zisanu."
  
  Koma ngakhale izi zinali zosatsimikizika.
  
  Apanso, selo linayamba kugwira ntchito ngati gulu laling'ono. Hayden adathamangitsa, osatha kutseka malirewo ndikukakamizanso kusunga zida. Zinaonekeratu kuti selo lidayambanso kuda nkhawa ndi kuthekera kwa kulimbikitsa kubwera pomwe mayendedwe awo adakhala achangu, osasamala. Hayden adayang'ana m'modzi mwa alonda akumbuyo ndipo adangophonya chifukwa adadutsa pamtengo wosema pomwe amawombera.
  
  Mwayi ndithu.
  
  "Mano," anatero mwadzidzidzi. "Kodi tatayapo imodzi mwa izo penapake?"
  
  "Werenganinso."
  
  Amatha kuwerengera manambala khumi okha!
  
  Anangowonekera modzidzimutsa, akutuluka pansi pa galimoto yoyimitsidwa mwamayendedwe. Kugunda kwake koyamba kudalumikizana ndi kumbuyo kwa bondo la Kinimaki, zomwe zidapangitsa munthu wamkulu kugwada. Pamene ankakankha, dzanja lake lamanja linabweretsa PPK yaying'ono, kukula kwake komwe kunapangitsa kuti ikhale yakupha. Hayden adaponyera pambali Kinimaka, thupi lake laling'ono linali lamphamvu komanso lamphamvu monga wothamanga aliyense wapadziko lonse lapansi, koma ngakhale izi zikanangosuntha munthu wamkulu pang'ono.
  
  Chipolopolocho chinawulukira pakati pawo, chodabwitsa, chodabwitsa, mphindi yachidule ya gehena yoyera, ndiyeno gulu lankhondo linasunthanso. Kugunda kwinanso kolumikizana ndi bondo la Hayden, ndipo Mano adapitiliza kugwa kwake, akugwera pachifuwa pagalimoto yomwe idayimitsidwa yomwe adani awo adagwiritsa ntchito pobisalira. Kung'ung'udza kunamuthawa pamene adapeza kuti akuyesera kuzungulira maondo ake.
  
  Hayden anamva kupweteka kwa bondo lake ndipo, chofunika kwambiri, kutayika kwadzidzidzi. Amadziwa zambiri za kuthawa kwa Ramses komanso chakudya chowopsa chomwe chinatsatira kuposa gulu lankhondo lankhondo, komanso chilichonse chomwe amafuna kuti athetse izi mwachangu. Koma munthu ameneyu anali wankhondo, wankhondo weniweni, ndipo n"zoonekeratu kuti ankafuna kupulumuka.
  
  Anawomberanso mfuti ija. Tsopano Hayden anasangalala kuti anataya mtima chifukwa sanali pamene ankayembekezera. Komabe, chipolopolocho chinamugwira phewa. Kinimaka anadziponya padzanja ndi mfutiyo, ndikuikwirira pansi pa phiri la minofu.
  
  Msilikaliyo adamusiya nthawi yomweyo, powona kuti n'kopanda pake kumenyana ndi Hawaii. Kenako adatulutsa mpeni wowopsa wa mainchesi eyiti ndikugwera pa Hayden. Anapindika movutikira, kupeza mpata kuti apewe nkhonya yakuphayo. Kinimaka anaponya mfuti yake, koma msilikaliyo anali atayembekezera izi ndipo anaiponya mofulumira kwambiri, mpeniwo unakantha kwambiri munthu wa ku Hawaii pachifuwa, chomwe chinakhala chochepa chifukwa cha vest ya mwamunayo, koma adamuponyabe pamphuno.
  
  Kusinthanako kunapatsa Hayden mwayi wofunikira. Pamene ankatulutsa mfuti yake, ankangoganizira zimene msilikali wa asilikaliyo angachite-kutembenuka n"kuponya mpeni mwachinyengo-chotero analowera cha pambali, n"kukokera mfutiyo.
  
  Zipolopolo zitatu zinang"ambika pachifuwa cha bamboyo pomwe mpeniwo ukutuluka pachitseko cha galimotoyo n"kugunda pansi, osavulaza.
  
  Hayden anauza Kinimake kuti: "Mutengereni Walter." "Tidzafunika chipolopolo chilichonse."
  
  Pamene ankaimirira, anaona gulu la anthu onyamula zida likuthamanga mumsewu, pamtunda wa makilomita ochepa chabe. Zinali zovuta kwambiri tsopano - magulu a anthu anali kuwonekera ndikungoyendayenda m'misewu, akupita kunyumba kapena kuyang'ana zowonongeka, kapena ngakhale kuyima poyera ndikudina pazida zawo za Android - koma kuyang'ana kwa mutu wa Ramses kuwonekera mapazi angapo kunazindikirika nthawi yomweyo. .
  
  "Tsopano sunthani," iye anatero, kukakamiza miyendo yake yopweteka, yovulazidwa kuti igwire ntchito yoposa mphamvu yawo.
  
  Kamera idasowa.
  
  "Chiani ndi-"
  
  Kinimaka anayenda mozungulira galimotoyo, kulumpha pamwamba pa hood.
  
  "Sitolo yayikulu yamasewera," adatero waku Hawaii mopumira. "Iwo analowa."
  
  "Mapeto a msewu, Prince Ramses," Hayden analavula mawu awiri omaliza monyoza. "Fulumirani, Mano. Monga ndanenera, tiyenera kukhala otanganidwa ndi kutenga chidwi chake pa bomba la nyukiliya ili. Mphindi iliyonse, sekondi iliyonse ndiyofunikira. "
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU
  
  
  Onse anadutsa pazitseko zakutsogolo za sitolo yamasewera ndi kulowa mkati mwake mopanda phokoso. Zowonetsera, zoyala ndi zopachika zovala zinali paliponse, m'kanjira kalikonse. Atayikidwa padenga lotseguka, kuyatsa kunaperekedwa ndi matailosi owala. Hayden anayang'ana pansi poyera ndipo adawona mapazi afumbi olowera mkati mwa sitoloyo. Mwachangu, anayang'ana sitolo yake ndikusintha vest yake. Nkhope yomwe idasuzumira pansi pa choyikapo zovala idamupangitsa kuti agwedezeke, koma mantha omwe adalowa m'mawonekedwe ake adamupangitsa kuti afewe.
  
  "Osadandaula," iye anatero. "Khala pansi ukhale chete."
  
  Sanafunikire kufunsa njira. Ngakhale kuti mwina ankatsatira matope amatope, phokoso lomwe linali kutsogolo linapereka malo amene ankafuna. Kubuula kosalekeza kwa Price kunali phindu linanso. Hayden anatsetsereka pansi pa chopumira chachitsulo chodzaza ndi ma leggings ndikukankhira kutsogolo kwa dazi atavala yunifolomu yolimbitsa thupi ya Nike kumalo osungira zida zamasewera. Zopangira ma barbell, ma tray olemetsa, ma trampolines ndi ma treadmill ali pamzere wofanana. Nditangosamukira ku gawo lina, panali gulu la zigawenga.
  
  Mwamuna wina atamuwona, adakweza alamu ndikutsegula moto. Hayden anathamanga mwamphamvu ndipo ali pa ngodya, atamva chipolopolo chikudumpha pa mkono wachitsulo wa wopalasayo inchi kumanzere kwake. Kinimaka analumphira kumbali, n"kutera kwambiri pagawo la conveyor la chopondapo n"kugubuduza mpatawo. Hayden adabweza chiyamikirocho kwa legionnaire pobowola shelufu ya nsapato pamwamba pamutu pake.
  
  Bamboyo anabwerera m"mbuyo pang"onopang"ono pamene anzake ankabalalika. Hayden adaponya chikwama chapinki m'mwamba kuti awone manambala awo ndipo adakwiya pomwe kuwombera anayi kosiyana kugunda mwamphamvu.
  
  "Mwina kuphimba kuthawa kwa Ramses," Kinimaka adapumira.
  
  "Ngati tingafunike Torsten Dahl," Hayden adapuma.
  
  "Mukufuna kuti ndiyese njira yopenga?"
  
  Hayden sanathe kuletsa kuseka kwake. Iye anati: "Ndikuganiza kuti ndi njira yabwino yokhalira ndi moyo kuposa kusintha zida.
  
  "Chitani chilichonse," adatero Kinimaka. "Tiyeni tifulumire."
  
  Hayden anamumenya mpaka nkhonya, kulumpha kuchokera pachivundikirocho ndikutsegula moto mwachangu. Mmodzi mwa ziwerengerozo anapumira n"kugwera pambali, ena onse anagwa pansi. Hayden anawaukira, n"kusiya zopinga m"njira yawo, koma anatseka mpatawo mofulumira momwe akanathera. Ma legionnaires adabwerera, kuwombera mokwera, ndikuzimiririka kuseri kwa denga la nsapato zamtundu uliwonse ndi mtundu womwe ulipo. Hayden ndi Kinimaka anakhala pansi mbali ina, kuima kwa sekondi.
  
  "Mwakonzeka?" - Ndidafunsa. Hayden adapumira pomwe amamasula membala wa cell yemwe adagwa ku chida chake.
  
  "Pita," anatero Kinimaka.
  
  Pamene amadzuka, kuphulika kwa mfuti kunaphwanya pang'ono choyikapo pamwamba pa mitu yawo. Zidutswa zazitsulo ndi makatoni, zinsalu ndi pulasitiki zinagwa pa iwo. Hayden adakwera m'mphepete ngakhale nyumba yonseyo idagwedezeka.
  
  "Oh..." Kinimaka anayamba.
  
  "Zopusa!" Hayden adamaliza ndikudumpha.
  
  Theka lonse la pamwamba pa kauntala yaikuluyo linagwa, n"kung"ambika n"kugwera pamwamba pawo. Mpanda waukulu, wolenjekeka wa mashelefu, unataya pambali zitsulo, makatoni, ndi milu ya nsapato zatsopano za canvas pamene zinkafika. Kinimaka anakweza dzanja lake ngati kuti adziteteze ku nyumbayo ndipo anapitiriza kuyenda molimba mtima, koma chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwake anagwera kumbuyo kwa Hayden yemwe ankathawa. Pamene adagubuduka kuchoka ku misa yogwa, mwendo wake wokoka ukugwira pazitsulo zachitsulo, Kinimaka anakwirira mutu wake m'manja mwake ndikudzilimbitsa yekha pamene adagwera pamwamba pake.
  
  Hayden anamaliza kuponya mfuti ali m'manja mwake ndipo anayang'ana kumbuyo. "Mano!"
  
  Koma mavuto ake anali atangoyamba kumene.
  
  Asilikali anayi anamuukira, n"kuthamangitsa mfutiyo n"kumumenya ndi matako amfuti. Hayden adadziphimba kenako ndikugudubuzanso. Mpira wa basketball unagubuduzika, ndikutumiza mipira yalalanje ikuwulukira mbali zonse. Hayden anayang'ana pa phewa lake, anaona mithunzi ikuyenda, ndipo anayang'ana uku ndi uku kufuna Glock wake.
  
  Mfuti inalira. Anamva chipolopolo chikugunda chinachake pafupi ndi mutu wake.
  
  "Imani pomwepa," liwulo linatero.
  
  Hayden anazizira ndikuyang'ana mmwamba pamene mithunzi ya amuna a Ramses inkatsikira pa iye.
  
  "Tsopano muli nafe."
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU CHIMODZI
  
  
  Drake adalowa m'malo owonongeka, Alicia pambali pake. Kusuntha koyamba komwe adawona kudachokera kwa Moore pomwe adatembenuka pakhonde lapamwamba ndikuwalozera mfuti. Patatha theka la miniti, mpumulo unawonekera pankhope pake.
  
  "Potsiriza," iye anapuma. "Ndikuganiza kuti mwafika kaye pano."
  
  "Tili ndi chenjezo pang'ono," adatero Drake. "Wosewera wina dzina lake Alligator?"
  
  Moore adawoneka wodabwitsidwa ndipo adawayitanira mchipinda cham'mwamba. "Sindinamvepo za iye. Kodi ndiye mtsogoleri wa chipinda chachisanu?"
  
  "Tikuganiza choncho, inde. Iye ndi wazzok wowopsa ndi bulu wodzaza ndi zachabechabe, koma tsopano ndi amene amayang'anira bomba la nyukiliyali. "
  
  Moore ankangoyang"ana ndi pakamwa pake.
  
  Alicia anamasulira. "Mbalamezi zimamveka ngati zopenga kuposa Julian Marsh pambuyo pa magaloni khumi a khofi, ndipo ndikadanena kuti sizingatheke mpaka nditamva zomwe akunena. Ndiye Hayden ali kuti ndipo zachitika ndi chiyani kuno?"
  
  Moore adawafotokozera zonse, akufotokoza za nkhondo ya Ramses ndi Price ndiyeno kuthawa. Drake adagwedeza mutu kudera la station komanso kusagawa kokwanira kwa othandizira.
  
  "Kodi akanakonza izi? Kodi mukubwera njira yonse kuchokera ku nyumba yachifumu ku Peru? Ngakhale pamene tinali kuyang'ana bazaar?"
  
  Mai adawoneka okayika. "Zikumveka ngati zosatheka ngakhale m'modzi mwa malingaliro anu."
  
  "Ndipo zilibe kanthu," adatero Alicia. "Zoona? Ndikutanthauza, ndani amasamala? Tiyenera kusiya kudzipha tokha ndikuyamba kufufuza. "
  
  "Nthawi ino," adatero May. "Ndikugwirizana ndi Taz. Mwina wokondedwa wake womaliza adamuthandiza. " Anayang'ana mokoma mtima Bo.
  
  Drake adakomoka pomwe Moore adamuyang'ana, maso ake tsopano adakulitsa. Ofesi Yoyang'anira Zam'nyumba inayang'anitsitsa anayi aja.
  
  "Zikumveka ngati phwando labwino, anyamata."
  
  Drake adazichotsa. "Anapita kuti? Hayden and Kinimaka?"
  
  Moore analoza. "ndi 51. Anatsatira Ramses, otsatira ake khumi ndi mmodzi ndi chitsiru Price mu utsi. Patapita mphindi zochepa ndinasiya kuwaona."
  
  Alicia analoza pamzere wa ma screen. "Kodi mungawapeze?"
  
  "Machanelo ambiri ndi ozimitsa. Zowonetsera zawonongeka. Zingakhale zovuta kupeza Battery Park pompano. "
  
  Drake anayenda kupita ku khonde losweka ndikuyang'ana pozungulira siteshoni ndi msewu kunja. Linali dziko lachilendo lomwe linali patsogolo pake, kutsutsana ndi mzinda womwe ankauganizira, kumbuyo kwake, makamaka lero. Iye ankadziwa njira imodzi yokha yothandiza anthu amenewa kukhala bwino.
  
  Asungeni otetezeka.
  
  "Kodi muli ndi nkhani ina?" Moore anafunsa. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mumalankhula ndi Marsh ndi mnyamata wa Alligator uyu."
  
  "Zomwe takuuzani basi," adatero Alicia. "Kodi mwayang'ana ma code olepheretsa?"
  
  Moore analoza chithunzi chothwanima chimene chinali chitangoyamba kumene kung'anima pa imodzi mwa zowonetsera zomwe zinatsala. "Tiyeni tiwone".
  
  Drake adabwerera pomwe Beau akupita kumadzi ozizira kuti akamwe. Moore adawerenga imeloyo mokweza, mwachangu kufika pamfundo ndikutsimikizira zowona za ma code oletsa.
  
  "Chotero," Moore anawerenga mosamala. "Ma code ndi oyera. Ndiyenera kunena kuti izi ndi zodabwitsa. Kodi ukuganiza kuti Marsh ankadziwa kuti adzalandidwa?"
  
  "Pakhoza kukhala zifukwa zingapo," adatero Drake. "Chitetezo chanu. Kulinganiza m'mphepete. Chosavuta ndichakuti bamboyo ali ndi mizere isanu ndi umodzi yofupikitsa kanema wathunthu. Zikadakhala kuti Mbalamezi sizimamveka ngati zodzionetsera, ndikanakhala wotetezeka pompano. "
  
  "Chabwino?"
  
  "Mtedza?" Drake anayesa. "Sindikudziwa. Hayden amalankhula chinenero chanu bwino kuposa ine."
  
  "Chingerezi". Moore anagwedeza mutu. "Chiyankhulo chathu ndi Chingerezi."
  
  "Ngati mwatero. Koma ichi ndi chinthu chabwino, anyamata. Zizindikiro zenizeni zoletsa ndi chinthu chabwino. "
  
  "Kodi mukumvetsa kuti tikanalankhula nawo asayansi atazindikira komwe kunayambitsa zida zanyukiliya?" Adatelo Beau uku akubwerera ndikumwetulira mu kapu yapulasitiki.
  
  "Eya, koma sizinachitike. Ndipo monga tikudziwira, adasintha ma code kapena kuwonjezera choyambitsa chatsopano. "
  
  Beau adavomereza izi ndikugwedeza pang'ono.
  
  Drake anayang'ana wotchi yake. Iwo anali atakhala pa siteshoni kwa mphindi pafupifupi khumi, ndipo panalibe mawu ochokera kwa Hayden kapena Dahl. Lero mphindi khumi ndikumva ngati umuyaya.
  
  "Ndikuyitana Hayden." Adatenga foni yake.
  
  "Osadandaula," anatero Mai. "Kodi uyu si Kinimaka?"
  
  Drake adatembenuka molunjika pomwe adaloza. Chithunzi chodziwika bwino cha Mano Kinimaki chinayenda pang'onopang'ono mumsewu, ndikuwerama, momveka bwino ndikumva kuwawa, koma kumangoyenda molunjika kusiteshoni. Drake adameza mafunso khumi ndi awiri ndipo m'malo mwake adathamangira kwa munthu yemwe adawayankha. Atangotuluka, gululo linagwira Mano pa mphambano yodzaza ndi zibwibwi.
  
  "Bwanji, bwanawe?"
  
  Mpumulo wa munthu wa ku Hawaii atakumana nawo unaphimbidwa ndi zowawa zina zowopsa za m'maganizo zomwe zinali pansi pamtunda. "Ali ndi Hayden," adanong'oneza. "Tidatsitsa atatu aiwo, koma sitinayandikire ku Ramses kapena Price. Kenako anatibisalira pamapeto pake. Ananditulutsa m"maseŵerawo, ndipo podzafika nthaŵi imene ndinatulukamo, Hayden anali atapita."
  
  "Mukudziwa bwanji kuti amupeza?" Beau anafunsa. "Mwina akadali kuzembera?"
  
  "N'kutheka kuti manja ndi miyendo yanga yavulala," adatero Kinimaka. "Koma makutu anga anamva bwino. Anamuvula zida ndi kumukokera kutali. Chomaliza chomwe ananena n"chakuti..." Kinimaka anameza mate ndi ntima wowawa kwambiri, moti analephera kupitiriza.
  
  Drake adamuyang'ana munthuyo. "Tidzamupulumutsa. Timachita izi nthawi zonse. "
  
  Kinimaka anagwedezeka. "Osati nthawi zonse".
  
  "Anamuuza chiyani?" Adaumirirabe Alicia.
  
  Kinimaka anayang"ana kumwamba, monga ngati akufunafuna kudzoza ndi kuwala kwa dzuŵa. "Ananena kuti amupatsa kuyang'anitsitsa bomba la nyukiliyali. Iwo ananena kuti amumanga kumbuyo."
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Thorsten Dahl adasiya antchito angapo kuti ayeretse malo ozungulira Times Square ndipo adatengera gulu lake mumithunzi yopangidwa ndi kanjira kakang'ono. Kunali chete komanso kopanda nkhawa, malo abwino opangira foni yofunikira. Anamuimbira kaye Hayden, koma osayankha, anayesa kulankhulana ndi Drake.
  
  Mtunda uli pano. Nkhani zaposachedwa ndi ziti?
  
  "Tili pachiwopsezo, bwanawe-"
  
  "Mukupita ku mipira yanu?" Dahl adasokoneza. "Chatsopano ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Osati mpaka m"khosi nthawi ino. Anthu openga opengawo anathyoledwa, kapena anathyoledwa, m"zipinda zawo. Ramses ndi Price kulibenso. Selo yachisanu imakhala - kapena inali - ya anthu khumi ndi awiri. Mano akuti ali ndi atatu. "
  
  Dahl adagwira mawu. "Mano akulankhula?"
  
  "Inde, bwanawe. Iwo anagwira Hayden. Anapita naye limodzi."
  
  Dahl anatseka maso ake.
  
  "Koma tidakali ndi nthawi." Drake anayesa mbali yabwino. "Iwo sakadachita konse ngati akufuna kuphulitsa nthawi yomweyo."
  
  A Yorkies anali olondola, Dahl anayenera kuvomereza. Anamvetsera pamene Drake akupitiriza kufotokoza kuti Marsh tsopano adachotsedwa pa udindo wake monga Kalonga wa Mdima ndipo adasinthidwa kwakanthawi ndi wina wotchedwa Alligator. Dziko lakwawo lidatha kuzindikira munthu uyu ngati wothandizira waku America.
  
  "Zoona?" Adatero Dahl. "Zachiyani?"
  
  "Chilichonse chomwe chingayambitse chisokonezo," adatero Drake. "Iye ndi mercenary, nthawi ino adakwiya."
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti Ramses nthawi zonse amayendetsa bizinesi yake 'm'nyumba'."
  
  "Mbuluyo ndi mbadwa ya ku New York. Akhoza kupereka chidziwitso chamtengo wapatali pa ntchitoyo. "
  
  "Inde, ndizomveka." Dahl adapumira ndikusisita maso ake motopa. "Ndiye chitani chotsatira? Kodi tili ndi zolumikizira za Hayden?"
  
  "Anatenga kamera yake. Ayenera kuti adatenga zina mwazovala zake chifukwa chikwangwani chosokedwa mu malaya ake chimati ali pansi pa tebulo ku Chipotle Mexican Grill, chomwe tangotsimikizira kuti ndi ng'ombe. Makamera achitetezo akugwira ntchito, koma olandila kumbali yathu nthawi zambiri amatulutsidwa chifukwa cha kuukira kwa tsambalo. Iwo akusonkhanitsa pamodzi chirichonse chimene angathe. Ndipo alibe antchito okwanira. Zinthu zitha kuipa kwambiri kuchokera pano, mnzanga. "
  
  "Ungathe?" Dahl anabwereza. "Ndinganene kuti tadutsa zoyipazo ndikulowera mumsewu woyipa, sichoncho?"
  
  Drake adayimilira kwakanthawi, kenaka adati, "Tikukhulupirira kuti apitilizabe kufuna," adatero. "Chilichonse chofunikira chatsopano chimatipatsa nthawi yochulukirapo."
  
  Dahl sanafunikire kunena kuti sanapite patsogolo. Zoona zake zinali zodziwikiratu. Apa adadalira dziko lakwawo kuti adziwe komwe bomba la nyukiliya lidaphulitsidwa, likuyenda mozungulira ngati ma turkeys a Khrisimasi omwe adachenjezedwa kale, kuti Moore adziwe komwe kuli, koma bizinesi yonse idalephera.
  
  "Zonse zomwe tidachita ndikuchepetsa zinthu zina zochepa," adatero. "Sitinakhale pafupi ndi mapulani enieni a Ramses, makamaka kumapeto kwake."
  
  "Bwanji anyamata otsika ku station? Titha kukhala limodzi chitsogozo china chikabwera. "
  
  "Inde, tidzachita." Dahl adagwedeza gulu lake lonse ndipo adatsimikiza njira yoyenera kuwatsogolera ku 3rd Avenue. "Hey, Mano wadzuka bwanji?"
  
  "Mnyamatayo anamenyedwa kwambiri ndi khoma ndi mashelefu. Osafunsa. Koma ali wofunitsitsa kumenya nkhondo, akungodikirira kuti wina amupatse chandamale. "
  
  Dahl anayamba kuthamanga atamaliza kukambirana. Kensi anaima pafupi naye n"kugwedeza mutu. "Kusuntha koyipa?"
  
  "Kutengera momwe zinthu ziliri, ndikuganiza kuti zikadafika poipa, koma, inde, chinali chisankho cholakwika. Iwo anaba Hayden. Anamutengera kumene kuli bomba."
  
  "Chabwino, ndizo zabwino! Ndikutanthauza, kodi nonsenu muli ndi nyali zobisika?"
  
  "Ife timatero. + Ndipo anachitaya pamodzi ndi zovala zake."
  
  "Mossad idalowa pansi pakhungu lako," Kensi anatero mwakachetechete. "Zabwino kwa iwo, koma osati kwa ine. Zinandipangitsa kumva ngati ndine munthu. "
  
  "Zingatero". Dahl anagwedeza mutu. "Tonse tiyenera kumva kuti tikulamulira tsogolo lathu, ndikuti chisankho chilichonse chimakhala chaulere. Uku si kunyengerera."
  
  "Masiku ano," zala za Kensi zinapindika kenaka n"kukumbatira zibakera, "ukundiyendetsa pa ngozi yako," kenako anamwetulira pang"ono. "Kupatula iwe, bwenzi langa, mutha kundisokoneza nthawi iliyonse komanso kulikonse komwe mungafune."
  
  Dahl anayang'ana kumbali. Bridget McKenzie anali wosasunthika. Mkaziyo anadziŵa kuti anali mwamuna wokwatiwa, tate, komabe analolerabe m"mayesero. Ndithudi, mwanjira ina kapena imzake, iye sakanakhala kuno motalika.
  
  Vuto lathetsedwa.
  
  Smith ndi Lauren nawonso anathamangira limodzi, kukambilana mwakachetechete. Yorgi adadzutsa kumbuyo, wotopa komanso wodzala ndi zinyalala, koma akungoyenda mofunitsitsa kusewera. Dahl ankadziwa kuti aka kanali koyamba kumenya nkhondo mwachisawawa, ndipo ankaganiza kuti anathana nayo bwino. Misewu idadutsa kenako adakhotera kumanzere ku 3rd Avenue, kulowera kumsewu ndi 51st.
  
  Zinali mphindi zachilendo kwa Dahl. Madera ena a mzindawo anali osavulazidwa, ndipo pamene masitolo ambiri anali otsegula ndipo anthu analowa mkati ndi mantha, ena anali abwinja, pafupifupi opanda moyo. Misewu ingapo inali itazingidwa ndi magalimoto apolisi ochita zipolowe komanso magalimoto ankhondo oyenda mawilo anayi atabalalika. Madera ena anachita mantha mwamanyazi ataona olandawo. Nthawi zambiri anthu amene ankawaona sankadziwa zoti achite, choncho anawonjezera mawu ake kwa akuluakulu a bomawo n"kuwapempha kuti akathaŵire kulikonse kumene akanatha.
  
  Ndiyeno iwo anafika pamalo pomwe Drake ndi ena anali kuyembekezera, kuyembekezera, ndi kukonzekera kupulumutsa Hayden Jay.
  
  Maola ochepa okha adutsa chiyambireni tsikuli. Ndipo tsopano anali kufunafuna mwachidwi njira yopezera bomba la nyukiliya. Dahl ankadziwa kuti sipadzakhala kubwerera; sakanatha kuthawa kapena kubisala m'mabwalo. Timu ya SPEAR inalimo mpaka kumapeto. Ngati mzindawu ufa lero, sikudzakhala chifukwa cha kusowa kwa ngwazi zoyesera kuupulumutsa.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI ATATU
  
  
  Hayden adakhala chete pomwe Ramses adawongolera zochita ndi zomwe adachita, kukumbutsa amuna ake omwe amawayang'anira, kuyesa kukhulupirika kwawo kotheratu. Atamukoka kuchoka m'sitolo yamasewera, adamukakamiza kuti athamangire pakati pawo pa 3rd Avenue, kenaka adatenga nthawi kuti apeze ndikutaya foni yake yam'manja ndikumuvula chovala chake choletsa zipolopolo. Ramses akuwoneka kuti ali ndi chidziwitso chokhudza zida zolondolera ndi malo awo ndipo adalamula amuna ake kuti amuchotse malaya ake. Kachipangizo kakang'ono kanapezeka mwamsanga ndikutayidwa, pambuyo pake gululo linapitiriza kuthamanga motsatira njira yomwe inkawoneka ngati yachisawawa.
  
  Hayden anaganiza kuti sizinali choncho.
  
  Zinatenga nthawi. Gululo linataya zida zawo zazikulu ndi zovala zakunja zakuda, ndikuwulula yunifolomu yawo yoyendera alendo pansi. Mwadzidzidzi iwo anali owala, opanda vuto, ena mwa mazana a makamu ankhawa akuyendayenda m"misewu ya mzindawo. Apolisi ndi asilikali amene ankalondera anaima panjira zina, koma makamerawo anangokhota kanjira ka mdima kena kenaka n"kukakhotanso njira ina mpaka zitaonekera bwino. Hayden anapatsidwa jekete losiya kuti avale. Panthawi ina, adakwera njinga zamoto zomwe zidakonzedweratu ndikutuluka pang'onopang'ono kuchokera kumzinda wa Manhattan.
  
  Koma osati patali. Hayden analakalaka ndi mphamvu zake zonse kuti afikitse uthengawo kwa winawake-aliyense-pamene anadziŵa kumene bomba lija. Zinalibe kanthu kuti iwo akanakhoza kumupha iye-chomwe chinali chofunika chinali chakuti anthu otengeka maganizo amenewa anaimitsidwa.
  
  Njingazo zinagudubuzika pang"ono m"kanjirako, ndiyeno anthu khumi-asilikali asanu ndi atatu otsalawo, Ramses ndi Price-anatsatana kudzera pa khomo lam"mbali la dzimbiri lachitsulo. Hayden adadzipeza ali pakati pawo, mphotho yankhondo, ndipo ngakhale adadziwa kale tsogolo lake, adayesa kuyang'ana kulikonse, kusintha kulikonse ndi mawu akunong'onezana.
  
  Kuseri kwa chitseko chakunja chothyoka, panali kanjira konunkha mkati komwe kankapita ku makwerero a konkire. Apa m'modzi mwa amunawo adatembenukira kwa Hayden ndikunyamula mpeni wake pakhosi.
  
  "Khalani chete," anatero Ramses, osatembenuka. "Sindingakonde kukuphani pano."
  
  Anakwera nsanjika zinayi ndiyeno anaima kwa kamphindi patsogolo pa chitseko cha nyumbayo. Atatsegula, gululo linadzaza mkati, likuthamanga kutuluka m"kholamo mofulumira momwe akanathera. Ramses anayima pakati pa chipindacho, manja atatambasula.
  
  "Ndipo ife tiri pano," iye anatero. "Ndi mathero miliyoni ndi chiyambi chimodzi. Anthu okhala mumzindawu adzasiya moyo uno popanda kudziwa kuti ichi ndi chiyambi cha njira yathu yatsopano, nkhondo yathu yopatulika. Izi-"
  
  "Zoona?" Mawu owuma anasokoneza phokoso. "Mbali yanga ikufuna kukukhulupirira iwe, Ramses, koma gawo lina, loyipa kwambiri, limaganiza kuti wadzaza nazo."
  
  Hayden adayamba kuyang'ana bwino Julian Marsh. Pythian ankawoneka wachilendo, wokhotakhota, ngati kuti mbali yake yapindika kukhala ina. Iye ankavala zovala zimene sizikanamukwanira, mosasamala kanthu za chaka kapena kachitidwe kamakono. Diso limodzi linali lakuda, lina linali lotseguka ndipo silikuthwanima, pamene nsapato ina inagwa. Kumanja kwake kunakhala brunette wochititsa chidwi yemwe Hayden sanamuzindikire, koma kuchokera momwe adapanikizirana wina ndi mzake, zinali zoonekeratu kuti adalumikizidwa m'njira zambiri kuposa imodzi.
  
  Choncho, si bwenzi.
  
  Hayden adayang'ana monyansidwa pamene Ramses adachita chipongwe cha March. "Mumadziwa?" - adafunsa kalonga wachigawenga. "Kuti tinakunyengeni tisanakumane nanu. Tisanadziwe dzina la chitsiru yemwe anganyamule lawi lathu lamuyaya mu mtima wa America. Ngakhale wanu, Tyler Webb, adakuperekani. "
  
  "Fuck Webb," adatero Marsh. "Ndipo iwe uzipita."
  
  Ramses anatembenuka akuseka. "Tiyeni tibwerere ku zimene ndinali kunena. Ngakhale anthu ogwira ntchito kuno amadana ndi mzindawu. Ndizokwera mtengo kwambiri, alendo ambiri. Amuna ndi akazi wamba sangakwanitse kukhala kuno ndipo amavutika kuti apeze ntchito. Kodi mungaganizire zowawa zomwe zimakula motsutsana ndi dongosololi ndi anthu omwe akupitiriza kulichirikiza? Malipiro amalipidwa pa milatho ndi tunnel. Simuli kanthu ngati mulibe ndalama. Dyera, umbombo, umbombo zili paliponse. Ndipo zimandidwalitsa."
  
  Hayden adangokhala chete, akuwerengerabe zomwe adachita, akuyang'anabe zomwe Marsh adachita.
  
  Ramses anatenga sitepe kupita mbali. "Ndi Alligator, mnzanga wakale. Ndasangalala kukuwonaninso."
  
  Hayden ankaona mwamuna wotchedwa Alligator akukumbatira bwana wake. Poyesera kukhala wamng'ono, chete ndipo mwinamwake osadziŵika, iye anaŵerengera masitepe angati amene angatenge kuti akafike pakhomo. Zochuluka kwambiri pakadali pano. Dikirani, ingodikirani.
  
  Koma kodi akanakwanitsa mpaka liti? Ngakhale Ramses ananena mawu, iye ankadabwa ngati akufuna kupewa kuphulika kwa nyukiliya. Nkhani yabwino inali yoti akuluakulu adatseka mlengalenga, ndiye bamboyo sanachite changu.
  
  Robert Price adadziponya pampando ndikubuula. Anafunsa gulu lankhondo lapafupi kuti amupatse botolo la aspirin, koma sananyalanyazidwe. Marsh adatsinzina maso ake kwa Minister of Defense.
  
  "Kodi ndimakudziwani?"
  
  Price analowa mozama mtsamiro wake.
  
  Hayden anayang'ana mozungulira chipinda chonsecho, ndipo adangowona tebulo lodyera lomwe lidayima pafupi ndi zenera lakutali.
  
  Damn, ichi ndi chiyani ...?
  
  Zinali zazing'ono kuposa momwe amaganizira. Chikwamacho chinali chachikulu kuposa chitsanzo chokhazikika, chachikulu kwambiri kuti chisakwanira m'chipinda chapamwamba cha ndege, koma sichinkawoneka chovuta kwambiri kumbuyo kwa munthu wamkulu.
  
  "Ndinakugulitsa, Marichi," adatero Ramses. "Ndikuyembekeza kuti mubweretsa izi ku New York. Chifukwa cha ichi ndidzakhala woyamikira kwamuyaya. Ione ngati mphatso ndikakuuzani kuti inu ndi bwenzi lanu mudzaloledwa kumva moto wonyeketsa. Izi ndiye zabwino koposa zomwe ndingakupatseni, komanso zabwino kuposa mpeni wakukhosi kwanu. "
  
  Hayden analoweza bomba la nyukiliya - kukula kwake, mawonekedwe ake ndi maonekedwe a chikwamacho - ngati angachifune. Panalibe njira imene akanafera pano lero.
  
  Kenako Ramesses anatembenukira kwa anyamata ake. "Mukonzekeretseni," iye anatero. "Ndipo musasiye kuluma kwa America kumva kuwawa."
  
  Hayden adadziwa kuti ikubwera. Iwo anali atalephera kumumanga manja panjira yopita kuno, ndipo tsopano anapezerapo mwayi pa zimenezo. Zinthu zambiri zinkadalira pa iye pomwepo - tsogolo la mzinda, fuko, ambiri a dziko lotukuka. Vazi yomwe ili kumanja kwake inali yothandiza kwambiri, khosi lake linali m'lifupi mwake m'lifupi mwa dzanja lake komanso kulemera kwake koyenera kuwononga. Inasweka pa kachisi wa munthu wapafupi, zidutswa zosongoka zikugwera pansi. Atakweza dzanja lake, Hayden adagwira mfutiyo, koma ataona kuti yakulungidwa bwino paphewa pake, nthawi yomweyo adagonja, m'malo mwake adagwiritsa ntchito mbiyayo kuti amugwetse. Zidazo zinali zolunjika, koma Hayden sanazimvere zonse. Tsopano inali Saloon Yamwayi Womaliza ... palibenso kumenyera moyo wake - monga kumenyera kupulumuka kwa tawuniyi. Ndipo sanangomuzembetsa kuno mobisa? Izi zidamuwuza kuti mfuti aziyimitsidwa.
  
  Nyaliyo inamuyandikira kumbali, koma Ramses anamugwira. Kupeza kwina kosangalatsa. Mbalameyi inali yofunika kwa Ramses. Mphindi yotsatira, anathedwa nzeru, osatha kuyang'ananso kupitirira manja ndi miyendo yomwe inali kumumenya. Ndinkalephera kumenyedwa chimodzi kapena ziwiri, koma nthawi zonse ndinkangokhalira kumenyanso china. Awa si anthu oyipa pa TV - kudikirira mwaulemu kuti wina agundidwe kuti wina alowererepo. Ayi, awa adamuzungulira ndikumuukira nthawi imodzi, kotero kuti ngakhale anayima ndi kumenya angati, ena awiri anali kumumenya. Ululu unakula m'malo ambiri kuposa momwe amawerengera, koma adatengerapo mwayi pakupunthwa kwake kunyamula kachidutswa kakang'ono ka vaseyo ndi kumenya amuna awiriwo kumaso ndi manja. Iwo anabwerera, akukha magazi. Anagubuduzika pamiyendo, ndikupangitsa mwini wake kugwa. Anayesa kuponya chikho cholemera pawindo, poganiza kuti chingakope chidwi, koma chinthu chowopsa chinawuluka pafupi theka la mita kuchokera pawindo.
  
  Kodi Drake akanatani?
  
  Iye ankadziwa izo. Ndendende izi. Adzamenya nkhondo mpaka mpweya wake womaliza. Kupyolera m"nkhalango ya miyendo anasakasaka chida. Maso ake adakumana ndi maso a Marichi ndi mayiyo, koma adangokhalira kukakamirana, kupeza chitonthozo mukulankhulana kwachilendo. Hayden adakankha ndikuzipotokola, kusangalalira kukuwa kulikonse komwe sikunatsekeredwe, kenako adapeza sofa kumbuyo kwake. Pogwiritsa ntchito izi ngati fulcrum, adadzikakamiza kuima.
  
  Chibakera chinagunda kumaso kwake ndipo nyenyezi zinaphulika. Hayden anapukusa mutu, kuchotsa magazi, ndipo anamenya mmbuyo, kuchititsa mdani wake kugwa. Chibakera china chinam"menya m"mbali mwa mutu, ndiyeno mwamunayo anam"gwira m"chiuno, n"kumugwetsa kumapazi ake ndi kumuika nsana wake pabedi. Hayden adamuponya kumbuyo kwake pogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake. M'kamphindi iye anali kumbuyo kumapazi ake, mutu pansi, kuponya nkhonya ku nthiti, khosi, groin ndi mawondo, kuponya nkhonya pambuyo nkhonya, kukankha pambuyo nkhonya.
  
  Anamuona Ramses akupita kumene kunali iwo. "Anthu asanu ndi atatu!" - adafuula. "Amuna asanu ndi atatu ndi mtsikana mmodzi. Kunyada kwanu kuli kuti?
  
  "M'malo omwewo ndi mazira awo," adatero Hayden mopumira, kuwononga iwo, kumva kutopa, kumva kuwawa ndi nkhonya zambiri, kumenyana kukucheperachepera. Zimenezi sizikanakhalapo mpaka kalekale, ndipo analibe chiyembekezo chothaŵa.
  
  Koma sanasiye kuyesetsa. Sanataye mtima. Moyo unali nkhondo yatsiku ndi tsiku, kaya inali yeniyeni kapena ayi. Pamene mphamvu zidatha chifukwa cha kumenyedwa kwake komanso mphamvu zidachoka m'miyendo yake, Hayden adagundabe, ngakhale kumenyedwa kwake sikunali kokwanira.
  
  Amunawo anamunyamula n"kumukokera m"chipindamo. Anamva mphamvu zina kumubwerera ndipo anathamangitsa nsapato yake pamphuno yake, zomwe zinamupangitsa kuti atuluke. Mikonoyo inamangirira minyewa yake, ndikumukankhira kuwindo lakutali.
  
  Ramses adayimilira patebulo pomwe panali chikwama cha nyukiliya.
  
  "Zaching"ono kwambiri," iye anatero molingalira. "Zosayenera. Ndipo komabe osaiwalika. Kodi mukuvomereza?"
  
  Hayden analavula magazi kuchokera mkamwa mwake. "Ndikuvomereza kuti ndinu ntchito yopenga yazaka zana lino."
  
  Ramses adamuyang'ana modabwa. "Mukuchita? Mukuzindikira kuti ndi Julian Marsh ndi Zoe Shears ochokera ku The Pythians akukumbatirana pansi apo, sichoncho? Ndipo mtsogoleri wawo - Webb - ali kuti? Ndikayang'ana padziko lonse lapansi kuti ndipeze chuma chambiri zakalekale, ndikuganiza. Ndikutsatira njira yomwe idamwalira kalekale ya olemekezeka omwe adamwalira kalekale. Amatsatira mapazi ake openga pamene dziko likuyaka. Sindimayandikira ntchito yopenga yazaka za zana lino, Abiti Jay. "
  
  Ndipo ngakhale Hayden adavomereza mkati mwake kuti anali wolondola pazachinthu china, adangokhala chete. Pamapeto pake, chipinda chokhala ndi zomverera chiyenera kudikirira onse.
  
  "Ndiye chitani chotsatira, mukufuna kudziwa?" Ramses anamufunsa uku akumwetulira. "Chabwino, osati kwambiri, kunena zoona. Tonse tili komwe tikufuna kukhala. Muli ndi bomba la nyukiliya. Ndili ndi Alligator, katswiri wanga wamabomba. Anthu anga ali kumbali yanga. Bomba la nyukiliya? Zatsala pang'ono kukonzekera ... - adayima kaye - kukhala amodzi ndi dziko lapansi. Tinene...ola limodzi kuchokera pano?"
  
  Maso a Hayden adamupereka.
  
  "Oh haha. Tsopano inu mukudabwa. Kodi ino ndi nthawi yochuluka kwa inu? Ndiye mphindi khumi?"
  
  "Ayi," Hayden anapumira. "Simungathe. Chonde. Payenera kukhala chinachake chimene mukufuna. Zomwe tingagwirizane nazo."
  
  Ramses adamuyang'ana ngati kuti, mosafuna, adamumvera chisoni. "Chiwerengero cha chilichonse chomwe ndikufuna chili mchipinda chino. Kuwonongedwa kwa dziko lotchedwa Dziko Loyamba."
  
  "Mumapangana bwanji ndi anthu omwe amangofuna kukuphani kapena kufa akuyesera?" Hayden anatero mokweza mawu. "Kapena aletseni popanda kukhetsa mwazi. Vuto Lalikulu Kwambiri la Dziko Latsopano."
  
  Ramses anaseka. Anthu inu ndinu opusa kwambiri. Iye anaseka. Yankho ndilakuti: 'Musatiphe' kapena kutipembedzani, tiimitseni kapena kutiwoneni tikudutsa malire anu. Limenelo ndilo vuto lanu lokhalo.
  
  Hayden anavutikanso pamene amunawo akumuvula malaya ake atsopano ndi kuika bomba kuti amangirire kutsogolo kwake. Anali Mng'ang'ono yemwe anabwera kutsogolo ndikumasula chikwamacho ndikudula mawaya angapo mkati mwake. Amayenera kulumikizidwa ndi makina owerengera nthawi, Hayden anali wotsimikiza. Ngakhale zigawenga zopenga ngati zimenezi sizikanatha kulumikiza zida zenizeni zophulika.
  
  Iye ankayembekezera.
  
  Nyaliyo inakoka mawaya aja kenako n"kuyang"ana Ramses, kudikirira kuti apitirize. Chimphonacho chinagwedezera mutu. Amunawo anagwira manja a Hayden ndikumukankhira patsogolo patebulo, akuwerama thupi lake mpaka bomba la nyukiliya linakankhira pamimba pake. Kenako anamugwira m"malo mwake pamene Alligator anakulunga mawayawo poyamba kumsana ndi pachifuwa, kenako n"kutsika pakati pa miyendo yake ndipo pomalizira pake mpaka anakakumana pansi pa nsana wake. Hayden ankamva chikoka chilichonse pamawaya, kuyenda kulikonse kwa chikwamacho. Pomalizira pake, anagwiritsa ntchito malamba apakati komanso tepi yolumikizira kuti atsimikizire kuti bomba la nyukiliya lamamatira pathupi lake komanso kuti analikulunga mozungulira. Hayden adayesa ubale wake ndipo adapeza kuti samatha kusuntha.
  
  Ramses adayimilira kumbuyo kuti asangalale ndi ntchito ya manja a Alligator. "Zangwiro," iye anatero. "Mdierekezi waku America watenga malo abwino kuti awononge dziko lake. Ndi malo opatulika oyenera, monganso mzinda wochimwa uwu, kwa ena onsewo. Tsopano, Alligator, ikani chowerengera ndipo tipatseni nthawi yokwanira yopita kumalo osungira nyama. "
  
  Hayden anagwedera patebulo, poyamba anadabwa kenako anasokonezeka ndi mawu a zigawenga. "Chonde. Simungathe kuchita izi. Simungathe. Tikudziwa komwe muli komanso zomwe mukufuna kuchita. Tikhoza kukupeza nthawi zonse, Ramses. "
  
  "Mukutanthauza anzanu!" Nyaliyo inalira m"khutu mwake, zomwe zinachititsa kuti adumphe ndi kugwedeza nukeyo. "Mzungu... Khmannnn! Osadandaula. Mudzamuonanso. Marsh tinasangalala naye, mmm, koma ifenso tidzasangalala!
  
  Ramses anatsamira khutu lake lina. "Ndikukumbukirani nonse muli m"baza. Ndikukhulupirira kuti munawononga, ndikuwononga mbiri yanga kwa zaka zosachepera ziwiri. Ndikudziwa kuti nonse munaukira nyumba yanga yachifumu, kupha mlonda wanga Akatash, kupha asilikali anga ankhondo ndi kunditenga ndi unyolo. Za Amereka. Dziko la opusa. Bambo Price kumeneko amandiuza kuti nonse ndinu gawo la timu, koma osati izo zokha. Mumadzitcha nokha banja. Chabwino, sikoyenera kuti nonse muli pamodzi pamapeto pake? "
  
  "Damn," Hayden anapumira pamwamba pa chikwama chake. "Inu. Chitsiru."
  
  "Ayi ayi. Ndi inu ndi banja lanu amene munasokoneza kwambiri. Ingokumbukirani - Ramses adachita. Ndipo kuti ngakhale iyi si mapeto anga. Kudalirika kwanga ndikodabwitsa kwambiri. Koma dziwani kuti ndidzakhala kwinakwake kotetezeka, ndikuseka, pomwe America ndi mayiko ena akumadzulo akubwera. "
  
  Anawerama kotero kuti thupi lake linaphwanya iye ndi zomwe zinali mu zikwama. "Tsopano ndi nthawi yoti mupite komaliza kukaona malo osungira nyama. Ndipatsa Matt Drake ulemu wokupezani," adanong'oneza. "Pamene bomba likuphulika."
  
  Hayden adamva mawuwo, zomwe zidabisika mkati mwawo, koma adadzifunsa kuti ndi chiyani chomwe chingakhale chochititsa chidwi kwambiri kuposa zomwe adakonza kale.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI INE
  
  
  Hayden anazemba n"kuthamangira kumbuyo kwa kagalimoto kakang"ono. Asilikali ankhondo adamugoneka, atamangiriridwabe ku bomba, kumbuyo kwawo kumapazi awo pomwe adakhala m'mabenchi mbali zonse. Chinthu chovuta kwambiri paulendo wonsewo chinali kumutulutsa m"nyumba yogonamo. Asilikali ankhondo sanataye nthawi kuyesa kumubisa; adamukankha pomwe adafuna ndipo adapita ndi zida zawo mokonzeka. Aliyense wowaona adzaphedwa. Mwamwayi kwa iwo, anthu ambiri ankawoneka kuti akumvera machenjezo ndi kukhala kunyumba kutsogolo kwa TV kapena laputopu. Ramses anaonetsetsa kuti Hayden akuwona galimotoyo ikukwera m'mphepete mwa msewu pafupi ndi kanjira kamdima, akuseka nthawi yonseyi.
  
  Black ndi zizindikiro zapadera za mphamvu.
  
  Ndani akanawaletsa? Afunseni? Mwina patapita nthawi. Koma chimenecho chinali mfundo yonse ya zonse zomwe zidachitika mpaka pano. Kuthamanga ndi kuchitidwa kwa gawo lililonse la ndondomekoyi kunayesa kuyankha kwa America ku malire ake. Zochitazo zinali zoyembekezeredwa, ndipo vuto lenileni linali loti zigawengazo zinalibe nazo ntchito. Cholinga chawo chokha chinali kupha mtunduwo.
  
  Anagwiritsa ntchito 57th Street kulowera chakum'mawa, kupeŵa kulondera ndi zingwe komwe akanatha. Panali zinyalala, galimoto yosiyidwa yosamvetseka komanso magulu a anthu owonerera, koma Alligator mwiniwakeyo anali mbadwa ya New Yorker ndipo ankadziwa njira zonse zopanda phokoso, zooneka ngati zopanda kanthu. Dongosolo lamagetsi lamzindawu linathandizira, kulola dalaivala kubwerera mosavuta kunjira yokonzedweratu. Iwo anachita pang'onopang'ono, mosamala, podziwa kuti Achimerika adakalipobe, akudikirirabe, ndipo patapita maola angapo adazindikira kuti bomba likhoza kukhalapo kale.
  
  Hayden adadziwa kuti ngakhale tsopano akuluakulu a White House angalimbikitse kusamala, osatha kuvomereza kuti malire awo aphwanyidwa. Pangakhale ena omwe amayesa kupezerapo mwayi pazochitikazo. Tiyeni tichotse Dodge mochulukira ndikuwononga okhometsa msonkho. Komabe, ankamudziwa Coburn ndipo ankayembekezera kuti alangizi ake apamtima anali odalirika komanso odziwa zambiri monga iye.
  
  Ulendowu unamusiya ndi mikwingwirima. Asilikali ankhondo anamuchirikiza ndi mapazi awo. Kuyima mwadzidzidzi ndi maenje akuluakulu anamuchititsa nseru. Chikwamacho chinasuntha pansi pake, mkati mwake molimba mtima nthawi zonse. Hayden adadziwa kuti izi ndi zomwe Ramses amafuna - kuti mphindi zake zomaliza zidzaze ndi mantha pamene chowerengera chinkatsika.
  
  Pasanathe theka la ola linadutsa. Misewuyo inali yabata, kapena kuti inali yopanda kanthu. Hayden sanathe kunena motsimikiza. Mukusintha kwina kwatsopano kwa dongosolo lake, Ramses adalamula Gator kuti amange Marsh ndi Shears ku bomba, pamodzi ndi Hayden. Awiriwo anadandaula, kumenyana, ndipo anayamba kukuwa, choncho Alligator anatseka pakamwa ndi mphuno zawo, anakhala pamenepo mpaka atatonthola, kenako n"kusiya mphuno zawo kuti ziziyamwa mpweya. Marsh ndi Shears kenaka anayamba kulira limodzi. Mwina anali ndi maloto a ufulu. Marsh analira ngati mwana wakhanda, ndipo Shears ananunkhiza ngati mnyamata wa chimfine. Monga chilango kwa onse awiri - ndipo, mwatsoka, kwa Hayden nayenso - Ramses adawamanga maliseche ku bomba la nyukiliya, zomwe zinayambitsa mavuto amtundu uliwonse, zosokoneza, komanso kununkhiza. Hayden adazitenga bwino, poganizira zoopsa za Lovecraftian zomwe angafanane nazo ndikudzifunsa kuti gehena angadutse bwanji kumalo osungira nyama.
  
  "Timaliza mkati," Mbalameyi inayang'ana mozama kwambiri pagululo. "Five minutes maximum."
  
  Hayden anaona kuti wopanga mabombayo analankhula bwino pochita ndi bwana wake. Mwina nkhawa inachititsa kuti mawu ake atuluke mwadzidzidzi. Mwina chisangalalo. Anatembenukira pamene galimotoyo inayima ndipo dalaivala anaimitsa injiniyo kwa mphindi zingapo. Ramses anatsika mu taxi, ndipo Hayden adanena kuti mwina ali pakhomo la zoo.
  
  Mwayi wotsiriza.
  
  Anavutika kwambiri, akuyesa kugwedezeka uku ndi uku ndikuchotsa tepiyo pakamwa pake. Marsh ndi Shears anabuula, ndipo asilikali ankhondowo anamuponda ndi nsapato zawo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuyenda, koma Hayden anakana. Chimene chinangofunika chinali mkokomo wachilendo, kugwedezeka kosayenera, ndi kukwezedwa mbendera.
  
  Mmodzi wa asilikali ankhondowo anatukwana ndikumulumphira, ndikumupanikiza kwambiri ndi zida zanyukiliya komanso kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo. Iye anabuula mu tepi duct. Mikono yake inazungulira thupi lake, kuti asasunthe, ndipo pamene Ramses anabwerera, anali kulephera kupuma.
  
  Ndi kubangula pang'ono kwa injini, galimotoyo inasunthiranso kutsogolo. Galimotoyo inkayenda pang'onopang'ono, ndipo gulu lankhondo lija linanyamuka. Hayden adapuma mozama, kutemberera mwayi wake komanso nkhope za aliyense womuzungulira. Posakhalitsa galimotoyo inayima ndipo dalaivala anazimitsa injini. Panali chete pamene Ramses, yemwe tsopano atavala yunifolomu ya asilikali apadera, analowetsa mutu wake kumpando wakumbuyo.
  
  "Cholinga chakwaniritsidwa," iye anatero mopanda chifundo. "Dikirani chizindikiro changa ndipo khalani okonzeka kuwanyamula pakati panu."
  
  Mosowa chochita, Hayden adatha kupuma pomwe magulu ankhondo asanu adadziyika mozungulira mtolo wodabwitsawo ndikukonzekera kuwukweza. Ramses anagogoda pachitseko, zonse zidamveka, ndipo bambo wina adatsegula. Kenako asilikali ankhondowo ananyamula mtolowo m"mwamba, n"kuchitulutsa m"galimotomo n"kuchitsogolera m"njira yodutsa mitengo. Hayden adaphethira m'maso mwake, ndipo adawona komwe anali.
  
  Denga lamatabwa lochilikizidwa ndi mizati yochindikala ya njerwa yoyalidwa pamwamba, yozunguliridwa ndi zobiriwira. Malo okonzedwa bwino komanso opangidwa bwino, anali atasiyidwa, monga momwe Hayden ankayembekezera kuti malo ena onse osungiramo nyama adzakhalepo. Alendo ochepa olimba mtima atha kukhala atapezerapo mwayi pa zokopa zomwe zili ndi anthu ochepa, koma Hayden adakayikira kuti malo osungira nyama angaloledwe kuloza aliyense kwa maola angapo otsatira. Mwinamwake, Ramses anatsimikizira chitetezo cha zoo kuti asilikali apadera analipo kuti atsimikizire chitetezo chokwanira cha gawolo. Anawanyamulira m"kanjira kokhala ndi zipilala zobiriwira mpaka anaimitsidwa ndi khomo lakumbali. Mbalamezi zinalowa mokakamiza, ndipo kenako zinapezeka kuti zili m'chipinda chapamwamba chokhala ndi misewu yamatabwa, milatho ndi mitengo yambiri yomwe imathandiza kuthana ndi mpweya wonyowa.
  
  "Zone yotentha," Ramses adagwedeza mutu. "Tsopano, Alligator, tenga phukusili ndikuliyikanso muburashi. Sitifunika kuwoneratu mwamwayi."
  
  Hayden ndi ena onse akampani yake yowopsa adathera pansi pamatabwa. Ng'ombeyo inasintha zingwe zingapo, n'kuwonjezera tepi yolumikizira kuti ikhazikike, kenako n'kumenya waya wowonjezera mpaka inalengeza kuti chophulitsiracho chakulungidwa bwino ndi akaidi.
  
  "Ndi kusintha kwa rotary?" Ramses anafunsa.
  
  "Mukutsimikiza kuti mukufuna kuwonjezera izi?" Anafunsa Chingwe. "Marsh ndi Shears atha kuyamba izi nthawi isanakwane."
  
  Ramses anagwedeza mutu moganizira munthu uja. "Mukunena zowona". Anatsamira pafupi ndi phukusilo, chikwamacho chili pansi, Hayden anamanga molunjika pamwamba, kenako Marsh ndi Zoey pamwamba pake. Maso a Ramses anali ofanana ndi mutu wa Julian Marsh.
  
  "Tiwonjezera chosinthira," adatero mwakachetechete. "Chida chozungulira chomwe, ngati mutakwezedwa kapena kusuntha chilichonse chachikulu, chimapangitsa kuti bomba liphulike. Ndikukulangizani kuti mudikire ndikudikirira amzake a Miss J abwere. Osadandaula, sikukhala nthawi yayitali.
  
  Mawu ake anachititsa kunjenjemera pansi pa thupi la Hayden. "Motalika bwanji?" adakwanitsa kutulutsa mpweya.
  
  "Nthawi yowerengera idzakhazikitsidwa kwa ola limodzi," adatero Ramses. "Nthawi yokwanira kuti ine ndi Alligator tipite kuchitetezo. Amuna anga atsala ndi bomba, chodabwitsa chomaliza kwa anzanu ngati akupezani. "
  
  Ngati?
  
  Ramses anaimirira, kuyang'ana komaliza pa phukusi limene adakonza, pa mnofu waumunthu ndi chimphepo chamoto pansi pake, ndi mantha a nkhope zawo ndi mphamvu zomwe adaziwonetsa pa iwo onse.
  
  Hayden anatseka maso ake, tsopano akulephera kusuntha, kupanikizika koopsa kukukankhira pachifuwa chake mu bomba losagwedezeka ndikupangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kupuma. Izi zitha kukhala mphindi zake zomaliza ndipo panalibe chomwe angachite atamva Alligator akusangalala poyimitsa chosinthira, koma akanalangidwa ngati akakhala ku Tropical Zone ku Central Park Zoo ku New York. M'malo mwake, amabwezeretsedwa ku nthawi zabwino kwambiri za moyo wake, ku Manos ndi nthawi yawo ku Hawaii, kupita ku njira za Diamond Head, mafunde a kumpoto kwa North Beach ndi mapiri ophulika a Maui. Malo odyera paphiri lophulika. Malo pamwamba pa mitambo. Dothi lofiira kuseri kwa misewu. Nyali zonyezimira m'mphepete mwa Kapiolani ndiyenso gombe kumapeto kwa magombe onse, kutulutsa thovu pansi pa nyali zofiira zowuluka madzulo ndi osasamala, malo okhawo padziko lapansi komwe adatha kuthawa zovuta zonse ndi nkhawa za moyo.
  
  Hayden anapita kumeneko tsopano, ndi koloko ikugunda.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI CHISANU
  
  
  Drake adadikirira kupolisi, akumva kuti alibe chochita pomwe amangoyang'ana nsonga iliyonse, kuwona kulikonse, malingaliro pang'ono okhudza Ramses, Hayden, kapena bomba la nyukiliya. Chowonadi chinali chakuti New York inali yayikulu kwambiri kuti isatseke m'maola angapo, ndipo mafoni anali kulira. Anthu okhalamo anali ochuluka kwambiri ndipo alendo ake anali ochuluka kwambiri. Asilikali angatenge mphindi khumi kuti akafike ku White House, koma ngakhale pali alonda ndi chitetezo, zingatenge nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti afufuze malo ang'onoang'onowa? Tsopano, Drake adaganiza, tengani nkhaniyi ku New York ndipo mumapeza chiyani? Zinali zosachitikachitika pomwe achitetezo adagwira zigawenga zomwe zidachitadi nkhanza zawo. M"dziko lenileni, zigawenga zinkatsatiridwa ndi kufufuzidwa pambuyo pa zipolowezo.
  
  Dahl adafika, akuwoneka wokhumudwa komanso wotopa padziko lonse lapansi, ndi gulu lonse la SPEAR kumbuyo kwake. Kenzi mosadziwika bwino anayamba kuyang'ana uku ndikufunsa komwe kunali malo osungira umboni. Dahl anangomuyang'ana n'kunena kuti, "Musiyeni apite, kapena sadzakhuta." Ena onse a gululo adadzaza mozungulira ndikumvetsera zomwe Drake adanena, zomwe, kupatula kudandaula za Hayden, sizinali zambiri.
  
  Moore anafewetsa nkhaniyi. "Anthu akudziwa za zigawenga zomwe zikuwopseza mzindawu. Sitingathe kuthawa, ngakhale kuti sitiletsa amene akufuna kuchoka. Kodi chimachitika ndi chiyani ngati bomba laphulika? Sindikudziwa, koma sikoyenera kuti tiganizire zotsutsana tsopano. Makina athu ali pansi, koma mabungwe ndi masamba ena ali ndi mwayi wopeza njira zina. Timawayerekezera pamene tikulankhula. Machitidwe ambiri akuyenda. Misewu ya New York ndi yabata koma imakhala yotanganidwa poyerekeza ndi mizinda yambiri. Njira nazonso."
  
  "Koma palibe pano?" Adafunsa modabwa Smith.
  
  Moore anadandaula. "Mnzanga, timayankha mazana a mafoni pamphindi. Timalimbana ndi psycho iliyonse, wopusa aliyense, komanso nzika iliyonse yamantha mtawuniyi. Ndege yatsekedwa kwa aliyense kupatula ife. Tizimitsa Wi-Fi, intaneti komanso mafoni, koma timvetsetse kuti tili ndi mwayi wopumira panjirayi monga momwe tachokera kwa wapolisi wamsewu, wothandizira wa FBI kapena, mwina, membala wa anthu."
  
  "Pachikuto?" Adafunsa choncho Dahl.
  
  Monga tikudziwira, palibe selo ngakhale limodzi lomwe latsala. Titha kungoganiza kuti selo lomwe tsopano likuteteza Ramses lidalembedwa m'dziko komanso kwanuko. Sitikhulupirira kuti othandizira athu obisala angathandize, koma akufufuza njira zonse zomwe angathe. "
  
  "Ndiye izi zikutisiya kuti?" Lauren anafunsa. "Sitingapeze kamera, Ramses, Price kapena Hayden. Sitinapeze bomba la nyukiliya," adawerenga nkhope iliyonse, akadali pamtima munthu wamba yemwe adakweza ziwonetsero zomwe zidachitika pomaliza.
  
  "Kupatsa ndi komwe kumachita nthawi zambiri," adatero Moore. "Wina amaona chinachake n"kuchiyambitsa. Kodi mukudziwa zomwe amazitcha hot tip series pano? Matikiti awiri opita kumwamba, pambuyo pa nyimbo yakale ya Eddie Money.
  
  "Ndiye tikuyembekezera call?"
  
  Drake adatsogolera Lauren pakhonde. Zomwe zili m'munsimu zinali zowopsa, apolisi ochepa ndi othandizira omwe adakali ndi moyo akulimbana ndi zipolopolo pamene ankadutsa pazinyalala ndi magalasi osweka, kuyankha mafoni ndi makiyi akugogoda, ena ali ndi mabandeji amagazi atakulungidwa m'manja ndi m'mitu, ena ndi mapazi awo. mmwamba, kunjenjemera ndi ululu.
  
  "Tiyenera kupita kumeneko," adatero Lauren. "Athandizeni."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Akumenya nkhondo yogonja ndipo sikulinso malo apakati. Anyamatawa anangokana kuchoka. Izi zikutanthauza zambiri kwa iwo osati ulendo wopita kuchipatala. Izi ndi zomwe apolisi abwino amachita ndipo anthu samaziwona. Atolankhani amangotulutsa nkhani zoipa mobwerezabwereza, zomwe zimasokoneza maganizo a anthu ambiri. Ndikunena kuti nafenso tiwathandize."
  
  Analunjika ku elevator kenako Drake anatembenuka, kudabwa kuona gulu lonse lili kumbuyo kwake. "Chani?" - anafunsa. "Ndilibe ndalama".
  
  Alicia anamwetulira motopa. Ngakhale Beau ankamwetulira. Gulu la SPEAR linali litakumana ndi zambiri masiku ano, komabe linali lamphamvu, lokonzekera zina. Drake adawona mikwingwirima yambiri ndi mabala ena omwe adabisika bwino.
  
  "Bwanji osangowonjezera? Ndipo tengani zida zowonjezera ndi inu. Tikafika pomaliza izi, tikhala ndi nthawi yovuta. "
  
  "Ndidzazindikira," adatero Kinimaka. "Zidzabweretsa chisangalalo."
  
  "Ndipo ndithandiza," anatero Yorgi. "Ndimavutika ngakhale kumvetsetsa mawu a Drake, ndiye kuti zitha kutayika ndi mawu aku America."
  
  Dahl anaseka pamene adalumikizana ndi Drake pa elevator. "Bwenzi langa la Russia, uli nazo m'mbuyo."
  
  Drake anamenya nkhonya waku Sweden, ndikupangitsa mikwingwirima yambiri, ndipo adakwera chikepe kupita kuchipinda choyamba. Gulu la SPEAR kenaka linaloŵererapo pamene likanatha, kuyankha mafoni atsopano ndi kujambula zidziwitso, kufunsa anthu okhalamo ndi kufunsa mafunso, ndi kupatutsa mafoni omwe analibe chochita ndi mwadzidzidzi kupita kumalo ena otumizidwa. Ndipo ngakhale ankadziwa kuti akufunika ndi kuthandizidwa, palibe aliyense wa iwo amene anasangalala nazo chifukwa Hayden anali akusowabe ndipo Ramses anakhalabe momasuka. Mpaka pano wawagonjetsa.
  
  Ndi njira zina ziti zomwe anali nazo m'manja mwake?
  
  Drake adatumiza foni yokhudzana ndi wachibale yemwe adasowa ndikutumiza ina yokhudzana ndi msewu wosagwirizana. Chosinthiracho chinakhalabe chogwira ntchito, ndipo Moore anali kuwerengera nsonga, tikiti yake yopita kumwamba. Koma posakhalitsa zinadziwikiratu kwa Drake kuti nthawi ikutha mwachangu kuposa mkaka wotuluka mumtsuko wosweka. Chokhacho chomwe chinamupangitsa kuti azipitabe ndikuti amayembekeza kuti Ramses amuimbire ngakhale kamodzi. Munthu ameneyu anali kudzionetsabe. Drake amakayikira kuti akadadina batani osayesa kukhala wowonerako pang'ono.
  
  Apolisi anayendetsa siteshoniyo, koma gululo linathandiza mwa kukhala pa matebulo ndi kupereka mauthenga. Dahl anapita kukapanga khofi. Drake adalumikizana naye kutsogolo kwa ketulo, akumva kuti alibe chochita komanso alibe malo pomwe amadikirira chidziwitso.
  
  "Tiyeni tikambirane yoyamba," adatero Drake. "Kodi zimenezi zinayamba kukuchitikiranipo kale?"
  
  "Ayi. Ndikumvetsetsa momwe Ramses adakwanitsa kubisala zaka zonsezi. Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti chipangizocho sichikupanga siginecha ya radiation chifukwa sanachizindikire. Munthu amene anapakanso bombalo ankadziwa zimene ankachita. Ndikuganiza kuti ndi wankhondo wakale waku US. "
  
  "Koma chifukwa chiyani? Pali anthu ambiri omwe angathe kuteteza ma radiation. "
  
  Izi zikugwiranso ntchito kuzinthu zina. Kudziwa kwanuko. Gulu lachinsinsi lomwe adasonkhanitsa. Lembani mawu anga, Drake wakale, iwo ndi Zisindikizo zakale. Opaleshoni yapadera."
  
  Drake anathira madzi pamene Dahl anathira mu granules. "Limbitseni. M'malo mwake, kodi mukudziwa chomwe chiri? Kodi "Instant" yafika ku North Pole?
  
  Dahl adapumira. "Khofi wapompopompo ndi ntchito ya satana. Ndipo sindinapiteko ku North Pole. "
  
  Alicia adalowa pakhomo lotseguka lachipindacho. "Chinali chiyani? Ndinamva za mtengowo ndipo ndinangodziwa kuti dzina langa linali pamenepo. "
  
  Drake sanathe kubisa kumwetulira kwake. "Alicia uli bwanji?"
  
  "Miyendo ikuwawa. Mutu wanga ukupweteka. Kupweteka kwa mtima. Kupatula apo ndili bwino. "
  
  "Ndikutanthauza-"
  
  Kuyimba kwa ma X-Ambassadors kudasokoneza mawu ake otsatirawa, omwe adachokera kwa wokamba foni yake. Akugwirabe ketulo, anabweretsa chipangizocho pachibwano chake.
  
  "Moni?"
  
  "Kodi mukundikumbukira?"
  
  Drake anayatsa ketuloyo mwamphamvu kwambiri moti madzi owiritsa aja anathirira m"manja mwake. Iye sanazindikire.
  
  "Uli kuti, mwana wa chiwerewere?"
  
  "Tsopano. Kodi funso lanu loyamba lisakhale lakuti "zida za nyukiliya zili kuti" kapena "ndiphulika posachedwapa"? Mkokomo wodabwitsa kwambiri unadutsa pamzere.
  
  "Ramses," adatero Drake, pokumbukira kuyatsa speakerphone. "Bwanji osalunjika pamfundoyi?"
  
  "O, choseketsa ndi chiyani pamenepo? Ndipo simundiuza choti ndichite. Ine ndine kalonga, mwini maufumu. Ndalamulira kwa zaka zambiri ndipo ndidzalamulira kwa zaka zambiri. Kale mutakhala crispy. Ganizilani izi".
  
  "Ndiye muli ndi ma hoops enanso omwe tingadumphe nawo?"
  
  "Sinali ine. Anali Julian Marsh. Munthu uyu ngwamisala, ndiye ndamupanga kuti alumikizane ndi agent wako Jay.
  
  Drake adanjenjemera, akuyang'ana Dahl. "Ali bwino?"
  
  "Pakadali pano. Ngakhale akuwoneka wouma pang'ono komanso wowawa. Amayesetsa kukhala chete."
  
  Kudzimva kowopsa kopindika m'mimba mwa Drake. "Ndipo chifukwa chiyani izi?"
  
  "Kutero kuti, ndithudi, sizikuwononga sensa yoyenda."
  
  Mulungu wanga, Drake anaganiza. "Wopusa iwe. Munamumanga ndi bomba?"
  
  "Ndi bomba, bwenzi langa."
  
  "Chili kuti?"
  
  "Tikafika kumeneko. Koma poti inu ndi anzanu mukuthamanga bwino, ndipo poti mwatenthedwa kale, ndaganiza kuti bwanji osakupatsani mpata? Ndikukhulupirira kuti mumakonda miyambi."
  
  "Uwu ndi misala. Ndiwe wamisala, kusewera ndi miyoyo yambiri. Zodabwitsa? Ndithetsereni izi, chiwembu. Adzakodzera ndani pathupi pako ndikayatsa moto?"
  
  Ramses anakhala chete kwa kanthawi, akuwoneka kuti akuganiza. "Choncho magolovesi azimadi. Izi ndi zabwino. Ndili ndi malo oti ndipiteko, kusonkhana, kukopa mayiko. Ndiye tamverani-"
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mudzakhalapo mukudikirira," Drake adadukiza, akusodza mwachangu "Tikafika kumeneko."
  
  "Mwatsoka ayi. Apa tikutsanzikana. Monga mukudziwira, ndikukugwiritsani ntchito kuti ndithawe. Chifukwa chake, monga momwe anthu amanenera - zikomo chifukwa cha izi. "
  
  "Uuu-"
  
  "Inde Inde. Ndikambe ine, makolo anga ndi azichimwene anga onse. Koma ndi inuyo ndi mzinda uno womwe udzatha. Ndipo ine, amene adzapitiriza. Kotero nthawi tsopano imakhala nkhani. Kodi mwakonzeka kupempha mwayi wanu, Mngelezi wamng'ono?"
  
  Drake adapeza luso lake akudziwa kuti iyi ndiyo njira yawo yokhayo. "Ndiuzeni".
  
  "Njira yanga yopha tizilombo idzayeretsa dziko lonse la matenda ku West. Kuchokera ku nkhalango kupita ku nkhalango yamvula, iyi ndi gawo la denga la pansi. Ndizomwezo ".
  
  Drake adachita mantha. "Ndipo zonse?"
  
  "Inde, ndipo popeza zonse zomwe mumachita mdziko lotchedwa otukuka zimayesedwa mu mphindi, maola, ndikuyika chowerengera kwa mphindi makumi asanu ndi limodzi. Nambala yabwino, yozungulira yodziwika kwa inu. "
  
  "Tizichotsa bwanji izi?" Drake akuyembekeza kuti Marsh sanatchule ma code oletsa.
  
  "Oh damn, sukudziwa? Ndiye ingokumbukirani izi - bomba la nyukiliya, makamaka bomba la nyukiliya, ndi njira yolondola komanso yolinganiza bwino. Chilichonse ndi chaching'ono komanso cholondola, monga ndikutsimikiza kuti mudzayamikira. Izi zidzafuna ... kukhazikika. "...
  
  "Sophistication?"
  
  "Kusokonekera. Penyani izi".
  
  Ndi mawu awa, Ramses adadula foni, ndikusiya mzere wakufa. Drake anathamangira ku ofesi ndikukuwa ku station yonse kuti ayime. Mawu ake, kamvekedwe ka mawu ake, adapangitsa mitu, maso ndi matupi kutembenukira kwa iye. Mafoni anaikidwa m"madipatimenti, mafoni sananyalanyazidwe, ndipo makambitsirano analeka.
  
  Moore anayang'ana nkhope ya Drakes, kenako anati, "Zimitsani mafoni anu."
  
  "Ndili nazo," adatero Drake. "Koma tiyenera kupanga zomveka..." Anabwereza mwambiwo mawu ndi mawu. "Fulumirani," iye anatero. "Ramses watipatsa mphindi makumi asanu ndi limodzi."
  
  Moore adatsamira khonde losasunthika, limodzi ndi Kinimaka ndi Yorgi. Ena onse anatembenuka kuyang'anizana naye. Mawu ake atayamba kuwafika anthuwo, anayamba kukuwa.
  
  "Chabwino, antiseptic ndi bomba. Ndi zoonekeratu ".
  
  "Ndipo afuna kuliphulitsa," wina ananong"oneza motero. "Si zopusa."
  
  "Kuchokera kunkhalango yamvula mpaka kunkhalango yamvula?" Mai anatero. "Sindikumvetsa".
  
  Drake adazikulunga pamutu pake. "Uwu ndi uthenga kwa ife," adatero. "Zonse zidayambira m"nkhalango ya Amazon. Tinamuona koyamba kumsika. Koma sindikumvetsa momwe zimagwirira ntchito ku New York. "
  
  "Koma zina?" Smith anatero. "Gawo la pansi pansi pa denga? sindi-"
  
  "Izi ndi zinanso za nkhalango yamvula," Moore anafuula motero. "Kodi si denga limene amatcha chivundikiro cha mtengo wolimba? Pansi pake pali udzu."
  
  Drake analipo kale. "Izi ndi Zow. Koma ngati muvomereza zimenezi, ndiye kuti akutiuza kuti bomba labisidwa m"nkhalango yamvula. Ku New York, "Iye anadandaula. "Palibe zomveka."
  
  Pa siteshonipo panakhala chete chete, kungoti zii zomwe zimatha kudodometsa munthu mpaka kufika posowa chochita kapenanso kumupatsa mphamvu mpaka kuchita zinthu mwanzeru.
  
  Drake anali asanadziwe bwino za kupita kwa nthawi, sekondi iliyonse yodzaza ndi kulira koopsa kwa belu la Doomsday.
  
  "Koma New York ili ndi nkhalango yamvula," adatero Moore pomaliza pake. "Ku Central Park Zoo. Ndi yaying'ono, yotchedwa "Tropical Zone," koma ndi mtundu wawung'ono wazinthu zenizeni.
  
  "Pansi pa denga?" Dahl adakakamiza.
  
  "Inde, pali mitengo kumeneko."
  
  Drake adazengereza kwa sekondi ina, akudziwa momvetsa chisoni kuti ngakhale izi zitha kutaya miyoyo yambiri. "Kena kalikonse? Malingaliro ena aliwonse?
  
  Kungoti chete komanso kuoneka opanda kanthu kunamupatsa moni funso lake.
  
  "Ndiye tonse talowa," iye anatero. "Palibe kulolera. Palibe nthabwala. Yakwana nthawi yoti tithetse munthu wamba wanthano. Monga momwe tinachitira nthawi yapitayi. "
  
  Kinimaka ndi Yorgi anathamangira masitepe.
  
  Drake adatsogolera gulu lonse mumisewu yodzaza mantha ya New York.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKANU NDI CHISANU NDI CHITATU
  
  
  Potsatira malangizo a Moore, gulu la amuna khumi lija linawononga mphindi zamtengo wapatali kwambiri polowera m"kanjira kuti alamulire magalimoto angapo apolisi. Kuyitanako kunali kutaperekedwa atafika kumeneko, ndipo apolisi anali kuyembekezera, kuyesetsa kwawo kuchotsa misewu kunayamba kubala zipatso. Smith anakhala pansi pa gudumu limodzi, Dahl pa mzake, magalimoto anayatsa ma siren awo ndi magetsi akuthwanima ndipo anathamanga kuzungulira ngodya ya 3rd Avenue, akuyaka mphira, molunjika ku zoo. Zomangamanga ndi nkhope zamantha zimayenda mothamanga makilomita makumi anayi, kenako makumi asanu pa ola. Smith anaponyera pambali taxi yomwe inasiyidwayo, ndikugunda kutsogolo kwake, ndikuitumiza molunjika. Panali khonde limodzi lokha la apolisi m"njira, ndipo anali atalandira kale lamulo lowalola kudutsa. Iwo anathamangira m"mphambano wochotsedwa mwamsanga, akumayandikira makumi asanu ndi limodzi.
  
  Drake anatsala pang'ono kunyalanyaza kuyimba kwatsopano pa foni yake, poganiza kuti mwina Ramses akubweranso kuti asangalale. Koma kenako anaganiza kuti: ngakhale izi zitha kutipatsa chidziwitso.
  
  "Chani?" - iye anakuwa mwachidule.
  
  "Drake? Uyu ndi Purezidenti Coburn. Kodi muli ndi miniti?
  
  Yorkshireman adalumpha modabwa, kenako adayang'ana GPS yake. "Mphindi zinayi, bwana."
  
  "Ndiye mvetserani. Ndikudziwa kuti sindiyenera kukuuzani momwe zinthu zidzakhalire ngati bomba liloledwa kuphulika. Kubwezera ndikosapeweka. Ndipo sitidziwanso mtundu weniweni kapena malingaliro andale a Ramses uyu. Limodzi mwazovuta zazikulu zomwe zimachitika ndikuti munthu wina - Alligator - adayendera Russia kanayi chaka chino."
  
  Drake pakamwa anasanduka mchenga. "Russia?"
  
  "Inde. Izi siziri zotsimikizika, koma "...
  
  Drake ankadziwa bwino lomwe kupumako kumatanthauza. Palibe chomwe chikanayenera kukhala chotsimikizika m'dziko losinthidwa ndi ma TV ndi ma TV. "Ngati zidziwitso izi zitha -"
  
  "Inde. Tikuwona chochitika chapamwamba kwambiri. "
  
  Drake, ndithudi, sanafune kudziwa zomwe zikutanthauza. Amadziwa kuti padziko lapansi pano pali anthu amphamvu kwambiri, omwe ali ndi njira zopulumutsira nkhondo yanyukiliya, ndipo nthawi zambiri ankaganiza kuti zikanakhala bwanji ngati akanakhala m'dziko latsopano, lopanda anthu. Ena mwa anthu amenewa anali kale atsogoleri.
  
  "Letsani bomba ngati kuli kofunikira, Drake. Ndinauzidwa kuti NEST ili m'njira, koma ibwera pambuyo panu. Monga enawo. Zonse. Iyi ndi nthawi yathu yamdima kwambiri."
  
  "Ife tisiya izi, bwana. Mzindawu ukhala ndi moyo mpaka mawa.
  
  Drake atamaliza kuyimba, Alicia adayika dzanja lake paphewa. "Chotero," iye anatero. "Pamene Moore ananena kuti kunali nkhalango yamvula komanso nkhalango yamvula, kodi ankatanthauza kuti kumenekonso kudzakhala njoka?"
  
  Drake anaphimba dzanja lake ndi lake. "Nthawi zonse pamakhala njoka, Alicia."
  
  Mai anakhosomola. Ena ndi aakulu kuposa ena.
  
  Smith anatembenuza galimoto yawo mozungulira kuchulukana kwa magalimoto, kudutsa ambulansi yonyezimira ndi zitseko zake zotseguka ndi ogwira ntchito zachipatala omwe akugwira ntchito pa anthu omwe anali nawo pazochitikazo, ndipo adayikanso phazi lake pa gasi.
  
  "Kodi mwapeza zomwe mumafuna, Mai?" Adatelo Alicia momasuka komanso mwaulemu. "Timuyi mwaisiya liti?"
  
  Zonse zidachitika kalekale, koma Drake adakumbukira bwino lomwe Mai Kitano adachoka, mutu wake udadzaza ndi liwongo chifukwa cha imfa zomwe adazipanga dala. Chiyambireni chochitika chimodzi chimenecho pamene ankafunafuna makolo ake-kuphedwa kwa wobera ndalama za yakuza-zambiri zasintha.
  
  "Makolo anga ali bwino tsopano," anatero Mai. "Monga Grace. Ndinagonjetsa banja. Chika. Perekani. Ndinapeza zambiri zimene ndinkafuna."
  
  "Ndiye wabwerera chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  Drake adapeza maso ake atatsatiridwa mumsewu ndipo makutu ake adakanikiza kumpando wakumbuyo. Inali nthawi yachilendo kukambirana zotsatila ndikutsutsa zisankho, koma zinali zachilendo kwa Alicia, ndipo ukhoza kukhala mwayi wawo womaliza kukonza zinthu.
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani ndabwerera?" - Chani? - Zitha kubwerezedwa mwachisangalalo. "Chifukwa ndimasamala. Ndimasamala za timu iyi. "
  
  Alicia anaimba muluzu. "Yankho labwino. Ichi ndiye chifukwa chokha?"
  
  "Mukufunsa ngati ndabwerera kwa Drake. Ndikadayembekezera kuti nonse awiri inu mumange kumvetsetsa kwatsopano. Ndikadaganiza ngakhale kasekondi kakang'ono kuti akanasuntha. Ngakhale akanandipatsa mwayi wachiwiri. Chabwino, yankho ndi losavuta - sindikudziwa. "
  
  "Mwayi wachitatu," adatero Alicia. "Akadakhala wopusa kuti akubwezereni, uwu ukanakhala mwayi wanu wachitatu."
  
  Drake adawona khomo lolowera kumalo osungira nyama likuyandikira ndipo adamva kukangana komwe kukukulirakulira kumbuyo, zakuthwa komanso zosadalirika zikuyenda mkati mwake. Pa zonsezi ankafunika chipinda, makamaka ndi zofewa upholstery.
  
  "Mangani, anyamata," iye anatero. "Ife tiri pano".
  
  "Sizinachitikebe, Sprite. Alicia uyu ndi chitsanzo chatsopano. Anaganiza kuti asathawenso kukalowa dzuwa. Tsopano tikuyima, timaphunzira ndipo timatha izi. "
  
  "Ndikuwona ndikusilira," adatero Mai. "Ndimakukondani chatsopano, Alicia, ngakhale mungaganize bwanji."
  
  Drake adatembenuka, wodzazidwa ndi ulemu komanso wosokonezeka kuti izi zitha bwanji. Koma inali nthawi yoti muyike izo zonse tsopano, kuziyika pa alumali, chifukwa iwo anali kuyandikira mofulumira Armagedo ina, asilikali, apulumutsi ndi ngwazi mpaka mapeto.
  
  Ndipo ngati iwo anali kuyang'ana, mwinamwake kusewera chess, ngakhale Mulungu ndi Mdyerekezi akanataya mpweya wawo.
  
  
  MUTU WACHIKANU NDI CHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Smith anasisita matayala ake kumapeto komaliza kenaka anaponda pa brake pedal ndi phazi lolemera. Drake adatsegula chitseko galimoto isanayime ndikutulutsa miyendo yake. Mai anali atatuluka kale kukhomo lakumbuyo, Alicia atatsala pang'ono. Smith anagwedeza mutu kwa apolisi omwe amadikirira.
  
  "Ananena kuti muyenera kudziwa njira yachangu kwambiri yopita ku Tropical Zone?" Mmodzi mwa apolisiwo anafunsa. "Chabwino, tsatirani njira iyi molunjika pansi." Iye analoza. "Zikhala kumanzere."
  
  "Zikomo". Smith anatenga mapu otsogolera ndikuwawonetsa ena. Dahl anathamangira pothamanga.
  
  "Takonzeka?"
  
  "Momwe tingakhalire," adatero Alicia. "Taona," analoza mapu. Amatcha malo ogulitsira mphatso omwe ali pamalo osungira nyama.
  
  "Ndiye tizipita."
  
  Drake adalowa m'malo osungiramo nyama ndi mphamvu zake zokulirakulira, akuyembekezera zoyipa komanso kudziwa kuti Ramses anali ndi chinyengo chopitilira chimodzi chomwe chinalibe chochita naye. Gululo linafalikira ndikuwonda, likuyenda kale mofulumira kuposa momwe ayenera kukhalira komanso popanda kusamala, koma podziwa kuti mphindi iliyonse yomwe idutsa inali njira yatsopano ya imfa. Drake anatchera khutu kuzizindikirozi ndipo posakhalitsa adawona Zone Yotentha patsogolo. Pamene ankayandikira, malo ozungulirawo anayamba kusuntha.
  
  Anthu asanu ndi atatu anathamangira pobisala, akumatola mipeni pamene analamulidwa kuti nkhondo yomaliza ya opulumutsawo ikhale yowawa komanso yamagazi kwambiri. Drake nkhunda pansi pa kugwedezeka ndi kuponya mwini wake pa nsana wake, kenako anakumana kuukira lotsatira mutu pa. Bo ndi May afika patsogolo, luso lawo lomenyana likufunika lero.
  
  Owukira asanu ndi atatu onse anali atavala zida zankhondo ndi masks, ndipo adamenya nkhondo mwaluso monga momwe Drake amayembekezera. Ramses sanasankhepo kuchokera pansi pa muluwo. Mai anadumphadumpha mwachangu, anayesa kuthyola mkono wake, koma adapeza kuti wapindika, ndalama zake zidatayidwa. Kumenya kotsatira kunamuphonya phewa lake, kutengeka ndi vest yake, koma kumupatsa kaye kaye kaye. Beau anayenda pakati pawo onse, mthunzi weniweni wa imfa. Asilikali ankhondo a Ramses adabwerera kapena kulumphira kumbali kuti apewe Mfalansayo.
  
  Drake anatsamira mmbuyo pa chotchingacho, akukweza manja ake. Mpanda wakumbuyo kwake unang"ambika pamene mdani wake anakankha ndi mapazi onse awiri kuchokera pansi. Onse awiri anagubudukira m"njira ina, akumagubuduzika. Mngeleziyo anamenya nkhonya pambuyo pa nkhonya pamutu wa legionnaire, koma anapambana kokha kumenya dzanja lomwe linakwezedwa kuti liteteze. Ananyamula thupi lake n"kupita kumene ankafuna, n"kuimirira n"kuweramitsa nkhonya. Mpeniwo unatsetsereka n"kumubaya m"nthiti, uku akupwetekabe ngakhale kuti ankadziteteza. Drake adachulukitsa kuukira kwake.
  
  Nkhondo yotseka pakhomo la Tropical Zone yakula. May ndi Bo anapeza nkhope za adani awo. Magazi anafalikira gulu lonse. Ma Legionnaires adagwa ndi miyendo yothyoka komanso kugwedezeka, ndipo wolakwira wamkulu anali Mano Kinimaka. Munthu wamkulu wa ku Hawaii anaphwanya adani ake ndi bulldozer, ngati kuti anali kuyesa kukana mafundewo, kuwaphwanya. Ngati msilikali wina adayimilira m'njira yake, Kinimaka adamenya mopanda chifundo, osewera pakati pa anthu, pulawo yosawonongeka. Njira yake inali yolakwika kotheratu, kotero kuti Alicia ndi Smith anali pafupi kuthawa. Asilikali ankhondowo anatera pafupi nawo, akung"ung"udza, koma zinali zosavuta kuwamaliza.
  
  Dahl anasinthana nkhonya kuchokera kumanja kupita kumanja ndi luso lina. Kumenyedwa kwa mpeni kunamenyedwa mwamphamvu ndi mofulumira, choyamba pansi, kenako pamwamba, kenako pachifuwa ndi kumaso; Aswedi adawatsekereza onse ndi luso lochita mphezi komanso luso lopeza movutikira. Wotsutsa wake sanataye mtima, kuchipatala mu ntchito yake, mwamsanga anazindikira kuti adakumana ndi wofanana naye ndipo akufunika kusintha.
  
  Dahl adachoka pambali pomwe gulu lankhondo lidagwiritsa ntchito miyendo ndi zigongono ngati kupitiliza kuukira kwa mpeni. Chigongono choyamba chinamumenya pakachisi, kukulitsa kuzindikira kwake ndikumuthandiza kuyembekezera kuukiridwa kochuluka. Iye anagwada pa bondo limodzi, kumenya mkhwapa wake molunjika mu dzenje ndi minyewa yomwe inali mmenemo, zomwe zinachititsa kuti legionnaire agwetse tsamba lake chifukwa cha ululu. Komabe, pamapeto pake, anali Kinimaka wankhanza yemwe adagwetsa womenyayo pansi, kuthamangitsa minofu, kuthyola mafupa ndi kung'amba minyewa. Mano anali ndi mikwingwirima yakuda m'chibwano chake ndi m'masaya ake ndipo ankayenda motsimphina, koma palibe chimene chikanamuletsa. Dahl ankaganiza kuti agwera m'mbali mwa nyumba ngati Hulk ya ku Hawaii ngati chitseko chinali chokhoma.
  
  Kenzi anaona kuti n"zosavuta kuyendayenda m"mbali mwa ndewuyo, n"kumawononga aliyense amene akanatha ndipo anali kudandaula kuti analibe katana. Dahl ankadziwa kuti anaphunzira luso lapadera ndipo ankatha kumenyana ndi asilikali ankhondo angapo, kupha aliyense ndi kumenya kamodzi, kupulumutsa nthawi yamtengo wapatali ya gululo. Koma tsikulo linali litatsala pang"ono kutha.
  
  Komabe.
  
  Drake adapeza chibakera chake cha Flurry chikusokoneza nkhonyayo. Anagwa pambali pake pamene msilikali wankhondo anagwira dzanja lake ndikulipotokola. Ululu udasokoneza mawonekedwe ake. Anagudubuzika ndi kupendekeka kosadziwika bwino, kutulutsa mphamvu ndipo adakumana ndi mdani wakeyo.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" anafunsa.
  
  "Basi pano kuti ndikuchedwetseni," msilikali wankhondo anadandaula. "Tikako. Chongani tiki."
  
  Drake adakankhira mwamphamvu, tsopano ali pamapazi ake. "Iwenso udzafa."
  
  "Tonse tifa, wopusa."
  
  Poyang'anizana ndi kutengeka kotereku, Drake anamenya popanda chifundo, kuthyola mphuno ndi nsagwada za munthuyo, komanso nthiti zake. Anthuwa ankadziwa zimene ankachita koma anapitirizabe kumenyana. Palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe mwa iwo amene anayenera kuusa moyo kwina.
  
  Akugwedezeka, msilikaliyo adaloza mpeni wake kwa Drake. Munthu wa ku Yorkshireman anaigwira, naipotoza ndi kuitembenuza kotero kuti mpeniwo unalowa m"chigaza cha munthu winayo mpaka pachimake. Thupi lisanamenye udzu, Drake adalowa nawo ndewu yayikulu.
  
  Inali nkhondo yodabwitsa komanso yopenga. Kuwomba pambuyo nkhonya ndi chitetezo pambuyo chitetezo, kasinthasintha kosatha mu malo. Magazi adapukutidwa m'maso, zigongono ndi zigono zidachotsedwa pakati pamasewerawo, ndipo ngakhale phewa limodzi loduka linabwezedwa pamalo ake chifukwa cha kulemera kwa Smith. Zinali zosaphika, zenizeni momwe zimakhalira.
  
  Ndiyeno Kinimaka anazungulira izo zonse, kumenya, kuthamangira mkati, kuwononga kulikonse kumene iye akanatha. Pafupifupi atatu mwa asilikali omwe anagwa, osweka anali kuchita zake. Beau adatulutsanso awiri, kenako May ndi Alicia adagwira ntchito limodzi kuti amalize yomaliza. Pamene adagwa, adakumana maso ndi maso, zibakera zidakwezedwa, mkwiyo wankhondo ndi kulakalaka kwamagazi kumayaka pakati pawo, kung'anima ngati ma laser m'maso mwawo, koma Beau ndi amene adawalekanitsa.
  
  "Bomba," adatero.
  
  Ndiyeno, mwadzidzidzi, nkhope zonse zinatembenukira kwa Drake.
  
  "Tatsala nthawi yayitali bwanji?" Adafunsa choncho Dahl.
  
  Drake sankadziwa nkomwe. Nkhondoyo inachotsa maganizo onse otsala kwa ine. Tsopano anayang"ana pansi, poopa zimene angaone, anabweza m"mbuyo mkono wake n"kuyang"ana wotchi yake.
  
  Kensi anati: "Sitinaonepo bombalo.
  
  "Mphindi khumi ndi zisanu," adatero Drake.
  
  Kenako kuwombera kunamveka.
  
  
  MUTU WACHITATU NDI 88
  
  
  Kensi anamva ngati kugunda kwa mizinga. Linamugwetsa kumapazi ake, kum"menya m"mapapo, ndipo kwakanthaŵi anam"chotsa chikumbukiro chonse. Drake adawona chipolopolocho chikugunda ndikugwada, kulepheretsa kugwa kwake kosapeweka. Iye sanawonepo izi zikubwera, koma ngakhalenso wina aliyense. Smith nayenso adagunda. Mwamwayi, zipolopolo zonse ziwiri zidagunda ma vests.
  
  Thorsten Dahl anali wofulumira kwambiri kuchitapo kanthu, akadali ndi mawu akuti "mphindi khumi ndi zisanu" akugwedeza ubongo wake. Pamene magulu awiri a legionnaire ananyamuka pansi, zipolopolozo zinawombera mofulumira, ndipo tsopano, ndi cholinga chabwino, iye anawaukira, manja atatambasula, akulira ngati sitima yonyamula miyoyo yotayika kuchokera kukuya kwamagazi a Gahena . Iwo anazengereza modabwa, ndiyeno Mswedeyo anawamenya, mmodzi ndi dzanja lirilonse, ndi kuwaponyera iwo kumbuyo ku khoma la nyumba yamatabwa.
  
  Nyumbayo inasweka mozungulira anthu, matabwa akusweka, kung"ambika ndi kugwa mumlengalenga. Amunawo adagwa chagada pakati pa zomwe zidali mkati mwake, zomwe zidathandizira kwambiri Wamisala waku Sweden.
  
  Anali nyumba yosungiramo ntchito, malo odzaza ndi zida. Pamene asilikali ankhondo ankavutika kukweza zida zawo, wina akubuula ndipo wina akulavulira mano, Dahl anakweza nyundo yophunzitsidwa bwino. Anthu ogwawo adamuwona akutuluka m'ngodya ya maso awo ndipo adawuma, kusakhulupirira kudawalepheretsa kulimba mtima.
  
  Bo adapita kwa iye ndipo adawona zomwe adachita. "Amalize. Kumbukirani kuti iwo ndi ndani."
  
  Nayenso Kinimaka anaima kaye kwinaku akuseka chiwembucho ngati akufuna kuwapondaponda kuti akhale fumbi. "Anamuwombera Kensi. Ndi Smith. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa," adatero Dahl, akutaya nyundoyo ndikutsamira pa chogwirira chake. "Ndikudziwa".
  
  Amuna onse awiri adatenga kupuma ngati chizindikiro cha kufooka ndipo adafikira zida zawo. Dahl anawulukira mumlengalenga kwinaku akukweza nyundoyo, ndikuitsitsa pamene thupi lake limatsika. Mliri umodzi unakantha legionnaire pakati pa mphumi yake, ndipo analibe mphamvu zokwanira ndi luso lotsalira kuti atembenuke, kukweza mtengo ndi kuphwanya kachisi wa munthu winayo. Atamaliza anadzuka n"kugwada n"kukukuta mano n"kuponyera nyundoyo paphewa lake.
  
  Kenako gulu lankhondo lina linakhala tsonga, likubuula, mutu ukugwedezeka mbali ina ngati kuti wamva kuwawa, ndipo anatenga mfuti yomwe anagwira m"manja mwake akunjenjemera. Pamphindikati, Kensi adachitapo kanthu mwachangu kuposa wina aliyense ndikudziyika pachiwopsezo chachikulu. Mosapumira, anakutumula mikwingwirima yake yam'mbuyo, natsekereza cholinga cha mwamunayo, ndi kumgwetsera. Mfuti imene anagwira m"manja mwake inangoimbidwa ngati njerwa, mpaka inafika pakatikati pa nkhope yake. Anawombera, akugwera chagada, chipolopolocho chikudutsa pamutu pake. Atafika kwa iye, Kenzi anatenga chida chake, koma asanachikhuthulire pachifuwa chake.
  
  "Motalika bwanji?" Dahl anali kupuma kwambiri, akuthamangira pakhomo lomwe limalowera ku Tropical Zone.
  
  Drake anadutsa mothamanga.
  
  "Mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri."
  
  Izi sizokwanira kuchotsera zida zanyukiliya zachilendo.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUKUMI 39
  
  
  Mphindi zisanu ndi chimodzi.
  
  Drake adathamangira ku Tropical Zone, akufuula mpaka mmero wake unamupweteka, kuyesera kuti apeze bombalo. Kulira kwapansi komwe kunali yankho sikunachokere kwa Hayden, koma adatsatira momwe angathere. Mitsempha inaphulika pamphumi pake. Manja ake anapindika nkhonya chifukwa cha kukanika. Pamene gulu lonse linkalowa m"nyumbayo, moyang"anizana ndi misewu yokhotakhota yamatabwa ndi malo okhala m"mizere ya mitengo, iwo anafalikira kupezerapo mwayi pa kuchuluka kwawo.
  
  "Zopusa!" Kinimaka anali akulira, stress inali itatsala pang'ono kumuononga tsopano. "Hayden!"
  
  Kukuwa kwina kosamveka. Drake adakweza manja ake mokhumudwa kwambiri, osatha kudziwa komwe kuli. Masekondi anadutsa. Chinkhwe chowoneka bwino chinawawombera, zomwe zinapangitsa Alicia kubwerera m'mbuyo. Drake sanachitire mwina koma kuyang'ananso wotchi yake.
  
  Mphindi zisanu.
  
  White House tsopano ikuwonetsa nkhawa kotero kuti ikatsukidwa ku Capitol Hill. Gulu loyandikira la NEST, gulu la mabomba, apolisi, othandizira ndi ozimitsa moto omwe amadziwa amatha kuthamanga mpaka miyendo yawo itakomoka kapena kugwada, kuyang'ana kumwamba ndikupempherera miyoyo yawo. Ngati atsogoleri adziko aliwonse akanadziwitsidwa, iwonso akanakhala ali pansi, kuyang'ana mawotchi awo ndikukonzekera malingaliro angapo.
  
  Dziko linali ndi mphamvu.
  
  Drake adakhumudwa atamva kukuwa kwa Mai, kenako adatenga masekondi angapo kuti apeze komwe akuchokera. Gululi lidakumana ngati amodzi, koma zomwe adapeza zidapitilira zomwe amayembekezera. Yorgi anayima kumbuyo kwake pafupi ndi Lauren; Bo ndi Kenzi anayesa kuzilingalira patali, pamene ena onse a gululo adagwa pansi kapena kukwawa pambali pa misa.
  
  Maso a Drake adachita chidwi. Chinthu choyamba chimene anaona chinali mtembo wa mkazi wamaliseche, wokutidwa ndi tepi ndi waya wa buluu, womwe unali wotambasulidwa pafupifupi mamita awiri kuchokera pansi. Adakali wosokonezeka maganizo, anaona kuti pansi pa mapazi ake munali mapazi enanso a munthu, kuweruza ndi miyendo yaubweya imene anailumikiza.
  
  Hayden ndiye bomba, Ramses adamuuza.
  
  Koma ... bwanji gehena ...
  
  Pansi pa munthu wosavala uja tsopano adawona nsapato zomwe adazizindikira. Hayden ankawoneka kuti ali pansi pa muluwo.
  
  Ndiye kuli kuti gehena bomba la nyukiliya?
  
  Alicia anayang'ana pampando wake pafupi ndi mayi wosadziwika uja. "Mvetserani mosamala. Zoey akunena kuti bomba liri lotetezedwa pansi pa Hayden, pansi pa izi. Ali ndi zida, ali ndi sensor yodalirika yoyenda ndipo amatetezedwa ndi chikwama. Mawaya atakulungidwa mozungulira matupi awo amamangiriridwa ku choyambitsa magazi. " Anapukusa mutu. "Sindikuwona njira yotulukira. Yakwana nthawi yopereka malingaliro abwino, anyamata."
  
  Drake adayang'ana matupiwo, mawaya osatha, akadali mtundu womwewo wa buluu. Chochita chake choyamba chinali kuvomereza.
  
  "Kodi ili ndi autilaini yakugwa?" Kinimaka anafunsa.
  
  Dahl ananena kuti: "Ndikuganiza kuti "ayi," zingakhale zoopsa kwambiri chifukwa anthu amene amagwirizana nawo akhoza kusintha." Chigawo chimene chikugwa-chida chodziwira zida-chikhoza kuona kusuntha kwa Hayden, n"kutengera munthu wina-kenako n"kugwira bombalo. , ndi bom."
  
  "Osanena zimenezo". Alicia anadandaula.
  
  Drake adagwada pafupi ndi pomwe adaganiza kuti mutu wa Hayden unali. "Ndiye, mwa mfundo yomweyi, chojambulira choyenda chingakhale chotayirira. Apanso, kulola akaidi kusuntha pang"ono."
  
  "Inde".
  
  Mutu wake unkawawa chifukwa cha nkhawa. "Tili ndi ma code oletsa," adatero.
  
  "Zomwe zitha kukhala zabodza. Ndipo kuti zinthu ziipireipire, tiyenera kuziyika pa kiyibodi yolumikizidwa ndi chowombera pansi pa Hayden. "
  
  "Anthu inu kulibwino mufulumire," Kensi anatero mwakachetechete. "Tatsala ndi mphindi zitatu."
  
  Drake anasisita mutu wake mwaukali. Ino sinali nthawi yoti tizikayikira. Anasinthana maso ndi Dahl.
  
  Chotsatira ndi chiyani, mzanga? Kodi tafika kumapeto kwa msewu?
  
  Julian Marsh analankhula. Iye anati: "Ndinawaona atamugwira dzanja. "Ndikhoza kuzichepetsa. Izi siziyenera kuchitika konse. Ndalama zinali cholinga chokha... Osati nkhani zoipa za imfa ya anthu mamiliyoni ambiri, kutha kwa dziko."
  
  "Webb ankadziwa," adatero Lauren. "Bwana wanu. Iye ankadziwa nthawi zonse."
  
  Marsh anangotsokomola. "Ingondichotsani muno."
  
  Drake sanasunthe. Kuti apeze bombalo, anafunika kutembenuza mulu wa munthu. Iwo analibe nthawi yodula tepi yonse. Koma nthawi zonse panali njira yofulumira yochepetsera bomba. Sanaziwonetse pa TV chifukwa sizinali zoyenera kuziwonera m'mbali.
  
  Simunadule waya. Munangowatulutsa onse.
  
  Koma zinali zoopsa ngati kudula waya wolakwika. Anagwada mpaka maso ake anali ofanana ndi a Marsh.
  
  "Julian. Ukufuna kufa?"
  
  "Ayi!"
  
  "Sindikuwona njira ina," adapuma. "Anyamata, tiyeni tiwasunthe.
  
  Potsogolera gululo, pang'onopang'ono, mwadala, adatembenuza mulu wa matupiwo mpaka mimba ya Hayden idachoka pansi ndipo chikwama chinapezeka. Moans anathawa Zoey, Marsh, ngakhale Hayden pamene onse anali kugubuduka kumbali zawo, ndipo Kinimaka anawalimbikitsa onse kuti akhale chete. Ngakhale Zoe adanena, palibe amene adadziwa kuti chowunikira chosunthacho chinali chovuta bwanji, ngakhale zimawoneka zodziwikiratu kuti ngati idakhala nthawi yayitali, sichinakhazikitsidwe pafupi ndi choyambitsa. Zowonadi, idayenera kukonzedwa kuti ikhale yosatheka kutsimikizira kufika kwa Drake isanaphulike.
  
  Mawaya amayenera kuchotsedwa m'thupi la Marsh ndikuchotsedwa m'miyendo ya Zoe, ntchito yosokoneza yomwe gululo silinazindikire. Omwe adakulungidwa m'thupi la Hayden adatuluka mosavuta pomwe adavala zovala zake. Tsopano akumvera malangizowo ndikugwiriziridwabe ndi tepiyo, Marsh adakweza manja ake kotero kuti adakulunga kumanja kwa Hayden ndikuyendayenda pamwamba pa chikwamacho. Pythian anatambasula zala zake.
  
  "Pin ndi singano."
  
  Mai anayika manja ake pachikwama chake, pamwamba pa bomba la nyukiliya. Ndi zala zotsogola anamasula zomangirazo ndikubwezanso chipiko chapamwamba. Kenako, mogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake zazikulu, anagwira m"mphepete mwa chikwamacho n"kukokera bombalo, limodzi ndi chitsulo chake, molunjika.
  
  Chigoba chakuda chinamuzungulira. Mai anaponyera chikwama chake pambali ndipo pang'onopang'ono anazungulira bomba lija, akutuluka thukuta kwambiri masekondi akudutsa. Maso a Hayden ananyezimira pamene akuyang"ana bomba, ndipo Kinimaka anali atagwada kale pafupi naye, akufinya dzanja lake.
  
  Panapezeka gulu lowerengera, lolumikizidwa ndi zomangira zinayi kunja kwa bomba. Mawaya a buluu adalowa pansi pake mkati mwa tsoka lalikulu. Marsh anayang'ana mawaya, anayi mwa iwo, olumikizana ndi kuvulaza pamodzi.
  
  "Chotsani gululo. Ndiyenera kuwona kuti ndani."
  
  Drake analuma lilime lake akuyang'ana pa wotchi yake.
  
  Masekondi atsala.
  
  Makumi asanu ndi anayi, fifite eyiti...
  
  Smith anagwada pafupi ndi iwo, msilikali uja akujambula kale tsamba lake. Kutengera moyo wa aliyense m'manja mwake, adatenga udindo wochotsa zophophonya. Kukwapula kumodzi, ulusi umodzi wamakani, kusakhazikika kumodzi, ndipo zitha kuwononga nthawi kapena kuphulika kowopsa. Drake anatseka maso ake kwa kamphindi pamene bamboyo ankagwira ntchito. Kumbuyo kwake, Dal anali kupuma movutikira, ndipo ngakhale Kensi anagwedezeka.
  
  Pamene Smith ankagwira ntchito yomaliza, Alicia mwadzidzidzi anakuwa. Gulu lonselo linanjenjemera, mitima yawo idalumphira kukamwa.
  
  Drake anatembenuka kwambiri. "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Njoka! Ndinaona njoka! Anali mwana wapathengo wamkulu wachikasu. "
  
  Smith anakuwa mwaukali kwinaku akukweza rekodiyo ndikuchotsa mosamalitsa gulu lowerengera lomwe lili ndi mawu ake ofiira owala. "Waya uti?"
  
  Iwo anali atatsala ndi masekondi makumi atatu ndi asanu ndi awiri.
  
  March adayandikira pafupi, maso ake akuyang'ana chingwe chopiringizika cha mawaya abuluu, kufunafuna pomwe adakumbukira kuti Alligator akuyatsa chipangizocho.
  
  "Sindikuziwona! Sindinawonepo! "
  
  "Ndizo zonse," Drake adamuponyera pambali. "Ndikutulutsa mawaya onse!"
  
  "Ayi," Dahl adatera pafupi ndi iye. "Mukachita izi, bomba liphulika."
  
  "Ndiye titani, Torsten? Tichite chiyani?"
  
  Makumi ndi anayi mphambu zisanu ndi zinayi...
  
  
  MUTU 40
  
  
  Kukumbukira kwa Drake kunathamangira kutsogolo. Ramses anamuuza dala kuti Hayden ndiye bomba. Koma kodi gehena anatanthauza chiyani kwenikweni?
  
  Akuyang'ana tsopano, adawona mawaya atatu atakulungidwa. Ndi ndani adayambitsa? Dahl anatulutsa kapepala m'thumba mwake.
  
  "Ma code," adatero. "Tsopano palibe njira ina."
  
  "Muloleni Marsh ayesenso. Ramses anatchulapo mwapadera za Hayden."
  
  "Timagwiritsa ntchito ma code."
  
  "Iwo akhoza kukhala abodza kwambiri! Chiyambi chawo!"
  
  March anali akuyang'ana kale thupi la Hayden. Drake adakwera pamwamba pake ndikukopa chidwi cha Kinimaki. "Mutembenuzireni."
  
  Hayden anathandiza momwe akanathera, minyewa ndi minyewa mosakayikira zinali kukuwa ndi ululu, koma sizinali kupeza mpumulo. Nthawi inali kugunda. Bombalo linali pafupi kutha. Ndipo dziko linadikira.
  
  Marsh adatsamira pansi, kutsatira mawaya ozungulira thupi lake pomwe Drake adakweza mkono umodzi, kenako mwendo, ndikumasula lamba pomwe mawaya awiri adadutsa. Ataona awiri omanga mfundo akudutsanso m'chiuno mwake, adaloza Kinimaka. "Ngati chonchi".
  
  Akuvutika ndi masewera owopsa a Twister, Hayden adawona Marsh akutsata njira ya waya iliyonse kubwerera ku timer.
  
  "Zoonadi," iye anatero, akutsinzinira mwamphamvu, diso limodzi lotsegula, linanso lotseka. "Ndi amene ali kumanja."
  
  Drake anayang'anitsitsa chikwama cha nyukiliyacho. Kensi adalumikizana naye ndi Dahl pansi pafupi ndi iye. "Kuwombera chinthu ichi kumafuna kasinthidwe kapadera ka zigawo ndi makina. Ndi...zofewa kwambiri. Kodi timakhulupiriradi munthu amene wabweretsa zimenezi m"dzikoli panopa?"
  
  Drake anatenga mpweya wozama kwambiri wa moyo wake.
  
  "Palibe kusankha".
  
  Adakoka waya.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMAKUMI NDI CHIMODZI
  
  
  Drake adakoka mwachangu, ndipo waya adang'ambika m'manja mwake, ndikuwulula kumapeto kwa mkuwa. Pamphepete mwa mpeni, aliyense amene analipo anatsamira kutsogolo kuti awone kuŵerengera.
  
  Khumi ndi ziwiri...khumi ndi chimodzi...khumi...
  
  "Akadali ndi zida!" Alicia anali akulira.
  
  Drake adagwa chagada, adadzidzimuka, atagwirabe waya ngati kuti atha kuyatsa moto ndikuwononga bomba. "Izi ... izi ..."
  
  "Tikadakhalabe!" Alicia anali akulira.
  
  Dahl nkhunda, akukankhira Yorkshireman kutali ndi kanjedza pamphumi pake. "Ndikuganiza," iye anatero. "Tikhala ndi mwayi ngati tikhala ndi nthawi tsopano."
  
  Eyiti...
  
  Zoe anayamba kulira. Marsh analira, kupepesa pa cholakwa chirichonse chimene anachita. Hayden ndi Kinimaka adayang'ana gululo likugwira ntchito mosasunthika, akugwedeza manja awo oyera, kuvomereza kuti palibe chimene angachite. Smith adatulutsa mpeni uja ndikumuyang'ana Lauren, ndikutulutsa zala zakunjenjemera kuti amugwire. Yorgi anamira pansi. Drake adayang'ana Alicia, Alicia adamuyang'ana May, osatha kuchotsa maso ake. Bo adayimilira pakati pawo, mawonekedwe ake akumveka pomwe adawona Dahl akugwira ntchito.
  
  A Swede adayika ma code oletsa kuphatikizira. Aliyense wa iwo amalembedwa ndi chizindikiro cha audio. Panangotsala masekondi angapo kuti alembe nambala yomaliza.
  
  Asanu...
  
  Dahl adakanikiza batani la "Lowani" ndikusiya kupuma.
  
  Koma koloko inali ikupitabe.
  
  Atatu awiri chimodzi...
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Pa sekondi yomaliza, Thorsten Dahl sanataye mtima. Iye sanafooke kapena kutembenuka kuti afe. Anali ndi banja loti abwerere - mkazi ndi ana awiri - ndipo palibe chomwe chingamulepheretse kuonetsetsa kuti ali otetezeka usikuuno.
  
  Panali nthawizonse Plan B. Drake anamuphunzitsa izo.
  
  Iye anali wokonzeka.
  
  Madness mode adalowa, misala yowerengeka idamugwira, ndikumupatsa mphamvu kuposa momwe amachitira. Kwa ola lomaliza anali kumvetsera pamene munthu mmodzi kapena wina akupondaponda zida zangwiro, zolondola komanso zopanda zolakwika zomwe zinapanga chikwama cha nyukiliya. Anamva kuti zonse zinali zolondola.
  
  Chabwino, bwanji akanakhala kuti Dahl wamng'ono wamisala. Kodi zimenezo zikanayenda bwanji?
  
  Pamene chiwonetserocho chikuwonetsa chimodzi, Mswedeyo anali atanyamula kale nyundo m'manja mwake. Anachitsitsa ndi mpweya wake womaliza, kuyenda kwake komaliza, akugwedezeka ndi mphamvu zake zonse. Chigonjetso chinagunda pamtima pa bomba la nyukiliya, ndipo ngakhale mphindi yosathayo adawona kuwopsa kwa Drake, mgwirizano wa Alicia. Ndiyeno sanaonenso kalikonse.
  
  Nthawi inali kugunda
  
  Zero.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMAKUMI NDI PILI
  
  
  Nthawi sinayime kwa aliyense, makamaka osati pa ola lomaliza.
  
  Drake adawona Dahl atatambasulidwa pa bomba, ngati angateteze abwenzi ake ndi dziko lonse lapansi kumoto wowopsa. Anaona zitsulo zopindika, zopindika m"kati mozungulira nyundoyo; kenako adawona chowerengera chowerengera.
  
  Kukhazikika pa zero.
  
  "O, tsoka," iye anatero mokoma mtima kwambiri. "Oh mulungu wanga."
  
  Mmodzi ndi mmodzi, gululo linazindikira. Drake adapumira mpweya wabwino womwe samayembekezera kuti alawenso. Anakwawira kwa Dahl ndikumenya Swede pamsana wake waukulu. "Mnyamata wabwino," adatero. "Imenyeni ndi nyundo yaikulu. Chifukwa chiyani sindinaganize choncho?"
  
  "Pokhala munthu waku Yorkshire," Dahl adalankhula mkati mwa bomba. "Nanenso ndinadabwa."
  
  Drake adamukokera kumbuyo. "Tamverani," iye anatero. "Zinthu izi zakakamira eti? Mwina wosweka mkati. Koma nchiyani chingalepheretse kuyambanso?"
  
  "Ife," linatero liwu lakumbuyo.
  
  Drake adachewuka ndipo adawona gulu la NEST ndi bomba likuyandikira iwo ali ndi zikwama komanso ma laputopu otsegula m'manja mwawo. "Anthu inu mwachedwa," iye anadzuma.
  
  "Eya bwana. Nthawi zambiri zimakhala choncho."
  
  Kinimaka, Yorgi ndi Lauren adayamba kumasula Hayden kuchokera pa intaneti yodabwitsa yomwe adagawana ndi Zoe Shears ndi Julian Marsh. Pythias awiriwa adaphimbidwa momwe angathere, koma sanawonekere kuti adakhumudwa kwambiri ndi maliseche awo.
  
  "Ndinathandiza," Marsh anabwereza bwerezabwereza. "Osaiwala kuwauza kuti ndawathandiza."
  
  Hayden adadzipeza atagwada, akugwedeza chiwalo chilichonse kuti ayambenso kuyenda bwino ndikusisita madera omwe ululu wammfundo udawunjikana. Kinimaka adampatsa jekete lake, lomwe adalandira mothokoza.
  
  Alicia anamugwira Drake pamapewa uku misozi ikutuluka mmaso mwake. "Ndife amoyo!" - iye anakuwa.
  
  Ndiyeno iye anamukokera iye pafupi, kupeza milomo yake ndi milomo yake, kumpsompsona iye mwamphamvu monga iye akanathera. Poyamba Drake adachoka, koma adazindikira kuti ali komwe amafuna kukhala. Anamupsyopsyona kumbuyo. Lilime lake lidatuluka ndikumupeza, ndipo kusamvana kwawo kudachepa.
  
  "Apa ndipamene takhala tikupita kwa nthawi yayitali," adatero Smith. Pepani, Mayi."
  
  "O bambo, ndamusowa mkazi wanga," adatero Dahl.
  
  Bo ankamuyang'anitsitsa, nkhope yake inali ngati mwala ngati mwala koma wosawerengeka.
  
  Mai adatulutsa kumwetulira kofooka. "Maudindowo akasinthidwa, Alicia akadakhala akudandaula kuti alowe nawo."
  
  "Osachita manyazi". Alicia anamuchosa Drake uku akuseka kukhosi. "Sindinayambe ndapsompsonapo katswiri wa kanema."
  
  Smith adachita manyazi potchula nthawi zakale. "Ah, tsopano ndazindikira kuti May si Maggie Q wamkulu. Pepani ".
  
  "Ndili bwino kuposa Maggie Q," Mai anamwetulira.
  
  Smith anagwedezeka, miyendo yake inagwedezeka. Lauren anatambasula dzanja lake kuti amuthandize.
  
  Alicia anatsamira mutu wake pambali. "O, dikirani, ndapsompsona katswiri wa kanema. Mtundu wina wa Jack. Kapena linali dzina la skrini yake? O, awiri kwenikweni. Kapena atatu ... "
  
  Kensi anasamuka pakati pawo. "Kupsopsona kwabwino," iye anatero. "Simunandipsompsonepo chonchi."
  
  "Ndi chifukwa choti ndiwe wachinyamata."
  
  "Oh zikomo".
  
  "Dikirani," adatero Drake. "Kodi mwapsompsona Kensi? Liti?"
  
  "Ndi nkhani yakale," adatero Alicia. "Sindikukumbukirabe."
  
  Anayesetsa kukopa chidwi chake chonse ndi maso ake. "Ndiye kunali kupsopsonana kwa 'chisangalalo tili moyo'? Kapena chinanso?
  
  "Mukuganiza chiyani?" Alicia adawoneka wosamala.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndikufuna kuti uchitenso."
  
  "CHABWINO..."
  
  "Kenako".
  
  "Ndithudi. Chifukwa tili ndi ntchito yoti tigwire. "
  
  Drake tsopano adayang'ana Hayden, mtsogoleri wa gulu lawo. "Ramses ndi Alligator akadali kunja," adatero. "Sitingathe kuwalola kuthawa."
  
  "Am, pepani?" - adatero mmodzi mwa anyamata a timu ya sapper.
  
  Hayden adayang'ana Marsh ndi Shears. "Awiri inu mukhoza kupeza mfundo zina ngati muli zambiri."
  
  "Ramses sanalankhule nane," adatero Shears. Ndipo Alligator anali munthu wamisala wamkulu yemwe sindinakumanepo naye. Ndikanadziwa kumene iwo anali."
  
  Drake adamuyang'ana. "Mbuluyo inali wamisala wamkulu-"
  
  "Ndine wachisoni. Abale?" Mtsogoleri wa NEST anatero.
  
  Maso a March adawala. "Ramses ndi cholakwika," adatero. "Ndikadayenera kupondapo nditapeza mpata. Ndalama zonsezi zatha. Mphamvu, kutchuka - zinasowa. Kodi nditani?"
  
  "Ndikhulupirira kuti ndikawolera kundende," adatero Smith. "M'gulu la wakupha."
  
  "Tamverani! - anthu adafuula kuchokera ku NEST.
  
  Hayden adawayang'ana, kenako adayang'ana Dahl. Drake anayang'ana pa phewa la Alicia. Mtsogoleri wa Team NEST anali pa mapazi ake ndipo nkhope yake inali yotuwa, mtundu wamantha kwambiri.
  
  "Bomba ili ndilopanda ntchito."
  
  "Chani?"
  
  "Palibe zophulitsira magetsi. Magalasi adasweka, ndikuganiza kuti mwina chifukwa chomenyedwa ndi nyundo. Koma uranium? Ngakhale titha kupeza zomwe zimatiuza kuti zidalipo kale, zasowa. "
  
  "Ayi". Drake anamva minyewa yake ikunjenjemera. "Ayi, simungandiuze izi. Mukunena kuti bomba linali labodza?"
  
  "Ayi," adatero mtsogoleriyo, akugogoda pa laputopu yake. "Ndikukuuzani kuti si bomba limenelo. Idazimitsidwa pochotsa mbali zonse zomwe zimagwira ntchito. Kotero, izi ndi zabodza. Mwamuna ameneyu-Ramses-mwina ali ndi weniweni."
  
  Timuyi sinazengereze kwa mphindi imodzi.
  
  Hayden adatenga foni ndikuyimba nambala ya Moore. Drake adafuula kuti ayimbire ma helikopita.
  
  "Tikufuna zingati?"
  
  "Dzadzani mlengalenga moyipa," adatero.
  
  Mosadandaula, ananyamula matupi awo omwe ankawawawa n"kumayenda mofulumira n"kulowera kuchitseko. Hayden adalankhula mwachangu uku akuthamanga, osawonetsa zotsatirapo zamankhwala ake. Izi zinali zotsatira zamaganizo zomwe zinali ndi mphamvu zomupweteketsa mpaka kalekale.
  
  "Moore, bomba ku Central Park ndi zabodza. Kutsukidwa, kutsekedwa. Tikuganiza kuti ma innards ndi ma detonators adachotsedwa ndikulowetsedwa mu chipangizo china."
  
  Drake anamva Moore akuusa moyo kuchokera mamita atatu.
  
  "Ndipo tinkaganiza kuti zoopsazo zatha."
  
  "Ili linali dongosolo la Ramses kuyambira pachiyambi." Hayden adang'amba chitseko chakunja kumahinji ake popanda kusweka. "Tsopano amaphulika m"nthawi yake n"kuthawa. Kodi pali ma helikoputala omwe akuuluka kuchokera ku New York?"
  
  "Asilikali. Apolisi. Opaleshoni yapadera, ndikuganiza. "
  
  "Yamba ndi ichi. Ali ndi dongosolo, Moore, ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti Alligator ndi commando wakale. Kodi makamera a CCTV amawoneka bwanji?"
  
  "Tisonkhanitsa nkhope iliyonse, chithunzi chilichonse. Takhala pamphepete kwa maola ambiri. Ramse akadzathamanga m"mudzi, tidzam"gwira.
  
  Drake adalumpha chidebe cha zinyalala, Dahl anali pafupi naye. Ma helicopters anagunda pamwamba, awiri a iwo anatera pamsewu pakhomo la zoo. Akuyang'ana mmwamba, Drake adawona kumbuyo kwa ma rotor ozungulira a nyumba zamaofesi, pomwe pakati pa zoyera zoyera nkhope zambiri zidakanikiza mazenera. Malo ochezera a pa Intaneti akuphulika lero, ndipo ngati zipitirira, zotsatira zake zidzakhala ziro. Zoona zake n"zakuti zinalepheretsa khama lawo.
  
  Hayden adathamangira ku helikopita yomwe inali pafupi, kuima kunja kwa malo osambitsira ma rotor. "Nthawi ino," adatero Moore. "Ramses sadzadzionetsera. Zonse zinali zosokoneza kumuthandiza kuti apulumuke. Ndi za mbiri yake - Crown Prince of Terror apezanso mbiri yake ndikupanga mbiri. Akubweretsa zida zanyukiliya ku New York, kuziphulitsa, ndi kuthawa popanda chilango. Mukamusiya apite tsopano, Moore, simudzamuwonanso. Ndipo masewera atha. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa zimenezo, Agent Jay. Ndikudziwa".
  
  Drake anagwedezeka paphewa la Hayden, akumvetsera, pamene ena onse a gulu anagwedezeka mokwiya pafupi. Dahl adaphunzira malo ozungulira, akusankha malo abwino kwambiri obisalira, ndiyeno adayang'ana aliyense ndi magalasi ake akumunda. Zodabwitsa, koma zinamupangitsa kukhala wotanganidwa. Drake anamugwadira.
  
  "Kodi lelo lili kuti?"
  
  "Anazisiya m'mbuyo." Dahl kwenikweni ankawoneka wosasangalala. "Ndi chida chabwino kwambiri."
  
  Kensi analowererapo. "Ndinamukumbutsa kuti ndinalibebe chida chimene ndimakonda. Ngati apeza nyundo, ndiyenera kutenga katana. "
  
  Drake adawona waku Sweden. "Zikumveka ngati mgwirizano."
  
  "Oo, siyani kumupatsa chifukwa. Ndikapeza kuti katana kuno?"
  
  Liwu linati, "Sali kutali ndi Staten Island, Hayden."
  
  Mutu wa Drake unatembenuka mwachangu kwambiri mpaka adanjenjemera. "Chinali chiyani?"
  
  Hayden adapempha Moore kuti abwerezenso ndipo adatembenukira ku gululo. "Tili ndi chandamale, anyamata. Munthu wamba adayitana, monga momwe Moore adaneneratu, ndikutsimikizira ndi kamera. Yendani matako anu!"
  
  Gululo litagwetsa mitu yawo pansi, linathamangira m"mphepete mwa msewu n"kudutsa mumsewu woonekera bwino, wotchingidwa ndi mipiringidzo, ndipo linalumpha pazitseko zotseguka za helikopitayo n"kudzimanga pamipando. Mbalame ziwirizi zimapita kumlengalenga, ma rotors amadula masamba a mitengo yapafupi ndikumwaza zinyalala mumsewu. Drake anatulutsa mfuti ndi mfuti, gulu lankhondo ndi mfuti yodabwitsa, kuyang'ana kuti zonse zikuyenda bwino komanso kukonzekera bwino. Dahl adayang'ana zomwe ananena.
  
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anakonza denga la nyumbayo ndipo kenako anakhotera chakum"mwera, akumawonjezera liwiro. Alicia adayang'ana zida zake zomwe adatenga ku legionnaire ndikusunga yekha. Kinimaka adayang'ana Hayden, zomwe adayesa kunyalanyaza, akulandirabe zambiri kuchokera kwa Moore ndi othandizira ake. Beau adakhala chete, adadziphatika pakona monga momwe adakhalira kuyambira pomwe Drake ndi Alicia adapsompsona. Kumbali yake, Mai anakhala mwakachetechete, mawonekedwe ake achijapani osafikirika, akuyang'ana kwambiri pa cholinga chake. Ena onse a timuyi adayang'ana zonse, aliyense kupatula Kenzie, yemwe adadandaula za kukwera kwa helikopita, mphepo yamkuntho, fungo la thukuta, komanso kuti adayiwonapo timu ya SPEAR.
  
  "Palibe amene adakufunsani kuti mukhale nafe," adatero Alicia mwakachetechete.
  
  "Kodi chinanso ndikanatani? Kuthawa ngati mbewa ya tchalitchi?"
  
  "Ndiye uku ndikuwonetsa kuti ndiwe wolimba mtima?"
  
  Maso a Kenzi adanyezimira. "Sindikufuna kuwona Armagedo. Nanunso?"
  
  "Ndaziwona kale izi. Ben Affleck ndiwodabwitsa wogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, ndipo Bruce Willis ndiwodabwitsa kwambiri kuposa asteroid yowopsa. Koma dala, mukuyesera kutiuza kuti muli ndi mtima?
  
  Kensi anayang"ana pawindo.
  
  "Wakuba zinthu zakale zokumbidwa pansi ali ndi mtima. Ndani akanadziwa?
  
  "Ndikungoyesa kubwerera ku bizinesi yanga ku Middle East. Mmodzi. Kukuthandizani opusa kudzakuthandizani kwambiri kukwaniritsa izi. Tembenuzani moyo wanu. "
  
  Helikopita idawulukira padenga la Manhattan pomwe Hayden adadziwitsidwa kuti Ramses ndi Gator anali asanachoke pachilumbachi, popeza adawonedwa pafupi ndi Staten Island Ferry.
  
  "Zidutswa zomwe zimatayika pakumasulira zitha kutipha tonse," adatero Hayden, ndipo Drake adavomereza kuti zinali zowona. Kuyambira mkangano waung'ono kwambiri m'bwalo la sukulu mpaka nkhondo yapakati pa apurezidenti ndi nduna zazikulu, kusiyana kunali kulikonse.
  
  Malo omwe ankapitawo anayandikira kwambiri pamene nyumba zinkadutsa. Woyendetsa ndegeyo ankadumphadumpha pakati pa nyumba zosanjikizana ziwiri kuti azithamanga kwambiri polowera kumene akufuna. Drake adadzinyamula yekha ndi cholinga choyipa. Kutsogoloku kunali madzi otuwa otuwa. Pansipa iwo ankatha kuona gulu la ma helikoputala otera, onse akumenyera udindo.
  
  "Ngati chonchi!" Hayden anali kulira.
  
  Koma woyendetsa ndegeyo anali atatsika kale kwambiri, zomwe zinachititsa kuti helikoputala ivutike kuti ifike pamalo apamwamba kutsogolo kwa miphika yamaluwa ndi poyimitsa basi. Drake adamva kuti m'mimba mwake m'kamwa mwake. Hayden anakuwa m'chipinda chake.
  
  "Zowona kuti terminal yatsekedwa," adatero. "Ngati Ramses ali pano, akuyembekeza kukwaniritsa chiyani?"
  
  "Pakhale mpanda kumbuyo kwanu ndi mzere wa magalimoto oyimitsidwa pansi pamitengo. Apolisi ali ndi mkazi kumeneko yemwe anali munthu womaliza kumuwona. "
  
  "Zabwino. Ndiye ife-"
  
  "Dikirani!" Alicia m'makutu adamva phokoso pamaso pa wina aliyense. "Ndikumva kuwombera."
  
  "Pita."
  
  Atatuluka mgalimotomo, gululo linalunjika ku terminal, kuthamanga motsatira nyumbayo. Drake adawona kuti mozungulira khomo lalikulu la khomo lolowera, kanjira kakang'ono konkire kolowera kolowera. Mfutizo zinachokera kumeneko, zikuwomberedwa pamalo otseguka, osatsekeka, ngati kuti ndi makoma.
  
  "Kumbuyo uko," iye anatero. "Zikuchokera ku slipway."
  
  Ma helikopita anadzaza kumwamba kumbuyo kwawo. Munjira yawo munali thupi lobuula la wapolisi, koma iye adagwedeza dzanja lake kuti apite patsogolo, osawonetsa kuti avulala. Kuwombera kwina kunamveka mumlengalenga. Gululo linatenga zida zawo, ndikuthamangira limodzi ndikufufuza malo omwe anali kutsogolo. Wapolisi wina anagwada patsogolo pawo, atagwira dzanja lake.
  
  "Zili bwino," iye anatero. "Pitani. Chilonda chokha m'thupi. Tikufuna inu anyamata. Iwo ... akuchoka. "
  
  "Osati lero," adatero Hayden ndikudutsa.
  
  Drake adawona kutha kwa malo otsetsereka komanso zolozera kumanzere kwake - misewu yonse ya konkriti yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito pamabwato. Mafunde anagwera pansi pawo. "Mwamva zimenezo?" Adatelo uku kuwomberana kunayambanso. "Ramses adapeza gulu lodzidzimutsa."
  
  Lauren yekha ndiye adapukusa mutu. "Ndani mwa iwo?"
  
  "Zozungulira zambiri pamphindi kuposa AK. Chotsani kuchokera mazana asanu ndi limodzi mpaka mazana asanu ndi atatu kuzungulira. Migolo yosinthika ikatentha kwambiri. Osati zolondola kwenikweni, koma zowopsa kwambiri. "
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwana wamba asungunuka m'manja mwake," adatero Alicia.
  
  Gulu la apolisi linagwada kutsogolo, nthawi zonse likuyenda kubisala pamene SAW ikulavula zipolopolo zake. Mzere wa zipolopolo unadutsa pamwamba pake. Apolisi awiri adabwezanso kuwombera, akulunjika kumapeto kwenikweni kwa khwalala lomwe adakokera sitimayo.
  
  "Osandiwuza ..." Dahl adatero.
  
  "Tikuganiza kuti akukwera boti komweko ndi imodzi mwa matikiti okonza," adatero m'modzi mwa apolisi. "Anyamata awiri. Wina ankatilondolera, winayo n"kuyamba ngalawa."
  
  "Sangathawe choncho," anatero Hayden motsutsa. "Ndi ... ndi ... masewera atha." Maso ake ananyezimira ndi mantha.
  
  "Kwa iye," adatero Alicia.
  
  "Ayi, ayi," Hayden adanong'oneza. "Kwa ife. Ife talakwitsa zonse. Ramses amapita kunja ndi kuphulika. Ndikusindikiza cholowa chake. Anyamata, aphulitsa bomba la nyukiliyali. "
  
  "Liti?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa. Kuganiza bwino? Akupita ku Chilumba cha Liberty ndi fanolo, ndipo aziyika pa TV. O Mulungu, Mulungu, talingalirani-" iye anatsamwitsidwa. "Sindingathe ... sindingathe ..."
  
  Kinimaka adamugwedeza kuti aimirire, nkuluyo ikulira ndi cholinga. "Sitingalole izi kuchitika. Tiyenera kuchita chinachake. Tsopano."
  
  Ndipo Drake adawona kuwala kwa SAW pafupi ndi mapazi makumi asanu, kuwonongeka kwa kuwombera kwake, chinthu chokhacho chomwe chidayima pakati pawo ndi Ramses, ndi bomba la nyukiliya.
  
  "Ndani akufuna kukhala ndi moyo kosatha, sichoncho?"
  
  "Ayi," Alicia anatero mwakachetechete. "Zimakhala zotopetsa ngati gehena."
  
  Ndipo Dahl adayang'ana gululi komaliza. "Ndidzatsogolera."
  
  Mu gawo lomaliza lachiwiri lija, ngwazi za New York zidakonzekera; gulu la SPEARERS, kenako wapolisi ndi wothandizira aliyense yemwe ali m'makutu. Aliyense anaimirira, kuyang'anizana ndi chida cholavulira, ndipo anapanga chisankho chomaliza cha moyo wake.
  
  Dahl anayamba. "Attack!"
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI ATATU
  
  
  Drake adathamanga pakati pa abwenzi ake, komwe adafuna kukhala, akukweza mfuti yake ndikuwombera mwamphamvu. Zipolopolo zimawombera pamfuti iliyonse pa liwiro la mamita zikwi ziwiri ndi mazana asanu pa sekondi imodzi, kuphulika kochuluka komwe kumamveka m'matangadza. Mawindo anasweka pachombo chonsecho.
  
  Pakadutsa mphindi zochepa, amadula kusiyana pakati, kupitiriza kuwotcha kwambiri. Wogwiritsa ntchito SAW nthawi yomweyo adasintha zosintha zake, akudabwa ndi nkhanza zachiwembucho. Sikuti anasiya kuwombera; zipolopolo zake zidatsata njira m'matangadza ndikupita kunyanja momwe amabwerera m'mbuyo. Drake adabweretsa mawonekedwe a telescopic m'maso mwake, adayika chala chake pachiwopsezo ndikupanga mawonekedwe amunthu yemwe adagwira SAW.
  
  "Iyi ndi Chingwe," Hayden adatero polankhula ndi wolankhulayo. "Usaphonye."
  
  SAW anatembenuka, akubwerera kwa iwo, akulavulirabe mtovu. Drake ankaganiza kuti kegyo iyenera kukhala yotentha kwambiri kotero kuti isungunuka, koma osati mofulumira. Chipolopolo chinagunda wapolisi uja atavala chovala chotsekereza zipolopolo, ndipo china chinathyola dzanja la mnzakeyo. Panthawiyi, mitima yawo inali yokonzeka kudumpha kuchokera m'zifuwa zawo, koma sanaleke kuukira kapena kuchepetsa kuwomberako. Msana wa ngalawayo unali utagwa, utasweka, nsana wake unang"ambika kwambiri moti unali ngati kapu ya tchizi. Ng'ombeyo inagwedeza SAW mwamphamvu, kuyesa kubwezera. Zipolopolo zinapyoza danga pamwamba pa mitu yawo.
  
  Phokoso losamveka bwino la injini ya botilo linasanduka kubangula kwapang'onopang'ono, ndipo izi zinasintha chilichonse. Ng'ombeyo inalumphira m'bwalo, ikupitiriza kuwombera mwankhanza. Madzi anayamba kusefukira kumbuyo, ndipo ngalawayo inapendekera kutsogolo. Drake adawona kuti akadali mapazi makumi awiri kuchokera kumbuyo, adamuwona akutembenukira kumanzere ndi kumbali, ndipo adadziwa kuti sadzafika nthawi yake.
  
  Akulira akugwa, anagwa m"mbali mwake, n"kuima mwadzidzidzi. Dahl adagwa pafupi. Hayden adagubuduzika, zonsezi zidapangitsa kuti cholinga cha Chingwecho chikhale chovuta kwambiri, koma bamboyo adawoneka kuti alibe nazo ntchito. Chithunzi chake chinkawoneka akubwerera, akulowera mkati mwa boti.
  
  Drake adasainira Hayden, ndipo Hayden adayitana ma helikopita.
  
  Mbalame zakuda zija zinathamangira ku slipway, zinatsika mwamphamvu ndikuwunikidwa mamita atatu pamwamba pa nthaka pamene ogwira ntchito a SPEAR akukwera. Pamene apolisi ndi othandizira adalonjera, mgwirizano watsopano udapangidwa womwe sudzathyoledwa, adabwezera moni momwe angathere, kenako ma helikoputala adanyamuka kupita mlengalenga. Oyendetsa ndegewo anakankhira magalimotowo mpaka kufika polekezera, kuthamangitsa bwato lomwe linali litayaka moto ndipo posakhalitsa anatsirizika. Zinali zowoneka bwino zomwe Drake sakanaziganizira: mbalame zikulendewera ngati zilombo zakuda zakufa mumlengalenga ku New York, malo otchuka akumwamba ngati chakumbuyo, zikukonzekera kunyamuka pachombo cha Staten Island.
  
  "Amenyeni mwamphamvu," Hayden anatero muwailesi ya helikopita. "Ndipo mofulumira".
  
  Akutsika, ma helikoputala awiri anathamangira kumbuyo kwa botilo. Nthawi yomweyo, Alligator wosakhazikikayo adatulutsa mutu wake pawindo lakumbali ndikuwombera volley yokwiya. Kuphulika kwake kwachitatu kunagwera pakhungu lakunja la ma helikoputala, ndikulowa m'malo ena ndikugunda kwina. Ndege za helikopita zinagwa kuchokera kumwamba ngati miyala. Dahl adathyola chitseko ndikubwezera moto, zipolopolozo zidaphonya mopanda chiyembekezo.
  
  Drake anadandaula motero. "Simagunda cholinga choyenera."
  
  "Bwererani". Dahl anasiya kuyesa kumenya Mbalamezi ndikudzilimbitsa kuti athane ndi nkhonya yomwe ikubwera.
  
  Patadutsa masekondi atatu zidachitika, kungoti sikunali nkhonya, koma kungoyima modzidzimutsa. Helikopita yoyamba idakwera pamwamba pa bwato, pomwe yachiwiri idakwera pafupi ndi doko, mamembala otsala a gulu la SPIR adakwera. Iwo ananyamuka mofulumira, nsapato zikuwomba padengapo ndi kusonkhana m"magulu. Kenako ma helicopters aja ananyamuka n'kulumikizana ndi anzawo mumlengalenga omwe ankatsatira botilo.
  
  Hayden adadzipeza maso ndi maso ndi gululo kwa masekondi angapo. "Ife tikudziwa kumene iye ali. Chipinda cha injini. Tiyeni tithe izi tsopano."
  
  Iwo anathamanga, adrenaline ikukoka mopitirira muyeso, ndiyeno Alligator anasintha momveka bwino machenjerero pa sitimayo pansipa.
  
  RPG inalimba mluzu mumlengalenga, ndikugundana ndi helikopita ndikuphulika. Mbalameyo inalephera kuugwira mtima, zitsulo zinamwazikana mbali zonse, moto unayaka chibowo chakudacho, ndipo chinagwera m"sitima yapamtunda ya ngalawayo.
  
  Ku lamulo la "kuthamanga SPEAR".
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMAKUMI NDI INE
  
  
  Drake anamva kusintha kwa phokoso la injini ya helicopter ija ndipo anadziwa osayang'ana kuti galimotoyo ikuthamangira kwa iwo. Ngati izo sizinali zokwanira, kutalika, mthunzi wolusa womwe ukufalikira pa sitimayo unali pa chandamale.
  
  Thamanga kapena kufa.
  
  Anamenyetsa phewa lake pachitseko chakunja, ndikung'amba chimango chonsecho ndikugwera m'malo opitilira. Matupi anathamangira pambuyo pake, akugudubuza, kutambasula, kukwera ndi kukankha. Helicoptersyo inatera kwambiri, ma rotor anachoka, ndipo thupi lachitsulo linaphwanyidwa. Chilichonse kuyambira mapanga mpaka mikondo yotalika mkono imadula mlengalenga, ndikuduladula. Chombocho chinagwedezeka ndikubuula, madzi adachita thovu kumanzere ndi kumanja.
  
  Chiwombankhangacho chinawombera ma helikoputala ena, omwe nthawi yomweyo anachitapo kanthu, mwamwayi kuwaletsa kugundana. Mitsinje yamoto inanyambita pamwamba pake, kuchititsa moto watsopano, kupsa ndi penti ndi mizati yazitsulo, ndi kusungunula utotowo. Rotor idapindika pomwe imagunda pamtengo kumanja kwa Drake, ndikudumphira pansi ndikuthamanga kwake kudayima mwadzidzidzi. Zipolopolo zina zowuluka zinaphwanya mazenera ndi kuboola chimango, ndipo nsonga imodzi yowopsa inadutsa m"mbali mwa ngalawayo n"kupita kunyanja. Drake anamva kukhudza kwamoto pamene kutentha kumadutsa mwa iye, anayang'ana pansi pa phewa lake ndipo adawona gulu lonse likugona, ngakhale Smith atagona pamwamba pa Lauren. Kuphulikako kudadutsa ndipo adayang'ana zipolowezo kenako Chingwe chinatenga zinthu mpaka kufika pamlingo wamisala.
  
  Misala.
  
  RPG yotsatira idadutsa m'botilo, ndikusiya chowombera mizinga ndikuphwanya masitepe pomwe ikuwuluka. Kuphulika kunamveka pamene chipolopolo chinang'ambika pamwamba pa sitimayo, ndikutumiza moto wambiri ndi zinyalala zakupha. Drake adabuula pomwe ziboda zidamubaya m'mutu ndi phewa, kumasuka kuti ululuwo udamuwonetsa kuti akadali moyo. Atatenga kamphindi kuti apume, adayang'ana malo atsopano omwe ali kutsogolo.
  
  M"sitimayo munali bowo lophwanyika. Panali milu ya nkhuni paliponse. Utsi ndi moto zinkadutsa m'sitima yapakati yomwe idatsekedwa kale.
  
  "Njira ndi yoyera," iye anatero.
  
  "Kwa inu nokha!" Lauren anatsala pang'ono kukuwa.
  
  "Ndiye khalani," Kenzi analavulira, kukoka phewa la Dahl. "Uli bwino, Thorst?"
  
  "Inde, inde, ndili bwino. Ndiloleni ndipite".
  
  Drake adayenda pang'onopang'ono, mochenjera kwambiri kuposa momwe amakumbukira m'moyo wake wonse. Gulu lomwe linali kumbuyo kwake linasonkhana pamodzi, likudziwa kumene ankapita. Panthawi yomaliza, monga amayembekezera, Dal adawonekera paphewa pake.
  
  "Kodi tikuchita izi, wokondedwa?"
  
  "Tikunena zoona."
  
  Ndipo adalumpha pansi kudzera mu dzenje latsopano, mapazi poyamba ndi maso kufunafuna adani. Iwo anagwa mwamphamvu m"sitima yapansi, kugudubuzika, osakhudzidwa, ndipo ananyamuka ataphunzitsidwa mfuti zawo.
  
  "Palibe!" Drake anali kulira.
  
  Nsapato zawo zidagunda kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  Kensi anafika pomalizira, ndipo Drake anaona, choyamba, kuti wavula jekete lake lolemera lamkati ndipo, chachiwiri, analikulunga m'munsi mwa gawo logawanika la mapazi atatu la rotor ya helikopita. Nkhope yake inali yonyada pamene adatembenukira kwa Mswede.
  
  "Tsopano," iye anati, "Ine ndiri ndi chida changa."
  
  "Milungu itithandize."
  
  Anathamangira m'ngalawamo ngati mmodzi, akutenga Ramses ndi Gator pankhondo. Botilo linkathamanga kwambiri nthawi iliyonse yomwe inkadutsa. Chilumba cha Liberty chinakulanso, chikumakulirakulirabe m"chizimezime.
  
  "Kodi wamisala sakumvetsa kuti safika pachifanizocho?" Kinimaka ankapumira kwambiri.
  
  "Osanena zimenezo," Hayden adayankha. "Osanena zimenezo."
  
  "Eya, ndamva."
  
  "Sadzamiza chombo ichi," Dahl adawatsimikizira. "Gwaloli silozama mokwanira kuti litenge ... chabwino, mukudziwa chiyani."
  
  Pamsinjiro wotsatira adapeza nyama zawo. Mbalameyi inkalondera chitseko pamene Ramses ankayendetsa boti. Mogwirizana ndi malingaliro ake omwe adakhazikitsidwa kale amisala, wopanga bomba watulutsa RPG yomwe wakonzekera mphindi ngati imeneyo. Drake sakanachitira mwina koma kudzuma ndikukuwa kuti aliyense abisale, ndiyeno mzingawo unadutsa pakati pa boti pamwamba pamutu, ndikusiya utsi utsi, womwe ukuyendetsedwa ndi kuseka kwamatsenga kwa Alligator.
  
  "Kodi mumakonda kwambiri? Mwachipeza icho? Tikufa kale!"
  
  Drake anayang'ana mmwamba kuti apeze Alligator pafupifupi pamwamba pake, akuthamangira roketi, atanyamula roketi yake. Roketiyo idawuluka m'chombocho ndikutuluka chakumbuyo, ndikuphulika mumlengalenga. Mbalameyi inagwedeza roketi pamutu pa Drake.
  
  The Yorkshireman adachita duwa pomwe Ramesses adatembenuka, dzanja lake lidagona pachiwongolero.
  
  "Mwachedwa kale," iye anatero.
  
  Drake anamenya Alligator m'mimba, koma adalumphira kumbuyo, akugwedezabe chida chake chachikulu. Kunena zowona, zidachedwetsa gululo mphindi yowonjezera. Palibe amene ankafuna kugundidwa ndi ndodo ya nyama yoteroyo, koma munali malo ambiri mkati mwa boti, zomwe zinapatsa Dahl ndi ena mphamvu zambiri. Mbalame ija inachita kulira n"kutembenuka, kenaka inathamangira molunjika kwa Ramses, kalonga wachigawenga uja, yemwe anali atanyamula mfuti ya semi-automatic. Drake adawona chikwama chomangidwa kumbuyo kwa Alligator.
  
  "Mukuchedwetsa zomwe sizingalephereke," adatero Ramses.
  
  Ndi dzanja limodzi kupopera nthunzi kuchokera mkati, ndi lina anasintha njira pang'ono, kulinga ku Liberty Island.
  
  Kodi munayamba mwada nkhawapo kuti muzikhala bwanji? Adatelo Drake ali kuseri kwa kauntala. "Bazar? Kutseka? Ndondomeko yothawirako? Kodi zonsezo zinali chiyani?"
  
  "Aa, bazaar inali chabe - ndingayike bwanji - kugulitsa kotengako? Kuchotsa zinthu zanga zonse zapadziko lapansi. Nyumbayi ndi kutsanzikana ndipo zikutanthauza mapeto. Pambuyo pake, munanditengera ku New York. Ndipo dongosolo lothawa ndilo, inde, ndizovuta pang'ono, ndikuvomereza zimenezo. Koma mukuona tsopano? Mwachedwa kale. Nthawi ikupita."
  
  Drake sanadziwe zomwe Ramses amatanthauza, koma tanthauzo lake linali lomveka. Atatuluka pachivundikirocho, anasambitsa zipolopolo m"nyumba yamagudumu n"kuwathamangira, gulu lake lili pafupi. Palibenso kuyankhula; awa anali mathero ake. Ramses anadzandima kumbuyo, magazi akutuluka paphewa ngati kasupe. Ng'ombeyo inakuwa pamene zipolopolozo zinkalowa m'thupi mwake. Galasiyo inaphimba zigawenga zonse ziwiri ndi splashes.
  
  Drake adathyola chitseko kenako adatsetsereka, akutsika pa chimango ndikudumphira kuyima, kutemberera mwayi wake. Dahl adalumphira pa iye, Kenzi anali pafupi naye. Awiriwo analowa m"nyumba ya magudumu n"kukweza zida zawo kuti aphe. Ramse anakomana nawo ndi mphamvu zonse za misala ya mapazi asanu ndi awiri, akuseka ngati galu wakuthengo; iye anathamangira mkati ndipo anayesa kuwabalalitsa iwo mozungulira.
  
  Dahl sanalole chilichonse mwa izi, kukana mphamvu yankhanza ndikumenya nkhonya zonse. Kensi anavina mozungulira onse awiri, akugunda m'mbali mwa Ramses ngati nkhandwe yoopsa. Kalonga wopambanitsa anamenya Swede. Mphepete mwa mapewa idapangitsa Dahl kunjenjemera. Manja amphamvu modabwitsa adagwira Swedi pakhosi ndikuyamba kufinya. Atakweza manja ake, Dahl anamasula chogwira chake chapakati kenako anatenga mmodzi yekha; amuna onse awiri anagwedezeka ndi kufinyitsana mpaka sanathe kupuma. Ramses adatembenuza Dahl ndikumugwetseranso kukhoma, koma zomwe Swede adachita zinali kumwetulira kwakukulu.
  
  Kensi analumphira m'mwamba, ndikukweza chigongono chake, chomwe adachitsitsa mwamphamvu, ndikulunjika pabala lachipolopolo chotuluka magazi cha Ramses. Sanayembekezere kuti nkhonya imodzi ithetsa ndewu yoteroyo, iye kenaka anambaya pakhosi mwamunayo ngakhale pamene iye anali kukuwa, kuchititsa maso ake kutukula.
  
  Kenako Ramses anazandima, ali magazi, akusanza. Dahl anamusiya kuti apite, akumva mapeto. Maso a zigawengazo anangoyang"ana anthu a ku Sweden, ndipo panalibe zizindikiro zosonyeza kugonja mwa iwo.
  
  "Nditenga mphindi ino ngati mphindi yakupambana," adatero. "Ndipo kuphwanya mtima wa capitalism."
  
  Anatambasula dzanja lake ngati akufuna kugwira Chingwe.
  
  Dahl adawombera. Chipolopolocho chinagunda Ramses m"mimba, n"kumuponyera kumbuyo.
  
  Chingwe chinalumpha n"kugwera pa Ramses.
  
  Kalonga Wachigawenga adatha kugwira chikwama chomwe chidachimanga kumbuyo kwa Alligator yomwe idagwa, dzanja lake lotambasulidwa likugwira waya wowuluka pomwe onse adagwa.
  
  Kenzi anathamangira kutsogolo, akuyang'ana dzanja lomwe linagwira waya ndi chida chokha chomwe anali nacho, chida chabwino kwambiri chomwe anali nacho, katana yaiwisi. Mpeni wake unagunda mwachangu, ndikudula mkono wa Ramses paphewa, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zigawenga ziwonetsere kudabwa kwambiri.
  
  Dzanja linagunda pansi nthawi yomweyo ngati Chingwe, koma zala zinali zikugwirabe kumapeto kwa waya wabuluu.
  
  "Palibe vuto," Ramses anakhosomola. "Unali bwino kundiukira chonchi. Koloko inali ikuyenda. Koma..." Phokoso linamupindika, magazi anatuluka mwamsanga m"mimba mwake, pamkono ndi phewa lakumanzere.
  
  "Izi ... zikuchitika ... tsopano."
  
  
  MUTU 45
  
  
  Drake adakwawa pansi, ndikugubuduza Chingwecho m'mimba mwake pomwe wamisalayo akusekera m'bwalo lamagazi. Dahl adagwa pafupi ndi iye, zowawa, zoopsa komanso zowopsa zidalembedwa pankhope pake. Chingwecho chidamangidwa, koma Drake adachichotsa nthawi yomweyo, ndikumasula chitsulocho kuzinthu zovuta.
  
  Chowerengera chowerengera chinayima patsogolo pawo, manambala ake ofiira owala ngati oopsa komanso owopsa ngati magazi omwe adafalikira pansi pansi pa mawondo awo.
  
  "Mphindi 40," Hayden analankhula choyamba, mawu ake osamveka. "Osasewera nayo, Drake. Chotsani zida izi pompano. "
  
  Drake anali akutembenuza kale bomba, monga nthawi yapitayi. Kinimaka adamupatsa mpeni wotseguka, womwe adaudula pang'onopang'ono, akuyenda mosamalitsa, osamala ndi misampha yambiri yomwe wopanga bomba ngati Gator angatulutse. Pamene ankachotsa chipangizochi kutali ndi chigawenga chamisala chija, adamuyang'ana Alicia.
  
  "Usanenenso," iye anatero, nagwira mwamunayo m"manja ndi kumukokera kutali. Sipakanakhala chifundo kwa wakupha woteroyo.
  
  Ndi dzanja lokhazikika, anachotsa gulu lakutsogolo la bombalo. Kumeneko kunali mawaya abuluu okulungika omwe ankatambasula mochititsa mantha.
  
  "Ili si bomba lopangidwa kunyumba," Dahl adanong'oneza. "Samalani".
  
  Drake anaima kaye kuti ayang'anire mnzakeyo. "Kodi mukufuna kuchita izi?"
  
  "Ndi kukhala ndi udindo woyambitsa? Osati kwenikweni. Ayi."
  
  Drake adaluma milomo yake yakumunsi, akudziwa bwino zonse zomwe zikukhudzidwa. Kuwerengera konyezimira kunali chikumbutso chosalekeza cha kuchepa kwa nthawi yomwe atsala.
  
  Hayden adamuyimbira Moore. Kinimaka adatcha sapper. Winawake wotchedwa NEST. Pamene Drake adayang'ana chipangizocho, mbali zonse zidaganiziridwa ndipo chidziwitso chinatulutsidwa mwamsanga.
  
  "Kokanso mawaya," adatero Dahl.
  
  "Zowopsa kwambiri."
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti palibe sensor yoyenda nthawi ino, kutengera momwe Alligator amayendera."
  
  "Chabwino. Ndipo sitingagwiritsenso ntchito lingaliro lanu la sledgehammer. "
  
  "Chigawo chakugwa?"
  
  "Ndilo vuto. Iwo anali kale kugwiritsa ntchito chinachake chatsopano - kulephera-otetezeka waya. Ndipo wamba uyu ndi weniweni. Ngati nditenga nawo mbali pa izi, zitha kugwira ntchito. "
  
  Nyaliyo inkachita phokoso losamveka kuchokera kuchipinda china pamene Alicia ankagwira ntchito. Sipanatenge nthawi analowetsa mutu wake pachitseko chothyoka. "Akunena kuti bomba liri ndi anti-tamper switch." Iye anagwedezeka. "Koma ndiye ndikuganiza kuti akanachita."
  
  "Palibe nthawi," adatero Dahl. "Palibe nthawi yokwanira ya izi."
  
  Drake anayang'ana pa timer. Iwo anali atatsala kale ndi mphindi makumi atatu ndi zisanu. Anakhala kumbuyo kumapazi. "Damn, sitingaike pachiwopsezo chimenecho. Kodi gulu lophulitsa mabomba lifika liti kuno?"
  
  "Mphindi zisanu zikwanira," adatero Kinimaka pamene ndege za helikoputala zimagunda mabwato kulikonse komwe zingakwanitse. Ena anaima m"mwamba pang"ono pamene opulumutsa analumpha. "Koma bwanji ngati sangathe kumuchotsa?"
  
  "Bwanji tikaponyera mu bay?" Lauren anatero.
  
  "Ndi lingaliro labwino, koma ndi laling'ono kwambiri," Hayden anali atafunsa kale Moore. "Madzi oipitsidwawo akanadzaza mzindawu."
  
  Drake adagwedezeka uku ndi uku, akulingalira zamisala, ndipo adagwira diso la Dahl. A Sweden anali ndi lingaliro lomwelo, iye ankadziwa. Chifukwa cha kuyang'ana kwawo, ankalankhulana mwachindunji komanso mosavuta.
  
  Tikhoza kuchita. Iyi ndi njira yokhayo.
  
  Tikanakhala akhungu. Chotsatira sichidziwika. Mukangoyamba, palibe kubwerera. Tinkayenda ulendo wanjira imodzi.
  
  Ndiye mukuyembekezera chiyani? Nyamukani mayi.
  
  Drake adayankha zovutazo m'maso mwa Dahl ndikuwongoka. Atapuma mozama, anamanga mfuti yake, n"kutenga mfuti zake, n"kutulutsa bomba la nyukiliya m"chikwama chake. Hayden adamuyang'ana ndi maso akuthwa, tsinya lolowa.
  
  "Mukuchita chiyani?"
  
  "Mukudziwa zomwe tikuchita."
  
  "Maulendo otetezeka sangakhale ofanana. Kwa inu, ndikutanthauza. "
  
  "Ndiye iwo sadzachita." Drake anagwedezeka. "Koma tonse tikudziwa kuti pali njira imodzi yokha yopulumutsira mzindawu."
  
  Drake adanyamula bomba la nyukiliya ndipo Dahl adatsogola. Alicia anamuyimitsa kwa mphindi ina yamtengo wapatali.
  
  "Mukuchoka mutapsopsona kamodzi kokha? Musalole kuti uwu ukhale ubale waufupi kwambiri m'moyo wanga. "
  
  "Ndimadabwa kuti mulibe zazifupi."
  
  "Ndikuchotsera dala munthu yemwe ndidaganiza kuti ndimamukonda, yemwe ndidamugonera kenako ndikutopa naye patatha mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu."
  
  "O, chabwino. Tiwonana pang'ono pamenepo."
  
  Alicia adamugwira ndi maso ake okha, thupi lake lonse lili bata. "Bwerani posachedwa".
  
  Hayden adafinya pakati pa Drake ndi Dahl, akuyankhula mwachangu, kutumiza zambiri kuchokera kwa Moore ndikuyang'anira omwe atha kupereka chithandizo choyamba.
  
  "Amati kuchuluka kwa bombali kuli pakati pa makilotoni asanu ndi asanu ndi atatu. Poganizira kuchuluka kwake, kulemera kwake komanso liwiro lomwe lititimire..." Anakhala kaye kaye. "Kuzama kotetezeka ndi mapazi chikwi chimodzi mazana asanu ndi atatu ..."
  
  Drake adamvera, koma adakwera masitepe apafupi kupita kumtunda wapamwamba. "Tikufuna helikopita yothamanga kwambiri yomwe muli nayo," adauza woyendetsa yemwe akubwera. "Palibe zoyipa. Osadandaula. Ingotipatsani makiyi owopsa."
  
  "Siti-"
  
  Hayden adamudula mawu. "Inde, mapazi mazana khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu, kuti athetse ma radiation onsewa, malinga ndi lamulo la NEST. Damn, uyenera kukhala mailosi makumi asanu ndi atatu kumtunda. "
  
  Drake anamva thupi lachitsulo la bombalo likutsetsereka pang'ono kudzera mu thukuta lomwe linali ndi zala zake. "Mumphindi makumi atatu? Izi sizichitika. Uli ndi chiyaninso?
  
  Hayden adasanduka wotumbululuka. "Palibe, Drake. Alibe kalikonse."
  
  "Tsopano nyundo iyi yayamba kuoneka bwino," adatero Dahl.
  
  Drake adawona Alicia akuthamangira kudutsa, akulowera padenga lapamwamba ndikuyang'ana kunyanja. Kodi iye ankafuna chiyani kumeneko, kunjako?
  
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anayandikira, chipangizo cha Bluetooth chikuthwanimira pansi pa chisoti chake. "Tili ndi helikopita yothamanga kwambiri m'gulu lankhondo," adatero. "Bell SuperCobra. Mailosi mazana awiri pa ola ngati mutamukankha.
  
  Drake adatembenukira kwa Hayden. "Kodi izi zigwira ntchito?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza inde". Adachita masamu amisala mmutu mwake. "Dikirani, izi sizingakhale zoona."
  
  Drake adagwira bomba la nyukiliya, manambala ofiira akuwalabe, Dahl pambali pake. "Tiyeni!"
  
  "Makilomita makumi asanu ndi atatu," anatero akuthamanga. "Inde, mukhoza kutero. Koma izi zikungosiyani inu...mphindi zitatu kuti muchotse gehena pamenepo. Simudzathawa malo ophulikawo! "
  
  Drake adayandikira Super Cobra osachedwetsa, akuyang'ana mawonekedwe otuwa otuwa, ma turrets, migolo ya migolo itatu, malo oponya mizinga ndi zowutsira moto wa Hellfire.
  
  "Zakwana," iye anatero.
  
  "Drake," Hayden adamuyimitsa. "Ngakhale mutaponya bomba la nyukiliya bwinobwino, kuphulikako kukuwonongani."
  
  "Ndiye lekani kuwononga nthaŵi yathu," anatero munthu wa ku Yorkshire. "Pokhapokha ngati inu kapena Moore kapena wina aliyense m'mutu mwanu akudziwa njira ina?"
  
  Hayden adamvera zambiri, upangiri ndi luntha zomwe Moore adapereka nthawi zonse. Drake adamva kuti bwato likugwedezeka pamafunde amphamvu, adawona mawonekedwe aku Manhattan ali pafupi, adatulutsa phokoso ngati nyerere la anthu omwe abwerera kale m'miyoyo yawo. Zombo zankhondo, mabwato othamanga ndi ma helikopita anali paliponse, oyendetsedwa ndi ambiri omwe akanapereka moyo wawo kuti apulumutse tsiku lino.
  
  Koma zonse zinafika pa ziwiri zokha.
  
  Drake ndi Dahl adakwera Super Cobra, ndikulandila kosi yakuwonongeka kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo.
  
  "Muyende bwino," anatero akuchoka. "Ndipo zabwino zonse".
  
  
  MUTU 46 NDIPONSE
  
  
  Drake adapereka bomba la nyukiliya kwa Dahl ndikumwetulira pang'ono pankhope pake. "Ndimaganiza kuti ungafune kuchita ulemu, wokondedwa."
  
  Mswedeyo anatola bomba ndikukwera kumbuyo kwa helikopita. "Sindikutsimikiza kuti ndingakukhulupirireni kuti mumayendetsa molunjika."
  
  "Iyi si galimoto. Ndipo ndikukhulupiriradi kuti tazindikira kale kuti ndimatha kuyendetsa bwino kuposa inu.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani izi? Sindikukumbukira choncho."
  
  "Ndine wa Chingerezi. Simuli choncho."
  
  "Ndipo dziko likugwirizana bwanji ndi izi?" Dahl adalowa pampando.
  
  "Pedigree," adatero Drake. "Stuart. Hamilton. Kusaka. Batani. Phiri. Ndi zina zambiri. Sweden idayandikira kwambiri kupambana Fomula 1 pomwe Finland idatenga malo oyamba. "
  
  Dahl anaseka, akumangirira, ndikuyika chitsulo chakuda pa mawondo ake, anatseka chitseko. "Osayankhula mokweza kwambiri, Drake. Bombalo litha kukhala ndi sensor ya 'bullshit'. "
  
  "Ndiye takhumudwa kale."
  
  Atakoka ndodo ija, anakweza helikoputala kuchoka pachombocho, ataonetsetsa kuti kumwamba kuli bwino. Kuwala kwa dzuŵa kunawalira kuchokera kumbuyo ndi kuwomba pamwamba pa miyandamiyanda ya malo onyezimira a mzindawo, kum"patsa chikumbutso chaching"ono cha chifukwa chimene anali kuchitira zimenezi. Nkhopezo zinayang'ana kwa iye kuchokera pansi, ambiri a iwo ndi abwenzi ake ndi achibale ake, anzake a timu. Kenzi ndi Mai anaima phewa ndi phewa, nkhope zawo zinali zosaoneka, koma ndi Mwisrayeli amene pomalizira pake anammwetulira.
  
  Anazaza wotchi yake ndi kunena ndi milomo yake yokha kuti: Ipititsireni chibwana.
  
  Alicia sanali kuwoneka, komanso Beau. Drake adatumiza helikoputala yankhondo yotsika pamafunde molunjika kudutsa nyanja ya Atlantic. Mphepo zinkawoloka njira yawo, ndipo kuwala kwa dzuŵa kunali kuwomba pa chotupa chilichonse. Maonekedwe akutali anali otambasulidwa mbali zonse, thambo lopepuka labuluu lofanana ndi mlengalenga wochititsa mantha wa nyanja. Mawonekedwe apamwamba kumbuyo kwawo adazimiririka pomwe mphindi ndi masekondi zidayandikira ziro pang'onopang'ono.
  
  "Mphindi khumi ndi zisanu," adatero Dahl.
  
  Drake anayang'ana pa odometer. "Panthawi yake."
  
  "Tikhala ndi nthawi yochuluka bwanji?"
  
  "Mphindi zitatu," Drake adakweza dzanja lake. "Kuphatikiza kapena kuchotsera."
  
  "Ndi ndalama zingati izi?"
  
  "Pa mailosi mazana awiri pa ola? Pafupifupi zisanu ndi ziwiri."
  
  Dahl adawonetsa chiyembekezo pankhope pake. "Osayipa kwenikweni".
  
  "M'dziko labwino," Drake adanyoza. "Siziphatikizanso kutembenuka, kuthamanga, kuwukira kwa shaki. Chilichonse chomwe adatiponya kumeneko."
  
  "Kodi chinthu ichi chili ndi inflatable?" Dahl anayang'ana pozungulira, zala zake zitagwira mwamphamvu bomba la nyukiliya.
  
  "Zikachitika, sindikudziwa komwe." Drake anayang'ana wotchi yake.
  
  Mphindi khumi ndi ziwiri mpaka kuphulika.
  
  "Khalani okonzeka".
  
  "Nthawi zonse zimakhala choncho."
  
  "Ndikukayikira kuti simumayembekezera kuti muchite izi mukadzuka lero."
  
  "Chani? Kodi mungagwetse bomba la nyukiliya mu Nyanja ya Atlantic kuti mupulumutse New York? Kapena kulankhula nanu maso ndi maso muli mu helikopita ya Marine?"
  
  "Chabwino, onse awiri."
  
  "Gawo loyamba linabwera m'maganizo mwanga."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu wake, kulephera kubisa kumwetulira kwake. "Zowonadi zidachitika. Ndiwe Thorsten Dahl, ngwazi yayikulu. "
  
  Wa ku Sweden adamasula mphamvu yake pa bomba la nyukiliya kwa mphindi imodzi yokha kuti aike dzanja lake paphewa la Drake. "Ndipo ndiwe Drake, Matt Drake, munthu wosamala kwambiri yemwe ndidamudziwapo. Zilibe kanthu momwe mungayesere kubisa."
  
  "Kodi mwakonzeka kuponya bomba la nyukiliya limeneli?"
  
  "Zowonadi, ndiwe chitsiru wochokera Kumpoto."
  
  Drake adakakamiza helikopita kuti idumphire, mphuno-poyamba mu kutupa kotuwa. Dahl anatsegula chitseko chakumbuyo, kutembenuka kuti apeze malo abwino. Mtsinje wamphepo unadutsa mu Super Cobra. Drake analimbitsa mphamvu yake pa lever yolamulira ndikukankhira pa pedals, kupitiriza kugwa mofulumira. Dahl adasuntha bomba la nyukiliya komaliza. Mafunde adakwera, kugundana ndikutumiza chipwirikiti kwa iwo, kunyezimira ndi thovu loyera, lodzaza ndi kuwala kwa diamondi. Akumalimbitsa minofu yonse, Drake pomaliza adadzikweza mwamphamvu, ndikuwongolera halo yake ndikutembenuza mutu wake kuti awone Dal akuponya chida chachitsulo chowononga kwambiri pakhomo.
  
  Inagwera m'mafunde, bomba lozungulira lomwe linalowa m'madzi mosavuta chifukwa cha malo otsika omwe adatulutsidwa, njira ina yotsimikizirika yotsimikizira kuti sensor-proof sensor imakhalabe yopanda ndale. Nthawi yomweyo Drake adawakoka kutali ndi kugundako, akukwera mafunde otsika kwambiri kotero kuti adagonjetsa skid yake, osataya nthawi kuti akwere pamwamba ndikupangitsa kuti helikoputala ikhale yochepa kuti igwe pakagwa tsoka.
  
  Dahl adayang'ana wotchi yakeyake.
  
  Mphindi ziwiri.
  
  "Ikani mwendo wanu pansi."
  
  Drake pafupifupi ananenanso kuti sanali kwenikweni kuyendetsa galimoto, koma m'malo mwake ankaganizira kwambiri kuti mbalameyo mofulumira monga momwe akanathera, podziwa Swede anali kungochotsa kupsyinjika. Tsopano zonse zinafika pa masekondi-nthaŵi isanafike kuphulika kwa nyukiliya, makilomita amene anachotsedwa pa malo ophulikawo, utali wa moyo wawo.
  
  "Masekondi khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu," adatero Dahl.
  
  Drake anakonzekera kugahena. "Zinali zabwino, mzanga."
  
  khumi... zisanu ndi zinayi...
  
  "Tikuwona posachedwa, Yorkie."
  
  Six... five... four...
  
  "Osati ngati ndikuwona chitsiru chako-"
  
  Zero.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMI NDI CHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  Drake ndi Dahl sanaone kalikonse za kuphulika koyamba pansi pa madzi, koma khoma lalikulu la madzi lomwe linatuluka kuchokera kunyanja kumbuyo kwawo linali lokwanira kuti mitima yawo igwedezeke. Mtambo wa bowa wamadzimadzi wokwera mamita zikwizikwi mmwamba, kuphimba china chirichonse, ukuthamangira kumlengalenga ngati kuti ukuyesera kumizidwa ndi dzuwa lenilenilo. Dome la spray rose, kalambulabwalo wa mafunde odabwitsa, mtambo wozungulira, mafunde okwera pamwamba ndi mafunde oyambira omwe amatha kukwera mpaka kutalika kwa mita mazana asanu.
  
  Kuphulika kophulikako sikunathe kuyimitsidwa, inali mphamvu yopangidwa ndi anthu yachilengedwe, kuwonongeka kwamphamvu. Idagunda kumbuyo kwa helikopita ngati nyundo, zomwe zidapangitsa Drake kuganiza kuti akukankhidwa ndi dzanja la chimphona choyipa. Pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo, helikoputala inadumphira, inanyamuka, kenaka inatembenukira kumbali. Mutu wa Drake unagunda zitsulo. Dahl adakakamira ngati chidole choponyedwa mozungulira ndi galu wankhanza.
  
  Helikopita inagwedezeka ndikugudubuzika, idagwedezeka ndi kuphulika kosatha, mafunde amphamvu. Inazungulira mobwerezabwereza, zopalasa zake zinkayenda pang"onopang"ono, thupi lake linkagwedezeka. Kumbuyo kwake, chinsalu chachikulu chamadzi chinapitirira kukwera, choyendetsedwa ndi mphamvu ya titanic. Drake anavutika kuti akhalebe ozindikira, kusiya mphamvu zonse za tsogolo lake ndikungoyesa kugwiritsitsa, kukhala tcheru komanso wathunthu.
  
  Nthawi sinalinso yofunikira, ndipo amatha chidendene ndi kukankha kwa maola ambiri mkati mwa funde la kuphulika, koma ndi pamene adasesa ndipo adadzipeza akukwera funde lake kuti zotsatira zenizeni za mphamvu zake zowononga zinawonekera.
  
  Helicopters, pafupifupi mozondoka, inathamangira ku Atlantic.
  
  Atataya ulamuliro, Drake anakonzekera kukhudzidwa, podziwa kuti ngakhale atapulumuka tsokalo, analibe mtsinje wamoyo, alibe ma jekete a moyo, ndipo alibe chiyembekezo chopulumutsa. Mwanjira ina akukhalabe ndi chidziwitso chokwanira kuti apitirizebe kukhala ndi moyo wokondedwa, iye anayang'ana pamene iwo akugwera m'nyanja.
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMAKUMI NDI 88
  
  
  Alicia adawona Drake akulumikizana mmutu mwake pafupifupi masekondi atatu pambuyo pake. Dahl naye. Anyamatawo anali ochedwa, koma iye sananene. Zinali bwino kwambiri kusunga zinthu zina. Monga momwe enawo anamvetsetsera, ndipo Hayden anatembenukira kwa Moore ndi mabwenzi ake aboma kaamba ka uphungu, Alicia anachita chidwi ndi chidziŵitso chowopsa chakuti lamulo la mtunda wosungika lingawachititse onse kuvutika kwambiri m"theka la ola lotsatira. Pamene Drake ankagwira ntchito yoyang'anira helikopita, Alicia anayang'ana maso ake kwina.
  
  Helikopita ikanagwa, adadziwa izi, ndiye kusankha kodziwika bwino koyitsata ndi mbalame ina sikunali kwanzeru. Koma ngati helikopita yake inali kuuluka makilomita mazana awiri pa ola ...
  
  Alicia anamutengera pambali Beau, n"kumufotokozera cholinga chake, kenako anapeza msilikali wina amene anawadziwitsa kwa woimira asilikali a ku U.S. Coast Guard.
  
  "Sitima yanu yothamanga kwambiri ndi iti?"
  
  Panthawi yomwe Drake amachoka, Alicia anali pansi pa sitimayo ndikudumphira m'bwalo locheka la Defender-class, lomwe limafikira liwiro lopitilira mailosi makumi asanu ndi atatu pa ola. Monga momwe mmodzi wa antchito a nkhosa anachitira umboni, iwo anasintha zinthu zina zimene mwina zinawonjezera liŵiro la bwato"lo kupitirira zana limodzi kapena ayi. Alicia atawauza mwachidule zomwe akufuna kuchita, mwamuna aliyense amene analipo anaumirira kukhalabe ndi kuthandiza.
  
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake, Defender anabangula kutali, akudula mafunde ndi chombo chake cholimba, kuyesera kutseka kusiyana pakati pa kuphulika kosalephereka ndi nthawi yofika.
  
  Monga Alicia adawauza, "Tikulowera kuphulika kwa nyukiliya, anyamata. Gwira ma plums ako."
  
  Ndipo kaya anazindikira kapena ayi, ogwira ntchito m"ngalawamo anali kuthamangitsa liwiro lalikulu kwambiri. Pokwera mafunde ndi kuwatsutsa, bwato la Defender class linapereka zonse zomwe anali nazo. Alicia, wankhonya zoyera komanso wa nkhope yoyera, adagwira njanji mkati mwa salon, akuyang'ana pawindo. GPS inakonza njira ya helikoputala pojambulitsa chizindikiro chake cha transponder. Ogwira ntchito m'sitimayo nthawi zonse ankaganizira kusiyana kwa nthawi, kunena kuti adatseka kusiyana kwa mphindi makumi awiri, kenako khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu.
  
  Makumi asanu ndi awiri.
  
  Nthawi yayitali kwambiri. Alicia adagwira njanji ndikunjenjemera pomwe Beau adamugwira phewa.
  
  "Zidzagwira ntchito," adatero. "Tipulumutsa tsiku lino."
  
  Bwatolo linathamanga mofulumira momwe lingathere, kuthamangitsa helikopita yothamanga, onse awiri modabwitsa akuthamangitsa kuphulika komwe kunayandikira kumene kunali kusanachitike. M'chizimezime kunali mzere wosinthasintha, wosawongoka. Gululo lidatuluka thukuta, likulimbana, ndikuzama mwakuya kwa chidziwitso chawo. Botilo linkalowa m"gawo losadziwika, injini zake zinali zamphamvu kwambiri moti zinkaoneka ngati zamoyo.
  
  Pamene woyendetsa ndegeyo adatembenukira kwa Alicia, adawona kale mtambo wozungulira, osati patali kwambiri, koma kwambiri kuposa ndege ya Drake ndi Dahl. Defender yothamangayo inayenda pa kuphulika kumodzi kwakukulu kwa madzi, inawona funde lakuphulika lomwe linali kuyandikira, linakantha ndi kuthyola, ndikugwedeza bolt iliyonse yomwe inali ndi dongosolo lake. Chapatali chimphepo chachikulu chamadzi oyera chinkawoneka, maso ake adamuchotsa Alicia kwa mphindi imodzi.
  
  Koma kwa mphindi imodzi yokha.
  
  "Sumukani," adapumira, podziwa kuti Drake ndi Dal tsopano agwera m'madzi audani. "Sumuka, suntha, suntha!"
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Zinatenganso mphindi khumi ndi zitatu kuti ifike pamalo angoziwo. Alicia anali atakonzeka, atamanga chijasi chodzitetezera ku thupi lake ndipo china chili m'manja mwake. Bo anali pafupi naye ndi opitilira theka la khumi ndi awiri, akusanthula madzi ndi maso ake. Zinyalala zoyamba zomwe anapeza zinali kachidutswa koyandama ka mpeni woyandama, chachiwiri chinali chotsetsereka chautali wonse. Zitatha izi, mbali zomwe sizinamire zinkawonekera kawirikawiri, zikudutsa mu tsango.
  
  Koma ngakhale Drake kapena Dahl.
  
  Alicia anayang'ana kunja kwa mafunde, atayima padzuwa lowala koma akukhala mu gehena wakuda kwambiri. Ngati tsogolo litatsimikiza kuti ngwazi ziwirizi zitha kupulumutsa New York ndikupulumuka kuphulikako, ndikutayika panyanja ya Atlantic, sanatsimikizire kuti angakwanitse. Mphindi zinadutsa. Chombocho chinayandama n"kupita. Palibe amene ananena mawu kapena kusuntha inchi. Adzakhala mpaka usiku ngati n'koyenera.
  
  Wailesiyo inkangolira. Mawu ofunsa a Hayden. Ndiye Moore ndi Smith ali pamzere wina. Ngakhale Kensi anayankhula. Mphindi zinkadutsa pang'onopang'ono chipwirikiti ndi mantha akukulirakulira. Izi zidapitilira ...
  
  Beau anayimirira chakumapeto kwake, akuwona chinachake chikukwera m"mbali mwa fundelo. Adafotokoza izi ndikuyankha funso. Kenako Alicia nayenso adawona, misa yakuda yodabwitsa ikuyenda pang'onopang'ono.
  
  "Ngati ndi a Kraken," adanong'oneza, osazindikira zomwe adanena. "Ndichoka pano."
  
  Woyendetsa ngalawayo anawongolera bwatolo, ndikuthandiza kuti mawonekedwewo ayang'ane. Zinatenga mphindi zingapo ndikugwedezeka pang'ono, koma Alicia atatsinzina, adawona kuti ndi matupi awiri omwe adamangidwa kuti asasokonezeke ndikumangirira pampando wa woyendetsa ndege womwe ukuyandama. Nkhondo yapakati pa kuponda pamadzi ndikudumphira idawoneka ngati ikutsamira chakumapeto, motero Alicia adalimbikitsa Mtetezi kuti afulumire.
  
  Ndipo adalumphira m'nyanja.
  
  Akusambira pang'onopang'ono, anagwira misa yodumpha ndikuigwedeza, kuyesera kuti amvetsetse. Nkhope ya wina inatembenuka.
  
  "Dali. Kodi muli bwino? Drake ali kuti?
  
  "Ndigwiritsire malaya anga. Monga mwa nthawi zonse."
  
  Pamene mphamvuyi inatembenuza Dahl m'madzi, nkhope yachiwiri inayamba kuonekera, ikutsamira kumbuyo kwa jekete la winayo.
  
  "Chabwino, nonse muli omasuka limodzi," Alicia adatsutsa zabodza. "Nzosadabwitsa kuti simunapemphe thandizo. Tikupatseni mphindi khumi kapena kuposerapo?
  
  Dzanja lonjenjemera la Drake linanyamuka m'madzi. "Osati ngakhale ndekha. Ndikuona ngati ndameza theka la nyanja yamagazi."
  
  "Ndipo ndikuganiza titsika," adapumira Dahl, patatsala nthawi pang'ono kuti mpando wa woyendetsa ndege ubwerere ndipo mutu wake udasowa pansi pamadzi.
  
  Wodula Coast Guard adafika pafupi ndi momwe amachitira. "Zonse zili bwino nawo?" mawu adakuwa.
  
  Alicia anagwedeza. "Zonse zili bwino ndi iwo. Anthu opusa akungopusa."
  
  Kenako Drake nayenso adazembera pansi pamadzi.
  
  "Mmm," Alicia adamuyang'ana. "Pamenepo..."
  
  
  MUTU WAKUMAKUMI NDIPONSI
  
  
  Pambuyo pake, dziko linasintha, likudabwa ndi zoopsa za zomwe zinachitika, koma, mwatsoka, nazonso zidazolowera. Monga momwe dziko la United States linafotokozera m"zaka za m"ma 1960, panangopita nthaŵi pang"ono kuti zigawenga zina ziphulitse bomba la nyukiliya mu umodzi mwa mizinda ikuluikulu padziko lapansi. Iwo adapanganso chikalata ndikuyankhira - zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Ngati gulu la anthu ovulala kwambiri, ovulazidwa, opweteka komanso odandaula akadasonkhana kuti akambirane zotsatira zake komanso kuwunikira zolephera za New York, sizikanavomerezedwa. Komabe, gulu ili, SPIR ndi ena angapo, adalumikizidwa ndi Purezidenti, Director of Homeland Security ndi Meya wa New York.
  
  Alicia nthawi zonse amangokhalira kudandaula. "Ndipo chomwe ndimafuna ndi foni yochokera kwa Lawrence."
  
  "Fishburne?" Drake anafunsa.
  
  "Musakhale opusa. Jennifer, ndithudi. "
  
  "Kodi angakubereni?"
  
  Alicia anaseka. "M"kuphethira kwa diso."
  
  "Chabwino, nthawi zonse zimakhala zabwino kudziwa kuti uli mbali ya ndani."
  
  "Ngati mukufuna, nditha kukulemberani mndandanda wa omwe akupikisana nawo kwambiri."
  
  Drake adagwedeza dzanja lake, akuyesabe kuyambiranso kupsompsona komwe adagawana. Izi zinachitika patangopita mphindi ya kupsyinjika kwakukulu, chikondwerero cha moyo, koma chinadzutsa maganizo mwa iye, maganizo akale omwe ankaganiza kuti anamwalira kalekale. Pomwe zinthu zidayima pakadali pano, panalinso zinthu zina zambiri zoti muganizire - wamkulu wa Mai ndi Bo pakati pawo.
  
  Koma moyo sunachepe chifukwa cha inu, anaganiza. Ngakhale ambiri amayembekezera izi, ndipo mwayi wabwino kwambiri umabwera kamodzi kokha. Kuwaphonya kaŵirikaŵiri kunkatanthauza moyo wonse wachisoni, osadziŵa konse. Mwayi wophonya si mwayi wophonya.
  
  Ndi bwino kuyesa ndikulephera kusiyana ndi kusayesa nkomwe.
  
  Alicia anali wovuta kwambiri ngati mapulaneti ozungulira dzuwa, koma ngakhale anali kuyenda panyanja. Anazimitsa maganizo ake kwa kamphindi, akadali ofooka m'thupi ndi m'maganizo chifukwa cha nkhawa zonse za tsiku lino komanso, makamaka, masabata angapo apitawo. Anzake anakhala momuzungulira, akusangalala ndi chakudya m"malesitilanti abwino kwambiri a ku Italy ku New York. Agent Moore adachita lendi malo onse ndi ndalama za Homeland, monga chizindikiro chothokoza gululo, ndikuwatsekera mkati.
  
  "Chirichonse chimene chingachitike," iye anatero. "Sindikufuna kuti anthu inu muthamangire kupewa izi."
  
  Drake anayamikira.
  
  Ndipo gululo linayamikira chakudya chodabwitsa, malo omasuka komanso kupuma kwautali pambuyo pa kupsinjika maganizo kwambiri. Mipando inali yotakasuka, chipindacho chinali chofunda, ndipo antchitowo sankaoneka. Dahl anali atavala malaya oyera ndi mathalauza akuda, pafupifupi osadziwika kwa Drake, yemwe ankakonda kumuwona atavala zida zankhondo. Koma ndiye anali atavala mofananamo, m'malo mwa thalauza ndi jeans wodalirika Levi.
  
  "Sizikuwoneka ngati Bond," adatero Dahl.
  
  "Sindine James Bond."
  
  "Kenako siyani kuganiza mopambanitsa ndikuyesera kuti muwoneke ngati mwanzeru nthawi iliyonse Alicia akamadutsa. Akudziwa kale kuti ndiwe dv waku Yorkshire-"
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yakwana yoti upite kutchuthi, mnzanga. Ngati simungathe kusankha komwe mungapite, ndingakhale wokondwa kukuitanani sabata yamawa. Anakweza chibakera.
  
  "Ndipo ichi ndikuthokoza kwanga pakupulumutsa moyo wanu."
  
  "Sindikukumbukira izi. Ndipo ngati sindikumbukira, ndiye kuti sizinachitike. "
  
  "Zofanana kwambiri ndi momwe mudakulira."
  
  Bo ndi May anakhala pafupi wina ndi mnzake, Mfalansayo akusangalala ndi chakudya chake ndikuyankhula pamene analankhula; mkazi wa ku Japan anayang'ana kunja, atagwidwa pakati pa mayiko awiri. Drake adadabwa kuti akufuna chiyani komanso malo ake enieni. Nthawi zina adawona moto mwa iye womwe unamulimbikitsa kuti amenyane naye, pa ena - kukayikira komwe kunamukakamiza kuti akhale chete, akudzigwetsera yekha. Zoonadi, anayiwo sakanatha kuthetsa kalikonse pa tsiku limodzi, koma anaona chinachake chikuyandikira, chimene chinali kutsogoloku.
  
  Zofanana kwambiri ndi kuphulika kwa nyukiliya komwe adawona dzulo.
  
  Smith ndi Lauren tsopano anali amodzi. Mwina adalimbikitsidwa ndi kupsompsona kwa Drake ndi Alicia, kapena mwina kuswa kwawo ndi chiwonongeko. Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, sanataye tsiku linanso poganizira zimenezi. Hayden ndi Kinimaka anakhala pamodzi, ndipo Drake ankadabwa ngati akuwona chinachake choposa mita ya danga pakati pawo, chinachake chopindulitsa kwambiri. Zinali zogwirizana kwambiri ndi chinenero cha thupi kuposa china chirichonse, koma iye anali atatopa kwambiri m'maganizo panthawiyo ndipo anayambitsa kutopa.
  
  "Mpaka mawa," anakweza galasi lake, "ndi kunkhondo yotsatira."
  
  Zakumwa zidatha ndipo chakudya chinapitilira. Maphunziro aakulu atatha kudyedwa ndipo ambiri anali atatsamira pamipando yawo, akugona mokhutira, ndipo Kenzi anaganiza zolankhula ndi gulu lonselo.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani ndi ine?" - iye anafunsa. "Kodi tsogolo langa silikudziwika kwenikweni?"
  
  Hayden adasuntha, chobvala cha utsogoleri chidamuphimbanso. "Chabwino, ndikhala woonamtima kwa inu, chimene ine ndikutsimikiza kuti mudzachiyamikira. Palibe chimene ndingakonde kuposa kukutsekereza m"ndende ya Kensi, koma ndiyenera kunena-sindingathe kuganiza kuti zimenezi zingachitike."
  
  Ndikhoza kuchoka.
  
  "Sindikanatha kukuletsani," anavomereza motero Hayden. "Ndipo sindikufuna. Koma zolakwa zomwe mudachita ku Middle East," adatero modandaula, "zakhumudwitsa anthu ambiri amphamvu." Ena mwa iwo ndi Achimereka."
  
  "N"kutheka kuti amuna ndi akazi omwewo amene ndinawagulira zinthu zina."
  
  "Mfundo yabwino. Koma sizinathandize".
  
  "Ndiye ndilowa mu timu yanu. Yambani ndi slate woyera. Thamangani pafupi ndi mbawala ya blonde, dzina lake Thorsten Dahl. Ndine wanu tsopano, Hayden, ngati mutandipatsa mpata wothetsa ngongole yanga."
  
  Mtsogoleri wa timu ya SPEAR adaphethira mwachangu pomwe mawu owona mtima a Kenzi adamutulukira. Drake anatsamwitsidwa ndi madzi kachiwiri mu masiku awiri. "Sindinaganizepo za Dal ngati nswala. Zambiri-"
  
  "Usatero," anachenjeza Mswedeyo, akuwoneka wamanyazi pang"ono.
  
  Alicia ankayang'anitsitsa Israeli. "Sindikudziwa kuti ndikufuna kugwira ntchito ndi hule uyu."
  
  "O, ndikuchitira zabwino, Miles. Dzisungeni pa zala zanu. Ndikhoza kukuphunzitsani kuponya nkhonya yomwe imapweteka kwambiri. "
  
  "Ndiyeneranso kukhala nanu pakadali pano," Bo adayankha. "Ndili ndi Tyler Webb mumphepo ndi Tomb Raider, palibe kwina komwe ndingakhale."
  
  "Zikomo," Drake anadandaula. "Tiganizira za izi ndikukutumizirani kalata yochepa kwambiri yoyankha."
  
  "Anthu abwino amalandiridwa nthawi zonse pagululi," Hayden adamuuza. "Bola amasewera bwino ndi enafe. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Beau adzakhala wowonjezera kwambiri. "
  
  "Chabwino, ine ndikudziwa kuti ali ndi mwayi waukulu," adatero Alicia moganizira. "Ngakhale sindikutsimikiza kuti ikasewera bwino ndi timu."
  
  Ena anaseka, ena sanatero. Usiku unakula ndikuchepa, komabe asitikali omwe adapulumutsa New York adakhumudwa ndi gulu labwino komanso pakati pa nkhani zabwino. Mzinda womwewo unkakondwerera nawo, ngakhale kuti anthu ambiri a mumzindawo sankadziwa chifukwa chake. Chisangalalo cha carnival chinafalikira m'mlengalenga. Mumdima ndiyeno pakutuluka kwa dzuwa, moyo unapitirizabe.
  
  Pamene tsiku latsopano linacha, gululo linapita njira zawo zosiyana, kubwerera ku zipinda zawo za hotelo ndikuvomereza kukumana masana.
  
  "Mwakonzeka kumenyananso nthawi ina?" Dahl adayasamula kwa Drake pomwe amatuluka m'mawa watsopano.
  
  "Pafupi ndi iwe?" Drake anaganiza zoseka anthu aku Sweden kenako anakumbukira zonse zomwe adakumana nazo. Osati lero lokha, komanso kuyambira tsiku lomwe anakumana.
  
  "Nthawi zonse," iye anatero.
  
  
  TSIRIZA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  David Leadbeater
  Mafupa a Odin
  
  
  KUDZIPEREKA
  
  
  Ndikufuna kupereka bukuli kwa mwana wanga wamkazi,
  
  Kira,
  
  akulonjeza kusunga
  
  ndi mailosi ena ambiri kutsogolo ...
  
  Ndipo kwa aliyense amene adandichirikiza m'malemba anga.
  
  
  Gawo 1
  Sindinafune kuyambitsa nkhondo ...
  
  
  MMODZI
  
  
  
  YORK, England
  
  
  Mdima unaphulika.
  
  "Ndi izi". Matt Drake anayang'ana pa chowonera ndikuyesera kunyalanyaza chiwonetserocho ndi kujambula chithunzicho pamene chitsanzocho chinavala modabwitsa chinkayenda molunjika kwa iye.
  
  Osati zophweka. Koma iye anali katswiri, kapena osachepera anayesa kukhala. Palibe amene adanenapo kuti kusintha kuchokera ku msilikali wa SAS kupita ku wamba kudzakhala kosavuta, ndipo adalimbana ndi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazi, koma chithunzicho chinkawoneka kuti chikugunda bwino mkati mwake.
  
  Makamaka usikuuno. Chitsanzo choyamba chinagwedezeka ndikumwetulira pang'ono monyada, kenako nkuyenda bwino ndikumveka phokoso la nyimbo ndi chisangalalo. Drake adapitiliza kudina kamera pomwe Ben, wogonera wake wazaka makumi awiri, adayamba kukuwa m'makutu mwake.
  
  "Pulogalamuyi ikuti anali Milla Yankovic. Ndikuganiza kuti ndamva za iye! Ndimagwira mawu: 'chic designer model Freya'. Wow, ndiye Bridget Hall ameneyo? Ndizovuta kunena pansi pa zida zonse za Viking. "
  
  Drake sananyalanyaze ndemangayo ndikupitiriza masewera ake, mwa zina chifukwa sankadziwa kuti bwenzi lake laling'ono likukoka chingwe chake, kunena kwake. Anajambula zithunzi zooneka bwino za kuyenda kwa mphaka ndi kuwala kobalalika pakati pa anthu. Zitsanzozo zinali atavala zovala za Viking, zodzaza ndi malupanga ndi zishango, zisoti ndi nyanga - zovala za retro zopangidwa ndi wojambula wotchuka padziko lonse Abel Frey, yemwe polemekeza madzulo adathandizira mafashoni a nyengo yatsopano ndi suti yankhondo ya Scandinavia.
  
  Drake adayang'ana pamutu wa mphaka akuyenda ndi zomwe zikuchitika masiku ano - chotsalira chomwe chapezeka posachedwa, chodziwika kuti 'Shield of Odin'. Chishango chongopezedwa kumene, chomwe chayamikiridwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, chatamandidwa kale kukhala chopezeka kwambiri m"nthano za ku Norse ndipo chinayamba kalekale mbiri ya ma Viking isanayambike.
  
  Chodabwitsa, akatswiri adatero.
  
  Chinsinsi chomwe chinatsatira chinali chachikulu komanso chochititsa chidwi ndipo chinakopa chidwi cha dziko lonse lapansi. Mtengo wa Shield unangowonjezeka pamene asayansi adalowa nawo masewera owonetsera anthu pambuyo poti chinthu chosadziwika chinapezeka m'mapangidwe ake.
  
  Nerds omwe anali ndi njala ya kutchuka kwawo kwa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu, mbali yonyoza ya umunthu wake inayankhula. Iye anachigwedeza icho. Mosasamala kanthu za mmene anamenyera nkhondoyo, kusuliza kumene kunakhala mbali ya iye pamene anali wamasiye kunaphuka ngati duŵa lapoizoni nthaŵi zonse akasiya tcheru.
  
  Ben adakoka dzanja la Drake, ndikusinthiratu luso lake kukhala chithunzi cha mwezi wathunthu.
  
  "Uwu". Iye anaseka. "Pepani, Mat. Ndizokoma kwambiri. Kupatula nyimbo ... ndi zopanda pake. Akhoza kubwereka gulu langa loimba ndi mapaundi mazana angapo. Kodi mungakhulupirire kuti York idakwanitsa kuchita zinthu zodabwitsa ngati izi? "
  
  Drake anagwedeza kamera yake mumlengalenga. "Moona mtima? Ayi." Iye ankadziwa Council of York City ndi maganizo awo oipa. Tsogolo lili m'mbuyomu, amatero. "Koma taonani, York ikulipira mwininyumba wanu ndalama zochepa kuti azijambula zithunzi, osati zakumwamba usiku mu Seputembala. Ndipo gulu lanu ndi losavuta. Choncho, khalani pansi. "
  
  Ben adatulutsa maso ake. "Zoyipa? Khoma la Tulo likuganizabe ... malingaliro ambiri, bwenzi langa. "
  
  "Kungoyesa kuyang'ana zitsanzo zabwino." Drake anali kuyang'ana pa Shield, akuwunikiridwa ndi magetsi akuyenda kwa mphaka. Linali ndi zozungulira ziŵiri, mkati mwake munali zinthu zooneka ngati zifaniziro za nyama zakale, ndipo chakunjacho chinali chosakaniza zizindikiro za nyama.
  
  Wodabwitsa kwambiri, iye anaganiza. Zabwino kwa zipatso zochiritsidwa ndi mtedza.
  
  "Wokongola," adanong'oneza ngati chitsanzo chodutsa, ndipo adapeza kusiyana kwa unyamata ndi zaka pafilimu ya digito.
  
  Kuthamanga kwa mphaka kudakhazikitsidwa mwachangu pafupi ndi Jorvik Center yotchuka ya York - malo osungiramo mbiri yakale ya Viking - pambuyo poti Swedish Museum of National Antiquities idapereka ngongole yayifupi koyambirira kwa Seputembala. Kufunika kwamwambowo kudakula kwambiri pomwe wopanga nyenyezi wamkulu Abel Frey adapereka ndalama zothandizira mwambo woyenda amphaka kukondwerera kutsegulidwa kwachiwonetserocho.
  
  Mtundu wina udayendetsa matailosi osinthika ndi mawu a mphaka akuyang'ana mbale yake yausiku ya zonona. Chitsiru iwe, kusuliza kwawukanso. Ichi chinali chithunzithunzi chosasangalatsa cha nyenyezi yomwe idayenera kuwonekera pa pulogalamu yamtsogolo yapa TV ya "otchuka" ndikutumiziridwa pa Twitter ndi Facebook ndi zitsiru zomwa mowa miliyoni, zamasiku khumi patsiku.
  
  Drake anaphethira. Anali mwana wa winawake...
  
  Zowalazo zinkazungulira ndikuzungulira mlengalenga usiku. Kuwala kowala kumawonekera kuchokera ku sitolo kupita ku sitolo, kuwononga zomwe aura ang'onoang'ono a Drake adakwanitsa kupanga. Nyimbo zovina zododometsa za Cascada zidasokoneza makutu ake. Ambuye, iye anaganiza. Ku Bosnia kumverera kunali kosavuta kusiyana ndi izi.
  
  Khamu la anthu linakula. Ngakhale kuti ankagwira ntchito, iye anatenga kamphindi n"kumayang"ana nkhope zimene zinkamuzungulira. Mabanja ndi mabanja. Okonza owongoka komanso ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha akuyembekeza kuti ayang'ane chithunzi chawo. Anthu ovala zovala zapamwamba, zomwe zimawonjezera chisangalalo cha carnival. Anamwetulira. Kunena zowona, chikhumbo chofuna kukhala atcheru chinathetsedwa masiku ano-zokonzekera kumenya nkhondo za Asilikali zinali zitatha-koma anamvabe zina za mmene analili kale. Mwanjira yopotoka, adapeza mphamvu popeza Alison, mkazi wake, adamwalira zaka ziwiri zapitazo atamusiya, ali wokwiya, wosweka mtima, akunena kuti mwina adachoka ku SAS, koma SAS sanamusiye. Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani?
  
  Nthawi sinakhudzepo ululu.
  
  N"chifukwa chiyani anachita ngozi? Kodi chinali chiwonetsero choyipa panjira? Kuganiza molakwa? Misozi ili m'maso mwake? Mwadala? Yankho lomwe lingamulepheretse; Choonadi choopsa Sadzachidziwa.
  
  Zofunikira zakale zidabweretsanso Drake mpaka pano. Chinachake chinakumbukiridwa m'masiku ake ankhondo - kugogoda kwakutali, kuyiwalika kwanthawi yayitali ...
  
  Drake adagwedeza chifungacho ndikuyang'ana kwambiri pagulu la mphaka. Mitundu iwiri idachita nkhondo yonyoza pansi pa chishango cha Odin: palibe chodabwitsa, zida zotsatsira. Khamu la anthu lidakondwera, makamera a pa TV adagwedezeka, ndipo Drake adangowona ngati dervish.
  
  Kenako anakwinya. Adatsitsa kamera. Malingaliro ake ankhondo, aulesi koma osawola, adagwira kugogoda kwakutaliko, nagogodanso, ndipo adadabwa chifukwa chake ma helikoputala ankhondo awiri aja akuyandikira malowo.
  
  "Ben," adatero mosamalitsa, ndikufunsa funso lokhalo lomwe lidabwera m'mutu mwake, "pakufufuza kwanu, kodi munamva za alendo osayembekezereka usikuuno?"
  
  "Oo. Sindimaganiza kuti mwazindikira. Inde, amalemba kuti Kate Moss awonekere. "
  
  "Kate Moss?"
  
  Ma helikoputala awiri, phokoso lomwe khutu lophunzitsidwa limatha kuzindikira mosakayikira. Ndipo osati ma helikoputala okha. Awa anali ma helikoputala aku Apache.
  
  Kenako gehena yonse idasweka.
  
  Ma helicopters anawulukira pamwamba, anapanga bwalo ndipo anayamba kuyendayenda mogwirizana. Khamu la anthulo linasangalala kwambiri ndi kuyembekezera chinachake chapadera. Maso onse ndi makamera adatembenukira kuthambo lausiku.
  
  Ben anati, "Wow..." Koma kenaka foni yake inalira. Makolo ake ndi mlongo wake ankayimba nthawi zonse, ndipo iye, munthu wapabanja yemwe anali ndi mtima wagolide, ankayankha nthawi zonse.
  
  Drake amagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi yopuma yaifupi yabanja. Anayang'ana mosamala malo a helikopita, malo oponya zida zodzaza kwathunthu, mfuti ya 30mm yomwe ikuwoneka kuti ili pansi pa fuselage yakutsogolo ya ndegeyo, ndikuwunika momwe zidalili. Zopusa...
  
  Khamu la anthu osangalala linali litadzaza m'bwalo laling'ono lozunguliridwa ndi masitolo okhala ndi tinjira zitatu tating'onoting'ono. Ben ndipo anali ndi chisankho chimodzi chokha ngati ... pamene ... kuponderezana kunayamba.
  
  Mutu molunjika kwa mphaka kuyenda.
  
  Mopanda chenjezo, zingwe zambiri zidatsika pa helikoputala yachiwiri, yomwe Drake adazindikira tsopano kuti iyenera kukhala haibridi ya Apache: makina osinthidwa kuti athe kukhala ndi anthu ambiri ogwira nawo ntchito.
  
  Amuna ovala zophimba nkhope adatsika mizere yogwedezeka, ndikuzimiririka kumbuyo kwakuyenda kwa mphaka. Drake adawona kuti mfuti zili m'chifuwa mwawo pomwe bata losamala lidayamba kufalikira pakati pa anthuwo. Mawu otsiriza anali mawu a ana akufunsa chifukwa chake, koma posakhalitsa ngakhale anafa.
  
  Apache wotsogolera ndiye adawombera mzinga wa Hellfire pa imodzi mwamagazini opanda kanthu. Kunamveka mkokomo, ngati magaloni miliyoni a nthunzi akutuluka, kenako mkokomo ngati msonkhano wa madinosaur awiri. Moto, magalasi ndi zidutswa za njerwa zinabalalika m'dera lonselo.
  
  Ben anagwetsa foni yake chifukwa cha mantha ndipo anaithamangira. Drake anamva kukuwa kukukulirakulira ngati mafunde amphamvu ndipo adamva kuti gulu la anthu likulamulira. Mosaganizira kamphindi, adagwira Ben ndikumuponyera pamwamba pa njanji, kenako adalumphira. Anatera pafupi ndi njira ya mphakayo.
  
  Phokoso la mfuti ya Apache lidamveka, lakuya komanso lakupha, kuwombera kwake kuwulukira pagulu la anthu koma kumayambitsa mantha.
  
  "Ben! Khalani pafupi ndi ine." Drake anathamanga mozungulira pansi pamphaka. Ma model angapo adatsamira kuti awathandize. Drake anaimirira ndikuyang'ana mmbuyo pagulu la anthu omwe akuthamanga mwamantha polowera kotulukira. Anthu ambiri adakwera panjira, mothandizidwa ndi zitsanzo ndi antchito. Kufuula kwamantha kunapyoza mpweya, kuchititsa mantha kufalikira. Motowo unaunikira mdimawo, ndipo phokoso lalikulu la ndege za helikoputala linazima phokosolo.
  
  Mfuti ya tcheniyo inaliranso, kutulutsa chithovu cholemera m'mwamba ndi phokoso loopsa lomwe palibe munthu wamba yemwe ayenera kumva kulikonse.
  
  Drake anatembenuka. Zitsanzozo zinamuwopa kumbuyo. Chishango cha Odin chinali patsogolo pake. Pomvera zimene ankafuna, anadziika pachiswe kuti ajambule zithunzi zingapo panthawi imene asilikali ovala majekete osaloŵerera zipolopolo anatulukira kuseri kwa malowo. Chodetsa nkhawa choyamba cha Drake chinali kudziyika pakati pa Ben, ma model, ndi asitikali, koma adangodinabe, ndikuchepetsa mawonekedwe ake ....
  
  Ndi dzanja lake lina anakankhira mlendi wake wamng'ono kutali.
  
  "Ayi!"
  
  M"modzi wa asilikaliwo anamuyang"anitsitsa n"kugwedeza mfuti yake moopseza. Drake adaletsa kusakhulupirira. Zoterezi sizinachitike ku York, mdziko muno. York kunali kwawo kwa alendo, okonda ayisikilimu komanso oyenda tsiku la America. Unali mkango umene sunaloledwe kubangula ngakhale pamene Aroma ankalamulira. Koma inali yotetezeka, ndipo inali yanzeru. Apa ndi pomwe Drake adasankha kuthawa ku SAS koyambirira.
  
  Kukhala ndi mkazi wanga. Kupewa ... zopusa!
  
  Mwadzidzidzi msilikaliyo anaonekera pamaso pake. "Ndipatseni zimenezo!" anakuwa ndi mawu achijeremani. "Ndipatseni ine!"
  
  Msilikaliyo anathamangira pa kamera. Drake adagunda pamphumi pake ndikupotoza mfuti yake yamakina. Nkhope ya msilikaliyo inawala modabwa. Drake adapatsa Ben kamera mwakachetechete zomwe zikanapangitsa woperekera zakudya ku New York kunyadira. Ndinamumva akuthawa mothamanga.
  
  Drake adaloza mfuti pansi pomwe asitikali ena atatu akuyandikira kwa iye.
  
  "Iwe!" M"modzi wa asilikaliwo anakweza chida chake. Drake theka adatseka maso ake, koma adamva kulira koopsa.
  
  "Dikirani! Kutayika kochepa, chitsiru. Kodi mukufunadi kuwombera munthu wina mopanda mantha pawailesi yakanema ya dziko lonse?
  
  Msilikali watsopanoyo adagwedeza mutu kwa Drake. "Ndipatseni kamera." Panali khalidwe laulesi la m'mphuno ku mawu ake achijeremani.
  
  Drake anaganiza za plan B ndikusiya mfutiyo ikulira pansi. "Ndilibe nazo".
  
  Mkulu wa asilikaliyo anagwedeza mutu kwa antchito ake. "Muwoneni."
  
  "Panali munthu wina kumeneko..." msilikali woyamba anakweza mfuti yake, akuwoneka wosokonezeka. "Iye ... anapita."
  
  Mtsogoleriyo adalowa m'maso mwa Drake. "Kusuntha koyipa."
  
  Mgolowo unamupanikiza pachipumi. Masomphenya ake adadzazidwa ndi Ajeremani okwiya komanso malovu akuwuluka. "Muwoneni!"
  
  Pamene ankamufufuza, adawona kuba kokonzedwa kwa Odin's Shield motsogoleredwa ndi munthu wovala chigoba kumene atavala suti yoyera. Anagwedeza dzanja lake mwachiwonetsero ndikukanda mutu wake, koma sananene kanthu. Pamene Shield idabisidwa bwino, bamboyo adagwedeza wailesi molunjika kwa Drake, zomwe zidakopa chidwi cha mkuluyo.
  
  Mtsogoleriyo adayika wailesi yake m'khutu, koma Drake sanachotse maso ake pa munthu wovala zoyera.
  
  "ku Paris," bamboyo anatero ndi milomo yake yokha. "Mawa 6."
  
  Maphunziro a SAS, Drake adawonetsa, akadali othandiza.
  
  Mkulu wa asilikaliyo anati, "Inde." Apanso adadzipeza ali pankhope ya Drake, akugwedeza ma kirediti kadi ndi ma ID a wojambula. "Lucky nutcracker," iye anakoka mwaulesi. "Abwana akuti zotayikazo ndizochepa, n"chifukwa chake uli ndi moyo. "Koma," adagwedeza chikwama cha Drake, "tili ndi adilesi yako, ndipo ngati utaya nyemba," anawonjezera, ndikumwetulira kozizira kwambiri kuposa chimbalangondo cha chimbalangondo, "vuto likupeza."
  
  
  ZIWIRI
  
  
  
  YORK, England
  
  
  Pambuyo pake, kunyumba, Drake adathandiza Ben kuti adye khofi ya decaf ndikulumikizana naye kuti ayang'ane zochitika zausiku.
  
  Odin's Shield anabedwa chifukwa mzinda wa York sunali wokonzeka kuukiridwa mwankhanza chonchi. Chozizwitsa chenicheni chinali chakuti palibe amene anafa. Ma helikoputala oyaka moto adapezeka kutali, atasiyidwa pomwe misewu ikuluikulu itatu idakumana, omwe anali atapita kale.
  
  "Kuwononga chiwonetsero cha Frey," adatero Ben, mozama. "Zitsanzo zadzaza kale ndipo zapita."
  
  "Damn, inenso ndinasintha zofunda. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Frey, Prada ndi Gucci apulumuka. "
  
  "The Wall of Sleep idzasewera zonse."
  
  "Munayambanso mufilimu yabanja ya Titanic?"
  
  "Izi zikundikumbutsa - adadula abambo anga pakati."
  
  Drake anadzaza chikho chake. "Osadandaula. Abweranso pakangotha mphindi zitatu kapena kuposerapo. "
  
  "Kodi ukundiseka, Krusty?"
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu ndikuseka. "Ayi. Ndiwe wamng"ono kwambiri kuti ungamvetse."
  
  Ben anali atakhala ndi Drake kwa miyezi isanu ndi inayi. M"miyezi yoŵerengeka chabe, anachoka kwa anthu osawadziŵa kupita kwa mabwenzi apamtima. Drake adapereka ndalama za lendi ya Ben posinthana ndi chidziwitso chake cha kujambula - mnyamatayo anali paulendo wopita ku maphunziro - ndipo Ben adathandizira pogawana chilichonse. komanso koyenera kuyamikiridwa.
  
  Ben anayika pansi makapu ake. "Usiku wabwino, bwanawe. Ndikuganiza kuti ndimuyitane sister wanga."
  
  "Usiku".
  
  Chitseko chinatsekedwa ndipo Drake adayang'anitsitsa Sky News kwakanthawi. Pamene chifaniziro cha chishango cha Odin chinawonekera, adabwerera ku zomwe zilipo.
  
  Anatenga kamera yomwe inkawathandiza kupeza zofunika pa moyo wake, naika memory card m"thumba kuti aonenso zithunzizo mawa, kenako n"kupita ku kompyuta ija. Atasintha maganizo ake, anaima kuti aonenso zitseko ndi mazenera. Nyumba imeneyi inali yotetezedwa kwambiri zaka zambiri zapitazo pamene ankagwirabe ntchito ya usilikali. Ankakonda kukhulupirira zabwino zonse za munthu aliyense, koma nkhondoyo idakuphunzitsani chinthu chimodzi - osadalira chilichonse mwakhungu. Nthawi zonse khalani ndi dongosolo ndi njira yosungira - Plan B.
  
  Zaka zisanu ndi ziŵiri zinali zitapita, ndipo tsopano anadziŵa kuti maganizo a msilikaliyo sangamusiye.
  
  Kunja kwa nyumbayo, mphepo inanyamuka, ikuthamanga kudutsa m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndikulira ngati wosungira ndalama zomwe bonasi yake inali yokwana 4 miliyoni. Posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti Chishango chinali nkhani yaikulu. Zofukulidwa zakale, zazikulu kwambiri m'mbiri yonse ya Iceland. Mitundu ina ya Indiana Jones idachoka panjira kuti ikafufuze mtsinje wakale wa ayezi. kufufuza kunayenera kuyimitsidwa.
  
  Chiphalaphala chophulika chomwechi, Drake adalingalira, chomwe chidatumiza phulusa posachedwa ku Europe, kusokoneza maulendo apandege ndi tchuthi cha anthu.
  
  Drake anamwa khofi wake ndikumvetsera kulira kwa mphepo. Wotchiyo inagunda pakati pausiku. Kuyang'ana pa zambiri zomwe zimaperekedwa pa intaneti kunamuuza kuti Ben amvetsetsa bwino kuposa momwe angathere. Ben anali ngati wophunzira aliyense - wokhoza kumvetsa mwamsanga chisokonezo chimene chinawonekera pamodzi ndi luso. Anawerenga kuti chishango cha Odin chinali chokongoletsedwa ndi mapangidwe ambiri ovuta, omwe adaphunzira ndi akatswiri a cellar, ndi kuti J.R.R. Tolkien adakhazikitsa mfiti yake yoyendayenda Gandalf pa Odin.
  
  Zinthu zachisawawa. Zizindikiro kapena ma hieroglyphs omwe adazungulira kunja kwa chishango ankakhulupirira kuti ndi mtundu wakale wa Temberero la Odin:
  
  
  Kumwamba ndi Gahena ndi kusazindikira kwakanthawi.
  
  Ndi Moyo Wosakhoza kufa umene umatsamira ku Chabwino kapena Cholakwika.
  
  
  Panalibe malemba ofotokoza tembererolo, koma aliyense ankakhulupirirabe kuti ndi loona. Osachepera izi zidanenedwa ndi ma Vikings, osati Odin.
  
  Drake adakhala pampando wake ndikuyendetsa zochitika zausiku.
  
  Chinthu chimodzi chinamuitana, koma nthawi yomweyo chinamupangitsa kuganiza. Mnyamatayo pakamwa poyera: "ku Paris, mawa 6." Ngati Drake apita njira iyi, akhoza kuika moyo wa Ben pachiswe, osatchula ake.
  
  Munthu wamba akananyalanyaza zimenezi. Msilikaliyo angaganize kuti anali ataopsezedwa kale, kuti miyoyo yawo inali kale pangozi, ndi kuti chidziŵitso chilichonse chinali chabwino.
  
  Iye Googled: One + Paris.
  
  Kulowa kumodzi kolimba mtima kunamugwira.
  
  Hatchi ya Odin, Sleipnir, inawonetsedwa ku Louvre.
  
  Hatchi ya Odin? Kwa Mulungu, munthu uyu anali kunena zinthu zakuthupi. Drake adatsegula tsamba lofikira ku Louvre. Zinkawoneka kuti chosema cha kavalo wodziwika Odin chinapezeka zaka zambiri zapitazo m'mapiri a Norway. Nkhani zambiri zinatsatira. Posakhalitsa Drake anatengeka kwambiri ndi nkhani zambiri za Odin moti anatsala pang'ono kuiwala kuti Iye analidi Mulungu wa Viking, nthano chabe.
  
  Louvre? Drake anatafuna. Anamaliza khofi, atatopa, ndipo anachoka pa kompyuta.
  
  Nthawi yotsatira anali atagona kale.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Anadzuka atamva kulira kwa chule. Mlonda wake wamng'ono. Mdani ayenera kuti ankayembekezera alamu kapena maonekedwe a galu, koma sakanakayikira chokongoletsera chaching'ono chobiriwira chomwe chili pafupi ndi bin wheelie, ndipo Drake adaphunzitsidwa kugona mopepuka.
  
  Anagona pa desiki la pakompyuta mutu wake uli m"manja; Tsopano nthawi yomweyo anadzuka ndikulowa mukhonde lamdima. Chitseko chakumbuyo chinagwedezeka. Galasilo linasweka. Patangodutsa masekondi ochepa chabe chule akulira.
  
  Iwo anali mkati.
  
  Drake adawerama pansi pamlingo wamaso ndipo adawona amuna awiri akulowa, atanyamula mfuti zamakina mwaluso, koma mosasamala. Mayendedwe awo anali oyera, koma osakomera mtima.
  
  Palibe vuto.
  
  Drake adadikirira pamithunzi, akuyembekeza kuti msirikali wakale mwa iye sangamukhumudwitse.
  
  Anthu awiri adalowa, gulu la patsogolo. Izi zikusonyeza kuti wina ankadziwa zimene akuchita. Njira yonse ya Drake pazochitikazi idakonzedwa zaka zambiri zapitazo, pamene malingaliro a msilikali akadali amphamvu komanso oyesera, ndipo anali asanasinthe. Tsopano izo zinakhazikikanso m'maganizo mwake. Pamene mlomo wa msilikali woyamba unatuluka m'khitchini, Drake anaigwira, ndikuyikokera kwa iye, kenako anaitembenuza. Nthawi yomweyo, iye anapita kwa mdani wakeyo ndipo anazungulira mozungulira, mogwira mtima analanda mfuti ija n"kukathera kumbuyo kwa munthuyo.
  
  Msilikali wachiŵiriyo anadzidzimuka. Ndizo zonse zomwe zinatengera. Drake anawombera popanda kupuma kwa millisecond, kenaka anatembenuka ndikuwombera msilikali woyamba asanagone kugwada.
  
  Thamangani! Kuthamanga kunali chilichonse tsopano.
  
  Anathamanga kukwera masitepe, akufuula dzina la Ben, kenako anawombera paphewa pake. Anafika potsikira, nafuulanso, kenako anathamangira pakhomo la Ben. Icho chinaphulika. Ben anayimirira mu kabudula wake wa boxer, foni ili m'manja, nkhope yake inali yoopsa kwambiri.
  
  "Osadandaula," Drake adayang'ana. "Ndikhulupirire. Iyi ndi ntchito yanga ina."
  
  Koma Ben sanafunse mafunso. Drake anakhazikika ndi mphamvu zake zonse. Anayimitsa kachipangizo koyambirira ka m'nyumbamo ndipo kenako anaikanso yachiwiri m'chipindacho. Pambuyo pake, analimbitsa chitseko cha chipinda chogona. Sizikanaletsa mdani wotsimikiza mtima, koma zikanamuchedwetsa.
  
  Zonse ndi gawo la dongosolo.
  
  Anakhoma chitseko, kuonetsetsa kuti matabwa omangidwawo ndi otetezedwa ku chimango, ndiyeno anatsitsa makwererowo m"chipinda chapamwamba. Ben adawombera koyamba, Drake kachiwiri pambuyo pake. Malo okwera pamwambawa anali aakulu komanso otchingidwa ndi makapeti. Ben adangoyimilira kukamwa kwake kuli bata. Mabokosi akuluakulu osungiramo mabuku adadzaza malo onse a khoma lakummawa-kumadzulo, akusefukira ndi ma CD ndi makaseti akale.
  
  "Kodi zonsezi ndi zanu, Matt?"
  
  Drake sanayankhe. Anayenda kupita ku mulu wa mabokosi omwe anabisa chitseko chotalika kuti alowemo; khomo lolowera padenga.
  
  Drake adatembenuza bokosilo pamphasa. Chikwama chodzaza kwambiri, chomwe adachisunga pamapewa, chidagwa.
  
  "Nsalu?" Adanong'oneza Ben.
  
  Anasisita chikwama chija. "Ndawapeza."
  
  Ben ataoneka kuti alibe kanthu, Drake anazindikira kuti anali ndi mantha. Anazindikira kuti watembenuka mosavuta kukhala munthu wa SAS. "Nsalu. Mafoni am'manja. Ndalama. Mapasipoti. I-padi. Chizindikiritso".
  
  Sanatchule mfuti. Zipolopolo. Mpeni...
  
  "Ndani amachita izi, Matt?"
  
  Panali ngozi kuchokera pansi. Mdani wawo wosadziwika akugogoda pakhomo la chipinda chogona cha Ben, mwina tsopano pozindikira kuti amapeputsa Drake.
  
  "Yakwana nthawi yoti tipite".
  
  Ben adatembenuka osachita chilichonse ndikukwawira usiku womwe unali mphepo yamkuntho. Drake njiwa pambuyo pake ndipo, poyang'ana komaliza pa makoma okhala ndi ma CD ndi matepi, anamenyetsa chitseko.
  
  Anakonza denga mmene akanathera popanda kukopa chidwi cha anthu. Ponamizira kuti waika kasupe watsopano, anaika kanjira kakang"ono ka mamita atatu kamene kanadutsa m"litali lonse la denga lake. Vuto likanakhala kumbali ya mnansi wake.
  
  Mphepoyo inawakoka ndi zala zosaleza mtima pamene ankawoloka denga losalimba. Ben anayenda mosamala, mapazi ake opanda kanthu akutsetsereka ndikugwedezeka pa matailosi a konkire. Drake adagwira dzanja lake mwamphamvu, ndikulakalaka atakhala ndi nthawi yopeza nsapato zake.
  
  Kenako chimphepo champhamvu chinawomba pa chumney, ndipo chinagunda Ben square kumaso ndikupunthwa m'mphepete. Drake adachoka mwamphamvu, adamva kulira kowawa, koma sanasiye kugwira. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake adakhalanso ndi mnzake.
  
  "Palibe patali," iye ananong"oneza. "Mwatsala pang"ono kufika, bwanawe."
  
  Drake adawona kuti Ben ali ndi mantha. Maso ake anayang"ana pakati pa chitseko cha m"chipinda chapamwamba ndi m"mphepete mwa denga, kenako kumunda ndi kumbuyo. Mantha adasokoneza mawonekedwe ake. Kupuma kwake kunafulumizitsa; sakadachita konse pamlingo uwu.
  
  Drake adabera kuyang'ana pakhomo, adalimbitsa mtima ndikutembenukira kumbuyo. Ngati wina akanadutsa, akanamuwona kaye. Anamugwira mapewa Ben ndikumuyang'ana.
  
  "Ben, uyenera kundikhulupirira. Ndikhulupirire. Ndikulonjeza kuti ndikuthandizani kupirira izi."
  
  Maso a Ben adangoyang'ana ndipo adagwedeza mutu, ali ndi mantha koma akuyika moyo wake m'manja mwa Drake. Anatembenuka n"kulowera kutsogolo mosamala. Drake adawona kuti magazi akutuluka m'miyendo yake, akulowa mu dzenje. Iwo anawoloka denga la mnansi, anatsikira mu wowonjezera kutentha wake ndipo anaserera pansi. Ben adatsetsereka ndikugwa pakati, koma Drake analipo poyamba ndipo adachepetsa kugwa kwake.
  
  Iwo anali pa nthaka yolimba panthawiyo. M"chipinda china munali kuyatsa, koma munalibe aliyense. N"kutheka kuti anamva kulira kwa mfuti. Ndikukhulupirira kuti apolisi ali m'njira.
  
  Drake anakumbatira Ben mwamphamvu nati, "Zinthu zabwino kwambiri. Pitirizani ntchito yabwino ndikupezerani njira yatsopano yokwerera. Tiyeni tizipita.
  
  Zinali nthabwala yothamanga. Nthawi zonse akafuna kunyamula, Ben ankalankhula ndi Drake za msinkhu wake, ndipo Drake ankaseka unyamata wa Ben. Mpikisano waubwenzi.
  
  Ben anabwebweta. "Ndi ndani amene ali pamwamba apo?"
  
  Drake anayang'ana pa chipinda chapamwamba ndi chitseko chake chobisika. Palibe amene watulutsa kalikonse mmenemo.
  
  "Ajeremani".
  
  Monga mlatho wa ku Germany wa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko Lonse pa Mtsinje wa Kwai?
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti anali aku Japan. Ndipo ayi, sindikuganiza kuti ndizofanana ndi Ajeremani a WWII. "
  
  Iwo anali kale kumbuyo kwa dimba la mnansi. Adadutsa mpanda ndikupyola mpanda womwe Drake adamanga pa chimodzi mwa zikondwerero zapachaka za Swift.
  
  Timapita molunjika kumsewu wodutsa anthu ambiri.
  
  Molunjika moyang'anizana ndi siteshoni ya taxi.
  
  Drake adayenda kupita ku magalimoto omwe amadikirira ali ndi malingaliro akupha. Kuzindikira kwake ngati msilikali kunadziwonetseranso. Monga Mickey Rourke, ngati Kylie, ngati Hawaii Five-O ... Inali chete, kudikirira nthawi yoyenera kuti ibwererenso modabwitsa.
  
  Anali wotsimikiza kuti njira yokhayo yowatetezera aŵiriwo inali kupita kaye kwa munthu woipayo.
  
  
  ATATU
  
  
  
  PARIS, FRANCE
  
  
  Ndege yopita ku Charles De Gaulle idafika patangodutsa 9am tsiku lomwelo. Drake ndi Ben adafika opanda kalikonse koma chikwama ndi zinthu zochepa zomwe zidali mkati mwake. Anali atavala zovala zatsopano, mafoni atsopano anali okonzeka. I-pad inalipiritsidwa. Ndalama zambiri zidasowa - zidagwiritsidwa ntchito pamayendedwe. Chidacho chidatayidwa pomwe Drake adatsimikiza cholinga chake.
  
  Panthawi yothawa, Drake adabweretsa Ben kuti adziwe zonse za German ndi Vikings ndipo adamupempha kuti amuthandize kufufuza. Ndemanga yachipongwe ya Ben inali, "Bang bang, ndiyo digiri yanga."
  
  Drake anavomereza maganizo amenewa. A Griffin sanasweka, zikomo Mulungu.
  
  Anatuluka mu bwalo la ndege kupita ku Parisian drizzle yozizira. Ben anapeza taxi ndipo anagwedeza bukhu limene anamugulira. Atangolowa mkati, anati, "Umm... Rue... Croix? Hotel moyang"anizana ndi Louvre?"
  
  Taxi inayamba kuyenda moyendesedwa ndi munthu wina yemwe nkhope yake imaonetsa kuti palibe chomwe chikumusuntha. Hoteloyo, atafika patatha mphindi makumi anayi, inali yosangalatsa kwambiri ku Paris. Panali chipinda chachikulu cholandirira alendo, zikepe zomwe zingathe kunyamula anthu oposa mmodzi, ndi makonde angapo okhala ndi zipinda.
  
  Asanalowe, Drake adagwiritsa ntchito ATM m'chipinda cholandirira alendo kuti atenge ndalama zotsalazo - pafupifupi ma euro mazana asanu. Ben adachita tsinya, koma Drake adamulimbitsa mtima ndi maso. Iye ankadziwa zimene mnzake wanzeru ankaganiza.
  
  Kuwunika kwamagetsi ndi njira zandalama.
  
  Analipirira chipinda chimodzi ndi khadi la ngongole ndiyeno anagula chipinda chatsidya lina la msewu ndi ndalama. Atafika m'chipinda cham'mwamba, onse awiri adalowa m'chipinda cha "ndalama" ndipo Drake adayambitsa kuyang'anira.
  
  "Uwu ndi mwayi wathu kuti tiphe mbalame zingapo ndi mwala umodzi," adatero, akuyang'ana Ben akuyang'ana chipindacho ndi diso lovuta.
  
  "A?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Tikuwona momwe aliri abwino. Ngati abwera posachedwa, ndi zabwino, ndipo mwina vuto. Ngati iwo satero, chabwino, ndizofunika kuti mudziwe, inunso. Ndipo uli ndi mwayi wotulutsa chidole chako chatsopanocho. "
  
  Ben anayatsa I-pad. "Kodi izi zichitikadi lero pa sikisi?"
  
  "Ndi lingaliro lophunzitsidwa." Drake adapumira. "Koma zimagwirizana ndi mfundo zochepa zomwe tikudziwa."
  
  "Hmm, ndiye pita pambali, Krusty ..." Ben adathyola zala zake. Chidaliro chake chinawala tsopano kuti akuthandiza osati kupulumutsidwa, koma anali asanakhalepo munthu 'wakuchita' panthawiyo. M'malo mwake, mtundu wa umunthu wodziwika ndi dzina lake kapena dzina lake - makamaka Blakey - sakhala wamphamvu mokwanira kuti ayenerere dzinalo.
  
  Drake anayang'ana padzenje. "Pakatenga nthaŵi yaitali," anadandaula motero. "Tikakhala ndi mwayi wochulukira."
  
  Sizinatenge nthawi. Pamene Ben anali kugogoda pa I-pad yake, Drake anaona theka la khumi anyamata akuluakulu atasonkhana pakhomo pa msewu. Loko linathyoka ndipo chipinda chinathyoledwa. Patadutsa masekondi makumi atatu gululo linawonekeranso, likuyang'ana uku ndi uku mokwiya, ndipo linabalalika.
  
  Drake anagwira nsagwada.
  
  Ben anatero. "Izi ndizosangalatsa kwambiri, Mat. Amakhulupirira kuti pali zidutswa zisanu ndi zinayi za mabwinja a Odin omwe amwazikana padziko lonse lapansi. Chishango ndi chinthu chimodzi, kavalo ndi china. Sindinadziwe izi. "
  
  Drake sanamumve. Anawononga ubongo wake. Apa ndi pamene anali ndi mavuto.
  
  Popanda kunena chilichonse, anangochoka pakhomo n"kuimba nambala ina pa foni yake. Nthawi yomweyo call inayankha.
  
  "Inde?"
  
  "Uyu ndi Drake."
  
  "Ndadabwa kwambiri. Kwa nthawi yayitali sindikuwona, bwanawe. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa".
  
  "Nthawi zonse ndimadziwa kuti umuimbira foni."
  
  "Osati zomwe mukuganiza, Wells. Ndikufuna chinachake."
  
  "Zoona ukudziwa. Ndiuze za Mai."
  
  Damn. Wells anali kumuyesa ndi china chake chokha chomwe adatha kudziwa. Vuto linali lakuti Mai anali lawi lawo lakale kuyambira nthawi yawo yopuma ku Thailand, asanakwatirane ndi Alison - ndipo ngakhale Ben sanafunikire kumva zonyansazo.
  
  "Dzina lapakati ndi Sheeran. Malo - Phuket. Type - hmm ... zachilendo ..."
  
  Makutu a Ben ananjenjemera. Drake adawerenga mu thupi lake momveka bwino momwe amawerengera bodza la ndale. Kukamwa kotsegula kunali chidziŵitso...
  
  Drake amatha kumva kuseka kwa mawu a Wells. "Zodabwitsa? Kodi izi ndi zabwino kwambiri zomwe mungachite?"
  
  "Pakadali pano, inde."
  
  "Kodi pali wina?"
  
  "Mongadi".
  
  "Gotcha. Chabwino, bwana, mukufuna chiyani?"
  
  "Ndikufuna chowonadi, Wells. Ndikufuna zambiri zomwe siziloledwa kuulutsidwa pa nkhani kapena pa intaneti. Chishango cha Odin chija chinabedwa. Za Ajeremani omwe adaba. Makamaka aku Germany. Zambiri za SAS. Ndiyenera kudziwa zomwe zikuchitika, abwenzi, osati kutulutsa pagulu. "
  
  "Muli pamavuto?"
  
  "Zazikulu." Simunamiza mtsogoleri wanu, wakale kapena ayi.
  
  "Thandizo likufunika?"
  
  "Osati pano".
  
  "Wapeza dzanja lako, Drake. Ingonenani ndipo SAS ndi yanu."
  
  "Ndichita".
  
  "Chabwino. Ndipatseniko. Ndipo, mukudziuzabe kuti munali SAS wakale? "
  
  Drake anazengereza. Mawu akuti "SAS yabwino yakale" sayenera kukhalapo. "Ndi nthawi yovomerezeka kufotokozera, ndizo zonse."
  
  Drake anakomoka. Kupempha thandizo kwa mkulu wake wakale sikunali kophweka, koma chitetezo cha Ben chinaposa kunyada kulikonse. Anayang"ananso pobowolo, n"kuona kanjira kopanda kanthu, kenako n"kukakhala pafupi ndi Ben.
  
  "Mukunena magawo asanu ndi anayi a Odin? Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani?
  
  Ben adachoka mwachangu patsamba la Facebook la gulu lake, akung'ung'udza kuti ali ndi zopempha ziwiri zatsopano, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti chiwerengero chawo chikhale khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri.
  
  Anaphunzira Drake kwa kanthawi. "Chifukwa chake ndinu kaputeni wakale wa SAS komanso wokonda matepi. Ndizodabwitsa, mzanga, ngati susamala ndinene.
  
  "Focus, Ben. Uli ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Chabwino...Ndikutsatira njira ya zigawo zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin." Zikuoneka kuti 9 ndi nambala yapadera m"nthano za ku Norse. Mmodzi anadzipachika yekha pa chinachake chotchedwa Mtengo wa Padziko Lonse, masiku asanu ndi anayi usana ndi usiku, kusala kudya, ndi mkondo m'nthiti mwake, monga Yesu Khristu, ndi zaka zambiri Yesu asanabwere. Ichi ndi chinthu chenicheni, Mat. Asayansi enieni alembapo. Ingakhalenso nkhani imene inauzira nkhani ya Yesu Kristu. Pali magawo asanu ndi anayi a Odin. Mkondowo ndi chidutswa chachitatu ndipo chikugwirizana ndi Mtengo wa Padziko Lonse, ngakhale kuti sindingapeze kutchulidwa kulikonse kwa malo ake. Malo odziwika bwino a Mtengowu ali ku Sweden. Malo otchedwa Apsalla."
  
  "Pepani, chepetsani. Kodi imanena chilichonse chokhudza chishango cha Odin kapena kavalo wake?"
  
  Ben adachita kunjenjemera. "Chokhacho kuti Chishango chinali chimodzi mwa zinthu zakale zokumbidwa pansi zakale kwambiri. Ndipo m"mphepete mwake muli mawu akuti: Kumwamba ndi Jahena ndi kusazindikira kwakanthawi. Ndi Moyo Wosakhoza kufa umene umatsamira ku Chabwino kapena Cholakwika. N"zachidziŵikire kuti ili ndi temberero la Odin, koma palibe amene ali m"chikumbukiro chamoyo amene anatha kumvetsa chimene cholinga chake chinali."
  
  "Mwina ndi amodzi mwa matemberero omwe muyenera kukhalapo," Drake adamwetulira.
  
  Ben sanamumvere. "Panopa akuti Hatchi ndi chosema. Chojambula china, "The Wolves of Odin", pakali pano chikuwonetsedwa ku New York.
  
  "Mimbulu yake? Tsopano?" Ubongo wa Drake unayamba kuzizira.
  
  "Anakwera mimbulu iwiri kunkhondo. Mwachiwonekere."
  
  Drake anakwinya nkhope. Kodi zigawo zonse zisanu ndi zinayi zawerengedwa?
  
  Ben anapukusa mutu. "Ochepa akusowa, koma ..."
  
  Drake anayima kaye. "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Chabwino, zikumveka zopusa, koma pali zidutswa za nthano pano zomwe zikukula. Chinachake chokhudza zidutswa zonse za Odin kubwera palimodzi ndikuyamba kuchitapo kanthu komwe kudzatsogolera kutha kwa dziko. "
  
  "Zinthu zokhazikika," adatero Drake. "Milungu yonse yakale imeneyi ili ndi nthano ina ya "mapeto a dziko" yogwirizana nayo."
  
  Ben anagwedeza mutu ndikuyang'ana wotchi yake. "Chabwino. Penyani! Ife afiti pa intaneti timafunikira chakudya, "anaganiza kamphindi. "Ndipo ndikuganiza, ndikumva ngati nyimbo zatsopano za gululi zikubwera posachedwa. Croissants ndi Brie pa brunch?"
  
  "Pamene mu Paris ..."
  
  Drake adatsegula chitseko, adayang'ana uku ndi uku, kenako adauza Ben kuti atuluke. Anaona kumwetulira pankhope ya bwenzi lake, komanso kuwerenga maganizo oipa m'maso mwake. Ben adazibisa bwino koma adangoyenda moyipa.
  
  Drake adabwerera kuchipinda ndikuyika zinthu zawo zonse mu chikwama. Pamene ankamanga lamba wolemera uja, anamva Ben akunena moni modukaduka ndipo anamva kuti mtima wake ukuima ndi mantha kachiŵiri kokha m"moyo wake.
  
  Yoyamba inali pomwe Alison adamusiya, kutchula kusiyana kosagwirizana - ndiwe msirikali kuposa msasa wa boot.
  
  Usiku umenewo. Pamene mvula yosatha idadzaza m'maso mwake ndi misozi kuposa kale.
  
  Anathamangira kuchitseko, minofu yonse m'thupi mwake itakhazikika komanso yokonzeka, kenako adawona banja lachikulire likuvutikira kunjira.
  
  Ndipo Ben adawona mantha amtheradi omwe adadzaza m'maso mwa Drake msilikali wakaleyo asanakhale ndi mwayi wobisala. Kulakwitsa kopusa.
  
  "Osadandaula". Adatelo Ben uku akumwetulira. "Ndili bwino".
  
  Drake anapuma monjenjemera ndikuwatsogolera pansi pa masitepe, nthawi zonse amasamala. Anayang'ana pamalo olandirira alendo, osaona kuti palibe vuto, ndipo anatuluka.
  
  Kodi malo odyera apafupi anali kuti? Adaganiza mozama ndikulunjika ku Louvre.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Munthu wonenepa wochokera ku Munich wokhala ndi luso la opaleshoni ya minyewa anawawona nthawi yomweyo. Anayang'ana mawonekedwe ake azithunzi ndipo mkati mwa kugunda kwamtima kuwiri adazindikira munthu waku Yorkshireman womangidwa bwino, waluso ndi mnzake watsitsi lalitali, wopusa ndipo adawatsekera m'mizere yopingasa.
  
  Anasintha udindo wake, osakonda malo okwera kwambiri kapena timizere toyera tomwe tinkakumba m"miyendo yake.
  
  Ananong'oneza maikolofoni pamapewa kuti: "Ndawagwira ndi ulusi."
  
  Yankho linali lodabwitsa nthawi yomweyo. "Awaphe tsopano."
  
  
  ZINAYI
  
  
  
  PARIS, FRANCE
  
  
  Zipolopolo zitatu zinaombedwa motsatizana.
  
  Chipolopolo choyamba chinachoka pachitseko chachitsulo chomwe chili pafupi ndi mutu wa Drake, kenako chinatsika mumsewu, ndikukantha mayi wachikulire m'manja. Anadzipotokola ndikugwa, akupopera magazi m'mwamba ngati funso.
  
  Kugunda kwachiwiri kunapangitsa tsitsi la m'mutu mwa Ben kuima.
  
  Wachitatu adagunda konkriti pomwe adayimilira nanosecond Drake atamugwira m'chiuno. Chipolopolocho chinawomba m"mbali mwa msewu ndikuphwanya zenera la hoteloyo kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  Drake adagudubuzika ndikuyenda Ben kuseri kwa magalimoto oyimitsidwa. "Ndakugwira". Ananong'oneza mwaukali. "Ingopitirirani." Atawerama, anadziika pachiswe n"kumayang"ana pawindo la galimotoyo n"kuona chikuyenda padenga la nyumbayo n"kuyamba kuphwanyidwa.
  
  "Kuwombera koyipa!" Kalankhulidwe kake ka ku Yorkshire ndi mawu ankhondo zidapangitsa kuti mawu ake amveke bwino pamene adrenaline imakula. Anasanthula malowo. Anthu wamba ankathamanga, akukuwa, zomwe zinayambitsa zododometsa zamtundu uliwonse, koma vuto linali loti wowomberayo ankadziwa kumene iwo anali.
  
  Ndipo sakanakhala yekha.
  
  Ngakhale pano, Drake adazindikira anyamata atatu omwe adawawona potsekera, omwe adatuluka mumdima wa Mondeo ndikuyenda mwadala kwa iwo.
  
  "Nthawi yosuntha."
  
  Drake adawatsogolera mgalimoto ziwiri kupita komwe adawona kale msungwana wina akulira modabwitsa mgalimoto mwake. Chodabwitsa n"chakuti, anatsegula chitseko chake n"kung"ambika ndipo anadziimba mlandu mwamsanga ataona kuti mayiyu anachita mantha.
  
  Anangoyang'ana nkhope yake mopanda chifundo. "Kutuluka."
  
  Komabe palibe kuwombera. Mayiyo anakwawa, mantha akuzizira minofu yake, kuwasandutsa ma slabs akufa. Ben analowa, akuchepetsa thupi lake. Drake adamuthamangira kenako adatembenuza kiyi.
  
  Atapuma pang'onopang'ono, anayika galimotoyo kumbuyo ndikutuluka m'malo oimikapo magalimoto. Mpirawo unkafuka m'mphepete mwa msewu pambuyo pawo.
  
  Ben anafuula kuti: "Rue Richelieu!"
  
  Drake anakhota, kudikirira chipolopolocho, anamva kulira kwachitsulo pamene akugunda injini, kenako anagunda accelerator. Anadutsa mbava zodabwa zomwe zinali m'mphepete mwa msewu ndipo adaziwona akuthamangira kugalimoto yawo.
  
  Drake anazungulira gudumu kumanja, kenako kumanzere, kenako kumanzere kachiwiri.
  
  "Rue Saint-Honoré." Ben anakuwa, akukweza khosi lake kuti awone dzina la msewu.
  
  Iwo anagwirizana ndi kuyenda kwa magalimoto. Drake adathamanga mwachangu momwe angathere, akuluka galimotoyo - zomwe, mwachisangalalo chake, zidawoneka ngati Mini Cooper - mkati ndi kunja kwa tinjira ndikuyang'anitsitsa kumbuyo.
  
  Wowombera padenga anali atasowa kale, koma a Mondeo anali kumbuyo komweko, osati kumbuyo.
  
  Anakhoteranso kumanja kenako kumanja, kuchita mwai pamaroboti. Louvre Museum, yotengedwa kuchokera kumanzere. Zinalibe ntchito: misewu inali yodzaza kwambiri, magetsi amadutsa pafupipafupi. Anafunika kuchoka pakati pa Paris.
  
  "Rue De Rivoli!"
  
  Drake adamukwiyira Ben. "N'chifukwa chiyani mumangokhalira kutchula mayina a misewu?"
  
  Ben anamuyang'ana. "Sindikudziwa! Iwo ... amaziwonetsa pa TV! Zimathandiza?"
  
  
  ******
  
  
  "Ayi!" - adafuula, chifukwa cha kubangula kwa injini pamene adathamanga pamsewu woterera kuchokera ku Rue de Rivoli.
  
  Chipolopolocho chinatuluka pa boot. Drake adawona munthu wodutsa akugwa ndi ululu. Zinali zoipa; zinali zovuta. Anthuwa anali odzikuza komanso amphamvu moti sankasamala amene akuwapweteka, ndipo mwachionekere ankakhala ndi zotsatirapo zake.
  
  Chifukwa chiyani magawo asanu ndi anayi a Odin anali ofunika kwambiri kwa iwo?
  
  Zipolopolozo zidalowa konkriti ndi zitsulo ndikusiya mapatani mozungulira Mini.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo foni ya Ben inalira. Anapanga njira yovuta yopotoza mapewa kuti atulutse m'thumba. "Amayi?"
  
  "O Mulungu wanga!" Drake anatukwana mwakachetechete.
  
  "Ndili bwino, ta. Inu? Monga bambo?"
  
  Mondeo yalowa mu boot ya Mini. Nyali zochititsa khungu zinadzaza m'mbuyo, pamodzi ndi nkhope za Ajeremani atatu onyoza. Anthu ochita zoipa ankakonda.
  
  Ben anagwedeza mutu. "Ndi sister?"
  
  Drake anayang'ana pamene Ajeremani akugwedeza dashboard ndi mfuti zawo mosangalala kwambiri.
  
  "Ayi. Palibe chapadera. Um...phokoso lanji limenelo?" Anaima kaye. "O, Xbox."
  
  Drake adakankhira accelerator pansi. Injiniyo idayankha mwachangu. Matayala ankalira ngakhale makilomita makumi asanu ndi limodzi pa ola limodzi.
  
  Kuwombera kotsatira kunaphwanya zenera lakumbuyo. Ben anatsikira kumalo okwera kutsogolo osadikira kuitanidwa. Drake adadzilola kuti ayesedwe kwakanthawi, kenaka adawongolera Mini mumsewu wopanda kanthu kutsogolo kwa mzere wautali wamagalimoto oyimitsidwa.
  
  Apaulendo mu Mondeo anawombera mosasamala, ndi zipolopolo zikuphwanya mazenera a magalimoto omwe anayimitsidwa, kugunda Mini ndikutulukapo. M"mphindi zochepa chabe, anapalasa mabuleki, anazungulira mokulira, anaponya galimoto yaing"onoyo madigiri 180, n"kubwerera m"mbuyo momwe anabwerera.
  
  Zinatengera masekondi amtengo wapatali kuti okwera a Mondeo azindikire zomwe zidachitika. Kutembenuka kwa digirii 180 kunali kosasamala komanso koopsa, ndipo adatulutsa magalimoto awiri oyimitsidwa ndi kuphulika koopsa. Kodi apolisi anali kuti m'dzina la zonse zopatulika?
  
  Tsopano palibe kusankha. Drake adayendetsa mozungulira ngodya zambiri momwe angathere. "Khala wokonzeka, Ben. Tithamanga."
  
  Ben kukanakhala kuti kulibe akanayima n"kumenya nkhondo koma chitetezo cha bwenzi lake chinali chofunika kwambiri. Ndipo kutayika kunali kusuntha kwanzeru tsopano.
  
  "Chabwino mama tiwonana." Ben adatseka foni yake ndikugwedeza. "Makolo".
  
  Drake adakokera Mini m'mphepete mwa msewu ndikudumpha mwadzidzidzi pakati pa kapinga wokonzedwa bwino. Galimotoyo isanayime anatsegula zitseko n"kudumpha n"kulunjika misewu yapafupi. Adasanganikirana ndi anthu aku Parisi akunyumba a Mondeo asanawonekere.
  
  Ben adatha kulira china chake ndikumuyang'ana Drake. "Msilikali wanga".
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Anabisala mu kanyumba kakang'ono ka intaneti pafupi ndi malo otchedwa Harry's New York Bar. Uku kunali kusuntha kwanzeru kwambiri kwa Drake. Zosawoneka bwino komanso zotsika mtengo, anali malo omwe amatha kupitiliza kafukufuku wawo ndikusankha zoyenera kuchita pakubwera kwa Louvre popanda nkhawa kapena kusokonezedwa.
  
  Drake adakonza ma muffin ndi khofi pomwe Ben adalowa. Drake sanavulalebe, koma akuganiza kuti Ben ayenera kukhala ndi nkhawa pang'ono. Msilikali amene anali mwa iye sankadziwa momwe angamugwirire. Mnzakeyo anadziwa kuti ayenera kukambirana. Choncho anakankhira chakudya ndi zakumwa kwa mnyamatayo, nakhazikika m"kanyumba kabwinoko n"kuyang"anitsitsa.
  
  "Mukuyenda bwanji ndi zopusa zonsezi?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa". Ben ananena zoona. "Sindinakhale ndi nthawi yoti ndizindikire."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Izi zili bwino. Chabwino, mukatero..." analoza kompyuta. "Uli ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Ndinabwereranso patsamba lomwelo monga kale. Zopezedwa modabwitsa za zinthu zakale zokumbidwa pansi... zidutswa zisanu ndi zinayi... yada, yada, yada... oh eya - ndinaŵerenga za chiphunzitso chochititsa chidwi cha Odin cha "kutha kwa dziko"."
  
  "Ndipo ndinati..."
  
  "Zinali zonyansa. Koma osati kwenikweni, Mat. Mvetserani kwa izi. Monga ndanenera, pali nthano ndipo yamasuliridwa m'zilankhulo zambiri. Osati a Scandinavia okha. Zikuwoneka zapadziko lonse lapansi, zomwe sizachilendo kwa alimi omwe amaphunzira zamtunduwu. Zimanenedwa pano kuti ngati zidutswa zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin zidzasonkhanitsidwa nthawi ya Ragnarok, zidzatsegula njira yopita ku Manda a Milungu. Ndipo ngati manda awa aipitsidwa konse ... chabwino, sulfure ndi Gehena yonse yotulutsidwa ndi chiyambi chabe cha mavuto athu. Taonani ndati Milungu?"
  
  Drake anakwinya nkhope. "Ayi. Pangakhale bwanji manda a Milungu pano? Sanakhaleko ndipo Ragnarok sanakhaleko. Anali chabe malo a ku Norway Armagedo."
  
  "Ndichoncho. Nanga bwanji ngati unalikodi?"
  
  "Ndiye tangoganizirani kufunika kopeza chonchi."
  
  "Manda a Milungu? Zikanakhala zoposa chirichonse. Atlantis. Camelot. Edeni. Iwo sakanakhala kanthu poyerekeza ndi izi. Ndiye mukunena kuti Odin Shield ndi chiyambi chabe?"
  
  Ben analuma pamwamba pa muffin wake. "Ndikuganiza tiwona. Kwatsala zidutswa zisanu ndi zitatu, ndiye zikayamba kuzimiririka," adapuma kaye. "Mukudziwa, Karin ndiye ubongo wabanja, ndipo mlongo angafune kudziwa zolakwika zonse za pa intaneti. Zonse ndi zidutswa. "
  
  "Ben, ndikumva kuti ndine wolakwa chifukwa cha iweyo. Ndipo ndikulonjeza kuti palibe chomwe chidzakuchitikireni, koma sindingaphatikizepo wina aliyense mu izi. Drake anakwinya nkhope. "Ndikudabwa chifukwa chake anthu aku Germany adayamba kuchita izi tsopano. Mosakayikira mbali zina zisanu ndi zitatuzi zakhalapo kwa nthaŵi yaitali."
  
  "Zofanana zochepa ndi mpira. Ndipo iwo ali nazo izo. Mwina panali china chapadera chokhudza Chishango? Chinachake chokhudza izi chinapangitsa china chilichonse kukhala chaphindu. "
  
  Drake amakumbukira kutenga zithunzi za Shield, koma adatha kuyimitsa kafukufukuyu mtsogolo. Anadula skrini. "Panopa akuti chosema cha Horse cha Odin chinapezeka m"boti lalitali la Viking, lomwe kwenikweni ndilo chionetsero chachikulu cha Louvre. Anthu ambiri sakanatha kuona chiboliboli cha Hatchiyo poyenda mu Louvre."
  
  "Longboat," Ben anawerenga mokweza. "Ndi chinsinsi palokha - idapangidwa kuchokera kumitengo yomwe idadziwika kale mbiri ya Viking."
  
  "Monga Shield," adatero Drake.
  
  "Anapezeka ku Denmark," Ben anaŵerenganso mowonjezereka. "Ndipo onani apa," iye analoza pa sikirini, "izi zikuyang"ana mbali zina za Odin zimene ndatchula poyamba paja? The Wolves ali ku New York, ndipo lingaliro labwino kwambiri ndiloti Spear ali ku Uppsala, Sweden, atagwa kuchokera ku thupi la Odin pamene ankatsika kuchokera ku World Tree.
  
  "Ndiye zisanu." Drake adatsamira pampando wake wabwino ndikumwetsa khofi wake. Pafupi nawo, malo odyera pa intaneti adachita phokoso ndi zochitika zochepa. M'misewu yapanjapo munali anthu ambiri akungoyendayenda m'moyo.
  
  Ben anabadwa ali ndi pakamwa pazitsulo ndipo ankamwa theka la khofi wake wotentha m'kamwa limodzi. "Pali chinanso apa," iye anafuula motero. "Mulungu, sindikudziwa. Zikuwoneka zovuta. Za chinthu chotchedwa Volva. Kodi Seer amatanthauza chiyani? "
  
  "Mwina adatcha galimotoyo dzina lake."
  
  "Zoseketsa. Ayi, zikuwoneka kuti Odin anali ndi Velva yapadera. Dikirani - izi zingatenge kanthawi. "
  
  Drake anali otangwanika kwambiri akusintha maganizo ake pakati pa Ben, kompyuta, kutuluka kwa chidziwitso, ndi misewu yotanganidwa yomwe inali kunja kwake, moti sanazindikire kuti mayiyo akuyandikira mpaka anaima pafupi ndi tebulo lawo.
  
  Asanasunthe, anakweza dzanja lake.
  
  "Anyamata, musadzuke," anatero m"mawu a ku America. "Tiyenera kuyankhula".
  
  
  ZISANU
  
  
  
  PARIS, FRANCE
  
  
  Kennedy Moore adakhala nthawi yayitali akuwunika banjali.
  
  Poyamba ankaganiza kuti palibe vuto. Patapita nthawi, atapenda mmene mnyamatayo analili woopsa koma wotsimikiza mtima komanso wosamala za khalidwe lake, anafika pozindikira kuti vuto, zochitika, ndi Mdyerekezi zinawakokera aŵiriwo ku utatu wosayera wangozi.
  
  Iye sanali wapolisi kuno. Koma iye anali wapolisi ku New York, ndipo sikunali kophweka kukula pa chisumbu chaching"ono chimenechi chokhala ndi nsanja zake zazikulu za konkire. Munali ndi diso la wapolisi musanadziwe kuti ndiye tsogolo lanu kulowa nawo NYPD. Pambuyo pake munakulitsa ndikuwerengeranso, koma maso amenewo nthawi zonse. Mawonekedwe ovuta, owerengera.
  
  Ngakhale ali patchuthi, ankaganiza mowawidwa mtima.
  
  Atamwa khofi kwa ola limodzi ndi kusefukira mopanda cholinga, analephera kudziletsa. Ayenera kuti anali patchuthi - zomwe zimamveka bwino kwa iye kuposa tchuthi chokakamizidwa - koma sizikutanthauza kuti wapolisi yemwe anali mwa iye adangotaya mtima kuposa momwe Brit adasiya ukoma wake usiku wake woyamba ku Vegas.
  
  Anakhala patebulo lawo. Atakakamizidwa kutchuthi, anaganizanso. Izi zidayika ntchito yake yodziwika bwino ya NYPD.
  
  Mkuluyo adamuyesa mwachangu, akukweza tinyanga. Anamuyeza mwachangu kuposa momwe asitikali aku US angayesere nyumba yamahule ku Bangkok.
  
  "Musawuke anyamata," iye anatero monyodola. "Tiyenera kuyankhula".
  
  "Amerika?" Adatelo mkulu uja modabwa. "Mukufuna chiyani?"
  
  Iye sanamumvere. "Uli bwino, mwana?" Anawalitsa chishango chake. "Ndine wapolisi. Tsopano udzakhala woona mtima kwa ine."
  
  Mkuluyo nthawi yomweyo adadina ndikumwetulira momasuka, zomwe zinali zachilendo. Winayo anaphethira mosokonezeka.
  
  "A?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  Wapolisi ku Kennedy adalimbikitsa nkhaniyi. "Kodi muli pano mwakufuna kwanu?" Zinali zonse zomwe ankaganiza kuti akhale pafupi nawo.
  
  Mnyamatayo ankawoneka wachisoni. "Kuwona malo ndikwabwino, koma kugonana mwankhanza sikusangalatsa."
  
  Mkuluyo ankawoneka woyamikira modabwitsa. "Ndikhulupirire. Palibe mavuto pano. Ndi bwino kuona kuti ena m"gulu la apolisi amalemekezabe ntchito imeneyi. Ndine Matt Drake."
  
  Anatambasula dzanja lake.
  
  Kennedy ananyalanyaza izi, komabe sanakhulupirire. Malingaliro ake anakhazikika pa mawuwo, akulemekezabe ntchitoyo, ndipo anadutsa mwezi watha. Iwo anaima pamene ankaima nthawi zonse. Mu Kalebe. Pa anthu amene anazunzidwa. Kuti amasulidwe mopanda malire.
  
  Ngati kokha.
  
  "Chabwino, zikomo, ndikuganiza."
  
  "Ndiye wapolisi waku New York? " Mnyamatayo anawonjezera nsidze zake zokwezeka, zomwe analoza kwa mkuluyo.
  
  "Damn wochenjera." Matt Drake anaseka mopepuka. Ankawoneka kuti ali ndi chidaliro, ndipo ngakhale adakhala momasuka, Kennedy adadziwa kuti ali ndi luso lochitapo kanthu pakamphindi. Ndipo mmene ankayang"anira nthawi zonse m"dera lakelo, ankaganizira wapolisi. Kapena asilikali.
  
  Iye anagwedeza mutu, akumaganiza ngati adziitana kuti akhale pansi.
  
  Drake adaloza pampando wopanda kanthu ndikumusiya kutuluka bwino. "Ndiponso mwaulemu. Ndinamva kuti anthu a ku New York ndi anthu odalirika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
  
  "Matt!" Mnyamatayo anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Ngati mwadzidalira mopambanitsa mukutanthauza kudzikonda ndi kudzikuza, inenso ndamva zimenezo." Kennedy adalowa mnyumbamo, akumva kukhala wovuta. "Kenako ndinabwera ku Paris ndipo ndinakumana ndi a French."
  
  "Pa tchuthi?"
  
  "Ndi zomwe adandiuza."
  
  Mnyamatayo sanakakamire, anangotambasulanso dzanja lake. "Ndidakali Matt Drake. Ndipo uyu ndiye mlendo wanga, Ben."
  
  "Moni, ndine Kennedy. Ndinamva zomwe mukunena, mwina mitu yankhani, ndikuwopa. Izi ndi zomwe zinandidabwitsa. Nanga bwanji a Wolves ku New York? " Anakweza nsidze, kutengera Ben.
  
  "Mmodzi". Drake adamuphunzira mosamala, akudikirira kuti achite. "Kodi mukudziwa kalikonse za iye?"
  
  "Anali bambo ake a Thor, sichoncho? Mukudziwa, mumasewera a Marvel. "
  
  "Amakonda nkhani zonse." Ben anagwedeza mutu pa kompyuta.
  
  "Ndakhala ndikuyesera kuti ndisakhale pamitu yankhani posachedwa. Mawu a Kennedy anadza mofulumira, amphamvu ndi zowawa ndi zokhumudwitsa. Panadutsa mphindi kuti apitirize. "Choncho, osati kwambiri. Zakwana basi."
  
  "Zikumveka ngati wapanga zochepa."
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri pantchito yanga." Anabwerera ndipo kenako anayang'ana kunja kudzera m'mawindo akuda a cafe mumsewu.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adatsata zomwe adamuyang'ana, akudabwa ngati angamukankhire, ndipo maso ake adakumana ndi m'modzi mwa mbava zam'mbuyomu zomwe zidayang'ana pagalasi.
  
  "Shit. Anyamatawa ndi olimbikira kuposa malo ochezera a ku India. "
  
  Nkhope ya mnyamatayo inawala ndi kuzindikira pamene Drake anasuntha, koma tsopano Drake adaganiza kuti sakufunikanso kuchita chiwerewere. Magolovesi anali atazimitsadi ndipo mkulu wa SAS anabwerera. Anasuntha mwachangu, nagwira mpando umodzi ndikuuponya pawindo ndi ngozi yowopsa. Wachijeremani anawulukira mmbuyo, akugwera panjira ngati nyama yakufa.
  
  Drake adamuyimilira Ben pambali. "Tiye nafe kapena ayi," anafuula motero Kennedy akuthamanga. "Koma musandichokere."
  
  Mwachangu anayenda n"kupita kuchitseko n"kukatsegula n"kuima ngati kuli kulira kwamfuti. Anthu a ku Parisi odabwa anayima mozungulira. Alendo odzaona malo anathawa m"mbali zonse. Drake adayang'ana mofufuza mumsewu.
  
  "Kudzipha". Iye anabwerera.
  
  "Khomo lakumbuyo". Anamusisita paphewa Ben ndikulunjika kokauntala. Kennedy anali asanasamuke, koma sizinatengere maganizo ofufuza a wapolisi kuti azindikire kuti anthuwa anali m'mavuto.
  
  "Ndikuphimba."
  
  Drake anadutsa wogulitsa yemwe anali wamantha kulowa mumsewu wamdima womwe unali ndi mabokosi a khofi, shuga, ndi timitengo. Pamapeto pake panali kuthawa moto. Drake anagunda pa bala, kenako mosamala anayang'ana kunja. Dzuwa lamadzulo linatentha maso anga, koma gombe linali loyera. Chomwe kwa iye chinkatanthauza kuti kunali mdani mmodzi yekha kunja kwinakwake.
  
  Drake adalozera ena kuti adikire, kenako adayenda mwadala kupita ku Germany yodikirirayo. Sanazembe kumenya kwa mwamunayo, koma anailowetsa mwamphamvu mu solar plexus popanda kugwedezeka. Kudzidzimuka kwa nkhope ya mdani wakeyo kunam"bweretsera chikhutiro nthaŵi yomweyo.
  
  "Mapusi amangofuna plexus." Ananong'oneza. Zomwe zidamuchitikira zidamuphunzitsa kuti mwamuna wophunzitsidwa amatha kugunda chimodzi mwazinthu zowoneka bwino m'thupi ndikupumira kuti achite, kotero Drake adagawana nawo zowawazo - monga adaphunzitsidwa kosatha - ndikudutsamo. Anathyola mphuno ya mnyamatayo, n"kuthyola nsagwada ndipo anangotsala pang"ono kuthyola khosi lake ndi mikwingwirima iwiri, kenako n"kumusiya atatambalala m"mphepete mwa msewu popanda kusweka. Anawagwedeza ena kutsogolo.
  
  Iwo adachoka m'kafe ndikuyang'ana uku ndi uku.
  
  Kennedy adati, "Hotelo yanga ili midadada itatu kuchokera pano."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Damn ozizira. Pitani."
  
  
  chisanu ndi chimodzi
  
  
  
  PARIS, FRANCE
  
  
  Patapita mphindi imodzi Ben anati, "Dikirani."
  
  "Musanene kuti muyenera kupita kuchimbudzi, abwenzi, apo ayi tikugulireni matewera.
  
  Kennedy adabisala pomwe Ben adachita manyazi.
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti nthawi yakwana yoti mugone, bambo wachikulire, koma nthawi yatsala pang'ono ...
  
  Damn, Drake adataya nthawi. "Bullshit".
  
  "Mu Louvre?"
  
  "Pafupi ndi nthawi." Drake adagwedeza taxi yodutsa. "Kennedy, ndikufotokozera."
  
  "Mukumva bwino. Ndapita kale ku Louvre lero. "
  
  "Osati za izi..." Ben anang"ung"udza akulowa mu taxi. Drake adalankhula mawu amatsenga ndipo galimoto idanyamuka. Ulendowu unachitika mwakachetechete ndipo unatenga mphindi khumi kudutsa m'misewu yodzaza ndi magalimoto. Njira za m'mbali sizinali bwino pamene atatu a iwo anayesa kupita ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale kuthamangitsa.
  
  Pamene akuyenda, Ben adabweretsa Kennedy. Wina anapeza chishango cha Odin ku Iceland. Wina adawabera pachiwonetsero cha York, ndikuwonongeratu chiwonetsero chodabwitsa cha mphaka wa Frey. "
  
  "Frey?"
  
  "Wopanga mafashoni. Si iwe wochokera ku New York?"
  
  "Ndimachokera ku New York, koma sindine munthu wamkulu wa mafashoni. Ndipo sindine wokonda kukopeka mwachimbulimbuli mumkangano wamtundu wina. Panopa sindikufunikanso mavuto enanso."
  
  Drake adatsala pang'ono kunena kuti "pali khomo" koma adadziyimitsa pamphindi yomaliza. Wapolisi akhoza kukhala wothandiza usikuuno pazifukwa zambiri, makamaka ochokera ku States. Pamene ankayandikira piramidi yagalasi yomwe inkasonyeza polowera ku Louvre, iye anati, "Kennedy, anthuwa anayesa kutipha katatu. Ndili ndi udindo wowonetsetsa kuti izi sizichitika. Tsopano tikufunikira zambiri za zomwe gehena ikuchitika pano, ndipo pazifukwa zina iwo ali ndi chidwi ndi zomwe Ben adapeza zimatchedwa 'Zigawo zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin'. Sitikudziwa chifukwa chake, koma apa, "analoza kuseri kwa piramidi yagalasi, "ndi gawo lachiwiri."
  
  Ben anati: "Adzaba usiku uno," kenako anawonjezera kuti, "Mwinamwake."
  
  "Ndipo mbali iyi ya New York ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Pali chidutswa china cha Odin chomwe chikuwonetsedwa pamenepo. Mimbulu. Ku Natural History Museum. "
  
  Drake adaphunzira mapu. "Zikuwoneka kuti Louvre nthawi zambiri sawonetsa zosonkhanitsa za Viking. Izi ndizobwereketsanso, monga ku York. Ikunena pano kuti chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi boti lalitali la Viking, lomwe ndi limodzi mwa mabwato abwino kwambiri omwe apezekapo, komanso kutchuka kwake koipa."
  
  "Zikutanthauza chiyani?" Kennedy anaima pamwamba pa masitepewo ngati bango polimbana ndi mphepo yamkuntho pamene mawiri awiri a mapazi akuponda momuzungulira.
  
  "Kusalongosoka koimiridwa ndi msinkhu wake. Izi zisanachitike mbiri ya Viking. "
  
  "Chabwino, ndizosangalatsa."
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Iwo ali pachionetsero cha pansi pa mapiko a Denon, pafupi ndi Aigupto wina^Optic^Ptolemaic^bullshit. .bullshit...osadandaula. Nachi chinthucho."
  
  Makonde otakata, opukutidwa anali kunyezimira mozungulira iwo pamene akuphatikizana ndi gululo. Anthu am'deralo ndi alendo azaka zonse adadzaza malo akale kwambiri ndikupangitsa kuti likhale lamoyo tsiku lonse. Munthu akanakhoza kungolingalira za manda ake, chilengedwe chochititsa mantha usiku.
  
  Panthawiyo, kunali mkokomo wosamva ngati khoma la konkire likugwa. Onse anaima. Drake adatembenukira kwa Ben.
  
  "Dikira pano, Ben. Tipatseni theka la ola. Tikupezani." Anayima kaye, kenaka anawonjezera, "Ngati achoka, dikirani pafupi ndi piramidi yagalasi momwe mungathere."
  
  Sanadikire kuti amuyankhe. Ben ankadziwa bwinobwino za ngoziyo. Drake adayang'ana uku akutulutsa foni yake ndikuyimba nambala yoyimba mwachangu. Angakhale amayi, kapena abambo, kapena mlongo. Analozera Kennedy ndipo mosamalitsa anatsika masitepe ozungulira mpaka pansi. Pamene amalunjika kuholo komwe kunali chionetsero cha Viking, anthu adayamba kuthamanga. Mtambo wakuda bii unazungulira kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  "Thamangani!" Mnyamata yemwe ankawoneka ngati chitsanzo cha Hollister anakuwa. "Muli anyamata omwe ali ndi mfuti mkati!"
  
  Drake anayima pakhomo ndikuyika pachiwopsezo kuyang'ana mkati. Anakumana ndi chisokonezo chonse. Chithunzi chochokera ku kanema wa kanema wa Michael Bay, wodabwitsa kwambiri. Anawerengera anyamata asanu ndi atatu ovala mayunifolomu obisala, okhala ndi zophimba kumaso ndi mfuti zamakina, akukwera muboti lalitali la Viking lomwe adawonapo. Kumbuyo kwawo, mosasamala modabwitsa, bowo la fodya linali litaphulika pakhoma la nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale.
  
  Anyamatawa anali openga. Chomwe chinawapangitsa iwo kukhala amphamvu chinali chakuti iwo anali ndi chindunji chododometsa cha kutengeka maganizo. Kuphulitsa zipata zomangira ndi kuwombera maroketi m"khamu la anthu kunkawoneka kukhala chizolowezi chawo. Ndizosadabwitsa kuti adathamangitsa Ben ndi iye ku Paris konsekonse kale. Kuthamangitsa magalimoto mwina zinali zosangalatsa zawo asanagone.
  
  Kennedy anayika dzanja lake pa phewa lake ndikuyang'ana pozungulira. "Mulungu".
  
  "Zimatsimikizira kuti tili panjira yoyenera. Tsopano tikungofunika kuyandikira kwa mkulu wawo. "
  
  "Sindiyandikira pafupi ndi zitsiru zilizonse. " Analumbira m"mawu a Chingelezi abwino modabwitsa.
  
  "Wokongola. Koma ndiyenera kupeza njira yotichotsera mndandanda wawo wa zoyipa. "
  
  Drake adawona anthu wamba ambiri akuthamangira komwe amatuluka. Ajeremani sanawawone konse, adangochita molimba mtima dongosolo lawo.
  
  "Tiyeni". Drake adalowa m'chipindamo. Anagwiritsa ntchito ziwonetsero zozungulira pobisalira ndipo adayandikira pafupi ndi kumvetsera momwe zinalili zotetezeka.
  
  "Pepani dikh!" wina anakuwa moumirira.
  
  Chinachake chokhudza 'kuthamanga'. Drake anatero. "Anthu amwaziwa akuyenera kuchitapo kanthu mwachangu. Louvre iyenera kukhala yapamwamba pamndandanda wamayankho aku France. "
  
  Mmodzi wa Ajeremani anafuula china chake ndipo anatola mwala waukulu ngati thireyi yodyeramo. Iwo ankawoneka olemetsa. Msilikaliyo anaitana anthu ena awiri kuti amutsitse m"botilo.
  
  "Zachidziwikire, osati SAS," adatero Drake.
  
  "Kapena waku America," adatero Kennedy. "Ndinkakonda kukhala ndi munthu wa Marine yemwe amatha kumamatira kansalu kakang'ono kameneka pansi pa khungu lake."
  
  Drake anatsamwitsidwa pang'ono. "Chithunzi chabwino. Zikomo chifukwa cha ndemanga zanu. Onani." Anagwedeza mutu kulowera kumene kunali mpanda wa khoma pomwe panangotulukira munthu wovala zoyera atavala zoyera.
  
  "Mnyamata yemweyo yemwe adabera Shield ku York. Mwina."
  
  Bamboyo anayang"ana mwachidule chosemacho, kenako anagwedeza mutu movomereza ndi kutembenukira kwa Mtsogoleri wake. "Ndi nthawi yoti..."
  
  Kuwombera kunamveka panja. Ajeremani anazizira kwa sekondi imodzi, mwachiwonekere kuyang"anizana mosokonezeka. Kenako m"chipindacho munadzaza zipolopolo ndipo aliyense ankangokhalira kubisala.
  
  Amuna ena ovala zophimba nkhope adawonekera pakhomo lophulitsidwa posachedwa. Mphamvu yatsopano, yovala mosiyana ndi Ajeremani.
  
  Drake anaganiza: Apolisi aku France?
  
  "Anthu aku Canada!" Mmodzi wa Ajeremani anafuula monyoza. "Iphani! Ipha!"
  
  Drake adatseka m'makutu mwake pomwe mfuti khumi ndi ziwiri zidatsegula nthawi imodzi. Zipolopolo zinagunda thupi la munthu, kuchokera pachiwonetsero chamatabwa, kuchokera pakhoma la pulasitala. Magalasiwo anasweka, ndipo zithunzi zamtengo wapatali zinang"ambika n"kugwera pansi ndi ngozi. Kennedy adalumbira mokweza, zomwe Drake adayamba kuzindikira kuti sizinali "malo atsopano" kwa iye. "A French owopsa ali kuti, zikomo!"
  
  Drake adamva chizungulire. Anthu aku Canada?
  
  Chiwonetsero chomwe chili pafupi ndi iwo chinasweka kukhala zidutswa chikwi. Magalasi ndi nkhuni zinagwa pamisana yawo. Drake anayamba kukwawa kumbuyo, kumukoka Kennedy naye. Boti lalitalilo linali lodzala ndi mtovu. Panthawiyi anthu aku Canada anali atalowa m'chipindacho ndipo Ajeremani angapo anali atafa kapena akunjenjemera. Pamene Drake adayang'ana, m'modzi mwa anthu aku Canada adawombera Mjeremaniyo m'mutu mwake, ndikuphwanya ubongo wake pa vase yazaka 3,000 zaku Egypt zaku terracotta.
  
  "Palibe chikondi chomwe chimatayika pakati pa osaka amisala." Drake anagwedezeka. "Ndipo nthawi yonse yomwe ndidakhala ndikusewera Tomb Raider, izi sizinachitike."
  
  "Inde," Kennedy adagwedeza magalasi kutsitsi lake. "Koma ngati mwaseweradi masewerawa, m'malo mongoyang'ana bulu wake kwa maola khumi ndi asanu ndi awiri, mutha kudziwa zomwe zikuchitika."
  
  "Ben ndi mwayi. Osati wanga. Kusewera masewera, ndiye. " Anadziika pachiwopsezo choyang'ana m'mwamba.
  
  Mmodzi wa Ajeremani anayesa kuthawa. Anathamangira molunjika kwa Drake osamuzindikira, kenako adalumpha modabwa njira yake itatsekedwa. "Bewegen!" Anakweza mfuti yake.
  
  "Inde, nanunso." Drake anakweza manja ake.
  
  Chala cha bamboyo chinakhazikika pa chowombera.
  
  Kennedy anasuntha mwadzidzidzi kumbali, kuchititsa chidwi cha German kuti chigwedezeke. Drake adayandikira ndikumugwada kumaso. Chibakeracho chinagwedezeka pamutu pa Drake, koma adachoka pambali, nthawi yomweyo akukankhira msilikaliyo pabondo. Kukuwako sikunamveke phokoso la kuthyoka fupa. Drake anali pa iye mu sekondi, mawondo akukankhira mwamphamvu pachifuwa chake chogwedezeka. Ndikuyenda mwachangu, adang'amba chigoba cha msilikaliyo.
  
  Ndipo adadandaula. "Uwu. Sindikudziwa zomwe ndinkayembekezera."
  
  Tsitsi lofiirira. Maso abulu. Zowoneka bwino za nkhope. Kusokonezeka kwa nkhope.
  
  "Kenako". Drake adakomoka ndikukomoka, ndikudalira Kennedy kuti aziyang'anira anzawo. Pamene Drake anayang'ana mmwamba, nkhondoyo inapitirira. Panthawiyo, German wina anayenda mozungulira chiwonetsero chakugwa. Drake adamunyamula pambali ndipo Kennedy adamugwadira mu solar plexus. Mwamuna uyu adasiya mwachangu kuposa gulu latsopano la anyamata pa X Factor.
  
  Tsopano mmodzi wa anthu a ku Canada anali kukokera chosema cha Odin kutali ndi akufa ndi zala zamagazi za mdani wake. Wachijeremani wina adamuzungulira ndikumuukira kumbali, koma waku Canadayo anali wabwino, akupotoza ndikugwera mikwingwirima itatu, kenako ndikuponya thupi lopunduka paphewa lake ndikumugwetsera pansi. Wa ku Canada adawombera katatu pafupi ndi chigamulo chachikulu, kenako adapitiliza kukokera chojambulacho potuluka. Ngakhale Drake anachita chidwi. Mnyamata wa ku Canada atafika kwa anzake, adakuwa ndikuwawombera moto asanatuluke m'bowolo lomwe linali lofuka.
  
  "Upsalla!" Wa ku Canada wa kalasi yoyamba anayamba kulira ndi kukweza nkhonya yake pa Ajeremani opulumukawo. Drake adagwira kudzikuza, kusamvera komanso chisangalalo m'mawu amodziwo. Chodabwitsa, mawuwo ndi achikazi.
  
  Kenako mayiyo anaima kaye n"kuchotsa chigoba chake mosonyeza kunyoza kwambiri. "Upsalla!" Analiranso Ajeremani. "Khalani pamenepo!"
  
  Drake akanagwedezeka akadapanda kugwada kale. Ankaganiza kuti wagundidwa ndi chipolopolo, uku kunali kunjenjemera. Anazindikira izi zomwe zimatchedwa Canada. Iye ankamudziwa bwino. Anali Alicia Miles, waku London yemwe kale anali wofanana naye ku SRT.
  
  Kampani yachinsinsi mkati mwa SAS.
  
  Ndemanga yam'mbuyomu ya Wells idabweretsa zikumbukiro zakale zomwe ziyenera kukwiriridwa mozama kuposa momwe wandale adawonongera ndalama. Munali oposa SAS. Mukufuna kuiwalanji?
  
  Chifukwa cha zimene tinachita.
  
  Alicia Miles anali m'modzi mwa asirikali abwino kwambiri omwe adawawonapo. Akazi omwe ali m'magulu apadera ayenera kukhala abwino kuposa amuna kuti athe kufika theka la momwe amachitira. Ndipo Alicia ananyamuka molunjika pamwamba.
  
  Kodi anali kuchita chiyani kuti atenge nawo mbali pa zonsezi, ndikumveka ngati munthu wamba, yemwe ankadziwa kuti sanali? Panali chinthu chimodzi chokha chomwe chinamulimbikitsa Alicia: ndalama.
  
  Mwina ndichifukwa chake adagwira ntchito ku Canada?
  
  Drake adayamba kukwawa kulowera komwe amatuluka mchipindacho. "Chotero m"malo motichotsa pamndandanda wakupha ndi kuulula adani athu," iye anadandaula motero, "tsopano tili ndi adani ambiri, ndipo palibe chimene tachita koma kudzipangitsa tokha kukhala osokonezeka kwambiri."
  
  Kennedy, akukwawa kumbuyo kwake, anawonjezera kuti: "Moyo wanga ... m'mawu awiri owopsa."
  
  
  ZISANU NDI ZIWIRI
  
  
  
  PARIS, FRANCE
  
  
  Chipinda cha hotelo cha Kennedy chinali chabwinoko pang'ono kuposa momwe Drake ndi Ben adakhala maola angapo.
  
  "Ndimaganiza kuti apolisi nonse mwasweka," Drake adadandaula, akuyang'ana malo olowera ndikutuluka.
  
  "Ife ndife. Koma nthawi yanu yatchuthi ikakhala kulibe kwa zaka khumi, ndiye ndikuganiza kuti akaunti yanu yowerengera imayamba kudzaza. "
  
  "Kodi iyi ndi laputopu?" Ben adamufikira funso losamveka lisanayankhidwe. Anamupeza akubisala pafupi ndi piramidi yagalasi atachoka ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, akuchita ngati alendo ena awiri ochita mantha, akuwopa kwambiri kuti asakumbukire zambiri.
  
  "Bwanji sitiuza a French zomwe tikudziwa?" Kennedy adafunsa Ben akusegula laptop.
  
  "Chifukwa ndi achi French," adatero Drake akuseka, kenako adasintha kwambiri pomwe palibe amene adalowa nawo. Anakhala m'mphepete mwa bedi la Kennedy, kumayang'ana bwenzi lake likugwira ntchito. "Pepani. A French sadzadziwa kalikonse. Kupyola mu izi ndi iwo tsopano kudzatichedwetsa. Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti nthawi ndi vuto. Tiyenera kulumikizana ndi aku Sweden. "
  
  "Kodi mumadziwa aliyense yemwe ali mugulu lachinsinsi la Sweden?" Kennedy adakweza nsidze kwa iye.
  
  "Ayi. Komabe, ndiyenera kuyimbira foni mkulu wanga wakale. "
  
  "Unachoka liti ku SAS?"
  
  "Simunachoke ku SAS." Ben atayang'ana mmwamba, adawonjezera kuti, "Mofananiza."
  
  "Mitu itatu iyenera kukhala yabwino kuposa iwiri." Ben adayang'ana Kennedy kwa mphindi imodzi. "Bwanji ngati mukadali bizinesi?"
  
  Kugwedeza pang'ono. Tsitsi la Kennedy linagwera m'maso mwake ndipo adatenga mphindi imodzi kuti alibweze. "Ndikumvetsa kuti pali zigawo zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin, kotero funso langa loyamba ndi chifukwa chiyani? Funso lachiwiri ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Ife timangozindikira mu cafe." Ben anagunda mokwiya pa kiyibodi. "Pali nthano ina, imene Bambo Krusty amatsutsa pano, imene imanena kuti kuli Manda enieni a Milungu - kwenikweni, malo amene Milungu yonse yakale imayikidwa. Ndipo iyi si nthano yakale chabe; asayansi angapo akambiranapo, ndipo mapepala ambiri asindikizidwa kwa zaka zambiri. Vuto ndiloti," Ben anatero, akusisita maso ake, "ndizovuta kuwerenga. Asayansi satchuka chifukwa cha chinenero chawo cha prosaic."
  
  "Prosaic? " Kennedy anabwerezanso uku akumwetulira. "Kodi ukupita ku koleji?"
  
  "Ndiye wotsogolera nyimbo mu gulu," Drake adamwalira.
  
  Kennedy adakweza nsidze. "Chifukwa chake muli ndi Manda a Mulungu omwe sanakhaleko. CHABWINO. Ndiye?"
  
  "Ngati udzaipitsidwa konse, dziko lidzamira ndi moto... etc. ndi zina zotero."
  
  "Ndikumvetsa. Nanga bwanji zigawo zisanu ndi zinayi?
  
  "Chabwino, atasonkhanitsidwa nthawi ya Ragnarok, akuwonetsa njira yopita kumanda."
  
  "Ragnarok ali kuti?"
  
  Drake anakankha kapeti. "Chinsomba china chofiira. Awa si malo. M"chenicheni ndi mndandanda wa zochitika, nkhondo yaikulu, dziko loyeretsedwa ndi mtsinje wamoto. Masoka achilengedwe. Aramagedo ndi yoopsa kwambiri."
  
  Kennedy anasisita. "Chifukwa chake ngakhale ma Vikings olimba mtima amawopa apocalypse."
  
  Akuyang'ana pansi, Drake adawona pansi buku latsopano koma lokwinya moyipa la USA Today. Zinali zitakulungidwa pamutuwu - 'WOULUTSIDWA SERIAL KILLER AKUFUNA ZAMBIRI ZIWIRI'.
  
  Zosasangalatsa, koma osati zachilendo patsamba loyamba la nyuzipepala. Chomwe chinamupangitsa kuti ayang'anenso, ngati kuti maso ake atenthedwa, chinali chithunzi cha Kennedy atavala yunifolomu ya apolisi m'malembawo. Ndipo mutu wawung'ono pafupi ndi chithunzi chake - Wapolisi akuphwanya - akupita AWOL.
  
  Anagwirizanitsa mitu yankhani ndi botolo la vodka lomwe linali pafupifupi lopanda kanthu pa tebulo lovala, oletsa ululu patebulo la pambali pa bedi, kusowa kwa katundu, mapu oyendera alendo, zikumbutso ndi ulendo.
  
  Zopusa.
  
  Kennedy anati: "Ndiye kuti anthu a ku Germany ndi aku Canada amenewa akufuna kupeza manda amene kulibe, mwina pofuna ulemerero? Pakuti chuma chingabweretse? Ndipo kuti achite izi ayenera kusonkhanitsa zidutswa zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin pamalo omwe simalo. Ndi choncho?"
  
  Ben anakwiya. Bambo anga ankakonda kunena kuti: "Eya, nyimbo sinyimbo mpaka itatsindidwa pa vinyl." M"Chingelezi, tidakali ndi ntchito yambiri yoti tichite.
  
  "Ndi kutambasula. "
  
  "Zili ngati izi." Ben anatembenuza screen ya laptop. "Zithunzi zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin ndi Maso, Mimbulu, Valkyries, Horse, Shield ndi Spear."
  
  Drake anawerengera. "Alipo asanu ndi mmodzi okha, mwana."
  
  "Maso awiri. Mimbulu iwiri. Mitundu iwiri ya Valkyries. Inde."
  
  "Ndi ndani ali ku Apsalla?" Drake adayang'ana Kennedy.
  
  Ben anapalasa kwa kamphindi, kenako anati, "Izi zikunenedwa pano kuti Mkondo unalasa Odin m'mphepete mwake pamene ankasala kudya akulendewera pa Mtengo wa Padziko Lonse, kuwulula zinsinsi zake zonse za Volva yake - Wowona wake. Mvetserani mawu enanso: "Pafupi ndi Kachisi wa ku Upsalla pali mtengo waukulu kwambiri wokhala ndi nthambi zotambalala, zomwe nthaŵi zonse zimakhala zobiriwira m"nyengo yachisanu ndi m"chilimwe." Kodi uwu ndi mtengo wotani, palibe amene akudziwa, popeza palibe wina wofanana nawowo. Zapezekapo. Zili ndi zaka mazana ambiri ... Mtengo Wadziko Lonse uli - kapena unali - ku Uppsala ndipo uli pakati pa nthano za Norse. Imati pali maiko asanu ndi anayi kuzungulira Mtengo wa Padziko Lonse. Yada ... yada. O, Buku lina - 'mtengo wopatulika ku Uppsala. Wina ankapita kumeneko kawirikawiri, pafupi ndi phulusa lalikulu lotchedwa Ygdrassil, limene anthu am'deralo amaona kuti ndi lopatulika.
  
  Anawerenganso kuti: 'Olemba mbiri a ku Scandinavia akhala akuwona kuti Gamla Upsalla ndi imodzi mwa malo akale kwambiri komanso ofunika kwambiri m'mbiri ya Northern Europe.'
  
  "Ndipo zonse zili pamenepo," Kennedy adatero. "Kumene aliyense angapeze."
  
  "Chabwino," Ben anatero, "zonse ziyenera kumangiriridwa pamodzi. Osapeputsa luso langa kuphonya, ndimachita bwino pazomwe ndimachita. "
  
  Drake adagwedeza mutu kuvomereza. "Zowona, ndikhulupirireni. Wakhala akundithandiza kudziwa bwino ntchito yanga yojambula kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayi. "
  
  "Muyenera kuphatikiza ndakatulo zambiri zosiyanasiyana komanso mbiri yakale. Saga ndi ndakatulo ya Viking yaulendo wapamwamba. Palinso chinthu china chotchedwa Poetic Edda, cholembedwa ndi mbadwa za anthu omwe ankadziwa anthu omwe ankadziwa olemba mbiri ya nthawiyo. Pali zambiri kumeneko. "
  
  "Ndipo sitikudziwa kalikonse za aku Germany. Osatchula anthu aku Canada. Kapena chifukwa chiyani Alicia Miles-" Foni ya Drake inalira. "Pepani ... huh?"
  
  "Ine".
  
  "Hello, Wells."
  
  "Pepani, Drake." Wells adapuma. "SGG ndi Gulu Lankhondo Lapadera la Sweden ndipo zida zankhondo zaku Sweden zachotsedwa padziko lonse lapansi."
  
  Drake adasowa chonena kwakanthawi. "Mukunena zowona?"
  
  "Sindimasewera ntchito, Drake. Akazi okha."
  
  "Kodi izi zidachitikapo?"
  
  "Momwe ndikukumbukira, ayi."
  
  "Kodi zikuwonetsa chifukwa chake?"
  
  "Zachabechabe zanthawi zonse, ndili ndi mantha. Palibe konkire."
  
  "Kena kalikonse?"
  
  Panali kuusa moyo. "Drake, uli ndi ngongole kwa ine nkhani za Meyi, bwanawe. Ben akadalipo?"
  
  "Inde, ukukumbukira Alicia Miles?"
  
  "Yesu. Ndani sakanatero? Ali ndi inu?
  
  "Osati kwenikweni. Ndinangomupeza ku Louvre pafupifupi ola lapitalo."
  
  Pakakhala chete masekondi khumi, ndiye kuti: "Kodi anali mbali ya izi? Iye sakanapereka konse anthu ake."
  
  "Sitinali 'ake', kapena zikuwoneka choncho."
  
  "Tawonani, Drake, mukunena kuti adathandizira kuba nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale?"
  
  "Ndine ameneyo, bwana. Ndine. Drake anayenda pawindo ndikuyang'ana magetsi agalimoto omwe amawunikira pansipa. "Ndizovuta kuzigaya eti? Ayenera kuti adapeza ndalama ndi foni yake yatsopanoyo. "
  
  Kumbuyo kwake, ankamva Ben ndi Kennedy akulemba zolemba pa malo odziwika bwino komanso osadziwika a Zigawo zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin.
  
  Wells anali kupuma kwambiri. "Alicia wachita manyazi Miles! Kukwera ndi mdani? Ayi. Ayi, Drake."
  
  "Ndinawona nkhope yake, bwana. Anali iyeyo."
  
  "Yesu ali mu ng"anda. plan yako ndi yotani?"
  
  Drake anatseka maso ake ndikupukusa mutu. "Sindilinso mu timu, Wells. Sindikadasowa ndondomeko.
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Ndisonkhanitsa gulu limodzi, abwenzi, ndikuyamba kuzifufuza kuyambira kumapeto. Momwe zinthu zikuyendera, titha kufuna kupanga njira zazikulu. Khalani olumikizana ".
  
  Mzerewo unafa. Drake anatembenuka. Onse a Ben ndi Kennedy anamuyang'ana. "Osadandaula," iye anatero. "Sindipenga. Uli ndi chiyani?"
  
  Kennedy adagwiritsa ntchito supuni kuti aswe mapepala angapo, omwe adawaphimba ndi chidule cha apolisi. "Spear - Upsalla. Wolves - New York. Pambuyo pake, palibenso chidziwitso pang'ono."
  
  "Tonse sitimalankhula ngati tinabadwa ndi masupuni asiliva m'mabulu athu," Drake adawombera asanadziyime. "Chabwino. Titha kuchita zomwe tikudziwa. "
  
  Kennedy adamwetulira modabwitsa. "Ndimakonda style yako".
  
  "Chomwe tikudziwa," Ben anabwereza motero, "n"chakuti Apsalla adzakhala wotsatira."
  
  "Funso ndilakuti," Drake adadandaula, "kodi Gold Card yanga ingachite izi?"
  
  
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  UPSALLA, SWEDEN
  
  
  Paulendo wopita ku Stockholm, Drake adaganiza zopezerapo mwayi pa Kennedy.
  
  Pambuyo pakugwirana chanza koopsa pakati pa Drake ndi Ben, wapolisi waku New York adakhala pawindo ndi Drake pafupi naye. Mwanjira iyi pali mwayi wochepa wothawa.
  
  "Ndiye," adatero ndegeyo itanyamuka ndipo Ben adatsegula laputopu ya Kennedy. "Ndimamva mmene zinthu zilili. Sindisamala za ine ndekha, Kennedy, ndili ndi lamulo. Ndiyenera kudziwa za anthu omwe ndimagwira nawo ntchito. "
  
  "Ndikadadziwa ... nthawi zonse umayenera kulipira mpando wawindo, sichoncho? Ndiuzeni kaye momwe vibe iyi idagwirira ntchito ndi Alicia Miles?
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri," Drake adavomereza.
  
  "Zingatheke. Mukufuna kudziwa chiyani?"
  
  "Ngati ndi vuto laumwini, palibe vuto. Ngati iyi ndi ntchito, mwachidule mwachidule. "
  
  "Bwanji ngati onse awiri?"
  
  "Zopanda. Sindikufuna kulowa mubizinesi ya anthu ena, sindikufuna, koma ndiyenera kuika Ben patsogolo. Ndinamulonjeza kuti tithana nazo, ndipo ndidzanenanso chimodzimodzi kwa inu. Anatilamula kuti atiphe. Chinthu chokha chimene iwe suli wopusa ndi Kennedy, kotero ukudziwa kuti ndiyenera kudalira iwe kuti ugwire ntchito nane pa izi.
  
  Woyang'anira ndegeyo adatsamira, akumapereka kapu yapepala yomwe inati 'We Proudly Brew Starbucks Coffee.'
  
  "Kafeini". Kennedy adavomereza izi ndi chisangalalo chowonekera. Adafikira kwinaku akumugwira patsaya la Drake. Anaona kuti anali atavala pantsuit yake yachitatu ya nondescript kuyambira pomwe anakumana naye. Izi zinamuuza kuti iye anali mkazi amene anali kupatsidwa chisamaliro pa zifukwa zolakwika; mkazi amene anavala mwaulemu kuti agwirizane pamene iye ankafuna kwambiri.
  
  Drake adadzitengera yekha imodzi. Kennedy adamwa kwa mphindi imodzi, kenako adayika tsitsi kumbuyo kwa khutu lake mofatsa zomwe zidakopa chidwi cha Drake. Kenako anatembenukira kwa iye.
  
  "Palibe ntchito yanu yoyipa, kwenikweni, koma ine ... ndinamaliza wapolisi wonyansa. Katswiri wazamalamulo. Iwo adamugwira iye akunyamula madola ochepa pamalowa ndikuwuza I.A. za izo. Zotsatira zake, adalandira stretch mark. Zaka zina. "
  
  "Palibe cholakwika. Kodi anzako adakunyozani?"
  
  "Bwanawe, dala, ndikhoza kuchita izi. Ndakhala ndikutenga izi kuyambira ndili ndi zaka zisanu. Chalakwika ndi chiyani, chomwe chikugwedeza ubongo wanga ngati kubowola kopanda pake, ndi zenizeni zomwe simumaziganizira - kuti chilichonse mwazochita zam'mbuyomu zakuba zimakayikiridwa. Aliyense. Kusungulumwa. Mmodzi."
  
  "Mwalamulo? Ndi ndani?"
  
  "Maloya odya zoipa. Andale odya zoyipa. Mameya amtsogolo. Otsatsa okonda kutchuka amachititsidwa khungu ndi umbuli wawo kuti adziwe chabwino ndi cholakwika. Mabungwe."
  
  "Si kulakwa kwako".
  
  "Inde! Uzani izi kwa mabanja a wakupha woyipa kwambiri ku New York State yemwe adadziwikapo. Auzeni amayi khumi ndi atatu ndi abambo khumi ndi atatu, onse akudziwa bwino za momwe Thomas Caleb anaphera ana awo aakazi aang'ono, chifukwa iwo analipo pa nthawi yonse ya mlandu wake kukhoti. "
  
  Drake anakunga zibakera zake mokwiya. "Kodi amumasula munthu uyu?"
  
  Maso a Kennedy anali maenje opanda kanthu. "Anamutulutsa miyezi iwiri yapitayo. Kuyambira pamenepo waphanso ndipo tsopano wasowa."
  
  "Ayi".
  
  "Zonse zili pa ine."
  
  "Ayi, zimenezo si zoona. Zili mu dongosolo. "
  
  "Ndine dongosolo. Ndimagwira ntchito pamakina. Uwu ndi moyo wanga".
  
  "Ndiye anakutumiza kutchuthi?"
  
  Kennedy anapukuta maso ake. "Mwakakamizika kuchoka. Malingaliro anga salinso ... chomwe chinali. Ntchitoyi imafunikira kumveka mphindi iliyonse ya tsiku lililonse. Kumveka bwino komwe sindingathenso kukwaniritsa. "
  
  Iye anaonetsa khalidwe lake lamwano powonekera. "Ndipo chiyani? Kodi ndinu okondwa tsopano? Kodi ungagwire ntchito ndi ine tsopano?"
  
  Koma Drake sanayankhe. Iye ankadziwa ululu wake.
  
  Anamva mawu a captain akufotokoza kuti anali mphindi makumi atatu kuchokera komwe akupita.
  
  Ben anati: "Wopenga. Ndangowerenga kuti Odin's Valkyries ndi gawo la gulu lachinsinsi, malo osadziwika. " Anatenga kope. "Ndiyamba kulemba zamanyazi izi."
  
  Drake sanamve chilichonse. Nkhani ya Kennedy inali yomvetsa chisoni, osati imene ankafunika kuimva. Anakwirira kukayikira kwake ndipo, mosakayikira, anaphimba dzanja lake lomwe linali kunjenjemera ndi lake.
  
  "Tikufuna thandizo lanu pankhaniyi," iye ananong"oneza motero Ben kuti asamve ndi kumufunsa pambuyo pake. "Ndimakhulupirira. Thandizo labwino ndilofunika pantchito iliyonse. "
  
  Kennedy sankatha kulankhula, koma kumwetulira kwake kwakufupi kunalankhula momveka bwino.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Ndege ndi sitima yothamanga pambuyo pake ndipo anali kuyandikira Apsalla. Drake anayesa kuthetsa kutopa kwaulendo komwe kudasokoneza ubongo wake.
  
  Kunjako, kuzizira kwa masana kunamupangitsa kuzindikira. Anaimitsa taxi n"kukwera mkati. Ben adathetsa kutopa kwake ponena kuti:
  
  Gamla Uppsala. Uyu ndi Upsalla wakale. Malo awa," iye analozera kwa Uppslla wonse, "anamangidwa pambuyo poti tchalitchi chachikulu cha ku Gamla Uppsalla chiwotchedwa kalekale. Iyi ndiye Uppsala yatsopano, ngakhale ili ndi zaka mazana ambiri. "
  
  "Wow," Kennedy anatero. "Zimakhala zaka zingati Upsalla?"
  
  "Ndichoncho."
  
  Taxi sinasunthe. Dalaivala tsopano watembenuka. "Mapiri?"
  
  "Kodi mungandikhululukire?" Mawu a Kennedy adamveka okhumudwa.
  
  "Kodi mukuwona mapiri? Kodi manda achifumu?" Chingelezi chachibwibwi sichinathandize.
  
  "Inde". Ben anagwedeza mutu. "Mamanda achifumu. Zili pamalo oyenera."
  
  Iwo anamaliza ulendo waung'ono ku Uppsala. Akusewera alendo, Drake sakanatha kuvomereza njira yozungulira. Kumbali ina, Saab inali yabwino komanso mzindawu unali wochititsa chidwi. M"masiku amenewo Apsalla anali tauni ya pa yunivesite ndipo misewu inali yodzaza ndi njinga. Panthawi ina, dalaivala wawo wolankhula koma wovuta kumvetsa anafotokoza kuti njingayo siimaima inu mumsewu. Zingakugwetseni pansi popanda lingaliro lachiwiri.
  
  "Ngozi". Analoza manja ake pamaluwa omwe amakongoletsa misewu. "Ngozi zambiri."
  
  Nyumba zakale zinkayandama mbali zonse ziwiri. Pamapeto pake mzindawu unasintha ndipo midzi inayamba kulowa m'malo.
  
  "Chabwino, kotero Gamla Apsalla ndi mudzi wawung'ono tsopano, koma mu malonda oyambirira unali mudzi waukulu," Ben anatero pokumbukira. "M"menemo mafumu ofunikira anaikidwa m"manda. Ndipo Odin anakhala kumeneko kwa kanthawi."
  
  "Apa ndipamene adadzipachika yekha," Drake adakumbukira nthanoyi.
  
  "Inde. Anadzipereka yekha pa Mtengo wa Padziko Lonse pamene Wowona wake ankayang'anitsitsa ndikumvetsera chinsinsi chilichonse chimene adasunga. Ayenera kuti anali wofunika kwambiri kwa iye." Anachita nkhope, kuganiza kuti: Ayenera kuti anali oyandikana kwambiri.
  
  "Izi zonse zikumveka ngati kuvomereza kwachikhristu," Drake adalimbikira.
  
  "Koma Odin sanafe pano?" Kennedy anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi. Anamwalira ku Ragnarok pamodzi ndi ana ake aamuna Thor ndi Frey. "
  
  Takisiyo inazungulira malo ambiri oimika magalimoto isanayime. Kumanja, njira yafumbi yowongoka bwino yodutsa m'mitengo yochepa. "Kuzitunda," anatero dalaivala wawo.
  
  Iwo adamuthokoza ndipo adatuluka mu Saab kupita ku dzuwa lowala komanso mphepo yatsopano. Lingaliro la Drake linali kuyang'ana madera ozungulira komanso mudzi womwewo kuti awone ngati pali chilichonse chomwe chidalumphira pamitengo. Ndi iko komwe, pamene zigawenga zambiri zapadziko lonse lapansi zikuika malingaliro awo abwino kumbuyo kwa zomwe tinganene kuti ndi ufulu wapadziko lonse wa onse, chinachake chiyenera kuonekera.
  
  Kuseri kwa mitengoyo, malowo anasanduka bwalo lotseguka, lophwasulidwa ndi milu yambiri yaing"ono ndi zitunda zitatu zazikulu zomwe zinali kutsogolo kwake. Kupitirira pamenepo, chapatali, anaona denga lopepuka komanso nyumba ina kumanja kwake, yomwe inali chiyambi cha mudziwo.
  
  Kennedy anaima kaye. "Kulibe mitengo kulikonse, anyamata."
  
  Ben anali atakhazikika mu notebook yake. "Sakuyika chizindikiro tsopano, sichoncho?"
  
  "Muli ndi lingaliro?" Drake adayang'ana minda yotseguka kuti adziwe chilichonse chochita.
  
  "Ndikukumbukira kuti ndinaŵerenga kuti nthaŵi ina kunali milu yofikira zikwi zitatu kuno. Masiku ano pali mazana angapo a iwo. Ukudziwa tanthauzo lake?"
  
  "Sanawapange bwino?" Kennedy anamwetulira. Drake anali womasuka kuti akuwoneka kuti akuyang'ana kwambiri ntchito yomwe anali nayo.
  
  "Kale anthu ankachita zinthu zambiri mobisa. Ndiyeno mapiri atatu awa 'achifumu'. M'zaka za zana la khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi adatchedwa mafumu atatu odziwika a Nyumba ya Yngling - Aun, Adil ndi Egil - mmodzi mwa mabanja achifumu otchuka kwambiri ku Scandinavia. Koma ..." anaima kaye, akusangalala, "likunenanso kuti m"nthano ndi nthano zakale kwambiri, manda a maliro analipo kale - ndipo anali ulemu wakale kwa akale kwambiri - oyambirira - Mafumu atatu - kapena Milungu monga tikudziwira. iwo Tsopano. Uyu ndi Freyr, Thor ndi Odin."
  
  "Pali zolowetsa mwachisawawa pano," adatero Kennedy. Koma kodi mwaona kuchuluka kwa nkhani za m"Baibulo zimene timapeza m"nkhani zakale zonsezi."
  
  "Ndi Sagi. " Ben anamuwongolera. " Ndakatulo. Zojambula zamaphunziro. Chinachake chomwe chingakhale chofunikira - pali maumboni angapo ophatikizidwa pamitunda ku liwu la Swedish falla, ndi manga fallor - osatsimikiza kuti zikutanthauza chiyani. Ndipo, Kennedy, kodi sindinawerenge penapake kuti nkhani ya Kristu inali yofanana kwambiri ndi nkhani ya Zeu?"
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Ndipo mulungu wina wa Aigupto Horasi anali kalambulabwalo wina. Onsewo anali Milungu imene imati sinakhaleko." Drake adagwedeza mutu kumapiri atatu achifumu omwe adayima motsutsana ndi malo athyathyathya. "Frey, Thor ndi Odin, sichoncho? Ndiye Blakey ndani? A?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa, bwanawe."
  
  "Osadandaula, munchkin. Titha kuzunza anthu akumudzi ngati kuli kofunikira. "
  
  Anadutsa pazitunda, akusewera ngati alendo atatu otopa ngati malo ochezera. Dzuwa linali kugunda pamitu yawo, ndipo Drake adawona Kennedy akuthyola magalasi ake.
  
  Anapukusa mutu. Achimerika.
  
  Kenako foni ya Ben inalira. Kennedy adapukusa mutu, atatopa kale ndi kuchuluka kwa mabanja omwe amalumikizana. Drake anangoseka.
  
  "Karin," Ben anatero mosangalala. "Mkulu wanga ali bwanji?"
  
  Kennedy adasisita Drake paphewa. "Woyimba m'gululi?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  Drake anagwedezeka. "Mtima wa golide, ndizo zonse. Iye akanakuchitirani chilichonse popanda kudandaula. Kodi muli ndi abwenzi angati kapena ogwira nawo ntchito ngati awa?"
  
  Mudzi wa Gamla Uppsalla unali wokongola komanso waukhondo, wokhala ndi misewu ingapo yokhala ndi nyumba zotchingidwa ndi nthaka, zofoledwa ndi denga la zaka mazana ambiri, zosungidwa bwino, ndi zokhala anthu ochepa. Munthu wina wa m"mudzi mwachisawawa anawayang"ana mwachidwi.
  
  Drake analunjika ku church. "Atsogoleri am'deralo amakhala othandiza nthawi zonse."
  
  Atafika pakhondepo, bambo wina wachikulire wovala mikanjo ya tchalitchi anangotsala pang"ono kuwagwetsa. Anaima modabwa.
  
  "Moni. Kodi mukupita kuti?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa zimenezo, mzanga." Drake adayika kumwetulira kwake kopambana. "Koma ndi iti mwa milu iyi yomwe ili ya Odin?"
  
  "M'Chingerezi?" Wansembeyo analankhula bwino za dziko, koma anavutika kumvetsa. "Kodi? Chani? Imwe?"
  
  Ben adapita kutsogolo ndikumuyitanira wansembeyo kuti ayang'ane pazitunda zachifumu. "Mmodzi?"
  
  "Mwawona." Mkuluyo anagwedeza mutu. "Inde. Hm. Storsta..." Anavutika kupeza mawu. "Zazikulu."
  
  "Chachikulu?" Ben anatambasula manja ake.
  
  Drake adamwetulira, adachita chidwi.
  
  "Ziwerengero." Kennedy anayamba kutembenuka, koma Ben anali ndi funso limodzi lomaliza.
  
  "Falla?" Anatero ndi milomo yokha modabwa, akuyang"ana wansembeyo, ndipo anakweza mapewa ake mopambanitsa. "Kapena manga fallor?"
  
  Zinatenga nthawi, koma yankho litafika, linaziziritsa Drake mpaka fupa.
  
  "Misampha ... misampha yambiri."
  
  
  ZINANANI
  
  
  
  GAMLA UPSALLA, SWEDEN
  
  
  Drake adatsata Ben ndi Kennedy kupita ku zitunda zazikulu kwambiri zachifumu, akuyenda ndi zingwe pachikwama chake kuti athe kufufuza malowa mwamtendere. Chivundikiro chokhacho chinali pafupi mtunda wa kilomita kuseri kwa chitunda chaching'ono kwambiri, ndipo kwa mphindi imodzi adaganiza kuti akuwona kusuntha pamenepo. Kuyenda mwachangu. Koma kuphunzira kowonjezereka sikunavutenso kanthu.
  
  Iwo anayima m"munsi mwa chitunda cha Odin. Ben adapumira. "Womaliza kufika pamwamba apeza zoyipa patsamba langa la Facebook!" - iye anafuula, akunyamuka mofulumira. Drake adatsatira modekha ndikumwetulira Kennedy, yemwe anali kuyenda mwachangu kuposa iye.
  
  Mumtima mwake, anayamba kukhumudwa kwambiri. Iye sanazikonde izo. Anali amaliseche mopanda chiyembekezo. Mfuti zamphamvu zilizonse zingawatsatire, kuwasunga atawalozetsa mfuti, n"kumangoyembekezera kulamula. Mphepoyo inalimba mluzu mokweza kwambiri ndipo inagunda m"makutu, zomwe zinkachititsa kuti anthu azikayikira.
  
  Zinatenga pafupifupi mphindi makumi awiri kukwera pamwamba pa phiri laudzu. Drake atafika kumeneko, Ben anali atakhala kale pa udzu.
  
  "Basket basket ili kuti, Krusty?"
  
  "Izi zasiya mu stroller yanu." Iye anayang'ana pozungulira. Kuchokera pamwamba apa, maonekedwe anali ochititsa chidwi: minda yobiriwira yosatha, mapiri ndi mitsinje paliponse, ndi mapiri ofiirira patali. Iwo ankatha kuona mudzi wa Gamla Uppsala, womwe unafika kumalire a mzinda wa New Uppslla.
  
  Kennedy ananena zoonekeratu. Ndiye ndingonena zimene zandidetsa nkhawa kwa nthawi ndithu. Ngati ichi ndi Mduli wa Odin, ndipo Mtengo Wadziko Lonse wabisika mmenemo - zomwe zingakhale zochititsa manyazi - chifukwa chiyani palibe amene adazipeza kale? Chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kuyang'ana tsopano?"
  
  "Ndizosavuta". Ben anali akukonza zopindika zake zosalamulirika. "Palibe amene ankaganiza zoyang"ana m"mbuyomo. Mpaka pomwe Shield idapezeka mwezi wapitawo, inali nthano yafumbi. Nthano. Ndipo sikunali kophweka kulumikiza Mkondo ndi Mtengo Wapadziko Lonse, womwe tsopano umatchedwa Yggdrasil padziko lonse lapansi, kenako ndi masiku asanu ndi anayi omwe Odin anakhala kumeneko.
  
  Ndipo-" Drake adayankha, "mtengowo sukhala wosavuta kuupeza ngati ulipo. Sangafune kuti mwana wapathengo akale apunthwe.
  
  Tsopano foni ya Drake inalira. Anamuyang'ana Ben monyodola kwinaku akuchitulutsa mchikwama chake. "Yesu. Ndikuyamba kumva ngati iwe."
  
  "Pa?"
  
  "Gulu la anthu khumi lili ndi inu. Ungonena mawu basi."
  
  Drake adameza kudabwa kwake. "Anthu khumi. Iyi ndi timu yayikulu. " Gulu la anthu khumi la SAS litha kutumiza Purezidenti ku Oval Office yake ndikupeza nthawi yoti awonekere mu kanema watsopano wa Lady Gaga asanapite kunyumba kuti akamwe tiyi.
  
  "Zambiri, ndamva. Zinthu zikuipiraipira ola lililonse."
  
  "Izi ndi Zow?"
  
  "Maboma sasintha, Drake. Anayamba mwapang"onopang"ono kenako anayesa kuloza kuti adutse, koma anachita mantha kuti amalize. Ngati ndi chitonthozo chilichonse, ichi sichinthu chachikulu kwambiri chomwe chikuchitika padziko lapansi pano. "
  
  Mawu a Wells anapangidwa kuti asamalidwe ngati mkango umachitira mbidzi, ndipo Drake sanakhumudwitse. "Monga chiyani?"
  
  "Asayansi a NASA angotsimikizira kumene kuti kuli phiri latsopano lophulika kwambiri. Ndipo ..." Wells adawoneka kuti adachita mantha: "Zikugwira ntchito."
  
  "Chani?"
  
  "Wokangalika pang'ono. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono, koma taganizirani izi, chinthu choyamba chomwe mungaganizire mutatchula za phiri lophulika ndi ...
  
  "... mapeto a dziko," Drake anamaliza, mmero wake unauma mwadzidzidzi. Zinali mwangozi kuti Drake tsopano adamva mawuwa kawiri m'masiku ambiri. Anayang'ana Ben ndi Kennedy akuzungulira mpanda, akumenya udzu, ndipo anamva mantha ozama kwambiri omwe sanamvepo.
  
  "Chili kuti?" anafunsa.
  
  Wells anaseka. "Osati patali, Drake. Pafupi ndi pomwe adapeza Chishango chako. Izi zili ku Iceland. "
  
  Drake anali atatsala pang'ono kuluma kachiwiri pamene Ben anafuula kuti, "Tapeza chinachake!" m'mawu apamwamba omwe adawonetsa kusazindikira kwake komwe kumafalikira.
  
  "Ndikuyenera kupita". Drake adathamangira kwa Ben, akutulutsa mawuwa momwe angathere. Kennedy nayenso anayang"ana uku ndi uku, koma chimene ankangoona chinali m"mudzimo.
  
  "Khalani pansi, bwanawe. Uli ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Izi". Ben anagwada pansi ndikuchotsa udzu wopiringizikawo kuti aulule mwala wofanana ndi pepala la A4. Iwo amandandalika mozungulira chitunda chonsecho, mamita angapo aliwonse, m"mizere yochokera pamwamba kufika pakati mpaka pakati kutsika. Payenera kukhala mazana a iwo."
  
  Drake adayang'anitsitsa. Pamwamba pa mwalawo panawonongeka kwambiri ndi nyengo, koma pang"ono ndi pang"ono kutetezedwa ndi udzu wokulirapo. Panali zizindikiro zina pamwamba pawo.
  
  "Zolemba za Runic, ndikuganiza kuti zimatchedwa," adatero Ben. "Zizindikiro za Viking"
  
  "Hell wadziwa bwanji?"
  
  Anasisita. "Ndili m"ndege, ndinayang"ana zizindikiro za zishango. Iwo ali ofanana. Ingofunsani Google."
  
  "Mwanayo akuti alipo mazana ambiri," Kennedy adakoka, akuyang'ana mmwamba ndi pansi pamtunda wotsetsereka, waudzu. "Ndiye? sizikuthandiza."
  
  "Mwanayo akuti zitha kugwira ntchito," adatero Ben. "Tiyenera kupeza ma runes okhudzana ndi zomwe tikufuna. Rune kuimira mkondo. Rune woimira mtengo. Ndipo rune kwa -"
  
  "Mmodzi," Kennedy adamaliza.
  
  Drake anali ndi lingaliro. "Ndikukayikira kuti titha kugwiritsa ntchito mawonekedwe. Tonse tikuyenera kuwonana wina ndi mnzake kuti tidziwe kuti zathandiza, sichoncho? "
  
  "Zolinga zankhondo," Kennedy adaseka. "Koma ndikuganiza kuti ndiyenera kuyesa."
  
  Drake anali wofunitsitsa kumufunsa za malingaliro a wapolisiyo, koma nthawi inali kutha. Magulu ena anapita patsogolo ndipo n"zodabwitsa kuti kunalibe, ngakhale panopo. Onse anayamba kuthyola udzu pamwala uliwonse, uku akuthamanga mozungulira phiri lobiriwiralo. Poyamba inali ntchito yosayamika. Drake adapanga zizindikilo zomwe zimawoneka ngati zishango, mitanda, bulu, bwato lalitali, kenako mkondo!
  
  "Alipo mmodzi". Mawu ake akuya adatengera ena awiriwo, koma osapitilira. Anakhala pansi ndi chikwama chake ndikuyala zinthu zomwe adagula paulendo wa taxi kudutsa Apsalla. Tochi, tochi yaikulu, machesi, madzi, mipeni ingapo imene anauza Ben kuti ndi yochotsa zinyalala. Anayang'ana m'mbuyo, sindine wonyengerera, koma kufunikira kwawo kunali kovutirapo kuposa nkhawa za Ben pakali pano.
  
  "Mtengo". Kennedy anagwada, kukanda pamwala.
  
  Zinamutengeranso mphindi khumi Ben kuti apeze zinazake. Anaima kaye, kenaka anabwereza zimene anachita posachedwapa. "Mukukumbukira zomwe ndinanena za Tolkien akukhazikitsa Gandalf pa Odin?" Anagunda mwala ndi phazi lake. "Chabwino, uyu ndi Gandalf. Ali ndi ndodo. Ayi!"
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake ankamuyang'anitsitsa. Anamva phokoso la mphero, ngati kuti zitsekerero zolemera zikutseguka ndi phokoso lakupera.
  
  "Kodi unayambitsa poponda thanthwe?" - Anafunsa mosamala.
  
  "Ndikuganiza inde".
  
  Onse anayang'anizana wina ndi mzake, mawu awo anasintha kuchoka ku chisangalalo mpaka kudandaula mpaka mantha, ndipo monga mmodzi, iwo anapita patsogolo.
  
  Mwala wa Drake unasiya pang'ono. Anamvanso kulira komweko. Nthaka kutsogolo kwa mwalawo inamira, ndiyeno maganizo anathamanga mozungulira mpanda ngati njoka turbocharged.
  
  Ben anafuula, "Pali chinachake apa."
  
  Drake ndi Kennedy anayenda kudutsa mtunda wogwa mpaka pomwe anayima. Anagwada n"kusuzumira mng"alu yapansi. "Mtundu wina wa tunnel."
  
  Drake anagwedeza nyali. "Yakwana nthawi yoti mukule awiri, anthu," adatero. "Nditsateni".
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Nthawi yomwe sanawonekere, magulu awiri osiyana kwambiri adayamba kusonkhana. Ajeremani, omwe mpaka pano anali okhutira kugona m'tauni yatulo ya Gamla Apsalla, adadzikonzekeretsa ndikuyamba kutsatira mapazi a Drake.
  
  Gulu lina lankhondo, gulu lankhondo lankhondo lankhondo la Sweden la Sarskilda Skyddsgrupen, kapena SSG, lidapitilizabe kuyang'ana aku Germany ndikukambirana zazovuta zachilendo zomwe anthu atatu wamba omwe anali atangotsikira kumene kudzenje.
  
  Ayenera kufunsidwa kwathunthu. Mwa njira iliyonse yofunikira.
  
  Ndiko kuti, ngati apulumuka zomwe zinali pafupi kuchitika.
  
  
  KHUMI
  
  
  
  Dzenje LA MTENGO WA PADZIKO LONSE, SWEDEN
  
  
  Drake adatsamira. Njira yakudayo idayamba ngati malo okwawa ndipo tsopano inali yosachepera mamita asanu ndi limodzi. Dengalo linali lopangidwa ndi miyala ndi dothi ndipo linali lodzala ndi zingwe zazikulu zolendewera za udzu wofota umene anafunikira kuudula.
  
  Zili ngati kulowa m'nkhalango, Drake anaganiza. Mobisa kokha.
  
  Anaona kuti mipesa ina yolimba inali itadulidwa kale. Nkhawa inamudutsa.
  
  Anafika pamalo amene mizu yake inali yowirira kwambiri moti anafunika kukwawanso. Nkhondoyo inali yovuta komanso yonyansa, koma Drake anaika chigongono patsogolo pa chigongono, bondo pamaso pa bondo, ndipo analimbikitsa ena kuti amutsatire. Pamene nthawi ina ngakhale kukopa sikunathandize Ben, Drake anayamba kupezerera anzawo.
  
  "Kutentha kukutsika," Kennedy adadandaula. "Tiyenera kupita kunyumba."
  
  Drake adapewa kuyankha kwa msilikali wamba, maso ake adagwidwa ndi china chake chomwe chidawululidwa pakuwunika kwa nyali yake.
  
  "Taonani".
  
  Runes wosemedwa pakhoma. Zizindikiro zachilendo zomwe zidakumbutsa Drake zomwe zidakongoletsa chishango cha Odin. Mawu a Ben okhomedwa adamveka m'njira.
  
  "Anthu aku Scandinavia. Chidziwitso chabwino. "
  
  Drake adatembenuza kuwala kwake kwa iwo ndikunong'oneza bondo. Ngati akanatha kuwawerenga. SAS, adaganiza mwachidule, ikhala ndi zothandizira zambiri. Mwina inali nthawi yowabweretsa kuno.
  
  Mamita ena makumi asanu ndipo anali kudontha thukuta. Anamva Kennedy akupumira kwambiri ndikutukwana kuti wavala mathalauza ake abwino kwambiri. Sanamve kalikonse kuchokera kwa Ben.
  
  "Uli bwino, Ben? Kodi tsitsi lanu lalumikizidwa pa muzu?"
  
  "Ha, zikomo, ha. Pitiriza, chimfine."
  
  Drake anapitiriza kukwawa m'matope. "Chinthu chimodzi chimene chimandidetsa nkhaŵa," iye anapuma pang"onopang"ono, "n"chakuti pali "misampha yambiri." Aigupto anamanga misampha yambirimbiri kuti atetezere chuma chawo.
  
  "Sindingayerekeze kuti Viking akuganiza mozama za msampha," Kennedy adayankha motero.
  
  "Sindikudziwa," Ben adafuula pansi pamzere. "Koma a Vikings analinso ndi oganiza bwino, mukudziwa. Monga Agiriki ndi Aroma. Sikuti onse anali akunja."
  
  Kukhotako pang'ono ndipo ndimeyo inayamba kukula. Mamita ena khumi ndi denga pamwamba pawo linasowa. Pa nthawiyi adatambasula ndikupumula. Torch ya Drake idawunikira njira yomwe inali kutsogolo. Pamene iye analoza izo kwa Kennedy ndi Ben, iye anaseka.
  
  "Damn, inu nonse mukuwoneka ngati mwangotuluka kumene kumanda!
  
  "Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti mwazolowera izi?" Kennedy anagwedeza dzanja lake. "Kukhala SAS ndi zonsezo?"
  
  Osati SAS, Drake sanathe kugwedeza mawu owopsa. "Iwo anali kale." Adatero ndikulowera kutsogolo mwachangu tsopano.
  
  Kutembenuka kwina kwakuthwa, ndipo Drake adamva kamphepo kumaso kwake. Chizungulire chinamugwira ngati kugunda kwadzidzidzi kwa bingu, ndipo kamphindi kakang'ono kadutsa asanazindikire kuti waima pamphepete mwaphompho pansi pake.
  
  Anakumana ndi maso odabwitsa.
  
  Anaima modzidzimutsa moti Kennedy ndi Ben anamugwera. Ndiye iwonso adawona chowoneka ichi.
  
  "OMFG" Ben adalemba mutu wa siginecha ya Wall Sleep.
  
  Mtengo wa Dziko unayima pamaso pawo mu ulemerero wake wonse. Sanali pamwamba pa nthaka. Mtengowo unali wozondoka, mizu yake yolimba ikukafika kuphiri la dziko lapansi pamwamba pawo, wogwiriziridwa zolimba chifukwa cha ukalamba ndi mapangidwe a miyala yozungulira, nthambi zake zinali zofiirira zagolide, masamba ake obiriŵira kosatha, thunthu lake lotambasula mamita 100 mpaka kuya pansi. wa dzenje lalikulu.
  
  Njira yawo inasanduka makwerero ang'onoang'ono ojambulidwa m'makoma amiyala.
  
  "Misampha," Ben adapumira. "Musaiwale za misampha."
  
  "Ku gehena ndi misampha," Kennedy adalankhula malingaliro a Drake. "Kodi kuwalako kukuchokera kuti?"
  
  Ben anayang'ana uku ndi uku. "Ndi lalanje."
  
  "Timitengo towala," adatero Drake. "Khristu. Malowa akonzedwa."
  
  Pamasiku ake a SAS adatumiza anthu kuti akakonze malo ngati awa; gulu kuti liwunikire zomwe zawopseza ndikuzichepetsa kapena kuzilemba musanabwerere ku maziko.
  
  "Tilibe nthawi yochuluka," iye anatero. Chikhulupiriro chake mwa Kennedy chinali chitawonjezeka. "Tiyeni".
  
  Anayenda pansi pa masitepe otopa ndi ophwanyika, kutsika kwadzidzidzi nthawi zonse kumanja kwawo. Mamita khumi pansi ndipo masitepe anayamba kupendekera kwambiri. Drake anayima pamene kusiyana kwa mapazi atatu kunatsegulidwa. Palibe chochititsa chidwi, koma chokwanira kumupatsa kaye kaye-pamene bowo lomwe linali pansi lidawonekera kwambiri.
  
  "Zoyipa".
  
  Iye analumpha. Masitepe amwalawo anali pafupifupi mamita atatu m"lifupi, osavuta kuyendamo, ochititsa mantha pamene sitepe iliyonse yolakwika inatanthauza imfa yotsimikizirika.
  
  Anafikadi ndipo nthawi yomweyo anatembenuka, akumaona kuti Ben akungogwetsa misozi. "Osadandaula," iye sanamvere Kennedy n"kumayang"ana kwambiri kwa mnzakeyo. "Ndikhulupirireni, Ben. Ben. Ndikugwira."
  
  Anaona chikhulupiriro m"maso mwa Ben. Kudalira kotheratu, konga kwa mwana. Inali nthawi yoti aipezenso, ndipo Ben atalumpha ndikuzandima, Drake adamuthandizira ndi dzanja pa chigongono chake.
  
  Drake anatsinzina. "Zosavuta, hu?"
  
  Kennedy analumpha. Drake adayang'anitsitsa, akunamizira kuti sakuzindikira. Anatera popanda vuto, adawona nkhawa yake ndipo adakwinya.
  
  "Ndi mapazi atatu, Drake. Osati Grand Canyon. "
  
  Drake adamuyang'ana Ben. "Mwakonzeka, bwanawe?"
  
  Mamita ena makumi awiri, ndipo kutsegulira kotsatira pamasitepewo kunali kokulirapo, mapazi makumi atatu nthawi ino, ndipo kutsekedwa ndi thabwa lamtengo wapatali lomwe linagwedezeka pamene Drake amayenda motsatira. Kennedy adatsatira, ndiyeno Ben wosauka, wokakamizidwa ndi Drake kuyang'ana mmwamba, kuyang'ana kutsogolo osati pansi, kuphunzira komwe akupita osati mapazi ake. Mnyamatayo anali kunjenjemera atafika pamalo olimba, ndipo Drake adayitanitsa kupuma pang'ono.
  
  Atayima, Drake adawona kuti Mtengo Wapadziko Lonse ukufalikira kwambiri kotero kuti nthambi zake zokhuthala zidatsala pang'ono kukhudza masitepe. Ben mwaulemu anatambasula dzanja lake kuti asisite chiwalocho, chomwe chinkanjenjemera.
  
  "Izi ... izi ndi zolemetsa," adapuma.
  
  Kennedy adagwiritsa ntchito nthawiyi kukonza tsitsi lake ndikuwunika khomo lomwe lili pamwamba pake. "Mpaka pano zonse zamveka," adatero. "Ndiyenera kunena kuti momwe zilili, ndizowona kuti gehena sanali Ajeremani omwe adakonza malowa. Iwo akanalanda katunduyo ndi kuwotcha ndi zoyatsira moto."
  
  Kupuma kwinanso pang'ono ndipo adatsika mapazi makumi asanu, pafupifupi theka. Drake pomalizira pake adadzilola kuganiza kuti ma Vikings akale sanali ofanana ndi Aigupto, ndipo mipata inali yabwino kwambiri yomwe akanatha kuchita pamene adakwera pamasitepe amwala, omwe anali gawo lapamwamba la hemp, twine ndi pigment. Iye anagwa, anaona kugwa kosatha ndipo anadzigwira yekha ndi nsonga za zala zake.
  
  Kennedy adamukokera kumtunda. "Bulu akugwedezeka ndi mphepo, munthu wa SAS?"
  
  Iye anakwawiranso panthaka yolimba n"kutambasula zala zake zosweka. "Zikomo".
  
  Anayenda mosamala kwambiri, tsopano kupitirira theka. Kuseri kwa malo opanda kanthu kumanja kwawo, mtengo waukuluwo unaima kosatha, wosakhudzidwa ndi mphepo ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa, chodabwitsa choiwalika cha nthawi zakale.
  
  Iwo adapereka zizindikiro zowonjezereka za Viking. Ben anaganiza zachilendo. Iye anati: "Zili ngati khoma lolembapo kale. "Anthu ankangodula mayina awo n"kusiya mauthenga-mabaibulo akale akuti "John anali kuno!"
  
  "Mwinanso omwe adapanga phanga," adatero Kennedy.
  
  Drake anayesa kutenganso sitepe ina, akugwira khoma lozizira la miyala, ndipo mkokomo wakuya, wogaya unamveka kuphanga. Mtsinje wa zinyalala unagwa kuchokera pamwamba.
  
  "Thamangani!" - Drake adafuula. "Tsopano!"
  
  Anathamanga kutsika masitepe, osanyalanyaza misampha ina. Mwala waukuluwo unagwa kuchokera pamwamba pake ndi kugunda kwamphamvu, n"kuthyola miyala yakale pamene unali kugwa. Drake anaphimba thupi la Ben ndi thupi lake pamene mwala unadutsa masitepe omwe adayimapo, ndikuyenda nawo masitepe amtengo wapatali.
  
  Kennedy adachotsa tchipisi tamwala paphewa lake ndikuyang'ana Drake ndikumwetulira kowuma. "Zikomo".
  
  "Hei, ndimadziwa kuti mayi yemwe adapulumutsa bulu wa SAS atha kupitilira mwala wosavuta. "
  
  "Ndizoseketsa bambo. Zoseketsa kwambiri."
  
  Koma zinali zisanathe. Panali phokoso lakuthwa, ndipo chingwe chowonda koma cholimba chinaduka pa sitepe yolekanitsa Ben ndi Kennedy.
  
  "Fuuuck!" Kennedy adakuwa. Chingwecho chinatuluka mwamphamvu kwambiri moti chikanatha kulekanitsa bondo lake ndi thupi lake lonse.
  
  Wina dinani masitepe awiri pansi. Drake adavina pomwepo. "Zoyipa!"
  
  Kubangula kwina kochokera kumwamba kunatanthauza kugwa kotsatira kwa mwalawo.
  
  "Ndi msampha wobwerezabwereza," Ben anawauza motero. Zomwezo zimangochitika mobwerezabwereza. Tiyenera kupita ku gawo ili. "
  
  Drake sakanatha kudziwa kuti ndi masitepe ati omwe anali osokoneza komanso omwe sanali, kotero adadalira mwayi ndi liwiro. Iwo anathamanga chapansipansi masitepe pafupifupi makumi atatu, kuyesera kukhala mu mlengalenga kwa utali wotheka. Makoma a masitepewo anaphwanyika pamene iwo ankawoloka njira yakale, kulowa mkati mwa phanga la miyala.
  
  Phokoso la zinyalala likugwa pansi linayamba kumveka kwambiri.
  
  Kuthawa kwawo kunatsatiridwa ndi kung"ambika kwa zingwe zolimba.
  
  Drake adakwera pa masitepe ena onama, koma kuthamanga kwake kunamuwoloka pamalo aang'ono. Kennedy adalumphira pamwamba pake, mokongola ngati mbawala ikuthawa, koma Ben adagwera kumbuyo kwake, tsopano akugwera kuphompho.
  
  "Miyendo!" Drake adakuwa, kenako adagwa chagada m'malo opanda kanthu, kukhala pansi. Mpumulo unachotsa kupsinjika muubongo wake pomwe Kennedy adakokera mapazi ake m'malo. Anamva Ben akugunda pathupi pake kenako kugwera pachifuwa. Drake adawongolera mphamvu ya mnyamatayo ndi manja ake, kenako adamukankhira pamalo olimba.
  
  Iye anakhala pansi mwamsanga, ndi crunch.
  
  "Pitiliranibe!"
  
  Mpweya unadzala ndi zidutswa za miyala. Mmodzi anadumpha mutu wa Kennedy, kusiya mdulidwe ndi kasupe wa magazi. Wina adagunda Drake pachibowo. Zowawazo zinamupangitsa kukukuta mano ndipo zinamulimbikitsa kuthamanga kwambiri.
  
  Zipolopolo zinaboola khoma pamwamba pa mitu yawo. Drake anagwada pansi ndikuyang'ana mwachidule pakhomo.
  
  Ndinaona gulu lankhondo lodziwika litasonkhana pamenepo. Achijeremani.
  
  Tsopano anali kuthamanga kwambiri, mopanda mosasamala. Zinamutengera masekondi amtengo wapatali Drake kulumphira kumbuyo. Pamene chiwombankhanga china cha zipolopolo chinapyoza mwala umene unali pafupi ndi mutu wake, iye analoŵa m"tsogolo, anadumpha masitepe, n"kuzungulira mozungulira, akumanga manja ake, ndipo anaimirira mpaka msinkhu wake wonse popanda kutaya mphamvu.
  
  Ah, masiku abwino akale abwerera.
  
  Zipolopolo zambiri. Kenako enawo anagwa pamaso pake. Manthawo anang"amba dzenje mumtima mwake mpaka anazindikira kuti angofika pansi pa mphangayo akuthamanga ndipo mosakonzekera anagwera pansi.
  
  Drake anachedwetsa. Pansi pa phangalo panali matope okhuthala a miyala, fumbi ndi zinyalala zamatabwa. Atadzuka, Kennedy ndi Ben anali owoneka bwino. Sikuti amangokutidwa ndi dothi, koma tsopano aphimbidwa ndi fumbi ndi nkhungu zamasamba.
  
  "Ah, kamera yanga yodalirika," adatero. "Zaka zakuda zikuyang'anizana ndi ine."
  
  Drake anatenga ndodo yonyezimira ija ndikukumbatira mphanga ya mphanga yomwe inali kuthawa amuna okhala ndi zida. Zinatenga mphindi zisanu kuti zifike kumalire akunja a mtengowo. Nthawi zonse ankakhala mumthunzi wa bata lake lochititsa chidwi.
  
  Drake adasisita Ben paphewa. "Kuposa sesh iliyonse ya Lachisanu usiku, eh mzanga?"
  
  Kennedy anayang'ana mnyamatayo ndi maso atsopano. "Kodi muli ndi mafani? Kodi gulu lanu lili ndi mafani? Tikhala ndi zokambiranazi posachedwa, bro. Khulupirirani."
  
  "Awiri okha-" Ben anayamba kuchita chibwibwi pamene ankazungulira mbali ina yokhotakhota, kenako anangokhala chete chifukwa cha mantha.
  
  Onse anaima.
  
  Maloto akale odabwitsidwa adawonekera pamaso pawo, kuwasiya osalankhula, akutseka ubongo wawo pafupifupi theka la miniti.
  
  "Tsopano izi ... izi ..."
  
  "Zodabwitsa," Drake adapumira.
  
  Mzere wa mabwato aatali kwambiri a ma Viking omwe anali atawaganizirapo unatambasulidwa kuchokera paboti limodzi, kuima kumapeto mpaka kumapeto ngati kuti ali pakati pa kuchulukana kwa magalimoto akale. M"mbali mwawo munali okongoletsedwa ndi siliva ndi golidi, matanga awo anali okongoletsedwa ndi silika ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali.
  
  "Maboti aatali," Kennedy anatero mopusa.
  
  "Zombo za mtunda wautali." Ben adakali ndi nzeru zokwanira zomuwongolera. "Tsoka, zinthu zimenezi zinkaonedwa ngati chuma chamtengo wapatali kwambiri m"nthawi yawo. Izo ziyenera kukhala^chiyani? Kodi pali makumi awiri pano?"
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri," adatero Drake. "Koma uwu ndi Mkondo womwe tidadzera. Malingaliro aliwonse?"
  
  Ben anali akuyang'ana pa Mtengo wa Dziko. "O Mulungu wanga, anyamata. Mungathe kulingalira? Mmodzi anali atapachikidwa pa mtengo umenewo. Fucking One."
  
  "Ndiye tsopano mukukhulupirira mwa Milungu, hmm? Wokonda?" Kennedy adasunthira mbali yake kwa Ben pang'ono pang'ono, zomwe zidamupangitsa kuchita manyazi.
  
  Drake anakwera pamtunda wopapatiza womwe umayenda utali wonse wa mchira wautali wa ngalawayo. Mwala unkaoneka wamphamvu. Anagwira m"mphepete mwa matabwawo n"kuwerama. "Zinthu izi zadzala ndi zofunkha. N"zosakayikitsa kunena kuti palibe amene anakhalapo lero."
  
  Anaphunziranso za mzere wa zombo. Chionetsero cha chuma chosayerekezeka, koma chuma chenichenicho chinali kuti? Kumapeto? Kutha kwa utawaleza? Makoma a phangalo anali okongoletsedwa ndi zojambula zakale. Anawona chithunzi cha Odin atapachikidwa pa Mtengo wa Padziko Lonse ndi mkazi atagwada pamaso pake.
  
  "Izi zikukamba za chiyani?" Anamukodola Ben kuti apite kwa iye. "Bwerani, fulumirani. Ana achinyengo aja samakankhira masoseji kukhosi kwawo pamwamba apo. Tiyeni tisunthe."
  
  Iye analoza ku mawu ozunguliridwa mwaukali pansi pa chithunzi cha mkazi wochonderera. Ben anapukusa mutu. "Koma ukadaulo upeza njira. " Adadina foni yake yodalirika ya I, yomwe mwamwayi idapezeka kuti ilibe chizindikiro pansi pano.
  
  Drake adatenga kamphindi kuyatsa Kennedy. "Lingaliro langa lokha ndilo kutsatira mabwato aatali ameneŵa," iye anatero. "Zikukwanira?"
  
  "Monga wokonda timu ya mpira adati, ndili pamasewera, anyamata. Onetsani njira. "
  
  Anapita patsogolo, podziwa kuti ngati ngalande yapamwambayi ikafika pachimake, iwo atsekeredwa. Ajeremani akadagwira mwamphamvu ndi mchira, m'malo mopumira. Drake adagawanitsa lingalirolo m'magawo, kuyang'ana pamphepete mwamwala. Nthawi ndi nthawi ankakumana ndi ndodo ina yowala. Drake adawabisa kapena kuwasuntha kuti apange malo amdima pokonzekera nkhondo yomwe inali mtsogolo. Iye ankafufuza mosalekeza pakati pa ngalawa zazitalizo ndipo pomalizira pake anaona njira yopapatiza yokhotakhota pakati pazo.
  
  Plan b.
  
  Zombo ziwiri, zinayi, kenako khumi zazitali zinadutsa. Miyendo ya Drake inayamba kupweteka chifukwa cha khama lomwe adakambirana ndi njira yopapatiza.
  
  Phokoso laphokoso la mwala likugwa kenako kukuwa kokulirapo kunamveka m"phanga lalikululo, lomwe tanthauzo lake linali lodziwikiratu. Popanda kutulutsa mawu, adatsamira kwambiri pantchito yawo.
  
  Drake potsiriza adafika kumapeto kwa mzere. Anawerenga zombo makumi awiri mphambu zitatu, zonse zinali zosakhudzidwa ndi zolemetsa zofunkha. Pamene ankayandikira kuseri kwa ngalandeyo, mdima unayamba kukula.
  
  "Sindikuganiza kuti adapitapo mpaka pano," adatero Kennedy.
  
  Drake adayang'ana mozungulira kufuna nyali yayikulu. "Zowopsa," iye anatero. "Koma tiyenera kudziwa."
  
  Anayatsa n"kusuntha mtengowo uku ndi uku. Njirayi idacheperako kwambiri mpaka idakhala njira yosavuta kutsogolo.
  
  Ndipo kuseri kwa chipilalacho kunali masitepe amodzi.
  
  Ben mwadzidzidzi anatsitsa kukuwa, kenako n"kunena monong"onezana kuti, "Ali m"mwamba!"
  
  Izi zinali choncho. Drake anachitapo kanthu. "Tagawanikana," iye anatero. "Ndipita kumakwerero. Inu nonse tsikirani ku zombozo n"kubwerera mmene tinadzera.
  
  Kennedy anayamba kutsutsa, koma Drake anagwedeza mutu wake. "Ayi. Chitani izo. Ben amafunikira chitetezo, sindikufuna. Ndipo tikufuna Mkondo. "
  
  "Ndipo tidzafika liti kumapeto kwa zombozo?"
  
  "Ndidzabweranso."
  
  Drake adalumphira mmbuyo popanda mawu ena, kudumpha kuchokera pamphepete ndikupita ku masitepe akhungu. Anayang"ana m"mbuyo kamodzi n"kuona mithunzi ikuyandikira m"mbali mwake. Ben anatsatira Kennedy pansi pa malo otsetsereka mpaka pansi pa sitima yomaliza ya Viking. Drake adapemphera pemphero lachiyembekezo ndikuthamanga kukwera masitepe mwachangu momwe angathere, kudumpha masitepe awiri nthawi imodzi.
  
  Anakwera mpaka ana a ng'ombe avulala ndipo mapapo ake anapsa. Koma kenako anapita kutali. Kumbuyo kwawo kunayenda mtsinje waukulu wa madzi amphamvu, ndipo kupitirirabe kunali guwa la miyala yosema, lokhala ngati chowotcha nyama zakale.
  
  Koma chomwe chinakopa chidwi cha Drake chinali chizindikiro chachikulu cholembedwa pakhoma kuseri kwa guwa. Makona atatu akupsompsonana. Mchere wina mkati mwa chosemacho unagwira kuwala kochita kupanga ndi kunyezimira ngati sequins pa diresi lakuda.
  
  Palibe nthawi yowononga. Anawoloka mtsinjewo, akupuma mpweya pamene madzi oundana ankakwera m"ntchafu zake. Pamene anali kuyandikira guwalo, anaona chinthu chili pamwamba pake. Chojambula chachifupi, cholunjika, chosadabwitsa kapena chochititsa chidwi. M'malo mwake, dziko ...
  
  ... mkondo wa Odin.
  
  Chinthu chimene chinapyoza mbali ya Mulungu.
  
  Chisangalalo ndi mantha zinadutsa mwa iye. Ichi chinali chochitika chomwe chinapangitsa zonse kukhala zenizeni. Pakadali pano zakhala zongopeka zambiri, kungoyerekeza mwanzeru. Koma kupitirira nthawi imeneyo, zinali zenizeni mochititsa mantha.
  
  Zowopsa zenizeni. Iwo anayima patsogolo pa kuwerengera chotsika mpaka kumapeto kwa dziko.
  
  
  KHUMI ndi chimodzi
  
  
  
  Dzenje LA MTENGO WA PADZIKO LONSE, SWEDEN
  
  
  Drake sanayime pamwambo. Anaugwira Mkondo uja ndikubwerera momwe anadzera. Kupyolera mu mtsinje wachisanu, pansi pa masitepe akugwa. Anazimitsa tochiyo pakati ndipo anachedwetsa pang'onopang'ono pamene mdima wandiweyani unamukuta.
  
  Kuwala kocheperako kunaunikira polowera pansi.
  
  Anapitiriza kuyenda. Zinali zisanathe. Iye anali atadziŵa kale kuti nthaŵi zambiri, munthu amene ankaganiza motalika kwambiri kunkhondo samakhoza kufikako.
  
  Anaima wakufa pa sitepe yomaliza, kenako anakwawira mu mdima wakuya wa ndimeyo. Ajeremani anali atayandikira kale, pafupifupi kumapeto kwa mpanda, koma tochi zawo patali chotero zikanamusankha yekha ngati mthunzi wina. Analumphira pandimeyo, kudzikanikizira kukhoma ndikulunjika kutsetsereka komwe kumalowera kumunsi kwa zombo za Viking.
  
  Mawu achimuna anakuwa, "Taonani izi! Khalani maso, Stevie Wonder! Liwulo linamudabwitsa; linali ndi katchulidwe kakuya kwa America South.
  
  Mphungu ya maso a chiwombankhanga inamuwona - kapena mthunzi wosuntha - chinachake chimene sanachiganizire kuti chingatheke mumdima uno. Anathamanga kwambiri. Mfuti inalira, ikugunda mwala womwe unali pafupi ndi pomwe anali atangofika kumene.
  
  Munthu wakuda adatsamira pamphepete - mwina waku America. "Pali njira yopita ku zombozo. Sunthani matako anu ndisanawagwetse pakhosi mwaulesi."
  
  Zopusa. A Yankee adawona njira yobisika.
  
  Waukali, wodzikuza, wodzikuza. Mmodzi wa Ajeremani anati, "Bwanji iwe, Milo," ndiyeno anakalipira pamene ankakokeredwa pansi pa phirilo.
  
  Drake adathokoza nyenyezi zake zamwayi. M'kamphindi linakhala pa mwamunayo, kuthyola zingwe za mawu ake ndikudula khosi lake momveka bwino pamaso pa wina aliyense.
  
  Drake anatenga mfuti ya German - Heckler ndi Koch MG4 - ndipo anawombera kangapo. Munthu wina mutu unaphulika.
  
  O inde, anaganiza. Amawombera bwino ndi mfuti kuposa ndi kamera.
  
  "Anthu aku Canada!" kutsatiridwa ndi mikwingwirima yotsatizana nthawi imodzi.
  
  Drake anamwetulira ndi manong'onong'o aukaliwo. Asiyeni aganize choncho.
  
  Popeza analibenso kusangalala, anathamanga m"njirayo mofulumira monga mmene anachitira. Ben ndi Kennedy anali patsogolo ndipo ankafunikira chitetezo chake. Iye analumbira kuti adzawatulutsa amoyo, ndipo sadzawakhumudwitsa.
  
  Kumbuyo kwake, Ajeremani mosamala anatsika motsetsereka. Anawombera pang'ono kuti asatengeke ndikuyamba kuwerengera zombozo.
  
  Zinayi, zisanu ndi chimodzi, khumi ndi chimodzi.
  
  Njirayo idakhala yovuta, koma pamapeto pake idatuluka. Panthawi ina inapyapyala kwambiri kotero kuti aliyense wopitirira mwala khumi ndi zisanu mwina akanathyola nthiti yomwe ikufinya pakati pa matabwa, koma inakulanso pamene anawerengera ngalawa ya khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi.
  
  Zotengerazo zinakwera pamwamba pake, zakale, zowopsya, zonunkhiza makungwa akale ndi nkhungu. Kusuntha kwakanthawi kochepa kudakhudza chidwi chake ndipo adayang'ana kumanzere kwake kuti awone chithunzi chomwe chingakhale Milo watsopanoyo akuthamangira m'mphepete mwa njira yopapatiza yomwe anthu ambiri samatha kuyendapo. Drake analibe ngakhale nthawi yowombera - waku America anali kuyenda mwachangu kwambiri.
  
  Zisiyeni! Chifukwa chiyani adayenera kukhala wabwino chotere? Munthu yekhayo amene Drake amamudziwa, kupatula iye yekha, yemwe adatha kuchita izi anali Alicia Miles.
  
  Ndinadzipeza ndili mkati mwampikisano womwe ukubwera wa gladiatorial pano ...
  
  Analumphira kutsogolo, tsopano akudutsa zombozo, akugwiritsira ntchito liwiro lake kudumpha kuchoka pa sitepe kupita ku sitepe, akuthamanga pafupifupi momasuka kuchoka ku zitunda zachisawawa kupita ku ming'alu yakuya ndikudumpha pa ngodya kuchokera ku makoma amchenga. Ngakhale kugwiritsa ntchito matabwa osinthika a sitima zapamadzi kuti apititse patsogolo kudumpha.
  
  "Dikirani!"
  
  Mawu opanda thupi anachokera kwinakwake kutsogolo. Anakhala kaye phee ataona kuti Kennedy sakuoneka bwino, mtima wake unakhala pansi atamva mawu aku America aja. "Nditsatireni," anafuula motero, podziŵa kuti sangalole Milo kum"menya mpaka kumapeto kwa kanjirako. Iwo akanakhoza kupanikizidwa kwa maola.
  
  Anadutsa ngalawa yomaliza pa liwiro la kusweka, Ben ndi Kennedy akugwera kumbuyo kwake, monga momwe Milo anadumpha kuchoka pamphepete ndikudula kutsogolo kwa ngalawayo. Drake adamugwira m'chiuno, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti watera mwamphamvu pa sternum.
  
  Anakhala kachiwiri akuponya mfuti ku Kennedy.
  
  Mfutiyo idakali mkuthawa, Milo anagunda lumo ndikudzimasula, ndikugwetsera m'manja mwake ndikumuyang'ana modzidzimutsa.
  
  Anafuula, "Matt Drake, mmodzi. Ndinali kuyembekezera izi, wokondedwa. "
  
  Anaponya nkhonya ndi zigongono. Drake anatenga mikwapu ingapo m'manja mwake, akugwedezeka pamene akubwerera. Munthu ameneyu ankamudziwa koma anali ndani? Mdani wakale wopanda nkhope? Mzukwa-mthunzi kuchokera m'mbuyomu yamdima ya SAS? Milo anali pafupi ndipo anali wokondwa kukhala kumeneko. Kuchokera m'masomphenya ake ozungulira, Drake adawona mpeni pa lamba waku America, akungoyembekezera kusokonezedwa.
  
  Analandira kumenyedwa mwankhanza pamayendedwe ake.
  
  Kumbuyo kwake, ankamva kusuntha kosokonekera koyamba kwa asilikali a ku Germany omwe anali kupita patsogolo. Kumeneko kunali zombo zochepa chabe.
  
  Ben ndi Kennedy ankangoyang'ana modabwa. Kennedy anakweza mfuti yake.
  
  Drake adapanga njira imodzi, kenako adatembenuza ina, kupeŵa kumenyedwa kwankhanza kwa Milo pamyendo. Kennedy adawombera, ndikukankha mainchesi adothi kuchokera kumapazi a Milo.
  
  Drake ananyema n"kuchokapo, akunamizira kuti akuweta galuyo. "Khalani," iye anatero monyodola. "Ndi mwana wabwino."
  
  Kennedy adawomberanso chenjezo lina. Drake anatembenuka ndi kuwathamangira, atagwira mkono wa Ben ndikumukoka pomwe mnyamatayo adatembenukira ku masitepe akugwa.
  
  "Ayi!" - Drake adafuula. "Adzatitulutsa mmodzimmodzi."
  
  Ben adawoneka odabwa. "Kutinso?"
  
  Drake adanyoza monyoza. "Munaganiza bwanji?"
  
  Analunjika ku World Tree.
  
  
  KHUMI NA MBIRI
  
  
  
  MTENGO WA PADZIKO LONSE, SWEDEN
  
  
  Ndipo adanyamuka. Drake adabetcha kuti Mtengo Wadziko Lonse unali wakale kwambiri komanso wamphamvu kotero kuti nthambi zake ziyenera kuti zinali zambiri komanso zamphamvu. Mukangovomereza kuti mukukwera mumtengo womwe unali mozondoka kwenikweni, physics inalibe kanthu kalikonse.
  
  "Monganso kukhala mnyamata kachiwiri," Drake analimbikitsa Ben, kumulimbikitsa mofulumira popanda kumuchititsa mantha. "Lisakhale vuto kwa iwe, Blakey. Uli bwino, Kennedy?
  
  Mnyamata wa ku New Yorker anali womaliza kukwera, atanyamula mfuti yomwe analoza pansi pake. Mwamwayi, symmetry yayikulu ya nthambi ndi masamba a World Tree inabisa kupita kwawo patsogolo.
  
  "Ndakwera mapesi angapo m'nthawi yanga," adatero mopepuka.
  
  Ben anaseka. Chizindikiro chabwino. Drake adathokoza Kennedy mwakachetechete, akuyamba kumva bwino kuti analipo.
  
  Damn izo, iye anaganiza. Anatsala pang'ono kuwonjezera: pa ntchito iyi, tibwerera ku chilankhulo chakale pasanathe sabata.
  
  Drake adakwera kuchokera kunthambi kupita kunthambi, kumtunda ndi kumtunda, atakhala kapena kuyimirira m'mbali mwa nthambi imodzi ndipo nthawi yomweyo akufika ku yotsatira. Kupita patsogolo kunali kofulumira, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mphamvu zawo zam'mwamba zimatenga nthawi yayitali kuposa momwe amayembekezera. Komabe, chapakati, Drake adawona kuti Ben akuyamba kufooka.
  
  "Kodi Tweenie watopa?" - adafunsa ndikuwona kuwonjezereka kwachangu. Nthawi ndi nthawi Kennedy ankawombera chipolopolo m'nthambi. Kawiri konse anatha kuona makwerero amwala akukwera pafupi ndi iwo, koma sanaone chizindikiro cha omwe ankawathamangitsa.
  
  Mawu akumveka kwa iwo. "Mzunguyo ndi Matt Drake." Msilikali wakale wa SAS nthawi ina anamva mawu opotozedwa ndi mawu amphamvu a Chijeremani, omwe, monga momwe malingaliro ake achisanu ndi chimodzi adamuwuzira, ayenera kukhala a munthu wovala zoyera. Mwamuna yemwe adamuwonapo kawiri amavomereza zinthu zomwe zabedwa.
  
  Nthawi ina adamva, "SRT ikutha." Mawu okopa anali a Milo, kuwulula zakale, kuwulula gawo lomwe adabisala ngakhale mu SAS. M'dzina la zoyera zonse anali ndani munthu uyu?
  
  Zipolopolozo zinagawaniza nthambi zolemera. Drake anayimirira kaye kuti asinthe chikwamacho chokhala ndi chuma chosuntha mkati, kenako adawona nthambi yayikulu yomwe akufuna. Imodzi yomwe inafika pafupi ndi malo a masitepe omwe adapumula kale.
  
  "Kumeneko," analoza Ben. "Kwerani nthambiyo ndikusuntha... mwachangu!"
  
  Amakhala maliseche kwa mphindi ziwiri. Chotsani kudzidzimutsa ndi nthawi yochitapo kanthu, zomwe zatsalirabe mphindi imodzi pachiwopsezo chachikulu.
  
  Ben anali woyamba kuchoka pamalo obisalamo, Drake ndi Kennedy kachiwiri pambuyo pake, onse akudumphira m'manja mwawo ndikugwedezeka panthambi kupita ku masitepe. Pamene adawonedwa, Kennedy adawagulira masekondi amtengo wapatali powombera mtovu wophulika, akumabowola m'mabowo osachepera m'modzi wopanda vuto.
  
  Ndipo tsopano adawona kuti Milo adatumizadi lamulo lothamangira masitepe. Amuna asanu. Ndipo gululo linali lachangu. Adzafika kumapeto kwa nthambi pamaso pa Ben!
  
  Zopusa! Iwo sanapeze mwayi.
  
  Naye Ben ataona izi ananjenjemera. Drake anafuula m"makutu mwake kuti: "Musataye mtima! Ayi!
  
  Kennedy adakokanso choyambitsanso. Amuna awiri adagwa: m'modzi adawulukira m'dzenje, wina adagwira mbali yake ndikukuwa. Anazifinyanso, kenako Drake anamva kuti magazini ikutha.
  
  Ajeremani aŵiri anatsala, koma tsopano anaima moyang"anizana nawo, atanyamula zida zawo mokonzekera. Drake adayang'ana nkhope yaukali. Iwo anataya mpikisanowo.
  
  "Aombeni!" Mawu a Milo anamveka. "Tiyang'ana muzolemba pansi apa."
  
  "Nein!" Mawu amphamvu a Chijeremani anayambanso. "Der Spear! "Der Spear!"
  
  Migolo ya mfutizo sinagwedezeke. Mmodzi wa Ajeremani ananyoza kuti: "Kwawa, nkhunda. Bwerani kuno."
  
  Ben anasuntha pang'onopang'ono. Drake amawona mapewa ake akugwedezeka. "Ndikhulupirireni," iye ananong"oneza m"khutu la bwenzi lake ndi kulimbitsa minofu yonse. Akangodumpha Ben atangofika kumapeto kwa nthambi, masewera ake anali kuukira ndi kugwiritsa ntchito luso lake.
  
  "Mpeni ndikadali nawo," anadandaula Kennedy.
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu.
  
  Ben anafika kumapeto kwa nthambi. Ajeremani anadikirira modekha.
  
  Drake adayamba kuwuka.
  
  Kenako, ngati kuti kuli chifunga, Ajeremani anawulukira kumbali, ngati kuti anagundidwa ndi torpedo. Matupi awo, ong"ambika ndi amagazi, anakankhira pakhomapo ndipo, atanyowa, anagubuduzika m"dzenjemo ngati ngolo.
  
  Mamita angapo pamwamba pa nthambiyo, pamene masitepewo anakhota, panaima gulu lalikulu la amuna okhala ndi zida zamphamvu. Mmodzi wa iwo anali atanyamula mfuti ya AK-5 yomwe inkapitiriza kusuta.
  
  "Swede," Drake adazindikira kuti chidacho chimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi asitikali aku Sweden.
  
  Mokweza, anati, "Nthawi yoyipa."
  
  
  KHUMI NDI CHITATU
  
  
  
  MILITARY BASE, SWEDEN
  
  
  Chipinda chomwe adadzipeza alimo - chipinda chocheperako cha khumi ndi ziwiri ndi 12 chokhala ndi tebulo komanso zenera lokhala ndi ayezi - zidatengera Drake zaka zingapo.
  
  "Sangalalani," anagogoda pamipando yoyera ya Ben. "Malo ano ndi nyumba yankhondo yokhazikika. Ndawona zipinda zapa hotelo zoyipa kwambiri, bwanawe, ndikhulupirireni. "
  
  "Ndakhala m"zipinda zoipitsitsa." Kennedy ankawoneka womasuka, akuphunzitsa wapolisi pantchitoyo.
  
  "Mafupa a munthu winayo?" Drake adakweza nsidze.
  
  "Ndithudi. Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "O, palibe." Drake anawerengera khumi pa zala zake, kenako adayang'ana pansi ngati akufuna kuyamba kugwira ntchito ndi zala zake.
  
  Ben anakakamiza kumwetulira kofooka.
  
  "Taona, Ben, ndikuvomereza kuti sizinali zophweka poyamba, koma waona mmene mnyamata wa ku Sweden uja ankaimba foni. Tili bwino. Komabe, tiyenera kucheza pang'ono. Tatopa.
  
  Chitseko chinatsegulidwa ndipo mwiniwake, wa Swede womangidwa bwino wa tsitsi la blond ndi maso olimba ngati misomali zomwe zingapangitse ngakhale Shrek kukhala woyera, akugwedeza pansi pa konkire. Atagwidwa ndipo Drake adalongosola mosamalitsa kuti iwo anali ndani komanso zomwe akuchita, bamboyo adadziwonetsa kuti ndi Thorsten Dahl ndipo adayenda chakutali kwa helikopita yake kuti ayimbire mafoni.
  
  "Matt Drake," adatero. "Kennedy Moore. Ndi Ben Blake. Boma la Sweden silikutsutsani ... "
  
  Drake adachita mantha ndi katchulidwe kameneka, komwe sikunali ku Sweden konse. "Mumapita ku imodzi mwasukulu zonyezimira za abulu, Dal? Eton kapena zina zotero? "
  
  "Bulu wonyezimira?"
  
  "Masukulu omwe amapititsa patsogolo maofesala awo kudzera m'mibadwo, ndalama komanso kuleredwa. Nthawi yomweyo, mudapita ku luso, luso komanso chidwi. "
  
  "Ndikuganiza choncho." Liwu la Dahl linali lofanana.
  
  "Zabwino. Chabwino ... ngati zili choncho ..."
  
  Dahl adakweza dzanja lake pomwe Ben adapatsa Drake mawonekedwe okhumudwa. "Leka kukhala mbuzi yopulumukira, Mat. Chifukwa chakuti ndiwe wamba wa ku Yorkshire sizikutanthauza kuti wina aliyense ndi mbadwa yachifumu, sichoncho?
  
  Drake anayang'ana mlendi wake modabwa. Kennedy adapanga mayendedwe a 'drop it'. Kenako anazindikira kuti Ben wapeza chinachake mu ntchito imeneyi chimene chinamukopa kwambiri, ndipo ankafuna zambiri.
  
  Dahl anati: "Ndingayamikire kugawana nzeru, anzanga. Ndikufuna kutero. "
  
  Drake anali onse ogawana nawo, koma monga akunena, chidziwitso ndi mphamvu, ndipo amayesa kupeza njira yopezera thandizo kuchokera ku boma la Sweden pano.
  
  Ben anali akukonzekera kale nkhani yake ya Zigawo zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin ndi Manda a Milungu pamene Drake adamusokoneza.
  
  "Taonani," iye anatero. "Ine ndi mnyamata uyu, ndipo tsopano mwina Gronk, ndi mitu ya mainchesi eyiti pamndandanda wakupha ..."
  
  "Sindine gronk, chizungu cha Chingerezi." Kennedy theka adayimilira kumapazi ake.
  
  "Ndachita chidwi kuti mukudziwa mawu awa." Drake adatsitsa maso ake. "Pepani. Ndi jargon. Sizikusiyani." Anakumbukira mawu olekanitsa a Alison: mudzakhala SAS nthawi zonse.
  
  Anaphunzira manja ake, adakali ndi zipsera za nkhondo yake ndi Milo ndi kukwera Mtengo wa Padziko Lonse, ndipo anaganiza za zomwe anachita mwamsanga ndi zolondola m'masiku angapo apitawo.
  
  Iye anali wolondola bwanji.
  
  "Gronk ndi chiyani?" - Ben adadabwa.
  
  Dahl anakhala pampando wachitsulo cholimba n"kuponda nsapato zake zolemera patebulo. "Mzimayi yemwe ... a ... 'amasangalala ndi gulu la asilikali." - iye anayankha diplomatically.
  
  "Kufotokozera kwanga kungakhale kovutirapo," Drake adayang'ana Ben, kenako adati, "Iphani mndandanda. A Germany akufuna kuti tife chifukwa cha milandu yomwe sanachite. Kodi ungathandize bwanji, Dahl?"
  
  Mswedeyo sanayankhe kwa kanthawi, anangoyang"ana kunja kwa zenera la madzi oundana pamalo oundana ndi chipale chofeŵa ndi kupitirira apo, pamiyala yophwasuka imene inadzuka yokha kuseri kwa nyanja yolusayo.
  
  Kennedy anati, "Dal, ndine wapolisi. Sindinawadziwe awiriwa mpaka masiku angapo apitawo, koma ali ndi mitima yabwino. Akhulupirireni."
  
  Dahl anagwedeza mutu. "Mbiri yanu imatsogolera iwe, Drake. Zabwino ndi zoyipa za izo. Tikuthandiza, koma choyamba-" anagwedeza mutu Ben. "Pitirizani".
  
  Ben anapitiriza ngati sanasokonezedwepo. Drake adayang'ana Kennedy ndikumuwona akumwetulira. Anayang'ana kumbali, akudabwa pazifukwa ziwiri. Choyamba, kutchulidwa kwa Dahl ku mbiri yake, ndipo kachiwiri, kuvomereza kowona mtima kwa Kennedy.
  
  Ben anamaliza. Dahl anati: "Anthu a ku Germany ndi gulu latsopano m"zonsezi, lomwe silinatidziwe mpaka zimene zinachitika ku York."
  
  "Chatsopano?" Drake anatero. "Iwo ndi abwino. Ndipo mwadongosolo kwambiri; kulamulidwa ndi mantha ndi chilango chachitsulo. Ndipo ali ndi lipenga lalikulu mwa mnyamata wotchedwa Milo - American Special Forces, mwachiwonekere. Onani mutuwo."
  
  "Tidzachita. Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti tili ndi chidziwitso cha anthu aku Canada. "
  
  "Kodi ukuyang'anitsitsa?"
  
  "Inde, koma mokondera, wosadziwa komanso wosungulumwa," Dahl adayang'ana Kennedy. "Ubale wa boma la Sweden ndi boma lanu latsopano la Obama sizomwe ndingatchule kuti kalasi yoyamba. "
  
  "Pepani chifukwa chake," Kennedy adamwetulira, kenako adayang'ana molunjika. "Tamverani, bwanawe, ngati tikhala pano kwakanthawi, ukuganiza kuti tipeza chakudya?"
  
  "Takonzeka kale ndi sous chef wathu," Dahl adamwetulira poyankha. "Koma kwenikweni, pakhala ma burger ndi tchipisi posachedwa."
  
  Pakamwa pa Drake pakamwa. Sanakumbukire nthawi yomaliza imene anadya.
  
  "Ndikuuzani zomwe ndingathe. Anthu aku Canada adayamba moyo ngati chipembedzo chachinsinsi chodzipereka kwa Viking - Eric the Red. Osaseka, zinthu izi zilipodi. Anthuwa amagwiritsa ntchito cosplay kuti awonetsere zochitika, nkhondo, ngakhale maulendo apanyanja nthawi zonse. "
  
  "Palibe vuto lililonse mmenemo," Ben anadzitchinjiriza pang"ono. Drake adasunga nugget yabwinoyi pambuyo pake.
  
  "Ayi, Bambo Blake. Cosplay ndi yofala, yomwe anthu ambiri amasangalala nayo pamisonkhano padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo yakhala yofala kwambiri kwa zaka zambiri. Koma chiwonongeko chenicheni chimayamba pamene wochita bizinezi mabiliyoni ambiri akukhala mtsogoleri wamakono wa mpatuko umenewu ndiyeno n"kuponyera ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni ambiri."
  
  "Zimakhala zosangalatsa zopanda pake -"
  
  "Obsession". Dahl anamaliza pamene chitseko chinatsegulidwa. Drake adabuula pomwe mbale yodziwika bwino ya burger ndi chips idayikidwa patsogolo pake. Fungo la anyezi linali laumulungu kumimba yake yanjala.
  
  Dahl anapitirizabe kudya kuti: "Wabizinesi wina wa ku Canada dzina lake Colby Taylor anapereka moyo wake kwa Viking wotchuka, Erik the Red, amene, monga ndikudziŵa kuti mukudziŵa, anafika ku Canada atangotulukira Greenland. Kuchokera mu kafukufukuyu kunachitika chidwi chodabwitsa ndi nthano za Norse. Kafukufuku, zofukula, zopezeka. Kusaka kosatha. Mwamuna ameneyu anatenga laibulale yakeyake ndipo anayesa kugula malemba onse a ku Scandinavia omwe analipo."
  
  "Ndi ntchito yopenga," adatero Kennedy.
  
  "Gwirizanani. Koma "nati" yemwe amapereka ndalama zake "zachitetezo" - werengani ngati gulu lankhondo. Ndipo amakhalabe payekha mokwanira kuti akhale pansi pa radar ya anthu ambiri. Dzina lake labwera mobwerezabwereza kwa zaka zambiri pokhudzana ndi Zidutswa zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin, kotero mwachibadwa nzeru zaku Sweden zakhala zikumuika ngati 'munthu wokondweretsedwa'.
  
  "Anaba Hatchi," adatero Drake. "Inu mukudziwa izi, sichoncho inu?"
  
  Dahl anali ndi maso akuthwa kuti asachite izi. "Tsopano tikudziwa."
  
  "Simungathe kumumanga?" Kennedy anafunsa. "Pokayikiridwa zakuba kapena zina zotere?"
  
  "Tangoganizani iye ngati mmodzi wa... zigawenga zanu. Atsogoleri anu a Mafia kapena Triad. Iye ndi wosakhudzidwa - munthu wapamwamba - pakadali pano. "
  
  Drake adakonda malingaliro operekedwawo. Adauza Dahl za kukhudzidwa kwa Alicia Miles ndipo adauza Dahl zambiri zakumbuyo momwe adaloledwa kuwulula.
  
  "Chotero," anatero pamene anamaliza. "Tithandiza kapena chiyani?"
  
  "Ayi ayi," adavomereza Dahl pamene chitseko chinatsegulidwanso ndipo mwamuna wina wachikulire yemwe anali ndi tsitsi lalitali komanso ndevu zakuda adalowa. Kwa Drake ankawoneka ngati Viking wamakono, wokalamba.
  
  Dahl anagwedeza mutu. "O, ine ndimakuyembekezerani inu, pulofesa. Ndiloleni ndidziwitse Pulofesa Roland Parnevik, "adamwetulira. "Katswiri wathu wa nthano za Norse."
  
  Drake adagwedeza mutu, kenako adamuwona Ben akumukweza munthu watsopanoyo ngati kuti ndi mnzake wachikondi. Tsopano anamvetsa chifukwa chake Ben ankakonda ntchito imeneyi mobisa. Anamusisita paphewa bwenzi lakelo.
  
  "Chabwino, wachibale wathu pano sangakhale pulofesa, koma amadziwa njira yake pa intaneti - mankhwala amakono motsutsana ndi akale, huh?"
  
  "Kapena zabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi," Kennedy adaloza ndi mphanda wake mbali zonse zomwe zikufunsidwa.
  
  Mbali yonyoza ya Drake idawerengera kuti Kennedy Moore atha kutsogolera ntchitoyi m'njira yomwe ingapulumutse ntchito yake. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti mbali yofewayo inakonda kuyang'ana ngodya za pakamwa pake pamene akumwetulira.
  
  Mnyamatayo anapunthwa m'chipindamo, atagwira mipukutu yodzaza ndi dzanja ndikuyika zolemba zingapo pamwamba pa muluwo. Anayang'ana uku ndi uku, kuyang'anitsitsa Dahl ngati sakukumbukira dzina la msilikaliyo, kenako anataya katundu wake patebulo.
  
  "Ili pamenepo," iye anatero, akuloza umodzi wa mipukutuyo. "Mmodzi yemweyo. Nthanoyi ndi yowona ... monga ndinakuwuza miyezi yapitayo. "
  
  Dahl anatulutsa mpukutu womwe wasonyezedwawo mosangalala. "Munakhala nafe kwa sabata limodzi, pulofesa. Kwangotsala sabata imodzi."
  
  "U...u sure?"
  
  "O, ine ndikutsimikiza." Mamvekedwe a Dahl adapereka kuleza mtima kwakukulu.
  
  Msilikali wina analowa pakhomo. "Bwana. "Uyu," iye anagwedeza mutu kwa Ben, "anali kulira mosalekeza. Hela tiden...mmm...osaima." Kumwetulira kunatsatira. "Awa ndi amayi ake."
  
  Ben adalumpha sekondi kenako ndikudina batani loyimba mwachangu. Drake adamwetulira mwachikondi, pomwe Kennedy adawoneka woyipa. "Mulungu, nditha kuganiza za njira zambiri zomuyipira mnyamatayu."
  
  Dahl anayamba kuwerenga mumpukutuwo:
  
  "Ndidamva kuti adamwalira ku Ragnarok, atathedwa nzeru ndi zomwe zidamuchitikira. Ndi nkhandwe-munthu Fenrir - kamodzi anatembenuzidwa ndi mwezi.
  
  Ndipo kenako Thor ndi Loki adagona pafupi naye. Milungu yayikulu pakati pa milungu yosawerengeka, miyala yathu motsutsana ndi mafunde.
  
  Zidutswa zisanu ndi zinayi zinamwazikana kumphepo m"njira za One True Volva. Osabweretsa magawo awa ku Ragnarok kapena pachiwopsezo kutha kwa dziko.
  
  Mudzaopa zimenezi mpaka kalekale, ndimvereni inu ana a anthu, pakuti kuipitsa manda a Mulungu ndiko kuyamba tsiku lachiweruzo."
  
  Dahl anagwedezeka. "Ndi zina zotero. Ndi zina zotero. Ndi zina zotero. Ine ndamva kale mfundo ya izo kuchokera kwa mnyamata wa amayi anga kumeneko, pulofesa. Zikuoneka kuti Webusaitiyi ndi yamphamvu kwambiri kuposa Mpukutu. Ndipo mofulumira."
  
  "Kodi muli ndi? Chabwino, monga ine ndinanenera^Miyezi, Torsten, miyezi. Ndipo sindinasamalidwe kwa zaka zambiri. Ngakhale kukhazikitsidwa. Manda akhala ali komweko, mukudziwa, sizinangochitika mwezi watha. Agnetha anandipatsa mpukutuwu zaka makumi atatu zapitazo, ndipo tili kuti? Hm? Kodi tili kwinakwake?
  
  Dahl anayesetsa kuti akhale chete. Drake analowererapo. "Mukunena za Ragnarok, Pulofesa Parnevik. Malo omwe kulibe."
  
  "Osatinso, bwana. Koma tsiku lina - inde. Izi zinalipodi nthawi ina. Apo ayi, Odin, Thor ndi Milungu ina yonse anafera kuti?
  
  "Kodi ukukhulupirira kuti analipo panthawiyo?"
  
  "Zoonadi!" Mnyamatayo anafuula motero.
  
  Mawu a Dahl adakhala chete. "Pakadali pano," adatero, "tisiya kusakhulupirira."
  
  Ben adabwerera patebulo, ndikuyika foni yake m'thumba. "Ndiye mukudziwa za Valkyries?" Adafunsa modabwitsa akuyang'ana Drake ndi Kennedy mochenjera. "Kodi mukudziwa chifukwa chake ali mwala mu korona wa Odin?"
  
  Dahl adangowoneka wokwiya. Mnyamatayo anaphethira ndi kukayikira. "Izi ... izi ... zamtengo wapatali mu ... izi ... chiyani?"
  
  
  KHUMI NA INE
  
  
  
  MILITARY BASE, SWEDEN
  
  
  Ben adamwetulira mchipindamo muli chete. "Iyi ndi tikiti yathu yolowera," adatero. "Ndipo chitsimikizo changa cha ulemu. Mu nthano za ku Norse zimanenedwa mobwerezabwereza kuti Valkyries "amapita kumadera a Milungu." Tawonani - ziri kumeneko.
  
  Kennedy adadula foloko yake pa mbale yake. "Zikutanthauza chiyani?"
  
  "Akuwonetsa njira," adatero Ben. "Mutha kusonkhanitsa zidutswa zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin pa Ragnarok kwa mwezi wathunthu, koma ndi a Valkyries omwe amawonetsa njira yopita kumanda a milungu."
  
  Drake anakwinya nkhope. "Ndipo munazisunga kwa inu eti?"
  
  "Palibe amene akudziwa komwe kuli Valkyries, Mat. Ali mgulu laokha, Ndi Mulungu yekha akudziwa kumene. Nkhandwe ku New York ndiye zidutswa zomaliza zomwe tili nazo. "
  
  Dahl anamwetulira pamene Parnevik anaukira pafupifupi mipukutu yake. Machubu oyera ankawulukira paliponse pakati pa namondwe wa kung"ung"udza. "Valkyries. Valkyries. Palibe. Apo - mwinamwake. Ah, tikupita. Hm."
  
  Drake adakopa chidwi cha Dahl. "Ndipo chiphunzitso cha Apocalypse? Moto wa Gahena Padziko Lapansi ndi zamoyo zonse zomwe zawonongedwa, etc. ndi zina zotero."
  
  "Ndikhoza kukuuzani nthano yofanana ndi imeneyi ya pafupifupi Mulungu aliyense wa milungu. Shiva. Zeus. Khalani. Koma, Drake, anthu aku Canada akapeza mandawa, adzaipitsa, mosasamala kanthu za zotsatirapo zina. "
  
  Drake anabwerera ku Germany openga. "Monga anzathu atsopano," adagwedeza mutu ndikumwetulira pang'ono Dahl. "Ndilibe chochita..."
  
  "Mipira motsutsana ndi khoma." Dahl adamaliza mawu ankhondo pang'ono ndipo adayang'anizana.
  
  Ben adatsamira patebulo kuti atenge chidwi cha Dahl. "Pepani bwanawe koma tikutaya nthawi yathu kuno. Ndipatseni laputopu. Ndiloleni ndipite kukasambira. Kapena chabwino, titumizireni ku Big Apple ndipo tidzasefukira mumlengalenga. "
  
  Kennedy anagwedeza mutu. "Akunena zoona. Ndikhoza kuthandiza. Cholinga chotsatira ndi National History Museum, ndipo tiyeni tivomereze, US sinakonzekere. "
  
  "Ndi nkhani yodziwika bwino," adatero Dahl. "Kulimbikitsa anthu kwayamba kale." Anamuyang'ana Ben mwachidwi. "Mukufuna kukuthandizani, mnyamata?"
  
  Ben anatsegula pakamwa pake, koma kenako anaima kaye ngati akuona kufunika kwa yankho lake. "Chabwino, tikadali pamndandanda wopha anthu eti? Ndipo The Wall of Sleep ili pa hiatus mwezi uno. "
  
  Amayi ali ndi nthawi yofikira panyumba kwa wophunzira wathu wachichepere? Drake anakankhira.
  
  "Mpanda wa-?" Dahl anakwinya. "Kodi ili ndi kalasi yophunzitsa anthu kusagona tulo?"
  
  "Zilibe kanthu. Onani zomwe ndapeza mpaka pano. Ndipo Matt's SAS. Kennedy ndi wapolisi waku New York. Ndife gulu langwiro!"
  
  Maso a Dahl adang'amba, ngati akuyesa chisankho chake. Iye mwakachetechete analowetsa foni ya Drake patebulo ndikuloza pa sikirini. "Kodi munajambula kuti runes pachithunzichi?"
  
  "M"dzenje. Pafupi ndi zombo zazitalizo panali khoma lojambulidwa mazanamazana. Mayi uyu, "adadula chinsalu," adagwada pafupi ndi Odin pamene adavutika pa World Tree. Kodi mungathe kumasulira mawuwo?"
  
  "Za Inde. Ikunena pano - Odin ndi Velva - Heidi apatsidwa zinsinsi za Mulungu, Pulofesa tsopano akufufuza izi ... "Dahl anayang'ana Parnevik pamene ankayesa kusonkhanitsa mipukutu yake yonse nthawi imodzi.
  
  "Zinsinsi za Mulungu" Mnyamatayo anatembenuka mokhala ngati hellhound yagwera pamsana pake. "Kapena zinsinsi za milungu. Kodi mukutha kumva tanthauzo lake? Mukumvetsa? Ndiloleni ndidutse." Anatembenukira kuchitseko chopanda kanthu n"kungosowa.
  
  "Tidzakutengani," adawauza Dahl. "Koma dziwa izi. Zokambirana ndi boma lanu sizinayambe. Tikukhulupirira kuti izi zidzasamalidwa paulendo wathu. Koma tsopano tikupita ku New York ndi asilikali khumi ndi awiri a Special Forces ndipo palibe chilolezo chachitetezo. Tikupita nazo ku National History Museum. " Anaima kaye. "Mukufuna kubwera?"
  
  "SAS ithandiza," adatero Drake. "Ali ndi timu yomwe imayimilira."
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndiyesera kulankhulana ndi woyang'anira tsambalo, kuti tiwone ngati titha kudzoza mawilo." Kusintha komvetsa chisoni kwa mkhalidwe wa Kennedy poganiza zobwerera kwawo kunaonekera. Nthawi yomweyo Drake adalonjeza kuti amuthandiza ngati angakwanitse.
  
  Ndikhulupirireni, iye ankafuna kunena. Ndikuthandizani kuti mudutse izi, koma mawu adafera kukhosi kwake.
  
  Ben anatambasula zala zake. "Ingondipatsani I-pad kapena chinachake. Mofulumirirako."
  
  
  KHUMI NDI chisanu
  
  
  
  AIR SPACE
  
  
  Ndege yawo inali ndi chipangizo chotchedwa picocell, nsanja ya foni yam'manja yomwe imalola kuti mafoni onse azigwiritsidwa ntchito m'ndege. Zofunikira kwa asitikali aboma, koma kofunikira kawiri kwa Ben Blake.
  
  "Eya sis, ndili ndi ntchito kwa inu. Osafunsa. Tamvera, Karin, tamvera! Ndikufuna zambiri zokhudza National History Museum. Ziwonetsero, zinthu za Viking. Zithunzi. Ogwira ntchito. Makamaka mabwana. Ndipo ..." liwu lake linatsitsa ma octaves angapo, "... manambala a foni."
  
  Drake anamva kwa mphindi zingapo chete, kenako: "Inde, wa ku New York! Ndi angati a iwo? Chabwino, mlongo wamng'ono. Ndikusamutsirani ndalama kuti mulipirire izi. Makukonda".
  
  Mnzake atadula foni, Drake adafunsa, "Kodi sakugwirabe ntchito?"
  
  "Ndimakhala kunyumba tsiku lonse, bwanawe. Amagwira ntchito ngati 'munthu womaliza' mu bar yokayikitsa. Chozizwitsa cha ndale zakale za Labor. "
  
  Karin anavutika kwa zaka 7 kuti apeze digiri ya mapulogalamu apakompyuta. Boma la Labor litagwa kumapeto kwa ulamuliro wa Blair, adachoka ku Nottingham University - wogwira ntchito yodalirika, waluso kwambiri - koma adazindikira kuti palibe amene amamufuna. Kutsika kwachuma kwayamba.
  
  Tulukani ku University Row - tembenukira kumanzere kupita kutayira, tembenukira kumanja kukhala pakati ndi thandizo la boma. Pitirizani molunjika mumsewu wa maloto osweka.
  
  Karin ankakhala m"nyumba ina pafupi ndi pakati pa mzinda wa Nottingham. Okonda mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi zidakwa adabwereka malo ozungulira pamenepo. Nthawi zambiri sankachoka panyumbapo masana n"kukwera taxi yodalirika kupita ku bar komwe ankagwira ntchito 8 mpaka pakati pausiku. Nthawi zowopsya kwambiri pamoyo wake zinali pamene adabwerera ku nyumba yake, mdima, thukuta lakale ndi fungo lina losasangalatsa lozungulira iye, chigawenga choyenda chikudikirira kuti chichitike.
  
  M"dziko la anthu owonongedwa ndi kunyalanyazidwa, munthu amene amakhala m"mithunzi ndiye mfumu.
  
  "Kodi umamufunadi pa izi?" Adafunsa Dahl yemwe adakhala mbali ina ya ndegeyo. "Kapena..."
  
  "Taona, izi si zachifundo, mzanga. Ndiyenera kuyang'ana pa zinthu za Odin. Karin akhoza kutenga ntchito yosungiramo zinthu zakale. Zimamveka bwino. "
  
  Drake adayimba foni yake mwachangu. "Musiyeni agwire ntchito, Dal. Ndikhulupirire. Tabwera kudzathandiza."
  
  Wells anayankha nthawi yomweyo. "Kugwira zeds, Drake? Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani?"
  
  Drake adamupangitsa kuti adziwe.
  
  "Chabwino, apa pali kachidutswa kakang'ono ka golide weniweni. Tinalowa ndi Alicia Miles. Inu mukudziwa chimene icho chiri, Mat. Simudzachokadi ku SAS, "adayima kaye. "Adilesi yomaliza: Munich, Hildegardstrasse 111."
  
  "Germany? Koma anali ndi anthu aku Canada. "
  
  "Inde. Si zokhazo. Ankakhala ku Munich ndi chibwenzi chake - Milo Noxon wina - nzika yosasangalatsa ya Las Vegas, USA. Ndipo iye ndi mkulu wakale wa intelligence Marine. Zabwino kwambiri zomwe ma Yankees angapereke. "
  
  Drake anaganiza kwa kanthawi. Umu ndi momwe amandidziwira kale, kudzera mu Miles. Funso n"lakuti, kodi anasintha maganizo ake kuti amukhumudwitse kapena kuti amuthandize?"
  
  "Yankho silikudziwika. Mwina mungamufunse."
  
  "Ndiyesera. Tayang'anani, tigwirizira ndi mipira pano, Wells. Mukuganiza kuti mutha kulumikizana ndi abwenzi anu akale ku States? Dahl adalumikizana kale ndi FBI, koma akusewera nthawi. Tatsala maola asanu ndi awiri mu ndege ... ndipo tikuyandikira mwakhungu. "
  
  "Kodi mumawakhulupirira? Turnips izi? Kodi mukufuna kuti anyamata athu ayeretse gulu losapeŵeka?"
  
  "Iwo ndi aku Sweden. Ndipo inde, ndimawadalira. Inde, ndikufuna anyamata athu kutenga nawo mbali. "
  
  "Zikumveka". Wells adasokoneza kulumikizana.
  
  Drake anayang'ana pozungulira. Ndegeyo inali yaing'ono koma yotakata. Gulu Lankhondo Lapadera Lankhondo Lankhondo Lankhondo Lankhondo Lankhondo Anakhala kumbuyo, akuwerama, akugona ndipo nthawi zambiri amangokhalira kugwedezana mu Swedish. Dahl anali kulankhula mosalekeza pa foni kudutsa munjira pamene pulofesayo ankafutukula mpukutu pambuyo pa mpukutu patsogolo pake, ndikuyika aliyense mosamala kumbuyo kwa mpando wake, akudutsa kusiyana kwakale pakati pa zenizeni ndi zopeka.
  
  Kumanzere kwake, Kennedy, atavalanso thalauza lake lopanda mawonekedwe, adamuyimbira foni koyamba. "Kodi Captain Lipkind alipo?... ah, muuzeni kuti ndi Kennedy Moore."
  
  Panadutsa masekondi khumi, kenako: "Ayi. Muuzeni kuti sangandiyimbirenso. Izi ndizofunikira, muuzeni za chitetezo cha dziko, ngati mukufuna, mumuimbire foni.
  
  Masekondi ena khumi, ndiye: "Moore!" Drake adamva kukuwa ngakhale pomwe adakhala. "Kodi izi sizingadikire?"
  
  "Tamverani kaputeni, zinthu zachitika. Choyamba, funsani ndi Officer Swain wa FBI. Ndili pano ndi Torsten Dahl wochokera ku Sweden SGG komanso mkulu wa SAS. National History Museum ili pachiwopsezo chachindunji. Yang'anani mwatsatanetsatane ndikundiyimbiranso nthawi yomweyo. Ndikufuna thandizo lanu."
  
  Kennedy adatseka foni ija ndikupumira kwambiri. "Bang - ndipo penshoni yanga imachoka."
  
  Drake anayang'ana wotchi yake. Maola asanu ndi limodzi mpaka kutera.
  
  Foni ya Ben inalira ndipo anaigwira. "Sister?"
  
  Pulofesa Parnevik anatsamira m"kanjirako, n"kugwira mpukutu umene unagwa ndi dzanja lake lamphamvu. "Mwanayo amadziwa ma Valkyries ake." Adatero, osalankhula ndi aliyense. "Koma ali kuti? Ndipo Maso - inde, ndidzapeza Maso. "
  
  Adalankhula Ben. "Zabwino kwambiri, Karin. Nditumizireni imelo zojambula za nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndikundigawira chipindachi. Kenako tumizani zambiri za woyang'anira mu kalata ina. Hei mlongo wamng'ono, perekani moni kwa amayi ndi abambo. Makukonda".
  
  Ben anayambiranso kudina, kenako anayamba kulembanso zina. "Ndili ndi nambala ya woyang'anira nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale," anafuula motero. "Ndiye? Ukufuna kuti ndimuwopsyeze?"
  
  Drake adayamba kumwetulira modabwitsa pomwe msilikali wanzeru waku Sweden akugwedeza manja ake No! Zinali zabwino kumuwona Ben akuwonetsa chidaliro chotere. Geek anabwerera mmbuyo pang'ono kuti apatse munthu m'chipinda china mpata wopumira.
  
  Foni ya Kennedy idaphulika nyimbo. Anatsegula mwachangu, koma asanatenge ndege yonse kukhala gawo lamasewera osasamala a Goin' Down.
  
  Ben anagwedeza mutu nthawi yake. "Wokongola. Nkhani yathu yotsatira yotsimikizika. "
  
  "More." Kennedy adayika foni yake pa speaker.
  
  "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani? Theka la abulu khumi ndi awiri adanditsekereza njira ndipo adandiuza, osati mwaulemu kwambiri, kuti mphuno yanga isatuluke m'dzenje momwe idayenera. Chinachake chinapangitsa agalu akulu akulu auwe, Moore, ndipo ndikunena kuti ndiwe. Anaima kaye, kenako ananena moganizira, "Sikoyamba, ndikuganiza."
  
  Kennedy adamupatsa mawonekedwe ofupikitsa, omwe adathera ndi ndege yodzaza ndi a Swedish Marines ndi gulu losadziwika la SAS panjira, tsopano ulendo wa maola asanu kuchokera ku nthaka ya US.
  
  Drake adachita mantha. Maola asanu.
  
  Pa nthawiyi Dahl anafuula kuti: "Zatsopano! Ndinangomva kuti anthu aku Canada analibe ngakhale ku Sweden. Zikuwoneka kuti adapereka World Tree ndi Spear kuti ayang'ane pa Valkyries. " Adavomereza mothokoza Ben, mosapita m'mbali professor wa grimacing uja. "Koma...anabwerera chimanjamanja. Wokhometsa payekhayu ayenera kukhala wodzipatula ... Kapena ... " Drake adadandaula, "akhoza kukhala wachigawenga.
  
  "Mphatso yabwino. Amuna ndi pomwe zimafika poyipa. Anthu aku Canada akukonzekera kukamenya nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale m'mawa uno nthawi ya New York. "
  
  Nkhope ya Kennedy inayamba kupha munthu pamene ankamvetsera kwa abwana ake ndi Dahl nthawi yomweyo. "Akugwiritsa ntchito deti," iye mwadzidzidzi anafuulira onse aŵiri pamene anazindikira. "Abastards amtheradi awa - ndipo aku Germany, mosakayikira - akubisa zolinga zawo zenizeni kumbuyo kwa tsikuli."
  
  Ben anayang'ana mmwamba. "Ndataya njira."
  
  Drake adamuyankha. "Tsiku lanji?"
  
  "Tikafika ku New York," adatero Dahl, "zikhala pafupifupi eyiti m'mawa pa Seputembara 11."
  
  
  KHUMI NDI chisanu ndi chimodzi
  
  
  
  AIR SPACE
  
  
  Maola anayi atsala. Ndegeyo inapitiriza kung'ung'udza kumwamba kwa mitambo.
  
  Dahl adati, "Ndiyesanso FBI. Koma ndi zachilendo. Sindingathe kudutsa mulingo uwu wotsimikizira. Ndi khoma lamwala loyipa. Ben - itanani woyang'anira. Drake ndi bwana wanu wakale. Nthawi ikugunda amuna, ndipo palibe. Ola ili likufuna kupita patsogolo. Pitani."
  
  Kennedy adachonderera abwana ake kuti: "Zoyipa pa Thomas Caleb, Lipkind," adatero. "Izi sizikukhudzana ndi iye kapena ntchito yanga yoyipa. Ndikukuuzani zomwe FBI, CIA, ndi zitsiru zina zonse za zilembo zitatu sizikudziwa. Ndikufunsa..." anaima kaye, "Ndikukupemphani kuti mundikhulupirire."
  
  "Abulu a zilembo zitatu," Ben anadandaula motero. "Mwanzeru".
  
  Drake ankafuna kupita kwa Kennedy Moore ndikupereka mawu olimbikitsa. Munthu wamba amene anali naye anafuna kumukumbatira, koma msilikaliyo anamukakamiza kuti asapite.
  
  Koma anthu wamba anayamba kupambana nkhondo imeneyi. M'mbuyomu, adagwiritsapo ntchito liwu loti "gronk" kuti "amuwete", kuti athane ndi kukula kwa malingaliro omwe adawazindikira, koma sizinagwire ntchito.
  
  Wells anayankha foni yake. "Lankhulani tsopano".
  
  "Mukumveranso Taylor? Taonani pamene ife tiri, bwanawe? Kodi mwatikakamiza kuti tilowe mumlengalenga waku US?"
  
  "Chabwino ... inde ... ndipo ayi. Ndikulimbana ndi ma tepi ofiyira a boma, Drake, ndipo sizikukwanira pamiyendo yanga-" Anadikirira kamphindi, kenaka anaseka mokhumudwa. "Izi zinali zonena za Meyi, mnzanu. Yesetsani kupitiriza."
  
  Drake adamwetulira mosasamala. "Zoyipa iwe, Wells. Mvetserani, konzekerani ntchito imeneyi - tithandizeni - ndipo ndikuwuzani za kalabu yauve ku Hong Kong yomwe Mai adagwirapo mobisa, yotchedwa Spinning Top.
  
  "Fuck me, zikumveka zosangalatsa. Inu muli pa izo, bwanawe. Taonani, tili m'njira, zonse zakonzeka motsatira malamulo onse, ndipo anthu anga kudutsa dziwe alibe vuto ndi izi. "
  
  Drake adamva 'koma'. "Inde?"
  
  "Winawake waulamuliro akukana mwayi wotera ndipo palibe amene adamvapo za ndege yanu, ndikuti, mzanga, ziwonetsero zachinyengo zamkati."
  
  Drake anamumva. "Chabwino, ndidziwitseni." Kudina pang'ono batani kunathetsa kuyimba.
  
  Anamva Kennedy akunena, "Zochepa ndizabwino, Captain. Ndikumva zokambilana pano zokamba za chiwembu. Chenjerani, Lipkind. "
  
  Anatseka foni yake. "Chabwino, iye ndi wopusa, koma amanditengera mawu anga. Amatumiza anthu ambiri akuda ndi oyera pabwalo momwe angathere, modziletsa. Ndipo amamudziwa wina wake ku ofesi ya Homeland Security komweko," adatero akumwetulira bulauzi yake yofewa. "Nyemba zikutha."
  
  Mulungu, Drake anaganiza. Pali zozimitsa moto zambiri zomwe zikupita kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakalezi. Zakwana kuyambitsa nkhondo yoopsa. Sanayankhule mokweza koma anayang'ana wotchi yake.
  
  Kwatsala maola atatu.
  
  Ben ankagwirabe ntchito ndi woyang"anira: "Taonani, sitikunena za kukonzanso kwakukulu kuno, kungosuntha chionetserocho. Sindikusowa kuti ndikuuzeni kukula kwa nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, bwana. Ingosunthani ndipo zonse zikhala bwino. Inde ... SGG ... Swedish Special Forces. A FBI akudziwitsidwa chifukwa timalankhula...ayi! Osadikirira kuti ayitane. Simungathe kuzengereza."
  
  Sekondi khumi ndi zisanu za chete, ndiye: "Kodi simunamvepo za SGG? Chabwino, Google it!" Ben analoza foni yake mokhumudwa. "Akuimirira," Ben anatero. "Ndikudziwa basi. Analankhula mozemba, ngati kuti sakanatha kupeza zifukwa zokwanira."
  
  "Tepi ina yofiyira." Drake adaloza Dahl. "Izi zikungoyamba kumene."
  
  Panali chete zii, kenako foni ya Dahl inalira. "O Mulungu wanga," iye anatero poyankha. "Den Statsminister."
  
  Drake adakumana ndi Kennedy ndi Ben. "Nduna yayikulu".
  
  Mawu angapo aulemu, koma osapita m'mbali, adanenedwa omwe adakulitsa ulemu wa Drake kwa Thorsten Dahl. Mkulu wa asilikali apadera anauza abwana ake zimene zinachitika. Drake anali wotsimikiza kuti atha kumukonda munthu uyu.
  
  Dahl adamaliza kuyimba ndipo adatenga nthawi kuti atole malingaliro ake. Kenako anayang'ana m'mwamba n'kutembenukira ku ndege.
  
  "Mochokera kwa membala wa nduna ya Purezidenti, alangizi ake apamtima," adawauza Dahl. "Ndege iyi siloledwa kutera."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Kwatsala maola atatu.
  
  "Sakanadziwitsa Purezidenti," adatero Dahl. "Washington, DC ndi Capitol Hill ali mkati mwa izi, anzanga. Nduna ya Boma ikunena kuti tsopano zakhala zapadziko lonse lapansi, chiwembu padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo palibe amene akudziwa yemwe akuthandiza ndani. Izi zokha," iye anatero, akukwinya tsinya, "zikunena za kuzama kwa ntchito yathu."
  
  "Chotsani gululo," adatero Drake. "Izi ndi zomwe tinkatcha kulephera kwakukulu."
  
  Ben, panthawiyi, anayesanso kulankhula ndi woyang'anira National History Museum. Zonse zomwe adapeza zinali voicemail. "Zolakwika," iye anatero. "Akadayenera kuyang'anapo kanthu pano." Zala za Ben zowoneka bwino zidayamba kuwuluka pa kiyibodi.
  
  "Ndili ndi lingaliro," adatero mokweza. "Ndimapemphera kwa Mulungu kuti ndikulakwitsa."
  
  Wells adayankhanso, akufotokoza kuti gulu lake la SAS lidafika mwachinsinsi pabwalo la ndege lomwe silinasiyidwe ku New Jersey. Gululo linapita kumzinda wa New York, likuyenda mwanjira iliyonse yofunikira.
  
  Drake adawona nthawi. Maola awiri asanatsike.
  
  Kenako Ben anafuula kuti: "Landirani!" Aliyense analumpha. Ngakhale asilikali apanyanja a ku Sweden ankamusamalira kwambiri.
  
  "Ili pano!" - adafuula. "Kumwazika paliponse pa intaneti ngati muli ndi nthawi yoyang'ana." Analoza skrini mokwiya.
  
  "Colby Taylor," adatero. "Bilionea wa ku Canada ndiye wathandizira kwambiri pa National History Museum komanso m'modzi mwa akatswiri azachuma ku New York. Ndikukhulupirira kuti adayimba mafoni angapo?"
  
  Dahl anagwedezeka. "Ichi ndiye chotchinga chathu," anabuula motero. "Munthu yemwe amamunenayo ali ndi anthu ambiri kuposa a mafia." Kwa nthawi yoyamba, msilikali wa ku Sweden anaoneka ngati wagwa pampando wake.
  
  Kennedy sakanakhoza kubisa chidani chake. "Masuti a zikwama zandalama apambananso," iye anasisima. "Ndikukayikira kuti mwana wamba uyunso ndi banki."
  
  "Mwina, mwina ayi," adatero Drake. "Nthawi zonse ndimakhala ndi plan B."
  
  Ola limodzi latsala.
  
  
  KHUMI NDI CHISANU NDI CHIWIRI
  
  
  
  New York, USA
  
  
  Port Authority ya New York Police department mwina imadziwika bwino chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kochititsa manyazi komanso kuvulala pazochitika za 9/11. Chomwe sichidziwika bwino ndikuyendetsa mobisa ndege zambiri za SAS zochoka ku Europe. Ngakhale kuti palibe gulu lodzipereka kuti liyang'anire gawoli la ntchito yawo, ogwira ntchito m'mayiko osiyanasiyana ndi ochepa kwambiri moti m'zaka zapitazi ambiri akhala mabwenzi apamtima.
  
  Drake adayimbanso foni. "Kukhala kotentha usikuuno," adauza woyang'anira CAPD a Jack Schwartz. "Kodi mwandisowa, bwanawe?"
  
  "Mulungu, Drake anali ... chiyani? Zaka ziwiri?"
  
  "Atatu. Usiku wa Chaka Chatsopano, '07.
  
  "Mkazi wako ali bwino?"
  
  "Ine ndi Alison tinasiyana, mnzanga. Kodi izi ndi zokwanira kulongosola dzina langa?"
  
  "Ndimaganiza kuti mwasiya utumiki."
  
  "Ndinatero. Wells anandiyimbiranso ntchito yomaliza. Wakuyimbirani?"
  
  "Iye anatero. Ananena kuti munamulonjeza kuti mudikirira pang"ono."
  
  "Kodi iye anachita izo tsopano? Schwartz, ndimvereni. Iyi ndi foni yanu. Muyenera kudziwa kuti izi zitha kuwulukira kwa mafani komanso kuti kulowa kwathu kudzakutsogolerani. Ndikukhulupirira kuti pofika nthawi imeneyo tonse tidzakhala ngwazi ndipo izi zikhala ngati ntchito yabwino, koma ... "
  
  "Wells adandipangitsa kuti ndifulumire," adatero Schwartz, koma Drake adamva nkhawa. "Osadandaula bwanawe. Ndidakali ndi mphamvu zokwanira kuti ndipeze chilolezo chotera."
  
  Ndege yawo inalowa mumlengalenga wa US.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Ndegeyo inatera kusanache ndipo inakwera molunjika ku nyumba yaing'ono yofikirako. Mphindi yomwe chitseko chinatseguka pang'ono, mamembala khumi ndi awiri odzaza kwathunthu a Swedish SGG adatsika masitepe achitsulo ndikukwezedwa m'magalimoto atatu odikirira. Drake, Ben, Kennedy ndi Professor anamutsatira, Ben anatsala pang'ono kudzikodola ataona transport yawo.
  
  "Amawoneka ngati humvees!"
  
  Patangopita mphindi imodzi, magalimoto adathamanga mumsewu wopanda kanthu, akuthamangira panjira yobisika kumbuyo kwa bwalo la ndege lomwe, atakhota pang'ono, adatulukira mumsewu wosadziwika bwino wakumtunda womwe umalumikizana ndi imodzi mwamitsinje yayikulu ya Manhattan.
  
  New York inafalikira pamaso pawo mu ulemerero wake wonse. Zojambula zamakono zamakono, milatho yakale, zomangamanga zakale. Gulu lawo linadutsa njira yachidule yolunjika pakati pa mzindawo, akumaika moyo pachiswe pogwiritsa ntchito njira yachidule iliyonse yomwe madalaivala awo ankadziwa. Nyanga zinalira, matemberero anadzaza mlengalenga, mipiringidzo ndi zinyalala zidadulidwa. Panthawi ina, msewu wopita kumodzi unakhudzidwa, ndikudula ulendo wawo ndi mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri ndikupangitsa kulephera kwa ma fender atatu.
  
  Mkati mwa magalimoto zinthu zinali zitangotsala pang'ono kufika. Dahl pomaliza adalandira foni kuchokera kwa Prime Minister waku Sweden, yemwe adapambana chifuniro chabwino cha FBI ndi chilolezo cholowa mnyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ngati atafika koyamba.
  
  Dahl anatembenukira kwa driver wawo. "Mofulumirirako!"
  
  Ben adapatsa Dahl mapu a nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale omwe akuwonetsa malo a Wolves.
  
  Zambiri zatsikira. Anthu akuda ndi oyera afika. Magulu oyankha mwachangu adziwitsidwa.
  
  Drake adafika ku Wells. "Siti?"
  
  "Ife tiri panja. Apolisi okwera pamahatchi adafika mphindi ziwiri zapitazo. Inu?"
  
  "Masitepe makumi awiri kuchokera pamenepo. Tifuulireni ngati chilichonse chichitika." Chinachake chinamukopa ndipo anayang'ana kwa kanthawi pa chinachake kunja kwa zenera. Kumverera kwamphamvu kwa déj à vu kudapangitsa kunjenjemera m'nthiti zake pomwe adawona chikwangwani chachikulu cholengeza kubwera kwa wojambula mafashoni Abel Frey ku New York ndi chiwonetsero chake chodabwitsa choyenda amphaka.
  
  Izi ndi zopenga, Drake adaganiza. Wopengadi.
  
  Ben anadzutsa mlongo wake ku UK ndipo, akadali ndi mpweya wokwanira chifukwa cha kayendedwe kawo, adakwanitsa kumulembetsa ku Project Valkyrie - monga momwe amatchulira. "Zimapulumutsa nthawi," adatero Dahl. "Atha kupitiliza kafukufuku wake tili kunjako tikupulumutsa nkhandwe izi. Osadandaula, akuganiza kuti ndichifukwa ndikufuna kuwajambula pa digiri yanga. "
  
  "Ukunamiza sister wako?" Drake anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Iye akukula." Kennedy anasisita dzanja la Blake. "Mupatseni mpata mwanayo."
  
  Foni ya Drake inalira. Sanafunikire kuyang'ana pa ID kuti adziwe kuti ndi Wells. "Osandiwuza, bwanawe. Anthu aku Canada?
  
  Wells anaseka mwakachetechete. "Mukufuna."
  
  "A?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Anthu aku Canada ndi aku Germany omwe amagwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana. Nkhondo iyi yatsala pang"ono kuyamba popanda inu."
  
  Dahl adati: "Timu ya SWAT yatsala mphindi zitatu. Nthawi zambiri ndi 68. "
  
  Drake anayang'ana pawindo lalikulu. "Ife tiri pano".
  
  
  ******
  
  
  "Central Park West Entrance," Ben adatero akutsika mgalimoto zawo. "Kumatsogolera ku masitepe awiri okha omwe amakwera kuchokera pansi mpaka pansi pachinayi."
  
  Kennedy adatuluka m'mawa kutentha. "Kodi mimbulu imakhala pansi pati?"
  
  "Chachinayi".
  
  "Ziwerengero." Kennedy anagwedezeka ndikusisita mimba yake. "Ndimadziwa kuti ndikadzanong'oneza bondo mikate ya tchuthiyi."
  
  Drake adatsalira pomwe asitikali aku Sweden adathamanga mwachangu momwe angathere potsika masitepe a nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale. Atafika kumeneko, anayamba kuchotsa zida zawo. Dahl adawayimitsa mumthunzi wa khomo lalitali, gululo litazunguliridwa ndi mizati yozungulira.
  
  "Ma Twitter ali. "
  
  "Macheke" khumi ndi awiri adamveka. "Tipite kaye," adayang'ana Drake. "Inu mumatsatira. Igwire."
  
  Anamupatsa Drake zinthu ziwiri zokhala ngati zoyatsira zoyatsira komanso mahedifoni awiri. Drake adatembenuza mitengo ikuluikulu 68 ndikudikirira mpaka onse adayamba kutulutsa kuwala kobiriwira kuchokera pamiyendo yawo. Anapereka imodzi kwa Kennedy ndikusunga ina yake.
  
  "Twitters," adatero poyang'ana opanda kanthu. "Ili ndiye thandizo latsopano laubwenzi lamoto. Masewera onse ochezeka amasinthidwa pafupipafupi. Tayang'anani mnzako ndipo m'makutu mwanu mukumveka kulira kokwiyitsa, tayang'anani munthu woipa ndipo simukumva chilichonse..." Anavala khutu lake. "Ndikudziwa kuti si yodalirika, koma imathandiza pamene pali zambiri zoti muchite. Ngati chonchi."
  
  Ben adati, "Bwanji ngati ma frequency akumana ndi ina?"
  
  "Sizidzachitika. Uwu ndiye ukadaulo waposachedwa wa Bluetooth - frequency adaptive spread spectrum. Zipangizozi 'zimadumphira' m'mafuriji makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu asanu ndi anayi osankhidwa mwachisawawa m'mabandi osankhidwa kale - palimodzi. Zili ndi kutalika kwa pafupifupi mapazi mazana awiri."
  
  "Chabwino," adatero Ben. "Anga ali kuti?"
  
  "Iwe ndi pulofesa mukhala nthawi ku Central Park," Drake adamuuza. "Zinthu zapaulendo. Chill mzanga, izi zikhala zosasangalatsa. "
  
  Popanda mawu ena, Drake adatembenuka kuti atsatire msirikali womaliza waku Sweden kudutsa mumsewu waukulu ndikulowa mkati mwamdima wa nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale. Kennedy amayang'anitsitsa.
  
  "Mfuti ingakhale yabwino," anadandaula motero.
  
  "Anthu aku America," adatero Drake, koma adamwetulira mwachangu. "Khazikani mtima pansi. A Sweden ayenera kuwononga anthu aku Canada, komanso mwachangu. "
  
  Iwo anafika pa masitepe aakulu ooneka ngati Y, okhala ndi mazenera otchingidwa ndi denga lotchingidwa, ndipo anathamangira m"chipinda cham"mwamba popanda kuima. Nthawi zambiri masitepe amenewa amadzadza ndi anthu odzaona malo, koma masiku ano malo onse anali abata mochititsa mantha.
  
  Drake adayenda yekha ndikukhalabe maso. Anthu ambiri owopsa anali akuthamangira m"malo aakulu akale pakali pano. Panangopita nthawi kuti agwirizane.
  
  Anathamangira mmwamba, nsapato zawo zikumveka mokweza kuchokera m'makoma aatali, osasunthika kuchokera ku maikolofoni akukhosi kwawo, kumveka ndi mamvekedwe achilengedwe a nyumbayo. Drake anaika maganizo kwambiri, kukumbukira maphunziro ake, koma anayesa kuyang'anitsitsa Kennedy popanda kulola kusonyeza. Msilikali wamba ndi msilikali anapitiriza kukangana mkati mwake.
  
  Akufika pansanjika yachitatu, Dahl anapanga manja a 'kupita patsogolo-pang'onopang'ono. Kennedy anayandikira pafupi ndi Drake. "Anzako a SAS ali kuti?"
  
  "Kukhala kutali," adatero Drake. "Kupatula apo, sitikufuna kupha anthu osafunikira tsopano, sichoncho?"
  
  Kennedy adatsitsa chiseko. "Ndiwe wanthabwala, Drake. Munthu woseketsa kwenikweni."
  
  "Uyenera kundiwona pa tsiku."
  
  Kennedy adaphonya kuwomberako, kenako adati, "Musaganize kuti ndivomera." Dzanja lake lamanja nthawi zambiri linkafikira kusalaza kutsogolo kwa malaya ake.
  
  "Musaganize kuti ndafunsa."
  
  Iwo anayamba kukwera masitepe omalizira. Pamene msilikali wamkuluyo anali kufika popindika komalizira, kuwombera kunamveka ndipo pulasitala inaphulika inchi kuchokera pamutu pake.
  
  "tsika!
  
  Kumakoma kunagwa matalala. Dahl anakwawa pamimba pake, ndikupanga mayendedwe angapo ndi manja ake.
  
  Drake adati, "Njira yowopseza."
  
  Msilikali wina anawombera volley mwamsanga kuti mdani wake atanganidwa. Wina anavula chisoti chake, nakokera mfuti yake pa lamba wake ndi kuyipititsa patsogolo pang"onopang"ono pamzera wamoto. Anamva kaphokoso kakang'ono kakuyenda. Msilikali wachitatu adalumpha kuchokera pachivundikiro pansi pa masitepe ndikugunda mlonda pakati pa maso. Munthuyo anagwa n"kufa asanaombere.
  
  "Wokongola," Drake adakonda mayendedwe okonzedwa bwino.
  
  Anayenda kukwera masitepe, zida zokoka zida, ndikuyenda mozungulira khomo lolowera pansanjika yachinayi, kenaka mosamala kuyang'ana m'chipindacho.
  
  Drake anawerenga zizindikiro. Iyi inali holo ya abuluzi abuluzi. Ambuye, iye anaganiza. Kodi si pamenepo pomwe Tyrannosaurus wowopsa adasungidwa?
  
  Anayang'ana m'chipindacho mwachidwi. Anyamata angapo owoneka mwaukatswiri ovala zovala wamba adawoneka otanganidwa, onse ali ndi mfuti yamtundu wina wolemera, mwina Mac-10 'kutsitsi ndikupemphera'. Komabe, Tyrannosaurus adayimilira pamaso pake, atawoneka bwino kwambiri , zomwe zidachitikapo mpaka mamiliyoni azaka zitatha.
  
  Ndipo adadutsa pomwepa - ndikudutsa m'nsagwada zake - adayenda Alicia Miles, chilombo china chakupha. Iye anafuula m"njira imene anasaina kuti: "Anyamata, taonani nthawiyi! Kuzembera kumodzi apa ndipo ine ndekha ndikuchotsani nonsenu masewerawa! Fulumirani!"
  
  "Tsopano pali dona kumeneko," Kennedy adanong'oneza monyodola ali pamtunda wa mamilimita. Drake adamva fungo lake lanzeru lamafuta onunkhira komanso kupuma pang'ono. "Mnzanga wakale, Drake?"
  
  Iye anati: "Ndinamuphunzitsa zonse zimene akudziwa. "Zowona, poyamba. Kenako anandidutsa. Zodabwitsa za ninja-Shaolin. Ndipo iye sanali dona, izo nzoona. "
  
  "Kumanzere kuli anayi," adatero msilikaliyo. "Asanu kumanja. Komanso mkazi. Chiwonetsero cha Odin chiyenera kukhala kuseri kwa chipindacho, mwina m'malo ena, sindikudziwa. "
  
  Dahl adapuma. "Nthawi yosuntha."
  
  
  KHUMI NDI chisanu ndi chitatu
  
  
  
  NEW YORK NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM
  
  
  Anthu aku Sweden adalumphira kunja, kuwombera molondola. Anthu anayi a ku Canada anagwa, kenako ena, atatu a iwo akugwera m'chiwonetsero cha galasi, chomwe chinagwedezeka ndi kugwera pansi ndi phokoso ngati kuphulika.
  
  Anthu a ku Canada otsalawo anatembenuka ndikuwombera pomwepo. Anthu awiri a ku Sweden anakuwa. Mmodzi anagwa ndipo magazi anatuluka pabala pamutu pake. Winayo anakomoka atagwira ntchafu yake.
  
  Drake adalowa mchipinda chodutsa pansi popukutidwa ndikukwawa kuseri kwa galasi lalikulu lowonetsa armadilo akulu akulu. Atangotsimikiza kuti Kennedy anali wotetezeka, adakweza mutu wake kuyang'ana pagalasi.
  
  Ndidawona Alicia akupha anthu awiri aku Sweden omwe akuthawa ndi mfuti ziwiri zabwino kwambiri.
  
  Anthu ena anayi aku Canada adawonekera kumbuyo kwa Tyrannosaurus. Ayenera kuti anali m'chipinda chamomwemo pomwe Mimbulu inkawonetsedwa. Anali ndi malamba achikopa achilendo omangika m"matupi mwawo ndi zikwama zolemera m"misana yawo.
  
  Komanso Mac-10. Anadzaza chipindacho ndi zipolopolo.
  
  Anthu a ku Sweden anamira pansi kuti abisale. Drake adagwa pansi, ndikuonetsetsa kuti akukulunga mkono wake pamutu wa Kennedy kuti ukhale wotsika momwe angathere. Galasi lomwe linali pamwamba pake linasweka, magalasi amwazikana mozungulira ndikugwera pa iwo. Zakale za Armadillo ndi zofananira zinaphulika ndikusweka mozungulira iwo.
  
  "Sambulani mwachangu, chabwino?" Kennedy anadandaula. "Inde, ndiko kulondola."
  
  Drake adadzigwedeza yekha, akuponya magalasi paliponse, ndikuyang'ana khoma lakunja la nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale. Munthu waku Canada adagwa pamenepo ndipo Drake adamuyika pomwepo.
  
  "Ndikuchita kale izi."
  
  Pogwiritsa ntchito chiwonetsero chosweka ngati chivundikiro, adapita kwa munthu wabodzayo. Anafikira pa machine gun, koma maso a munthuyo mwadzidzidzi anatseguka!
  
  "Yesu!" Mtima wa Drake unagunda kwambiri kuposa manja a Nowa pamene ankamanga chingalawa.
  
  Bamboyo anabuula, maso ake akutuluka ndi ululu. Drake adazindikira mwachangu, adatenga chidacho ndikumugwetsa kuti asakumbukike. "Zombie wamagazi."
  
  Anazungulira pa bondo limodzi, okonzeka kumenya, koma anthu a ku Canada anabwerera kumbuyo kwa mimba ya T. rex ya nthiti. Zisiyeni! Zikanakhala kuti sanasinthe kaimidwe kake posachedwapa, zomwe zinachititsa kuti ayambe kuyenda mowongoka kwambiri kuposa poyamba. Zomwe ankangoona zinali zoduka miyendo yochepa chabe.
  
  Kennedy anasunthira kwa iye, akutsetsereka kuti ayime pafupi ndi iye.
  
  "Njira yabwino," iye anatero, akugwedezera kumanzere ndi kumanja, kuyesa kuona zimene anthu a ku Canada anali kuchita.
  
  Pamapeto pake, adawona kusuntha pakati pa nthiti zitatu zothyoka ndipo adakhala wosakhulupirira. "Ali ndi Mimbulu," adatero. "Ndipo amawaphwanya!"
  
  Kennedy anapukusa mutu. "Ayi. Amaziphwanya mzidutswa," adatero. "Taonani. Yang'anani zikwama. Palibe amene adanena kuti mbali zonse za Odin ziyenera kukhala zathunthu, sichoncho? "
  
  "Ndipo ndikosavuta kuwatulutsa m'magawo," Drake adagwedeza mutu.
  
  Anali pafupi kupita pachikuto cha chiwonetsero chotsatira pamene gehena yonse inasweka. Kuchokera pakona yakutali ya chipindacho, kudzera pakhomo lolembedwa kuti 'Vertebrate Origins', zipolopolo khumi ndi ziwiri zofuula zidaphulika. Adawombera, adawombera mwankhanza, adaseka ngati mafani omwe amamwa mowa kwambiri pa Yeager yamitundu iwiri panthawi yopuma.
  
  "A Germany ali pano." Drake anatero mowuma asanagwe pansi.
  
  Tyrannosaurus inagwedezeka kwambiri pamene cholozera chotsogolera chinaboola mkati mwake. Mutu wake unalendewera, mano ake ali pansi, ngati kuti chiwawa chomuzungulira chinamkwiyitsa kwambiri moti anamuukitsa. Munthu wa ku Canada anawulukiranso mumtambo wakupha. Magazi anafalikira m"nsagwada zonse za dinosaur. Msilikali wa ku Sweden anaduka mkono wake mpaka m"chigongono ndipo ankathamanga uku akukuwa.
  
  Ajeremani anaphulika, akupenga.
  
  Kuchokera kuseri kwa zenera lomwe lili pafupi kwambiri ndi Drake kunabwera chiboliboli chodziwika bwino cha ma helikopita.
  
  Osatinso!
  
  Kuchokera m'masomphenya ake ozungulira, Drake adawona gulu la magulu apadera ovala zakuda akuzembera kwa iye. Drake atayang'ana mbali imeneyo, ma tweeters m'makutu mwake adapenga.
  
  Anyamata abwino.
  
  Anthu a ku Canada anapita ku izo, zomwe zinayambitsa chisokonezo. Anatuluka pansi pa mimba ya T. rex, akuwombera mwaukali. Drake adagwira Kennedy paphewa.
  
  "Sumuka!" Iwo anali pa mzere wothawa. Anamukankhira Kennedy kutali pomwe Alicia Miles adawonekera. Drake adakweza chida chake, kenako adawona Milo wamkulu waku Germany akubwera kuchokera kumanzere.
  
  Pakupuma kwa sekondi imodzi, onse atatu anatsitsa zida zawo.
  
  Alicia adawoneka odabwa. "Ndinkadziwa kuti ulowa mu izi, Drake, wamba wakale!"
  
  Milo anasiya kumwalira. Drake anayang'ana wina ndi mzake. "Ndikadakhala ku Sweden, mpweya wa galu." Drake anayesa dzira munthu wamkuluyo. "Wasowa hule wako, huh?"
  
  Zipolopolozo zinapyoza mpweya wowazungulira popanda kuloŵerera pachikuku chawo chomangika.
  
  "Nthawi yako idzafika," Milo ananong"oneza mopanda mawu. "Monga mnyamata wanu wamng"ono apo, ndi mlongo wake. Ndi mafupa a Parnevik. "
  
  Kenako dziko linabweranso, ndipo Drake mwachibadwa anadumpha millisecond atawona Alicia akugwa pansi mosadziwika bwino.
  
  Roketi ya RPG inalasa mimba ya T-Rex, kutumiza mipeni ya mafupa ikuwulukira mbali zonse. Iye anathamangira kudutsa muholoyo, kupyola pawindo lina lakumbali. Titapuma pang'ono, kunamveka kuphulika kwamphamvu kumene kunagwedeza chipindacho, ndipo kenako kunamveka phokoso lachisoni la kugwa kwachitsulo chophwanyika ndi kulira kwa mfundo.
  
  Imfa yachitsulo idagwera pakhoma la National History Museum.
  
  Drake adatambasulidwa pamwamba pa Kennedy pomwe kukwera kwa helikopita kudapangitsa kuti igwetse khoma la nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, zomwe zidapangitsa kugwa kwa zinyalala zolemera. Mphunoyo inathyoka, n"kuponya zinyalala kutsogolo mu milu yovunda. Kenako woyendetsa ndegeyo anagwera m"mbali mwa khoma limene linali kugwa, ndipo woyendetsa ndegeyo anaoneka akugwedeza ndodoyo mwamantha kwambiri ndipo kenako anawapaka ngati ntchentche pagalasi la kutsogolo kwake.
  
  Kenako zida za propeller zidagunda ... ndikutuluka!
  
  Mikondo yachitsulo yowuluka inapanga malo ophera mkati mwa chipindacho. Mphuno ya mapazi asanu ndi limodzi imapanga phokoso pamene imawulukira kwa Drake ndi Kennedy. Msirikali wakale wa SAS adagona mobisa momwe angathere kenako adamva mutu wa khutu lake ukudulidwa chisacho chisanadulidwe pakhungu la Kennedy ndikugwetsa mapazi atatu kukhoma lakutali kwambiri.
  
  Anagona modabwa kwa kamphindi, kenako anatembenuza mutu wake mwadzidzidzi. Helikoputala idayima ndikutaya liwiro. Mphindi yotsatira adatsetsereka m'mbali mwa nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, monga Wile E. Coyote akutsetsereka m'mphepete mwa phiri lomwe anali atangowombana nalo.
  
  Drake anawerengera masekondi anayi kuti pakhale phokoso losamva la heavy metal. Anatenga nthawi kuyang'ana mozungulira chipindacho. Anthu a ku Canada sanadutse, ngakhale kuti mmodzi wa iwo anadulidwa ndi mpeni wa rotor. Anafika kumbali ya chipindacho, anyamata anayi onyamula zikwama zolemera, komanso Alicia ndi chivundikiro chimodzi. Iwo anali kutembenuka mooneka ngati magulu otsika.
  
  Zowopsa zidalembedwa pankhope za Ajeremani, osaphimbidwa ndi masks. Drake sanazindikire munthu wovala zoyera ndipo ankadabwa ngati ntchito imeneyi inali yoopsa kwambiri kwa iye. Anawona magulu ankhondo apadera akuyandikira iwo mofulumira; Aswedi adagonja pamene Achimerika anafika.
  
  Anthu aku Canada adadzipulumutsa okha ndi Mimbulu! Drake anayesa kuwuka, koma zinali zovuta kukweza thupi lake, kugwedezeka kwambiri ndi kuphonya komwe kunali pafupi ndi zochitika zodabwitsa.
  
  Kennedy adamuthandiza pomugwedeza mwamphamvu asanatuluke pansi pake, atakhala tsonga ndikupukuta magazi pamutu pake.
  
  "Wopotoza". - adalankhula mokwiya monyodola.
  
  Drake anakanikizira dzanja lake kukhutu kuti magazi asiye kutuluka. Pamene adayang'ana, atatu mwa magulu asanu ankhondo apadera aku Sweden omwe adatsala adayesa kumenyana ndi anthu aku Canada monga woyamba adagwiritsa ntchito woyambitsa wake kudumpha kuchokera pawindo lowonongeka.
  
  Koma Alicia adatembenuka, kumwetulira kosewera pankhope, ndipo Drake mkati mwake adanjenjemera. Analumphira kutsogolo ndikuwasesa, mkazi wamasiye wakuda wophedwa mwankhanza, akuwerama asilikali aluso kwambiri kotero kuti anathyola mafupa awo mosavuta, ndipo zinamutengera zosakwana masekondi khumi ndi awiri kuti awononge gululo.
  
  Panthaŵiyo, anthu atatu aku Canada anali atalumpha mwakachetechete ndi mwaluso kutuluka m"nyumbayo.
  
  Msilikali wotsala wa ku Canada anawombera moto ali pachivundikirocho.
  
  Gulu la New York SWAT lidalamula Ajeremani, kuwakankhira kumbuyo kwa chipindacho, kusiya onse kupatula atatu pomwe adayima. Otsala atatu, kuphatikizapo Milo, anagwetsa zida zawo ndi kuthawa.
  
  Drake adakomoka pomwe Tyrannosaurus adasiya mzimu ndikugwera mulu wa mafupa akale ndi fumbi.
  
  Kennedy anatemberera pamene wachinayi wa Canada adalumpha, mwamsanga akutsatiridwa ndi Alicia. Msilikali womaliza anawomberedwa m"chigaza pamene ankakonzekera kulumpha. Anagweranso m'chipindacho ndikugona pansi pakati pa zinyalala zoyaka moto, wovulala winanso wa nkhondo ya misala ndi mpikisano wake wopita ku apocalypse.
  
  
  KHUMI NDI NANE
  
  
  
  NEW YORK
  
  
  Pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo, malingaliro a Drake adayamba kuwunika ndikuwunika. Milo adatsimikiza za Ben ndi Pulofesa Parnevik.
  
  Anatola foni yake ndikuyang'ana kuti yawonongeka asanayimbe dial yothamanga.
  
  Foni inaitana. Ben sakanazisiya nthawi yayitali, osati Ben ...
  
  Mtima wake unagwa. Adayesetsa kumuteteza Ben, adalonjeza mnyamatayo kuti zikhala bwino. Ngati chilichonse...
  
  Mawuwo anayankha kuti: "Inde?" Nong'ona.
  
  "Ben? Kodi muli bwino? N"chifukwa chiyani ukunong"oneza?"
  
  "Mat, zikomo Mulungu. Bambo anga anandiyitana, ndinapita kukacheza, kenako ndinayang'ana kumbuyo ndipo ndinawona zigawenga ziwirizi zikumenya professor. Ndinathamangira kwa iwo ndipo iwo ananyamuka pa njinga zamoto ndi ena ochepa."
  
  "Kodi adatenga professor?"
  
  "Pepani, bwanawe. Ndikanamuthandiza ngati ndingathe. Zikomo bambo anga!"
  
  "Ayi! Mtima wa Drake unali kuchira. "Si vuto lako, Blakey. Ayi konse. Kodi okwera njingazi anali ndi zikwama zazikulu zomangirira kumisana yawo?"
  
  Ena anatero.
  
  "CHABWINO. Khalani komweko."
  
  Drake adapuma mozama ndikuyesa kukhazika mtima pansi. Anthu aku Canada akanafulumira. Ben adazemba chiwopsezocho, zikomo kwa abambo ake, koma Professor anali muzambiri. "Zolinga zawo zinali kuthawa pano pa njinga zodikirira," adauza Kennedy, kenako adayang'ana mchipinda chotaya zinyalala. "Tiyenera kupeza Dahl. Tili ndi vuto."
  
  "Chimodzi chokha?"
  
  Drake adafufuza za chiwonongeko chomwe adayambitsa mu nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale. "Zinthu izi zidaphulika nthawi yayitali."
  
  
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  Drake adachoka ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale atazunguliridwa ndi ogwira ntchito m'boma. Iwo anali akukhazikitsa mpanda pakhomo lakumadzulo kwa Central Park, limene iye ananyalanyaza mwadala pamene anaona Ben atakhala pa benchi moyang'anizana naye. Mwanayo analira mosatonthozeka. Tsopano chiyani? Kennedy anathamangira pamzere wa udzu pafupi naye.
  
  "Uyu ndi Karin," maso a Ben anali odzaza ngati mathithi a Niagara. "Ndinamutumizira imelo kuti ndimufunse momwe amakhalira ndi Valkyries ndipo ... adalandira MPEG iyi ... poyankha."
  
  Anatembenuza laputopu yake kuti awone. Kanema kakang'ono kakanema kawonekera pazenera, ndikusewera pakubwereza. Chojambulacho chinatenga pafupifupi masekondi makumi atatu.
  
  Kuzizira kwakuda ndi koyera kunawonetsa zithunzi zosawoneka bwino za mlongo wake wa Ben, Karin, atapachikidwa pang'onopang'ono m'manja mwa azibambo awiri ovala zophimba nkhope. Madontho akuda omwe angakhale magazi okha adapaka pamphumi ndi mkamwa mwake. Bambo wachitatu anakweza nkhope yake ku kamera, akufuula ndi mawu amtundu wa Chijeremani.
  
  "Anakana, minx wamng'onoyo, koma dziwani kuti tidzamuphunzitsa kupusa kumeneku m'milungu ingapo ikubwerayi!" Bamboyo anagwedeza chala chake, malovu akutuluka mkamwa mwake. "Leka kuwathandiza mwana wamng"ono. Siyani kuwaukira.... "Mochuluka kapena zochepa".
  
  Chidutswacho chinayamba kubwereza.
  
  "Ndi Dan wachiwiri," Ben adabwebweta. "Akufuna kutsegula sukulu yakeyake ya karati. Sindinaganize kuti aliyense angakhoze kumumenya iye, mlongo wanga-mkulu wanga."
  
  Drake anakumbatira Ben pamene bwenzi lake laling'ono likusweka. Kuyang'ana kwake, komwe kudawonedwa ndi Kennedy koma sikunali kwa iye, kunali kodzaza ndi chidani pabwalo lankhondo.
  
  
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  NEW YORK
  
  
  Abel Frey, wopanga mafashoni otchuka padziko lonse lapansi, wogwiritsa ntchito mamiliyoni ambiri komanso mwiniwake waphwando lodziwika bwino la maola 24 Chateau-La Verein, adakhala kumbuyo ku Madison Square Garden ndikuwona otsatira ake akuthamanga mozungulira ngati majeremusi omwe anali.
  
  M'nthawi ya solstice kapena kutsika, adawapatsa m'nyumba yake yayikulu ya Alpine - aliyense kuyambira pamitundu yotchuka padziko lonse lapansi, mpaka owunikira ndi oteteza - maphwando sanayime kwa milungu ingapo. Koma pamene ulendowo unkapitirira ndipo dzina la Frey linali powonekera, iwo ankakangana ndi kudandaula ndikusamalira zofuna zake zonse.
  
  Zochitikazo zinali kuchitika. Kuthamanga kwa mphaka kunali kotheka. Wopanga zowunikira zake adagwira ntchito ndi gulu la The Garden kuti abwere ndi dongosolo lamatsenga lolemekezana: kuyatsa kolumikizidwa ndi dongosolo lamawu pawonetsero wa maola awiri.
  
  Frey ankafuna kuti azidana nazo ndikupangitsa kuti azibambo azituluka thukuta ndikuyambanso.
  
  Ma Supermodel ankayenda uku ndi uku m'magawo osiyanasiyana ovula. Kubwerera kumbuyo pachiwonetsero cha mafashoni kunali kosiyana ndi chiwonetsero cha siteji - mumafunikira zinthu zochepa, osati zochulukirapo - ndipo zitsanzo izi - osachepera omwe amakhala naye ku La Vereina - adadziwa kuti adaziwonapo kale.
  
  Analimbikitsa chiwonetsero. Kunena zoona, iye anaufuna. Mantha anawaletsa, ankhalwe awa. Mantha, umbombo ndi kususuka, ndi machimo ena onse odabwitsa omwe adamanga amuna ndi akazi wamba kwa omwe ali ndi mphamvu ndi chuma - kuchokera kwa ogulitsa maswiti a Victoria Secret kupita ku ziboliboli za ayezi ku Eastern Europe ndi ena onse antchito ake mwayi - aliyense wa iwo akudandaula. bloodsuckers.
  
  Frey adawona Milo akulowa m'matupi okwatirana. Ndinaona mmene anthu azitsanzo amanyazira munthu wankhanza wankhanzayo. Ndinamwetulira chamumtima ndi nkhani yawo yodziwikiratu.
  
  Milo sankawoneka wosangalala. "Kumbuyo uko!" Anagwedeza mutu ku ofesi ya Frey yosintha.
  
  Nkhope ya Frey inauma pamene anali yekha. "Zomwe zachitika?"
  
  "Nchiyani sichinachitike? Tinataya helikopita. Ndinatuluka mmenemo ndi anyamata awiri. Anali ndi SWAT, SGG, Drake wapathengo ndi bitch ina. Kunali gehena kunja uko, bambo." Mawu a Milo a ku America amapweteka kwambiri makutu a Frey. Chilombocho chinangomutcha "munthu".
  
  "Splinter?"
  
  "Watayika kwa hule wosabala uja, Miles." Milo anasisima.
  
  "Kodi aku Canada adapeza?" Frey adagwira manja ampando wake mokwiya, kuwapangitsa kuti asokonezeke.
  
  Milo ananamizira kuti sanazindikire, akupereka nkhaŵa yake yamkati. Kudzikonda kwa Frey kunatupa chifuwa chake. "Anthu opanda pake!" Anakuwa kwambiri moti Milo ananjenjemera. "Achibwana opanda pake inu mwatayika ndi gulu la okwera pamahatchi opusa!"
  
  Malovu adawuluka pamilomo ya Frey, ndikumwaza tebulo kuwalekanitsa. "Kodi ukudziwa kuti ndakhala ndikudikirira nthawi yayitali bwanji? Nthawiyi? Nanunso?"
  
  Atalephera kudziletsa, adagunda komando waku America kumaso. Milo anatembenuza mutu wake mwamphamvu ndipo masaya ake anasanduka ofiira, koma sanachite mwanjira ina iliyonse.
  
  Frey adakakamiza chikwa chachikulu chabata kuti amuphimbe. "Moyo wanga," iye anatero ndi kuyesayesa kwakukulu kumene iye anadziŵa kuti amuna a mbadwa zapamwamba okha angakhoze kupanga, "waperekedwa-ayi, wodzipatulira-kufunafuna Manda awa... Manda a Milungu awa. Ndiwanyamula - chidutswa ndi chidutswa - kupita ku nyumba yanga yachifumu. "Ine ndine wolamulira," iye anatero, akugwedeza dzanja lake kuchitseko, "ndipo sindikutanthauza wolamulira wa zitsiru zimenezi. Nditha kupeza ma supermodels asanu kuti ndisewere mlonda wanga wamfupi kwambiri chifukwa ndinali ndi lingaliro. Ndikhoza kuchititsa munthu wabwino kumenya nkhondo mpaka kufa m"bwalo langa lankhondo, koma zimenezo sizimandipangitsa kukhala wolamulira. Ukundimvetsa?"
  
  Mawu a Frey anamveketsa ukulu waluntha. Milo anagwedeza mutu, koma maso ake anali opanda kanthu. Frey adatenga izi ngati kupusa. Anapumira.
  
  "Chabwino, muli ndi chiyani chinanso kwa ine?"
  
  "Izi". Milo anayimirira ndikudina pa kiyibodi ya laputopu ya Frey kwa masekondi angapo. Kuwulutsa kwamoyo kwawoneka, kuyang'ana kwambiri dera lomwe lili pafupi ndi National History Museum.
  
  "Tili ndi anthu amene amadzionetsa ngati magulu a pa TV. Maso awo anali pa Drake, mkazi ndi mnyamata - Ben Blake. Izi zimasiyanso SPECIAL ndi ena onse a SGG, ndipo tawonani, ndikukhulupirira izi, "adadula zenera mopepuka, kusiya madontho osafunikira a thukuta ndipo Mulungu akudziwa chinanso, "ili ndi gulu la SAS."
  
  "Mumakhulupirira ..." Frey anatero. "Kodi mukuyesera kundiuza kuti tsopano tili ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana m"manja mwathu? Ndipo tilibenso chuma chambiri." Anapumira. "Osati kuti zatithandiza mpaka pano."
  
  Milo adagawana kumwetulira kwachinsinsi ndi abwana ake. "Mukudziwa kuti ndi."
  
  "Inde. Msungwana wanu. Iye ndiye chuma chathu chabwino kwambiri ndipo nthawi yake yayandikira. Chabwino, tiye tikuyembekeza kuti akumbukira omwe adawafotokozera."
  
  Milo ananena mozindikira kwambiri kuti: "Zambiri za ndalama zimene adzazikumbukira.
  
  Maso a Frey adawala ndipo kuthwanima koyipa kudawonekera m'maso mwake. "Hm. Sindidzaiwala izi."
  
  "Tilinso ndi mlongo wake wa Ben Blake. Zikuoneka kuti ndi mphaka wamtchire."
  
  "Chabwino. Mutumizeni ku Castle. Tibwerera komweko posachedwa." Anaima kaye. "Dikirani... Dikirani... Mkazi ameneyo ali ndi Drake. Ndi ndani?"
  
  Milo adawerenga nkhope yake ndikugwedeza. "Sindikudziwa".
  
  "Chabwino, dziwani!"
  
  Milo anatchula gulu la pa TV kuti: "Gwiritsirani ntchito pulogalamu yodziŵikitsa nkhope ya mkazi wa Drake," iye anakwiya kwambiri.
  
  Patatha mphindi zinayi chete, adalandira yankho. "Kennedy Moore," adauza Frey. "New York Cop"
  
  "Inde. INDE, sindidzaiwala za makhalidwe oipa. Khalani pambali, Milo. Ndiloleni ndigwire ntchito."
  
  Frey Googled mutuwo ndikutsata maulalo angapo. Pasanathe mphindi khumi adadziwa zonse, ndipo kumwetulira kwake kudakhala kokulirapo komanso kupotozedwa kwambiri. Majeremusi a lingaliro lalikulu adakula m'maganizo mwake atatha msinkhu.
  
  "Kennedy Moore," sanathe kukana kufotokozera mwana wakhanda, "anali m'modzi mwa abwino kwambiri ku New York. Panopa ali patchuthi chokakamiza. Anagwira wapolisi wonyansayo ndikumutumiza kundende. Chikhulupiriro chake chinachititsa kuti ena mwa anthu amene anawathandiza kuwagamula amasulidwe, chomwe chinali chokhudza umboni wosweka." Frey anayima kaye. "Ndi dziko lobwerera m'mbuyo liti lomwe lingagwiritse ntchito dongosolo ngati ili, Milo?"
  
  "USA," Wachifwamba wake adadziwa zomwe zimayembekezeredwa kwa iye.
  
  "Eya, loya wabwino kwambiri anachititsa kuti munthu wina dzina lake Thomas Caleb amasulidwe, "wopha munthu woipitsitsa kwambiri m"mbiri ya Kumpoto kwa United States," monga akunenera pano. Mai, mai! Ndi zokoma zonyansa. Tamverani!
  
  'Kalebe amatsegula maso a munthu amene waphedwayo, pogwiritsa ntchito chida chodziwira kuti adutse timadontho m'chikope ndi pamphumi, kenako tizilombo timakhala m'khosi mwawo, kuwakakamiza kutafuna ndi kumeza mpaka kufa.' Frey anayang'ana Milo ndi maso aakulu. "Ndinganene ngati kudya ku McDonald's."
  
  Milo sanamwetulire. Iye anati: "Iye ndi wakupha anthu osalakwa. "Comedy sikuyenda bwino ndi kupha."
  
  Frey adamwetulira. "Mwapha anthu osalakwa eti?"
  
  "Pokhapokha ndikugwira ntchito yanga. Ndine msilikali."
  
  "Hmm, chabwino, ndi mzere wabwino, sichoncho? Zilibe kanthu. Tiyeni tibwerere ku ntchito yamakono. Kalebe ameneyu wapha anthu ena awiri osalakwa chiyambire pamene anamasulidwa. Ndinganene zotsatira zomveka bwino za chiphunzitso cha makhalidwe abwino ndi ndondomeko ya makhalidwe abwino, eh, Milo? Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, Kalebe ameneyu tsopano wasowa.
  
  Mutu wa Milo unagwedezeka kulowera pakompyuta ya laputopu, kupita kwa Kennedy Moore. "Awiri ena?"
  
  Tsopano Frey anaseka. "Pa, pa. Simuli opusa kotero kuti simukumvetsa izi eti? Tangoganizirani chisoni chake. Tangoganizani zowawa zake!"
  
  Milo anagwira ndipo, mosasamala kanthu za iye yekha, anatulutsa mano ake ngati chimbalangondo chomwe chikung'amba nsomba zake zoyambirira za tsikulo.
  
  "Ndili ndi plan". Frey adaseka ndi chisangalalo. "Oh shit ... ndili ndi plan."
  
  
  MAKUMI AWIRI NDI MPHAMBU IMODZI
  
  
  
  NEW YORK
  
  
  Ku likulu loyendetsa galimoto kunali chipwirikiti. Drake, Kennedy, ndi Ben adatsata Thorsten Dahl ndi wamkulu wa Special Forces yemwe adakwiya kwambiri adakwera masitepe ndikudutsa chipwirikiticho. Anadutsa m'zipinda ziwiri asanayime pachete wapang'ono womwe unali kumapeto kwa nyumba yachitsulo.
  
  "Talandira foni," mkulu wa asilikali apadera anataya chida chake mokwiya. "Talandira foni yowopsa ndipo patadutsa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu amuna anga atatu amwalira! Ndi chiyani ...?"
  
  "Atatu okha?" Adafunsa choncho Dahl. "Tinaluza asanu ndi mmodzi. Ulemu umafunika kuti titenge nthawi. "...
  
  "Ulemu wapamwamba," mnyamata wa SWAT adakwiya kwambiri. "Iwe ukulowa m'dera langa, chibwibwi cha Chingerezi. Ndiwe woipa ngati zigawenga zija!"
  
  Drake anakweza dzanja lake. "Kwenikweni, ndine wachizungu wa Chingelezi. Chitsiru ichi ndi Swedish. "
  
  Achimerika adawoneka odabwitsidwa. Drake anamangitsa mapewa a Ben. Anamva munthuyo akunjenjemera. "Tinathandiza," adatero mkulu wa gulu lapadera. Iwo anathandiza. Zikanakhala zovuta kwambiri. "
  
  Ndiyeno, pamene tsoka linagwetsa nyundo yake yodabwitsa, panamveka phokoso lochititsa mantha la zipolopolo zikuwomba ku likulu. Aliyense anagwa pansi. Pakhoma lakum'mawa kunamveka phokoso lachitsulo. Kuwombera kusanathe, mkulu wa asilikali apadera anaimirira. "Sizipolopolo," iye anatero ndi manyazi pang"ono.
  
  "Tiyenera kupita," Drake adayang'ana Kennedy, koma sanamupeze.
  
  "Mu mzere wamoto?" anatero mnyamata wa special forces. "Ndiwe ndani gehena?"
  
  "Si kampani kapena zipolopolo zomwe zimandidetsa nkhawa," adatero Drake. "Ili ndi bomba loyendetsedwa ndi roketi lomwe lingatsatire posachedwa."
  
  Prudence analamula kuti asamuke. Drake anatuluka nthawi yake itangoona akuda ndi azungu akuthamanga akukuwa kulowera kumene zipolopolo zidachokera.
  
  Anayang'ananso mozungulira Kennedy, koma zikuwoneka kuti wasowa.
  
  Kenako mwadzidzidzi nkhope yatsopano inaonekera pakati pawo. The Bureau Chief, poweruza ndi chizindikiro chake cha nyenyezi zitatu, ndipo, ngati kuti sizinali zokwanira, akukankhira patsogolo pake, anali munthu wovala nyenyezi zisanu zachilendo za apolisi. Drake adadziwa nthawi yomweyo kuti uyu ndiye munthu yemwe ayenera kulankhula naye. Apolisi adagwira nawo ntchito yolimbana ndi uchigawenga.
  
  Wailesi ya mkulu wa asilikali apaderayo inafuula kuti: "Zonse zimveka. Padenga pali chida cholamulidwa ndi kutali. Iyi ndi hering'i yofiira."
  
  "Opusa!" Drake ankaganiza kuti anthu a ku Canada ndi Germany akupita patsogolo ndi akaidi awo.
  
  Thorsten Dahl adalankhula ndi watsopanoyo. "Uyenera kulankhula ndi Minister wanga wa Boma."
  
  "Ntchito yatha," anatero kazembeyo. "Mukutuluka muno."
  
  "Ayi, dikirani," Drake adayamba, akuletsa Ben kuti asathamangire kutsogolo. "Simukumvetsa...."
  
  "Ayi, ayi," anatero mkuluyo ataluma mano. "Sindikudziwa. Ndipo ndikutanthauza kuti mukuchoka kuno, mukupita ku Washington, DC. Capitol Hill ikufuna chidutswa cha inu anyamata, ndipo ndikhulupilira atenga mumagulu akulu. "
  
  
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  Ulendowu unatenga mphindi makumi asanu ndi anayi. Drake anali ndi nkhawa kuti Kennedy adasowa modabwitsa mpaka adawonekeranso pomwe ndege idatsala pang'ono kunyamuka.
  
  Anabwera akuthamanga mkanjira, atasowa mpweya.
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti tatayani," adatero Drake. Anamva mpumulo waukulu, koma anayesa kuusunga mopepuka.
  
  Kennedy sanayankhe. M"malo mwake, anakhala pampando wa pawindo, kutali ndi kukambitsirana. Drake anayimirira kuti afufuze, koma anayima atachoka kwa iye, nkhope yake yoyera ngati alabasitala.
  
  Kodi iye anali kuti ndipo nchiyani chinachitika kumeneko?
  
  Palibe mafoni kapena maimelo omwe adaloledwa panthawi ya ndege. Palibe wailesi yakanema. Iwo anawuluka mwakachetechete; alonda angapo ankawayang'ana osawasokoneza.
  
  Drake amatha kuzilola kuti ziziyenda pa iye. Maphunziro a SAS amafunikira maola, masiku ndi miyezi yodikirira. Kukonzekera kwa. Zowonera. Kwa iye, ola likhoza kuwuluka mu millisecond. Panthawi ina adapatsidwa mowa m'mabotolo apulasitiki ang'onoang'ono awa ndipo Drake adazengereza kwa mphindi imodzi.
  
  Kachasu kananyezimira, ngati chithumwa changozi, chida chake chomwe amachikonda nthaŵi yomaliza pamene zinthu zinavuta-pamene Alison anachoka. Anakumbukira zowawazo, kuthedwa nzeru, komabe maso ake ankangokhalira kumuyang"ana.
  
  "Osati apa, zikomo." Ben anali tcheru moti anathamangitsa mbuye wake. "Ndife anyamata a Dew. Bweretsani."
  
  Ben anayesanso kuti Drake achoke m'bomali podzinamizira kuti ndi munthu wamba. Anatsamira m'kanjira, ndikuyang'ana wowonetsa, akugwedezeka, akubwerera kumalo ake. "M"nkhani ya abale athu Achimereka, ndikanaloŵereramo!"
  
  Nkhope yake inasanduka yofiyira pamene mkazi wakeyo anayang"ananso modabwa. Patapita kamphindi anati, "Uwu si mpweya wa Hooters, mwana."
  
  Ben adamiranso pampando wake. "Zoyipa".
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Thanzi lanu, bwanawe. Kunyozedwa kwanu kosalekeza kumandikumbutsa mosangalatsa kuti sindinali wamsinkhu wako."
  
  "Bullshit".
  
  "Serious, zikomo."
  
  "Osadandaula".
  
  "Ndipo Karin - akhala bwino. Ndikulonjeza."
  
  "Ungalonjeze bwanji zimenezo, Matt?"
  
  Drake anayima kaye. Chimene chinasonyezedwa chinali kudzipereka kwake mwachibadwa kuthandiza ovutika, osati kulingalira momveka bwino kwa msilikali.
  
  "Sadzamupwetekabe," iye anatero. "Ndipo posachedwa tikhala ndi thandizo lochulukirapo kuposa momwe mungaganizire."
  
  "Mukudziwa bwanji kuti sadzamupweteka?"
  
  Drake adapumira. "Chabwino, ndiye kuti ndi lingaliro lophunzira. Akadafuna kuti afe, akanamupha nthawi yomweyo, sichoncho? Palibe kusilira. Koma sanatero. Ndiye..."
  
  "Inde?"
  
  "Anthu aku Germany amamufuna kanthu. Iwo adzamusunga ndi moyo." Drake adadziwa kuti atha kupita naye kukafunsidwa kosiyana kapena chinanso chodziwika bwino - kwa bwana wankhanza yemwe amakonda kulamulira chochitika chilichonse. Kwa zaka zambiri, Drake adakondana ndi mtundu uwu wankhanza. Ulamuliro wawo nthawi zonse umapatsa anyamata abwino mwayi wachiwiri.
  
  Ben anakakamiza kumwetulira mokakamiza. Drake adamva kuti ndege ikuyamba kutsika ndipo adayamba kuwunikanso zomwe zidali mmutu mwake. Ndi gulu lake laling'ono likugwa, adayenera kukwera ndikuwateteza kwambiri.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Patangotha mphindi ziwiri kuti achoke mu ndege, Drake, Ben, Kennedy ndi Dahl adalowetsedwa pazitseko zingapo, kukwera pa escalator yabata, pansi panjira yokongola kwambiri yokhala ndi mapanelo abuluu, ndipo pamapeto pake adadutsa khomo lolemera lomwe Drake adawona kuti linali lotsekedwa moganizira. iwo.
  
  Anadzipeza ali m"chipinda chochezera chapamwamba, chapamwamba, chopanda kanthu kupatula iwo eni ndi ena asanu ndi atatu: alonda asanu okhala ndi zida ndi masuti atatu-akazi aŵiri ndi mwamuna wachikulire.
  
  Bamboyo anapita patsogolo. "Jonathan Gates," adatero mwakachetechete. "Minister of Defense."
  
  Drake adachita mantha mwadzidzidzi. Mulungu, munthu uyu anali wamphamvu kwambiri, mwina wachisanu kapena wachisanu ndi chimodzi pamzere wa utsogoleri. Anapumira ndikupita patsogolo, ataona kupita patsogolo kwa alonda, kenako anatambasula manja ake.
  
  "Anzanu onse ali pano," iye anatero. "Osachepera ... ndikuganiza choncho."
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ukulondola." Minister of Defense adapita patsogolo ndikutambasula dzanja lake. "Kuti ndisunge nthawi, ndinali ndikudziwa kale. United States ndiyokonzeka komanso yokhoza kuthandiza. Ndabwera kudzathandiza ... thandizoli. "...
  
  Mmodzi mwa amayiwo anapatsa aliyense chakumwa. Anali ndi tsitsi lakuda, maso oboola, ndipo anali ndi zaka zapakati pa makumi asanu, ali ndi mizere yodetsa nkhawa kuti abise zinsinsi za boma ndi njira yonyalanyaza alonda omwe amalankhula za kusapeza kwake nawo.
  
  Zakumwazo zinasungunula ayezi pang'ono. Drake ndi Ben adatsalira pafupi ndi Gates, akumwa zakumwa zoledzeretsa. Kennedy anapita pawindo, akugwedeza vinyo wake ndikuyang'ana kunja kwa ndege za taxi, akuwoneka kuti alibe maganizo. Thorsten Dahl adamira pampando wabwino ndi Evian, chilankhulo chake chomwe chidasankhidwa kukhala chosawopseza.
  
  "Mlongo wanga," Ben analankhula. "Kodi mungamuthandize?"
  
  "CIA idalumikizana ndi Interpol, koma tilibe otsogolera ku Germany." Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, ataona kupsinjika kwa Ben komanso khama lomwe adachita kuti afikire membala wa Congress, mlembiyo adawonjezera kuti: "Tikuyesera, mwana wanga. Tiwapeza."
  
  "Makolo anga sakudziwa." Ben mosadzifunira anayang'ana pansi foni yake yam'manja. "Koma sizitenga nthawi-"
  
  Tsopano mkazi wina anapita patsogolo - wokondwa, chidaliro, munthu wamng'ono kwambiri, mwa njira iliyonse amatikumbutsa tsogolo la Mayi Mlembi wa boma, chilombo chenicheni kapena, monga Drake anadziuzira yekha, Baibulo ndale Alicia Miles.
  
  "Dziko langa silinali zosatheka, Bambo Dahl, Bambo Drake. Tikudziwa kuti tatsalira m'mbuyo pa izi, ndipo tikudziwa zomwe zili. Gulu lanu la SAS laloledwa kugwira ntchito. SGG pa. Tili ndi gulu la Delta lokonzeka kuthandiza. Ingowonjezerani manambala..." Anagwedeza zala zake. "Coordinates".
  
  "Ndi Pulofesa Parnevik?" Dahl analankhula kwa nthawi yoyamba. "Nkhani zanji zaku Canada?"
  
  "Zikalata zikuperekedwa," mlembiyo anatero moumirira pang'ono. "Izi ndizochitika za diplomatic-"
  
  "Ayi!" Drake adakuwa, kenako adatulutsa mpweya kuti akhazikike mtima pansi. "Ayi, bwana. Iyi ndi njira yolakwika. Chinthu ichi chinayambitsa ... chiyani? ... masiku atatu apitawo? Nthawi ndi chilichonse pano, makamaka tsopano. Masiku angapo otsatira," iye anatero, "ndimomwe timapambana kapena kuluza."
  
  Mlembi Gates adamuyang'ana modabwa. "Ndikumva kuti muli ndi msilikali wina mwa inu, Drake. Koma osati chifukwa cha zimene anachitazi."
  
  "Ndimasintha pakati pa msilikali ndi wamba zikayenera," Drake adanyoza. "Ubwino wokhala msilikali wakale."
  
  "Inde. Chabwino, ngati zimakupangitsani kumva bwino, zilolezo sizingathandize. Colby Taylor adasowa mnyumba yake yayikulu yaku Canada limodzi ndi antchito ake ambiri. Ndikulingalira kwanga ndikuti anali akukonzekera izi kwa nthawi yayitali ndipo adasinthiratu zochitika zina zomwe zidakonzedweratu. M'malo mwake - ali pachiwopsezo. "
  
  Drake anatseka maso ake. "Nkhani yabwino iliyonse?"
  
  Mtsikana wina analankhula. "Chabwino, tikukupatsani zonse za Library of Congress kuti zikuthandizeni kufufuza kwanu." Maso ake ananyezimira. "Laibulale yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Mabuku mamiliyoni makumi atatu ndi awiri. Zosindikiza zosowa. Komanso World Digital Library. "
  
  Ben adamuyang'ana ngati wangovomera kulowa nawo mpikisano wa Princess Leia cosplay. "Zipangizo zonse? Ndiye - mwamwayi - mutha kudziwa kuti ndi Chijeremani chiti chomwe chimakhudzidwa ndi nthano za Norse? Mutha kupeza malemba okhudza Odin ndi manda awa a Milungu. Zinthu zomwe sizipezeka pa intaneti?"
  
  "Mungathe, mwa kungongogwira batani," anatero mayiyo. "Ndipo, tikalephera, tili ndi olemba mabuku akale kwambiri."
  
  Maso a Ben adawala ndi chiyembekezo pamene adayang'ana Mat. "Tiperekezeni kumeneko."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Laibulale ya Congress idatsegulidwa kwa iwo m'mawa kwambiri Lamlungu m'mawa. Kuwala kwa magetsi, kutchera khutu kwa ogwira ntchito, laibulale yaikulu kwambiri padziko lonse inachititsa chidwi kwambiri. Poyamba, zomangamanga ndi kumverera kwa malowo zinakumbutsa Drake za nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, koma pamene ankayang'ana mizere ya mabuku osungira mabuku ndi makonde ozungulira owerengera, posakhalitsa anamva chikhalidwe chaulemu cha chidziwitso chakale, ndipo maganizo ake anasintha kuti agwirizane ndi malo ake.
  
  Pomwe Drake adakhala nthawi yayitali akungoyendayenda m'makonde, Ben sanataye nthawi ndikulowa mu kafukufuku. Adalowa pakhonde, ndikukweza laputopu ndikutumiza wamkulu wawo wankhondo wapadera waku Sweden kuti akapeze khofi ndi makeke.
  
  "Malo abwino," adatero Drake akuzungulira. "Ndikumva ngati Nicolas Cage akhoza kutuluka mphindi iliyonse."
  
  Ben anatsina mlatho wa mphuno yake. "Sindidziŵa kuti ndingayambire pati," iye anavomereza motero. "Mutu wanga ndi nkhokwe, bwanawe."
  
  Thorsten Dahl adagunda pazitsulo zomwe zidazungulira khonde. "Yambani ndi zomwe mukudziwa," adatero m'mawu ophunzirira a Oxford. "Yambani ndi nthano."
  
  "Chabwino. Chabwino, tikudziwa ndakatulo iyi. Zikunena bwino kuti aliyense wodetsa manda a Milungu adzabweretsa gehena yamoto padziko lapansi. Ndipo ndi moto, kwenikweni. Dziko lathu lidzayaka. Tikudziwanso kuti nthano imeneyi ili ndi mbiri yofanana kwambiri ndi nthano zina zokhudza milungu ina."
  
  "Zomwe sitikudziwa," adatero Dahl, "ndichifukwa chiyani? Kapena bwanji?"
  
  "Moto," adatero Drake mokweza. "Mnyamatayo wangonena choncho."
  
  Ben anatseka maso ake. Dahl adatembenukira kwa Drake ndikumwetulira kolimba. Iye anati: "Kumeneko kumatchedwa kukambirana. "Kupenda mfundo nthaŵi zambiri kumathandiza kuvumbula chowonadi. Ndinkatanthauza mmene tsoka limachitikira. Chonde ndithandizeni kapena muchoke. "
  
  Drake adamwa khofi wake ndikungokhala chete. Anyamata onsewa adataya anthu ndipo adayenera malo. Anayenda mpaka panjanji ndikuyang'ana mmbuyo, maso ake akuyang'ana chipinda chozungulira, akuwona malo a ogwira ntchito ndi othandizira aku America. Kennedy anakhala pansi pansanjika ziwiri pansi, akungoyang'ana pa laputopu yake mwaukali, ali yekhayekha...chiyani? Kulakwa? Mantha? Kuvutika maganizo? Iye ankadziwa zonse za izo, ndipo sakanati ayambe kulalikira.
  
  "Nthanoyi," anatero Ben, "imasonyeza kuti kuipitsidwa kumodzi kwa manda a Odin kudzayamba kuyenda kwa mitsinje yamoto. Ndinganene kuti izi ndizofunikira kudziwa monga china chilichonse pano. "
  
  Drake adakwinya mtima pomwe zomwe adakumbukira posachedwa. Mitsinje yamoto?
  
  Koma kuti?
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani wanena choncho?" anafunsa. "Mitsinje ya Moto?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa. Mwina chifukwa chakuti ndatopa kunena kuti "moto wa helo ukuphulika" ndiponso "mapeto ali pafupi". Ndikumva ngati kalavani ya kanema waku Hollywood. "
  
  "Ndiye mwatsata mitsinje yamoto?" Dahl anakweza nsidze, "Monga chiphalaphala?"
  
  "Ayi, dikirani," Drake adadula zala zake. "Inde! Supervolcano! ku Iceland, sichoncho? " Anayang'ana Swede kuti atsimikizire.
  
  "Taonani, chifukwa choti ndine waku Scandinavia sizikutanthauza kuti ndine"
  
  "Inde". Panthawiyo, Mlembi Wothandizira Wachichepere Wachitetezo adavala kuchokera kuseri kwa bokosi lapafupi. "Kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Iceland. Dziko lonse lapansi likudziwa za izi. Nditawerenga kafukufuku watsopano waboma, ndikuganiza kuti ili ndi phiri lachisanu ndi chiwiri lomwe likupezekapo."
  
  "Yodziwika kwambiri ili ku Yellowstone Park," adatero Ben.
  
  Koma kodi Supervolcano ili ndi chiopsezo chotere?" Drake anafunsa. "Kapena iyi ndi nthano ina yaku Hollywood?"
  
  Onse awiri Ben ndi wothandizira mlembi anagwedeza mutu. "Mawu akuti 'kutha kwa mitundu' sakuchulukirachulukira m'nkhaniyi," adatero wothandizira. "Kafukufuku akutiuza kuti kuphulika kwa mapiri aŵiri a m"mbuyomo kunachitika panthaŵi imodzi ndi zochitika ziŵiri zazikulu kwambiri za kutha koopsa zimene sizinachitikepo pa dziko lapansili. Chachiwiri, ndithudi, ndi madinosaur.
  
  "Zimachitika bwanji?" Drake anafunsa.
  
  "Choyandikira kwambiri kuti chikachitika kamodzi, mungadabwe nazo. Koma kawiri? Tiyeni..."
  
  "Zoyipa".
  
  Ben anakweza manja ake mmwamba. "Taonani, tikulowerera apa. Zomwe tikufunikira ndikutsitsa Odin ndi zopanda pake. " Anawonetsa mitu ingapo pazenera. "Izi, izi ndi zodabwitsa ¸ ndithudi izi. Voluspa - pomwe Odin amalankhula za misonkhano yake ndi Wowona. "
  
  "Maulendo?" Drake adachita mantha. "Porn Viking, huh?"
  
  Wothandizirayo adatsamira pa Ben ndikudina mabatani angapo, ndikuyika mawu achinsinsi ndikulemba mzere. Suti yake yathalauza inali yosiyana ndi suti ya Kennedy, yopangidwa mwaluso kuti iwonetse mawonekedwe ake m'malo mobisa. Ben anali atatsegula maso, mavuto ake anayiwalika kwakanthawi.
  
  Drake adati, "Tawononga talente."
  
  Ben adamupatsa chala chapakati pomwe wothandizira adayimilira. Mwamwayi sanamuone. "Adzabweretsedwa kwa inu mkati mwa mphindi zisanu," iye anatero.
  
  "Zikomo, Abiti." Drake anazengereza. "Pepani, sindikudziwa dzina lako."
  
  "Ndiyimbireni Hayden," iye anatero.
  
  Mabukuwo anaikidwa pafupi ndi Ben patangopita mphindi zochepa, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anasankha buku lotchedwa Voluspa. ngati nyama yonunkhiza magazi. Dahl anasankha buku lina, Drake - lachitatu. Hayden anakhala pafupi ndi Ben, n"kumaphunzira naye lembalo.
  
  Ndiyeno Ben anafuula kuti: "Eureka! Ulalo ukusowa. Ndi Heidi! Zikomo Heidi! Bukuli limatsatira, ndipo ndimagwira mawu, "maulendo a wowona wokondedwa wa Odin, Heidi."
  
  "Monga m"buku la ana?" Dahl mwachiwonekere amakumbukira masiku ake akusukulu.
  
  Drake adangowoneka wosokonezeka. "A? Ndine munthu wamtundu wa Heidi Klum."
  
  "Inde, buku la ana! Ndikukhulupirira kuti nthano ya Heidi ndi mbiri ya maulendo ake ziyenera kuti zinasintha kwa zaka zambiri kuchokera ku nthano ya Norse kupita ku nthano ya Norse, ndiyeno wolemba wina wochokera ku Switzerland anaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito nthanoyo monga maziko a bukhu la ana."
  
  "Chabwino, akuti chiyani?" Drake adamva kuti mtima wake ukugunda mwachangu.
  
  Ben anawerenga kwa sekondi. "O, zimenezo zikunena zambiri," anapitiriza mofulumira. "Izi zikunena bwino zonse."
  
  
  MAKUMI AWIRI NDIMPHAMBU ZIWIRI
  
  
  
  WASHINGTON, DC
  
  
  Kennedy Moore adakhala akuyang'ana pakompyuta yake, osawona kalikonse, ndikuganizira momwe mukamagaya moyo pansi pa chala chachikulu chanu, kwenikweni ndi mpira wa tennis womwe umayendetsedwa ndi mbuye. Kubwerera kwakung'ono kunasintha tsogolo lanu, kutembenuka kwina kosayembekezereka kukutumizani ku chiwonongeko, ndiye kuti masiku angapo ochitapo kanthu mwachangu adakubweretsani kumasewera.
  
  Anamva kuti ali ndi mphamvu panjira yopita ku New York, ngakhale bwino pambuyo pa misala yosungiramo zinthu zakale. Anakondwera ndi iyemwini ndipo mwina adakondwera ndi Matt Drake.
  
  Anadziuza kuti anali wokhota. Komano, kodi palibe amene adanenapo kuti kuchokera ku zovuta zazikulu kumabwera kupita patsogolo kwakukulu? Chinachake chonga icho.
  
  Kenako Professor anabedwa. Mlongo wake wa Ben Blake wabedwa. Ndipo Kennedy adayenda molimba mtima kupita ku likulu la mafoni, mutu molunjika ndikumizidwanso mumasewerawa, malingaliro ake adalunjika pakumvetsetsa chisokonezocho.
  
  Kenako, atayamba kukwera masitepe, Lipkind adavala matupi a anthu ndikumuyimitsa mwadzidzidzi.
  
  "Captain?"
  
  "Hi Moore. Tiyenera kulankhula ".
  
  "Lowani mkati," Kennedy adagwedeza ku likulu, "titha kugwiritsa ntchito thandizo lanu."
  
  "U, uh. Ayi. Si chifukwa cha nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, Moore. Woyendetsa sitimayo ali mbali imeneyo. "
  
  Anadutsa pakati pa gulu la anthulo, nsana wake tsopano ukungomuyang'ana ngati kumuneneza mwakachetechete. Kennedy adayenera kufulumira kuti agwire.
  
  "Chachitika ndi chiyani, captain?"
  
  "Lowani."
  
  Sitima yapamadziyo inali yopanda kanthu kupatula awiri a iwo. Phokoso la mumsewu lacheperachepera, zochitika zogwedeza dziko kunja tsopano zatsekeredwa motalikirapo kuposa ukoma wa socialite wopita kuphwando.
  
  Kennedy theka adatembenukira pampando wake kuti ayang'ane ndi Lipkind. "Usandiwuze...chonde usandiwuze..." Chotupa pakhosi pake chinapangitsa Lipkind kutaya mawu ake aukali, kumuuza zonse mawuwo asanachoke pamilomo yake.
  
  Koma iwo anagwa, ndipo mawu aliwonse anali dontho la chiphe mu moyo wake wakuda kale.
  
  "Kalebe anakanthanso. Tinachedwa kwa mwezi umodzi - ndiye dzulo masana tidalandira foni. Mtsikanayo ... ahh ... mtsikana wa ku Nevada, "mawu ake adakhala achipongwe. "Zatsopano mtawuni. Student."
  
  "Ayi. Chonde..."
  
  "Ndinkafuna kuti udziwe tsopano, usanamve zoyipa za makoswe."
  
  "Ayi".
  
  "Pepani, Moore."
  
  "Ndikufuna ndibwerere. Ndiloleni ndibwerere, Lipkind. Ndiloleni ndilowe. "
  
  "Ndine wachisoni".
  
  "Nditha kukuthandizani. Iyi ndi ntchito yanga. Moyo wanga."
  
  Lipkind anali kuluma milomo yake yapansi, chizindikiro chotsimikizirika cha kupsinjika maganizo. "Osati pano. Ngakhale ndikanafuna, akuluakulu a boma sakanavomereza. Mukudziwa."
  
  "Ndiyenera? Kuyambira liti ndingadziwe maganizo a ndale? Aliyense mu ndale ndi bastard, Lipkind, ndipo kuyambira liti anayamba kuchita zoyenera? "
  
  "Mwandigwira," kulira kwa Lipkind kunapereka mtima wake. "Koma malamulo, monga akunena, ndi malamulo. Ndipo zanga sizinasinthe."
  
  "Lipkind, izi ... zikundiwononga."
  
  Iye anameza mouma. "Patsani nthawi. Kodi mubwerera".
  
  "Si ine amene ndimasamala za ine, dala! Awa ndi ozunzidwa ake! Mabanja awo!"
  
  "Inenso ndikuganiza choncho, Moore. Ndikhulupirire."
  
  Patapita nthawi anafunsa kuti, "Kuti?" Ndi zonse zomwe akanatha kuchita, zonse zomwe akanatha kupempha, zonse zomwe akanatha kuziganizira.
  
  "Moore. Apa simudzasowa kulipira chilichonse. Si vuto lanu kuti psycho iyi ndi psycho yoyipa. "
  
  "Kuti?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  Lipkind adadziwa zomwe amafunikira ndipo adamuuza malowo.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Tsegulani malo omanga. Malo atatu kumwera kwa Ground Zero. Wopanga mapulogalamuwa amatchedwa Silke Holdings.
  
  Kennedy adapeza zachiwembuzo mkati mwa mphindi makumi awiri, adawona tepiyo ili pansanjika yachinayi ya nyumbayo ndikutumiza taxi. Iye anayima kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo, akuyang'ana mmwamba ndi maso opanda mzimu. Malowa anali abwinja - akadali pachiwopsezo chambiri - koma linali Loweruka mochedwa ndipo izi zidachitika maola opitilira 24 apitawo.
  
  Kennedy adakankha zinyalalazo, kenako adatuluka kupita kumalo omanga. Anakwera masitepe a konkire otsegula m"mbali mwa nyumbayo mpaka kufika pansanjika yachinayi n"kukafika pamwala wa konkire.
  
  Mphepo yamphamvu inakoka bulawuzi wake womasuka. Tsitsi lake likadapanda kulipesekera mmbuyo ndi riboni yolimba, bwenzi likuuluka ngati chinthu chogwidwa. Malingaliro atatu a New York adamutsegulira, zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti azimva chizungulire - mkhalidwe womwe adakhala nawo moyo wake wonse, koma, zodabwitsa, adakumbukiridwa tsopano.
  
  Ndipo komabe iye anakwera Yggdrasil, Mtengo wa Dziko.
  
  Ndiye palibe chizungulire.
  
  Zinamukumbutsa za mlandu wa Odin komanso Matt Drake makamaka. Iye ankafuna kubwerera ku izi, kwa iye, koma iye sanali wotsimikiza kuti iye anali ndi kulimbika mtima.
  
  Anadutsa pamiyala yafumbi, akupewa milu ya zinyalala ndi zida za makontrakitala. Mphepoyo inakankhira manja ake ndi mathalauza, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti atupe chifukwa cha zinthu zambiri. Anaima pafupi ndi pomwe Lipkind adafotokoza komwe kunali mtembowo. Mosiyana ndi wailesi yakanema yotchuka, matupiwo samalembedwa ndi choko - amajambulidwa, ndiye kuti malo ake enieni amayezedwa kuchokera kumalo osiyanasiyana okhazikika.
  
  Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, ankangofunika kukhalapo. Kugwada pansi, kugwada pa maondo anu, kutseka maso anu ndi kupemphera.
  
  Ndipo zonse zinathamangira mmbuyo. Monga mdierekezi akugwa kuchokera kumwamba. Mofanana ndi kulengedwa kwa mngelo wamkulu, zonse zinkawalira m"maganizo mwake. Nthawi yomwe adawona Chuck Walker akutulutsa ndalama zambiri zonyansa. Phokoso la chopereka cha woweruza likulengeza kulakwa kwake. Wakufa akuwoneka kuchokera kwa ogwira nawo ntchito, zojambula zonyansa zomwe zinayamba kuwonekera pa locker yake, zomwe zimamangiriridwa ku hood ya galimoto yake, zomangidwa pakhomo la nyumba yake.
  
  Kalata yomwe adalandira kuchokera kwa wakuphayo, momwe adamuthokoza chifukwa cha chithandizo chake chonse.
  
  Anafunika kulapa chifukwa cha kupha kwina kumene anathandiza Tomasi Kalebe kuchita.
  
  Anafunikira kupempha chikhululukiro kwa akufa ndi olira.
  
  
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  "Chinthu ichi chikuwulula kwambiri kuposa Britney," Ben anafulumira mawu ake, akuletsa chisangalalo chake. "Izi zikuti apa- 'Pamene ali pa Mtengo Wadziko Lonse, Volva amawulula kwa Odin kuti amadziwa zinsinsi zake zambiri. Kuti adadzipereka yekha pa Yggdrasil kufunafuna chidziwitso. Kuti anasala kwa masiku asanu ndi anai usana ndi usiku ndi cholinga chomwecho. Amamuuza kuti akudziwa kumene maso ake abisika ndiponso mmene anawapereka kuti adziwe zambiri."
  
  "Wanzeru Mmodzi," Dahl adamudula mawu. Parnevik ananena kuti nthawi zonse ankamuona kuti ndi wanzeru kwambiri kuposa Milungu yonse.
  
  Drake anadandaula kuti, "Sichanzeru kuuza mkazi zinsinsi zako."
  
  Ben adamuyang'ana. "Odin anasala kudya pa Mtengo wa Padziko Lonse kwa masiku asanu ndi anayi usana ndi usiku ndi mkondo kum"baya m"nthiti mwake, monga Kristu pa mtanda. Heidi akunena kuti m"maganizo mwake, Odin anamuuza kumene anzakewo anabisidwa. Nanga chishango chake chinabisika kuti? Ndi kuti mkondo wake ukhale pamenepo. Ndi kuti amafuna kuti abalalitse anzake - Magawo ake - ndi kuika thupi lake m'manda. "
  
  Ben ananyodola Drake, m'maso muli gwa. "Mnzanga, mwina sindinamalize kufunafuna clitori yodziwika bwino, koma ntchito yanga pano yatha."
  
  Kenako Ben anakumbukira komwe anali ndi mayi yemwe anaima pafupi naye. Anagwira mlatho wa mphuno. "Zowopsa komanso zoyipa."
  
  Dahl sanaphethire diso. "Monga momwe ndikudziwira - ndipo izi zimagwira ntchito pa zomwe ndimakonda kumvetsera panthawi ya zokambirana za Parnevik - Volvas, monga afarao a ku Aigupto, nthawi zonse ankaikidwa m'manda olemera kwambiri, pafupi ndi zomwe zinali zamtengo wapatali. Mahatchi, ngolo, mphatso zochokera kumayiko akutali."
  
  Hayden ankawoneka kuti akubisala. "Ngati titsatira nkhani yanu yonse momveka bwino, Bambo Blake, ndiye ndikukhulupirira kuti maulendo otchedwa Heidi akuyenda kwenikweni ndi kufotokozera komwe zidutswa zonse za Odin zinabalalika ... kapena zobisika."
  
  "Ndiyimbireni... Ben. Inde, Ben. Ndipo inde, mukulondola. Ndithudi."
  
  Drake anamuthandiza bwenzi lake kutuluka. "Osati kuti ndizofunikira tsopano. Zidutswa zonse zidapezeka, kupatula a Valkyries ndi..." anaima kaye.
  
  "Maso." Ben anatero uku akumwetulira koopsa. "Ngati titha kupeza Maso, titha kusiya izi ndikupeza tchipisi ta Karin."
  
  Drake, Dahl ndi Hayden anakhala chete. Drake pomaliza adati, "The Valkyries iyeneranso kukhala kwinakwake, Blakey. Kodi mungadziwe kumene anapezeka? Payenera kukhala nkhani yakale ya nyuzipepala kapena chinachake."
  
  "Heidi adabwera ndi nthano ya Ragnarok," Ben anali akuganizabe, atakhazikika mu kafukufuku wake. "Odin ayenera kuti adamuphunzitsa asanamwalire ku Ragnarok."
  
  Drake adagwedeza mutu ndikutumiza Dahl ndi Hayden pambali. "Valkyries," iye anawauza iwo. "Kodi mukukumbukira kusowa kwachidziwitso chonsecho chifukwa chake zachiwembu zomwe zingatheke? Kodi pali mwayi woti Interpol igwirizane ndi CIA ndikumupatsa mwayi?"
  
  "Ndipita kukavomereza tsopano," adatero Hayden. "Ndipo ndipitiliza kufufuza komwe akatswiri athu a IT adachita motsutsana ndi aku Germany. Monga momwe bwenzi lanu lokoma limanenera - njira zamagetsi ziyenera kutitsogolera kwa iwo. "
  
  "Wokongola?" Drake adamwetulira. "Iye ndi woposa pamenepo. Dzilowetseni mu kujambula. Woimba pagulu. Mwamuna wabanja, ndi ..." iye ananyodola, "inde, bwenzi langa."
  
  Iye anatsamira pafupi, nati, "Akhoza kundijambula nthawi iliyonse," kenako anaseka mopepuka nachokapo. Drake adamutsatira, onse adadabwa komanso odabwitsidwa. Iye analakwitsa za iye. Mulungu, iye anali wovuta kuwerenga kuposa Kennedy.
  
  Drake adanyadira kuti amatha kuwerenga anthu. Kodi anaterereka? Kodi zaka zake zautumiki wa boma zidamupangitsa kukhala wofewa?
  
  Mawu analankhula m"khutu mwake, kupangitsa mtima wake kulumpha. "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  Kennedy!
  
  "Zoyipa!" Analumpha ndi kuyesa kubisa kulumpha kwake kwakung'ono m'mlengalenga monga momwe amatambasulira miyendo yake mwachizolowezi.
  
  Wapolisi waku New York analiwerenga ngati buku. "Ndamva kuti a SAS sanabadwe m'dera la adani. Ndikuganiza kuti sunali mbali ya timu iyi, huh?"
  
  "Ndi chiyani?" Ben anafunsa mopanda nkhongono kuyankha funso lake.
  
  "Izi?" Kennedy adatsamira kutsogolo ndikugogoda m'mbali mwa chowunikiracho, ndikulozera pachithunzi chaching'ono chobisika pakati pazizindikiro zomwe zili m'mawu apamanja.
  
  Ben anakwinya nkhope. "Sindikudziwa. Chimawoneka ngati chithunzi chomwe chili pachithunzichi. "
  
  Kennedy atawongoka, tsitsi lake linamasuka ku maunyolo ake ndipo linagwera pamapewa ake. Drake adayang'ana pomwe amatsikira kumsana wake.
  
  "Oo. Ndi tsitsi lambiri.
  
  "Ukhoza kuchita, zopusa."
  
  Ben adadina kawiri chithunzichi. Chophimbacho chinasanduka mawu, mutu wake wolimba mtima ukukopa maso anu. Odin ndi Wowona, adapanga mzere pa Ragnarok. Ndipo pansi pake pali mizere yakale yofotokozera.
  
  Chojambulachi, chojambula ndi Lorenzo Bacche mu 1795 ndipo chinalandidwa m'gulu lachinsinsi la John Dillinger mu 1934, amakhulupirira kuti chinachokera pa chithunzi chakale ndipo chimasonyeza anzake a mulungu wa Norse Odin omwe adakonzedwa mwapadera pamalo omwe Odin anamwalira. - Nkhondo yopeka ya Ragnarok. Mboni wake wokondedwa akuyang"ana izi nalira.
  
  Popanda kunena chilichonse, Ben anakanikiziranso chithunzicho chikaonekera pamaso pawo.
  
  "Mulungu wanga!" Ben anadandaula. "Ntchito yabwino."
  
  Kennedy anati, "Iyi ndi ndondomeko ... ya momwe mungasankhire zidutswa."
  
  
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  "Tiyeni tipange makope ena." Drake wosamala nthawi zonse adajambula zithunzi zingapo mwachangu ndi foni yake. Ben adamuphunzitsa kuti azisunga kamera yabwino, yogwira ntchito nthawi zonse, ndipo uku kunali kutaya ndalama mosayembekezereka. "Zomwe tikufuna pano ndi ma Valkyries, Maso ndi mapu a Ragnarok." Anangoima modzidzimutsa, akumakumbukira.
  
  Ben anafunsa kuti, "Chani?"
  
  "Simukutsimikiza. Zopusa. Memory. Mwina zina zimene taona m"masiku angapo apitawa, koma taona zambiri moti sindingathe kuzichepetsa."
  
  Dahl adati, "Chabwino, Drake. Mwina munali olondola. Mwina Dillinger wamakono ali ndi gulu lake losangalatsa lachinsinsi. "
  
  "Taonani apa," Ben anapitiriza kuŵerenga. "Pano akunena kuti chojambulachi n"chapadera, mfundo imene sichinadziŵike mpaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m"ma 1960, kenako chinaphatikizidwa m"chionetsero cha nthano za anthu a ku Norse ndi kutumizidwa ku ulendo waufupi wapadziko lonse. Zitatha izi, komanso chifukwa cha chidwi chochepa, chojambulacho chinatsekedwa m'chipinda chosungiramo zinthu zosungiramo zinthu zakale ndipo ... chabwino, chaiwalika. Mpaka lero".
  
  "Chabwino tabwera ndi wapolisi." Drake anayesa kulimbikitsa kudzidalira kwa Kennedy, komabe samadziwa komwe mutu wake unali pambuyo pa New York.
  
  Kennedy anayamba kumanga tsitsi lake kumbuyo, kenako anazengereza. Patapita nthawi, anaika manja ake m"matumba, ngati akufuna kuwatchera msampha. Drake adamusisita paphewa. "Nanga bwanji mupite kukatenga chojambulachi n"kubwera nacho kuno. Pakhoza kukhala china chake chomwe sitikuwona pachithunzichi. Mnzanga wakale Dahl ndi ine tiwona mbali yamdima yotolera zojambulajambula. Gwirani mitengo ina." Anaima kaye, akuseka. "Mitengo inanso."
  
  Kennedy adabuula asananyamuke.
  
  Dahl adamuyang'ana ndi maso otsinzina. "Ndiye. Tiyambire kuti?
  
  "Tiyamba ndi ma Valkyries," adatero Drake. "Munchkin wathu wochezeka atatiuza komwe adapezeka komanso liti, titha kuyesa kuwatsata."
  
  "Ntchito ya Detective?" Adafunsa choncho Dahl. "Koma mwangotumiza wapolisi wathu wabwino kwambiri."
  
  "Pakali pano akufunika kusokonezedwa ndi thupi, osati m"maganizo. Iye ndi wonyansa kwambiri."
  
  Adalankhula Ben. "Ndikuganiza bwino, Mat. The Valkyries anapezedwa pakati pa chuma china chachikulu m"manda a Viking seer, Volva, mu 1945 ku Sweden."
  
  "Manda a Heidi?" Drake adatenga mwayi.
  
  "Zinayenera kukhala. Damn njira yabwino kubisa chimodzi mwa zidutswa. Afunseni abwenzi anu kuti akaikwirire pamodzi ndi inu mukadzafa."
  
  "Tsitsani nkhaniyi ku kompyuta ina." Drake ndi Dahl adakhala moyandikana wina ndi mnzake, akuwoneka osamveka.
  
  Drake ankadziwa kuti koloko idakalipo. Za Karin. Kwa Parnevik. Kwa adani awo ndi dziko lonse lapansi. Anagunda makinawo mokwiya, akudutsa m'malo osungiramo zinthu zosungiramo zinthu zakale ndikuyesera kudziwa pamene ma Valkyries adasowa kuchokera kuzinthu.
  
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti wina akugwira ntchito kuchokera mkati?" Nthawi yomweyo Dahl anamvetsetsa komwe amapita.
  
  "Kulingalira bwino kwambiri ndi mlonda wanyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale yemwe amalipidwa pang'ono kapena woyang'anira wotsekeredwa ... zina zotero. Akadadikirira mpaka a Valkyries atatsitsidwa kumalo osungiramo zinthu ndikutumiza mwakachetechete. Palibe amene amazindikira izi kwa zaka zambiri, ngati angatero. "
  
  "Kapena kuba," Dahl ananjenjemera. "Yesu, munthu, tili ndi zaka zopitilira makumi asanu ndi limodzi kuti timvetsetse izi." Anagwira mphete yaukwati yomwe adavalanso kuyambira pomwe adalowa mu Library. Drake anayima kwa sekondi. "Mkazi?"
  
  "Ndipo ana".
  
  "Mwawasowa?"
  
  "Sekondi iliyonse".
  
  "Chabwino. Mwina sindiwe munthu wopusa amene ndimaganiza kuti ndiwe."
  
  "Zoyipa, Drake."
  
  "Zochuluka monga izo. Sindikuwona zakuba. Koma taonani apa - a Valkyries adayendera mu 1991 ngati gawo la kampeni yolumikizana ndi anthu ku Swedish Heritage Foundation. Pofika m"chaka cha 1992 iwo sanasowe m"kalozera wa Museum of Museum.
  
  Dahl anagwedeza milomo yake. "Kuti wina wogwirizana ndi ulendowu adaganiza zowabera?"
  
  "Kapena ... wina yemwe adawawona paulendo adaganiza!"
  
  "Chabwino, ndizotheka." Dahl mutu unagwedezeka. "Ndiye ulendo wapita kuti?" Zala zake zidagunda chinsalucho kanayi. "England. NEW YORK. Hawaii. Australia."
  
  "Izi zimachepetsa kwambiri," adatero Drake mwachipongwe. "Zoyipa".
  
  "Ayi, dikirani," adatero Dahl. "Izi ndi Zow. Kubedwa kwa Valkyrie kuyenera kuyenda bwino, sichoncho? Zokonzedwa bwino, zokonzedwa bwino. Zabwino. Zikadakhala kuti ndikuchita nawo upandu."
  
  "Mukadakhala wanzeru pang'ono, mukada..."
  
  Chakumayambiriro kwa zaka za m"ma 90, gulu lankhondo lachigawenga la ku Serbia linayamba kukumba zikhadabo zake kunsi kwa dziko la Sweden. Milandu yokhudzana ndi kulanda yawonjezeka kaŵiri m"zaka zosakwana khumi, ndipo tsopano pali magulu ambiri aupandu ochitachita m"dziko lonselo. Ena amadzitcha kuti Bandidos. Ena, monga a Hells Angels, ndi magulu oyenda panjinga.
  
  "Kodi mukunena kuti mafia aku Serbia ali ndi ma Valkyries?"
  
  "Ayi. Ndikunena kuti anakonza zoti azibera kenako azigulitsa ndalama. Ndiwo okhawo omwe ali ndi maulumikizidwe kuti achotse izi. Anthu amenewa amachita chilichonse, osati kulanda basi. Kuzembetsa mayiko padziko lonse sikungawathere."
  
  "CHABWINO. Ndiye tipeza bwanji omwe adawagulitsa?"
  
  Dahl anatenga foni yake. "Sitichita zimenezo. Koma osachepera atatu mwa atsogoleri akuluakulu tsopano ali m'ndende pafupi ndi Oslo. " Anapita kukayimba foni.
  
  Drake anasisita maso ake ndikuwerama. Anayang'ana koloko ndipo anadabwa kuona kuti nthawi inali itatsala pang'ono 6 koloko.Kodi anagona liti? Anayang'ana uku ndi uku pamene Hayden anabwerera.
  
  Wothandizira mlembi wachitetezo wokongola adawoneka wokhumudwa. "Pepani anyamata. Palibe mwayi ndi aku Germany. "
  
  Mutu wa Ben unagwedezeka, kugwedezeka kukuwonekera. "Palibe aliyense?"
  
  "Osati pano. Pepani kwambiri.
  
  "Koma bwanji? Mnyamatayu ayenera kuti ali kwinakwake." Misozi inadzaza m'maso mwake ndipo adayiyika pa Drake. "Sichomwecho?"
  
  "Eya, bwanawe, ndiko kulondola. Ndikhulupirireni, tidzamupeza. " Anagwira bwenzi lake ndikukumbatira chimbalangondo, maso ake akupempha Hayden kuti adutse. "Tiyenera kupumula ndikudya chakudya cham'mawa chabwino," adatero, mawu ake aku Yorkshire akumveka bwino.
  
  Hayden anapukusa mutu, akumuyang"ana ngati wangolankhula Chijapanizi.
  
  
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  LAS VEGAS
  
  
  Alicia Miles adawona Colby Taylor yemwe anali mabiliyoni ambiri atakhala pansi pachipinda chachikulu cha imodzi mwa nyumba zambiri zomwe anali nazo, iyi inali yansanjika makumi awiri ndi ziwiri pamwamba pa Las Vegas Boulevard. Khoma limodzi linali galasi lathunthu, lopereka mawonekedwe odabwitsa a akasupe a Bellagio ndi nyali zagolide za Eiffel Tower.
  
  Colby Taylor sanaganizirenso. Anamizidwa muzopeza zake zaposachedwa, The Wolves of Odin, zomwe adakhala maola awiri akumangirira pamodzi mosamala. Alicia adapita kwa iye ndikumuvula zovala zake imodzi imodzi mpaka adakhala maliseche, kenako adatsika pansi mpaka maso ake adafanana ndi phazi lake.
  
  Mphamvu ndi zoopsa zinali zinthu ziwiri zomwe zidamuyatsa. Mphamvu ya Colby Taylor - megalomaniac extraordinaire - komanso kuopsa kobwera chifukwa chozindikira kuti chibwenzi chake Milo, bruiser wamkulu, wamphamvu waku Vegas, adamukondadi.
  
  "Mupumula kaye bwana?" Adafunsa mopumira. "Sindibwereranso. Palibe mtengo wowonjezera."
  
  Taylor adamuyang'ana mmwamba ndi pansi. "Alicia," anatero, akutulutsa madola khumi m"chikwama chake. "Tonse tikudziwa kuti zingakupangitseni zambiri ndikalipira." Anakanikizira biliyo pakati pa mano ake asanaime kumbuyo kwake.
  
  Alicia adakweza mutu wake m'mwamba, akungotsala pang'ono kugwedera, akukondwera ndi nyali zonyezimira za Strip yomwe idatambasulidwa patsogolo pake. "Osathamanga. Ngati mungathe."
  
  "Zikuyenda bwanji ndi Parnevik?" Taylor adayankha funso lake ngati kung'ung'udza.
  
  "Mukangomaliza," anayankha Alicia m"chingerezi chake chosweka. "Ndizidula pakati."
  
  "Zidziwitso ndi mphamvu, Miles. Ife^tiyenera kudziwa zomwe iwo akudziwa. ... Mkondo. Zina zonse. Pakali pano tili patsogolo. Koma a Valkyries ndi Eyes ndi ... mphoto zenizeni. "
  
  Alicia adazikonza. Kulira. Grunt. Kutengeka mtima. Anakhala ndi zinthu ziwiri - ngozi ndi ndalama. Anali ndi luso komanso chithumwa choti atenge chilichonse chomwe akufuna, chomwe amachichita tsiku lililonse osaganiziranso kapena kumva chisoni. Masiku ake ku SAS anali maphunziro chabe. Ntchito zake ku Afghanistan ndi Lebanon zinali zosavuta kuchita kunyumba.
  
  Awa anali masewera ake, njira yake yodzipezera yekha. Panthawiyi zinali zosangalatsa ndi Colby Taylor ndi asilikali ake, koma Ajeremani posakhalitsa adzapereka malipiro aakulu - Abel Frey ankaimira mphamvu yeniyeni, osati Colby Taylor. Sakanizani izi ndi chiopsezo chachikulu chokhala ndi Milo yemwe amakonda nthawi zonse pafupi, ndipo sanawone kalikonse koma zozimitsa moto zowoneka bwino m'chizimezime chake.
  
  Adayang'ana mozungulira Mzerewu, ndikuzindikira mphamvu zonse za magetsi akuthwanima ndi makasino akulu, ndipo adatengera mwayi pazosangalatsa zazing'ono zomwe Colby Taylor adapereka, nthawi yonseyi akuganiza za Matt Drake ndi mkazi yemwe adamuwona naye.
  
  
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  Analowa m'chipinda chogona cha alendo ndipo adapeza Pulofesa Roland Parnevik atamangidwa, atatambasuka, pabedi monga momwe adamusiyira. Ndi kutentha kwa Taylor kukakadali koyaka pakati pa ntchafu zake ndi manyazi pamasaya ake, adakuwa mokweza kwa Geronimo! ndipo analumphira pa matiresi, kutera pafupi ndi nkhalambayo.
  
  Analumpha m'maondo ake ndikung'amba tepi yasiliva yochokera pamilomo yake. "Mwatimva, sichoncho, Professor? Inde unatero." Maso ake anakhazikika pa kubuula kwake. "Kodi kudakali moyo kumusi uko, achikulire? Thandizo likufunika?"
  
  Anaseka mwamisala ndipo analumpha kuchoka pakama. Maso amantha a pulofesayo adamutsatira mayendedwe onse olakalaka mphamvu, kukulitsa kudzikuza kwake, zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti awonekere moyipa kwambiri. Anavina, anazungulira, anakhala wamanyazi.
  
  Koma pamapeto pake, anakhala pachifuwa cha munthu wokalambayo, kumupangitsa kuti apume kwambiri, ndipo anagwedeza lumo la duwa.
  
  "Nthawi yodula zala," iye anatero mwansangala. "Ndimasangalala ndi kuzunzidwa kwanga monga momwe ndimakondera kugonana kwanga, inchi ndi inchi. Ndipo ikatenga nthawi yayitali, imakhala yabwinoko. Zovuta bwenzi, ndabwera chifukwa cha magazi ndi ziwonongeko. "
  
  "Chani ... mukufuna kudziwa chiyani?" Kalankhulidwe ka Parnevik ku Swedish kunali kokulirapo ndi mantha.
  
  "Ndiuzeni za Matt Drake ndi hule yemwe amamuthandiza."
  
  "Drake? Sindikumvetsa ... sukufuna - Odin?"
  
  "Sindimachita manyazi ndi zoyipa zonse zaku Norway izi. Ndili m'menemo chifukwa cha chisangalalo chenicheni cha zonsezi." Mwamsanga anadula lumo la rozi pafupi ndi nsonga ya mphuno yake.
  
  "Umm ... Drake anali - SAS, ndinamva. Anachita nawo izi ... mwangozi. "
  
  Alicia anamva chimphepo chachisanu chikumusambitsa. Anakwera mmwamba mwa thupi la Parnevik mosamala, ndikuyika masamba onse awiri pamphuno yake ndikufinya mpaka kutuluka kwa magazi.
  
  "Ndimamva ngati mukuyimilira, bambo wachikulire."
  
  "Ayi! Ayi! Chonde!" Tsopano kalankhulidwe kake kanali kokhuthara ndi kupotozedwa chifukwa cha kukanikiza kwa mphuno yake kotero kuti sanathe kuzindikira mawuwo. Iye anaseka. "Mukumveka ngati chef waku The Muppets." Pa, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah "
  
  "Mkazi wake anamusiya. Lamula SAS! " - Parnevik adatuluka ndikutulutsa maso ndi mantha. "Mnzakeyo ali ndi mlongo wake amene amatithandiza! Mayiyu ndi Kennedy Moore, wapolisi wa ku New York. Anatulutsa wakupha wina!
  
  Alicia anasuntha mabala ake mwaukali. "Zabwino. Zabwino kwambiri, pulofesa. China ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Iye...ali pa... um... Tchuthi. Palibe tchuthi chokakamizidwa. Mwaona, wakupha uja-anaphanso."
  
  "Mulungu, Prof, mwayamba kundiyatsa."
  
  "Chonde. Ndikhoza kunena kuti Drake ndi munthu wabwino!
  
  Alicia anatulutsa zodulira maluwa ake. "Chabwino, akudutsamo ndithu. Koma ndinathamangira kwa iye mu SRT, osati inu. Ndikudziwa chomwe chikuvutitsa munthu wamba. "
  
  Panali kukuwa ndi kusweka, kenako Colby Taylor analowetsa mutu wake pakhomo. "Miles! Ndangolandira foni kuchokera kwa mnzathu m'boma la Sweden. Iwo anapeza kumene Valkyries anali. Tiyenera kufulumira. Tsopano!"
  
  Alicia anatenga zodula duwa zija ndikudula nsonga ya chala cha mkulu uja.
  
  Basi chifukwa iye akanakhoza.
  
  Ndipo pamene anali kukuwa ndi kupindika, iye anagwedeza msana wake ndikumubaya ndi jekeseni ya jeti, syringe yopanda singano, kulowetsa kachidziwitso kakang'ono pansi pa khungu lake.
  
  Plan B, Alicia anaganiza, maphunziro ake a usilikali anali adakalipo.
  
  
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  WASHINGTON, DC
  
  
  Pamene foni yam'manja ya Thorsten Dahl inalira, mkamwa mwa Drake munadzaza mabulosi abuluu. Anatsuka ndi khofi watsopano, akumvetsera mwachidwi.
  
  "Inde, Minister of State." Pambuyo pa kudabwa kumeneku, zokambirana zina zonse za Dahl zinali zaulesi, mndandanda wa 'Ndikuwona', zonena komanso kukhala chete mwaulemu. Zinatha ndi 'Sindingakukhumudwitseni, bwana', zomwe zidamveka ngati zowopsa kwa Drake.
  
  "Pa?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Boma langa lidalonjeza kuti m'modzi mwa zigawenga zaku Serbia achepetsa chilango m'ndende kuti athandizidwe, koma tili ndi chitsimikizo." Drake adatha kudziwa kuti pansi pakunja kwa Dahl kokhazikika kunali munthu yemwe amafuna kusangalala.
  
  "Ndipo chiyani?"
  
  "Osati pano. Tiyeni tibweretse tonse pamodzi." Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, Ben adachotsedwa pakompyuta ya laputopu, Hayden adakhazikika pa chigongono chake, ndipo Kennedy adayimilira moyembekezera pafupi ndi Drake, tsitsi lake lalitali lidali pansi.
  
  Dahl adapuma. "Kufupikitsa kwake ndikuti mtsogoleri wa mafia aku Sweden aku Swedish m'zaka za makumi asanu ndi anayi - bambo yemwe ali m'manja mwathu - adapereka a Valkyries kwa mnzake waku America ngati chizindikiro chomukomera mtima. Choncho, Davor Babic analandira Valkyries mu 1994. Mu 1999, Davor anatula pansi udindo wake monga mtsogoleri wa gulu la Mafia n"kupereka ulamuliro kwa mwana wake Blanca, n"kupita kumalo amene ankawakonda kwambiri padziko lonse, ngakhalenso kwawo."
  
  Dahl anakhala kaye kaye kaye. "Hawaii".
  
  
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  New York, USA
  
  
  Abel Frey anayang'ana pansi kuchokera pawindo la nyumba yake yapansi pamwamba pa tinyerere ting'onoting'ono tambirimbiri tomwe tikuyenda m'mphepete mwa misewu. Komabe, mosiyana ndi nyerere, anthu ameneŵa anali opanda nzeru, opanda cholinga, ndipo analibe lingaliro la kungoyang"ana kupyola pa moyo wawo womvetsa chisoni. Iye ananena kuti mawu oti 'nkhuku zopanda mutu' anapangidwa ndi bambo wina ataima pamalo otalika chonchi pamene ankafufuza za dziwe lokhumudwa lomwe linali la anthu.
  
  Frey wakhala akupereka ufulu kwa zongopeka zake. Mtundu wocheperako wa iye adazindikira kuti kutha kuchita chilichonse kumapangitsa chilichonse kukhala chotopetsa. Munayenera kubwera ndi zochitika zatsopano, zosiyanasiyana komanso zosangalatsa.
  
  Chifukwa chake bwalo lankhondo. Chifukwa chake bizinesi yamafashoni - poyambira njira yokhala ndi akazi okongola, kenako kutsogolo kwa mphete yozembetsa mayiko, ndipo tsopano njira yobisira chidwi chake ku Manda a Milungu.
  
  Ntchito ya moyo wake.
  
  Chishangocho chinali chopanda chilema, chojambula chenicheni, ndipo, kuwonjezera pa mapu obisika ojambulidwa pamwamba pake, anali atangopeza chiganizo chachinsinsi cholembedwa m'mphepete mwake. Wofukula wa m"mabwinja yemwe ankamukonda kwambiri ankagwira ntchito mwakhama. Ndipo wasayansi yemwe amamukonda adayesa kumasula chodabwitsa china chaposachedwa - chishangocho chidapangidwa ndi zinthu zochititsa chidwi, osati chitsulo wamba, koma china chokulirapo, koma nthawi yomweyo kuwala modabwitsa. Frey anali wokondwa komanso wokhumudwitsidwa pozindikira kuti panali zambiri kuchinsinsi cha Odin kuposa momwe amaganizira poyamba.
  
  Kukhumudwa kwake kunayamba chifukwa chosowa nthawi yophunzira. Makamaka tsopano popeza anali mbali ya mpikisano wapadziko lonse umenewu. Momwe ankafunira kuti abwerere ku La Veraine, ndipo pamene anthu osayenera anali ndi zosangalatsa zawo, iye ndi ena osankhidwa ochepa akanasanthula zinsinsi za Milungu.
  
  Kenako anaseka kuchipinda komwe kunalibe. Kusanthula nthawi zonse kumayenera kutsagana ndi mphindi zochepa zamtengo wapatali zopumira. Mwinanso mungawononge amuna angapo pabwalo, apatseni njira yotulukira. Kuli bwino koposa, kukanitsa angapo a ogwidwa ake kutsutsana wina ndi mzake. Kusazindikira kwawo ndi kukhumudwa kwawo nthawi zonse kumapereka chiwonetsero chabwino kwambiri.
  
  Imelo yake ndi ping. Kanema adawonekera pazenera, akuwonetsa msungwana watsopano, Karin Blake, atakhala pabedi lake muunyolo.
  
  "Pomaliza". Frey adamuyang'ana koyamba. Mayi a Blake adalembapo aliyense mwa anthu atatu omwe adamutumiza kuti akamube, m'modzi mwankhanza. Iye anali wanzeru kwambiri, chuma chenicheni, ndipo anali atangotsekeredwa m"ndende yake yaing"ono ku La Vereina, kuyembekezera kufika kwa Frey.
  
  Nyama yatsopano kuti asangalale nayo. Kucokera m"mwazi wa wosalakwa ndi cimwemwe cace cosatha. Tsopano iye anali chuma chake. Anali ndi tsitsi lalifupi, tsitsi labwino, ndi maso akuluakulu - ngakhale Frey sakanatha kutsimikiza za mtunduwo chifukwa cha khalidwe la fanolo. Thupi lokongola - osati lochepa thupi ngati chitsanzo; zokopa kwambiri, zomwe, mosakayikira, zingasangalatse kugonana kwachilungamo.
  
  Anagwira nkhope yake yojambulidwa ndi digito. "Ukhala kunyumba posachedwa, mwana wanga ..."
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, chitseko chinatseguka ndipo Milo wamwano adalowa, akugwedeza foni yake m'dzanja limodzi. "Ndi iyeyo," anafuula motero. "Alicia!" Anali ndi diso lopusa pankhope yake yopusa.
  
  Frey anabisa maganizo ake. "Ya? Inde, ndiuzeni. Chigawo chomaliza ku New York chikadayenera kukhala changa. " Sadali kudalira kalulu wachingerezi ngakhale pang'ono.
  
  Anamumvetsera akumwetulira pofotokoza komwe akuyenera kupita, akukwinya tsinya atamva kuti anthu a ku Sweden ndi anzawo ali m'njira, ndipo sadachitire mwina koma kusangalala pamene adalonjeza kuti posachedwapa agwira ku Canada. ziwerengero.
  
  Kenako ankatha kumasulira mawu odabwitsawa m"mbali mwa Chishangocho n"kuona ngati mbali zina zinapangidwa ndi chinthu chosowa chofananacho. Ndiye adzakhala ndi zidutswa zitatu ndi ubwino.
  
  "Komatu ndiwe wanzeru," anatero pafoniyo, akuyang"anitsitsa Milo. "Ndikuyembekezera kugwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru izi tikakumananso posachedwa." Panali patapita nthawi ndithu kuchokera pamene anaboola duwa lachingerezi.
  
  Frey adasisima m'kati mwake pomwe maso a Milo adawala poganiza zokumananso ndi chibwenzi chake. Adayankhabe Alicia mmutu mwake.
  
  Monga mukufunira, bwana.
  
  
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  OAHU, HAWAII
  
  
  th Pa September 12, dzuŵa la masana ku Hawaii linadetsedwa ndi mvula yakuda ya ma parachuti a Jellyfish, chizindikiro cha parachuti ya asilikali a US. Mu ntchito yapadera, Delta Commandos adafika atazunguliridwa ndi Sweden SGG ndi British SAS - ndi wapolisi m'modzi ku New York - pagombe lakutali kumpoto kwa chilumbachi.
  
  Drake adayamba kuthamangira kugombe, mchenga ukufewetsa kutera kwake, adatulutsa parachuti yake ndikutembenuka mwachangu kuti awone momwe Kennedy akuyendera. Adafika pakati pa anyamata angapo a Delta, adagwada pabondo limodzi, koma posakhalitsa adadzuka.
  
  Ben adayenera kukhalabe ndi ndegeyo pamene akupitiriza kufufuza mothandizidwa ndi Hayden, yemwe adatumizidwa monga "mlangizi" ku US pa ntchitoyo.
  
  M'zokumana nazo za Drake, alangizi nthawi zambiri anali ophunzitsidwa bwino a mabwana awo - akazitape ovala zankhosa, titero kunena kwake.
  
  Anathamangira m'mphepete mwa nyanja padzuwa lotentha la ku Hawaii, asilikali makumi atatu ophunzitsidwa bwino a Gulu Lankhondo Lapadera, asanakafike kumalo otsetsereka otetezedwa ndi denga lamitengo.
  
  Apa Thorsten Dahl adawayimitsa. "Mumadziwa malamulo. Wachete ndi wolimba. Cholinga ndi chipinda chosungiramo zinthu. Patsogolo!"
  
  Chigamulocho chinapangidwa kugunda nyumba yaikulu ya mtsogoleri wakale wa mafia a ku Serbia ndi mphamvu yaikulu. Nthawi idawayikira kwambiri - omwe amapikisana nawo atha kudziwanso komwe kuli Valkyries pakadali pano, ndipo kupambana pa mpikisanowu kunali kofunika.
  
  Ndipo mu ulamuliro wake, Davor Babic sanali munthu wachifundo.
  
  Anakwera potsetsereka ndikuthamangira kudutsa msewu, molunjika pachipata cha Babich. Ngakhale mphepo sinawakhudze. Kuukirako kunachitidwa, ndipo pasanathe mphindi imodzi zipata zazitali zachitsulo zinasanduka zidutswa zazitsulo. Analowa pachipata ndi kumwazikana m"dera lonselo. Drake anabisala kuseri kwa mtengo wa kanjedza wokhuthala, akuphunzira udzu wotseguka womwe unkapita ku masitepe akuluakulu a nsangalabwi. Pamwamba pawo panali khomo la nyumba yaikulu ya Babich. Kumbali zonse ziwiri kunali ziboliboli zochititsa chidwi komanso chuma cha chikhalidwe cha ku Hawaii, ngakhale chifanizo cha Moai cha ku Easter Island.
  
  Palibe zochita panobe.
  
  Mafia a ku Serbia opuma pantchito anali odzidalira kwambiri.
  
  Mwamuna wa SAS, nkhope yake yobisika, idatsetsereka pafupi ndi Drake.
  
  "Moni, mzanga wakale. Tsiku labwino eti? Ndimakonda kuwala kwa dzuwa kukamagunda magalasi. Wells amatumiza zokhumba zake zabwino. "
  
  "Chitsiru chokalambacho chili kuti?" Drake sanachotse maso ake m'mundamo.
  
  "Akuti adzakulumikizani pambuyo pake. Chinachake chokhudza iye nthawi ina. "
  
  "Wonyansa wakale wakale."
  
  "May ndi ndani?" - anafunsa Kennedy. Anapesanso tsitsi lake n"kuvala yunifolomu yausilikali yopanda mawonekedwe pamwamba pa kabudula. Iye anali ndi ma Glocks angapo.
  
  Drake, monga mwa nthawi zonse, sananyamule zida zilizonse, kupatulapo mpeni wake wapadera.
  
  Mnyamata watsopano wa SAS adati, "Old Drake Flame wafika. Chofunika koposa, ndiwe ndani?"
  
  "Bwerani, anyamata. Ganizirani za izi. Tatsala pang'ono kuyambitsa ziwopsezo zazikulu kwambiri zomwe zachitika kwa anthu wamba m'mbiri.
  
  "Civil?" Kennedy anasisita. "Ngati munthu uyu ndi wamba, ndiye kuti ndine bulu wa Claudia Schiffer."
  
  Delta Team inali kale pamasitepe. Drake adatuluka pobisala pomwe adayamba, ndikuthamangira pamalo otseguka. Atafika pakati, kukuwa kunayamba.
  
  Ziwerengero zinkawonekera pamwamba pa masitepe, atavala mosiyanasiyana masuti, akabudula a boxer, ndi T-shirts odula.
  
  Kuwombera kwachidule 6 kunamveka. Matupi asanu ndi limodzi anagwa opanda moyo pansi pa masitepewo. Delta Team inali pakati. Kukuwa kwachangu tsopano kunabwera kuchokera kwinakwake kutsogolo pomwe Drake adafika pansi pamasitepe ndikukwawira kumanja, pomwe mwala wokhotakhota udapereka chivundikiro chochulukirapo.
  
  Mfuti inalira kwambiri, kutanthauza kuti inachokera kwa Aserbia. Drake adatembenukiranso kuti ayang'anenso Kennedy, kenako adakwera kawiri.
  
  Pamwamba pawo, panali kachidutswa kakang"ono ka miyala kamene kanalowera pakhomo la nyumbayo, yomwe inali pakati pa magawo awiri a nyumba yooneka ngati H. Amuna okhala ndi zida adatuluka pazitseko zotseguka ndikumenyetsa zitseko zachi French mbali zonse za khomo.
  
  Pali angapo a iwo.
  
  Amatengedwa modzidzimutsa - koma mwamsanga akonzenso. Mwina osati wodekha pambuyo pa zonse. Drake adawona zomwe zikubwera ndipo adathawira pakati pa zifanizo zachilendo. Anamaliza kukokera Kennedy ndi chidutswa kuchokera ku Easter Island.
  
  Kachiwiri pambuyo pake mfuti yamakina idamveka. Alonda ochita mantha anaika makatani amtovu mbali zonse. Drake adagwera pamimba pomwe zipolopolo zingapo zidagunda chibolibolicho ndi zipolopolo.
  
  Alonda anathamangira kutsogolo. Analipidwa minofu, osankhidwa kwambiri chifukwa cha kupusa kwawo kopanda nzeru kuposa luntha lawo. Iwo anathamangira molunjika mu mizere yosamala ya moto kuchokera kwa anyamata a Delta ndipo anagwa, akugwedeza pakati pa mitsinje ya magazi.
  
  Galasi linasweka kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  Kuwombera kwina kunamveka kuchokera pawindo la nyumbayo. Msilikali wamwayi wa Delta adalandira chipolopolo pakhosi ndipo nthawi yomweyo adagwa ndikufa.
  
  Alonda awiri anapunthwa paziboliboli, mmodzi wa iwo anavulala pang'ono. Drake mwakachetechete adatulutsa tsamba lake ndikudikirira kuti m'modzi wa iwo ayende kuzungulira fanolo.
  
  Chinthu chomaliza chomwe Serb wovulalayo adawona chinali magazi ake omwe akutuluka pamene Drake adadula khosi lake. Kennedy adawombera Serb wachiwiri, adaphonya, kenako nkhunda kuti abisale pamene adakweza chida chake.
  
  Nyundoyo idadina yopanda kanthu.
  
  Kennedy anayimirira. Kaya chidacho chidachitsitsa kapena ayi, adakumanabe ndi mdani wokwiya. Mlondayo anagwedeza makina otchetcha, kusuntha minofu yake.
  
  Kennedy adatuluka panja, kenako adalumphira kutsogolo pomwe mayendedwe ake adamusiya poyera. Kukankha kofulumira kwa groin ndi chigongono kuseri kwa khosi zidamugwetsera pansi. Anagudubuzika, mpeniyo mwadzidzidzi m'manja mwake, ndikudula mukhoma lalikulu. Kennedy anagwedezeka mmbuyo mokwanira kuti nsonga yakuphayo idutse tsaya lake asanalowetse zala zake zadzanzi mumphepo yake.
  
  Anamva kusweka kwa chichereŵechereŵe chofewa, anamumva akuyamba kutsamwitsidwa.
  
  Iye anatembenuka. Iye anali atamaliza. Iye analibe chikhumbo chowonera akufa.
  
  Drake anayimirira ndikuyang'ana. "Osayipa kwenikweni".
  
  "Mwinamwake musiya kundichitira mwana."
  
  "Sindikanati..." Anaima mwadzidzidzi. Iye anaphimba manyazi ake ndi kudzitamandira molimba mtima. "Palibe chabwino kuposa kuyang'ana mkazi ali ndi mfuti."
  
  "Zilibe kanthu". Kennedy anakwawira kuseri kwa mtengo wa totem, mbali ina yakunja kwa nyumbayo, ndikuwunika zomwe zinachitika.
  
  "Tikupita kosiyana," anamuuza motero. "Mukapeza chipinda chosungiramo zinthu. ndibwerera."
  
  Anachita ntchito yomveka yobisa kukayikira kwake. "Mukutsimikiza?"
  
  "Hey man, ndine wapolisi kuno, mukukumbukira? Ndiwe wamba. Chitani momwe mwauzidwa."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adawona Kennedy akukwawira kumanja, akulowera kuseri kwa nyumbayo, pomwe mawonekedwe a satana adawonetsa helipad ndi nyumba zingapo zotsika. Gulu la SAS linali litatumizidwa kale kumeneko ndipo limayenera kulowerera nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Anapeza kuti maso ake akungoyang'ana pa chithunzi chake, ubongo wake mwadzidzidzi unakhumba kuti zovala zomwe adavalazo ziwonetsere matako ake.
  
  Kugwedezeka kwake kunamugwedeza. Kudzichepetsa ndi kusatsimikizika zidaphatikiza mphamvu m'mutu mwake, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale kudzikayikira. Zaka ziwiri kuchokera pomwe Alison adachoka, masiku opitilira mazana asanu ndi awiri osakhazikika. Kuzama kosazolowereka kwa kuledzera kosalekeza, kutsatiridwa ndi kubweza ndalama, ndiyeno pang"onopang"ono, pang"onopang"ono kukwera kwa moyo wabwinobwino.
  
  Sanapezekebe. Palibe pafupi.
  
  Kodi kunali kufooka kwake kuyankhula?
  
  Plan b.
  
  Gwirani ntchito pamanja. Yesetsani kubweza chidwi chanu chankhondo ndikusiya zinthu zankhondo kwakanthawi. Anatenga mfuti kwa alonda onse aŵiriwo ndi kukwawira pakati pa zibolibolizo kufikira anaima m"mphepete mwa msewu wa miyala. Adawona zigoli zitatu m'mawindo atatu osiyanasiyana ndipo adawombera katatu motsatizana.
  
  Kukuwa kuwiri ndi kukuwa. Osayipa kwenikweni. Mutu wotsalawo utatuluka, kufunafuna malo ake, Drake adausandutsa chifunga chofiyira.
  
  Kenako anathamanga, n"kungogwada n"kukaima panja kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo, ndipo mutu wake ukugunda mwala. Adayang'ananso timu ya Delta, yomwe idathamangira kuti imupeze. Anagwedeza mutu kwa mtsogoleri wawo.
  
  "Kudzera". Drake adagwedeza mutu chakukhomo, kenako kumanja. "Storage room."
  
  Adalowa mkati, Drake pomaliza, akukankhira pamapindikira khoma. Masitepe akuluakulu opangidwa ndi chitsulo anazungulira kutsogolo kwawo mpaka kufika pamlingo wachiwiri wa nyumbayo.
  
  Pamene ankakwawa m"chipupa, Aserbia ambiri anaonekera pakhonde lapamwamba lomwe linali pamwamba pawo. M'kanthawi kochepa, gulu la Delta lidakhala nyama yosavuta.
  
  Popanda kupita, Drake adagwada ndikutsegula moto.
  
  
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  Kennedy anathamangira ku mzere wa mitengo womwe unadutsa khoma lakunja la nyumbayo ndipo anayamba kuyenda mofulumira. M'kuphethira kwa diso, adafika kuseri kwa nyumba msilikali wopanda nkhope wa SAS asanagwere ndi mimba pamaso pake.
  
  Monga kalulu, anaima osasunthika, atagonekedwa ndi mbiya yamfuti. Kwa nthawi yoyamba m'miyezi, malingaliro onse a Thomas Caleb adamusiya.
  
  "Zopusa!"
  
  "Ziri bwino," liwu linatero pafupi ndi khutu lake lakumanja. Anamva chitsamba choziziracho patali patali naye. "Iyi ndi mbalame ya Drake."
  
  Ndemangayo inathetsa mantha ake. "Mbalame ya Drake? Ine ndapita!
  
  Mwamunayo anayenda patsogolo pake, akumwetulira. "Chabwino, ndiye, malinga ndi purezidenti wanu, Abiti Moore siwofunika. Ndingakonde kudzidziwitsa bwino, koma ino si nthawi kapena malo. Ndiyimbireni Zitsime."
  
  Kennedy adazindikira dzinali, koma sananene chilichonse pamene gulu lalikulu la asitikali aku Britain adavala mozungulira iye ndikuyamba kusiya zizindikiro. Kumbuyo kwa malo a Babich kunali khonde lalikulu lotchingidwa ndi miyala ya ku India, dziwe losambira la kukula kwa Olympic lozunguliridwa ndi mipando yochezeramo ndi kabanana zoyera, ndi nyumba zingapo zokhala ndi squat, zonyansa zomwe sizinafanane ndi zokongoletsa zina zonse. Pafupi ndi nyumba yaikulu kwambiri panali helikopita yozungulira yokhala ndi helikopita ya anthu wamba.
  
  Pambuyo pa zaka zambiri akuyenda m'misewu ya New York, Kennedy adayenera kudabwa ngati umbanda umalipiradi. Anyamatawa ndi Kalebe adalipira. Chuck Walker akanalipira ngati Kennedy sanamuwone akuponya mthumba.
  
  Zipinda za dzuwa zinali zodzaza. Amuna ndi akazi angapo ovala theka tsopano anayimirira modzidzimuka, atagwira zovala zawo ndikuyesera kubisa thupi lawo. Kennedy ananena kuti amuna ena achikulire sangathe kugwira khungu la mvuu, pamene atsikana ambiri amatha kuchita izi ndi manja awiri okha komanso kukhotera kumanzere.
  
  "Anthu awa ... tiyeni tiwaitane alendo ... mwina sali mbali ya gulu lachi Serbia," Wells anatero mwakachetechete mu maikolofoni ya mmero. "Achotseni," iye anagwedeza mutu kwa amuna atatu otsogola. "Nonsenu mukupita ku mbali ya nyanja ya nyumbazi."
  
  Pamene gululo linayamba kugawanika, zinthu zingapo zinachitika nthawi imodzi. Ma helikoputala anayamba kuzungulira; kulira kwa injini zake nthawi yomweyo kunachititsa kuti anthu amene anali pafupi amve kukuwa. Kenako mkokomo wakuya, wonga ngati phokoso la chitseko chotsegula, unatsogola mkokomo wadzidzidzi wa galimoto yamphamvu. Kuchokera kuseri kwa nyumba zonyansa za m'mphepete mwa nyanja, panali chitsulo choyera - Audi R8 yothamanga kwambiri.
  
  Atafika pakhonde, zinali zipolopolo zakupha. Idagunda asitikali odabwitsidwa a SAS, kuwatumiza akuyenda ndi kugwa mumlengalenga. Galimoto ina inaima kumbuyo kwake, nthawi ino yakuda ndi yokulirapo.
  
  Ma helikoputala aja anayamba kuyendayenda mwachangu ndipo mainjini ake anayamba kulira. Makina onse anagwedezeka, kukonzekera kunyamuka.
  
  Kennedy, atadabwitsidwa, amangomvetsera pamene Welles amafuula. Adanjenjemera pomwe asitikali a SAS otsalawo adawombera.
  
  Gehena yonse idasweka m'mundamo.
  
  Asilikaliwo adawombera pa Audi R8 yothamanga kwambiri, zipolopolo zikuboola chitsulo m'thupi mwake, kupyoza khungu ndi zitseko. Galimotoyo inathamangira pakona ya nyumbayo, ikutembenuka momaliza kuti ikhotere.
  
  Miyala inatuluka pansi pa matayala ake ngati miyala yaing'ono.
  
  Chipolopolocho chinaphwanya galasi lakutsogolo, n"kuliwononga. Galimotoyo inafadi mkati mwa ndege, injini yake inayima pamene dalaivala anagwera kwambiri kumbuyo kwa gudumu.
  
  Kennedy anathamangira kutsogolo, akukweza mfuti yake. "Osasuntha!"
  
  Asanafike pa galimotoyo, zinali zodziwikiratu kuti dalaivalayo ndiye yekhayo amene amakwera.
  
  Nyambo.
  
  Helicoptersyo inali mamita awiri pamwamba pa nthaka, ikuzungulira pang'onopang'ono. Msilikali wa SAS anakuwa, koma opanda mkwiyo weniweni m'mawu ake. Galimoto yachiwiri, Cadillac yakuda ya zitseko zinayi, inali kuthamangira padziwe lalikululo, matayala ake akumaponya mafunde amadzi m"mbali zonse. Mazenera anadetsedwa. N"zosatheka kudziŵa amene anali mkatimo.
  
  Injini yachitatu idayamba, yomwe siyikuwoneka.
  
  Asilikaliwo adawombera Cadillac, kuwononga matayala ndi dalaivala ndi kuwombera katatu. Galimotoyo inagwedezeka ndipo kumbuyo kwake kunagwera padziwe. Wells ndi asilikali ena atatu anathamangira kwa iye, akukuwa. Kennedy anayang'anitsitsa pa helikopita, koma monga Caddy, mazenera ake anali opaque.
  
  Kennedy adanena kuti zonsezi zinali mbali ya ndondomeko yopulumukira. Koma Davor Babic weniweni anali kuti?
  
  Helikoputala inayamba kukwera pamwamba. A SAS pamapeto pake adatopa ndi machenjezo ndipo adawombera pa rotor yakumbuyo. Makina owopsawo adayamba kupota, kenako munthu wina adagwada pansi pake ndi bomba lowombera mokonzeka.
  
  Wells adafika ku Caddy. Kuwombera kuwiri kunawombera. Kennedy adamva kudzera pa maikolofoni kuti Babich akadali wamkulu. Tsopano galimoto yachitatu inabwera pakona, injini ikulira ngati mpikisano wa Formula 1, koma inali Bentley, yaikulu komanso yolimba mtima, kupezeka kwake kukuwa kumandichotsa gehena!
  
  Kennedy adalumphira m'mitengo. Asilikali angapo anamutsatira. Wells adatembenuka ndikuwombera zipolopolo zitatu mwachangu zomwe zidadumpha kuchokera m'mawindo am'mbali.
  
  Galasi lopanda zipolopolo!
  
  "Uyu ndi mbuzi!"
  
  Mawuwa adayankhulidwa kachigawo kakang'ono kamphindi mochedwa kwambiri kuti apulumutse helikopita - grenade inatulutsidwa - kuphulika kwake kunaphulika pansi pa helikopita. Helikoputala inasweka, n"kumwaza zitsulo paliponse. Chitsulo chokhotakhota chinagwera m"dziwelo, n"kuchotsa magaloni masauzande ambiri a madzi mwamphamvu kwambiri.
  
  Kennedy adadikirira mpaka Bentley woyipayo adamudutsa, kenako adathamangitsa. Kuchotsa mwachangu kunamuwuza kuti pali mwayi umodzi wokha wogwira Serb yemwe anali kuthawa.
  
  Wells adawona izi nthawi yomweyo ndipo adayamba kuchitapo kanthu. R8 inali itatheratu, koma Caddy inali idakalipo, mawilo ake anali inchi chabe pansi pamadzi pamasitepe a nsangalabwi a dziwe.
  
  Wells ndi asilikali ake awiri anathamangira kwa Caddy. Kennedy anayamba kuthamangitsa, akufunitsitsa kutenga udindo. Panthawiyo, phokoso lachilendo linamveka, ngati kuti mphepo yamkuntho yadutsa, ndipo mwadzidzidzi ngodya ya nyumba ya Babich inaphulika.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga!" Wells anagwera m"matope pamene ngakhale bata lake linasweka. Zinyalala zinawulukira mbali zonse, kugwa mvula padziwe ndi pabwalo. Kennedy adaseka. Anatembenuzira mutu wake kumapiri.
  
  Helikoputala yakuda inazungulira pamenepo, chithunzi chikugwedezeka kuchokera pachitseko chake chotsegula.
  
  "Kodi mumachikonda?"
  
  Wells anakweza mutu wake. "Alicia Miles? M"dzina la zinthu zonse zopatulika ukuchita chiyani?
  
  Mutha kung'amba ting'onoting'ono ting'onoting'ono tako ndi kuwomberako, munthu wachikulire. Muli ndi ngongole kwa ine. Alicia anaseka pamene helikopita inanyamuka kwakanthawi isanacheuke kuthamangitsa Bentley.
  
  Anthu aku Canada anali pano.
  
  
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  Drake adagudubuzika kutsogolo khoma lakumbuyo kwake lisanasandulike kukhala tchizi cha Swiss. Pafupifupi chipolopolo chimodzi chinawulukira pafupi kwambiri kotero kuti anamva kulira kwake. Anayang'ana kutsogolo kuti akwere papulatifomu pansi pa khonde nthawi yomweyo monga ambiri a timu ya Delta. Atafika kumeneko, analoza m"mwamba n"kuombera.
  
  Monga momwe zimayembekezeredwa, pansi pa khonde linali lofooka. Kuwombera pamwamba kunasiya ndipo kukuwa kunayamba.
  
  Mkulu wa Delta anagwedeza dzanja lake kumanzere kulowera komwe amasungirako. Mwamsanga anadutsa m"zipinda ziwiri zokhala ndi zinthu zokongola koma zopanda anthu. Mkulu wa asilikaliyo adawapempha kuti ayime pafupi ndi chipinda china chomwe amawachenjeza kuti chinali ndi chinachake chapadera - chipinda chobisika cham'munsi.
  
  Ma grenade owopsa adaponyedwa mkatimo, ndikutsatiridwa ndi asitikali aku America akukuwa kwambiri kuti awonjezere kusokoneza. Komabe, nthawi yomweyo alonda a ku Serbia okwana theka la khumi ndi awiri anali kumenyana ndi manja ndi manja. Drake adapumira ndikulowa mkati. Chisokonezo ndi chisokonezo chinadzaza chipindacho kuchokera kumapeto mpaka kumapeto. Iye anaphethira ndipo anapeza kuti anakumana ndi mlonda wamkulu, yemwe ananyengerera ndi kulira asanayambe kukumbatira chimbalangondo.
  
  Drake adazemba mwachangu, adamenya impso ndikumenya plexus ya solar ndi dzanja lolimba ndi lupanga. Munthu-chirombo sichinagwedezeke nkomwe.
  
  Kenako anakumbukira mwambi wakale wonena za ndewu za m'mabala - ngati mdani wanu agunda pa plexus osapambana, ndiye kuti muyambe kuthamanga, bambo, chifukwa muli m'malo ozama ...
  
  Drake adabwerera, akusuntha mosasunthika mozungulira mdani wake wosasuntha. Wa ku Serbia anali wamkulu, wokhala ndi mafuta aulesi pamwamba pa minofu yolimba, ndi chipumi chake chachikulu mokwanira kuphwanya midadada ya simenti ya mainchesi sikisi. Bamboyo adayenda movutikira kutsogolo, manja adatambasula. Kutsika kumodzi ndi Drake akadaphwanyidwa mpaka kufa, kufinyidwa ndikuphwanyidwa ngati mphesa. Mwamsanga analoŵa m"mbali, anakhomerera kumanja, ndipo anadza kutsogolo ndi ziboda zitatu zofulumira.
  
  Diso. Khutu. Pakhosi.
  
  Onse atatu ogwirizana. Pamene waku Serbia adatseka maso ake ndi ululu, Drake adaponya chiwopsezo chowuluka chomwe chidapangitsa kuti agwetse ngakhale brontosaurus pamiyendo yake yayikulu.
  
  Munthuyo anagwa pansi ndi phokoso ngati phiri likugwa. Zojambulazo zidagwa kuchokera pakhoma. Mphamvu yomwe adapanga chifukwa cha kudumpha kwake chakumbuyo kwake kunamugwetsa chikomokere pamene mutu wake unagunda pa sitimayo.
  
  Drake adalowa mchipindamo. Anyamata awiri a Delta anaphedwa, koma Aserbia onse sanalowerere. Gawo lina la khoma lakum"mawa linatseguka, ndipo ambiri a ku America anaima mozungulira potsegulira, koma tsopano anali kubwerera pang"onopang"ono, akutemberera mantha.
  
  Drake adafulumira kulowa nawo, osatha kuganiza zomwe zikanapangitsa msirikali wa Delta kuchita mantha. Chinthu choyamba chimene anaona chinali masitepe amiyala olowera m"chipinda chapansi panthaka chowala bwino.
  
  Yachiwiri inali Panther yakuda, yokwera masitepe pang'onopang'ono, kukamwa kwake kwakukulu kumawonetsa mzere wa mano akuthwa.
  
  "Fuuuuck ..." m'modzi mwa aku America adakoka. Drake sanavomereze zambiri.
  
  Pantherayo anasisima, akukankha kuti amenye. Drake anabwerera mmbuyo pamene chilombocho chinkadumphira mumlengalenga, 100 mapaundi a minofu yakupha ndi ukali. Anatera pa sitepe yapamwamba ndikuyesera kukangamira, nthawi yonseyi maso ake obiriwira akuwoneka pa asilikali omwe akubwerera.
  
  "Ndimadana nazo kuchita izi," mkulu wa Delta anatero, akuyang'ana ndi mfuti yake.
  
  "Dikirani!" Drake adawona china chake chikuwunikira pakuwunika kwa nyali. "Ingodikirani. Osasuntha."
  
  Panther anangoyenda kutsogolo. Gulu la Delta linamugwira mfuti pamene amadutsa pakati pawo, ndipo anakankhira mwachipongwe alonda a ku Serbia omwe anali opanda mphamvu pamene akutuluka m'chipindamo.
  
  "Ndi chiyani-?" m'modzi mwa anthu aku America adakwiyira Drake.
  
  "Kodi sunaone? Anali atavala mkanda wokongoletsedwa ndi diamondi. Ndikuganiza kuti mphaka wotere, wokhala m"nyumba ngati imeneyi, amaphunzitsidwa kuukira kokha akamva mawu a mwini wake."
  
  "Kuyimbira bwino. Sindingafune kupha nyama ngati imeneyo. " Mtsogoleri wa Delta anagwedeza Aserbia. "Ndimakhala tsiku lonse ndikusangalala ndi anthu apathengo."
  
  Iwo anayamba kutsika masitepe, n"kusiya amuna awiri ali tcheru. Drake anali wachitatu kufika pansi, ndipo zomwe adawona zidamupangitsa kugwedeza mutu wake modabwa.
  
  "Ndi opotozedwa bwanji openga awa?"
  
  Chipindacho chinali chodzaza ndi zomwe amangonena kuti 'zikho'. Zinthu zimene Davor Babic ankaziona kuti n"zamtengo wapatali chifukwa - m"zopotoza zake zinali zamtengo wapatali kwa anthu ena.
  
  Tyrannosaurus rex nsagwada. Cholembedwa pafupi ndi icho chinali "Kuchokera ku Edgar Fillion Collection - Mphotho ya Moyo Wonse." Kuphatikiza apo, chithunzi chowululira cha wochita masewero wotchuka cholembedwa kuti 'Ankafuna kukhala ndi moyo'. dzanja lodziwika kuti 'Woyimira Woyimira Chigawo No. 3'. .
  
  Ndi zina zambiri. Pamene Drake ankayenda mozungulira ziwonetsero, kuyesa kuthana ndi chidwi chake komanso kuyang'anitsitsa, adawona zinthu zabwino zomwe amazifuna.
  
  Valkyries: Ziboliboli zoyera ngati chipale chofewa zoikidwa pa mdadada wokhuthala. Onse ziboliboli anali pafupi mapazi asanu wamtali, koma anali mwatsatanetsatane zodabwitsa mwa iwo kuti anatenga mpweya Drake kutali. Azimayi awiri omwe ali ndi chifuwa chachikulu, amaliseche komanso akuwoneka ngati a Amazons amphamvu akale, onse ali ndi miyendo yotambasula, ngati atakhala mopanda kanthu. Mwinamwake kavalo wamapiko, Drake anaganiza. Ben ankalakalaka atadziwa zambiri, koma anakumbukira kuti Valkyries ankawagwiritsa ntchito kuuluka kuchokera kunkhondo kupita kunkhondo. Anaona miyendo yamphamvu, mawonekedwe apamwamba a nkhope ndi zipewa zanyanga zosokoneza.
  
  "Oo!" - anafuula munthu wochokera ku Delta. "Ndikadakhala ndi mapaketi asanu ndi limodzi a izi."
  
  Zowonjezereka, ma Valkyries onse anali kuloza m'mwamba chinthu chosadziwika ndi manja awo akumanzere. Kuloza, monga momwe Drake amaganizira, molunjika ku Manda a Milungu.
  
  Ngati akanatha kupeza Ragnarok.
  
  Pa nthawiyo, m"modzi wa asilikaliwo anayesa kutenga chinthu m"chikwamacho. Belu lalikulu linalira ndipo chipata chachitsulo chinagwera pansi pa masitepewo, kutsekereza kutuluka kwawo.
  
  Anthu aku America nthawi yomweyo adafikira ku masks a gasi. Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Osadandaula. Chinachake chimandiuza kuti Babich ndi mtundu wamba yemwe angakonde kuti wakuba agwidwe ali moyo ndikukankha.
  
  Mkulu wa Delta adayang'ana mipiringidzo yomwe idagwedezekabe. "Patsani ndodo izi kukhala zidutswazidutswa."
  
  
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  Kennedy adayang'ana modabwa pambuyo pa helikopita ndi Bentley yobwerera. Wells nayenso ankaoneka wosokonezeka pamene ankayang"ana kumwamba.
  
  "Bitch," Kennedy anamumva akupuma. "Ndinamuphunzitsa bwino kwambiri. Nanga angasinthe bwanji kukhala wachiwembu?"
  
  "Zabwino wapita," Kennedy adatsimikiza kuti tsitsi lake likadali lomangidwa chifukwa cha kulumpha konseko ndikuyang'ana kumbali pomwe adawona amuna angapo a SAS akumukweza. "Iye anali ndi udindo wapamwamba. Tsopano, ngati Drake ndi Delta Team alanda ma Valkyries, titha kuthawa Alicia ali otanganidwa ndi Babich. "
  
  Wells amawoneka ngati wang'ambika pakati pa zosankha ziwiri zofunika, koma sananene chilichonse pamene akuthamanga kuzungulira nyumbayo kulowera pakhomo lalikulu. Iwo anawona helikoputala ikutembenuka kugundana mutu ndi Bentley. Kuwombera kunamveka ndikudumphira pagalimoto yothawa. Kenako galimotoyo inasweka mwadzidzidzi n"kukaima pamtambo wa miyala.
  
  Chinthu chinatulutsidwa pawindo.
  
  Helicoptersyo idatsika kuchokera kumwamba, woyendetsa wake ali ndi mphamvu zamatsenga, pamene RPG imayenda m'mwamba. Chigoli chake chitangofika pansi, asilikali ankhondo a ku Canada anatuluka panja. Kuwomberana kunabuka.
  
  Kennedy adaganiza kuti adawona Alicia Miles, munthu wowoneka bwino atavala zida zolimba, akudumphadumpha ngati mkango wamwambi. Chilombo chomangidwa kunkhondo, chotayika mu ziwawa ndi ukali wa izo zonse. Ngakhale kuti anali yekha, Kennedy anamva magazi ake akuzizira.
  
  Kodi mantha amenewa anali nawo?
  
  Asanaganizire zimenezi, anagwa mbali ina ya helikoputala ija. Chithunzi chomwe adachizindikira nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Pulofesa Parnevik!
  
  Anadumphadumpha, monyinyirika poyamba, koma kenako ndi kutsimikiza mtima kwatsopano, ndipo potsirizira pake anakwawa pamene zipolopolo zikuwomba mmwamba pamwamba pa mutu wake, imodzi ikudutsa mkati mwa chigaza cha dzanja lake.
  
  Parnevik pamapeto pake adayandikira mokwanira kuti a SAS ndi Kennedy amukokere kuchitetezo, aku Canada osadziwa, akuchita nawo nkhondoyi.
  
  "Ndi choncho," Wells anatero, akuloza nyumbayo. "Tiyeni tithetse izi."
  
  
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  Drake adathandizira kukoka ma Valkyries kutsogolo pomwe anyamata angapo adaphatikizira zophulika pang'ono pa kabati. Anayenda njira yopapatiza pakati pa ziwonetsero zowopsya, kuyesera kuti asayang'ane kwambiri. Mmodzi mwa anyamata a Delta adabwerako kuchokera ku cheke chododometsa mphindi zingapo zapitazo ndipo adanena bokosi lakuda lomwe likukhala kumbuyo kwa chipindacho.
  
  Chiyembekezocho chinatenga masekondi khumi athunthu. Zinatengera nzeru za msilikali kuti asiye zimenezi. Zomwe mukudziwa...
  
  Izi sizilinso zomveka za Drake. Koma sanafune kudziwa. Ananjenjemera, ngati munthu wamba, pamene mipiringidzo inaphwasuka.
  
  Kuwombera kunamveka kuchokera kuchipinda chapamwamba. Alonda a Delta adagwa pansi pa masitepe, akufa m'mabowo amagazi. Sekondi yotsatira, amuna khumi ndi awiri onyamula mfuti anawonekera pamwamba pa masitepewo.
  
  Atatuluka m'mwamba, atakulungidwa pamalo okwera, Delta Team idalephera ndipo tsopano inali pachiwopsezo. Drake pang'onopang'ono anapita ku chipinda ndi chitetezo chake, kuyesera kuti asaganize za kupusa kwa kugwidwa monga choncho, ndi momwe izi sizikanachitikira kwa SAS, ndikudalira mwayi kuti adani atsopanowa sakanakhala. opusa mokwanira kuwombera Valkyries.
  
  Panali mphindi zingapo za kupsinjika kosalekeza, zokumana nazo mu kutsekereza chete, mpaka munthu wina adatsika masitepe. Munthu wovala zoyera komanso atavala chigoba choyera.
  
  Drake adamuzindikira nthawi yomweyo. Munthu yemweyo yemwe adapambana Shield ku York cat walk. Munthu yemwe adamuwona ku Apsall.
  
  "Ndimakudziwani," iye anadzipumila yekha, kenako mokweza. "Anthu aku Germany ali pano."
  
  Bamboyo anatenga mfuti ya .45 caliber ndikuyizunguza. "Ponya chida chako. Nonse inu. Tsopano!"
  
  Mawu odzikuza. Mawu omwe anali a manja osalala, mwini wake anali ndi mphamvu zenizeni, zolembedwa pamapepala ndi kuperekedwa m'magulu a mamembala okha. Mtundu wa munthu yemwe sankadziwa kuti ntchito yeniyeni yapadziko lapansi ndi yotopetsa inali chiyani. Mwinanso wobanki, wobadwira m'mabanki, kapena wandale, mwana wa ndale.
  
  Amuna a Delta anagwira zida zawo mwamphamvu. Palibe amene ananena mawu. Kulimbanako kunali koopsa.
  
  munthuyo anakuwanso, kukula kwake kosamulola kudziwa za ngoziyo.
  
  "Kodi ndinu ogontha? Ndati tsopano!"
  
  Liwu la Texan linanena mokweza kuti: "Sizichitika, wamba."
  
  "Koma...
  
  Drake anatsala pang'ono kukomoka. Ndikukudziwani! Abel Frey, wojambula mafashoni waku Germany. Drake adagwidwa ndi mantha ngati mafunde akupha. Zinali zosatheka. Zinali ngati kuwona Taylor ndi Miley kumtunda uko, akuseka kuti alande dziko.
  
  Frey anakumana ndi Drake. "Ndipo iwe, Matt Drake!" dzanja lake lomwe linali ndi mfutiyo linanjenjemera. "Mwanditengera pafupifupi chilichonse! Ndichita! Ndipo adzalipira. O, adzalipira bwanji!
  
  
  Asanazindikire, Frey analoza mfuti pakati pa maso a Drake ndikuwombera.
  
  
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  Kennedy anathamangira m'chipindamo ndipo adawona amuna a SAS akugwada pansi, akuitana kuti chete. Anawona pamaso pake gulu la amuna ovala zophimba nkhope, atavala zida zankhondo, akuloza zida zawo pazomwe amangoganiza kuti ndi chipinda chachinsinsi cha Davor Babic.
  
  Mwamwayi amunawo sanawazindikire.
  
  Wells anayang'ana mmbuyo kwa iye nati, "Ndani?"
  
  Kennedy anapanga nkhope yosokonezeka. Ankangomva wina akubwebweta, amaona mbali yake, .45 anapitirizabe kugwedeza manja ake mosatekeseka. Atamumva akufuula dzina la Matt Drake, adadziwa, ndipo Wells adadziwa, ndipo masekondi pambuyo pake adatsegula moto.
  
  Pakati pa masekondi makumi asanu ndi limodzi akuwotcha moto, Kennedy adawona zonse zikuyenda pang'onopang'ono. Mwamuna wovala zoyera akuwotcha .45 yake, kuwombera kwake kukufika kwa mphindi pang'ono ndikukokera m'mphepete mwa malaya ake pamene akudutsa pazitsulo zolendewera. Nkhope yake yodzidzimuka atatembenuka. Kunenepa kwawo, kufewa kwawo.
  
  Wowonongeka munthu.
  
  Kenako amuna ovala chigoba akupota ndi kuwombera. Asitikali a SAS amabwerera kumenyedwa kokhazikika bwino komanso bata. Moto wochulukirapo umachokera m'chipinda chogona. Mawu aku America. Mawu achijeremani. Mawu mu Chingerezi.
  
  Chisokonezo chaulesi, chofanana ndi mawu a ndakatulo a Taylor Swift, osakanikirana ndi thanthwe lakale la Metallica. Anagunda Ajeremani osachepera awiri - ena onse adagwa. Mnyamata wovala zoyera adafuula ndikugwedeza manja ake, ndikukakamiza gulu lake kuti libwerere mofulumira. Kennedy adawawona akumuphimba ndikufera momwemo, akugwa ngati kuvunda kwa bala, koma balalo lidapitilirabe. Kenako anathawira kuchipinda chakumbuyo ndipo amuna ake anayi okha ndi amene anatsala amoyo.
  
  Kennedy adathamangira muholoyo mosimidwa ali ndi chotupa chachilendo pakhosi pake komanso mtima wake utadzaza madzi oundana, osazindikira ngakhale kuti anali ndi nkhawa mpaka adamuwona Drake wamoyo ndipo adamva kuzizira kosangalatsa kwa iye.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adadzuka pansi, othokoza kuti cholinga cha Abel Frey chinali chosadziwika bwino monga momwe amamvetsetsa zenizeni. Chinthu choyamba chimene anaona Kennedy akuthamanga pansi pa masitepe, chachiwiri chinali nkhope yake pamene ankathamangira kwa iye.
  
  "Zikomo Mulungu uli bwino!" - adafuula ndikumukumbatira asanakumbukire kuletsa kwake.
  
  Drake adayang'ana maso odziwa a Wells asanatseke ake. Anamukumbatira kwakanthawi, akumva thupi lake lowonda, thupi lake lamphamvu, mtima wake wosalimba ukugunda pafupi ndi wake. Mutu wake unakanikizidwa pakhosi pake, kumveka kodabwitsa kotero kuti kugwedeza ma synapses ake.
  
  "Eya, ndili bwino. Inu?"
  
  Anachokapo, akumwetulira.
  
  Wells adawayandikira ndikubisa kumwetulira kwake kwa mphindi imodzi. "Drake. Malo achirendo oti tidzakumanenso, chap wakale, osati malo ogulitsira apakona ku Earl's Court omwe ndinali nawo m'malingaliro. Ndiyenera kukuwuzani chinachake, Mat. Zina mwa Mai."
  
  Drake adaponyedwa kumbuyo nthawi yomweyo. Wells adanena chinthu chomaliza chomwe amayembekezera. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake adawona kumwetulira kwa Kennedy ndikuzikoka. "Valkyries," adatero. "Bwera tili ndi mwayi."
  
  Koma mkulu wa Delta anali akukonza kale izi ndikuwayitana. "Iyi si England, anyamata. Tiyeni tisunthe. Ndinadya pafupifupi zonse za ku Hawaii zomwe ndikanatha kuchita patchuthichi."
  
  
  29
  
  
  
  AIR SPACE
  
  
  Drake, Kennedy ndi gulu lonse lachiwembu anakumana ndi Ben ndi Hayden maola angapo pambuyo pake kumalo a asilikali pafupi ndi Honolulu.
  
  Pamene nthawi inapita. Tape yofiyira ya Bureaucratic idadulidwa. Misewu yopingasa yakonzedwa. Maboma anakangana, kenaka anakwiya, ndipo kenaka anayamba kulankhula. Akuluakulu a zigawengazo anali ndi chidwi ndi zandale zofanana ndi mkaka ndi uchi.
  
  Ndipo mapeto a dziko anali kuyandikira.
  
  Osewera enieni amalankhula, ali ndi nkhawa komanso amangoganizira, ndikugona m'nyumba zopanda mpweya wabwino pafupi ndi Pearl Harbor. Nthawi yomweyo Drake adaganiza kuti moni wa Ben woganiza bwino amatanthauza kuti sapita patsogolo pang'ono kuti afotokoze pofufuza gawo lotsatira la Odin - Maso Ake. Drake anabisa kudabwa kwake; adakhulupiriradi kuti zomwe Ben adakumana nazo komanso chilimbikitso chake zikadatha kuthetsa zonse zomwe zidalipo pano.
  
  Hayden, Mlembi Wothandizira Wachitetezo wodziwa bwino, adamuthandiza, koma adapita patsogolo pang'ono.
  
  Chiyembekezo chawo chokha chinali chakuti otenga nawo mbali mu apocalyptic - aku Canada ndi Ajeremani - akuchita bwino pang'ono.
  
  Chisamaliro cha Ben poyamba chinasokonezedwa ndi vumbulutso la Drake.
  
  "Abel Frey? Katswiri waku Germany? Taya, chimfine."
  
  "Zambiri, bwanawe. Ndingakunamizeni?"
  
  "Osatchula za Whitesnake pamaso panga, Mat. Mukudziwa, gulu lathu loimba lili ndi vuto poimba nyimbo, ndipo sizoseketsa. Sindikukhulupirira... Abel Frey?"
  
  Drake adapumira. "Chabwino, ndikuyambanso. INDE. Abel Frey."
  
  Kennedy anamuthandiza. "Ndidaziwona ndipo ndikufunabe kumuuza Drake kuti asiye kuyankhula zopanda pake. Munthu uyu ndi wodzipatula. Khalani ku Alps ku Germany - "Party Castle". Supermodels. Money. Life of Superstar."
  
  "Vinyo, akazi ndi nyimbo," adatero Drake.
  
  "Lekani!" Ben anatero. "Mwanjira ina," iye analingalira motero, "ndicho chivundikiro chabwino kwambiri."
  
  Drake anavomereza kuti: "N"zosavuta kupusitsa anthu osadziwa ngati uli wotchuka. Mukhoza kusankha kumene mukupita-kulikonse kumene mukufuna kupita. Kuzembetsa kuyenera kukhala kosavuta kwa anthu awa. Ingopezani zinthu zakale, sankhani chikwama chanu chaukazembe ndipo ..."
  
  "...Ikani izi." Kennedy adamaliza bwino ndikutembenuza maso ake akuseka kwa Ben.
  
  "Awiri inu mukuyenera..." adachita chibwibwi. "... Inu nonse muyenera kupeza chipinda chodyera."
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Wells anayandikira. "Chinthu ichi ndi Abel Frey ... chaganiziridwa kuti chikhale chinsinsi pakalipano. Penyani ndi kudikira. Timayimitsa gulu lankhondo kuzungulira nyumba yake yachifumu, koma timulole kuti amulole ngati angaphunzire zomwe sitiphunzira. "
  
  "Poyamba, izi zikuwoneka zomveka," Drake adayamba, "koma ..."
  
  "Koma ali ndi mlongo wanga," Ben anafuulira. Hayden anakweza dzanja lake kuti akhazikike mtima pansi. "Akunena zoona Ben. Karin ali otetezeka ... pakadali pano. Dziko lilibe."
  
  Drake adatsinzina maso koma adagwira lilime lake. Simungapindule kalikonse potsutsa. Zikangopangitsa kuti mnzakeyo asokonezeke kwambiri. Apanso ankavutika kumvetsa Hayden. Kodi kunali kusuliza kwake kumene anampeza kumene? Kodi iye anaganizira za Ben mwamsanga, kapena anaganizira mwanzeru za boma lake?
  
  Mulimonse mmene zinalili, yankho linali lofanana. Dikirani.
  
  Drake anasintha nkhani. Analasanso wina pafupi ndi mtima wa Ben. "Amayi ndi abambo anu ali bwanji?" - anafunsa mosamala. "Kodi akhazikika kale?"
  
  Ben anapumira mopweteka. "Ayi, bwanawe. Pa foni yomaliza anamutchula, koma ndinamuuza kuti wapeza ntchito ina. Zithandiza, Matt, koma osati kwanthawi yayitali. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa". Drake adayang'ana Wells ndi Hayden. "Monga atsogoleri pano, nonse muyenera kuthandiza." Ndiyeno, mosayembekezera yankho, iye anati: "Kodi nkhani za Heidi ndi Maso a Odin zinali zotani?"
  
  Ben anapukusa mutu monyansidwa. "Zambiri," anadandaula motero. "Pali tizidutswa paliponse. Apa - mverani izi: kuti amwe kuchokera ku Chitsime cha Mimir - Kasupe wa Nzeru ku Valhalla - aliyense ayenera kupereka nsembe yofunikira. Wina anataya maso ake, kusonyeza kufunitsitsa kwake kupeza chidziŵitso chokhudza zochitika zamakono ndi zamtsogolo. Atamwa, anadziwiratu ziyeso zonse zimene zidzakhudza anthu ndi Milungu mpaka muyaya. Mimir anavomereza Maso a Odin, ndipo akhala pamenepo kuyambira pamenepo, chizindikiro chakuti ngakhale Mulungu ayenera kulipira kaamba ka chithunzithunzi cha nzeru zapamwamba."
  
  "Chabwino," Drake adayankha. "Zinthu zanthawi zonse zakale, huh?"
  
  "Chabwino. Koma umo ndi momwe ziliri. The Poetic Edda, the Saga of Flenrich, ndi ina imene ndinaimasulira kuti "The Many Paths of Heidi." Iwo amafotokoza zimene zinachitika, koma musatiuze kumene Maso ali tsopano.
  
  "Ku Valhalla," Kennedy adachita mantha.
  
  "Ndi liwu lachi Norway la Kumwamba."
  
  "Ndiye sindidzakhala ndi mwayi wowapeza."
  
  Drake anaganiza bwino. "Ndipo palibenso china? Yesu, bwanawe, ichi ndi chidutswa chomaliza!"
  
  "Ndinatsatira ulendo wa Heidi-maulendo ake. Amayendera malo amene timawadziwa kenako n"kubwerera kwawo. Iyi si Playstation, mnzanu. Palibe zotsatira, palibe zobisika, palibe njira zina, zilch. "
  
  Kennedy adakhala pansi pafupi ndi Ben ndikuponya tsitsi lake. "Kodi akhoza kuika zidutswa ziwiri pamalo amodzi?"
  
  "Ndizotheka, koma sizingagwirizane ndi zomwe tikudziwa pakadali pano. Mfundo zina zimene zinatsatira m"zaka zonsezo zinasonyeza kachidutswa kamodzi pamalo alionse."
  
  "Ndiye ukunena kuti ichi ndi chidziwitso chathu?"
  
  "Mfungulo iyenera kukhala Valhalla," adatero Drake mwachangu. "Awa ndi mawu okhawo amene akusonyeza malo. Ndipo ndikukumbukira kuti mudanenapo kale za Heidi kuuza Odin kuti amadziwa komwe maso ake adabisika chifukwa adapereka zinsinsi zake zonse pomwe adapachikidwa pamtanda.
  
  "Mtengo," - nthawi imeneyo Thorsten Dahl adalowa m'chipindamo. Mswedeyo ankawoneka wotopa kwambiri, wotopa kwambiri ndi ntchito yake yoyang"anira kusiyana ndi yakuthupi. "Mmodzi adapachikidwa pa World Tree."
  
  "Oops," Drake adadandaula. "Nkhani yomweyi. Ndi khofi?"
  
  "Macadamia," Dahl adawoneka wopusa. "Zabwino kwambiri ku Hawaii ziyenera kupereka."
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti ndi sipamu," Kennedy adatero, akuwonetsa kudzichepetsa kwake kwa New Yorker.
  
  "Spam imakondedwa kwambiri ku Hawaii," adavomereza Dahl. Koma khofi amalamulira chilichonse. Ndipo mtedza wa Kona makadamia ndi mfumu."
  
  "Ndiye mukunena kuti Heidi ankadziwa kumene Valhalla anali?" Hayden adayesetsa momwe angathere kuti awoneke osokonezeka kuposa kukayikira pamene Drake adapempha wina kuti awabweretsere khofi wochulukirapo.
  
  "Inde, koma Heidi anali munthu. Osati Mulungu. Ndiye chimene akanakumana nacho chikanakhala paradaiso wapadziko lapansi?"
  
  "Pepani, bambo," Kennedy adaseka. "Vegas sinakhazikitsidwe mpaka 1905."
  
  "Ku Norway." Drake anawonjezera, kuyesera kuti asamwetulire.
  
  Kenako panakhala chete. Drake adawona Ben akuwunika zonse zomwe adaphunzira mpaka pano. Kennedy anagwedeza milomo yake. Hayden adalandira thireyi ya makapu a khofi. Wells anali atapuma kale pakona, akunamizira kugona. Drake anakumbukira mawu ake ochititsa chidwi - ndiyenera kukuwuzani chinachake. Zomwe zili mu Meyi.
  
  Padzakhala nthawi ya izi pambuyo pake, ngati sichoncho.
  
  Ben anaseka ndikupukusa mutu. "Ndizosavuta. Mulungu, ndi zophweka kwambiri. Kumwamba kwa munthu ndi kwawo."
  
  "Ndichoncho. Malo amene ankakhala. Mudzi wake. Kanyumba kake, "adatsimikizira Drake. "Maganizo anganso."
  
  "Chitsime cha Mimir chili mkati mwa mudzi wa Heidi!" Kennedy anayang'ana pozungulira, chisangalalo chikuwala m'maso mwake, kenako akusewera Drake ndi nkhonya yake. "Sizoyipa kwa mwana wakhanda."
  
  "Ndakula ubongo weniweni kuyambira nditasiya." Drake adawona Wells akunjenjemera pang'ono. "Kusuntha kwabwino kwambiri kwa moyo wanga."
  
  Thorsten Dahl adadzuka. "Kenako kupita ku Sweden gawo lomaliza." Anaoneka wosangalala kubwerera kwawo. "Umm ... nyumba ya Heidi inali kuti?"
  
  "Ostergotland," Ben anatero mosayang'ana. "Komanso kunyumba ya Beowulf ndi Grendel ndi malo omwe amalankhulabe za zilombo zomwe zimayendayenda m'maiko usiku."
  
  
  30
  
  
  
  LA VEREIN, GERMANY
  
  
  La Veraine, Party Castle, inali kumwera kwa Munich, pafupi ndi malire a Bavaria.
  
  Monga linga, linaima chapakati pa phiri lofatsa, makoma ake osongoka ndipo anali ndi mivi m"malo osiyanasiyana. Nyumba zosanja zozungulira zomwe zikukwera mbali zonse za zipata zokhotakhota komanso msewu waukulu wodutsamo magalimoto okwera mtengo amalola magalimoto okwera mtengo kuti awonekere ndikuwonetsa zomwe akwaniritsa posachedwa pomwe paparazzi wosankhidwa ndi manja adagwada pansi kuti awajambula.
  
  Abel Frey adatsogolera phwandolo mmodzimmodzi, akuyamikira alendo angapo ofunika kwambiri ndikuonetsetsa kuti zitsanzo zake zikuyenda monga momwe amayembekezera. Kutsina apa, kung'ung'udza pamenepo, ngakhale nthabwala za apa ndi apo zidapangitsa kuti onse akwaniritse zomwe iye amayembekezera.
  
  M"zipinda zodyeramo payekha, iye ananamizira kuti sanaone othamanga achizunguwo atayala pa matebulo agalasi ofika m"mawondo, akuluakulu akuwerama ndi maudzu m"mphuno mwawo. Zitsanzo ndi atsikana otchuka ochita masewero ovala ngati zidole za satin, silika ndi lace. Mnofu wa pinki, ukubuula ndi fungo lokoma la chilakolako. Mapanelo a plasma a inchi makumi asanu owonetsa MTV ndi zolaula zolimba.
  
  Chateau idadzadza ndi nyimbo zaposachedwa, Slash ndi Fergie akuimba 'Beautiful Dangerous' pa siteji kutali ndi malo osokonekera - nyimbo zoyimba za rock zikupuma moyo wochulukirapo kuphwando la Frey lomwe linali lamphamvu kale.
  
  Wopanga mafashoni adachoka, osadziwika ndi aliyense, ndipo adakwera masitepe akuluakulu kupita ku phiko labata la nyumbayi. Ulendo winanso ndi alonda ake anali atatseka chitseko chotetezedwa kumbuyo kwake, chotheka kupyolera mu kuphatikiza makiyi ndi kuzindikira mawu. Analowa m"chipinda chodzaza ndi zipangizo zoyankhulirana komanso ma TV odziwika bwino kwambiri.
  
  Mmodzi mwa mafani ake odalirika adati: "Panthawi yake, bwana. Alicia Miles akulankhula pa foni ya satellite."
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri, Hudson. Ndi encrypted?"
  
  "Zowona, bwana."
  
  Frey adavomereza chipangizocho, akugwedeza milomo yake ndikukakamizika kubweretsa pakamwa pake pafupi ndi malo omwe laki wake anali atapopera kale malovu.
  
  "Miles, izi ndizabwinoko. Ndili ndi nyumba yodzaza ndi alendo oti ndiwasamalire." Bodza lonena za zinthu zabwino silinaoneke ngati longopeka kwa iye. Zinali zimene anthuwa sankafunikira kumva.
  
  "Bonasi yoyenera, ndinganene," kamvekedwe kachingerezi koyikidwa bwino kamamveka ngati chipwirikiti. "Ndili ndi adilesi ya intaneti ndi mawu achinsinsi oti ndifufuze Parnevik."
  
  "Zonse ndi gawo la mgwirizano, Miles. Ndipo mukudziwa kale kuti pali njira imodzi yokha yopezera bonasi. "
  
  "Milo alipo?" Tsopano kamvekedwe kakusintha. Wodula khosi. Naughter...
  
  "Ine ndekha ndi fan wanga wabwino kwambiri."
  
  "Mmm... Muitaneninso ngati mukufuna," mawu ake anasintha. "Koma mwatsoka ndiyenera kuchita changu. Lowani ku www.locatethepro.co.uk ndipo lowetsani mawu achinsinsi m'malemba ochepa: bonusmyles007,"lol. "Ndikuganiza kuti mungayamikire, Frey. Mtundu wokhazikika wa tracker uyenera kuwonekera. Parnevik adakonzedwa ngati wachinayi. Uyenera kumulondola kulikonse. "
  
  Abel Frey adapereka moni mwakachetechete. Alicia Miles anali wothandiza kwambiri yemwe adagwiritsapo ntchito. "Chabwino, Miles. Pamene maso anu akulamulidwa, inu mudzakhala mutachoka pa leash. Kenako bwererani kwa ife ndi kubweretsa zidutswa za anthu aku Canada. Kenako tidzakambirana. "...
  
  Mzerewo unafa. Frey adayika foni yake ya m'manja, wokondwa pakadali pano. "Chabwino, Hudson," adatero. "Yatsani galimoto. Tumizani aliyense ku Ostergotland nthawi yomweyo. Chigawo chomaliza chinali chomwe angachipeze, monganso zigawo zina zonse ngati zidasewera bwino masewera omaliza. "Milo akudziwa zoyenera kuchita."
  
  Anaphunzira mndandanda wa zowunikira pa TV.
  
  "Ndani mwa iwo yemwe ali Mndende 6 - Karin Blake?"
  
  Hudson anakanda ndevu zake zosaoneka bwino asanaweyule. Frey adatsamira patsogolo kuti aphunzire msungwana wa blonde atakhala pakati pa bedi lake, miyendo yake idakwera mpaka pachibwano chake,
  
  Kapena, makamaka, atakhala pabedi la Frey. Ndikudya chakudya cha Frey m'nyumba yotsekedwa ndi yotetezedwa yomwe Frey adalamula. Kugwiritsa ntchito magetsi omwe Frey adalipira.
  
  Pabondo pali unyolo womwe adapanga.
  
  Tsopano iye anali wake.
  
  "Nthawi yomweyo tumizani vidiyoyi m"chipinda changa pa sikirini yaikulu. Kenako auzeni ophikawo kuti apereke chakudya kumeneko. Mphindi khumi zitatha izi, ndikufuna katswiri wanga wa masewera a karati. " Anaima kaye, kuganiza.
  
  "Ken?"
  
  "Inde, yemweyo. Ndikufuna apite kumeneko kuti akatenge nsapato zake. Palibe china pakadali pano. Ndikufuna kuti kuzunzika m'maganizo kukhale motalika mokoma mpaka izi zitaphwanyidwa. Ndidikirira tsiku limodzi ndiyeno ndimubweretsere china chake chofunikira kwambiri. "
  
  "Ndipo mkaidi 7?"
  
  "Wokondedwa Mulungu, Hudson, muchitireni zabwino, monga momwe mungachitire. Zabwino koposa zonse. Nthawi yake yoti atigonjetse yayandikira. "...
  
  
  30 CHIMODZI
  
  
  
  AIRSPACE PA SWEDEN
  
  
  Ndege idapendekeka. Kennedy Moore adadzuka ndikuyamba, adamasuka kuti adadzutsidwa ndi chipwirikiticho, tsiku latsopano litathamangitsa Chaser wake Wamdima.
  
  Kalebe analipo m"maloto ake monga mmene analili m"dziko lenileni, koma usiku anapha Kalebe mobwerezabwereza mwa kukankhira mphemvu zamoyo kukhosi kwake mpaka anatsamwitsidwa ndipo anakakamizika kutafuna ndi kumeza, kusakhulupirika kwake kokhako kozunzika ndi mantha aakulu m"maso mwake. , mosalekeza mpaka kuwala komaliza kunazima.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi anadzutsidwa ndi kung'ambika pansi pa mimba ya gehena, iye anayang'ana mozungulira nyumbayo ndi maso achipongwe. Kunali chete; anthu wamba ndi asilikali anali kuwodzera kapena kulankhula mwakachetechete. Ngakhale Ben Blake adagona atagwira laputopu yake, mizere yodetsa nkhawa sinasinthidwe ndi tulo komanso momvetsa chisoni nkhope yake yachibwana.
  
  Kenako adamuwona Drake ndipo amamuyang'ana. Tsopano nkhawa zake zidangowonjezera nkhope yake yomwe inali itagunda kale. Kuwona mtima kwake ndi kudzikonda kwake zinali zoonekeratu, zosatheka kubisala, koma ululu wobisika kumbuyo kwake unamupangitsa iye kufuna kumutonthoza ... usiku wonse.
  
  Anamwetulira yekha. Zambiri za miyala ya dinosaur. Nthawi ya Drake inali yosangalatsa kwambiri. Mphindi inadutsa asanazindikire kuti kumwetulira kwake kwamkati mwina kudafika m'maso mwake, chifukwa adamwetuliranso.
  
  Ndiyeno, kwa nthawi yoyamba m"zaka zonse chichokereni ku Academy, adanong"oneza bondo kuti kuyitana kwake kumamufuna kuti awononge umunthu wake. Ankalakalaka akanadziwa kukongoletsa tsitsi lake motero. Amalakalaka akadakhala Selma Blair pang'ono komanso wocheperako Sandra Bullock.
  
  Nditanena zonsezi, zinali zoonekeratu kuti Drake amamukonda.
  
  Anamwetuliranso, koma panthawiyo ndegeyo idapendekekanso ndipo aliyense adadzuka. Woyendetsa ndegeyo analengeza kuti anyamuka ulendo wa ola limodzi kuchokera kumene ankapita. Ben adadzuka ndikuyenda ngati zombie kukatenga khofi wa Kona wotsala. Thorsten Dahl anayimirira ndikuyang'ana pozungulira.
  
  "Nthawi yoyatsa radar yolowera pansi," adatero ndikumwetulira.
  
  Anawatumiza kuti akawuluke pa Östergotland, akulunjika kumadera kumene Pulofesa Parnevik ndi Ben ankakhulupirira kuti mudzi wa Heidi udzakhala. Pulofesa wosaukayo adamva ululu kuchokera ku nsonga yodulidwa ya chala chake ndipo adadabwa kwambiri ndi momwe womuzunzayo analili wopanda chifundo, koma anali wokondwa ngati mwana wagalu pamene adawauza za mapu olembedwa pa Chishango cha Odin.
  
  Njira yopita ku Ragnarok.
  
  Mwinamwake.
  
  Mpaka pano palibe amene wakwanitsa kumasulira. Kodi uku kunali kusokera kwinanso kwa Alicia Miles ndi gulu lake losokonezeka?
  
  Ndegeyo itadutsa m'mphepete mwa Dahl, adaloza chithunzi chomwe chinawonekera pawailesi yakanema ya ndegeyo. Radar yolowera pansi idatumiza mafunde a wailesi pansi. Ikagunda chinthu chokwiriridwa, malire, kapena chopanda kanthu, imawonetsa chithunzi mu chizindikiro chake chobwerera. Poyamba zimakhala zovuta kuzizindikira, koma ndi chidziwitso zimakhala zosavuta.
  
  Kennedy adapukusa mutu kwa Dahl. "Kodi gulu lankhondo laku Sweden lili ndi chilichonse?"
  
  "Zinthu zamtunduwu ndizofunikira," Dahl adamuuza mozama. "Tili ndi makina osakanizidwa omwe amazindikira migodi ndi mapaipi obisika. Tekinoloje yapamwamba kwambiri. "
  
  M'bandakucha kunacha, kenaka kunathamangitsidwa ndi mitambo yotuwa yotuwa pamene Parnevik anali kulira. "Pano! Chithunzichi chikuwoneka ngati malo akale a Viking. Kodi mukuwona mkombero wakunja wozungulira - awa ndi makoma oteteza - ndi zinthu zamakona anayi mkati mwake? Izi ndi nyumba zazing'ono."
  
  "Choncho, tiyeni tidziwe nyumba yaikulu kwambiri..." Ben anayamba mwachangu.
  
  "Ayi," adatero Parnevik. "Iyi iyenera kukhala nyumba yayitali ya anthu wamba - malo osonkhanira kapena phwando. Heidi, akanakhala kuti ali kuno, akanakhala ndi nyumba yachiwiri yaikulu."
  
  Pamene ndegeyo inkatsika pang"onopang"ono, zithunzi zomveka bwino zinaonekera. Posakhalitsa kukhazikikako kunadziwika bwino mamita angapo pansi pa nthaka, ndipo nyumba yachiwiri yaikulu posakhalitsa inawonekera.
  
  "Waona izi," Dahl analoza ku mtundu wozama kwambiri, wofowoka kwambiri moti sungathe kuzindikirika pokhapokha ngati wina akuufunafuna. Izi zikutanthauza kuti pali malo, ndipo ili pansi pa nyumba ya Heidi. "Damn," iye anatero, akutembenuka. "Anamanga nyumba yake pamwamba pa chitsime cha Mimir!"
  
  
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  OSTERGOTLAND, SWEDEN
  
  
  Atakhala pansi ndipo atayenda makilomita angapo kudutsa m'madambo, Dahl analamula kuti ayime. Drake adayang'ana pozungulira zomwe amangofotokoza, mu mzimu watsopano wa Dino-Rock iye ndi Kennedy adagawana nawo, gulu la motley. A Sweden ndi SGG adayimiridwa ndi Thorsten Dahl ndi amuna ake atatu, SAS ndi Wells ndi asilikali khumi. Mmodzi adasiyidwa ku Hawaii, atavulala. Delta Team idachepetsedwa kukhala anthu asanu ndi mmodzi; ndiye panali Ben, Parnevik, Kennedy ndi iyemwini. Hayden anakhala ndi ndege.
  
  Panalibe ngakhale mmodzi mwa iwo amene sanavutike ndi zovuta za ntchito yawo. Mfundo yakuti ndegeyo inali kuyembekezera, yodzaza ndi zida zonse, ndi Zithunzi zomwe zili m'bwalo, zokonzeka kuwatengera kulikonse padziko lapansi, zimangowonjezera kutsindika kuopsa kwa vutoli.
  
  "Ngati zithandiza," adatero Dahl pamene aliyense adamuyang'ana mwachidwi, "sindikuwona momwe angatipezere nthawi ino," adatero. "Yambani pogwiritsa ntchito zophulika zopepuka kuti muchotse mapazi pang'ono, ndiye nthawi yoti mutenge."
  
  "Samalani," Parnevik adapotoza manja ake. "Sitikufuna kugwa."
  
  "Osadandaula," adatero Dahl mokondwera. "Pakati pa magulu osiyanasiyana pano, ndikuganiza kuti tili ndi gulu lodziwa zambiri, Pulofesa."
  
  Panali kuseka koopsa. Drake adafufuza malo awo. Anakhazikitsa malo otalikirapo, kusiya amuna pamwamba pa mapiri angapo omwe anazungulira malo pamene zida zodutsa pansi zinkasonyeza kuti nyumba yakale ya alonda inalipo kale. Zikadakhala zabwino zokwanira ma Vikings ndi onse ...
  
  Zigwazo zinali zaudzu komanso zabata, kamphepo kayeziyezi kamene kanakantha mitengo yomwe inamera chakum"mawa kwa malo awo. Inayamba kudontha pang'ono kenako inasiya isanayesenso.
  
  Foni ya Ben inalira. Maso ake adayang'ana mwachipongwe. "Abambo? Otanganidwa basi. Ndikuyitanani kumbuyo kumbuyo. " Anatseka chipangizocho, kuyang'ana Drake. "Ndilibe nthawi," anadandaula. "Iwo akudziwa kale kuti chinachake chikuchitika, sadziwa chomwe chiri."
  
  Drake adagwedeza mutu ndikuwona kuphulika koyamba popanda kunjenjemera. Udzu, turf ndi dothi zinawulukira mumlengalenga. Izi zinatsatiridwa nthawi yomweyo ndi kumenya kwina kozama pang'ono, ndipo mtambo wachiwiri unanyamuka pansi.
  
  Amuna angapo anabwera akubingula, atanyamula mafosholo atanyamula zida. Chochitika cha Surreal.
  
  "Samalani," anatero Parnevik. "Sitikufuna kuti aliyense anyowe mapazi." Anaseka ngati kuti chinali nthabwala yaikulu kwambiri m'mbiri yonse.
  
  Chithunzi chowoneka bwino kwambiri chinawonetsa dzenje pansi pa nyumba yayitali ya Heidi lomwe limalowera kuphanga lalikulu. Mwachionekere panali zambiri osati chitsime chokha chomwe chinali pamenepo, ndipo gululo linalakwitsa kusamala. Zinatenganso ola lina lakufukula mosamalitsa ndi kupuma kangapo pamene Parnevik analira ndikuphunzira zinthu zakale zomwe zinafukulidwazo zisanazimiririke mumpweya wochepa thupi.
  
  Drake adagwiritsa ntchito nthawiyi kukonza malingaliro ake. Mpaka pano, iye ankaona ngati anali atakwera pagalimoto popanda mabuleki. Ngakhale zitatha zaka zonsezi, anali atazolowera kutsatira malamulo kuposa kupanga mapulani, motero amafunikira nthawi yochulukirapo yoganiza kuposa, kunena, Ben Blake. Iye ankadziwa zinthu ziwiri motsimikizirika-zinali m"mbuyo nthawi zonse, ndipo adani awo anawakakamiza kuchitapo kanthu pa zochitika m"malo mozilenga; mosakayika izi ndi zotsatira zakuti adalowa mpikisanowu kumbuyo kwa adani awo.
  
  Tsopano ndi nthawi yoti muyambe kupambana mpikisanowu. Ndiponso, iwo anawoneka kukhala gulu lokhalo lodzipereka kupulumutsa dziko m"malo moliika pangozi.
  
  Ndiye mumakhulupirira nkhani za mizimu?
  
  Ayi, anayankha chimodzimodzi ndi nthawiyo. Koma ndimakhulupirira nkhani zoopsa ...
  
  Pantchito yake yomaliza monga membala wa SRT yachinsinsi, gawo lapadera la SAS, iye ndi mamembala ena atatu a gulu lake, kuphatikiza Alicia Miles, adapunthwa pamudzi wakutali ku Northern Iraq, okhalamo akuzunzidwa ndikuphedwa. Kungoganiza zodziwikiratu, zomwe amafufuza ... zinali kupeza asitikali aku Britain ndi France adakali m'mavuto akuwafunsa.
  
  Zomwe zidatsatira zidadetsa masiku ena onse a Matt Drake Padziko Lapansi. Atachita khungu chifukwa cha ukali, iye ndi anzake aŵiri a m"timuyo anasiya kuzunzidwako.
  
  Chochitika china cha 'moto waubwenzi' pakati pa ambiri.
  
  Alicia Miles anayimirira ndikuyang'ana, osadetsedwa ndi zovuta zilizonse mwanjira ina. Iye sanathe kuletsa kuzunzidwako, ndipo sanathe kuletsa imfa ya ozunzawo. Koma iye anatsatira malangizo a mkulu wake.
  
  Matt Drake.
  
  Zitatha izi, moyo wa msilikaliyo unatha kwa iye, maubwenzi onse achikondi omwe amamuthandizira anasweka. Koma kusiya utumikiwo sikunatanthauze kuti zikumbukirozo zinazimiririka. Mkazi wake anamudzutsa usiku ndi usiku ndipo kenako anatuluka pabedi lake lonyowa ndi thukuta, akulira pansi pamene iye anakana kuulula.
  
  Tsopano anaona Kennedy ataima moyang"anizana naye, akumwetulira ngati ali m"ndege. Tsitsi lake linalendewera mwachisawawa ndipo nkhope yake inakhala yachisangalalo ndi yoipa ndi kumwetulira kwake. Maso apakati ndi thupi la Victoria Secret lophatikizidwa ndi kukongoletsa kwa aphunzitsi ndi kuletsa bizinesi. Zosakanikirana ndithu.
  
  Anabwebweta bwezi. Thorsten Dahl anafuula kuti: "Pitirizani kuŵerenga! Tikufuna chiwongolero cha a Descendants."
  
  Ben atamufunsa kuti Descender ndi chani anangoseka. "Momwemo kuchokera ku nthano yaku Hollywood, bwenzi langa. Mukukumbukira mmene mbala inalumpha kuchokera m"nyumba ndipo kulumpha kwake kunasinthidwa kukhala millimeter kusanathe kugwa kwake? Chabwino, Blue Diamond Lander ndi chipangizo chomwe amagwiritsa ntchito. "
  
  "Kuzizira".
  
  Drake adawona Mtsogoleri wake wakale akuyenda pang'onopang'ono natenga botolo la khofi lomwe adapatsidwa. Macheza awa akhala nthawi yayitali. Drake ankafuna kuthetsa.
  
  "Amayi?" Anafunsa mokhomerera milomo yake pansi kuti asamve funso lake.
  
  "Mhm?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Tangondiuza".
  
  "Ubwino wachisomo, bwanawe, pambuyo posowa zambiri zomwe umapereka zokhudzana ndi zomwe umakonda, sindingathe kudalira kupereka zaulere tsopano, ndingathe?"
  
  Drake sakanachitira mwina koma kuletsa kumwetulira. "Ndiwe mdala wonyansa, ukudziwa?"
  
  "Izi ndizomwe zimandipangitsa kukhala pamwamba pamasewera anga. Tsopano ndifotokozereni nkhani kuchokera ku umodzi wa ntchito zake zachinsinsi-uliyonse wa iwo."
  
  "Chabwino ... Ndikhoza kuwomba mwayi wanu pano ndikukupatsani zinazake," adatero Drake. "Kapena mutha kudikirira mpaka zonsezi zitatha ndikukupatsani golide ... mumamudziwa yekhayo."
  
  "Tokyo Cos-con?"
  
  "Tokyo Cos-con. Pamene Mai anabisala pamsonkhano waukulu kwambiri wa cosplay ku Japan kuti alowetse ndi kugwira gulu la Fuchu Triad lomwe linali kuyendetsa malonda a zolaula panthawiyo.
  
  Wells ankawoneka ngati watsala pang'ono kugwidwa ndi khunyu. "Yesu, Drake. Ndiwe chitsiru. Chabwino, koma ndikhulupirireni, muli ndi ngongole kwa ine tsopano, "adapumira. "Ajapani adangomukoka ku Hong Kong, mosadziwika bwino, popanda chenjezo, ndikuwononga chivundikiro chomwe wakhala akumanga kwa zaka ziwiri."
  
  Drake adamupatsa mawonekedwe otseguka, osakhulupirira. "Nonse".
  
  "Mawu anganso."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Komanso funso langa lotsatira. Koma, Drake, sichoncho?
  
  Drake anaganiza za izo. "Kungoti ndiye wabwino koposa omwe ali nawo. Zabwino kwambiri zomwe akhala nazo. Ndipo ayenera kukhala osimidwa nazo."
  
  "Takhala tikuyimbira foni kuchokera ku Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ndi Prime Minister kwa pafupifupi maola khumi ndi asanu tsopano, monga a Yankees. Avomera chilichonse kwa ife - adamutumiza kuti akafufuze La Veraine chifukwa ndi njira yokhayo yomwe apeza ku chisokonezo ichi chomwe chafika kale kukhala chochitika chachikulu kwambiri padziko lapansi pano. Kwangotsala maola ochepa kuti tikakamizidwe kuulula kwa iwo."
  
  Drake anakwinya nkhope. "Kodi pali chifukwa chilichonse chosaulula pompano? Kungakhale kugula kwabwino kwambiri. "
  
  "Ndikuvomereza, mnzanga, koma maboma ndi maboma, ndipo kaya dziko lili pachiwopsezo kapena ayi, amakonda kusewera masewera awo aang'ono, sichoncho?"
  
  Drake adaloza dzenje lomwe linali pansi. "Zikuoneka kuti akonzeka."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Kutsika kwa Drake kudayikidwa pa 126 mapazi. Kachipangizo kotchedwa muzzle kumasula msanga anaikidwa m"manja mwake ndipo anapatsidwa chikwama. Anakoka chipewa cha ozimitsa moto chomwe chili ndi tochi m"mutu mwake n"kusesa chikwama chake. Tochi yayikulu, thanki ya okosijeni, chida, chakudya, madzi, wailesi, chithandizo choyamba - zonse zomwe amafunikira pakugwetsa. Anakoka magolovesi olemera kwambiri n"kuyenda m"mphepete mwa dzenjelo.
  
  "Geronimo?" adafunsa Kennedy, yemwe adakhalabe pamwamba ndi Ben ndi Pulofesa, kuti athandizire kuyang'anira kuzungulira kwawo.
  
  "Kapena gwira akakolo ako, tulutsa matako ako ndikuyembekeza," adatero.
  
  Drake adamuseka moyipa, "Tibweranso pambuyo pake," adatero ndikulumphira mumdima.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo adamva chowombera cha diamondi chofiira. Liwiro la kugwa kwake linachepa pamene ankagwa, ndipo gudumu lake laling"ono linkagunda kakhumi pa sekondi imodzi. Makoma a chitsime - mwamwayi tsopano owuma - adawala m'mawonekedwe akaleidoscopic, monga mufilimu yakale yakuda ndi yoyera. Pomaliza kutsikako kudayamba kukwawa pang'onopang'ono, ndipo Drake adamva kuti nsapato zake zikudumpha pang'onopang'ono kuchokera pamwala wolimba. Anafinya mlomo ndikumva kuti chowomberacho chikutuluka pampando wake. Drake adawunikiranso momwe adasinthira kukhala Ascendant asanapite komwe Dal ndi theka la amuna anayi adayimilira.
  
  Pansi pake panagwedezeka mochititsa mantha, koma iye anati chifukwa cha zinyalala zophwanyika.
  
  "Phanga ili ndi laling'ono modabwitsa poyerekeza ndi zomwe tidawona pansi pa radar," adatero Dahl. "Akadatha kuwerengetsa molakwika. Fufukirani ndikuyang'ana ... ngalande ... kapena chinachake chonga icho. "
  
  The Swede anagwedezeka, akuseka ndi umbuli wake. Drake adakonda. Anayenda pang"onopang"ono kuzungulira phangalo, akumaŵerenga makoma osagwirizana ndi kunjenjemera, mosasamala kanthu za chovala chochindikala chimene anapatsidwa. Zikwi za matani a miyala ndi nthaka zinali kukanikiza pansi pa iye, ndipo apa iye anali, kuyesera kulowa mozama. Kwa iye zinkamveka ngati moyo wa msilikali.
  
  Dahl adalumikizana ndi Parnevik kudzera pavidiyo yanjira ziwiri. Pulofesayo anafuula zambiri za 'malingaliro' kotero kuti Dahl anazimitsa phokoso patatha mphindi ziwiri. Asilikaliwo anapondaponda phangalo mpaka mmodzi wa anyamata a ku Delta anakuwa kuti: "Ndili ndi zosema pano. Ngakhale ndi chinthu chaching'ono. "
  
  Dahl adazimitsa foni yapavidiyo. Mawu a Parnevik adamveka momveka bwino, ndipo adayima pamene Dahl adabweretsa foni pakhoma.
  
  "Mukuziwona izi?"
  
  "Ya! Ndi bra! Bra!" Parnevik anataya Chingelezi chifukwa cha chisangalalo. "Walknott ... mmm ... mfundo ya ankhondo ophedwa. Ichi ndi chizindikiro cha Odin, katatu katatu, kapena katatu ka Borromean, chogwirizana ndi lingaliro la imfa yaulemerero pankhondo.
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu. "Ma Vikings Amagazi."
  
  "Chizindikirochi nthaŵi zambiri chimapezeka pa "miyala ya zithunzi" imene imasonyeza imfa za ankhondo amphamvu amene akuyenda pa boti kapena okwera pamahatchi kupita ku Valhalla - ku nyumba yachifumu ya Odin.
  
  "Pepani kukusokonezani, mzanga," anatero munthu wolunjika wa SAS, "koma khoma ili ndi lalitali ngati apongozi anga."
  
  Onse anabwerera m'mbuyo, akuyatsa nyali za zipewa zawo pamalo osakhudzidwa.
  
  "Liyenera kukhala khoma labodza." Mnyamatayo anangotsala pang'ono kukuwa ndi chisangalalo. "Ziyenera kutero!"
  
  "Dikirani," Drake adamva mawu achichepere a Ben. "Imanenanso kuti Valknoth imatchedwanso Death Knot, chizindikiro cha otsatira Odin omwe anali ndi chidwi cha imfa yachiwawa. Ndikukhulupiriradi kuti ili lingakhale chenjezo."
  
  "Bullshit". Drake akuwusa mtima.
  
  "Nali lingaliro, anyamata," lidatero liwu la Kennedy. "Nanga bwanji kuyang'anitsitsa makoma onse. Ngati mutapeza ma Walknotts ambiri, koma mutapeza khoma lopanda kanthu, ndingasankhe iyi. "
  
  "Zosavuta kunena," Drake adadandaula. "Kukhala pamenepo ndi chilichonse."
  
  Iwo anagawanika, kupesa makoma amiyala inchi ndi inchi. Iwo anachotsa fumbi la zaka mazana ambiri, anachotsa ulusi ndi kuchotsa nkhungu. Pambuyo pake, adapeza ma Valknots ena atatu.
  
  "Zabwino," adatero Drake. "Ndi makoma anayi, zinthu zinayi za mfundo. Titani tsopano?"
  
  "Kodi onse ndi ofanana?" - pulofesa anafunsa modabwa.
  
  M'modzi mwa asirikaliwo adawonetsa chithunzi cha Parnevik pakompyuta yamafoni. "Chabwino, sindikudziwa za inu anyamata, koma ndikutsimikiza kuti ndatopa kumumvera. Mswedeyu akanatimaliza kalekale."
  
  "Dikirani," liwu la Ben linatero. "Maso ali pachitsime cha Mimir, osati ..." mawu ake adatayika kumbuyo kwa static, kenako chinsalu chidada. Dahl adachigwedeza, ndikuchitsegula ndikuzimitsa, koma sizinaphule kanthu.
  
  "Zopanda. Kodi ankafuna kunena chiyani?
  
  Drake anali atatsala pang'ono kuganiza pamene vidiyoyo inakhalanso ndi moyo ndipo nkhope ya Ben inadzaza zenera. "Sindikudziwa zomwe zidachitika. Koma mverani - Maso ali pachitsime cha Mimir, osati m'phanga pansi pake. Mukumvetsa?"
  
  "Inde. Ndiye tidawadutsa potsika?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza inde".
  
  "Koma chifukwa chiyani?" Adafunsa mwachidwi Dahl. "Ndiye n"chifukwa chiyani phanga limeneli linalengedwa? Ndipo radar yolowera pansi idawonetsa momveka bwino kuti panali danga lalikulu pansi. Zoonadi, Chigawocho chinayenera kukhala pansi pamenepo. "
  
  "Pokhapokha-" Drake anamva kuzizira koopsa. "Pokhapokha ngati malowa ndi msampha."
  
  Dahl mwadzidzidzi adawoneka wosatsimikiza. "Mwanjira yanji?"
  
  "Kodi danga ili lili pansi pathu? Bwanji ngati liri dzenje lopanda malire?"
  
  Izi zikutanthauza kuti waima pamtsamiro wadongo! Mnyamatayo anakuwa mwamantha. "Msampha! Ikhoza kugwa nthawi iliyonse. Chokani mmenemo tsopano!"
  
  Iwo anayang'anizana kwa mphindi imodzi yosatha ya imfa yomvetsa chisoni. Onse ankafuna kukhala ndi moyo woipa kwambiri. Ndiyeno zonse zinasintha. Chimene kale chinali chong'ambika pansi pa konkire tsopano chinali chophwanyika cholimba. Kung'ambika kwachilendo kumeneku sikunali kusuntha kwa mwala, koma chifukwa chakuti pansi pamakhala kung'ambika pang'onopang'ono kuchokera kumapeto mpaka kumapeto.
  
  Ndi dzenje losatha pansi pawo....
  
  Amuna asanu ndi mmodzi aja anadzudzula mokwiya a Ascendants awiriwo. Atafika kumeneko, adakali moyo, Dahl anafuula kuti abwezeretse mtendere.
  
  "Awiri inu muzipita kaye. Kwa Mulungu, khala wankhanza. "
  
  "Ndipo pamene mukukwera," anatero Parnevik, "khalani tcheru makamaka ndi malo okhala. Sitikufuna kuphonya chojambulacho. "
  
  "Usakhale chitsiru, Parnevik." Dahl anali ndi nkhawa kwambiri. Drake anali asanamuwonepo chonchi. "Awiri otsiriza a ife tiyang'ana pamene tikupita," adatero, akuyang'anitsitsa Drake. "Ndi iwe ndi ine".
  
  Foni yavidiyoyo inaliranso ndikuzimitsa. Dahl adazigwedeza ngati akufuna kumupha. "Onyozedwa ndi a Yankees, mosakayikira."
  
  Zinatenga mphindi zingapo zoyambirira kuti zifike pamtunda. Kenako atatu ena awiri awiri. Drake anaganiza za zinthu zonse zimene zingachitike m"mphindi zisanu ndi chimodzi-zofunika za moyo wonse, kapena kusakhalapo konse. Kwa iye chinali chomaliza. Palibe chilichonse koma kung'ung'udza kwa dongo, kubuula kwa mwala wosuntha, kungoyenda mwangozi, kusankha kumupatsa mphoto ya moyo kapena imfa.
  
  Pansi pansi pa chizindikiro choyamba chimene anapeza chinali chitagwa. Panalibe chenjezo; ngati kuti pansi padangosiya mzimu ndikugwa mkuiwalika. Drake adakwera mpaka pachitsime momwe angathere. Inali m"mbali mwake m"malo mokhala pansi pa phanga losalimba. Dahl anakumbatira mbali ina ya chitsime, atagwira chidutswa cha twine wobiriwira ndi manja onse awiri, mphete pa chala chake chaukwati kuwonetsa nyali pa chisoti cha Drake.
  
  Drake anayang'ana m'mwamba, kufunafuna zingwe zolimba zomwe angagwiritsire ntchito pamahatchi awo. Kenako adamva Dahl akufuula kuti: "Shit!" ndipo ndinayang'ana pansi mu nthawi yake kuti ndiwone kanemafoniyo ikuzungulira kuchokera kumapeto mpaka kumapeto mukuyenda pang'onopang'ono koyipa isanagwe ndikuphwanyidwa mpaka kuphanga.
  
  Kufooka, hard drive idasiya, kugwera mu dzenje lakuda ngati maloto akale a Drake oyambitsa banja. Mphepo yamkuntho inadza kwa iwo, ndikutulutsa mpweya wamphepo wodzaza ndi mdima wosaneneka kuchokera pamalo pomwe akhunguwo adabisala ndikuwuluka.
  
  Ndipo, poyang'ana pansi mu phompho la mthunzi wopanda dzina, Drake adapezanso chikhulupiriro chake chaubwana cha zilombo.
  
  Kunamveka kaphokoso kakang'ono, ndipo chingwe chinatsika kuchokera pamwamba, chikukupizika. Drake adachigwira moyamikira ndikuchiphatikizira ku zida zake. Dahl anachitanso chimodzimodzi, akuwoneka ngati oyera, ndipo onse awiri adakanikiza mabatani awo.
  
  Drake adawona altimeter. Anaphunzira theka la chitsime chake pamene Dahl anakopera mbali inayo. Kangapo konse anaima n"kuweramira kutsogolo kuti awone bwino, koma nthaŵi zonse sanapeze kalikonse. Mapazi zana anapita, ndiyeno makumi asanu ndi anayi. Drake adasenda manja ake amagazi, koma sanapeze kalikonse. Anayenda, tsopano mamita makumi asanu, kenako Drake adawona kulibe kuwala, mdima womwe unangotenga kuwala komwe adamuponyera.
  
  Gulu lalikulu lamatabwa, lotsekeka m'mphepete, losakhudzidwa ndi chinyezi kapena nkhungu. Drake amatha kuwona zojambulazo pamtunda wake ndipo zidamutengera kanthawi kuti akhazikitse chisoticho molondola.
  
  Koma pamene iye anachita izo ...
  
  Maso. Chithunzi chophiphiritsira cha maso a Odin, chojambulidwa kuchokera kumitengo ndikusiyidwa pano ... ndi ndani?
  
  Ndi Odin mwiniwake? Zaka zikwi zapitazo? Wolemba: Heidi? Kodi zinali zomveka kapena zochepa?
  
  Dahl anayang'ana pansi ali ndi nkhawa. "Kwa tonsefe, Drake, musasiye izi."
  
  
  MAKUMI ATATU ATATU
  
  
  
  OSTERGOTLAND, SWEDEN
  
  
  Drake adatulukira pachitsime cha Mimir, atanyamula piritsi lamatabwa pamwamba ngati chikho. Asanalankhule kalikonse, anam"koka m"chingwe chake n"kuponyedwa pansi.
  
  "Hei, khalani pansi ... "Anayang'ana pansi pa thunthu la makina olota kuchokera ku Hong Kong, imodzi mwa atsopano. Anagudubuzika pang'ono ndikuwona asilikali akufa ndi akufa atagona pa udzu - Delta, SGG, SAS - ndipo kumbuyo kwawo Kennedy, atagwada ndi mfuti pamutu pake.
  
  Anaona Ben akukakamizika kuyimilira mokhomedwa, manja opanda chifundo a Alicia Miles atagwira khosi lake mwamphamvu. Mtima wa Drake unatsala pang'ono kusweka ataona Ben akugwirabe foni yake m'manja. Ndikakamira mpaka mpweya wanga womaliza ...
  
  "Lolani Brit aime," waku Canada Colby Taylor adabwera ku malo a Drake. "Ayang"ane abwenzi ake akufa-umboni wakuti ndingathe kutenga mbali iliyonse ya iye ndisanamuphe."
  
  Drake adalola moto wankhondo kulowa m'miyendo yake. "Zomwe mukutsimikizira ndizakuti malo ano amachita zomwe akunena m'buku lotsogolera - kuti ndi dziko la zilombo."
  
  "Ndi ndakatulo bwanji," bilioneayo adaseka. "Ndipo ndi zoona. Ndipatseni Maso." Iye anatambasula manja ake ngati kamwana kopempha zambiri. Msilikaliyo adatumiza chithunzi cha maso a Odin. "Chabwino. Ndizokwanira. Ndiye ndege yako ili kuti, Drake? Ndikufuna zidutswa za iwe ndiyeno utuluke mu dzenje loyipali. "
  
  "Simungakwaniritse chilichonse popanda Shield," adatero Drake ... chinthu choyamba chomwe chinabwera m'maganizo mwake. "Kenako zindikirani momwe zimakhalira mapu a Ragnarok."
  
  "Chitsiru," Taylor anaseka monyansidwa. "Chifukwa chokha chomwe tili pano lero osati zaka makumi awiri zapitazo chifukwa Shield idapezeka posachedwa. Ine ndikutsimikiza inu mukudziwa kale izi, ngakhale. Mukufuna kundichedwetsa? Ukuganiza kuti ndizembera ndikukupatsanso mwayi wina? Chabwino, Bambo Drake, ndikuuzeni inu. Iye ..." adaloza Alicia, "sazembera. Iye. . bulu wolimba wagolide, ndi zomwe iye ali!
  
  Drake adawona mnzake wakale akupha Ben mpaka kufa. "Adzakugulitsani kwa ogula kwambiri."
  
  "Ndine wotsatsa malonda kwambiri, ndiwe wathunthu wa zoyipa."
  
  Ndipo mwakufuna kwa Providence, wina adatengerapo mwayi pa nthawiyi kuwombera chipolopolo. Kuwomberako kunamveka mokweza m'nkhalango. M'modzi mwa omenyera ufulu wa Taylor adakomoka ndi diso latsopano lachitatu, kumwalira nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Colby Taylor adawoneka wosakhulupirira kwa sekondi imodzi. Ankawoneka ngati Bryan Adams adangotuluka m'nkhalango ndikuyamba kusewera "Chilimwe cha '69." Maso ake anasanduka mbale. Kenako m'modzi wa alonda ake adamugwera, ndikumugwetsera pansi, kutuluka magazi, kukuwa ndi kuvutikira, kufa. Drake anali pambali pawo nthawi yomweyo pomwe lead inkang'amba mpweya pamwamba pawo.
  
  Zonse zidachitika nthawi imodzi. Kennedy adaponya thupi lake m'mwamba. Pamwamba pa chigaza chake chidalumikizana mwamphamvu ndi chibwano cha mlonda yemwe adamuphimba kotero kuti sanazindikire zomwe zidachitika. Imitsani nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Zipolopolo zambiri zinkawulukira uku ndi uku; ankhondo, ogwidwa poyera, anawonongedwa.
  
  Thorsten Dahl anamasulidwa pamene mercenary anamugwira anataya magawo atatu mwa magawo atatu a mutu wake mpaka kuwombera kwachitatu komwe kunamveka pamfuti. Mkulu wa SGG adayandikira Pulofesa Parnevik ngati nkhanu ndipo adayamba kukokera munthu wokalambayo kupita ku mulu wa tchire.
  
  Lingaliro loyamba la Drake linali lokhudza Ben. Pamene ankakonzekera kubetcherana mwachidwi, kusakhulupirira kunamugwedeza ngati mphamvu yamagetsi yamagetsi ya mawati chikwi. Alicia adamutaya pambali mnyamatayo ndikupitilira Drake. Mwadzidzidzi mfuti inatulukira m"manja mwake; zinalibe kanthu kuti ndi uti. Iye anali wakupha mofanana ndi onse awiri.
  
  Iye anainyamula, kuyang'ana pa izo.
  
  Drake anatambasula manja ake mmbali mwamanyazi. Chifukwa chiyani?
  
  Kumwetulira kwake kunali kosangalatsa, ngati kwa chiwanda chomwe chapeza nyama yomwe sinakhudzidwe m'chipinda chomwe akuganiza kuti chidagwiritsidwa ntchito kalekale.
  
  Adakoka chowombera. Drake anagwedezeka, kuyembekezera kutentha kenako dzanzi kenako kupweteka, koma diso la malingaliro ake linagwira ubongo wake ndipo adawona kuti wasintha cholinga chake panthawi yomaliza ... Taylor. Tisatengere zoopsa.
  
  Asilikali awiri a SAS ndi Delta Marines awiri adapulumuka. A SAS adamugwira Ben ndikumukoka. Zomwe zidatsala ku Delta Team zidakonzekera kubweza moto pamitengo yapafupi.
  
  Kuwombera kwina kunamveka. Mnyamata wa Delta anatembenuka ndikugwa. Winayo anali kukwawira pamimba pake pomwe Wells adagwera, mbali ina ya Chitsime cha Mimir. Thupi la Wells lidagwedezeka pamene waku America adamukoka, umboni wakuti anali moyo.
  
  Mphindi zingapo zotsatira zinadutsa mosokonekera. Alicia adakuwa mokwiya ndikudumpha msilikali waku America uja. Atatembenuka n"kumumenya nkhonya, mayiyo anaima kwa kamphindi.
  
  "Chokani," Drake anamumva akunena. "Ingochokapo."
  
  "Sindidzamusiya munthu uyu."
  
  "Inu Achimereka, ingopumulani," adatero asanatulutse gehena yonse. Wosewera wabwino kwambiri waku America adabwerera m'mbuyo, akupunthwa muudzu wokhuthala, kaye atagwira mkono umodzi kenako adazandima pomwe adathyoka asadawone ndi diso limodzi ndipo pamapeto pake adakomoka osagwedezeka.
  
  Drake adakuwa, akuthamangira kwa Alicia pomwe adamunyamula Wells pafupi ndi kolala.
  
  "Ndinu openga?" - adafuula. "Kodi ndiwe wamisalatu?"
  
  "Alowa m"chitsime," maso a Alicia anali akupha. "Mutha kulowa naye kapena ayi, Drake. Chigamulo chako."
  
  "N"chifukwa chiyani m"dzina la Mulungu? Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Tsiku lina, Drake. Tsiku lina ukapulumuka, udzadziwa."
  
  Drake adakhala kaye kaye kuti apume. Kodi ankatanthauza chiyani? Koma kutaya mtima tsopano kukanakhala kupempha imfa motsimikizirika ngati kuti wadzipha. Anatchula zokumbukira zamaphunziro ake, malingaliro ake, maluso ake onse a SAS. Anamumenya ndi nkhonya yowongoka ya nkhonya, jab, mtanda. Anayankha, kuonetsetsa kuti nthawi zonse amamenya dzanja lake mwamphamvu, koma tsopano anali pafupi kwambiri.
  
  Kumene ankafuna kukhala.
  
  Analoza chala chake pakhosi pake. Anatenga sitepe yakumbali, molunjika mu bondo lake lomwe likukwera, cholinga chake ndikuthyola nthiti zingapo ndikuchepetsa kugwa kwake.
  
  Koma anagudubuzika pakati pa mawondo ake mpaka anayandikana modabwitsa, motalikirana mainchesi, diso ndi diso.
  
  Maso aakulu. Maso odabwitsa.
  
  Iwo anali m'gulu la zilombo zazikulu kwambiri padziko lapansi.
  
  "Ndiwe wofooka ngati khanda, Matt."
  
  Kunong"ona kwake kunaziziritsa mafupa ake pamene anali kupita patsogolo, kutambasula mkono wake, ndi kumuponyera m"mwamba. Anatera chagada, atasowa mpweya. Pasanathe mphindi imodzi, iye anali pamwamba pa iye, mawondo ake akugunda mu plexus yake ya dzuwa, chipumi chake chikugunda yekha, kumupangitsa iye kuwona nyenyezi.
  
  Atayang"ananso m"maso, ananong"oneza kuti, "Gona pansi."
  
  Koma si iye amene anayenera kusankha. Zinali zonse zomwe akanatha kuchita kuti akweze dzanja lake, akugudubuzika kumbali kuti awonere pomwe amakokera zitsime zomwe zili m'mphepete mwa dzenje lopanda malire lotchedwa Mimir's Well.
  
  Drake anakuwa, akulimbana ndi maondo ake. Pochita manyazi ndi kugonja, kudabwa ndi ubwino wochuluka umene adataya kuyambira pamene adalowa mumtundu wa anthu, adangoyang'ana.
  
  Alicia adagubuduza Wells m'mphepete mwa chitsimecho. Mkulu wa SAS sanafuule nkomwe.
  
  Drake adagwedezeka pamene adayimirira, mutu ndi thupi likufuula. Alicia adayandikira Colby Taylor, akadali watsopano komanso wofulumira ngati mwanawankhosa wakumapeto. Drake, ndi nsana wake kwa Ajeremani, ankadziona ngati wopanda chitetezo ngati woyendetsa pabwato lomwe likuyang'anizana ndi mbiri yakale ya Kraken, koma sanagwedezeke.
  
  Alicia adakoka mtembo wa mercenary wakufayo kutali ndi Taylor. Biliyoniyo adayimilira, ali maso, akuyang'ana kuchokera ku Miles kupita ku Drake kupita kumitengo.
  
  Kuchokera kuseri kwa mitengo ikuluikulu yokutidwa ndi chifunga, ziwerengero zinayamba kuwoneka, zofanana ndi mizukwa, zikumva kunyumba m'dziko lodziwika bwinoli. Chinyengocho chinasweka pamene iwo anayandikira mokwanira kuti awone zida zawo.
  
  Drake wayenda kale. Iye ankangoona anthuwo akuyandikira, anadziwa kuti anali a German onga mbawala amene anabwera kudzalanda zofunkha zonse.
  
  Drake adayang'ana modabwa ndi chida chomwe adapambana. Alicia anangogwira bilionea waku Canada uja ndikumufinya mpaka maso adatuluka mmutu mwake. Anamwetulira chifukwa cha kusokonezeka kwake asanamutsogolere kuchitsime cha Mimir ndikutsamira mutu wake m'mphepete.
  
  Drake adazindikira kuti ali ndi zofunika zina. Anasiya kuchitapo kanthu, pogwiritsa ntchito Alicia ndi Taylor ngati chishango. Anafika pachitsambacho n"kupitiriza kuyenda, pang"onopang"ono kukwera kaphiri kena kaudzu.
  
  Alicia analoza mdzenjemo ndikumugwedeza Taylor mpaka anapempha kuti amuchitire chifundo. Kukuwa kwake kunamveka kwa kanthawi, kenako kunasiya. Drake adadzifunsa ngati munthu yemwe adagwa m'dzenje lopanda malire adakuwa mpaka kalekale, ndipo ngati palibe amene adamumva, kodi zidawerengedwadi?
  
  Panthawiyi Milo anali atafika kwa chibwenzi chake. Drake anamumva akunena kuti, "N"chifukwa chiyani unachita zimenezi? Abwana angakonde bulu ameneyu ali moyo."
  
  Ndipo kuyankha kwa Alicia: "Khala chete, Milo. Ndinkayembekezera kukumana ndi Abel Frey. Kodi mwakonzeka kupita?"
  
  Milo anaseka moyipa molunjika pamwamba pa phirilo. "Sitiwamaliza?"
  
  "Usakhale bulu. Adakali ndi zida ndipo akugwira malo okwera. Muli nazo zomwe tabwela?"
  
  "Zigawo zonse zisanu ndi zinayi za Odin zilipo ndipo zimagwira ntchito. Ndege yanu ndi yokazinga!" - adafuula. "Sangalalani usiku padziko lakufa ili!"
  
  Drake adawona pomwe aku Germany akubwerera mosamala. Dziko langotsala pang'ono kufika. Iwo anabwera njira yonseyi ndipo anapereka nsembe zambiri. Anadzigwetsera pansi.
  
  Kungotaya chilichonse kwa Ajeremani pamzere womaliza.
  
  "Inde," Ben adagwira diso lake ndi chisangalalo chosasangalatsa, ngati akuwerenga malingaliro ake. "Monga moyo umatsanzira mpira, huh?"
  
  
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  OSTERGOTLAND, SWEDEN
  
  
  Dzuwa linali litayamba kulowera kumene kunali bwino kwambiri pamene Azungu ndi anzawo a ku America okhawo amene anali kuwathandiza ankakanthira kumalo okwera. Kunkawomba kamphepo kayaziyazi. Kuwunika mwachangu kudawulula kuti m'modzi mwa asitikali a SAS adavulala ndipo Pulofesa Parnevik adachita mantha. Izi sizodabwitsa poganizira zomwe adakumana nazo.
  
  Dahl adalumikizana ndi malo awo kudzera pa foni ya satellite. Thandizo linali pafupi ndi maola awiri.
  
  Drake adadzigwetsa pafupi ndi Ben pomwe adayima m'katchire kakang'ono kamitengo komwe kuli ndi chigwa chowazungulira.
  
  Mawu oyamba a Ben: "Ndikudziwa kuti anthu ena anamwalira, Matt, koma ndikungokhulupirira kuti Karin ndi Hayden ali bwino. Pepani kwambiri.
  
  Drake anachita manyazi kuvomereza kuti anayiwala kuti Hayden adakali ndi ndege. "Osadandaula. Ndi mwachibadwa. Zovutazi ndizabwino kwambiri kwa Karin, zabwinonso kwa Hayden, "adavomereza, atalephera kukongoletsa kwinakwake pamishoni. "Mwadzuka bwanji, bwanawe?"
  
  Ben anatenga foni yake. "Akadali ndi moyo".
  
  "Tachokera patali kwambiri chionetsero cha mafashoni."
  
  "Sindikukumbukiranso," anatero Ben motsimikiza. "Matt, sindikukumbukira momwe moyo wanga unalili izi zisanayambe. Ndipo zakhala kale ... masiku?"
  
  "Ndikhoza kukukumbutsani ngati mukufuna. Frontman of The Wall of Sleep. Kudandaula chifukwa cha Taylor Momson. Foni yam'manja yadzaza. Kubweza ngongole. Ndimakonda Taylor.
  
  "Tataya chilichonse."
  
  "Ayi bodza apa, Ben - sitikadatha kufika pano popanda iwe."
  
  "Mwandidziwa, bwanawe. Ndingathandize aliyense. " Anali kuyankha kwanthawi zonse, koma Drake amatha kunena kuti adakondwera ndi matamando. Sanaiwale izi pomwe Ben adamuposa masuti komanso pulofesa waku Scandinavia.
  
  Mosakayikira, izi n"zimene Hayden anaona mwa iye. Anaona munthu amene anali mkatimo akuyamba kuwala. Drake anapempherera chitetezo chake, koma panalibe chimene akanamuchitira pakali pano.
  
  Kennedy adagwa pafupi nawo. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sindinakusokonezeni anyamata. Ukuwoneka bwino. "
  
  "Osati iwe," adatero Drake ndipo Ben adagwedeza mutu. "Tsopano ndiwe mmodzi wa ife."
  
  "Hmm, zikomo, ndikuganiza. Ndi kuyamikira?"
  
  Drake adakweza malingaliro. "Aliyense amene angasewere nawo masewera angapo a Dino Rock ndi mchimwene wanga kwa moyo wake wonse."
  
  "Usiku wonse, munthu, usiku wonse."
  
  Ben anabuula. "Chotero," iye anayang"ana pozungulira. "Kwada basi."
  
  Drake adayang'ana madambo osatha. Mzere womaliza wa kufiyira kwakuda unali kungodontha kuchokera kutali kwambiri. "Damn, ndikukayikira kuti kukuzizira kuno usiku."
  
  Dahl anawayandikira. "Ndiye mathero awa amuna? Tamaliza? Dziko likusowa ife."
  
  Mphepo yamphamvuyo inang'amba mawu ake, kuwamwaza m'zigwa.
  
  Parnevik analankhula ali pomwe anapumula, atatsamira msana wake pamtengo. "Mvetserani, umm, mwandiuza kuti mwawona chithunzi chokha chodziwika cha magawo mu dongosolo lawo lenileni. Chithunzi chomwe poyamba chinali cha John Dillinger. "
  
  "Inde, koma zomwe zidachitika mu 60s," adalongosola Dahl. "Sitingatsimikize kuti sanakopedwe, makamaka ndi m'modzi mwa ma Viking omwe amakonda kwambiri mbiri yakale."
  
  Pulofesayo anali bwino mokwanira kung'ung'udza, "O! Zikomo."
  
  Mdima wathunthu, ndipo nyenyezi miliyoni imodzi zinathwanima pamwamba. Nthambizo zinkagwedezeka ndipo masamba ankachita dzimbiri. Ben mwachibadwa anasunthira pafupi ndi mbali imodzi ya Drake. Kennedy anachita chimodzimodzi ndi winayo.
  
  Pamene ntchafu ya Kennedy inakhudza yake, Drake anamva moto. Zinali zonse zomwe akanatha kuchita kuti aganizire zomwe Dahl anali kunena.
  
  "Chishango," anatero wa ku Sweden, "ndiye chiyembekezo chathu chomaliza."
  
  Kodi wakhala moyandikana kwambiri dala? Drake anaganiza za izo. Gwira....
  
  Mulungu, inali itapita nthawi yaitali kuchokera pamene iye ankamva chonchi. Zinamutengeranso masiku omwe atsikana anali asungwana ndi anyamata amanjenjemera, amavala T-shirts mu chipale chofewa ndikutengera atsikana awo kuzungulira mzindawo Loweruka masana asanawagulire CD yomwe amawakonda ndikudzipangira ma popcorn ndi udzu ku sinema. .
  
  Masiku osalakwa, apita kale. Anakumbukira kalekale ndipo, mwatsoka, anataya.
  
  "Chishango?" Analowererapo pokambirana. "Chani?"
  
  Dahl adamukwiyira. "Pitiriza, mwana wapathengo waku Yorkshire. Tidati Chishango ndiye mwatsatanetsatane apa. Popanda izo palibe chomwe chingapezeke pamene chimatsimikizira malo a Ragnarok. Amapangidwanso ndi zinthu zosiyana ndi zigawo zina - ngati kuti ali ndi ntchito yosiyana. Zolinga. "
  
  "Monga chiyani?"
  
  "Fuuuuck," adatero Dahl m'mawu ake abwino kwambiri a Oxford. Ndifunseni kena kake pazamasewera.
  
  "CHABWINO. Chifukwa chiyani Leeds United idasaina Thomas Brolin?
  
  Nkhope ya Dahl inatalikitsidwa ndipo kenako inawumitsidwa. Anatsala pang'ono kutsutsa pamene phokoso lachilendo linasokoneza bata.
  
  Kufuula. Kubuula kuchokera mumdima.
  
  Phokoso lomwe lidadzutsa mantha akulu. "Khristu ali moyo," Drake ananong'oneza. "Chani- ?"
  
  Zinachitikanso. Kulira, kofanana ndi nyama, koma m'mimba, ngati kuchokera ku chinthu chachikulu. Zinapangitsa usiku kukwawa.
  
  "Kodi Mukukumbukira?" Mwa kunong"ona kosakhala kwachibadwa mochititsa mantha, Ben anati: "Lino ndi dziko la Grendel. Chilombo chochokera ku Beowulf. Palinso nthano zosonyeza kuti m"madera amenewa muli zilombo."
  
  "Chinthu chokha chomwe ndimakumbukira kuchokera ku Beowulf chinali bulu wa Angelina Jolie," adatero Drake mwachikondi. "Koma ndiye, ndikuganiza zomwezo zinganenedwenso pamakanema ake ambiri."
  
  "SHH!" - Kennedy adaseka. "Ndi phokoso lanji limenelo?"
  
  Kulira kunabweranso, pafupi tsopano. Drake anayesetsa kuti adziwe chilichonse chomwe chinali mumdimawo, akumalingalira manononi akuthamangira kwa iye, malovu akuchucha, zigamba za mnofu wowola zili pakati pa mano awo osongoka.
  
  Anakweza mfutiyo, osafuna kuopseza ena, koma osatsimikiza kuti angayike pangozi.
  
  Torsten Dahl analoza mfuti yakeyake. Msilikali woyenerera wa SAS anatulutsa mpeni. Kukhala chete kudasokoneza usiku kuposa momwe Gordon Brown adagwirira ntchito zachuma ku UK, ndikuzifinya.
  
  Phokoso lochepa. Chinachake chomveka ngati mapazi opepuka....
  
  Koma kodi iyi inali miyendo yotani? Drake anaganiza za izo. Munthu kapena...?
  
  Akanakhala kuti anamva kugunda kwa zikhadabo, akanatulutsa magazini yake yonse chifukwa cha mantha.
  
  Zodabwitsa, nthano zakale izi.
  
  Mitsempha yomwe inali mu mtima mwake inangotsala pang'ono kuphulika pamene foni ya Ben inakhala ndi moyo. Ben anachiponya m"mwamba modabwa, koma moyamikira anachigwira akutsika.
  
  "Bullshit!" ananong"ona asanazindikire zimene wayankha. "O, moni, amayi."
  
  Drake anayesa kuyimitsa magazi muubongo wake. "Dulani. Dulani!"
  
  Ben anati: "M"chimbudzi. Ndidzaimbira nthawi ina!"
  
  "Wokongola". Mawu a Kennedy anali odekha modabwitsa.
  
  Drake anamvetsera. Kubuula kunabweranso, kuonda komanso kowawa. Kenako panamveka kugogoda kwakutali, ngati kuti waphokoso waponya mwala. Wina akulira, kenako kulira....
  
  Ndithu munthu nthawi ino! Ndipo Drake adathamangira kunkhondo. "Ndi Zitsime!" Anathamangira mumdima, mwachibadwa amamutsogolera molunjika kuchitsime cha Mimir ndikumuyimitsa m'mphepete.
  
  "Ndithandizeni," Wells anabuula, akufika m'mphepete mwa thanthwe ndi zala zong'ambika komanso zamagazi. "Ndinagwidwa ndi zingwe chimodzi... panjira yotsika. Ndinatsala pang'ono kuthyoka mkono wanga. Hule uyu ali ndi zina zoti achite kuti andiphe...
  
  Drake adatenga kulemera kwake, ndikumupulumutsa kuti asagwerenso usiku wopanda malire.
  
  
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  Pamene Wells adakulunga bwino ndikupumula, Drake adangomugwedeza mutu.
  
  Wells anadandaula: "Sindinkafuna kuyambitsa nkhondo ... mkati mwa SAS."
  
  "Ndiye zili bwino, chifukwa ine ndi Alicia sitilinso gawo la SAS."
  
  Pafupi naye, Ben ankafunsa Parnevik ngati kuti palibe chimene chinachitika. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti Shield ndi kiyi yamtundu wina?"
  
  "Chishango ndi chilichonse. Ichi chikhoza kukhala chinsinsi, koma ndizo zonse zomwe tatsala nazo. "
  
  "Wapita?" Drake anabwereza, kukweza nsidze. Anayang'ana pa I-phone ya Ben. "Zowona tikudziwa!"
  
  Ben anali sitepe imodzi patsogolo, akuyang'ana 'Shield of Odin' pa liwiro la geek. Chithunzi chomwe chidawoneka chinali chaching'ono, koma Ben adayandikira mwachangu kuposa momwe Drake angaganizire. Anayesa kukumbukira mmene Chishangocho chinkaonekera. Chozungulira, chokhala ndi malo ozungulira okwera, mkombero wakunja umagawidwa mu magawo anayi ofanana.
  
  Ben anagwira I-phone m'litali mwake, kulola aliyense kusonkhana mozungulira.
  
  "Ndizosavuta," adatero Kennedy. "Ragnarok ku Vegas. Aliyense ali ku Vegas."
  
  Mnyamatayo anasisita chibwano chake. "Kuyika kwa Shield kukuwonetsa magawo anayi osiyana ozungulira yankho lomwe lili pakati. Mwawona? Tiyeni titchule kuti Kumpoto, Kummawa, Kumwera ndi Kumadzulo kuti tidziwe zomwe tikukamba."
  
  "Zabwino," adatero Ben. "Chabwino, Kumadzulo ndi koonekeratu. Ndikuwona Mkondo ndi Maso awiri."
  
  "Kumwera ndi Hatchi ndipo awiri, Um, Wolves, ndikuganiza." Drake adatsinzina maso ake momwe angathere.
  
  "Ndithu!" Mnyamatayo anali kulira. "Mukunena zowona. Chifukwa payenera kukhala ma Valkyries awiri Kummawa. Inde? Mwawona?"
  
  Drake anaphethira mwamphamvu kuti ayang'ane, ndipo adawona zomwe zingatengedwe kukhala ankhondo aakazi okwera pamahatchi amapiko. "Nkhani za Starbucks!" Iye analumbira. "Cafe yokhala ndi Wi-Fi yaulere kulikonse padziko lapansi kupatula iyi!"
  
  "Ndiye ..." Kennedy adachita chibwibwi, "uh, Shield ilibe Chishango pamenepo?"
  
  "Mmmm...!" Pulofesayo anaphunzira mwakhama, akubwera mu mzere wa Ben ndi kulandira nkhonya mwaubwenzi. "Kodi mungawonere pafupi pang'ono?"
  
  "Ayi. Awa ndiye malire ake. "
  
  "Sindikuwona zizindikiro zina ku East Side," adatero Dahl ali pampando wake. "Koma North ndi yosangalatsa kwambiri."
  
  Drake adasintha chidwi chake ndipo adachita mantha. "Ambuye, ichi ndi chizindikiro cha Odin. Makona atatu ogwirizana. Zomwezonso tidaziwona m'chitsime.
  
  "Koma ichi ndi chiyani? Dahl analoza chizindikiro chaching'ono chomwe chili kumunsi kumanzere kwa imodzi mwa makona atatuwo. Pamene Ben ankayandikira, onse anafuula kuti, "Ndi Chishango!"
  
  Kunakhala chete mwamanyazi. Drake adawononga ubongo wake. Chifukwa chiyani chizindikiro cha Shield chinayikidwa mkati mwa makona atatu? Mwachiwonekere ichi ndi chidziwitso, chosadziwika bwino.
  
  "Zingakhale zosavuta kwambiri pazenera lalikulu!" Pulofesa anazaza.
  
  "Lekani kulira," Ben anatero. "Musalole kuti zikugonjetseni."
  
  "Nali lingaliro," Kennedy adatero. "Kodi makona atatu angaimire china chake osati 'mfundo ya Odin' kapena china chake?"
  
  "Cholinga chachinsinsi cha chizindikiro chachinsinsi chogwirizanitsidwa ndi Mulungu, chomwe poyamba chinalingaliridwa kukhala nthano chabe?" Mnyamatayo anaseka. "Inde sichoncho".
  
  Drake adasisita nthiti zake pomwe Alicia Miles adamuphunzitsa kuti zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri popanda maphunziro zidasokoneza gawo lanu lankhondo. Iye anali atamuchititsa manyazi, koma iye anapeza chitonthozo chakuti iye anali moyo ndipo iwo anali akadali - basi - mu masewera.
  
  "Helikopita idzakhala ndi intaneti yokhazikika," Dahl adayesa kutsimikizira aliyense. "Pafupi ... o, mphindi makumi atatu."
  
  "Chabwino, bwanji zapakati?" Drake anachita mbali yake. "Zolemba ziwiri zomwe zimawoneka ngati chithunzi cha mwana chokhala ndi mabele atatu ndi jellyfish."
  
  "Ndi Chishango kachiwiri," Ben anayang'ana diso la 'jellyfish'. "Chithunzi chofanana ndi cha Kumpoto. Chifukwa chake tili ndi zithunzi ziwiri za Shield pa Shield yomwe. Gawo lapakati, lopangidwa ndi mitundu iwiri yaulere, ndi makona atatu amodzi, "adatero, akugwedeza mutu ku Kennedy. "Mwina awa si makona atatu konse."
  
  "Chabwino, izi zikutsimikizira chiphunzitso changa chakuti Shield ndiye gawo lalikulu," adatero Parnevik.
  
  Dahl adakumbukira kuti: "Zolemba izi zimandikumbutsa zinazake. "Sindingathe kunena kuti chiyani."
  
  Drake akanatha kubwera ndi zina zoyipa, koma adadziletsa. Kupita patsogolo, iye anaganiza. Swede wodzitukumula wabwera kutali ndi iwo ndipo tsopano wapeza ulemu pang'ono.
  
  "Taonani!" Ben anakuwa, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti onse adumphe. "Pali mzere wopyapyala, wosafunikira kwenikweni wolumikiza zithunzi zonse za Shield!"
  
  "Zomwe sizimatiuza chilichonse," Parnevik adadandaula.
  
  "Kapena ..." Drake adasinkhasinkha, kukumbukira masiku omwe adawerenga mapu ankhondo, "kapena ... ngati mubwera mwanjira ina, tikudziwa kuti Chishango ndi khadi la Ragnarok. Zithunzi ziwirizi zitha kukhala malo ofanana pazithunzi ziwiri zosiyana... Kuwona kumodzi kokha ndiko kutalika, ndipo kwina..."
  
  "Ndiyo dongosolo!" Ben anatero.
  
  Panthawiyi nkuti mkokomo wa helikopita yomwe ikubwera. Dahl adalankhula za izi powonetsa chizolowezi chake chasukulu chakale pozimitsa GPRS. Anayang'anitsitsa mumdimawo pamodzi ndi anthu ena onse pamene munthu wamkulu wakuda ankayandikira.
  
  "Chabwino, tilibe zosankha zambiri," adatero ndikumwetulira. "Tiyenera, uh, titengere mlanduwu."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Atangokwera ndikukhazikika, Dahl adatsegula laputopu ya 20-inch Sony Vaio, yomwe idagwiritsa ntchito modemu yake yonyamula, yofanana ndi foni ya I. Kutengera kufalikira kwa netiweki yam'manja, atha kugwiritsa ntchito intaneti.
  
  "Awa ndi mapu," Drake adapitiliza malingaliro ake. "Ndiye tiyeni tichite zimenezo. Mwachiwonekere, chapakati, tsatanetsatane wapakati, ndikuwona dongosolo. Chifukwa chake, jambulani chithunzichi, gwiritsani ntchito mapulogalamu ozindikira malo, ndikuwona zomwe zimachitika. "
  
  "Hmm," Parnevik mosakayikira adayang'ana malingaliro okulirapo. "Bwanji muphatikizepo fano lina lomwe limawoneka ngati udder pamene chizindikiro cha chishango chilipo, uh, Medusa. "
  
  "Poyambira?" Kennedy adatenga mwayi.
  
  Helikopita inali kugwedezeka, ikuyendetsedwa ndi mphepo yamphamvu. Woyendetsa ndegeyo analamulidwa kuti apite ku Oslo mpaka atalandira malangizo ena. Gulu lachiwiri la SGG linali kuwadikirira kumeneko.
  
  "Yesani pulogalamuyo, Torsten."
  
  "Ndili nazo kale, koma sindikuzifuna," Dahl anayankha modabwa mwadzidzidzi. "Ndinkadziwa kuti mawonekedwe awa amawoneka odziwika bwino. Ichi ndi Scandinavia pamapu! Mabere ndi Norway, Sweden ndi Finland. Medusa ndi Iceland. Zodabwitsa."
  
  Pakatha mphindi imodzi, laputopuyo idakhala ndi machesi atatu. Ma algorithms ozindikiritsa mapulogalamu amalemera kwambiri ndi makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu asanu ndi atatu pa zana - amenewo anali Scandinavia.
  
  Drake adagwedeza mutu mwaulemu kwa Dahl.
  
  "Ragnarok ku Iceland?" Mnyamatayo anaganiza za izo. "Koma chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Perekani izi kwa woyendetsa ndege," Drake adaloza chala chake pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Iceland ndi malo a chizindikiro cha Shield. "Ndiye. Tatsala kale maola angapo mmbuyo."
  
  "Komatu tilibe zidutswa zoipa," anatero Ben modandaula. "A Germany ali nawo. Ndipo ndi iwo okha omwe angapeze Manda a Milungu pogwiritsa ntchito Shards. "
  
  Ndipo tsopano Thorsten Dahl anasekadi, kupangitsa Drake kuganiza. "Ayi," anatero wa ku Sweden, ndipo kuseka kwake kunali koipa kwambiri. "Ndili ndi lingaliro labwino kuposa kusokoneza ndi zidutswa zoyipazi. Nthawi zonse anali. Asiyeni akhale mu sauerkraut!
  
  "Mukuchita? Ndiloleni ndiganize - kodi Shield sinapezeke ku Iceland?
  
  "Inde, ndipo ngati awa ndi malo akale a Ragnarok," adatero Parnevik, "ndizomveka. Chishango cha Odin chikadagwera pomwe adafera.
  
  "O, ndizomveka tsopano, Pulofesa," Kennedy adaseka. "Tsopano anyamata awa akupangira chilichonse."
  
  "Chabwino, ngati zingathandize, tidakali ndi chinsinsi chachikulu kwambiri choti tithetse," anatero Ben akumwetulira pang"ono. "Tanthauzo la chizindikiro chakale cha Odin - katatu katatu."
  
  
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  Iceland
  
  
  Mphepete mwa nyanja ya Iceland ndi youndana, yokhotakhota ndi yamitundumitundu, yojambulidwa m"malo ena ndi madzi oundana aakulu, ndipo m"madera ena imasalala ndi mafunde amphamvu ndi mphepo yowomba. Pali magombe a chiphalaphala ndi matanthwe akuda, mapiri akuluakulu oundana komanso bata lamtundu wa zen. Ngozi ndi kukongola zimayendera limodzi, kukonzekera kunyengerera wapaulendo wosazindikira ndikumufikitsa kutha kwanthawi yake.
  
  Reykjavik inawasesa patangopita mphindi zochepa, madenga ake ofiira owala, nyumba zoyera ndi mapiri ozungulira otchingidwa ndi chipale chofewa otsimikizika kuti amasangalatsa ngakhale mitima yolimba kwambiri.
  
  Adayima pang'ono pamalo pomwe panali anthu ochepa kuti awonjezere mafuta ndikunyamula masuti, zida ndi chakudya, ndi china chilichonse chomwe Dahl angaganize m'mphindi khumi zomwe adasowa.
  
  Koma amuna amene anali m"ndege yankhondo yakuda sanaone zimenezi. Anasonkhanitsidwa pamodzi-kukambilana cholinga chomwecho-koma maganizo awo amkati anali okhudza moyo wawo wakufa ndi imfa ya dziko-momwe analiri amantha ndi mantha, ndi mmene analili amantha kwa ena.
  
  Drake adachita mantha. Sanathe kudziwa momwe angatetezere aliyense. Ngati anali Ragnarok omwe adamupeza, ndiye kuti Tomb of the Gods yopeka inali yotsatira, ndipo miyoyo yawo idangokhala masewera a roulette - mtundu womwe mudasewera nawo mu nthano zomwe amakonda kwambiri Kennedy, Vegas - komwe tebulo lidaphwanyidwa.
  
  Amapangidwa mu lingaliro ili ndi mapulani achinsinsi a wosewera aliyense wachinsinsi komanso mapulani osadziwika a adani awo ambiri.
  
  Ndipo tsopano, kuwonjezera Ben ndi Kennedy - anthu awiri adzawateteza ndi moyo wake - Drake anayenera kuganizira za Hayden ndi Karin.
  
  Kodi mantha onsewa adzalepheretsa kupulumutsa dziko? Nthawi yokha ndi yomwe idzatiuze.
  
  Masewera omaliza amasewera pakona iliyonse. Abel Frey wayamba kale ake. Alicia ndi Milo atha kukhala ndi zawo, koma Drake amakayikira mnzake wakale wa SRT anali ndi chodabwitsa chakupha chomwe ngakhale chibwenzi chake sichinali kuchiyembekezera.
  
  Torsten Dahl ndi Wells sanalankhulepo pafoni kuyambira pomwe adawoloka gombe la Iceland, akulandira malangizo, malangizo komanso manong'onong'ono kuchokera ku maboma awo. Pomaliza, Kennedy adayankha foniyo, zomwe zidamupangitsa kukhala tsonga kwa mphindi zingapo ndikupukusa mutu motopa ndi mantha.
  
  Adangolankhula ndi Drake. "Ukukumbukira Hayden? Inde, amagwira ntchito yake bwino.
  
  "Zikutanthauza chiyani?"
  
  "Ndiye waku CIA, zikomo. Ndipo ndendende kumene iye akufuna kukhala. M"kati mwa misampha yonseyi."
  
  "Bullshit". Drake adapatsa Ben mawonekedwe ankhawa, komabe adakhulupirira kuti ali ndi malo ofewa kwa mnzake. Kodi unali mtima wa Drake wongomudyetsa maganizo achikondi kumuuza kuti maganizo a Hayden anali oona, kapena anali weniweni?
  
  "Anali Mlembi wa Chitetezo," Kennedy anapitiriza ngati kuti palibe chimene chinachitika. "Kufuna kukhala, 'm'kudziwa.'
  
  "Zowona". Drake adagwedeza mutu pa Dahl ndi Wells. "Ndipo pamenepo, ndi mbiri chabe yomwe imadzibwereza yokha." Anayang'ana pawindo lomwe linali pafupi kwambiri. "Kodi ungakhulupirire, Kennedy, sabata yatha kapena apo kuti tikadali pamasewera?"
  
  "Kodi mungakhulupirire," anatero Kennedy, "kuti aliyense amakhulupirira kuti "moto udzatinyeketsa" chiphunzitso cha tsiku la chiwonongeko?"
  
  Drake anali atatsala pang'ono kuyankha motopa kwambiri pomwe pansi adagwa padziko lapansi. Magazi anaundana m"mitsempha yake pamene chinthu chachikulu chinatuluka pawindo.
  
  Chinachake chachikulu ...
  
  "Tsopano ndadziwa," anasisima ndi mawu odzala ndi mantha a munthu amene mwadzidzidzi anazindikira kuti chirichonse chimene iye ankachikonda chikhoza kufa lero. Kennedy, tsopano ndikudziwa.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Pamene amaloza ku vumbulutso lake ndipo Kennedy adatsamira kuti awone, adamva kuti thupi lake lonse likugwedezeka.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" - adatero. "Izi...'
  
  "Ndikudziwa," Drake adamudula mawu. Taonani izi. Onani!"
  
  The Swede adagwira chiwonetsero chosadziwika chamantha ndipo mwachangu adathetsa zokambiranazo. Kuyang'ana pang'ono pa zenera kunamupangitsa kuti agwe tsinya mosokonezeka. "Ndi Eyjafjallajokull basi. Ndipo inde, inde, Drake, ndikudziwa, ndizosavuta kwa ine kunena, inde, inde, uyu ndi amene adapanga nkhani zonse mu 2010 ... "Anayima kaye, akugwedezeka, akuyembekezera.
  
  Maso a Parnevik adachita chidwi. Matemberero aku Sweden adatuluka mwa iye ngati mivi yapoizoni.
  
  Tsopano Ben anayandikira pafupi ndi zenera. "Oo. Limeneli ndi phiri lophulika kwambiri ku Iceland ndipo likuwoneka kuti likuphulikabe, ngakhale pang"onopang"ono."
  
  "Inde!" Drake anali kulira. "Moto udzatinyeketsa. Zowopsa kwambiri za supervolcano. "
  
  "Koma chofunika koposa," Kennedy tsopano anatha kupitiriza, "yang"anani maso a mbalame a Shield, Mat. Tayang'anani!"
  
  Tsopano Parnevik anatha kupeza malingaliro ake: "Mapiri atatu sali makona atatu, monga momwe anthu ankakhulupirira nthawi zonse. Asayansi akale analakwitsa. Chizindikiro chodziwika bwino cha Odin chafotokozedwa molakwika. Oo Mulungu wanga!"
  
  Drake anayang'ana kupyola phirilo lomwe linaphulika ndipo adawona mapiri awiri atali kwambiri mbali zonse za iyo, omwe, atawayang'ana kuchokera pamwamba, amafanana kwambiri ndi chizindikiro cha Odin.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga," adatero Parnevik. "Apa ndipamene maso athu amatichitira zachinyengo, chifukwa ngakhale kuti mapiriwa akuwoneka kuti ali pafupi ndi Eyjafjallajokull, ali kutali kwambiri. Koma iwo ali mbali ya mtsinje wa Icelandic mapiri. Zonse zimagwirizana".
  
  "Choncho ngati wina adzuka ndi mphamvu zokwanira ndikulumikizana mwachindunji ndi ena awiri ..." Kennedy anapitiriza.
  
  "Muli ndi zoyambira za Supervolcano," Drake adamaliza.
  
  "Tomb of the Gods," Dahl anatulutsa mpweya, "ali mkati mwa phiri lomwe liphulika."
  
  "Ndipo kuchotsa mafupa a Odin kumapangitsa kuti izi zitheke!" Kennedy anagwedeza mutu wake, tsitsi lake likuyenderera. "Kodi mungayembekezere zochepa?"
  
  "Dikirani!" Dahl tsopano anali kuyang'ana chithunzi cha satellite, chomwe chinawauza kuti adzafika liti ku Medusa. "Tikufunabe kuthandizidwa pang'ono ndi mayendedwe, ndipo nthawi zonse yakhala dongosolo langa B. Pali phiri limodzi lalikulu kunja uko, ndipo Abel Frey atiwonetsa pakhomo lakumaso."
  
  "Bwanji?" Mawu osachepera awiri anafunsa.
  
  Dahl anayang'ana maso ndipo analankhula ndi woyendetsa ndegeyo. "Tikwezeni pamwamba."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Tsopano iwo anali okwera kwambiri moti Drake sakanatha kuona mapiri kudzera mumitambo. Ulemu wake watsopano kwa mkulu wa SGG unali wofunika kwambiri thandizo.
  
  "Chabwino, Torvill, tulutsani alimi m'masautso awo, mutero?"
  
  "Thorsten," adadzudzula Dahl, asanazindikire kuti akukakamizidwa. "O, ndamva. Chabwino, ndiye yesani kutsatira ngati mungathe. Izi ndizopadera zankhondo zanga, kapena mwina ndisanalowe SGG. Kujambula kwamlengalenga, makamaka ma orthophotos. "
  
  "Izi ndi zanzeru," adatero Drake. "Ndikuima molunjika pamene tikuyankhula. Kodi ichi ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Izi ndi zithunzi zojambulidwa kuchokera pamtunda 'wopanda malire', kuyang'ana pansi, zomwe kenako zimasinthidwa kuti zigwirizane ndi mapu ovomerezeka. Chithunzicho chitakwezedwa, chomwe tiyenera kuchita ndikuchigwirizanitsa ndi makonzedwe a 'dziko lenileni', ndiye..." adanyoza.
  
  "Boma!" Kennedy anaseka. "Mukutanthauza china ngati Google Earth, sichoncho? Pokhapokha popanda 3D?"
  
  "Zowona". Drake adachita mantha. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti izi zigwira ntchito, Dal. Uwu ndiye mwayi wathu wokhawo kuti tifike kumapeto kwamasewera. "
  
  "Zidzakhala choncho. Osati zokhazo, koma kompyuta ikawerengera ma coordinates, tidzadziwa bwino lomwe khomo la Manda a Milungu. Ngakhale Ajeremani, omwe ali ndi zidutswa zonse zisanu ndi zinayi, aziyamikira. "
  
  "Malinga ngati Ajeremani ayika zidutswa zonse molondola," Ben anatero akumwetulira mwachisoni.
  
  "Chabwino, ndi zoona. Tikukhulupirira kuti Abel Frey akudziwa zomwe akuchita. Anali ndi nthawi yambiri yochita masewera olimbitsa thupi. "
  
  Drake adatsika pampando wake ndikuyang'ana Wells. Ndinamuona akugunditsa foni yake pawindo chifukwa chokhumudwa.
  
  "Nkhani iliyonse yokhudza Frey's castle, mnzanu?"
  
  Mkulu wa SAS anazaza. "Ozunguliridwa. Koma mobisa - Castle sadziwa chidwi chake chatsopano. Pali apolisi aku Germany kumeneko. Interpol. Oimira maboma ambiri padziko lapansi. Koma osati Mai, pazifukwa zina. Sindingakunamizeni Matt, uwu ukhala mwala wolimba kuti uthyoke popanda kutaya tani."
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu, akuganizira za Karin. Iye ankadziwa zovutazo, atazisewera nthawi zambiri. "Choncho, tipanga kaye manda ... Kenako tiwona komwe titha."
  
  Pa nthawiyi panali chisangalalo kutsogolo kwa helikopita yopapatiza. Dahl anatembenuka ndikumwetulira mosangalala. "Frey ali pansi pano tsopano! Timayika mu zidutswa. Ngati titatembenuza khanda ili ndikuwombera chithunzi chimodzi pa sekondi imodzi, tidzakhala m'manda mu ola limodzi! "
  
  "Khalani ndi ulemu pang"ono," Parnevik anapumira mwaulemu. "Ndi Ragnarok kumusi uko. Imodzi mwamabwalo ankhondo akulu kwambiri m'mbiri yodziwika komanso malo a Armagedo imodzi. Milungu inafa kukuwa mu ayezi uyu. Milungu. "
  
  "Ndiponso Abel Frey," adatero Ben Blake mwakachetechete. "Ngati wakhumudwitsa sister wanga."
  
  
  
  GAWO 2
  valani zida zanu ...
  
  
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  MANDA WA MILUNGU
  
  
  Masewera adatha.
  
  Pamene Drake ndi anzake adawulukira antchito a Ragnarok ndi Abel Frey, akupita kuphiri losuta fodya, adadziwa kuti a Germany adzakhala akuthamangitsidwa. Helicoptersyo inatsika mofulumira kupita kumalo otsetsereka a chipale chofewa, kugwedezeka mwamphamvu ndi mphepo yamkuntho ya apo ndi apo komanso kuwonjezereka kwa mphamvu. Woyendetsa ndegeyo ankayendetsa gululo mpaka helikopitayo inayandikira pafupi ndi momwe ingathere, mamita asanu ndi limodzi kuchokera pansi, kenaka anafuula kuti aliyense atulutse gehena.
  
  "Nthawi ikupita!" - Dahl adafuula mwamsanga nsapato zake zitakhudza chisanu. "Tiyeni tisamuke!"
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake anatambasula dzanja lake kuti amuthandize Ben asanayang'ane mozungulira. Kukhumudwa kwakung'ono kunkawoneka ngati malo abwino kwambiri ofikirako, pokhala mtunda wa kilomita imodzi yokha kuchokera pakhomo laling'ono lomwe amafufuza, komanso malo okhawo omwe anali pamtunda wokwanira omwe sanali amiyala kwambiri kapena chitoliro cha magma. Bhonasi yowonjezera inali yoti ingathandize kusokoneza Frey ponena za malo enieni a Tomb.
  
  Anali malo amdima, mosiyana ndi momwe mapeto a dziko angawonekere, Drake anaganiza. Zigawo za phulusa lotuwa, mapiri osawoneka bwino komanso ma depositi akuda a ziphalaphala zidamupatsa chidaliro chochepa pamene amadikirira Dal kuti awonetse polowera pa chipangizo chake cha GPRS. Iye theka ankayembekezera kuti chifunga chonyezimira chidzatuluka mu chifunga chochepa, ponena kuti chafika ku Mordor. Mphepoyo sinali yamphamvu, koma mphepo yake yosasintha imamuluma kumaso ngati ng"ombe yamphongo.
  
  "Pano". Dahl anathamanga kudutsa phulusa. Pamwamba pawo, mtambo wa bowa unakwera kumwamba ndi bata. Dahl analunjika pamphambano wandiweyani wakuda paphiri lomwe linali kutsogolo kwake.
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani wina angaike malo ofunika ndi opatulika chotero m'phiri lophulika?" Kennedy adafunsa uku akupalasa pafupi ndi Drake.
  
  "Mwinamwake sichinalinganizidwire kukhala kosatha," iye anagwedeza mutu. "Iceland yakhala ikuphulika kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Ndani akanaganiza kuti phirili liphulika kaŵirikaŵiri popanda kukwanira?"
  
  "Pokhapokha ... pokhapokha ataphulika bwino kuchokera ku mafupa a Odin. Kodi angazisungire m'manja mwawo?"
  
  "Tiyeni tiyembekezere ayi."
  
  Kumwamba kunali kutakutidwa ndi chipale chofewa ndi phulusa loyandama, zomwe zinawonjezera kuti mdima usanakwane. Dzuwa silinawale kuno; zinali ngati Gehena kwa nthawi yoyamba anagwira Dziko Lapansi ndipo anali kugwiritsitsa kwa ilo.
  
  Dal ankayenda pa nthaka yosafanana, ndipo nthawi zina ankapunthwa ndi ufa wotuwa wotuwa mosayembekezeka. Dahl atafika pamiyala yopanda kanthu, zokambirana zonse mu gulu ili la motley zidatha - adadzaza ndi chipululu chopanda kanthu.
  
  "Pamwamba apa," Mswediyo analoza ndi mfuti yake. "Pafupi mapazi makumi awiri." Anatsinzina maso ake. "Sindikuwona chilichonse chowonekera."
  
  "Tsopano, Cook akadanena kuti pagombe la Hawaii, sitikadakhala ndi phala la chinanazi," Drake anadzudzula modekha, kuyembekezera kuseka.
  
  "Kapena khofi wa Kona," Kennedy adanyambita milomo yake pomuyang'ana, kenako adachita manyazi kwambiri atabwezanso maso.
  
  "Pambuyo panu," iye anatero, akuloza ndi kumera pamalo otsetsereka a digirii makumi atatu.
  
  "Ayi, potoza." Apa m'pamene anakhoza kumwetulira.
  
  "Chabwino, ngati ukulonjeza kuti sudzayang'ana bulu wanga." Drake adathamangitsa malo otsetsereka, ndikuyesa mphamvu iliyonse asanagawane kulemera kwake, akuyang'anitsitsa Dahl ndi msilikali yekha wa SAS pamwamba pake. Wotsatira anali Kennedy, ndiye Ben ndipo potsiriza Pulofesa ndi Wells.
  
  Palibe amene ankafuna kuti asiye ntchito imeneyi.
  
  Kwa nthawi ndithu Dahl anapita kutsogolo ndi kubangula. Drake adayang'ana kumbuyo kwake, koma sanawone chizindikiro chofuna kupitilira apo, wopanda vuto kuposa zomwe Prime Minister adalankhula. Kamphindi pang'ono, mawu a Dahl adalowa mu chophimba cha chete.
  
  "Aa, pali chinachake apa, anyamata. Pali mwala wotuluka, kenako kukhotera kumanzere kuseri kwake..." mawu ake adatsika. "Mtsinje woyima wokhala ndi... inde, wokhala ndi masitepe ojambulidwa m"thanthwe. Zothina kwambiri. Helvite! Milungu yakaleyo iyenera kuti inali yopyapyala!
  
  Drake adafika panja ndikutsetsereka kumbuyo kwake. "Kodi wangotukwana, Dahl, ndikuchita nthabwala? Kapena yesani, mulimonse. Ndiye mwina ndinu munthu. Damn, ndi dzenje lolimba bwanji. Ndikukhulupirira kuti sitikufulumira kuchoka."
  
  Ndi lingaliro losakhazikika ili, adathandizira Dahl kuteteza mzere wa chitetezo asanakankhire Swede mu dzenje lakuda. Anthu angapo obwezera adabwera m'maganizo, koma tsopano sinali nthawi kapena malo. Polephera kuwongolera nyaliyo pansi, Torsten Dahl wosauka adatsika mwakhungu, pang'onopang'ono.
  
  "Mukamva fungo la sulfure," Drake sanathe kudziletsa. "Imani."
  
  Dahl anatenga nthawi yake, ndikuyika phazi lililonse mosamala. Patatha mphindi zingapo adasowa ndipo zomwe Drake adawona ndikuwala kwa chisoti cha ozimitsa moto kumacheperachepera.
  
  "Kodi muli bwino?"
  
  "Ndagunda mwala!" Mawu a Dahl adamveka.
  
  Kennedy anayang'ana pozungulira. "Kodi ichi ndi nthabwala ina?"
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni tichoke m'kuzizira uku," Drake adagwira m'mphepete mwa mwala wakuda ndikutsikira m'mphepete mwake. Pogwiritsa ntchito miyendo yake kuti apeze phazi lake kaye, anatsitsa mosamala, inchi ndi inchi yowopsa. Kutsegulako kunali kochepa kwambiri moti ankakanda mphuno ndi masaya ake ndi kuyenda kulikonse. "Zopanda! Ingotengani nthawi yanu," adatero kwa enawo. Yesetsani kusuntha thupi lanu lakumtunda pang'ono momwe mungathere.
  
  Mphindi zochepa pambuyo pake adamva Dahl akunena, "Mapazi asanu ndi limodzi," ndipo adamva mwala kumbuyo kwake kusanduka malo opanda kanthu.
  
  "Samalani," anachenjeza motero Dahl. "Tsopano tili m"mphepete mwa phompho. Pafupifupi mapazi awiri m'lifupi. Khoma lamwala kumanja kwathu, dzenje lopanda phompho lokhazikika kumanzere kwathu. Kwatsala njira imodzi yokha.
  
  Drake adagwiritsa ntchito kuwala kwake kuyesa zomwe a Sweden adapeza pomwe enawo adatsika. Aliyense atachenjezedwa ndikukonzekera, Dahl anayamba kupita patsogolo pang'onopang'ono. Anazunguliridwa ndi mdima wandiweyani, wowunikiridwa ndi miyuni yokha pa zipewa zawo, zomwe zinkavina ngati ziphaniphani mumtsinje. Kupanda kanthuko kudawadetsa nkhawa ngati kulira kwa siren kumanzere kwawo, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti mwala wolemera womwe uli kumanja kwawo ukhale wolandiridwa bwino.
  
  Pulofesa Parnevik anati: "Zimandikumbutsa imodzi mwa akanema akale a dinosaur. "Kodi Mukukumbukira? Dziko lomwe Nthawi idayiwala, ndikuganiza? Amadutsa m'mapanga, atazunguliridwa ndi zolengedwa zakupha. Kanema wamkulu ".
  
  "Ndi ndani yemwe ali ndi Raquel Welch?" - Wells anafunsa. "Ayi? Chabwino, anthu a nthawi yanga, amaganiza kuti ndi dinosaur - amaganiza Raquel Welch. zilibe kanthu."
  
  Drake anakankhira msana wake pa thanthwelo ndikupita patsogolo ndi manja ake atatambasula, kuonetsetsa kuti Ben ndi Kennedy akutsatira zomwezo asanasamuke bwino. Pamaso pawo panaoneka kuti panalibe kanthu, ndipo m'makutu mwawo munamveka phokoso lakuya, lakuya komanso lakutali.
  
  "Izi ziyenera kukhala Eyjafjallajökull, phirilo likuphulika pang"onopang"ono," Pulofesa Parnevik ananong"oneza motsatira mzerewo. "Cholinga changa chabwino ndichakuti tili m'chipinda cham'mbali, chotalikirana ndi chipinda cha magma komanso ngalande yomwe imadyetsa kuphulikako. Pakhoza kukhala zigawo zambiri za phulusa ndi lava pakati pathu ndi magma omwe akukwera, kutiteteza ife ndi Manda. Tikhoza kukhala m"kati mwa thanthwe losaoneka bwino lomwe limakwera mokwera kwambiri kuposa m"mbali mwa phirilo."
  
  Dahl anafuula mumdima. "Gelvit! Khoma lotsika likutiyandikira, likudutsa njira yathu pamtunda wa madigiri makumi asanu ndi anayi. Sipakwera, choncho musade nkhawa, ingosamalani."
  
  "Msampha wamtundu wina?" Mnyamatayo adachita ngozi.
  
  Drake adawona chopingacho ndipo adaganiza zomwezo. Mosamala kwambiri, adatsatira mtsogoleri wa SGG kupyolera muzitsulo zokwera mawondo. Onse awiri adawona manda oyamba nthawi imodzi.
  
  "Oooh," Dahl analibe mawu okwanira kuti awamvetse.
  
  Drake anangoimba muluzu, kudabwa ndi chiwonetserochi.
  
  Mphepete mwa phirilo anajambulapo mpata waukulu, womwe mwina unali mamita 100 m"katikati mwa phirili, n"kulowera kuchipinda cha magma. Linapangidwa mooneka ngati chipilala chotalika mamita 100. Pamene aliyense anasonkhana mozungulira ndi kutulutsa tochi zawo zolemetsa, kuwona kodabwitsa kwa manda oyamba kunavumbuluka.
  
  "Oo!" - anatero Kennedy. Kuwala kwake kunawalitsa shelefu imodzi pambuyo pa inzake, zojambulidwa m"mafelemu amiyala, shelefu iliyonse yokongoletsedwa ndi kudzazidwa ndi chuma: mikanda ndi mikondo, zotetezera pachifuwa ndi zisoti. Malupanga....
  
  "Mnyamata uyu ndi ndani?"
  
  Parnevik, monga momwe angayembekezere, adaphunzira khoma lakutali, lomwe linayang'anizana nawo, makamaka mwala wamanda wa Mulungu. Panali zojambula zochititsa chidwi zomveka bwino, zofanana ndi luso la amuna amakono a Renaissance, ngakhale Michelangelo.
  
  "Izi ndi Mars," adatero Pulofesa. "Mulungu Wankhondo Wachiroma"
  
  Drake adawona chithunzi cholimba muchovala pachifuwa ndi siketi, atanyamula mkondo waukulu pamapewa akulu akulu, akuyang'ana kwina. Kumbuyo kwake kunali kavalo wamkulu ndi nyumba yozungulira yomwe inali yofanana kwambiri ndi bwalo la maseŵera la Colosseum ku Rome.
  
  "Zimandidabwitsa momwe adasankhira kuti ndani adzaikidwa m'manda kuno," Kennedy adadandaula. "Milungu yachiroma. Milungu ya ku Scandinavia ..."
  
  "Inenso," adatero Parnevik. "Mwina chinali kungofuna kwa Zeus."
  
  Mwadzidzidzi maso onse adakopeka ndi chinsalu chachikulu chomwe chidayima pansi pa chojambulacho. Malingaliro a Drake adatenga malo. Akayang'ana m'katimo, akanapeza mafupa a Mulungu?
  
  "Zoyipa, koma tilibe nthawi!" Dahl ankawoneka wokhumudwa, wotopa komanso wotopa. "Tiyeni. Sitikudziwa kuti pali Milungu ingati yomwe ingakwiridwe pano.
  
  Kennedy adamukwiyira Drake ndikuyang'ana m'mphepete mwake pomwe adasowa mumdima. "Ndi njira yosalimba yamwala yomwe tikutsatira, Mat. Ndipo ndili wokonzeka kubetcha 401 zikwi zanga kuti chiwerengero cha Amulungu si m'modzi kapena awiri okha. "
  
  Iye anati: "Panopa sitingakhulupirire chilichonse. "Pokhapokha. Tiyeni. A Germany abwera posachedwa. "
  
  Anatuluka m'manda a Mars, munthu aliyense akuyang'ana mwachidwi chitetezo chake komanso kufunikira kwake kosawerengeka. Phokosoli lidabweranso, ndipo tsopano Drake adayamba kumva kuwawa koziziritsa m'mabondo ndi mawondo, zomwe zidachitika chifukwa chakuyenda kwawo pang'onopang'ono m'mphepete mwake. Pulofesa wosauka Parnevik ndi Ben wachichepere ayenera kuti anali ndi ululu weniweni.
  
  Mkokomo wina unagwedeza phanga lalikululo ndikumveka mwawonse. Drake anayang'ana mmwamba ndikuganiza kuti akuwona chingwe chofananira pamwamba pake. Zoyipa izi zitha kuzungulira usiku wonse!
  
  Kumbali ina yabwino, iwo sanamvepo zizindikiro za chizunzo. Drake adaganiza kuti anali ola labwino kwambiri kwa aku Germany, koma adadziwa kuti kulimbana kunali kosapeweka. Iye ankangoyembekezera kuti akhoza kuthetsa vuto la padziko lonse zisanachitike.
  
  Patsogolo pake panalinso nsonga yachiwiri yokongola kwambiri, yomwe inali mkatikati mwa phirilo. Imeneyi inali yokongoletsedwa ndi zinthu zambiri zagolide, makoma a m"mbali akuwala kwenikweni ndi kuwala kwa golide.
  
  "O Mulungu!" Kennedy adausa moyo. "Sindinaonepo zinthu ngati zimenezi. Awa ndi ndani? Muzilemekeza Mulungu?
  
  Parnevik anayang"anitsitsa mwala wosemedwa pamiyala imene inkayang"anizana ndi sarcophagus yaikulu. Anagwedeza mutu kwa kanthawi, akukwinya. "Dikirani, kodi nthenga izi?" Kodi uyu ndi Mulungu wovala nthenga?"
  
  "Mwina Professor," Ben anali akuyang'ana kale kupyola kagawo kakang'ono ka usiku wakuda womwe unawadikirira. Kodi zilibe kanthu? Uyu si Mmodzi."
  
  Mnyamatayo sanamumvere. "Ndi Quetzalcoatl! Mulungu wa Aaziteki!Ndi chiyani zonsezi..." analoza makoma owala.
  
  "Golide wa Aztec." Wells anausa moyo, anachita mantha mosasamala kanthu za iye mwini. "Oo".
  
  "Malo awa..." Kennedy anatsala pang'ono kutulutsa mpweya wokwanira m'chipindacho, "ndizofukufuku zazikulu kwambiri zomwe zapezekapo nthawi zonse. Apa mulungu si wa chitukuko chimodzi chokha, koma ambiri. Ndi miyambo yonse ndi chuma chimene chimadza ndi iwo. Ndi ... zodabwitsa. "...
  
  Drake adayang'ana kutali ndi chithunzi cha Quetzalcoatl, chokongoletsedwa ndi nthenga ndikunyamula nkhwangwa. Parnevik ananena kuti mulungu wa Aaziteki ankadziŵika-malinga ndi magwero onse a tchalitchi-kuti ndi Mulungu Wolamulira, mawu osonyeza kuti iye analidi weniweni.
  
  "Quetzalcoatl" amatanthauza "chokwawa chowuluka" kapena "njoka ya nthenga." Zomwe..." Parnevik anaima kaye mochititsa chidwi, kenako anawoneka kuti anazindikira kuti wina aliyense anali atabwerera m"mphepete, "chinjoka," iye anadzilankhula yekha mokondwera.
  
  "Kodi pali chofanana ndi Mars?" anafunsa msilikali wina wa SAS yekhayo dzina lake Jim Marsters.
  
  Drake adawona Parnevik akukwera pamphepete ndi milomo yake. "Hmm," malingaliro ake opuma adafikira aliyense pamphepete. "Kungoti angatanthauze imfa ndipo adachitapo kale."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Niche yachitatu, ndipo iyi ndi yopatsa chidwi ngati yam'mbuyomu. Drake adadzipeza akuyang'ana mayi wodabwitsa wamaliseche wosemedwa ndimatabwa.
  
  Makomawo anakutidwa ndi ziboliboli zamtengo wapatali. Ma dolphin, magalasi, swans. Mkanda wa nkhunda wosemedwa waukulu wokwanira kuzungulira khosi la Statue of Liberty.
  
  "Chabwino," adatero Drake. "Ngakhale ndikudziwa kuti ndi ndani."
  
  Kennedy anachita mantha. "Inde, mungatero."
  
  "Hule lenileni," adatero Parnevik mokweza. "Aphrodite".
  
  "Moni," adatero Wells. "Kodi ukumutcha Mulungu Aphrodite hule? Pansi apa? Ndi pafupi ndi manda ake?"
  
  Parnevik anapitiriza ndi nkhanza zapasukulu za pulayimale: "Amadziwika kuti amagona ndi Milungu ndi anthu, kuphatikizapo Adonis. Anapereka Helen wa Troy ku Paris, kenako adasindikiza mgwirizanowo poyatsira chidwi cha Paris pomwe adamuyang'ana. Wobadwira pafupi ndi Paphos kuchokera ku machende othedwa posachedwa a Uranus. Ndiyenera kunena kuti. "...
  
  "Talandira uthenga," Drake adatero mowuma, akuyang'anabe chosemacho. Anamwetulira ataona Kennedy akumugwedeza mutu.
  
  "Kodi ndiwe nsanje, darling?"
  
  "Mwakhumudwa kwambiri pogonana?" Anamukankha kuti akhale wachiwiri pamzere pambuyo pa Dahl.
  
  Anamuyang'anitsitsa. "Chabwino, tsopano inu mukuzinena izo ..."
  
  "Tiye, Matt," Ben nayenso adamuyang'ana. "Oo!"
  
  Kufuula kwake kunawapangitsa onse kulumpha. Atatembenuka, anamuona akukwawa ndi miyendo inayi, ndipo nkhope yake inali yoopsa. Drake adadabwa ngati adangowona Mdyerekezi Yekha, akukwera pamapiko a ziwanda molunjika kuchokera kukhitchini ya gehena.
  
  "Niche iyi-" adatulutsa mpweya. "Zili pa nsanja... zikuyandama mumlengalenga... Palibe kalikonse mbali inayo! "
  
  Drake adamva kuti mtima wake ukugunda. Anakumbukira bwino za Mimir komanso pansi pake.
  
  Dahl analumpha kangapo. "Mwala wotembereredwa ukuwoneka wamphamvu mokwanira. Awa sangakhale mapeto a mzerewu."
  
  "Usachite izi!" Ben anakuwa. "Bwanji ngati akusweka?"
  
  Padakhala chete. Onse anangoyang'anizana ndi maso ali aang'ono. Ena analimba mtima kuyang"ana m"mbuyo pa njira imene anadutsa, njira yotetezeka imene inali ndi zitsime ndi Mapiri.
  
  Pa nthawiyi n"kuti atamva chapatali ndithu, panamveka mkokomo waung"ono. Phokoso la mwala umene ukugwa m"chitsime.
  
  "Awa ndi Ajeremani," adatero Dahl motsimikiza. "Kuwona kuya kwa kutsinde. Tsopano tipeza njira yochoka papulatifomu kapena tifa. "
  
  Drake adagonjetsa Kennedy. "Yang"anani uko," iye analoza pamwamba pawo. "Ndinatseka makutu anga. Ndikuganiza kuti payenera kukhala mapanga ena kapena mapanga pamwamba pathu. Koma penyani^Taonani momwe m'mphepete mwa thanthwelo mukuwoneka ngati ukupindika.
  
  "Chabwino". Kennedy adathamangira m'mphepete mwa niche ya Aphrodite. Kenako, akudzipanikiza pamwala wosongokawo, anasuzumira pakona. "Pali mamangidwe amtundu wina apa... Mulungu! Oo Mulungu wanga."
  
  Drake adamugwira pamapewa ndikusuzumira mumdima. "Ndikuganiza kuti mukutanthauza kundisokoneza!"
  
  Kumeneko, kupitirira kutalika kwa nyali zawo, kunali kambali kakang'ono kamene kanasanduka makwerero ozungulira kwambiri. Masitepewo anatambasulidwa pamwamba pawo, akupita kumalo ena.
  
  "Lankhulani za chizungulire," adatero Drake. "Inangotenga cookie ndi mtsuko."
  
  
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  MANDA WA MILUNGU
  
  
  Masitepe ozungulirawo ankawoneka olimba mokwanira, koma mfundo yosavuta yakuti inadutsa m'phanga pamwamba pa dzenje losatha, osatchulapo mfundo yakuti omanga ake alephera kukhazikitsa njanji iliyonse, inachititsa kuti ngakhale mitsempha yophunzitsidwa bwino ya Drake igwedezeke mofulumira kuposa utitiri. vibrator.
  
  Bwalo limodzi lathunthu lidawabweretsa pafupifupi kotala la njira yopita ku mowa wa Aphrodite, kotero Drake adayerekeza kuti amayenera kupanga mabwalo anayi kapena asanu. Anasunthira patsogolo pang'onopang'ono, akutsatira Ben, kuyesera kuthetsa mantha ake, kupuma mozama ndikuyang'ana nthawi zonse cholinga chawo.
  
  Mapazi makumi asanu ndi limodzi mmwamba. Makumi asanu. Makumi anayi.
  
  Atayandikira mapazi makumi atatu, adamuwona Ben atayima ndikukhala pansi kwakanthawi. Maso a mnyamatayo anali ndi mantha. Drake mosamala adakhala pansi pa sitepe yomwe ili pansi pake ndikugwedeza bondo lake.
  
  "Bwanawe, palibe nthawi yoti muyambe kulemba nyimbo yatsopano, Wall of Sleep. Kapena kulota Taylor Momson. "
  
  Kenako mau a msilikali wa SAS anamvekera kwa iwo. "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani kumwambako? Tikudzicheza tokha pano. Sunthani."
  
  Asitikali a SAS, Drake adaganiza. Ndinawapanga mosiyana ndi kale.
  
  "Pumulani kaye," anafuula motero. "Ingokhala mo."
  
  "Kuswa! Ugh..." Drake anamva mawu akuya a Wells, kenaka anakhala chete. Anamva Kennedy atakhala pamapazi ake, adamuwona akumwetulira kolimba ndikumva thupi lake likunjenjemera ndi zala zake.
  
  "Mwana ali bwanji?"
  
  "Kulumpha koleji," Drake adadzikakamiza kuseka. "Anzanga a band. Pubs yaku York. Usiku wa kanema waulere. KFC. Mayitanidwe antchito. Ukudziwa, zinthu za ophunzira."
  
  Kennedy adayang'anitsitsa. "M'chidziwitso changa, izi sizomwe anyamata ndi atsikana aku koleji amachita."
  
  Tsopano Ben anatsegula maso ake ndi kuyesa kumwetulira mwamphamvu. Anayenda pang"onopang"ono ndi manja ndi maondo ake. Atayang"ananso m"mwamba, ali m"manja ndi m"mawondo, anakwera masitepe otopetsa kwambiri.
  
  Inchi ndi inchi, sitepe ndi sitepe yoopsa, iwo ananyamuka. Drake anamva mutu ndi mtima wake kuwawa chifukwa cha zovutazo. Ben akanagwa, akanalola mwanayo kugwa ndi thupi lake, kuti amupulumutse.
  
  Palibe mafunso kapena kukayikira.
  
  Bwalo lina lathunthu ndipo anali pafupi mamita makumi awiri kuchokera pa malo omwe ankafuna, mzere womwe umafanana ndi womwe adangodutsapo. Drake adamuphunzira mu nyali yonyezimira. Idabwereranso ku shaft yolowera, koma mwachiwonekere mulingo umodzi wokwera.
  
  Iye anaganiza. Mulungu, 'adasintha' izi kwambiri ndi Sonic the Hedgehog.
  
  Pamwamba pake adawona Dahl akuzengereza. Mswedeyo anaimirira mofulumira kwambiri, ndipo tsopano analemera kwambiri pa mwendo wake wakumbuyo. Panalibe phokoso, koma kulimbana mwakachetechete. Ankangoganizira za chizunzo chimene chinadzaza maganizo a Dahl. Malo kumbuyo, chitetezo patsogolo, lingaliro la kugwa kwautali, kowawa.
  
  Kenako Swedeyo anathamangira kutsogolo, kugunda masitepe ndikugwirabe moyo wake. Drake amamva kupuma kwake kolemera kuchokera pa mapazi khumi mmwamba.
  
  Mphindi zingapo zinadutsa ndipo kukwera kovuta kunapitirira. Pomaliza, Dahl adatsika pamakwerero, ndikukwawa ndi manja ndi mawondo kuti apeze malo. Posakhalitsa Drake anatsatira, akukokera Kennedy naye limodzi, akumva mpumulo waukulu kuti abwereranso pamtunda wopapatiza womwe udalibe gawo limodzi lokha kuti asafuule imfa.
  
  Onse atawerengedwa, Dahl adausa moyo. "Tiyeni tipitirire ku niche yotsatira ndikuyitana kupuma," adatero. "Ine, mmodzi, ndawonongedwa kotheratu."
  
  Pambuyo pa mphindi zina zisanu akugwedeza matupi awo otopa ndikulimbana ndi kuwonjezereka kwa minofu, adapunthwa mpaka kumtunda wachinayi, womwe uli pamwamba pa manda a Aphrodite.
  
  Poyamba palibe amene anaona Mulungu wamuyaya. Onse anali atagwada, akupumula ndi kupuma movutikira. Drake adaganiza moseka kuti izi ndi zomwe moyo wake wamba udamutsogolera, ndipo adayang'ana mmwamba pomwe Parnevik adalankhula mawu achipongwe omwe angawonekere achilendo kuchokera kwa wina aliyense kupatula iye.
  
  "Uwu!"
  
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Uwu! Mutu wagalu. Uyu ndi Anubis. "
  
  "Nkhandwe yemweyo?" Wells adatsamira pampando wake ndikugwetsa mawondo ake pachifuwa. "Chabwino. ndidza......"
  
  "Mulungu waku Egypt," adatero Parnevik. "Ndipo ndithudi ili ndi chochita ndi imfa."
  
  Drake adayang'ana mizere ya ziboliboli ndi ziboliboli za nkhandwe zamakala. Mabokosi opangidwa ndi golidi ndi ma ankh opangidwa ndi emarodi, osachita chidwi, anatembenukira kuchipinda cha maliro cha Mulungu ndikulowa mu KitKat. Patapita kanthawi Kennedy anakhala pafupi naye.
  
  "Chotero," iye anatero, akumasula chakudya ndi zakumwa zake.
  
  Drake anaseka moseka. "Ndikumva kale okondwa."
  
  "Tamverani, bwanawe, ndikadafuna kuti ndikuyatseni, mukhala m'manja mwanga." Kennedy adamupatsa iye grin yomwe inali yonyansa komanso yokwiyitsa. "Damn, anyamata inu simungayime kwa mphindi imodzi, sichoncho?"
  
  "Chabwino, pepani. Kungosewera. Zomwe zachitika?"
  
  Anamuwona Kennedy akuyang'ana mumlengalenga. Ndidawona maso ake akutukuka pomwe adamva phokoso losamveka la asitikali a Frey omwe adawapeza. "Ichi ... chinthu ... takhala tikumenya tchire kwakanthawi. Kodi mukuganiza, uh, tili ndi kena kake, Drake?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti Odin ali pansi pano."
  
  Kennedy adayimilira kuti achoke, koma Drake adayika dzanja lake pabondo kuti amuletse. Kukhudzako kudatsala pang'ono kuyambitsa.
  
  "Pano," iye anatero. "Mukuganiza chiyani?"
  
  "Sindikuganiza kuti ndidzakhala ndi ntchito yambiri yoti ndichite tikadzabwerako," ananong"oneza motero. "Zokhudza wakupha Thomas Caleb ndi china chilichonse. Wambayo adaphanso, mukudziwa, tsiku lomwe tisanafike ku Manhattan. "
  
  "Chani? Ayi."
  
  "Inde. Ndiko komwe ndidapita kukazungulira malo omwe adapha. Ndipo perekani ulemu."
  
  "Ndine wachisoni". Drake sanafune kukumbatirana, podziwa kuti ichi chinali chinthu chomaliza chomwe amafunikira pompano.
  
  "Zikomo, ndikudziwa. Ndinu m'modzi mwa anthu owona mtima omwe ndidawadziwapo, Drake. Ndipo osadzikonda kwambiri. Mwina ndi chifukwa chake ndimakukondani kwambiri. "
  
  "Ngakhale mawu anga okhumudwitsa?"
  
  "Mwamphamvu kwambiri, ngakhale izi."
  
  Drake adamaliza chokoleti chake chonse ndipo adaganiza kuti asatayire chopukutira cha KitKat pamalo opanda kanthu. Podziwa mwayi wake, angakhale atatchera msampha wakale wa zinyalala kapena zina zotero.
  
  "Koma palibe ntchito yomwe imatanthauza kuti palibe kugwirizana," Kennedy anapitiriza. "Ndilibe anzanga enieni ku New York. Palibe banja. Ndikuganiza kuti ndiyenera kuzimiririka pamaso pa anthu. "
  
  "Chabwino," adatero Drake moganizira, "ndikuwona kuti ndiwe woyeserera." Anamupatsa maso opusa. "Mwina munganene kuti bollox ku Paris yakale yosangalatsa ndikubwera kudzacheza ku York wakale."
  
  "Koma ndikakhala kuti?"
  
  Drake anamva Dal akusonkhanitsa asilikali ake. "Chabwino, tikungofunika kudziwa momwe mungapezere ndalama zanu." Anadikira mpaka anaimirira, kenako n"kugwila mapewa ake n"kumuyang"ana m"maso mwake.
  
  "Zowona, Kennedy, yankho la mafunso anu onse ndi inde. Koma sindingathe kuzilingalira zonsezi pakali pano. Ndili ndi katundu wanga womwe tikuyenera kukambirana ndipo ndiyenera kukhazikika. " Anagwedeza mutu kulowera kumene kunali kopanda kanthu. "Kuli Alicia Miles kumusi uko. Mwina mungaganize kuti ulendo wathu mpaka pano unali woopsa, kuti Manda ameneyu anali oopsa, koma ndikhulupirireni, iwo sali kanthu powayerekeza ndi hule uja."
  
  "Akunena zoona," Wells anayenda nagwira ndemanga yomaliza. "Ndipo sindikuwona njira ina yochokera pano, Drake. Palibe njira yopewera zimenezo."
  
  "Ndipo sitingatseke njira chifukwa tikufuna njira yotulukira," Drake adagwedeza mutu. "Inde, ndinayang'ananso zolemba zonse."
  
  "Ndimadziwa kuti uchita izi." Wells adamwetulira ngati amadziwa nthawi yonseyi kuti Drake akadali m'modzi mwa anyamata ake. "Bwerani, ma turnips akulira."
  
  Drake adatsatira abwana ake akale pamtunda, kenako adatenga malo ake kumbuyo kwa Ben ndi Dahl. Kungoyang'ana kumodzi kunawona kuti aliyense anali atapumula, koma amanjenjemera ndi zomwe zinali m'tsogolo.
  
  "Ayi aphedwa," adatero Dahl ndikuthamangira m'mphepete, phiri kumbuyo kwake.
  
  Chotsatira chotsatira chinali chodabwitsa ndipo chinawalimbikitsa onse. Awa anali manda a Thor, mwana wa Odin.
  
  Mnyamatayo analira ngati kuti wapeza yeti yomwe ili ku Death Valley. Ndipo, kwa iye, anali. Pulofesa wina wanthano za ku Norse wapeza manda a Thor, mwina munthu wodziwika kwambiri wa ku Norse m'nthawi zonse, chifukwa cha nthabwala za Marvel.
  
  Chisangalalo chenicheni.
  
  Ndipo kwa Drake, kupezeka kwa Thor mwadzidzidzi kunapangitsa kuti zikhale zenizeni.
  
  Kunakhala chete mwaulemu. Aliyense ankadziwa za Thor, kapena kubadwa kwa Viking Mulungu wa Bingu ndi Mphezi. Parnevik anakamba nkhani yokhudza Thorsday, kapena, monga momwe tikumudziwira tsopano, Lachinayi. Izi zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi Lachitatu - kapena Tsiku la Madzi, kapena Tsiku la Odin. Thor anali mulungu wankhondo wamkulu wodziŵika kwa munthu, wokhala ndi nyundo, akuphwanya adani ake ndi gulu lankhondo loyendera alendo. Mawonekedwe oyera a Viking masculinity.
  
  Zinali zonse zomwe akanachita kuti amukokere Parnevik ndikumuletsa kuyesa mafupa a Thor pomwepo. Gawo lotsatira, lachisanu ndi chimodzi, linali ndi Loki, mchimwene wake wa Thor ndi mwana wina wa Odin.
  
  "Njirayo ikuwotha," adatero Dahl, osayang'ana mkati mwa alcove asanapitirize m'mphepete mwa phirilo, mtunda wakuda wakuda.
  
  Drake adalumikizana ndi a Swede, Ben ndi Kennedy pomwe amadutsa miyuni m'mphepete mwa thanthwe.
  
  "Pepani," adatero Ben. "Ndipo dzanja limapuma. Zikuwoneka kuti tikukwera."
  
  Drake anakweza khosi lake kuti ayang'ane mmwamba. Masitepe amwala adakwera mumdima wopanda malire, ndipo kumbuyo kwawo sikukanakhala kanthu koma mpweya.
  
  Poyamba kuyesa kwa mitsempha, bwanji tsopano? Kukakamiza? Viability?
  
  Ndipo kachiwiri Dahl anapita poyamba. Mofulumira kukwera mapazi makumi awiri kapena kuposerapo asanawoneke ngati akuchedwa pamene mdima unamuzungulira. Ben adaganiza zopita, kenako Kennedy.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti mutha kuyang'anitsitsa bulu wanga tsopano," adatero ndikumwetulira pang'ono, "Onetsetsani kuti zisakudutseni."
  
  Iye anatsinzina. "Sindingathe kuchotsa maso anga pa izi."
  
  Drake adapitanso, adakwanitsa kuchita bwino katatu asanasunthire gawo lake lachinayi. Akukwera motere, anakwera pang"onopang"ono phirilo n"kupita ku mphepo ya chiphalaphalacho.
  
  + Mkokomowo unapitiriza kuwazungulira: + kulira kwa phiri. Drake akuganiza kuti chipinda chapafupi cha magma chikuyaka, chikulavulira moto wa helo m'makoma ake, n'kuyamba kuphulika mumlengalenga wa buluu wa ku Iceland.
  
  Phazi linachita chigololo pamwamba pake, likutsetsereka kuchoka m"mbali mwake. Anakhala chete, podziwa kuti panalibe zochepa zomwe angachite ngati wina amudutsa mothamanga, koma anali wokonzeka, ngati zingatheke.
  
  Mwendo wa Kennedy unagwedezeka mumlengalenga pafupifupi mita pamwamba pa mutu wake.
  
  Anafikira, akugwedezeka pang'ono, koma adakwanitsa kugwira soli ya nsapato yake ndikumukokeranso pamphepete. Kunong'ona pang'ono kothokoza kunatifikira.
  
  Anayendabe, minyewa yake ikuyaka, zala zake zikupweteka m'mfundo zonse. Nsonga za zala zake zinatenga kulemera kwa thupi lake ndi kukwera kakang'ono kalikonse. Thukuta linkatsika pobowo lililonse.
  
  Anayerekeza mamita mazana awiri otetezeka koma owopsa komanso otsetsereka asanafike pachitetezo chofananira cha mpanda wina.
  
  Ntchito yotopetsa. Mapeto a Dziko, Apocalypse ndi ntchito yamtsogolo. Kupulumutsa umunthu ndi sitepe iliyonse ya chilango.
  
  "Tsopano chiyani?" Zitsime zinagona chagada, akubuula. "Kuyenda kwina kwamagazi m'mphepete?"
  
  "Ayi," Dahl analibe ngakhale mphamvu zoseketsa. "Tunnel".
  
  "Mazira".
  
  Pamaondo awo adakwawira kutsogolo. Msewuwo udatsogolera mumdima wandiweyani womwe unapangitsa Drake kukhulupirira kuti akulota asanagundine ndi Kennedy yemwe sakuyenda kumbuyo.
  
  Sinthani nkhope yanu kutsogolo.
  
  "O! Ukanandichenjeza."
  
  "Zimakhala zovuta pamene tsoka lomwelo landigwera," linatero liwu lowuma poyankha. "Ndikuganiza kuti Dahl yekha ndiye adatuluka muluwu popanda mphuno yosweka."
  
  "Ndikuda nkhawa ndi mtima wanga woyipa," Dahl adayankha motopa. "Msewuwu umathera moyang'anizana ndi sitepe yoyamba ya masitepe ena, oh, ndingayerekeze ngodya ya madigiri makumi anayi ndi asanu. Palibe chotsalira kapena kumanja, palibe chomwe ndingachiwone. Konzekerani."
  
  "Zinthu izi ziyenera kulumikizidwa kwinakwake," Drake adang'ung'udza, akukwawa pa mawondo ake osweka. "Kwa Mulungu, iwo sangangolenjekeka m"mlengalenga."
  
  "Mwina atha," adatero Parnevik. "Chifukwa cha kumwamba. Pa ha. Ndinkachita nthabwala, koma kwenikweni, lingaliro langa labwino ndi mndandanda wamagulu owuluka. "
  
  "Zobisika pansi pathu," adatero Drake. "Ndithudi. Ziyenera kuti zinatengera gehena wa anthu ambiri ogwira ntchito. Kapena milungu ingapo yamphamvu kwambiri."
  
  "Mwina adafunsa Hercules ndi Atlas kuti awathandize."
  
  Drake adalowa mozama pa sitepe yoyamba, akumva modabwitsa modabwitsa kuti akulowa muubongo wake, ndipo adakwera pamwala woyipawo. Anakwera kwa nthawi ndithu, ndipo kenako anakalowa m"chipinda china chodyeramo chomwe chili pafupi ndi nsanja yoimitsidwa.
  
  Dahl adamupatsa moni ndikugwedeza mutu wake wotopa. "Poseidon".
  
  "Zochititsa chidwi."
  
  Drake anagwadanso. Ambuye, iye anaganiza. Ndikukhulupirira kuti aku Germany ali nazo zovuta. Pamapeto pake, mwina m"malo momenyana akanatha kuzikonza ndi miyala, mapepala, lumo.
  
  Mulungu wachigiriki wapanyanja anali ndi zipinda zake zitatu zomwe nthawi zonse ankakhala nazo komanso chipinda chodzaza ndi chuma chambiri. Uyu anali Mulungu wachisanu ndi chiwiri amene iwo ankadutsa. Nambala 9 inayamba kudziguguda m'maganizo mwake.
  
  Kodi nambala 9 sinali yopatulika kwambiri mu nthano za Viking?
  
  Anatchula zimenezi kwa Parnevik pamene anali kupuma.
  
  "Inde, koma malowa si a Nordic chabe," pulofesayo adaloza chala chake kwa munthu yemwe anali ndi katatu kumbuyo kwawo. "Pakhoza kukhala zana la iwo."
  
  "Chabwino, sitidzapulumuka zana limodzi la iwo," Kennedy adatsutsana naye. "Pokhapokha ngati wina atamanga Ho-Jo kutsogolo."
  
  "Kapena, chabwino komabe, shopu ya sangweji ya nyama yankhumba," Drake adamenya milomo yake. Ndikhoza kupha mmodzi wa anthu oipawa pompano.
  
  "Zowawa," Ben anaseka n"kumenya mwendo wake. "Mukunena za chinthu chomwe chatha zaka khumi. Koma musade nkhawa, mukadali ndi zosangalatsa."
  
  Mphindi zina zisanu zinadutsa asanapume mokwanira kuti apitirize. Dahl, Wells ndi Marsters anakhala mphindi zingapo akumvetsera kwa omwe ankawatsatira, koma palibe phokoso limodzi lomwe linasokoneza usiku wamuyaya.
  
  "Mwina onse adagwa," Kennedy adanyoza. "Zitha kuchitika. Ngati iyi inali filimu ya Michael Bay, wina akadagwa kale. "
  
  "Zowona". Dahl anatitsogolera pa masitepe ena oimitsidwa. Zimene zikanachitikira Wells n"kumeneko n"kumene anasiya kugwira n"kutsetsereka masitepe awiri oterera, ndipo nthawi zonse ankagunda mwala ndi chibwano chake.
  
  Magazi ankatuluka m"milomo yake kuchokera ku lilime lake loluma.
  
  Drake adamugwira pamapewa ajasi lake lalikulu. Munthu amene anali pansi pake-Marsters-anagwira ntchafu zake ndi mphamvu zoposa zaumunthu.
  
  "Palibe chothawira, mkulu. Osati pano."
  
  Bambo wazaka makumi asanu ndi zisanu zakubadwa adakokedwa kuti akwere masitepe, Kennedy atagwira Drake pamsana ndipo Marsters akuwonetsetsa kuti sakutereranso. Pamene amafika pachipinda chachisanu ndi chitatu, Wells analinso bwino.
  
  "Inde, adachita dala, anyamata. Ndinkangofuna zina zonse."
  
  Koma adafinya dzanja la Marsters ndikunong'oneza kuthokoza kwake kochokera pansi pamtima kwa Drake pomwe palibe amene akuyang'ana.
  
  "Musadandaule, munthu wachikulire. Ingokhalani mmenemo. Simunakhalepo ndi nthawi yanu ya Meyi. "
  
  Niche yachisanu ndi chitatu inali mtundu wa chiwonetsero.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga". Chozizwitsa cha Parnevik chinawakhudza onse. "Uyu ndi Zeus. Atate wa munthu. Ngakhale milungu imamutchula kuti ndi mulungu - chithunzi cha atate. Ndi ... kupitirira Odin ... kwambiri, ndipo amachokera ku Norse."
  
  "Kodi Odin sanadziwike ngati Zeus pakati pa mafuko oyambirira achijeremani?" Adafunsa Ben uku akukumbukira kafukufuku wake.
  
  "Iye anali, bambo, koma ndikutanthauza, bwerani. Uyu ndi Zeus. "
  
  Munthu uyu anali wolondola. Mfumu ya Milungu inaima motalika ndi wosagawanika, itagwira mphezi m"dzanja lake lalikulu. M"malo mwake munali unyinji wa zinthu zonyezimira, zosefukira ndi msonkho woposa chilichonse chimene munthu angachite lero.
  
  Ndiyeno Drake anamva temberero, mokweza, mu German. Zinamveka kuchokera pansi.
  
  "Anangothyola mumsewu," Dahl adatseka maso ake mokwiya. "Kwangotsala mphindi khumi ndi zisanu kumbuyo kwathu. Zowopsa, tasowa mwayi! Nditsateni!"
  
  Makwerero ena anakodola, ulendo uno akutuluka ndi kupitirira manda a Zeus asanayime pamasitepe khumi otsiriza. Analimbana nawo momwe angathere, kulimba mtima kwawo kunasanduka phulusa ndi mdima wowawa. Zinali ngati kusakhalapo kwa kuwala kutsekereza mzimu wachibwibwi. Mantha anafika poitana ndipo adaganiza zokhala pansi.
  
  Kulankhula za chizungulire, Drake anaganiza. Lankhulani za momwe mipira yanu imachepetsera kukula kwa mtedza. Masitepe khumi omalizira amenewo, atapachikidwa pamwamba pa mdima wandiweyani, akukwera usiku wonse wokwawa, anatsala pang"ono kumugonjetsa. Sanadziwe momwe enawo adathandizira - zonse zomwe adatha kuchita ndikubwereza zolakwa zakale ndikukakamira mwamphamvu kwa iwo - Alison, mwana yemwe sanakhale naye ndipo sakanakhala naye; kampeni ya SRT ku Iraq yomwe idasokoneza chilichonse - adayika cholakwika chilichonse patsogolo pamalingaliro ake kuti athetse mantha akulu akugwa.
  
  Ndipo anaika dzanja limodzi pamwamba pa linzake. Mwendo umodzi ndi wapamwamba kuposa wina. Ananyamuka molunjika, mopanda malire kumbuyo kwake, mphepo yamkuntho yopanda dzina inagwedeza zovala zake. Mkokomo wa bingu wakutali ukhoza kukhala nyimbo ya phiri lophulika, koma ukhoza kukhala zinthu zina. Zoopsa zosaneneka, zoopsa kwambiri moti sangaone kuwala kwa tsiku. Zolengedwa zowopsa zomwe zikusefukira pamiyala, matope ndi ndowe, zotulutsa nyimbo zowopsa zomwe zimadzutsa masomphenya ofiira amagazi amisala.
  
  Drake, atatsala pang'ono kulira, anakwawa pa sitepe yomaliza yamwala n'kufika pamalo abwino. Mwala waukaliwo unakanda manja ake akukanda. Ndi kuyesayesa komaliza kowawa, adakweza mutu wake ndikuwona kuti wina aliyense wagwada momuzungulira, koma kumbuyo kwawo adawona Torsten Dahl - wamisala waku Sweden - yemwe amakwawa m'mimba kupita kumtunda waukulu kuposa chilichonse chomwe adawona. kutali.
  
  Wopenga waku Sweden. Koma Mulungu, munthuyo anali wabwino.
  
  Niche idaimitsidwa mbali imodzi, koma yolumikizidwa pakatikati pa phirilo.
  
  "Zikomo Mulungu," Dahl anatero mofooka. "Ndi imodzi. Tapeza manda a Odin."
  
  Kenako anakomoka ndi kutopa.
  
  
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  MANDA WA MILUNGU
  
  
  Kukuwa kunatuluka m"kamwa mwake.
  
  Ayi, kufuula. Kukuwa kokhetsa magazi komwe kunkanena za zoopsa zenizeni. Drake anatsegula maso ake, koma thanthwe linali pafupi kwambiri kuti asayang'ane. Iye analavulira pansi ndi kubuula.
  
  Ndipo ndinadzipeza ndekha ndikuganiza: kodi munthu angagwere mpaka pati asanamwalire?
  
  Ajeremani anali pano. Mmodzi wa abale awo anali atangogwa kumene pamakwerero.
  
  Drake anavutika kuti aimirire, minofu yonse inapweteka, koma adrenaline inayamba kuyatsa magazi ake ndikuchotsa maganizo ake. Anayenda pang'onopang'ono kupita kwa Ben. Mnzakeyo anali atagona chafufumimba m"mphepete mwa nsanja. Drake adamukokera ku niche ya Odin. Kuyang'ana mwachangu kumbuyo kwake kunamuwuza kuti Ajeremani anali asanabwere, koma makutu ake adamuuza kuti atsala pang'ono.
  
  Anamva phokoso la Abel Frey akutukwana. Kuchuluka kwa zida zodzitetezera. Milo akukuwa kupha m'modzi mwa asilikaliwo.
  
  Mwayi woti awonetse kulimba mtima kwake, adaganiza, kukumbukira mawu amodzi a Wells omwe adasankha pamaphunziro awo a SAS.
  
  Anamukoka Ben mozungulira, akutsamira msana wake pa sarcophagus yaikulu ya Odin. Zikope za mnyamatayo zinagwedezeka. Kennedy anapunthwa: "Mukhale okonzekera iwo. Ndithana naye." Anamumenya mbama patsaya lake mopepuka.
  
  Drake adakhala kaye kaye, ndikumuyang'ana kwa sekondi. "Kenako".
  
  Woyamba wa Germany kuti agonjetse pachimake. Msilikali wina amene anakomoka mwamsanga chifukwa cha kutopa, kenako wachiwiriyo. Drake adazengereza kuchita zomwe akudziwa kuti ayenera kuchita, koma Torsten Dahl adamudutsa, osawonetsa chisoni. Wells ndi Marsters nawonso adasunthira kutsogolo.
  
  Msilikali wina wachitatu anakwawira pamwamba pake, ndipo ulendo uno kunali mtembo waukulu waamuna. Wokongola. Magazi, thukuta ndi misozi yeniyeni inatembenuza chigoba chochititsa chidwi pankhope yake yomwe inali itasokoneza kale. Koma anali wolimba mtima komanso wothamanga kwambiri moti analumpha pamwamba, kugudubuza ndi kunyamula kamfuti kakang'onoko.
  
  Kuwombera kumodzi kunatuluka mumgolo. Drake ndi anzake adangokakamira, koma kuwomberako kudaphonya cholinga chake.
  
  Mawu akuthwa a Abel Frey adasokoneza bata lomwe linatsatira kuwomberako. "Palibe zida, dumbas. Nar! Nar! Tandimverani!"
  
  Milo adayang'ana nkhope ndikumwetulira Drake moyipa. "Kuwononga abulu a Kraut. Hei bwanawe?
  
  Mfutiyo inamezedwa ndi chibakera chochindikala ndipo m"malo mwake anaikamo nsonga yokhotakhota. Drake adazindikira kuti ndi mpeni wapadera wankhondo. Anapatuka kumbali kwa chimphonacho, ndikumupatsa Dahl mwayi wokankhira m'modzi mwa asirikali omwe adagwa mumlengalenga.
  
  Msilikali wachiŵiriyo anavutika mpaka kugwada. Marsters adamwetuliranso, kenaka adataya pambali thupi lopuwalalo. Pa nthawiyi nkuti asilikali ena atatu atafika pamalo aja, ndipo Alicia anadumpha kuchokera pansi n"kukatera ngati mphaka, atanyamula mpeni m"dzanja lililonse. Drake anali asanamuwonepo atatopa kwambiri ndipo amawoneka kuti atha kutenga gulu lapamwamba la ninja.
  
  "Ayi... zida?" Dahl adatha kunena pakati pa kupuma movutikira. "Kodi potsiriza ... umakhulupirira chiphunzitso cha Armagedo, Frey?"
  
  Wopanga wamkulu waku Germany tsopano wadutsa m'mphepete. "Usakhale chitsiru, msilikali iwe," anatero mopuma. "Sindikufuna kuyika chizindikiro bokosi lamaliro ili. Pali malo angwiro okha m'gulu langa. "
  
  "Zomwe mukuwona ngati mukudziwonetsera nokha, ndikuganiza," adatero Dahl, akupuma pomwe gulu lake lidapuma.
  
  Panali kaye kaye, kamphindi ka mkangano woopsa pamene mdani aliyense akuyesa chandamale chake. Drake adachoka ku Milo, mosadziwa akulowera kumanda a Odin, komwe Ben ndi Pulofesa adakhalabe pambali, akuyang'aniridwa ndi Kennedy yekha. Anali kuyembekezera imodzi ...
  
  ... ndikuyembekeza...
  
  Kenako kubuula kosamveka kudabwera kuchokera pamakwerero, kuchonderera kofooka kwa chithandizo. Frey anayang'ana pansi. "Ndiwe wofooka!" analavula munthu. "Pakadapanda Chishango, ndikada..."
  
  Frey adaloza Alicia. "Muthandizeni". Wankhondo wachikaziyo anaseka modzikuza, kenako anatambasula dzanja lake pambali. Ndi kugwedezeka kumodzi adamukoka Hayden. Wothandizira CIA waku America adatopa ndi kukwera kwakutali, koma makamaka chifukwa chonyamula katundu wolemetsa womwe Ajeremani adamangirira kumbuyo kwake.
  
  Chishango cha Odin chokulungidwa mu chinsalu.
  
  Mawu a Parnevik anamveka. "Anabweretsa Chishango! Gawo lalikulu! Koma chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Chifukwa ndiye gawo lalikulu, chitsiru iwe." Frey anamuwombera. "Chinthu chachikulu ichi sichikanakhalapo ngati chinalibe cholinga china." Wopanga mafashoni adapukusa mutu monyoza ndikutembenukira kwa Alicia. "Malizani zolemba zomvetsa chisoni izi. Ndiyenera kusangalatsa Odin ndi kubwerera kuphwando. "
  
  Alicia anaseka mwamisala. "Nthawi yanga!" Adakuwa, wakupha kwambiri kuposa Mtsinje wa Tam, ndikuponya zida zake zodzitetezera pakati pamiyala. Mu chisokonezocho, iye anathamangira kwa Wells, kusonyeza kuti sanadabwe ndi kukhalapo kwake. Drake adayang'ana kwambiri ndewu yake, akuyang'ana kwa Milo kuti amudabwitse, akuyenda ndi tsamba lake, kenako ndikupereka chigongono cholimba kunsagwada za Milo.
  
  Fupa lathyoka. Drake adavina, akugwedezeka ndikutsalirabe kumapazi ake. Ndiye iyi ikanakhala njira yake - kugunda ndi kuthamanga, kugunda pa malo ovuta kwambiri a thupi lake, kulinga kuthyola mafupa ndi chichereŵechereŵe. Anali wachangu kuposa Milo, koma osati wamphamvu, ndiye ngati chimphonacho chikamugwira ...
  
  Paphiripo panamveka mabingu, kubangula ndi ming'alu ya mapiri okwera ndi miyala yosuntha.
  
  Milo anakwinyika mopweteka. Drake adatsogola ndikumenya pawiri mbali, matepi awiri - zomwe mungawone Van Damme akuchita mwaluso pa TV ndizopanda ntchito kumenyana m'misewu m'moyo weniweni. Milo anadziwa zimenezi ndipo anapatuka n"kuyamba kukuwa. Koma Drake nayenso ankadziwa, ndipo pamene Milo anaponya thupi lake lonse kutsogolo, Drake anamenyanso chigongono china champhamvu kumaso kwa mdani wake, ndikumuphwanya mphuno ndi diso, ndikumugwetsera pansi.
  
  Milo anagwa pansi ngati chipembere chodulidwa. Kamodzi atatayika kwa wotsutsa wamtundu wa Drake, panalibe kubwerera. Drake anaponda pa dzanja lake ndi bondo, kuthyola mafupa akuluakulu onse awiri, kenako mipira yake bwinobwino, kenako anatenga mpeni wa asilikali wotayidwa.
  
  Anayang'ana pomwe zidachitikira.
  
  Marsters, msilikali wa SAS, anali atagwira ntchito mwachidule ndi Ajeremani aŵiri ndipo tsopano anali kumenyana ndi wachitatu. Kupha anthu atatu mumphindi zochepa sikunali kophweka kwa aliyense, ngakhale msilikali wa SAS, ndipo Marsters anavulala pang'ono. Wells anavina ndi Alicia m'mphepete mwa nsanja, akuthamanga kwambiri kuposa kuvina kwenikweni, koma kumusokoneza. Njira yake inali yanzeru. Pafupipafupi, iye akanatha kumupweteka mu sekondi imodzi.
  
  Kennedy anakokera thupi lotopa la Hayden kutali ndi pakati pa nkhondoyo. Ben anathamanga kuti akamuthandize. Parnevik sanagone, adaphunzira manda a Odin - chitsiru.
  
  Abel Frey adakumana ndi Thorsten Dahl. The Swede anali wapamwamba kuposa German m'njira iliyonse, mayendedwe ake kukhala woyengedwa ndi wachiwiri pamene mphamvu kubwerera ku ziwalo zowawa.
  
  Ambuye!Drake anaganiza. Tikukankha bulu apa! Kapena mu mzimu wabwino wakale wa Dino Rock ... Ndiroleni ndikusangalatseni!
  
  Osasangalala ndi kulimbana ndi Alicia, adalunjika ku Wells, akukhulupirira kuti mayi wazaka makumi asanu amafunikira thandizo lalikulu. Mnzake wakale wa timu atamuwona, adachoka kunkhondoyo.
  
  "Ndakumenya kale mipira yanu kamodzi sabata ino, Drake. Kodi mwakhumudwa kwambiri kuti mukufunanso izi?"
  
  "Ndiwe mwayi, Alicia. Mwa njira, mukuphunzitsa bwenzi lanu?" adagwedeza mutu kuyankha ku America komwe kunali kovutirapo.
  
  "Mwa kumvera kokha," iye anaponya mipeni yonse m"mwamba n"kuigwira m"njira imodzi. "Tiyeni! Ndimangokonda atatu! "
  
  Chikhalidwe chake chikhoza kukhala chamtchire, koma zochita zake zidayendetsedwa ndikuwerengedwa. Adakankhira Drake, kwinaku akuyesa kukona Wells ndi nsana wake kumalo opanda malire. Mkulu wa asilikaliyo anazindikira zolinga zake pamphindi yomaliza ndipo anathamangira kumdutsa.
  
  Drake adapatutsa mipeni yake yonse, ndikusunthira mbali iliyonse kumbali kwinaku akusamala kuti asathyole manja ake. Sizinali chabe kuti anali wabwino, koma anali wabwino nthawi zonse.
  
  Abel Frey mwadzidzidzi anawadutsa. Zinkawoneka kuti, atalephera kupitirira Dahl, adayamba kuthamanga kudutsa Swede pofunafuna manda a Odin.
  
  Ndipo mu gawo lachiwiri lija, Drake adawona Marsters ndi msirikali womaliza waku Germany atatsekeredwa m'mphepete mwafumbi papulatifomu. Kenako, modzidzimutsa, amuna onse aŵiri anapunthwa ndi kugwa.
  
  Kulira kwa imfa kunamveka m"malo opanda kanthu.
  
  Drake anagawanika, kupempherera Wells, kenaka anatembenuza thupi lake ndikuthamangira Frey. Iye sakanakhoza kumusiya Ben pamenepo wopanda chitetezo. Kennedy anatsekereza njira ya wopanga, kulimbitsa mtima, koma pamene adathamangira kutsogolo, Drake adawona chinthu chaching'ono chakuda chogwidwa m'manja mwa Frey.
  
  Wailesi kapena mafoni. Mtundu wina wa transmitter.
  
  Nanga ndi chiyaninso?
  
  Zimene zinachitika pambuyo pake zinali zosamvetsetseka. Mosasamala modabwitsa, phirilo linaphulika mwadzidzidzi! Panali kugunda kwamphamvu, ndiyeno miyala ikuluikulu ndi zidutswa za shale za m"mapiri zinamwazikana paliponse. Miyala yamitundumitundu ndi makulidwe osiyanasiyana inkathamanga ndi kuyimba mluzu kupyola pachopandacho ngati zipolopolo.
  
  M"mbali mwa phirilo munaoneka dzenje lalikulu, ngati kuti nyundo yaboola khoma lopyapyala. Kuwala kwa masana kunasefedwa mu mng'alu. Kuwomba kwina, ndipo dzenjelo linakula kwambiri. Phiri la zinyalala linagwera m"dzenje lopanda phompho m"chete mochititsa mantha kwambiri.
  
  Drake adagwa pansi mutu uli m'manja. Mwala wina wophulikawu uyenera kuti unawononga manda ena amtengo wapatali. Kodi chinachitika n'chiyani?
  
  
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  MANDA WA MILUNGU
  
  
  Helikoputala inatulukira mu dzenje lomwe linali litangopangidwa kumene, likungoyendayenda kwa mphindi imodzi isanawulukemo!
  
  Panali zingwe zinayi zochindikala ndi zingwe zingapo zolendewera m"munsi mwa makinawo.
  
  Zinali zosatheka kukhulupirira. Abel Frey wangolamula kuti phirilo ligawike. Mphepete mwa phiri lomwe linali mbali ya phiri lophulika lophulika lomwe likanatha kuwononga anthu ambiri otchedwa supervolcano.
  
  Kuti amalize kusonkhanitsa kwake.
  
  Munthu uyu anali wamisala kwambiri monga Drake ndipo anthu ena onse adamupatsa ulemu. Iye anali kuseka maniacally ngakhale tsopano, ndipo pamene Drake anayang'ana mmwamba, anaona kuti Frey sanasunthike inchi, koma anaima molunjika pamene phiri likuphulika likuzungulira iye.
  
  Alicia adachoka ku Wells ndikupunthwa kupita kwa Frey, ngakhale kudziletsa kwake kopenga kumakakamira pang'ono. Kumbuyo kwawo, Pulofesa Parnevik, Ben ndi Kennedy anali otetezedwa ndi makoma a mowa wa Odin. Hayden anali wokonda, osasuntha. Kodi iye anabweradi kudzafa mu misala yoyaka moto? Wells anagwada pambali pake, atagwira mimba yake.
  
  Helikoputala inayandama pafupi, injini yake ikulira. Frey adakweza mfuti yake yaing'ono ndikulozera aliyense kuti achoke ku sarcophagus yayikulu ya Odin. Kuphulika kwamoto pang'ono kunalimbitsa pempho lake, zipolopolo zikugwedezeka pamene zinagunda zotsalira zamtengo wapatali za Viking zagolide monga zishango, malupanga, zikopa za pachifuwa ndi zisoti zanyanga. Ndalama zagolide, zosunthidwa ndi zochitika zambiri, zidayamba kugwa kuchokera pamashelefu ngati confetti ku Times Square.
  
  Frey anagwedeza helikopita.
  
  Drake adagwada pansi. "Iwe suntha bokosi ili, ukuyika dziko lonse pachiswe!" - adakuwa, mawu ake samveka bwino chifukwa cha phokoso lolemera la ma propeller.
  
  "Usakhale wopusa!" Frey adayankha mofuula, nkhope yake idagwedezeka ngati munthu woyipa yemwe amamwa heroin. "Kuvomereza, Drake. Ndakugonjetsa!"
  
  "Sikuti ndipambane ayi!" Drake adafuula, koma tsopano helikopita inali pamwamba ndipo samamva ngakhale mawu ake. Anayang'ana pamene Frey ankamuwongolera, akumuwombera zipolopolo mwachidwi pamene ankagwedeza manja ake. Drake anapemphera kuti abwenzi ake asagwidwe ndi projectile yosokera.
  
  Wachijeremani adazitaya. Pokhala pafupi kwambiri ndi kutengeka kwa moyo wake wonse, anangokhumudwa.
  
  Tsopano Dahl anali pafupi naye. Iwo ankayang'ana pamene Frey ndi Alicia akutsitsa maunyolo olemera pansi ndi pansi mpaka potsirizira pake atakulungidwa kumapeto kwa sarcophagus. Frey anaonetsetsa kuti ali otetezeka.
  
  Helikoputala inatenga kulemera kwake. Palibe chinachitika.
  
  Frey anakuwa pa foni yake. Helikoputala inayesanso, ulendo uno injini zake zinabangula ngati dinosaur yokwiya. Ndipo maunyolowo analemera, ndipo panali mng"alu womveka, mkokomo wa mwala wosweka.
  
  Bokosi la Odin linasuntha.
  
  "Uwu ndi mwayi wathu womaliza!" - Dahl adafuula m'khutu la Drake. "Tikupita ku chopukusira! Kuchokera pamfuti ya Milo!"
  
  Drake adayendetsa script. Akadatha kuwononga helikopita ndikupulumutsa Manda. Koma Ben ndi Kennedy, pamodzi ndi Hayden ndi Parnevik, mwina adzafa.
  
  "Palibe nthawi!" Dahl adafuula. "Izi kapena Apocalypse!"
  
  Omu Swede analumphira kufuna chida cha Milo. Drake anafinya maso ake kutseka pamene ululu unamubaya mtima. Kuyang'ana kwake kunagwera pa Ben ndi Kennedy, ndipo kuwawa kwachigamulo kunamukhotetsa mkati mwake ngati chingwe. Ngati muluza ndi dzanja limodzi, mudzaluza ndi linalo. Ndiyeno anaganiza kuti sakanatha kulola Dahl kuchita izi. Kodi akanatha kupereka mabwenzi awiri kuti apulumutse dziko lapansi?
  
  Ayi.
  
  Analumpha kutsogolo ngati chule pamene Dahl anayamba kusesa zovala za Milo. The Swede anabwerera modabwa pamene Milo anawongola thupi lake, American atawerama momva zowawa, koma anali kusuntha ndipo anatsimphina m'mphepete mwa nsanja. Ku imodzi mwa mizere yotsika.
  
  Drake anayima ndi mantha. Mainjini a helikopitayo analiranso ndipo kugunda koyipa kudadzaza mphanga. Mphindi yotsatira, sarcophagus yayikulu ya Odin idasunthika ndikutuluka m'miyendo yake, ndikugwedezeka mowopsa kwa Drake ndi m'mphepete mwa nsanja, kufa kwakukulu.
  
  "Nooo!" Kulira kwa Dahl kubwereza kulira kwa Parnevik.
  
  Kunamveka kukuwa, kukuwa koopsa ngati kuti potulukira mpweya watenthedwa kwambiri, kumveka ngati kuti ziwanda zonse ku Gahena zikuwotchedwa zamoyo. Mpweya wa sulfure unatuluka pa dzenje lomwe linali pansi pa manda a Odin.
  
  Frey ndi Alicia adathamangira, atatsala pang'ono kuwotchedwa amoyo pamene adakwera pabokosi lozungulira. Frey anafuula kuti: "Usatitsatire, Drake!" Ndili ndi inshuwaransi!" ndiye lingaliro linawoneka ngati likubwera kwa ine, chitsimikizo cha chitetezo. Anakuwa kwa anzake a Drake kuti: "Tsopano! Tsatirani bokosilo kapena mufa!" Frey adawalimbikitsa, akugwedeza mfuti yake yapansi panthaka, ndipo sanachitire mwina koma kungozungulira nthunziyo.
  
  Dahl adatembenukira kwa Drake. "Tiyenera kusiya izi," iye anatero mochonderera. "Kwa ... kwa ana anga."
  
  Drake analibe yankho koma kungogwedeza mutu. Ndithudi. Anatsatira mkulu wa SGG, akumasiya mosamala Sarcophagus yomwe ikugwedezeka pamene inkawulukira pamwamba pawo, adani awo omwe amanjenjemera ali pamwamba pomwe abwenzi ake amatsatira njira yake kumbali inayo.
  
  Wokutidwa ndi zida komanso kulakalaka kwa wamisala.
  
  Drake adafika pa dzenje pansi pamwala. Nthunziyo inali nsanja yoyaka, yopindika. Zosasokoneza. Drake adayandikira momwe angathere asanatembenuke kuti awone adani ake akupita patsogolo.
  
  Hayden anakhalabe pansi, akunamizira kuti wakomoka. Tsopano adakhala tsonga ndikuchotsa zingwe zomwe zidateteza chishango cha Odin kumbuyo kwake. "Ndingatani?"
  
  Drake anamuyang'ana mwachidule. "Kodi CIA ili ndi mapulani oti atseke Supervolcano?"
  
  'Mlembi' wokongolayo adawoneka wosokonezeka kwakanthawi asanagwedeze mutu. "Zodziwikiratu zokha. Ikani Chijeremani mu chitoliro cha mpweya wabwino. " Anataya Chishangocho ndi kulira kwachisoni. Onse atatu anamuona akugudubuzika m"mphepete mwake ngati khobidi.
  
  Kodi alepheradi?
  
  Mphamvu yotuluka m"chitolirocho inakula pamene phirilo linali ndi mphamvu. "Pamene maunyolo ayamba," adatero Dahl. "Sitingathe kutseka izi. Tiyenera kuchita izi tsopano!"
  
  Kuyang'ana kwa Drake kudakokedwa kwakanthawi ndi Shield pomwe idagudubuzika mozungulira m'mphepete mwake. Mphepete mwace, Mauwo anaturuka mwa iye ngati kuti analembedwa pamoto.
  
  
  Kumwamba ndi Gahena ndi kusazindikira kwakanthawi.
  
  Ndi Moyo Wosakhoza kufa umene umatsamira ku Chabwino kapena Cholakwika.
  
  
  "Plan B," adatero. "Mukukumbukira temberero la Odin? Sizinawoneke koyenera, sichoncho? Palibe malo oyika izi, sichoncho? Chabwino, mwina ndi zimenezo. "
  
  "Kodi Temberero la Odin ndi njira yopulumutsira dziko lapansi?" Dahl anakayikira.
  
  "Kapena gehena," adatero Drake. "Zimatengera yemwe wapanga chisankho. Yankho ndi ili. Munthu amene amaika Chishango ayenera kukhala ndi mzimu woyera. Ndi msampha wa misampha. Sitikudziwanso kalikonse chifukwa tinachotsa manda. Tikalephera, dziko liwonongeka."
  
  "Themberero layenda bwanji?" Hayden, yemwe sakuwoneka woipa kwambiri kuposa momwe adachitira pambuyo pa zovuta zomwe adakumana nazo m'manja mwa adani, adayang'ana panjapo ngati kuti adyedwa wamoyo.
  
  Drake anatukwana uku akukweza Chishango ndikuchiyika patsogolo pake. Dahl adayimilira ndikumuyang'ana akuyenda cholowera kumalo otsekemera. "Mukangokhudza nthunziyo ndi Shield iyi, idzang'ambika m'manja mwanu."
  
  Kenako, ndi phokoso lofanana ndi la gulu la nyama zotsekeredwa m"nkhalango yoyaka moto, nthunzi yowonjezereka inaphulika kuchokera pansi, kuphulika kwake kokwera kwambiri kutsala pang"ono kugontha. Fungo la sulfure tsopano linayamba kukhuthala mpweyawo, kuusandutsa mpweya wapoizoni. Mkokomo wa phirilo lomwe anakhala nawo kwa nthawi yaitali tsopano linakhala ngati bingu. Drake adamva ngati makomawo akugwedezeka.
  
  "Nkhani zatsopano, Dal. Plan B ikugwira ntchito. Kuti tidzapezeke m'tsogolo, izi zikutanthauza kuti sindikudziwa chomwe chilinso chochita."
  
  "Iwe ulibe tsogolo," Dahl anayimirira mbali ina ya Shield. "Kapena ine."
  
  Onse pamodzi anathamangira kumalo otulukira mpweya. Shaleyo inayamba kutsetsereka pamwala womwe unali pafupi nawo. Kukuwa ndi kubangula, zomwe Drake sanamvepo, zinachokera kukuya kosatha kwa phompho.
  
  "Chiphalaphala champhamvu kwambiri chikuyandikira!" Hayden anakuwa. "Zimitsani!"
  
  
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  Osawoneka ndi Drake, Dahl kapena Abel Frey, phiri lodziwika bwino la ku Iceland lotchedwa Eyjafjallajokull, lomwe mpaka pano likukhutira kutulutsa mitsinje yotuwa komanso kuchititsa mantha kuyenda kwa ndege, mwadzidzidzi linaphulika m'mphepete mwake. Posachedwapa zitha kuwoneka pa Sky News ndi BBC ndipo pambuyo pake pa You Tube ndi mamiliyoni odabwitsa - malirime amoto a zinjoka chikwi zomwe zimayatsa chimphepo chamoto kumwamba. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, mapiri enanso aŵiri a ku Iceland anaphulika, nsonga zake zikuwuluka ngati nsonga za shampeni chifukwa cha kukanidwa. Zinanenedwa, momveka bwino, kuti Armagedo yafika.
  
  Osankhidwa ochepa okha ndi amene ankadziwa kuyandikira kwake.
  
  
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  Ngwazi zosaoneka ndi zosadziŵika zinamenyana mumdima wakuya wa phirilo. Drake ndi Dahl anaukira chotulutsira nthunzi ndi Shield, pogwiritsa ntchito chinthu chozungulira kuti atembenuzire nthunzi pamalo opanda kanthu pamene adayiyika pamwamba pa dzenje lomwe linasiyidwa ndi kugwetsa manda a Odin.
  
  "Fulumirani!" Dahl adalimbana kuti asunge Chishango m'malo mwake. Drake adamva kuti manja ake akunjenjemera chifukwa cha khama lomwe adagonjetsa mphamvu ya phirilo. "Ndikungofuna kudziwa kuti chinthu ichi chimapangidwa ndi chiyani!"
  
  "Ndani amasamala!" Hayden anayesa kuwakaniza, akugwira miyendo yawo ndi kukankha mwamphamvu momwe akanathera. "Ingoikani mwana wapathengo mkati!"
  
  Dahl adalumphira, kudumphira padzenje. Ngati Shield idaphonya kapena kusuntha pang'ono, ikadakhala nthunzi nthawi yomweyo, koma cholinga chawo chinali cholondola, ndipo gawo lalikulu linalowa mosamala mng'alu yochita kupanga pansi pa Manda a Odin.
  
  Msampha wovuta kwambiri, womwe unapezedwa zaka mazana ndi zikwi zapitazo. Ndikulumbira kwa milungu.
  
  Msampha wa misampha!
  
  "Msampha wakale kwambiri womwe dziko lamakono silinadziwepo." Dahl adagwada pansi. "Yemwe angakhoze kuthetsa izi."
  
  Drake adawona Shield ikuwoneka ngati yowonda, kutengera kupsinjika kwakukulu komwe kumakwera kuchokera pansi. Icho chinaphwanyidwa ndi kupanga m'mphepete mwa ming'alu, kutenga mtundu wa obsidian. Kwamuyaya. Sizidzachotsedwa.
  
  "Mulungu adalitse".
  
  Yobu atamaliza, anaima kaye pang'ono asanabwererenso kwa Frey. Mantha anadzaza mu mtima mwake kuposa momwe iye angaganizire, ngakhale tsopano.
  
  Helikopita inanyamuka, ikuyesetsa kuthandizira kulemera kwa bokosi la Odin, lomwe linagwedezeka pansi pake. Onse awiri Frey ndi Alicia anali atakhala pachivundikiro cha bokosilo, manja awo atakulungidwa mwamphamvu pazingwe zomwe amazilumikiza ku helikopita.
  
  Koma Ben, Kennedy ndi Pulofesa Parnevik anali atalendewera pa zingwe zina zitatu zomwe zinali kulendewera pansi pa helikopita, mosakayikira anagwiriridwa pamenepo ataloza mfuti pamene Drake ankamenyana kuti apulumutse dziko lapansi.
  
  Iwo anapachikidwa pamwamba pa chopanda kanthu, akugwedezeka pamene helikopita ikukwera, inabedwa kuchokera pansi pa mphuno ya Drake.
  
  "Ayi!"
  
  Ndipo, modabwitsa, adathamanga - munthu wosungulumwa, akuthamanga ndi mphamvu yobadwa ndi ukali, kutayika ndi chikondi - munthu yemwe adadziponyera pa dzenje lopanda malire m'malo akuda, kufuna zomwe adatengedwa, ndikugwira mwamphamvu kumodzi mwa kugwedezeka. zingwe, pamene iye anagwa.
  
  
  Makumi anayi
  
  
  
  MANDA WA MILUNGU
  
  
  Dziko la Drake linayima ndi kudumpha kwake mumdima - malo opanda malire pamwamba, dzenje lopanda malire - mainchesi atatu a chingwe chogwedezeka, chipulumutso chake chokha. Malingaliro ake anali abata; anachitira abwenzi ake. Palibe chifukwa china koma kuwapulumutsa.
  
  Wodzikonda.
  
  Zala zake zidagwira chingwecho ndipo zidalephera kutseka!
  
  Thupi lake, potsirizira pake litakumana ndi mphamvu yokoka, linayamba kugwa mofulumira. Pa sekondi yomaliza, dzanja lake lamanzere lomwe linagwedezeka linatsekeka pa chingwe chomwe chinali chachitali kuposa ena onse ndi kumangirira ndi njiru.
  
  Kugwa kwake kunasiya pamene anaigwira ndi manja onse awiri ndikutseka maso ake kuti mtima wake ukhale ukugunda mofulumira. Kuwomba m'manja kwaphokoso kunabwera kuchokera kwinakwake pamwamba. Alicia anatulutsa mawu achipongwe.
  
  "Kodi zimenezi n"zimene Wells ankatanthauza ponena kuti "kusonyeza luso lako"?
  
  Drake anayang'ana mmwamba, akudziwa bwino za phompho lomwe lili pansipa, akumva chizungulire kuposa kale. Koma minyewa yake inali yoyaka ndi mphamvu zatsopano ndi adrenaline, ndipo moto wambiri wakale unabwerera mkati mwake tsopano, akufa kuti utuluke.
  
  Anakwera chingwe, dzanja ndi dzanja, atagwira ndi mawondo ake, akuyenda mofulumira. Frey anatulutsa mfuti yake yaing'ono ndikuseka, akuyang'ana mosamala, koma Hayden anafuula kuchokera kumanda a Odin. Drake adamuwona atayima pamenepo, akuloza mfuti ya Wells ku Frey - mkulu wa asilikaliyo adagwa pafupi ndi iye, koma, zikomo Mulungu, anali akupumabe.
  
  Hayden analoza mfutiyo pakati pa Frey. "Mlekeni awuke!"
  
  Helikoputala idakali m'mlengalenga, woyendetsa wake sakudziwa zomwe adalamula. Frey adazengereza, akulira ngati mwana wolekanitsidwa ndi chidole chake chomwe amachikonda kwambiri. "CHABWINO. Hundi! Ndikadakutsitsani mundege yoopsa ija!"
  
  Drake atamva yankho la Hayden adangoseka. "Inde, nthawi zambiri ndimamvetsetsa izi."
  
  Kennedy, Ben ndi Parnevik anayang'ana ndi maso aakulu, osayesa kupuma.
  
  "Pita ukatenge!" - Frey ndiye adakuwa Alicia. "Kuchokera ku dzanja kufikira kudzanja. Mtengeni tizipita. Hule uyu sangakuwombereni. Iye ndiye vuto la boma. "
  
  Drake adameza pamene Alicia adalumpha kuchokera pa sarcophagus ndikugwira chingwe chofanana cha Drake, koma ngakhale adatenga nthawi kuti ayang'ane Ben, ndikuyesa momwe mnyamatayo adachitira atawululidwa za udindo wa Hayden.
  
  Ben ankangomuyang'ana mwachikondi.
  
  Alicia adatsika chingwe ngati nyani ndipo posakhalitsa adafanana ndi Drake. Anamuyang'ana, nkhope yangwiro yodzaza ndi mkwiyo.
  
  "Ndikhoza kusuntha njira ziwiri." Analumphira mumlengalenga, mapazi poyamba, mumdima wokongola kwambiri, akulendewera mumlengalenga kwakanthawi. Kenaka miyendo yake inalumikizana mwamphamvu ndi sternum ya Drake ndipo adagwedeza thupi lake kutsogolo, ndikugwira chingwe chake mwachidule asanachisunthire kupita china.
  
  "Nyani wakupha," Drake anang'ung'udza, chifuwa chake chikuyaka, chogwira chake chikumasuka.
  
  Alicia anagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu yake kugwedezeka mozungulira chingwe, miyendo inatambasula pachifuwa, ndikugunda m'mimba mwake. Drake adatha kudumphira kumanja kuti achepetse nkhonya, komabe adamva kuti nthiti zake zaphwanyidwa.
  
  Anamukwiyira, nagawana nawo ululuwo ndipo anakwera pamwamba. M'maso mwake munawoneka kunyezimira, komanso ulemu watsopano.
  
  "Potsiriza," iye anapuma. "Wabwerera. Tsopano tiwona yemwe ali wabwino kwambiri. "
  
  Anakunga chingwe, chidaliro chikuwonekera ndikuyenda kulikonse. Mukudumpha kumodzi adadutsa chingwe cha Drake ndipo adagwiritsanso ntchito mphamvu yake kuti abwerere, akulozera miyendo yake pamutu pake.
  
  Koma Drake anali atabwerera ndipo anali wokonzeka. Ndi luso lopambana, iye anasiya chingwe chake, kuletsa chizungulire chachikulu, ndipo anachigwira pa kuya kwa mapazi awiri. Alicia anayandama pamwamba pake modabwa ndi mayendedwe ake, manja ake akungogwederabe.
  
  Drake adalumphira chingwe phazi limodzi. Pomwe mdani wakeyo adazindikira zomwe adachita, adamugonjetsa. Anamuponda mwamphamvu pamutu pake.
  
  Ndinaona zala zake zikusiya chingwe. Anagwa, koma mainchesi ochepa okha. Mtedza wolimba mkati mwake unagwira ntchito ndipo anayambiranso kugwira.
  
  Frey anabangula kuchokera pamwamba. "Palibe chabwino! Ifa, wosakhulupirira wachingelezi iwe!"
  
  Kenako, pasanathe kuphethira kwa diso, Mjeremani uja anatulutsa mpeni ndikudula chingwe cha Drake!
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adaziwona zonse zikuyenda pang'onopang'ono. Kuwala kwa tsamba, kuwala koyipa kwa malo odulidwa. Kumasulidwa kwadzidzidzi kwa njira ya moyo wake-njira imene inayamba kuchulukira ndi kukwera pamwamba pake.
  
  Instant kulemera kwa thupi lake. Mphindi yachisanu ya mantha ndi kusakhulupirira. Kudziwa kuti zonse zomwe adamvapo komanso zonse zomwe angachite m'tsogolo zidawonongeka.
  
  Kenako kugwa...kuona mdani wake, Alicia, kukwera pa chibakera kuti abwerere pamwamba pa sarcophagus ... ataona Ben akugwedezeka pakamwa ndi kukuwa ... Nkhope ya Kennedy imasanduka chigoba cha imfa ... ndi kupyolera mu masomphenya ake otumphukira... Distance... . ?
  
  Torsten Dahl, Swede wamisala, akuthamanga, ayi, akuthamanga, kudutsa nsanja atamanga lamba pathupi lake, kudziponya m'dzenje lakuda, monga momwe Drake mwiniwake adachitira kale.
  
  Chingwe chachitetezo chikutseguka kumbuyo kwake, chotetezedwa mozungulira mzati m'chipinda cha Odin, chogwiridwa mwamphamvu ndi Hayden ndi Wells, omwe adalimbikitsidwa kuti achite khama kwambiri.
  
  Kudumpha kwamisala kwa Dahl ... kumubweretsa pafupi kuti agwire mikono ya Drake ndikumugwira mwamphamvu.
  
  Chiyembekezo cha Drake chinazimiririka pamene iye ndi Dahl anagwa pamodzi, mzere wa chitetezo unagwedezeka ... kenaka kukoka kwadzidzidzi, kowawa pamene Hayden ndi Wells adavomereza kukanganako.
  
  Ndiye chiyembekezo. Pang'onopang'ono, zowawa kuyesa chipulumutso. Drake adayang'ana m'maso mwa Dahl, osanena mawu, osatulutsa malingaliro pomwe adakokedwa inchi ndi inchi kupita kuchitetezo.
  
  Woyendetsa ndege wa helikopita ayenera kuti adalandira lamuloli, chifukwa adayamba kukwera mpaka atakonzeka kuwombera mzinga wachitatu, nthawi ino kuchokera kuphiri, yomwe idapangidwa kuti ikulitse kusiyana kokwanira kuti sarcophagus igwirizane popanda chiopsezo cha kuwonongeka.
  
  M"mphindi zitatu zokha, bokosi la Odin linazimiririka. Kuphulika kwa masamba a helikopita ndi kukumbukira kwakutali. Ben, Kennedy ndi Parnevik anali ofanana ndi tsopano.
  
  Pomaliza, Dahl ndi Drake anakokedwa pamiyala m'mphepete mwa phompho. Drake ankafuna kuthamangitsa, koma thupi lake silinachitepo kanthu. Zinali zonse zomwe akanatha kuchita kuti agone pamenepo, kulola zoopsazo kuti zilowe mkati, ndikutumiza ululu ku mbali yakutali ya ubongo wake.
  
  Ndipo ali chigonere, phokoso la helikoputala linabwerera. Pokhapokha panthawiyi inali chowawa cha Dahl. Ndipo iyi inali nthawi yomweyo njira yawo ya chipulumutso ndi chizunzo.
  
  Drake amangoyang'ana m'maso ozunzidwa a Torsten Dahl. "Ndinu Mulungu, bwanawe," ndipo tanthauzo la malo amene iwo analili silinatayike pa iye. "Mulungu Woona"
  
  
  FORTY ONE
  
  
  
  GERMANY
  
  
  Nthawi zonse Kennedy Moore atatembenuza bulu wake pampando wolimba, maso akuthwa a Alicia Miles adazindikira. Bulu wachingerezi anali msilikali wa Uber, wopatsidwa mphamvu yachisanu ndi chimodzi ya wapolisi - kuyembekezera kosalekeza.
  
  Paulendo wa maola atatu kuchokera ku Iceland kupita ku Germany, anaima kamodzi kokha. Choyamba, patangopita mphindi 10 kuchokera pamene anatuluka m"phirilo, anagwedeza bokosilo n"kulisunga n"kubweretsa aliyense m"ngalawamo.
  
  Abel Frey nthawi yomweyo adapita kuchipinda chakumbuyo. Iye sanamuwonepo iye kuyambira pamenepo. N'kutheka kuti mafuta mawilo akuba ndi mafakitale. Alicia adaponya Kennedy, Ben ndi Parnevik pamipando yawo, kenako adakhala pafupi ndi chibwenzi chake, Milo wovulalayo. Wachimereka wokhuthala amawoneka kuti wagwira mbali iliyonse ya thupi lake, koma makamaka mipira yake, zomwe Alicia ankawoneka ngati zoseketsa komanso zowopsa.
  
  Alonda ena atatu anali mu helikopita, akuyang'ana mwatcheru kuchokera kwa akaidi kupita ku kulankhulana kwachilendo komwe kunalipo pakati pa Alicia ndi Milo - mosinthana chisoni, ndiye kuti watanthauzo, ndiyeno wodzazidwa ndi mkwiyo.
  
  Kennedy sankadziwa kumene iwo anali pamene helikopita inayamba kutsika. Malingaliro ake anali akuyendayenda kwa ola lomaliza, kuchokera ku Drake ndi maulendo awo ku Paris, Sweden ndi phiri lophulika, ku moyo wake wakale ndi NYPD, ndipo kuchokera kumeneko, mosakayikira, kwa Thomas Caleb.
  
  Kalebe ndi wakupha yemwe adamumasula kuti amuphenso. Zokumbukira za anthu amene anazunzidwawo zinamuukira. Nkhani zaupandu zomwe adakumana nazo masiku angapo apitawo -zochitika zake zaupandu -zinakhalabe zatsopano m"maganizo mwake, monga mwazi wokhetsedwa kumene. Anazindikira kuti kuyambira nthawi imeneyo sanaonepo nkhani iliyonse.
  
  Mwina anamugwira.
  
  M'maloto anu ....
  
  Ayi. M'maloto anga samamugwira, samayandikira kwa iye. Amandipha ndi kundizunza, ndipo mlandu wanga umandivutitsa ngati chiwanda choyipa mpaka nditasiya zonse.
  
  Helikoputala inatsika mwachangu, ndikumutulutsa m'masomphenya omwe sakanatha kukumana nawo. Chipinda chaumwini kumbuyo kwa helikopita chinatsegulidwa ndipo Abel Frey adatuluka, akulamula.
  
  "Alicia, Milo, udzakhala ndi ine. Bweretsani akaidi. Alonda, muperekeza bokosilo kupita kuchipinda changa chowonera. Woyang'anira pamenepo ali ndi malangizo oti andilumikizane chilichonse chikakonzeka kuti awonedwe. Ndipo ndikufuna kuti izi zichitike mwachangu, alonda, choncho musazengereze. Odin angakhale akuyembekezera Frey kwa zaka zikwi zambiri, koma Frey sakudikirira Odin. "
  
  "Dziko lonse likudziwa zomwe unachita, Frey, ndiwe wamisala," adatero Kennedy. "Wopanga mafashoni, zatsoka. Ukuganiza kuti ukhala kundende mpaka liti?"
  
  "Maganizo aku America odziona kukhala ofunika," adatero Frey. "Ndipo kupusa kumakupangitsani kukhulupirira kuti mutha kuyankhula mokweza, hmm? Malingaliro apamwamba nthawi zonse amapambana. Mukuganiza kuti anzanu adatuluka? Timatchera misampha pamenepo, hule wopusa iwe. Iwo sadzadutsa Poseidon. "
  
  Kennedy adatsegula pakamwa pake kuti atsutse, koma adawona Ben akugwedeza mutu mwachidule ndikutseka pakamwa pake. Zisiyeni izo. Choyamba, pulumuka, ndipo umenya nkhondo pambuyo pake." Anagwira mawu Vanna Bonta m"maganizo mwake kuti: "Ndimakonda kukhala ndi khalidwe losaoneka bwino ndi kudabwa kwambiri m"malo mokhala waulemu ndi kudzutsidwa mwano."
  
  Frey analibe njira yodziwira kuti helikopita yawo idabisidwa pamalo okwera. Ndipo kunyada kunam"tsimikizira kuti nzeru zake n"zapamwamba kuposa zawo.
  
  Msiyeni aganize choncho. Chodabwitsacho chikanakhala chokoma kwambiri.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Helikoputala inatera ndikunjenjemera. Frey adapita patsogolo ndikudumpha kaye, akulamula amuna omwe anali pansi. Alicia anadzuka n'kuyamba kunjenjemera ndi chala chake. "Choyamba inu atatu. Mitu ili pansi. Pitirizani kuyenda mpaka ndinene zina. "
  
  Kennedy analumpha kuchokera ku helikopita kumbuyo kwa Ben, akumva ululu wa kutopa mu minofu iliyonse. Atayang'ana uku ndi uku, mawonekedwe odabwitsa adamupangitsa kuyiwala za kutopa kwake kwa mphindi imodzi, kwenikweni, zidamuchotsa.
  
  Kuyang'ana kumodzi ndipo adazindikira kuti inali nsanja ya Frey ku Germany; mlengi dzenje la kusayeruzika kumene zosangalatsa sizinayime. Malo awo otsikira anayang"anizana ndi khomo lalikulu, zitseko za mitengo ya thundu ziwiri zomangidwa ndi zokokera zagolidi ndi zomangidwa ndi mizati ya nsangalabwi ya ku Italy yomwe inkaloŵera m"chipinda chachikulu choloweramo. Kennedy akuyang'ana, magalimoto awiri okwera mtengo, Lamborghini ndi Maserati, adakwera, pomwe anyamata anayi achangu makumi awiri adagubuduza ndikuyendayenda masitepe opita ku Castle. Nyimbo zolemera za nyimbo zovina zinachokera kuseri kwa chitseko.
  
  Pamwamba pa zitsekozo panali chotchinga chamiyala chokhala ndi mizere yozungulira katatu ndi nsanja ziwiri zazitali kumapeto konse, zomwe zimapatsa mawonekedwe akuluwo mawonekedwe a Gothic Revival. Zochititsa chidwi, Kennedy adaganiza, komanso zolemetsa pang'ono. Ankaganiza kuti kuitanidwa kuphwando kumalo amenewa kungakhale maloto amtsogolo.
  
  Ndipo kotero Abel Frey anapindula ndi maloto awo.
  
  Anakankhidwira ku zitseko, Alicia akuwayang'ana mosamalitsa pamene amadutsa ma supercars omwe amanjenjemera ndikukwera masitepe a nsangalabwi. Kudzera m'zitseko ndi kulowa m'chipinda cholandirira alendo. Kumanzere, chipata chotsegula, chokhala ndi chikopa choloŵera m"balaza lausiku lodzaza ndi nyimbo zogometsa, magetsi owoneka bwino, ndi mabwalo amene anayambukiridwa pamwamba pa khamulo, kumene aliyense akanatha kutsimikizira mmene akanavina. Kennedy nthawi yomweyo anaima ndikukuwa.
  
  "Thandizeni!" Analira akuyang"ana molunjika kwa alendowo. "Tithandizeni!"
  
  Anthu angapo adatsitsa magalasi awo odzaza ndi theka ndikundiyang'ana. Patapita mphindi imodzi anayamba kuseka. Mtsikana wakale waku Sweden wa blonde adakweza botolo lake popereka moni, ndipo mwamuna wakuda wa ku Italy uja adayamba kumuyang'ana. Enawo adabwerera ku disco kwawo.
  
  Kennedy adabuula Alicia atamugwira tsitsi ndikumukokera pansi pamiyala. Ben anakuwa modandaula koma mbamayo inangotsala pang'ono kumugwetsa. Panali kuseka kwambiri pakati pa alendo a phwando, kutsatiridwa ndi ndemanga zochepa zonyansa. Alicia anaponyera Kennedy mu masitepe akuluakulu, ndikumumenya mwamphamvu m'nthiti.
  
  "Mkazi wopusa," iye anasisima. "Kodi sukuona kuti akukondana ndi mbuye wawo? Sadzamuganizira konse zoipa. Tsopano...pitani."
  
  Analoza m'mwamba ndi mfuti yaing'ono yomwe inali m'manja mwake. Kennedy adafuna kukana, koma potengera zomwe zidachitika, adaganiza zongopita nazo. Anawatsogolera kukwera masitepe ndi kumanzere, ku phiko lina la Kachisiyo. Atangochoka pamasitepewo ndikulowa munjira yayitali, yopanda zida - mlatho pakati pa mapiko - nyimbo zovina zidayima, ndipo mwina anali anthu okhawo omwe anali ndi moyo panthawiyo.
  
  Akuyenda m"khonde, anadzipeza ali m"chipinda chimene mwina chinali chibwalo chachikulu. Koma tsopano derali linagawidwa mu theka la khumi ndi awiri zipinda zosiyana - zipinda zokhala ndi mipiringidzo kunja m'malo mwa makoma.
  
  Maselo.
  
  Kennedy, limodzi ndi Ben ndi Parnevik, anakankhidwira m"chipinda chapafupi. Kunamveka phokoso lalikulu kutanthauza kuti chitseko chatsekedwa. Alicia anagwedeza. "Mukuyang"anidwa. Sangalalani."
  
  Mukukhala chete wosamva, Kennedy anathamangitsa zala zake kutsitsi lake lalitali lakuda, kusalaza thalauza lake momwe akanathera, ndipo anapuma mozama.
  
  "Chabwino ..." anayamba kunena.
  
  "Hei, zidole!" Abel Frey anawonekera kutsogolo kwa kamera yawo, akuseka ngati Mulungu wa Gehena wamoto. "Takulandirani ku bwalo langa lachipani. Mwanjira ina ndikukayika kuti mungasangalale nazo monga alendo anga, olemera. "
  
  Anawayimilira asanayankhe. "Zilibe kanthu. Simusowa kuyankhula. Mawu anu amandisangalatsa pang'ono. Kotero," iye ananamizira kusinkhasinkha, "tiri ndi ndani...chabwino, inde, ndithudi, ndi Ben Blake. Ndikukhulupirira kuti zidzakusangalatsani kwambiri. "
  
  Ben anathamangira pazitsulo zija ndikuzikoka mwamphamvu momwe angathere. "Mlongo wanga ali kuti, wachiwerewere iwe?"
  
  "Mhm? Mukutanthauza blonde wasaucy ndi..." anatulutsa mwendo wake kunja mwachipongwe. "Muziwonetsa kachitidwe kankhondo ka chinjoka? Mukufuna zambiri? Chabwino, chifukwa ndi iwe, Ben. Usiku woyamba ine ndinatumiza mwamuna wanga wabwino kumeneko kuti adzatenge nsapato zake, inu mukudziwa, kuti amufewetse iye pang'ono. Anamuyika chizindikiro, adavulaza nthiti zingapo, koma adapeza zomwe ndimafuna. "
  
  Frey adatenga kamphindi kuti asodze chowongolera chakutali m'thumba la mwinjiro wachilendo wa silika womwe adavala. Anazisinthira ku televizioni yam'manja, yomwe Kennedy sanazindikire. Chithunzi chinawonekera pamlengalenga - SKY News - kukambirana zakukula kwa ngongole ya dziko la UK.
  
  "Usiku wachiwiri?" Frey anayima kaye. "Kodi mchimwene wake akufuna kudziwa?"
  
  Ben anakuwa, ndipo m'mimba mwake munatuluka mkokomo. Ali bwino? Ali bwino?"
  
  Frey adadinanso remote. Chophimbacho chinasinthira ku chithunzi china, chowoneka bwino. Kennedy anazindikira kuti akuyang'ana kachipinda kakang'ono ndi mtsikana womangidwa pabedi.
  
  "Mukuganiza chiyani?" Frey analimbikitsa. "Osachepera iye ali moyo. Pakadali pano."
  
  "Karin!" Ben anathamangira pa TV koma kenako anaima, mwadzidzidzi anagonjetsa. Sobs anagwedeza thupi lake lonse.
  
  Frey anaseka. "Ukufunanso chiyani?" Ananamiziranso kuti anali woganiza bwino ndipo kenako anasinthanso tchanelo, ulendo uno n"kukhala CNN. Nthawi yomweyo mu nkhani panali uthenga wokhudza wakupha siriyo ku New York - Thomas Caleb.
  
  "Ndakulemberani izi m'mbuyomu," wamisala Kennedy anatero mokondwera. "Ndimaganiza kuti ungafune kuyang'ana."
  
  Iye anamvetsera mwachisawawa. Anamva nkhani yowopsya kuti Kalebe anapitiriza kuyendayenda m'misewu ya New York, atamasulidwa, mzimu.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwamumasula," adatero Frey momveka bwino kumbuyo kwa Kennedy. "Ntchito yabwino. Nyama yolusayo yabwerera kumene ili, sikulinso nyama yotsekeredwa m"malo osungira nyama mumzinda."
  
  Lipotilo lidaseweredwa kudzera muzolembedwa zakale za mlanduwo - zinthu zokhazikika - nkhope yake, nkhope ya wapolisi wodetsedwa, nkhope za omwe adazunzidwa. Nthawi zonse nkhope za ozunzidwa.
  
  Zomwezo zomwe zinkamuvutitsa maloto ake tsiku ndi tsiku.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mukudziwa mayina awo onse, sichoncho?" Frey anaseka. "Maadiresi a mabanja awo. Iwo... iwo anafa."
  
  "Khala chete!" Kennedy anaika mutu wake m"manja mwake. Siyani zimenezo! Chonde!
  
  "Ndipo iwe," adamva Frey akunong'oneza. "Professor Parnevik," analavula mawuwo ngati kuti anali nyama yowola imene yagwera m"kamwa mwake. "Ukadakhala ndikundigwirira ntchito."
  
  Mfuti inalira. Kennedy anakuwa modzidzimuka. Sekondi yotsatira, anamva mtembowo ukugwa, ndipo atatembenuka, anaona kuti nkhalamba yagwa pansi, dzenje linali pachifuwa, magazi anali kutuluka ndi kuwaza pa makoma a selo.
  
  Chibwano chake chinagwa, kusakhulupirira kutsekereza ubongo wake. Amangoyang'ana pomwe Frey adatembenukira kwa iye kamodzinso.
  
  "Ndipo iwe, Kennedy Moore. Nthawi yako ikubwera. Posachedwa tifufuza mozama momwe mungathere. "
  
  Atatembenuza chidendene chake ndikuseka, adachokapo.
  
  
  Makumi anayi ndi awiri
  
  
  
  LA VEREIN, GERMANY
  
  
  Abel Frey adadziseka yekha pomwe amapita ku dipatimenti yake yachitetezo. Kanthawi kochepa ndipo adaponda pansi zitsiru izi. Onse athyoka. Ndipo potsiriza, iye anapha chitsiru chakale Parnevik Stone mpaka imfa.
  
  Zodabwitsa. Tsopano ndikuchita zinthu zina zosangalatsa.
  
  Anatsegula chitseko cha kumudzi kwawo komwe adapeza Milo ndi Alicia ali pampando wake atawasiya. Mkulu wa ku America anali akuvutikabe ndi kuvulala, akugonjetsa ndi kusuntha kulikonse, chifukwa cha Swede, Torsten Dahl.
  
  "Nkhani iliyonse yochokera ku next door?" - Frey adafunsa nthawi yomweyo. "Kodi Hudson wayimba?"
  
  Pakhomo lotsatira panali malo owongolera ma CCTV, omwe pano akuyang'aniridwa ndi m'modzi mwa othandizira kwambiri a Frey, Tim Hudson. Wodziwika mozungulira nyumbayi monga "munthu yemwe ali ndi chikumbukiro" chifukwa cha chidziwitso chake chachikulu cha makompyuta, Hudson anali mmodzi mwa ophunzira oyambirira a Frey, mwamuna wololera kuchita monyanyira kwa bwana wake wokonda kwambiri. Nthawi zambiri iwo anali kuyang'anira momwe kuyika kwa manda a Odin kukuyendera, ndipo Hudson anali wotsogolera - kutukwana, kutuluka thukuta ndi mantha akumeza Yeager ngati mkaka. Frey anali wofunitsitsa kuona Manda aikidwa pamalo ake oyenera, ndipo anakonzekera mokwanira ulendo wake woyamba wodziwika. Akaidi ake, malo okhala Karin, ndi zipinda za akaidi atsopanowo anayang"aniridwanso.
  
  Ndipo phwando, ndithudi. Hudson adakhazikitsa dongosolo lomwe limapangitsa inchi iliyonse ya kalabu kuwongolera, kaya infrared kapena mayendedwe okhazikika, ndipo kusuntha kulikonse kwa alendo osankhika a Frey kudajambulidwa ndikuwunika kulemera kwake.
  
  Anafika pozindikira kuti mphamvu si nzeru ayi. Mphamvu zinali umboni wamphamvu. Kujambula mwanzeru. Kanema wotanthauzira wapamwamba. Kugwidwa kungakhale koletsedwa, koma sikunapweteke ngati wogwidwayo anali ndi mantha mokwanira.
  
  Abel Frey amatha kupanga "usiku watsiku" ndi nyenyezi kapena mwanapiye wa rock pa nthawi iliyonse yoyenera kwa iye.Ankatha kugula zojambula kapena chosema, kukhala ndi mipando yakutsogolo pawonetsero yotentha kwambiri mumzinda wonyezimira kwambiri, kukwaniritsa zosatheka nthawi iliyonse. ankafuna.
  
  "Palibe kanthu. Hudson ayenera kuti wakomokanso pampando," adatero Alicia kwinaku akuyang"anitsitsa mutu wake m"manja ndipo miyendo yake ili m"mphepete mwa kama wake. Pamene Frey adamuyang'ana, adatambasula mawondo ake pang'ono.
  
  Ndithudi. Mwachibadwa, Frey anadandaula yekha. Anayang'ana Milo akubuula atagwira nthiti. Anamva kugwedezeka kwa magetsi kufulumizitsa kugunda kwa mtima wake monga lingaliro la kugonana losakanikirana ndi zoopsa. Adakweza nsidze molunjika kwa Alicia, ndikumupatsa chizindikiro cha "ndalama".
  
  Alicia adatsitsa miyendo yake pansi. "Ndikaganiziranso kachiwiri, Milo, bwanji osapita kukafufuzanso. Ndikupeza lipoti lathunthu kuchokera kwa chitsiru Hudson, hmm? Bwana, "anagwedeza mutu ku mbale yasiliva ya zokometsera. "Pali zachilendo?"
  
  Frey adaphunzira mbaleyo pomwe Milo, osazindikira zomwe zikuchitika, monga wandale kupusa kwake, adatumiza kuyang'ana kwa chibwenzi chake, kenako adabuula ndikutuluka m'chipindacho.
  
  Frey adati, "Biscotti ikuwoneka yokoma."
  
  Chitseko chitangofika pamalo ake, Alicia adapatsa Frey mbale ya masikono ndikukwera patebulo lake. Ataima pa zinayi zonse, anatembenuzira mutu wake kwa iye.
  
  "Kodi mukufuna bulu wabwino wachingerezi ndi biscuit?"
  
  Frey adasindikiza batani lachinsinsi pansi pa desiki yake. Nthawi yomweyo, penti yabodzayo idasunthira kumbali, ndikuwulula mndandanda wazithunzi zamakanema. Iye anati, "Zisanu ndi chimodzi," ndipo chimodzi mwa zowonerazo chinakhalanso ndi moyo.
  
  Analawa cookie ija akuyang'ana kwinaku akusisita matako ozungulira Alicia.
  
  "Bwalo langa lankhondo," anapumira. "Yaphikidwa kale. Inde?"
  
  Alicia ananjenjemera monyengerera. "Inde".
  
  Frey anayamba kusisita kuvutika maganizo pakati pa miyendo yake. "Ndiye ndimakhala ndi pafupifupi mphindi khumi. Muyenera kuchita ndi imodzi yachangu pakadali pano. "
  
  "Nkhani ya moyo wanga".
  
  Frey adatembenukira kwa iye, nthawi zonse amakumbukira Milo atangotsala pang'ono 20 kuseri kwa chitseko chosakhoma, koma ngakhale ndi izi, komanso kupezeka kwa Alicia Miles, sanathebe kuchotsa maso ake m'chipinda chapamwamba cha m'modzi mwa omwe adangotsala kumene. anapeza akapolo .
  
  Wopha anthu ambiri - Thomas Caleb.
  
  Kulimbana komaliza kunali kosapeŵeka.
  
  
  
  Gawo 3
  Nkhondo...
  
  
  ZAKUMI NATATU
  
  
  
  LA VEREIN, GERMANY
  
  
  Kennedy anathamangira ku mipiringidzo pamene Abel Frey ndi alonda ake adawonekera kunja kwa chipinda chawo. Anakuwa kuti achotse mtembo wa pulofesayo kapena kuwamasula, ndiye kuti anachita mantha atachita zimenezo.
  
  Anaima pakhomo la chipindacho, osadziŵa choti achite. Mmodzi wa alonda analoza ndi mfuti yake. Analowa m"chipinda chandendemo, n"kudutsa zipinda zina zingapo, zonse zilibe munthu. Koma kukula kwake kunamuziziritsa mpaka fupa. Anadzifunsa kuti ndi zolakwa zotani zomwe munthuyu amatha kuchita.
  
  Apa m"pamene anazindikira kuti akhoza kukhala woipa kuposa Kalebe. Zoyipa kuposa zonse. Amayembekeza kuti Drake, Dahl ndi gulu lothandizira likuyandikira, koma adayenera kuthana ndi vutoli ndikuligonjetsa, akukhulupirira kuti ali okha. Kodi angayembekezere bwanji kuteteza Ben monga momwe Drake adachitira? Mnyamata wina anayenda pafupi naye. Sanalankhule zambiri kuchokera pamene Parnevik anamwalira. Ndipotu Kennedy ankaganiza kuti mnyamatayo anangolankhula mawu ochepa chabe kuchokera pamene anagwidwa ku Manda.
  
  Kodi adawona mwayi wake wopulumutsa Karin akuthawa? Iye ankadziwa kuti foni yake inali idakali m"thumba, moti inkangogwedezeka, komanso kuti makolo ake anamuyitana maulendo angapo koma sanayankhe.
  
  "Tili pamalo oyenera," ananong'oneza Kennedy kuchokera pakona pakamwa pake. "Ikani maganizo anu pa inu nokha."
  
  "Khala chete, Amereka!" Frey analavula mawu omaliza ngati kuti anali temberero. Kwa iye, iye ankaganiza kuti zinali choncho. "Uyenera kuda nkhawa za tsogolo lako."
  
  Kennedy anayang'ana kumbuyo. "Kodi izi zikuyenera kutanthauza chiyani? Kodi mundipangitsa kuvala imodzi mwa madiresi anu aang'ono omwe mudapanga?" Iye ankatsanzira kudula ndi kusoka.
  
  Wachijeremani adakweza nsidze. "Wokongola. Tiye tiwone kuti ukhala nthawi yayitali bwanji. "
  
  Kuseri kwa maselo ovutawo, analowa mbali ina, yakuda kwambiri ya nyumbayo. Tsopano iwo anali kupita molunjika kunsi, zipinda ndi makonde ozungulira iye anali atawonongeka. Ngakhale, podziwa Frey, zonse zinali zofiira zofiira kusokoneza magazi.
  
  Anadutsa mumsewu womaliza, womwe unalowera ku chitseko chamatabwa chokhala ndi zitsulo zazikulu pamahinji ake. Mmodzi wa alonda anakhomerera nambala ya manambala eyiti pa kiyibodi ya manambala opanda zingwe, ndipo zitseko zolemera zinayamba kutseguka.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo adawona zitsulo zokwera pachifuwa zomwe zidazungulira chipinda chatsopanocho. Pafupifupi anthu makumi atatu mpaka makumi anayi anayimirira mozungulira iye ndi zakumwa m'manja mwawo, akuseka. Osewera ndi olamulira mankhwala osokoneza bongo, mahule apamwamba aamuna ndi aakazi, mafumu ndi ampando a Fortune 500. Akazi amasiye omwe ali ndi cholowa chachikulu, ma sheikh olemera ndi mafuta ndi ana aakazi a mamiliyoni ambiri.
  
  Aliyense anayima mozungulira chotchingacho, akumwetulira Bollinger ndi Romani Conti, akudya zakudya zabwinozabwino komanso kutulutsa chikhalidwe chawo komanso kalasi yawo.
  
  Kennedy atalowa, onse anayima ndikumuyang'ana kwakanthawi. Lingaliro lake lodetsa nkhawa linali loti amuyese, ndipo manong'onong'ono ankamveka m'makoma afumbiwo ndipo makutu ake ankamusokoneza.
  
  Ndi iyeyo? Wapolisi?
  
  Iye amuwononga iye mkati, o, nsonga za maminiti anai.
  
  Nditenga. Ndikupatsani ena khumi, Pierre. Muti chiyani?
  
  Zisanu ndi ziwiri. Ine kubetcherana kuti iye ndi wamphamvu kuposa momwe iye amawonekera. Ndipo, chabwino, iye adzakhala wokwiya pang'ono, simukuganiza?
  
  Kodi anali kukamba za chiyani?
  
  Kennedy adamva kumenyedwa koyipa kumatako ndikupunthwa mchipindamo. Mpingo unaseka. Frey mwamsanga anamuthamangira.
  
  "Anthu!" Iye anaseka. "Anzanga! Iyi ndi chopereka chabwino kwambiri, simukuganiza choncho? Ndipo atipatsa usiku wina wodabwitsa! "
  
  Kennedy anayang'ana pozungulira, ndi mantha osadziletsa. Kodi anali kukamba za chiyani? Khalani prickly, adakumbukira mawu omwe amakonda Captain Lipkind. Pitirizani masewera anu. Anayesa kuyang'ana, koma kugwedezeka kwake ndi malo ozungulira adamuwopsyeza kuti amupenga.
  
  "Sindidzachita pamaso panu," adadandaula kumbuyo kwa Frey. "Mwanjira iliyonse yomwe mukuyembekezera."
  
  Frey adatembenukira kwa iye, ndipo kumwetulira kwake kodziwa kunali kodabwitsa. "Sichomwecho? Ndikuganiza kuti mumadziona mopambanitsa ndi anzanu. Koma zachilendo. Mutha kuganiza mosiyana, koma ndikuganiza kuti muzichita, wokondedwa Kennedy. Ndikuganiza kuti mungathe. Bwerani." Anamukodola kuti abwere kwa iye.
  
  Kennedy anapita ku njanji ya mphete. Pafupifupi mamita khumi ndi awiri pansi pake panali dzenje lozungulira lomwe linakumbidwa pansi mosagwirizana, pansi pake pali miyala ndipo makoma ake anali ndi dothi ndi miyala.
  
  Mabwalo akale a gladiator. Phokoso lankhondo.
  
  Makwerero achitsulo anakokedwa pafupi ndi iye ndi kukwezedwa pamwamba pa zitsulo m'dzenje. Frey adanena kuti akuyenera kutsika.
  
  "Ayi," ananong'oneza Kennedy. Mfuti zitatu zidalozedwera iye ndi Ben.
  
  Frey anagwedeza mutu. "Ndimakufuna, koma sindikufuna mnyamata. Tingayambe ndi chipolopolo chofika pabondo, kenako m"chigongono. Gwirani ntchito ndikuwona kuti zikukutengerani nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti mukwaniritse zomwe ndikufuna." Kumwetulira kwake kodabwitsa kunamutsimikizira kuti angakhale wokondwa kutsimikizira mawu ake.
  
  Anakukuta mano ndikukhala kamphindi akusalaza kabudula wake. Khamu la anthu olemera linamuyang"ana mwachidwi ngati nyama imene ili m"khola. Magalasi anali opanda kanthu ndipo zokometsera zinadyedwa. Operekera zakudya ndi operekera zakudya ankayenda pakati pawo, osawaona, akudzaza ndi kutsitsimula.
  
  "Dzenje lanji?" anali kukambirana kwa nthawi, osawona njira yotulukira, akuyesera kupatsa Drake mphindi iliyonse yamtengo wapatali yowonjezera.
  
  "Awa ndiye bwalo langa lankhondo," Frey adatero mokoma mtima. "Mukukhala m"chikumbukiro chaulemerero kapena mumwalira mwamanyazi. Kusankha, wokondedwa wanga Kennedy, kuli m'manja mwanu. "
  
  Khalani prickly.
  
  M'modzi wa alonda adamukankha ndi mlomo wa mfuti yake. Mwanjira ina adakwanitsa kuwonetsa Ben bwino ndikufikira masitepe.
  
  "Dikirani," maso a Frey adawala mokwiya. "Vula nsapato zake. Izi zidzakulitsa kulakalaka kwake kwamagazi pang'ono. "
  
  Kennedy anaima pamenepo, ali wonyozeka ndi wokwiya, ndipo anachita mantha pang"ono pamene mmodzi wa alonda anagwada pamaso pake ndi kuvula nsapato zake. Anakwera masitepe, akudzimva kuti alibe zenizeni komanso ali kutali, ngati kuti msonkhano wachilendo uwu ukuchitika ndi Kennedy wina ku ngodya yakutali ya dziko. Anadzifunsa kuti ndani kwenikweni ameneyu amene anthu onse ankanena.
  
  Sizinamveke bwino. Zinamveka ngati ayenera kumenyera moyo wake.
  
  Pamene ankatsika masitepewo, mluzu unatuluka kuchokera m"gulu la anthulo, ndipo funde lamphamvu lachikhumbo la magazi linadzaza m"mlengalenga.
  
  Anakuwa zotukwana zamtundu uliwonse. Mabetcha adayikidwa, ena kuti amwalira pasanathe mphindi imodzi, ena kuti ataya chingwe chake pasanathe masekondi makumi atatu. Mmodzi kapena aŵiri anam"thandiza. Koma vuto lalikulu linali lakuti angadetse mtembo wake atasandutsa ufa.
  
  Olemera kwambiri mwa olemera, amphamvu kwambiri padziko lapansi. Ngati izi ndi zomwe chuma ndi mphamvu zidakupatsani, ndiye kuti dziko lapansi lidawonongedwadi.
  
  Mwamsanga mapazi ake opanda kanthu anakhudza nthaka yolimba. Anatsika, akumva kuzizidwa komanso kuwululidwa, ndikuyang'ana uku ndi uku. Mosiyana naye, bowo linabowoledwa kukhoma. Pakali pano inali yokutidwa ndi mipiringidzo yokhuthala.
  
  Chithunzi chomwe chinatsekeredwa kumbali ina ya mipiringidzo iyi mwadzidzidzi chinathamangira kutsogolo, ndikukantha mwa iwo ndi kukuwa kwa magazi kwaukali. Anawagwedeza mwamphamvu moti anagundana, ndipo nkhope yake inali ngati kubangula molakwika.
  
  Koma ngakhale izi, komanso ngakhale malo ake odabwitsa, Kennedy adamuzindikira mwachangu kuposa zomwe zidamutengera kukumbukira dzina lake.
  
  Thomas Caleb, wopha anthu ambiri. Kuno ku Germany, ndi iye. Adani awiri adalowa m'bwalo lankhondo.
  
  Dongosolo la Abel Frey, lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ku New York, likukwaniritsidwa.
  
  Mtima wa Kennedy unadumphadumpha, ndipo chidani chenicheni chinawombera kuchokera ku zala zake kupita ku ubongo ndi kumbuyo ngati muvi.
  
  "Mwana wachiwerewere iwe!" Analira mokwiya mokwiya. "Ndiwe mwana wapathengo!
  
  Kenako mipiringidzo inanyamuka ndipo Kalebe analumphira kwa iye.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Drake adatuluka mu helikopita isanagwire pansi, ikadali sitepe kumbuyo kwa Torsten Dahl, ndikuthamangira ku hotelo yotanganidwa, yomwe idalandidwa ndi mgwirizano wamagulu ankhondo apadziko lonse lapansi. Asilikali alidi osakanikirana, koma otsimikiza komanso okonzeka kumenyana.
  
  Anali pamtunda wa makilomita 1.2 kumpoto kwa La Vereina.
  
  Magalimoto ankhondo ndi anthu wamba anali pamzere, injini zinali phokoso, zitaima mokonzeka.
  
  Pabwalo la bwaloli munali piringupiringu: ma commando ndi magulu ankhondo apadera, ogwira ntchito zanzeru ndi asitikali onse anali kusonkhana, kukonzekeretsa ndi kukonzekera.
  
  Dahl adalengeza kukhalapo kwake polumphira pamalo olandirira hotelo ndikukuwa mokweza kotero kuti aliyense adatembenuka. Panali chete mwaulemu.
  
  Iwo ankamudziwa kale, ndi Drake, ndi ena, ndipo ankadziwa bwino zimene iwo akwaniritsa mu Iceland. Munthu aliyense pano adadziwitsidwa kudzera pa ulalo wa kanema pakati pa hoteloyo ndi helikopita.
  
  "Takonzeka?" Dahl anakuwa. "Kuti muwononge mwana wachiwerewere uyu?"
  
  "Zipangizo zakonzeka," mkulu wa asilikali anafuula motero. Onse anali ndi udindo wa Dahl pa opaleshoniyi. "Owombera ali m'malo. Tatentha kwambiri, titha kuyambitsanso phirili, bwana!
  
  Dahl anagwedeza mutu. "Ndiye tikuyembekezera chiyani?"
  
  Phokosolo linakwera mtunda wautali. Asilikaliwo adatulutsa zitseko, akumenyetsana kumbuyo ndikukonzekera kukumana ndi mowa pambuyo pa nkhondo kuti apitirize kulimba mtima. Ma injini anayamba kubangula pamene magalimoto omwe anasonkhanawo ananyamuka.
  
  Drake adalumikizana ndi Dahl mgalimoto yachitatu yosuntha, Humvee wankhondo. M'maola ochepa omaliza a zokambirana adadziwa kuti anali ndi amuna pafupifupi 500, okwanira kuti amiza asilikali ang'onoang'ono a Frey a amuna 200, koma German anali pamalo apamwamba ndipo ankayembekezeredwa kukhala ndi zidule zambiri.
  
  Koma chinthu chimodzi chomwe analibe chinali chodabwitsa.
  
  Drake adadumpha pampando wakutsogolo, atagwira mfuti yake, malingaliro ake adalunjika kwa Ben ndi Kennedy. Hayden anali pampando kumbuyo kwawo, wokonzekera nkhondo. Wells anasiyidwa kuhoteloyo ali ndi bala lalikulu m'mimba.
  
  Gululo linazungulira phiri lakuthwa, ndiyeno La Veraine anawonekera, akuwala ngati mtengo wa Khrisimasi pa mdima umene unauzungulira, ndi pamaso pa thanthwe lakuda la phiri lomwe linali pamwamba pake. Zipata zake zinali zotsegula, kusonyeza kulimba mtima kopanda manyazi kwa munthu amene anabwera kudzamugonjetsa.
  
  Dahl anayatsa maikolofoni. "Kuimba komaliza. Tikuyamba kutentha. Kuthamanga kudzapulumutsa miyoyo pano, anthu. Mumadziwa zolinga, ndipo mumadziwa zomwe timaganiza bwino za komwe bokosi la Odin lidzakhala. Tiyeni tithane ndi PIG iyi, asitikali."
  
  Ulalowu unkayimira Polite Intelligent Gentleman. Kunyoza kwambiri. Drake anali atazunguliridwa moyera pamene Hummer ankadutsa m'nyumba ya alonda a Frey ndi inchi imodzi yokha kuti asiye mbali zonse. Alonda a ku Germany anayamba kukweza alamu kuchokera pansanja zawo zazitali.
  
  Zowombera zoyamba zidawombera, ndikudumpha pamagalimoto otsogola. Pamene convoy inaima mwadzidzidzi, Drake anatsegula chitseko chake ndikuyendetsa. Sanagwiritse ntchito thandizo la mpweya chifukwa Frey akhoza kukhala ndi RGPS. Iwo ankafunika kuchoka mofulumira kuchoka m"magalimotowo pa chifukwa chomwechi.
  
  Lowani ndikusintha dziko la PIGS kukhala fakitale ya bacon.
  
  Drake anathamangira ku tchire lakuda lomwe limamera pansi pa zenera loyamba. Gulu la SAS lomwe adatumiza mphindi makumi atatu zapitazo liyenera kuti lidatseka kale malo ochezera usiku ndi alendo ake "wamba". Zipolopolo zinawuluka m'mazenera a nyumba yachifumu, ndikuwomba makoma a chipatacho pamene magalimoto akukhuthulira mkati. Asilikali a Mgwirizanowu adabwezera moto ndi kubwezera, magalasi akuswa, kugunda mnofu ndi fupa, ndikusandutsa khoma lamwala kukhala matope. Panali mfuu, kukuwa ndi kuyitana kuti alimbikitse.
  
  Munali chipwirikiti mkati mwa mpanda. Kuphulika kwa RPG kunabwera kuchokera pawindo lakumtunda, ndikugwera mnyumba ya alonda a Frey ndikuwononga mbali ina ya khoma. Zinyalala zinagwera asilikali obwerawo. Kuwombera kwa mfuti kunabweranso ndipo msilikali wina wa ku Germany adagwa kuchokera pamwamba, akufuula ndi kugwa mpaka anagunda pansi ndi ngozi yowopsya.
  
  Dahl ndi msilikali wina anawombera zitseko zakumaso. Zipolopolo zawo kapena zipolopolo zawo zinapha anthu awiri. Dahl anathamangira kutsogolo. Hayden anali kwinakwake mkangano kumbuyo kwake.
  
  "Tiyenera kulowa mu dzenje la gehena! Tsopano!"
  
  Kuphulika kwatsopano kunagwedezeka usiku. RPG yachiwiri idagunda chigwa chachikulu mamita angapo kummawa kwa Drake's Hummer. Mvula yadothi ndi miyala inagwa kumwamba
  
  Drake anathamanga, chagwada, akukhala pansi pa zipolopolo zomwe zimapyoza mlengalenga pamwamba pa mutu wake.
  
  Nkhondo yayambadi.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Khamu la anthu linasonyeza kukhudzika kwake kwa magazi ngakhale Kennedy ndi Kalebe asanakhudze. Kennedy anazungulira mosamalitsa, zala zake zikugwira dothi, mapazi ake akuyesa mwala ndi nthaka, akuyenda molakwika kuti asadziwike. Malingaliro ake anavutika kuti amvetsetse zonse, koma anali atazindikira kale kufooka kwa mdani wake - momwe maso ake adatengera chithunzi chomwe thalauza lake lopanda mawonekedwe lidabisala.
  
  Choncho iyi inali njira imodzi yophera wakuphayo. Anaika maganizo ake pa kupeza munthu wina.
  
  Kalebe anachitapo kanthu. Malovu anatuluka m"milomo yake pamene iye akugwada pa iye, manja akutuluka. Kennedy adamenyana naye ndipo adachoka pambali. Khamu la anthu linali kufunafuna magazi. Winawake anakhetsa vinyo wofiira pansi, chizindikiro chophiphiritsira cha magazi amene ankafuna kukhetsa. Anamva Frey, mwana wapathengo wodwala, akumukakamiza Kalebe, psychopath wopanda mtima, kuti achite izi.
  
  Tsopano Kalebe anagweranso. Kennedy adamupeza atatsamira khoma. Anasiya kuganizira kwambiri, atasokonezedwa ndi khamu la anthu.
  
  Kenako Kalebe anali pamwamba pa iye, manja ake opanda kanthu atazunguliridwa pakhosi pake, thukuta lake, lonyansa, lopanda manja, manja a wakupha.
  
  ... nkhanza ndi imfa...
  
  ...atapaka zonyansa zake pakhungu lake lonse. Mabelu ochenjeza analira m"mutu mwake. Muyenera kusiya kuganiza choncho! Muyenera kuyang'ana ndikumenya nkhondo! Menyani wankhondo weniweni, osati nthano yomwe mudapanga.
  
  Khamu losaleza mtima linakuwanso. Anaswa mabotolo ndi magalasi kumpanda, akumabangula ngati nyama zofunitsitsa kupha.
  
  Ndipo Kalebu, pafupi kwambiri pambuyo pa chirichonse chimene chinachitika. Malo ake apakati adawomberedwa, kuphulitsidwa ku gehena. Chilombocho chinamumenya m"mbali, kwinaku akukanikizira mutu wake pachifuwa. Chifuwa chake chodetsedwa, chotuluka thukuta. Kenako anamumenyanso. Ululu unaphulika pachifuwa. Iye anazandima. Vinyo wofiira anatsanuliridwa pa iye, akutuluka kuchokera pamwamba.
  
  "Ndi zimenezotu," Kalebe anamunyoza. "Pita kumene iwe uli."
  
  Khamu la anthu linabangula. Kalebe anapukuta manja ake onyansa pa tsitsi lake lalitali ndi kuseka ndi njiru yachete, yakupha.
  
  "Ndilasa mtembo wako, hule."
  
  Kennedy adagwada pansi, ndikuthawa pang'onopang'ono m'manja mwa Kalebe. Adayesa kumuzembera koma adamugwira mwamphamvu ndi buluku lake. Anamukokeranso kwa iye, akumwetulira ngati munthu wankhanza ndi mutu wa imfa. Sanachitire mwina. Anamasula mathalauza ake, thalauza lake lopanda mawonekedwe, lobisa mawonekedwe, ndikulilola kuti ligwetse m'miyendo yake. Anapezerapo mwayi pa kudabwa kwake kwakanthawi kukwawa pamatako. Miyalayo inkakanda khungu lake. Khamu la anthu linakuwa. Caleb analumphira kutsogolo, nafikira m"chiuno cha zovala zake zamkati, koma anam"menya mwamphamvu kumaso, kabudula kaja kakugwedera kumbuyo monga mphuno yake, yamagazi ndi yosweka, ikulendewera m"mbali. Anakhala kwanthawi pang'ono, kuyang'ana adani ake ndipo adawona kuti akulephera kuyang'ana kutali ndi maso ake amagazi, omwe amadya.
  
  
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  Drake adagubuduza khomo lokongola kulowa muchipinda chachikulu cholandirira alendo. A SAS adatsekereza malo a nightclub ndikuphimba masitepe akulu. Nyumba yotsalayo sikanakhala yaubwenzi.
  
  Dahl adasisita thumba lake pachifuwa. "Zojambulazi zikuwonetsa chipinda chosungirako kumanja kwathu komanso mbali yakum'mawa kwakutali. Osakayikira kalikonse tsopano, Drake. Hayden. Tinagwirizana kuti awa ndi malo abwino kwambiri kwa Frey, anzathu ndi Manda. "
  
  "Sindinalole ngakhale kulota," adatero Hayden motsimikiza.
  
  Ndi gulu la amuna omwe akuthamangira kumbuyo kwake, Drake adatsata Dahl kudzera pakhomo la mapiko akum'mawa. Chitseko chitangotsegulidwa, zipolopolo zambiri zinapyoza mpweya. Drake adadzigudubuza ndikuyimilira, kuwombera.
  
  Ndipo mwadzidzidzi anthu a Frey anali pakati pawo!
  
  Mipeni inawala. Mfuti zamanja zidawombera. Asilikali ankatsika kuchokera kumanzere ndi kumanja. Drake adakankhira mphuno ya mfuti yake kukachisi wa m'modzi wa alonda a Frey, kenaka adaponya chidacho powombera nthawi yake kuti aike chipolopolo kumaso kwa wachiwembuyo. Mlondayo anamuukira kuchokera kumanzere. Drake adazemba phazi ndikumugwetsa chigongono munthu uja kumaso. Anaweramira munthu amene anali chikomokere, nkutenga mpeni wake n"kulowetsa nsonga yake m"mutu mwa munthu wina yemwe ankati adule khosi la Delta Commandos.
  
  Mfuti ya mfuti inalira pafupi ndi khutu lake; Chida chokondedwa cha SGG. Hayden adagwiritsa ntchito Glock ndi mpeni wankhondo. Mphamvu yamayiko osiyanasiyana pazochitika zamayiko osiyanasiyana, Drake adaganiza. Kuwombera kwina kunamveka kumapeto kwenikweni kwa chipindacho. Pezani anthu aku Italy.
  
  Drake adagubuduza pansi pansi pa kumenyedwa kwa mdani. Anatembenuza thupi lake lonse, mapazi poyamba, ndikugwetsa munthuyo kumapazi ake. Mwamunayo atagwera mwamphamvu pamsana, Drake adadzipha.
  
  Wapolisi wakale wa SAS adayimilira ndikuwona Dahl akuyenda maulendo khumi ndi awiri patsogolo. Adani awo anali kucheperachepera - mwina ofera chikhulupiriro khumi ndi awiri okha adatsala, otumizidwa kuti akafooketse adaniwo. Gulu lankhondo lenileni likanakhala kwinakwake.
  
  "Si bwino kutenthetsa," adatero Swede, magazi atazungulira pakamwa pake. "Tsopano pitirizani!"
  
  Anadutsa khomo lina, ndikuchotsa misampha m'chipinda china, kenako chipinda china chomwe zigawenga zinatola anyamata abwino asanu ndi mmodzi asanachotsedwe. Pambuyo pake anadzipeza ali kutsogolo kwa khoma lalitali lamiyala lokhala ndi ming"alu m"mene mfuti zamakina zinkawombera. Pakatikati pa khoma la miyalayo panali chitseko chachitsulo chochititsa chidwi kwambiri, chofanana ndi chipinda cha banki.
  
  "Ndi zimenezo," adatero Dahl, akuwerama. "Chipinda chowonera Frey."
  
  "Zikuwoneka ngati mayi wolimba mtima," adatero Drake, akubisala pafupi naye, akukweza dzanja lake pomwe asitikali ambiri adathamangira kwa iye. Anayang'ana mozungulira kuti afune Hayden, koma sanathe kudziwa kuti anali wowonda pakati pa amunawo. Kodi iye anapita kuti? O chonde musamulolenso kugona pamenepo... akutuluka magazi...
  
  "Fort Knox ndi mtedza wovuta kusweka," wapolisi wa Delta adatero akuluma.
  
  Drake ndi Dal anayang'anizana. "Omenyana!" - Onse awiri adanena nthawi imodzi, kumamatira ku ndondomeko yawo ya 'liwiro ndipo musapusitsidwe'.
  
  Mfuti ziŵiri zazikuluzikuluzikulu zinadutsidwa mosamalitsa motsatira mzerewu, asilikaliwo akuyang"ana. Zokowera zachitsulo zolimba zachitsulo zinamangidwira ku migolo ya mizinga yamphamvu, yofanana ndi zoulutsira roketi.
  
  Asilikali aŵiriwo anathamanga m"mbuyo momwe anadzera, ali ndi zingwe zachitsulo m"manja mwawo. Zingwe zachitsulo zomangika kuchipinda chozengedwa kumbuyo kwa zowulutsira.
  
  Dahl adadina kawiri kulumikizana kwake kwa Bluetooth. "Tandiuzani tiyambire liti."
  
  Patadutsa masekondi angapo, yankho linabwera. "Patsogolo!"
  
  Khomo linakhazikitsidwa. Drake ndi Dahl adatuluka ndi zida zowombera ma grenade zomwe zidapanikizidwa pamapewa awo, ndikuyang'ana, ndikutulutsa zowombera.
  
  Nkhokwe ziwiri zachitsulo zinawuluka pa liwiro la roketi, ndikukumba mkati mwa khoma lamwala la chipinda cha Frey chisanatulukire mbali inayo. Atangokumana ndi danga, kachipangizo kameneka kanayambitsa kachipangizo kamene kankawombera mbedzazo, ndikuzikakamiza mwamphamvu ku khoma kumbali inayo.
  
  Dahl adadziguguda khutu. "Chitani".
  
  Ndipo ngakhale kuchokera pansi, Drake amamva phokoso la ma Hummer awiri akusunthira kumbuyo, zingwe zomwe zimamangiriridwa ku mabamper awo olimbikitsidwa.
  
  Khoma losalowera la Frey linaphulika.
  
  
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  Kennedy adatuluka mochenjeza pamene Kalebe adamuyang'ana, atagwira bondo lake ndikumugwedeza. Anapezerapo mwayi wopumula panthawiyo kuti alumphe kumapazi ake. Kalebe anabweranso ndipo anamumenya mbama khutu ndi kuseri kwa dzanja lake.
  
  Khamu la anthu lomwe linali pamwamba pake linkalira mosangalala. Vinyo wosowa kwambiri wa madola masauzande ambiri komanso kachasu wabwino kwambiri adatayikira padothi labwaloli. Peyala ya mathalauza achikazi a lace anayandama pansi. Chitayi cha Amuna. Ma cufflink awiri a Gucci, omwe amadumpha pamsana wa Kalebe.
  
  "Mupheni!" Frey anakuwa.
  
  Kalebe anali kumuthamangira ngati sitima yonyamula katundu, manja atatambasula, maphokoso akutuluka mkati mwa mimba yake. Kennedy anayesa kulumpha, koma adamugwira ndikumuchotsa pansi, ndikumuchotsa pansi.
  
  Ali mumlengalenga, Kennedy ankangochita mantha pamene ankayembekezera kuti atsike. Ndipo zinali zolimba, mwala ndi nthaka zikugwera msana wake, kutulutsa mpweya kuchokera m'mapapu ake. Miyendo yake inakwera mmwamba, koma Kalebe analowamo n"kukhala pamwamba pake, atatsamira m"zigongono zake kutsogolo.
  
  "Zofanana nazo," inadandaula motero wakuphayo. "Tsopano ukukuwa. Eeeeeee!" Mawu ake anali amisala, ngati kulira kwa nkhumba m"makutu mwake. "Eeeeeeeee!"
  
  Kupweteka koyaka moto kudapangitsa kuti thupi la Kennedy ligwedezeke. Mwana wapathengo tsopano anali atatalikirana naye inchi, thupi lake lili pamwamba pake, madontho akuchucha kuchokera pamilomo yake kupita kumasaya ake, maso ake akuyaka ndi moto wa helo, anakanikizira khwangwala lake.
  
  Anasowa chochita kwa kanthawi, akuyesabe kupuma. Chibakera chake chinagunda m"mimba mwake. Dzanja lake lamanzere linali litatsala pang"ono kuchita chimodzimodzi pamene linaima. Lingaliro logwira mtima kwambiri, kenako linasunthira kukhosi kwake ndikuyamba kufinya.
  
  Kennedy anatsamwitsidwa, akupuma mpweya. Caleb anali kuseka ngati wamisala. Iye anafinya kwambiri. Anaphunzira maso ake. Anatsamira pa thupi lake, akumuphwanya ndi kulemera kwake.
  
  Anakankha mwamphamvu momwe akanathera, ndikumugwetsera pambali. Iye anamvetsa bwino lomwe kuti wangolandira kumene chiphaso. Zosoŵa zopotoka za mwana wapathengo zinapulumutsa moyo wake.
  
  Anazembanso. Khamu la anthulo linam"seka-pamaseŵera ake, pa zovala zake zauve, pa bulu wake wokanda, ndi mapazi ake akutuluka magazi. Kalebe anadzuka, ngati Rocky, kuchokera pamphepete mwa kugonjetsedwa ndipo anatambasula manja ake, akuseka.
  
  Ndiyeno anamva mawu, ofooka koma akudula phokoso la phokosolo.
  
  Mawu a Ben: "Drake akuyandikira, Kennedy. Iye akuyandikira. Ndili ndi message!"
  
  Damn it... sakanawapeza pano. Sakanakhoza kuganiza kuti, mwa malo onse a mpanda, iye angafufuze iyi. Cholinga chake chachikulu chingakhale kusungirako kapena ma cell. Izi zitha kutenga maola....
  
  Ben ankamufunabe. Anthu amene anaphedwa ndi Kalebe ankamufunabe.
  
  Imirira ndi kukuwa pamene iwo sakanakhoza.
  
  Kalebe anathamangira kwa iye, mosasamala mu kudzikonda kwake. Kennedy adachita mantha, kenako adakweza mwendo wake ndikumenyetsa chigongono chake kumaso omwe adayandikira.
  
  Magazi anachucha dzanja lonse. Kalebe anayima ngati wathamangira khoma la njerwa. Kennedy adakakamiza mwayi wake, akumumenya pachifuwa, akumenya mphuno yake yosweka kale, ndikumukankha m'mawondo. Anagwiritsa ntchito njira zonse zomwe angathe kuti awononge wophayo.
  
  Mkokomo wa anthu unachuluka, koma iye sanamve. Kugunda kumodzi mwachangu kwa mipira kunapangitsa buluyo kugwada, kwinanso kuchibwano ndikumutembenuzira kumbuyo. Kennedy anagwera mu dothi pafupi naye, akuwefuka chifukwa cha kutopa, ndikuyang'ana m'maso mwake osakhulupirira.
  
  Panamveka phokoso pafupi ndi bondo lake lakumanja. Kennedy anayang'ana mmbuyo ndipo adawona botolo la vinyo losweka litakhazikika pansi mu dothi. Merlot yemwe akutulutsabe lonjezo lofiira.
  
  Kalebe anamuyang'ana. Anatenga nkhonyayo kumaso osatekeseka. "Uyenera kufa," anafuula motero. "Kwa Olivia Dunn," adatulutsa botololo pansi. "Kwa Selena Tyler," adakweza pamwamba pamutu pake. "Miranda Drury," anawonjezera motero, "nkhongo yake yoyamba inathyola mano, chichereŵechereŵe ndi mafupa. "Ndipo kwa Emma Silke," kugunda kwake kwachiwiri kunachotsa diso lake. "Kwa Emily Jane Winters," kugunda kwake komaliza kunatembenuza khosi lake kukhala nyama yanyama.
  
  Ndipo adagwada pamalo amagazi, wopambana, adrenaline ikukwera m'mitsempha yake ndikudutsa muubongo wake, kuyesera kuti atengenso umunthu womwe udamusiya kwakanthawi.
  
  
  Makumi anayi ndi anayi
  
  
  
  LA VEREIN, GERMANY
  
  
  Kennedy adalamulidwa kuti akwere masitepe ndi mfuti. Thupi la Thomas Caleb linasiyidwa likugwedezeka pamene limayenera kufa.
  
  Frey ankawoneka wosasangalala, akuyankhula pa foni yake. "Vault," adatero. "Sungani chipinda chosungiramo zinthu zonse, Hudson. Sindisamala za china chilichonse, chitsiru iwe. Choka pabedi loipali ndipo chita zomwe ndikulipira kuti uchite!
  
  Adazimitsa kulumikizana ndikumuyang'ana Kennedy. "Zikuoneka kuti anzako alowa m'nyumba mwanga."
  
  Kennedy adamuyang'ana mochenjera asanatembenukire kwa osankhika omwe adasonkhana. "Zikuwoneka ngati opusa inu mupeza zina zomwe muyenera."
  
  Panali kuseka kwachete ndi kuwombana kwa magalasi. Frey adalowa nawo kwakanthawi asananene kuti, "Imwani, anzanga. Mukatero muzichoka monga mwachizolowezi."
  
  Kennedy ananamizira kulimba mtima, kokwanira kuti ayang'anire Ben. Damn ngati thupi lake silinamupweteke ngati nthiti. Bulu wake anapsa ndipo miyendo yake inagunda; mutu unawawa ndipo manja ake anali ndi magazi omata.
  
  Adawapereka kwa Frey. "Kodi ndingatsutse izi?"
  
  "Gwiritsirani ntchito malaya anu," iye anaseka. "Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, ichi sichinthu choposa chiguduli. Mosakayikira, zimatengera zovala zanu zonse. "
  
  Iye anagwedeza dzanja lake mwaulemu. "Mubweretseni iye. Ndipo mwana."
  
  Adachoka pabwalo, Kennedy atatopa ndikuyesa kukhazika mtima pansi mutu wake ukuzungulira. Zotsatira za zomwe anachitazi zikanakhala naye kwa zaka zambiri, koma ino sinali nthawi yoti aganizire. Ben anali pafupi naye ndipo, poyang'ana nkhope yake, anali kuyesera kuti amutsimikizire mwa telefoni.
  
  "Zikomo, mnyamata," iye anatero, osalabadira alondawo. "Kunali ulendo wopita ku mkate."
  
  Motsatira foloko yakumanzere, iwo anatsika pakhonde lina lomwe linachoka m"chipinda chawo. Kennedy anasonkhanitsa maganizo ake.
  
  Ingopulumuka, iye anaganiza. Ingokhalani ndi moyo.
  
  Frey adalandiranso foni. "Chani? Kodi zili mu nkhokwe? Chitsiru! Iwe...iwe..." analankhula mokwiya. "Hudson, iwe ... tumiza gulu lonse lankhondo kuno!"
  
  Kuwombera kwamagetsi kunadula kugwirizanako mwadzidzidzi, ngati guillotine kudula mutu wa mfumukazi ya ku France.
  
  "Atengeni iwo!" Frey anatembenukira kwa alonda ake. "Atengereni kumalo okhalamo. Zikuwoneka kuti pali anzanu ambiri kuposa momwe tidaganizira poyamba, Kennedy wokondedwa. Ndibweranso kuti ndikuchiritseni zilonda zanu."
  
  Ndi mawu awa, German wosokonezeka mwamsanga anachoka. Kennedy ankadziwa bwino kuti iye ndi Ben tsopano anali okha ndi alonda anayi. "Pitiriza," m"modzi wa iwo anam"kankhira kuchitseko chakumapeto kwa kanjira.
  
  Pamene ankadutsa izi, Kennedy anaphethira modabwa.
  
  Mbali imeneyi ya nyumbayi inagwetsedwa kotheratu, denga latsopano la arched linamangidwa pamwamba ndipo 'nyumba' za njerwa zing'onozing'ono zinamangidwa mbali zonse za danga. Osakulirapo kuposa nkhokwe zazikulu, panali pafupifupi eyiti mwa izo. Kennedy nthawi yomweyo anazindikira kuti akaidi oposa ochepa adadutsa malowa nthawi imodzi.
  
  Munthu woipa kuposa Tomasi Kalebe?
  
  Kumanani ndi Abel Frey.
  
  Zinthu zinkaipiraipira sekondi iliyonse. Alonda anali akumukankha iye ndi Ben kulowera ku nyumba imodzi. Nditangolowa, zidatha. Mwaluza.
  
  Amatha kutulutsa mmodzi, mwina awiri. Koma anayi? Iye sanapeze mwayi.
  
  Ngati basi....
  
  Iye anayang"ananso mlonda yemwe anali pafupi naye ndipo anaona kuti akumuyang"ana momuyamikira. "Hey, ndi izi? Utiyika pamenepo?"
  
  "Malamulo anga ndi awa."
  
  "Taonani. Mnyamata uyu ali pano - adabwera kudzapulumutsa mlongo wake. Inu mukuganiza, mwina iye akanakhoza kumuwona iye. Nthawi imodzi yokha."
  
  "Malamulo ochokera ku Frey. Sitiloledwa."
  
  Kennedy adayang'ana mlonda wina kupita kwa wina. "Ndipo chiyani? Ndani ayenera kudziwa? Kusasamala ndiye zonunkhira za moyo, sichoncho? "
  
  Mlonda uja anamubwebweta. "Kodi ndinu akhungu? Kodi simunawone makamera pamalo owopsa awa?"
  
  "Frey ali wotanganidwa kumenyana ndi asilikali," Kennedy anamwetulira. "N'chifukwa chiyani wathawa mofulumira chonchi?" Anyamata, lolani Ben kuti awone mlongo wake, ndiye mwina ndikuchepetseni pang'ono mabwana atsopano akafika.
  
  Alonda aja anayang'anizana mobisa. Kennedy adatsimikiza kwambiri mawu ake komanso kukopana pang'ono m'mawu ake, ndipo posakhalitsa awiriwo anali akutsegula chitseko cha Karin.
  
  Patadutsa mphindi ziwiri adatulutsidwa. Anadzandima pakati pawo, akuwoneka wotopa, tsitsi lake la blondi lidaphwanyika komanso nkhope yake itakokedwa.
  
  Koma kenako anaona Ben ndipo maso ake akuwala ngati mphezi yamphepo yamkuntho. Zinkakhala ngati mphamvu zabwerera m"thupi lake.
  
  Kennedy adamuyang'ana pamene magulu awiriwa adakumana, akuyesera kufotokoza mwamsanga, kuopsa, mwayi wotsiriza wa lingaliro lake lopenga, onse ndi kuyang'ana kumodzi.
  
  Karin anagwedeza alonda aja n"kukuwa. "Pitani mukatengeko, anthu apathengo inu. "
  
  
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  Thorsten Dahl anatsogolera nkhondoyo, atanyamula mfuti yake ngati lupanga lokwezedwa, akufuula mokweza kwambiri. Drake anali pafupi naye, akuthamanga kwambiri ngakhale khoma lonse la chipindacho lisanagwe. Utsi ndi zinyalala zamwazika kudera laling'onolo. Pamene Drake ankathamanga, adawona kuti magulu ena ankhondo akuthamangira mbali zonse ziwiri. Anali gulu lankhondo lothamanga kwambiri la imfa, akumathamangira adani awo ndi cholinga chakupha.
  
  Chidziwitso cha Drake chidayamba pomwe utsi unkayenda ndikuchepa. Kumanzere kunayima gulu la alonda, oundana ndi mantha, ochedwa kuchitapo kanthu. Anawombera pakati pawo, kuwononga matupi osachepera atatu. Moto wobwerera unamveka patsogolo. Asilikali anagwa kudzanja lake lamanzere ndi lamanja, n"kumamenya mwamphamvu khoma limene linagwa ndi liwiro lawo.
  
  Magazi adatsikira m'maso mwake pomwe mutu wa Italiya udasanduka nthunzi, bamboyo sanathamangire kuthawa chipolopolocho.
  
  Drake nkhunda pobisala. Miyala yakuthwa ndi konkire inang'amba mnofu m'manja mwake pamene anagwa pansi. Atagubuduzika, anaphulitsa zipolopolo zingapo pamakona. Anthu anakuwa. Chiwonetserocho chinaphulika ndi moto woopsa. Mafupa akale ankazungulira mumlengalenga moyenda pang"onopang"ono ngati madontho a fumbi.
  
  Kuwombera kunamvekanso patsogolo, ndipo Drake adawona gulu la anthu likusuntha. Yesu!Ankhondo a Frey anali pomwepo, atadzikonzekeretsa mumpangidwe wawo wakupha, akupita patsogolo mwachangu komanso mwachangu momwe amamvera kuti ali ndi mwayi.
  
  
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  Karin anagwiritsa ntchito maphunziro a karati kuti alepheretse alonda ake m'mphindi zochepa chabe. Kennedy adapereka chigoba chakuthwa pachibwano cha mlonda wake, kenako adapita patsogolo ndikugwedeza mutu wake mwamphamvu kotero kuti nyenyezi zidawala pamaso pake. Kachiwiri pambuyo pake, adawona mdani wake wachiwiri, mlonda wachinayi, akudumphira kumbali kuti apange malo pakati pawo.
  
  Mtima wake unagwa. Choncho mlonda wachinayi anali mlatho wautali kwambiri. Ngakhale awiri a iwo.
  
  Mlondayo ankaoneka kuti ali ndi mantha pamene ankakweza mfuti yake. Ndi zala zakunjenjemera, iye anayang"ana dera lonselo kuti athandizidwe. Kennedy anatambasula manja ake, manja ake.
  
  "Khalani bata, bwanawe. Khalani chete."
  
  Chala chake chowombera chinapindika ndi mantha. Mfuti inalira ndikudutsa padenga.
  
  Kennedy adaseka. Kukangana unakhuthala mpweya, kusandutsa manjenje msuzi.
  
  Ben anatsala pang'ono kukuwa pamene foni yake inayamba kuimba nyimbo ya raspy chifukwa cha nkhawa zake. Chithunzi cha Sizer chinali chopindika kwambiri.
  
  Mlonda nayenso analumpha, kubweza mfuti ina mosadzifunira. Kennedy anamva mphepo yochokera ku chipolopolocho ikudutsa chigaza chake. Mantha enieni adamuyimitsa pamalopo.
  
  Chonde, anaganiza. Musakhale chitsiru. Samalani ndi maphunziro anu.
  
  Kenako Ben anaponya foni yake kwa mlonda uja. Kennedy anamuwona akunjenjemera ndipo mwamsanga anagwa pansi kuti apitirize kusokoneza. Panthawi yomwe mlondayo adaponya foni ndikutembenukira, Kennedy anali atanyamula chida cha mlonda wachitatu.
  
  Komabe, Karin anakhala kuno kwa kanthawi. Waona ndikukumana ndi mavuto. Anawombera nthawi yomweyo. Mlondayo anakhumudwa pamene mtambo wofiira unatuluka mu jekete lake. Kenako malo amdima anafalikira paphewa lake ndipo ankawoneka wosokonezeka, kenako wokwiya.
  
  Adawombera Ben mopanda kanthu.
  
  Koma kuwomberako sikunapambane, kuphonya mosakayikira kunathandizidwa ndi mfundo yakuti mutu wake unaphulika millisecond asanatulutse.
  
  Kumbuyo kwake, womangidwa ndi mikwapulo ya magazi ake, anayima Hayden ali ndi Glock m'manja mwake.
  
  Kennedy anayang'ana Ben ndi Karin. Ndinaona mmene ankayang"anizana mosangalala, mwachikondi komanso mwachisoni. Zinawoneka zomveka kuwapatsa miniti. Kenako Hayden anali pafupi naye, akugwedeza Ben momasuka.
  
  "Akuyenda bwanji?"
  
  Kennedy anagwetsa maso. "Adzasangalala kwambiri pamene mwafika."
  
  Kenako anatsitsimuka. "Tiyenera kupulumutsa akaidi ena pano, Hayden. Tiwatenge tisiye kudzenje uku."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Magulu ankhondo awiriwa adakangana, magulu ankhondo adawombera adani awo pomwepo, Ajeremani adatulutsa mipeni ndikuyesa kuyandikira mwachangu.
  
  Kwa kanthawi Drake ankaganiza kuti masewera a mpeniwa anali opanda pake, amisala kotheratu, koma kenako anakumbukira kuti bwana wawo anali ndani. Abel Frey. Wamisala sangafune kuti chipani chake chigwiritse ntchito zipolopolo ngati chingawononge zinthu zake zamtengo wapatali.
  
  Pakati pawo, Drake adadula adani pambuyo pa mdani. Asilikali ankang"ung"udza ndi kumenya wina ndi mnzake momuzungulira, pogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zothyola mafupa. Anthu anakuwa. Nkhondoyi inali yolimbana ndi dzanja ndi manja. Kupulumuka kunkadalira mwayi ndi nzeru zachibadwa osati luso lililonse.
  
  Pamene anali kuwombera, kukhomerera ndi kupanga njira yake, iye anaona chithunzi patsogolo. Mphepo yamkuntho ya imfa.
  
  Alicia Miles akulimbana ndi magulu ankhondo apamwamba padziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Drake anatembenukira kwa iye. Phokoso lankhondo linatha. Iwo anali kumbuyo kwa chipindacho, sarcophagus ya Odin pafupi ndi iwo, tsopano yotseguka, ndi choyikapo cha zowunikira pamwamba pake.
  
  "Chabwino," iye anaseka. "Drakester. Mwaswera bwanji bwanawe?"
  
  "Zofanana ndi nthawi zonse."
  
  "Mmm, ndikukumbukira. Ngakhale sindinganene kuti idakhazikika kwa nthawi yayitali, si? Mwa njira, mphaka wamkulu amamenyana pa zingwe. Sizoyipa kuti msilikali wakale yemwe adasanduka wamba. "
  
  "Inunso. BBF yako ili kuti?"
  
  "WWF?"
  
  Asilikali ankhondo awiriwa adagunda Drake. Adawakankha mothandizidwa ndi Alicia, onse awiri amasangalala ndi zomwe zimati zichitike.
  
  "Bwenzi labwino mpaka kalekale? Kodi mukumukumbukira? Cute?"
  
  "Inde. Ndinayenera kumupha. Bastardyo adagwira ine ndi Frey tikungoyendayenda kuseri kwa nyumbayo. " Iye anaseka. "Ndinakwiya. Iwo anafa." Anapanga nkhope. "Chitsiru china chakufa."
  
  "Ndani ankaganiza kuti akhoza kukunyengerera," Drake adagwedeza mutu. "Ndimakumbukira".
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani uyenera kukhala pano tsopano, Drake? Sindikufuna kukupha.
  
  Drake anagwedeza mutu, ali odabwa. "Pali mawu otchedwa wabodza wokongola. Mawu awiriwa akufotokoza zonse zokhudza iwe, Miles, kuposa momwe Shakespeare angachitire."
  
  "Ndipo chiyani?" Alicia adakwinya manja ake moseka ndikuvula nsapato. "Kodi mwakonzeka kukupatsirani mipira yanu?"
  
  Pangodya ya diso lake, Drake adawona Abel Frey akukwawa kuchokera kwa iwo ndikufuula munthu wina dzina lake Hudson. Mwachionekere, Miles anali kuwateteza pamene anagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo, koma tsopano anali ndi zofunika zina. Torsten Dahl, nthawi zonse odalirika, anaima pamaso pa wopenga German ndipo anayamba kuukira.
  
  Drake anakunga zibakera zake. "Sizichitika, Miles."
  
  
  MAKUMI ANANI NDI MPHAMBU ZISANU
  
  
  
  LA VEREIN
  
  
  Alicia adamudzidzimutsa pomuvula t-shirt yake ndikuyikulunga mpaka idalimba ngati chingwe, kenaka manja onse awiri kuyikulunga m'khosi mwake. Anavutika, koma chingwe chake chodziwikiratu chinamukokera mkati.
  
  M'mawondo ake okwera - kalembedwe ka Muay Thai. Mmodzi. Awiri. Atatu.
  
  Iye anapotoloka woyambayo. Tinatembenukanso. Wachiwiri anagwa pansi pa nthiti zake. Kumenya kwachitatu kunamugunda mosadukizadukiza m"mipira. Ululu unadutsa m'mimba mwake, zomwe zinamupangitsa kuti azimva nseru ndipo anagwa chagada.
  
  Alicia anayimirira pa iye, akuseka. "Ndati chiyani? Drakey ndiuze zomwe ndanena. " Anapempha kuti amupatse kanthu.
  
  "Mipira yanu."
  
  Anatsitsa chiuno chake ndikumapotoza kuti apereke kick yapambali yolunjika pamphuno pake. Drake adakweza manja onse ndikuletsa nkhonya. Ndidamva chala chimodzi chikugwedezeka. Anatembenuka kotero kuti anakumana naye maso ndi maso, akukweza mwendo umodzi pamwamba pa arc, kenako anagwetsa chidendene chake pamphumi pake.
  
  Kuwomba nkhwangwa.
  
  Drake adagubuduza kumbuyo, koma nkhonya idamugundabe pachifuwa. Ndipo ndi mphamvu zomwe Miles akanatha kusonkhanitsa, zinayambitsa ululu wosapiririka.
  
  Anaponda pagulu lake.
  
  Drake anakuwa. Thupi lake linathyoledwa mwadongosolo, losweka ndi kudulidwa. Iye anachiswa icho, chidutswa ndi chidutswa. Zaka zachitukuko zithedwe. Komano, kodi anganene kuti kuchotsedwa ntchito? Anali wabwino nthawi zonse. Kodi wakhala ali wabwino chonchi?
  
  Wosweka wamba kapena ayi, akadali SAS, ndipo adadetsa pansi ndi magazi ake.
  
  Iye anabwerera kumbuyo. Ankhondo atatu adamugwera, ndikuphwanya chilichonse chomuzungulira. Drake anali kusangalala ndi mpumulo pomenya chigoba cha Germany pakhosi. Anamva kugunda kwa chichereŵechereŵe ndipo anamva bwinoko pang"ono.
  
  Anaimirira pozindikira kuti wamulola. Anavina, kusuntha kuchokera kumapazi kupita kumapazi, maso ake akuwala kuchokera mkati ndi udierekezi ndi imvi. Kumbuyo kwake, Dahl, Frey ndi Hudson anatsekeredwa pamodzi, akulimbana ndi m'mphepete mwa bokosi la Odin, nkhope zawo zinali zopweteka.
  
  Alicia adamuponyera T-shirt yake. Chinagunda ngati chikwapu, chomwe chinapangitsa mbali yakumanzere ya nkhope yake kuyaka. Anamenyanso ndipo anamugwira. Anakoka ndi mphamvu zosaneneka. Anapunthwa n"kudziponya m"manja mwake.
  
  "Moni".
  
  Anaika zala zazikulu ziwiri m"munsi mwa makutu ake, akukankha mwamphamvu. Nthawi yomweyo anayamba kunjenjemera, zowoneka ngati zamwano zinatha. Inakanikizira mwamphamvu minyewa ya minyewa kuti ipangitse munthu wabwinobwino kukomoka.
  
  Mailosi adagunda ngati ng'ombe yamphongo ya rodeo.
  
  Iye anakankha kwambiri. Potsirizira pake, iye anatsamira m"mbuyo m"kukumbatira kwake kolimba, kumlola iye kuti anene, akulefuka, kuyesera kugawana nawo ululuwo. Kenako anaimirira n"kulowetsa zala zazikulu zonse ziwiri m"khwapa mwake.
  
  Molunjika mu mtolo wake wa misempha. Zowawa zinadutsa m'thupi lake.
  
  Ndi chifukwa chake adatsekedwa. Adani awiri owopsa, akumenyana ndi mafunde a zowawa, osasunthika, kuyang'ana m'maso ngati zibwenzi zomwe zatayika kwa nthawi yaitali mpaka imfa itawalekanitsa.
  
  Drake anadandaula, osatha kubisa chisoni chake. "Wopenga... hule. Chifukwa chiyani ... chifukwa chiyani ntchito izi ... munthu uyu?"
  
  "Kutanthauza ... kufika ... kufika ... kumapeto."
  
  Ngakhale Drake kapena Miles sanabwerere. Pozungulira iwo, nkhondoyo inayamba kutha. Asilikali ambiri amgwirizano adatsalirabe kuposa aku Germany. Koma anapitiriza kumenyana. Ndipo Drake adatha kuwona Dal ndi Frey atatsekeredwa mu kukumbatirana kowopsa komweko, akumenya nkhondo mpaka kumapeto.
  
  Palibe msilikali mmodzi yemwe adawasokoneza. Ulemu unali waukulu kwambiri. Mwachinsinsi komanso mopanda tsankho, nkhondozi zikanagamulidwa.
  
  Drake adagwada, kumukoka Alicia naye. Madontho akuda adavina pamaso pake. Anazindikira kuti akapeza njira yoti athyole mphamvu yake, ndiye kuti wathadi. Mphamvu zinali kumusiya ndi sekondi iliyonse.
  
  Iye anagwa. Analimbikira kwambiri, chibadwa chakupha chija chikumubaya. Zala zake zazikulu zidaterereka. Alicia adagwa kutsogolo ndikumumenya pachibwano ndi chigongono. Drake adaziwona zikubwera, koma adalibe mphamvu zoziletsa.
  
  Njere zinaphulika pamaso pake. Anagwa chagada chamsana, akuyang'ana padenga la Frey's gothic. Alicia anakwawa ndikutchinga kuti asaone ndi nkhope yake, atasokonezeka ndi ululu.
  
  Palibe msilikali aliyense amene anali pafupi nawo anayesa kumuletsa. Sizidzatha mpaka m'modzi mwa omenyanawo atalengeza za mgwirizano kapena kufa.
  
  "Si zoipa," iye anakhosomola. "Iwe udakali nazo, Drake. Koma ndili bwino kuposa iwe. "
  
  Iye anaphethira. "Ndikudziwa".
  
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa.
  
  "Iwe uli ndi ... m'mphepete mwake. Chidziwitso chakupha chimenecho. Mkwiyo wa nkhondo. Zilibe kanthu. Ndizofunikira. Ichi...ndichifukwa chake ndinasiya."
  
  "N"chifukwa chiyani zimenezo zikuimitseni?"
  
  Iye anati: "Ndinkada nkhawa ndi zinazake za kunja kwa ntchito. "Zimasintha chilichonse".
  
  Chibakera chake chinakwezedwa, chokonzeka kuphwanya khosi lake. Kamphindi inadutsa. Ndiye iye anati, "Moyo kwa moyo?"
  
  Drake adayamba kumva mphamvu zikubwerera pang'onopang'ono ku ziwalo zake. "Pambuyo pa zonse zomwe ndachita lero, ndikuganiza kuti ali ndi ngongole zambiri kwa ine."
  
  Alicia adabwerera mmbuyo ndikutambasula dzanja lake kuti amuthandize kuyimirira. "Ndinaponya zitsime ku zingwe pachitsime cha Mimir. Sindinamuphe kumanda a Odin. Ndinakopa chidwi cha Frey kutali ndi Ben Blake. Sindinabwere kudzawononga dziko, Drake, ndabwera kuti ndisangalale. "
  
  "Ndikutsimikizira." Drake adapezanso bwino pomwe Thorsten Dahl adakweza thupi lopuwala la Abel Frey m'mphepete mwa bokosi la Odin. Anagwa pansi ndi chinyontho chonyowa, akudumphira mopanda moyo pamiyala yaku Italy ya nsangalabwi.
  
  Chisangalalo chinamveka ndikumveka m'magulu onse amagulu ankhondo.
  
  Dahl adakumbatira nkhonya yake, akuyang'ana mkati mwa bokosi.
  
  "Mwana wapathengo uja sanaonepo mphoto imeneyo," iye anaseka. "Ntchito ya moyo wake. Yesu Khristu, anyamata inu muyenera kuwona izi. "
  
  
  Makumi anayi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi
  
  
  
  Chithunzi cha STOCKHOLM
  
  
  Patatha tsiku limodzi, Drake adatha kuthawa mafunso osatha kuti akagone kwa maola angapo ku hotelo yapafupi, imodzi mwa akale komanso abwino kwambiri ku Stockholm.
  
  Ali m"chipinda cholandirira alendo, anadikirira chikepe n"kumadabwa kuti n"chifukwa chiyani maganizo ake onse anajambulidwa. Anapenga chifukwa cha kusowa tulo, kumenyedwa kosalekeza komanso kupanikizika kwambiri. Zinamutengera masiku angapo kuti achire.
  
  Elevator inalira. Chithunzi chinawonekera pafupi ndi iye.
  
  Kennedy, atavala thalauza wamba Loweruka, tsitsi lopakidwa mwamphamvu kumbuyo, amamuphunzira ndi maso otopa.
  
  "Moni".
  
  Mawu sanali okwanira. Kumufunsa ngati ali bwino sikunali wolumala kokha, kunali kupusa.
  
  "Moni kwa inunso."
  
  "Pa floor yomweyi?"
  
  "Ndithudi. Amatipangitsa kukhala otalikirana, koma limodzi. "
  
  Analowa mkati. Kuyang'ana maonekedwe awo osweka pagalasi. Kupewa kukhudzana ndi chofunika kanema kamera. Drake adasindikiza batani lakhumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi.
  
  "Kodi ndiwe wabwino ngati ine, Kennedy?"
  
  Anaseka chamntima. "Openga sabata, kapena milungu. Simukutsimikiza. Zimandipangitsa misala kuti nditha kumenyana ndi adani anga ndikuyeretsa dzina langa pamapeto a zonse. "
  
  Drake anagwedezeka. "Ndine. Zodabwitsa, sichoncho?"
  
  "Anapita kuti? Alicia."
  
  "Usiku womwe zinsinsi zabwino kwambiri zimapita, iye ndi katswiri uja Hudson," Drake adanyoza. "Zidapitapo aliyense yemwe anali wofunikira sanawazindikire. Mwinanso kumawomberana wina ndi mzake pamene tikukambirana. "
  
  "Mwachita zoyenera. Iwo sanali olimbikitsa apa. Alicia ndi woopsa, koma osati wamisala. O, ndipo kodi inu simukutanthauza "mu usiku wodekha".
  
  Anatenga kamphindi kuti akonze zolemba zake za Dinosaur Rock. Iye anaseka. Mtima wake unakwera mofulumira kuposa mercury pa tsiku la dzuwa.
  
  "Nanga bwanji Hayden?" Kennedy anatero zitseko za elevator zitatsekedwa ndipo galimoto yakaleyo inayamba kukwera pang'onopang'ono. "Ukuganiza kuti akhala ndi Ben?"
  
  "Ndikukhulupiriradi. Ngati sichoncho, ndiye kuti ndikuganiza kuti anali kugonana tsopano. "
  
  Kennedy adamumenya paphewa. "Musawerenge nkhuku zimenezo, bwanawe. Mwina amulembera nyimbo."
  
  "Mwatchulapo mphindi zitatu ndi theka!"
  
  Anauluka pang"onopang"ono kudutsa nsanjika yachisanu ndi chiwiri. "Ndikumbutseni. Kumeneko, kumanda a Odin, munati chiyani kumeneko? Chinachake chokhudza ine kukhala ku York ndipo, uh, kudzipezera ndekha ndalama. "
  
  Drake adamuyang'ana. Anamwetulira mokopa.
  
  "Chabwino...Ine...ine..." Iye anapumira ndi kufewetsa. "Sindingathe kuchitapo kanthu pa izi."
  
  "Chani?" Maso a Kennedy adawala ndi zoyipa.
  
  "Gulu lakale la dino-rock Heart lidatcha kuti "kukopa kopambana." Ku Yorkshire timangonena kuti 'cheza ndi mbalame'. Ndife anthu osavuta."
  
  Pamene elevatoryo inkadutsa pansanjika ya 14, Kennedy anamasula mabatani a malaya ake ndi kuwasiya kuti agwere pansi. Pansi pake anali atavala bra yofiira yowonekera.
  
  "Mukutani?" Drake adamva kuti mtima wake ukudumpha ngati wagwidwa ndi magetsi.
  
  "Ndikupeza moyo wanga."
  
  Kennedy anamasula zip ya thalauza lake ndikulisiya ligwe pansi. Anali atavala panti yofiira yofananira. Elevator inalira itafika pansi pawo. Drake anamva mzimu wake ndi zina zonse zikukwera. Chitseko chinatsetsereka kumbali, ndikutsegula.
  
  Banja lachinyamatalo linali kuyembekezera. Mayiyo anaseka. Mnyamatayo adamuyang'ana Drake. Kennedy adamukoka Drake mu elevator ndikulowa munjira, kusiya kabudula wake kumbuyo.
  
  Drake anayang'ana kumbuyo. "Siukufuna izi?"
  
  "Sindikufunanso izi."
  
  Drake anamunyamula. "Ntchito yabwino, ndikuyenda mwachangu kupita kuchipinda kwanga."
  
  Kennedy anasiya tsitsi lake pansi.
  
  
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